Millennium director

On the stage, Zhang Guorong was holding the golden rooster and was giving an excited acceptance speech.

Off the stage, separated by a few people, Wu Yuan looked at each other with Zhang Yimou from the "House of Flying Daggers" crew on the left, and sighed at the same time.

This year's Golden Rooster, these two great directors are really here to be spectators.

no way.

"House of Flying Daggers" is a very thorough commercial film. Even though the story structure is simple, there are still endless bugs. The only thing that is remarkable is that the pictures are beautiful.

Although the plot of "Your Name" is quite good, the movie's reputation is also very good, and it made a lot of young people cry.

But this movie is naturally unlikely to be liked by Golden Rooster, and it is also destined to run away.

He and Zhang Yimou, an international director and the number one domestic director, could only sit in the audience and watch Zhang Guorong and Peng Xiaolian go on stage to receive the best director. This scene was quite ridiculous.

At least many viewers in front of the TV watching this year's Golden Rooster Awards are really dissatisfied.

Many viewers who follow the Golden Rooster Awards come to see Zhang Yimou and Wu Yuan.

Whether it is "House of Flying Daggers" or "Your Name", there are a large number of fans, and Zhang Yimou and Wu Yuan have even more fans.

They don't care whether these two movies are bad or bad in the eyes of the judges.

They only know that these two movies are the box office champion and runner-up this year. As a result, both movies have received nothing and have not won a single award.

Some angry netizens have already started criticizing on the Internet.

"What a bullshit Golden Rooster Award. It's so blind. Which of these award-winning films can compare to House of Flying Daggers and Your Name?"

"Neither Zhang Yimou nor Wu Yuan can win the award, so how fair is this award?"

"Zhang Guorong is still very good, and "If Love" is also good, but what kind of movie "Beautiful Shanghai" is, I have never heard of it!"

"Beautiful Shanghai" is the main subject of criticism. 99% of netizens have never seen this movie and don't even know when it will be released.

From the director to the actors, everyone was completely unfamiliar to them and they didn’t know anyone.

Fans don’t care about movies that are artistic or not, and if they are not famous but still win awards, then they are not worthy of their reputation!

There was a lot of scolding on the Internet for a while.

Wu Yuan, who was watching the ceremony at the scene, certainly didn't know that he had become a "tragic" figure on the Internet.

He quietly changed seats with Luo Jin, sat at the edge of the "Your Name" crew, and waved to Zhang Yimou.

Director Yimou also immediately changed places with Song Dandan from the "House of Flying Daggers" crew, and the two great directors came together.

"Director Yimou, it's not easy coming back from Athens, isn't it?" Wu Yuan asked with concern.

Although more than half a month has passed since the closing ceremony of the Athens Olympics, outside public opinion has not stopped criticizing Zhang Yimou.

Except for those die-hard fans of Zhang Yimou, most of the public are very dissatisfied with him and feel that he presented a failed and embarrassing eight minutes in Beijing at the Athens Olympics.

The voices of these responsibilities and abuses are overwhelming. If you want to compare it, it is similar to the entire Internet trolling of a certain star after his house collapsed.

To be honest, if my mental endurance is not the best, it would be difficult to survive.

"Just scold me." Zhang Yimou sighed: "I didn't present a creative idea that satisfied the national audience, so I deserve to be scolded."

Wu Yuan could hear that Zhang Yimou's tone was full of frustration. This kind of emotion was rarely seen in him.

After hesitating for a moment, Wu Yuan whispered: "Director Yimou, the Athens Olympics is a non-war crime."

"In foreigners' territory, whatever you want to do depends on their faces."

"This Beijing Olympics will be held in our own country, and the chief director can do the opening ceremony completely according to his own ideas."

"I believe that with your artistic level, you will definitely be able to bring a shocking audio-visual feast to the global audience."

Wu Yuan knew that after returning from Athens, Zhang Yimou had become very negative about the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games and had even given up running for the chief director of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games.

Zhang Yimou is now famous internationally.

He doesn't need this opportunity to show off his talents.

Directing the Olympics is a gamble. If you are not careful, you will be cast aside by thousands of people and be infamy for eternity.

Having already made a mistake at the Athens Olympics and been spurned by millions of people, Zhang Yimou really doesn't want to gamble on this again.

"Didn't you and Kege form the bidding team for the Olympic opening ceremony?" Zhang Yimou frowned: "I have already failed once. Maybe you and Kege are more suitable to prepare for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics."

The Eight Minutes of Darkness in Athens dealt a huge blow to Zhang Yimou.

After thinking about it, Wu Yuan turned his head and looked at Zhang Yimou seriously, "Director Yimou, although Director Kege and I have formed a campaign team, I still hope that you can also go all out to compete for the opening of the Beijing Olympic Games. Chief Director."

