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

Chapter 482: Chen Linfeng is very popular

October 10th, this is two days before the Golden Rooster Awards ceremony.

After more than ten days, the public opinion storm surrounding Chen Linfeng's marriage finally died down.

Of course, it also gave way to bigger news.

The top 50 classics in the history of film has come to an end with the announcement of the top .

The rest will be announced at the Golden Rooster Awards.

Chen Linfeng's "Whiplash" remained at 93rd place, and "Your Name" was stuck at 51st place.

Only "Sunset" still has an unknown ranking, and it will have to be announced at the Golden Rooster Awards.

As the award ceremony approaches, media reports on the matter are becoming more frequent.

This year's Golden Rooster Awards has far greater influence than previous years.

The stars who are scheduled to attend the event are completely different from before.

Among the top 100 works, excluding those predecessors who have passed away, all the others have been confirmed to be here.

In addition, there were thousands of judges selected at the time, and most of the filmmakers were also invited.

This is a huge scene, even the Golden Horse Awards are far behind.

At this point, in the eyes of many people in the entire industry, including those from Hong Kong and Taiwan, this award ceremony can be regarded as a major official move.

It has strong political implications.

Not to mention attracting the best talents in the world, at least the intention is to boost the morale of the entire industry.

As the domestic film market is about to be liberalized, it is also a time when the potential of cinemas and box office are growing rapidly.

It is normal for there to be some new actions at the official level.

Many debate programs in Taiwan have talked about this year's Golden Rooster Awards, and believe that there are many profound meanings in them.

Although many people usually look down on the government, they are actually the most enthusiastic at times like this and want to show their loyalty no matter what.

In fact, at the beginning, Chen Linfeng thought this statement was pure nonsense.

How could he not know what was going on?

But in the last two months, things have really gotten out of hand.

From several exchanges with the China Railway Corporation, although the core personnel are still the same and various matters are still handled according to the past rules, there are more changes in other places.

The purpose of bringing in some association members and officials was to leave some peaches for people to pick.

As a result, these people have now been replaced by people I don’t recognize.

In addition, there are too many resources that can be mobilized.

The Sixth Princess opened two special topics and reported relevant information every day.

Not to mention the movie screenings, which are almost exclusively showing classic works in the history of film over the past century.

Among the other channels of China Central Television, Channel 1 has hosted a series of exclusive interview programs with famous directors.

Channel 4 invites retired seniors from the industry to tell stories related to past film history.

They are all cooperating invisibly.

Not to mention all other types of newspapers, magazines, and official media, which started a long time ago and have never stopped.

There are many bigwigs in the official circles who have written articles in support.

In this situation, no matter how stupid Chen Linfeng was, he knew that something must be wrong.

He specifically asked the China Railway Corporation how this happened.

"To put it bluntly, you guys did a good job and gave the higher-ups hope."

China Railway Corporation said, "Last year, the domestic film industry was thriving. It was not a lie. Leaders at higher levels saw it and they wanted to support and maintain this momentum.

In addition, you brought a group of people to fame overseas, from the TV series at the beginning to the movies now, and a series of global hits, which also shocked some people. "

Chen Linfeng asked in confusion, "But this has nothing to do with the selection of the 100-year film history classics, right?"

Mr. Tie on the other end of the phone chuckled, "Do you really think that others can't see your purpose?"

"Uh," Chen Linfeng touched his nose, "What did you see?"

"Have you been dissatisfied with the Golden Rooster Awards for a long time?"

"Look at what you said. If I don't like it, can I still combine this selection with the Golden Rooster Awards?"

"And then change the cage and replace the bird with the cuckoo?"

Chen Linfeng was now sure that the other party had seen through him, and for a moment he didn't know how to respond.

"In fact, I'm not the only one who noticed it. Some people in the cultural field also felt that it was wrong. They just helped out for your sake, Xiao Chen.

We all know you can't do anything bad, so if we let you do it, maybe there will be a good result."

