The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 364 The Crown
Many people don't realize that the traditional positioning of the Oscars has undergone irreversible changes, and it is no longer the Oscars that the public imagines or understands.

In fact, in 2013, the academy officially relaxed the annual quota of new members. For a long time before, the threshold of the academy was very high, and new quotas would not be released until the old white members passed away.

In addition to the high proportion of women, ethnic minorities and international members, the new members are generally younger.

And this kind of change also happened in Chen Jingxing's previous life. In just seven or eight years, the number of members of the academy has expanded from 5000 to nearly [-], completely changing the structure of the judging committee. Members account for half of the country.

Then it exploded with astonishing power in 2019, and borne fruit in the 2020 Oscars—"Parasite", and then rushed all the way in the direction of diversification and internationalization, and even triggered more drastic reforms.

Although Chen Jingxing did not see the development after the time-space Oscar, he was sure that more and more films and filmmakers from other countries would win the Oscar, and not only Chinese directors could win the Best Director and Best Picture, even It is no longer an unattainable thing for the director who is borrowed by Hua Guo to win the award.

But the strange thing is that Oscar's diversified changes did not stop him from declining and increase his authority, but instead destroyed a certain kind of divine brilliance that enveloped him, especially for the people of Huaguo.

On the real plane, Universal was vaguely aware of the possibility brought about by the structural changes of the members of the academy, and just happened to encounter two shining sci-fi classics, "Gravity" and "Matrix", so it worked with DreamWorks to make a Some kind of attempt, which resulted in an astonishing effect.

When Chen Jingxing realized this, combined with what DreamWorks learned about the college's reforms in the past few years, he decided that this was a rare opportunity.

The diversified new members from all over the world recruited by those colleges have changed the old pattern, but they have not yet realized their own strength. After all, how much a thousandth of a vote can be for each of them What about the strength?
Oscar judges are more about honors. After Chen Jingxing himself unexpectedly became a box office dark horse in North America in "Fatal Identity", he caught up with the "enrollment expansion" and became an Oscar judge.

In the past few years, many domestic actors and directors have become Oscar judges. Every year, more than a dozen Chinese filmmakers become Oscar judges. If the scope is expanded to include Chinese, there will be even more.

The number of South Korea and Japan next door will not be lower than that of China.

There is also a surge in Oscar judges in other countries.

And Hollywood's Native Academy members also absorbed a large number of people of color.

The number of votes in the hands of these diversified and international judges, including Chen Jingxing, is getting more and more impressive. Just wait for a suitable movie to appear and a powerful force to promote it. Surprised.

According to this trend, he also believes that in one or two years, two or three years, there will definitely be foreign films getting their hands on the Oscars.

And now he has become the first person to eat crabs.

"Oh, that's amazing." Ning Weiqiang didn't know what he was feeling in his heart.

Although he didn't graduate from a serious major, when he first entered the film and television industry, he just caught up with the fifth and sixth generation directors, Chi Surprise International.

At that time, the sixth-generation directors emerged and began to hit the top three in Europe. Many of the fifth-generation directors had completed the achievement points of the top three in Europe, and began to set their sights on Hollywood.

The Oscars also became the holy grail in the hearts of many Chinese filmmakers at that time. It is not that the Oscars are better than the three major European film festivals. In terms of artistry, the three major film festivals are still unmatched, but the more you can’t get it, the more you want it.

Because he has experienced the film industry at the turn of the century, Ning Weiqiang also has a filter for the Oscars. Every time he fails to win the Oscars, he will add a layer of brilliance to this award.

He could predict that Huaguo Films might once again enter the Oscar nomination list for the best foreign language film, and even go one step further to win the best foreign language film, but the storm created by Chen Jingxing made him feel unreal.

It's like licking a dog and chasing a goddess. After going through all kinds of hardships, I thought I could get the approval of the goddess, so I took her hand, but the goddess directly opened a room, invited you to take a bath, and even bought Okamoto.

And after Chen Jingxing's explanation, even the goddess herself was disillusioned.

A director has received 14 nominations for two films in one year, which is also regarded as creative history at Oscars.

These complicated thoughts circled in Ning Weiqiang's mind and turned into an uncontrollable ironic laughter, which attracted strange gazes from Chen Jingxing and others.

Ning Weiqiang waved his hands and said, "It's nothing, I just thought that some people might suffer from insomnia."

He finds it ridiculous and ironic that it is not the fifth-generation master directors who have achieved this, nor are they the sixth-generation directors who represent the artistic level of Chinese films.

It was Chen Jingxing, a commercial film director.

Ning Weiqiang has been in contact with many major domestic directors, and even worked with some of them, so he knows that many artists are not indifferent to fame and wealth, but even smaller-minded, and even more eager to compete for fame, so he can be sure that the fifth generation, sixth generation or even Many directors who are younger, even if they are as indifferent as chrysanthemums, are afraid that they will toss and turn, and their hearts are burning like fire.

In the past few years, young directors represented by Chen Jingxing have created a box office that is beyond the reach of famous directors. Although these mainstream directors who previously controlled the film aesthetics and evaluation system in Huaguo feel sour, they can be saved by film art. respect.

Indeed, among the young directors, apart from Chen Jingxing, many directors' films are even commercialized to the point of vulgarity, and their evaluations are not high.

