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Chapter 396 If you can do it, go ahead (ask for monthly ticket)
Since this was the first annual award of the Film Directors Guild, in order to expand its influence, the award ceremony was directly merged with the "8th Cross-Strait and Hong Kong Film Symposium".

In other words, the people attending the award ceremony became directors from Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.

The total number of directors participating exceeded two hundred.

Among them, more than 50 came from Hong Kong alone, and more than 20 Taiwanese directors also came.

It is rare to have an award ceremony that can gather so many top directors at once.

Most of the top directors have joined the association - in an artistic environment like China, having no organization is simply a mess.

On the contrary, there seemed to be too few stars coming.

Probably just over a hundred.

That is, Li Xuejian, Liu Furong, Ge You, Li Ming, Jiang Shan, Wang Zhiwen, Mei Ting, Zhang Ziyi, Zhou Xun, Li Xuexue, Zhang Guoli, Xu Fan, He Bing and others.

The most helpless thing is probably the Changchun Film Festival.

This was the first time the Directors Guild Awards were held and the announcement was made quite late, so they had no time to change the date.

Many directors or stars are unwilling to rush through such consecutive schedules.

This session is probably the quietest one for them.

However, the Changchun Film Festival is indeed in decline. Compared to its former glory, it seems so shabby now.

Hao Yun returned to the capital, took a shower and changed his clothes, and Jiang Wen came to pick him up to attend the seminar.

The only person who could make the judging panel come to pick him up personally is Hao Yun.

"I'm actually very happy that you chose the Directors Guild Award." Jiang Wen patted Hao Yun's shoulder.

He knew Hao Yun had other plans.

When Hao Yun asked him what choice to make, he did not interfere with Hao Yun's choice, saying that he could choose anything and it didn't matter.

But for him personally, he still hopes that Hao Yun can choose the Directors Guild Award.

It’s not because he is the chairman of the jury of the Directors Guild Awards, but because this choice represents Hao Yun’s attitude towards things.

Look down on kings and princes, and be disrespectful to ministers. When the emperor is in front of you, you should treat them all equally. A favor of food must be repaid, and a grudge must be avenged. This is the spirit of the world.

Most young people have this kind of gangster spirit.

Only when you get older, experience more, and are smoothed over by society and reality, can you think twice before acting, act more prudently, and understand the internal logic of the film industry.

At first, Jiang Wen was worried that Hao Yun would look down on such a formal occasion.

As a result, Hao Yun canceled all other schedules and rushed back to the capital to attend the first Directors Guild Awards.

"To be honest, I came here just for the award, and I also have a membership card of the Directors Guild. I'm afraid that if I don't come, they will not give it to me." Hao Yun smiled. To some extent, what he said was the truth.

"The award is definitely yours." Jiang Wen said confidently, "You were supposed to be nominated for Best Director, but I rejected it. It's not your turn yet. It's enough for you to win the Young Director Award now."

"Isn't there Xu Jinglei?
Hao Yun knew that because of the relationship between Xu Jinglei and Wang Shuo, even Jiang Wen had to give face to Xu Jinglei.

Jiang Wen has also starred in films directed by Xu Jinglei.

The movie "My Father and I", for which Xu Jinglei was nominated, stars Ye Da Ying, Jiang Wen, and Zhang Yuan, all of whom are super directors.

Ye agreed not to mention it. Zhang Yuan won the Best Director Award at the 56th Venice International Film Festival for "Going Home for the New Year".

In 1992, Zhang Yuan's second independent film, "Capital Bastards", which reflected the mental state of contemporary Chinese youth and was considered China's first rock film, was also banned, and he was also prohibited from working in the film industry again.

Like Jiang Wen, he was banned for five years.

The difference is that Jiang Wen can still act, but he can neither act nor direct.

"Xu Jinglei," Jiang Wen shook his head and said, "She is not up to par."

He only said this so directly in front of Hao Yun.

In fact, Xu Jinglei is one of the four great actresses.

