Chinese Entertainment: Academic Director

Chapter 238 Award Ceremony
The award ceremony of the 12th Beijing University Student Film Festival will officially begin at 7:30 p.m.

Before that, there was a half-hour red carpet ceremony.

Although it is called a red carpet walk, it is actually a bit simple compared to those larger film festivals.

The red carpet stretched from the indoor entrance of the Olympic Sports Center to the guest seats. It was all indoors, about fifty meters away, with enthusiastic college students on both sides.

Cao Yang had never been to the Beijing University Student Film Festival before and was not very clear about the situation. It was not until the organizing committee communicated with him in the morning that he roughly understood the basic situation.

be cheated!
This was Cao Yang’s first reaction.

It’s not that I was fooled by the organizing committee, but that I was fooled by Li Xiaoran.

The Beijing University Student Film Festival is different from other film festivals in that there is no mandatory requirement to walk the red carpet. In other words, you can walk with the crew or with actors or directors you are familiar with.

Or you can follow the arrangements of the organizing committee.

Yesterday I wiped the headlights in vain, added oil in vain, and did the maintenance in vain!

Cao Yang was a little depressed. He went there last night with the intention of comforting her. He put in all his efforts and used all his means. He thought he had dealt with Li Xiaoran...

Ugh……

Sure enough, Li Xiaoran smiled and took Cao Yang's hand and said:
"My great Director Cao, I was very satisfied last night. To reward you, I will be on your left when walking on the red carpet tonight, and let that fox... Yuanyuan be on your right. Aren't you touched?"

Sighing, Cao Yang could only order: "Don't fight, don't mock each other."

"What are you thinking about? Yuanyuan and I are good sisters!"

Li Xiaoran deliberately emphasized the word "sisters" and pronounced it very seriously.

hope so.

Then the two separated. Li Xiaoran was going to wear a custom-made dress and put on makeup, while Cao Yang was going to check the preparations for "Inception" through the Internet and phone.

In fact, he was not too worried about the preparations for "Inception". With such a huge investment, Columbia and China Film Group were much more concerned than he was. They often called him in the middle of the night to discuss related matters, regardless of the time difference.

Cao Yang was fully aware of the progress of scene selection and construction of the actual scene, and Cheng Jianye was in charge of this matter.

In the afternoon, Gao Yuanyuan and Li Xiaoran met at the agreed location.

When Cao Yang arrived, the two were already waiting there.

To Cao Yang's surprise, the two of them really looked like loving sisters. They held hands, smiled widely, and greeted Cao Yang together.

Gao Yuanyuan wanted to let go and hug Cao Yang.

She has been shooting a commercial in another place recently and has not seen Cao Yang for a while. She still misses him a lot.

Cao Yang could see that Gao Yuanyuan shook her hand twice but failed to get rid of it, and was held tightly by Li Xiaoran.

Li Xiaoran was smiling.

Gao Yuanyuan looked resentful.

Cao Yang pretended not to see it.

Let’s go, let’s go. I’ll have a chance to make it up to Yuanyuan in the evening.

Although the Beijing University Student Film Festival was not particularly influential, and the red carpet and venue were a bit shabby, the standards were still quite high. The director of the Film Bureau, the director of the Beijing Propaganda Department, the secretary and president of Beijing Normal University, etc., all came to the closing ceremony.

Among these people was the old leader who invited Cao Yang to attend the film festival to support his work.

Cao Yang first greeted and chatted with these people, and waited for the staff to come over to remind him, then he came out from the small door, joined Li Xiaoran and Gao Yuanyuan, and walked the red carpet together. There were quite a lot of guests coming tonight, including many big stars.

The male guests include Xiao Gangpao, Xu Ke, Zhang Jizhong, Huang Jianxin, Benshan, Fan Wei, Feng Gong, Liu Huan, Huang Haibing, Gu Changwei, Huang Xiaoming...

There were also many celebrities among the female guests.

Zhang Min, Jiang Shan, Li Xiaoran, Gao Yuanyuan, Shao Bing, Liu Yifei, Zhang Jingchu, Li Xiang, Ma Yili from Hong Kong...

As soon as Cao Yang stepped onto the red carpet, the college students on both sides suddenly shouted excitedly, causing Xu Ke and Zhang Min, who had not yet walked out of the red carpet in front of him, to look back.

Li Xiaoran and Gao Yuanyuan held Cao Yang's arms on the left and right, and they smiled and waved to the college students on both sides.

