The richest person in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 454: 99 people want to represent more than one billion people?

“I think the movie Zhang Side is pretty good.”

"what?"

"Ok?"

"what?!"

"Gone?!"

"That's it?!"

Zhang Chen's words shocked everyone.

They were all waiting for Zhang Chen to utter some outrageous words, but this is the result?

Where is Zhang Chen, who dared to kick people at a music awards ceremony, dared to bully winners in public, dared to throw trophies in front of live cameras, and dared to show a cold face at the Oscars?

And this time, everyone felt that Zhang Chen's "Love" lost to "Zhang Side" too dramatically.

If it was an award like the Golden Rooster Awards, where a professional organization forms the jury, then it would be fine to give the award to "Zhang Side" for certain needs.

But what is the Hundred Flowers Awards?
The Hundred Flowers Award is also known as the “Popular Film Hundred Flowers Award”!
This award is meant to reflect the audience's evaluation and preference for movies, so it is also called the "mass award." The Hundred Flowers Award is named after a hundred flowers in full bloom, symbolizing the blooming of a hundred flowers in the film industry and the beauty of spring, and encourages film artists to create more good films that are popular with the Chinese people.

What is the current situation?
"Love" has grossed over 10 billion worldwide and has received rave reviews both at home and abroad.

It has won the Palme d'Or, the Palme d'Or, the Golden Horse Awards for "Best Original Screenplay", "Best Actress", "Best Actor", "Best Director", and "Best Director Award", as well as the Oscars for "Original Screenplay" and "Best Picture"!
The Palme d'Or is a grand prize for art films.

Win the literary and commercial competition of the Golden Horse Awards.

It won the "Best Picture" award in the Oscars, an award with a stronger commercial atmosphere.

The company won all three awards in the business, art, and art and business categories. This achievement is not only unique, but also rare in the world.

As for word of mouth, there is no need to mention it. The domestic Douban and CGT player's newly released rating systems have given high scores above 9.1, and foreign rating websites have also given ratings of no less than 9 points.

Box office, word of mouth and honors are all a success!
This is the status of the movie "Love" in the hearts of the public.

So what does "Zhang Side" have?
box office?

Only 3000 million.

Reputation?

It’s quite high, but those who understand will understand.

Awards?

The Golden Rooster, an award that wears the same pants as it?

To sum up the thinking behind "Zhang Side" after defeating so many other films in one sentence is that the Golden Rooster Awards can do whatever they want, but the Hundred Flowers Awards, which represents the public's preference, cannot be allowed to mess around like that.

You promised to reflect the public's preference for movies, so you have to reflect the real situation!
Not to mention that Zhang Chen had been arguing with people in the past, they were just there to watch the show.

So what everyone is looking forward to is Zhang Chen’s confrontation today.

Because this is speaking for them, speaking for their right to choose what movies they "like"!
As a result, just when they were expecting Zhang Chen to fight for their rights, he, the "flag bearer", actually turned against them?
"What are you doing!"

"Why are you going backwards the more you live?!"

"Where is the Zhang Chen who used to fight back when he was upset?"

"Is it so difficult for you to say a few words for ordinary people like us?"

"Is it because he was taught a lesson for his previous fight with Jinji that he doesn't dare to do it this time? Is he a coward?"

"Damn it, I really want to jump into the TV, grab Zhang Chen by the neck and ask him if he has water in his brain. This is such a good opportunity!"

Some viewers who lived nearby and were watching the Hundred Flowers Awards live on TV could even hear the verbal abuse from the audience next door who were also watching the live broadcast.

The audience in front of the TV did not have so many concerns. If the TV had a barrage function, when Zhang Chen finished saying this, he would have been drowned out by the angry barrage.

It's so disappointing and so depressing.

Unlike the audience in front of the TV, the audience and guests at the Hundred Flowers Awards presented a completely different scene.

The audience did not discuss it loudly due to the live camera, and people in the circle did not discuss it loudly due to the courtesy.

But this doesn't mean that they were not surprised by Zhang Chen's words.

Most people began to whisper to those around them.

As for the content, you don't even need to listen to it to know that it should be similar to what the audience in front of the TV are saying.

Of course, some people are dissatisfied while others are satisfied.

For example, Tong Gang is one of them who takes time to pay attention to the situation at the Hundred Flowers Awards.

"Fortunately, Zhang Chen still understands the overall situation."

There were also people backstage and those who were watching the live broadcast on TV at certain moments, all quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Although it didn't work, it should have scared him, hahaha."

Although Zhang Chen couldn't hear the discussions of the audience in front of the TV, he could see the reactions of the people in the audience.

Could he not guess how everyone would react after he said this?

Of course not.

But after he saw countless people were stunned, dazed, and puzzled by his words,
cool.

Zhang Chen felt as refreshed as if he had eaten a popsicle in the middle of summer. It also provided a perfect outlet for the wide range of emotions that had arisen from the incident and the scene he saw in that small room.

