Los Angeles.

Inside the Sacred Citizens Auditorium in the city center.

This is the scene of the 71st Academy Awards, on Sunday evening, March 21.

Mr. Zhang and several members of the crew of "Heroes" won a pretty good front position on the left. Listening to Xueer, the award-winning guest of the Best Foreign Language Film Awards on the stage, finished the nominations one by one, he slowly began to unpack the envelopes. Even if he didn't have any expectations, he still couldn't help but clench his fists slightly.

On stage.

Today, Sister Xueer, who was still charming in royal blue hollow low-cut evening dress, opened the envelope, glanced at it, and read the award result: "The award belongs to it, "Central Station", congratulations."

Walter Sellers, a famous Latin American director from Brazil, suddenly stood up from the bottom of the stage, and then he remembered to be reserved and hug each other with his friends around him.

Mr. Zhang completely collapsed in his seat when he heard the award results.

Last year, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" just won the Best Foreign Language Film. It is impossible for the Oscar to give this award to Chinese-language films for two consecutive years. This is something that everyone could have expected before, and even Mr. Zhang himself understands that the opportunity this time is slim.

But, I was unwilling to give up after all.

When he noticed that Jeter Li, who was sitting beside him, Master Zhang woke up again, quickly applauded with everyone, and subconsciously aimed at the big screen on the stage. Fortunately, the camera had been completely cut to the winner, and he did not see his disobedience, otherwise, it would be even more embarrassing than not winning the prize.

Master Zhang is not a person who can't take it and let it go. Since this is the case, he will no longer think about it and focus on the subsequent links.

The awarding time for the Best Foreign Language Film Awards was two hours after the award ceremony, and then the final key nomination was basically entered.

"Elizabeth", which had previously shown a hot attitude and had won several peripheral awards, continued to sweep, which made Mr. Zhang feel more or less uncomfortable. In his opinion, "Elizabeth" is not as good as "Save Private Ryan", and even "Los Angeles Secret", which Brian de Palma went to the top again many years later.

However, this historical film just rushes over there.

That's the case with the Oscars.

Of course, the main reason why Master Zhang is not feeling bad is that since this is the case, what's wrong with giving his "Hero" a little golden man?

Before we knew it, the award ceremony came to an end.

When everyone thought the overall situation was decided, Oscar slammed the steering wheel again, and the award for Best Director unexpectedly fell on Spielberg in "Save Private Ryan".

this……

Split pork?

wrong.

To balance?

Something.

After thinking about it carefully, perhaps it was probably a silent protest by Oscar on Daenerys Entertainment.

Although, "Save Private Ryan" is still published by Daenerys Entertainment.

In fact, Oscars also didn't like Spielberg at the time. After "Jaws" in 1975 directly pushed Spielberg to the top, in the following decade, Lao Shrew filmed films that catered to Oscars many times, hoping to win the favor of awards.

Unfortunately, nothing has been found.

Until the "Schindler's List" a few years ago, I was frankly afraid to give it.

This time, the Olympic Award judges were probably more sincere. They probably felt that with the rise of Daenerys Entertainment and the latest generation of Hollywood filmmakers, Laos is already a group of "his own people" with them.

It is the kind of "forefront" who was photographed on the beach, so they appreciate each other.

After the best director award for the kindness of harmony, the best film, without any suspense, finally fell on "Elizabeth".

Having said that, in the last box office week before the Olympic Awards ceremony, from March 12 to March 18, the cumulative box office of "Elizabeth" in North America has reached 95.07 million US dollars. With the Oscar Best Picture this time, it directly exceeded 100 million US dollars this week, and it is expected to have a box office potential of 20 to 30 million US dollars in the future.

The final local box office should be above US$120 million.

The production cost of 25 million US dollars is already very successful, just the local box office.

However, overseas, which is about to make efforts, is the big head of "Elizabeth". After all, the Oscars in this era are still very valuable, and overseas audiences are also very popular. Just like "Shape's Love History" in the same year, the local area barely exceeded 100 million, but after winning the Olympic Award, the overseas box office reached 189 million US dollars, with a cumulative global cumulative amount of nearly 300 million.

As for the controversy that may arise, you can make the box office more than ten times the cost, make money and make money. Others, you can argue as much as you like.

Besides, the official deliberate suppression of the Olympic Awards that may be encountered later, Simon is not too worried. As long as the quality of the videos he produced is sufficient, suppressing the Olympic Awards is equivalent to slapping himself in the face.

Just like next year, "Chicago", a masterpiece of musical and dance film that Miramax was suppressed after 1999 for several years, if the Oscars are not awarded, let alone the public will scold them, the critics will also criticize them.

Therefore, it lasts for one year at most.

There is also the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy that is ready to go. The first two can be ignored, but what about the last one?

Beverly Hills.

In the bar on the top floor of Sunset Tower Hotel, after the awards ceremony, there is a lively Melisandra Party as usual.

Mr. Zhang and others rushed here for a social event, and soon found someone on the terrace outside the bar.

Simon was sitting on the sofa next to the railing and chatting with several people from the crew of "Los Angeles City Secret", holding a petite figure and soft-fitting position in his arms.

As he was talking about the preparations for the most famous "Black Dahlia" in the "Los Angeles Four-part" where Parma has entered the casting stage, seeing Mr. Zhang and others, Simon greeted him with a smile and signaled them to sit over directly.

