During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 742: The opponent’s chance to make a show of himself has come!

It is now late November, with only two days left until the closing ceremony of the Golden Horse Awards, and related news is occasionally reported back to the mainland.

Although it is a small year for the film festival, this year's Golden Horse Awards is still very hot because the internationally renowned Gong Li will compete for the Best Actress Award.

No wonder Gong Li won the Venice Film Festival Best Actress award at the age of 27. The movies she starred in won the Golden Bear, Golden Lion, and Palme d'Or, as well as countless other international and domestic awards.

This year, she will launch a charge towards the Golden Horse Awards and complete the feat of winning all three Chinese-language gold medals, so the attention she will receive will naturally be extraordinary.

At this moment, the Internet has become lively, and many fans, moviegoers, netizens and passers-by are predicting the winners of this year.

Many well-known filmmakers in the industry have also publicly expressed their opinions on which films and actors they are optimistic about and support.

As expected, "Tuina", which made a big splash at this year's Berlin Film Festival, and "Coming Home" starring Zhang Yimou and Gong Li, were both highly anticipated.

In everyone's eyes, we dare not say what the quality of these two films is, but in the small year of the film festival, it is likely that they will beat other participating films.

At the same time, in the mainland film market, as the Lunar New Year holiday approaches, the smoke of war begins to fill the air.

The Hong Kong film "Once Upon a Time in China II" was the first to sound the clarion call for the "counterattack" of domestic films.

After Liu Shishi rejected this play, Wang Luodan was found to play the role of the female fighter. The main creative team includes Peng Yuyan, Hong Jinbao, Liang Jiahui, Jing Boran, Yang Ying and others. The lineup should not be underestimated.

But facing the overwhelming power and devastating "Interstellar", everyone in the industry knows that the ending of "Once Upon a Time in China" will not be good.

There is no way around it, the performance of this Sino-US co-production is just too violent.

Even entering the second week of release, daily revenue has only dropped slightly, with weekday box office still remaining near a high of 70 million.

After nine days in release, "Interstellar" has already raked in 9 million yuan at the box office, overwhelming several domestic films.

It is too difficult for "Once Upon a Time in China", an old film in new bottles, to compete with "Interstellar".

However, Wei Jin didn't pay much attention to this. He planned to take advantage of Friday to deal with the company's affairs so as not to disturb him on the weekend.

It's near the end of the year, and each major department has a lot of bills and accounts.

Although the Finance Department has done a good job of sorting and even has approved some of them, a considerable number of them still require Wei Jin's signature.

Wei Jin spent the entire morning working on paperwork.

At noon, he came to the cafeteria, planning to have a quick meal, and then take some time in the afternoon to think carefully about his next blockbuster.

But I didn't expect to meet Ning Hao in the cafeteria, and the latter looked a little listless.

"Brother, did you stay up all night to get here?"

Ning Hao, with dark circles under his eyes and smoky makeup on, looked helpless. "I didn't pull an all-nighter, but it's worse than that. Your sister Na is having a seizure again."

After hearing this, Wei Jin became interested, "No? Why? Have you been hanging out again recently?"

"How could that be possible? I went to Huayi to guest star in "Old Cannon" a few days ago. After the filming, Guan Hu and Feng Dapao were quite particular and held a wrap-up party for me."

At this point, Ning Hao seemed to have a lot of complaints that needed to be vented, and began to complain: "But you said you want to eat, so you eat. They also called a lot of female artists to accompany the drinks."

"So you lost control and made a mistake?"

"Why do you think so? I'm not Brother Cheng Long, how can I be so picky about food?"

Ning Hao replied impatiently, and then hesitantly said, "It was just after I drank too much, so we had some slightly intimate contact."

Hearing this, Wei Jin had already imagined Ning Hao returning home, with the smell of perfume or lipstick marks on his body being discovered by the menopausal Xing Aina, causing a huge chaos.

"Tsk tsk tsk, Senior Brother, you didn't even get to eat the meat, and you still got yourself into trouble, why did you bother?

Besides, you dare to drink too much at Huayi's dinner? You are lucky that I didn't send you to the hotel and you came to a photography exhibition."

"Hey, now that you put it that way, it's true. This is a blessing in disguise for me."

Although Wei Jin's words sounded full of sarcasm and ridicule, Ning Hao thought about it and actually agreed with him, which was rare.

After all, although Huayi is a wealthy family, who knows what tricks might happen if they want to win him over?
Even if Huayi itself does not have such an idea, what about those female artists who want to get ahead?
If it really came to that, he might not just be exploited for two or three days, but die at home!
"So, brother, boys still have to protect themselves when they go out, hahahaha"
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Facts have proved that the judgment of colleagues in the industry was correct. On the first day of its release, "Once Upon a Time in China" barely earned 1600 million at the box office.

Even though the box office of "Once Upon a Time in China" has increased since the weekend, it is still less than 6 million. The online reputation is also hard to describe. The rating on Impression.com is less than points, and the comments section is full of negative reviews.

"It's crazy that they dared to film Wong Fei Hung without speaking Cantonese; it's crazy that they dared to film Wong Fei Hung without Jet Li; it's crazy that they acted in a Kung Fu movie without Kung Fu skills; it's crazy that they acted in a Kung Fu movie without medical knowledge."