Yes, it has to be these officials.

Thinking back to when I was young, it was definitely a good idea to stay out of the system. Most of the leaders I met over the years have a knack for this.

On the one hand, Chen Linfeng admired their good vision, but on the other hand, he was not very happy.

These smart guys do have some skills, but to say they are helping out, in reality they are just standing on the dry shore and shouting a few times.

If you think there is hope for success, just give it a push secretly. It doesn’t matter if it fails, it won’t have any impact on them anyway.

The same thing happened with the profit-sharing negotiations that Han Shanping and his team were conducting.

In fact, this should have been done by the higher-ups.

However, since he could see his purpose and then quietly put in effort from behind, we can't say that he didn't contribute.

Chen Linfeng still has to accept the favor.

Thinking about this, Chen Linfeng chuckled, "No wonder they say that talented people all become officials, because they can see farther and more clearly than others."

The China Railway Corporation scolded, "Don't say such weird things. There are indeed many constraints in the system. Although they have great power, it is really not as easy for them to promote some things as it is for you to do it."

She sighed, "What is a disciplinary official? That's it. There are not many strong people who can go beyond the ordinary situation in any industry.

As the country has developed to this day, it is indeed not easy to change many rules.

Only a genius like you, Xiao Chen, is qualified to do such a thing.

Otherwise, everyone will think, why is it you who comes and not me, and then bad things will start to happen.”

She seemed to be deeply touched, but later on, she felt like she was complaining, so she stopped immediately.

"Anyway, don't look down on your Aunt Tie. I can only be the cowardly person behind you."

"Auntie Tie, you're joking. Without your help in the beginning, I wouldn't have been able to accomplish anything."

"Alright, we're getting off track. It will take more than one or two days to achieve your goal. Let's wait until after the Golden Rooster Awards to discuss the details. Then you and Xixi can come to my house and sit down with us."

"That's great." Chen Linfeng agreed immediately.

This year's Golden Rooster Awards was held in Hefei. He and Liu Qianqian arrived here early and found a hotel.

When we arrived, it was exactly 6pm.

Fortunately, they booked the hotel early.

The arrival of so many filmmakers, coupled with some media reporters and fan groups who came to join in the fun, brought a considerable burden to the local area.

The more upscale hotels in the city are basically fully booked.

After they put their luggage away, Liu Qianqian excitedly wanted to take Chen Linfeng out for a walk.

"It's the night market now, how about we go and find some delicious snacks?"

"Not really, I feel more comfortable staying at home."

Liu Qianqian puffed up her cheeks and said, "You didn't even take me on a honeymoon, and now you won't even go shopping with me. Why do I feel like our marriage is as good as not being married at all?"

"Didn't you say you would wait for the Golden Rooster Awards? I'll take you out to play after the Golden Rooster Awards."

Chen Linfeng moved his hands twice, as if coaxing a child, and then continued to busy himself with his own things.

He recently found a novel that he had never read in his previous life and is now enjoying reading it.

In his words, this is called collecting materials.

Liu Qianqian was dissatisfied. She came up behind him and pounced on him, hanging herself on him.

"Stop it, hey, the phone is ringing."

Chen Linfeng signaled her to pause and picked up the call.

"Hello, who is it?"

A steady voice came, "Have you arrived in Hefei?"

"It's Brother Jiao, he just arrived..."

"You probably haven't eaten yet. We haven't been together for a long time. How about we go out and have a meal together?"

Chen Linfeng glanced at Xixi behind him and said, "Alright, Xixi, come with me. I'll go with her."

"That's a good feeling."

Chen Linfeng put away the phone and spread his hands to Liu Qianqian, "I'll fulfill your wish. Let's go."

……

The agreed location was a restaurant near Huaihe Road.

The most famous place around here is Li Hongzhang's former residence, which occupies half of the street.

After Chen Linfeng and Liu Qianqian got off the car, they could see it by just looking to the east.

