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

Chapter 484 goes down in film history and becomes a classic!
As the host was announcing the show, several bright lights shone towards the guest seats.

As soon as the voice fell, Xia Yu stood up.

While waving to the surroundings, he walked towards the platform in front.

There is also a smaller circular platform in front of the platform.

Xia Yu stood on the stage and waved. His figure was the only one left on the big screen at the back.

Along the way, the host introduced the achievements, influences and comments of "Sunny Days".

At the same time, under the prompting and guidance of the personnel arranged in advance, shouts rang out from all directions:

"It will go down in film history and become a classic!"

At first, the audience was not very experienced, but they soon became familiar with it.

The sound became uniform and rumbling like the roar of mountains.

“It will go down in film history!”

“Achieve a classic!”

This is a cheer from the whole world!

Many celebrities in the guest seats stared at the current scene intently, feeling the tremor from the depths of their hearts:
This is what a man should do!

This is the direction we are pursuing!

It lasted about 5 seconds, and under the guidance of the staff, Xia Yu sat down on the chair on the large round table at the back.

At the same time, the lights under the seats lit up, like stars.

The whole process takes about 20 seconds, which is both grand and simple.

Feng Xiaogang felt so uncomfortable when he saw Xia Yu's glorious appearance.

At first I was worried that I wouldn’t even make it into the top 200, but looking at the results, it was actually much better than I expected.

But this good thing is worse than nothing.

"Party A and Party B" ranked 103rd, just a little short of entering the top .

The key point is that "Sunny Days", Jiang Wen's directorial debut, is exactly ranked 100th.

With the movie "The Devils" in front, even Xia Yu can stand out.

This is so annoying.

He was depressed for a long time at that time, and now when he saw this at the scene, his head was buzzing.

After Xia Yu received the applause, Zhu Jun began to announce his next work.

"The 99th classic in the history of movies: God of Gamblers."

Wang Jing stood up to welcome the flowers and applause.

After that, filmmakers who have left their mark in film history stood up one by one to accept the honor on behalf of past classic works:

Chungking Express - Lin Qingxia
"Wreath on the Mountain" - Tang Guoqiang
No One Left Behind——Zhang Weiping
Once Upon a Time in China - Guan Zhilin
The Wedding Banquet - Li An

……

Police Story - Van Loong

Qiu Ju Goes to Court - Gong Li

Shaolin Temple - Jet Li
"Havoc in Heaven" - Qian Jianfei
……

A Chinese Ghost Story——Cheng Xiaodong
Your Name——Liu Qianqian
Infernal Affairs - Liu Weiqiang
……

The further you go, the more important the names called out become.

By the time the top ten were seated, the only seats left on the round table were the five outer corners of the five-pointed star and the five seats in the center.

Li Xuejian and Liu Qianqian, who are related to Chen Linfeng, have already come on stage.

"Sunset" has never been called by name, yet it is ranked in the top ten.

Then, No. 7, “Days of Being Wild”, Wang Jiawei came on stage wearing sunglasses.

In sixth place, the host Xiao Sa read out the name of "Sunset".

If it's not my turn, I'll really start to wonder if something went wrong.

Chen Linfeng took a deep breath, straightened his clothes, stood up and walked out.

After cheering for more than half an hour, the audience and fans were already a little tired.

Seeing Chen Linfeng appear at this time, he gathered his last strength and shouted at the top of his lungs.

Standing on the stage and welcoming the cheers, Chen Linfeng couldn't help but feel an inexplicable shudder.

During an inspection before, he had stood up and tried it himself, but at that time he didn't think there was anything special about it.

But this time it feels completely different.

After the first twenty, the procedure is slightly different.

There was a process of coming down from the stage and walking around the round stage at the back to receive greetings from the audience.

After walking around, Chen Linfeng sat down at the top corner of the five-pointed star.

The people next to me happened to be people I was familiar with, Jiang Wen and Liu Xiaoqing.

The two of them took the stage with "The Devils" and "Furong Town" respectively.

