As the artistic director of the Jose Film Festival, Wu Yang will be warmly received by the local film circle no matter which country he goes to.
There are many social occasions where I don’t want to attend, but I have to attend due to the overwhelming hospitality.
For this reason, Wu Yang rarely has any public schedule in the future.
Many public figures are like this.
Unless it is an itinerary that must be made public - it has a specific meaning that needs to be shown to the public.
This time, coming to China to participate in the International Film Critics Film Festival is just such an itinerary.
But it's different.
Because this film festival itself is open to a small scale.
After Wu Yang learned about this film festival organized by Lu Yanhe and his girlfriend Chen Siqi, he admired the courage of the two of them.
Because the existence of film critics as a group in the film industry has a very special significance.
Without them, the existence of the film industry would not be affected. But without their existence, it is unclear whether movies would still be the concept of movies in the current social sense.
All works cannot be separated from interpretation.
Painting, literature, music and other arts can directly reach the audience. However, without a "final" interpretation or "enduring" controversy, it cannot reach a more distant audience across the torrent of time.
If a movie wants to cross the double distance of time and space and reach a more distant audience, film critics are an inevitable part of it. In a broader sense, everyone who discusses movies is a film critic.
However, like Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi, it is very rare in the world to organize a film festival with such a clear-cut focus on the group of film critics.
Film critics have always been supporting actors in the world of movies.
However, as the helmsman of one of the four major international film festivals, Wu Yang actually appreciates their move.
In today's international film festival landscape, major film festivals have occupied almost every time slot.
If you want to hold a film festival in the conventional sense, it will be difficult to succeed, because no matter when you hold it, there will already be a successful film festival, and at that time, more famous films and filmmakers will be attracted.
The competition pressure is huge and the probability of success is extremely low.
The Critics International Film Festival is a different type.
It will not become a contender for mainstream film festivals. On the contrary, it can also attract directors like Wu Yang to participate.
Its purpose is not to create a film festival that surpasses anyone else, but to fill a gap in the current film festival landscape.
Moreover, it is a novelty hosted by two young people.
In the film industry, young people and new things never go out of style and are always popular.
So, Wu Yang is here.
As the most friendly film festival to Chinese films among the four major international film festivals, the Jose Film Festival has always been one of the most popular film festivals for Chinese films.
Wu Yang is coming to China, and dozens of people, including film company bosses, producers, directors, actors, all hope to make an appointment with him and meet him. It was impossible for Wu Yang to decline them all. The sophistication of human relations is not just a "patent" for the Chinese.
On the day he arrived in China, Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi went to the airport to pick him up.
Wu Yang only brought one accompanying assistant.
Instead, Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi had seven or eight people here.
This time, Linyu accompanied Wu Yang throughout the whole process and also served as his accompanying translator. Although Wu Yang could speak Chinese, he was limited to basic communication, so he arranged for Linyu to accompany him throughout the entire process to avoid misunderstandings in communication.
Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi sent him to the hot spring hotel first.
“All guests in this hotel during the film festival are officially invited by our film festival. Non-related personnel are not allowed to come in. So, if you are willing, you can take a bath in the hot springs or get a massage when you rest here. All hotels provide these services," Lu Yanhe introduced to Wu Yang.
Wu Yang nodded.
This hot spring hotel is not very luxurious. Compared with the officially designated hotels of the four major international film festivals, it can even be said to be one level lower. This is not a "high-end hotel" route, but a "simple, comfortable and cheap" resort hotel style.
The overall style is actually a bit similar to the small villa Lu Yanhe lived in when he was filming in Malaysia.
This style complements the positioning of the film festival itself.
"Your arrangements are so considerate." Wu Yang said to Lu Yanhe, "Thank you for your hard work."
In the evening, Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi arranged a dinner for more than a dozen people.
Wang Zhong, Shang Yongzhou, Chen Bige, Liu Bige, Zhang Ruozhi, Jia Long, Wan Xin and others are all here.