Liu Qianqian was amazed, "It's such a big place, no wonder they say that the prime minister Hefei is the thinnest in the world."

Chen Linfeng smiled and said, "You also know this, it can't be underestimated."

Liu Qianqian wrinkled her nose, "You always look down on me. I know the second half of the sentence 'Si Nong Changshu Shixia Huang'."

"Awesome." Chen Linfeng praised sincerely.

The first sentence is more famous and can be found in history textbooks, but the second one is less common.

"You two are really interesting. You even want to discuss some historical knowledge."

Jiao Enjun was waiting outside to greet people and happened to hear the conversation.

"I'm just kidding," Chen Linfeng laughed and walked over to give her a hug.

He looked him up and down, and he still looked very handsome, except that his hairline was receding a little.

He couldn't help but sigh, "We haven't seen each other for a while."

"Yeah, I heard about your marriage some time ago, and I wanted to go to the banquet, but in the end I didn't have the chance." Jiao Enjun said with a slightly complaining tone.

"I'm sorry, my family doesn't want to make it too big. It would be embarrassing if we don't know who to invite from our circle of friends, so we just set up a table with our family."

He has been asked about this quite a lot recently, and by now he has developed a fixed pattern of answers.

When they walked into the restaurant, Zhao Feihong and Chen Chuang were standing in the lobby waiting for them. When they saw them, they immediately came up to them with a smile.

"Director Chen, Xixi, you are here."

"Why don't you just wait inside? Come on, let's go in first."

At a gathering like this, eating is secondary and chatting is the main focus.

Chen Linfeng asked about their current situation.

The good thing is that Zhao Feihong’s case has been settled.

As an actor who was harmed by short essays in the early days, there is finally a result now.

The parties involved in spreading rumors about him were ordered to pay more than 70 yuan in compensation, which can be considered as some punishment.

But Zhao Feihong was more affected. In the past few years, even with Long Lin's help, his production dropped significantly because he was distracted by the lawsuit.

In the past, he was a second-tier actor who could always play the leading role in some costume dramas at his peak.

Nowadays, it is almost impossible to get a number.

Zhao Feihong is only in his 30s, which should have been the most glorious time for an actor, but now it has been delayed because of things like this.

When the people present talked about it, they were all filled with sighs.

Zhao Feihong herself was somewhat unwilling.

However, when Chen Linfeng saw his expression, he felt that it was okay. At least he was not like in his previous life, where he became discouraged and directly retired from the circle.

As long as you still have the determination, have accumulated popularity in the past, and have your own abilities, it is not particularly difficult to become popular again.

The production of Longlin is gradually increasing now, and there is no shortage of opportunities.

In fact, Long Lin has really gathered quite a few male actors who were once popular in the past but are now gradually declining due to some reasons.

People like Yu Bo, Cao Jun and Xie Miao are now cooperating more with Long Lin.

In fact, Jiao Enjun is in a similar situation.

In the past, when costume martial arts dramas and mythological dramas were popular, they were the industry's top choice.

Nowadays, many companies in the industry have changed their direction to produce modern dramas, historical dramas, idol dramas, and fantasy dramas.

Those of them who are better at fighting are a bit out of place now.

I have to say that there may be some influence of Chen Linfeng here.

Apart from his early works "The Lotus Lantern" and "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang", his later hit dramas were either historical dramas, modern dramas or idol dramas.

This has led many domestic film and television companies to follow suit and shoot similar themes. Even the fantasy-themed dramas have been helped by the popular "Zhu Xian" in the past two years.

Now the second part of "Zhu Xian" has been filmed and it is still very popular.

Zhang Junning, Liu Shishi and Jing Tian were therefore promoted to first-line stars in TV dramas.

This has led many companies to adopt a follow-up strategy in topic selection.

The fantasy drama genre has already become very popular.

