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Chapter 375 I gave you a chance, but you are useless

In fact, not only Zhou Xingxing thinks so, but also the directors and producers of other crews think so.

In this year's Golden Horse Awards, people from Hong Kong received the most nominations, followed by Taiwan.

In mainland China, only Zhang Chen's film "Love" received 9 nominations including the "Best Feature Film Award" this year.

It was expected that the company did not win any awards in previous technical categories.

After all, compared to action movies, "Love" is not indeed a movie with beautiful pictures, gorgeous actions, and superb photography techniques.

And because of the main theme of the whole movie, even the soundtrack is very limited.

There are only a few scenes, and most of them are in the homes of the male and female protagonists.

So this is a movie that relies on the actors' acting skills and the director's camera language to tell the story.

This is also the main reason why many people were surprised that "Love" won the "Best Actress", "Best Actor" and "Best Director" awards, but few were dissatisfied.

Because in this movie, the male lead, the female lead, and the director are indeed the soul of this movie.

To be honest, everyone is quite impressed by a film that can rely on these three factors to enter Cannes, one of the three major European film festivals, and win the Palme d'Or, and take away all three major awards at the Golden Horse Awards.

However, if "Love" takes away the "Best Feature Film" again, it would be understandable in theory, after all, it is a Palme d'Or award.

However, the Palme d'Or is the Palme d'Or. If it took away all the major awards of this year's Golden Horse Awards and made other films runners-up, that would not be justified, right?

After all, the so-called fairness and justice are said to outsiders. Those in the circle know that if an award is to be run for a long time, the word "balance" is indispensable.

Especially the Golden Horse Awards, which has been held for more than 40 years and has nominated films from across Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong.

It is also necessary to balance the awards among the various crews and consider the balance between the mainland, Hong Kong Island and Taiwan.

It’s okay to allow movies from a certain region to win more major awards, but we can never allow one movie from a region to take away all the major awards, right?
If you really do that, why should filmmakers from the other two places come to your Golden Horse Awards every time and make wedding dresses for others?

Nowadays, wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes. If you give me face, I will give you face too.

You want to run the award well, and we also want to win a few awards to serve as a facade.

If there weren't so many filmmakers supporting it, would the Golden Horse Awards have such a great influence in both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong and Macau?

Therefore, when awarding prizes, the Golden Horse Awards must fully consider the face and feelings of the film crews that did not win the prize.

Of course, this is assuming the film can meet the passing line for winning an award.

For example, this session.

Several films including "Kung Fu", "The Best Time", and "The Warlords" are eligible for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, and Best Feature Film.

In this case, if the Golden Horse Awards does not take the feelings of these crews into consideration and gives all the awards to Zhang Chen's "Love", then they will have to bear the consequences of doing so, or they will need to consider how to take remedial measures.

"Before I announce the last award of the night, let me say a few words."

Chen Yaoqi, the chairman of the jury of this year's Golden Horse Awards, smiled bitterly. He certainly knew the situation he was facing today.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to balance the award situation across the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong, but there really are unexpected situations that suddenly occur.

All he could do was to minimize the impact: "In fact, when we were selecting the best feature film, there were two voices on the jury."

Many people couldn't help but feel a pang in their hearts when they heard this.

Is this a vaccination for them?

Many people looked at Zhang Chen, who was sitting in the front row, in shock.

Especially Zhou Xingxing, who was staring at Zhang Chen's back with a frown, wondering what he was thinking.

"The design of the trophy in my hand implies that the times are progressing. The progressive design is like a galloping warhorse, which symbolizes the spirit of film art workers to continuously strive for professionalism, artistry and internationalization. It also contains the broad vision of Chinese-language films to look to the world and strive for excellence. The high-spirited and forward-leaping posture of the Golden Horse Awards symbolizes the Golden Horse Awards' intention to lead the Chinese-language film industry to continue to gallop."

Chen Yaoqi looked at the "Golden Horse Trophy" in his hand with a complicated expression. He knew that when this trophy was awarded today, the original meaning of the trophy's design would be questioned, but this was a force majeure factor that he alone could not control.

"So when we are selecting the films, our jury will consider all factors comprehensively. We will consider the commercial attributes of the film to see if it suits the tastes of moviegoers, and we will also consider from the perspective of a filmmaker whether the story contained in the film has a deeper meaning."

