I was just thinking about taking the arts exam and you said I've been playing supporting roles

Chapter 255 The key to Venice Film Festival Best Actor!

June 2011, 6, Beijing Film Academy campus.

The set of "So Young".

"How many times do you think Brother Jin can pass this?"

Lin Genxin held the phone in one hand and asked Li Jiahang who was playing games enthusiastically next to him.

"Twice. I've observed that the probability of him failing once is quite high!"

Li Jiahang sat on his work box without even looking up. Nazha, who was putting on makeup, couldn't help but roll her eyes at the two of them: "You two are so boring. Learn from Brother Jie and read the script!"

Qin Junjie is the most serious guy in the crew. He holds a script every day and analyzes the characters.

"Tsk, how many lines do I have?"

"Besides, I'm acting in my true colors..."

Lin Genxin is quite shameless, bragging all the time.

The key point is that Li Jiahang also responded happily: "What a coincidence, me too!"

Nazha: “…”

It's really impossible to chat with these two guys. Apart from playing games, they just flirt with girls. Li Jiahang has a girlfriend, but Lin Gou is very busy.

Besides playing games, I also use my phone every day to check Weibo and chat with people nearby.

This app called Chatting with People Nearby is quite popular recently, and there are advertisements at bus stops and in subways.

The main reason is that Lei Jun can’t wait any longer.

The momentum of ChatLiao users has been growing rapidly in the past few days, faster than Chen Jin expected.

Chen Jin inferred the user growth based on WeChat's original trajectory, which showed an increase of 1000 million users in one month.

But in fact, the number of WeChat users increased from 500 million to 1500 million in just one month!
What is LiaoLiao now? Before, MiTalk had more than 1000 million users, and this one is obviously going to make a bigger splash.

Lei Jun is now afraid that Tencent will move too quickly, so he starts spending money on promotion to increase the number of users first.

Therefore, we have already started ground promotion in several first- and second-tier cities.

If things go well this time, the number of users may reach 5000 million in one month; if that happens, it will be difficult for WeChat to catch up.

So it is estimated that Xiaomi will be able to start by the end of next month

As for Didi's Series A financing, it was again led by IDG. Didi's current pre-investment valuation is US$5000 million. China Electronics Technology Group Corporation invested US$1000 million, accounting for nearly 14.3% of the shares.

IDG is still the largest shareholder at present.

These days, Chen Jin took some time out to ask Lao Chen to register a company legal person so that he could be sent to handle some small matters of the company in the future.

It’s not that Chen Jin wants his old man to take the blame, but he wants to find something for him to do.

Take a stroll around the company every day.

Of course, financing still needs to be done by him personally, along with the legal and financing teams.

The current personnel of the Electric Technology Company have also been adjusted accordingly. Chen Su, the founder of Weidefusi Culture, who was previously in charge of marketing, was poached by Chen Jin to his own company as the director of the marketing department.

This guy who graduated from Communication University of China is quite capable, and Chen Jin is quite optimistic about him.

The financial director is Guo Xun’s wife Sun Ran, and the financing team and general manager were recommended by Xiong Xiaoge.

Chen Kai, who previously worked at Qiming Venture Partners, graduated from the Finance Department of Renmin University. He has participated in many financing rounds and has rich venture capital experience.

And the team members who came with him.

In the future, he will be responsible for the Internet financing projects of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation; while Chen Jin will be mainly responsible for some film investments, which is the basic foundation of Film Science.

The next project they are responsible for is, of course, Xiaomi.

However, the less than 50 million yuan in the account of CETC will definitely not be enough for Xiaomi to raise funds next month, so either Xiong Xiaoge lends some to Chen Jin, or they mortgage the film projects that have not yet been released, such as "The Flowers of War", "Life Events", "So Young", etc., to the bank.

This interest rate is a bit high.

If the movie is released and the box office is good, there will be corresponding pledge products with low interest rates.

Chen Jin currently prefers to ask Xiong Xiaoge to borrow it, and he will definitely be willing to do so.

Among the three movies mentioned above, "So Young" will definitely make money. Even if it is a bad movie, Alibaba and Didi have invested in it and will promote it desperately.

So he is not afraid that Dianke will not be able to pay back the money.

As for the bank, Chen Jin would not think of this method unless it was absolutely necessary.

"Pass!"

