Chapter 162: Rage for Beauty
Li Chen is still flying in the sky, and Baihua also announced the nomination list for this session.
When we arrived in Los Angeles, it was already past 1 a.m. local time on the 30th.
When Tim came to pick up the plane, a group of bodyguards protected Li Chen and got into the extended Lincoln.
As soon as he got in the car, Li Chen called Ms. Liu to make sure she was safe. It was already the afternoon of the 30th in China.
"Are you here?"
"Well, we just landed."
"By the way, Director Han called me here after he turned off your phone. I told him, you still It's in heaven." Miss Liu said with a smile.
"Well, I saw the short message reminder. I will get back to him later."
After hanging up the phone, Li Chen called Han Sanping again.
Han Sanping was very happy on the phone. He chatted with him for a long time and then asked about the situation of "Thieves Gate".
At the end, Han Sanping suddenly said: "Li Chen, the nomination list for Baihua has come out."
Li Chen was stunned when he heard it, and before he could react, Han Sanping Another sentence came: "I have something else to do here, so I won't talk to you for now."
Li Chen frowned slightly while holding the phone, a little confused.
Why did Lao Han mention the Hundred Flowers nomination when he had nothing to do.
Li Chen called Yang Siwei again.
Listen to Yang Siwei’s Baihua nomination list.
Li Chen was suddenly filled with lawsuits.
Miss Liu was nominated for Best Actress, and he was nominated for Best Newcomer!
What is even more exaggerated is that the main theme film "Zhang Side" was also nominated for Best Picture of Baihua along with "Those Years".
The box office difference between the two is eight times! It's too fantasy.
Is this the result of the addition of online voting and voice and telephone voting mentioned by the Hundred Flowers Organizing Committee this time?
Is this fair and just?
Did so many netizens, ordinary people and theater managers really vote for this theme film?
Li Chen scoffed at this.
This theme film is the first movie premiere that Li Chen attended after his rebirth.
No way, Lao Han is the producer of this drama.
It has been more than two years since he attended the premiere in September 2004.
He remembered it very clearly. It was now September 2006.
If it wasn’t for Baihua’s nomination, he had almost forgotten about this drama, even though Baihua only happens once every two years.
From a rule point of view, it seems that there is nothing wrong with this drama being nominated.
But this is Baihua, an award chosen by the audience, so I dare to play like this.
It seems that what I think is still too simple and simple.
He also came back to what Han Sanping said just now.
He is the producer of "Zhang Side". It is quite interesting that he can talk about it for this reason.
It's just like saying that "Zhang" will definitely win the award.
Last year’s Golden Rooster, “Zhang” made way for “Kekexili”.
Lu Tailang still has a solid background!
This year I plan to make up for it!
And 80% of the time there will be more than one prize, and it will definitely not be a small prize.
Li Chen can guarantee that Zhang Yimou, Feng Xiaogang, and Zhou Xingchi who are nominated for Best Director will most likely not attend.
As for Tang Jili, it’s hard to say.
Li Chen cursed in his heart, what the hell.
Fortunately, he didn't let "Painted Skin", "Thailand" and "Father's Love Like a Mountain" register.
Originally I just wanted to make room for Miss Liu.
So I only signed up for "Those Years". Now it seems that I was really wrong.
Otherwise, a lot of his company's works were lost, and he ended up studying with the prince.
That is really embarrassing. The organizing committee is thick-skinned, but he is thin-skinned and cannot afford to embarrass this person.
Li Chen called Yang Siwei again.
Yang Siwei was stunned when he heard this: "Boss, why did you suddenly stop going?"
"In the online voting, Yifei's voice for the best heroine was very high. I believe there must be a lot of votes."
Yang Siwei was puzzled. With Yifei's unrivaled number of fans, wouldn't winning the award be just like playing games? .
Why did the boss suddenly decide not to go?
When she signed up, her boss said that the time was right, the place was right, and the people were in the right place. This also changed too quickly.
Li Chen didn’t want to explain more: “There are so many questions, just do as I say.”
"Even if Sissi wins the award, you can just accept it on her behalf."
As soon as the words were spoken, Li Chen felt a little stiff again. After all, Yang Siwei was still young.
Immediately, Li Chen softened his tone again.
“Look carefully at the shortlist for yourself. If you still don’t understand, you are just a rotten wood that cannot be carved!”