Sure enough, bad moods can be transferred.

When you are in a good mood, you will naturally be more motivated to do what you should do.

Thinking of this, the smile that had just appeared on Zhang Chen's face disappeared again.

"but."

Is there a twist?
When many people at the scene heard Zhang Chen's voice, they stopped whispering with the people around them and turned their eyes back to Zhang Chen.

Chinese people are more likely to accept the seemingly meaningless behavior of "first affirm, then deny" when others are speaking.

And the key point is usually after the word "however" in the second half of the sentence.

The audience in front of the TV had the same idea and looked at Zhang Chen on the stage with sharp eyes.

As the center of everyone's attention, Zhang Chen naturally knew what everyone was waiting for.

He did not disappoint everyone's expectations.

"The movie is good, but you saw me go out a little while ago, right?"

Everyone at the scene nodded.

They were just wondering whether they were Liu Yifei's competitors.

Now it seems that there is something else going on?
"My cinema chain's general manager just came over and told me." Zhang Chen looked in the direction of the 99 public judges in the audience and pointed his finger, saying, "Among these 99 people, there is no fan who has purchased the Popular Movies magazine sold in our theaters under the Morning Light Cinema Chain."

As soon as these words came out, the whole place was in an uproar.

No wonder they were so surprised.

Because the selection rules of the Popular Film Hundred Flowers Awards are here:

1. The China Film Association commissioned 108 key cinema managers under the China Film Distribution and Exhibition Association to form a preliminary selection committee to vote and select the candidate films for the "Popular Cinema" Hundred Flowers Awards. After approval by the organizing committee, they were submitted to the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles for shortlisted review, and finally 10 candidate films for the Hundred Flowers Awards were determined.

The single candidate list is generated from the candidate films of that year.

2. The scope of candidate films is limited to those that have obtained the "Film Screening License" issued by the Film Bureau of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television; domestic films that have been released and screened in theaters in cities across the country and have a box office of no less than RMB 1000 million; and domestic films that have been released and screened within the current award cycle (two years).

Mainland production agencies and their cooperation with Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan production agencies, foreign production agencies and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan actors and staff will participate in the selection of film awards and individual awards. 3. The list of candidates for each award of the "Popular Film" Hundred Flowers Awards will be published through the media and submitted to the general movie audience for voting to select 5 nominations for the film award and 5 nominations for each individual award.

4. The voting start date for the current Popular Film Hundred Flowers Awards will be announced by the organizing committee, and the voting deadline is fifty days before the China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival awards ceremony of that year.

The voting results will be counted by the voting center designated by the organizing committee. According to the statistical results, the top five films or individuals in each award will be the nominees for each award.

The last point is also the source of today’s 99 public judges:

5. When the nomination list is generated, 99 audience judges will be randomly selected from all voting audiences. After qualification review by the organizing committee, these 99 audience judges will form the final selection committee for the Popular Film Hundred Flowers Awards.

According to this process, the situation Zhang Chen described should not occur.

"I just can't figure it out. Could it be that the Morning Glory Cinema Line that I have been building for so many years is fake?" Zhang Chen looked surprised. "But according to the third quarter work report I checked this year, the theaters under the Morning Glory Cinema Line have achieved nationwide coverage, including first-, second- and third-tier cities, and even some remote mountain villages have small franchised theaters."

When Zhang Chen revealed the truth on the stage, some people at the scene started to look grim.

Some people in front of the TV have already started looking for their phones in a panic, trying to contact the Spoon Station as soon as possible.

If the live broadcast continues like this, Zhang Chen will strip off all the underwear of the Hundred Flowers Awards in front of the national audience!
Zhang Chen naturally knew that he couldn't be slow once he started talking.

"My cinema chain now accounts for 40% of the cinemas in China, and the number of screens is almost close to 50%. What kind of magical probability makes it so that the consumers of the Morning Light Cinema Chain, which contributes more than half of all movie box office, can't even get a spot as a judge for the Hundred Flowers Awards?"

Zhang Chen has seen that the camera at the spoon station has begun to receive instructions through the headset.

He needs to hurry and give this matter a personality.

"The public's Hundred Flowers Awards?" Zhang Chen sneered, "I think it's just a tool for some people to curry favor with the upper class, right?"

"The core and ideas of the film Zhang Side are certainly worthy of learning and respect, but in the Hundred Flowers Awards, which is a place to select movies that are loved by the majority of movie fans, isn't this practice of 'representing what everyone likes' a bit too shameless?"

"I think filmmakers shouldn't think that they can win all the major film awards just by including respectable people in their films." Zhang Chen's expression was extremely serious. "If that were the case, then we wouldn't have to think about coming up with new plots in the future. Wouldn't it be better to just look through history books and film those respectable people over and over again?"

