China Entertainment: Indulge in Vanity Fair

Chapter 400 Copycat Oscar?
After the first question was posed to Director Cai, the second question was naturally to Wu Yigong, chairman of the Filmmakers Association.

Many people ignore this association and think it is just a non-governmental organization.This is completely wrong. It is seriously said that this is an organization of high-ranking officials.Therefore, Wu Yigong, the chairman of the Filmmakers Association, who is sitting on the stage, has the same level as Director Cai of the General Administration, and they are both high-ranking officials.

Of course, many matters of the Filmmakers Association are also subject to the leadership of the General Administration, but the level is the same.

This is like the principals of high schools in each county being at the formal level, and the education directors of each county are also at the academic level. Although the levels are the same, the management of the principals of each high school is under the supervision of the education directors.

This situation is very common in China. Many industries are units of the same level, but have different management rights.

This does not involve another question, why would there be a Filmmakers Association in an annual film award?
The reason is very simple. Such a big film award needs to be led by a high-ranking official unit. Do you think a private enterprise like Tuanhuo Culture can handle it?
Even a department-level unit like Huying Group cannot carry it. It must be endorsed by a high-ranking official unit so that it can be authoritative.This is like why the Oscars are hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, so that they are authoritative.

Just like the Venice International Film Festival, which was decided by the Italian government and ultimately the city of Venice, the world's first film award was finally organized by the Venice city government.

Cannes is similar. Cannes is an international film festival founded in Cannes in 1936 by Jean Jay, the French Minister of Public Administration and the Arts, on the advice of Philippe Allanger and decided to be led by the French government.

These are all government-backed and organized by the government.

Therefore, if the Annual Film Awards want to be authoritative, they must have official endorsement. The most qualified official in China is the Filmmakers Association.

Of course, in order to implement the early ideas, Tuanhuo Culture and Huying Group have signed relevant agreements with the Filmmakers Association. The Filmmakers Association is not allowed to participate in the specific operations of the film awards. They are only a supervision unit and a listing unit. .

This much explanation is to explain why the Filmmakers Association is involved.

After Wu Yigong answered the reporter's questions, two officials from HUN province and city answered the questions. They were very official.

Then Wang Tiejun answered questions, and the reporter asked Wu Tiejun several questions.

Next, the media reporters can ignore the people in front of them, and all subsequent questions will be asked to He Fang. If it were not for the process, the reporters would not ask these people in front of them. What they want to ask most is He Fang.

"Director He Fang, will the film festival you initiated have the expected effect? ​​What if it doesn't achieve it?"

This issue is not only of concern to reporters, but also a topic of concern to previous authorities. They always wanted to organize an influential film festival, but they never thought about whether it would fail or what to do if it failed.

"You've asked a very good question. There is an old saying in China: consider defeat before you win. In fact, I have also thought about this question. If the expected results are not achieved, then we will continue to improve, year by year. Continue until this film award achieves the desired effect.

No film award is successful from the beginning. For example, the first Berlin International Film Festival only had 20 countries participating due to its low budget and small scale.The shell-devastated city is clearly not an ideal place to visit, with complaints about the poor weather and reception.Therefore, the first Berlin Film Festival was actually unsuccessful.

But did this have an impact on Berlin becoming one of the three major film festivals in the world?No, because they continue to improve their work during the process.Therefore, I am not worried that the first Annual Film Awards will not be successful, because we are not doing this for a year, nor for one session. We will continue to do it. "

He Fang's answer made everyone in the audience and the audience nod with satisfaction. This answer was quite satisfactory to everyone.

"Director He Fang, you have mobilized so many international judges this time. If the film festival fails, will they all withdraw?" the reporter asked again.

"Of course not, because our film festival has become a closed loop of the profit chain. I will not explain this one by one. The job of the international judges is to analyze the movies and then give scores. Those who do their job What do people rely on to earn income? How to support themselves? How to build their reputation?
We gave them an opportunity to make money and develop their talents.Therefore, if the judges are authoritative enough, then the film award must be very valuable.If the film award is valuable enough, excellent films will enthusiastically sign up to participate.

The more excellent films participate, the greater the attention they will receive from public opinion and movie fans.The greater the attention received, the higher the commercial benefits generated by the film awards.The higher the commercial income, the more funds will be allocated to judges’ income and award-winning film bonuses.

This is a large benign closed loop. As long as this closed loop is triggered, the entire film award will not fail. "He Fang explained.

"Director He Fang, will you participate in this film award?" the reporter asked.

In fact, everyone understands the hidden meaning of the reporter's question, that is, will He Fang steal the film award and let himself win the award?

"My movie will not be signed up, but other films from Tuanhuo Culture will be signed up. I don't want to participate. I believe everyone understands the reason. I won't win. It's okay to say that everyone will think this award is fair. But, Wan What if I won an award? I think everyone will definitely say that there is something wrong with the award I won.