“Maybe one day you can change your name and change Yang Siwei to Yang Tianzhen. ." Li Chen held back his laughter.
Yang Siwei was depressed and hung up the phone.
Yang Siwei looked at the shortlist again.
I also tasted a little different taste.
Especially "Cheung Side", nominated for Best Picture, Wu Jun, who plays Zhang Side, nominated for Best Actor, and Zhang Yu, who plays "Yen Changxia", nominated for Best Actress.
Yang Siwei was scratching her head. She didn't know either of them, so she had to look up information online to get the correct number.
As for the movie, she has never even seen it.
"No wonder the boss didn't go, here's the secret of Dare's love!"
How could Baihua be nominated for a movie she hadn't even seen?
After Li Chen called Yang Siwei, he called Miss Liu again.
When Miss Liu heard that she would not go to Baihua, she was immediately puzzled: "Why not? Didn't you agree?"
Li Chen didn't sell out to her: "The situation here is a bit complicated. You can't get the award even if you go, so why bother being fooled around by others."
"How do you know you can't get the award? Everyone said I have high hopes of winning the prize."
Li Chen said with a headache: "Just listen to me. I won't harm you. If you really win the prize, you won't be able to escape even if you don't go. ”
“I’m afraid you’ll be gone and end up as a sidekick, so why not take your “Love Winner” to participate? At least there’s no shame in losing. ”
"After all, the box office is only a little bit small. The box office of "Those Years" is one of the top three domestic box office. Neither you nor I can afford to disgrace this person."
Miss Liu was speechless. She still knew Li Chen.
If Li Chen can say this, he must have some inside information.
Ms. Liu was in a low mood: "Well, it's almost the end of the year, and I'm very busy! If I don't go, I won't go!"
Li Chen chuckled: "Don't be discouraged, you will be there sooner or later in the future. I will win the prize.”
After settling in with Ms. Liu, Li Chen felt at ease.
The box office of "Father's Love 2" reached 12.5 million on the second day.
13.5 million on the third day.
In comparison, Chenglong's "Baby Project" is slightly inferior.
With Li Chen away, Yang Sisi led the crew of "Father's Love 2" to strike while the iron was hot.
Continue to go on the show to promote and issue press releases.
When the host asked about Li Chen, the public knew that Li Chen had gone to Hollywood.
"Insidious 2" will be released at the end of the month.
After the National Day Golden Week, "Father's Love 2" was released for 9 days, and the total box office exceeded 120 million.
The box office of "Baby Project" was less than 60 million.
The box office of "The Night Banquet" is still around 107 million, which has exhausted its potential.
Netizens are talking a lot.
“Feng Pants has once again become a director member of the 100 million club!”
“DiCaprio’s movies have already formed a brand effect. I am afraid that even if he makes literary films in the future, the box office will not be less than 100 million! ”
“Huayi’s “The Night Banquet” and “Baby Project” both cost more than “Father’s Love 2”, but when it comes to the box office, it would take two of them combined to compete with DiCaprio. "
"Hua Yi lost all his pants. In addition to the tax that should be paid on the box office of "Baby Project", there is also Chenglong's box office share!"
"Now we have to watch "Golden Armor" at the end of the year. If Lao Mouzi also loses and cannot beat the box office of "Painted Skin", then one Mouzi and two Li will become the only one in the family!"
"The sky is going to change, and Little Plum is going to be crowned."
Feng Xiaogang no longer cares about the crazy words of these netizens.
I devoted myself wholeheartedly to the filming of "Assembly Number".
He can’t break into the 200 million club, and he doesn’t speak forcefully.
"Father's Love 2" undisputedly dominates the National Day season with a huge box office advantage.
In the middle of the month, "The Night Banquet" was released for a month, and the box office was finally fixed at 109 million.
A few days later, "Baby Project" was released for three weeks, and the box office reached 75 million.
The box office of "Father 2", which was released one day later than "Baby Project", also exceeded 150 million.
Even so, the daily box office of "Father's Love 2" is still about 1.5 million.
Industry insiders predict that the box office of "Father's Love 2" will eventually be set at around 160 million.
At this time, there are less than 10 days left before the opening of the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival.
The film festival organizing committee is also confirming their attendance with many celebrities.
No matter it is a great director like Zhang Yimou, Li Chen or Feng Xiaogang.
