1979 Golden Age

Hangzhou.

Guesthouse by the West Lake.

71-year-old Mr. Yuan Wenshu got up early, walked along the West Lake for a while, came back to have breakfast, and at about nine o'clock, he went to the conference room with his usual enamel jar.

"Old Yuan!"

"Old Yuan!"

There were already more than 20 people sitting inside. They greeted each other in unison. Yuan Wenshu waved his hands and sat down at the main seat.

He is a domestic drama and film theory expert. He has been the director of the Shanghai Film Studio and the executive vice chairman of the Film Association. He has high prestige and is also the director of the first Golden Rooster Award jury.

These 20 people are all judges. They have been here for ten days and specialize in award evaluation.

People in this era like to go out for meetings and participate in activities. Because it is difficult to go out, they can use this excuse to go out, all expenses will be reimbursed, and they can also go sightseeing...

“Today is the last day of the meeting and there must be a result.

There are currently two awards that have not yet been determined. Let’s settle the first one first, the Best Feature Film Award. “Legend of Tianyun Mountain” and “Bashan Night Rain” are always in competition. We will have another round of voting today, and no matter what the number of votes is, the result will be announced. "

Yuan Wenshu knocked on the table and said: "Okay, no more nonsense, let's start voting!"

The judges are all well-respected old artists in China. At first, they considered whether to include "Hong Kong and Taiwan". Later, they felt that it would be difficult to do so and waited until the time was right.

Everyone stayed for ten days, became familiar with each other, and each wrote on the note.

Yuan Wenshu himself also had one vote, and then collected them and made statistics: ""Legend of Tianyun Mountain" has 13 votes, and "Bashan Night Rain" has 12 votes. It seems that "Legend of Tianyun Mountain" has won."

"Mr. Yuan, I still feel it's such a pity."

An old artist spoke and said: ""Bashan Night Rain" is also a very good film. The difference is only four or five votes. The difference now is only one vote, which shows that the two works are equally matched. Do you want another round?"

"I don't think we should waste any more time. The winner is the winner!"

"But there can't be a hidden gem in the ocean, otherwise the Golden Rooster Award will be ridiculed for being ignorant!"

There was another argument below.

After discussing for a while, Yuan Wenshu decided: "Then let's put the two films side by side and submit them together!"

"This is good, this is good!"

"I support it. This is the safest way."

So, in this Xinyou year, this golden rooster, which made its debut, suddenly laid a double-yolked egg. And it will continue. Puff puff has been happening for decades, and it has happened to the point where no one is too lazy to scold it.

It's not true that they share the pork. For example, the Best Actor award is vacant. They would rather leave it vacant than make do with it.

It seems wrong to say that they don’t differentiate between pork and pork. These judges may have good intentions and cannot bear to let excellent works fail. However, they have not considered how to shape the authority of an award...

To put it bluntly, the awarding mechanism is unprofessional.

The Oscars are much more professional. We all know that winning the Oscars depends on public relations, but people are covered in a layer of fairness and fairness on the surface, and their personal relationships are hidden behind it, so they can deceive people. Of course, the Oscars are very politically correct, and now Wasted.

"Let's deal with the second award, Best Actress, Gong Xue of "Love in Lushan Mountain", Zhang Yu of "Rain on the Bashan Mountain", and Wang Fuli of "Legend of Tianyun Mountain". The three comrades have a relatively big debate.

Although Zhang Yu and Wang Fuli are the female protagonists, these two works are group dramas. Each character is more exciting than the last, which invisibly weakens the status of the female protagonists. They do not play an absolute role in them.

"Romance in Lushan Mountain" is a duo of male and female protagonists. Gong Xue has many scenes, his status is irreplaceable, and his performance is also a breakthrough, but..."

Yuan Wenshu paused. Everyone understood that "Love in Lushan" was released last summer and is still being shown in many small cities and towns. There are still die-hard diehards criticizing it.

It's nothing more than the same old rhetoric, about how the bourgeoisie corrupts life, falls in love, and pollutes young people...

After hesitating for a while, Yuan Wenshu said: "Let's just vote and decide based on the number of votes."

"Okay, vote!"

"So much the better!"

After a while, the votes were collected and handed over to Yuan Wenshu. He announced the results and said: "All the Golden Rooster Awards have been announced. I will submit them to the Ministry of Culture for approval. I can send letters to all units, asking them to hurry up before the 23rd." When arriving in Hangzhou, we will also inform you of the specific procedures to avoid confusion.”

"The meeting is dismissed!"

At the same time, the results of the "Popular Film" Hundred Flowers Award have also been released, and they must also be reported to the Ministry of Culture for approval before awards can be given.

…………

The area where the Beijing Film Studio is located is called Beitaipingzhuang.

In later generations, there was the Middle North Third Ring Road, but now there is no third ring road, and even the second ring road has not been fully completed. Going from the Beijing Film Studio to the city is called entering the city. Going to the urban area from Changping, Miyun, and Tongzhou is even more amazing. It's called a BJ.

