Chapter 1232: What is an international superstar? (Part 2)

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"Riot really invited a super big star this time; it's truly prestigious."

"Fun fact: Miss Luo Quan also did promotions for League of Legends before and even cosplayed a new hero, but she hadn't debuted long at that time, and her fame wasn't as loud as it is now."

"Now that you mention it, I immediately have an impression."

"So these two sides had a connection early on."

"It's quite good; cooperating now can be considered increasing each other's popularity."

"What surprised me most today is that Luo Bao's skills are so high; she beat Letme until he had no power to fight back."

"Just kidding, don't you see what Luo Bao's nickname is? Is 'World's Strongest Woman' just an empty title?"

"I hope her good luck can come true this time. As long as the LPL can win the championship, I'll directly gift her a Viceroy!"

"Holy crap, rich brother, Venmo me 50!"

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The impact caused by this anniversary performance did not dissipate with the end of the celebration; instead, it became a hot topic in the entire gaming circle, and it took several days of discussion before it gradually cooled down.

After the anniversary performance ended, she didn't continue to stay in the room to stream League of Legends for the players, but rushed to Hengdian without stopping to start the filming of "Fengshen 2: The Lich Catastrophe."

Because she already had the filming experience from the first part, plus Miss Luo Quan gave the actors over a month to memorize lines and ponder their character thoughts, and added some materials that weren't used in the first part, the time expected to be consumed this time should be much less than the first part.

After restarting the filming, Miss Luo Quan returned to her workaholic state, neither streaming nor bothering with other things, just focusing on the set.

Of course, being a workaholic doesn't mean being completely cut off from the outside world.

She still pays attention to the news at home and abroad.

After more than a month of release, "Barbie" finally lacked stamina, and it's basically very difficult for the total global box office to break 1.7 billion dollars.

And its competition with "Prehistoric" has also come to a complete end, because the global box office of "Prehistoric" has already reached 1.8 billion dollars, which is nearly 11.7 billion RMB.

This has far exceeded Miss Luo Quan's initial expectations for it. If there are no accidents, "Prehistoric 1: Creation" will firmly secure the global box office championship this year, which should be no problem.

At least judging from the scheduling of this year's last big slot—the National Day slot—there isn't a single one that can see its taillights.

As for abroad, wanting to beat "Barbie" is almost a fantasy, let alone surpassing "Prehistoric."

Unless some unknown director can suddenly bring out a work no less than "Titanic" or "The Lord of the Rings," it might be possible.

Why say that? Because those big-investment movies start promoting very early, so unless it's a completely secret shoot, such a masterpiece must have been rumored all over the media a year or two before release.

And currently, there is no news of any such epic masterpiece, so one can only hope for secret filming.

Of course, this is only theoretically possible. In fact, everyone knows that such a situation will not happen at all, so Miss Luo Quan has secured this year's box office championship.

Now what needs to be discussed is whether "Prehistoric" is qualified to win the Oscar for Best International Feature Film.

First of all, Best Visual Effects is almost a lock; Miss Luo Quan doesn't even need to spend money to operate at the Oscars. If this award can't be given to "Prehistoric," it means none of the judges for this award are professional.

"Prehistoric" has also been released in North America for a while. How good its special effects are doesn't need to be hyped by China. Countless American viewers have exclaimed: This is definitely the best special effects in history, completely defeating this year's Hollywood blockbusters.

Moreover, various big scenes emerge one after another, and there are countless designs with great imagination, completely constructing a fantasy, magnificent, and at the same time incomparably reasonable Prehistoric world.

Just like Avatar back then, this is a work that is enough to trigger a special effects movie revolution.

If this level of technology still can't win Best Visual Effects, then I really don't know what kind of work can win it.

In short, Miss Luo Quan heard some news through Seifert: If there is no movie with better special effects released before the Oscar ceremony in February next year, then the Best Visual Effects award should belong to it.

