[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-academic-director-reborn-in-the-film-industr":3,"chapter-the-academic-director-reborn-in-the-film-industr-the-academic-director-reborn-in-the-film-industr-chapter-76":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Academic Director: Reborn in the Film Industry",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2297076,4493,"Chapter 76: Old Chen's Hollywood Journey","the-academic-director-reborn-in-the-film-industr-chapter-76",76,"\u003Cp>Why does Cao Yang tend to look for actresses who are currently heartbroken or sad?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Based on experience, when someone is heartbroken or sad, their emotional fluctuations are greater, and the effect of getting into character will be better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the movie to be filmed has been decided, and since the decision has been made to produce another Best Actress, one must certainly make the greatest effort to prepare and try to ensure everything is foolproof.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Yang considers Gao Yuanyuan an important backup; now that he has put out the word that he is filming a movie, as long as they have the schedule, domestic actresses will definitely be infinitely enthusiastic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There is no need to rush now; the script hasn't even been written yet, so it won't be too late to look for candidates while writing the script.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On September 18, the 24th Hundred Flowers Awards announced the list of winners, and the 21st Golden Rooster Awards announced the list of nominations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Currently, the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers are not held in alternating years, but once every year; it is only from 2005 that the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers will be judged in alternating years, with the Hundred Flowers Awards judged in even-numbered years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Hundred Flowers Awards gave Best Actress to Gong Li, and *Night and Day* became one of the three Best Feature Films.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is estimated to be controversial when the time comes; Li Xiaoran won the Berlin Best Actress award this year, and the movie box office was over 20 million, so how could she lose the vote to Gong Li?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gong Li has no movies released this year, and the award-winning movie was still the one released in February of last year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, as for the Hundred Flowers Awards, since they say it is a vote, let's just treat it as a vote.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But, if she can't win the Hundred Flowers Best Actress with a Berlin Best Actress title, the Golden Rooster Best Actress is likely a sure thing; otherwise, it would be a disservice to the reputation of a Berlin Best Actress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Golden Rooster won't suppress Li Xiaoran, who won the Berlin Best Actress, just to demonstrate authority, otherwise, it would become an international joke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Night and Day* received five nominations for the Golden Rooster Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actress, and Best Cinematography.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This movie was criticized by many for having shots that were too simple, so why was there a nomination for Best Cinematography?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because when the Beijing Film Academy submitted the awards, they said this was a New Wave film, praised by a host of judges at the Berlin Film Festival, and is a model of New Wave films in recent years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You see, a movie that won the Silver Bear Jury Grand Prix at the Berlin Film Festival is also a model of New Wave films; it wouldn't be excessive to give it a Best Cinematography nomination, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a New Wave film, you can say the shots of a New Wave film are unique, but as a professional, you cannot say the shots are simple—are you denying New Wave films?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This heavy label, once slapped on, is not something everyone can afford to bear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hou Ke told Cao Yang privately that, in fact, at the beginning, the Golden Rooster internal team only gave two nominations: Best Directorial Debut and Best Actress; they didn't even give a Best Picture nomination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before the nominations were announced, Cao Yang unexpectedly won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival on September 8, becoming the youngest Golden Lion-winning director in the world, and even the *Xinwen Lianbo* mentioned it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What else could the Golden Rooster do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, they revised the nomination list overnight, not only changing the Best Directorial Debut award to Best Director but also giving Cao Yang's movie five nominations all at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they really awarded the Best Directorial Debut to a Golden Lion-winning director, it would truly become a global laughingstock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And after announcing the nomination list, the Golden Rooster officials also tipped off the Beijing Film Academy, asking Director Cao to be sure to attend the film festival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Generally, if the Golden Rooster tips you off to attend the awards ceremony, they will definitely give you an award.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being able to win an award again, the school was still very happy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Hou Ke did not reply to the Golden Rooster without authorization, but consulted Cao Yang's opinion, asking if he was willing to attend, and said that the Golden Rooster Awards have an unwritten rule: if you don't attend, you don't get the award, unless there are special circumstances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also said that if Cao Yang really didn't want to attend, it would be fine; the school would try to see if they could make it a special circumstance...