Huayu started as a substitute director

Chapter 502: The Principal is Still Alive
How could Fang Hong guarantee that a film festival could bring fame to Macau or attract tourism?

It's hard to say for sure. All he can say is that the film festival should be run well and decently.

Fang Hong interrupted the other party and said again: "Director Tan, I can't promise you anything. You asked me to organize a film festival. I can only say that I will do a good job and let everyone know about this thing and make it well-known.

Of course, this process will bring a good image to Macau, but as for how much benefit Macau will receive and how much effect it will have, I cannot guarantee that.”

These words left Director Tan silent for a moment.

I felt a little regretful. I had asked for too much in the first place and there was no room for maneuver. The organizing committee and the jury were already set up, and now I was asking him for the remaining 50 million.

"Actually, you can take your time. There's no need to be so anxious. Keep going until you see the results. Then I can apply to the higher authorities. We're not making any progress right now," he said.

"My Director Tan, everything is difficult at the beginning. As long as you get through the beginning, the rest will be much easier. If you don't start with a big one, year after year, when will it end? Do you want to wait for your next person to reap the fruits of your labor?" Fang Hong said.

"Of course not." Director Tan blurted out.

"That's right. If you delay it for a few years and succeed, it might become your next political achievement."

Fang Hong said this and added: "I'm sorry, I'm a straightforward person, please don't be so polite."

"It's okay, I understand what you mean." Director Tan was persuaded by this man and felt that what he said made sense.

This goes on year after year, and after a few years, the political achievements he has accumulated will be taken away by the next person in power, and the benefits will explode. Then he will be making things easier for others.

Others only praise the next one and not him.

What people like them care about most is their reputation after death, and it would be best if they could leave a mark in history.

Liu Tianxian supported her chin with one hand, staring at the man and spoke with a grin.

"So, for this kind of thing, either don't do it, or do it well. It only happens once a year, and the time span is long, so we can't delay it." Fang Hong persuaded.

"It's just that this funding is not easy to approve." Director Tan was still hesitant.

"Director Tan, we also contributed 50 million, and it wasn't just you who contributed. I may not even get any benefits from it, so what do I want?" Fang Hong asked back.

Secretary Tam remained silent. They are improving Macau’s city image, and indeed President Fang has no intention of doing anything. How much sponsorship can the brands provide?
It’s not a particularly famous film festival, so there’s not much sponsorship available.

It is equivalent to Fang Hong selling his products at a loss.

"I can only try my best to apply for this funding." Director Tan said, this is how the government works.

"Then go ahead and apply. Anyway, we agreed that each side will pay half. I will pay the same amount as you pay." It was impossible for Fang Hong to pay more money for this film festival.

It doesn't bring much benefit to him, but he just has this sentiment and wants to organize a fair and large-scale film festival.

The Golden Rooster, Golden Horse and other film festivals are all subsidized by the government, so it is impossible for him to bear it all on his own.

"Okay!" Director Tan didn't know what to say. Others had also made contributions and organized the manpower.

The two chatted for a while and then hung up the phone. Fang Hong complained: "This is what officials are like. They are afraid of spending too much money, but if they spend money, they are afraid of not getting results and taking responsibility. They are hesitant and timid."

Liu Tianxian smiled and asked, "Can this film festival still be held?"

"It will definitely be done. We have already come this far. It will only take a few months." Fang Hong said.

"What if they don't pay?" Liu Tianxian still supported her chin with one hand, looking quite cute.

"If they don't want to pay, they can find a way themselves, such as using resources or land to pay me back, or they can give me shares in their gaming industry," Fang Hong said.

"You've got a nice thought." Liu Tianxian said with a smile.

This is the only place in the country where gambling is legal. It can be said that it enjoys a monopoly position and is a sure-win business. How could we possibly give him a share?

"In fact, they have money, but they are not willing to give it. It was several million before, but now it is tens of millions. They can't adapt to it." Fang Hong said.

Macau can be said to be very rich, with foreign exchange reserves of hundreds of billions of US dollars, but their welfare is too high.

Not to mention anything else, giving each person nearly 10,000 yuan per person is something that not ordinary places can do. Just imagine how developed it is.

And it is issued every year, without stopping for more than ten years.

Liu Tianxian nodded and stopped discussing this issue with him, instead chatting about other family matters.

That's how they are, they talk about everything.

These days Liu Tianxian will go out to shoot some September and October issues of magazines, those fashion magazines.

Liu Tianxian appears in almost every important magazine every year, such as Harper's Bazaar, ELLE, and Marie Claire, either on the cover or on the inside pages.

Now she is the darling of the fashion world.

Even though "The Four 3" had a bad reputation, it did not affect her status in the fashion industry.

Major fashion magazines have already published it, but what is unexpected is that Xia Jie also appeared on Harper's Bazaar at the same time as Liu Tianxian.

Liu Tianxian wore a black suspender dress with gold jewelry around her neck, revealing her fair shoulders and proud cleavage. Her pretty face was pure and refined, sexy and seductive enough!

The overall style presents a black and cool beauty.

And Xia Jie also showed off her beautiful legs in a black leather jacket, with a sexy and cool temperament. It seemed like she was imitating others, but she didn't dare to imitate them too much.

But judging from temperament, Xia Jie is far behind Liu Tianxian. Liu Tianxian has a royal sister style of 1.8 meters tall, while Xia Jie is at most 1.5 meters tall. The gap is not on the same level.

Otherwise, people wouldn't always call her the little fairy. Later, when she became so obscure, people even called her Little Chen Duling.

It will cause a stir if two of them appear on Harper's Bazaar at the same time. Not only Harper's Bazaar will cause a stir, but so will Sister Xia.

