I was just thinking about taking the arts exam and you said I've been playing supporting roles

Chapter 357 The Golden Globe Award is out!
On the set of "Killer Dragon" on January 15, 2012.

Zhu Yanmanzi, carrying her luggage, wearing a plain white scarf and a down jacket, stood there quietly watching a fight scene being filmed in front of her.

Chen Jin plays Long, who is engaged in a gunfight and battle with gangsters outside a hotel in mainland China.

It's another one-man showdown with one person helping out.

After more than a month of filming, one-third of the story of "Killer: Dragon" has been completed, and half of the film should be completed before the Chinese New Year.

Wu Jing and Wan Qian's scenes were also able to be filmed in a timely manner.

The Central Academy of Drama officially started its winter break the day before yesterday, which allowed Zhu Yanmanzi to take some time to come to the United States to see her boyfriend.

The two have been separated for over a month, and they rely on video calls and phone calls to keep going every day.

Seeing Chen Jin filming again, suspended by wires and working so hard, her eyes were a little red. This girl is always so dedicated, disregarding her own health.

"Oh, Sister Jin, you've arrived?"

Wan Qian, who had just left the film set to remove her makeup, was quite surprised to see Zhu Yanmanzi wearing a scarf and looking like a little white flower.

"Yes, Sister Wan, it's been a long time!"

Zhu Yanman smiled slightly, and Wan Qian gestured towards Chen Jin, who was busy, with her lip: "Did you know you were coming?"

"Know!"

Zhu Yanmanzi really wanted to give Chen Jin a surprise, but if she gave him a shock instead, it would be difficult to handle.

So before coming, Zhu Yanmanzi sent him the flight information and details. Chen Jin was unavailable, so she could only ask the crew to pick him up at the airport.

Trusting Chen Jin does not mean being blindly trusting her.

Especially since there's this young lady right in front of him... who's clearly very interested in Chen Jin.

Zhu Yanmanz, being a woman herself, was well aware of Wan Qian's affection for Chen Jin.

Or rather, very few women could resist being interested in Chen Jin, especially actresses in this industry.

Turning a blind eye was already the greatest respect Zhu Yanmanzi could show Chen Jin.

"Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on him for you. Jin-ge has been very busy lately. Forget about him flirting with other women, it feels like he's almost become gay!"

Wan Qian said to Zhu Yanmanz half-jokingly.

Zhu Yanman smiled slightly: "Actually, we talk on the phone every day..."

"So envious~~"

Wan Qian shrugged and waved to her: "Then sit for a while, I'm going to remove my makeup!"

"it is good!"

Zhu Yanmanz nodded, took off her scarf, and sat down to the side.

She rested her chin on her hand and followed her gaze to Chen Jin, who was discussing something in English with David Leitch and Jonathan. His serious demeanor was a far cry from the relaxed and sunny image of the boy she remembered from two years ago.

He has matured a lot and exudes the charm of a successful man.

Even in Hollywood, a place where he knew no one, he was able to organize a group of foreigners to make a movie.

What about my future?

Zhu Yanmanz recalled the various audition invitations she had received recently and decided to have a good chat with Chen Jin later.

Chen Jin has been keeping a low profile due to the negative news surrounding her these past few months.

Besides studying, I spend every day rehearsing plays.

In fact, she is very famous now. The 17.3 billion yuan box office of "So Young" made the director and male lead famous, and as the female lead, she is naturally very popular as well.

With just a few works, she has firmly established herself as one of the new top actresses in China.

Pu Lun offered her several endorsement deals, but she turned them all down; many companies wanted to collaborate with her, but Zhu Yanmanzi chose to focus on her studies, citing her academic pursuits as the reason.

The Central Academy of Drama was happy to have such a student, and even registered her for a spot as an outstanding student in the capital city at the end of the year.

Her academic and career success made her grateful to Chen Jin, but it also made her increasingly confused.

This ever-growing disparity terrified Zhu Yanmanzi; her boyfriend's increasing success only proved her own excellence.

But she didn't put in any effort to achieve this excellence.

This is the most desperate thing.

With or without her, he is still Chen Jin, the Venice Film Festival Best Actor, young entrepreneur, director, and famous actress; but conversely, she might not be the popular actress she is today.

"Under the Hawthorn Tree," "So Young"... These are just some of Zhu Yanmanzi's few works that brought her fame and made her stand out.

"When did you come?"