Mr. Zhang did not expect Simon Westero to get up to greet him. He sat down on the sofa next to him after greeting Brian de Palma, Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman in pretty good English. However, Li Youhu, who came over together as a member of the "Hero" crew, had already been next to a man and seemed to want to squeeze a kitten away, but Aguilera would certainly not give in.

In the end, Simon pushed the kitten in his arms and rushed to another place for the time being.

After continuing to talk about the details of the project of "Black Dahlia", Simon turned to Mr. Zhang: "The rough plan for the documentary project of climbing Mount Everest has been made. Daenerys invested $5 million and plans to use IMAX as much as possible to shoot. If there is still a gap in funds at that time, China will make up for it. As a producer, if you have any questions, you can convene a production meeting in the next two days to discuss it, and then take them to China directly when you leave until the project is completed."

Master Zhang quickly converted.

5 million US dollars is more than 40 million RMB.

In China, even if it is a movie, it is a high-cost level, not to mention it is used to make a documentary. If someone else in the circle listens to it, his first reaction is to spend more money.

However, I also learned in advance that Mr. Zhang certainly knew that Simon Westeros was not as expensive as he could not spend it all, but that Daenerys has been launching good documentaries over the years, just like the movie "Gucci Imprint" that year, but North America sold more than $50 million in box office, which is a small miracle among related genres, and it also stimulated the sales of Gucci brand.

In comparison, as long as the $5 million investment in the Climbing Everest project can be done well, it is easy to recover the cost with Daenerys Entertainment's distribution capabilities.

Moreover, Westeros has not said that if it is not enough, China will make up for it. Obviously, it is not limited to the 5 million US dollars, and it can continue to be added.

Mr. Zhang has also been familiar with IMAX technology recently. Compared with ordinary films, the cost of this shooting technique will definitely increase significantly. Perhaps, 5 million US dollars is really not enough.

Of course, this project is really not short of money.

With Daenerys Entertainment’s signature, I shouted in China that whether it is state-owned or private enterprises, there are a lot of people holding money in their hands.

Thinking of this, Master Zhang nodded and said, "Simon, news about this project has spread recently in China. Many entrepreneurs contacted me, hoping to sponsor it, and the price tags given are very generous. I think Jinshu, I hope there will definitely be more sponsored brands. What about your opinions?"

Simon glanced at Master Zhang's expression and roughly understood his thoughts. After all, Master Zhang has always been quite artistic and said with a smile: "Forget sponsorship, since he plans to make it into a commercial film for distribution, too obvious advertising implants will make the audience disgusted."

Master Zhang heard Simon's tone and understood that he had seen through his thoughts, but he didn't realize anything. He directly admitted: "I think so too. Haha, at first I was worried that you would agree, after all, Hollywood emphasizes commercialization."

Simon just smiled and added: "Actually, there is another implanted one. Vanke's king. If he is really sure to participate in the whole process, the documentary will be released in China. You can promote it appropriately. If you want to insert advertising, you will not be able to discuss other advertisements. In addition, I also know that China Film and CCTV are also interested in the cooperation of this project, which can be discussed. I have always welcomed cooperation, but the terms listed in the contract must be listed. According to China, brothers settle accounts clearly to ensure that there will be no disputes in the future."

Master Zhang nodded repeatedly and said yes.

On the second day after the 71st Academy Awards ceremony, the controversy remained, and the box office of "Elizabeth", which won the top spot also rose as expected.

However, most of the public's attention was quickly attracted by another big thing.

The third punch the United States fought to gather the euro.

For several consecutive days, the market indexes of major global financial markets such as North America, Europe, and Asia have fallen one after another. In addition, in theory, energy prices often rise in the context of war, but this time it is abnormal. International crude oil prices have fallen instead of rising, and once fell to a lower level of less than US$9.5.

Simon actually paid only one thing to pay attention to this war far away in Eastern Europe.

Will a certain history be repeated

Even if Simon pays attention, it is not easy to do anything.

We can't just ask someone to go to Washington to inquire. Is there any plan for this military operation targeting China?

Those who are inquired must be confused.

What can the war break out in distant Eastern Europe have to do with China?

Could it be...Simon Westeros, do you think there will be a relationship between the two, or, you want a little relationship between the two?

In order to avoid backfire, Simon could only watch coldly.

At worst, let’s talk about the cooperation project of climbing Mount Everest one or two years later.

New York.

The headquarters of the Igret Company at Rockefeller Center.

Same as March 24.

Wednesday.

After an investment meeting with the Brazilian sovereign fund team, James Rebled returned to his office, where two Asian faces had arrived.

The two came from CNOOC’s IPO team.

CNOOC's IPO roadshow started last week, and it set off from Hong Kong, went to Europe first, and then to North America.

After wandering around the earth, arriving in New York, and sorting out the subscription intentions during the entire roadshow, CNOOC's IPO team was directly in dire straits.

The planned number of new shares issued by 2.2 billion yuan, after a roadshow, let alone the oversubscription that exceeded the planned issuance volume by three times, in fact, the total subscription amount that meets the listing conditions is less than twice the subscription amount, and the total subscription intentions of all subscriptions are less than 500 million shares.

what to do?

I was so ill that I went to the hospital and cried out for a while. After contacting me, I finally found the Westeros system.

After all, Simon Westeros is not only rich and powerful, but also has good relations with China. If the Westeros system is willing to come forward, let alone other capital partners who respond to it, just Westeros will be enough to easily gain CNOOC's $2.5 billion financing share.
To be continued...