Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 731 It's not as simple as just winning

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Don't look at Lin Qingxia's timidity at ordinary times, almost unable to withstand the pressure put on him by Baodao's participation in the movie "The Last Nobleman", but in this occasion, she is definitely full of aura and coping freely.

Amidst the cheers from the group of relatives and friends, Lin Qingxia and Deng Lijun hugged each other, and then gracefully walked to the stage to accept the award. There were no exaggerated tears in their eyes and bitter tears. In their sincere speeches, they thanked their parents emphatically After taking care of her for so many years, she returned to her seat in a decent manner—without a second of timeout, just like a calm lady, Tang Huan couldn't help laughing.

Ted Turner gave Mr. Richest a sneaky nudge and whispered, "Well, I admit you moved back a point, but you're still behind."

Tang Huan glanced at Jane Fonda, who flirts with Ted Turner from time to time, and replied playfully, "Believe it or not, I will draw with you next year?"

Ted Turner turned his gaze to Lin Qingxia's direction, and retorted decisively: "Impossible, if you reach out again, you will really make everyone angry. Apart from "Mulan", the "Wall Street" that won the best actor "is from 20th Century Fox, and "Moonlight" which won the Best Supporting Actress award is from MGM, and you almost won the Oscars without knowing it."

"You can't blame me for being greedy." Tang Huan said with an innocent look on his face, "Who let another big film company disperse their minds on other aspects?"

At this time, Eddie Murphy stood on the stage to present the last award-Best Picture.The black comedy star starred in 1984's "Crazy Boy" and 1987's "Business Sequel," each of which grossed over $[-] million domestically, earning Paramount a fortune. It has also become a guarantee of box office.

After a gag, Eddie Murphy began to announce the ownership of the best picture, and as expected, it was awarded to "Mulan". Lin Qingxia and Li Hanxiang took the stage together to receive the award.

In this way, "Mulan" was able to reproduce a record-becoming the first film to win all nine nominations after "The World of Gold Powder" in 1958.

In fact, the reason why the movie "Mulan" has such a good harvest is of course the reason why Tang Huan, the driving force behind it, played a role in public relations, but it takes hard work to strike the iron, and its popularity is obvious to all.

"Mulan," which topped the U.S. box office in 1987, still had screens to reserve a place for it after it was released in the summer, and it continued until around the time of the Academy Awards ceremony.

用具体的数字来说话，截至1988年2月16日奥斯卡金像奖提名公布时，所有5部获最佳影片奖提名的电影，在美国的票房总收入为4亿多美元。其中，《花木兰》贡献了一半多的份额，《致命诱惑》以1亿4229万5229美元位居次席，之后分别为收入3671万2098美元的《收播新闻》、收入2536万9070美元的《月色撩人》、收入1191万2886美元的《末代皇帝》。

This shows how popular "Mulan" is with audiences.And there are many influential figures among them, such as the famous American feminists Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedan.Especially the latter, can be called fans.

As one of the main founders of the feminist movement in the late 20s, the world-famous Betty Friedan often presented herself as a typical suburban housewife.

Betty Friedan was granted maternity leave back in 1949 for the birth of her first child; she was fired five years later when she applied for maternity leave for her second child.This experience aroused her thinking about women's issues.

In 1957, Betty Friedan's first-class Smith College classmates reunited 15 years after graduation.She conducts an in-depth investigation of her former classmates.It turned out that the vast majority of these highly educated female students have become reclusive housewives, but they also quietly asked themselves: "Is this how to live?"

Betty Friedan's findings and critical essay inspired more than five years of research and reflection, culminating in The Feminine Mystery, widely regarded as one of the most influential books of the 5th century.

This book, published in 1963, reveals the living conditions of American women in the 20s and 60s of the [-]th century, as well as the "unknown" spiritual problems that commonly exist in them.

Betty Friedan provides an in-depth analysis and critique of the cause of this unnamed problem, a prevailing thought at the time, the so-called "feminine mystique".

