It was different from doing similar things in China. For example, if one wanted to get permission from the SARFT, the fee would be low on the surface, but behind the scenes, the cost would be at least hundreds of thousands of yuan, or even tens of millions of yuan.
Because of this, many people criticized the corruption in China, saying that foreigners had a brighter moon.
Chen Guang used his own experience to prove that this was all bullsh * t. They might not have done anything behind the scenes, but they had clearly marked the price.
Just like the UNESCO certification review meeting, the 17 experts took an Uber from their homes to the conference room at the headquarters to sit down and talk.
They reported a budget on the spot. They did not hide it at all.
The total funding for the project and organization activities was 1.7 million US dollars.
Do you have to be so f * cking honest?
Are you afraid that I don't know that you all get a share?
If I were a poorer person, this thing would have definitely fallen through.
Fortunately, Chen Guang was rich and overbearing. As long as it was something that could be settled with money, it wouldn't be a problem.
Anyway, there was still money left. Chen Guang immediately asked Fang Tianyu, who was in Princeton, to transfer the money. After that, he cleaned up and put two books under his armpit. He went downstairs and went straight to the headquarters of the American Film Association.
For Chen Guang, this place was not special or sacred. However, for the entire North American region and even the world's new filmmakers, this place was full of mystery.
Many people even regarded this place as a holy land in their hearts.
This was not surprising. Many people who were dedicated to the performing arts were not qualified to set foot on the marble stairs in front of this baroque building.
Almost everyone who appeared here was a famous person in the film industry.
Almost every major decision that was closely related to the development of the global film industry came from the conference room in this building.
Apart from that, every filmmaker regarded it as a lifelong honor to be able to hold a lecture here. So far, even many Oscar winners have not received such an honor.
However, today, when Chen Guang stepped out of the car, the dense crowd standing on the stairs burst into applause.
Fred, the current President, Old James, the former President, and even the white-haired former President, the former former President, who had been renowned since the 1960s, were among the people waiting outside the door. Fred was the current President, the former President, who had difficulty standing, and was an old man who had been renowned in the world since the 1960s.
He was now nearly a hundred years old, but he also came after watching "World School Performing Arts".
Chen Guang did not expect the American Film Association to give him such a grand welcome ceremony. Although he did not know most of the people here, he saw that Fred and Old James could not stand in the middle of the crowd. He knew that the status of the people here was not small.
Not far away, flashes rang out. There was no need for the Motion Picture Association to send invitations to the media, and they would naturally flock over. Not to mention that the most important guest today was the Chinese, Chen Guang, who had been a hot topic recently.
Media people from all over the world had to eat, both in China and abroad.
There was even a rumor in the media circle that whoever could take a picture of Chen Guang in the bathroom would become a millionaire.
Whoever could take a picture of Chen Guang helping the poor would become a millionaire.
Whoever could take a picture of Chen Guang masturbating would become a millionaire!
Chen Guang waved enthusiastically at the people and walked straight to President Fred and the others.
Everyone chatted for a while and then quickly got to the point.
The conference hall was already full of people. Chen Guang, President Fred, and Old James were having a simple conversation backstage.
Fred pointed to a person in the crowd outside and asked, "Mr. Chen, the person sitting in the second row is a staff member of UNESCO. Do you want to greet him first?"
Chen Guang thought about it and shook his head. "No need. By the way, President Fred, will my public lecture be broadcasted live in the United States today? "
Fred nodded. "Yes, it will. This is both an award ceremony for the World Film Hall of Fame and your public lecture. Over there is a live broadcast staff from ABC, over there is NBC, and on the other side is FOX. Oh, by the way, UBC, which has been working well with you. We've given them the best live broadcast seats. "
"Thank you very much."
In fact, he could have collected a lot of copyright fees today, but Chen Guang was eager to spread his influence and did not care about the money.
On the other side, Old James was a little uneasy. "Mr. Chen, where are your lesson plans?"
Old James had been carefully looking at the two books under Chen Guang's armpit. He looked left and right and saw that they were the hardcover edition of World Faction, which was publicly available on the market.
Chen Guang smiled and pointed to his head. "Here."
"Huh?"
Fred and Old James were a little confused for a moment. They wondered if Chen Guang was being too casual.
With a smile, Chen Guang continued, "Let me tell the two of you something. I didn't take more than five days to finish writing these two books. "
"What?!"
Fred and Old James exclaimed in unison.
"Impossible!"
The two of them added.
Chen Guang only smiled mysteriously. "When you reach my level, you will understand what it means to have everything at your fingertips. My understanding of acting, in fact … these two books only scratched the surface. "
As Chen Guang spoke, he patted the two books in his hands and stuffed them into Old James's hands. "Mr. Watson, since many people haven't bought them yet, why don't you give these two books away? So, shall we start now? "
Although Fred was still in shock, he subconsciously felt that Chen Guang would not brag about this. There was no need for that.
