Hollywood Domination Chapter 311: J’s advice

"Affected by the scandal, the release of "Monroe" was postponed again, and Jennifer finally became the final winner. Monroe's global box office exceeded 700 million..."

"The Twilight Saga is the next best movie in Japan. Japanese girls are chasing the vampire Robert Parkinson. The global box office has exceeded 400 million. "The Twilight Saga 2" has become the most anticipated movie in 2009"

"Twilight couple sparks, Edward and Bella also meet frequently in reality, is it for filming, or to be with each other?"

""Marley and Me" has a global box office of 300 million, the animal comedy has made great achievements, and the tear-jerking scene at the end has entered the top 50 moments of the film of the year'. Do you have any touching stories with your dog?"

"Jennifer Jefferson continued to disappear from the world. After speaking through PR, she aroused the support of star groups. She once again briefly thanked her friends for their support, but her whereabouts are still a mystery. Cesare Vijeri recently Return to Beverly Hills to start office, followed by a large number of paparazzi"

"The bodyguard protects the body, the gold digger boy is arrogant, no one followed him in the past, but now four bodyguards protect him closely, and the paparazzi are not allowed to take pictures, Cesare is arrogant"

"After rumors of the Oscars, the relationship between this freshly married couple has changed, and the relationship is on the verge of breaking down. Cesare couldn't bear the pressure of being the center of attention, so he proposed to break up. Jennifer stayed at the resort to wash her face in tears"

"b?! It's revealed that Jennifer is pregnant and is recuperating in a foreign resort. The company's power is completely handed over to Cesare"

"Cesare Vigeri looked at the mansion. The original hut couldn't bear the demands of the actress, so he bought another mansion after marriage? Has the wedding time been set?"

"Big dreams strike frequently, the appointment of a new CEO brings new trends, Cesare returned to Hollywood and met with more than 20 copyright brokers in seven days, to make the IP market bigger, who will be the next "Twilight" ?”

"Disney announced that it will cooperate with Dameng to develop a series of classic fairy tales. Major productions have been finalized one after another. The two parties have reached an in-depth cooperation intention. Will Jennifer herself play the role? I don't know"

"Can Marvel's "Iron Man 2" invite Jennifer back? Everything is still unknown. The relationship between Dameng and Paramount has weakened, and the cooperation may break down"

"Brad Gray left the irs office building, got into the car with a tired face, and refused to be interviewed. He may reach a deal with irs and pay an astronomical fine in private"

"Paramount's internal adjustments? The external spokesperson refuted the rumors: the board of directors is very satisfied with Brad, irs is a personal issue and does not affect official affairs"

…Although April is a relatively off-season for various news, after the bustling February and March in 2009, this April also keeps reporters and editors busy. The follow-up of the news needs to be followed up. Of course, Jennifer Jefferson, who has never shown up, is also worthy of their attention-since she won the Oscar in February, she has basically been hiding from people. The level of taboo really makes people wonder if she is pregnant, or really has a mental breakdown, and something happened that she can't show up in front of people, otherwise, even if Jennifer is filming or on vacation, the paparazzi will always know that she is staying Where, what are you doing, unlike now, you don’t know anything about Jennifer—except for one thing, that is, she really trusts Cesare Vigeri very much, and really handed over all the power to His new fiancé made him make a drastic transformational investment with Dameng: So far, apart from those ip scandals, what Dameng is most likely to produce is the classic fairy tale adaptation series in cooperation with Disney, and this Such large-scale commercial works, including the Heroine series co-operated by Warner and Dameng, are all manga and special effects films, which run counter to the low-budget films that Dameng was good at before. Of course, Dameng has invested in some big productions , but whether they have the ability to independently produce blockbuster films with a budget of hundreds of millions is still doubtful. From the perspective of outsiders, Jennifer is indeed a little dazzled, which is equivalent to handing over a company that has found a profit model to The fiancé whose commercial ability has not yet been proven, asked him to toss the company again—if he hadn't fallen in love, this investor and producer who has always had a very unique vision would probably not have made such a bold decision...

