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Chapter 951 I Am Here, Fairness Is Here

“For now, Hong Kong locals still recognize the Academy Awards. When the Hong Kong people themselves no longer recognize it, it will disappear.” Zhang Yang did not have many feelings about the passing of Mr. Jin. Maybe it was because he had experienced it once?
"It is said that Lao Ma will also go to Hong Kong to attend the funeral."

"He was not attending a funeral, but a farewell to his youth." After Zhang Yang said this, he inexplicably thought of the conversation between Einstein and Oppenheimer in "Oppenheimer".

In a blink of an eye, it was past four o'clock in the afternoon of the next day. Zhang Hongyi returned home skipping and laughing with a relaxed mood.

Although he still had to memorize ancient poems, it was easier for him to do so as long as the big devil was not at home.

When he walked into the hall of the west courtyard, he was horrified to find that his father was still sitting on the sofa in the hall.

Didn’t he say he was going on a business trip today?
Zhang Yang and Liu Yifei are watching a TV series, Ever Night.

This drama, which Chen Shishi and others thought would be a hit, was exclusively broadcast on Tengxun Video on the 30th of last month.

"Your little fangirl doesn't look that good. Her performance as Ye Hongyu is far inferior to Mo Shanshan." Liu Yifei joked to Zhang Yang while watching the TV series.

I have to say that Yuan Xibing portrayed Mo Shanshan very well in the TV series "Ever Night".

But she is seeking death. She is a beautiful woman, but she is a thief.

As for Liu Yifei saying that Meng Ziyi’s performance as Ye Hongyu was not good?

When Ever Night 2 came out, the audience voted with their feet and thought that Ye Hongyu in the first part was better. This is a world where looks matter.

"Mao Ni is really good at pretending." Zhang Yang did not respond to Liu Yifei's words, but he had other feelings. He pretended to be so fresh and refined.

"Have you noticed that Chen Feiyu's mouth seems to be crooked." Liu Yifei pointed at the screen and felt funny. Is he the God of War with a crooked mouth?

Zhang Yang nodded. It was indeed a bit funny.

At this time, he heard some noise in the hall. He turned around and saw Zhang Hongyi with a look of surprise on his face.

Zhang Hongyi saw his father looking at him and subconsciously asked, "Dad, aren't you on a business trip?"

"Do you miss your dad going on a business trip so much?"

The little guy hurriedly shook his head. Although he was thinking in his heart, could he say this? Mom, what are you asking?

"Okay, go and recite the poem quickly, and leave after I finish checking it." Zhang Yang persuaded his son.

On this day, Zhang Hongyi's speed of reciting poems reached a new high.

At around seven o'clock that evening, Zhang Yang flew to Wanwan with his bodyguards and assistant. When they arrived there and made arrangements at the Caesar Hotel, it was almost eleven o'clock in the evening.

The news of Zhang Yang's arrival in Wanwan was reported in the local news the next morning. Apparently someone had spotted him at the airport yesterday.

He didn't care about these. He was still exercising in the hotel that morning when his assistant came to report that Li An had arrived.

He stopped exercising, washed up, changed his clothes, and chatted with Li An in the lobby of the suite.

"Your movie 'Oppenheimer' is really good. It has already made 200 million US dollars in the United States." Li An really admires Zhang Yang. This guy is like a cheat. It's impossible not to be impressed.

"Oppenheimer" earned more than 3600 million US dollars on its first day of release in the United States, and a total of more than 9300 million US dollars in the first three days of its release.

In the following week, the daily box office on weekdays remained stable at 1300 million US dollars, and it took in nearly 4000 million US dollars in two days over the weekend.

In the new week, it can still maintain a single-day box office of more than 700 million. The film's box office in the United States is estimated to be 3.6 ​​million US dollars.

"It's mainly because there haven't been any blockbusters recently." Zhang Yang shook his head modestly, but a slight smile still appeared on his face.