After interviewing a large number of women and related people, Betty Friedan revealed the absurdity of "the mystery of women" through analysis and examples.

Since then, Betty Friedan has officially embarked on the runway of the feminist movement.Not only assisted in the establishment of the National Women's Organization of the United States, but also served as its head for 6 years. The Women's Strike across the United States in 1970 was her last work in this organization.

Obviously, now Betty Friedan has found a breakthrough to express her appeal from Hua Mulan, who joined the army for her father, which invisibly makes this movie even more popular.

You must know that the feminist movement has achieved many results and has had a profound impact on most developed areas, including the United States.

And now we are in the transition period between the so-called second-stage feminist movement and the third-stage feminist movement, and our thoughts are very active. There are various debates about beauty alone: ​​Should feminism be in favor of beauty or against it?For Madonna or against Madonna?Pro or Con Cosmetic Surgery?

Madonna in the United States and Anita Mui in Xiangjiang have such a rebellious style of bad girl. The reason why there is such a market is not unrelated to this feminist movement.

Ever since, in addition to its artistry and commercial value, the movie "Mulan" has added an ideological aura that the Western world loves to talk about. It can be said that it is getting taller and taller.

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After the 60th Academy Awards Ceremony ended, the ratings were released immediately. Fortunately, it was not in vain. An average of about 4220 million viewers watched during the broadcast period, an increase of 13% compared with the previous year; The total number of viewers who watched part-time programs was estimated at 7000 million.

According to Nielsen ratings survey data, the performance of the program was better than the previous year, attracting 29.2% of households to watch, and the ratings exceeded 49%.

It's just that the professional evaluation is not so face-saving. Most of the media, including the "Los Angeles Times", "Washington Post" and "USA Today", tend to have negative views on this year's Academy Awards ceremony. Whether it was due to the lack of materials for the show due to the strike of American screenwriters, professional commentators and columnists all felt that the atmosphere was monotonous and boring, and "Mulan"'s consecutive awards were barely considered a bright spot.

No matter how deep the water is, the movie "Mulan" can return to Xiangjiang without paying any attention to it after the movie "Mulan" has gained a lot in the United States, sweeping away the upcoming Hong Kong Film Awards.

As for whether it can be a perfect ending, there is no problem - those Hong Kong filmmakers must not have the concept of daring to question the judging standards of Hollywood in the United States.

Before the "Mulan" team was about to leave the United States non-stop, Tang Huan specially asked Li Hanxiang to talk.The other party is still dizzy from the impact of the huge achievement, so naturally he can't wait to see the richest man, and he can't hold back.

"Director Li has already regarded mainland China as a stage to display his talents, and his vision is really admirable. I hope that after you go back, you can give full play to the advantages brought by your qualifications." Tang Huan said straight to the point.

The sophisticated Li Hanxiang is naturally sensitive to intrigue, and he immediately tasted the meaning implied by Mr. Richest Man.

At this year's Academy Awards ceremony, "Mulan" ruthlessly crushed "The Last Emperor", and the parties involved could deeply feel it.

Obviously, Tang Huan wanted to express an attitude: If you want to make a fuss about movies, you have to find the right person!The number one Hollywood tycoon is standing in front of him.However, the preferential treatment that "The Last Emperor" received during the filming process was obviously more favorable than that of the other.

"I believe that after this incident, no matter how unresponsive a layman is, they will understand who is the real boss." Li Hanxiang praised the necessity of this "beating" vigorously.

Seeing that the other party's mind is so delicate, Tang Huan smiled reassuringly, and said with emotion: "Sometimes, we have to fight! If we really want to talk about the background of the film industry, can I still be inferior to those Italians?"

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After sending away Li Hanxiang, Tang Huan specifically asked about the situation of this year's Academy Awards broadcast by Media Asia United Satellite TV.

For the time being, Xiangjiang couldn't get a satellite TV station license, so Tang Huan found one from Funan and set up a satellite TV station in Hanouk City.

Although Media Asia TV has gradually recovered its work order from the fire, Tang Huan intends to use the wonderful prospect of building a better headquarters to slow down its pace and transfer some resources to the Funan Hanouk City in turn. Media Asia United TV Headquarters.

