When the name of "The Wind Rises" was announced for Best Animated Feature Film at the Oscars, the whole world went silent!
The difference between the Oscars and other film festivals is that the Oscars ceremony takes place during the day in Beijing time.
You don’t need to be a night owl to follow the news at any time.
And Guan Ling himself has been frequently searched because of Zhen Zi's scolding battles.
Some fans of Donnie Yen were ready to ridicule him early.
And more people are paying attention to whether Chinese directors can create another miracle at the Oscars.
After all, Director Guan had always created things before.
That's exactly what happened, just a moment after the award was announced.
The domestic entertainment industry was immediately shaken!
On Sina, NetEase, Sohu, Weibo, major portals and forums, all kinds of news popped up like mushrooms after a rain!
"Chinese cartoon miracle?! "The Wind Rises" won the Oscar for animated feature film!"
"Director Guan Ling boasted so much last year, and he realized it within one year!"
"A history of humiliation and never give up in life, "Even if the Wind Rises" stands at the top of the domestic and foreign animation industry!"
"Oscar Award for Best Animated Film. When you were watching Pleasant Goat, did you realize that there is an animation in China that can win such an award?!"
Countless people were shocked.
After Guan Ling won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film, if I had to use a metaphor, it would most likely be a domestic football player joining Real Madrid.
That's quite shocking!
And even at the award ceremony, countless people were looking at Guan Ling.
Fan Bingbing's face was full of shock, her pair of big thunders were rising and falling at the moment, and Guan Ling was a little worried that her clothes would fall off.
Zhang Ziyi covered his mouth and nose. In addition to exerting its power on Guan Ling before, Zhang Ziyi's small cherry mouth was also as red as blood at this moment. It opened to the size of a goose egg, giving a classic emoticon to Director Guan's performance.
Amber looked back at Guan Ling, her desire to get married became stronger,
"Guan, why is he so awesome even in cartoons?"
Amber looked at Guan Ling with drawn eyes. If there weren't so many people outside at the moment, she would have felt that her state had been blurred.
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"What an Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film."
In the big villa, Mother Liu clenched her fist and swung it out fiercely.
She turned to look at the May friends at home and said with a smile,
"My son-in-law, if nothing else, is low-key. Moreover, he is an honest man, and wherever he goes, he always brings something back.
I have won the Oscar statuette several times!
The first time I took Feifei there, I was at home for the Chinese New Year, and this guy, who was a small director at the time, a quiet and unassuming kind, sent an e-mail asking Feifei if she wanted to go. Oscar, our whole family was confused at that time.
As a result, they actually went and won the best original screenplay for the first time. It was later forwarded and thanked by disability associations around the world. ”
Mother Liu fell into imagination and memories.
Every time I think of that incident, it seems like it was the next day, but I still remember it clearly.
"Excuse me? What are you talking about? This is called hard power. How can you say that a thief can't escape? Now Guan Ling has countless thieves who want to pounce on him."
"Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film. I don't really want to explain to you what this award represents. In short, our domestic animation is like a desert. Even if there is a drop of water on it, there may be hope. But we have won Annie one after another. Award, Berlin Golden Bear and Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film, this is a desert that has opened up three oases.”
"Feifei is now starting to be a producer under the guidance of this son-in-law. Do you want to start slowly? This time she is a producer, next time she may be a director. In the future, the two couples will have to rely on themselves. ”
Mother Liu kept chatting about the story, feeling both happy and unhappy at the same time, and her emotions were a bit complicated.
The good news is that Guan Ling's relationship with Liu Yifei is still relatively stable, at least they are not breaking up.
What's embarrassing is that now Liu's mother has to admit the most basic fact, that is, this son-in-law, Yifei herself cannot control it.
Even if you add yourself as a mother, can they handle Guan Ling together?
It's quite a bit choking.
"Feifei, I really can't help you this time."
Liu's mother punched a Yaoji out of her hand. Watching the live broadcast on the movie channel of Zhang Ziyi, Fan Bingbing and Amber, she was thinking about Feifei. When the three figures overlapped in her eyes, they were all Yaoji.
Three chickens.
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"Director Guan, my God!"
Yang Mi and Zeng Jia were at the makeup backstage at the moment. When they heard the news, Yang Mi opened her mouth slightly and said these words in a daze.
At this moment, she was as excited as Guan Ling.
After all, no one expected that Director Guan could win so many awards for his cartoons.
Although they can't figure out why Guan Ling's animation was awarded.
But it was taken after all.
"This is amazing." Zeng Jia's eyes widened and she said calmly.
Everyone can understand that Director Guan has won Oscars for Best Original Screenplay, Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film, and Oscars for Best Director.
After all, "Hearing Girl" is a film that is famous all over the world and is a humanistic film for people with disabilities.
"Shoplifters" and "Father Trapped in Time" focus on the bottom of society or Alzheimer's patients. They have proven themselves in Cannes early. If they don't win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, people may have doubts about the Oscar. question.
When it comes to the Oscar for Best Director, "Inception" has such a high global box office, and coupled with the two "Father Trapped in Time", the Oscar is equivalent to giving Guan Ling support.
