Chapter 214

Li Li Xiaoran lay in Cao Yang's arms, watching the news program with the highest ratings on TV, broadcasting the news of "District 9" breaking the record, and couldn't help but raise her head and kiss Cao Yang.

Subsequently, she reached out and groped, grabbed a small thing, and pulled it gently when Cao Yang was unprepared.

Cao Yang was thinking about things, and this time his attention was definitely pulled back.

"What do you want to do?"

Cao Yang looked down at Li Li Xiaoran and asked softly.

Li Li Xiaoran was stunned for a moment, it seemed to be a double entendre?

She hurriedly shook her head and said with a smile: "I'm congratulating you, my Director Cao. You broke the record, and CCTV even reported it. Isn't this a big happy event?"

"Congratulate me? I can understand if you kiss me once, but your second time doesn't feel like a congratulation, it feels a bit like public revenge."

Li Li Xiaoran didn't deny it, just said with a smile: "Who made your 'District 9' so hot? My 'A World Without Thieves' hasn't broken 100 million yet. It was expected to have 150 million at the time."

"'A World Without Thieves' hasn't broken 100 million yet?" Cao Yang didn't care about this before, and didn't expect "A World Without Thieves" to be so affected.

He remembered that in the original history, "A World Without Thieves" was also affected by "Kung Fu," which was released two weeks later, but it also got a box office of over 120 million.

It's just that this time it was affected even more by "District 9."

Logically speaking, the lead actress was changed from Milk Tea Liu to Li Li Xiaoran, and the box office should be more.

It can be seen that under the super explosion of "District 9," other films simply have no way to survive.

In the final analysis, there are too few cinemas and screens in the country, and the market is only so big. This is something that can't be helped.

"It's still nearly 3 million short. Now there is only 100,000 box office per day. It is estimated that breaking 100 million is hanging."

Li Li Xiaoran felt a bit depressed when mentioning this. She was the lead actress, and of course she hoped that the film she starred in would have another one breaking 100 million.

However, it seems impossible now.

Cao Yang guessed Li Li Xiaoran's thoughts. He pinched Li Li Xiaoran's nose and comforted her with a smile: "Don't worry, let alone less than 3 million, even if it is 5 or 6 million short, 'A World Without Thieves' will exceed 100 million."

Huayi definitely wants a film invested by their company to have a box office exceeding 100 million.

Xiao Xiao Gangpao definitely wants to enter the "100 Million Club."

The box office gap of 3 million is very easy to operate for Huayi and Xiao Xiao Gangpao.

Cao Yang was interrupted by Li Li Xiaoran just now. He was actually thinking about the next film plan.

Tom Rothman, executive director of Columbia Pictures, flew over specially to discuss with Cao Yang the shooting plan of the film "2012."

Yes, after Cao Yang's "District 9" sold well, Columbia, after internal discussion, gave up shooting "The Hunger Games" and wanted to shoot "2012."

This also has something to do with the big sale of the film "The Day After Tomorrow."

The big sale of "The Day After Tomorrow" proves that disaster films still have a certain market prospect.

Moreover, Columbia's sincerity this time is also quite sufficient.

Last time on "District 9," because of Cao Yang's 9% total box office share, they almost broke their lips. This time, as soon as Tom Rothman opened his mouth, he promised a 10% total box office share.

Of course, this also has to do with Columbia not believing in Cao Yang last time and having a 1+1 film plan.

In their mind, even if the cooperation with Cao Yang's first film was successful and could get a box office of over 100 million USD, Cao Yang couldn't leave Columbia. "1+1" would definitely make Columbia have more initiative. Who could have thought that "District 9" would explode in North America and the box office would exceed 200 million USD? The "1+1" clause, which didn't have much binding force, instead made Columbia passive.

A director who can have a box office exceeding 200 million in North America is definitely a super big director. Which company doesn't want to cooperate?

Helplessly, the only thing Columbia can use to move Cao Yang is sincerity.

So Tom Rothman rushed over before "District 9" was off the screen in North America, just fearing that other Hollywood film companies would take the lead.

Cao Yang has fully proved his status as a big director through "Milk" and "District 9."

However, even if Columbia looks very sincere, Cao Yang didn't easily agree.

He still remembers the entrustment of Old Ma, the chairman of the Venice Film Festival.

Old Ma invited Cao Yang to participate in the Venice Film Festival this year, and Cao Yang agreed last time, so he definitely couldn't break his promise.

It is already late January 2005, and it is time to consider the films participating in the Venice Film Festival.

This film is aimed at the Golden Lion of the Venice Film Festival. At least in terms of artistry, it must be reasonable and cannot be fooled around.

Cao Yang thought of three films at first and wanted to choose one from them.

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The first is the Korean "Decision to Leave." This film made Tang Wei win countless awards, but unfortunately, she didn't win Best Actress at the three major European festivals.

However, if it were shot by Cao Yang, the lead actress would have an 80-90% chance of winning Best Actress at the three major European festivals.

However, this film can actually be seen as the director's show-off work, full of the director's lens language, and the director spent all his thoughts on this.

The film script is a bit mediocre, it's easy to win Best Director, but the highest award is a bit reluctant.

The second is also a Korean film, called "Pieta." This is another perverted work of Jin Laoguai, which can be considered as facing "the evil of life."

The completion of this film is not bad, and it has religious implications. Winning the highest award is more reasonable than "Decision to Leave." Of course, it is only some.

The third is the American "Black Swan." This is not only a film about dance, but also a psychological drama reflecting human nature, dreams, and self-redemption.

Generally, films discussing human nature, as long as they are slightly deeper, winning awards or even the highest award is no problem.

If he wants to shoot this film, Cao Yang wants to change the background, shoot it as a Chinese-language film, and can also make two lead actresses.

Originally, Cao Yang's backup list also included the Korean "Parasite," but although this film is also a good film, it is a bit far-fetched to want to win a big award now.

This film needs to be in the background of the era when immigration causes chaos to better fit the theme and be easier to win awards. It belongs to films that have requirements for the era background.

So it was not included in Cao Yang's backup list.

Of the three films, Cao Yang is more inclined to "Black Swan." If this film is shot well, while impacting the highest award, maybe he can also make a Best Actress by the way.

This film has requirements for actors in terms of dance. Among the people Cao Yang knows, there are just a few who have studied dance and dance quite well.

Like Li Li Xiaoran and Dong Xuan, Cao Yang has also personally guided their postures...

Thinking of this, Cao Yang couldn't help but look at Li Li Xiaoran in his arms.

Alright, he can explore the dance posture problem deeply later.

(End of chapter)