Chapter 993 Best Foreign Language Film Nomination
Turn over the calendar, has arrived in 2005.
Last year, New Global's net profit reached US$4.5 billion.
Counting the balance of 2.5 billion US dollars in cash and the 5 billion US dollars of bonds issued... Entering the new year, the cash flow on the books of the new global has exceeded 10 billion US dollars!
$12 billion in cash, of which $9 billion is in North America and $3 billion is stranded overseas.
Too much money can do big things.
Robert Iger has led the negotiating team to start negotiations with LB's board of directors to acquire the "Victoria's Secret" brand and all its properties.
The US$5 billion dividend plan has not yet been prepared, but Dunn has already told the finance department that he can use US$2 billion in overseas funds for his share of dividends.
The United States is subject to double taxation. When overseas money is returned to the United States, income tax is levied twice at a rate of 35%.
This has led to the status quo that the money earned overseas can only be kept overseas for overseas investment.
For shareholders, of course they hope to be able to share the money in the United States.
Only the money of the United States can be spent without restriction all over the world.
If the money from overseas is moved back to the mainland, if there is no tax payment record in the United States, it is black money.
Tang En did not have such scruples.
He still has to complete the great cause of Liverpool's revival! We need to invest more overseas!
Money from overseas does not need to be transferred back to the United States at all.
He can establish an overseas branch of Dunn Capital.
Furthermore, using overseas funds to distribute dividends also has an advantage for him.
Because New Global's overseas funds are stored in tax-free offshore areas, dividend tax can be exempted.
Although the Bush administration implemented a big tax cut plan to reduce the dividend tax from 20% to 10%, Dunn paid more than 4 billion US dollars in dividends, and the dividend tax is also a big expense.
If 2 billion US dollars of overseas cash is used to distribute dividends to Tang En, he can save 200 million US dollars in dividend taxes.
It is a good thing for both New Global and Dunn Capital.
Tang En didn't need to worry about the dividend plan.
He now has to deal with awards season.
The Grammys have already communicated. This year's Grammy Awards Ceremony, Twain will be the opening guest and be the first to sing!
He'll be straight to two of the year's biggest hits: "royal" with Nicole Kidman and "someone_like_you" with Scarlett Johansson.
As for the movies, the nominations for the Golden Globes have been announced.
"The Departed" has become the biggest hit without any suspense, and has won 7 nominations in total!
Including Best Picture in a Drama Series, Best Director, Best Actor in a Drama Series, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Screenplay, and Best Film Score.
It is worth mentioning that the crew of "Infernal Affairs" from the Hong Kong government also made an appearance at the nomination ceremony for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
As a result, he encountered blatant difficulties from NBC reporters.
When reporting, the nbc reporter claimed that the crew of "Infernal Affairs" was from Japan. When interviewing actor Andy Liu, he also called him Japanese.
Andy Liu explained with a smile, saying that they were from the Hong Kong government, and the staff made a mistake, and they seemed to be very polite and educated.
However, this incident is intriguing.
Is it really wrong?
"The Departed Walker" is such a popular movie, the reporter from NBC would not be able to figure out that this movie is a remake of "Infernal Affairs" from the Hong Kong government?
Such an important thing will go wrong?
The reporter who can be sent by NBC to report the nomination ceremony of the Golden Globe Awards must be the best reporter.
How could there be such a big mistake?
The only explanation - on purpose!
It was on purpose!
"The Departed", as Hollywood's most representative film of the year, went to the Hong Kong government to hold a grand premiere in good faith, but it was targeted with ridicule by the Hong Kong government filmmakers.
The entertainment market in the United States is already in the same breath.
Although nbc and "The Departed" have no direct interest relationship, there is still a close relationship. Even if New Universal doesn't vent, it will use its own way to export gas for the American entertainment industry.
Sino-Japanese relations are cold, as we all know.
It is probably the greatest humiliation to describe the crew of the Hong Kong government as Japanese.
Not only that, at the nomination ceremony, the crew of "Infernal Affairs" received a cold reception, not to mention the US side, even the crews of foreign language films from Spain, France, Italy, and Germany were also indifferent.
In contrast, crews from the mainland were treated with courtesy.
Lao Mouzi's "House of Flying Daggers"!
The movie was released in mainland China, and it was widely complained about. However, the visual aesthetics of the screens of "House of Flying Daggers" is definitely the best in the world. In other words, there is only one old schemer in the world who can make movies like this.
Regardless of the content of the movie, from the aspect of movie technology, "House of Flying Daggers" has been recognized by people in the industry.
In the nomination ceremony, "House of Flying Daggers" is probably the most popular overseas crew!
The reason is simple. Among these overseas films, whether it is Spain's "Deep Sea Sleep", France's "Cow Herding Spring", Brazil's "Motor Diary", and France's "Long Engagement", the box office in North America is very poor.
Only the North American box office of "House of Flying Daggers" exceeded 10 million US dollars!
A North American box office of $10 million is not much.