"Jane, to be honest, I'm also very curious about how your Hollywood investment model works. We also have some capital here that wants to enter the US market, but it feels like some good projects , It’s hard to let outsiders in, including your big dream, which has always been a small investment to create a miracle. In other words, it’s hard for you to win projects that are sure to be profitable.” In a luxury resort in the Changbai Mountains, Accompanied by the snowy scenery outside the window, Director Zhang, who has the closest relationship with Jenny, also used this news to open up the topic. By his side, whether it is Mr. Han, Producer Zhang, or another middle-aged man with a relatively unfamiliar face ——He is also the owner of this resort, and they all unconsciously changed their postures, showing a focused expression. "We have also done some research on the US market. Last year, several of your films achieved very good results. In fact, your domestic market share is already very high. However, the risk of your in-depth cooperation with Disney is still relatively high. Disney Probably still reluctant to open up their signature Pirates of the Caribbean franchise to your capital, eh?"

After a few days of hospitality, they all affirmed that Jenny's Chinese level is almost close to her mother tongue, so Director Zhang no longer deliberately slowed down his speech when speaking, and used Mandarin, even with some local accents, to ask questions The tone is also more intimate and casual, and no longer so particular about propriety—although the two parties may not have had much contact, Beijing has always been very sincere to Jennifer, and several films of Big Dream are released simultaneously in China. , No cutting, China Film’s publicity is also in place, the box office is very good, although it is said that the share of the big dream must be paid according to the regulations, in fact, the share taken away is not very high, but after Jennifer won the fifth Oscar, China Film Everyone here has stated that in the future, it is even possible to make batches of sky-high prices, and the price of batches can be negotiated to be higher than the normal share-if this is the case, then in the next few years, at least in terms of introducing With the movie box office split unchanged and the total amount of imported movies each year limited, Dameng may be the company that can cut the most from China's growing cake.

There is sincerity on the Beijing side, and Jennifer's response has always been very face-saving. Just this time, she just announced the marriage news, the new film is being produced and started shooting, and she has to prepare for the wedding. When talking about new projects, To be able to come to China to make a special trip to plan and guide Director Zhang’s new film "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" is very sincere, and after a few days of contact, everyone can feel Jennifer's sincerity. It’s not just a matter of her good Chinese—unlike ordinary Hollywood bigwigs, she speaks very clearly, with the meaning of teaching everything, and she has done a good job on a few questions that are of interest to China. The detailed answer, whether it is old man Han, producer Zhang, or deputy general manager Liu, as long as they are people in the industry who have a role to accompany, they all feel that they have benefited a lot, and feel that the previous efforts can be said to have been rewarded with super value—both parties Therefore, it seems that another hurdle has been crossed, and it has risen to the level of "one's own person".

"The investment threshold, right? This is indeed a question worth discussing." Hearing Director Zhang's question, Jenny couldn't help laughing—after chatting these days, she felt that almost everyone who accompanied her, regardless of their status, The big shots are most interested in this topic: it may sound a little bureaucratic, but it is because after entering the new millennium, with the development of the economy, both businessmen and officials feel the urgency of cultural expansion. There is also an incentive to do so. Regardless of whether you want to earn money to go to Hollywood, or learn something new from Hollywood to bring your industry to the world and catch up with this industrial system, you have to start with entering Hollywood.