Therefore, for us personally, this is a very harmful thing, and for the film awards, it is also a very harmful thing, and I will not participate. This is a good thing for everyone.However, in fact, we have adopted an open and transparent method, that is, after the awards are over, everyone can check who voted for each award and what the evaluation was through the online backend.This is an open and transparent process. Even if I want to influence thousands of judges, it is not an easy task.

But even so, there will be conspiracy theorists who think that I will affect the fairness of the awards.Therefore, it is better not to participate, so that there will be no doubts and no trouble.

Of course, when the Film Awards get back on track, Tuanhuo Culture will give up the right to host the Film Awards. After all, it will be more fair and equitable for the Film Awards to become a third-party organization.

But in the early stage, I was afraid that something would go wrong, and there were a lot of things that I couldn't do without.For example, some international judges believe in me more than other domestic organizations. "

What He Fang said is indeed a headache. If you want to be the host, you have to avoid suspicion. Even if you clearly don't use tricks, some people will still think that you do.This is to avoid being both an athlete and a referee, which will seriously affect the fairness of the film awards.

"But do you think Tuanhuo Culture has held many conferences before letting go and is on the right track?" the reporter also asked sharply.

"There is no way to judge this, but I believe it should not exceed ten sessions at most. Generally speaking, after ten sessions of the Film Awards, it will have formed its own reputation and authority, and there is no need to rely on external forces. Of course, it is also possible that it will not be held for ten sessions. It depends on how influential the film awards are."

"Director He Fang, why do you have to hold a film award similar to the Oscars? Do you think the Oscars are unfair?" a reporter asked.

"Of course not. The fact that the Oscars have been able to run for nearly a hundred years and still be trusted by global audiences proves that it has a certain degree of authority and fairness. But the Oscars also have its shackles, which are its geographical and language restrictions.

The Oscars only award awards to films from the English-speaking region of the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand, with American films as the main body.There are tens of thousands of powerful films around the world every year. Unfortunately, because they cannot be included in the Oscars and do not meet the standards of the three major film festivals, they do not receive the awards they deserve.

Especially in Asia, Asian films are not mainstream in the three major film festivals or at the Oscars.Therefore, we in Asia need a more democratic and fair film award with multiple judges that is different from the European literary and artistic film awards method. "

He Fang replied.

"Then if the Oscars relax their restrictions, will there be any impact on the annual Film Awards?" the reporter asked again.

"Of course it will, but it will not be a fatal blow. Just like the Cannes Film Festival, it does not make Venice disappear. The presence of Berlin does not make Cannes lose its influence. Moreover, the world needs at least Two more top film awards.”

He Fang's answer was very cryptic, meaning that the Oscars cannot be a monopoly, as there are still three literary and art film festivals.There is only one Oscar method. Doesn’t this give Oscar a monopoly?This is not okay.

"Director He Fang, you just said that you will not participate, but Tuanhuo Culture's films will. Will this also make the awards unfair?" The reporter was not letting it go.

"If a film with quality wins an award, it will definitely stop the public with its strength. If a film without quality wins an award, if this happens, we will immediately stand up and announce that Tuanhuo Culture's films will never participate in the annual competition." Selection of the Film Awards.

I’m not trying to take advantage, but from an awards perspective, any Asian film has a chance to participate in the awards, why can’t Tuanhuo Culture?I personally can avoid suspicion, but there is no need to knock down everyone, is this the truth? "

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Next, the reporter asked some other questions about the film awards. The entire press conference ended at about 11:30 noon. He Fang accompanied several leaders to dinner, and the reporters had already reported the press conference as soon as possible. The entire content was released to the media.

Immediately, a hot discussion began to form on the Internet, and the topic #Annual Film Awards# also rushed to No. 1 on the hot list at a rocket speed.

"Isn't this the Asian version of the Oscars? He Fang, can you be a little creative? Don't just copy everything from Hollywood?"

"Upstairs, you are wrong. This is not the Asian version of the Oscars. This is the upgraded version of the Oscars. This is not copying, this is improvement. Why not?"

"Fart, plagiarism is plagiarism, just like Chinese knockoffs. Can't there be some independent innovation? Such plagiarism is very embarrassing."

"Copycat? Plagiarism? Did you know that the United States copied the United Kingdom and became the world's most powerful country. Germany also copied the United Kingdom and became the most powerful country in Europe. And the island country copied the United States and became the most powerful country in the world. It ranked first in Asia. And South Korea copied the island country, and now it is close to the island country's number one in Asia in all aspects. Tell me, which emerging and developing country is not copying it? What happened to the Oscar copying? As long as it is in the process of copying If there is improvement, that is development.”

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