Huayu started as a substitute director

Chapter 347 Lao Yu, Come Up

The principal's arrogant attitude and words made everyone present truly realize his strength.

He doesn't take anyone in the entertainment industry seriously at all. No matter how big your status or how big your boss is, everyone is equal in his eyes.

The foreigners at the scene didn't know what was going on and just watched the show.

This incident gave Yutu's artists an indescribable sense of confidence; those who were not Yutu were not so confident.

"It seems that the principal's movie "Now You See Me" will be released during the summer vacation." The king stared at the back of the principal's head in front of him.

The promotion at this time is basically the summer vacation season.

"No matter when his movie is released, we will use "Dragon King of the Capital of Gods" to give him a blank shot. Let's do the same to him." Mr. Wang still remembers the principal's blank shot for him. He has a really good memory.

Old Monster Xu sat aside and said nothing.

The movie "Dragon King of the Gods" was independently invested and distributed by Huayi. He had a very small share and did not have much other say.

There are no other investors, not even China Film Group Corporation is involved. Now the market is free and open, and it doesn't matter whether China Film Group Corporation is involved or not.

Moreover, this is an IP movie with Xu Ke’s signature, so it is enough to just fire blanks at the principal.

Not to mention scaring him, at least it will make him spend more money.

Anyway, there are so many movies in the summer season that they are all under pressure and are all competing with each other.

Fang Hong didn't know that Huayi was also going to launch a blank attack on him. Even if he knew, he wouldn't care. He wanted to use this movie to impact the international market.

I have already talked to Donna, the CEO of Global, and asked her to help promote it internationally.

It's a pure thrill film, without any ideological problems, and the bank robbery plot isn't too dark, which is what all crime films are like.

Therefore, he doesn't care about the small amount of revenue in China. He has always been thinking about entering the international market. If he doesn't, there will be no return from his subsequent special effects movies.

The domestic market is still too small!
Soon the Shanghai Film Festival awards ceremony began, the lights suddenly dimmed, and the first show was a projection show.

It is that kind of black and white projection that projects many classic movie scenes.

Although the Shanghai International Film Festival is not very authoritative, the stage has a sense of luxury and is very gorgeous, more gorgeous than the Golden Rooster and Golden Horse Awards. This is Shanghai.

It’s just that the atmosphere at the scene seemed quite quiet and serious, without any fans or audiences, it didn’t feel very down-to-earth.

This year's Shanghai International Film Festival will be broadcast live on both Dragon TV and the Movie Channel.

The hosts on the stage were Cao Kefan and Chen Rong. They first said a bunch of words, announced the names of the leaders, and provided Chinese and English translations, and the audience applauded.

The leaders were sitting in the upper and lower seats, surrounded by many foreigners, international friends, and some celebrities whose names were unknown. Yu Xian was also there.

Yu Xian looked at the stage, still with his hand on his nose in that cool posture, as if he was out of tune with the people around him. Tang Yan was no longer beside him and had gone to another seat.

Liu Tianxian looked at the scene and put his hands beside his face: "Are you feeling better now?"

"Why should I be unlucky? They should be unlucky. It's their bad luck to meet me." Fang Hong was still arrogant.

"Yes, yes, yes." Liu Tianxian didn't argue with him. She went along with his temper and held his hand.

Fang Hong took the opportunity to clasp their fingers together and compared them: "Why are your hands so thin? And so white."

"Girls' hands are naturally thin. They are white because I take good care of them. I will also take care of you when I have time." Liu Tianxian saw that his hands were black.

Normally, I look okay and don’t think I’m that dark, but when compared to her, I look darker.

"If my hands were painted with shiny nails like yours, would it look good too?" Fang Hong looked at her sparkling nails.

"Sure, I'll apply it for you some other day." Liu Tianxian squinted and smiled, it felt like it would be very interesting.

I want to see how this man paints his nails.

The two of them were just bored, and the Golden Goblet Film Awards were already being presented on stage.

