Golden Age 1990

Chapter 271 Broom net?The Lunar New Year stalls begin! (more than 4000 words)

The winter of 1996 was destined to be an unusual winter.

"We are coming back, what will we do next?"

"What are you afraid of?"

"Will Hong Kong films enter our mainland market on a large scale?"

"Just come in. The movie is good, so let's watch it."

"What about our movie?"

"What can we do about this? If our movie can't make money, then it deserves to be that we can't make money."

"But isn't this a serious matter?"

"But what can be done? What are those officials doing? There are many radical directors. Have their suggestions been adopted?"

"But are those radical directors really right?"

"That's better than staying the same!"

"This, this... I don't think so."

"What's not certain? What are you talking about? Do you want to deny reform?"

"No, of course not. How could I deny the reform, but..."

"Okay! Stop talking, people of different minds don't agree with each other!"

Although, our mainland Chinese movies have gone through a dark period, and many people still believe that our Chinese movies are still in a dark period.

However, even in this dark period, film criticism in our mainland has never stopped.

Criticism of movies, or film critics, has always maintained a very fierce firepower.

Anyway, scolding those great directors really doesn’t give them any face.

There is actually nothing wrong with such a trend.

Because as far as the film and television industry, or the entertainment industry is concerned, harsh comments have always been the mainstream.

Well, in terms of details, the criticism from our mainland side is pretty good. It’s not that unpleasant, at least it doesn’t go too far.

This is much stronger than the Hong Kong media.

The Hong Kong media is so arrogant that people can’t help but think about all kinds of gossip there, even a very ordinary thing, they can make it very exciting in a weird way.

For example, Liu Luanxiong invited several beautiful celebrities to stage his new store.

Hong Kong media just use the title of "PARTY" that the Liu family opened.

Anyway, the accusations made by the Hong Kong media were very damaging and could even be said to be vicious.

Highlight something out of nothing.

In addition, many European and American media are quite sleazy, but there is a relatively distinct profession there.

Film critic.

The act of reviewing movies can become a profession for oneself.

This is really powerful.

This reflects the power of Hollywood in the United States. If they had not been able to produce so many movies, they would not have been able to support the emergence of such a profession.

The power of film critics is not small. As far as American movies are concerned, the three major film critics awards are second only to the Oscars and the Golden Globe Awards.

New York, Chicago, Los Angeles.

Moreover, film critics have a great influence on the Golden Globe Awards and Oscars, because there are also many film critics who vote.

Therefore, these three major film critics awards are often the benchmark for the Golden Globes and Oscars.

Such a film review industry is so prosperous in the United States.

What about our mainland China?
In fact, we have no real professional film critics so far.

Of course, we also have film critics, or simply the 'home' kind.

However, film critic as a profession still does not exist at present.

At most, he is a reporter or editor of a film-related magazine.

But these reporters and editors, after all, cannot dare to say anything like the Hong Kong media do when speaking.

They are within the system and have to maintain their decency.

Therefore, in terms of the firepower of film critics, it is really not as good as many 'wild film critics'.

There are actually many movie fans in our mainland, and many, many people want to express many opinions on the movie.

And among these people, many are really quite professional.

Cheng Qingsong is a film critic who considers himself very professional.

This profession is not something he calls himself, but is recognized by many in the industry.

He graduated from a film school, and this status is much more powerful than many film critics.

Moreover, his articles have been published in newspapers and magazines.

Don't look at him as a thin dog.

She is indeed too thin and not good-looking. She is also short and wears high-power glasses.

However, he is really a leader among film critics.

But right now, there seems to be something wrong with the situation.

Of course, film critics have a lot of friends, and they all like movies. In their spare time, they usually have gatherings just for the sake of movies.

Let’s all watch domestic movies together!

This is indeed the case. We film critics in mainland China do not say that we have not written good reviews for certain movies, but the overall tone is to criticize them vigorously.

Mainly spray.

However, some of the movies made them feel good, and the directors of these movies were those people... Section Chief Jia, Zhang Yuan, Wang Xiaoshuai and so on.

Cheng Qingsong originally belonged to this group, and his firepower was also very strong.

But in recent times, he feels that... he only criticizes mainstream movies and praises niche movies.

It seems to be of no use.

Yes, in fact, our domestic film critics know it very well.

What is being criticized is that mainstream movies already have great directors. The more mainstream and the works of great directors are criticized, the more severe the criticism will be.

It seems like Zhang Yimou.

As for niche directors like Chief Jia and Zhang Yuan, they generally praise them greatly.

In this case... could it be that he received black money?
In short, Zhang Yimou would not give them any money, and Section Chief Jia probably wouldn't have any money either.

And spraying like this is actually to make yourself famous.

Cheng Qingsong could see that spraying like this didn't seem to work.

