Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 237 Teacher Fu, I'll Buy All Your Movies

The award ceremony is scheduled to start at 7: in the evening. There is still some time, and many people are walking around to make connections.

There were quite a few people coming to Zhang Chen's side, but they all came over to say hello and get to know each other, and did not chat too much.

In his free time, Zhang Chen chats with Feng Gong.

The stars walking the red carpet came in one after another. Jackie Chan was the last one to come in. He was the biggest star, so the organizers arranged him to be the last one to come in.

At this time, more than half of the seats in the Olympic Sports Center were already occupied. The host came on stage and the award ceremony was about to begin.

Fan Binbin also returned to his seat, probably with a lot of gains.

As the host came on stage, the venue gradually became quiet and everyone began to pay attention to their appearance and manners. After all, they were public figures and if they were photographed in a bad way, it would damage their personal image.

As for building relationships, there will be a cocktail party after the award ceremony, and that will be the best time to build relationships.

Zhang Chen sat in his seat, trying to be as straight as possible.

I glanced at Fan Binbin next to me. His sitting posture seemed to have been rehearsed. He looked good no matter from which angle you looked at him.

After everyone was seated, the lights in the venue changed, then the big screen lit up, the host walked to the center of the stage, and the award ceremony officially began.

After the usual opening remarks, the leaders gave speeches, and the university student representatives gave speeches. In short, they all hoped that China's film industry would get better and better...

Then, the award ceremony finally began.

"The winners of the Best Newcomer Award are: Yang Zi for "Blue and White" and Feng Jiaqi for "Dunzi's Story"!"

"The winners of the Best Child Actor Award are: Wang Zhengjia (Movie Memories) and Wu Xu (On the Way to School)!"

"The winner of the Art Exploration Award is: "My Heart Flies"

"The winner of the Best Viewing Effect Award is: A World Without Thieves"

It was similar to any other award ceremony, with less important awards being handed out first to warm up the atmosphere.

"A World Without Thieves" also won its first award.

Watching Feng Xiaogang go up on stage to receive the award, Zhang Chen was thinking about what he would say if he were to win the award. He was lost in thought. It was a happy trouble.
Fan Binbin noticed Zhang Chen's expression and gently kicked his foot: "Pay attention to controlling your expression, be careful not to be photographed by the camera..."

Zhang Chen quickly sat up straight.

Fan Binbin is more experienced.

Things like award ceremonies actually go by very quickly if it doesn't involve yourself.

Think about it, for each award the presenter comes up and says a few nonsense words, then the organizer plays the list of nominees, and then the presenter reveals the answer.

How many minutes will this take?

Of course, it’s different when it comes to yourself. The time between the announcement of the shortlist and the reveal of the answer can feel like a year.

With the awards being presented one by one, the award ceremony is already halfway through.

The next award to be presented is the Best Virgo Award. Zhang Chen straightened his body. Each director can only win the Best Virgo Award once in his lifetime. If you miss it, you will miss it forever.

Zhang Chen was just nominated for this award for "The Dark Invasion", and this is also the award he is most confident of winning.

The award presenters were actually Feng Xiaogang and Zhang Guoli.

Start playing on the big screen:
Nominees for Best Debut Feature Film are:
On the way to school

Waiting Alone

Dark Invasion

Feng Xiaogang was smiling, with an expression as if he was watching a show.

"Each director can only win the Best Debut Award once. If you don't win it, you will miss it forever."

"Yes, this award is the greatest recognition for all new directors. I wonder who will win this time?"

"Then let's open the envelope and take a look..."

Zhang Guoli smiled and picked up the envelope from the table and opened it...

"Oh, this director is incredible. He is a new director, but also not a new director..."

"who is it?"

The two of them performed a double act on the stage, and they didn't seem to be in a hurry at all. This made Zhang Chen very anxious, but it made the guests below smile.

Close-ups of the expressions of the three finalists appeared on the big screen in turn. The first two were relatively calm, but Zhang Chen's expression was somewhat anxious.

Of course he did it on purpose, otherwise what would be the point of everyone being as steady as a rock.

Zhang Chen's current main character is his true character.
It is true to have a quarrel with others, and it is also true to show what you want...

"Okay, let's stop talking. The looks in the audience are not right. Xiaogang, you should make the announcement. You are the director, so it will be more meaningful if you make the announcement..."

Zhang Guoli handed over the list, Feng Xiaogang took it, took a look, and then announced with a smile: "The winner of the Best Debut Award at this year's Beijing University Student Film Festival is... Zhang Chen, congratulations..."

Following his announcement, a clip from the film "Darkness" began playing on the central screen.

The spotlights suddenly gathered on Zhang Chen, who stood up with a smile.

"Congratulations~" Fan Binbin beside him gave him a hug of love at the right time. Zhang Chen hugged teacher Feng Gong next to him again, then left his seat and walked towards the podium along the aisle.

Loud applause broke out all around, and everyone suddenly realized that it was no wonder that Zhang Guoli said just now that this man was a new director, but not a new director.

He was indeed a new director when he filmed "The Dark One", but now, he is one of the only four billion-dollar directors in China.

Zhang Chen walked up to the podium and applause rang out again.