And these bureaucrats, businessmen, and directors are not stupid at all. No matter what the reason is, they all find that it is the most appropriate way to inject capital into Hollywood, so instead of getting one or two best foreign language films , They are more concerned about how to get capital into Hollywood. For businessmen, after my capital goes in, first of all, I can make money, and secondly, I can understand many ways of your American film and television industry, and copy it in China when I come back. There is also a political task of expanding influence and promoting the global image. As for Director Zhang and Producer Zhang, first of all, they also have a film and television production company, and they also want to truly enter the mainstream market, so their position on this is rather It's similar to the few government-businessmen or former government-businessmen here, and they have a tacit understanding with each other, and there is no competition-no matter how many tricks this fresh boss uses to move the meeting place to Changbai Mountain, at least in Jenny's opinion, They are still very clear about the main contradiction now: in the face of Beverly Hills, which is full of barriers, everyone must work together to open a gap, so now is not the time to engage in internal competition. Instead, they should unite, learn from experience, and cooperate. , After the market is opened, the first to divide the cake must be the first batch of people to enter, and no one can lose money.

Of course, Jenny really doesn't know if these forces would have developed like this without her good opportunity. Apart from giving some pointers, she is also knowledgeable about other knowledge, and does not distinguish between close and distant. After all, no matter whether it is public or private, this is what she should do——Yu Gong, what she develops is hers Network, if you can gain a foothold in Hollywood, Dameng will also have an ally, let alone private, she is not the kind of person who is very patriotic, but helping the emotional expansion of the motherland's culture, Jenny Still happy to do it.

"Actually, there are serious investment barriers in Hollywood." She also adjusted her posture and introduced Hollywood's business competition. "This barrier exists both internally and externally. For internal companies In other words, the Big Six of Hollywood use their own capital advantages to attract high-quality IP and high-quality film crews to them, and once this scale effect is formed, it will be difficult to break. It may be a profitable project for China. It is an individual case, there will be some accidental factors, and it also has a strong flavor of personal success—or this release is particularly capable, or this marketing is particularly capable, but this is not the case in Hollywood, maybe in the small The company is still in this mode. With the flow of personnel, the performance of a film will also fluctuate. My distribution department was originally very capable, but now it has collectively changed jobs. Then the release of my new film will be affected, and it may lose money. But for the Big Six, the flow of a few people can't affect anything at all, and each of their films will not damage the results because of the reason for the announcement, because the scale and system have been formed, and there are hundreds of people in the entire distribution department , As long as they don’t leave all at once, leaving more than a dozen people will not have a great impact on them, because the system is here, and new talents will quickly adapt and train them, which is the function of the assembly line.”

Several chief executives showed contemplative expressions, and Mr. Han shook his head slightly: They are the most aware of where the domestic film industry is currently developing. For a film company of this size, in China Indeed it does not exist.

"So it is very difficult for your small company to compete with big companies. If you have a good project, everyone hopes to invest in Big Six, because Big Six is ​​reliable. Only when you have no choice, Big Six will look down on you. It will be sent to you. In terms of copyright competition, the Big Six have inherent advantages, and the same is true in terms of hardware and software. There is a circle between them. A movie with an investment of 200 million yuan is Games that only belong to the Big Six, not only the Big Six can afford the budget, but only the Big Six can spend the budget, and the rest are like—China Film, if I give you a budget of 200 million US dollars, can you give me a " Transformers? Impossible, you don’t know how to spend the money, even after the Sixth Film Festival is released, you don’t know how to do it because you don’t have the experience , can only be explored, and the Big Six have their own set of established systems, and only they can support them. Taking Big Dream as an example, global distribution is still the weak point of Big Dream. In many of our regional distribution, we still let Disney do it. , because they have a branch in the local area, but Big Dream doesn’t have one, they can’t afford it, and there’s no need to support so many people, including how to plan a budget of 200 million US dollars, do a good job of risk control and cash flow budget at this level, and The entire planning of publicity and distribution is not involved in Big Dream, so if you don’t want to pay tuition fees, even if you have the budget, it’s best to find a big company to cooperate with, and you can do one or two with a big company. People know how to do it, and know how to do it best in terms of your company's internal management structure," Jenny took a sip of water, "but it is impossible for a big company to take you to do it for no reason, no matter how good your idea is, They are also unwilling to cooperate with you to cultivate a competitor. They think your idea is good and they can take it away and do it themselves. It is difficult for you to hold this responsibility, or they buy the idea from you. When you enter Hollywood, you need to look for advantageous projects, which is actually one thing—to find places that impress big companies, so that these big kids are willing to take you to play.”

