With a smile on his face, Rob Cohen said with great satisfaction: "Then I'd like to thank you. In fact, what I want is your words.
People in the company are not very willing to come, because I am related to you, that is, I am your partner.
In your Chinese terms, it was just a small friendship, so I was sent here."
In fact, Universal Pictures can definitely send a more prestigious and powerful company executive to come over, but this matter is not big or small. The matter of impacting the Silver Bear Award is basically not a big problem.
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But if Ye Ming doesn't cooperate, then he's in trouble.
Moreover, according to Ye Ming's virtue, it is really possible for him to do such a thing.
After all, what Universal did with Fast and Furious Part 2 was a bit unreasonable, and they directly threw Ye Ming away.
It would be strange if Ye Ming had no opinion at all.
Therefore, Robert Cohen was sent.
Ye Ming said with a smile: "I am also very happy to do this. If you don't want to do it, then don't do it. But if you say you must do it, then you must do it better.
We must strive for the Silver Bear Award, but speaking of it, the Golden Bear Award is our goal.
Why can’t our film win the Golden Bear, but must go for the Silver Bear? Can’t we go for the Golden Bear in this matter?”
Rob Cohen thought for a moment, and then said helplessly: "The Venice Film Festival in Italy is a very unique film festival. There is no doubt about it. Sometimes, even for the sake of Hollywood, they
Not necessarily buying it.
Many Hollywood blockbusters are not qualified to win the Golden Bear Award. In fact, the Venice Film Festival prefers art films.
For those blockbusters with strong commercial atmosphere, under normal circumstances, according to the moral character of those guys, they basically don't buy it very well.
Therefore, a movie like ours has a very high box office, so it is naturally considered a commercial movie in the eyes of those people.
Therefore, under such a situation, if we are a public relations company, it basically means that the Silver Bear Award is the highest.
If we want to win the Golden Bear Award for public relations, it is almost impossible. Those artists may not all be publicized.
You can see this from the past award-winning films at the Venice Film Festival.
In fact, many of the films that have actually won the Golden Bear Award cannot be commercial blockbusters.
This is their habit and the artistic atmosphere they flaunt.
Therefore, if we go to win the Golden Bear Award at this time, it will not be as difficult as usual. But for the Silver Bear Award, they may be more interested in compromising."
A professional is a professional. Although Rob Cohen is just a director, in a situation like this, judging from his understanding of the Venice Film Festival, he is very in-depth on such a matter.
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Think about the Venice Film Festival, even the Berlin Film Festival, and the Cannes Film Festival. Basically, they are not very good at dealing with Hollywood.
Thinking about the past Golden Bear Awards at the Venice Film Festival, there are indeed very few American Hollywood blockbusters.
Under normal circumstances, at this time, the Golden Bear Award would rather be given to an art film with little fame and no box office than to a cheaper Hollywood film. It is difficult for the Venice Film Festival to invite top Hollywood stars.
This point can actually prove a problem in disguise, that is, the Venice Film Festival does often confront Hollywood and discredit Hollywood stars.
Is it strange that people are willing to lick their faces and walk on the red carpet? Anyway, the three major film festivals, if you add in the Oscars, which are half a million dollars higher than the three major film festivals, they will be among the top ten film festivals in the world.
Anyway, these three major companies are more or less hostile to Hollywood.
No matter what, they all think that they are upright, have a strong literary and artistic flair, and are not in the same league as Hollywood commercial blockbusters.
In other words, the three major film festivals think that they are high-pressure. Hollywood is too tacky, and rich and tacky. It is common for blockbusters produced with hundreds of millions of dollars to fail at the three major film festivals.
Therefore, it was shot in a short time like Run, and it was said to have the best special effects shots. This kind of film was not very suitable for the Venice Film Festival.
The only good thing is that Ye Ming has a good relationship with the three major film festivals, and Huaxia Film has a good relationship with the three major film festivals.
