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

Chapter 277 Everyone at the table has eight hundred ideas!

"Oh~~~"

When Ning Hao announced that Chen Jin had won the award, many people applauded and some even whistled.

Swish!
Many people immediately turned to look over, including Chen Jin.

Deng Chao actually waved slightly towards the camera.

Everybody started laughing.

"..."

That's something this guy can do.

There was sparse applause from the audience. Wen Xian was obviously a little unconvinced. He curled his lips and revealed a forced smile.

If there were no camera, I might have just cursed.

In his opinion, it was a foregone conclusion that he would win the Best Newcomer Award, and the company was also optimistic about his winning the award. He didn't expect that he actually lost to that guy.

“You won a prize too!”

Zhu Yanmanzi looked at her boyfriend excitedly with tears in her eyes.

When she heard that Chen Jin also won the Outstanding Newcomer award, the joy on her face was obviously greater than when she won the award herself.

Winning the award is one thing, but more importantly, it has a different kind of commemorative significance.

In the same class, the two of them won the Outstanding New Actor and Actress awards together, which is definitely worth remembering in the days to come.

This is the place that makes her happiest and most memorable.

It’s a pity that Guo Xun didn’t win the last Best New Director award and missed it.

"The Piano in a Factory, Zhang Meng!"

Ning Hao shouted, and all four newcomer awards were presented.

"Hey~~"

Guo Xun spread his hands, sighed, and smiled at Bao Jingjing.

He thought he was sure to win, but he didn't expect such a Cheng Yaojin to appear.

Although the Huabiao Awards focus on box office, "The Piano in a Factory"... is indeed a testament to its real strength.

Sweeped a lot of awards.

But it’s 50!

Watching 50 yuan slip away from him, Guo Xun felt quite depressed.

"Let's go on stage!"

Chen Jin held Zhu Yanmanzi's hand and walked from the backstage to the stage. The four winners stood there, waiting to be recognized and awarded. The one who presented the award to Zhu Yanmanzi was Xi Meijuan, and Chen Jin was Li Xuejian!

"Film well!"

Li Xuejian took the red certificate and the trophy from the host's tray with a smile and handed them to Chen Jin.

Chen Jin hugged him warmly and nodded heavily: "Sure!"

“Thank you to all the award presenters!”

"I found that the award presenters seemed particularly excited in this round of awards. At the same time, I would like to sincerely congratulate all the winners, because in this round of awards, we seem to have seen the future of Chinese films!"

"They are like the rising sun, and every one of them is amazing now!"

The host Zhu Jun stood aside and spoke.

The level of this year's newcomer award is indeed very high.

Jing Wei, who was in charge of partnering with him, also hurriedly said, "Yes, I think Teacher Li Xuejian was really happy just now. He has played the role of father and son with Chen Jin twice, and the box office of the three starring works of newcomer Chen Jin has exceeded 3 billion!"

"Two billion, I think this is also a remarkable achievement!"

"He has already won all the newcomer awards in China and abroad!"

Wow!
Everyone present applauded again, and Chen Jin immediately bowed, and hurried off the stage for fear of being flattered.

Fortunately, after winning the Huabiao Award, I don’t need to give an acceptance speech.

Because this is about judging the award, not about winning the award.

"Congratulations to all the newcomer award winners, congratulations to you all!"

“The Newcomer Award is actually a very precious award, because every filmmaker only has one chance in their lifetime!”

The camera suddenly swept over Liu Yifei and Yang Mi who were sitting there.

You will understand the connotation of the Huabiao Award.

The key point is that Zhu Jun said: "It depends on who!"

"For example, people like you and me don't even have this one chance!"

"It is true. Inheritance and innovation have always been the inner spiritual pursuit of the Chinese nation, and are also the source of vitality and expressiveness of Chinese films!"

"So the next award to be presented is the China Film Technology Award!"

Needless to say, this technical award will go to "Aftershock", after all, it is the first IMAX blockbuster in China.

Chen Jin and Zhu Yanmanzi were chatting politely with Xue Xiaolu and Zhang Meng in the backstage and added their contact information.

Only then did he walk out of the passage and return to his seat.

“50 per person!”

"It's my treat, two meals!"

Guo Xun was making a scissors gesture, and Chen Jin smiled and said, "Is this all you have got?"