Huang Kairen, Li Songfan and Wang Jing were unable to come over tonight because they were all on stage or had work arrangements.
In addition to these Chinese filmmakers that Wu Yang knows, Lu Yanhe also invited Lin Desheng from Northern Lights Video and Mr. Huang from Longyan Pictures.
Apart from these people, the rest are Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi's own people.
Such a dinner is somewhere between public and private. With so many big stars appearing in one place at the same time, paparazzi naturally took photos. The place where they ate had better privacy, and the paparazzi only captured the scene where they got on and off the bus and entered and exited the restaurant.
Still, the photos caused an uproar.
Except for Ning Xiulian, who won the Best Actress Award at the Venice International Film Festival, who did not appear, it can be said that in recent years, some of the most high-profile people in Chinese films internationally are here.
It was precisely when these photos were released together that everyone suddenly realized one thing:
In the past few years, most of the Chinese-language films that have gained international attention seem to be related to Lu Yanhe.
A layman looks at the excitement, an expert looks at the door.
Longyan is not the only domestic film company. However, only the boss of a company in Longyan was invited to attend the dinner organized by Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi to welcome Wu Yang.
Everyone's mood at this moment was not even to blame Lu Yanhe for abandoning them, but to ask the people under his command why they had not received news of the dinner in advance so that they could get the invitation in advance.
That’s the artistic director of the Jose Film Festival!
For film companies, they are the powerful people who gild their films.
Even if you can't enter the main competition section, there are other sections where you can add a layer of gold with the name of "International Film Festival".
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With the arrival of Wu Yang, the film festival officially opened.
The opening ceremony of this film festival was held in the auditorium of Zhenhua University.
Of course there is a theater in Yuming, and there are places more suitable for openings.
However, that kind of solemn and ceremonial place is not suitable for the positioning and style of this film festival.
On the contrary, this kind of atmosphere is more suitable for an auditorium on a university campus.
Moreover, because of Lu Yanhe's relationship, Zhenhua University is also very supportive. Whether it is the venue or the organization of volunteers, Lu Yanhe can have a lot less to worry about.
No officials gave speeches, and there were no cumbersome and solemn ceremonies.
After Lu Yanhe expressed his welcome to everyone as the organizer, Chen Siqi briefly introduced why such a film festival should be held, blew the rainbow farts of the film critics in the audience, and talked about the opinions of several film critics on the film works. Examples of far-reaching influence, and finally elevated, to deepen the "meaning" of "discussion" to the film art itself.
Afterwards, everyone began to watch the opening film of this film festival together.
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That evening, many international film media released reports on the Jump Up Film Critics International Film Festival.
If you take a closer look, you will find that the media that published this report are basically media that have their own cooperative film critics or columnist film critics attending this film festival.
Wu Yang's presence has also given this film festival a layer of gold, making it impossible for those who are jealous or unhappy for various reasons to say that this is a grass-roots film festival.
Of course, those who want to find fault can do so no matter what.
For example, Japanese film critic Nagayama Kazo, who had a feud with Lu Yanhe, directly satirized Lu Yanhe on his social media, saying that he had never seen an actor so openly try to please film critics.
Such accusations certainly made Lu Yanhe fall into some controversy.
Some media also published Yongshan Kazo's criticism and contacted Lu Yanhe to get his reply.
Chen Ziyan is still responsible for Lu Yanhe's media contact.
Chen Ziyan: "People who truly love the art of film will not think in such a utilitarian direction for a move that can make the film receive wider attention and respect. Yan He has been a film critic since he first acted in a film. Darling, he never had to flatter the critics.”
In fact, Chen Ziyan did not want to reply.
The reply will become the fodder for further reports by major media, which will make the matter even more lively.
But Yongshan Hesan had to reply to such accusations. Once he didn't reply, it would be like acquiescence and he was right.
Chen Ziyan thought about it and felt that she could not suffer this loss silently.