"Your movie is expected to make another $10 billion at the box office.
Two consecutive R-rated movies have both grossed $10 billion. No one would object to calling you the king of R-rated movies."

"R-rated movie?" Zhang Yang muttered to himself, stroking his chin.

Li An, can you speak? That man said I was the movie emperor. I gave you face by taking part in the muddy water of the Golden Horse Awards, but how come you were downgraded to the king of R-rated movies?
"You can handle any field very well."

Well, it seems that Li An still knows how to talk, and Zhang Yang accepted all his compliments.

The two chatted for a while, and Li An stood up and made a gesture of invitation: "I'll take you to meet the other members of the jury."

"Please." Zhang Yang said as he and he left the hotel and went to another hotel nearby.

Here, Zhang Yang met the other sixteen members of the jury.

Following Li An's introduction, Zhang Yang remained expressionless, but he was already furious in his heart.

Among the sixteen people, except for Professor Wu who is from Beijing Film Academy, most of the others are either from Taiwan or Hong Kong.

The remaining few exceptions are also Southeast Asian directors.

"Chairman Li has put a lot of effort into selecting these judges." Zhang Yang said in a neutral tone after Li An finished his introduction.

"With your guidance, I chose randomly." Li An was still smiling. He was joking. Otherwise, how could he guarantee that Wanwan Movie would win at the Golden Horse Awards.

Zhang Yang was so powerful in fighting that the most famous time was when he lost his Golden Lion. He shot eleven times and he had to defend himself.

"Everyone, I'll be working hard for you in the next ten days." After dealing with Zhang Yang, Li An clasped his hands together and looked at the 17 people including him.

Next, Zhang Yang and his colleagues need to watch 10 movies within 42 days, eight hours a day, which is enough to make people vomit.

The group of people exchanged a few words with Li An and then said goodbye. They were going to start watching a movie today.

For ordinary people, watching movies is a pleasure, but for judges, watching movies is like suffering. Ten days passed in a flash, and Zhang Yang and the judges had already watched all the shortlisted films.

At noon on the 15th, Zhang Yang was having lunch and Li An walked over and sat down next to him.

"Director Zhang, the quality of movies this year is pretty good, right?"

"It's really good, especially 'Dying to Survive'." Zhang Yang said deliberately while eating. "'Dying to Survive' does have great social significance."

Li glanced at Zhang Yang secretly, feeling that he was being willful. He got straight to business: "We will hold a press conference for the jury at 3pm."

"Okay." Zhang Yang was most familiar with this kind of press conference.

It was around 2:40 in the afternoon. Zhang Yang arrived at the scene and exchanged a few words with everyone. Then a staff member came over to remind him that he could go to the front desk.

Zhang Yang felt very much like a master. He extended his hand to Li An and the other six judges, "Let's go."

Everyone nodded and, led by Zhang Yang, walked to the press conference.

Once they have completed the work centered around Zhang Yang, today’s press conference will officially begin.

Zhang Yang turned on the microphone and said with a smile: "Good afternoon, everyone from the media. I am very happy to be the 55th ..."

He said a lot of things, the main point of which was to express his gratitude for the invitation and to say that he would be fair, fair, and fairer in selecting good films this year.

After he finished speaking, he asked Li An and several other judges to give their speeches, and the press conference entered the question-and-answer session.

This group of media reporters all asked questions to Zhang Yang. The other seven people didn't ask many questions. There was nothing they could do because the ordinary audience was most interested in Zhang Yang.

The reporter from Wanwan Yahoo asked the first question: "Director Zhang Yang, how do you feel about being the chairman of the Golden Horse Awards jury for the second time?"

“I have served as jury chairman for many top film festivals.

For me, this is just an ordinary work experience, and I hope you won’t over-interpret it.”

No matter whether it was the other judges or the media reporters, after listening to Zhang Yang's words and looking at his young face, they could only write a big word of admiration.