"Nonsense, I feel so uncomfortable. Who would have thought that there would be such a talented new director..."

Guo Xing was muttering to himself, and Chen Jin whispered, "Besides Zhang Meng, the director of Ocean Paradise is also quite good, so you are actually more competitive for this award, and so is Sister Bao!"

Winning an award is sometimes just luck.

If the other shortlisted candidates cannot compete with you, your chances of winning the prize will be very high; anyway, if there are too many talented competitors, then you will be unlucky.

If it weren't for Chen Jin, Wen Zhang would definitely have won the award.

It’s a pity that there are no ifs in this world.

Soon, one award after another was presented, starting with the Outstanding Overseas Chinese Award, which included director, actor and actress. In fact, it was awarded to Hong Kong and Taiwan artists. Yang Ziqiong lost to Sandra Ng for "Time Thieves", and Chow Yun-fat won the Outstanding Overseas Chinese Actor Award, while the director was Chen Desheng for "October Besieged".

"This is a true 'recruitment'!"

"Let more Hong Kong and Taiwan artists make movies in mainland China and boost the box office first!"

Even Guo Xun could understand the profound meaning of this award, so how could many people present not understand it?

That's the arrangement.

There are actually many actors and directors in China, but not many of them can attract box office revenue and make good movies. At this time, Hong Kong, where commercial films developed decades earlier than the mainland, has become the perfect alternative.

In 05, Hong Kong films were allowed to be screened in mainland China. Now, 5-6 years later, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television has relaxed the conditions again, encouraging Hong Kong and Taiwan artists to collaborate with mainland actors and film and television companies to shoot films.

No matter what, you have to create this market for me first. If you have the ability, you can make a lot of money.

The domestic movie-watching community is actually very scary.

In fact, not only now, but also decades ago, China has the largest movie-watching group in the world. "Tunnel Warfare" was watched by 26 billion people and was shown across the country for 10 consecutive years.

Many people watched it more than ten times. When the villagers had nothing to do, they would call the projectionist to show it, and they charged money per show, so each person got a few cents at the box office.

There are also movies such as "White Haired Girl", "Mom, Love Me Again" and "Shaolin Temple", which have been watched by hundreds of millions of people.

Now that cinemas have been commercialized and restructured, the Film Bureau is actually very optimistic about the future of Chinese films; the only thing lacking is actually movies, good movies.

Essentially, we still lack good actors and good directors, so we can only borrow from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Only after the market is created can a wide variety of talents, film technologies and standards be cultivated.

"It seems that the country should pay more attention to the film industry in the future!"

Guo Xun said this very perceptively, and Chen Jin hummed, "100 billion has been broken, is 1000 billion still far away?"

"A market worth 1000 billion yuan can drive tens of trillions of yuan in consumption. Of course, the country will strongly support it!"

This is the good side. The bad side is that the increase in movie box office has also led to a surge in actors’ pay.

Once an industry develops too fast, it will develop in a distorted direction and will have to put the brakes on occasionally.

With the awards for Outstanding Screenwriter, Outstanding Digital Film, Co-production, etc., we finally arrived at the most important awards of this year's Huabiao Awards: Outstanding Actor, Outstanding Feature Film and Director.

"Xu Fan's "Aftershock" and Narenhua's "Eji"!"

"Ge You's "The Orphan of Zhao" and Li Xuejian's "Yang Shanzhou"!"

The Huabiao Best Actor and Best Actress awards are double yolk eggs, and everyone knew this from the beginning.

The Outstanding Director award was also won for two films.

"Founding of a Republic" by Han Sanpin and Huang Jianxin; "Flying to the Sky"... a main theme movie about the Shenzhou VII astronauts!

Unfortunately, the film was poorly made and the box office was only seen by students from government agencies across the country, earning over 6000 million in box office in two months. Of this number, it is estimated that less than 200 million were seen by passers-by, and the rest were group tickets.

Therefore, not every main theme can reach the heights of the two films "The Founding of a Nation" and "The Founding of the Party".

The so-called private screening can only be regarded as icing on the cake, and it is impossible for the film to reach the first place or top ten in the box office charts.

"The last big prize!"

Guo Xun took a deep breath, rested his elbows on his knees, covered his face, and looked at the two presenters standing on the podium - Liu Dehua and Tang Guoqiang.

Choose ten from twenty.

Ten outstanding feature films were selected from the twenty nominated films.