In particular, Yongshan Hesan cannot be allowed to take advantage of this matter, otherwise, he will get the benefit this time, and he doesn't know what nonsense he will say next time.
His impartiality as a film critic has been distrusted by everyone because of previous incidents.
The negative scandals surrounding him now far outweigh his professionalism.
Therefore, he doesn't have to worry about tarnishing his feathers when he speaks. Who knows what more bottomless things he will do if he breaks the jar.
Chen Ziyan does not have any optimism about Yongshan Hesan's character.
Chen Ziyan thought about it for a while and figured out what to do.
As for martial ethics, she didn't consider it at all.
What Yongshan Hesan did was shameless. Of course she would not talk about martial ethics with Yongshan Hesan.
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Chen Ziyan did nothing else. She just found a connection to make a special report on a program through a friend about the disgusting things Yongshan Hesan had done in the past. About eight minutes in, at the end of the report, The host raised a question: How can a person like Yongshan Kazo, who has long lost his bottom line as a film critic, have the confidence to question Lu Yanhe?
Then, Chen Ziyan found someone to translate the program into Japanese, and promoted it locally in Japan through her connections in Japan.
How can a person's words be discredited?
One way is to find evidence that these words are lies.
Another way is to find out what this person has said to prove that his past words and deeds have long been discreditable.
Chen Ziyan adopted the latter approach.
Let Yongshan Kasan's already stinky reputation smell again, reminding people of how stinky he is.
Nagayama Kazo's reputation among Japanese critics is not good——
He is one of the very few film critics publicly banned from several international film festivals.
Japanese film critics believe that he has tarnished the reputation of the entire Japanese film critics.
Now, Yongshan Hesan is quarreling here again, and Chen Ziyan counterattacks like this. The matter is quite heated.
Immediately, other Japanese film critics stood up to criticize Nagayama Kazo and drew a clear line with him.
These actions of drawing a clear line will not cause substantial damage to Nagayama Kazuzo - he has long been expelled from the mainstream circle. However, such scandal publicity can bring him a lot of unexpected troubles, whether it is work or daily life.
So far, Nagayama Kazo has no second identity besides being a film critic. He relies on his reputation to make a living. He wants to create an image of himself as someone who "dare to speak the truth". What Chen Ziyan has to do is to make his image of "dare to speak the truth" reveal the truth about "private revenge".
Only the more deeply the whole environment impressed him with his "private revenge", the less harmful his attack on Lu Yanhe was.
As for Yongshan Hesan, he did not dare to offend Lu Yanhe again.
Chen Ziyan has no such idea at all. Because she knew it was difficult, she could only let him suffer enough so that Yongshan Hesan could weigh the consequences of his actions when he had such thoughts again and again. Maybe this will make Yongshan Hesan less villainous.
Chen Ziyan even thought about whether to find some connections in Japan and find someone to warn and threaten Yongshan Hesan so that he would never dare to trouble Lu Yanhe again.
After thinking about it again and again, Chen Ziyan gave up the idea.
Now Lu Yanhe is upright and not afraid of shadows. If she finds that kind of relationship and is exposed, it will become an indelible stain on Lu Yanhe. In particular, Lu Yanhe is also a Chinese artist and a high-quality idol who graduated from Zhenhua University.
His image must be clean and away from these gray or even black areas.
Chen Ziyan was still a little unhappy that she couldn't teach Yong Shanhe San a lesson properly.
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Lu Yanhe did not participate in the whole process of the film festival.
In addition to accompanying him throughout the opening ceremony, he only participated in social activities and did not participate in the discussions.
He does have a need to avoid suspicion.
Even though this film festival does not have an awards section, they will not compete for the first, second, third or fourth place, but after all, it involves evaluation, and his status is not suitable to participate in such a section.
Lu Yanhe himself did not respond to the news from Yongshan Hesan.
The response will be priceless.
An official response would be enough.
However, because this time the film festival is very academic and lacks the attendance of stars and celebrities, it is inevitable that the influence and attention will not be very good.
