Chapter 160: Han Zong

There really aren't many directors who can secure a share of the total box office.

Cao Yang combined this with information from later generations to understand.

The director of *The Lord of the Rings*, Peter Jackson, is powerful enough, right? What he can get is about 20% of the net box office profit, not the total box office, but the net profit.

Zack Snyder, the director of *Man of Steel*, received about 10% of the box office profit for directing that film, also not a share of the total box office.

On the contrary, Christopher Nolan, who directed *Inception*, received a 10% share of the total box office because he was the project initiator, producer, director, and screenwriter.

But when directing *Inception*, Nolan had already directed *Memento*, *Insomnia*, *Batman Begins*, *The Prestige*, and *The Dark Knight*, all of which were major box office hits.

He had already fully proven himself, and these films were all critical and commercial successes; only then was he qualified to receive a share of the total box office.

Cao Yang estimated that Columbia's bottom line could absolutely not exceed 10%.

However, there was still a loophole to exploit here.

This should be the importance of the first move.

In Hollywood, for an actor like Mark Ruffalo who hasn't become famous yet, even if he spends a few million to campaign for a Best Supporting Actor, it is very worth it.

His agency obviously understood this point and also had the courage.

Mark Ruffalo was very excited; he first hugged his family beside him—guests attending the Oscars often bring their families with them.

Then he walked out, turned around, and hugged Johnny Depp sitting behind him.

"Congratulations."

Depp was very envious; he didn't know if he could win Best Actor; Mark Ruffalo, this not-so-famous male actor, won Best Supporting Actor the first time he was nominated for an Oscar; he was really fucking lucky.

Thank Cao Dao Yang, without him, you are nothing.

Why didn't I meet Cao Dao Yang earlier?

He is really a lucky guy.

Mark Ruffalo took another step back, came to Cao Yang's side, leaned down, hugged Cao Yang, and kept saying: "Thank you, thank you..."

Cao Yang patted Mark Ruffalo's shoulder; he could see that this guy was very excited, and hurriedly reminded: "Congratulations Mark, hurry up, go on stage and take back the Oscar that belongs to you; now you are the most dazzling star."

Mark Ruffalo said thank you again and walked quickly to the stage.

"Congratulations, Mark."

"Thank you."

Mark Ruffalo kissed Catherine Zeta-Jones and took the Oscar.

The Oscars are not like the European Big Three, in order to separate the highest award from other awards, they are made into gold and silver.

The Oscars are all unified as Oscars.

"Oh, my God, I just can't believe it, I'm not dreaming."

Mark Ruffalo kissed the Oscar again.

"This is real, thank you. Thank the Academy and the members of the Academy; for me, this is a great honor; I want to thank the actors who were nominated with me; you are all great."

Mark Ruffalo let out a long breath, then continued: "I want to thank screenwriter Mr. Cao Yang the most; at that time we encountered great difficulties, you all know the reason, the project was almost shelved indefinitely.

It was our screenwriter Mr. Cao Yang who stood up and rewrote the script; sir, you are really remarkable.

For the director of this film, Mr. Cao Yang..." Speaking of this, he laughed himself.

The people below also followed suit.

"Alright, whether it's the screenwriter or the director, it's Mr. Cao Yang; you are really remarkable; you are also the person I respect the most; thank you for choosing me, thank you!

At the same time, also thank the whole film crew; you are also the best, thank you.

Thank my family, thank you for supporting my work."

Mark Ruffalo raised the Oscar. "Thank you again."

"Really a lucky guy, he is going to be famous." Luo Bote whispered.

Cao Yang smiled and nodded; for actors mixing in Hollywood, the Oscar addition is really big, especially for small actors who haven't become famous.

Give a similar example, just like Xia Yu winning the Venice Best Actor, Qin Hailu winning the Golden Horse Best Actress, they were all small actors who were unknown, and suddenly became big stars.

Mark Ruffalo although won Best Supporting Actor, but it can also make him leap to become a second-line actor in Hollywood.

!

"I originally wanted to wait for the broadcast of the Six Princesses at night, but I still couldn't hold back, secretly came up to understand some news, and watch TV at night; did I miss any important news?"

"You really missed it; Cao Yang got a good start; originally thought he could wrestle with *The Lord of the Rings 3*, but he was killed and left nothing."

"The person above is exaggerating; the nominations Cao Yang's film got, so far, only missed a Best Supporting Actress, a Best Costume Design, and the others haven't arrived yet."

"Damn, no way, isn't Cao Yang good at cultivating female actors? He will also miss Best Supporting Actress?"

"You also said it, that's a supporting actress; when have you seen the supporting actress in Cao Yang's film win an award?"

"No, brothers, weakly ask, what do you mean by a good start? Which big boss informs me."

"The first award presented at this year's Oscars was Best Supporting Actor, won by an unknown small actor Mark Ruffalo; by the way, this guy won it with *The Bad Milk*."

"The two biggest favorites this year, *The Lord of the Rings 3* with eleven nominations, *The Bad Milk* with ten nominations; so far, *The Lord of the Rings 3* has won five major awards, *The Bad Milk* has only won one."

"Feeling a bit bad; *The Lord of the Rings 3* hasn't missed a single major award it was nominated for so far."

"Direct confrontation, Best Score, both films were nominated... revealed, *The Lord of the Rings 3* won again. Damn, *The Lord of the Rings 3* is killing it."

"It is indeed killing it; no matter which film it confronts, *The Lord of the Rings 3* hasn't lost yet tonight."

"The Oscars are just like this; it compromised with the big ship last time, and it's not strange to compromise with *The Lord of the Rings 3* this time."

"Direct confrontation again, this time it's Best Editing; everyone guess who will win, I'll go first, I guess *The Lord of the Rings 3*."

"You are right, the Oscars compromised with the box office again; *The Lord of the Rings 3* won again, Best Editing is also theirs."

"This... the Oscars... seems... just like that?"

"The person above is an idiot; people in Hollywood can kill the world; the artistry and authority of the Oscars are unquestionable; *The Lord of the Rings 3* is also a very artistic film, okay?"

"Damn, what's the situation, Gu Changwei won Best Cinematography!"

"Who is Gu Changwei?"

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Obviously not.

This film belongs to the anti-traditional film genre; the aliens who come to Earth in it become refugees, become objects of discrimination and oppression, and become the weak who are arbitrarily abused and even killed.

This is the most important selling point.

Therefore, for the few main characters in the film, Cao Yang was thinking of finding a domestic actor for the male lead; he didn't know if Columbia would agree.

It could probably be negotiated; after all, this is a co-production, and they definitely have to give a Chinese person an important role, and the male lead isn't the main selling point, so it might work.

Cao Yang actually wanted to try to see if he could cultivate a world-class big-name actor, the kind not inferior in popularity to Cheng Long or Li Lianjie.

Only by cultivating an actor who is world-class and can carry the box office can one set off the director's own ability.

The character of the somewhat cruel commander has a very significant role, and they could find a well-known Hollywood second-tier actor as the selling point of this film.

Of course, if Columbia didn't agree to a Chinese person as the lead, then this role would nine times out of ten have to be given to a Chinese person.

The male lead's father-in-law is the director of the company entrusted to supervise the aliens, a typical political figure.

For the sake of profit, he could betray his son-in-law without hesitation; let's give that to a white Hollywood actor, which fits their political ecology very well.

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