Cao Yang originally wanted to wave, but the people on his left and right would not let go. He could only keep smiling and nod to the college students on his left and right.

"Cao Yang..."

"Xiao Ran..."

"Yuanyuan..."

There were many people shouting on both sides.

Originally they were very restrained, and even when they saw Xu Ke and goddess Zhang Min, someone would occasionally call out to them.

But now it is Cao Yang who is coming.

He has never participated in a college film festival and rarely appears in public. There is also very little news about him. Plus, he is still a graduate student, so he is also considered a college student.

The characteristic of the film festival is that it emphasizes the participation of college students in filming, watching and reviewing films.

So when everyone saw him, they couldn't help but shout.

“Is he so popular?”

Xu Ke and Zhang Min found a seat and sat down. Zhang Min asked Xu Ke in a low voice with some curiosity.

"You've stepped out of the film and television industry and rarely made movies in recent years, so you may not be very clear about his influence. Um, do you know who he is?"

Xu Ke asked in a low voice.

"I am just fading from the film and television industry, not fading from the earth."

Zhang Min replied with a smile, and couldn't help looking back again, saying, "Of course I know him, Cao Yang, a famous art film director in the mainland. He is young and promising, and he may surpass you and Wang Jiawei in the future and become a world-class director."

"Oh, you think too highly of me and Director Wang."

Xu Ke made a self-deprecating remark. He didn't know whether Zhang Min was intentionally flattering him or really didn't understand the situation.

"If you still want to make a comeback, don't spend all your time on your clothing, beauty and marketing business. It will be more beneficial for you to learn more about the industry information of the film and television industry."

Zhang Min rolled her eyes at Xu Ke. What a crap! His own business was already doing badly, wasn't it?

All the beauty salons, fashion stores, and karaoke bars in Shanghai have been closed down. The real estate business that Yangcheng partnered with someone to do was defrauded again... If not for this, how could I have always wanted to make a comeback?
Xu Ke glanced at Zhang Min. He knew very well that although Zhang Min was very famous in Hong Kong, it was almost impossible for her to make a comeback there.

First, Hong Kong films have been in decline, and second, no one in Hong Kong would risk offending the Xiang brothers by asking Zhang Min to film a movie.

As for the mainland, most directors are still making art films. Who would use a "vase" from Hong Kong in an art film?
Behind almost all commercial films, there are shadows of Taiwanese people from Hong Kong, and no one in Taiwan wants to offend the Xiang brothers.

Therefore, it is very difficult for Zhang Min to make a comeback.

Tsui Hark originally wanted to say that if Cao Yang could let you act in his movies, it would be easy for you to make a comeback, and Cao Yang would definitely not care about the Xiang brothers.

After hesitating for a while, Tsui Hark still didn't speak.

Although he was not afraid of the Xiang brothers, he would not make enemies for no reason.

He said tactfully: "Cao Yang's artistic achievements are the greatest among all directors in the Mainland, Taiwan and Hong Kong. The box office..."

After thinking for a while, he continued: "You may think he is young, but his global box office must be over 50 billion Hong Kong dollars."

Zhang Min stared with her eyes wide open and couldn't help but look at Xu Ke, suspecting that Xu Ke was lying to her.

But looking at Xu Ke's serious expression, it didn't seem like he was lying.

"Great!" Zhang Minmin exclaimed.

Xu Ke couldn't help but look at Zhang Min again, his eyes were wide open and his face was filled with shock. Apart from that, nothing else could be seen.

At this moment, Xu Ke had a strong feeling that this woman might not have heard his own voice-over.

She is indeed a "vase"!
Forget it, let her be.

The process of the Beijing University Student Film Festival is different from the three major European festivals, but it is a bit similar to the Golden Rooster Awards. There are two hosts this year, one is Dai Jun and the other is Tu Jingwei. There are songs and other programs interspersed in the middle of the film festival.

This year there will be dancing and acrobatics!

You heard it right, there will be acrobatic performances.

The seven energetic girls' difficult aerial acrobatics performance stunned the guests and more than 4000 college students on the scene.

In order to reflect the characteristics of the College Student Film Festival, the stage of the evening party was specially decorated as a colorful and vibrant ocean world; the award ceremony was performed by youthful college students on roller skates.

Well, it was really unique. There was nothing much to say about the award ceremony. Cao Yang had heard some news and had a rough idea of ​​what award he would win.