Throughout the entire film festival, the matter that attracted the most attention was Yongshan Hesan's accusation against Lu Yanhe.
Fortunately, several domestic film media are quite powerful.
Even though the public's attention is not very high, they still follow every movie screening and subsequent activities very respectfully.
In particular, the CCTV Movie Channel and Linyu's commentary program on Yuehu TV allocate a certain period of time every day to talk about the film festival.
For this group of people who really care about movies, they are quite excited.
Because it is really rare to see so many internationally renowned film critics gather together to evaluate and discuss a movie at the same time, and there may even be tit-for-tat scenes.
In particular, many film school students were able to grab tickets and be able to hear their arguments live, and even had the opportunity to ask questions. They shared all this on their social media afterwards and were in a particularly high state.
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"But it is indeed a bit strange. With Lu Yanhe's connections in the entertainment industry, he wants to invite some celebrities to give a stage to this film festival and gain popularity. Isn't that an easy thing? So many people have been attracted by him before. Gather together in private”
"That's because the host is Wu Yang, the artistic director of the Jose Film Festival. What's the matter? This kind of film festival, to put it nicely, has the name of an international film festival, but in fact it excludes those first-tier film festivals. The movie critics who are in the eyes come here and hold a serious meeting, who pays attention.”
"Lu Yanhe wants to be a leader in Chinese-language films. He is in full bloom. He is really ambitious."
"If he doesn't do it, can anyone else do it? One thing to say is that half of the international influence of Chinese-language films in recent years is related to Lu Yanhe."
"That's what you said, then where do you put Chen Pinhe and Shang Yongzhou?"
"I didn't say that the two of them are not good, but in the past few years, they have not acted in many works, and even less have won awards at overseas film festivals. Don't mention that Chen Pinhe's "White Pearl" almost won an award. In the end If you don’t get a prize, you don’t get a prize.”
"I just think that although Lu Yanhe has indeed done well in recent years, if you look at his movies, except for Wang Zhong's "Three Mountains", they are all small love dramas, "Rouge Button", "Late Spring", and "Love Letter", it's still the same thing when I hear it. I don't like these movies, there are no truly epic movies."
"Then you are too narrow-minded. How old is Lu Yanhe? Do you expect him to make epic blockbusters in his twenties? He can make such achievements at his age. If you can still find fault, I think There is no other person in this world that you can appreciate.”
"Of course I don't mean that. I just don't like people like him... who do everything perfectly. It's so fake. He has good grades, he was admitted to Zhenhua, he has good acting skills, he won awards early, he is famous internationally, and I can write and direct. It’s OK. It’s a talent. I do too. There is nothing to be jealous of, but if you look at his path, he started making magazines, engaged in media, established a media empire, made his reputation sparkling, and now he is doing this kind of film critic film festival. This is too comprehensive. , not like a real person.”
"I'm convinced, brother, I can get sprayed by you."
"Then how come you can write your own songs without criticizing him? Although he doesn't take song writing as his main job, the songs he writes are also very popular and popular."
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The result of this argument was that Lu Yanhe never expected that several people would start fighting because of the argument about him.
While fighting, these people kept insisting on their own opinions and refuting each other's opinions.
Someone at the scene filmed the entire process, and the video was posted online.
"What an unnecessary disaster." Chen Ziyan was helpless.
Lu Yanhe himself didn't know what to say.
Chen Ziyan: "I didn't expect that there would be fights now because of different views on celebrities and artists."
Lu Yanhe: "Why do I feel like I have committed some offense recently? There was Yongshan Hesan before, and then this happened."
"This matter has no negative impact on you, but the content they are arguing about can easily cause controversy on the Internet. I am worried that this will turn into a war of public opinion." Chen Ziyan said, "You have to try to suppress the heat, don't Let others set the pace. Once someone sets the pace and says that you are a leader in Chinese-language films, some people from the older generation will definitely be dissatisfied.”