"It's like Big Dream, cooperating with Disney, because Disney is half of Big Dream's parent company, we are a closed equity company, this is the company of me and my fiancé, Disney, the three of us, so Disney is willing to work with We cooperated in this series of projects adapted from classic fairy tales. Although they knew that after doing so, Big Dream might be able to independently undertake large-scale projects worth hundreds of millions, but Disney didn’t care. "Jenny used an idiom, which caused a burst of light laughter in the room, and continued, "We are also working on a big project with Warner, because I am participating in the role, and Warner knows that if they don't cooperate, some people will Cooperation, so closing the channel is meaningless, but you can imagine that in this kind of cooperation, Warner will definitely be more defensive. Unless your cooperation deepens, there are some things they are still unwilling to open to Dameng. These are the most precious Experience is the wealth of a big company. If you are not a member of a big company, or if you have something that makes them salivate, no matter how high-quality the project in your hand is and how sincere your share request is, they will still not want to have a real relationship with you. Open to cooperate, even if it is for your money, I will cooperate with you to develop, but they still have a way to close the core things to you, so that you can't learn the real thing."

"Then what do you think we can do to impress those big companies?" Several executives listened attentively, and Producer Zhang almost couldn't wait to ask, "Because you also know that our capital used to be less There is an ideological problem, which may be more resisted than European capital—"

"Yes, yes, yes."

"Old Zhang is right."

There was a echoing voice in the tea room, and the bosses were a little emotional, "Maybe he is not sensitive to many things, and it doesn't touch any core areas, but as long as you are Chinese to buy , I don’t want to sell it to you, I just don’t like to cooperate with you—”

"Especially for some media companies, the local government does not support media-related companies..."

Letting these excited bosses get together to complain about each other, Jenny took a sip of tea leisurely, and nodded secretly: This is true in Hollywood, after all, the media plays the role of ideological propaganda tool everywhere, Therefore, it is also an area that the government is very concerned about. Therefore, although the annual output value of Hollywood is tens of billions of dollars, the importance it receives in the hearts of the government and the public can be said to be almost second only to Wall Street. If Chinese capital wants to enter Hollywood, it will be subject to the strongest ideological discrimination—not to mention the most sensitive Hollywood, even in some less sensitive areas, the acquisition of Chinese capital will trigger a rebound in national sentiment, even if I sell it at a low price It is indeed a common idea to sell to locals and not to sell to red China. However, she pointed out this point, including the passive status of Dreams. In addition to letting entrepreneurs understand the difficulties they face, it is also a bit of a rainy day, blocking some proposals that are not easy to refuse-if China Film wants to enter the fairy tale adaptation , and if Dameng refuses, the relationship between the two parties will definitely be alienated, and Dameng absolutely cannot agree to this request. Even if Disney agrees, this will make Dameng's political stance too suspicious. In the future, if China Film Group really has the sincerity to continue to cooperate, it will not make such a statement.

"So what Producer Zhang said is very reasonable. To open this gap, you must let the big company realize that you also have the resources he wants." She said 'unfathomable' Smiling, he pointedly said, "Of course, this means that snakes have ways of snakes and mice have ways of mice. The situation of each company is different. According to my understanding, what attracts Hollywood most in China now is the rapidly developing box office market—— It's cake."

She drew a circle, and then made a cake-cutting motion, "And—with all due respect, Beijing's closed review process and highly policy-oriented film scheduling standards seem to be only two, but in fact Even less, fundamentally speaking, there is only one schedule allocation resource caused by the introduction of companies. This is a knife to divide the cake. In Hollywood, the market is a big open cake, and the Big Six made use of technical threshold and scale effect. The knife that cuts the cake, in China, the cake is still the same piece of cake, but the knife that cuts the cake boils down to one sentence: policy—this is power.”

