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Chapter 225 You scolded me so tactfully!

Under the spotlight, on the busiest stage in the entertainment industry, Gong Li and Zhang Guorong excitedly held up the trophy.

Chen Shiping turned to look at them, didn't say anything, just nodded slightly to the audience, and then left the stage.

Gong Li and the others quickly followed.

Cheng Kaige, who was watching the broadcast in a hotel, squeezed the can in his hand so much that it became deformed.

I couldn't help but throw the bottle away and cursed: "Chen Shiping is so incompetent, he didn't even say a word of thanks! He shouldn't be given the award!"

At the Oscars ceremony, Zhang Fengyi caught up with Chen Shiping and said, "Director, why don't you say your speech?"

Chen Shiping glanced at him and said, "I bought it with money. Thank you so much. I want to thank Mr. Xu tonight."

Zhang Fengyi: "!!!" Bought?

Gong Li was also slightly stunned, and then realized that this trophy was indeed not worth being happy about.

Zhang Guorong said with a smile: "You have to have the ability to spend money to buy it. It is better to make good movies."

"Yes, there is nothing wrong with that, we still have the ability to win the prize!" Zhang Fengyi agreed.

But I feel a little uncomfortable. Even an Oscar can be bought with money, and it seems that I can no longer put the name of the highest award on it.

Several people followed Chen Shiping down the stage in silence and sat down.

I always feel a little uncomfortable looking at the little golden man.

In the end, Gong Li couldn't help but turned to Chen Shiping and said, "You did it on purpose, just to make us happy for a while."

"What's so happy about the little golden man?"

Chen Shiping looked at her and said: "Remember, Hollywood is strong in the film industry, not the Oscars! The Oscars are just a useless Academy Award, similar to the college student film festival currently being run by Beijing Normal University!"

Gong Li: "."Why are Oscars becoming less and less valuable!
But what Chen Shiping said is true. Without the Hollywood film industry, the Oscars would be a joke.

What supports Oscar honors is not the awards themselves, but the mature film industry that Hollywood has accumulated over the years.

However, future Oscars will be spoiled and will become less and less up to date.

To be precise, all film festivals will gradually decline in the future.

The award presentation soon came to an end.

Best Actor went to Al Pacino for Scent of a Woman; Best Actress went to Emma Thompson for Howards End; and Best Picture went to Unforgiven.

Chen Shiping did not attend the Vanity Fair banquet because his status was not appropriate.

Of course, the most important thing is that I don’t want to attend that less formal drinking party.

After the award ceremony, Chen Shiping and the others went back to the hotel.

No matter whether the statuette is bought or not, it is still necessary to reward the team with a good meal.

Chen Shiping took everyone to a Chinese restaurant in Chinatown.

While eating, everyone talked about the best picture at this Oscar.

Most of them had never seen the movie, so Chen Shiping took the initiative to tell them about the movie.

Unforgiven is a Western film about a prostitute who is disfigured by a cowboy, and then the prostitutes unite to issue a bounty, and finally several bounty hunters unite to kill the prisoner.

Chen Shiping had seen this film before and thought it was well shot at the time, but now that he thinks about it more carefully, he feels that there are too many elements in it.

Gong Li couldn't help but ask: "The story is very simple, almost like an ordinary Hollywood movie."

Chen Shiping said with a smile: "I won the award because of public relations, but there is also a very important point, that is, it is very correct!"

"What do you mean?" Zhang Guorong couldn't help asking.

Chen Shiping paused and said, "This is very simple. There is a formula for winning awards. Let Mei Juan explain it to you."

After Mei Juan, who was eating her food, was called upon, she immediately put down her chopsticks and enthusiastically began to share the winning formula taught to her by Chen Shiping.

"In this movie, you can look at the several protagonists and find different things, such as the origin of the story."

Prostitutes also have dignity and cannot be bullied by men. They represent the female group and are the female group at the bottom of society.

A young boy among the bounty hunters is fearless and represents the free American spirit.

A reclusive killer and robber came out of retirement to live a prosperous life for his daughter, and finally killed the cowboy gang and became a hero, representing family and heroism.

One is a black man, a partner of killers and robbers, who was tortured to death by cowboys to earn sympathy and tears, representing political correctness.

These character settings cannot be considered in detail, otherwise it will be all business and not art at all.

But put these things aside and look at it, and you will find that the routines and formulas of Hollywood movies are all set with the audience in mind.

Women, young people, middle class, minorities living on the margins.

The most important thing is to hit the key points of these groups and let them enter the cinema.

