The King of Huayu Science Fiction

"Director, long time no see?"

Lao Mouzi smiled and shook hands with Chen Jingxing: "Oh, it's been a long time. The last time we met was last year's Golden Rooster Award."

Guoshi's current status in the film industry is not as good as it was in the first decade of the 21st century, and it is very rewarding to hear Chen Jingxing call him a director.

Once upon a time, "director" was Lao Mouzi's exclusive title, and the director did not need to add a title or surname before.

Of course, there are still many actors who respectfully call him a director, especially the juniors, but after all, Chen Jingxing's status is different, and his age will become blurred in front of his achievements. It is impossible for anyone to treat Chen Jingxing with the attitude of treating juniors.

What's more, even though it was not a place that attracted much attention, it was also at the premiere, or in front of his daughter. Even though Lao Mouzi had heard Chen Jingxing call it that more than once, it was still very useful every time.

"This is my daughter, Zhang Mo."

Chen Jingxing also smiled and shook hands with the daughter of the national teacher: "You don't need an introduction, I met Director Zhang at last year's Golden Rooster Awards."

After all, this is the most famous second-generation director in China.

Among several great directors, Arthur is an actor. Feng Xiaogang also supported his own daughter and asked her to do editing in his own movies, but he has not yet made his debut to shoot his own work.

Lao Mouzi's daughter was determined to take the director's route early on, and was recommended by Ang Lee to study at the New York University Film Academy. Afterwards, she worked as an editor, subtitle artist and even an assistant director in Guoshi's films, and also made films by herself. , and went to theaters.

However, the job of directing is really about talent, at least from the movie he made his debut, he can only see that his talent is mediocre.

There is a visible gap between the talents of Liu Zhenyun's daughter Liu Yulin and Liu Xing's fucking stepdaughter Zhao Ting - if you don't talk about things other than director ability.

Last year's Golden Rooster Awards, Lao Mouzi's "Shadow" was also nominated for several awards, and Zhang Mo was the editor.

Although Zhang Mo is nearly forty years old, he looks younger and speaks very frankly: "Actually, I met you at the 16 Film Festival Awards, but you were the award presenter at that time."

"Ah, remember, you were the only female director among all the films that were shortlisted at that time."

Chen Jingxing still has a good memory, because the award he presented at that time was the best director, which was awarded to Chief Jia.

After accepting some media interviews, he and Master Guo entered the movie theater and chatted all the way from "King Kong River" to this year's awards.

"...In this way, there is one less award for Chinese-language films. This is actually a loss for the entire film industry, alas..."

Lao Mouzi expressed regret in his speech: "The organizing committee of the Golden Horse made a big mistake last year, but I didn't expect to return to this point. I thought it was over. I called Director Li a few days ago. He also felt a little sudden, which is a pity."

The national teacher and the chairman of the Golden Horse Awards, Li An, are old friends and have a good relationship.

Chen Jingxing nodded, then shook his head: "It's going to rain, mother is going to get married, and people are going to die, you can't stop it, not this year, but next year."

What the two of them were talking about was the "accident" that occurred at the Golden Horse Awards last year. The things were different, the speeches were different, but the essence was the same, but this time the Golden Horse accident happened a year later than in the previous life.

Explain that this is no accident.

This is the bomb that will go off sooner or later.

Sure enough, starting from late August this year, the higher-ups took action, and news came out one after another that the sponsors of the Golden Horse Awards had withdrawn, and the films in mainland China and Hong Kong had withdrawn one after another.

The reaction of public opinion is not small, such as mourning a concubine, some applauding, and some feeling of regret like Lao Mouzi. Most people in the film circle basically have regrettable thoughts.

After all, one of the three Chinese awards was lost out of thin air, even from the perspective of the butt, it couldn't make the filmmakers feel sorry.

Although Zhang Yimou failed at the Golden Rooster Awards last year, he only won the best art and best photography, but did not win the grand prize.

But it was a bumper harvest at the Golden Horse Awards, and he won the first Golden Horse Best Director trophy in his life, and of course it seems to be the last one now.

If Chen Jingxing was an old schemer, he would feel sorry for it.

However, the uproar in the film industry has no effect on DreamWorks, after all, DreamWorks has never applied for the Golden Horse Awards.

"Actually, I'm quite curious. You seem to have never signed up for the Golden Horse Awards? It sounds like you've already expected such a day?"