Facts have proved that the Beijing University Student Film Festival had invited him with great difficulty to increase its popularity and influence, and did not play tricks on him.

The most important Best Director award was won by Cao Yang, and his competitors were Xiao Gangpao and Lu Chuan.

The camera turned to Little Cannon, who was smiling calmly and clapping with everyone.

Then the camera switched to Lu Chuan. Lu Chuan had a constipated expression on his face and looked very bad. He didn't applaud, so the camera quickly cut away.

In fact, everyone knows that as long as Cao Yang comes, the Best Director award will be the least suspenseful.

If the film festival really goes as it claims, with students accounting for three-quarters of the judges, and their voting not influenced by outside factors, then given Cao Yang's influence among the student community, it will be no surprise that he will win the award.

Even if these student judges were affected, the organizing committee would only influence these students to vote for Cao Yang as the best director.

If Cao Yang comes to the Beijing University Student Film Festival again next year, as long as the news of his coming is released in advance, next year's award ceremony will definitely become a real grand ceremony, guaranteed to be attended by many big names.

There are four nominees for the Best Feature Film Award: "Nine-Tailed Demon Fox", "Kekexili", "The Flower Waist Bride", and "Dunzi's Story".

Unexpectedly, this award was not given to "Nine-Tailed Demon Fox", "Kekexili" or "The Flower Waist Bride", but to the less popular "Dunzi's Story".

This is indeed a surprise.

In other words, college students prefer this relatively niche movie.

Well, forget it.

The best actor award went to Xia Yu from "Waiting Alone", who beat out Cheng Long from "New Police Story" and Wu Jun from "Zhang Side".

Xia Yu's acting skills were indeed very good when he was young, but maybe because he won the Venice Film Festival Best Actor, Golden Horse Film Festival and Golden Rooster Film Festival early on, he stopped pursuing anything and just laid down.

His acceptance speech was also very interesting. You could see that he looked calm and not nervous at all after he took the stage. It was probably because he had already won the three major awards mentioned above and had a peaceful state of mind.

"…Maybe it's because my films are closer to college students, so I'm sorry, Brother Cheng Long. I will continue to work hard."

The reason why he mentioned Cheng Long was because Cheng Long was the biggest favorite for the Best Actor.

However, Cheng Long originally said he would come, but later said he had something else and couldn't come, so the award fell on Xia Yu.

If I had to say which award is the hardest to guess at this film festival, it would definitely be the Best Actress.

There are three candidates: Li Xiaoran from "A World Without Thieves", Gao Yuanyuan from "Nine-Tailed Demon Fox", and Zhang Jingchu from "The Flower Waist Bride".

Among college students, Gao Yuanyuan has the highest voice.

Her fox demon Xiao Wei, with her charming appearance before she turned evil, charmed a group of college students with excess hormones.

As for after turning evil... he's even more charming!
Everything a young college student wants can be found in Gao Yuanyuan, who is both a beautiful woman and a cinnabar mole.

If a real vote were held, neither Li Xiaoran nor Zhang Jingchu would be on the same level of opponents.

However, an unexpected winner appeared again. Zhang Jingchu beat out two international film queens and won the Best Actress award for "The Flower Waist Bride".

The camera first turned to Zhang Jingchu, who appeared in the camera with a confused look on her face. She didn't react for a long time. She was probably not mentally prepared at all for her ability to surpass two international film queens and win this award.

Cao Yang was a little surprised at first, but after thinking about it, he no longer felt it was a surprise.

Even though Xiao Gangpao's "A World Without Thieves" was labeled as an experimental film, he was not very popular at this officially organized film festival. To put it bluntly, it was all about connections.

The judges from the academic and institutional circles don't like or even look down on Little Steel Cannon. There's nothing that can be done about it since he has always claimed to be the king of commercial films.

So, Li Xiaoran was excluded.

As for Gao Yuanyuan, it is even simpler.

An officially sponsored film festival is all about balance, harmony, and the good of everyone, and about sharing the pie.

Since "Nine-Tailed Demon Fox" won the most important Best Director award, it is expected to win the Best Viewing Effect Award as well.

Because this award can only be given to "Nine-Tailed Demon Fox", this movie has big scenes and special effects. Any other movie that wins this award will not be convincing and it will be unacceptable.

"Nine-Tailed Demon Fox" won two awards, which is already the biggest piece of the pie. It is impossible to give it three awards.

