1980 My literary era

"Mr. Lin, you see, the closing ceremony is tomorrow, and the awards must be decided as soon as possible. After all, our Shanghai Film Festival has the word 'international' attached to it, otherwise the best film will be given to "The Silent Mountain" "Qiu", Wang Tong and the others are not outsiders, so it is not easy for them to participate."

Lin Weimin was immediately unhappy when he heard this and frowned, "Wang Tong is not an outsider, but Jiang Wen is an outsider? "Sunny Days" won the Venice Silver Lion. Is the quality worse than "Silent Hills"? A At the film festival, there were five awards and none of us got one. You think the Shanghai Film Festival is quite honorable, don’t you?”

After retorting this sentence, Lin Weimin was still angry and angrily said: "How many years has it been since the Qing Dynasty fell? But you are here to 'prefer friends to domestic slaves'?"

This sentence was so heart-wrenching that the cadres of the organizing committee were so frightened that they dared not breathe and turned pale. He really couldn't figure it out and just came to persuade him, but it actually made Teacher Lin furious.

Lin Weimin's voice attracted the attention of others around him, and everyone looked over.

Lin Weimin snorted coldly, ignored everyone's gaze, and returned to the conference room alone.

After a few minutes, everyone returned to the conference room and continued the discussion.

Lin Weimin looked ugly. Before Xie Jin could preside over the meeting, he took the lead and said, "Director Xie, I want to say a few words first."

Xie Jin has never collaborated with Lin Weimin, but he is involved in the literary and art circles, and he has naturally heard about Lin Weimin's temper. In addition, he took the initiative to talk to Lin Weimin about cooperation a few years ago. At that time, Lin Weimin was still a new writer, but he did not give him any advice. face.

In the corridor just now, Lin Weimin was obviously irritated. If he wanted to speak now, he would definitely fire.

Xie Jin wisely handed over the right to speak, and Lin Weimin asked the cadres of the organizing committee to call Wu Yigong and other leaders over.

"Dear leaders of the organizing committee, I have asked you to call them here today, mainly because I want to talk about the award criteria and principles of our film festival."

As soon as Lin Weimin said something, he found that two leaders of the organizing committee were a little uneasy.

Lin Weimin continued: "Everyone should know that in the selection of the best film, we now have two choices, one is Wang Tong's "Silent Hills" and the other is Jiang Wen's "Sunny Days". Literature and Art The works are all in their own way, and it is normal to have disputes. But just now one of our cadres said something to me..."

Having said this, Lin Weimin glanced at everyone present with a stern look.

"Said: After all, our Shanghai Film Festival has the word 'international' attached to it. Otherwise, the best film should be given to "The Silent Hill". I don't know how you feel after hearing this, but I heard it anyway. It feels extremely harsh.

What's going on? With the word "international" attached to it, you Chinese people are not worthy of participating in the Shanghai Film Festival?

Under the same conditions, priority will be given to foreigners, Bay Islanders, and Xiangjiang people. Are we Chinese not human beings?

You guys told me, what kind of logic is this? "

In anger, Lin Weimin went all out, without any concern for the face of everyone present.

Wu Yigong's expression was ugly. He didn't expect that something like this would happen near the end of the day. He opened his mouth to lighten the atmosphere: "Teacher Lin, I'm wondering if there is any misunderstanding here..."

Before he could continue, Lin Weimin waved his hands and interrupted decisively, "Don't speak yet!"

Wu Yigong's expression froze, and a trace of embarrassment flashed across his face.

The leading cadres of the organizing committee were shocked by Lin Weimin's toughness. You should know that Wu Yigong was not only the head of the organizing committee, but also the director of the Shanghai Film Bureau, but Lin Weimin did not even let him speak.

But when everyone thought about the rumors that Lin Weimin was going to take over as the director of the National Film Administration two months ago, it all seemed very reasonable.

"I don't know who inspired that comrade to persuade me just now. I can only say that your idea is very dangerous, comrade, it is very dangerous!"

When Lin Weimin said this, he couldn't help but knock on the table, "What? Are we going to divide people into three, six or nine grades like the Yuan Dynasty? Let me tell you, this is not only bureaucracy, but also comprador thinking."

Seeing how serious Lin Weimin's nature was, Xie Jin couldn't help but smooth things over and said: "It's not for the people. They may also want the award to go smoothly. There are also foreign friends here..."

"Director Xie, it's better to say some things upfront. You know my temper. I'm not afraid of offending people. I'm not afraid of foreign friends. I tell them everything. You guys, tell the truth about what happened just now. "

From the moment they entered the conference room, several foreign judges were in a state of confusion. The translator behind them simply stopped their translation work when they saw that the situation was not good.

After hearing Lin Weimin's words, several translators looked at each other, wondering whether they should continue to perform their work responsibilities.

Xie Jin was a little helpless. When he came to seek cooperation before, he just felt that Lin Weimin was a bit arrogant. He had heard a lot about his deeds over the years and felt that this person had a bad temper.

Today he finally saw it. How could this be called a bad temper?

This is a firecracker!

"Which country in the world holds a film festival, my family will take care of it more or less. If you are organizing a film festival, you don't even know this common sense.

It's a good thing when it comes to the Shanghai Film Festival. It doesn't matter if they don't take care of them, and they have to keep an eye on foreigners to receive awards.

Four awards are not enough for five, and five awards are not enough for six. Why don't you remove the word "Shanghai" and just call it the International Film Festival?

Spending the country's funds, not thinking about how to run a good film festival, not thinking about improving the international influence of the film festival, hanging the sheep's head of "internationalization", and selling the dog meat of "flattery and glory".

