Huayu started as a substitute director

Chapter 541 Subtle influence

In the afternoon, there are some film screenings and exhibitions of film derivatives.

The films screened include both art films and commercial films, but most of them are well-known art films, such as "Eyewitness", "The Return", "The Grandmaster" and "Bouquet".

These films are both commercial in nature.

The derivative products exhibition just includes movie props and other things. It is difficult for real domestic films to have any derivative products, unless they are animated films.

These props also give people a new experience.

There are no such things as directors discussing the development of the film industry or roundtable meetings on the future of the film. These things are just like taking off pants to fart, and there is nothing to discuss.

What they always talk about are the same old topics like relaxing censorship and going global, which are just the wishful thinking of filmmakers.

As the red carpet time approaches, more and more people are coming to Galaxy International.

They wander around, carrying backpacks or taking photos. From time to time, you can see some celebrities or internet celebrities taking photos and checking in, and then uploading them online to increase their popularity.

Some big names also showed up one after another, including Zhang Hongsen, Zhang Huijun, and Li Xuejian, chairman of the Film Association.

The current chairman of the Film Association is not Chen Daoming, but Li Xuejian and Tang Guoqiang.

Due to their status and position, they were naturally accompanied by Fang Hong and Liu Tianxian, and they were talking and laughing.

"Xiao Fang, your film festival is so lively!" Zhang Hongsen saw a lot of people along the way when he came.

I also heard that there will be a lot of people attending.

"We also spent a lot of money on promotion, and also consumed some face and favors. But at the beginning, of course, we just focus on the excitement. Authority takes time to accumulate," said Fang Hong.

Zhang Hongsen nodded to show his understanding that those favors would have to be repaid in the future.

But there is no other way to do this. Some people cannot be hired with money. If they can come, it is because of the principal's face.

"If you do too well, how will the Golden Rooster Awards cope with the situation in the future?" Li Xuejian said whatever he thought.

If the Macau Film Festival is too successful, it will undoubtedly lower the popularity and authority of the Golden Rooster Awards. In the future, others will come here and will not go to the Golden Rooster Awards.

Of course, the Golden Rooster is not authoritative now and not many people go there.

"I'm not telling the Golden Rooster how to deal with it, I'm telling the Golden Horse how to deal with it. The Golden Rooster will just do it like this, the Golden Horse can still take its place." Fang Hong said directly.

"Hahaha, let's go to the film festival." Zhang Hongsen laughed and waved his hand to end the topic, indicating that they should go to the film festival.

We can't discuss this topic in depth. It's not good to discuss it in depth.

Liu Tianxian followed Fang Hong and just listened, without saying anything.

Several big shots went to the award ceremony in two cars, with black-clad bodyguards on both sides clearing the way, and stopped at the steps in the square.

Such a style naturally attracted the attention of the crowd. I wonder which big shot has come?

Apart from the red carpet of award ceremonies, where cars are waiting to pick up celebrities, there are no other cars driving in at this time. If there are any, then their status must be extraordinary.

It can be said that Fang Hong gave them enough courtesy.

The reporters were like sharks that smelled blood, and they immediately swarmed around with their cameras and even passers-by who came to watch the fun.

The first person to get out of the car was Fang Hong, and then he brought Liu Tianxian out. When the reporters saw these two, they immediately clicked the shutter to take pictures, with lights flashing continuously.

Those who got off the other car were Zhang Hongsen, Zhang Huijun, and Li Xuejian. The sharp-eyed reporters naturally recognized them and kept taking pictures.

The scene and pomp were just like a trip of national leaders.

After they got out of the car, the black security personnel separated the crowd in front and allowed the car to leave smoothly.

Because this place is lively and people heard that Liu Tianxian was there, more and more passers-by gathered there, surrounding her in three layers. Some people even held up their mobile phones to take pictures.

A reporter asked: "Principal, I heard that you are in charge of the Macau Film Awards Ceremony this time. How do you ensure fairness and justice?"

"Fairness and justice are not something I say, but something everyone says. After this award ceremony, everyone will have their own standards for comments and opinions," said Fang Hong.

"You have your own film and television company. How can you ensure that this film festival will not become an awards ceremony for Jade Rabbit films?" the reporter asked.

What this means is that this award is only given to Yutu films, and not to films produced by other companies.

"No, everything depends on the quality of the movie. The movie itself will speak for itself. There will be no inside information or tricks." Fang Hong answered with certainty.

Of course, this is what I say, but it is hard to say whether others believe it or not.

But someone will say it anyway.

"Director Zhang, do you think the Macau Film Festival will be like what the principal said?" A reporter turned the microphone to Zhang Hongsen.

