Huayu: As a child star, I just want to be famous

Chapter 173 The Power of Oscar
It seemed to feel even colder, so Shi Xiaolong got out of bed, turned on the air conditioner and raised the temperature a little.

Chen Linfeng hates the dry feeling brought by air conditioning, so he usually doesn't turn on the air conditioner when sleeping.

"Then you should pay more attention to the work of directors. Maybe you will have the opportunity to become a director in the future."

Shi Xiaolong quickly shook his head, "I can't do that. I don't have that ability."

For him, being a director is still a very high-end profession that not everyone can become.

Chen Linfeng didn't persuade him much. When anyone can become a director in the future, Xiaolong will naturally be tempted.

In later times when orthodox martial arts films became a scarce commodity, Bruce Lee could find a good script and shoot it according to it. As long as the action scenes were exciting enough, they could attract the audience's attention, just like Xie Miao.

He took note of this and planned to guide the child slowly in the future.

That night, the two chatted until very late. As a result, the next day, when they wanted to sleep in, they were told that they were not allowed to sleep in on New Year's Day, otherwise it would be unlucky.

Chen Linfeng endured the day full of resentment, and it took him another two days to fully recover.

Just then, the Oscar nomination list was announced, and Chen Linfeng's "Wingless Bird" was successfully shortlisted for the Best Animated Short Film.

When Sister Mei called and told him the news, her voice was trembling.

"Xiaofeng, Oscar, this is Oscar!"

Chen Linfeng said helplessly, "Sister Mei, calm down. This is just an animated short film. Even if we win an award, it's not worth much. There's no need to get so excited."

Even so, he couldn't help but smile.

"Yes, yes, you calm down, I'm the only one who can't keep calm." Sister Mei said unhappily.

"I won't talk to you anymore. I have to deal with the media first."

Although it is the Chinese New Year now, public opinion has still caused a stir.

Media covering film, television and entertainment reported on the news as soon as possible as if it were no Chinese New Year.

"Chen Linfeng's work has been shortlisted for the Oscars and may win the first Oscar for mainland China"

"Analyzing the possibility of Chen Linfeng winning an Oscar"

"Why the award that Lao Mouzi couldn't get is about to fall into the hands of a student director"

Well, not only did they decide the result for him in advance, but they also praised one and criticized the other, worthy of being in the entertainment news industry.

The news spread even faster on the Internet and caused a sensation.

"What's going on? Why is it Oscar all of a sudden? Is Xiao Chen trying to make trouble?"

"Isn't it enough for a relationship to win a Silver Lion?"

"I want to know what Director Zhang feels now."

"Don't believe what the entertainment tabloids say. You haven't even received the award yet."

Chen Linfeng gave the network team tasks early on, asking them to surf the Internet at home and try their best to suppress the comments that were about opening champagne in advance.

Not to mention the chance of sudden death if you open champagne at halftime, just being too arrogant at this time and not getting it will cause backlash if you fail to get it.

But how can such a thing be suppressed? Fans of Chen Linfeng online, whether they are fans of the book or the drama, are promoting it crazily.

Other passers-by, thanks to Chen Linfeng's long-standing genius personality, couldn't help but believe that Xiao Chen might really make history.

Many people in the industry couldn't help it and called Chen Linfeng.

"Brother Xiao Ming, it's too early to be happy now since nothing has happened yet."

This is to congratulate in advance.

"Hey, Mr. Wang, it's okay. The PR company will help you with everything. I don't have to do anything."

I'm here to ask if you need help.

"No need, no need. Let's talk about the details when we get back to school." He was trying to get close to her.

Chen Linfeng was annoyed, but he had to answer the phone. After all, those who knew his private number were people with whom he had a good relationship.

The popularity inevitably spilled over, and Chen Linfeng’s two upcoming dramas became known to many people.

The last time this happened was before "The Lotus Lantern" was broadcast.

This time it was the director of "My Sassy Girl" who was given a surprise. The TV series was going to be broadcast after the New Year, but during the New Year, the male lead made big news.

This is really great news. The producer Huan Ya Video immediately took action, gathered together the employees of their company, and started the promotion and preheating directly on the Internet.

In fact, they had already started promoting the show on Mango TV, the premiere channel, years ago. Now, in order to take advantage of the popularity, they have increased their promotional efforts on the Internet.

Huan Ya Video also contacted Chen Linfeng and asked him to record another video and send it over as promotional material.

Of course that's where it ends.

Because on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, which was February 2, Chen Linfeng set off for Neon to attend the Akutagawa Prize ceremony.

He temporarily put the domestic commotion behind him.

Noma was still as enthusiastic as ever. He was a little surprised at the appearance of the young man in front of him. How come he became so handsome after not seeing him for a year?

However, the Japanese are still very strong both inside and out. No matter how turbulent their inner world is, it cannot be seen from the outside.

"Mr. Chen, long time no see." He bowed deeply.

It has been less than two years since he was promoted to deputy editor-in-chief. Now, with the retirement of the editor-in-chief, he has successfully taken over the position.

However, when he saw Chen Linfeng again, Noma did not show any complacency after his promotion, but became even more humble.

Neighbors don’t know yet that Chen Linfeng has been nominated for an Oscar.

After all, there is only an English work title written on the shortlist, and unless someone in the industry specifically verifies it, it is difficult to get relevant information about the author.

In China, it’s because the work Wingless Bird has won the Silver Lion Award and is quite famous, so when it came to the shortlisted works, I was the first person that came to mind.

Chen Linfeng asked Noma, "Do you have a good chance of winning this time?"

Noma patted his chest confidently and assured, "Mr. Chen, please rest assured that the works competing with you at the same time are too far behind "Her" and pose no threat at all."

Chen Linfeng glanced at the other person anxiously, wondering if he was trying to fool him. If he couldn't do it, he would just perform some traditional Japanese art and bow.

In fact, Noma was not bragging.

The current public opinion in the Japanese literary criticism circle is almost fanatical about the book "Her".

On the one hand, they feel ashamed that foreigners have insight into the chronic diseases and inherent phenomena of their own society.

On the other hand, because of Chen Linfeng's international fame, it is also a very proud thing for such a great writer to use the current social form of Japan as the future imagination in his works.

The interweaving of these two lines of thought led to the rise of national sentiment in Japan, and public opinion gradually leaned more towards the latter.

Chen Linfeng was in the hotel and was a little overwhelmed after reading the relevant newspaper comments.

What the hell is this? Can the Japanese stop applying everything to themselves? I clearly wrote it based on the future China.

It can only be said that the three East Asian countries have some similarities. Although their national characteristics and moral concepts are different, there are always some vague similarities in the things that appear on the surface.

For example, the development trend of feminist boxing, the overtime culture, and the generally relatively introverted personality.

After all, these are regions that are deeply influenced by Confucian culture.

Sister Mei also felt strange after reading these comments in the newspaper. When she read the book before, she did not feel that the description in the book had any similarities with Neon.

But looking at the comparisons made by these experts in the newspaper, there is indeed some connection.

(End of this chapter)