China Entertainment King of Science Fiction

Chapter 450 Official attention

"Invite our presenter, Mr. Chen Jingxing, who is the Best Director of the Chinese Golden Rooster Award, Best Director of the Popular Film Hundred Flowers Award, Best Director of the American Television and Film Golden Globe Award, and Best Director of the Academy Award, Mr. Chen Jingxing, please give me a round of applause!

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Chen Jingxing, in a neat suit, stood backstage, listening to the host of Donghai Satellite TV introducing a long list of titles in front of him. A subtle feeling of joy passed through his heart. He greeted the audience and walked away amidst overwhelming applause and even cheers.

Arrive in front of the microphone in the center of the stage.

Jiang Wen, the chairman of the jury of this year's Magic City International Film Festival, who was sitting in the front row, shook his head and said to Ning Hao next to him: "It is unreasonable for the organizing committee to ask him to award the award. No one will care about the best film."

Ning Hao clapped along and curled his lips: "You are too worried. Without him, no one would care about the best picture."

Jiang Wen was speechless.

Chen Jingxing stood in front of the microphone for a while. The applause had not subsided, so he could only make a gesture of pressing down with his hands.

People who don’t know may think that Chen Jingxing is the winner.

Jiang Wen was not the only one to complain that Chen Jingxing deserves to be a star director. Some people in the audience even took out their mobile phones to take pictures.

Of course, the main reason is that Chen Jingxing rarely appears on such occasions. He only attends events such as the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers in China, and he almost never awards awards to others.

“Since the birth of the Magic City International Film Festival, 20 works from home and abroad have been selected for the Golden Goblet Award for Best Film. Now let’s take a look at the 21st Best Film.

"Actually, it's all a waste of time." Jiang Wen also joined the topic and said bluntly: "The quality of the films is not very good, and some of them don't even have solid basic skills. In fact, they are just a blind review."

Next year will be the 70th anniversary, and it’s even a little late to discuss it now to be honest.

Chen Jingxing could only nod and accept.

Although the Magic City International Film Festival is classified as International Category A, this is only a classification of genres and does not represent influence.

If you want to participate in the competition and win awards, if you don't go to the Oscars and are not in the three major film festivals, it seems that you are automatically labeled as a weakling, and many of them are indeed rejected by the three major film festivals.

Berlin has not been very popular in recent years, but it is still the top three. The rest, Locarno and San Sebastian can get some attention.

After the awards ceremony of the Shanghai Film Festival, Chen Jingxing did not leave because there was a seminar hosted by the Film Bureau after the festival.

Moreover, the three major film festivals in Europe have arranged a rhythm. Every four months, it is like a season. When you finish the post-production, you can choose one of Cannes, Venice, and Berlin to participate. Basically, those who are willing to participate, the best

It has been divided with the better part.

Obviously, the officials wanted to reverse the somewhat embarrassing situation of the Magic City Film Festival, so they invited Chen Jingxing to be the chairman of the jury, and even held it for three consecutive years, hoping to see if they could use Chen Jingxing's fame to attract more international films.

Filmmakers and films registered for the competition.

"Look what you said, do you want this blessing for you?"

After he finished dealing with the film bureau leaders and returned to his seat in the conference room, Ning Hao came over and said, "You're so good at what you get."

"Zhang Ju, even if I serve as the chairman of the jury of the Shanghai Film Festival every year, I won't be able to change anything."

But it seems that Chen Jingxing alone is enough to control the situation.

Although you are not forced to come, normal people will definitely come.

...The winners of the Golden Goblet Award for Best Film at the 21st Shanghai International Film Festival are "Out of Paradise" and "Farewell to Paradise."

The film bureau decided to invite Chen Jingxing to serve as the chairman of the jury of the Magic City International Film Festival for three consecutive years. After Chen Jingxing's efforts to refuse, the number was reduced to two terms. He could no longer refuse.

In recent years, Venice has begun to catch up with the popularity of American films, becoming one of the bellwethers of the Oscars, and its influence is also good.

For example, some of the films shortlisted for the Golden Goblet Award at this year's Shanghai Film Festival were not even selected for the three major non-competition units. There are actually not many good art films every year, and they cannot even enter the three major non-competition units. It can be seen that

What kind of stuff is it?

Jokes are not often used at domestic award ceremonies. The hosts have a serious tone that is close to the broadcasting style. Even if the guests want to joke, they usually will not make such jokes.

Chen Jingxing said half helplessly and half modestly.

Chen Jingxing made a joke with a relaxed demeanor, which caused a burst of laughter from the audience, and also made some people sigh that he is really brave for a young man.

China's film industry and market have made remarkable achievements in recent years, especially commercial films and industrial films. It is now the second largest film industry in the world after Hollywood. It has produced many directors who can direct blockbusters. The box office is also rising steadily, with billions in revenue.

Not to mention the movies.

Although Chen Jingxing is not the most famous director in China, or can only be regarded as one of them, directors such as Guoshi, Chen Kaige, and Feng Xiaogang are not as well-known as Chen Jingxing, or even more famous. The older generation of older audiences may not even watch it.

I have watched Chen Jingxing’s movies, but Guoshi and Feng Xiaogang basically know it.

So in fact, the fifteen A-class film festivals in the world, except for the three major ones in Europe, are all very embarrassing.

Zhang Yimou is very famous internationally and is considered an internationally recognized film master, but in terms of fame, he is still not as famous as Chen Jingxing.

The atmosphere among so many major domestic directors is a bit awkward, especially for Chen Jingxing and certain two directors. In the "Face to Face" interview, his remarks such as "the most important thing about movies is entertainment" and "be a good teacher and educate" were criticized a lot.