“I can’t say anything right now, but I’m looking forward to it. I hope this film festival will be well organized,” said Zhang Hongsen.

"Chairman Li Xuejian, what is your mentality for attending this film festival?" the reporter asked.

"I hope to see a fair and just film festival, and I also hope that our country's film industry will prosper." Li Xuejian is always so politically correct in public.

Saying this is also powerful.

"Are you dissatisfied with the fact that the Best Actor award was given to Wen Zhang at the Golden Rooster Awards two years ago?" the reporter asked.

"No, no, no."

Li Xuejian quickly denied it and said again: "Every competitor was excellent. I believe the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Organizing Committee has given it full consideration."

This is a more tactful way of saying it so as not to offend anyone.

At the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards two years ago, there were ten candidates competing for Best Actor: Fang Long, Simon Yam, Chen Daoming, Winston Chao, Aaron Kwok, Huang Lixing, Liu Ye, Chen Kun, Li Xuejian, and Wen Zhang.

However, this award was won by the article "Ocean Paradise", while all the others failed miserably.

Of course, many people did not attend the award ceremony. Li Xuejian did go and competed with "Yang Shanzhou", but he did not win. Anyway, it was quite abstract.

No matter how high your status is, you will not be given what you deserve. Next year, you will be fooled by Bai Yulan again.

The reason is that in the selection of the 21st Magnolia Awards, one of Li Xuejian's works did not even receive a nomination. It was a long shot of an old father suffering from Alzheimer's disease who stubbornly wanted to drink.

Ironically, Huang Lei, who played his son, won the Best Actor award.

Li Xuejian's wife was not happy about this, so she stood up to denounce Bai Yulan, saying that she did not give her husband respect. The outside world was also full of doubts and abuse.

But the nominations have already been announced, and it is impossible to include this person in the list. In fact, the matter has come to this, and it ends here.

But Magnolia Awards did something weird and set up a special Outstanding Contribution Award, and specifically named Li Xuejian as the one to be awarded.

This move made it difficult for Li Xuejian to accept the award or not.

If he accepts the award, people will say he is a hypocrite, and that he has been complaining for a long time just to get the award; if he doesn't accept it, and he has caused such a big fuss, it will be very difficult anyway.

But this is the reality. It's not a fair competition, it's just like a commendation meeting.

It’s no wonder that the Golden Horse Awards have always been a benchmark, it’s simply because the opponents are too weak.

The reporter interviewed Li Xuejian, then handed the microphone to Zhang Huijun and asked, "Principal Zhang, what do you think of the film festival organized by the principal this time?"

"I am very proud that our Beijing Film Academy has such an outstanding student. I hope he can keep his original aspiration in mind and forge ahead." Zhang Huijun is very optimistic.

The arrival of these people can be said to have added a level of improvement to the film festival, giving it a more professional feel.

After all, these people are all authoritative figures.

After the interview, they stood together and took a group photo. Liu Tianxian stood beside Fang Hong, one hand on his shoulder, with a graceful figure, wearing a dress. The photo was frozen, and such photos were naturally uploaded to the Internet, and pictures and texts were transmitted in real time.

Seeing Liu Tianxian first taking photos with government officials and now taking photos with such an authoritative person, her fans also felt honored.

However, passers-by are indifferent. They just feel that Liu Tianxian has changed. They don’t know where she has changed, but they feel that her status is getting higher and higher. This is a subtle influence.

It feels like he is no longer on the same level as the average young starlets, as they only interact with officials and authoritative figures in the film and television industry.

Those stars are still spinning in circles.

Zhang Hongsen and his colleagues were arranged to stay in a lounge, where they were greeted by a special person and waited for the film festival to begin.

People like them don't walk the red carpet, they can just go directly to the award ceremony venue.

They can't pose on the red carpet like celebrities.

After settling them down, Fang Hong and Liu Tianxian went to pick up another important person.

Liu Tianxian asked: "Who are you picking up this time?"

"Global CEO, Donna." Fang Hong said.

Donna arrived last night and was placed in the Willis Hotel to adjust to the jet lag.

I stayed in the same hotel as Fang Hong and the others.

"Oh, dear Hong, I haven't seen you for a few years, and you are still so handsome." When Donna saw Fang Hong, she gave him a warm hug.

He still looks the same, with a typical Western face and a head full of hair like the snakes on Medusa's head.

"Thank you. You are the second person in the world who compliments me on my handsomeness." Fang Hong joked.

"Oh, who's the first one?" Donna wondered.

"She's the one next to me, and now she's my wife." Fang Hong introduced Liu Tianxian.

Liu Tianxian kept smiling and greeted, "Hello, Mr. Tang."

"Your wife is so beautiful, like an angel, and she has good taste just like me."