Jiang Wen leaned close to his ear and said something, but he couldn't hear clearly.

Cheers rang out again, and it was Zhang Yimou waving at the front desk.

"To Live" was ranked 5th.

Following closely behind is "Farewell My Concubine" at No. 4.

The third is "Spring in a Small Town".

The second one is "The Battle of Shangganling".

The first one is undoubtedly the first movie produced in China, "Dingjun Mountain".

At this point, all the five-pointed stars on the stage have lit up.

Among them are seniors with outstanding achievements, internationally renowned stars, internationally renowned directors, legendary actors of the past, and stars who are still working hard today.

Each person represents a piece of history and is a medal of Chinese-language films.

The camera was lifted in the air by a jib, capturing the one hundred medals in the lens, forming a palace created by the century-long history of Chinese-language films.

The audience in the surrounding auditorium and the guest artists in the guest seats stood up and applauded.

The applause resounded through the air and lasted for a long time.

The entire celebration lasted for more than an hour and finally came to an end.

After the show, the filmmakers returned to their seats.

Everyone was still immersed in the emotions that had just occurred, and didn't even pay much attention to what the host on the stage was saying.

Chen Linfeng still forced himself to listen.

Previously, the Golden Rooster Awards were given for Best Cinematography, and after that came the Best Supporting Actor and Best Lead Actor awards.

As expected, no one has ever heard of the names of the works that won these awards.

Even some of the actors who came up to receive the awards were strangers to me.

The audience’s voices have just become hoarse from shouting, so they can take a break now.

But the previous passionate segment suddenly became dull here.

It's really weird.

In particular, Chen Linfeng calculated that among the many films that had been nominated, almost each one won one award.

"Aftershock" won two awards, one for Best Art and one for Best Music.

He guessed that Feng Xiaogang would not be happy about this.

"Your Name" was originally very outstanding in terms of art and music, but it only won the Best Screenplay award before.

Chen Linfeng was actually a little dissatisfied.

Trying to balance things this way really makes no one happy.

Now it was time to present the Best Director award.

The award presenter was Zhang Yimou. He opened the envelope and said slowly, "Your Name, Chen Linfeng."

Hearing this name, everyone's spirits perked up again.

A long time ago, the media had been hyping up Xu Ke and Chen Linfeng, both of whom were only one Golden Rooster Award away from winning the domestic triple gold grand slam.

As a result, "Shendu Dragon King" was not shortlisted at all, leaving only Chen Linfeng.

Before the award ceremony, some media also talked about this matter.

At least now there are grand slam directors.

What’s more interesting is that he is the first director in China to win the Golden Globes.

It was actually Chen Linfeng who pioneered this.

Chen Linfeng calmly expressed his gratitude for the award on the stage and soon came down.

Everyone expressed their understanding, saying that it was normal to enter the sage moment after just going through such an exciting stage.

But when it came to the subsequent Best Feature Film Award, Chen Linfeng felt a little uncomfortable when he went on stage to present the award to "Flying".

It's strange that a movie that almost no one has seen won an award.

Screenwriter Liu Jianwei, who spoke as a representative, also excitedly gave an 8-minute speech.

The host reminded them several times but it was of no use.

The silence of the guests in the audience and the surrounding audience formed a sharp contrast.

This year's Golden Rooster Awards ended in such a strange atmosphere.

After the award ceremony, reporters still focused on the superstars.

The interviews were almost all conducted by staring at them.

Of course, during the interview, I also forgot to ask about her thoughts on this year's Golden Rooster Awards.

All the bigwigs were full of praise for this segment of the century-old classics in film history.

Some artists who received cheers from tens of thousands of people on the stage still couldn't hide their excitement when they talked about it.

It’s a bit difficult to comment on the Golden Rooster Awards ceremony.

Those who are particular will find a way to bypass it.

But some people who were more straightforward said, "This year's Golden Rooster Awards is like a snake with a head and a rat with a tail and a dragon with a body. Only the middle part is exciting."

Feng Xiaogang even started cursing.