However, what makes "Zhu Xian" slightly different from the garbage ancient idol fairy tales that were later called garbage is that the special effects of "Zhu Xian" clearly surpass those of current TV dramas of the same period.

Another example is the case of “Your Name” earlier this year.

Many companies pay much more attention to special effects than in the past.

Big IP + good screenwriter + special effects have become the secret to success today.

The latter two are basically the distinctive features of Chen Linfeng's works.

Jiao Enjun, Zhao Feihong, Chen Chuang and others all sighed when they talked about this.

"Nowadays, many crews are shooting directly in front of a green screen, which requires people to imagine and make expressions. The acting lessons learned in school seem to be useless all of a sudden."

The person who said this was Chen Chuang, who graduated from Yanying Film Studio and could play any role. But nowadays, the green screen makes him a little overwhelmed and he feels like he can't use all his strength.

"Yeah, it's only been a few years, and it's already behind the times."

"But fortunately, the action film series that Xiaolong is working on now gives us room to perform." This is why Zhao Feihong is more confident.

Jiao Enjun nodded and said, "Yeah, there aren't many martial arts TV dramas anymore, so movies are a way out."

He is not an action actor, but he also faces difficulties.

The number of regular costume dramas is decreasing, and nowadays they all have some idol elements and require young actors.

Especially last year's "Palace" and "Scarlet Heart" gave the market a boost.

Fortunately, Long Lin is still there. Because of the relationship with Pingshi Film and Television City, they are shooting more costume dramas.

Screenwriters who collaborate more often are also relatively serious. Even a very cheerful historical drama like "The Glory of the Tang Dynasty" has elements of serious drama in it.

This also makes Longlin particularly special - they like to use old actors, or mature actors.

Therefore, it was once nicknamed the "old people's club" in the industry.

This is very different from other companies in the industry.

Other companies don't like to learn this from him.

They don’t have Long Lin’s ability, unlike them who can always produce hit dramas and now have a brand effect.

When they have an agency business, they are more inclined to cultivate new popular stars, who are actually idols.

Then you can enjoy dividends for several years.

The income is better than just making a drama, and it is more stable.

This leads to the fact that when they hire actors, they mainly hire actors from their own company, and the other actors are just supporting roles.

When it comes to script selection, idol dramas are often the main type of scripts, which focus on young people.

This trend is gaining momentum.

There is one group of companies that are learning from Longlin’s approach, and there is another group of younger companies.

There is also overlap between the two.

For this reason, many veteran actors like to work with Long Lin.

The market changes so fast that it is difficult for people to cope with the situation. However, there are still companies that appreciate them and give them room to display their talents.

Why does Long Lin, including Chen Linfeng, have such a good reputation in the circle?

In the process of selecting the classics in this century of film history, many people of the older generation were unable to get in on the fun.

They just made a few complaints through public channels and did not take any further extreme actions.

why?
There is a reason for this.

Every old guy in the circle has a large group of students, apprentices, relatives and friends.

Many of their descendants now rely on dragon scales for their livelihood, and in the future they may even have to rely on unicorns for their livelihood.

Regardless of anything else, Xiao Chen at least cares about those who have real abilities and will not blindly support newcomers.

They criticized Xiao Chen through various channels, but many of them were persuaded to go back by their relatives, friends and younger generations.

If Longlin does not engage in brokerage business, it will be able to maintain its current employment principles.

Their screenwriting is systematic and they are not keen on making idol dramas.

And the production of dragon scales is still increasing.

Due to various reasons, many mature actors in the past have high hopes for it and are full of goodwill towards it.

Even if you are a famous actor today, don’t you worry that one day you will no longer be popular and will have no food to eat?
It is indeed true that things are universally connected.

Chen Linfeng listened to a few people discussing there and drank his drink silently.

My thoughts just drifted a little far away, but now I have brought them back and am thinking about the issues regarding martial arts dramas that several people mentioned.

Although martial arts dramas would be in decline even without him, and would die a clean death.

But he is more or less an accelerator.