"Do you think that a promotional poster with a yellow background can be called Huang Feihong?"

"After reading the whole article, I only have one thought: Wow, what a flexible fat guy."

"Why not change the name? Don't use Huang Feihong. It would be more appropriate to change it to Lei Lao Hu: The Hero Has a Dream."

"To be honest, I used to think that Hong Kong historical films were bad and couldn't escape the vicious circle of gang fights. I didn't expect that even kung fu films are using this routine now. Eddie Peng's role is not that of the great hero Huang Feihong, but a gang leader."

"Am I the only one who has fallen for Peng Yuyan's muscle temptation? His chest muscles are bigger than Yang Ying's, right?"

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Obviously, even though the Lunar New Year holiday season has not started yet, "Once Upon a Time in China" has already been eliminated.

The production company, Enlightenment Films, failed before it even started. "Monster Hunt" is still in the process of reshoots, and this kung fu movie, which cost 1.3 million yuan, has once again suffered huge losses!
However, this Sunday, the failure of "Once Upon a Time in China" was not the focus of the industry's attention.

Because all the mainland filmmakers were impressed by the award ceremony just now!
The so-called "weak year" for the film festival refers to the small number of participating films, the uneven quality, the huge differences in overall strength, and the basic possibility of no competition.

Although "The Return" cannot be called a classic, especially after some shots were deleted, its connotation and depth were greatly weakened.

But it is undeniable that compared with other nominated films, such as "The Golden Age", "A Spoon", etc., the quality is definitely much higher.

Even Zhang Yimou, who was still filming in Yunnan, was full of confidence and specially posted a Weibo before the event, wishing Gong Li to get what she wanted.

But sometimes, the more you feel you have control over something, the more likely “accidents” will occur!
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In just one night, the incident quickly spread to the entire Chinese-language film industry.

Many filmmakers have already publicly expressed their views, including Jiang Wen, Gu Changwei, and Lao Mouzi.
Even poet Chen, who was far away in Hollywood, spoke up for the first time.

With so many big directors expressing their support at the same time, many celebrity artists in the industry, especially new actors who have just entered the industry, have witnessed the value of "Empress Gong"!
But they can do nothing but envy, because all these connections are based on Gong Li's own strong strength.

Even these actors couldn't even speak up. After all, the other party had great power and they couldn't afford to offend him.

Including the actors from the same crew of "The Return", none of them dared to express their opinions and could only secretly like the speeches of several big directors.

Jing Tian, ​​on the other hand, did not care about these factors. He immediately posted a message to comfort Gong Li and said frankly that he was very disappointed with the result!
Compared to the actors who were cautious, netizens were unscrupulous and all of them were scolding.

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For two consecutive days, the turmoil at the award ceremony never stopped.

As the doubts grew louder, the organizers had to step down.

Many award-winning directors, actors and filmmakers were invited to help mediate and suppress the one-sided public opinion.

Just looking around, the vast majority of those who stepped forward to smooth things over were filmmakers from the Hong Kong circle.

On the mainland side, almost no one paid any attention. Even the few who had just won the awards kept silent and did not dare to "commit crimes against the wind."

After all, if you dare to use top actress Gong Li to promote newcomers, you must be prepared for backlash!
At this time, Wei Jin realized that this was a great opportunity, so after looking at the fun on the Internet, he took out his phone and dialed a few numbers.

Just overnight, the industry was caught off guard by Wei Jin’s big news.

"The first organizing committee of the China Film Golden Film Awards, which was applied for by the Screenwriters Association and hosted by Xi'an Film Group, has been officially announced. Tian Zhuangzhuang, former director of the directing department of Beijing Film Academy and a fifth-generation director, will serve as the chairman of the organizing committee.

It is reported that the first Golden Film Awards will open registration channels in January 2015, and all films that were screened in 1 can register to participate. "

"According to director Tian Zhuangzhuang, the Golden Film Awards aims to select outstanding Chinese-language films, not limited to commercial films or art films, and strives to be fair, open and just."

To be honest, as a new award, even with the participation of Tianzhuangzhuang and Xiying Group, which have won the Berlin Film Festival's Outstanding Artistic Achievement Award, it has not been able to attract the attention of the industry.

After all, there are so many awards of various kinds in the country that it is no exaggeration to describe them as numerous as the hairs on a cow.

But the list of jury members announced for this fake Golden Film Award is too shocking!
Wei Jin, Jiang Wen, Lao Mouzi, Gu Changwei, Ning Hao, Jia Kezhang, Zhou Xun, Fan Bingbing, Wang Zhiwen, Ni Dahong.
There are 17 big names in the industry, including major directors, well-known actors, screenwriters, producers, and even mainstream media such as Weibo.

This group of people are absolutely top-notch in the industry in terms of professionalism and awards and honors. They are far ahead of the Golden Rooster Awards, which have been secretive about the judges over the years.

For a while, taking advantage of the aftermath of the incident, the Golden Film Awards, as soon as they came out, showed a momentum of catching up.

There is also a feeling in the industry that with Wei Jin's unremitting support, perhaps the fourth gold medal of Chinese-language films will really be born.
(End of this chapter)