For this reason, there is also hope of hitting the Silver Bear Award. If it works well, it may not mean that there is no possibility of winning the Silver Bear Award.
But if we are talking about the Golden Bear Award, then the Venice Film Festival does seem to have the reserve of the Venice Film Festival, and it seems unlikely that the Golden Bear Award is possible.
Robert Cohen also believes that there is little hope for the Golden Bear Award. Therefore, this time he came to Venice to do preliminary operations and public relations. His main goal was actually to go for the Silver Bear Award. Well, the Golden Bear Award, I think.
I thought I might as well forget it.
If it's an art film like Yellow Earth, Red Sorghum, etc. from the early Chinese period, you might be able to give it a try. Whether it's Running Man or The Fast and the Furious, there's basically no hope of winning the Golden Bear.
It's not a matter of money, what people want is the literary and artistic atmosphere, the literary and artistic style.
If the artistic height of the movie does not reach that level, basically don't think about the Golden Bear Award.
Ye Ming also said with some helplessness: "It seems that this is indeed the truth. Okay, let's settle the matter first. I will let the people from Brilliant Italy Company cooperate with your public relations. Just go for the Silver Bear Award?"
If you strive for the Golden Bear or something like that, it doesn't matter whether you succeed or not."
He himself is actually very clear about the Golden Bear Award, let alone the run, even for a super blockbuster like Titanic, there is basically no chance.
Therefore, instead of focusing on the Golden Bear Award, it is better to focus on public relations for the Silver Bear Award.
As for winning the Golden Bear and Silver Bear together, this is even more unlikely.
It quickly spread that the movie "Run" was competing for the Silver Bear Award.
This is the effect of the early publicity, and we must show the courage to move forward.
This thing really surprised the entire Chinese entertainment industry.
Generally speaking, Chinese people prefer to be reserved when doing things. Therefore, unless they win an award, they will generally maintain a low-key style.
Even if you are selected for a competition unit, you usually go there with the attitude that friendship comes first and competition comes second.
No matter how much I want to win the prize in my heart, it is generally said that I go there for the purpose of learning.
Therefore, it is relatively rare for someone like Ye Ming, who was not selected for the competition, to directly talk about competing for the Silver Bear Award under such circumstances.
What should I do if I don’t get it? Wouldn’t this be a slap in the face? Therefore, at least few people in China would publicize it in advance.
But thinking about it, it seems reasonable that the person who did this is Ye Ming. According to Ye Ming's connections in the international entertainment industry, among other things, there is not much of a problem in running a selected competition unit.
As for whether I can win the award, that's hard to say.
Even when interviewing the actors of the "Running Man" movie, such as Deng Shao, Huang Bo, Xu Zheng, Wang Baoqiang and others, they remained tight-lipped.
They all said that this matter was subject to the company's arrangements, and they would do whatever the company wanted.
As for Zhao Xiaodao, at this time, Zhao Xiaodao had never thought about the Silver Bear Award at all, and he was just acting cute and pretending to be stupid in front of reporters.
However, Zhao Xiaodao has an invincible cute appearance, and now there are professional makeup artists and costume designers from the company to help with the styling, which really adds the finishing touch.
Under such a situation, few reporters would bother to ask Zhao Xiaodao what was going on.
I have to say, this is actually a world where cute pets are invincible.
At this moment, actually in Xiangjiang, colleagues in the entertainment industry are also talking about it.
Everyone is making movies. Before they win awards, filmmakers in Hong Kong generally won’t make such a big deal.
But in such a situation, Ye Ming really did this.
You don't have any temper at all when you do this. Ye Ming is indeed qualified and has the strength to do this.
There is no doubt about this. Whether you believe it or not, Ye Ming does have such a powerful influence.
Moreover, people in the entertainment industry in Hong Kong have also received news that Universal Pictures has started public relations in Italy.
Whether this movie wins awards actually has a lot to do with public relations.