Not making it into the top 100 was bad enough.

The Golden Rooster Awards organizing committee also played a big joke on him.

“It’s ridiculous that films that have never been heard of and some of which have not even been released have won awards.

I would rather you give all the awards to Your Name. Xiao Chen shot better than me, I admit that, what do the others matter?"

The reporter's eyes lit up and he fanned the flames, "You mean, you only admire Your Name and other movies are not worthy of the award?"

"Yes, that's what I mean!"

Feng Xiaogang said seriously, "Last year, everyone said that Chinese-language films had a big explosion. In my opinion, only the Golden Rooster Awards failed to explode. They still look like they can't be saved. They are so bad every year, which has dragged down the development of domestic films."

This issue was also mentioned to Chen Linfeng during the interview.

"What do you think of this year's Golden Rooster Awards ceremony? Did it meet your expectations?"

Chen Linfeng still looked calm. "I can only say that the 100-year-old classics in film history that I had access to in advance were good, and they met my expectations. As for the other aspects, they had nothing to do with me, so I guess they met other people's expectations."

"Do you think other award presentation sessions are not possible?"

"It's really not good."

Chen Linfeng stopped pretending and said bluntly, "I think the Golden Rooster Awards, as the highest-level award in the mainland, has not played the role it should have. In this regard, the organizing committee has not done its job well."

The reporter continued to ask, "What role do you think the Golden Rooster Awards should play?"

"First of all, an award should be fair and just. In previous years, they kept giving out double yolks, and after being criticized by the outside world, they changed to another outrageous direction this year, and became a balance.

The result is that tonight, a bunch of unknown movies were awarded. "

Chen Linfeng frowned, with a hint of anger in his calm expression, "What does the organizing committee think of us filmmakers?

After working so hard to make a movie, I didn't get the fair treatment I deserved.

Yes, after I finish making a movie, I can get a lot of box office revenue and have already made a profit. But what about those excellent low-budget movies?
Perhaps they just need a fair Golden Rooster Award to give them encouragement and affirmation, so that the audience will know about the film and go to the cinema to watch it.

The box office has grown, we've made some money, we've survived, and we've continued to make better films, and this has formed a positive cycle for domestic films."

He sneered, "Now, the Golden Rooster Awards has been unfair for a long time, and everyone knows that it is like this. No one believes that the niche films it selects are excellent.

This cycle, which was supposed to work, didn't work from the beginning!"

When Chen Linfeng was being interviewed, there were some filmmakers standing around him.

They all heard Chen Linfeng's impassioned speech and felt deeply resonated with it.

The industry has suffered from the Golden Rooster Awards for a long time.

The crowd gradually gathered and listened to Chen Linfeng continue speaking.

"Boosting box office is one thing, but the Golden Rooster Awards are not up to par in terms of guiding the development of the cultural industry and the creation of outstanding films.

The box office is the audience voting with their feet, while awards should reflect the pursuit of artistry by industry professionals.

The two work together to guide everyone in the direction of being both artistic and popular.

But now, we are lacking in awards.

The Golden Rooster Awards enjoys the expectations and support of the whole society. With so many mainland filmmakers, it is natural that they will cheer for it. But now it is not as good as the Golden Horse Awards. Such a..."

As Chen Linfeng was speaking, he started to mumble and was about to say something discordant.

Fortunately, Sister Mei was right next to us, and she coughed hard.

Chen Linfeng changed the subject immediately, "This award cannot be won by the Golden Horse Awards alone, the Golden Rooster Awards should play the important role of leading the trend of Chinese-language films.

It is its natural responsibility to become the highest award in the Chinese language.

Instead of being like now, neither high nor low.

The awards at this biennial gala are unfair and unjust, causing many artists to no longer want to attend the Golden Rooster Awards ceremony.

I think the organizing committee has a lot of responsibility.”

These words were like launching a general offensive, which aroused great recognition from the surrounding celebrities, artists and filmmakers.

