He enjoyed the simplest combination of coffee and toast sandwiches with relish.
Zhang Yimou, who had chosen to meet Qin Guan in New York, was confused. Qin Guan hadn't been nominated for an Oscar, so why was he not sad at all?
"Don't be sad, Qin Guan. Our film was shot in China anyway. It's understandable that we couldn't be nominated for an Oscar. "
"I'm not sad. The Oscars are awards for North American films. Last year, I focused on China. I didn't have a chance to win an Oscar."
"Oh, by the way, Director Zhang, I haven't congratulated you yet. Congratulations to your movie 'Curse of the Golden Flower' for being nominated for the Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, etc."
"Why should I congratulate you?" Zhang Yimou sighed. "The trend of martial arts films in China is over."
"In other words, the American audience is tired of watching the same Chinese blockbusters."
"I'm taking a flight from New York just to meet you and express my gratitude."
Zhang Weiping, Zhang Yimou's long-time partner, was in charge of distribution and release of the film. He had the most say in the box office.
"The box office of the film in North America last year was only about 10 million dollars."
"So little? I remember the domestic box office took 322 million yuan! "
"The global box office was close to 100 million. Why is it so little in North America?"
Zhang Weiping's eyes were wide open. "Not enough? It's not bad! The year before last, when we filmed 'Ambush From Ten Sides', the total box office revenue was only a few million dollars.
"If it wasn't for your fan club in America, 'A Different Qin Guan', our film wouldn't have been able to achieve such a high score."
'At least it won't be too embarrassing to take out this kind of data, and I'll finally have a perfect explanation for my countrymen.'
Zhang Yimou is thinking too much. Don't you want to make such a film for the box office?
Who cared about face when someone bought into it? It was much better than some movies that didn't even recover their cost and were stripped of their face.
He told them that he would go to Los Angeles to add some liveliness to the "Curse of the Golden Flower" event. After saying goodbye to them, he boarded a flight to California.
He would be the third Chinese actor to leave his name on the Walk of Fame.
Qin Guan didn't record the positions of the stars like the ones at the entrance of the China Theater.
At the entrance of the China Grand Theater, as long as there was a blockbuster movie being screened and the company behind the movie crew was willing to spend money to promote the movie, as long as they paid a sponsorship fee, they could leave their footprints on the fake star street in front of the China Grand Theater.
From Harry Potter's glasses to the chipmunk's claws in "Robbing the World of Mickey Mouse", they had all become one of the celebrity traces here.
Even the person in charge of the theater had confirmed in an interview with the media that this was just a 'imitation ceremony' for fun. For the sake of the fees paid by the actors, they would not put these together with the footprints of the stars.
This indirectly proved that the stars at the entrance of the China Grand Theater were dimmer than the real stars two streets away.
After all, the real Hollywood Walk of Fame didn't just pay tribute to celebrities in the movie industry. It paid tribute to a wide range of people, including film, television, radio, theater, music, and so on.
In order to be nominated for the highest level of the Walk of Fame, a celebrity must fulfill the following three conditions.
First, he had a record of professional achievements in his field.
The number of awards he had won was enough to form a circle around the Walk of Fame.
Second, he had to have worked in his field for at least five years.
That was why Qin Guan had applied for the Walk of Fame in 2007.
When Qin Guan had first arrived in Los Angeles, Xue Wanyi had applied for the Screen Actors Guild. She had taken a detour on the Walk of Fame and written down his application.
The two of them had planned this beforehand. When Qin Guan had won his first international award, they had been ready for it.
As a matter of fact, the examination was held at this point in time, and it went through extremely smoothly.
The third condition was very broad, which was that he had to make a contribution to society.
Qin Guan had been promoting wildlife protection in the fashion circle during the French Fashion Week, and he had been shooting public service advertisements in New York, which showed that he was an activist who loved public welfare and was committed to environmental protection.
After he had returned to China, he had become indifferent to environmental protection in China. He had used his influence to make China pay more attention to environmental protection.
This was one of the favorite characteristics of Americans, both inside and outside the circle.
Therefore, although the conditions seemed broad, they were often the hardest to pass and were the easiest to make things difficult for.
Thanks to the 25000 dollars' sponsorship and the consideration of the Walk of Fame committee, Qin Guan had been able to qualify for the Walk of Fame easily.
One had to know that there were many complicated procedures to go through from submitting an application to being officially selected, and the final step was the most crucial.
The Walk of Fame committee was made up of members of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and the Hollywood Historical Trust.
As the name suggested, most of the members of these two organizations were engaged in film-related industries, but ultimately, they were still businessmen.
Because the Hollywood Walk of Fame, its maintenance, construction, cooperation with the government, and management of visitors and accidents were all funded by the Hollywood Historical Trust Fund.
Where did the money come from?
In addition to the fixed sponsorship fees and annual maintenance fees of the actors who wanted to keep the stars, there was also the free sponsorship funds of the businessmen who were closely related to the Hollywood industry.
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