This also caused a wave of hot searches and attracted the attention of netizens.

The press release also said: "Two goddesses appeared on Bazaar, interpreting a new height of fashion!" "Appeared on Bazaar's opening issue together: twin flowers blooming!"

"Liu Yifei and Liu Shishi, two shining stars!"

Anyway, they just praised the two of them and raised their popularity. It can be said that Xia Jie took advantage of this wave of traffic.

There was nothing she could do if she didn't take advantage of it. Liu Tianxian was getting higher and higher, while she was still standing still. She found an old man and was criticized. Many of her fans stopped following her.

However, Liu Tianxian didn't react at all and just let them do as they pleased.

At the end of September, the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival opened in Lanzhou. This year's Golden Rooster Awards was wildly criticized by netizens and the media.

Because odd-numbered years are for the Golden Rooster Awards and even-numbered years are for the Hundred Flowers Awards, many people are confused about whether it is the Hundred Flowers or the Golden Rooster Awards this year.

These two film festivals are held alternately, every two years. Many works from three or four years ago will also be awarded this year, and some works have won awards repeatedly.

It means winning the Golden Rooster Award once and the Hundred Flowers Award again.

For example, last year Zhang Songwen won the Best Actor Award for his role in "Chinese Partners", and he won the Best Actor Award again this year.

"Four Days and Nights" won the Best Feature Film Award and won the Best Feature Film Award again this year.

It's no wonder people complain. If you are going to merge, just merge the rules and systems completely. Last year the Hundred Flowers Awards were held once, and this year the Golden Rooster Awards were held once again.

This is not a joke.

There is no way. The Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers are so abstract. No matter whether the public likes it or not, it is just willful.

Xue Xiaolu went to this award ceremony. She won the Best Director award for "Bouquet" and was in high spirits on the award stage.

On the brightly lit stage, she held up the trophy and gave a speech: "The principal and Tianxian were not here today, but I am still very grateful to them. I thank the principal for giving me such a good work and giving me a lot of help. I also thank Tianxian for her wonderful performance. Thank you!"

There was applause at the scene. This year's Jade Rabbit Award was not only the year with the most awards, but also the year with the most movies produced and the highest box office revenue.

At the beginning of this month, a movie called "Old Boy: Way of the Dragon" was released. Basically, there will be a movie released every month in the second half of the year.

This movie was very popular at the time because of the sentimentality it contained, namely the song "Old Boy" and the sentiment of the MV.

A new song has become popular, called "Opponent"!
Of course, you only listen to Chopstick Brothers' songs for the sake of novelty. You may think they are nice at the time, but you will soon forget them later.

The box office of this movie seems to be pretty good, having already exceeded 2 million yuan, but now the daily box office is only around a few hundred thousand.

But it is definitely profitable, the cost is only about 30 million.

It's still the same. Xiao Yang made basically all the mistakes that a new director would make. He was very childish, awkward and pretentious.

They say this is just a web drama, not a big screen production, and they are maliciously using sentiment to make money.

Anyway, the audience reviews were not good. Of course, there were also some good comments, saying that the movie was funny or something, and some said it was at least better than "The Good Wife".

This made Deng Chao feel very uncomfortable, but his filming was indeed very bad, so he couldn't blame others for saying that.

It is understandable for new directors, and only Yutu is willing to pay these new directors to practice, other companies do not have the courage to do so.

The current Golden Rooster Awards for Best Actor and so on cannot convince people. Not only can they not convince people now, they will not convince people in the future either.

Ren.com said: "The Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards were criticized, and the industry called for the domestic film festival selection to improve its quality!"

Some say that the Golden Rooster Awards process is too long, the techniques are haphazard and obviously artificial, making the judging of the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers awards become awards with unclear standards and no novelty.

In other words, the awards are haphazard, there are signs of human manipulation in the winning, and the standards are unclear.

Anyway, no matter what the outside world says, the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers will continue to do its own thing. It’s your business if you don’t like it.

During the National Day period at the end of the month, "My Lucky Star" entered its promotional period. Director Wen Muye and starring actors Zhang Songwen and Shen Teng traveled around to promote the show and appeared on TV shows.

This is the first time that Shen Teng has entered the public eye as a filmmaker. Before that, he had always been performing in sketches and dramas.

In an interview program, the host asked Wen Muye: "You use newcomers to shoot this movie, aren't you worried that the box office will not be good?"

“No one is successful from the beginning. I was also brought in by the principal as a newcomer. This was also the case for Guo Fan, Lu Yang, and Chen Sicheng.

The principal has always told us to give newcomers more opportunities and more tolerance.

For example, the recently released "Old Boy: Way of the Dragon" was also directed by a new director. It was his first time filming a movie. Although there were many shortcomings, the principal still gave him a chance to try. Only after trying can you know whether you can do it or not."

Wen Muye spoke very sincerely.

Shen Teng joked beside him, "Actually, I'm not a newcomer. I played supporting roles for many years before I filmed this movie. After so many years, it's finally my turn!"

Everyone else smiled, he has a pretty high EQ.

"So how did you get the leading role in this movie?" the host asked.

"I don't know either. I was totally confused when I received a phone call saying that the principal wanted me to play a role. I thought it was a scam, so I said, 'I have already graduated from elementary school, how old is the principal this year?'" Shen Teng's words made everyone present laugh. He was so bold.

It means "Principal", are you still alive? Of course, this is a joke.

However, Shen Teng is not very old now, about 35 years old, still looks very young, and his figure is not as fat as he later.

"What happened next? Did the principal know about this?" the host asked curiously.

"I don't know. I haven't told him."

When Shen Teng said this, he suddenly seemed to realize something and said, "This part should be cut out!"

"Hahaha."

(End of this chapter)