When other media reporters interviewed them, they didn't dare to say big words, but they could still follow Director Chen and make a few small complaints.

Including other great directors, Zhang Yimou, Jiang Wen, Chen Kaige, Xu Ke, Wang Jiawei...

Everyone has talked about the current problems of the Golden Rooster Awards to a greater or lesser extent.

Among them, Zhang Yimou and Jiang Wen spoke particularly harshly in order to support their younger brother.

Not to mention Feng Xiaogang, he was the first to fire the criticism.

Of course, after Chen Linfeng was interviewed, the focus was on him.

Previously, in several rounds of meetings on the 100-year classics in film history, many directors had complained about the Golden Rooster Awards at the meetings.

Tonight, there is a huge gap between the Golden Rooster Awards ceremony and the century-old classic ceremony in film history.

You know, the selection of the top 100 classics in film history involves all the movies of the past 100 years.

It was so grand and well-known.

How much friction and intrigue are involved?
However, judging from the final result, it was at least as fair and just as possible.

Chen Linfeng himself said that he would not look at the results, and he did not do anything shady from beginning to end (he did canvass for votes), and he also tried his best to prevent others from interfering.

None of Feng Xiaogang's films made it into the top 100, and one of them even ended up just over 100. He was just angry and depressed in his heart, and didn't think there was anything wrong with the selection itself.

In Hong Kong and Taiwan, many filmmakers who were excluded from the top 100 would say at most that the distribution of judges was unreasonable.

There is nothing bad to say about voting.

Simply because the organizers are fair and transparent, leaving no one to complain.

This in itself represents the people's support.

But what about the Golden Rooster Awards?
Just selecting the films from the last two years has caused such a mess that no one is convinced.

When comparing the two, everyone can see which one is better.

There were so many big stars attending this Golden Rooster Awards ceremony.

Because the program was so effective during those few hours in the evening, many people accepted interviews.

After Chen Linfeng and Feng Xiaogang opened fire, several big directors also said a lot.

Then, many celebrities and artists expressed their dissatisfaction without hiding it.

Artists from Hong Kong and Taiwan all felt that this year's Golden Rooster Awards were truly outrageous.

This time, the matter became a complete blast.

The media is not afraid at all. I will report whatever you say truthfully.

At this time, the turmoil caused by true reports is much more intense than that caused by rumors.

The party ended around 9pm, almost 10pm.

Around 10 o'clock, various reports were released one after another.

There are a large number of people on the Internet who are following the Golden Rooster Awards ceremony because they were unable to attend the ceremony.

Everyone was really excited when they saw the videos and live broadcasts of these century-old classics in film history.

Constantly discussing many classic ranking issues.

When many filmmakers who rarely appear on the screen appear, netizens are extremely enthusiastic.

After the official videos of the V site are released, whenever familiar stars appear, barrages of comments will fill the screen.

It became like a carnival.

"Xia Yu, this is a movie that you can eat until you grow old."

"Fuck, Lin Qingxia, my goddess!"

"Fang Long, a true international superstar!"

"Princess Sissi, the best heroine!"

"..."

But then, after the party ended and various media interviews were released, the focus of public opinion was different.

"Oh my god, this year's Golden Rooster Awards has angered the public."

"It was so hard to invite so many celebrities, but in the end it became a death warrant. Ha, they really deserved it."

"It's true that all the winners are movies I don't recognize. Can anyone tell me what these excellent works are?"

“No matter how good it is, can it surpass movies like The Ugly Duckling, Taken, and The Founding of a Republic?”

"Fang Long, Li Lianjie, Ge You, Zhou Runfa, Gong Li, Zhang Manyu... all mentioned this year's Golden Rooster Awards. Oh my god, they are really famous."

"That's nothing. There are also Zhang Yimou, Chen Linfeng, Jiang Wen, Feng Xiaogang, Chen Kaige, Xu Ke, Wang Jiawei..."

"Upstairs, you two are ordering the dishes."

"..."

As soon as Chen Linfeng, Liu Qianqian and their group returned to the hotel, Han Shanping called them non-stop.

