China Entertainment: Indulge in Vanity Fair

Chapter 427: Certain cooperation with Hollywood will be suspended

The first annual Film Awards has officially ended. It can be said that all the awards have met everyone's normal expectations. Although there were some surprises, they did not deviate from everyone's imagination.

The whole process can be said to have attracted unprecedented attention in Asia and also attracted global attention.After all, there is no big entertainment news in the world that attracts attention during this period of January. The Annual Movie Awards can be said to be the most watched entertainment event in the world at this time.

After the awards, there was the Vanity Fair cocktail party. It was a very large cocktail party, attended by thousands of people from the Asian film industry. It was quite a grand event.

Media reporters are also enjoying the last wave of traffic from the film awards, and they are working hard to interview the winners and the most famous people who did not win the award.

He Fang led a group of domestic filmmakers to enthusiastically exchange glasses with filmmakers from various countries at the reception party. It was so enthusiastic.These international filmmakers have earned honors and bonuses, so they are very grateful to the organizing committee and Chinese filmmakers.

The bonus for a movie can easily reach tens of millions, which has greatly alleviated the cost pressure of some movies, allowing some movies to bring both honor and real profits.

The Film Awards were successful, but it was precisely because of this success that Chinese films and He Fang were officially pushed to the angry end of Americans. Why?
Because the film awards have been so successful, they have become so successful that they threaten America’s control of cultural discourse.

The conservatives reacted fiercely, but the liberals did not take this seriously. They still believed that the empire was shining brightly now, and one or two slightly successful film awards could not affect the empire's status.

It's normal for them to have this idea, just like the city of Chang'an in the prosperous Kaiyuan era before the Anshi Rebellion. Who would have thought that the empire was in danger?Everyone feels in control.

Even Tang Xuanzong thought that no one understood Anshan's loyalty to the Tang Dynasty better than him, so Tang Xuanzong gave Anshan whatever he wanted.Not only Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty thought so, but Li Linfu, the prime minister at the time, also believed that he could control Anshan at any time.

The entire Tang Empire, from the emperor to the temples, was in a state of extreme self-confidence and believed that all the problems of the empire could be easily solved. This extreme self-confidence allowed Tang Xuanzong to taste what it meant to go from peak prosperity to decline.The Tang Dynasty reached its peak in his hands, and also began to decline in his hands.

The current United States is like the later years of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. Before the Anshi Rebellion, everything seemed prosperous, but the good order at the beginning of the empire had decayed and collapsed.

But many people in the empire cannot see these problems, and they are still obsessed with prosperity.Therefore, although some people in the United States are vigilant every day, criticizing He Fang and other people and things related to China.However, the mainstream in the United States still believes that everything is controllable. From top to bottom, they are in an extremely confident mood and believe that all problems can be easily solved.

Therefore, when some American media and commentators lashed out at Ho and the Annual Film Awards in European and American media on February 2, all Asian filmmakers rebuffed them, believing that some American commentators were too nervous and overbearing. .

Coupled with the large amount of 'ridicule' and 'criticism' by the trolls arranged by He Fang in the international media, this has caused some people who were originally criticized by some individual media and commentators to fall into 'unrighteousness', making them want to support These media and individual netizens have become 'rational'. There is no need to jump up and scold others because your family has a car and someone else has bought a car, and they shouldn't buy a car or rob your family. The limelight threatens your family’s status in society...

This seems to have no structure, no quality, and no ambition for a big country...

Who doesn't know how to play moral kidnapping?

When a large number of such comments are made in response to the actions of certain individuals, the trend of opinion on the entire network turns.

In fact, He Fang had anticipated this a long time ago. He had already asked the company's publicity department to make a plan on how others would attack the Film Awards.

It is nothing more than using negative opinions, threats, disruption of order, ambition and other public opinions to target the film awards. Therefore, Tuanhuo Culture’s publicity team must also deal with these aspects.

When He Fang was stopped by reporters in the early morning of February 2 and asked what he thought of the US and Western criticism of the Film Awards, he already had a clue.

"Some people say that the Fengyun Award is a threat to the American and Western Film Awards. I don't understand where the threat lies. Usually the threat to a film award is nothing more than an ideological threat and a threat to the global status of the film award.

