Chapter 1048 Why is it so sad? (asking for monthly votes)
The trilogy consists of “The Lost South 1: Oblivion”, “The Lost South 2: The Power”, and “The Lost South 3: Acceptance”.

After receiving the manuscript, Hao Yun immediately contacted the publisher he frequently collaborated with.

Publishers were thrilled.

They have made tens of millions of dollars in profits from Hao Yun, and Hao Yun’s two books, “The Martian” and “Gone Girl”, are both bestsellers.

They understand that Hao Yun is a writer, singer and filmmaker, otherwise he would have to make several phone calls every day just to urge him to submit his manuscripts.

Now that we hear that Hao Yun has come up with a new work, the publisher is gearing up to make a big splash.

As long as the circulation volume is not less than a certain amount, there is no problem.

As long as the promotional resources are not lower than a certain coefficient, there is no problem.

If you want to go public in January, that’s no problem…

While Hao Yun was negotiating with publishers, he was also revising and polishing his works. He would add some Chinese cultural elements to his novels published in Europe and the United States.

This is what is called smuggling contraband.

By the time he went to attend the 9th Washington Film Critics Association Awards, he had already submitted the manuscript of “Southlander 1: Oblivion”, which totaled to words.

Hao Yun thinks this novel is of quite high quality.

Maybe he could even win the Nebula Award.

Once there is one, there will be two. Whether it is the Oscar or the Nebula Award, as long as he makes a breakthrough, it will be easy to lower his bottom line.

The publisher plans to launch Hao Yun’s new novel on a large scale in January.

If Hao Yun can win something at the Oscars, they will market the new film of the Oscar-winning director (film, actor) on a large scale.

It will definitely attract some attention then.

In the novel market, awards and adaptations are important means to stimulate novel sales.

Hao Yun attended the 9th Washington Film Critics Association Awards with An Xiaoxi.

The lady route is also part of the marketing.

An Xiaoxi rushed over from China to help Hao Yun in his pursuit of Oscar.

Well, actually she was here to promote her movie “The Witch”, which was officially released in North America.

Since supernatural movies are very popular right now, the feedback for “The Witch” was very good a week after its release.

FC Films has increased its publicity and promotion efforts.

The North American distribution rights for this film were given to FC Films, and all the money earned belongs to the company.

She attended the event with Hao Yun and perfectly demonstrated to Europeans what correct aesthetics is. Chinese people do not have squinty eyes as shown in some movies or fashion models.

In order to control their aesthetic orientation, Europeans and Americans deliberately compare the good-looking people in their population with the less good-looking people in the Chinese population.

People like Lu Yan and Zhang Liang were deliberately selected as role models who could enter the European and American supermodel market.

Then a large number of Lu Yan and Zhang Liang were selected. After all, it was not difficult to select dozens or even hundreds of such “squinty-eyed” people from a population of 14 billion.

This kind of “rule” deliberately excludes good-looking Chinese people from emerging.

Unfortunately, Hao Yun’s emergence was unstoppable.

His awesomeness is simply not something that ordinary people can stop. Moreover, a large number of vested interests have emerged around him, forming a huge community of interests.

Novels, music, and movies involve hundreds of millions of dollars in turnover every year.

Too many people are trying to protect Hao Yun, this cash cow.

This is the first time that Hao Yun has attended an awards ceremony after the release of “Manchester by the Sea”. Through this awards ceremony, we can also get a glimpse of what opponents he will face at the Oscars in a few months.

“Wow, see you two again. We are competitors now.”

The speaker was Nolan, the director of “Inception”, but the leading actor Leonardo DiCaprio did not appear.

“Inception” was a huge hit, and Nolan’s status was further elevated, but it didn’t have much effect on Leonardo DiCaprio winning the Best Actor award.

There is not much room for him to play, and his performance in the movie is just average.

“No matter what, Nolan, you are my favorite director.” Hao Yun did not deny their competitive relationship.

If you say, “Oh, how can I compare to you, Mr. Nolan?”, your movies must have won more awards than mine.