Relying on her status as a foreigner, Jenny spread her hands and said bluntly, "With power, there is room for rent-seeking. I think this is the biggest bargaining chip that the Chinese market can trade with Hollywood. If there is no such bargaining chip If so, no matter how sincere and rich Chinese companies are, they may not be able to enter Hollywood. After all, why should big companies talk to you? Without you, they can run rampant in the Chinese market and plunder the entire year. A big chunk of the box office, no?"

Seeing that several seniors fell silent, showing thoughtful expressions, and some even cast admiring eyes on Jenny as if they had suddenly realized it. Of course Jenny smiled on the surface and said nothing, To create an image of her own wisdom, but she also wiped the sweat in her heart - I don't know why, but she seems to have a stronger sense of shame in front of the natives, although she relies on her "unique" analysis and "selfless" sharing , impressed everyone here, but she didn't have any sense of accomplishment at all. On the contrary, she was quite embarrassed, even a little guilty: These insights are indeed not low in gold, because... these are her experiences from these few parallel worlds. In the strategies adopted by this great person in the next few years...summarized... If it wasn't for the big dream, she really wouldn't be able to use other people's wisdom to pretend to be aggressive in front of others...

Actually, Jenny herself also felt something, which is also a manifestation of her own improvement, because although these strategies are ready-made, no one will summarize them and preach them. In her previous life, she may have only seen "Iron Man 3" and the news of the co-production with dmg film industry, but I would not have thought that this is actually an attempt by the domestic film industry to use its own policy advantages to enter Hollywood, including the current Mr. Wang who gave up direct investment in American film and television companies, but first invested in American theater line, and then began to set up film companies in China, entered the film and television industry, took advantage of its domestic film scheduling advantages, gained a first-mover advantage, and then entered the Hollywood film and television production industry. Of course, there is a premise for all of this, that is, the expansion speed of the cake in the Chinese film market has indeed made Hollywood feel tempted—otherwise, why would Disney let dmg enter the game? Isn't the important thing is the strong relationship between dmg and China Film? If there is no such relationship, "Iron Man 3" may not be able to keep its simultaneous release in the United States, and it will almost certainly lose the golden May Day schedule under the strong competition from domestic films of the same period. This may also be a manifestation of tragedy and comedy. It is undeniable that this unique censorship system has killed the possibility of the domestic film and television industry maturing, but also because of this, domestic capital has unexpectedly found a way, and within a few years it has contributed to the The possibility of in-depth cooperation between Chinese and American film and television - to be honest, if it weren't for the sharing discounts for co-productions and some invisible discounts after entering the game, Hollywood might not be so keen to add Chinese elements to blockbusters...

Of course, for Dameng, it is also happy to see that the big shots want to use this point to make profits earlier. After this year's "Avatar", the Chinese market will officially enter the eyes of Hollywood, and like all Just as power has room for rent-seeking, all closed markets and power waiting for rent-seeking also need a broker. Jenny is still afraid to think about how to serve the big boss comfortably, and she can set the schedule with only a few words-this is somewhat It's too obscene, but even if it is just to grasp some space for activities, with the frequent bombings in the Chinese market in the next few years, it will form a prying force, making the other end of the big dream cross-sea seesaw even higher, and the strategic space It is more lenient in terms of thinking - after all, Cesare's point of view is justified. Construction and win-win are always the first priority. Now relying on ruthlessness, Dameng may be safe in the short term, but competition cannot be taken away. Opponents are fools, and now everyone is polite to you, but they realize that you may have a handful of bombs in your hand, but they have no ultimate moves against you, and when they dig out When Dameng has some black material (Dameng is not clean in the development process, it must be admitted that there is a possibility), the offensive that Dameng has to face is very fierce. At this time, the ruthlessness may be exchanged for him. Japanese opponents are determined to die if they hit a snake.