Tell me, who is this film festival for? "

Lin Weimin's face was serious, his eyes were stern, and his words were sonorous. He scolded the cadres present so much that they wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl in. He even hated Lin Weimin for scolding them.

Not to mention the cadres of the organizing committee, even the judges on the judging panel were a little frightened. Except for Xie Jin and Xu Ke, the remaining four people still haven't figured out what happened and kept asking in low voices what happened. What's up.

Several translators muttered and translated the situation, and then they suddenly understood.

"I am just a passer-by to your Shanghai International Film Festival. I don't care how you judge awards in the future. But since you have invited me to be a judge this year, I must ensure that the awards are fair and impartial, not only to outsiders, but also to my own people." .

My final advice to you is that if the film festival wants to run well and last for a long time, it must abandon those official-oriented and comprador ideas, and cultural exchanges must be based on equality and mutual trust.

Otherwise, what’s the point of art? What about communication? "

Lin Weimin had long been prepared to offend others, so he didn't care about everyone's reaction. After saying these words, he looked at everyone coldly and showed no anger.

There was a brief silence in the conference room. At this time, nothing seemed appropriate to say.

In the end, Wu Yigong smiled and said, "We are holding the Shanghai International Film Festival for the first time this year. There must be some shortcomings in one way or another. We welcome your opinions and suggestions. Teacher Lin's suggestions for our film festival are very pertinent. Although the attitude is a bit fierce, our film festival organizing committee must accept it with an open mind."

After the scene was finished, the atmosphere in the conference room finally relaxed a little.

Xie Jin said a few more words to smooth things over, and Wu Yigong left the conference room with several leaders and cadres of the organizing committee.

After these people left, the atmosphere in the conference room returned to formality.

"Let's talk about the Best Picture Award. Tomorrow is the award ceremony. This matter cannot be delayed any longer." Xie Jin said.

Several other judges nodded after hearing this and resumed the discussion.

Probably out of fear of Lin Weimin, Oshima Nagisa no longer insisted on the option of "Silent Hills", and "Sunny Days" successfully won the Best Picture Award.

The award results were finally confirmed and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

When walking out of the conference room, Xie Jin asked Lin Weimin in a low voice, "'Sunny Days' is the movie you recommended. If you do this, aren't you afraid that people will say you are operating behind the scenes?"

When he asked this question, he did not express dissatisfaction.

Lin Weimin smiled lightly at this.

"Director Xie. Do you think they don't know the ethics of foreign film festivals?

If our own country’s own people suffer when judging awards, then what’s the point of judging them? Not to mention foreigners, even our own people will look down on our own people!

Dignity is not gained by asking for charity but earned by strength.

In order to take care of the so-called "internationality", we must abandon the principle of award evaluation. This is putting the cart before the horse.

As for whether I am engaging in behind-the-scenes operations, the movie is there and the public can make their own comments. "

Lin Weimin's tone was understated, completely different from his harsh words in the conference room just now.

An idea came to Xie Jin's mind. Lin Weimin was furious in the conference room just now. I'm afraid it wasn't entirely out of righteous indignation, right?

Oshima Nagisa's retreat is the best proof.

Thinking of this, Xie Jin looked at Lin Weimin with a bit of inquiry.

Lin Weimin stopped chatting with him and turned to chat with Alan Resnais. His expression in the conference room just now was completely unrecognizable.

The next day, October 14, the first Shanghai International Film Festival concluded successfully.

This year's film festival attracted a total of 167 films from more than 30 countries to register for competition, of which 24 films were shortlisted for the main competition.

After the jury's review, Korean director Lim Kwon-taek won the Best Director Award for his film "Elegy", Belgian actor Jan Declerc won the Best Actor Award for "Professor Darnes", and Korean actor Oh Jung-hae won the Best Actor Award for "Elegy". won the Best Actress Award, and the Chinese film "Cage People" won the Special Jury Award.

Jiang Wen won the best film award for his film "Sunny Day".

The awarding process was uneventful, and no filmmakers or news media had any dissatisfaction with the results afterwards.

"Sunny Days" just won the Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival. Isn't it natural to win the Shanghai International Film Festival?

There are only a few leading cadres of the organizing committee who have been scolded by Lin Weimin. Every time the name Lin Weimin is mentioned, they gnash their teeth with hatred.

On the plane back to Yanjing, many acquaintances were on the flight. Lin Weimin's seat was next to Wang Shuo, so Jiang Wen had to come over and change seats with Wang Shuo.

"Teacher Lin, thank you very much this time!"

"What can I say thank you for?"

"I've heard that you had a big fight with the organizing committee and the jury for "Sunny Days"."

When Jiang Wen said this, his face was full of admiration, and he started to fight whenever he disagreed. I wish I were as awesome as Teacher Lin.

"It has nothing to do with you if you think too much. Don't be too sentimental."

Jiang Wen'er was not angry at all after being driven away. Instead, she thought to herself that Teacher Lin just likes to be humble.

Lin Weimin was bored and turned around to ask Wang Shuo, "Where is your lover? Not an actor? Are you not coming to the film festival to join in the fun?"

Wang Shuo was so amused by him that his face darkened. "Are you interested?"

"I'm just having a boring chat. I'm a young girl with a body like yours, can you handle it?" Lin Weimin continued to ask in a low voice.

Wang Shuo and Lin Weimin had been choking each other before, but this time he lost his temper.

He pulled Jiang Wen over and said, "Sit next to him."

Lin Weimin smiled proudly.

Baby, I'll make you sick!