“For us directors, we can make a lot of movies in a lifetime.”

"However, the opportunity to direct the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games may only come once in a lifetime."

"If you miss it, you will definitely regret it in the future."

Zhang Yimou's expression gradually became serious, he lowered his head slightly and murmured: "But if you screw up again this time, it will be the lowest point in your life."

"Then don't screw it up!" Wu Yuan interrupted firmly.

Zhang Yimou fell into silent thought.

Until, the award-winning lines sounded again on the stage.

"The winner of the Best Art Award at the 24th China Film Golden Rooster Awards is——"

"Huo Tingxiao's "Ambush from Flying Daggers"!"

This year's Golden Rooster Awards still continue to be dull, formal and boring as domestic film award ceremonies have always been.

Except for the opening dance, the award-giving guests came on stage to announce the winners. Then the winners came on stage to receive the award and gave a speech, which was repeated by the next person.

In the end, the two films "Beautiful Shanghai" and "If Love" became the biggest winners at this year's Golden Rooster Awards, winning the Best Actress Award and the Best Director Award respectively.

"Beautiful Shanghai" even won the Best Feature Film Award. This award is not easy to win twice.

The Best Actor of this year's Golden Rooster Award was won by Liu Ye. He defeated Chen Kun and Mr. Liu Wei and won the first Golden Rooster Best Actor in his life.

When accepting the award, Liu Ye took out the speech he had prepared when the movie "The Mountain, That Man, That Dog" was nominated for the Golden Rooster Award, and recounted the acceptance speech that he had prepared five years ago.

In addition, "House of Flying Daggers" won the Best Art Award, and "Your Name" won the Best Cinematography Award. It was like sharing two small cakes, at least I didn't leave empty-handed.

The worst film was "Cell Phone" directed by Feng. This film was nominated for four awards: Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Art and Best Cinematography.

The last two awards were awarded to Zhang Yimou and Wu Yuan by the jury, but the first two awards did not go to "Mobile Phone" either.

Even for the Best Supporting Actress award, out of the four nominees, no one won!

Yes, the Golden Rooster jury would rather not award the Best Supporting Actress award this year, leaving this award vacant, rather than awarding it to Fan Binbin of "Cell Phone"!

Even though, in order to win an award, Director Feng insisted on submitting the heroine as a supporting actress to participate in the evaluation

It's no wonder that Director Feng had a falling out with the Golden Rooster and attacked the Golden Rooster jury.

This is indeed too bullying.

After the award ceremony, all the guests went backstage for interviews.

As soon as Wu Yuan and the actors of "Your Name" entered the backstage, they heard Director Feng's loud bombardment.

“Is it really that hard to pick just one “best”?”

"Is it really that difficult not to lay "double-yolked eggs"?"

"I really don't understand the thinking of the Golden Rooster judges. Best Director and Best Actress laid double-yolked eggs very happily. How come they can't hold back even one for Best Supporting Actress for a long time?"

"Isn't this bullying and discrimination?"

"This is an award that is totally against the audience!"

"She is a middle-aged lady in menopause who always does things that are contrary to the public."

I really can’t blame Director Feng, everyone would be angry.

Director Feng originally did not want to participate in this year's Golden Rooster Awards. Back then, "Big Shot" and "A Sigh" signed up for the Golden Rooster Awards but failed to win, which already caused him to have conflicts with the Golden Rooster Awards.

If someone in the department hadn't come forward to persuade Director Feng to attend this year, and said that Zhang Yimou and Wu Yuan were both here, he really didn't want to come.

Unexpectedly, even though I came here in person, I was tricked by the Golden Rooster.

When walking on the red carpet before, Golden Rooster judge Zhong Chengxiang openly said in front of the media that "The style of "Mobile Phone" is not high" and slapped Director Feng hard in the face.

How could he say this in front of the media? What he represents is not himself, but the entire Golden Rooster Awards’ attitude toward movies.

This sentence was not in a good tone. Not only did it scold Director Feng, but it also directly offended all the viewers who had watched "Cell Phone" and liked this kind of popular movie.

If Director Feng is holding back his anger and doesn't vent his anger to reporters from all over the country backstage, he wouldn't be Director Feng.

In addition, the other half of the backstage is also very interesting. The actor and actress are being interviewed by reporters. One of them is laughing with joy, while the other is crying like a storm.

Liu Ye directly called his family to report the good news. His mother burst into tears before she finished speaking. When he heard his mother crying, he couldn't help crying.

Zhou Xun was not so sentimental. He smiled so hard that he couldn't see his eyes, showing his teeth. When he saw Wu Yuan come in, he stretched out his hand to wave him over.

