That year Huayu

What is a film festival?

In the small year of the film festival, that is, the films participating in the film festival awards competition have huge differences in comprehensive strength, and there is no possibility of competing with each other.

Basically, it is one or a few movies that have unquestionable and absolutely overwhelming strength.

For example, this year's Golden Horse Awards is recognized by the industry as a small year for movies! All the shortlisted films in Taiwan are of poor quality and weak.

But sometimes, the more you think nothing will happen, the more accidents will happen.

The Golden Horse Awards ceremony on the evening of the 22nd was broadcast live on movie channels and several major portal websites.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, a "big show" that was the most ridiculous in the world was staged on the stage of the Golden Horse!

This year's awards order is with the Best Director Award first, followed by the Best Actor and Best Actress awards.

When the Best Director Award was awarded, the presenters were Hou Xiaoxian and Gong Li.

In the warm-up session before the winners were announced, Hou Xiaoxian specially welcomed Gong Li’s first arrival on behalf of Golden Horse.

But what he said to Gong Li unintentionally surprised many people, that is:

"I hope that next time you come to the Golden Horse, you will stand on the stage to receive the award instead of being a guest."

Everyone just thought this was Hou Hsiao-hsien's slip of the tongue, because the Best Actress award has not been awarded yet, so why do you think Gong Li can only award the award this time?

However, Gong Li was very graceful and did not say anything, but continued to award the award because she was very confident.

The first accident was born like this:

Xu Anhua defeated Lou Ye, Chen Kexin, Wang Xiaoshuai and Diao Yinan, who just won the Golden Bear at the beginning of the year, and won the Best Director Award!

And when it came time to win the Best Actor award, there was another surprise:

Chen Jianbin defeated Liu Qingyun and Liao Fan, who won the Berlin Best Actor for "Fireworks in the Day" and was crowned the Golden Horse Best Actor.

However, what made everyone in the audience subconsciously exclaim was the Best Actress award, which was truly the biggest upset of this year's Golden Horse.

A little-known Taiwanese actress with few works, took away the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress from Gong Li, the much-anticipated "Queen"!

You know, even the nominees Zhao Yanzi and Tang Wei never thought they could take the trophy away from Gong Li.

But this kind of fantasy actually happened. The Best Actress was taken away by a "competitor" that few people had even looked at.

When the camera flashed past Gong Li, Zhao Yanzi, and Tang Wei, none of them smiled, and Gong Li even had a cold face.

There was a commotion at the scene, and there was endless noise. Many guests looked at Gong Li intentionally or unintentionally!

From the moment the Best Actress award was announced, this Golden Horse Awards was a joke.

Although the final Best Picture was also a big upset, no one was interested in paying attention to it anymore.

Although "Massage" lost to "Fireworks in the Day" in Berlin, it crushed the Golden Bear Award-winning "Fireworks in the Day" at the Golden Horse!

In one night, the news about the Golden Horse Awards spread throughout the Chinese film industry.

How to describe the unreasonable and disgusting results of this Golden Horse Awards?

It made Gong Li, who has always been magnanimous and is used to seeing big waves, and has served as the chairman and judge of the jury of three major European film festivals and international A-type film festivals for many times, speak directly:

"I came to the Golden Horse Awards this time, and I would like to express my special thanks to the Golden Horse Awards for giving me this opportunity to let me know what an unprofessional film festival is like, and an unfair film festival will make all artistic staff look down on them. This is It’s my first time to come to Golden Horse and it’s also my last time…”

This was probably Gong Li's strongest word, but it was enough to show her anger.

The entire film industry and the Internet were in a frenzy, with a lot of criticism directed at Golden Horse. Many filmmakers in the industry even publicly expressed their support for Gong Li.

Sometimes, it's really disgusting people who do disgusting things.

The Taiwanese host of the awards ceremony was interviewed by the media and directly mocked Gong Li as a piece of "frozen meat". He bluntly said that if he was nominated, Gong Li should be secretly happy!

So far, this year's Golden Horse Awards has been completely at the forefront of public opinion, and has become the target of public criticism in the industry and online!

"If Gong Li will lose to an actress who is almost a newcomer, then I want to know what kind of talent that actress is?"

Jiang Wen's statement was very direct and very naked.

"For someone as well-educated as Gong Li to be able to stop questioning, it shows how childish this Golden Horse Awards is..." Gu Changwei also got involved.

"Sister Gong Li..."

"I don't think it's a big deal if Zhao Si loses to Gong Li, but if he loses to someone... I can't figure it out."

Even Chen Kexin couldn't help but chime in, because the hit "Dear" also failed to produce any results!

"Although this is how awards are judged, this time it was indeed a bit excessive." Zhang Yimou, who was far away in Hollywood, made a rare statement.

"She is the top actress in the Chinese film industry. I knew it when she was in Farewell My Concubine."

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The only one who can make so many big directors in the film industry speak out in support at the same time is probably Gong Li.

This network of connections is the envy of countless actors, but they can only be envious, because Gong Li's network of connections is based on his strength.

"This is too mean. How dare they use Sister Gong Li to carry the sedan?!"

The next morning, when Lin Nan got up and went to have breakfast, she heard Liu Yifei holding a tablet and complaining there.