Jenny now feels more and more that this sentence is very reasonable-you always have to pay back when you come out to mess around, and if you choose to be ruthless, you must have the awareness to face ruthlessness, and if you want to eliminate this hidden danger, Then use my own hand to cut off the cake of China and distribute it to the hands of the six majors. Once, even though Big Dream had obtained 10% of the domestic share, Disney, Warner, and Fox just stood by and didn't follow suit...

"Indeed, what you said is very reasonable, and it has given me a lot of inspiration. Looking at it now, it is definitely not in a hurry to enter the US market." After a period of digestion and absorption, Director Zhang nodded, also He said with a little admiration, "Really, it feels like these words came out of my head. It feels like something has been pierced, and it is all bright at once-it is really enlightening and has benefited a lot. Mr. Wang, are you Don't you have a similar feeling? I just nodded when I saw you, as if you were very touched."

"Indeed, indeed, I feel that Ms. Jennifer's vision is particularly comprehensive and forward-looking. This kind of courage is indeed beyond the reach of ordinary people." Mr. Wang also nodded repeatedly.

Jenny couldn't help but feel ashamed for a while, and she became humble from the bottom of her heart, "It's just my own opinion, just say it casually, don't take it seriously—"

After some humility and politeness, Mr. Han also asked from another angle, "Just now I heard what you said. The movies you cooperated with Disney and Warner are already high-quality resources and belong to them. Good resources are not available to us outsiders, right? In your opinion, this kind of film adaptation will become popular in the next few years? Then do you think this kind of film has a future in the Chinese market? Can we? How about localizing your thinking?"

Although he is also a peak figure standing at the top of the industry, he is also very sincere in asking for advice in front of Jenny, and he does not feel inferior to his status, and everyone present does not care—after all, the current Jenny is already one of the biggest names in movies in the world. Last year, the movies with her brand raked in nearly 2.4 billion box office around the world. The "Monroe" she produced alone took in 700 million U.S. dollars, while the total box office of mainland movies was no more than It is less than 700 million U.S. dollars. The gap is indeed very intuitive. The figures are here. If you don’t respect her opinion, you are indeed standing still.

Speaking of a series of collaborations on the adaptation of fairy tales, although this is also a trend she judged through the improvement of her vision, which is tantamount to absorbing Disney's wisdom for her own use, Jenny's sense of unnaturalness is much less. On the contrary, she still feels a little proud - if she is not very familiar with the film production process now, it would be difficult for Jenny to estimate the change of Disney's mentality and profit from it for the big dream: according to the time difference between a film's conception and its final release , Disney’s series of film adaptation attempts that began in 2013 should all have been prompted by "Alice in Wonderland" in early 2010. It was this film that allowed them to rediscover the potential of fairy tale film adaptations, and they began to set up projects for filming , "oz", "Maleficent", "Cinderella" and "Beauty and the Beast", spanning seven years, but in fact, they can all be linked back to the billion box office of "Alice". If we go back to it, we have to go back to the hunger for 3D movies and visual spectacle movies caused by "Avatar". This is the greatness of a cross-age masterpiece. change, whether direct or indirect.

Knowing this, Jenny can guess that the current Disney is not so confident in re-adapting fairy tales. In fact, "Alice" was approved because of her support. And this kind of judgment on the market is the core bargaining chip that Dameng uses to cooperate with Disney. When Disney dare not do it, Dameng dares to do it. Giving Disney this kind of confidence in investment also makes Disney's management even It is because the board of directors has the tendency and reasons to cooperate with Dameng psychologically even after they have the confidence to invest. After all, this project was proposed by Dameng, and Dameng is half of himself, so there is no need to get rid of it . If you wait until the success of "Alice" before mentioning this point, then Disney will have no reason to deal with the big dream, and it will even affect the relationship between the two companies: "Alice" sells like this, fools will know to follow the trend and continue to make this genre, Do you still need your big dream to grab your job? This kind of high-quality investment with stable profits and no losses, of course, belongs to the headquarters of traditional strengths in making fairy tales. What is your big dream?

