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Chapter 258 257. Nominated for Best Director of Huabiao and Golden Rooster

"Director Wei, long time no see."

As soon as Chen Kun came up, he nodded and bowed to greet Wei Wu.

Wei Wu nodded in greeting: "Long time no see, what are you filming now?"

Because they are about to start a roadshow promotion, the leading actors of "Painted Skin" have gathered again in Yanjing.

Chen Kun answered truthfully: "The other starring role in "Flower Police" directed by Ma Chucheng is Shawn Yue."

Wei Wu had never heard of this movie, but he knew about Ma Chucheng.

"Tokyo Raiders", "Hancheng Raiders", "European Raiders", "Sword Butterfly" and Little Swallow's version of "Mulan" were all directed by him. Their quality was average, but the box office of these movies was okay.

"Oh", Wei Wu nodded and continued:

"By the way, I haven't congratulated you yet! Your "Yun Shui Yao" is really amazing! Since both your Golden Rooster and Huabiao are nominated for Best Actor, you are guaranteed to win one!"

Chen Kun waved his hands with a smile on his face and said: "Who can say for sure, maybe it will be all empty!"

Wei Wu smiled slightly and said: "There is no need to belittle yourself, it will definitely not be empty, just wait to receive the Best Actor trophy!"

Chen Kun smiled even more: "Then I'll lend you some good advice!"

"The Ballad of Clouds and Waters" was released during last year's Lunar New Year, specifically a romance film released on November 26. The final box office was 36 million, ranking 17th in the year.

This movie is actually worth talking about. Its four leading actors are Chen Kun, Xu Ruoxuan, Li Bingbing and Gui Yasu.

Although it is also a common combination of half mainland actors and half Hong Kong and Taiwan actors.

But this movie is the other way around. The male protagonist is a mainland actor, while the female protagonist is a Hong Kong and Taiwanese actor.

Although half of the film's protagonist team still consists of Hong Kong and Taiwan actors, it can be regarded as reversing the stereotype that mainland actors cannot carry the box office to a certain extent.

The reason why Chen Kun was able to get the leading role in "Painted Skin" was directly related to the film's box office success.

It is precisely because this movie proved Chen Kun's box office ability to a certain extent that he dared to take the risk of starring in the commercial blockbuster "Painted Skin".

Among the top 30 mainland box office movies in 2006, there were only three movies in which mainland actors played leading roles.

They are Ge You in "The Night Banquet", Chen Kun in "Yun Shui Yao", and Guo Tao in "Crazy Stone".

The movie "The Ballad of Clouds and Waters" had a mediocre box office and a mediocre reputation, but for some reason, it was particularly favored by the jury.

The movie "Previous Life" received 8 nominations for the Golden Rooster Award, with its director Yin Li winning the Golden Rooster Award for Best Director. It also received 8 nominations for the Hundred Flowers Award, with Li Bingbing winning the Hundred Flowers Best Actress award and Gui Yasu winning the Best Supporting Actress award.

The most exaggerated thing is that it won 6 out of 6 Huabiao Awards, winning 6 awards including Best Director (Yin Li), Outstanding Actor (Chen Kun), Outstanding Actress (Li Bingbing), etc., making it the biggest winner.

In addition, Li Bingbing was also nominated for the Golden Horse Best Actress for this film. However, she did not win the award. Two years later, she successfully won the Golden Horse Best Actress for "The Wind".

Although Chen Kun and Li Bingbing were already very popular before this.

However, they have never won the Best Actor and Best Actress titles at the three major film festivals in Mainland China before, and finally achieved zero breakthrough with "The Ballad of Clouds and Waters".

The only pity is that the award ceremony of this year’s Huabiao Awards is on August 26.

By that time, "Painted Skin" had been released for almost two months, and its box office potential had been basically exhausted.

Even if Chen Kun wins the Huabiao Best Actor as scheduled, his contribution to the movie's box office will be relatively limited.