"Okay, Mr. Chen, let's go."
The two walked out side by side. After a few steps, President Fred said, "Mr. Chen, there are actually two standards for the World Film Hall of Fame."
Chen Guang was stunned. "Two standards?"
Fred nodded. "Yes, one of them is to hang a portrait over there and leave a name and a brief introduction below."
Fred pointed to the wall of the large conference room. Chen Guang glanced over and saw nearly a hundred oil paintings hanging on both sides. They looked very much like Newton in his physics textbook when he was in middle school.
Chen Guang felt that he's still alive, and he's still so young. Yet, his portrait was placed here for others to reminisce about, and it's rather disgusting.
"What about the other one?"
He felt that it was better to change his way of thinking.
Fred said, "I don't know if Mr. Chen noticed when you got out of the car just now, but there are a total of nine bronze statues outside our headquarters."
Chen Guang nodded. "I noticed."
"These nine statues are actually recognized by filmmakers all over the world. They are the nine predecessors who made the greatest contributions to the art of film since its birth! Including Stanislavski, who single-handedly created the Si Family Performance System! We believe that your cosmopolitan performance art is indeed superior to the current expressionist, methodological, and experiential styles. Your personal achievements are comparable to Stanislavski's, so of course you are also qualified to have a statue! "
Chen Guang almost fell to the ground. Damn, after thinking about it, he felt that it would be better to hang a portrait on the wall!
"That's a bit … I'm still alive!"
Chen Guang said.
Fred chuckled. "Mr. Chen, maybe this is what you Chinese are particular about. But in America, in Los Angeles, it's normal for a city hero who is supported by the whole city to have his own statue. You can go outside the Staples Center and take a look. Shaquille O 'Neal's statue has just been completed, and Kobe Bryant's statue will be completed soon. Before that, there were statues of West, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Johnson, and Hearn. "
Only then did Chen Guang feel relieved, "Is that so?"
"But considering your age and the wide range of hobbies you have shown in the past, everyone felt that it was likely that you would lose interest in movies after you won an Oscar. So, when Damon proposed to erect a statue for you, there were still some objections within our association. After all, the Lakers are just the Lakers of Los Angeles, and the American Film Association is the temple of the entire world of movies. "
Chen Guang was speechless at President Fred's "keen eyes." They were right. After getting the statue of the god of acting, he would only make movies if he was bored out of his mind.
"So be it. It doesn't matter."
"So, just this morning, we came to an agreement."
"Please go ahead."
"Mr. Chen, if your public lecture today can be further improved on the basis of these two books, and your cosmopolitan performance art can become a world intangible cultural heritage, then of course it will have been recognized by the world! Then, of course, we should erect a statue for you! "
"Is that so? Then … Okay then … "
In fact, Chen Guang didn't care much about the statue. This wasn't the statue in his own world in a cup. It was nothing more than a symbol.
This even reminded him of the statue of the Lord of the Earth that was still standing in the Tongshan Industrial Factory. It had the same effect, and it was very disgusting!
At ten o 'clock in the morning, this might be called the most important lesson in the history of the performing arts finally began.
More than 2,000 filmmakers from all over the world sat in the conference hall. They had a variety of skin colors and ages.
Before this, each of them might have had their own different understanding of movies.
For example, Big Beard Deng and Xi Changhe, who were too embarrassed to tell Chen Guang that they had quietly hidden in the crowd.
However, after today, perhaps not everyone would become a complete cosmopolitan. They would still have their own styles.
But on top of their original style, it was inevitable that they would be covered with a layer of characteristics that only belonged to the world faction.
From now on, the world's three major performing arts systems would be merged into one, leaving only the cosmopolitan.
But the cosmopolitan would inevitably be divided into several parts. For example, when it came to actors, there would be the expressive cosmopolitan, the methodological cosmopolitan, and the experiential cosmopolitan.
When it came to directors, there would be different ideas.
Chen Guang summarized the knowledge he had learned from the world in a cup without reservation through this public class.
The knowledge he showed was broad and profound, all-encompassing, but rigorous and reasonable.
Finally, in the evening, the huge conference hall was filled with thunderous applause. Chen Guang's eight-hour cosmopolitan public class officially ended!
Chen Guang opened his arms and enjoyed the countless admiring eyes from below the stage.
He seemed to be able to smell the statue in his nose. Soon, it was really soon.
That night, on the homepage of the official website of UNESCO, a huge headline appeared. A global referendum on the application of the cosmopolitan intangible cultural heritage was officially held!
Seven days later, at noon, the global referendum came to an end with a total of 136.847217 votes, with 99.99% of the votes in favor.
UNESCO announced the referendum on the spot. Two hours later, it was officially announced that the cosmopolitan performing arts had become the world's intangible cultural heritage!
Chen Guang was still alive, but he already had the heritage.
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