However, looking at the entire year of 2004, a total of 551 films were released in North America, and only 144 films had a box office of more than 10 million US dollars.
House of Flying Daggers ranked 136th.
Ranked No. 1 among all foreign language films!
"Time Magazine" listed "House of Flying Daggers" in the list of "Top Ten Movies in the World in 2004", which is very convincing no matter from the perspective of film technology or commercial market.
At the nomination ceremony, Lao Mouzi seemed to be the most popular foreigner like a spring breeze.
The final result came out immediately, and "House of Flying Daggers" was nominated for this year's Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
As for "Infernal Affairs"... I don't know where it has been left behind for a long time, and it is impossible to get nominated.
This incident not only hit the crew of "Infernal Affairs" hard, but also brought the passionate Hong Kong government filmmakers back to their original form.
Including Andy Liu.
He turned down a lot of jobs, and came to the United States to participate in the nomination ceremony with great enthusiasm, looking forward to entering the international market and becoming an international movie star like Tony Liang, but he was "ridiculed" as a Japanese...
In the future, let's go back to the Hong Kong government to become the king.
Those Hong Kong government filmmakers have also truly realized the cruelty of Hollywood. The illusion of the United States is gone, so let's go north to make money with peace of mind.
The Americans can't save Hong Kong government films, and they can't give Hong Kong government filmmakers a chance to survive. Let's honestly cooperate with the mainland.
Tang En didn't get it right away, but heard about it later.
After Tang En heard about it, he thought for a long time, and called Lao Mouzi, "Congratulations, House of Flying Daggers has been nominated for the Golden Globe Award again."
Lao Mouzi has come to the United States more times, and he also knows something about Hollywood, and his mentality has calmed down a lot, so he said carelessly: "It's just a nomination."
His expectations for winning have been greatly reduced.
The word-of-mouth and box office of "House of Flying Daggers" are far inferior to "Hero".
As a result, "Hero" failed to win the award, so how could "House of Flying Daggers" be possible?
Even if the North American copyright of "House of Flying Daggers" was bought out by Focus Pictures for US$10 million, Tang En would not be able to use all his public relations resources to push "House of Flying Daggers" to the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
The quality...was really bad.
The North American box office of this film can exceed 10 million US dollars, and it is also a big seller in the DVD and video market. Visual picture and martial arts style.
If it is selected for the Golden Globe Award, it will really be a big deal.
Tang En said in a slow tone: "Director Zhang, I'll just say something straight. I know a lot about the Chinese film market. In my opinion, you are the only director who can go international. I'm talking about the commercial market. .Your understanding and application of visual aesthetics is worthy of admiration from every movie fan."
Lao Mouzi said "thank you".
Tang En continued: "In my opinion, in the next ten... twenty years, you and Jack Chen are the ones who can continue to promote Chinese films to the world. In the short term, John Wu may be fine , but after a long time, the fame is exhausted, and it is over."
John Wu has failed in Hollywood and returned to China.
With his reputation as a world-class director, he is invincible enough in a short period of time to shock the entire Asia.
The "Red Cliff" two-part series earned more than US$100 million at the box office in Japan alone, earning back their capital. The "Sword Rain" he supervised, went around Europe casually, sold the copyright once, and recovered the cost.
In the next few years, John Wu will be the god of movies in Taiwan, Taiwan and Taiwan. As long as he wants to make movies, someone will rush to give him money, and even China Film Group has repeatedly shown favor. Even the film circles in South Korea and Japan have to pay homage to him, and give green lights to everything he passes by.
He is the only film director who can play like a fish in water in both the mainland and Taiwan. Both forces have to throw out political differences and actively win over.
However, if the prestige is exhausted and the ability declines significantly, it will fall into a career crisis.
In comparison, Lao Mouzi and Jack Chen are more vital.
"Jack Chen's films... He is also from Ye Luzi, and the film technology is beyond the reach, and there is no room for improvement. Your unique Chinese aesthetic style can be more integrated with the world film pattern."
There was kindness everywhere in Tang En's words. Of course, Lao Mouzi could feel it and was a little moved: "Tang En, tell me, what should I do?"
"Fusion." Tang En gave the answer decisively, "From a technical point of view, you don't have any problems, but the cultural incompatibility and the lack of movie content prevent you from ever reaching the top ranks in the world."
"How to integrate?"
"Have you thought about coming over to film an American drama first?"
"Making a TV show?"
The old Mouzi was stunned for a moment.
It's a bit embarrassing for him to be a top director to make a TV series, right?
Tang En didn't care what he thought, and said: "We can let Jeter Lee come over as the leading actor, and make a story about a Chinese boy who grew up in the United States using Chinese kung fu to gain career, love, life and ideals in the United States, and realize the American dream. It can be made into a 10-episode or 6-episode mini-series. Like "Band of Brothers", it is a screen movie. Through this opportunity, it will further integrate with international advanced film concepts and integrate with the universal film culture. You know , TV series...often enhance a creator’s ability to tell a story the most, you know what I mean.”
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