This kind of movie is not just about showing off the action scenes, nor the storyline, but just showing off the characters.

Thirty years later, domestic movies will do the same thing, but it will be leftover from Hollywood.

Hollywood film companies have dedicated teams to design these things.

Their screenwriters don't just slap their foreheads and write when inspiration strikes.

People really treat movies as business, not so-called art.

Even art such as painting is treated as a business in Western society.

Have you ever seen a painter being hidden before he died and announcing his death to the public?

This is common in capital society.

A dead painter is a valuable painter.

Seize human nature and seize the future.

Therefore, Hollywood movies have been constantly exporting their own ideology.

Once the audience takes their shape, everything becomes easier.

After Mei Juan finished talking, she found that Gong Li and the others were no longer talking.

Only Chen Shiping and Xu Feng were chatting and drinking.

Gong Li couldn't help but hold her forehead and said: "I feel like I can't continue to watch Hollywood movies."

"I only thought it looked good before, and I never thought about it so much." Zhang Guorong fell into deep thought and couldn't help turning his head to look at Chen Shiping.

Zhang Fengyi was the stupidest, feeling that his three views were about to burst.

This is different from what Yilin said! It’s different!

Chen Shiping drank a cold beer and couldn't help laughing when he saw their reactions.

Xu Feng, who was nearby, bumped him angrily with his arm.

"Why are you so realistic? It makes everyone lose their mood."

Xu Feng thinks Chen Shiping is a bad guy.

"We live in a very realistic society, and this is a war."

Chen Shiping drank all the beer in his glass in one go, filled up another glass, looked at Gong Li and the others and said:

"Gentlemen, let us encourage each other and work hard for Chinese-language films in the future!"

Gong Li and others were slightly startled, then they all reacted and raised their glasses to clink with Chen Shiping.

“Work hard for Chinese-language movies!”

The Oscars are over, and Chen Shiping and the others are going back.

I came here once and left many movie posters in Chinatown and many other places in Los Angeles.

At the Los Angeles Airport, when Chen Shiping was walking to the first class cabin, he saw a figure from behind who felt very familiar.

But the man was walking towards the economy class, so he didn't think much about it. It’s not normal to have Chinese people on the plane back home!
In the economy class, Cheng Kaige felt that he was unlucky because he was on the same flight as Chen Shiping.

Fortunately, no one saw me, otherwise I would be too shameless to fly in economy class while others were flying in first class!
More than ten hours later, the plane landed in Beijing. As soon as Chen Shiping and others came out, they were surrounded by a dense crowd of reporters.

"Director Chen, congratulations on winning the Oscar!"

"Hello Gong Li, can you tell us about your trip to the Oscars?"

"Mr. Zhang Guorong"

A series of questions came at me, and the whole airport was noisy.

Cheng Kaige, who was wearing a hat, lowered his head, carried his luggage and left quickly, for fear that someone would recognize him.

But after he really left the pick-up port, he couldn't help but look back.

How come no one really recognizes me?

Have the domestic media really forgotten about themselves?
I am afraid that everyone will recognize me and see my embarrassment and compare myself with Chen Shiping who has returned home with victory, but I am also afraid that everyone will really forget me.

People are contradictory.

Cheng Kaige walked lonely outside, but accidentally bumped into someone.

"Hey, why don't you look at the road when you're walking!"

After the person who was hit cursed, he took the camera and hurriedly ran in the direction of Chen Shiping.

But he stopped after running two steps.

Looking back at that lonely figure, I felt something familiar. I couldn't help but pick up the camera and take a few pictures, intending to look back and see who this person was.

Chen Shiping, who was surrounded by reporters, struggled to break through the crowd, answered reporters' questions, and walked out.

The reporters’ questions were all quite boring, but everyone was very excited.

I was even more excited than Chen Shiping who won the award, as if Chen Shiping had not won the Oscar statuette, but the Olympic gold medal.

Oscar has great magic power over the Chinese people, and they are no longer admiring foreign things for a day or two.

These reporters are all highly educated intellectuals, and they are all so excited, let alone those in the entertainment industry.

The entire mainland entertainment industry is exploding.

Chen Shiping won the Oscar! This is awesome!

The first Chinese director to win an Oscar!
While mainland newspapers were reporting on the matter, Xiangjiang and Wanwan were also reporting on it simultaneously.

However, it was also reported that Chen Shiping accepted the award and stepped down at the award ceremony without saying a word.

So many people started to speak out.

"Chen Shiping is so incompetent and so rude on such a world stage!"

"It's such a shame for the Chinese people. We are a country of etiquette, how can we be so arrogant!"