Lu Yanhe nodded: "I understand."
Even if the trees are beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy them.
Lu Yanhe's previous achievements are already "high-profile" enough.
If we try to establish a "high-profile" image in these aspects, many people will be dissatisfied.
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"Look, we have worked hard for so many years, but the contribution to this industry is not as great as that of a young man who has only worked for a few years."
At a private party, actor Lan Yuan told others in a joking tone.
Huang Lian, chairman of the Golden Cauldron Award Executive Committee, was also at this gathering.
He smiled and said, "Fortunately, it seems that the situation of our drama series is a little better. At least so far, Lu Yanhe's dramas have not won international awards. Otherwise, we will probably be ridiculed."
"Those people on the Internet always speak harshly, and they don't understand this industry." Liu Teli, who won the best actor for "Mule or Horse", was also there. He looked around the crowd and said, "We Chinese Film and Television It’s not easy to have an actor like Yan He in the industry, and a creator who is all-around talented in acting, writing, and directing is indeed a genius that is hard to copy.”
Huang Lian looked at Liu Teli with a smile: "Teli is cherishing his talent."
Liu Teli smiled: "I don't dare to say such things as cherishing talents, and it's not my turn to cherish talents."
"He is too arrogant." Lan Yuan said, "It is a good thing that they hold this film critic film festival, and we also support it, but I heard that many people even if they are willing to come to support or participate in some dialogue and exchange activities, he will give up. Rejected.”
"Refuse? Why?"
"Yeah, I don't know why." Lan Yuan shook her head, "Everyone wants to help him and takes the initiative to help. Why doesn't he appreciate it?"
"What else could be the reason? He must be afraid that we will steal his connections." Another slightly younger man, about thirty-five years old, twitched the corner of his mouth and showed a slightly sarcastic smile, "Isn't he now? Did he become a leading figure in our Chinese-language films because of his success overseas? ”
"Advocate for foreigners and favor foreigners."
Liu Teli frowned slightly.
There are not many private gatherings like today's in this industry.
Of course, such private gatherings are usually held in circles of veterans like them who have been around for many years.
When he came here today, he originally thought it was just a small gathering like usual.
But as the topic of discussion unfolded, he vaguely felt that there seemed to be something wrong with the wind direction in the room today.
He had met and dealt with this young man Lu Yanhe.
Liu Teli really appreciates it, from the bottom of his heart.
As an actor himself, he knows one thing. Talented actors like Lu Yanhe are not easy to come by, and those who are lucky enough to sing all the way to today are rare.
If there is such a person, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a treasure of the entire Chinese film and television industry.
He really has the mentality of an elder looking down on his younger generation, and hopes that he will grow up smoothly.
As for those voices on the Internet, Liu Teli didn't pay attention at all.
Sowing discord, making trouble over nothing, and excessive flattery. There have been too many such operations in recent years.
Liu Teli thought, everyone is an "old gunner" in this industry. How can he be easily provoked by such a voice if he has never seen anything before? -
"Director Luo, it feels like someone is trying to marginalize Xiao Lu."
In private, Liu Teli thought about it again and decided to call Luo Yuzhong.
He has no personal relationship with Lu Yanhe, but he has been friends with Luo Yuzhong for many years.
Luo Yuzhong is also Lu Yanhe’s teacher.
Hearing Liu Teli's words, Luo Yuzhong sighed.
"As expected."
"Have you known this for a long time?" Liu Teli asked, somewhat surprised.
Luo Yuzhong: "During this period, several people have come to me and told me similar things. It should be the sequelae of the blue ribbon incident at the beginning of this year."
"Oh!" Liu Teli responded.
"Huang Lian and the people behind him probably want to exclude Yan He from the Golden Cauldron Award this time." Luo Yuzhong said.
Liu Teli asked: "In addition to "Friends", Yan He has other works included in this selection?"