All the nominated films from all over the world are playing on the big screen at the back. Anyway, 99% of these films have never been heard of or seen.

The first award presented was the Artistic Achievement Award, which was presented by Zhao Yazhi and a foreigner.

"Zhao Yazhi is still so dignified and elegant."

Fang Hong sighed as he looked at the stage, and then asked, "Hey, how do you think he maintains his looks?"

"She's rich. Her monthly maintenance fee is no less than 20 yuan. Just think about it, she's already this age. 20 yuan at that time was still very valuable."

Liu Tianxian is very knowledgeable and added: "But this is secondary. You still have to eat well, drink well, and have a good attitude. If you don't worry and have no pressure, you will look younger."

To put it bluntly, you need a good family background. If you don't have these conditions, it's useless to say more.

"I worry so much every day, will I age quickly?" Fang Hong touched his face.

Liu Tianxian turned around and glanced at him: "What are you afraid of as a man? Who is looking at you?"

"Why is no one looking at me? Maybe some girl likes me." Fang Hong said with a smile.

"Then go find a girl. Find any girl you want. No one will stop you." Liu Tianxian said in a bad tone.

Fang Hong approached her shoulders and said with a sly smile: "You are just a young girl, a pretty and young girl."

"Look at your temper." Liu Tianxian smiled.

An award was being presented on the stage. The winner was a young Russian man. I couldn't tell whether he gave his acceptance speech in Russian or English. I couldn't understand him, and he spoke for quite a long time.

After that was the Best Photography Award, and the award was presented by two old men and women, again a combination of men and women from home and abroad.

The winner was a Swede.

The Best Screenplay award was presented next. It was presented by two foreigners and the winner was also a Swede. Anyway, no one knew who they were and they didn’t seem very famous.

Really famous superstars basically don't come.

When the Best Actress award was presented, the presenters were Zhang Yuan and Liang Jing, and the winner was a surprise, a 10-year-old girl named Li Xinqiao from Malaysia, who won the Best Actress award for her role in "SPL". She beat out actresses from home and abroad.

Logically speaking, the heroine of this movie should be Mei Ting. When the result came out, the audience watching the live broadcast went wild online.

"Fuck, what's going on?"

"The female lead should not have stopped. Although I haven't seen the movie, the ranking is like this. It is said that she plays her daughter."

“That’s a bit shocking.”

"The Shanghai Film Festival is just entertainment, don't take it too seriously."

“Let’s see if the film performs well after it’s released.”

"The film festival has a premiere today. The little girl is acting cute in the movie, but it's actually okay. Acting skills are a matter of opinion."

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"SPL" has not been released yet, but it will have a premiere. This is the rule of the film festival. Since it has not been released, the audience does not know what the movie is about, but some people who go to the film festival do know.

This award caused a lot of controversy for a while, and online media published the news as soon as possible.

"The 16th Shanghai Film Festival staged 'Thunderbolt'"--NetEase Entertainment.

"The 10-year-old actress at the Shanghai Film Festival caused controversy, and the early celebration of "SPL" was suspected to be a shady deal!"--iQiyi video.

There was a lot of controversy among the media and netizens, and China News Service even pointed out: "Li Xinqiao unexpectedly won the Best Actress award for her role in "SPL", becoming the youngest actress in the history of the Golden Goblet Awards.

However, this has caused a lot of controversy: where does a 10-year-old actress stand in the way of those famous actresses?

Because it was a live broadcast, these controversies had already begun to ferment. No one responded, but the award ceremony continued.

Of course, the guests at the scene were also surprised and astonished to varying degrees, but when they thought that this was the Shanghai Film Festival, they felt relieved.

What can I say about this film festival? As the only A-category film festival in China, its quality is not as good as the three major ones in Asia, namely the Hong Kong International Film Festival, the Busan International Film Festival and the Tokyo International Film Festival.

