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"Big productions have box office, which means money encouragement, and good ones can make a lot of money. As for small and medium-budget films, as well as exploratory experimental films, without good box office, we can only affirm excellent films through awards. Even promote it to let more people know that there are high-quality Chinese-language films, to justify the name of Chinese-language films, and not to negate all Chinese-language films, including those Chinese-language blockbusters that are not yet excellent but have been improving."

"We already have a lot of film awards. Not to mention the Golden Horse and Golden Statue in Hong Kong and Taiwan, the Golden Rooster, Hundred Flowers, and Huabiao in the Mainland are all very influential. The newly emerging Beijing University Student Film Festival and the Chinese Media Awards are also developing soundly. There are two international A-category film festivals in the magical city of Kyoto, which is quite an extraordinary achievement." A director said, no matter how you look at it, it seems to be a fan of He Mu.

As soon as he finished speaking, He Mu immediately picked up, "But these film awards are really so influential, can they really take on the role of promoting the sound development of Chinese films and serving as a wind vane for Chinese films?"

"I'm afraid not. The existence of the Golden Rooster serves Hong Kong films. Even through co-productions, excellent mainland films such as "Let the Bullets Fly" can participate in the selection, but everyone has seen the results. The judging criteria and aesthetics are different. As a result, the film failed, and only one Zhang Shuping won the best costume design, and that was a Hong Kong filmmaker."

"Golden Horse is relatively more inclusive, but after all, Taiwan is not the Chinese culture and entertainment center of today, but the land under our feet is. But on the stage of Golden Horse, we have to compare with the production and quality of movies far inferior to our Taiwan. Films are evenly divided, even at a slight disadvantage. So many excellent mainland films have missed the Golden Horse Awards for one or another reason, so it can be seen that regional discrimination still exists. It’s just that the Golden Statue Awards are in the open, and the Golden Horse Awards are hidden in the dark.”

"As for our Golden Rooster and Hundred Blossoms, I think everyone knows how defeated they are now. The reason why we still invite some celebrities to participate every year is simply because of the semi-government background behind them. If there is no such layer I don’t know what influence they have. Anyway, the young friends around me hardly pay attention to the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards, and they don’t seldom discuss these two awards. Their sense of existence is already very weak.”

"The big film festival is indeed getting better and better. The influence is increasing year by year, but this is a film award with a clear theme after all. It is a film carnival for college students. It is okay as a supplement to the mainstream film awards. But you can't expect it to be A feast of movie awards for all. It's not realistic."

"As for the two A-category international film festivals, I really think that one is enough. It is a waste of resources to set up two. It is the competition between cities that consumes the resources of the film industry. Many of their functions overlap. We are a big movie country, but we are definitely not a movie powerhouse, but unfortunately my words don’t work. Otherwise, I will definitely abolish one.”

He Mu talked a lot and drank his saliva.Temporarily stopped his chattering, Zhang Weiping took over the topic, because the box office of "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" did not meet expectations last year and other reasons, he and Zhang Yimou were not very happy, now he is not in a good mood, and his words are a bit rushed , "Young people always like to point out the heroism of the country, but never consider the reality. Your last sentence is the most reasonable, 'It's a pity that your words don't work'. Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers have a history of decades, even if there is no The glory of the year, after all, has guided Chinese films for so many years. It is still very important in the hearts of many people in the industry. Many outstanding actors and films have been selected. No influence is better than creating a new film award. I I think that's what Mr. He said so much?" Zhang Weiping said what He Mu was thinking.

He Mu put down the water glass, "I like a word that can't be broken or built. Maybe it's because I'm a young man who can't accept mediocrity and doesn't like mediocrity. What I want is vigor and brilliance. We imagine that there will be a film award. At the beginning of each year , it will select the Chinese films of the previous year. Excellent commercial films and literary films compete on the same stage. Mainland films, Taiwanese films, Hong Kong films, and even Singaporean films, as long as they are mainly Chinese dialogues, can participate in the competition. We You can see Zhang Yimou, Wong Kar Wai, Hou Xiaoxian and even Ang Lee competing on the same stage. The judges are no longer a few individuals, but screenwriters, directors, arrangers, actors, directors, sound engineers, martial arts instructors, etc. involved in the entire Chinese film industry. Hundreds of people or even hundreds of industry elites choose the best in their minds, and this will be a feast of various media platforms from the Internet to TV, and it will be the focus of everyone's attention."

"Wait a minute, your concept is a bit similar to Oscar." Huang Hong, the director of Bayi Studios, said. Although he is well-known throughout the country as a comedian, he is also an excellent film director. He was the deputy director of Bayi Factory for many years before, so he is not an outsider.

"It is indeed similar to the Oscars. The Oscars are also called the Academy Awards. They are issued by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and the judges are also qualified by the Academy. The Oscars are very famous. They are an awards event that affects the film industry in the United States and even the world. Although there are certain geographical limitations, But even the three major European film festivals in the civilized world, Cannes, Berlin, and Venice, have to stay away from the front for the time being."

"Its judges are usually accomplished directors, actors, special effects artists, producers, lighting engineers, etc. from various film unions. There are about ten of us Chinese alone, such as Ziyi and Wu who I am more familiar with. Junmei, Jet Li, Jia Zhangke, etc., but compared with the 6000 voters in the American film industry, the number of votes of Chinese representatives is very small."

"A total of thousands of people decide on the award. The advantage of this is that it is not easy to cheat. It is easy to bribe one or two judges, but I am afraid that thousands of people will be more difficult. It is not 01:30, and there is another advantage that it will not be judged by individual judges. The judges have different aesthetics than ordinary people and buried good movies. The votes of thousands of judges based on their likes and dislikes are enough to select most satisfactory movies. Such movies are usually not too obscure and mysterious, and are more in line with the public's movie viewing Interesting, and because the voters are all elites in the industry, this ensures that the selected films have a certain quality assurance, and will not be obsessed with big stars and big scenes like ordinary movie lovers, greedy for visual enjoyment, and ignoring its connotation essence, thus losing its fairness and objectivity.”

"Of course, we definitely can't gather thousands of people. After all, our film industry is not that developed. There are basically trade unions for every film-related job, and we don't have such a complete organization in our country. Fortunately, we have some Associations with relatively high thresholds, such as the Film Producers Guild, Film Directors Guild, and Screen Actors Guild."

"Coincidentally, I happen to be a member of these three major associations at the same time, and I have some understanding of these associations. The director of the Producers Association, Mr. Huang Hong, the director of the Actors Association, and the Directors Association Chairman Li Shaohong and former chairman Huang Jianxin are also very courageous, and they are industry leaders who really hope to be able to do something practical. However, these associations we belong to are not very well known to the outside world except for the internal commendation of the association every year. What have we done? Which of our decisions and discussions have really been implemented, which have influenced or guided the progress and discovery of the industry! Don’t you think we lack a stage for us to make a voice and reflect the meaning of our existence? ?!"

... (To be continued..)