"The movie 'Dying to Survive', produced by you, is participating in the selection this time. Will it have an impact on the review process?" The Yahoo reporter secretly flattered Zhang Yang.

If he serves as the jury chairman in Europe, it will be good for Asian films, but if he serves as the jury chairman in Taiwan, it will only be good for mainland films.

"My attitude towards movies is well known to everyone, and I have extensive relevant work experience.
With the splendid judging panel led by Director Li An, you don't need to worry about the fairness of the judging.
As long as I am here, fairness will prevail!" Zhang Yang said at the end with great force.

The media were immediately excited. Okay, you are fair, so what about the double yolk eggs in Berlin?
As long as you are fair, it is there. Is this what you call fairness?

The other judges, listening to Zhang Yang's domineering words, felt that this year's task would be difficult to accomplish.

It might be difficult for others to fight against sixteen at once, but he is Zhang Yang, the movie emperor recognized by that man, so he deserves the title in vain!

The many honors he has received give him the confidence to speak.

After answering a few questions casually, Zhang Yang made a final summary of the press conference: "Director Li An invited me to come here and said that the Golden Horse Awards is about movies, the purest film festival.

I hope the 55th anniversary of the Golden Horse Awards can be pure and beautiful."

When the people around heard Zhang Yang's words, they applauded. They thought Zhang Yang was just being polite.

But they didn't know that Zhang Yang was giving everyone a heads-up. If something went wrong, it would be because the film festival was not pure, and they couldn't blame him then.

The jury's press conference ended, and the phrase "I am here, fairness exists" quickly became a hot search in China.
It was very popular on Douyin and Weibo, and many people felt that Zhang Yang looked very stylish this time.

Many people left messages on Liu Yifei’s zombie Weibo account: Xixi, come and see what your husband is saying.

Some people even made a prank by cutting Zhang Yang's words together with Zhao Ruilong's words in In the Name of People.

In the beginning, Zhang Yang said, "As long as I am here, fairness exists." Then, Zhao Ruilong said to Gao Xiaoqin while holding a golf club, "The film industry does not allow such a great person to exist."

Although this incident has become a hot topic, everyone is just having fun and no one is taking it too seriously.

The next morning, in the Golden Horse Jury meeting room, today was the time to announce the awards.

When Zhang Yang sat down in the main seat, the judges on both sides, especially the eleven review judges who did not attend yesterday's press conference, looked at Zhang Yang with uncertain eyes.

As long as I am here, fairness will prevail.

What kind of domineering and self-confidence does one need to be able to say this so naturally?

"Everyone, we are able to review so many great films together, it is fate.

I hope that today, our review will end soon, and everyone can go back and have a good rest. After all, watching movies these days is very tiring. "Zhang Yang looked around with a smile.

"Zhang Yang, with your leadership, how could the review process not go smoothly? As long as you are here, fairness will be there." Wu Guanping laughed after saying this.

"Professor, you are joking. I am just expressing my determination.

A bunch of media are over-interpreting this. I will clean up Weibo and Douyin when I get back." Zhang Yang waved his hand nonchalantly.

Of the other 16 judges present, only he dared to joke with Zhang Yang like this, because he was a professor at Beijing Film Academy and the editor-in-chief of Beijing Film Academy News.
He is also the dean of the school's film research institute, and Zhang Yang had met him before.

Everyone else laughed and agreed, saying, "Yes, you are expressing your determination, but no one knows what kind of determination you are expressing."

Also listen to what Zhang Yang said, are you flexing your muscles in front of us by rectifying Weibo and Douyin?
"Let's officially get started." Zhang Yang said seriously.

The others also showed serious expressions, and the selection officially began.

To be honest, Wanwan's movies are getting worse every year. Without Zhang Yang's excessive interference, mainland films have already won numerous awards.

The entire review process went incredibly smoothly, and many people looked at Zhang Yang in surprise.

What’s going on? Why is he so easy to talk to? Is he going to use his ultimate move at the end?

(End of this chapter)