If the public relations is good, then as long as the quality of the film is not too bad, the chances of winning awards are still very high.
The Xiangjiang entertainment circle and the Baodao entertainment circle are also proud of each other. We are all our own people, so we can celebrate behind closed doors.
They all represent Chinese films. If Ye Ming can win the award, it will be an honor for the Chinese people.
But at this time, not everyone was actually very happy.
This time, Li Yu's children's shoes were a little unhappy because Lust Caution was actually scheduled to participate in the Venice Film Festival.
Director Li Eu is not an ordinary person, and is quite influential internationally. In fact, he is somewhat confident that Lust, Caution will hit the Venice Film Festival.
But if Ye Ming is involved, it's hard to say whether there are any changes.
Even if Li Yu himself believes that the artistry of Lust, Caution is much higher than that of Running Bar.
Ye Ming's films were purely commercial and were not liked by people in Venice.
But you must know that Ye Ming is a strong competitor after all, and Universal Pictures' public relations capabilities are also quite good.
Therefore, under such a situation, if the movie Run is really going to compete in the Venice Film Festival, then Lust, Caution will have a very strong opponent.
At this time, Li Yu also found Liang Chaowei for tea in Xiangjiang, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Ye Ming is a bit unkind. He announced his intention to compete for the Silver Bear Award under such circumstances. This is to build momentum for himself.
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When I was filming Lust, Caution, I actually wanted to invite Tang Wei to come and play Wang Jiazhi, but I didn't expect that Ye Ming blocked him. I won't talk about this anymore.
Regarding a problem like this, he is Tang Wei’s boss and wouldn’t let me find someone else to shoot.
But when it came to the Venice Film Festival, he also had a hand in promoting it with great fanfare.
This has a considerable impact on lust and caution. If he does this, it is a bit unkind."
From Li Yu's point of view, in a situation like this, why would you go to the Venice Film Festival to mix up a commercial blockbuster?
That's the palace of art films. Why are you, a commercial blockbuster that has made a lot of money at the box office, going to get involved there? Can't you just count money and play at home?
But it just means that Ye Ming really did it.
And it was done with great fanfare, as if it was for fear that others wouldn't know about the news that the movie "Running Man" will go to the Venice Film Festival.
And under such a situation, even if Lust, Caution continues to announce that it will go to the Venice Film Festival, relatively speaking, the publicity effect will not be very good.
This is almost certain. Regarding such an issue, no matter how you put it, it is quite disadvantageous to Li Yu.
The resources Ye Ming controls and the connections Ye Ming controls are much more powerful than himself.
In terms of qualifications, I am a little better than Ye Ming, but the others are basically incomparable.
Therefore, regarding a matter like this, Li Yu thought that Ye Ming was unkind and not interesting enough. He called Liang Chaowei to complain.
Liang Chaowei took a sip of tea helplessly, and then said slowly: "This is indeed beyond our expectations, but what can we do now?
Can we withdraw under this situation?"
This is impossible, quit?
There is no reason to quit. Besides, Li Yu has been in the entertainment industry for such a long time and knows the situation of the entertainment industry very well. This is a place where the superiors are flattered and the inferiors are suppressed.
Therefore, if you say you want to quit at this time, you are basically guaranteed to be stepped on.
Is the movie Lust, Caution still waiting to appear at the Venice Film Festival? Therefore, it is impossible for Li Yu to withdraw at this time.
Therefore, Li Eucalyptus said with great certainty: "Impossible, it is impossible to withdraw from this matter.
We must persevere to the end. If we quit under such a situation, it will be difficult to say anything about it in the future.
Therefore, we must persevere. Although we may not have a good chance of winning in some matters, there is no reason to surrender without a fight." Surrendering without a fight is something Li Yu cannot do.
As for talking to Ye Ming? It seems that such a thing is impossible.
Ye Ming naturally hopes that Run can hit the Venice Film Festival.