[PS: I see that many readers are saying that I'm writing a new book. That's not true. I can write a new book, but I'm too young to do so. The author spends most of his time taking care of the baby. You can't imagine how long it takes to take care of a baby. I now spend one-third of my time sleeping, one-third of my time taking care of the baby, and the remaining one-third writing, eating, and resting. So, the fourth watch is my limit.]
[As for the new book, I'll write it early next year. I should be more relaxed then. It's also a very interesting story. I hope everyone will like it!]
"With 300 million votes, which movie will win the award in the end?" At this moment, all the audience watching the live broadcast forgot about the crown princess and the embarrassment. They only wanted to know which movie would be chosen in the end with 300 million votes.
Just like 22 years later, no one cared about whether it was ordinary or not. They only wanted to know who the winner would be.
"Then, let's cut the crap and announce the winner list!" Boss Jia smiled. He finally let the long-awaited audience enter the climax of the film festival.
Unfortunately, the audience soon realized that they had been played by Boss Jia.
"Ahem, but before we officially announce the results of the audience votes, I want to announce the only result that wasn't chosen by the audience votes. That is, the winner of the 1997 Golden Dragon Award for Most Commercial Movie!"
"Because this award is awarded based on the commercial box office of the year 1997, the movie with the highest box office of the year will automatically win this award. Therefore, there is no suspense to this award. There is no need for audience votes, and there are no candidates. Let's give a round of applause to the movie 'Independence Day' for winning the 1997 Golden Dragon Award for Most Commercial Movie!" Boss Jia said with a smile.
Just like what Boss Jia said before, this was an award with no suspense. Everyone knew that 'Independence Day' sold 980 million USD at the global box office in 1997 and was the box office champion of 1997.
It was worth mentioning that 'Independence Day' was originally supposed to be released in 1996, but unfortunately, it ran into 'Titanic'. The distributor was shocked and decided to postpone the release of 'Independence Day' to 1997 to avoid competition from 'Titanic'.
He had to admit that this was a very smart decision. Otherwise, there wouldn't be a worldwide box office of 980 million USD.
What was worth mentioning was that the global box office on Independence Day was 816 million USD. Now, it had increased by 160 million USD. It seemed that Boss Jia's butterfly had changed the film industry quite a bit.
Everyone knew that "Independence Day" had won the award, and they weren't curious about the final winner of the award.
What they were more curious about was, would the crew of "Independence Day" come to receive the award?
The camera of the live broadcast began to focus on the VIP seats. After a full 20 seconds or so, no one in the VIP seats stood up.
"Looks like it's the same as the information I received before. There's no representative from the 'Independence Day' crew!" On the stage, Boss Jia said with a big smile, "What a pity. I was looking forward to a miracle like the discovery of an alien virus. The members of the crew of 'Independence Day' suddenly appeared in front of me to receive the award. They gave me face!"
"Hahaha!" Boss Jia laughed on the stage, but the audience was embarrassed. The audience in front of the TV was also embarrassed. At the same time, they felt a little pity for our Boss Jia.
"Hahahaha!" The members of the Oscar organizing committee in front of the TV also laughed. However, they didn't laugh awkwardly at all. All of them were bright and the atmosphere was extremely good.
Especially when they heard Boss Jia's awkward smile, all of them were delighted to the extreme. His smile was like the Longevity Ointment, intoxicating them.
They deliberately watched the live broadcast to see this scene. Moreover, for the next hour or so, they could continue to see the same scene and hear the same awkward laughter from Boss Jia. This night was really a little too wonderful.
"Sigh, since they didn't give face and didn't come, then don't give this award to them. Don't even mention the name of this movie. Why are you making yourself so uncomfortable?"
Many of the audience members were considerate of our Boss Jia. Unfortunately, our Boss Jia was stubborn. He continued to say, "Although the friends from the 'Independence Day' crew didn't come, we still have to give the award to them. Because they are indeed the movie with the best box office sales in 1997, the Golden Dragon Award trophy should only belong to them!"
As soon as Boss Jia's voice fell, a beautiful woman in a cheongsam walked out with a tray in her hand. On the tray was a golden Golden Dragon Award trophy!
"What a good trophy!" Boss Jia gently stroked the trophy and sighed. "The weight of this trophy is one kilogram. The whole thing is made of 24K pure gold. It's a pity that I can't present such a good trophy to its owner!"
"Damn, this is a trophy made of one kilogram of pure gold!" As soon as Boss Jia's voice fell, many of the audience members in front of the TV were stunned.
The price of gold in 1997 was about 80 yuan per gram. One kilogram of this trophy was worth 80,000 yuan, which was equivalent to about 10,000 US dollars.
In other words, the value of this trophy was 10,000 US dollars. This was really the richest trophy in the world!
Whether it was the Oscars or the Olympic gold medals, they weren't made of gold.
The Olympic gold medals were more prestigious. There was at least some gold in the gold medals, but it wasn't 24k pure gold.
However, the Oscars were made of pure alloy. At most, there was a layer of gold on the outside. Let alone one kilogram of gold, it was amazing if there was even one gram of gold on it.
Therefore, in terms of value alone, this Golden Dragon Award trophy was definitely the most expensive trophy in the history of the movie industry. Just getting this trophy alone was enough to break even.
As for whether Boss Jia was lying or not, no one doubted it.
Who was Boss Jia? He was a billion-dollar tycoon. Would he lie and ruin his reputation for a mere 10,000 US dollars?
However, thinking that there were more than ten awards to be given out today, the total cost of these trophies was more than 100,000 US dollars. The audience couldn't help but sigh. Boss Jia was indeed rich. A film festival organized by a nouveau riche was indeed extraordinary.
Unfortunately, no matter if it was the audience at the scene or in front of the TV, they would only understand after a while how shallow their current feelings and exclamations were. They would never have thought that Boss Jia was such a tycoon.
Of course, the Golden Dragon Award was nothing in front of the crew.
One kilogram of gold was only 10,000 US dollars, and the entire production budget of Independence Day was as high as 75 million US dollars. Therefore, a trophy was nothing.
"It's nothing. It's only one out of 7500 of our production budget!" At this moment, many members of the Independence Day crew, including the film producer, were watching the live broadcast of the Golden Dragon Awards on TV.
When the producer saw his one-kilogram 24K pure gold trophy in Boss Jia's hand, but no one claimed it, he looked very indifferent to his friends, who were also members of the Independence Day crew, and said to them, "Thank you, Boss Jia.
"Director, how much money did our movie make?" a crew member asked curiously.
"980 million US dollars in total box office sales, about 360 million US dollars in total box office sales!" The director said with a smile. "After deducting the cost, the company still made 290 million US dollars in profit. Compared to the profit we made from the acquisition, this trophy is only 129,000 US dollars!"
Well, after hearing that, the director felt a lot more comfortable.
"Then, director, how much is your director's fee?" another friend asked curiously.
"…" The director didn't say anything. He wouldn't tell his friend that his director's fee was only 600,000 US dollars. This trophy was equivalent to one out of 60 of his director's fee.
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