Chapter 147: Aftermath
"Mr. Jiang, what's going on in the report in the "Tian Tian Daily" today? When you discussed it with us, you didn't say that. Do you want to ruin the Academy Awards? β
Jiang Ran listened to the excited voice in the telephone microphone, and through the telephone line, he could hear the excitement and indignation of the owner who was speaking.
Ran Feng's strategy has indeed achieved results after the listing of "Tian Tian Daily" today, and everyone has now shifted their attention from Ran Feng's operation of the Academy Awards to the control of several major cinema companies in Hong Kong.
Among them, the one who has been hurt the most is Chen Baisen and others from "Film Fortnightly", and it is Chen Baisen who is now talking to Jiang Ran on the phone.
Jiang Ran moved the microphone slightly, keeping the phone a little farther away from his ears, and then waited until Chen Baisen calmed down a little before he explained slowly: "Mr. Chen, don't be excited." Our support for the Academy Awards has always been obvious to all in the Hong Kong film industry, and it is impossible for us to do anything to hurt the Academy Awards. β
"Then how do you explain the comments you made in the "Daily Daily"? Hasn't this hurt the Academy Awards? The entire award has become a wrestling field for several of your big cinema companies, and there is no credibility at all. Chen Baisen obviously no longer believed Jiang Ran's nonsense.
"Heh-he!" Jiang Ran kissed and laughed, and then said, "Mr. Chen, don't worry. Listen to my explanation first and see if what I said makes sense, isn't that the case, okay?"
After a period of silence, Chen Baixiang finally spoke: "You say!"
Jiang Ran didn't pay attention to Chen Baisen's very impulsive tone, after all, no matter who he was, it was impossible to have a good mood and a good tone when he was wantonly insulted and slandered by others for the career he had worked so hard to build.
"Mr. Chen, first of all, I would like to apologize for not communicating with your organizing committee in advance this time, which is our fault. β
"But that's mainly because we got the news last night that some of the jury members made things that weren't good for us and the Academy Awards, and I had to do something about it. β
Chen Baisen stood in front of his desk, his face was like ashes, he heard Jiang Ran's subtext, the organizing committee promised Ran Feng yesterday that the judges would stand up and refute the rumors, but they were betrayed and stabbed half to death by the people they thought they thought were their own.
Chen Baisen thought about the judges who made unfavorable remarks in the newspaper today, as well as most of the silent judges, in the face of the betrayal of the members of the Academy Awards' own internal jury, he only felt extremely frustrated and lost.
"So you Ran Feng completely abandoned the Academy Awards?" Chen Baisen questioned weakly, but with great annoyance.
"Mr. Chen, you can't say abandon. But in that case, even if the "Daily Daily" does not have today's report, can the Academy Awards really survive?" Jiang Ran's voice was still calm
Chen Baisen was silent in the face of Jiang Ran's rhetorical question.
Jiang Ran said when Chen Baisen was silent: "The Hong Kong Film Awards is an award in the Hong Kong film industry, although it was initiated and organized by Mr. Chen's "Film Fortnightly", but if you want to develop and grow this award, it is obviously inseparable from the participation of the Hong Kong film industry. β
"As the representatives and leaders of Hong Kong films, several major cinema companies in Hong Kong have produced and distributed countless films, dominating the Hong Kong film industry for decades, as long as anything related to Hong Kong films is impossible to leave them. Mr. Chen, do you think that's the reason?"
Under Jiang Ran's calm words, Chen Baisen calmed down his excitement and anger slightly, and then faced Jiang Ran's question, thought about it, and replied, "That's true." β
"Since this is the case, isn't it normal for several major cinema companies to participate in the selection process of the Academy Awards?" Jiang Ran continued after listening to Chen Baisen's answer.
"And the role of the Academy Awards Organizing Committee is to balance everyone's power and ensure that no company will be dominated by the jury, which is like a democratic election, everyone can have representatives to participate, and under the balance of the organizing committee, the final selection of films that meet the aesthetics of most people is not the greatest justice?"
When Chen Baisen heard this, his eyes lit up, and his face became vivid again, "What Mr. Jiang said is very reasonable. I'm very sorry, I was so excited just now that I misunderstood Mr. Jiang. β
"Heheβ" Jiang Ran smiled and said, "Understood! I understand Mr. Chen's mood very well. β
"Thank you, Mr. Jiang, for your understanding and forgiveness! Do you see if our Academy Awards Organizing Committee will immediately clarify to the media as Mr. Jiang said?" Chen Baisen carefully consulted Jiang Ran's opinion.