It’s still big names like Cheng Long, Liu Dehua and Liu Yifei.
They were all doing Tai Chi, and their responses were very particular: I will definitely come when I have time.
The subtext is that I'm sorry if I don't have time.
Li Chen is in Hollywood, and the organizing committee knows it.
But Liu Yifei is in Beijing. As long as Liu Yifei comes, Li Chen will definitely come too.
What if Li Chen and Liu Yifei, the dazzling celebrity couple, don't come.
Then the momentum of this Baihua Film Festival will definitely be greatly reduced.
The organizers also prepared a Qiantang River Avenue of Stars that cost 1.6 billion to free up.
If there were no big-name stars to help, this avenue would still be called the Hammer Avenue of Stars.
Is it worth the 1.6 billion spent! Are you worthy of the Qiantang River?
Liu Yifei was annoyed by the relevant personnel of the organizing committee.
In a fit of anger, he took his two assistants and ran to the airport with his suitcase in hand.
Unexpectedly, reporters caught me at the airport gate.
Today, Liu Yifei has short hair that reaches her neck and wears a pair of black sunglasses covering half of her face.
Wearing a khaki stand-collar windbreaker, he looked dashing and heroic.
As soon as I got off the bus, reporters were blocked.
"Yifei, where are you going? Going to Hollywood to see Director Li?"
"Yifei, you are not going to this Hundred Flowers edition?"
"Yifei, the heroine of Hundred Flowers Everyone thinks highly of you, do you have anything to say?"
Liu Yifei always kept smiling.
I secretly thought: "Director Li, Director Li, please don't blame me. As a boyfriend, you should stand in front of me sometimes."
Liu Yifei said with a smile: "Director Li suddenly called me and asked me to go to Hollywood without saying anything."
"So I'm afraid I won't be able to participate in the Hundred Flowers Film Festival. I'm sorry, give in." ”
More than a dozen media outlets were in an uproar.
According to this meaning, the celebrity couple Li Chen and Liu Yifei will not participate in this edition of Hundred Blossoms.
Liu Yifei got rid of the reporters and quickly entered the airport.
Then he called Li Chen.
Now I can’t hide it anymore. I originally planned to make a surprise attack on Li Chen.
It is estimated that the news of her going to the United States will be on the Internet soon.
Instead of doing this, it is better to report to Li Chen in advance.
After hearing this, Li Chen didn’t blame her and just came.
Otherwise, I would be alone in Hollywood, leaving Miss Liu in Beijing and not participating in Baihua. It's a bit unethical to have to deal with these reporters and media.
The news of Liu Yifei’s trip to the United States aroused heated discussion as soon as it hit the Internet.
Over there, Rongchen Film Company’s own artists were also curious.
The crew of "To Youth" has started nationwide publicity.
The first round consists of well-known universities across the country.
When we arrived at Shangxi, it was Hu Ge’s home court.
Hu Ge and Yang Mi have known each other for a long time, and they didn’t hesitate when talking.
In a luxury minibus heading to the theater.
Hu Ge and Yang Mi sit together.
"Why don't Director Li and Yifei participate in Hundred Blossoms?"
Yang Mi was also confused: "I don't know. I heard Si Si said before that the senior and Yifei are going to participate."
"Maybe something happened, I don't know, but I will definitely not be notified of any decision the senior makes."
Hu Ge nodded and said with a smile: "That's right, Director Li has always gone his own way."
“I heard Si Siwei complaining that the four artists of yours did not have to work hard for Director Li alone.”
Yang Mi laughed: "Thinking makes her feel both painful and happy. She is actually beautiful in her heart. Who doesn't know that he is the senior's number one fan?"
After Liu Yifei made it clear that she would not participate in Baihua.
The reporter also called several other well-known directors and A-list celebrities.
It seems because Liu Yifei takes the lead.
Everyone also released the seal.
""Assembly" is about to start, and I don't have time!"
"The Olympic Organizing Committee has something else to do, so I'm afraid I won't be able to get away."
At this time, Baihua was embarrassed.
The one who is now confirmed to be here is the previous Hundred Flowers heroine Fan Zhitong.
There is also another Bingbing from Huayi.
She was also nominated for Best Supporting Actress for "A World Without Thieves".
Ke Shuangbing will most likely not attend the opening ceremony.
