Director of Photography Department of Huayu

Chapter 726 Emotionally Agitated Movie Fans
The plane landed at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport.

As soon as Wu Chen and Liu Yifei turned on their phones, they were overwhelmed by a tsunami of messages.

Nominations for the 69th Golden Globe Awards announced

[Best Drama Films: The Descendants, The Help, Hugo, The Ides of March, Moneyball, War Horse]

[Best Director (Drama): Woody Allen, George Clooney, Michel Hazanavicius, Alexander Payne, Martin Scorsese]

Interstellar's name is not among them; it seems to have disappeared from these two most important awards.

It only occupies a single nomination spot in the technical category of Best Original Score.

"Why!" Liu Yifei's face turned red with anger as she said indignantly, "Interstellar is clearly much better than some of the other nominated films!"
Just because it's a science fiction film? That's going too far!

Wu Chen glanced at the list, his face expressionless, but he smiled and squeezed Liu Yifei's puffed-up little hand. "It's okay, let's go back first. If they didn't give it to us, they didn't give it to us."

"Hmph, I have to give them a piece of my mind!" Liu Yifei pouted as she walked.

Wu Chen couldn't help but laugh at that adorable yet fierce look.

It has absolutely no deterrent effect.
"We probably don't need you."

"Huh?" After hearing Wu Chen's words, Liu Yifei opened her social media in confusion, and then slightly opened her mouth.

Because at this moment, the internet worldwide has exploded.

The fans were very excited.

On Twitter.

The hashtags #GoldenGlobesSoWrong and #JusticeForInterstellar are both trending.

Within just half an hour, it was trending at number one and number two on the global hot search list by angry movie fans.

"WTF?! No Best Picture? No Best Director? Are you guys fucking kidding me?!"

"A great film, an original sci-fi epic that grossed over a billion dollars worldwide, doesn't even deserve a Best Picture nomination?! Why?! Why is there such severe discrimination against sci-fi?! Damn it!"

"Interstellar should have been nominated for at least Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Screenplay, and Best Visual Effects! And in some of those categories, it should have been a sure thing! Why didn't it get a single one?!"

"Fuck the Golden Globes! A bunch of idiots stuffed with cash and caviar by Harvey Weinstein!"

Domestic social media platforms like Weibo and Douban have also been completely overwhelmed.

"Holy crap! Did the Golden Globe Awards go blind?!"

"Interstellar didn't get a single nomination for Best Picture or Best Director?! That's the biggest joke of 2011! I think it's just as good as any other film, both artistically and in terms of its humanistic aspects!"

"Damn it, could it be that those old men at the Golden Globe Awards think Wu Chen has won too many awards before, and they're trying to balance things out this time?!"

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The media followed up with their reports as quickly as possible.

[The nominations for the 69th Golden Globe Awards are out! *Interstellar* surprisingly misses out on Best Picture and Best Director, only receiving a nomination for Best Original Score!]

[Golden Globe nominations spark global discontent among film fans; Wu Chen misses out on this year's Golden Globe Award!]

Nearly seven years later, Zhang Yimou's film "The Flowers of War" has once again been nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, competing against films such as "A Separation" and "The Skin I Live In"!

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Anger, like a virus, is spreading across the globe.

But amidst this storm, some people are actually laughing all the way to the bank.

Zhang Weiping, beaming with health, faced the reporters with a loud and clear voice.

"Thank you, Golden Globes! Thank you to the judges of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association!" he exclaimed.

"The fact that 'The Flowers of War' received a nomination for 'Best Foreign Language Film' is an affirmation of the artistic value of our film! Box office is certainly important. But sometimes, the value of art cannot be measured entirely by box office."

When we made "The Flowers of War," we hoped to leave behind something of integrity and sentiment for this era. Actually, I didn't care whether it made money or not.

Those were very well said.

Of course, all of this points to one thing: everyone should come and see our film, which has artistic aspirations.

However, industry insiders who heard the phrase "don't care about whether you can make money" couldn't help but feel nauseous.

Damn it! You, Zhang Weiping, don't care about money? Do you even believe that yourself?
Despite the industry's internal complaints, the "Golden Globe nomination" halo effect was undeniable, and the publicity was indeed immediate.

As for "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate," it hasn't even been released yet, but in terms of hype, it's already at a disadvantage.