He admires Jiang Ran very much now, and in the eyes of the organizing committee of their Academy Awards, the news is equivalent to a catastrophe, but under Jiang Ran's few words, it has become a different atmosphere, which has to be admired.
"Mr. Chen, don't worry. If we explain it to the media now, I'm afraid the topic will return to Ran Feng's collusion with you to manipulate the awards. We need to wait now, wait for the water to be completely muddyed, and everyone accepts the statement that the influence of several theater companies in the Academy Awards is inside, and then come forward to clarify and establish a winning momentum in one fell swoop. β
"Okay! Just do as Mr. Jiang said. Chen Baisen thought about it and finally agreed to Jiang Ran's suggestion.
Chen Baisen of the Academy Awards Organizing Committee was annoyed by the report of "Tiantian Daily", and some other people affected by this wave of public opinion were annoyed and had mixed reactions.
"Jiang Ran, this decrepit boy is too difficult. Such a big momentum in the media was actually broken up by him like this, and he burned the fire on our heads. Awesome!"
After Lei Juekun saw the news in the daily newspaper, his first reaction was anger, but then after sighing, he sighed to Li Maowen in the office.
"Then how do we deal with it now? Do we still want to put pressure on Ran Feng in the media?" Li Maowen asked cautiously.
Lei Juekun shook his head with a smile, and then said, "Forget it." Now that several major cinema companies in Hong Kong are involved, it doesn't have much effect to say that Ranfeng's operation of the Academy Awards has not had much effect. But this time, the Academy Awards were counted dead by Jiang Ran. β
Lei Juekun of the Golden Princess put down the matter of the Academy Awards, and Zou Wenhuai of Golden Harvest also chatted with He Guanchang about Burning Feng in the office.
"Jiang Ran took a wonderful move this time, yesterday it was still stormy, and today it will be overturned. Zou Wenhuai looked at the report on the "Daily Daily" and commented with a smile.
"Wen Huai, you can still laugh, we were also pulled into the water by Ran Feng this time. He Guanchang said with some confusion.
"I didn't plan to do anything to Ran Feng, I just pushed them around, and by the way, I could also promote "Police Story 2", as for the result, it has no impact on us. β
Speaking of this, he glanced at He Guanchang, and then explained: "As for the matter of the Academy Awards involving us Golden Harvest? In Hong Kong, as long as it is related to movies, it does not involve us." What's more, several large cinema companies are involved, and now standing up to explain, I'm afraid most people will only think we are hypocritical. β
"Don't worry about this matter anymore, the competition in the film market in June this year is so fierce, and the upcoming summer competition will probably only be more fierce, we still have to plan early and focus on the promotion and distribution of the movie. Zou Wenhuai finally set the tone of the matter.
After Jiahe and Princess Jin made a move, they all began to die down, and the Shaw Brothers never reflected. In addition to the organizing committee of the Academy Awards, the most unlucky people are the few members of the jury who made a lot of nonsense in the media.
Fueled by Ran Feng, inside information about the Academy Awards came and went, and these Academy Award judges became the laughing stock in this wave of public opinion.
While several major studios are turning their attention to the film market, the media is still raving and the public continues to follow the story with joy.
In this way, three days later, the organizing committee of the Academy Awards finally spoke again, and they gave a detailed explanation of the composition of the judging committee of the Academy Awards, which roughly means that the judges of the Academy Awards are all senior representatives selected from Hong Kong filmmakers.
As representatives of Hong Kong films, it is natural for several cinema companies to participate in the evaluation of the Academy Awards together with other filmmakers, and the results of all filmmakers' participation and voting together are the embodiment of the fairness of the Academy Awards.
After the Academy Awards Organizing Committee spoke, the various questions during this period finally came to a reasonable official explanation that was agreed by all parties. Things are slowly calming down.
At this time, people found that through this incident, the influence of the Academy Awards has not only weakened, but even increased a lot. However, Ranfeng Group, the company that was the first to be in the limelight, survived this turmoil without danger, and even became more powerful in the Hong Kong film circle. 8)