China Entertainment King of Science Fiction

Chapter 366 "The Return of the Great Sage" Screening

After Chen Jingxing finished recording the last episode of "The Director", he boarded the transoceanic flight without stopping because the Golden Globe Awards was about to begin.

Accompanying him were Qin Zhonghe, chief producer of "Gravity", Jiang Ming, chief conductor of the National Center for the Performing Arts Orchestra, and You Zuorong, head of the screenwriting team of "The Matrix".

"Gravity" was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Director and Best Score, and "The Matrix" was nominated for Best Original Screenplay.

Originally, Xu Wenshen and Penguin Video wanted the stars of "Gravity" and "The Matrix" to also attend - Penguin Video urgently obtained the live broadcast rights of the Golden Globe Awards.

On "The Birth of a Director", Huanshi.com took the lead and acted very quickly on Penguin Video of the Golden Globe Awards, winning the only live broadcast rights in the mainland.

The live broadcast rights of the Golden Globe Awards are not expensive. In the past, not many media in China were willing to spend money to get the broadcast. No matter how influential it was, most people would just watch the results of the Golden Globe Awards the next day.

But isn't it true that Chen Jingxing was nominated for two movies? As a result, the attention of Chinese audiences has increased by N levels. Penguin Video is undoubtedly the Internet media with the quickest eyes and quickest hands.

Huanshi.com was caught off guard by Penguin Video, and naturally it would not let go of the Oscars. Both major video platforms wanted to seize the broadcast rights of the Oscars in mainland China. Unexpectedly, the National Propaganda Department directly stepped down. After communicating with the two major streaming media, they let

CCTV Movie Channel has become the only institution in mainland China that can broadcast the entire Oscar ceremony live.

You must know that it is not common for CCTV to broadcast the Oscar awards ceremony, but who allowed Chen Jingxing to break the record by winning 14 Oscar nominations for two domestic films?

Even though this shocking news has been spreading for several days, the popularity has not subsided, and even the popularity and topic discussions overseas are still in full swing.

It even extends to whether any of the selected directors are related to DreamWorks, whether they are using backdoors, etc.

Chinese directors, who are all making sci-fi films, almost swept the nominations. This has never happened in the history of the Oscars. Not to mention that domestic netizens have not seen it before, and foreign netizens have not seen it either.

"Your "Director" program has caused quite a stir. I see the debate on the Internet is quite fierce." Qin Zhonghe started chatting with Chen Jingxing as soon as he sat down on his seat.

Of course, netizens later re-examined the rules announced in the first episode, and indeed found that the rules were very clear. It never said that the award-winning director would become the director of "Black Mirror."

If the first-place tally doesn't show up as a simple majority choice - and it usually doesn't, because there are thousands of votes cast, it's rare for a movie or actor to get more than 50 percent of the vote in the first place.

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in 2000 was produced by a company under the China Film Group Corporation. At that time, Qin Zhonghe had just become the helmsman of the China Film Group Corporation, so he also experienced the glorious achievements of that film in Hollywood.

He said with emotion: "I never expected to see our domestic films and filmmakers compete for Oscars again before I retire."

Chen Jingxing smiled and said nothing.

If such an unexpected situation occurs, with Qin Zhonghe in charge, he can either withdraw from the meeting or protest, and Qin Zhonghe can also shoulder this responsibility.

Thinking of this, Qin Zhonghe looked around. They were in the first-class cabin. There were no other passengers. The flight attendant was also sitting behind the curtain, so he whispered the question he couldn't wait to know across the corridor: "I'm sure."

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In fact, according to his original intention, there was no need for any audience voting, no gold or silver awards. He just selected five directors. As a result, Huanshi.com struggled with him for a long time in order to increase the number of views before deciding to add one.

Audience voting for awards.

If there is still no film with more than half of the votes, the film with the first-to-last vote will be removed and distributed according to the second-place of these votes, and so on, until a film has accumulated more than 50% of the votes.

Qin Zhonghe was a little disappointed, but he nodded. Although he was not an Oscar judge, he also had some understanding of the Oscars.

And he never expected that Chen Jingxing would give him such a big surprise.

The comparison may not be who is the most popular, but who is less popular, or who is less annoying.

It can be said that this has completely become a social issue. Even people who don’t watch movies very much, even middle-aged and elderly people know that China has a talented director who has won more than a dozen nominations for the Oscar, the highest award in the American film industry.

, broke records and so on.

In fact, it stands to reason that the Golden Globe Awards only need to be led by Chen Jingxing. Even if the best foreign language film is awarded, the director only needs to come on stage to receive the award. However, considering that the Golden Globe Awards and the Oscars will be broadcast live online or even on TV, the Film Bureau and

After some communication, DreamWorks let Qin Zhong and Mr. Qin, the nominal chief producers of "Gravity", personally lead the team.

The actors didn't object. There are naturally more big names in the Oscars than in the Golden Globes, and the Oscars are nominated for Best Picture, so the actors can stand their ground logically.

It is conceivable that the ratings of the Oscars broadcast will not be low. Moreover, it is during the Chinese New Year period and there are no programs or TV. There are only replays of the Spring Festival Gala and cross talk skits. I am afraid that the Oscars broadcast can attract a lot of people to watch.