Netizens gave a "profound" interpretation, as if they were insinuating some people.

"Xiao Chen, you are too humble. Don't belittle yourself. Your international reputation and status in the international film industry are obvious to all. You definitely have the ability.

Mainly because his films are nominated for the Golden Rooster or Hundred Flowers Awards every year.

Jiang Wen, who is the chairman of the jury of this year's Shanghai Film Festival, seems to have a deep sympathy with Chen Jingxing's thoughts. It can be seen that the awards at this year's film festival have tortured him quite a lot.

If you want to engage in global indiscriminate competition, you must go to the highest stage, compete and screen with the best movies in the center of the spotlight.

From the far less applause than Chen Jingxing's appearance, it can be seen that the audience is obviously not very enthusiastic about this Golden Goblet Award-winning film co-produced by Switzerland and Mongolia.

"I know that the long awards ceremony is almost over, and everyone is about to be relieved, so they are very excited, but please restrain your excitement."

To present awards together with Chen Jingxing, the domestic directors must be at least Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, and Feng Xiaogang, and the stars must be superstars. With such a luxurious awards lineup, should everyone look at the winners or the presenters?

Zhang Guoxing, deputy director of the Film Bureau in charge of international exchanges, patted Chen Jingxing on the shoulder to comfort him.

Feeling that domestic film production capabilities and the market are booming, the authorities' requirements for gift films have naturally increased accordingly, and they must hire big directors to make blockbusters with the main theme that can achieve market success.

For example, Chen Jingxing from this dimension once participated in the Orlando Fantasy Film Festival.

Normally, the award-giving guests at the Magic City Film Festival team up with two people, but since the organizing committee invited Chen Jingxing to award the best film, there is no guest who can team up with him.

But internationally, Chen Jingxing's popularity is not only comparable to that of domestic directors, but also to the extent that the entire Chinese director circle is considered first-class, which means he cannot compare with Brother Cheng Long.

Chen Jingxing awarded the Golden Goblet trophy and the award certificate to the Swiss-Mongolian director who came on stage with a rosy face with excitement, and then quickly returned to the backstage.

"Yes, why not?"

Besides, everyone can understand this so-called unspoken rule similar to "the king does not see the king".

Chen Jingxing stopped, tore open the envelope neatly, and got to the point.

International Category A refers to a "competitive comprehensive film festival" that has awards but does not set a specific theme.

The current influence of Cannes is far beyond that of other film festivals. Each of the focus units has a high level of attention, and it is about to catch up with the main competition in Berlin.

Ang Lee will be the chairman of the Executive Committee of the Golden Horse Awards starting this year. The momentum of the Golden Horse Awards has immediately increased, and it can even compete with the Golden Rooster Awards. This shows that international directors like you are attracted to the film industry.

Your ability is still very high. When Director Wang reported on his work and said that he would invite you to be the chairman of the jury, the leaders criticized us and said that we should have done this a long time ago."

Therefore, not only Chen Jingxing, Zhang Yimou, Feng Xiaogang, Chen Kaige, Jiang Wen, Ning Hao, Xu Zheng, Guo Fan, Tian Xinye, Wu Jing, Chen Sicheng and other directors who have been in the limelight in recent years or have achieved great status in the world are attending the meeting.

Coming.

But it depends on who is offended. Chen Jingxing is certainly not an ordinary person.

On the contrary, many non-international A-category film festivals are doing very well, and their influence is far greater than that of A-category film festivals such as Tokyo or Shanghai. This is because they are properly positioned and run well.

No wonder, even those in the industry present, 90% of them have never seen this movie, and they may not be willing to watch it in the future.

This is also the reason why Chen Jingxing accepted to attend the film festival as an award guest. The content of the discussion was not confidential. It was to discuss the tribute films for the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and the 70th anniversary of the Korean War.

Before Chen Jingxing could even exchange a few words with the other directors, he was stopped by the director of the film bureau.

However, everyone here is a big boss. Regardless of what other people think of them in their hearts, they are all kind and gentle on the surface. At worst, they are indifferent.

What can other Category A film festivals do? Discover new talents, leftovers, and regional films... This is incompatible with the "large-scale competition" of the International Category A film festival.

This is the embarrassment of the Shanghai Film Festival. The film festival follows the winner-takes-all rules of the game. Awards at this level of the Shanghai Film Festival can only be the leftovers picked by others. The gold content of the Golden Goblet Award films has a ceiling.

It was even forced to set up a separate Movie Channel Media Award and include domestic movies in the Actor Award in order to maintain domestic attention, popularity, and stardom.

In the eyes of others, this statement naturally seems a bit offensive.

"I'm so happy to be here tonight and to have the honor of winning the Best Film Award at the festival."

Ridiculing about the lengthy and boring award ceremony seems to some people to be just a joke to liven up the atmosphere, and it is indeed a fact. It takes a long time to wait after walking on the red carpet, and the official start of the award ceremony is as long as a movie. Most people also agree with these awards.

It's irrelevant, it would be weird if it wasn't boring.

Ang Lee is even more famous and has a higher status in the film industry, but he suffers from the fact that his films are not popular among the public. In absolute numbers, not many of his films have been seen.

Compared with Chen Jingxing, who has films such as "Gravity" and "The Matrix" that are globally popular and popular among young people, his reputation is indeed inferior.

It's just that the film festival is really not something that can be boosted by a star director in a short time. It's just that the officials value Chen Jingxing so much, so naturally it's not easy to refuse.

In a sense, this is also an affirmation of his status.

(End of chapter)