There is no future.

Looking at recent domestic movies, they seem to be quite profitable.

It seems like we are coming out of this dark age.

As a result, Cheng Qingsong's firepower was not as good as before in many gatherings.

This is also reflected in his articles.

In this way, he naturally cannot hide the fact that his firepower has been reduced from these Chinese film critic friends.

Everyone thinks, Cheng Qingsong... what's going on?
Well, let’s just say it.

Are you going to betray us? !

Cheng Qingsong was under a lot of pressure, so much so that he had to decide whether to reveal his privacy.

Yes, this young man who has lost a lot of weight actually wants to come out.

In fact, he did not keep his orientation too strictly confidential.

Therefore, it is really not as stressful as being criticized by many friends.

Cheng Qingsong was a little helpless. He didn't know what the future would be like for a while.

In fact, as far as the situation of our domestic movies is concerned, we can already see it relatively clearly.

At present, the most important sales period is the Lunar New Year period to the Spring Festival period.

These two consecutive schedules have obvious money-making effects.

Anyone who knows movies will understand that as long as these two schedules are secured, you will definitely be able to make money in the movie market.

This year’s Lunar New Year film currently seems to be mainly composed of two films.

Feng Xiaogang and Wang Pei have produced another film, and it's still their old team.

"See you or leave".

This film...to be honest, it really attracted him.

Cheng Qingsong could see that this was a continuation of the previous path.

"Beijing Ren in New York", "The Big Show", etc., are a series of film and television dramas about the craze of going abroad.

This is really a very hot topic right now.

Is it good to go abroad?
What will happen?
There are also some current arguments.

We have internet now.

Yes, we do have the Internet, although it is still relatively rudimentary in all aspects.

The most famous one now is Shuimu Tsinghua BBS.

This BBS is a forum, but the function of the current forum is relatively average and very simple, but there are many forums.

For example, that Sitong Company.

Don't underestimate this Sitong company. They did only develop the Chinese character input system before.

However, after all, this is considered an IT industry and a high-tech industry, and they have access to very advanced things.

Therefore, Sitong Company established a Sitong Lifang BBS relatively early on.

This BBS is also quite famous.

After all, the BBS of Shuimu Tsinghua University is from a university. Now it is just free and open, and anyone can join it.

Sitong Lifang is more civilian-oriented, especially the sports section of BBS.

Many sports fans, especially football fans, share a lot of things on this BBS, and there are also many reporters who will post some critical articles.

Of course Cheng Qingsong didn't know that Sitong Lifang, a BBS, later changed its name to Sina and then went public.

Back to the present, although the Internet is still an absolutely new thing, some of the comments on it are really...

Too much of a foreigner!

If there are countless anti-thieves in magazines such as Yilin and Zhiyin, then there are even more anti-thieves on the Internet today.

Just look at some of the movie-related comments that Cheng Qingsong saw, and they were simply explosive.

Watching domestic films is considered a very bad behavior.That's right, that's it.

Whenever you post an article about movies on the Internet today, you will not be able to include the names of some foreign film masters in it.

There aren’t many views at all.

Cheng Qingsong also understands in his heart that there is still a certain gap between our domestic films and foreign films.

Commercially it can't compare to Hollywood.

In terms of art, it cannot compare with Europe.

recognition.

But is that all?

Are our own movies that bad?

Obviously not. Many of our movies actually have our unique oriental beauty.

Unfortunately, his views are not recognized by many people.

It's really hard.

Forget it, let’s go back to this Lunar New Year period.

Is the path that Chinese films are taking now the right one?
Cheng Qingsong didn't know.

So, are movies that make money with Lunar New Year and Spring Festival movies really unsightly?
Cheng Qingsong didn't know either.

But, he wanted to take a look.

Fortunately, he doesn't need to spend money to watch the movie, and "See You or Die" also invited him.

There is also that "Sweet Honey".

Yes, this "Sweet Honey" is also one of the most important movies in this year's Lunar New Year festival.

This... Cheng Qingsong admitted that he was actually more attracted to this "Sweet Honey".

After all, this is a movie by Peter Chan. Among Hong Kong filmmakers, he is definitely a person with real insights.

Moreover, this "Sweet Honey" also has Manyu.

She is the actress with the best reputation among Chinese film critics.

Manyu should be number one.

No one else is good, not even Gong Li is as good as her.

I can't say that Gong Li is bad, but sometimes Gong Li will take some "bad" movies.

"Tang Bohu Points Autumn Fragrance."

Yes, the movie did very well at the box office, but it was rated as one of the worst movies of the year in both Hong Kong and mainland China.

In particular, Gong Li's performance in it was criticized by many film critics.

This... also makes sense, because Gong Li's performance is quite different from this movie, and it doesn't match up with Ah Xing.