Only then did he remember that last night was the Golden Horse Awards Ceremony. He went to bed early yesterday and got up very late today, forgetting all about it.

"Sissi, what are you doing?"

Seeing Liu Yifei tapping on the tablet as if typing, Lin Nan picked up the buns on the dining table, took a bite and asked.

"Follow Director Jiang and the others and support Sister Gong Li."

Liu Yifei raised her head and said seriously. She cried at the premiere of "The Return".

Lin Nan didn't say anything, but picked up his phone and flipped through it.

In the mainland film industry, many people are indeed supporting Gong Li and questioning Golden Horse. And the Internet is even more chaotic. There are a lot of curses, but they are all justified.

There are even those who want to step on the golden rooster, saying that even the golden rooster can't do this kind of thing, using Gong Li to step in for unknown actors.

Well, Lin Nan felt that Jinji might not be able to do it, after all, that would be a slap in the face.

Because Gong Li was the Golden Rooster Best Actress many years ago, and was the Golden Rooster Best Actress twice.

This year is a small year for Golden Horse films. Taiwanese films are all poor. If you want to save a bit of face, you can only leave one award by "scrupulous means".

And stepping on Gong Li's rise to the top is undoubtedly a step to the top. But this kind of operation is also extremely stupid.

Because, you picked the wrong person!

No Taiwanese actress can swallow "Gong Li" without choking to death!

Lin Nan did not hesitate, he also admired Gong Li very much.

This is the top actress in the Chinese film industry, and no big director would dislike Gong Li. He is also looking forward to the day of cooperation with Gong Li.

"Let me also post on Weibo. I heard that there was a gap between Chen Chong, the chairman of this year's jury, and Gong Li. I don't know if it's true or not?"

Lin Nan muttered, and then started to post:

"To be honest, the Best Actress award result can no longer be called an 'upset'. Anyone who is not a fool should be able to see that Sister Gong Li was used to carry the sedan for the 'newcomers'.

Golden Horse's overwhelming publicity campaign in the past few months has been centered around "Return" and Gong Li. This is the purpose, right? The higher she is raised, the higher will the person stepping on her stand?

I understand Jinma's desire to save some face for his own people, but he really chose the wrong person. At least I picked a reasonable target. Now the newbie went out and killed the big boss directly! Is it reasonable? is it possible? "

"Let me give you a thumbs up, hehe." Liu Yifei said playfully.

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Not long after arriving at the company at noon, Lin Nan heard that the Internet was even more chaotic.

Chen Chong posted two clarifications on Weibo within an hour, saying bluntly that the Golden Horse is fair, fair and open. But who would believe such a feeble response?

Moreover, the media once again revealed the discord between the two. Faced with this, Chen Chong's response was: We have no discord and no grudges.

But Gong Huang's response was very slap in the face: "I don't know her." He is such a sweet-tempered person, and doesn't mince words!

"Good guy, this Ms. Chen has a lot of dirty information!"

Just when Lin Nan was lamenting the media's "diligence", the assistant knocked on the door.

"Director Lin, your flight ticket has been booked for the 15th of next month."

"Yeah, I get it. By the way, is there any news about "Get Out! Mr. Tumor" directed by Guo Fan? It's been more than half a month."

"Not yet. Director Yue said it will probably be in the next few days."

"Okay then, it's okay."

Lin Nan was now convinced that he would not attend Jiang Wen's premiere; as for "The Taiping Wheel (Part 1)", he really couldn't avoid it.

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The daily box office of "Interstellar" continues to decline, having dropped by 60 million, but it has only been released in China for 12 days.

Comparing this data horizontally, it is still the highest daily box office.

Looking at the 130 million investment "Once Upon a Time: Heroes Have Dreams", it's already a bit disappointing.

It had only been released for three days, and the daily box office had plummeted to around 10 million, and it was about to hit seven figures.

In the past, it was only said that historical films on Hong Kong Island were shot like gangster fights. Why are kung fu action movies now made like this? A hero acts like a club brother...

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"We made an appointment to come over in early December to measure clothes for Sissi and me... Let's throw it away now."

Lin Nan was sitting in the study, tapping his fingers on the table and muttering.

On the mobile phone in front of me, the number has already been dialed.

"Director Lin?"

When the other end of the phone saw Lin Nan's caller ID, he was mentally prepared. The company's cooperation with this great director should be coming to an end soon.

“What’s the current share price?”

Lin Nan asked simply, and so did the other party.

"Since the market opened this morning, it has increased by 5 points. It is now 55 yuan and 50 cents. How much do you want to sell?"

The person on the phone stopped fantasizing and asked directly.

Lin Nan couldn't help laughing. He just threw it away but didn't buy it.

"The amount will be the same as last time, but this time it will take longer. Help me cash out two million shares before the 5th of next month. By the way, how many Huayi shares do I have left?"

The other party was obviously taken aback and was cursing in his heart.

"Director Lin, there are currently eight million shares in the account."

Hearing this number, Lin Nan felt confident that marriage was definitely enough.

As for whether Huayi, whose market value has soared this year, will give him more allocations again, we have to wait and see at the end of January or early February.

"Well, it's okay. Two million shares, just sell them."

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