The Queen's Rumored Father

Chapter 1257 Global Sensation

Xu Yuan made no secret of his plans for the film festival and the Golden Crown Awards.

With so many people involved this time, it's obviously impossible to keep it a secret from everyone.

Rather than letting people speculate later, it's better to announce it openly to the world now.

Regardless of other people's attitudes, at least the matter has gained some attention.

As for whether others agree or disagree, why bother?

When has Xu Yuan ever stopped doing something just because someone else objects?

If you want to do something, just do it; if you're going to do it, do it to the best of your ability.

This is Xu Yuan.

The next day, the global entertainment industry exploded.

Xiao Peng rambled on: "Xu Yuan Film Festival! Xu Yuan's framework—another top-tier global film festival is about to be born!"

Entertainment in Retrospect: "The Golden Crown Award! A potential blockbuster film award that could rival the Oscars!"

A viral video: "Xu Yuan aims for the throne of global film honor presenters, intending to win the three major European film festivals and the Oscars in one fell swoop?"

If it were anyone else who said such a thing, given the pro-foreign and sycophantic style of some domestic media outlets, they would have been met with a barrage of criticism.

However, the person who said this was Xu Yuan, and recently almost all the heavyweights in the domestic film and television industry were invited by Xu Yuan to the Fengxing Building to discuss this matter.

Even if it's not the next Oscar, the Golden Crown Award is at least no less prestigious than the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards.

This is already a major event for the country.

Immediately, the news spread like wildfire, with everyone expressing great optimism about the film festival and the Golden Crown Awards' influence in China.

In particular, Xu Yuan also has connections with higher-ups that are clearly visible to the naked eye.

Official recognition is extremely important for an award.

Leaving aside the ordinary, low-level awards, there was one award that once reached a very prestigious level a few years ago. However, due to official obstruction, its glory faded quickly after only two years, leaving people with nothing but regret.

This award is the National Drama Awards.

In the first few years after the National Drama Awards were first held, the scale of the event was enormous.

At its peak, its authority surpassed that of some official awards.

But soon, the award came under tremendous pressure.

On the one hand, the status of its organizer, a certain Dolphin TV station, has declined among its peers. The drama channel, which was originally built with power, has become the biggest victim due to the rise of online platforms.

With variety shows becoming significantly more popular than dramas, Zhejiang TV (Zhonghua Zhejiang TV) has overtaken Hunan TV (Mango TV) by leveraging variety shows, greatly disrupting the development strategies of various local TV stations.

On the other hand, due to pressure from certain places, the National Drama Awards was stripped of its award-giving power one year, and could only pay tribute but not award prizes.

This is a huge blow to it.

If any award can be easily discontinued, what authority does it have?

This wasn't forced to stop due to any force majeure event; it was deliberately interrupted.

Therefore, even after the awards ceremony was reinstated, the awards did not return to the mainstream format. Instead, they were composed of various terms such as "most popular" and "most charming," and lacked any grand prize-worthy impact.

It's also clear that they haven't fully recovered their ability to present awards.

Therefore, an award that was once highly prestigious has declined and can no longer generate much buzz.

There are also situations like the Golden Eagle Festival and the Golden Eagle Awards being one entity but separate entities, and the Pingyao Film Festival initiator completely withdrawing while the Pingyao authorities accepted the film festival, etc.

How distressing must these unpleasant things be for fans who are interested in winning prizes?

How distressing must it be for the actors and directors vying for awards?

Now that Xu Yuan has emerged, given his financial resources and influence, the awards will undoubtedly be grand in scale.

Given his industry standing and personal character, the award must be relatively authoritative and fair.

Given his connections in high places, the awards are guaranteed.

Given his international influence, his awards are even recognized internationally.

This is very likely the first award in China that allows participants to compete and win prizes, while also having a strong international influence.

Significant!

It's receiving widespread praise domestically.

Many celebrities reposted and liked the post.

The industry has gained another authoritative award, and everyone benefits from it.

Nowadays, there are too few good awards for Chinese flowers, and too many excellent actors are lining up to be recognized.

Internationally, the general sentiment is also one of high expectations.

The heads of the Cannes, Berlin, and Venice film festivals all gave interviews to the media.

Because Xu Yuan had previously extended goodwill to these three major film festivals and explained the positioning of the Xu Yuan Film Festival in detail, the three festivals clearly understood that the impact of the Xu Yuan Film Festival on them was very limited.

The Xu Yuan Film Festival is more about organizing events with money; its foundation and purpose are completely different from the three major film festivals.

At least in the short term, things will be different.

In the long run, please, who will take a long-term view?

In a person's life, which spans several decades, immediate and personal interests are clearly more important than the long-term benefits of an award.

In the world of capital, no one is invincible.

"Xu is doing something great, and we will witness history. I feel honored. The world film industry has doubled, tripled, or even more in size compared to decades ago, or even just a few years ago."

"In the past, so many awards were enough for filmmakers worldwide. But now, more and more outstanding actors are being overlooked. The Xu Yuan Film Festival is a complement to us. We are not targeting the Xu Yuan Film Festival; we welcome such excellent individuals to join us."

The remarkably consistent attitude of the heads of the three major film festivals made it clear to many that the Xu Yuan Film Festival was not a spur-of-the-moment idea.

Xu Yuan had been preparing for this day for an unknown period of time.

This man is extremely ambitious.

Perhaps only the wild chicken on the entire planet is not so happy.

A somber atmosphere hung over Hollywood.

If the Xu Yuan Film Festival doesn't have much impact on the three major film festivals, then who will it impact?

The Golden Crown Award's hypothetical rival is undoubtedly the Oscars.

If the Golden Crown Awards beat the Oscars, it would mean that the Chinese film market has defeated Hollywood.

The next cinematic mecca is about to be born.

There can be many film festivals.

But there can only be one most prestigious award in the film industry.

The Oscars have met their strongest rival in their 90-year history.

Unfortunately, even with external enemies at hand, Hollywood still has differing opinions on the matter.

One of Disney's executives, Waller, stated, "This is simply a joke. Any award needs a long and distinguished history to be worthy of trust. Xu Yuan cannot achieve that."

Rebecca: "The Golden Crown Award? Don't be ridiculous, man. There's only one golden trophy that's permanent, and that's the Oscar, you know?"

But then former Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett immediately spoke up: "Personally, I think that having more prestigious awards is beneficial to the industry. The Oscars are not bad, but they can be better."

Will Smith, who just won the Oscar for Best Actor this year, also frankly said: "How should I put it, I should have won more Oscars. But because of many non-film factors, I only won because of Xu... I'm not complaining, but I think that when you have a strong competitor to inspire you, you can perform better."

Emma Watson, who also won the Oscar for Best Actress this year, said: "I am grateful for the recognition from the Oscars, but to be honest, there have been too many regrets at the Oscars over the years. If someone can make up for these regrets, I will support them."

(End of this chapter)