Of course, TVB is also involved, which is also the origin of the "joint" in the name of the satellite TV station.

With the help of the live broadcast of the Academy Awards, which has unprecedented participation of Chinese films, Media Asia United TV has realized the landing of the program signal to Xiangjiang, Haojiang, Baodao, the Pearl River Delta of the mainland, Singapore and other regions. Although the time is not prime time, but It also got relatively good ratings, which was a good start.

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The movie "Mulan" returned with full rewards at this year's Academy Awards, which naturally inspired other Chinese-language filmmakers—Mr. Richest Man is not someone who writes empty promises. The top templates for fame and fortune are already placed here. Just watch Do you have the ability to fight for a chance to get ahead?

It is conceivable that Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao, who filmed "Die Hard" in Los Angeles, are the group of people who have the most direct experience, so they are also the most motivated.

"Die Hard" has been completed, and Tang Huan saw the sample shortly after attending the Oscar ceremony, and the effect was good.

In addition to the adrenaline-stimulating Cheng Long's thrilling action on the elevator, Hong Jinbao and others also played the villain with full personality and vividness, and the unique funny skills of these brothers are interspersed from time to time throughout the movie.

After Hollywood professionals gave positive comments, Tang Huan was also very satisfied, and privately said to Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao: "This year, watch this "Die Hard", what kind of luck can it bring to you. "

"It's fine if you don't lose money." Cheng Long said with some anxiety.

In order to film "Die Hard", Tang Huan specially contracted an unfinished building. In the movie, there are scenes of fighting, gun battles, explosions, helicopter crashes and other money-burning scenes, which resulted in the entire shooting cost approaching 3000 million US dollars. It was the first time for the brothers Long and Hong Jinbao to accept such a large order, so they had to worry secretly.

Tang Huan laughed loudly, and joked: "If that kind of situation really happens unfortunately, it's easy to deal with, and your salary will be the top."

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Compared with "Die Hard" progressing smoothly, Li Lianjie's "Universal Pursuit" is a bit frustrated, mainly due to technical reasons. After all, apart from the sci-fi elements in it, Li Lianjie has to play two roles, one good and one evil. characters, and fight each other, but the problem is not too big.

Tang Huan greatly affirmed the work achievements of Li Lianjie, Yuan Kui and others, "It can be seen that you have made a lot of new attempts here, just to distinguish the two Youlans in the play, one good and one evil. , and carefully designed two sets of boxing techniques for different Youlan to use respectively. The good Youlan fights the gossip boxing that is both offensive and defensive. Yiquan Kungfu, with a sinister face and fierce moves."

This point is the pride of Yuan Kui, who is also in charge of martial arts instruction, he said in a panic: "The boss has blazing eyes, he is an expert."

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After dealing with the affairs here in Los Angeles, Tang Huan did not directly return to Silicon Valley by plane. Instead, he drove north along the construction route of the California High Speed ​​Rail, accompanied by Jerry Brown, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the California High Speed ​​Rail Authority.

Due to the fact that almost regardless of the cost, multiple roads have been started and progressed side by side. The construction of California's high-speed rail is creating a miracle, and it is expected to be put into trial operation by the end of next year.

Jerry Brown praised sincerely: "Tang really has a good vision and courage. The current situation is obvious. The more the project is delayed, the greater the pressure from inflation, demolition compensation, environmental protection and other aspects."

"Inflation is really a disease." Thinking of the situation in mainland China, Tang Huan sighed with emotion, and turned to look forward with excitement: "After the official operation of the California high-speed rail, the Golden State Warriors, Oakland When the Raiders and Oakland Athletics play games in Los Angeles, they will be able to ride the train in comfort, and Los Angeles fans will be able to travel to San Francisco as never before.”

"This is a golden road, whether it is the current cost or the upcoming benefits." As the specific promoter of the project, Jerry Brown is also excited that his will be remembered in history.

(End of this chapter)