Although the second part of "Prehistoric" is not very far away, its release is expected to be in the Spring Festival slot, which is just before or after the Oscar ceremony, so it definitely won't make it.

But if there are no challengers other than Prehistoric, then not only next year's Oscars, but the following Oscars will all be hers.

Of course, the Oscars here specifically refer to Best Visual Effects; wanting to win Best Picture is almost impossible.

Currently, what Miss Luo Quan hopes for most is to work hard in the direction of Best International Feature Film.

It's not that there is no precedent for Chinese movies winning Oscars. Many years ago, a movie called "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won multiple awards at the Oscars, including Best International Feature Film.

Although this movie performed poorly at the domestic box office, it achieved an excellent result of 100 million dollars in North America.

At that time, many Americans didn't know much about China. They might have known kung fu from Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee, but they didn't know what kung fu looked like after being artisticized.

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" did a very good job of promoting this, and also showed foreigners what Chinese classical beauty is.

In terms of nature, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has the same effect as "The Last Emperor."

It's just that the former was filmed by Chinese people, and its release time in North America was later than in the mainland, so among the heavyweight awards, it only won Best International Feature.

The good news is that with this precedent, "Prehistoric" has the possibility to be operated to win the award again.

Now that the internet is so developed, foreigners' understanding of China is no longer so narrow and ignorant.

They know that in the distant East, there is a country that is very safe even in the middle of the night, where various infrastructure facilities are very perfect, there is food everywhere, and it has an incomparably heavy historical culture.

With so much understanding, wanting to use a work like "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" to move the judges is almost impossible.

The good news is that the subject matter of "Prehistoric" is even more distant than martial arts.

That was the ignorant era before dynasties were formed. At that time, China was still a series of tribes. People faced countless natural phenomena that were difficult to understand, used their imagination to weave one myth after another, and shaped one deity after another.

These are the earliest spiritual totems of the Chinese people, and also the manifestation of the cultural and spiritual foundation of the Chinese people.

Man can conquer nature!

This is the most precious spiritual wealth passed down by ancient ancestors to future generations. It is precisely because the ancestors were fearless even in the face of the deep that there were the descendants' "Are kings and nobles born with high status?" and the descendants' "Dare to change the sun and moon."

This kind of thought that heaven and earth are great, but man is the greatest, is actually very incredible abroad.

After all, in foreign religions, everything man has is bestowed by God, and man should be grateful to God. If one dares to be disrespectful, it is the great flood that destroys the world.

But God is merciful; he will let man build an ark and leave a glimmer of life for the tribe.

So humans are all grateful for God's mercy, but not grateful to Noah who built the ark.

This leads to foreigners being unable to imagine why China seems to have no faith.

In fact, China is not without faith, but this faith is reflected in all aspects of life, but it is not reflected in sincere prayer when facing difficulties.

Countless cases tell people that praying to God is useless; in the end, you can only rely on yourself.

This kind of people-oriented spiritual core is still quite popular in the current United States.

So "Prehistoric" can get so many supporters on the internet, and passersby will praise the spirit it expresses after watching the movie.

At least judging from the current film reviews, both passersby and professional film critics think "Prehistoric" is very good, and it has unique Eastern philosophy and is very deep.

Except for the lack of black actors, there are basically no major flaws.

However, because this is originally a Chinese movie, and China doesn't produce black people, political correctness can't be applied to "Prehistoric."

In short, the current online reputation is very favorable for "Prehistoric."

Such a successful commercial movie, such a foreign movie with connotation, such a high-quality movie with all-star acting, has completely reached the standard for awards.

If "Prehistoric" wasn't about Chinese mythology, but Indian or English mythology, then Miss Luo Quan feels she would even dare to touch the Oscar for Best Picture.

Of course, if it were these two mythologies, the box office probably wouldn't be as explosive as it is now.

Anyway, according to Seifert, if a movie can achieve unprecedented success at the box office, it can still get some fame points when awarding prizes.