"Director Wu is here, interview him!"

"You have to ask him, the director, about "Painted Skin". I don't know anything."

After saying that, she put the microphone in her hand into the arms of Wu Yuan who was walking over.

The reporters quickly followed up and surrounded Wu Yuan. This man was also a topical figure. It was not easy to interview him.

"Director Wu, what do you think of tonight's Golden Rooster Awards?"

"What do you think of "Beautiful Shanghai", which won the Best Feature Film Award before it was released?"

"'Your Name' missed two awards and only won the Best Cinematography award. Do you regret this?"

"Come one by one." Wu Yuan glanced at Zhou Xun helplessly, cleared his throat and said, "Tonight's Golden Rooster Award."

"I think there is still progress. Almost all the actresses put on evening gowns. It is no longer the serious atmosphere before, but has a bit of a party feel."

"However, it still lacks the unrestrained, lively and lively atmosphere that a movie event should have, and there is no trace of the festival-like atmosphere."

"As we enter the new century, I think the Golden Rooster Awards should also follow the trend of the times and make some changes that are more in line with this era, rather than resting on their laurels."

"Being fashionable, popular and youthful should be the goals that the Golden Rooster Awards need to strive for in the next ten years."

"As for the movie "Beautiful Shanghai", because I haven't seen the movie content, I can't comment on it."

"In the end, I personally don't regret that "Your Name" missed out on the Best Director and Best Picture awards. After all, this movie is originally a commercial film. As long as the audience likes it, I think everything is enough and it is worth it. "

"I don't have much pursuit of this movie in terms of awards."

"On the contrary, I have already made the movie "Love". This is an award-winning movie that I have carefully prepared. You can pay attention to this movie when the time comes."

Wu Yuan has never liked being interviewed. After answering these three questions, he also exited the interview area backstage.

The other actors were still being interviewed, and Wu Yuan had no intention of disturbing them and left the Golden Rooster backstage alone.

Tonight's Golden Rooster Award, the protagonist is not him, but the crew of "Beautiful Shanghai" and "If Love", as well as Director Feng who criticized the Golden Rooster.

Outside, Wu Yuan met Zhang Yimou, who also left the backstage early. He had no intention of being interviewed today.

The two smiled at each other and walked out side by side.

"Director Wu, I have thought about it seriously. The Olympics is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. It would be a pity to give up like this."

Zhang Yimou said slowly in his usual soft voice: "Unfortunately, you have already formed a campaign team with Kege, otherwise I would also like to invite you to join my campaign team."

"Among our Chinese directors, you are the one who knows the preferences of foreigners best, and you are also the one who knows the latest film technology. I can't handle those dazzling special effects in Hollywood."

"But I want to use some modern technology, especially visual effects, at the opening ceremony to bring some sense of technology to the global audience."

"You know, many foreigners still think that we Chinese people have braids on our backs, or their impression of us is still in the 1960s and 1970s."

"We must use the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games as an opportunity to let foreigners see that China has also entered modernization and is an advanced modern country."

"This requires the use of a lot of visual effects techniques on stage performances, which is what you are best at."

"I've seen "Pirates of the Caribbean" and it was shot really well, and the special effects look very realistic."

Wu Yuan opened his mouth and wanted to explain but couldn't. He couldn't say that he had no involvement in the special effects work of "Pirates of the Caribbean" from beginning to end. It was all Jerry's responsibility.

And to put it bluntly, Wu Yuan is definitely the one who knows the most about film special effects, visual special effects, and picture special effects technology among all Chinese directors now.

Because he has a pair of eyes that can see through the development of special effects technology in the next 20 years, and he has experienced it personally and felt it firsthand.

What Director Yimou said is not wrong.

"What a pity." Director Yimou sighed again.

Wu Yuan shrugged his shoulders. It was not the time to sigh, so he smiled and said, "Director Yimou, it's not like you to sigh."

"If you really run for the position of chief director of the Olympic Games opening ceremony, as long as you ask, I will definitely help you."

"Let's talk about these things when the time comes. It's too early to talk now."

"Come on, let's go get something to eat. I haven't eaten for a day and I'm starving to death."

The two looked at each other and smiled, and the atmosphere became lighter. Director Yimou nodded and patted Wu Yuan on the shoulder: "You are right, it is too early to say this now."

"It's more important to fill your stomach first."

I have received criticism from everyone regarding the plot of the Olympics.

I am reviewing and reflecting. Newcomers always have to grow through setbacks.

If you don't have the ability to dig holes and lay the groundwork, then don't engage in this kind of plot. It's really my problem.

Will pay attention next time.