"Because movies are the stories that we filmmakers want to express, and whether the stories are well told is also our criterion for judging. Although we at the Golden Horse Awards have always said that there are no rules for judging, I believe that everyone can still recognize these most basic requirements."

The more Chen Yaoqi explained, the more confused the filmmakers below became.

They didn't understand the significance of Chen Yaoqi's words.

However, some people began to guess Chen Yaoqi's purpose.

"Everyone, what I want to say is that it is precisely because the Golden Horse Awards do not have a unified judging standard that each Golden Horse Awards is decided by the judges' votes based on their personal preferences and their personal opinions on a film, so we often have huge disagreements."

After Chen Yaoqi finished speaking, he waited for a while. When he saw that everyone had almost digested his long speech, he continued, "But sometimes there are situations where different voices cannot convince each other."

Anyone who can sit here is not a fool.

When Chen Yaoqi said this, most people at the scene reacted.

Could it be? !
"So, the winner of this year's Golden Horse Awards for 'Best Feature Film' is..." Chen Yaoqi opened the envelope and looked towards the audience. His gaze stayed on Zhang Chen for a moment before he continued to announce.

"Kung Fu, congratulations!"

Zhou Xingxing, who had been mentally prepared, breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the name of his movie. However, after he stood up and waved to everyone around him to accept their congratulations, he did not rush to leave his seat and go to the stage to receive the award.

He looked towards a seat in the front row.

At the same time, he was also waiting for Chen Yaoqi on the stage.

At this time, many people also turned their eyes over there.

Sure enough, their guess was correct. After the applause died down, Chen Yaoqi said, "And there's 'Love'. Congratulations!"

This time, apart from a few people who cried out in surprise, most filmmakers were very calm.

These people all sensed this result from Chen Yaoqi's words just now.

What does it mean that the Golden Horse Awards have no unified standard, what does it mean that there are huge differences, and no one can convince anyone else?

Isn't this just a preparation for this moment?

Does "Love" qualify for "Best Feature Film"?

Have!
After all, it is a film that has won the "Palme d'Or" and has a good reputation to a certain extent at the three major European film festivals.

But what if "Amour" won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and also won the Cannes Best Actor and Best Actress awards?
The answer is absolutely impossible!
Don’t other international filmmakers need to eat?
Many people hope that their film will win an award and gain fame, but they also want to use the award as an excuse to sell the copyright of their film for a good price.

Although the Golden Horse Awards is not as famous as the Cannes Film Festival, nor does it have the same international recognition as the Cannes Film Festival, it is still an unattainable dream for most filmmakers in both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong.

Now, the annual Golden Horse Awards has been won by one person, including Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, and Best Feature Film. What should other filmmakers do with the same problem?
If the Golden Horse Awards is so disrespectful to us this time, then maybe people won’t give us the face and sign up next time!

This is the most realistic situation at every film festival and award ceremony.

Some people who have won awards are impeccable and have accumulated a lot of connections.

Some awards are all given to their own people, who guard their own little piece of land and dominate the market by relying on certain backgrounds.

The Golden Horse Awards is undoubtedly the former.

It is for this reason that the Golden Horse Awards are the most recognized among the three major awards in China by ordinary movie fans, and are also the most difficult object for filmmakers to do public relations.

Now, the Golden Horse Awards, which is regarded as a "white lotus" by many filmmakers in China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, actually knelt down in front of Zhang Chen!

He kneeled without any dignity and without any bottom line. He really didn't care about his face at all.

All the filmmakers in the audience looked at Zhang Chen, who was smiling on the stage, with complicated expressions.

There is indignation, dissatisfaction, amazement and admiration in this look.

But no matter what, the award was already decided, and they could only watch Zhang Chen on the stage as a "winner" and laugh at them, the "losers".

After Zhou Xingxing gave his acceptance speech in a very simple manner, it was Zhang Chen's turn.

“Hahaha, that’s actually quite unexpected.”

As soon as Zhang Chen opened his mouth, many people couldn't help but roll their eyes.

They didn't believe that Zhang Chen, who was as shrewd as a human being, would not be able to guess the secret in Chen Yaoqi's words just now.

