At the company's celebration banquet, all the high-level executives and shareholders attended, surrounding Ding Cheng like the stars holding the moon, it was easy to find a chance to get out, and complained to Sister Hua: "These people are too enthusiastic, right?"

"A group of dogs!" Sister Hua said disdainfully: "It's all things that see money, as long as you can make money for them, you can say anything shameless." ”

Ding Cheng pouted, I heard that Blizzard was about to be the company's biggest surprise this year, and it was no wonder that he was in a hurry to offer his hospitality when he invested in a few works with the highest return on movies.

Sister Hua was afraid that Ding Cheng would be uncomfortable drinking, so she pulled her away from the battlefield and returned to the office to drink tea and sober up.

"The box office is still secondary, mainly this. After speaking, he took out an invitation card and said with a smile: "Two nominations for the Tokyo Film Festival!"

Ding Cheng was stunned, he had long known that Blizzard was about to sign up for the film festival, and it was actually ......

"Don't underestimate the devil's film festival, one of the nine international A-class film festivals, the highest level event in Asia. ”

"With the Magic City Film Festival and the Busan Film Festival, they are known as the three Asian giants, but in fact, the latter two are little brothers, and the history cannot be compared with Tokyo. ”

Ding Cheng looked at the nominations, Best Actor, and Best Artistic Contribution Award.

Sister Hua said with satisfaction: "This year, you kid is lucky, you just got the Golden Rooster male match, and now there is a Tokyo actor." ”

"It's just a nomination. Ding Cheng said with a smile: "It's not certain that you won't win the award. ”

Sister Hua waved her hand and analyzed: "According to me, there is a great chance, Tokyo has always favored our Chinese films, and there have been six actors, this time it is not only you, Zhao Wei was also invited to attend as a judge." ”

"What's more, only one of our works has been shortlisted this time!"

Seeing that Ding Cheng was a little disapproving, he continued: "A country is shortlisted for a main competition unit, which is the regulation and standard configuration of the Tokyo Film Festival. ”

Combined with the performance of Chinese films in Tokyo over the years, it is rare for a film to receive more than two nominations in the main competition unit at the same time. I've looked it up 87 years so far, and it's only happened 7 times. ”

For example, the earliest "Patio" directed by Wu Tianming won the Golden Kirin Award, and Lao Mouzi also won the Best Actor. ”

Ding Cheng was speechless, could it be that all the big directors were actors?

The point is that the first six times all appeared before 2000, and only "Guanyin Mountain" in the next 10 years won the Best Artistic Contribution Award, and Bingbing won the Best Actress Award, and then there has never been a film that has received two nominations. ”

"These are the other nominated works, mostly realistic themes, such as "The Grain", which is the most popular for Best Film, which focuses on the world's food problem, and "The Crater", which is a special jury award, which focuses on Italy's grassroots stars......"

"Best Director nominee 'Arcilow' exposes human trafficking in Malaysia, which goes some way to showing the festival's jury's preference for realistic films. ”

Speaking of this, Sister Hua said helplessly: "Our domestic popular movies are all unadaptable, and the wolf warrior is in the United States, do you know how much box office it is?"

"$190,000!"

"In terms of commercial blockbusters, we are indeed too far behind others, and the routines are all left over from others. Not to mention the special effects, which are at least fifteen years behind. ”

"On the contrary, they are popular in the eyes of foreigners, such as "Red Sorghum", "The Red Lantern Hangs High", "Qiu Ju Fights a Lawsuit", ......"

"Throughout these films, they are basically themes that reflect social reality and traditional culture, and they are all things that they are more interested in. ”

"To be honest, we're exposing our own shortcomings!"

"Poor, backward, ignorant, full of local flavor. But in the eyes of foreigners, in addition to the artistic quality, they feel that this is a real China, and the real thing is a tasteful work of art. ”

Ding Cheng was silent, Wang Xiaoshuai's "Long Time" won the Best Actor and Actress Award at the Berlin Film Festival last year, which is the best proof.

The actor Wang Jingchun became the second Berlin Chinese actor after Liao Fan's "Fireworks in the Day", and Yongmei was preceded by Maggie Cheung and Xiao Fangfang.

From a higher perspective, even at the three major international film festivals, this is the first time that a Chinese film has won the Best Actor and Actress trophies at the same time.

I have studied this movie, spanning 30 years, with two families in the 80s as the carrier, and friendship, love and family as clues, showing the social changes and ups and downs of the world with national characteristics.

The drowning of his son is certainly the biggest contradiction in the movie, but putting this incident into the long thirty years, the pain of losing a child is combined with the unique background of the times, and the shock caused is more profound and long-lasting.

In the 70s, he went to the countryside, in the 80s, he planned to have a family, and in the 90s, he was laid off......

The special events of these special eras, the generation represented by the male protagonist, have left a distinct mark on them, and also made "The Earth Lasts Forever" dyed the bond between the two families with a strong color of the times.

In fact, since the Chinese film appeared on the stage of the international film festival, the Chinese films favored by foreign judges and audiences have a lot in common with "The Earth is Long and the Sky is Long".

Choose a history with special significance and far-reaching impact as a backdrop. For example, "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit" focuses on law popularization, especially the most enthusiastic period of law popularization in rural areas;

"The Good Man of the Three Gorges" is the tone of the whole movie with the world-famous Three Gorges Project.

"Farewell My Concubine", which has only won the Palme d'Or for Best Picture once so far, is known as the 100 best films in global history, and the pride of director Kai Ge for a lifetime......

Because the time span is larger than that of "The Earth is Long and the Sky is Long", and the historical background is more ups and downs, it can be so highly praised.

On the contrary, in the highly dramatic timing, these award-winning works rarely spend a lot of time on specific background information, and often downplay important historical events.

The entry point is to choose ordinary little people and ordinary small families, and more brushwork is used to depict the details of the protagonist's life.

The impact of the general environment on ordinary people is buried in these subtle details, which are inconspicuous at first glance, but painful when you think about it.

The four brothers of the Lin family in "City of Sadness" just want to manage their lives well.

In "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit", Qiu Ju, who has a big belly, sued all the way from the countryside to the city, and in the end all she wanted was one statement.

The miners and nurses in "The Good People of the Three Gorges" are just looking for their own homes and dependencies.

As for Cheng Dieyi, in the troubled times, she just wants to sing well.

It seems that there are various choices and countless opportunities, but in the end, they are just pushed by the torrent of the times, step by step towards the end of different paths and the same destination.

Therefore, the biggest commonality of these works is that they are ultimately based on the special quality of "people". The emotions, qualities, and even instincts of these people are the shining points that flow across languages and borders and throughout the world.

Yaojun Liyun and his wife, who lost their son and are still alive for each other.

Remarriage also has to take Tuya with a disabled husband.

No matter how difficult it is, you have to adjust the set and take a family photo.

Even if he dies, he has to sing Cheng Dieyi of "Farewell My Concubine" with his senior brother again......

These blind optimism, tenacious optimism and all-powerful love are the common nature of human nature!

Even though we are as small as ants in the torrent of the times, these commonalities allow us to learn how to find fun in ordinary life, and move forward under the weight of cruel reality.

In the end, everyone can find a way to reconcile with the past, and then calmly face the magnificent life.

And no matter when and where, life is meant to be like this!