As for how to analyze the advantages of this project, it is too easy for Jenny, who can already predict the results in advance and is now considered a half-expert in the industry, but she does not approve of Chinese films being so simple. Copy the Hollywood model, because this model relies heavily on industrial process control and outstanding and rich experience in special effects. In fact, there are not many directors in China who can use special effects well. With the advantages of special effects and film scheduling, they won high box office, but this is actually a destructive blood-sucker for the industry. As a result of the continuous decline in the reputation of domestic films, all domestic box office records are still Hollywood blockbusters, no matter how strong the lineup of domestic films is. I have never dared to go head-to-head with Hollywood blockbusters. Even from common sense, domestic special effects films are inferior to others, and their quality is inferior to Hollywood. This is not good for the positive development of the industry.

However, seeing Mr. Han's earnest expression, Jenny also secretly sighed: There is a reason why the country is superstitious about special effects. , all of which made it difficult for movies without special effects to achieve success at the box office in 2008 and 2009. This is not a reality that she can change with a few words, "——You are really astute about this point, indeed, What we and Disney are doing now cannot be regarded as low-quality resources, and of course, they are not core high-quality resources like "Pirates of the Caribbean". In fact, I think it should be called quasi-high-quality resources..."

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In April, Changbai Mountain still sometimes snows. When the residents at the southernmost tip of the country have started to wear bunt clothing, Jenny and Director Zhang still need to wear down jackets to keep warm while walking in the mountains. However, after a day of talking, But the two still chatted unabated, taking advantage of the time of the last night before Jenny left China for the final exchange.

"About "The Thirteen Beauties of Jinling", just like I said, your way of thinking will definitely not work if you want to win an award. The Olympic judges pay great attention to political correctness. This oriental culture may indeed be unacceptable. .Women sacrifice this for female students. In us...in China, this may be a touching sacrifice, a protection of purity, but in Hollywood, this is politically incorrect and professionally discriminatory, and it is impossible to be commended. If you want to rush If you want to win an award, this must be changed, but in fact, if you don’t really want to win an award, it doesn’t matter. The quality of the work must be the first. If you can’t find the feeling after changing the core idea, then it’s not necessary to change it. I can get an award..."

I made my own comments and speculations about this movie, emphasizing a few points that might touch my head. Looking at Director Zhang who nodded repeatedly, Jenny also fell into a brief silence—although she claimed to be There is still a certain level of confidence in people's hearts, but now, even she can't see what choice Director Zhang will make, and this also makes her wonder whether she is guiding Director Zhang or hindering him from creating a masterpiece , Is it really worth doing this for the Oscars?

"Of course." After a moment of silence, she spoke again, giving the statement that Director Zhang may need most, "If you are really interested in the award, you can contact me as soon as the film is finished, my pr company, Of course, there are still some personal relationships that will be open to you, and you may have to come to Hollywood a few times, meet up with some friends, have dinner... all of this can be arranged.”

Seeing that Director Zhang's expression became clear from listening, and he nodded slowly, she sighed in her heart, and didn't continue to speak, but turned her head and looked at the silhouette of the mountain in the distance of the villa: Under the lighting of the villa, some remnants of snow on the top of the short peak can be vaguely seen, and the mountain wind seems to have a bit of bitter taste, which also made her, who has lived in the tropics all year round, feel a little uncomfortable.

"I really thank you for the past few days, Jennifer." After the two walked in silence for a while, it was Director Zhang who took the initiative to break the comfortable silence, and also brought back Jenny's wandering thoughts. His tone was sincere. He said, "For four or five days, we have been teaching us almost non-stop every day--patronizing and caring about us, talking about our affairs, and haven't asked about yours--I read your "Meetings with Monroe" This week is indeed a masterpiece. There is nothing to say. It is definitely a peak. This film won the award. To be honest, I am convinced. It is true that it can appeal to both refined and popular tastes, just like the public relations idea you mentioned. In fact, It’s not deceiving, it’s just looking for an angle and saying your own reasoning—whether it’s awards or our films, we need to find a balance between artistry and commerciality, and we can’t lose viewability. This is the reason Son... However, it seems that I haven't heard about your new film in the past few months. What are your plans next? First make some commercial films, the action film you mentioned, and then adapt fairy tales?"