Luo Yuzhong said: "It's "Friends". In fact, there have been voices in the industry, saying that "Party of Six" and "Friends", as well as "Wulin Gaiden", these sitcoms have a very large mass base and the production is also very good, but because of the subject matter The reason is that it has never been favored by mainstream awards. Many people have long called for mainstream awards to pay attention to sitcom works. ”
Liu Teli thought for a moment, "I have indeed heard this statement, but it is a habit that sitcoms are not taken seriously for many years. Did they want to reform this year?"
"I heard that the General Administration above has such a policy trend. They attach great importance to the drama "Friends". Together with the previous "Party of Six", this drama has a wide spread overseas and has a large audience. The most valuable thing is that , after watching this drama, many overseas audiences have truly realized the living and working environment of young people in China today, which has made some Western media self-defeating the smear campaign against China. The higher-ups attach great importance to the value of this drama. .”
Liu Teli clicked his tongue, "It's indeed rare. So does Huang Lian want to confront him?"
Luo Yuzhong: "If the entire industry believes that the artistic value of this drama is not high and is unwilling to compromise, it is impossible for the superiors to force the Golden Tripod Award to award "Friends"."
"Let me tell you, I feel that the direction of the trend today is not right." Liu Teli sighed, "Yan He clearly supported the Blue Ribbon before, which really offended Huang Lian and his gang. They did all those bad things. After working for so many years, the fig leaf was once pulled away... Ha, they called me over today, isn't it because I have also won the Golden Tripod Award, and they think I will support their ideas? "
Luo Yuzhong: "There is a possibility. Huang Lian has been saying outside that without his persistence in art and resisting all kinds of external pressure, it would be difficult for you to win the Golden Tripod Award in your session."
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In the year Liu Teli won the award, the nominees for Best Actor included Huang Kairen, Jiang Mingzheng, and Chen Jiping. It was indeed a big year, especially Jiang Mingzheng and Chen Jiping, both of whom had very strong backgrounds in the drama industry. people.
Liu Teli: "This——"
Luo Yuzhong: "Teli, thank you for calling me. I received the reminder. Just pretend you didn't call me."
Liu Teli did not expect that Luo Yuzhong would say this immediately and consider him so much.
"Director -" Liu Teli wanted to say something at this time, it's okay. He doesn't appreciate Huang Lian's behavior and he doesn't want to be with them. However, people really can't do things like this, especially when someone like him gets involved. Location, many things are inextricably linked.
Luo Yuzhong: "It's okay, don't say that as long as I'm here, I won't let those people bully my students. Even if I don't have the ability to help Yan He, he won't be short of one or two Golden Tripod Awards. They want the Golden Tripod Award Excluding Yan He is not Yan He’s loss, but the Golden Tripod Award’s loss.”
Liu nodded.
"Indeed."
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After hearing about some trends and changes in the circle from his teacher, Lu Yanhe was silent for a long time.
Unexpectedly, the subsequent turmoil caused by the fight extended to the level of the Golden Tripod Award.
However, Lu Yanhe was not surprised either.
After the Blue Ribbon incident, Lu Yanhe was actually ready for revenge.
He knew very well that his current seemingly "powerful" position was far from being able to compete with the big shots in the circle who had been working together for many years.
However, as Luo Yuzhong said to Liu Teli, he was lucky enough to have accumulated solid capital for himself in the past few years, and he had won many awards. Even if he did not win an award in the next ten years, he would not be disappointed at all. Affects his status and weight under this honor system.
Not to mention, now there is a Golden Cauldron Award for minions.
The Blue Ribbon Award is still open to him.
Lu Yanhe was prepared to fight those people to the end.
"Teacher, if they want to marginalize me, then just marginalize me." Lu Yanhe said, "Maxine will do her best to publicize the Emmy Awards and Golden Globe Awards for "Friends" this year. My goal is not to win the Golden Tripod Award."< br>
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Recommended old book "I Became a Scandalous Heroine Overnight" (End of Chapter)