Section 527: The power of the people
2008, 29 January
Tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve, in recent years, more and more attention to traditional culture under the current situation, government departments have officially stipulated a one-day holiday on Chinese New Year's Eve, units and organs take the lead in implementation, some large regular companies are also abiding by the regulations one by one. However www.biquge.info at this stage of China's national conditions, it is undeniable that there are still a large number of private units that do not fully comply with the relevant regulations - this is normal, some companies do not even have a holiday on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and you want them to have a Chinese New Year's Eve holiday, it's a dream.
However, in Shanghai, which is China's business card, this regulation is still relatively common, so many young people have come tonight as a weekend, and they don't have to worry about waking up early tomorrow. And it is also in this situation that the 80,000-person stadium, a super-large venue in Xuhui District, is extremely lively tonight, and there are many bustling people outside the venue, which can be seen everywhere.
"Who has a ticket?
"Tickets are out, 200 tickets, the last 5, hurry up!"
"Brother, you're too dark, aren't you? I've heard that a disc is only 50, and the ticket is only a part of it, and you sell it higher than the disc!"
"Hehe, then you go buy a disc. Tickets issued, tickets issued, ah......"
The four-eyed brother who was still talking about the other party's black just now thought about it, and finally reluctantly took out the money, "Here's two!"
He also can't help it: he just wandered around for a long time and also knew, Shanghai's current video stores have lost a single disc with a ticket, it is said that several surrounding provinces are empty, and if you want to buy it, you can only go to a remote province like Qinghai to buy it, but when the disc over there comes, today's opportunity will be missed.
Seeing that there were a lot of people outside the stadium today, he casually asked a young man passing by, "Who is holding a concert inside tonight?"
The residents who live in the neighborhood have long been accustomed to this kind of scene, and when they look at it, they know that someone must be coming to the concert.
The young man who was asked said casually: "There is no concert." ”
The resident was puzzled and asked, "Then what are you all here for?"
The young man said, "There's a film awards ceremony going on inside. ”
The resident was even more puzzled, "Haven't all the film awards been held in Shanghai?" These local residents of Shanghai still know something about some things in Shanghai, especially some things that can make them proud.
The young man explained: "It's not the Shanghai Film Festival, it's the People's Choice Award. ”
It's okay that the young man didn't explain, but when he explained, the resident was even more confused, "People's Choice Award?" He had never heard of it, and he didn't know when Shanghai Hai had such an inexplicable movie award.
"Are there any big stars? Liu Dehua, Zhou Xingchi, Li Lianjie?"
"Not at all,"
Then several names popped out of the young man's mouth, none of which the resident had ever heard of, except for the last one.
Duane.
"There's only one Duane?"
Residents were disappointed.
Although Duane is indeed a big star, there is only such a big star in this film award, which doesn't seem to be worth watching.
The young man said, "Well, but I can shake hands and talk to Duane when I go in today." ”
The residents were shocked, "What?!"
What kind of international jokes are they making! Even if they are natives of Shanghai and are well-informed, at most they can only meet some big stars by chance, when did they say that they can talk to these big stars? I have never heard of them.
"If you have a ticket, you can do it,"
When the young man heard a person shouting 180 tickets in the distance, he didn't care about the resident, and hurriedly walked over.
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Inside the stadium for 10,000 people
The middle of the field has been divided into two areas, the most central is area one, is a large four-sided platform, on which a triangular screen is erected, to ensure that the audience in all directions can see the content above, and around the four-sided stage is area two, is a circular field, the venue can be seen to be divided into dozens or even hundreds of different small areas, between the areas are obviously planned, erected railings pull up the line, set aside the aisle, to ensure that the traffic will not be congested.
In this small area, there is a table and a chair at one end, and someone sits in the back, next to the staff with a sign, and on the other side of the table, there is a queue of spectators, some long, some short, like earthworms of different lengths winding and twisting throughout the venue. If you look down from the air, you can see that there are many small black dots in uniform in these neat queues.
These small black spots are the security of the site, and they are also an important factor in maintaining the order of the entire large venue.
Duane stood behind the table, shaking hands with the lady across from him, smiling as he listened.
"Ahh......hh What do you say?ahahahah......ah
The lady in front of him, who looked to be in her early thirties, was so excited that her face turned red, she spoke incoherently, and her hands were clenched so tightly that they were almost as strong as a normal man's grip.
"Relax, I'm not a tiger, I'm just a normal person, I won't eat you. ”
Duane reassured, and with his other hand he took a slice from the open potato chips on the table and ate it himself, saying as he ate, "Look, I can still eat." As he spoke, he took another slice and handed it to the lady, "Would you like to eat one too?"