"Next game!"

Guo Xun shouted with a loudspeaker that what Chen Jin and Zhu Yanmanzi had just filmed was a scene seen in school.

It is an outdoor scene.

Chen Jin was dressed simply, with the long hair of a college student ten years ago. She looked very reserved and calm, like a top student from a poor family. Zhu Yanmanzi, on the other hand, was much prettier, and also wore a wig.

The refreshing schoolgirl look with twin ponytails, this is what it means to act in her true self.

Soon, Chen Jin and Xiao Zhu finished filming the morning scenes.

"Let's eat, let's eat!"

Guo Xun was shouting as everyone took their lunch boxes from the crew and started eating.

Chen Jin came to Guo Xun carrying a stool.

"What's the matter? What instructions does the leader have?"

Normally, Chen Jin and Zhu Yanmanzi are very affectionate with each other every day, and they even eat together; Nazha feels so itchy just watching them, and is fed dog food every day.

Today he actually sat next to me.

Guo Xun obviously knew that Chen Jin had something to discuss with him.

"There's a screening of my new play this afternoon. Do you want to go?"

Chen Jin was talking while eating a lunch box.

Guo Xun chewed a mouthful of food, his cheeks puffed up, and after swallowing it, he blinked and said, "That Undertaker movie that hit Venice?"

Chen Jin told him.

"Yes, there will be a foreigner coming too. I'll introduce him to you then!"

"Go, why not go, what a great learning opportunity!"

Guo Xun didn't even bother to eat, and couldn't help asking, "Which foreigner? Have I heard of him?"

"I don't know, but he is one of the judges of this Venice International Film Festival!"

"Pull it over here and take up one vote first!"

"Hahahaha!" Guo Xun almost spit out his food.

This is something that Nortel can do.

First find out about the judges of this year's Venice Film Festival, build some connections, and then find someone you know to watch the movie first and use the back door.

The chairman of the Venice organizer, Ma, is a member of the group. There is a jury chairman and 6 judges. He will place 2-3 confidants among them to ensure that the awards are fair and to prevent the jury chairman from having the final say.

These are the default operations and unspoken rules of the three major film festivals.

Sometimes, when faced with a weak jury chair, three judges are enough to sway the vote.

In fact, the jury of this film festival is very carefully selected. They will definitely invite a heavyweight filmmaker from the industry to ensure that the film festival has sufficient exposure and global influence.

In addition, European filmmakers are definitely the backbone of film festival judges.

Filmmakers from Asia, Africa or South America also often take the seats.

In addition to traditional directors and actors, writers, film critics, musicians and producers also have the opportunity to serve on the jury.

During the more than ten days of the film festival, the judges will watch every film.

This is not an easy job, getting together every day to discuss the pros and cons of each movie.

The festival decides which films are selected for the competition, but they cannot influence the final decision of the jury.

What could go wrong here?

The judges come from different countries, cultural backgrounds, and even communicate in different languages. Normally, everyone communicates in English, but if your spoken English is not good enough and your ability to express yourself is not strong, it will naturally affect your voice in the review meeting.

But you say that the jury of a film festival can be impartial and selfless, which is impossible.

During the selection period, a strong judge may have a direct impact on the selection of the awards, and even overshadow the influence of the jury chairman, such as the most famous Cannes "loser", the maker of the Cannes Film Festival tragedy, the French Rose - Isabelle Adjani.

Cannes was almost ruined by the double-winner of Berlin and Cannes.

In 1997, she served as president of the 50th Cannes Jury.

During the selection process, Italian director Nanni Moretti completely sidelined the film through small moves and lost control of the jury.

Adjani originally hoped that her favorite "Spring Unexpected" would win the Palme d'Or, but Moretti liked "Taste of Cherry" and "The Eel".

The strong Moretti first emphasized how great "The Taste of Cherry" was and encouraged everyone to vote for the film. After receiving the votes, he said that other films were also excellent, so he persuaded Adjani to set up a double-yolk egg for her to watch. I thought that this way I could keep "Unexpected Spring" from winning the grand prize.

But after Ajani agreed, Moretti completely changed his attitude.

He expressed his support for Shohei Imamura. In the end, two films that Moretti liked, "The Eel" and "Taste of Cherry", won the Palme d'Or, while Adjani's "Unexpected Spring" only won the Jury Prize.