To many people, these words sound like a sign of taking advantage of someone.

"I know a lot of people think my movie won too many awards." Zhang Chen put away his smile and looked at everyone in the audience calmly, "But there is no rule that says a movie that is eligible for multiple awards must share these awards with other movies, right?"

"If anyone feels dissatisfied," Zhang Chen put on a friendly smile again, "I'll give you a chance. Come up and say that your movie is more worthy of this trophy than mine, and I'll give it to him personally."

The people below went from listening to the winner's declaration in a nonchalant manner to expressions of collective surprise.

real or fake?

Just say so and give it?
And it was awarded by Zhang Chen himself?

Many people were eager to try and began to secretly observe the reactions of people around them.

This peek revealed that there were quite a few people who had the same idea.

However, when they turned their attention back to Zhang Chen on the stage.

The friendly smile on that young face was like a sharp knife that pierced their newly swelled ambitions.

They remembered a title that had recently become popular and was used to refer to Zhang Chen - the Living King of Hell.

They don't want to be like a certain female star, assigned to a small country and sent to work on a sewing machine in an unpopular way.

The key is that no one can find fault with the initiator.

The most important thing is that Zhang Chen is right.

The female star accidentally fished out the country's national treasure and ate it as sashimi on her own initiative.

Being arrested and imprisoned by the local authorities was "his own fault".

Now let them go on stage and grab the trophy that Zhang Chen just got?
Everyone shook their heads wildly in their hearts.

They want to live a few more years.

Not worth it for a prize!

Besides, Zhang Chen is still the actual controller of the largest cinema chain in mainland China.

If they offend him, their movies will never be successful.

Didn’t you see that Zhang Chen even dared to blatantly ban and remove all movies related to the Golden Rooster Awards?
Just deal with a director and producer who didn't give face and dared to slap Zhang Chen in the face in public. I believe Zhang Chen won't have any psychological burden.

So, Zhang Chen waited on the stage for a long time, only to see the colorful facial expressions of the people below the stage, but no one dared to go on stage.

"Well, I gave you the chance, but you are useless." Zhang Chen chuckled. "In that case, don't let me hear people gossiping about me after this. I hate people who say one thing to your face and another behind your back."

Doesn’t Zhang Chen know what he will face after the award ceremony?
His winning of the award will definitely be widely reported by many media outlets.

If a few crew members on the scene added fuel to the fire at this time, Zhang Chenguang would have to work hard for a while to respond to these comments.

Instead of explaining and proving it afterwards, it is better to shut these people up from the beginning.

As for the media’s pen, maybe these people asked the media to write on their behalf to “attack” him?

Then they would have to consider the consequences of being discovered by Zhang Chen.

"Then let me ask you one last time." Zhang Chen looked around the room, "Does anyone have any objections?"

The whole place was so silent that you could hear a pin drop, and no one dared to answer.

Zhang Chen nodded with satisfaction, smiled at Chen Yaoqi, and walked down the stage with the trophy in his arms.

"Are we really going to let that mainlander take away our honor?" Someone next to Zhou Xingxing whispered.

"Shut up!" Zhou Xingxing glanced in the direction of Zhang Chen in panic. Seeing that he didn't notice the noise from here, he scolded the man in a low voice, "You didn't dare to speak just now, so don't speak now!"

Although Zhou Xingxing said this, is he really convinced in his heart?
I accept it, but I don't accept it either.

A very contradictory mentality.

He was not convinced because he had prepared for a long time and put a lot of effort into this movie. After it won the recognition of the Academy Awards and the audience, it stumbled at the Golden Horse Awards and had to share this honor with Zhang Chen.

He was convinced because Zhang Chen's films were qualified for any of the awards they won, but the most important thing was Zhang Chen himself, which made him have to admit defeat.

Zhou Xingxing looked at Zhang Chen with a complicated expression as he accepted the koala-like hug from the little girl.

Although Zhang Chen blocked their mouths.

But tonight, it's destined to be very lively!

　OK, the Golden Horse Awards plot has come to an end, and the next step is to reveal the mystery. I believe many readers are also curious about why the protagonist made such a big fuss and was willing to create a mess to issue that announcement.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)