"Xiao Chen, this matter has really gotten out of hand this time."

"Are you talking about a century-old classic in film history? Isn't it better to make more noise?"

"Don't be so evasive. I'm talking about this. I'm talking about the Golden Rooster Awards!"

Han Shanping's voice rose several decibels, then calmed down.

"Xiao Chen, do you have any ideas? If so, don't keep them to yourself. Let's discuss it together. I can't stand your sudden attack."

Chen Linfeng laughed, "What else can I think? I just hope that the Golden Rooster Awards can be changed. Which of us filmmakers hasn't thought about this?"

"Are you serious?" The voice on the other end of the phone suddenly became serious.

"Tonight is the beginning."

"No wonder, no wonder,"

Han Shanping murmured, and then he calmed down completely and asked,
"You can tell me what you think now. I will try my best to help you. Just like you said, we all want to change it. Today, we really have to change it."

Chen Linfeng paused, "The Golden Rooster Awards have had too many problems since their development. It is almost impossible to change them based on their original foundation. There are too many obstacles, so we can only start from scratch."

"Starting a new business, how can it be possible... Oh, so that's how it is."

Han Shanping suddenly realized, "You gathered a group of people to organize the '100 Years of Film History Classics' selection for this purpose?"

The more he thought about it, the more interesting it seemed to him, "Yes, there is an organizer, principles, guidelines and working methods, and the sponsors have all been found.

They also brought along the Film Association and the Cultural Association, both of which are Golden Rooster Award winners, to join in the fun. This time, the selection of the "100 Years of Film History Classics" set a great example.

Everything is now in place.”

Chen Linfeng was a little skeptical. Did the other party really not see through his purpose?
After Aunt Tie’s reminder, he really didn’t dare to underestimate these elites who mixed in the system.

Han Shanping had been involved in the selection of "100 Years of Film History Classics" many times before, so he didn't believe that there was no guesswork.

But at this point, there's no point thinking about anything else.

Chen Linfeng said, "Although the preparations have been completed, we still need the approval of the higher-ups. We need to convince the leaders and not let the opposition voices be too sharp."

"It's easy to talk to the leader. Now we have made a good start. I will go to the leader of the Film Bureau to do some work. Don't you know Tie Zong? She is also a big shot and knows more people than me. It shouldn't be a big problem."

Chen Linfeng complained in his heart, "You are so concerned at this time, it's really a coincidence."

However, this job was originally assigned to Han Shanping.

His position is the most suitable.

In addition, there is Aunt Tie, which was also planned in advance.

"Okay, tomorrow I'm going to visit Aunt Tie with Xixi. Mr. Han, please come with us. We can talk in detail then."

"Then it's settled."

At the same time, the Golden Rooster Awards Organizing Committee also learned the news.

Late in the evening, Kang Jianmin, the director of the organizing committee and deputy of the Film Association, held a meeting with a group of organizing committee members.

"Not long ago, many famous film practitioners pointed out some shortcomings of the Golden Rooster Awards, which means that we have not done our job well.

I don't mean to criticize anyone, but now that the people have spoken out, we must always respond and handle it properly.

Let's all share our opinions. "

There was a moment of silence in the conference room.

"Old Wang, you speak." Kang Jianmin directly assigned someone.

"I think someone is up to something. When they wanted to hold this 100-year film history classic, I felt it was not right.

They insist on breaking away from us and organizing their own people to do it. Any discerning person can see what this means.

Look, now the general attack has begun, this is like turning the table over."

As soon as Lao Wang started talking, everyone started talking immediately.

"Yeah, this is going to overturn our rice bowl. We even gave him a big prize, is this how you repay us?"

"I think we have to fight them."

Obviously, there are more than one or two people who can see Chen Linfeng's intention.

After tonight, it will be completely clear that we are determined to fight them.

Kang Jianmin lit a cigarette and listened silently to the discussion of the organizing committee.

He glanced out the window.

The night outside is somewhat dark.

(End of this chapter)