But looking back, “Manchester by the Sea” won a bunch of awards. Isn’t that hypocritical? It’s a slap in the face to Nolan.

Therefore, Hao Yun adopted an attitude of fair competition among everyone.

“The movie is really good. I went to see it. Sigh…” Nolan shook his head and sighed. He gritted his teeth and said, “I can’t tell normally. Why are you so depressed?”

Hao Yun followed him to film and spent more than two months together.

He is sunny and cheerful in daily life, very talented, and sometimes a little funny. Nolan never expected that Hao Yun had such a side as in the movie.

“Next time I will make a healing movie to compensate you. After I finish the movie, I will write it at the end of the movie: This movie is dedicated to my beloved Nolan…”

Hao Yun and Nolan were chatting happily together, without having to worry about being isolated in this occasion dominated by Europeans and Americans.

In fact, there are so many people who want to communicate with Hao Yun.

Directors want to shoot his scripts, actors want to act in his movies, and even screenwriters who have almost no chance to work with him want to exchange ideas on how to write scripts quickly.

Four or five a year.

“Is this true? What movie is that?” Nolan had been flattered too many times, but Hao Yun’s films always made people happy, and they wanted to burn yellow paper and cut off a chicken head to become sworn brothers with him.

“It’s called ‘Hunting’…”

When Clint Eastwood read out the name of the Best Director winner – Hao Yun, it meant that this outpost had lit a lamp for Hao Yun.

It’s a pity that the Best Actor award went to Colin Firth for “The King’s Speech”.

Fortunately, this is just an outpost and cannot determine the final outcome.

Generally speaking, the best picture is the most anticipated, and this time the winner of the Best Picture award is “The Social Network”.

The film is based on Ben Mezrich’s novel “The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, a Story of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal”, which tells the story of the rise of Facebook founders Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Savarin.

Well, there is reason to doubt Facebook’s sponsorship money.

Of course, Hao Yun’s Best Director award was not bad either. At least it shows that “Manchester by the Sea” was recognized by the Washington Film Critics Association Award.

The first battle was won.

After receiving the trophy from Mr. Clint Eastwood, Hao Yun hugged him again.

Hello, old customer!

One of Hao Yun’s favorite movies is “The Whoreman,” which he considers the pinnacle of westerns.

I heard that Quentin was making a western movie called “Django Unchained” and had booked Hao Yun to make a cameo appearance, but Hao Yun actually couldn’t think of what role he could play in a western movie.

“Thank you, thank you everyone, thank you for your love for me and Manchester by the Sea…”

As usual, you also have to interact with the host.

“Can you describe to us how you feel after winning the Best Director Award?” the host asked.

“I am very happy, but also very sad. My team and I were not looking forward to winning the award, but we won it unexpectedly. I must live up to the trust of the judges and the love of the fans.”

When it comes to rhetoric, Hao Yun has never lost.

Whether speaking Chinese, German, French or English, he can have a pleasant conversation with Hei Dou if necessary.

“Ask a question that everyone is concerned about. Felix, you are a very prolific director. Are you currently preparing for a new movie?”

The host just asked a random question, but unexpectedly he suddenly cut into Hao Yun’s rhythm.

“In fact, after “Manchester by the Sea”, I have made three movies…” Hao Yun’s words caused a burst of exclamations from the audience.

Nolan covered his face.

You are such an animal, don’t sit at our director’s table.

How can other directors survive if you are so arrogant?

What other excuses can we find to procrastinate?

“Uh…you are really hardworking. Thank you for your hard work…” The host was a little incoherent and forgot the questions he originally wanted to ask.

“Actually, I was thinking of using this platform today to advertise…” Hao Yun looked at the host, his eyes full of clarity and sincerity.

“You play.” The host felt a little tired.

“I have several movies that need casting. One is an art film that needs an actor in his early 40s. Another is a reality-themed film that also needs a lead actor in his early 40s. This role requires weight loss. There is also a fantasy film…”

The whole audience was stunned.

Hey, young man…what do you think this place is?

Your advertisement is very unique.