There is a bus stop in front of the Beijing Film Studio. There is only a cracked asphalt road with sand roads on both sides. There are vegetable fields, China Education Press, military families' home, military rest house and Beitaipingzhuang store nearby.

North Taipingzhuang Store is the largest shopping place in this area.

It has only one floor and covers an area of ​​500 to 600 square meters. Every year at the end of autumn, Chinese cabbage is taken out in the store, which is piled up like a hill. Nearby residents queue up from dawn to dusk for fear of not being able to buy it.

Gong Xue has been here for more than half a year and has become more and more accustomed to life here.

At this moment, she was carrying a bag of snacks from the Beitaipingzhuang store and riding her little bicycle back to the factory. She loves sweets, snacks and candies. When I came back and passed the gate, I saw another writing on the blackboard: "Gong Xue has a big package of letters!"

"Uncle, let me get the letter!"

"Take, take, take, one pack a day, I will become your full-time uncle!"

"Oh, I know you are tired, why don't you try some snacks..."

She coaxed the uncle with a smile, put a packet of letters in the back seat, and returned to Tongzilou.

A large number of love letters to Chen Shaomei poured into the Beijing Film Studio, sometimes mixed with love letters to Zhou Jun. Well, "Love in Lushan" and "Tai Chi" are both on display. The former will be kept for one year, while the latter can be kept for three years.

As the saying goes, red energy nourishes people.

The actors are the most obvious. You can see the popular ones, the outdated ones, the unpopular ones, and the ones who have made a comeback. Their mental states are definitely different.

Gong Xue is in excellent spirits every day, full of energy, and her skin has improved a lot. She entered her room, poured a cup of tea, opened the bag, opened the snack box, and slumped down on the sofa, showing the temperament of a later generation homebody.

"Why are there still people competing with me? Are you out of your mind?"

"Shaomei, your eyes are like stars in the sky. I have fallen deeply in love with you. You are like a piece of coal in winter, burning my heart... The writing is too poor to impress anyone at all, and I There’s Xiao Chen…”

She complained while watching. Needless to say, she learned the mistakes from a few people.

She read a few letters at random and piled them in the corner. The pile there was already like a hill. No more letters could be put away. Then she started to flip through the big envelope again. Ordinary letters were in small envelopes, and the big envelope must have been sent by the government.

"Huh?"

"Golden Rooster Award and Hundred Flowers Award Organizing Committee?"

Gong Xue bit her snack and quickly opened it. Inside was a letter inviting her to participate in the event. She also specifically noted two things: one was to choose her as the actor representative and she would speak that day and prepare a speech.

One is that after the award ceremony, there will be an artistic performance. Everyone has to perform, and she is also asked to prepare a show.

"Speak..."

Gong Xue held the invitation, her little heart beating loudly. She couldn't help but think of something, and immediately held it down: "No, no, I can't think about it now. The greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment."

"Dong-dong-dong...dong-dong...dong!"

At this time, there was a unique knock on the door. She went to open the door, and Chen Qi slipped in and asked in surprise: "What are you doing by yourself? Why is your face flushed?"

"Have you received the invitation?"

"Hold it, are you so excited to receive a letter?"

"No, no, they asked me to speak. Do you think it's possible for me to win the award?"

Gong Xue stretched out her hands and hugged his neck. Chen Qi took advantage of the opportunity to pick her up and sat on the sofa together. He said with a smile: "It can't be said now. Keep a low profile to save your character. The greater your expectations, the greater your disappointment!"

"Yeah, I think so too, then I really want to...Okay, I won't say anything anymore!"

She covered her mouth.

Chen Qi thinks she is very cute now, or in other words, after being with him, her previous cautious, melancholy, cautious temperament has weakened, and she has become more confident and cheerful - well, it is all his own fault. .

Gong Xue picked up a piece of snack and handed it to him, saying: "I went to the store just now and wanted to buy some shrimp. Unfortunately, I didn't have the tickets. The meat tickets were all spent long ago, so I fed them to you."

"When the Yuan brothers send money, I will have more overseas remittance coupons. I will buy you meat every day."

"You want to feed me meat?" Gong Xue said with a smile.

"Yeah, it would be better if you add the word "stick"."

"What?"

she wondered.

"It's okay, it's okay, I'll understand later..."

Chen Qi also read the letter and thought about it: "The awards will be awarded on the 23rd. It will still be some time. I want to go there and stay for a few days in advance."

"Why?"

"I also need to change my writing environment. I've been stuck in the guest house all day, and the room stinks. I want to go see the West Lake. Do you want to come with me?"

"I can't. I have to get a letter of introduction from the factory when I go out. When you see the two of us going out alone, what does that sound like? I'd better go with Director Wang and Old Tang."

"Okay, then I'll take Xiao Ji there."

Chen Qi kissed her and said with a smile: "If anyone comes to me during this period, just say that I went to Hangzhou."