Unless Cao Yang's film wins the three highest awards in Europe, it might be able to sweep the awards.

And the most important point is that the director of "The Flower Waist Bride", Zhang Jiarui, like Mr. Han, graduated from Tianfu University and then attended the director training class at Beijing Film Academy.

After graduating from Beijing Film Academy, Zhang Jiarui was assigned to Qingying Studio, where he worked in the same unit as Cao Yang.

In addition, the film was well made, invested by China Film Group, and produced by Mr. Han, so it is reasonable for it to win this award.

However, having said that, Cao Yang felt that he was giving face to the Beijing University Student Film Festival. It was his first time here and he was personally invited by a senior leader. It would be a bit unreasonable to "get rid of" himself with just two awards.

In addition to the twelve regular awards, there should also be one of the three most popular awards among college students voted for by off-site voting, and "Nine-Tailed Demon Fox" should be one of them.

He felt that if Gao Yuanyuan was not awarded the Most Popular Actress Award among College Students, it would definitely anger the public and would also cause the fairness of the three voting awards to be questioned.

Zhang Jingchu's acceptance speech on the stage was discontinuous, and it was obvious that she was very excited, even a little incoherent.

In the past, Cao Yang always thought that Zhang Jingchu was just so-so in appearance. How could she be so charming and bewildered as the knowledgeable old Gu?

He was even collectively "banned" by the directors' wives and had to leave Hong Kong, which is on the decline. Is it that necessary?
Now that I see it, damn, it’s really that serious!

The young Zhang Jingchu is full of literary and artistic style, with delicate and elegant facial features, soft facial lines, fresh temperament and attractive appearance. She has both the girlishness and the elegant charm of a young woman.

With two dimples when she smiles, it’s no wonder that the media calls her “face like a peach blossom”.

She is somewhat different in real life than she is on the big screen.

Cao Yang subconsciously looked at Lao Gu who was not far away. Lao Gu was invited by the organizing committee to be the award presenter.

Thanks to the appearance of Cao Yang in this life, Lao Gu did not fall to the point of having "no films to shoot" as a photographer. After following Cao Yang, he even won the Oscar for Best Cinematography and is now considered one of the best photographers in the world.

The successful Lao Gu had no intention of changing his career to become a director, so he did not film "Peacock" and did not meet Zhang Jingchu.

Old Gu looked calm. After Zhang Jingchu finished her speech and stepped down from the stage, he clapped symbolically and no longer paid attention to Zhang Jingchu.

The Best Viewing Effect Award was given to "Nine-Tailed Demon Fox", as expected.

There was also a small episode. When Hu Ge and Ma Yili went on stage as award presenters, Ma Yili accidentally fell to the ground.

Brother Hu next to him was quick to reach out to help, but he himself was almost dragged down.

This is not the point. The point is that due to Hu's support, due to the pulling force, all the buttons on Ma Yili's shirt broke except for one.

The pink, small underwear was exposed, and it could not be covered after being moved.

Hu was looking down to help her, so he could see everything. He felt a little embarrassed.

This fall will probably make it a hot topic tomorrow. At this time, the word "hot topic" is still not used frequently, and there is another way to say it, "stealing the spotlight".

Among the three awards voted by college students, the most popular actor among college students went to Feng Gong, and the most popular actress among college students, as expected, went to Gao Yuanyuan.

The award for the most popular director among college students was, as expected, given to Xiao Gangpao.

This kind of award is kind of consolation in nature. As one of the great directors in China, since Xiao Gangpao is participating in the College Student Film Festival, he can also bring a lot of attention to the film festival, so he must be given some soup.

Xiao Gangpao was very happy to know that he was the most popular director among college students.

I am really happy.

In his opinion, this award was won by "overcoming" Cao Yang.

To him, it is the most valuable.

He went on stage and talked a lot. Finally, he imitated Xia Yu and said:

"…Maybe it's because my film is closer to college students, so Director Cao, I'm sorry, I will continue to work hard!"

This is a hot spot.

The camera quickly turned to Cao Yang.

Cao Yang gave the little cannon a thumbs up with his left hand, thought for a moment, then took out the Best Director award with his right hand and shook it with a smile.

The little steel cannon's smile dimmed a little. He looked at the trophy in his hand and shook it vigorously, using a lot of force, then stepped off the stage.

Even more frustrated than Xiao Gangpao was Lu Chuan. He didn't win any big prize and his face was so gloomy that water could drip from it.

(End of this chapter)