To put it bluntly, with all the box office success Director Guan has created in Hollywood, it's his turn to be shortlisted.
But now this Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film.
That is truly groundbreaking!
This award has been established for so many years, and only one Asian has won it, Hayao Miyazaki, and no more.
The most important thing is that this is the first time Director Guan has done animation. Did Director Guan really make it happen?
And it’s a great achievement?
Director Guan now controls public opinion in the Mainland. Could it be that the Annie Awards, the Berlin Golden Bear, and even the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film are all fake news written by Director Guan himself?
Some people began to doubt their own eyes.
……
Amid the continuous applause at the scene, Guan Ling came to the stage.
Amid the host's congratulations, Guan Ling delivered his acceptance speech on stage in fluent English.
"I am very grateful to the Oscar organizing committee for giving me this award. This is a recognition. Everyone knows that I have been focusing on the animation during the press conference in China and the official animation shooting of the Venice Film Festival. Some areas, but today, I don’t want to talk about how cruel the things the Japanese army did were, and they need to apologize
I just want to talk about it from the perspective of the animated film itself. Compared with American, Japanese, and European animation in the past two decades, China Animation’s current animation level is still very insufficient: there is no complete professional industrial chain, a lack of professionals, and a lack of audiences. Low recognition and lack of brand advantage. But at the same time, China Animation has a certain accumulation, a huge consumer market, and profound cultural heritage. The gap in production technology, especially CG technology, is narrowing.
I believe that my award this time has historic significance for the development of Chinese animated films. It is also of great significance to the joint development of Chinese and American animated films.
So this award can be regarded as a bright light.
I also hope that more Chinese animation directors will slowly stand on the Oscar stage, enjoy nominations, enjoy winning awards, and enjoy the shining lights. Thank you all. ”
Guan Ling's words were very comprehensive, and the faces of several invited Japanese people below were already ashen.
Didn't you say it?
Why do you still say such a thing? Are you afraid that others won't know that you said the Japanese army was cruel before?
Director Guan is very harmonious on the surface, but this is an Oscar acceptance speech. Every sentence may be analyzed frame by frame. Guan Ling's yin and yang on the surface can make everyone laugh.
But the last words Guan Ling said felt a bit like complaining, but the more they were like this, the more it showed the excellence of Director Guan in winning the award with his background and strength.
Amid the applause of the crowd, Guan Ling stepped down from the stage.
Although the Oscar ceremony is still going on, in the eyes of many Chinese people, this Oscar is completely over.
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"Award Speech: I don't really want to talk about it, but the Japanese army is indeed cruel!"
"A belated apology cannot be regarded as justice. Director Guan turned into a director of moral trials and described the life and death of the Japanese soldiers."
"Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film! A Chinese film and a Chinese director won the Oscar for animation for the first time in history!"
Various news swept across the Internet, making many people groan inwardly.
"Yes! Yes!" Director Zhang of the Magic City Film Studio was excitedly patted on the shoulder by people on the side,
Director Zhang had tears in his eyes and was stunned for a long time.
Everything around him became noisy, but when it reached his ears, it turned into noise and did not reach his mind at all.
At this moment, Director Zhang's mood was only complicated.
In his world, a ray of light shone through what seemed like an endless night.
From the box office to winning three awards, the light that shines in becomes more brilliant each time, and now, it is like a lighthouse in the ocean, lighting up the world.
"Chinese director Blitz Annie, Berlin, Oscar, "The Wind Rises" won the three highest animation awards!"
"The best cartoon of 2012 may have given the answer at the beginning of the year!"
Looking at the two latest news headlines, Director Zhang finally spoke.
He looked at the people around him.
"Everyone, I'm retiring."
The Chinese animators had a candidate to take over, and Director Zhang suddenly felt very tired.
He has worked hard to support the Magic City Art Studio for twenty years. Now, he is really tired and can't work anymore.
He watched the lost thirty years before his eyes, and watched the Magic City Art Studio transform from an industry giant back then to a lost assembly plant.
He even had doubts sometimes.
"What is the difference between working in animation in China and working in an electronics factory?!"
The Chinese animation school has been lost in the dust of history.
Since the influx of American and Japanese animation into China in the 1980s, Chinese Animation has gone through three decades of difficult transformation. Mo Mei Factory, which was kicked out of the planned economic system by foreign films, Global Digital, which learned Western three-dimensional animation technology, CCTV Animation, which imitated foreign animation business models... Each generation is saving the declining domestic animation in its own way.
Just like modern China, modern China did not emerge from the Middle Ages, but was blasted out of the Middle Ages. It was forced out of the Middle Ages after being bombarded by other people's cannons and strong ships.
At that time, there was a massive invasion of American and Japanese animation, and Shangmei Factory was completely kicked out of the Middle Ages.
In 1984, after completing the production of "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind", Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata came to Modu Art Film Studio.
Director Zhang is a little follower next to the two of them.