On the evening of the 25th, the opening ceremony and gala of the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival was held at the Hangzhou Grand Theater.
From the perspective of the "ostentation" that a national film festival should have, the opening ceremony on the evening of the 25th can only be described as dim starlight.
It is different from some commercial fashion award ceremonies where big names gather in beautiful clothes and shadows.
At the opening of this year's Hundred Flowers Awards, there were no celebrities to support the event.
But it consists of hundreds of artists from 26 ethnic minorities.
Come from distant grasslands or deep mountains.
Presenting fresh songs one after another with a unique original performance method.
Be original and original.
However, it did not meet the expectations of the organizer, the Hangzhou City Government.
In their view, the opening night should at least be a star-studded concert of classic movie songs.
That is worthy of their 1.6 billion.
Rather than a cover version by current peasant artists.
Or Lao Mouzi’s original live song and dance performance "Impression of the West Lake" would also work.
Rather than the original form in a large theater like today.
The lackluster stardom became an ongoing embarrassment throughout the festival.
Although the organizers spared no expense this time to promote Hollywood.
Built an Avenue of Stars that cost a lot of money.
The hand models of celebrities will be left on it.
But judging from the current situation, there may not even be a few footprints, let alone hand molds.
The organizers are destined to be disappointed.
Judging from the list of Hundred Flowers nominations.
Despite the emergence of big names such as Zhang Yimou, Li Chen, Liu Yifei, Cheng Long, Zhou Xingchi, Zhang Ziyi, Liu Dehua, Jet Li, Feng Xiaogang and so on.
But none of these people attended.
The reason is that they all have jobs.
It wasn’t until the Hundred Flowers Award was announced that the organizers figured out the reason why these people weren’t coming!
I scolded the old guys from these associations half to death.
On the evening of the 28th, the Hundred Flowers Award Ceremony was broadcast live on Sina with pictures and text.
It was still around five o'clock in the morning in Hollywood, and Li Chen was pulled out of bed by Miss Liu.
He just stayed with her to watch the announcement of the heroine of Hundred Flowers.
Yang Siwei went to the scene in place of the two of them and directly turned on the hands-free function of the mobile phone.
When he heard that Li Congcheng, the best supporting actress, lost to Yuan Qiu, Li Chen knew it.
It’s time to reveal the best actress.
Miss Liu sat up straight.
Live sounds came from the phone.
"Best Actress Winner: Liu——Ruo——Ying!"
Li Chen's dark background is as expected.
Miss Liu felt relaxed, like a deflated rubber ball, and her disappointment was palpable.
When she heard the word ‘Liu’, she thought there was no one else except her.
Because a few minutes ago, she was leading by 25 votes.
Why, after only a few minutes, Rene Liu surpassed her by 8 votes and was elected Best Actress with 33 votes!
Looking at Miss Liu with a slumped face, Li Chen held her in his arms.
"Okay, don't be like this, we don't care about the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers!"
"How could this happen? I am obviously the one in the lead!" Miss Liu made a sad face.
Li Chen's clear voice sounded in her ears like a bell breaking through the fog.
“The best female lead goes to Yuen Qiu from Hong Kong Island, and the best lead actress must go to Liu Ruoying from Baodao. This is called sitting in rows, eating fruit, and it is important to never fail!”
"It's a pity, I'm afraid Liu Ruoying herself doesn't know that she can win the prize, and no one is here either!"
Li Chen laughed endlessly.
Miss Liu suddenly realized: "This is the reason why you didn't ask me to participate!"
Li Chen chuckled: "Well, I was afraid you would cry when I went to the scene!"
"You, the most popular heroine of Baihua, have failed. The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. I am afraid you will accept it." No!”
Li Chen’s words came true!
Miss Liu, who was nominated for Best Actress, did not go to the scene. In addition, Li Chen was there to comfort her. Although she was very disappointed, she did not cry.
Li Congcheng, who can be nominated for Best Supporting Actress, really burst into tears.
When I heard about the scene, my eyes were filled with tears and my expression was sad.
After coming down, she burst into tears when facing the celebration banquet prepared for her by more than 30 movie fans.
She said bluntly on the spot that Baihua was unfair. She had traveled such a long distance and made so many efforts, but in the end this was the result!
Not to mention Li Cheng, even the media and reporters were shocked by the award results.