Chen Kun smiled and joked: "Director Wei, don't be too busy congratulating me. Didn't you also nominate this year's Golden Rooster, Huabiao and Golden Horse Best Director? Then according to you, at least one of them must win!"

Wei Wu shrugged and said: "Our situations are different and we cannot generalize. You can win at least one, but I may really lose everything."

Because the Golden Rooster, Huabiao and Baihua events are all held every two years, and the Golden Rooster and Baihua events are deliberately not held in the same year.

Therefore, only the Golden Rooster and Huabiao prizes will be held this year, and the next Hundred Flowers Prize will not be held until next year.

With "Silver Driver", Wei Wu was nominated for the 26th Golden Rooster Best Director and the 12th Huabiao Outstanding Director. He was also nominated for the 44th Golden Horse Award for Best Director.

But for this year's Golden Horse Award for Best Director, Wei Wu doesn't have to think about it, because the Best Director at this Golden Horse Award has already been booked!

The person who won the Golden Horse Award for Best Director in his previous life was Li Eucalyptus, who won the award for "Lust, Caution". Who can argue with him?

However, this year's Golden Rooster Award for Best Director and Huabiao Award for Outstanding Director, Wei Wu may still have a little hope.

In the previous Golden Rooster Awards, Yin Li won the Best Director Award for "Yun Shui Yao" and Qi Jian for "Tengu".

At this Huabiao Awards, Yin Li won the Outstanding Director Award for "Yun Shui Yao" and Gao Qun Shu for "Tokyo Trial".

In a PK with Yin Li, Wei Wu would definitely have no chance of winning.

Why do you say that?

Because this is not the first time Wei Wu has been nominated for Best Director at the three major mainland film festivals.

As early as October last year, he was nominated for the Best Director at the 28th Hundred Flowers Awards for "The Journey".

At that time, there were 9 other people nominated for this award together with Wei Wu, namely:

Zhang Yimou's "House of Flying Daggers", Feng Xiaogang's "A World Without Thieves", Stephen Chow's "Kung Fu", Tang Jili's "New Police Story", Yu Rentai's "Myth", Chen Musheng's "New Police Story", Song Jiangbo's "Ren Changxia" and Zhou Youchao's "Life and Death Niu Yuru".

So who won the Best Director award in the end?

The answer is Yin Li, who won the award by defeating a number of big directors with "Zhang Side".

Even Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang can't beat him, so how can Wei Wu compete with him?

Why can't others compete with him?

First of all, he is a director within the system, and most of his works are mainstream themes, such as "Zhang Side", "Iron Man", "Tree in the Rain" and so on.

Secondly, he has a long history. He graduated from the Fine Arts Department of Beijing Film Academy, entered the Children's Film Studio in 1982, and then after the merger, he is now a director under China Film, which is a 25-year-old state-owned enterprise.

So it is probably unrealistic for Wei Wu to push him down.

Then we can only see if there is a chance to replace one of the other two, Qi Jian or Uncle Gao Qun.

However, the Huabiao Awards will not be announced until August 26, and the Golden Rooster Awards will be even later, on October 27, and we will have to wait for a few months to announce the results.

Wei Wu suddenly remembered something: "Hey, have you won the most popular actor at the Yanjing University Student Film Festival with "The Legend of Yunshui"? "

Chen Kun nodded and said, "Yes, I received the award at the end of April this year. I won the most popular actor with "The Legend of Yunshui", and then Yifei defeated Xiaoyanzi with "Those Years" and won the most popular actress.

"By the way, you also won the best director award, and Yifei accepted the award on your behalf."

Wei Wu nodded and said, "Oh, that's the case. I was filming "Snow Leopard" in Hengdian at that time, so I couldn't leave. ”

It’s not entirely because he couldn’t leave. Another reason is that the value of the Yanjing University Student Film Festival is limited, and it’s not worth it for Wei Wu to leave the crew and go to Yanjing to receive the award.

In fact, this is almost a popularity award. The most popular awards are not the best actor and actress, but the most popular actor and actress. You can see its tone!