Chapter 416 Out
As the Golden Globe Awards draws closer, Zhang Weiping has already taken the main creators Tong Dawei and Han Xiting to Los Angeles, and they were exposed by media reporters as soon as they arrived.

However, Zhang Yimou, who people cared about the most, did not go, and even the heroine Ni Ni did not go.

This scene excited many production companies in the industry.

I'm afraid these two are really going to "break up" this time.

"Director Gu, have you heard the news? Is Director Zhang leaving New Picture?"

Wang Changtian hurriedly called Gu Wei.

At this time, Gu Wei was on his way back to the villa from the airport. Why was he going to the airport? Of course, he was going to pick up his young lady.

Originally, Liu Yifei was planning to give him a surprise, but unexpectedly she was betrayed by Cheng Long. As soon as the young lady boarded the plane, Gu Wei got the news.

"Boss Wang, where did you hear this news? Is there any basis for it?"

In the car, Gu Wei held the steering wheel with both hands, while Liu Yifei was sitting in the passenger seat holding a mobile phone and using the hands-free function.

"Nonsense, that's Zhang Yimou, how would I know the details?

Director Gu, if you know the specific news, please let me know." Wang Changtian said with a smile.

"You already knew the news in advance, okay, I'm driving now, let's not talk about it for now."

Gu Wei smiled, and the young lady beside him hung up the phone directly.

After the call was hung up, Wang Changtian was still muttering: "What do you mean I already knew the news in advance? Do I need to ask you if I want to know the details?" This made him depressed.

"Senior, is what President Wang said true or not? Director Zhang is really going to leave New Picture!" Liu Yifei's curiosity was also aroused and she kept asking.

"Well, really."

"Where is Director Zhang going? Do you know?" the young lady continued to ask. Women are always curious.

"After The Flowers of War is released and the subsequent box office revenue sharing is settled, Director Zhang will come directly to the company to handle the onboarding process..."

"Job recruitment!" These two words were all in Liu Yifei's mind, and she automatically ignored the words that followed.

"Xixi, Xixi!" Gu Wei couldn't help but shout when he heard Liu Yifei not making any noise for a long time.

"Ah, really? Director Zhang is going to join Xingchen Film and Television, that's great!" Liu Yifei screamed after she reacted.

"Xixi, you're not surprised to have such a big director by your side. Your reaction is really too big when Director Zhang joins the company." Gu Wei couldn't help but complain.

"Oh, you don't know, my mother loves Director Zhang's movies. Of course, I respect Director Zhang, but it would be even better if I could make a movie directed by him."

Liu Yifei chattered non-stop while Gu Wei drove with a resentful expression. Hey boy, girl, don't forget who brought you the Best Actress award!
"Then congratulations, boss lady. Your wish will come true soon." Gu Wei joked.

He did prepare two scripts for Zhang Yimou, and they were high-quality scripts that were expected to win Oscars.

Since Zhang Yimou is ready to join the company, Gu Wei also plans to create a golden image for him, such as the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Is that difficult?

Fortunately, the traffic was not congested today, and it didn't take long for the two of them to drive to the gate of the villa. As soon as they parked the car, the young lady hugged Gu Wei's neck and said, "Tell me, what movie is it? Where is the script?"

Facing the strong man who locked up Liu Yifei, what else could Gu Wei do? Of course, he would carry her into the room and punish her according to the family rules!
...

After a long while, the young lady with a bright face lay down beside Gu Wei, stretched out her hand and said, "Where's the script? Give it to me to see."

There was no other way. Faced with the young lady who was so dedicated to the movie, Gu Wei could only give her a thumbs up and then got up to look for the script.

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On the 15th, the Golden Globe Awards were held as scheduled, and the result was not unexpected.

"The Flowers of War" was a direct hit, and the Iranian film "The Farewell" directly won the Best Foreign Language Film Award.

However, the outside world generally did not find this result surprising.

Since its small-scale release in North America last year, "The Flowers of War" has been unanimously criticized by American media and film critics.

The film has only a 27% freshness rating on the famous film review website Rotten Tomatoes, and a score of 39 on the famous rating system Metacritic.

Some analysts pointed out that the failure of "The Flowers of War" at the Golden Globe Awards to some extent indicates that its road to an Oscar will be doomed to be a failure.

After the Golden Globe Awards list was announced, Tong Dawei posted on Weibo, saying: "Congratulations to the Iranian film "A Farewell" for winning the Best Foreign Language Film Award. Before this, I heard that it was a strong rival of "The Flowers of War". I hope to see this movie soon. For me, it is an honor to be nominated, to be able to stand here, and to be able to participate in Hollywood's top award ceremony."

Later, the New York Times commented that Zhang Yimou's biggest failure was that he took a distant and even downplayed approach to the Nanjing Massacre. The entire story took place in a fictional European church, and against the backdrop of the massacre, it was full of sexual innuendos (although the sex scene was short, the core of the entire plot was the Japanese soldiers' desire for 13 female students).

The Hollywood Reporter criticized that in Hollywood, only the dumbest producers would inject sexual elements into a disaster like the Nanjing Massacre, but this became the core element of "The Flowers of War".

