Chapter 035: The Golden Horse is Coming
Time did not let Li Xiang's shameless little life pass for too long. On November 12, the Golden Horse Awards announced the list of nominees: Li Xiang's "Hurricane Rescue" was shortlisted for four awards: Best Newcomer Actor (Yang Mi), Best Cinematography (Song Xiaofei), Best Original Screenplay (Li Xiang), and Best Editing (Tu Yiran, Li Xiang).
The Golden Horse Awards are the oldest awards in Greater China, and there are no geographical restrictions in the selection criteria, and the selection is open to all Chinese-language films and Chinese-speaking filmmakers. It was originally sponsored by the "Information Bureau of the Executive Yuan" and later sponsored by the Wanwan Film Development Foundation. In Li Xiang's view, the Mainland Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers and HK Academy Awards, which are also known as the two of the three major Chinese award ceremonies, have a big gap with the Golden Horse Awards in terms of scale and influence.
Don't mention the double yolk eggs of the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers, the Academy Awards are purely an awards ceremony for HK filmmakers. Every time the Academy Awards are awarded, there is a lot of nostalgia, reminiscing about the past eventful years and so on. It's pitiful to think about, there are fewer and fewer good works in HK, but isn't there nostalgia left? Relatively speaking, the Golden Horse is not bad, although it is sometimes complained of favoring local filmmakers, but most of the time it is fair.
If nothing happens this year, "Lust and Caution" directed by Li An should be the biggest winner. There is no need to go into detail about Director Li An, he is well-known at home and abroad, the light of the Chinese, and it doesn't seem too much to add any name to him. However, there is some debatability in terms of character, of course, the director relies on his works to speak, no matter how good his character is, his works will not be recognized by the audience, right, Brother Xiaoming?
For example, after winning the best director for "Brokeback Mountain", he forgot to thank the two hard-working Brokeback Cowherds, Jack Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger. You can say that he is nervous and forgetful, but Li An's works all reveal that this is a person with delicate emotions and a careful heart, how can such a person forget to thank the leading actor?
So Li Xiang is more biased, in Li An's eyes, other people are just tools to realize his Oscar dream, who will express gratitude for the tools? It doesn't matter if you forget it. Coupled with the fact that Director Li An has been relying on his wife to support him for a long time, it can be seen that this is an extremely self-conscious person. We have no way of knowing what his wife's state of mind is, and whether Li An has ever given up on the way to pursue her dream of directing, but the current success has covered up her true thoughts in the past.
However, general geniuses are different from ordinary people, and when I think about it, my bad impression of Li An has faded a lot. Just like Li Xiang feels the same way about Teacher Chen, he admires this person's talent and is not ashamed of this person's character. Of course, director Li An's status in Li Xiang's heart is much higher, after all, "The Wedding Banquet", "Eating Men and Women", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", "Brokeback Mountain", "Lust and Caution" are classic movies, which really make Li Xiang can only hope for him even if he is reborn.
This "Lust and Caution" found actor Liang Chaowei and big singer Wang Lihong, but in the end it was Tang Wei, who was known as the 'goddess of literature and art' in the future. In fact, Tang Wei paid a bit of a big price for this drama, not only did he fight the real army naked, but he was also banned by the General Administration for 3 years before returning to the public eye with "Full Moon Hennessy" again. "Lust and Caution" also set Ang Lee's own record for the highest box office in Chinese - 137 million, a record that was not broken until 2012 by "Life of Pi" (572 million).
The box office is very good, and the awards are even softer, not only won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival, but also led the list with 12 award nominations at the Golden Horse Awards, and the original time and space "Lust and Caution" won a total of 8 awards including Best Director, Feature Film, and Actor. It can be said that it is the biggest winner of this Golden Horse Awards. Li Xiang is not a threat to Li An, at least this session is not a threat at all.
The island is probably the only place that Li Xiang's movie has not conquered. Whether it's "Hurricane Rescue" or "Happy Death Day", the box office here is not very ideal. "Hurricane Rescue" is slightly better, with a box office of NT$22.5 million (less than NT$5 million for the soft girl), while "Happy Death Day" is a little worse, only NT$15 million (less than NT$3.5 million for the soft girl). If you want to throw the pot to Li Xiang, Li Xiang refused, the blame is only that there is no channel for optical fiber in the bend, and only Huayi's movies have been able to sell in the bend over the years, because people have channels.
Li Xiang has a hunch that he may go on a three-day trip to Wanwan, and the only thing he can bring back may be some local specialties in Wanwan. Optical Fiber ignored Li Xiang, they didn't particularly fancy the award, they could get it better, and if they didn't take it, they could get a familiar face. In contrast, Yang Mi is more enthusiastic.
Even if it is the "I Am a Witness" starring in 15 years, it can be seen that Da Mi Mi still has ambitions for the award, but the pearl of "Blind Certificate" is in front, and Da Mi Mi is in the backdrop of Jin Ha Na, the best actress of Qinglong and Da Zhong, and her clumsy acting skills can be seen at a glance. Li Xiang was embarrassed to say to the young lady, in fact, you are going to travel with me, it doesn't matter if you don't win an award, the most important thing is to be happy. The goddess of soup has sacrificed so much, why are you competing with others for the best rookie actor.
"Didn't you say that you wrote the script of a TV series?" The young lady was happily preparing her luggage, and suddenly remembered that Li Xiang had promised her TV series.
"That's not in a hurry, the actors are not in place yet, even if the actors are selected, they will have to go through a period of musical instrument training, including you. The young lady said this, but it reminded Li Xiang that there was such a TV series.
In other words, optical fiber really doesn't treat itself as an outsider, in order to expand the TV drama business, he found himself here when he looked for scripts. Recognized TV series in China are the weapon of fans, Yang Mi is Li Xiang's person, and I want to change the situation of rolling four or five dramas at the same time in the future, it is better to write a few high-quality TV series that I have watched in later generations, to help Da Mi Mi increase her fans and consolidate her popularity.
"I like music very much, what instrument do you need me to learn this time?"
"The cello needs to be mastered. Li thought about the role that Yang Mi needed to play and said.
"Why isn't it a piano or a harp, the cello has to be played with its legs apart, it's so ugly!" Yang Mi complained that the posture of playing the cello was too inelegant.
"It's okay, I like you with your legs crossed!" Li Xiang said shyly.
"You die!" Yang Mi asked for directions, the kid sees that you can't die today, if you can't kick you, I will smoke you to death!