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Yang was still thinking about how much prestige he could gain from the Golden Rooster, so he said he would go when the time came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hou Ke left very happily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the blink of an eye, it was almost time for the release of *3-Iron*, and Boss Han from China Film Group specifically called to set a time for everyone to discuss the movie's release.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time the movie brought even greater heat, and even now there are media reporting related news, so there is no need to worry about promotion at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, after Boss Han and Cao Yang discussed it, they still decided to hold another tour premiere event, running through several big cities one by one, still choosing Jingcheng, Shanghai, Jinling, Yangcheng, Shenzhen, Rongcheng, Jiangcheng, and the filming location, Ludong Island. In addition, they selected a few more media outlets to prepare for exclusive interviews.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boss Han confidently stated that relying on the reputation of the Golden Lion and the existing heat, plus the popularity brought by the tour premiere, the box office would definitely be able to break the 30 million mark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, the Youth Film Studio, in conjunction with China Film Group, released 320 prints, 50 more than Cao Yang's first movie, which should be because they have enough confidence in the Golden Lion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On October 1, *3-Iron* premiered in Jingcheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The premiere location was still chosen at the Jingcheng Theater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time more guests came; the fourth-generation directors who were still slightly active all came, and most of the fifth-generation directors were also present.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The national master Zhang Yimou even put down the *Hero* he was filming and brought Zhang Ziyi and the staff from the Beijing Film Academy system in the crew together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides Zhang Ziyi, quite a few actresses with a little bit of connections really came this time; one by one, they were dressed to the nines, and their eyes lit up when they saw Cao Yang, both humble and enthusiastic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Yang smiled and shook hands with Zhang Yimou to say hello, asked about the filming progress of *Hero*, and exchanged a few polite words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After exchanging pleasantries with the national master Zhang Yimou, Cao Yang thought that since Zhang Ziyi had come, he couldn't just ignore her, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he was about to shake hands and exchange pleasantries, he didn't expect that before he could even reach out his hand, Zhang Ziyi directly hugged Cao Yang, acting very close, and kept congratulating Cao Yang in his ear for winning the Golden Lion, being incredibly ambiguous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are we that close? This woman is really something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The national master's face also turned noticeably darker; he gave a couple of awkward laughs and quickly led the group to be guided toward their seats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today, the great poet Chen Kaige didn't come; Chen Hong came in his place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hong explained with some pride that Chen Kaige was doing post-production for a movie at MGM in the US, and there was really no way to rush back this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Yang didn't mind; a while ago when the Beijing Film Academy held a symposium... no, a seminar, Chen Kaige came back, stayed in Jingcheng for two days, and then went back to the US.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone knows about this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Last October, Hollywood's MGM invested 30 million US dollars and invited the great poet Chen Kaige to be the director to start filming the movie *Killing Me Softly*; this is the first blockbuster Chen has entered Hollywood with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to him, he had made preparations and wanted to make a big splash in Hollywood...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen's reputation is still very loud; before the movie was even finished, the Japanese had already spent 4.5 million US dollars to buy the rights in Japan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not bad, at least he recouped 4.5 million in one fell swoop, and in US dollars at that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Good luck to Chen; I hope he can punch Hollywood and kick the Oscars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, I hope Chen doesn't lose too miserably, otherwise his Hollywood path will be cut off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seems I haven't heard of Chen entering Hollywood again later, so perhaps, maybe, possibly, this movie cut off his path forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it doesn't matter; MGM doesn't care about this little bit of Chen's.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Last year, MGM not only invested 30 million US dollars for Chen to film a movie, but also invested 115 million US dollars to invite Wu Yusen to film the war blockbuster *Windtalkers*.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, there are still nine years until MGM truly goes bankrupt; MGM can still hold on until November 2010, so they can still afford to lose this little bit of money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At worst, they will just enter the auction process again; it's no big deal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1608,"2026-06-20T05:36:32.009Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","34b5fa3a3f8acf6d66318e7d4f7d590f4e36e5f3d56ef7ed36d84f49dba1e541","the-academic-director-reborn-in-the-film-industr-chapter-77","the-academic-director-reborn-in-the-film-industr-chapter-75",411,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-academic-director-reborn-in-the-film-industr-cover.jpg"]