So he and the Universal company behind him are very optimistic about the movie "Prehistoric" and will fully arrange for the media to create public opinion.

At the same time, he also hopes that when the second part of "Prehistoric" is released, it can also be released abroad simultaneously.

If it's separated for too long and pirated copies fly everywhere, it will always affect the box office.

Business is business; Seifert certainly hopes to earn more, and correspondingly, Miss Luo Quan can also earn more.

For both of them, this is a win-win good thing, and for foreign Prehistoric fans, it's not necessarily a bad thing.

After all, watching in a movie theater and watching at home are quite different.

That kind of visual effect cannot be compared to the flat screen of a mobile phone or computer.

Some people say that home theaters can also get a good experience, but if you can afford a home theater, would you save that little money to watch the genuine version?

Even if you don't want to squeeze with too many people, you will choose to book the whole theater directly.

Instead of searching for one pirated website after another on Google that doesn't require registration to watch, while enduring dim pictures, inaccurate colors, and muffled sound effects.

Therefore, simultaneous release is almost invisible in terms of movie box office.

As for the review, with the help of Universal, they won't make things too difficult for Miss Luo Quan.

Some things have gone too far. Leaving aside the second part of "Prehistoric," if the first part of "Prehistoric" can win a big award, Universal can completely shape it into an Eastern "Lord of the Rings."

The first two parts pave the way, and the last part comes with a super masterpiece, maybe it can sweep the Oscars like "The Return of the King."

This is the picture Miss Luo Quan painted for Seifert. She saw the immortal status of "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy in film history.

And Seifert saw the huge commercial success of "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy.

Although the focus is different, the ultimate goal is the same: they all want "Prehistoric" to be popular, and the more popular, the better.

Painting big cakes is Miss Luo Quan's usual skill, but the big cakes she paints are basically realized.

Having cooperated so many times, even if Seifert doesn't think about the friendship between them, he will still unconditionally support her.

So after getting an accurate answer from Miss Luo Quan, Seifert immediately went to discuss it with his father. He was ready to use Universal's best media resources to create momentum for "Prehistoric."

Shape it into an Eastern "Lord of the Rings," or even remove the "Lord of the Rings" label and become a unique Prehistoric mythology.

Goal: The shaping plan is roughly divided into three steps.

Step 1: "Prehistoric: Creation" wins Best International Feature Film.

Step 2: "Prehistoric: The Lich Catastrophe" wins Oscar for Best Picture.

Step 3: "Prehistoric: Fengshen" sweeps the Oscars.

If it can really be achieved, then Miss Luo Quan will basically be deified.

Of course, wanting to achieve such an achievement has never been one person's credit; it requires the efforts of many parties and the painstaking efforts of countless people.

And this plan is very difficult from the first step.

At least in the era of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," the ideological competition in the United States was not so fierce. In order to open up the Chinese movie market, they were actually very willing to give some awards.

The overall environment is actually much looser than it is now.

Now, not to mention the deepening discrimination problem, some politicians will also use the attribution of awards to make a fuss.

To put it nicely, how can such an influential award as the Oscars be given to a Chinese movie?

To put it bluntly, it's okay to release movies, after all, they can also make money.

Wanting to win an award is not okay; that way, the ideological struggle will be at a disadvantage.

The award-winning movies Miss Luo Quan filmed before didn't have too many Chinese elements, so those politicians wouldn't make things difficult.

But if the object is changed to "Prehistoric," the result is hard to say.

So Miss Luo Quan still faces a difficult situation starting from scratch.

Relying solely on Universal's public opinion might not be enough to move all the judges.

Fortunately, she doesn't just know Seifert as a friend in the United States.

If a few other friends can think about old feelings, then the prospects for "Prehistoric" are still quite bright, and the probability of realizing the three-step plan can also be greatly improved. ===== CHAPTER 1233 =====