After Chen Jin finished discussing the next scene with David, she caught a glimpse of her girlfriend sitting there, staring intently at her.

With that preoccupied look on his face, where was the joy of a long-awaited reunion?
Chen Jin stepped forward, and Zhu Yanmanzi stood up and hugged her boyfriend tightly, inhaling the long-lost scent, wanting to let it melt into her heart.

"I just arrived, and I didn't want to bother you, so I'll just sit here!"

Zhu Yanman whispered something in Chen Jin's ear, and Chen Jin hugged her tightly, kissed her, and said with a smile, "Come on, let me introduce you to my friends from the film crew!"

“Hi, David, Chad…”

Chen Jin was shouting and waving at the crew members, and many people looked up.

Actually, several people had already noticed a beautiful Asian girl sitting in the corner.

Unexpectedly, this girl is actually the boss's woman?

"Hey hey, let me guess, Chan's boyfriend?"

David Leitch shrugged playfully, while Chad beside him raised his hand: "Hello, beautiful lady, I'm Chad Starski, your future husband's best sidekick!"

"Hey, Chad, I'm the best!"

David Leitch was quite displeased. Chen Jin, annoyed by the two clowns, introduced them: "Manzi, Manzi Zhuyan, my girlfriend!"

"This doesn't sound like a Chinese name!"

Jonathan also came over, and many people from the crew came to greet him.

Over the past month, Chen Jin has built a deep "revolutionary friendship" with the entire crew, and he has successfully assembled the core team for the future Hollywood shoot.

Sometimes even Guo Fan had to admire Chen Jin, who seemed to have recruited a group of very reliable partners before him.

The team boasts top-tier Hollywood expertise, with highly skilled departments covering lighting, cinematography, special effects, and stunts.

And these are the things that China lacks most.

Lighting and special effects, in particular, are the challenges that Guo Fan will face when filming "The Wandering Earth".

However, with Chen Jin involved, it seems that "The Wandering Earth" can get some Americans to work for it.

As Chen Jin said, if we really want to be awesome, we should let white people do our work. This is more advanced than learning from Hollywood's ideas.

Well, no problem.

No wonder he's Zhang Yimou's disciple; the two of them came from the same mold, both thinking about how to fleece foreigners.

"My treat tonight!"

"Welcome, Manzi!"

As Chen Jin spoke, the entire crew gave her the warmest welcome.

"Oh oh oh~~~"

Zhu Yanmanzi could feel the respect that people around her had for Chen Jin, and that respect also extended to her; she could only greet everyone politely and elegantly with a smile.

This "director's wife" acted very well. She wasn't overly polite, nor overly assertive, displaying the gentle grace of an Eastern woman.

"You're amazing! You managed to assemble such a team so quickly!"

"Still in Hollywood..."

This statement has no hint of flattery; in Zhu Yanmanzi's mind, Chen Jin has always been an omnipotent person.

Chen Jin led her on a tour of the film crew and shooting locations.

"It was also luck!"

"It was mainly Senior Brother Sun Nuo who helped me... and Lao Gong and the others too!"

It couldn't have been Chen Jin's achievement alone.

"Oh, by the way, you also have a cameo role. Let's film it when we have some free time!"

Zhu Yanmanzi plays Long's deceased wife. She only appears in a few scenes, but she is indeed a very important character.

The scenes can be filmed in half a day.

"I know, I'll wait for your announcement!"

Zhu Yanmanz raised her fair neck and smiled gently at Chen Jin.

The two naturally took hands, and Chen Jin felt a long-lost vitality, the vitality of a woman beside her.

……

That evening, the "Killer: Dragon" crew held a welcome party for Zhu Yanmanzi at their filming location.

The buffet style that foreigners like.

Many people brought their female companions, and the atmosphere at the banquet was very lively.

Then David Leitch suddenly yelled, "Oh shit, it's the Golden Globes today!"

The annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony will be held tonight at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Hollywood. This award is arguably the most star-studded event in Hollywood.

More stars attended than at the Oscars.

Moreover, unlike the Oscars, which are considered unattainable, the Golden Globes are seen by many Hollywood filmmakers as an award that is relatively easy to participate in.

Unlike the Oscars, getting nominated requires—a lot of money!

For the Golden Globe Awards, sometimes all you need for public relations is connections, but money is also necessary.

This award is decided by a vote from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, unlike the Oscars which involve numerous unions and judges.

Zhang Yimou's two biggest obsessions right now are the Golden Globe and the Oscars.

