Chapter 993: Best Foreign Language Film Nominee
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The calendar turned over and it was 2005.
Last year, New Universal's net profit reached 4.5 billion US dollars.
Counting the cash balance of 2.5 billion US dollars before, and the issued bonds of 5 billion US dollars... Entering the new year, the cash flow on the book of New Global has exceeded 10 billion US dollars!
Of the $12 billion in cash, $9 billion is in North America and $3 billion is stranded overseas.
Too much money to do big things.
Robert Iger has led the negotiating team, and LB's board of directors to start negotiations on the acquisition of the "Victoria's Secret" brand and all its properties.
The $5 billion dividend plan has not yet been prepared, but Dunn has already told the Finance Department that his part of the dividend can use $2 billion of overseas funds.
The United States is a double taxation, and the return of overseas money to the United States is subject to a second income tax at a rate of 35%.
This has led to the status quo that the money earned overseas can only be kept overseas and used for overseas investment.
For shareholders, of course, they want a share of the American money.
Only American money can be spent in the world without restrictions.
Overseas money, repatriated to the homeland, if there is no tax payment record in the United States, it is black money.
Dunn has no such scruples.
He also has to complete the great cause of Liverpool's revival! We will also invest more overseas!
Overseas money does not need to be transferred back to the United States at all.
He could be setting up an overseas branch of Dunn Capital.
Furthermore, using overseas funds to distribute dividends also has an advantage for him.
Because the overseas funds of New Global are in tax-free offshore areas, they can be exempted from paying dividend tax.
Although the Bush administration implemented a big tax cut plan, reducing the dividend tax from 20% to 10%, but Dunn distributed more than 4 billion US dollars in dividends, and the dividend tax was also a lot of expenses.
If he used $2 billion in overseas cash to distribute dividends to Dunn, he could save $200 million in dividend taxes.
It is a good thing for both New Global and Dunn Capital.
Don't need to worry about the dividend plan.
What he has to deal with now is awards season.
The Grammys have already communicated. In this year's Grammy Awards Ceremony, Tang En will be the first guest to sing!
He'll directly sing two of the year's biggest hits: "Royal" with Nicole Kidman and "" with Scarlett Johansson.
As for movies, the nominations for the Golden Globes have been announced.
"The Departed" became the biggest hit without a doubt, with a total of 7 nominations!
Including Best Picture in a Drama Series, Best Director, Best Actor in a Drama Series, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Film Score.
It is worth mentioning that the Hong Kong government's "Infernal Affairs" crew also appeared in the nomination ceremony for the best foreign language film at the Golden Globe Awards.
As a result, it was blatantly harassed by NBC reporters.
When reporting, the NBC reporter claimed that the "Infernal Affairs" crew was a team 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 it was the staff who made a mistake.
However, this one is intriguing.
Is it really wrong?
For such a popular movie "The Departed", a reporter from NBC would not know that this movie is a remake of "Infernal Affairs" from the Hong Kong government?
Can something so important go wrong?
The reporter who can be sent by NBC to report the Golden Globe nomination ceremony must be the best reporter.
How could there be such a big mistake?
The only explanation - intentional!
is intentional!
"The Departed", as the most representative film in Hollywood this year, sincerely went to the Hong Kong government to hold a grand premiere, but it was ridiculed by the filmmakers of the Hong Kong government.
The entertainment market in the United States is inherently connected.
Although NBC and "The Departed" have no direct interest relationship, there is still a relationship between them. Even if there is no ventilation in New Universal, it will use its own way to export gas for the entertainment industry in the United States.
Sino-Japanese relations are cold, as everyone knows.
It is probably the biggest humiliation to call the crew of the Hong Kong government as Japanese.
Not only that, at the nomination ceremony, the crew of "Infernal Affairs" was coldly received, not to mention the US, even the crews of foreign language films from Spain, France, Italy, and Germany were also cold-hearted.
In contrast, the crew who came from the mainland were treated with courtesy.
"House of Flying Daggers" by Laomouzi!
The film was released in mainland China, and it was widely criticized. However, the visual aesthetics of the images of "House of Flying Daggers" are definitely the best in the world. In other words, there is only one old man in the world who can make movies like this.
Regardless of the content of the film, from the technical aspect of the film, "House of Flying Daggers" has been recognized by industry insiders.
During the nomination ceremony, "House of Flying Daggers" was probably the most popular overseas crew!
The reason is very simple. Among these overseas movies, whether it is Spain's "Eternal Sleep", France's "Spring in the Cattle Class", Brazil's "Motorcycle Diary", and France's "Long Engagement", the North American box office is very poor.