The theme film "Zhang Side" won three heavyweight awards including Best Feature Film, Best Director, and Best Actor.
"Those Years", which had the highest box office, ended up with a bald head.
Best Supporting Actor Xie Tingfeng defeated Andy Lau and won the honorary award!
The best newcomer went to Sun Li, but fortunately it was not given to Li Chen, otherwise Li Chen would be more disgusting than eating a fly.
I heard that the average age of the 101 audience judges selected is 38 years old.
After the award ceremony, Ms. Liu could not lift her spirits for the whole day.
Li Chen spent a whole day with her, but it had no effect.
The two were walking on the beach, looking at Miss Liu who was in a low mood.
Li Chen held her hand: "Let's go home and vent my anger on you!"
Miss Liu was stunned: "Why are you venting your anger!"
"Follow me I’ll just leave!”
Li Chen took her back to Crystal Wu without saying a word.
After arriving home and going back to the bedroom, Li Chen turned on the computer.
Miss Liu seems to understand.
Hurryly tugged on his sleeve and said softly: "What are you going to do? Don't be impulsive, I'm fine."
Li Chen patted her face and said softly: "I Be measured and rest assured.”
Miss Liu's guess was correct, Li Chen was about to fire again.
Li Chen quickly typed out a blog post.
At this time, the Internet was already abuzz with noise.
Netizens are even more disgusted, especially Liu Yifei’s fans!
“Where did you find the 101 audience judges? Mars or Uranus?”
"How many of the ten people watching movies across the country are thirty-eight years old? What's wrong? Those of us under thirty who didn't spend money to buy tickets are not counted as spectators?"
"Fortunately, Australia Island does not Come, otherwise the awards won’t be enough!”
“I finally know why Xiao Li Zi asked my fairy to go to Hollywood!”
“The Hundred Flowers Award should have been in the film industry! It’s such a grand event that celebrities don’t want to attend, so we really need to reflect on it.”
“The reporter interviewed a famous director on the phone, and he made it clear that he would not participate in this film festival.”
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"And he said frankly that the current Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers are incomparable to those before. In the past, the best actor and best actress were really selected by public votes."
"But the selection results in recent years are really disappointing, and it has been very disappointing. It’s hard to regain the credibility of the past.”
“If the selection results are really fair, can filmmakers not support their own film festival?”
The last sentence is heartbreaking.
Although people from the Film Association are still defending how many changes have been made this year, it is really difficult to convince people based on the results.
Netizens rushed to Li Chen's blog to leave messages, asking if the famous director was him.
No one expected Li Chen to reply.
At this critical moment, Li Chen’s blog post completely caused a stir in the industry.
“First of all, to answer the questions that netizens and fans are concerned about, that famous director is not me.”
“But let me make it clear that Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers will no longer send invitations to Rongchen Pictures. ”
"When will the 'golden rooster break at dawn and the flowers bloom!'"
"You don't need to invite me, I will sign up to support the pole, and celebrities and artists will also actively participate."
"Who has nothing to eat? You are so full that you are willing to travel all the way to Europe to participate in other people's film festivals, why don't you reflect on it?"
"The golden rooster is powerless and the flowers are gone, the two families are always one family"
"Now that the main melody film has been pre-decided, you can find a few more main melody films to put together and choose one that you approve of.
"Why deceive yourself and others by opening online voting and increasing telephone voting."
"Why wastefully find 101 38-year-old tools and dozens of commercial films to direct this farce?"< br>
“There are still two people out of the 101 people who didn’t come. Maybe the two people who didn’t come were aware of their conscience.”
“I’m not saying that the main theme movie is not good, the spirit contained in the main theme movie is It’s a worthy promotion.”
“But no matter how good the main theme movie is, it must be watched by people for it to really have ‘meaning’”
"What we should reflect on is how to make people want to watch the main theme movie?"
"Let the audience voluntarily pay for tickets and enter the cinema, instead of arranging batch after batch of people to passively accept Education.”
“Not like you, operating in secret and trying to please others.”
“At this point, no one is educated!”
“If you understand movies, do something meaningful for the film industry. If you don’t understand, don’t do whatever you want.”
Miss Liu on the side couldn't help but swallow secretly.
Opening her clear eyes wide, she looked at her boyfriend in shock.
This, this, nothing will happen...
(End of this chapter)