Amid the applause, Feng Xiaogang handed over the trophy with a smile. Zhang Chen did not take it. Instead, he straightened his clothes in a pretentious manner and then took the trophy, which caused another round of laughter.

I have to say, this trophy is quite heavy and feels quite substantial in my hand.

Zhang Guoli continued to hand over the certificates, and Zhang Chen held them in his arms, full.

The two hugged him one by one to show their encouragement, and then gave up the stage.

After the two of them left the stage, Zhang Chen stood in front of the microphone.

The host took control of the situation: "Director Zhang, a debut film has a special meaning for every director. Can you tell us and the audience in front of the TV about your original intention when creating the film and your current feelings?"

After waiting for a few seconds, Zhang Chen suddenly took out a stack of speech manuscripts from his pocket, pretending to be in a hurry. He didn't hold it well and one end of the speech manuscripts slipped out of his hand. The pages connected together and dragged on the ground.

The crowd below was amused again.

"Haha, just kidding. I just want to tell you that I'm a horror film director, but I'm actually quite cheerful."

This time, someone in the audience couldn't help laughing out loud, and then the laughter was contagious, and more people started laughing.

Only Lu Chuan had a grim face. When the shortlist was announced, he was praying that the judges of the film festival would not give the award to Zhang Chen. In his opinion, it would be fine to give it to anyone, as long as it wasn't Zhang Chen.

But God seemed not to have heard his prayers, and Zhang Chen still won the award.

In front of the microphone, Zhang Chen began to express his gratitude: "First of all, I would like to thank the judges of the organizing committee for giving me this award. Some people may think that with my current achievements, I should not compete with new directors for the debut award.

But I want to say that when I was filming "The Dark Invasion", I was also a newcomer who had no resources.

So I am very grateful to the Beijing Film Academy. The Beijing Film Academy always gives as much help as possible to its students. "Dark Invasion" was shot in the studio of Qingying Studio.

At the same time, I would like to thank my classmates, they all have a sincere heart for movies, and the behind-the-scenes work of this film was basically all helped by my seniors in school.

In addition, I would like to thank one person, my head teacher, Mr. Fu Donglai. During the preparation of the film, it was Mr. Fu who accompanied me everywhere, helped me negotiate distribution, helped me arrange actors, and helped me coordinate various resources...

Originally, the producer of this film should have signed his name, but he told me that you newcomers need fame the most, so he signed my name.

Today's award is a recognition of me and also a recognition of my teacher's teaching achievements.

Without him, there would be no Zhang Chen today.

There is one thing I have always wanted to say to you: Teacher Fu, I know you also have a dream of becoming a director. Every time I ask you, you always say wait, wait...

Here I promise that you can choose any script from Xingchen Entertainment, or you can have your own script. Xingchen Entertainment will be responsible for the investment. You can help your children realize their dreams, and your children can also help you realize your dreams...

Well, that’s all I have to say. If I continue, it will be time out. I would like to thank the judges of the organizing committee for giving me this award. Thank you…”

After Zhang Chen finished speaking, he stepped down from the stage. The audience applauded for a long time. Everyone could hear that Zhang Chen was speaking from the heart, so this sincerity was even more rare.

The host waited for more than a minute before the audience gradually quieted down: "From Director Zhang Chen's words, we felt the sincerity of Chinese filmmakers, and we also truly realized the importance of passing on the torch. Thank you again Director Zhang for sharing."

In the audience, many people looked at Zhang Chen differently.

Before, no one knew who Fu Donglai was from the directing department of Beijing Film Academy, but now, everyone knows that he has a good student, and this student is going to help him realize his dream.

Many people envy Teacher Zhang Chen's good luck.

In the film industry, there are very few film projects that can successfully complete their entire life cycle.

Most projects die in the preparation stage, and less than half of them are actually completed.

Even if they are filmed, many of them cannot be shown in theaters.

It can be said that if a movie can be released in theaters, no matter how it performs at the box office, it has already defeated 90% of its competitors.

But Zhang Chen said that Xingchen Entertainment is fully responsible for Fu Donglai's movie.

That means you just have to focus on shooting and don’t have to worry about anything else. For a director, what could be more satisfying than this?
Zhang Chen returned to his seat, and Fan Binbin came over: "That's a very good point."

Zhang Chen became a little nervous at this time and accidentally said what was in his heart.

I originally set a character for myself that was true to my nature, but I didn't expect that I would really be true to my nature.

The award ceremony continued, and as expected, Feng Gong's film next to him, "You Can't Eat Hot Tofu in a Hurry", won the Best Comedy Film Award.

Zhang Chen stood up, hugged him and gave his blessings.

Zhang Jingchu won the Best Actress award for "The Flower Waist Bride", while Xia Yu won the Best Actor award for "Waiting Alone".

It’s a big film festival indeed, the whole atmosphere is very relaxed.

When accepting the award, Xia Yu joked with Jackie Chan who was sitting in the first row: "It may be mainly because my film is closer to college students! So I'm sorry, Jackie Chan, I will continue to work hard."

Cheng Long could only smile bitterly. His "New Police Story" was also one of the shortlisted films, but he didn't expect to lose to Xia Yu in the end.

(End of this chapter)