In fact, Hao Yun was a little embarrassed, and quickly said apologetically: “I don’t know too many people in Hollywood, and I really can’t think of anyone suitable. So if anyone here is interested or has any recommendations, you can send the information to my personal email. Thank you.” “I think… everyone will be very happy.” The host was still in shock.

In fact, this is indeed the case.

Hao Yun immediately had three projects to audition actors for.

The directors in the audience were at a loss, but the actors were eager to move.

The actors generally had a better impression of Hao Yun.

What a great director!

He is simply everyone’s dream director.

He doesn’t mess around with actresses or actors, and he makes three movies a year, creating too many job opportunities for the actors.

Not only that, he also put the role out for open auditions.

Unlike some big directors who only like to use actors they are used to and don’t give others any chance.

However, there are also smart people who can see the intentions and schemes of this young Chinese man.

It is worthy of being the country of “The Art of War”.

Hao Yun is looking for actors in their forties for two of his films.

This needs to be emphasized.

Hollywood actors of this age are at the prime of their lives and hold top voice in the Hollywood acting circle.

There are many such people among the members of the Academy Awards.

Although it is not so absolute, basically the major guilds in the academy vote, the Directors Guild votes for the Director Award, and the Actors Guild votes for the Actors Award.

If Hao Yun wants to win the Best Actor award, he has to consider the opinion of the Actors Guild.

Originally, Hao Yun was an outsider.

The Screen Actors Guild doesn’t have a very good impression of him. If Hao Yun didn’t also work part-time as a director and screenwriter, then outsider actors like him would be competitors to local Hollywood actors.

But now that Hao Yun did the “advertising” thing, these actors were immediately united by him.

In fact, he doesn’t have many friends and doesn’t know many people, but everyone knows that his partners are Michael Bay and Paramount, and his network of connections is second to none in the entire Hollywood.

This is just a show.

However, the effect is surprisingly good.

At the dinner after the award ceremony, a lot of actors came to talk to him. Even if he couldn’t get the leading role, he could at least try for a supporting role.

Hao Yun is not just playing a pure conspiracy.

He actually has three movies that need casting, all scheduled to shoot next year.

One “The Hunt”, one “Life of Pi”, and one “Dallas Buyers Club”.

It was very difficult to find actors for all three films.

Hao Yun talked to Michael Bay once, and he also felt a headache. He said that he needed to spread the news to see if anyone would contact him.

The difficulty of “The Hunt” lies in the fact that this film requires very high acting skills.

“Life of Pi”, if following the setting of the original novel, Hao Yun needs to find an Indian boy to play the role.

“Dallas Buyers Club” is even more amazing.

They are a group of terminally ill patients, all of them skinny. If the actors want to perform that kind of essence, they have to lose weight crazily.

“Your Love and Anarchy is really impressive. It is really an excellent work…”

Hao Yun skillfully mentioned the other party’s representative work.

Giancarlo Giannini was surprised and very pleased.

Giancarlo Giannini is an Italian actor who won the Best Actor Award at the 26th Cannes Film Festival for his role in the film “Love and Anarchy”.

He was also nominated for the Best Actor at the 49th Academy Awards for his role in Seven Beauties.

However, this evergreen in the Italian film industry currently basically plays supporting roles.

“What kind of story is the movie you mentioned about ‘The Hunt’? What kind of actors do you need…” Giancarlo Giannini added, “Don’t get me wrong, I have no plans to act in it. I just heard you talking about this movie with others, and I suddenly thought of someone who is more suitable, so I decided to recommend him to you.”

“Thank you very much, may I ask which gentleman you are?”

Hao Yun was very surprised. It’s not that no one volunteered or recommended actors, but basically none of them were suitable.

The Washington Film Critics Circle Awards are nothing special, and there were still a few people coming.

“I starred in a movie called ‘Casino Royale’ a few years ago, and there was an actor in the movie who left a very deep impression on me…” Giancarlo Giannini, a nearly 007-year-old man, was obviously a bit long-winded.

“Are you talking about Daniel Craig?” Hao Yun asked in surprise.