However, when the Fengyun Awards were first founded, they said that ideology should be put aside. In other words, we don’t talk about the merits of the system, we only talk about the quality of the movies.Besides, it’s not me who has the final say on who wins or who doesn’t win the movie, that’s decided by tens of thousands of judges and hundreds of thousands of fans.

Moreover, which film in this film award threatens the ideology of the United States and the West?No, none of them are anti-American and Western, right?Therefore, the Fengyun Award poses no ideological threat to the United States and the West.

So is there any threat to the status of the film awards?I don't think so either.Why?Because the Fengyun Award is only for Asia.In the United States and the West, there are many very large and prestigious film awards targeting the world, such as the three major film festivals and the Oscars.Could it be said that the Fengyun Award threatens the three major film awards?Threaten the Oscars?Do you believe it? "

"So, what you are saying is that the Fengyun Award has neither threats nor ambitions, nor does it disrupt order?" the reporter asked.

"Of course, I don't understand where to see the threat and ambition? And what was destroyed." He Fang replied.

"Then why do you think they commented on the Fengyun Awards like this?"

"Then I don't know. Maybe some people are used to being domineering and can't bear to see others holding film awards. Maybe they just hope that they are the only one in the world to have a film award." He Fang shrugged.

"I saw an article in the Washington Examiner saying that this is an ulterior motive of Chinese films, and that Chinese films are taking advantage of the attention in Asia to make profits. What do you think of this?" the reporter asked.

"Haha, are the Fengyun Awards benefiting Chinese films? What benefits have we made? Take this film award as an example. 90% of the nominated films are non-Chinese films, and 90% of the award-winning films are non-Chinese films. Several awards A Chinese film won the Best Actor. What profit did it gain?
Besides, 70% of all proceeds from the Fengyun Awards went to the nominees and winners, as well as the judges and fans. We did not gain any financial benefits. I have to hide this. There is a third-party audit agency. They are all authoritative audit institutions in the West.

If we talk about making profits, we are making profits for Asian movies, not Chinese movies alone.Does this mean we are not allowed to profit from Asian films?Should Asian films have such film awards? "

He Fang's rhetorical question made the reporter shrug.

"Fox News Network host Jesse Watters said that you are the most eloquent director and can always turn black into white. What do you think of Jesse's words?" the reporter asked.

"I don't think much of it. There are always people like this in this world: you reason with them, they talk to you about the law, you talk to them about the law, they talk about morality to you, you talk to them about morality, and they play rogue with you. People like Jesse obviously can't be reasonable, but he acted like a gangster and poured dirty water on me, meaning that I turned black into white, and then my words were not credible, and finally achieved his goal.

In fact, he couldn't reason enough, and then he threw dirty water on me and labeled me.He created an eloquent image for me, confusing right and wrong, and then told everyone not to believe me. He felt that knocking me down would be equivalent to shaping the facts in the direction he imagined. "

"..." The reporter was speechless. As expected, He Fang was eloquent.

Of course, he had to admit that what He Fang said was the truth and it was very good.

……

Why do they think He Fang is good at debating?It's because He Fang has exposed their lies with facts time and time again, so some people in the West don't like He Fang. For a group of people who are habitual liars, they don't like people who tell the truth.

Don't think that you have won if you fight back and forth with the United States and the West in terms of public opinion. In fact, this is not the case.

No, some famous domestic directors and actors have been invited to the Academy of Fine Arts as guests. The euphemistic name is cultural exchanges. In fact, it is necessary to unify the thinking of the Chinese film industry and not let them follow any direction and destroy the existing International Film Awards Order.

This is what some filmmakers in the industry told He Fang. This is a warning from the Academy of Fine Arts.

Of course, in Guangzhou in the south, Merrill Lynch also held a cultural exchange with the southern media. The purpose was obvious, and the southern media needed to do something.

He Fang knew all these within three days. Alas, they all became a sieve, leaking air everywhere.However, He Fang doesn't want to pay attention to it anymore. Let him do whatever he likes. Anyway, it won't be easy to get along with him for two years. Things will change this year and the year after next. He Fang doesn't want to pretend anymore.