Besides, the problem is there, we can’t pretend not to see it.

He doesn't want these capable fighters to be left behind because of the evolution of the times.

Other types of mature actors can still make a living by starring in TV dramas.

Action actors are not good enough because they don’t have an advantage in acting and they are more professional.

Long Lin also had to consider market factors and has not filmed any martial arts dramas for several years.

Think about the years before he traveled through time, when all the fighting scenes were done in slow motion and there were few actors in the circle who could fight well.

Shi Xiaolong and Xie Miao, the two child stars back then, have become the only ones carrying the banner in action movies. Can you believe it?
In this case, we still have to rely on other methods.

After finishing the meal, on the way back, Liu Qianqian saw that he looked very worried, so she asked,
"What are you thinking about? You keep frowning."

"I wonder when TV viewers will start liking martial arts dramas or TV dramas with action elements again."

Liu Qianqian rolled her eyes. "You were the one who told me that as time goes by, girls are becoming the mainstream audience for TV dramas. Most of them definitely don't like fighting and killing."

"Yeah, they won't like this." Chen Linfeng murmured to himself.

"We can only find another way and open another track."

"How can we find a new way?" Liu Qianqian asked curiously.

"Keep it secret!"

Liu Qianqian: “…”

This year's Golden Rooster Awards not only have to carry out the normal award ceremony process, but the classic segment of film history is also of utmost importance.

Chen Linfeng arrived early because he also wanted to see how the organizing committee was preparing.

The organizing committee of the event not only includes the original Golden Rooster Awards staff, but also a number of people from this group have joined.

The entire process was carried out through discussion among everyone.

The organizing committee of the Golden Rooster Awards was very dissatisfied, but there was nothing they could do as not only those who were in charge came, but also a group of people with backgrounds.

They don't have to do anything. They just need to play to the strengths of the second generation and use their connections to exert pressure when things can't be negotiated.

It would certainly be unpleasant to be suppressed by people with connections, but it would be very happy if the people with connections are on your side.

When Chen Linfeng arrived, they were having a brief rehearsal.

A professional lighting technician and stage team went through the entire process.

He was standing below the stage watching. Professional teams are different, so he felt there shouldn't be any problems.

"Hello, Mr. Chen, this process should be more in line with your wishes."

Chen Linfeng turned his head and saw a middle-aged man in casual clothes, who looked to be around thirty or forty years old.

He understood and reached out his hand, "It's Mr. Ye, right?"

Ye Yunsheng smiled and said, "Just call me Yunsheng. I've always wanted to meet you, a great writer."

"They all have one head and two eyes. What's so good about that?"

"That's different. The things in our heads are not as valuable as what's in yours."

Going back to what the other party said just now, Chen Linfeng praised, "This set of activity procedures is really good, Mr. Ye, you really put in a lot of effort."

"No, this is all thanks to everyone."

When it comes to the second and third generations, Chen Linfeng already has sufficient communication experience.

He chatted with the other party slowly about the contents related to the event, but the topic was quite erratic.

From this he also knew some things about Ye Yunsheng.

He is interested in developing in the cultural field. According to him, this is just a temporary transfer to lend a hand.

Finally, Ye Yunsheng said,
"Mr. Chen, if you have any ideas, you can talk to me later. Maybe we just happen to have the same idea."

Chen Linfeng smiled and said, "What ideas can I have? Even if I really have some opinions or suggestions, I usually tell Aunt Tie first.

There are many things I don’t understand, maybe it’s just my naive fantasy that day, I always have to ask about the situation first.”

"Yes, this is a mature and prudent idea."

Chen Linfeng said he wanted to go somewhere else and left for the time being.

Ye Yunsheng stood there, watching the other person's receding back, silent.

"How about it, Brother Ye? Is this Director Chen, Writer Chen, a good person to talk to?"

"He's a nice guy, but he's a bit cautious and not very easy to work with."

(End of this chapter)