"I won't make commercial films for the time being after the action films are finished," Jenny shook her head, and said quietly, "Fairy tale adaptation films are too young, so I won't act in them. I have no goals, but I still want to act in some in-depth films.”

She smiled, "Of course, I can't expect to win another prize—"

Director Zhang also laughed, and in the midst of the laughter, Jenny continued, "So actually, from the perspective of making money, making commercial films saves time and effort, or I will stop making films and concentrate on managing the company—but ...I still want to make some meaningful movies, something that can be left behind, not for awards or box office, I just want to do it.”

The two were about to walk back to the tea room, but Director Zhang stood still. He took out a cigarette, lit it, and took a puff. — He nodded with a cigarette in his mouth.

"Yeah..." He said vaguely, "After so many talks and so many resolutions, all you care about during the day is those things, capital, land enclosure, cake, profit, influence, Those things are so important, so important, so important..."

After exhaling a puff of white smoke, Director Zhang shook the soot with his hand, looked up at the moon and stomped his feet, and said slowly, "But—"

Jenny whispered, "Yeah, but at night..."

"Old Zhang—" From a distance, someone poked his head out of the window of the tea room, and greeted Director Zhang and Jennifer familiarly—it was producer Zhang, "Miss Jennifer, come here and use some Let's have a late night snack, it can be regarded as a farewell to you—"

"Hey, here we come." Director Zhang returned to normal, he nodded to producer Zhang, "Wait until I finish smoking this cigarette."

Jenny didn't move either. She tightened her down jacket and stood aside waiting for Director Zhang. Director Zhang took two big puffs one after another, threw the cigarette **** on the ground, crushed her feet hard, and let out a long breath white smoke.

"I'm very happy to know that you still plan to make an art film," he said, extending his hand to Jenny and making a formal invitation to shake hands, "Really—I'm looking forward to seeing your new work, then I will I wish you success and success.”

——To be honest, Jenny has been arranging the line of China. Apart from some of her own feelings, she also has considerations for the big dream. She doesn't have any special feelings for these legendary big men. Just like she is with Robert Iger, although you will chat and laugh with her, and there are human exchanges between each other, but Robert is still difficult to count as a real friend in her heart. The same is true for Director Zhang. He let her win her first international film festival queen and opened up a new line of contacts. Jenny is grateful to him for this, but before tonight, Before this moment, she didn't really regard Zhang Dao as a human individual. He was a vague symbol in her heart, a bargaining chip that could be used, just like she was to him—until this moment, Only then did she really feel that she had established a real personal connection with Director Zhang, and the image of Director Zhang became clear in her heart. Perhaps the feelings that can be described as sympathy——

"Thank you for your good words." She held Director Zhang's hand tightly, shook it up and down, looked into Director Zhang's eyes, and said sincerely, "I also wish you always be able to shoot what you want Movies - I think this is the greatest happiness for a director.”

"Yes, right now, I want to shoot "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" well." Director Zhang seemed a little surprised by Jenny's reply—of course he didn't expect that Jenny would be so clear about his difficulties, and this This "just right" congratulations to the pain point seemed to make the experienced director a little flustered, he smiled in disguise, and said slightly jokingly, "This is the movie I really want to make now, from this point of view , I am happier than you, I already have a movie I want to make, but the next role you want to play, this one may really not know where it is.”

"Yeah." Jenny also returned to normal. She took out her mobile phone to check the time, and agreed with a smile, "Where will the next character that makes my heart move..."