Zhang Yimou, who was sitting next to Chen Jin, seemed very calm.

"Aftershock", "Flying to the Sky", "Founding of a Republic", "The Orphan of Zhao"... one movie after another came out of Liu Dehua's mouth. Until Tang Guoqiang read out "Love Is Not Blind" among the other five movies, Guo Xun finally let out the breath he had been holding.

won.

"Love Is Not Blind" won the Outstanding Feature Film Award and received a prize of 33 million yuan.

"I thought I was running with you!"

"so far so good!"

Guo Xun was talking happily and covering his face, but Chen Jin did not hear the name of "Under the Hawthorn Tree".

Sure enough, Zhang Yimou's prediction was correct.

Zhang Weiping's imprisonment made The Hawthorn Tree completely lose the chance to win the award; however, Zhang Yimou clapped his hands and smiled, saying to Chen Jin, "Why, you're not going up to receive the award?"

"immediately!"

Chen Jin pulled Guo Xun next to him, and the two of them went on stage to receive the golden Huabiao trophy.

This award is usually received by the producer, but the Huabiao Award allows a maximum of two people to receive it. Of course, the people who went on stage for "Founding of a Republic" were Han Sanpin and Huang Jianxin.

The entire stage stood in a row, and everyone gave some speeches to accept the award.

After Han Sanpin finished his last speech, the 14th Huabiao Awards officially came to an end.

The film that won the most awards, of course, was "Founding of a Republic", which won a total of four major awards.

"Don't leave!"

"There's also a celebratory dinner!"

After stepping down from the stage, Han Sanpin was talking, and everyone put the trophy back into the hotel and headed to the exhibition hall to attend this rare gathering of filmmakers.

Hundreds of stars gathered together, and the seating arrangements were just like at an award ceremony, with a reason for everything.

Directors sit with directors, and actors sit with actors.

Zhang Yimou was arranged to sit at the same table with Feng Xiaogang and Chen Kaige, while Guo Xun was seated at the same table with young directors such as Xue Xiaolu and Zhang Meng. As new directors, they could have some common language; Chen Jin's table was more interesting, as they were all very popular male and female actors in China.

At the table next to them were people from various art troupes, the August 1st Film Studio, and so on. Only Chen Jin didn't have an agency, so she could only sit at the same table with some well-known young actors from the mainland.

Huang Xiaoming, Liu Yifei, Yang Mi, Deng Chao, Sun Li, Wen Zhang, Feng Shaofeng... Whether now or in the future, they are considered to be a group of relatively famous young actors.

Wan Qian and others were at another table. She originally wanted to sit next to Chen Jin.

Now it's Liu Yifei.

The main reason was that Feng Shaofeng was quite arrogant. Chen Jin wanted Deng Chao to sit there, but Feng Shaofeng seemed not to have noticed Chen Jin's gesture at all. He asked Liu Yifei and Yang Mi to sit on his left and right.

After all, these two people had just worked with this guy and were very familiar with each other.

Next to Zhu Yanmanzi was Huang Shengyi. Deng Chao had his wife Sun Li with him, and they were newlyweds, so he had to sit next to Yang Mi.

This table was really awkward. Feng Shaofeng was probably used to being a second-generation rich kid, so he said, "How about we toast to our friend who won the award first?"

Of course, his proposal was unanimously approved by everyone present.

Among the 10 people at the table, only Chen Jin and Zhu Yanmanzi won the award.

"Congratulations, congratulations!"

"Congratulations!"

Everyone toasted Chen Jin and the other person, Wen Zhang was no exception. Although he didn't look too happy, he still pretended to be happy on the surface.

"thank you all!"

Chen Jin drank the orange juice in one gulp and smiled.

"Chen Jin, you are incredible. Your movie is a big hit at the box office and you've won awards. I hope we can work together again!"

Feng Shaofeng laughed, and Chen Jin nodded quickly: "Okay, there's a chance!"

There's no chance... Is Huayi willing to cooperate with other companies?

Unless it's China Film.

"Chen Jin, I toast to you!"

Huang Xiaoming was very polite and humble: "I hope we can have the opportunity to work together in the future!"

He is actually developing very well at the moment and he performed very well in the recently released "The Sound of Wind".

Everyone started chatting as they toasted, but how should I put it, everyone was being fake, and Chen Jin could only grit his teeth and deal with it.