Zhang Weiping was now full of confidence and immediately called Zhang Yimou.

"Yi, you absolutely must attend the movie promotion on time!"

"Ok!"

Despite their falling out, Zhang Yi will still fulfill his duties for the sake of the film.

"You know about the Golden Globe Awards, too." Zhang Weiping's tone carried a hint of condescension. "You see, we can still collaborate and create better films."

He wanted to win the Golden Globe Award as leverage to regain control over Zhang Yimou. "No!"

"You're not going to the Ballon d'Or either?" Zhang Weiping said anxiously. "You'd better think this through! You've been to the Ballon d'Or so many times, but you've never won it once!"

This might be your last chance in this lifetime!

"You'd better think this through. You've been to the Golden Globe Awards several times, but you've never won one. This might be your last chance in your life!"

The only response he received was the busy tone from his phone.

"Damn it!"

Zhang Weiping slammed his hand on the table in anger and growled fiercely, "In that case, you can't go to the Golden Globe Awards even if you want to!"

On the other end of the phone, Zhang Yi slowly put down his phone and sighed.

He sat in a chair in his hotel room, looking out at the gray sky over Beijing, a hint of weariness and loneliness flashing in his eyes.

It's a lie to say I don't want to win an award.

Throughout his directing career, he won awards from all three major European cinemas, but he never won a Golden Globe or an Oscar.

As for the three major awards, the difficulty of winning the last one has increased exponentially, leaving him with no choice. In addition, his relationship with Cannes had soured in the past, making it even more difficult to win at this point.

"Oh well, what I gain is my fate, what I lose is my fortune! It's just that Ni Ni and the others might be in trouble."

Zhang Yimou pondered carefully.

He knew Zhang Weiping's character all too well.

From the very beginning, Ni Ni and her team stood firmly on their own side, even during promotional events, keeping a distance from Zhang Weiping's team.

Given Zhang Weiping's vengeful nature, he probably won't let them off easily.

Meanwhile, in the office of Universal Pictures' co-chairman, David Lyndon's roar nearly lifted the roof off.

"F**k! This nomination is a disaster! We've done PR!"
But that bastard Harvey went all out this time, more than ever! He booked the best hotel in Beverly Hills, letting those reporters enjoy themselves like royalty! I suspect it's Harvey's men pulling the strings behind the scenes!

David Lyndon was so angry he was about to have a heart attack.

The nomination could have further boosted the box office performance of "Interstellar".

"Is 'The Artist' magazine the big winner?" Wu Chen asked casually over the phone.

"Of course! Six nominations! Leading the pack!"

"There's a certain probability, because last time 'Black Swan' tricked him." Wu Chen was only speculating about this.

It's possible that Harvey will use this opportunity to discredit "Interstellar," but Wu Chen believes it's not easy to make a direct judgment.

Because science fiction films have consistently been at the bottom of the awards rankings.

This unspoken rule is unlikely to be broken anytime soon.

David Lyndon also knew about this.

Last year, Paramount and Sony teamed up and really taught Harvey a lesson at the Oscars.

"Wu, we can't just let this go!"

"There's an old Chinese saying," Wu Chen's voice remained calm, "A loss may turn out to be a blessing in disguise."

As for Harvey, if it really was the other party's doing, he wouldn't mind making them suffer the consequences when the time is right.

Various media outlets in Hollywood have begun reporting on this.

Moreover, this time they almost all stood on the side of the fans.

Variety: [The biggest snub of the year: The absence of Interstellar is a loss for the Golden Globes.]

The Hollywood Reporter: [The limitations of the Golden Globe judges are once again evident. They prefer traditional, star-studded dramas and biopics.]

As for hardcore, conceptually complex sci-fi blockbusters, they either "don't understand them" or "don't bother to understand them."

The Los Angeles Times: [When mainstream awards exhibit systemic bias against science fiction films, we lose not just a great movie, but also our imagination of the future possibilities of cinema.]

Industry insiders were completely stunned by the global media storm sparked by the Golden Globe nominations.

Many of them didn't even understand why a nomination would cause such a stir.

But they clearly saw that when Wu Chen was treated "unfairly," movie fans all over the world would spontaneously fight for him.

This global influence has exceeded their understanding of what a "director" is.

"That's awesome..."

"This is what a top-tier international director is like!"

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(End of this chapter)