The woman's face turned redder even more, but instead of rambling incoherently, she was as quiet as a chicken, nodded her head gently like a quail, and then leaned her mouth forward slightly, opened her lips slightly, and took a bite of the potato chip, ate it into her mouth, and chewed it carefully.
Her face was so red that it looked like it was dripping blood, and Duane wondered if she was going to explode the next moment.
"This potato chip is good, isn't it? I usually eat this brand of potato chips occasionally when I'm bored, so shouldn't I find this manufacturer to collect advertising fees? haha......
Duane chatted with the lady in front of him, his eyes casually swept the scene: as far as he could see, he could see that the line in front of him was the longest, like a large snake, which still limited the number of people. Many spectators who wanted to shake hands with him could only stay in the stands for the time being, and he also saw that Song Zhen's line was also very long, which also limited the number of people in the queue, and contrary to the situation of more women than men on his side, there were almost no women in the queue on her side, and almost all of them were men, and the other popular members of the team around him were a little inferior in comparison.
The scene was crowded, and there were many people in the stands around, sitting nearly half, although it didn't seem to be much, and they couldn't sit enough, but this is already a very objective number in combination with the venue, not to mention that there are many spectators who are now in the infield.
In order to ensure the smooth dialogue between the audience and the members, melodious light music has been playing as background music on the central stage of the infield, and at this time, the music fades and the host's voice sounds.
"Next up is the award for the most popular prop master,"
The handshake at the scene was suspended here, and with the assistance of the staff, the handshake time came directly away, and the next one waited, and the time did not come to the watch to stop, take a step back and wait first.
Everyone looked to the center stage.
"As of 12 noon today, the winner of this award has received a total of 45,306 votes, and he is the ......"
On the triangular screen, you can see the camera constantly flashing from the four prop masters present today - they are also in the infield, and they also participate in the handshake, but compared with the members of the scene who are actors, it can be seen from the camera that there are only a few people in line in front of them, and some of them come to say a few words because they can't line up with others.
Since none of these prop masters are professional actors, the tension on their faces cannot be suppressed at all.
"The prop master of 'Chang'an Road', Tong Bin!"
The host's voice fell, the camera was fixed, and then all the people in the venue saw the stout man Tong Bin with a fierce face who was stunned for a moment, and then his face was full of disbelief. But fortunately, he remembered the process and walked out from behind the desk, and the security guard next to him opened the line and asked him to go up through the passage left on one side.
The camera follows him, and you can see that his steps are a little staggering, and the obviously stout man can't seem to walk. In the footage, you can also see that when he passed by, several spectators in his queue who were waiting to shake hands and chat with him all congratulated him loudly, and one of them was particularly excited, even more excited than the winner herself, her mouth couldn't close, she kept shouting loudly, bouncing, and didn't know how to look at it and thought it was her who won the award.
The emotions of the female audience moved the people around her, and some people spontaneously applauded the prop master they didn't know at all, and the applause was also driven, and more and more people applauded.
Her intense emotions also seemed to wake up the trance-like Tong Bin, and in the camera, Tong Bin could be seen turning his head to look at the audience around him, or his fans, and then at the people around him who were applauding him, and then, the moment he turned his head, he could clearly see that his eyes were red and his mouth was pursed.
There is a lot of noise, hula, hula
The stadium is so big, Tong Bin's side is only a small part, and more places continue to be in a noisy and disorderly state, for example, there is a place around Duane, the chatting sound is one after another, buzzing, if you go up to the stands, I am afraid that the noise will be louder.
In such a vegetable market-like place, the contestants competing for the awards and the audience mingled and laughed and chatted together, without any sense of solemnity, which seemed to be extremely grassy and unprofessional, and it really had nothing to do with the solemn and solemn occasion of the film awards ceremony.
But Duane liked this place, he liked it more than the Huabiao Award, much more.
Let a prop master, let a set designer, let a makeup artist stop just working silently, let them have supporters, let them have an audience that likes them to support them, let them also know that there are "more than 40,000" fans supporting them - many young actors don't even have so many fans - so that they can get something called "self-worth" from their work in addition to their salary, which is exactly what he wants to see.
Only in this way will these industries be like actors, more and more young people are willing to devote themselves to it, more and more people will flow in, these industries will get better and better development, and there will be a greater chance of appearing more and more outstanding talents in these aspects...... What he needs more than excellent actors is these excellent prop masters, set designers, makeup artists, special effects artists, etc.
And the basis for all this is the horrific votes with a total base of 13.84 million votes.
Duane's eyes were retracted from the triangular screen, he looked around, and a sentence flashed in his mind: everything is for the people, everything depends on the people, from the people, to the people.
The power of the people is infinite, and the people create everything.