Everyone seems to be wearing a mask, and you never know how they are cursing him in their hearts.

After all, many people are competitors.

It is definitely impossible to become friends.

And since they are not in the same agency, it is even more impossible for them to become friends.

After the meal, everyone did what they had to do and at most added contact information; unlike the directors’ circle, where people had a lot of fun chatting, the actors still had to be careful about their sense of propriety.

"Hello, Chen Jin!"

"Congratulations, you won the newcomer award!"

Suddenly, Liu Yifei beside him smiled at Chen Jin, and Chen Jin quickly raised his glass and clinked it with hers.

He actually wanted to say to her, "I grew up watching your TV series," but after thinking about it, he felt a little embarrassed, so he could only give an awkward but polite smile.

Looks a bit cold.

Zhu Yanmanzi beside him was also very surprised. Isn't this guy always chatting with pretty girls when he sees them? Why is he acting like a boss now? !

The key point is that Yang Mi respects him in the same way.

"Something's wrong, Chen!"

Zhu Yanmanzi whispered in Chen Jin's ear, and Chen Jin raised his eyebrows: "What's wrong?"

"That's not your style!"

"What's my style?"

“I like looking at beautiful women!”

"Don't talk nonsense, there are so many people here!"

I don't want to save face.

"Then I'll toast you a glass!"

Zhu Yanmanzi showed a bright smile. She found it quite amusing to see Chen Jin behaving so abnormally.

In fact, Chen Jin really didn't have any ideas. For many people in this circle, he adhered to one principle - to be close but not too close.

If you get too close, you may get into trouble; if you stay too far away, people will accuse you of being a big shot, so smiling and false courtesy are the best disguise.

But just because Chen Jin thinks this way doesn’t mean others think the same.

Liu Yifei’s current situation is actually much more difficult than Yang Mi’s.

It is true that Yang Mi's brain is not very good recently, but she signed a contract with an entertainment company in Hong Kong and started dating Liu Kaiwei, which means she has successfully squeezed into the Hong Kong circle; but Liu Yifei did not do that. She was softly banned in mainland China by Huayi, and there is negative news about her all over the world. She can only rely on the Hong Kong circle.

But she was unwilling to sign the contract.

This is actually true, but if you don’t sign a contract, why would anyone support you? !

Coupled with the imprisonment and investment failure of her capitalist godfather Chen Jingfei, Liu Yifei's resources seem to be good in the past two years, but in fact they were all exchanged with the Hong Kong circle by her mother Liu Xiaoli and Chen Jingfei after he was released from prison.

But the box office and reputation of the subsequent films were not good.

There are also some bad movies among them.

This caused many fans of Liu Yifei to stop being her fans. The key negative information about her became more and more rampant and outrageous, including sex change and childbirth... Some of it was secretly manipulated by Huayi, and some netizens who did not know the truth were crazy about it. Anyway, Liu Yifei's situation should be the most difficult moment right now.

In order to protect her, her mother has indeed offended many people over the years.

"Are you going to Venice?"

Liu Yifei suddenly asked Chen Jin. Chen Jin was stunned for a moment and looked at her: "Yes, how did you know?"

“Haha, I was looking at the nominations at Venice the other day and saw your movie!”

"Your company invested in it, right?"

Liu Yifei took a sip of her drink and smiled.

Chen Jin nodded but said nothing.

"Aren't you usually not very talkative?"

This girl has a purpose. Chen Jin was a little wary: "No, I don't know what to say!"

At this time, Yang Mi stood up and toasted Chen Jin as if to save the situation.

In fact, they are all in the same circle. In fact, everyone knows that Chen Jin is going to the Venice International Film Festival soon, but some people just didn't say it out loud. The shortlisted list has been widely reported by the media in the past few days.

For the first time ever, five Chinese-language films have been shortlisted for the main competition unit of this year's Venice Film Festival.

Two mainland dramas - "Life Events" and "Raging Fire"!
Two Hong Kong movies - "A Simple Life" and "Overheard"!
Treasure Island——"Seediq Bale"!
There are a total of 20 main competitions, and 5 Chinese-language films are shortlisted. The probability of winning is still very high, so all the media are reporting on it.

People in the film industry will definitely pay special attention to it.

So after Liu Yifei said that, many people obviously started the topic and began to congratulate her again.

