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Chapter 686 [112] Okay, okay, so you’re targeting me, right?
"I've asked for your information!"

In the evening, Chang Li called Chen Yu directly.

"Last year, on the 100th anniversary of Chinese cinema, the Golden Rooster Awards were relatively fair, and the Secretary-General is also one of ours!"

Chen Yu still remembers Kang Jianming from the Central Academy of Drama.

"This year, the Golden Rooster Awards has undergone a major reform. First, the two deputy chairmen of the judging panel were removed, and the chairmen have the final say. At the same time, the number of secretary-generals has increased from one to four!"

"It's almost the same as film festivals abroad, except that the judges of the Golden Rooster Festival have three identities!"

Chairman, Secretary General, and Judges!
In foreign countries, there are only the chairman and the judges.

As for the previous session, it was four levels, with two more deputy chairpersons.

However, the two sessions seem to have similar personnel, with only changes in titles, but their voting methods are completely different.

"The secretary general is only responsible for collecting films. The real selection still depends on the chairman and judges. This is in line with foreign film festivals!"

“But before, there was one chairman, two deputy chairmen and more than 2 judges, so the voting was balanced!”

After all, the deputy director can check and balance the director.

But now, it is exactly the same as in foreign countries, and the director is equivalent to the chairman.

"got it?"

“Two changes make voting more actionable!”

“But the film selection is very strictly subdivided!”

Chang Li’s explanation was very detailed.

There are four secretaries-general who check and balance each other in the first round of film selection. Last year, there was only one, Kang Jianming, so he has no pressure at all. The more the better. Basically, as long as a film is submitted, it will be shown to all the judges.

But this year, four people are responsible for it together, so there will obviously be more troubles.

In the first round, many films were blocked, and they basically had no chance of passing the subsequent selections, shortlists, etc.

As for whether there are any secret operations or backdoor operations involved, only God knows.

"Can I report this to my superiors?"

"Every year is getting worse than the last. What the hell!"

Chen Yu complained speechlessly.

What does this amount to?

The soldiers are fighting in the front, but these guys, not only don't help, but they are also forming factions?!
It is hard to say how much Chen Yu has contributed to the domestic film industry, but at least he was the one who built up the market. In other words, he took the lead in the battle and achieved a box office figure of billions.

Now, these old guys are resting on his laurels and making an example of him?
Instead, they hung up this hero and whipped him?
It’s so fucking awesome!

Of course, Wu Jing and Shen Teng had also enjoyed this kind of treatment in their previous lives. These old men have been living in luxury for too long and are completely out of touch with society.

"How do you report it?"

Chang Li smiled slightly and said, "Like I said before, if all the films were from your company, the online discussions would be even louder. How much pressure would the judges feel?"

"Then I won't judge the prizes. They can do whatever they want!"

"do not get excited!"

Chang Li heard the dissatisfaction in Chen Yu's words, and said, "Maybe the Golden Rooster did this on purpose? I'll give you a beating!"

This is also possible.

Chen Yu: "..."

"Let me call the hospital leaders and ask them to negotiate for you!"

"It's really too much. Why treat them so differently?"

Chang Li couldn't help but snort, but still said, "Don't be impulsive. I guess they are afraid that you will be dissatisfied when the nominations come out, so they came up with this trick!"

"You submitted six films for review. If a few of them were not selected, would you have any problem with that?"

"No, I respect the wishes of the Golden Rooster!"

Although Chen Yu said this, he obviously didn't think so.

For example, "Tengu" was the best film in the previous life. If it didn't even get a nomination in this life, Chen Yu would definitely be unhappy!
But if all of them are nominated, there will be at most 5-6 best films, and all of them are Yu Xin's. What will other film and television companies think? What will the leaders and netizens say?

This is also a problem.

So weigh the pros and cons!
This has always been the first priority for Jinji.

After all, what is the slogan of the Golden Rooster - don't recognize relatives, only recognize the work; take the helm yourself; don't hold prejudices, and be receptive to good advice; fully consult and take the overall situation into consideration.

The previous ones are all nonsense, and the last eight words are the finishing touch.

Consult fully and take the overall situation into consideration.

Are you guys really taking the overall situation into consideration?

"Oh, my head hurts!"

Chen Yu shook his head.

The Chinese social customs were indeed the thing he could not understand the most. In the end, he would either compromise or fall out.

Chen Yu didn't know whether the Golden Rooster would give in.

Moreover, Chang Li told Chen Yu the list of judges for this session.

Basically, they are all from Beijing Film Academy.

The director of the jury, Li Qiankuan, is a leading figure of the fourth generation of directors. All the famous political films were directed by him and his wife.

