Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 240 Heizi, speak!
Before this, no one from the competent authorities to the production companies, and even Li Qiutang herself had expected that "In Time" would be nominated for the Golden Globe Awards.

Li Qiutang originally only intended to use the opportunity of participating in the award to force foreigners to watch his movie and disgust them, and he never thought about being nominated.

The competent authorities also have no confidence. While "In Time" is ironclad correct in China, a movie with such a theme has a high probability of not being released in the United States.

Unexpectedly, I was shortlisted!

And it is a finalist for three major awards.

The Film Bureau and the General Administration have no other requirements for "In Time". Being nominated is a win, and winning the award is something they never thought about.

Being nominated means that this film, which never mentions the party but is full of the party and the proletariat uniting to launch a battle against capitalist exploitation, has entered the capitalist stronghold.

Being shortlisted is a victory for external publicity.

Although this movie was produced by a group of private companies in collaboration with China Film Group, and although the main theme of this movie is science fiction and action, it does not focus on anti-exploitation and anti-oppression.

But none of this matters. What matters is that "In Time" was released, allowing the outside world to see that China has such movies.

Li Qiutang does not have much experience in overseas competitions, and he does not know why the Golden Globe Awards nominated him.

Michael Lynn told Li Qiutang: "The Golden Globe Awards are organized by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Most of the time, they stand with mainstream American films or the English-speaking world, but sometimes they are also willing to mess with mainstream Hollywood films. They often review films that are not favored by the Oscars to disgust Hollywood. Obviously, In Time is such a film."

Being nominated is a good thing, but Michael Lynn added: "In Time cannot be released on a large scale in the United States. It can only be released in a 'limited release', which means limiting the time and location, and even restricting it to specific theaters if it is strict."

It does not matter!

The European and American copyrights of "In Time" have been sold to Focus. It cannot be released in North America, or its release is restricted. Although Li Qiutang feels a little bit sorry about it, it's not a big deal. The ones who should be really anxious should be Focus and Universal.

Focus and Global are in no hurry either.

The restrictions on release do not have much impact on them. "In Time" is the latest film to enter this year's awards season.

Although it entered the competition last, it still received three nominations, standing on equal footing with other popular films of the award season such as "The King's Speech" and "The Social Network".

The publicity effect brought by the nomination gave Focus the confidence to sell "In Time" at a good price.

Focus even planned to premiere "In Time" in Europe, especially in France, as it knew that French filmmakers would prefer this type of film.

The resale of "In Time" is no longer Li Qiutang's business. It has nothing to do with him how much it sells for. He is not jealous because it is the profit that others deserve.

The news that "In Time" was nominated for the Golden Globe Awards made fans of Li Qiutang and the two leading actors, as well as the audience who had high expectations for this blockbuster, stand up straight!

Li Qiutang was unable to post his long article, but he posted a picture on Weibo of Bulbasaur and Squirtle laughing together.

There is no need to interpret it. Li Qiutang was just mocking all those who had previously looked down on him and slandered him equally.

Li Qiutang's fans are particularly tough:

"Hat fans, speak up!"

"Just a joke. Chinese science fiction will die here with 'In Time'. Hahahaha!"

"Jump, keep jumping!"

Liu Yifei's fans are obviously more combative than Liu Ye's, and fans of both of them also responded to the previous smears on Weibo.

Although the two leading actors were not nominated for acting awards, "In Time" was nominated. As the leading actor, of course he would benefit from it and even be able to attend the Golden Globe Awards ceremony with dignity.

After In Time was shortlisted, the author of the long article disappeared from Tianya Forum, along with all the rumors about Li Qiutang and In Time.

This is the first Chinese-language film to be nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Picture. It is indeed a great achievement and cannot be criticized.

The publicity and promotion team of "In Time" immediately adjusted its strategy and started playing the Golden Globe Award card.

Li Qiutang and "In Time" became popular, and even "Let the Bullets Fly" wanted to take advantage of "In Time"'s popularity.

On the day Let the Bullets Fly was released, Jiang Wen said, "It hasn't even been released yet, why are you so malicious? Just do your own thing."

Director Kaige looked like a senior who was very pleased to see his juniors achieve good results. When "The Orphan of Zhao" was released for nearly half a month and the box office was about to break 1.5 million, he stood up and spoke for his juniors:
"I'm very happy for him. Being nominated for a Golden Globe is a very important thing for him personally, the crew and the entire industry. I hope he can go further."

Director Kai Ge won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 94 for "Farewell My Concubine".

Regarding the recent attacks, director Kaige also encouraged Li Qiutang remotely: "Sometimes making a movie requires going forward alone. I hope he can get through this. After passing this level, there will be a new world." He has a lot of say in this matter.

Director Kaige still speaks in such a literary way.

The popularity of "In Time" being nominated for the Golden Globe Awards came and went quickly. It was just a nomination, not the award yet. The crew of "In Time" didn't dare to pop open champagne at halftime, although being nominated was already a huge success.

But it really doesn't sound good to say it out loud. It's just a shortlist. If it's hyped up too much, people will be weird to the crew.

What's more, the Lunar New Year box office is in full swing, and people are looking forward to the official release of "In Time", but the movies that can be seen now are the most important.

"Let the Bullets Fly" caused a huge sensation as soon as it was released.

The film grossed 3018 million yuan on the first day, second only to Aftershock. People in the industry laughed and said, "Jiang Wen really made money without doing anything."

The box office revenue exceeded 4000 million the next day, and China Film Corporation even urgently added copies.

"Let the Bullets Fly" gained popularity very quickly, grossing 4 million in the first four days, announcing the return of Jiang Wen as the king.

Yang Shoucheng should be satisfied. He lost a lot of money on "The Sun Also Rises", but now he finally made it back.

The crew of "In Time" was very generous and even used their official Weibo to cheer for "Let the Bullets Fly".

"Congratulations to "Let the Bullets Fly" for breaking through one million at midnight, setting a new record for midnight box office."

"Congratulations to Let the Bullets Fly for having a single-day box office of over 6000 million, breaking the single-day box office record of Avatar."

The official Weibo account of Let the Bullets Fly also reposted these two Weibo posts, thanking In Time for its help and saying, "I look forward to seeing In Time achieve great success."

There is no competition between the two films, and both sides dare to say anything good about them.

It was the first time for the audience to see such friendly interaction between the official Weibo accounts of two movies. It was very fresh and appealing.

The upcoming "If You Are the One 2" does not have a Weibo account registered, but Huayi Brothers does have an official Weibo account.

Huayi Brothers certainly won’t promote its competitor Let the Bullets Fly, but that doesn’t stop it from approaching the marketing from another angle.

Wang Zhonglei started talking about his good relationship with Li Qiutang again, and even mentioned that he was happy for Li Qiutang when she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award.

Li Qiutang did not respond to this.

(End of this chapter)