So...should I watch "See You or Be Parted" or "Sweetie" first?

The order is really important.

Because everyone has preconceptions.

After struggling for a long time, Cheng Qingsong finally chose to watch movies from mainland China.

……

"See You or Be Parted" has attracted much attention.

Feng Xiaogang and Wang Pei were very high-profile, although they did not hold a truly high-profile premiere.

But there are many people invited.

It seems that Bai Feng will no longer hold large-scale premieres after the premiere of Workers' Stadium.

But the effect is still good.

It’s really good for the creative members to go to theaters more and meet more fans.

Of course, it has just begun, and many friends from the media and 'film critics' have been invited.

Cheng Qingsong came to this large cinema in Beijing, which is said to be able to accommodate 1500 people.

It was really full today, there were too many people.

Among so many people, he saw Bai Feng.

This king of ideas has become very famous now.

He is young, has an extremely successful career, has a huge territory in the film and television industry, and is even more powerful in the advertising industry.

There are rumors that he, Bai Feng, can earn one to two hundred million a year.

Now I see him surrounded by several beauties.

He Qing, Xu Qing, Li Xiaoran, and Taiwanese Jia Jingwen and Tian Li.

It's really awesome.

Of course, Cheng Qingsong was not jealous at all.

Drink ~ woman.

This guy is very angry.

However, I really envy Bai Feng's success.

Inexplicably, it seemed that Bai Feng had seen it.

Cheng Qingsong quickly looked away.

Fortunately, not long after, the screening of "See You or Be Parted" began.

Cheng Qingsong soon started laughing non-stop.

The jokes in this movie are really on point.

And, judging from the situation in this screening room, almost everyone was laughing.

"See You or Be Parted" is a story about going abroad. This story... is inexplicably connected to the things Cheng Qingsong is currently struggling with.

Did the male protagonist later return to China?
In other words, in the end we have to develop it in our country.

in this way……

Our Chinese movies should be like this too, right?
I know how to write this movie review.

This low-key premiere ended, and of course many media 'friends' asked the creative team.

Many female celebrities were also on stage.

Cheng Qingsong was not interested in them. He just wanted to go home and write the article properly.

However, after leaving the theater and not walking far, someone tapped me on the shoulder.

"you……"

"It must be Mr. Cheng."

"Hello, Mr. Bai Feng."

"Oh, you know me."

"Of course, you are so famous."

The person who tapped on the shoulder was Bai Feng.

Cheng Qingsong was very surprised. This person obviously came to him on purpose.

So, for what?
Bai Feng got straight to the point and said with a smile: "I know Mr. Cheng is a very well-known film critic in our country."

"Mr. Bai, you're welcome."

"No, you're really not polite. Besides, I have an idea. I wonder if Mr. Cheng would like to hear it?"

This is a question that you have to think about even if you don’t want to.

Although Cheng Qingsong is Gei, he will not do anything impolite.

"Of course, please."

Bai Feng was even more direct, "Our domestic film and television drama market is very booming, but our domestic film critics are not very formal. Mr. Cheng will definitely understand what I mean.

The current era is the beginning of the Internet. I believe many young people and people like Mr. Cheng will be very interested in this new thing.

I want to build a BBS that specializes in film and television dramas.

Everyone can rate and give comments.

Well, or if Mr. Cheng can help, we can build a website together.

Mr. Cheng's status as a well-known film critic will be of great benefit to this website. "

this idea...

Cheng Qingsong really couldn't say he wasn't interested.

This is awesome!

But, this also requires money.

Now on the Internet, how can you get around without money?

It would be great if we could build such a website.

In the future, all our domestic film critics can come here. It doesn’t matter how formal it is, but everyone can be more ‘professional’.

You can criticize or criticize, you can applaud or applaud, it’s all okay!

Cheng Qingsong has no money, but Bai Feng has money.

So...this thing seems to be very reliable.

"Mr. Bai, this..."

"I support financial aspects, technical aspects and other aspects. If Mr. Cheng can't handle it, I can also support it. The main thing is the 'content' of the website..."

Before Bai Feng could finish speaking, Cheng Qingsong immediately agreed, "I will definitely do my best for this!"

Yes, this is equivalent to setting up a website, which is amazing nowadays.

So……

"What about the name? Mr. Bai, do you have any good ideas?"

name?

Bai Feng was waiting for his words and gave him one directly.

"How about Broomsticks? In the future, we can also award awards. The worst movie of the year will be awarded a 'Golden Broomstick' award."

This idea... is so fun!
Cheng Qingsong laughed loudly, "This is a good name."

Bai Feng said to himself: Of course, this Golden Broom Award was awarded to you later, Cheng Qingsong.

　This chapter mainly writes about the Internet at that time. There is probably a lot of history that not many people remember.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)