The most famous one is of course "The Founding Ceremony"!
In terms of seniority and status, he is well-known in the circle.

The competition between Beijing Film Academy and the Central Academy of Drama has always been on the table. How could Chen Yu feel comfortable?!

"Whatever, if it really comes to that, I can only get two!"

"Golden Rooster will never go there again in this life!"

Chen Yu made up his mind and hung up the phone. Liu Yifei beside him obviously knew everything too.

"It's just me quitting!"

Chen Yu smiled.

"It doesn't matter!"

Liu Yifei shrugged, looking very domineering: "The Golden Rooster Awards are targeting you, so you don't have to take this Best Actress trophy!"

"Haha, it makes you feel the same!"

"What did you say!"

Liu Yifei pretended to strangle Chen Yu's neck with both hands, and Chen Yu laughed even more happily: "Be honest, the Golden Rooster is much harder to win than the three major film festivals!"

"Look, I've won all three major film festivals, but I've only won one Golden Rooster Award!"

“And I share it with others!”

I get angry just thinking about Chen Yu!

A grand slam actor, is he embarrassed?!
Not even as good as the Academy Awards!
The only golden rooster lays a double-yolked egg!

"If Teacher Chang can't handle it tomorrow, then I will have to boycott!"

"It depends on whether the netizens are more vocal or they are more arrogant!"

Chen Yu doesn't even need to show up. As long as this matter is revealed to the media, it will be on the headlines of the entire Internet in minutes.

By then, the Golden Rooster will probably have a bad reputation.

But in this kind of situation, it's not good for anyone to fall out.

If it hadn't come to this, Chen Yu obviously wouldn't have done something so drastic.

……

The next day, the filming of "Better Days" continued.

However, the Chinese Film Association, located at the north entrance of Heping Street in Chaoyang District of the imperial capital, received a phone call.

Although the Golden Rooster Awards was founded by the China Film Association, it has always been under the management of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and this call came from the Federation of Literary and Art Circles.

The newly formed selection committee for the 26th China Film Golden Rooster Awards immediately held a meeting.

"Everyone has heard about it!"

"It's mainly because of the six films selected by Yu Xin that they left a deep impression on the audience, both in terms of box office and word of mouth!"

"Raise your hands if you support all the participants in the selection!"

Chairman Li Qiankuan looked at the members and the secretary general present.

Swish swish!
Everyone raised their hands.

"That means agreeing with all the film selections!"

“But for the final nomination, I would like to say a few words!”

"Based on subjective and overall considerations, this time, the Golden Rooster Best Feature Film has made an exception with 6 shortlisted films, and the number of candidates is 10!"

"At the same time, the film's filming compliance must be reviewed!"

"..."

It can be seen that this phone call still puts a certain amount of pressure on everyone present.

In the end, all six of Yu Xin’s films were included in the selection.

When Chen Yu received Chang Li's call, he was just about to enter the shooting location.

"Okay, thank you Teacher Chang!"

"Trouble!" Chen Yu also learned about the Golden Rooster Awards' compromise from Chang Li, but more importantly, Chen Yu felt that the Golden Rooster did it on purpose.

I did it just for him to see.

But since the matter was resolved, Chen Yu didn't take it to heart.

"Better Days" is being filmed in an orderly manner.

More than ten days later, on September 2006, 9, the shortlist for the 25th China Film Golden Rooster Awards was announced.

Just after finishing a scene, the assistant handed the phone to Chen Yu.

Yang Lu’s phone number.

"Brother Yu, this year's Golden Rooster nominees are out!"

"Oh?"

Chen Yu had really not taken this year's Golden Rooster Awards seriously, but after all this, he still wanted to know the final nomination results.

"Best Feature Film, we won 2!"

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Chen Yu: "..."

"Which two?"

Chen Yu felt like he was fooled by Jinji.

"Tengu and Tokyo Trial!"

"Haha, sure, these two films can be shortlisted!"

Chen Yu breathed a sigh of relief.

"You can look at the others yourself. Only these two were nominated, and the other four were kicked out!"

Including "Departures", which won the Venice Golden Lion, and "Extraction", which broke China's box office record.

"But they gave you a Best Actor nomination!"

"A World Without Thieves was nominated for Best Actor!"

Chen Yu: "..."

what is this?
Hit him with a stick and give him a date? !
"I'll come and see for myself!"

Chen Yu hung up the phone, took out his cell phone, and directly searched for the shortlisted list.

Sure enough, it has been published online.

Best Feature Film:

Tengu

Tokyo Trial

"A World Without Thieves"

"myth"

Huo Yuanjia

"A Thousand Miles Alone"

……

"Yes, Jinji, you are taking fairness to the extreme!"