When I pretended to be tired, I charged head-on.

Although it is not ready for Chinese movies, how can there be any prepared confrontation?As I said before, the enemy will not let you prepare properly.

It was Chinese New Year on February 2th, and He Fang was called to the capital on February 7th, and then went to meet with some leaders.

Why is this happening?Not yet...

Of course, He Fang's opinions are very firm, just two points.

First, the Film Awards will continue to be held and will not be stopped due to threats from others.

Second, the enemy will not let you prepare before dealing with you. If you are not prepared, you will be ready for a showdown at any time.

Moreover, He Fang also predicted a wave of future trends in the United States and gave everyone a warning.

Of course, I don’t know if it will work, but as a time traveler, I should vaguely remind him that he did it.

……

He didn't stay long in the capital. He went there on February 2th and returned on February 5th.It's been a long time since he spent a good Spring Festival with his family. There were always movies scheduled for the Spring Festival before, but not this time.

After working hard for these years and laying such a solid foundation, it’s time to take my time.Because he couldn't do anything he wanted to do all of a sudden. The resistance was too great, so it could only be a waste of time.

As for making movies, take your time and don’t force it.

In 2016, He Fang has two filming plans, one is "Operation Red Sea" which is expected to start shooting in March, and the other is "The Wandering Earth 3" which is expected to start shooting in September.

Both are blockbuster movies, one is military and the other is science fiction. These are He Fang's most popular films in recent years.

Of course, if he really wanted to keep himself busy, there was plenty to shoot.

For example, in the "Journey to the West" series, the company has already produced the script for "Havoc in Heaven," but he has never wanted to film it.

Another example is the "Mermaid" series. The company has also developed the second part, so it's okay if we do it.

Another example is the "Edge of Tomorrow" series, "White Snake" series, "Alita" series...

In addition to these series, there are also many good scripts discovered and accumulated by the company, including purchased novel IPs, screenwriting works acquired, and even scripts written by the company itself.

For example, the Xianxia fantasy series of movies is still very leading, and He Fang's "White Snake" is strictly the leading one.

But after all, we have not really developed the fairy tale fantasy movie in online novels. If we develop a story in so many IP novels, it will probably really promote the development of this series.

So He Fang is also considering whether to make such a film?The key is which story to choose?
Movies based on fairy tales and fantasy stories need to be simple and clear to attract global audiences. How can global audiences quickly understand the concepts of Chinese culture in the fairy tale system?
Just when He Fang was thinking about these issues during the Chinese New Year, he received a call from Hollywood. It was a call from Kevin Tesuhara, the president of Huanei.

"Hey, Happy New Year!" Kevin is of Japanese descent, so he knows it is Chinese New Year.

"Thanks, Kevin, and Happy New Year to you too."

"Ha, okay. By the way, there is something I need to communicate with you."

"what's up?"

"It's about our film cooperation." Kevin said seriously on the phone.

"Hmm, tell me."

"Our cooperation with you at Warner may have to be suspended."

"why?"

"The election is very fierce this time, and both sides will make a fuss about your country. So... you know, a lot of cooperation with you will be affected. But don't worry, it will be fine when the dust settles." Kevin said.

"..." He Fang smiled bitterly. He didn't expect it to come so soon. He thought it would be in 2018.It seems that since he traveled through time, some things may have become more prominent.

"Okay, then I look forward to our cooperation next year. I hope this is just a temporary storm."

"Don't worry, no matter who comes up, they won't ruin this situation. This is just the need of the election." Kevin was very optimistic on the phone.

In fact, it is not optimistic at all. This is the beginning of a slide into confrontation.

He Fang even wondered if he could change the outcome?But when he thought about it, he felt that the original result might have been better. If another one came up, it might be more troublesome to continue the soft knife.

A hard knife is actually better, causing many people to give up their illusions.

No wonder everyone calls him Jianguo.

　My thoughts have been a bit messy lately. I want to end it well, and I also want to keep the plot going until the end of the month, and earn a perfect attendance bonus by completing the KPIs for this month. So... instead, the more I write, the more chaotic I become.

　　Okay, that's the end, please forgive me.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)