So, even though there are only 6 jury members, the struggle behind the scenes is actually very fierce.

Ever since this scandal broke out in Cannes, they have begun to deliberately increase the position of the jury president, choosing those who can control the situation; as for the judges, the metropolitan selections are not so well-known, but they have certain influence in various regions. Reputable personnel will be responsible.

The chairman of the jury also tries his best not to be influenced by anyone and needs public relations.

But if you have the ability to bribe all six judges, then you are invincible.

The prerequisite is that you must not meet a strong jury chairman, that is, a chairman who is very famous and powerful, such as Quentin last year.

There are also people like Wang Jiawei.

The judges would not dare to offend these bigwigs at all. They all work in the same circle and must respect the chairman's ideas.

In such a strong situation, the jury president has almost decisive power.

As for the disadvantaged, it is more like voting by headcount.

But Chen Jin has a future autobiographical film. He has already checked that this year's jury chairman is the famous American director Darren Aronofsky, who has won the Venice Golden Lion and is an absolute insider in Venice.

It was nominated for the Venice Film Festival three times, and last year's "Black Swan" became world-famous and was nominated for the Golden Globe and Oscar for Best Director.

It has never been shortlisted for Berlin or Cannes.

This is Venice's confidant. There will be no such thing as a one-man show. Only Ma can influence his vote.

So, in the original timeline, there were a total of four Chinese-language films shortlisted for the main competition at this Venice International Film Festival, namely Hong Kong's "A Simple Life", Johnnie To's "Overheard", and Taiwan's "Seediq Bale"!
In the mainland, there is a little-known movie called "People Mountain People Sea", directed by Cai Shangjun from the Central Academy of Drama.

In the end, Lao Ma lived up to his mission and won the Best Director and Best Actress awards for Chinese films.

The best director is Cai Shangjun!
The Best Actress award went to A Simple Life, played by Yip Tak-Hsien.

So, Lao Ma is still quite powerful.

If Chen Jin doesn't make a breakthrough this year, it will be difficult next year.

If nothing unexpected happens, Lao Ma will step down as chairman next year, and Venice has been controlled by him for 8 years. The new chairman has carried out a reform, and the number of judges has been directly increased to 8.

Next year's candidate for Best Actor is Joaquin Phoenix, the future leading man of "Joker", who has superb acting skills.

You can still have a chance to win this year's Best Actor Chen Jin, and there are so many "insiders" among them!
This is the only chance.

The reason why someone like Lao Ma in the original timeline couldn't win the Best Actor Award at the Venice Film Festival was because there was no suitable candidate.

This Venice Film Festival Best Actor award is not given casually.

At least your movie has been nominated, and the leading male actor's acting skills must be up to standard.

If there is someone who meets the requirements, Lao Ma will definitely help you.

他在任的8年，威尼斯共计入围了20部华语片，拿了3座金狮、1个评审团、1个影后外加1个最佳导演和吴玉森终生成就奖。

I guess there are only this many awards combined for all the other Venice Film Festivals.

This is the special care from Lao Ma.

Even if you say he is not an undercover agent planted by China abroad, Chen Jin doesn't believe it.

This old man is really good at it.

It's a pity that the domestic actors and directors are so weak that they couldn't even produce a second Venice Film Festival Best Actor.

Even the best actress can get 2 awards!
So this time, not to mention Chen Jin, the Beijing Film Academy is gearing up and ready to go.

Because this is the closest I have ever been to the Best Actor trophy.

In addition to Lao Ma, three other measures must be taken to ensure that the best actor award goes to Chen Jin.

Mark Mueller is only the first line of insurance, the judges are the second, and finally public relations has to be added.

Lao Ma can influence the chairmanship of the jury and several judge seats. Beijing Film Academy probably feels that this is not enough, so it has to invite a heavyweight judge. Therefore, this film screening is for the judges to vote.

"In addition to the president, there are three directors among the six judges of the Venice Film Festival this year, and the rest are all Marx's people, such as composers, screenwriters and actors!"

"This judge is one of three other director judges!"

“It seems like he has quite a lot of experience!”

After Chen Jin and Guo Xun finished their meal, they walked towards the film viewing room of Beijing Film Academy together.

Tian Zhuangzhuang was already there, chatting happily with a white old man wearing glasses.

(End of this chapter)