Chen Shiping sat at home and read these newspapers. He couldn't help but cursed "dog licking" and prepared to throw away the newspapers.

Just out of the corner of my eye, I noticed that there was another report mentioning Cheng Kaige.

I picked it up and took a closer look, only to find that Cheng Kaige had returned to China, and it seemed that he was on the same flight.

"It turns out he was the one who looked familiar that day," Chen Shiping smiled, shook his head and threw the newspaper aside.

At most, Director Cheng deserves to waste a few seconds to glance at the newspaper and then forget about it.

They are no longer on the same level, so there is no need to target Xiao Cheng again.

After all, they are also employees in the factory. As a leader, you still need to take more care of them.

I just don’t know if Cheng Kaige is going to make a movie when he comes back this time, or if he wants to see his father.

Mr. Cheng has been ill for a long time, and Cheng Kaige has not been back to visit him for more than a year abroad.

He is also unfilial.

After Chen Shiping put down the newspaper, he forgot about Cheng Kaige.

As for those Muyang dogs scolding him, Chen Shiping thought it was quite funny.

While pinching his nose, he praised Chen Shiping for being awesome and winning an Oscar. How awesome he is.

At the same time, he also called out to the master a few times, scolding Chen Shiping for his lack of quality.

You have to praise, otherwise you won't be able to highlight how powerful and tall your father is.

You have to scold, otherwise how can you highlight the low quality of Chinese people and their magnanimity.

You see, Chen Shiping disrespects the Oscars so much, but they still gave you the award.

This is what dad is like!

"Husband, are these people so idle that they go crazy reading newspapers all day long?"

Tao Huimin was a little angry. These people had no limits.

"Hey, this is what people rely on for their livelihood. It's all business." Chen Shiping said with a smile: "Just remember these names. If you go back and find someone to check, 90% of them have problems!"

Tao Huimin immediately opened his eyes wide, glanced left and right, and then whispered: "Is it a cheap butterfly?"

Seeing Tao Huimin's nervous and gossipy look, Chen Shiping couldn't help but knock her on the head and said:

"I'm just kidding, don't think blindly, but I really want to fight back against these people. It's been a long time since I wrote a short story."

"Then I'll make you tea and prepare banknotes!"

Tao Huimin immediately ran to make tea for Chen Shiping, then went to the study to light sandalwood and fill the pen with ink.

Chen Shiping came to the desk, took a sip of tea to adjust his thoughts, and then picked up the pen and started writing.

"Me and the Puppy"

After Chen Shiping finished writing the title, he began to write eloquently.

Tao Huimin stood aside and watched quietly. At first, he thought Chen Shiping was going to write a story about himself and Hachigong.

But I didn’t expect that the content of the novel had nothing to do with Hachiko.

In the novel, it is written that a friend gave Chen Shiping a puppy and said it was an American breed.

But Chen Shiping didn't believe it. He pointed at the dog and said, "This is obviously a Chinese pastoral dog!"

But my friend said that this is an improved breed called Muyang dog!
Chen Shiping was very curious and raised it, but after raising it for a while, he discovered that this breed that had been improved by foreigners had stinky problems.

I like to eat bread, I don’t like to eat steamed buns, I don’t like to eat ribs, I like to eat raw beef.

When I take him out for a walk and see people with yellow hair, he will wag his tail and circle around them begging for mercy. When he sees people with black hair, he will bark.

There are many short stories between Chen Shiping and this dog, but in the end he really couldn't stand this dog and wanted to find a friend to get another one.

But his friend told him that dogs are all like this now! Very valuable!
In desperation, Chen Shiping planned to give it away. Since it was a breed cultivated by Americans, he would give it to American friends.

But when I gave it to others, they were very disgusted and said that this kind of dog had no value at all, so don’t send it back!

Chen Shiping thought about it and wanted to take the dog back, but the dog stayed at the American's house and didn't want to leave.

I had no choice but to leave the dog there.

It's just that Americans don't like that dog. They tie it up in the pile of debris left in the yard and only occasionally give out a little food.

After a long time, Chen Shiping thought of the dog again and went to visit his friend's home.

But he found that the dog was dirty and only skin and bones were left, but when he saw Chen Shiping taking him away from here, he showed his fierce fangs.

Tao Huimin sat in the study and read for several hours. It was not until Chen Shiping stopped writing that she couldn't help but say:
"Husband, you scolded me so tactfully!"

　It took too long to update alone, and I'm still not used to two updates. In the middle, I went to the author group to watch other people quarreling, which wasted an hour. Eating melon really wastes time.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)