Chapter 155: Preparing to Make a Blockbuster

Bellman called Cao Yang again, asking if he wanted to hurry to the US to operate, whether it was the Golden Globes or the Oscars, nomination and winning are two different things, and they all need to be operated.

And, the Golden Globes are easier to operate, the organizer is the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and the final result is produced by the votes of 96 reporters.

It's not like the Oscars, which are so difficult to operate.

The awards of the Oscars are nominally produced by the votes of thousands of judges. These judges don't even know what movie they are voting for, and they don't necessarily know the content of the movie. If they don't operate, popularity has an absolute advantage.

However, in an environment where everyone is operating, popularity is not of much use.

Cao Yang thought about the five nominations for the Golden Globes, it is estimated that the focus of Columbia and Miramax's public relations is on Best Film, and it is also possible to capture Best Director, these are all awards related to the movie box office.

And Depp personally and his brokerage company must only be staring at Best Actor.

Just don't know if Anne Hathaway's brokerage company will operate for her Best Supporting Actress.

From Anne Hathaway's future road to explosion, and her courage to take off and do it, her brokerage company is likely to contribute to her.

"How is my novel selling?"

Cao Yang asked. His *Cao Yang's Fantasy Journey* has been published to the third volume, each volume consists of about five novels.

Each novel is rewritten based on wonderful movies that will appear in the future Hollywood, adding up to fifteen novels, which means fifteen movies can be adapted.

"Very good!"

Talking about this, Bellman laughed.

"Especially the first volume, each one is wonderful, laying a good reputation and foundation for the next two volumes, so, my dear director, you are already a writer in the top 50 of the North American novel bestseller list!"

"Are there many people seeking adaptation?" Cao Yang asked.

"Many. Not to mention some small companies and unknown producers, almost all slightly larger movie companies in Hollywood have contacted me."

Bellman said excitedly: "Especially Columbia, after they knew that *Cao Yang's Fantasy Journey* was indeed written by you, they have contacted me many times, wanting to cooperate with you, saying they want to move these novels to the big screen.

They even made a plan, saying that as long as you agree, there will be a special fund plan to create this series of movies. They value the first volume of the novel more, but the early plan wants to choose a medium-cost production.

As long as you are willing to adapt, the first fund will have a budget of about 50 million, of course, there are many details to talk about, it depends on your willingness."

Medium-cost production? It seems that Columbia is still a bit uneasy.

Cao Yang considered it, and said to Bellman: "Bellman, you tell Columbia that they can choose a medium-cost one from the novel to adapt, but it must be done in the mode of a co-production. They should be very familiar with this.

How to cooperate specifically, the investment share needed, these can all be talked about. But there is one prerequisite, I don't care what method Columbia uses, I want Best Director, it depends on whether Columbia has sincerity."

Bellman hesitated for a while before explaining carefully.

"Oscar Best Director might be a bit difficult. Warner started operating in August, and has already invested a lot of money, this time swearing to give Peter Jackson a Best Director, and give *The Lord of the Rings* a perfect ending."

*The Lord of the Rings* was invested and distributed by New Line Cinema, and New Line Cinema was acquired by Warner in 1993 and merged into the Time Warner Group. "What award are Columbia and Miramax focusing on operating?"

Cao Yang asked curiously.

"Best Film."

Bellman opened his mouth and said: "They value Best Film more, which can bring more reputation to *Milk*.

Although Warner is also operating Best Director and Best Film at the same time, they value Best Director more, *The Lord of the Rings* third part no longer needs Best Film to hit the reputation."

It seems that Warner is determined to win.

"Bellman, you first tell Columbia my conditions, see what they say, I want to see their sincerity, not shirking."

Even if the Oscar Best Director is very difficult, but if it is not difficult, how can it show sincerity? Besides, sincerity can also be in other aspects, it depends on how you exchange.

"Okay, I will tell these conditions to Columbia, do you still come to operate the Golden Globes?"

Bellman asked again.

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"If Columbia has sincerity, they will definitely be more anxious than me. Bellman, you should understand what I mean, I won't go to the US for the time being."

If Columbia feels that the Oscar Best Director hope is not great, then in order to express sincerity, the Golden Globes plus other conditions will be the greatest possibility.

They will definitely exchange opinions with Warner. No one is a fool. Operating awards can be done under certain conditions, but two major companies smashing money to operate is a lose-lose play, which should not happen.

The seven major movie companies in Hollywood, competition and cooperation coexist, and will maintain a certain tacit understanding and communication. They are the true rulers of Hollywood.

In the next few days, Cao Yang continued to do post-production for the movie and communicated with several familiar people.

Everyone originally thought that Cao Yang would put down the things in his hands and hurry to the US. After all, the Golden Globes are also a very important award. If you don't socialize and operate, how can you win a big award.

And, the Oscars will announce nominations in 1 month. As a favorite of the Golden Globes, shouldn't you be anxious to go to the US now, attend various activities, so that you can get Oscar nominations?

When many people heard that Cao Yang would not go to the US before the Oscar nominations were announced, everyone was shocked.

Han Zong also specially called to ask what Cao Yang thought? This is such a good opportunity, why don't you hurry up?

Hou Keming was more convenient. He found Cao Yang at the Qingying Factory and asked: "Cao Yang, what do you think? This is the Oscars, your artistic achievements are already very high, just missing the Oscars that are more inclined to commercial, why don't you go?"

Actually, Hou Keming is also very contradictory. As a Beijing Film Academy person, he doesn't value the Oscars too much, not as much as the European Big Three.

But as a filmmaker, the value of the Oscars is great. Now that Hollywood's status is there, it's hard not to value it.

There is another tacit idea that everyone has. Ang Lee's *Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon* won so many Oscar nominations, but he is Chinese after all.

And as long as Cao Yang can get nominations for several big awards at the Oscars, domestic directors can achieve a breakthrough at the Oscars. Mentioning it can also boost national pride.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 156 =====