Chen Jingxing did not hide his thoughts: "It is expected, but the main reason is not this."

"Golden Horse Award is indeed the most artistic award among the three Gold Awards. You also know that I am a science fiction professional, and the foundation and future development direction of DreamWorks are industrial films, which do not conform to the tone and preference of Golden Horse. There's no need to do this anymore."

Lao Mouzi nodded silently, quite surprised in his heart, and Zhang Mo beside him was also a little surprised.

Probably because Chen Jingxing's words were polite but full of arrogance.

"It's too much to do" is a polite way of saying it. Doesn't it really mean that you don't want to put a hot face on your cold ass and give yourself a platform for the Golden Horse Awards?

The true influence of an award depends on who is accompanying the prince to study.

The starlight and influence of the film that accompanied the prince to study determines the influence of the award.

Art awards are actually pretty badass in this regard.

Even the Oscars will actually try their best to nominate some blockbuster films with high box office every year, give comfort with technical awards, and then use the influence of these blockbuster films that won technical awards to carry the sedan chair for literary films that really won major awards such as best picture.

This is a default film ecology.

Otherwise, if only those films that not many audiences have seen participate in the award competition, the influence and sponsorship fee will definitely decrease year by year.

"Last year you won the best director, and you even let Deng Chao win the Golden Horse Best Actor. Who is the best actor? Who is the best supporting actor and best supporting actress? Calculate carefully, the awards won by Taiying and The number of awards we got was roughly the same.

But the number of our films, the film industry is of the same order of magnitude as the opposite side?The mainland took half of the awards. Many of us filmmakers and media should also thank them for their generosity. "

Use influential films and filmmakers from the mainland to increase the attention of Starlight and the three regions, and then award nearly half of the awards to your own people to increase exposure, and you can easily enter the vast market in the mainland. It is called a shortcut to praise people, and it also continues the life of the dying Taiwan film industry.

Of course, Lao Mouzi also understands this truth. In fact, most filmmakers understand this truth. However, the Golden Horse Award is indeed a very valuable award.

What Chen Jingxing meant was that he didn't want his film to accompany the prince to study, even if he could win some technical awards, he would not like it.

What surprised Lao Mouzi was that it was not after Chen Jingxing had become the so-called "King of Science Fiction". At the Golden Horse Awards, he made a bright future.

As a result, the 14 Golden Horse Awards announced the nomination list but there was no "Fatal Identity", which even made many mainland netizens question the discrimination of the Golden Horse Awards.

Of course, Chen Jingxing quickly made a name for himself that he didn't sign up for the Golden Horse Award at all.

Looking at it now, Chen Jingxing has been so conceited since that time, that he doesn't want to use his work to carry the sedan chair for the Golden Horse Awards and give the Golden Horse a blood transfusion?

Now Chen Jingxing's movie fans and most of the audience will definitely not feel that Chen Jingxing needs the affirmation of the Golden Horse Awards.

But if we go back to that time, even though "Fatal Identity" surprised many movie fans, in the eyes of most people, it would be his honor, not the honor of the Golden Horse Award, for Chen Jingxing to be recognized by the Golden Horse Award.

Of course, the logic behind Chen Jingxing's participation in the Hundred Flowers Awards and Golden Rooster Awards is not that he thinks mainland awards are more valuable than the Golden Horse Awards.

But at the Hundred Flowers Awards and Golden Rooster Awards, he will not accompany the prince to study.

A sci-fi blockbuster with the main theme of "The Wandering Earth" can win the Golden Rooster Award for Best Picture, and Guo Fan can also win the Best Director. Is it possible to put it on the Golden Horse Award?
Give you a few technical awards at most, let you be shortlisted for the best film, increase media attention, and then award the grand prize to an art film.

Chen Jingxing had no problem with art films, but he didn't feel that he was obliged to carry the sedan chair for the art film awards and accompany the prince to study.

Of course, everything is changing, and it is precisely because Chen Jingxing attaches great importance to the Golden Rooster Award and participates every year, so the Golden Rooster Award has also been able to gain stronger commercial influence through the films of DreamWorks over the years, and it has also increased its gold content in disguise, making itself more worthy of competition.

Criticism of the Golden Rooster Awards being too commercialized continues every year, but none of them can stop the attention, sponsors and influence of the Golden Rooster Awards from increasing year by year.

Speaking of the Golden Rooster Award, Lao Mouzi swept away his previous regret and said with some emotion: "This year's best director is none other than you."