Donna's words made Fang Hong and Liu Tianxian laugh. She was also very humorous.

"Thank you, Mr. Tang." Liu Tianxian nodded.

"Let's go, let's go to the film festival." Fang Hong gestured.

"Is it starting now?" Donna asked.

"Not yet. Now that you're a big shot, how can you not show your face to everyone and support my film festival? Right?" Fang Hong said it very directly, but in a humorous tone.

"Hahaha, then I'll go take a look." Donna laughed to show her understanding.

The presence of someone like her can add some internationality and international buzz to the film festival, and everyone who sees her will look up to her.

If you don't go around and show your face, you'd be at a loss.

The main thing is that I don’t know whether Emperor Gong has come. He is so mysterious and hasn’t said whether he will come or not.

Fang Hong didn't call her either. It was enough to just notify her. It was her business whether she came or not. Calling her all the time to urge her made him seem low-class.

The three of them still went to the award ceremony in a car, with two rows of black-clad bodyguards leading the way, and they still stopped at the steps in the square.

This style is still very grand and still attracts the attention of the people in the square. I wonder which big shot has come?
Only in this way can we attract people's attention.

The three people got off the car one after another, and some sharp-eyed people recognized it as Donna, the CEO of Global.

This is inevitably surprising. It is understandable that the previous few people came to participate in this film festival, after all, it is within the scope of business. However, the appearance of Universal CEO Donna is a bit unusual.

It can be said that this has added some international character to the Macau Film Festival, and its level has been infinitely raised.

I didn’t expect that such an inconspicuous film festival would have so many big names, including such a big name.

After all, they are one of the Big Six in Hollywood, and their status is higher than any other filmmaker in China.

"Ms. Donna, may I ask why you came to participate in the Macau Film Festival?" a reporter asked hurriedly while holding the microphone.

The rest was still unclear, but reporters who heard about such a big shot all swarmed in and surrounded the place, making it even bigger than the previous one.

Two security guards protected them in the middle to avoid being rushed by reporters.

Reporters don't care about all that. They just pick up their cameras to take pictures and hold their microphones to interview you, almost wishing they could stick them in your face.

Even some passers-by were surprised when they heard about it. It seemed a bit arrogant for such a big shot to participate in their Chinese film festival.

Donna stood in the middle, Fang Hong and Liu Tianxian stood on both sides.

"I am here at the invitation of Mr. Fang. Mr. Fang has always been a filmmaker I admire very much and has been my partner for many years," Donna responded.

"So, do you have a good personal relationship with Mr. Fang?" the reporter asked for gossip.

"Yes, we are good friends." Donna said.

After hearing this, there was a commotion among the reporters. They didn't expect that the principal had such a great influence that he could invite the CEO of Global.

They thought they were invited by Macau officials.

“So, when you come to the Macau Film Festival this time, will you purchase some domestic films for international distribution? Promote Chinese-language films?” the reporter asked.

"Chinese-language films have always performed very well in the international market. Take Big Hero 6 for example, it can be said to have created a box office miracle.

Although it was an animated film, it just proved that Chinese-language films have huge market potential and audience internationally.

If I see a good Chinese-language movie this time, I will choose to buy it.”

Donna first praised the Chinese-language films and then expressed her intention to buy them.

After all, in such an occasion, she must show off. Since she is here, she must buy some movies to take back. If she doesn’t, the principal probably won’t let her leave.

This was the unspoken rule we had agreed upon at the beginning. We had to buy a certain number of copies to give the principal face.

"We noticed before that Universal has also released several movies starring Liu Tianxian. Will you cooperate with Liu Tianxian in the future?" the reporter asked.

It means that "Lucy 1" and "Now You See Me" were both released overseas by Universal.

"I have also noticed Miss Liu's performance in the film industry. She can be said to be a very good actor. If there is a suitable film project and role, I think there will be cooperation." Donna said.

"What about you, Tianxian? Have you ever thought about cooperating with Universal?" The reporter turned the microphone to Liu Tianxian again.

"I am looking forward to working with Universal. Of course, as Mr. Tang said, it depends on whether the role is suitable." Liu Tianxian did not shy away from this.

If the role is not suitable, such as being a vase or being too revealing, she will not accept it.

It’s not that Hollywood hasn’t approached her, there have been some, but those roles were all too pornographic, with either stripping or exposing themselves, and also having sex.

Westerners are rather wild in this regard, and she can't accept it.

Of course, if it is a serious role, not a villain, she would still accept it. But if it is a villain, she would have to consider that she is Chinese after all, and playing a villain would hurt national feelings.

After the interview, Fang Hong, Liu Tianxian and Donna gave a thumbs up and took a group photo.

(End of this chapter)