"The Myth" is a film starring Jackie Chan, "Huo Yuanjia" is the work that Jet Li claims is his last act, although he has done it many times; as for "A One Man's Journey", it is an art film by Zhang Yimou.

“What if ‘Departures’ couldn’t be selected because of its Japanese director and script?”

"Then 'A Solo Journey' is also a Sino-Japanese co-production, how come it was nominated?"

Chen Yu just couldn't figure it out.

Then he looked at the Best Actor nominations.

Best Actor:

Fu Dalong: "Tengu"

Liu Songren: Tokyo Trial

Chen Yu: A World Without Thieves

Jet Li: Fearless

Cheng Long, "Myth"

Li Yixiang: "Chickens and Dogs Are Restless"

……

There seems to be nothing wrong with this shortlist, but it is obvious that Chen Yu’s acting was better in "Departures". After all, this was a performance that won him the Venice Film Festival Best Actor Award.

To be honest, Chen Yu in "A World Without Thieves" felt that he felt it was not as good as the last highlight of "The Action Force"!
Chen Yu also glanced at the nominations for Best Actress.

Zhu Yuanyuan: Heavenly Dog

Liu Yifei: A World Without Thieves

Liu Jialing: Curiosity Kills the Cat

Narenhua "Life and Death Niu Yuru"

Sun Li, Huo Yuanjia

Xu Fan: "Chicken and Dog Are Restless"

……

Liu Yifei was actually nominated for Best Actress. This should be her second time, but Chen Yu felt it was uncertain whether she could win the award in the end.

"very good!"

“Very golden chicken!”

Chen Yu was so amused by this nomination.

Liu Yifei also leaned over at this time, but Chen Yu picked up his phone to call Yang Lu and asked Liu Yifei to look at the phone herself.

"Brother Yu, have you finished reading?"

"I'm really pissed off that none of your movies were nominated!"

"How about we run for the Golden Horse Awards?"

Yang Lu was obviously very angry. Although Chen Yu was also very unhappy, if the Golden Rooster didn't work, he would switch to the Golden Horse Awards. Isn't this equally shameless?

To be honest, he doesn't need these Chinese awards to highlight himself now.

"Let Haozi submit "Stone" to the Golden Horse Awards!"

"I'll forget it!"

"Departures" has already won so many awards, it wouldn't be short of a Golden Rooster or Golden Horse Award.

Not receiving the two awards is just their loss, and it also gives other actors in the Chinese film industry some opportunities to win awards.

However, Chen Yu certainly didn't want to let the golden rooster go.

Chen Yu could accept not giving him any awards, but the fact that he wasn't even nominated, let alone won the Best Editing award, is obviously targeted.

That obviously also makes them feel disgusted.

"Find some people to post online and say that Jinji is targeting us!"

"Okay, got it!"

Chen Yu actually didn't talk about this kind of thing. As soon as the shortlist came out, many of Chen Yu's fans started to make a fuss.

"Departures" and "Extraction" didn't even receive a single nomination.

This situation seems abnormal no matter how you look at it.

However, the Golden Rooster Awards played a trick and Chen Yu for "A World Without Thieves" got a nomination for Best Actor, as if to say, we are not targeting you, it's just that your other two films are not up to the standard of being nominated.

“You really only gave me two?”

Liu Yifei had obviously finished reading it as well, and pursed her lips in frustration.

"Haha, the Golden Rooster is still the same Golden Rooster. I overestimated them!"

"Anyway, this time, even if they call me, I won't go!"

Who cares? Chen Yu is determined to give the Golden Rooster Awards a cold shoulder this time; even if he was nominated for Best Actor, Chen Yu didn't want to attend.

I just don’t know whether sponsors, title sponsors, etc. will be affected at that time. Of course, these are not things Chen Yu needs to consider.

"Well, then I won't go either!"

"After I saw the list of nominees, I felt very nervous..."

Liu Yifei's performance in "A World Without Thieves" is actually quite acceptable. It is definitely better than "The Village" and "The Two of Us", for which she was nominated last year, but she is still not as good as she was when it comes to winning the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress.

Even if the Golden Rooster is so worthless, it probably won't be awarded to her.

If he really gave it to her, it would only mean that Jin Ji has no bottom line at all.

According to Chen Yu's estimation of these judges, they should still have some of the so-called "spirit" of filmmakers.

"do not care!"

"Talk about the play, and keep shooting!"

Chen Yu was there greeting people and didn't care about this year's Golden Rooster nomination at all. Instead, he shouted at the entire crew and started to get busy.

(End of this chapter)