He also became a director.

She was very well-known in the entire metropolitan area, and it was no exaggeration to say that she was the princess of the metropolitan area. However, Jiang Wen belittled Xu Jinglei to the point of being worthless in just one sentence.

But when I think about it, it seems normal.

To ordinary people, Xu Jinglei may be the top star, and a star who has chosen the director route.

But in front of the real boss, she is just Wang Shuo's woman.

It's just that Wang Shuo is a bit love-minded and likes to use his connections to get benefits for women, even if the woman is sleeping with other men all day long.

The person who is completely opposite to Xu Jinglei is Li Shaohong.

Li Shaohong still has some face.

But that's all. The Directors Guild is a man's world and women can only be supporting roles. When everyone pampers you, you have face. When everyone doesn't want to pamper you, you are nothing.

Chen Kaige didn't want to be on the bamboo mat, and it wasn't Li Shaohong's turn either.

Li Shaohong wasn't even one of the judges.

Other members of this year's jury include Jiang Ping, He Ping, Huang Jianxin, Zhang Jianya, Chen Guoxing, Gu Changwei, Chen Kaige, Zhang Yang, Teng Wenji and Lu Xuechang.

One bamboo mat, ten judges, all men.

If you count them all, Hao Yun knew most of the eleven people, and had dealt with many of them.

Huang Jianxin invited Hao Yun to join the Directors Guild. Hao Yun has participated in Gu Changwei's "Peacock", Teng Wenji's "Blood Romance", Lu Xuechang's "Kara is a Dog", and auditioned for Zhang Yang's "Blind Well".

"This award was originally intended for Lu Yan. They have already established connections there. Lu Yan was nominated for Best Director and Best Young Director, and then won the Young Director Award."

"He's really omnipresent." Hao Yun felt a little headache.

This guy is indeed his strong rival.

"Lu Yan's path was the right one. He made movies and won awards, joined the Directors Guild, became a leader of the seventh generation of directors, and filmed the official Olympics like Zhang Yimou did. Unfortunately, all the plans were ruined by you."

Jiang Wen chuckled, thinking that this also had his contribution.

It seemed that Hao Yun's paper buried Lu Yu's several years of hard work, but in fact there was a whirlpool beneath the undercurrent.

But it was suppressed before it came to light.

"If I don't trip him, wouldn't he be the next Zhang Yimou?" Hao Yun was shocked.

He really hadn't thought that Lu Yan's life plan was so wild.

But he had no plans in this regard, and even if he had, it would be useless because he could not compete with Lu Yan at all.

For example, the best young director in the first annual film association award has already been decided.

"Zhang Yimou is much more talented than him." Jiang Wen participated in Zhang Yimou's movie and gave Zhang Yimou instructions on the set. Zhang Yimou was so angry that he told him to do it himself. Then Jiang Wen made "Sunny Days".

"That's true." Hao Yun was still very convinced of Zhang Yimou.

He also doesn't think he will be able to surpass Zhang Yimou in the future. Times have changed and the opportunities now are not as good as when the economy was just thawed.

Moreover, the directors of the third generation are still active, and the fourth and fifth generations, and now it is the sixth generation, so there are not so many opportunities for the new directors.

By the time the fifth generation dies off, there will be no artistic soil left for the seventh and eighth generations.

This is true in many industries, opportunity is more important than talent.

"New directors are getting worse and worse. He may really inherit Zhang Yimou's position," Jiang Wen glanced at Hao Yun with a half-smile and said, "You have come this far. If you can't suppress him for 50 years, you might as well retire early."

"I'll try my best~" Hao Yun sighed and said, "The main reason is that the water is too deep. I'm afraid I can't control it."

Jiang Wen didn't say anything else.

The two got off the car at the starting point of the red carpet and walked onto the red carpet together.

This time, Jiang Wen, a member of the jury, walked the red carpet with the award nominees without any reservation.

(End of this chapter)