At present, Venice is still quite famous. In fact, everyone here wants to make a name for themselves on the international stage. Not to mention winning an award in Venice, even walking on the red carpet would be great. However, such opportunities are still difficult to come by.

Hollywood and Europe are currently too sacred in the hearts of these people.

They thought that by entering such a world of fame and fortune, they would be able to integrate into or come into contact with famous international directors and then get opportunities.

It’s really lame, but it’s the status quo.

"Chen Jin, when is your flight?"

Huang Shengyi asked.

"Tomorrow evening!"

"Yeah, then we might be in the same class!"

When Huang Shengyi said this, Chen Jin was really convinced; when it comes to showing off, you have to be the one.

"The Legend of White Snake is showing in Venice, and I have to go to promote it with Director Cheng, and my husband too..."

It’s different to marry a fake rich man, and the key is that many people in this circle believe it.

However, "White Snake" was indeed a film invested in by Huang Shengyi's husband Yangzi using the name of his own company.

“It’s going to be a big hit!”

"Absolutely, it's on the National Day, and it's starring Brother Jie!"

“Is this going to be released worldwide?”

"Brother Jie's appeal is unmatched!"

"..."

A crowd of people were talking with envy and jealousy. In fact, Yang Mi and Liu Yifei were also quite envious. The two of them tried their best to break into the film industry, and Huang Shengyi made his debut in a movie directed by Stephen Chow.

All I can say is that people in the same school have different fates.

"Sister Saint Cloth, please contact me when the time comes!"

As Chen Jin was talking, Huang Shengyi acted like a big sister and patted her chest, "Leave it to me!"

"Oh my god, you are all going to Venice~~~"

There was a hint of sarcasm in Wen Zhang's words.

Huang Xiaoming and the others all looked at him, and then looked at Chen Jin.

"Actually, that's it!"

"Right, Manz?"

Chen Jin looked at Zhu Yanmanzi beside him with a calm expression.

As Chen Jin's girlfriend, Zhu Yanmanzi understood the reasoning and immediately acted as harmless as a little white flower: "Yes, when we went there last year, we were full of anticipation, but the red carpet was not as long as our Huabiao Awards!"

"..."

When these words were spoken, everyone at the table was shocked.

My goodness, Venice is so shameless in your words?

The Huabiao Award can also compete with the world's three major awards. Is there any problem with this actress?

"Hey, how can you say that about Venice? After all, I won an award..."

When Chen Jin said this, he first spoke to Zhu Yanmanzi, but the last sentence was said while looking at Wen Zhang.

Wen Zhang's expression suddenly became a little embarrassed.

"Haha, I actually forgot about this!"

"This is our brother Jin's second time going to Venice. He even won the Best Newcomer award last year!"

It would have been fine if Deng Chao, the peacemaker, didn't say anything. It would have been even more awkward if he did.

"Come on, Brother Jin, let me toast you. I hope you can win the Best Actor Award at Venice Film Festival again!"

This was of course a joke. No one at the table would take it seriously.

Unexpectedly, Chen Jin grinned and raised his glass to clink with Deng Chao: "Brother Chao, thank you for your good wishes!"

"..."

The whole place suddenly became a little cold.

I’ve seen shameless people, but I’ve never seen anyone so shameless!
Thank you?
Wen Zhang lowered his head and sneered, then shook his head, full of complaints in his heart.

The key point is that Liu Yifei seemed to join in the fun, and said to Chen Jin with a smile: "I also wish Brother Jin to win the Best Actor Award at the Venice Film Festival, just like Xia Yu did back then!"

"I want it too!"

"If you really took it, Brother Chao and Sister Yifei will treat you to a meal!"

"necessary!"

"Add me!"

Yang Mi showed her emotional intelligence at this time, and Huang Xiaoming also showed his bossy smile: "Count me in!"

"Everyone please!"

As soon as Chen Jin waved his hand, Wen Zhang put his hand into his mouth.

He was trying to prevent himself from laughing.

Fortunately, "The Mermaid" has not been filmed yet, otherwise this guy would probably be banging his head on the table and making his classic expression.

It's so funny.

How could I lose to such a guy?
With this kind of personality, it would be strange if he could make it in this circle!

Do you have some emotional intelligence?
Do you really think that the Venice Film Festival Best Actor award is easy to get?

(End of this chapter)