Daniel Craig is the current Bond and is considered a top male star in Hollywood, but Hao Yun does not think he can perform well in the movie “The Hunt”.

Not the same type.

It’s like, although they are both expressionless performances, Hao Yun’s expressionless performance in “Manchester by the Sea” and Daniel Craig’s expressionless performance in 007 are different.

In fact, it is not impossible for Hao Yun to play the role of “The Hunt” himself.

The main reason is that “The Hunt” tells a more Western story than “Manchester by the Sea” and also involves topics such as copper smelting, so he still prefers to find a Westerner to perform it.

If he had to use an Oriental, he might ask Feng Yuanzheng to come.

Maybe it would be possible to clear Feng Yuanzheng’s name.

“No, no,” Giancarlo Giannini quickly denied, saying, “It’s Max, Max Mikkelsen!”

“Oh, him. I remember him as the villain in Casino Royale. His performance was really impressive. Mads Mikkelsen, I think he is more charming than Bond…”

Hao Yun fell into deep thought. He linked the images of Lucas and Mads Mikkelsen in “The Hunt” in his mind and found that they were surprisingly consistent.

This is an instinct or basic quality of a director.

I will go over the idea in my mind before filming, and when casting, I will also compare the real actors with the characters in the film.

“You can consider Mads. He is an excellent actor. I have been in the industry for so many years, but I always feel that he is buried.” Giancarlo Giannini recommended Mads Mikkelsen purely out of his appreciation for talent.

He is 68 years old and has a lot of fame, so he has no shortage of roles.

“Thank you. I’ll think about it. Can I get Mads Mikkelsen’s contact information from you? I want to talk to him in person.”

Hao Yun didn’t say anything definite, he wanted to give it a try.

Moreover, he has no plans to confirm the cast of “The Hunt” in the short term. If neither “Manchester by the Sea” nor “Black Coal, Thin Ice” can bring him the title of Best Actor, he might star in the movie “The Hunt” himself.

After the Washington Film Critics Association Awards, Hao Yun met with the head of 20th Century Fox.

He planned to talk about the copyright issue of “Deadpool”.

Well, the reason why we didn’t discuss this issue with Marvel was mainly because in the 90s, Marvel was heavily in debt. In order to survive, it began to sell off the adaptation rights of its characters. A large number of Marvel characters such as the Fantastic Four, X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk and other copyrights were sold in this way.

Of course, despite selling so many of its own products, Marvel still could not escape the fate of bankruptcy. In 1996, Marvel filed for bankruptcy.

At the end of 2009, Disney acquired Marvel for nearly $42.4 billion.

With the powerful distribution channels of Disney, Marvel has become even more powerful and has now become a huge company, but the long road to recovering copyrights still continues.

The copyright of Deadpool is complicated.

At the beginning, Artisan Entertainment reached an agreement with Marvel to make at least 15 comic characters into movies or TV series, including Captain America, Black Panther, Black Widow, Deadpool, etc.

In 2003, Lionsgate acquired Artisan Entertainment and inherited its rights to the Marvel characters.

However, in 2004, the copyright of Deadpool came into the hands of New Line Cinema.

In 2005, the copyright of this character was bought by th Century Fox.

In addition, 20th Century Fox also bought the rights to the X-Men in 1994.

And it is indeed working hard to develop the X-Men. From 2000 to 2006, it released three “X-Men” movies, which received very good responses and gave people new hope for the film and television adaptation of Marvel superheroes.

If Hao Yun wants to shoot “Deadpool 1”, he only needs to cooperate with th Century Fox.

If Hao Yun had just arrived in Hollywood, 20th Century Fox would most likely not have given Hao Yun the opportunity to meet him.

Once you have written the script, you can just submit it through formal channels.

If we accept it, we will give you the screenwriting fee.

However, Hao Yun has now established himself in Hollywood, and with his close cooperation with Paramount and Disney, he seems to be deeply rooted.

So 20th Century Fox attached great importance to this meeting.

It was finally their turn.

(End of this chapter)