To a certain extent, this allows the mainstream of Huaguo, who admires the director's authorship, to exclude the factor of box office from the evaluation of the director.

This is why many people still think that Chen Sicheng, Guo Fan and others are not worthy to be compared with film masters such as Zhang Yimou, and Chen Jingxing cannot be compared with these great directors.

If the hero is judged by the box office, wouldn't even Guo Xiaosi be able to squeeze into the Hall of Fame?

Using Douban scores to judge heroes can only be the idea of ​​ordinary viewers. In the mainstream evaluation system, Douban and IMDB scores are not enough.

Chen Jingxing almost swept the Oscar nominations this time. It is hard to imagine the bonus for him, because Chen Jingxing has a reputation and box office, and the last shortcoming will also be made up.

From then on, Chen Jingxing might be able to be listed among the film masters without any suspense, and he has no shortcomings in all aspects. Of course, the premise is to win an award, at least he must win a weighty award.

After Ning Weiqiang sighed, the dressing room fell into an eerie silence for a moment. The other three present were all directors. Faced with such an achievement, they might lose their composure even more than ordinary audiences.

Fame and fortune, fame and fortune, for Guo Fan and others who can be called successful people, fame is still in profit.

Cameron's phrase "king of the world" is definitely at the top of the director's Maslow needs.

And Chen Jingxing, who was in the same room with them, was on the way to climb the mountain that still lingered with the lingering sound of "King of the World", and was already halfway up the mountain.

Ordinary literary and art directors can't call out "king of the world" even if they climb to the top. After all, movies are the art of the masses. Without the foundation of the masses, it is like a small country with few people. No one crowns him a crown.

But directors like Chen Jingxing are different. Their films belong to the public, and their "territory" is vast and densely populated. Therefore, their journey to the peak of honor will be more bumpy, with greater obstacles, or they will not be able to climb it for a lifetime. Once you get to the top of the peak, you will be the "King of the World".

An award of weight and fame like an Oscar is a gorgeous gown worn by an ordinary director, a compliment to his artistic achievements in film, but it becomes a crown when worn on the head of a director like Chen Jingxing.

James Cameron is like this, and so is Chen Jingxing.

Chen Jingxing couldn't read the thoughts of Guo Fan and others, but he could roughly guess that all directors had Maslow's needs, and he also had them. Otherwise, how could he catch this opportunity and hold on to it, and jointly promote and cooperate with Universal? What about PR?
He could have made a mid-budget film for the money he threw down.

A qualified boss naturally knows that this is the time for Shi Enhui to win over the general. Chen Jingxing is already a qualified capitalist, so of course he will not let go of this opportunity.

"Many things are difficult at the first time, but it will be much easier when you pass this hurdle." Chen Jingxing wheezed his appetite pointingly.

As soon as this remark came out, the three of them completely ignored the makeup artist, and Qiqi turned to look at him.

Chen Jingxing saw the three directors looking at him like children in the kindergarten class waiting for the teacher to give out sugar, and his heart felt a little numb. He couldn't bear the gaze of the three elders.

He coughed: "Let me tell you first, DreamWorks is not the behind-the-scenes boss of Hollywood, and I am not a monster with three heads and six arms. I analyzed the changes in the structure of Oscar judges with you before. Now many people, including filmmakers from countries such as Japan and South Korea They haven't noticed it yet, and even if they do, they may not be able to realize what it means, and they don't know how to operate it. We really have the upper hand, and there are partners like Global.

But first of all, the film must first meet the Oscar standards. DreamWorks will still focus on commercial films in the future, and this will not change. Projects that can balance commercial and artistic quality to the level of "Gravity" or "Matrix" are not the same. Not many, if you want to insert philosophical concepts in science fiction movies, it is not easy to create connotations, and it is easy to play off if you are not careful.

Don't hold out too much hope. It's impossible for an inappropriate film company to waste money on public relations. However, projects like "The Ninth District" currently in Lao Tian's hands, I think they have great potential. "

After Chen Jingxing put down the carrot, he walked out of the dressing room. The recording of this program will start soon.

Only Guo Fan and Ning Weiqiang were left staring at Tian Xinye together, their teeth sore, but Tian Xinye didn't care about the eyes of the two around him at all. Some of the powder fell off.

However, Chen Jingxing still underestimated the impact of his sweeping Oscar nominations. When the show was officially recorded, Tian Xinye completely lost the output ability of previous shows, and remained in a state of distraction. It seemed that he had been distracted by the carrot that Chen Jingxing had lifted. .

Guo Fan and Ning Weiqiang were also a little distracted, and the two who didn't talk too much talked even less.

Chen Jingxing was forced to become active, but he couldn't support himself. On the contrary, the last group of directors of this program was a little inexplicably relaxed.

The atmosphere of the first six episodes of the show is getting better and better, and the judges and audience are more and more relaxed, so the competition directors are getting more and more embarrassed, and the commentary and questioning sessions can peel off a layer of their skin.

As the directors of the last group, their psychological pressure can be said to be the greatest. They did not expect to pass the test easily, and they were both puzzled and relieved.

Only the director team is a bit regretful. The judges seem to be out of order today. The chemical reaction of the show is not as good as in the previous episodes. However, with today's heavy news ahead, it is understandable.

(End of this chapter)