"Some people deserve our admiration and respect. Having a film recording them can help everyone consolidate their contributions. There is nothing wrong with that." Zhang Chen cast his eyes towards the camera lens. "But! If you use this as a tool to pursue your own interests, it is not only a blasphemy to those people, but also a humiliation to this market!"

The expressions of the people at the scene ranged from anticipation to surprise.

From surprise to shock.

Now that Zhang Chen had finished speaking, he was as silent as a cicada, not even daring to express shock.

Zhang Chen is so bold!
See what this says?
Even though the truth was revealed, the reason why those who made this kind of movie had the confidence to do so was because they knew for sure that no one would dare to make any comments about their movies.

Zhang Chen also revealed the reason.

In fact, everyone understands that these movies are used to help everyone remember history.

It's more of a documentary than a feature film.

Rather than saying that everyone likes this movie, it is more accurate to say that everyone has a natural filter for the people in the movie, and truly admires the people in the movie from the bottom of their hearts.

Everyone's positive reviews are for the real person in the movie and his story itself, not the movie.

Some directors use this point to manipulate movie fans and the market, allowing everyone to "graft" their love for the characters in the movie onto their own movies.

Again, it's fine for certain awards, but the Hundred Flowers Awards, which reflects public preference, should not be affected by this kind of behavior.

Everyone respects it, but just because this film won the Hundred Flowers Award today, future directors will follow suit and make this kind of film.

The market will be dominated by this kind of movies.

Enthusiasm should not be consumed by capital that seeks honor and profit.

If everyone develops a resistance, then today's Hundred Flowers Awards, which has got off to a bad start, will be a historical disgrace!

Zhang Chen looked at the crowd below who didn't dare to speak, and even didn't dare to look him in the eye, and sighed deeply in his heart.

Capital votes with its feet.

As long as there is profitability, capital will flow in crazily.

Some people may do anything for fame and fortune, even overdrawing their future and the public's favor.

The film market should allow a hundred flowers to bloom. There should be educational films, family-friendly films, visual feasts, sensory stimulations, thought-provoking films, thrilling films, and suspenseful and thrilling films.

Because everyone lives in different environments, has different growth experiences, and different personalities, the types of movies they want to watch at certain times are also different.

The market needs to create more goods for everyone.

Just like cuisine, there are northern and southern cuisines, as well as eastern and western cuisines.

Even a soy milk rice dumpling can be divided into salty and sweet. Being able to accept it does not mean that you like it, and liking it does not mean that you have to eat it every day.

Zhang Chen knows how the future will develop.

How did the domestic film market develop at that time?
Encircling the public's love, encircling gender, encircling
Many directors don’t think about how to design a good plot, but only think about what topics and emotions to use to make the audience buy in.

Money was made, but the market was ruined by these people.

Thinking of the market in the future that would make him lose the desire to go to the cinema, Zhang Chen perked up again.

At that time, he was powerless to change anything.

But now he has.

"Isn't the Hundred Flowers Awards said to represent the love of the entire public?" Zhang Chen chuckled. "Then I will open an online voting channel for all fans. One ID card, one vote. I also want to know if today's result is what everyone expected."

After Zhang Chen finished speaking, he put down the microphone in his hand and walked directly to the stage.

Leaving behind on the stage was Jiang Kun, who was dumbfounded, and Yin Li, who was embarrassed and kept his head down without saying a word.

The audience and guests in the audience, as well as the viewers in front of the TV, were all excited.

"Sure enough, Zhang Chen is still the Zhang Chen we know!"

"It's a big deal!"

"I was saying that I couldn't find a voting channel for the Hundred Flowers Awards. Who has the time to buy magazines and mail in ballots? The Internet is so developed now, and an online voting channel should have been opened long ago."

"If the voting results are the same as today's Hundred Flowers Awards, wouldn't Zhang Chen be very embarrassed?"

"That depends on whether Zhang Chen can withstand the pressure.

"Pressure? What kind of pressure?"

"Don't say it, don't say it."

"Anyway, there's going to be some fun!"

There is indeed a good show to watch.

Just because of Zhang Chen’s speech on the Hundred Flowers Awards stage, countless people were so anxious that they jumped up and down.

I don’t know how many people have started to find various ways to stop Zhang Chen’s next move.

Some are happy and some are sad.

If the voting results are the same as those of the Hundred Flowers Awards, then only Zhang Chen will be embarrassed.

If it is inconsistent with the Hundred Flowers Award.
It's not a question of whether some people are embarrassed or not.
"Nonsense! What a nonsense!"

"I've already told you that this guy is a troublemaker. Why do you have to provoke him?!"

"What should we do now?"

"What else can we do? Find someone to do ideological work!"

　What is our goal?
　　Make trouble! Make trouble! Make trouble!

　　What is our slogan?
　　Monthly ticket! Monthly ticket! Monthly ticket!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)