As a little surprise, the Shanghai Film Festival was once criticized by senior executives of the International Film Producers Association: it was not worthy of being a qualified A-class "international film festival"!
All A-class film festivals in the world need recognition and approval from the International Producers Guild, and the same is true for the Shanghai Film Festival.

Think about how dissatisfied the top executives of the International Producers Guild were with the Shanghai Film Festival, but they had to let it go. There are unspeakable factors involved.

Fang Hong seemed very indifferent. Domestic film festivals all have problems of one kind or another.

Anyway, none of Yutu’s films have ever been shortlisted for the Shanghai Film Festival, not even “Partners”. It may be because it is too commercial and not literary enough. Who knows.

This is what happened. It has become an established fact. The media and netizens can just question it and undermine the authority of the Shanghai Film Festival. Nothing else will work.

What should be done, or what should be done.

Then came the Best Actor award, presented by Yu Nan and Ning Hao. Zha Zha Hui won for "SPL", a film solely funded by Bona.

The Best Actor and Best Actress awards were both from this movie, which made Fatty Yu unable to hide the smile on his face.

Fang Hong even suspected that there might be some PY transaction involved, but the movie was indeed well made, nothing to say about it.

"Thank you to my boss Mr. Yu, thank you to the director, and thank you to the creative team of the crew." Zha Zha Hui said a lot of words of thanks on the stage.

He also specially thanked Fatty Yu, which made Fatty Yu very proud.

After that was the Best Director Award, Karen Mok and Keanu Reeves presented the award. They also promoted the crappy movie "Man of Tai Chi" on the stage.

It’s a Sino-US co-production, but I don’t know if it will be released in the United States?
It was released in 110 theaters in North America, and grossed $61054 in the first week, with revenue from each theater being $555. This is a co-production with a Hollywood star, and it was a bleak failure.

Not even as good as Liu Tianxian's "Lucy"!

The winner of the Best Director award is a Russian director for "Police Story", and his previous artistic achievement was also this film.

This movie also won the Best Picture of this year.

After this award is given out, it is time for the Special Jury Award.

At this time, a staff member came to call Fang Hong, who whispered a few words to Liu Tianxian, then bent down and walked towards the backstage.

"The next award to be announced is the Shanghai International Film Festival Jury Award. The presenter of this award is a famous film director who has led the new generation of Chinese films and made Chinese films more dynamic. Let us welcome Mr. Fang Hong."

As the two hosts announced the show, the big screen at the back split apart, exciting music started playing, and Fang Hong appeared on the stage holding an envelope.

He then walked to the side of the stage, stood in front of the standing microphone, and faced people from the domestic and international film industry.

"Why do other people have to come up to present awards, a man and a woman, but I am alone? This is not fair." Fang Hong complained deliberately.

"Since we can't find any beauties for now, you can just present the awards to one person." The host Cao Kefan replied with a smile.

This person smiles like Maitreya Buddha.

"It's okay. I can accept it if she's not a beauty. As long as she's a woman, I'm not picky."

Fang Hong's words caused the guests in the audience to laugh out loud, and a burst of laughter broke out at the scene.

The atmosphere was quite heavy during the previous award ceremony, but it seemed a little more relaxed this time. Of course, some people couldn't laugh and were unhappy to see him.

Liu Tianxian stared at the man on the stage, her eyes gentle and bright, with a faint smile on her face and a gentle expression.

The other people also had different expressions, some were admiring, some looked up to him, some were indifferent, and the expressions were all different.

Yu Xian is still the same arrogant person.

"Okay, let's announce the grand prize. I hope it's a beautiful woman, otherwise my stand here will be too monotonous." Fang Hong picked up the envelope.

The guests on stage all smiled again.

"Wow!" Fang Hong suddenly shouted, drawing the attention of all the guests.

"This is incredible. This winner is incredible." Fang Hong acted exaggeratedly.

This makes people curious, who is the winner?

"Old Yu, come up." Fang Hong waved.

(End of this chapter)