Emmanuel Levy, a famous American film critic and professor at Columbia University, published an article in Film magazine criticizing The Flowers of War, saying that it was "not inspired by real life, but a hodgepodge of films created by Zhang Yimou that was seriously lacking in balance and overly showy in certain scenes. It is Zhang Yimou's worst film ever."

The New York Post simply satirized the film as "a withered trophy" and called it an "extremely absurd soap opera."

"The Flowers of War failed to win the Golden Globe Award" and the criticism from the North American media became the hot topics on Weibo on the day of the Golden Globe Awards.

The die-hard fans of "The Flowers of War" expressed their "dissatisfaction" with this.

A movie fan named "Song of the Air" said on Weibo that "Americans cannot understand the connotation of "The Flowers of War"."

Netizen "Yu in the Clouds" pointed out that the failure of "The Flowers of War" was due to "the differences in culture and aesthetics between China and the West. The domestic movie audience is mainly Chinese, so it's fine as long as it suits the Chinese taste!"

The "anti-Zhang faction" said that Zhang Yimou had run out of talent and that the failure of "The Flowers of War", which deliberately imitated American blockbusters, was expected.

Photographer Ren Si said: "A narrow defeat? What does narrow defeat mean? Whose defeat is not a narrow defeat?! Chinese films are full of impetuousness. What else can directors and producers do besides playing word games and burning money?"

What will they play? Soon the media revealed what the producer of "The Flowers of War" will play?
A netizen named "江湖人称小睡神" revealed that the role of Yichun in the movie "The Flowers of War" did not originally exist, but was added in temporarily by producer Zhang Weiping.

"Originally, Zhang Weiping wanted Han Xiting to play the female lead Zhao Yumo in The Flowers of War, but unfortunately Zhang Yimou disagreed.

Although Ni Ni played Zhao Yumo in the end, because of Han Xiting, Zhang Weiping, who rarely visited the set before, often appeared on the set of "The Flowers of War" and put pressure on Zhang Yimou from time to time, asking him to increase Han Xiting's role or to focus on showing Han Xiting in the picture.

This lack of creative freedom was almost unbearable for Zhang Yimou, and he completely lost the control of film shooting as a great director.

You must know that in the original work of Yan Geling's "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling", there is no role of Yichun. This is a role specially assigned to Han Xiting by Zhang Weiping.

What’s more, this little-known “female number eight” or “female number nine” is often late for the set.”

Originally, netizens didn’t care much about this issue, but a netizen named “Yun Yifei” directly posted a screenshot of the Weibo post.

The above is a Weibo post by Han Xiting at the Hollywood Golden Globe Awards ceremony. The content intentionally mocked Ni Ni, and attached a photo of himself backstage at the Golden Globe Awards, smiling smugly.

Now, netizens couldn't sit still and started gossiping about Han Xiting's identity and what was the reason that allowed Han Xiting to walk on the Golden Globe red carpet instead of Ni Ni.

You wouldn’t know if you didn’t get to know her in depth. It turns out that it was because of her “in-depth understanding” that she was able to join the cast of “The Flowers of War” and appear at the Golden Globe Awards ceremony.

Many fans were already furious about the film missing out on the Best Foreign Language Film Award, and now that they have found a breakthrough, they have gone to Weibo to leave messages and curse.

Even though Han Xiting deleted the content quickly, he still couldn't escape the accusations from fans and became the target of everyone's criticism!
Some of Zhang Yimou's loyal fans even left messages on Weibo, persuading him to leave New Picture and take advantage of the time and energy he still has to continue making more wonderful movies for his fans.

At this moment, Zhang Yimou looked at the messages on Weibo, and his glasses became wet unconsciously. No matter what the future holds, at least there are so many fans who support him and are silently with him!

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After the Golden Globe Awards, the festive atmosphere becomes stronger and stronger.

Liu Yifei seems to attach great importance to this year's Spring Festival and is constantly busy running around because the parents and elders of both sides will meet together after the New Year.

In Gu's mother's words, "You are already old enough, it's time to think about getting married. Your father and I are still waiting to have grandchildren!"

Even though Gu Wei is a big director outside, he still cannot escape the fate of being urged to get married.

The Spring Festival period is already more than halfway through. Although "The Flowers of War" currently accounts for the majority of the box office and the final box office may be higher than the original time and space, it is still far from 1 billion.

Zhang Weiping had already accepted his fate at this point, because his application to the General Administration for a half-month extension of the film's release was ruthlessly rejected.

Last year’s domestic movie box office data has come out, maintaining the rapid development momentum of the mainland film market.

However, imported films took nearly 80% of the total box office with 2012 billion yuan, and "" accounted for the majority of imported films.

As "The Flowers of War" showed signs of decline, other movies such as "The Great Magician", "Reverse War", and "Eight Stars Holding Happiness" are ready to be released one after another.

The Hollywood blockbuster "Sherlock Holmes 2: A Game of Shadows" will also be released in China soon.

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(End of this chapter)