Huayu: A Commercial Director

Chapter 207 What is fairness?

Naturally, many people sought out Chen Shouzhe. With both of his films nominated, and both nominated for Best Director, he had a one-in-three chance of winning out of six nominations.

Hollywood also gave extensive coverage to his two nominations.

The article also listed the films Chen Shouzhe has participated in since his debut, and many Americans only then realized that Chen Shouzhe had been involved in these films. Starting with the disaster film "2012", Chen Shouzhe has participated in a lot of films, and they are all very famous. It is known that the latest film "Fast & Furious" was also written by him.

Many Americans say they have seen this outstanding commercial director's films.

This instantly made Chen Shouzhe famous all over the world. The Oscars are a huge stage, and as the center of the world, the United States can make anything popular all over the world. Of course, as its domestic influence grows, more and more people will awaken in the future, and it's not just a few people who have seen the world.

"Director Chen, congratulations!"

Today we also have a promotional task: to promote "Goodbye Mr. Loser." Chen Shouzhe and the main creative team are all working hard to promote the movie.

However, it seems unnecessary now, as there are too many media outlets present today, mostly there for Chen Shouzhe.

"nothing."

Chen Shou waved his hand in response to Shen Teng and the others' congratulations.

Seeing Chen Shouzhe's calm and collected demeanor, those who didn't know him might have thought he was faking it.

Those who truly know him understand that he doesn't care much about awards; it's just that he's the first Chinese person to receive so many Oscar nominations.

There are many directors vying for the Oscars, but Chen Shou is the first Chinese director to receive two Best Director nominations.

Even renowned directors like Guo Shifu only select one film to participate in foreign language film awards or cinematography awards.

“The media won’t be paying attention to us later. I looked around and almost everyone, big and small, is here, all for you,” Ma Li said with a smile.

"Then we need to get them to promote our movie more."

This is good for the movie; leveraging their fame will help promote the film better.

Previously, some people didn't know who Chen Shouzhe was, but now they do—he's been nominated for an Oscar. In some people's minds, the Oscars hold a very high status; they're the highest award in Hollywood.

Some people believe that foreign countries are better than domestic ones, which is also because domestic countries used to be terrible.

We can't expect him to still be a fan of the Chinese national football team now.

Can't afford to lose that person.

Therefore, he doesn't attend domestic awards at all, and he has long seen through those people, so there's no need for him to fawn over them.

The Americans are more practical; they spend money on public relations. If you spend money, the nomination will come.

It's quite normal to spend money and get your name mentioned here, only to be criticized by an unknown movie.

Feng Xiaogang has been trampled on countless times. He's not even thirty years old yet. As long as those people are still alive, he'll be trampled on countless times. There are just too many people who dislike him.

When they were in their twenties, they were still playing in the mud, while you are already worth billions in your twenties. They can make things as difficult as possible for you within the limits of their own power. For some people, it's so great to be able to manipulate a billionaire.

Today's event is a promotional press conference, held right here at Wanda Plaza.

Many media outlets and onlookers came.

The host was a very beautiful woman invited by Wanda. On the well-prepared stage, the actors and main cast went up to promote the movie. The media were eager to get involved, all staring at Chen Shouzhe, who was sitting at the very edge. Judging from his expression, he was clearly in a daze, with smiles occasionally appearing on his face. Anyone who didn't know better would think he was dreaming.

"Next is the Q&A session. We have many media friends here. Please feel free to ask us any questions you may have."

As soon as the host finished speaking, everyone in the room raised their hands in unison. If you didn't know better, you would think that a school leader had come to check homework and ask questions.

Even the host was taken aback by the scene before him and chose the handsome guy with glasses who was closest to the stage.

"I'd like to ask Director Chen, are you confident about being nominated for Best Director at the Oscars this time?"

Chen Shouzhe shook his head and said, "Although this question is not related to today's event, it's hard to say what the award will be."

"you……"

"Alright, sir, we can only ask one question each," the host interrupted.

He handed the microphone to the person next to him, and the sound was muted. Helpless, he could only sit down and hand the microphone to the staff.

"I'd like to ask Director Chen, if you suddenly received 1 billion yuan in the game 'Hello Mr. Billionaire,' how would you use it?" This was a question asked by a female reporter.

Chen Shou was taken aback for a moment, not expecting a reporter to ask such a serious question. He glanced at it and saw it was from Enlight Media. Well, that was fine. Enlight Media was an investor, so the question must have been prepared in advance.

"If I had received this money seven years ago, I wouldn't have needed to beg and plead to raise funds to make Goodbye Mr. Loser. Of course, if I had this money now, I would probably still invest it in movies. The production costs of movies are bound to keep increasing. Last Chinese New Year, I prepared a 700 million yuan animated film. I might spend even more money on movies in the future. A billion yuan is just the investment for one movie."

For an ordinary person, a billion dollars can last ten lifetimes. But for a film's investment, it depends on how it's spent. Special effects are a bottomless pit; every frame costs money.

Then they switched to a different reporter, this time from Weibo, and his questions were much more direct.

"I'd like to ask Director Chen, it's well known that Hollywood is good at public relations. How much did you spend on public relations?"

"As you said, this is common knowledge. I can't tell you the exact amount, but everyone has spent money, otherwise how could there be thirteen nominations?" Chen Shou stopped there.

Another reporter came up and asked, "Isn't it unfair that Director Chen can use money to do public relations in Hollywood?"

"Hmm~ I'm asking you, what is fairness? What are the criteria for judging a film?"

"Uh... box office, artistry."

"Then let me ask you, is my movie a box office flop? Or is it lacking in artistic merit?"

"This……"

"It's not like the Olympics. When everyone can use public relations, it means it's the fairest time. You can use public relations, and so can he. The unfairness lies in the fact that he can use public relations, but you can't. That's what's unfair, isn't it?"

It was obvious that this family was looking for trouble, but Chen Shou ignored them. That's how media people are; they're happiest when they can produce news.

If the awards are unfair, even if the Olympic Games are fair, it's still possible to have biased refereeing.

The fairest thing in the world is war; you either win or you lose, because the winner lives and the loser dies.

As for the awards, Chen Shouzhe's words will probably make some people uncomfortable again.

　One chapter was blocked yesterday, so I posted three chapters. The blocked chapter has been restored.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)