Two Japanese animation masters were full of praise for the ink animation "Tadpole Looking for Mom", but the leader of the American Film Studio kept asking them about Japan's piece-based payment system and wanted to introduce it to China. This made the two people very disappointed. They thought that there would be no Chinese animation school.
Later, various policies took turns. Subsidies for the animation industry led to the establishment of Shenzhen Animation Huangpu Military Academy Global Digital Company. The Hong Kong Liang brothers decisively devoted themselves to animation production, with the goal of creating China Disney.
But in the end, it spent 130 million, learned skills from foreigners, and failed to conquer foreigners. The production of "Mobius Ring" grossed more than 3 million at the box office.
And because the stock price plummeted, Brother Liang was kicked out of the board of directors.
Completely beat the odds.
5 years of youth, more than 400 people, 130 million yuan, the company changed hands...
Although these had little to do with the Magic City Art Studio, they frightened the Magic City Art Studio. Since then, they have not even had the courage to reform.
Then CCTV Animation took over the torch of Modu Art Studio, and many talents from Mo Mei went to CCTV, and finally produced high-quality animations such as "Journey to the West", "The Legend of Nezha", and "The Adventures of Little Carp", but Soon, CCTV Animation fell into the same predicament of brain drain and declining creativity as Shangmei Factory back then, and gradually declined.
At this time, the "ban on broadcasting" of overseas cartoons continued to escalate, and CCTV Animation, whose production could not keep up, was once in a situation where it had no films to broadcast.
In order to make up for the running time, some low-quality domestic animations can only be put on the screen.
Director Zhang understands the history of cartoons, because the development of domestic animation over the years has been integrated with him, almost integrated into his life.
He had thought it would be a complete low point.
He thought that China Animation had no future.
It wasn't until Guan Ling came into conflict with Japan that he announced that he was going to make an animated movie.
Until he made some insinuations and learned that Lingyun Media had acquired Walter Fangqiang.
Only then did he realize that Guan Ling was not just talking, he was serious!
But now, he felt that the pressure all over his body had finally dissipated.
Guan Ling used "Even if the Wind Rises" to tell all animators that as long as you work hard, you will definitely make a profit.
Because of him, he is standing on the Oscar podium!
"Zhang Chang, are you really quitting? We are still waiting for a big fight under your leadership."
Some people are quite surprised. The Magic City Art Studio has just started to improve, so why does Director Zhang have to retire?
It is roughly estimated that Modu Art Studio can earn at least 100 million because of "The Wind Rises".
"I'm really tired."
Director Zhang smiled.
"But I am very happy that all Chinese animators are not dead yet."
In the factory, apart from people's excitement, there was only a long silence.
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China Film.
Han Sanpin touched the script in his hand and made a phone call outside.
"Bureau Li, hey, do you have time? Let's have a meeting."
"I'm a little busy, Director Han. What's the matter?"
"About Guan Ling,"
"I saw the news. Xiaoguan is very good at the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film. My support for him at the beginning was not in vain. Let's talk about it after Xiaoguan returns to China. Now that he has not come back, we haven't celebrated yet. time.”
"It's not a celebration." Han Sanpin said, "Bureau Li, I don't want to discuss it with you alone. I want to invite you to sit down and have a meeting with a few big leaders in the bureau."< br>
"Is something wrong?"
Director Li’s voice became serious now,
He had just won an Oscar, and Han Sanpin took the initiative to have a meeting. There must be something going on.
"Guan Ling has a new script, and I've read it, but, in terms of review, according to today's requirements, it's quite difficult to pass."
Han Sanpin said, "Moreover, Guan Ling has put forward some new requirements and new ideas for the development of Chinese cartoons, and he hopes that I will convey them on his behalf. This script is a stepping stone."
Bureau Li fell into silence, and then asked after a moment: "Is it the script of an animated movie?!"
"Yes!"
"What new requirements or ideas does he have?" Bureau Li asked.
"He asked us to liberalize the review of certain aspects of animated films and not be too restrictive. Specific matters need to be discussed at a meeting. But he asked that special cases be made for high-quality products several times a year. He did not want to affect the overall situation."
"If not, he wants to shoot the movie in the United States?" Director Li asked.
This time Han Sanpin didn't answer.
But both of them had answers in their hearts. Han Sanpin had previously gone to Korea to film "The Crucible" and to Taiwan to film "Confession." This way, he always had a way to film the films he wanted to film.
Director Li was silent for a few seconds and said, "Come to my office."
"Don't worry, Director Li, aren't you a little busy? Just wait until you make appointments with all the leaders. It won't be less than a day or two."
Han Sanpin said.
"Nothing is more important than this right now."
Director Li said, "I did have a meeting with several leaders, but now, this issue must be raised first."
"I'm not afraid of anything else. I'm just afraid that this guy Guan Ling will start filming without saying a word. He shoots too fast and will be in pre-production without paying attention."
Director Li was also a little scared,
"If he needs us to have a meeting, then we only have to do one thing, have a meeting."
"I don't mind being dominated by statuette winners."
Han Sanpin took a breath of air.
What a great leader, he has lost his backbone. (End of chapter)