Chapter 274: This is a small matter

Cao Yang drove Chen and Hong to the Arcadia Villa located in Los Angeles.

Calling it a villa, it is actually a city in Los Angeles County, the San Gabriel Valley, 20 kilometers east of Los Angeles, a small city where Chinese people gather, only a 40-minute drive from Los Angeles International Airport.

Arcadia has about 50,000 people, half of whom are Asian, and most of the Asians are Chinese.

This is a famous wealthy area, and the public security is very good.

Although it is said that there are shootings every day in the free United States, in the wealthy area, it is quite safe. The wealthy area and other places, although both are in the U. S., seem to be two different worlds.

Cao Yang drove the car into a detached villa.

"During your time in the United States, just stay here."

After getting out of the car, Cao Yang said to Chen and Hong.

Hong looked at the villa; the environment was very beautiful, the villa occupied a large area, had an independent swimming pool, and could overlook Los Angeles.

"Cao Yang, is this a house you bought?"

Hong asked curiously.

Chen next to her glared at her; this question was a bit abrupt, but everyone is not an outsider, especially since it was Hong who asked, so it actually didn't matter.

Chen also looked at Cao Yang with some curiosity.

"I bought it at the end of 2003. It was mainly because I was filming here at the time, and I couldn't stay in a hotel every day, right? So I bought this house through a real estate agent, renovated it for more than nine months, and I only moved in not long ago."

Cao Yang explained with a smile.

"Let's go, let's go into the house first. I have already had people tidy up the rooms. Let's eat something first, and then you can have a good rest."

Hong chatted with Cao Yang while looking around curiously.

"This villa looks quite big; it should be quite valuable, right?"

"It's okay, it adds up to more than 1,800 square meters, with eight bedrooms. This place has high-quality educational resources in the community and is close to the commercial and entertainment core area, so the price is a bit more expensive, costing more than 6 million U. S. dollars."

Cao Yang explained while walking, brought the two to a large room facing the sun, pushed open the bedroom door, and asked with a smile:

"Senior brother, how is this room?"

"Hmm, very good." Chen looked at the spacious room and nodded with a smile.

"How is the public security here?"

When eating, Hong asked again.

Cao Yang could see that Hong was moved; she might want to buy a house here.

"It is said that the public security is quite good, and I haven't moved in long either."

Cao Yang thought for a while and said again: "The real estate agent said that the public security here is one of the best small cities in all of Los Angeles. She said that Jet Li and Wang Zhizhi both bought houses here."

"Wang Zhizhi?"

Hong asked with some confusion; she couldn't remember who this person was for a moment.

"A basketball player, the first Asian player to land in the NBA. He bought a house here when he was on the Clippers."

"Oh."

Hong nodded, but it seemed she still didn't understand.

"You go tidy up the room; I have something to talk to Cao Yang about."

After eating, Chen instructed Hong.

Hong didn't say anything and went straight back to the room. She wanted to laugh a little. Based on her understanding of Chen, Chen probably wanted to ask Cao Yang to do something, but he couldn't open his mouth with her around.

Dying for face and suffering!

Who doesn't know whom? Still embarrassed to open his mouth? What is there that you are embarrassed to open your mouth about in front of me?

What do you have that I haven't seen or don't understand?

Hmph!

"Little junior brother, is the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film really decided? Is there no hope for 'The Promise' at all?"

Chen hesitated for a long time, but finally asked.

At this moment, he felt a bit ashamed. He should be helping and protecting his little junior brother, but in the end, he had to let his little junior brother help...

Shame!

If he really hadn't had no other way, he absolutely wouldn't have been able to open his mouth.

Chen really couldn't understand why the box office of "The Promise" was so high and so many people watched it, but why was everyone scolding it?

This film is clearly not bad.

This film is clearly extremely watchable and artistic.

I buried so many metaphors in the film; you guys should look for them.

Why are the media, film critics, and audiences in the country all scolding it? Are they crazy!

And they don't understand it; didn't Cao Yang interpret it very well at the time?

Chen especially, especially wants to win a major international award now, and after returning to the country, slap it hard on those people's faces—the film you don't understand, the film you are scolding, has won a major award abroad!

The one most likely to be won now is the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film.

Cao Yang thought for a while and called Tang Mu Rothman, the executive director of Columbia, to ask him if "Kung Fu" was operating for the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film.

Tang Mu Rothman said directly no, and he also curiously asked Cao Yang if he had any ideas.

In fact, Tang Mu Rothman was a bit strange. As far as he knew, Cao Yang's "Black Swan" did not participate in the competition for the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film at all.

When Tang Mu Rothman learned that Cao Yang wanted to operate this award for a Chinese film, he actually appeared more active than Cao Yang.

Cao Yang declined Tang Mu Rothman's kindness, which made Tang Mu Rothman feel a bit regretful and disappointed.

It is not easy to operate for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, but the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film is not that difficult.

If he helped Cao Yang operate this award, Cao Yang would owe him a favor.

A chicken rib Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film in exchange for a favor from Cao Yang; that's a huge profit, isn't it?

Cao Yang made his second call to Philip Berk, the president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

Philip Berk was a newly appointed president. His predecessor, Mirjana Van Blaricom, was forced to step down because she decided to terminate the contract with the National Broadcasting Company.

The cause is a bit complicated. Simply put, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is registered with the federal government as a charitable foundation association, so the 6 million U. S. dollars they received from the National Broadcasting Company last year was tax-free.

In last year's Golden Globe Awards ceremony, the Foreign Press Association listed that it would spend 2 million U. S. dollars, including 500,000 U. S. dollars in hosting fees and 500,000 U. S. dollars in personnel hiring fees, but the remaining 1 million U. S. dollars went missing.

Therefore, it was questioned by the National Broadcasting Company, and Mirjana Van Blaricom threatened to terminate the contract.

The final result was that Mirjana Van Blaricom stepped down, and Philip Berk took office as the new president.

A new official taking office certainly wants to make the first Golden Globe Awards after he takes office more influential. It just so happened that Cao Yang and Fox Searchlight wanted to operate awards for "Juno," so they hit it off.

Cao Yang became one of the presenters.

The second call, Cao Yang made to Philip Berk.

Of course, they didn't talk about this matter on the phone. There are many phone tapping incidents in the U. S., and the paparazzi here are no worse than those in Hong Kong, so they just made an appointment for a time to talk about this small matter after meeting.

That's right, the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film that Chen wants so much.

Whether it is in the eyes of Cao Yang, or in the eyes of Columbia's executive director Tang Mu Rothman, or in the eyes of Philip Berk, the president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association who hosts the Golden Globes, it is all a small matter.

At night, due to jet lag, Chen and Hong were both a bit unable to sleep.

"Did your little junior brother agree to do it for you?"

Hong was wearing pink pajamas, sitting on the balcony connected to the room, looking at Los Angeles in the distance. Because it was covered by a transparent glass cover, it was not cold sitting here.

"What agreed to do it."

Chen wanted to play dumb; this is not a glorious thing, so Chen was a bit ashamed to mention it.

"The Best Foreign Language Film, what else could it be?"

Hong glared at Chen and kicked Chen's calf with her toe.

"Hehe..."

Chen giggled, touched his head. Since it was already said, there was nothing to be embarrassed about, and he was even a little secretly happy in his heart.

"Cao Yang said there is a 70% or 80% chance."

Hong marveled at Cao Yang's ability in her heart, and at the same time, she was also a little slightly disappointed.

Chen is getting old, and with the pressure, he is not tough anymore.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 275 =====