However, this kind of debate is similar to that in many talent shows, where supporters of the respective parties argue over the ranking of the contestants, and it is also a normal topic of discussion.

National Film Group is also the producer of "Gravity". Qin Zhonghe naturally knew that DreamWorks and Universal decided on public relations awards, but he would never have imagined that public relations would reach this level.

Therefore, he also became obsessed with the Oscars. Later, many major domestic directors filmed costume blockbusters that were obviously aimed at the Golden Globe Awards and Oscars, and he also promoted them.

Even though the Oscar jury structure has undergone major changes, this voting mechanism is still difficult to grasp.

Qin Zhonghe's hope for Chen Jingxing is actually a good prospect who can make excellent industrial films.

First, remove the film or actor whose first-place votes are ranked last, release this part of the votes, and then allocate them to the second-place films on these votes. Which film has a cumulative vote count of more than 50%?

win.

When Qin Zhonghe saw Chen Jingxing's reaction, he knew what was going on. He laughed twice, skipped the topic, and talked about the two film awards he was competing for during this trip.

Even Jiang Ming, the chief conductor of the National Center for the Performing Arts Orchestra and You Zuorong, the head of the "Matrix" writing team in the back row, stretched out their ears.

Isn't it bad that "The Director" is controversial? Of course, isn't this the promotional video for "Black Mirror II"? The more many viewers are dissatisfied with the outcome of "The Director", the more they will pay attention to "Black Mirror"

"Ⅱ" was filmed and launched.

But even so, he never thought that this day would come.

Of course Chen Jingxing knew what Qin Zhonghe was asking. "Are you sure?" certainly didn't mean it literally.

So this situation often happens - the film with the most votes in the first place cannot win, but the film with the most votes in the second place is more likely to win.

After all, if something unexpected happens, for example, some people publish some sensitive and inappropriate content on stage - this is not unreasonable. Some people want to gain fame. There are many filmmakers in Hollywood who like to express political opinions.

Especially when the two Chinese movies are so popular, I can't help but think that someone might get a fever.

For example, there are N places on each ballot, and you need to fill in the name of the actor or movie in each place, just like the first choice and the second choice.

There are too many Oscar voters, which is the first difficulty.

Although he had fallen in love with this talented young man very early, and even temporarily added Chen Jingxing's name to the exchange class in the United States in 2014, this was mainly because the science fiction films made by Chen Jingxing were a new genre in China and were rare films.

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Therefore, the debate among netizens is naturally not that Chen Jingxing violated the rules or anything, but that Chen Jingxing is ignorant and that the director they like cannot direct "Black Mirror", and then they argue for the candidate they support.

Qin Zhonghe smiled and exposed Chen Jingxing: "What is your name, Qu? I think you are happy to see it like this. Mr. Tian from Jianghe Culture told me last time that DreamWorks is the best online marketer he has ever seen.

Film company."

Afterwards, Chen Jingxing exceeded his imagination step by step, especially with the release of "Source Code", "Gravity" and "The Matrix", which left him amazed.

As the domestic film market has become more and more popular in the past few years, Qin Zhonghe's thoughts have gradually faded away, and he has devoted all his energy to commercial blockbusters and industrial films.

Then it was discovered that the five directors he selected had nothing to do with audience votes, which naturally sparked controversy.

Chen Jingxing quickly complained: "It's not my fault. The rules of the program never say that an award-winning director can be selected as the director of "Black Mirror". Fantasy World Network did me a terrible job."

Penguin Video naturally hopes that the starring stars of "Gravity" and "The Matrix" will appear at the Golden Globe Awards. Domestic audiences will definitely love to watch them, and the actors themselves will definitely hope to come.

This is why Oscars are criticized, but movies that don't lose are more likely to be favored.

However, Chen Jingxing thought twice and rejected it. It was better to wait until the Oscars. The Golden Globes really didn’t need such a big show.

Of course, there is a difference between the director Chen Jingxing needs and the works and directors that the audience likes. The five stories of "Black Mirror II" have been determined, with different styles, and different types of directors are needed to direct, so he actually put

Different directors have already thought about which episode they should correspond to.

The biggest feature is that the nomination and awarding rules for most Oscar awards are quite complicated. The single transferable vote system, the ranked multiple choice system, and the iterative weighted scoring voting system make simple voting beyond human expectations and control.

He pondered for a moment and said: "The Golden Globe is a little more certain, but the Oscar is basically not sure. You know the Oscar voting system and the number of judges, it is difficult to be sure."

Chen Jingxing can only decide what to do and what to do depends on God.

While Chen Jingxing flew to Los Angeles, DreamWorks was not idle. After all, it was also a contestant in the Spring Festival. The highly anticipated 3D animated film "The Return of the Monkey King" in the animation circle was in the final stage of promotion.

Therefore, DreamWorks held a screening for "The Return of the Great Sage", allowing the outside world to smell a hint of DreamWorks' ambitions. Obviously, as many media predicted, DreamWorks gave up this year's Spring Festival release because of "Tang Detective".

Because DreamWorks has not held a screening for a long time.

(End of chapter)