Huayu: Everyone's been reborn, who's still going to be an actor?

Has "Buried Alive" been submitted to this year's College Student Film Festival?

I've reported it.

And they even won an award.

Jiang Wen won the Best Actor award.

If it weren't for "Buried Alive," Xia Yu from "Waiting Alone" would have won the Best Actor award at this year's College Student Film Festival.

Apart from that, Lu Chuan, who originally won Best Director and the Jury Prize for "Kekexili", went home empty-handed.

The jury prize was not awarded to two people.

The Best Director award went to Cheng Yuan.

Jiang Wen accepted the award on his behalf.

Some media outlets even reported that he beat Feng Xiaogang to win the Best Director award.

Feng Xiaogang was nominated for Best Director at this year's College Student Film Festival for "A World Without Thieves," but ultimately only won the Most Popular Director award.

However, the matter was quickly suppressed.

Feng Xiaogang is the face of Huayi Brothers. If this gets blown up, where will they put their faces?

Questioning the College Student Film Festival?

Wouldn't that just be asking for trouble?

The topic was suppressed, but the matter of Cheng Yuan being a "tool" was brought up again.

Of course, some people questioned whether it was appropriate to give the award to such a controversial film.

Then, Lu Chuan got involved.

After all, he won the Best First Film Award at the College Student Film Festival with "Looking for a Gun".

That movie was also controversial.

Although the criticism wasn't as strong as Cheng Yuan's, the film was full of ginger flavor.

But the hype didn't last long. Cheng Yuan's second film was directly selected for the Cannes International Film Festival, proving himself once again.

The moment when people said Cheng Yuan was a "tool" and didn't deserve to win Best Director, it became a joke.

Both of Cheng Yuan's films were shortlisted for the three major European films. Isn't that enough to prove his talent?

When asked by reporters about her vulnerability, Lu Chuan said sourly that Cheng Yuan's success was due to luck, and that the college student film festival might have played a part in it.

If Cheng Yuan hadn't embroiled "Kekexili" in a plagiarism controversy, how could he have ended up with nothing at the College Student Film Festival?

And the Golden Horse Awards, it must be for the same reason.

This is an irreconcilable feud!

Lu Chuan's hatred for Cheng Yuan was like a surging river, or the overflowing Yellow River.

"I was in North America at the time, so naturally I couldn't attend," Cheng Yuan said. "I didn't pay much attention either. I didn't expect her to win Best Actress for this movie. I thought it was for 'Peacock'."

"The Student Film Festival actually has a lot of influence," Liu Yifei said, "but it certainly can't compare to the three major European film festivals."

It's not even comparable to the College Student Film Festival, let alone the Golden Rooster, Golden Rooster, and Golden Horse Awards.

"It's not like I look down on the College Student Film Festival," Cheng Yuan said. "Actually, I don't really care about awards; I'd rather make money."

Cheng Yuan hadn't really paid much attention to this film festival from his university days.

Its value is actually just so-so.

Of course, the reason he didn't go was because he was in North America.

Why?

Liu Yifei looked at Cheng Yuan.

"If you don't let me live off you, I'll have to earn money to marry you," Cheng Yuan said. "Don't let my current focus on art films fool you; I actually prefer commercial films. It's just that the domestic market hasn't taken off yet, and piracy is rampant, so art films are more lucrative than commercial films."

"Are arthouse films profitable?"

Liu Yifei asked with some surprise.

As for the talk about him living off her and making money to marry her, she's gotten used to it and can ignore it automatically.

"As long as it's nominated at an international film festival, the copyright can be sold and you'll earn more than you would domestically," Cheng Yuan said. "Buried" grossed over 30 million yuan domestically, and performed extremely well in Hong Kong and Taiwan, but the total revenue sharing was still less than what they earned from the overseas copyright.

"Are commercial films unable to sell their copyrights overseas?"

Liu Yifei asked in confusion.

Shouldn't the copyright fees for commercial films be higher?

"That's not necessarily true. Zhang Yimou's 'Hero' did quite well," Cheng Yuan said. "But it's hard to say about other commercial films. Besides, commercial films need substantial investments to go international, unlike art films. I can't handle big-budget productions right now."

Small-budget commercial films struggle to go international, while those that do go international involve large investments and significant risks.

How many films like "Hero" have performed well overseas?

Besides, try having a different director make "Hero" and see if you can sell the rights for such a high price.

Who is Zhang Yimou?

A director who almost amassed the three major European awards, and whose work also carries a hint of being unjustly blamed.

"Are you lacking confidence again?"

Liu Yifei smiled and looked at Cheng Yuan.

In his eyes, Cheng Yuan was an extremely confident person, especially...

"I am aware of my own limitations."

Cheng Yuan has a very clear understanding of himself.

He may have some talent in directing, but he knows his own limitations.

If there are shortcomings, then strive to make up for them.

Life-long learning.

Cheng Yuan didn't think that just because he was a reborn person, he could dominate everything, be omnipotent, and always succeed in everything he did.

He has cheat codes, but he doesn't have a system.

He cannot live off what he has earned.

He has to rely on his own efforts.

Liu Yifei glanced at Cheng Yuan and smiled.

If anyone else had achieved this at this age, they would probably be strutting around like crazy.

If he's like that, he should achieve even more amazing results.

The two went to the amusement park for another round, had dinner, and then Cheng Yuan took Liu Yifei home.

The next day, he went to the mountain town.

After finishing his book signing, Cheng Yuan went to visit the set of "Crazy Stone".

This film was fully funded by Remote Films.

Hou Hongliang served as the producer, while Cheng Yuan was listed as the executive producer.

When Cheng Yuan arrived at the film set, Ning Hao immediately introduced him to the cast.

There are no major changes from the original version.

It's estimated that no one expected that among these actors, the relatively unknown Huang Bo would be the most successful.

Of course, Xu Guangtou enjoyed his moment of glory for a while, but ended up offending all the cinema chains.

With "The Hunt" being nominated for Cannes, Cheng Yuan's status in the industry naturally rose.

There are still doubts about "Buried" but not about "The Hunt".

With both films shortlisted for the three major European film festivals, Cheng Yuan has already proven his ability as a director.

Actors would really like to work with a director who wins awards like that.

Moreover, Cheng Yuan was also an investor in "Crazy Stone".

"Since we're already here, why not give it a cameo?"

Ning Hao smiled and looked at Cheng Yuan.

Since we're here, it would be a waste not to take advantage of the situation.

"Forget it," Cheng Yuan said, shaking his head. "I want to save my screen debut for later."

Ning Hao was stunned for a moment, then chuckled and said nothing more. "Your screen debut is already out. Did I forcibly take your first time?"

Hmm, it seems like this is also a gimmick.

"Keep it for yourself?" Ning Hao said. "Can you really keep it? I heard Director Jiang is already itching to get back to work as soon as the ban on directing ends, and then he'll immediately put his skills to use. And that movie script was written by you?"

"Does that mean you get my screen debut but not him?"

Cheng Yuan was both amused and exasperated.

He's lost interest in acting, but he doesn't rule out making cameo appearances in movies.

Did he make a cameo appearance in "Let the Bullets Fly"?

That's quite a possibility.

"He doesn't need it, but I do," Ning Hao said. "This gimmick alone can boost the box office of 'Crazy Stone'."