In the original timeline, "The Flowers of War" was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, but ultimately... it failed to win for the fifth time.

This is his fifth nomination.

"To Live", "Shanghai Triad", "Hero", "House of Flying Daggers" and "The Flowers of War" were nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film five times, but ultimately did not win any awards.

Zhang Yimou was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars three times, but he didn't win.

This became his obsession.

It's an even bigger inner demon than when I withdrew from Cannes.

He withdrew from Cannes voluntarily; otherwise, he should have won the Palme d'Or. As for the Golden Globe, only one person from mainland China has ever won Best Foreign Language Film.

"Farewell My Concubine"!
Kai can live off the profits of this movie for the rest of his life.

With its Golden Globe and Palme d'Or, the film certainly deserves both awards; it was indeed very well made.

However, Li An also won the Best Foreign Language Film award.

He was nominated for the Golden Ball four times and won one of them.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was even more popular than The Overlord, and even won an Oscar.

In this respect, "The Overlord" and Chen Kaige are undoubtedly inferior.

As one of the top directors in China, Zhang Yimou naturally wants to compete with these two, so it's normal for him to be so determined.

The welcome dinner has ended, and the 69th Golden Globe Awards have been presented.

Several major awards, such as Best Film and Best Actress, were not given out; and the Best Foreign Language Film, just like the news in the autobiographical film that Chen Jin watched, was "A Separation" directed by the famous Iranian director Asghar Farhadi.

That's right, it's Asghar Farhadi, one of the juries at this year's Berlin Film Festival, an Asian director whom Zhang Yimou knows.

It's normal that "The Flowers of War" couldn't compete with this one.

Even with Chen Jin's effective public relations efforts, it will be difficult for "Jinling" to win any awards.

Almost the moment the nominees were announced, everyone knew that this award would go to this Iranian film.

It's just too strong.

Last year, "A Separation" swept through Berlin and caused a sensation in the West.

Not only did it win the Golden Bear, the Grand Prix of the year, but it also won five Silver Bears, plus the Readers' Jury Award for Best Audience and the Catholic Humanitarian Award.

Winning three major awards and two minor awards in one year is an extremely rare and unprecedented event in the history of European film festivals. It's worth noting that winning even one award in the three major European film festivals is already a remarkable achievement.

Getting two of them would make them incredibly popular; it's rare to see a film like this in several years.

Three is truly historic, even in the history of film festivals, it's very rare, unless they are truly masterpieces.

"A Separation" is such an epic masterpiece, one that is hard to come by even once every few years.

Iranian director Asghar Farhadi wrote, directed, and produced the film with a budget of $300,000, using handheld cameras, and successfully produced two Berlin Film Festival Best Actor winners and three Berlin Film Festival Best Actress winners.

Yes, besides the Golden Bear, "A Separation" won two other major awards last year: Best Actor and Best Actress. However, there were two Best Actor winners and three Best Actress winners.

This is the unanimous result obtained by the jury after applying to the organizers.

The vote was uncontroversial.

So this movie went on to gross nearly $3000 million at the box office, and not only won a Golden Globe, but also an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film and was nominated for Best Screenplay.

Iranian director Farhadi Sr. rose to fame overnight.

Therefore, he definitely has a lot of say in the jury of this year's Berlin Film Festival, and he would be more than qualified to be the executive vice president.

He truly earned his place in Berlin through merit, while some of the other judges were simply mediocre.

This director has a good relationship with China, frequently visiting the country to attend various award ceremonies and serve as a judge. He also plagiarized students' work and is facing a lawsuit.

Even masters have a history of misdeeds.

"Luckily, Director Zhang didn't participate, otherwise he would probably have returned disappointed again!"

Inside the hotel, Zhu Yanmanz, having finished her shower, nestled in Chen Jin's arms as she looked at the list of winners for this year's Golden Globe Awards.

"Of course!"

"Therefore, the main battlefield of 'Jinling' is not in North America, because the fighting there is too brutal!"

"The three major awards are what make Director Zhang truly exceptional!"

Just like this film, "A Separation," which caused a sensation in Berlin, it's much easier to win public relations awards like the Golden Globes and Oscars.

Since it has already gained recognition in at least the other three major tech giants, it's quite natural for the Americans to promote it as well.

The public relations expenses may be much less than spending a lot of money on Oscars and Golden Globes.

Chen Jin truly couldn't understand Zhang Weiping's actions in her past life!

(End of this chapter)