Only "House of Flying Daggers" has surpassed $10 million at the North American box office!
$10 million at the North American box office isn't much.
However, throughout 2004, a total of 551 films were released in North America, of which only 144 grossed more than $10 million at the box office.
"House of Flying Daggers" ranked 136th.
In all foreign language films, it ranks first!
"Time Magazine" listed "House of Flying Daggers" in the list of "Top Ten Movies in the World in 2004", which is very convincing from the perspective of film technology and commercial market.
At the nomination ceremony, Laomouzi was like a spring breeze and became the most popular foreigner.
The final result is also forthcoming, and "House of Flying Daggers" successfully won the Golden Globe Award nomination for the best foreign language film this year.
As for "Infernal Affairs"...I don't know where it was left, it's impossible to get a nomination.
This incident not only hit the "Infernal Affairs" crew, but also brought the passionate Hong Kong government filmmakers back to their prototypes.
Including Andy Liu.
He turned down a lot of jobs and came to the United States to participate in this nomination ceremony with great interest, looking forward to entering the international market and becoming an international movie star like Tony Liang, but he was "ridiculous" to become a Japanese...
In the future, let's go back to the Hong Kong government.
Those filmmakers from the Hong Kong government have also truly realized the cruelty of Hollywood. The illusion of the United States is gone, let's go north and make money in peace.
Americans can't save Hong Kong government films, and they can't give Hong Kong government filmmakers a chance to survive, so let's honestly cooperate with the mainland.
This matter, Dunn did not get the first time, he heard about it later.
After hearing about it, Dunn thought for a long time and called Laomouzi, "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 has some understanding of Hollywood. He has calmed down a lot, and said carelessly: "That's all for the nomination."
His expectations for winning the award have been greatly reduced.
The reputation and box office of "House of Flying Daggers" are far inferior to "Heroes".
As a result, "Heroes" failed to win, how could "House of Flying Daggers" be possible?
Even if the North American copyright of "House of Flying Daggers" is bought out by Focus Pictures for $10 million, it is impossible for Dunn to use all public relations resources to push "House of Flying Daggers" to the throne of the best foreign language film at the Golden Globe Awards.
Quality...really a bit poor.
The North American box office can exceed 10 million US dollars, and it is a big hit in the DVD and video tape market. The big factor is that there are too many Chinese in North America, plus Americans can't understand the core of Chinese movies, they are just obsessed with the kind of beautiful Visual graphics and martial arts style.
If it was awarded the Golden Globes, it would be a big deal.
Tang En said in a slow tone: "Director Zhang, I'll just say something. I also 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 for every movie fan."
Lao Mouzi said "thank you".
Dunn added: "In my opinion, in the next ten...twenty years, you and Jack Chen will be the ones who can continue to bring Chinese-language 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 in a short period of time and will shock the whole of Asia.
The two "Chibi" films have earned more than 100 million US dollars at the Japanese box office alone, and they have made money back. He supervised the production of "Sword Rain", and he went to Europe casually, sold the copyright once, and recovered the cost.
In the next few years, John Ng will be the **** of movies on both sides of the strait and three places. As long as he wants to make a movie, someone will give him money. Even the film circles in South Korea and Japan have to pay homage to him, and wherever he goes, the green light is given to him.
He is the only film director who can operate like a duck to water on both the mainland and the treasured island. Both forces must 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 contrast, Laomouzi and Jack Chen have more vitality.
"Jack Chen's films... He was also born in a wild way, and there is no way to talk about film technology, and there is no room for improvement. Your unique Chinese aesthetic style can better integrate with the world film pattern."
In Tang En's words, there are good intentions everywhere. Of course Laomouzi can feel it, and he is a little moved: "Tang En, tell me, what do I need to do?"
"Fusion." Dunn gave the answer decisively, "From a technical point of view, you have no problem, but the incompatibility in the culture and the lack of film content make you never able to reach the top ranks in the world."
"How to integrate?"
"Have you thought about it, come over to shoot an American drama first?"
"A TV show?"
The old man was stunned for a moment.
It's a bit shabby for him to be a top-level director to make a TV series, right?
Don't care what he thought, he said: "We can let Jett Lee come over to be the hero, and make a story about a Chinese boy who grew up in the United States and uses Chinese Kung Fu to gain career, love, life and ideals in the United States, and realize the American dream. It can be made into 10 episodes, or 6 episodes in the form of mini-series. Like "Band of Brothers", it belongs to the screen movie. Through this opportunity, we can further integrate with the international advanced film concept and integrate with the universal film culture. You know , TV series ... often the best way to improve a creator's ability to tell a story, you know what I mean."
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