Although Gu Zhi was still a little unwilling, in the end, China Film sold "Butterfly Effect" to Columbia Pictures.

He understood that it was useless for him to be unwilling, and the decision was not up to him anyway.

Han Sanping's words Gu Zhi could understand, but seeing his hard work being sold to foreigners like this, the imbalance in his heart was still difficult to eliminate.

In the evening, Gu Zhi went to find Ning Hao and told him about it, and both of them didn't feel good in their hearts, so they found a barbecue restaurant with a small family near Beiying and drank wine in the middle of the night.

In the end, Ning Hao called Xing Aina over, and in a daze, together with the owner of the barbecue restaurant, sent them back to Ning Hao's rental house.

It's a good thing that the big night was not photographed by gossip reporters, otherwise I don't know what kind of sensational fake news I would have written.

When they woke up the next day, Gu Zhi and Ning Hao both had a headache, and the two of them completely forgot what happened last night, but looking at Xing Ai's unfriendly eyes at all, they could probably guess their ugliness last night.

But everyone is an old friend, and Gu Zhi is also thick-skinned, so the matter will be over.

At noon, he didn't need Ning Hao to stay, so he consciously stayed and tasted Xing Aina's craftsmanship.

Coarse tea and light rice, home-cooked side dishes, but they are much better than the box lunches he eats every day in the crew. Looking at the warm little couple opposite, the gloom in my heart has dissipated a lot.

At the dinner table, Gu Zhi asked about Ning Hao's recent project, and last night they were complaining and bragging, and they forgot to care about it.

"I want to make a film from my hometown first, called "Incense". The preliminary preparations are almost complete, and the crew has found it, but the script has to be polished again. We are scheduled to leave next month and take the crew to Shanxi together. ”

"There are more than two months to go before the New Year, and it is estimated that one month is enough time to finish filming, and it will be almost the New Year after the shooting. ”

"Who's ugly?!"

As soon as Ning Hao's words came out, he was choked back by Xing Aina, and then he was sitting there snickering with Gu Zhi.

"Is there a problem with the funds? ”

"Hey, it's fine. This is a small rural movie, it doesn't cost a lot of money, and if you really lack money, I'm definitely not polite to you. ”

"Okay, remember to tell me if the crew lacks anything, if I can't do it, it's okay for us to find Liu Qi to be accommodating. ”

Ning Hao was not polite, and after eating, he pulled Gu Zhi and asked him to help refer to the script of "Incense". The three of them discussed together for a long time, revising and modifying, and did not leave until three o'clock in the afternoon.

Instead of going home directly, he found Lu Chuan and continued to start editing.

There's still a lot of work to do in the late stages of the movie, and it's hard to rest now. In December, Gu Zhi wanted to devote himself to his work and strive to finish the film as soon as possible.

Including the trailer and the MV of "I Believe" need to be cut out, and the necessary links such as watching the film meeting and radio and television review are also carried out as soon as possible.

But within two days, a piece of news from Wanwan pushed him to the forefront of the entertainment industry.

On December 2, 2000, the 37th Wanwan Film Golden Horse Awards Gala was held at the Zhongshan Memorial Hall in Wanbei. As the last Golden Horse Awards of this century, this award ceremony brought together almost all the stars and big names in the three places across the Taiwan Strait, and all kinds of Chinese entertainment films gathered one by one.

The results of this year's Golden Horse Awards have affected the common concern of the entire Chinese-language film industry, and films from Hong Kong Island, Wanwan, and the mainland are flooded with various awards, among which the most eye-catching film is naturally "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

As a result, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" lived up to expectations and won six awards, including Best Picture, becoming the biggest winner.

followed by the Hong Kong Island movie "Gunfire", which won the best director - Du Qifeng and the best actor - Wu Zhenyu.

Wang Jiawei's "In the Mood for Love" also won three awards, Best Actress - Zhang Manyu, and Best Styling Design and Best Cinematography, two relatively insignificant awards.

In comparison, mainland movies are much more miserable.

A total of only two films were shortlisted for the Golden Horse Awards, one was "Diorama" starring Xia Yu, which was nominated for several important awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and more.

The result is ironic, I didn't get any of them, but I won a consolation prize - the audience voted for the best picture. Well, there are votes, it's a very democratic award.

The other is Gu Zhi's "Butterfly Effect", which was nominated for Best Original Screenplay, but of course it was unsuccessful, and was won by Hong Kong Island director and screenwriter Chen Bao's "Thin Road".

It can be said that this year, mainland films did not win at the Golden Horse Awards and failed miserably.

If you have to be cheeky, it is not impossible to say that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is a mainland movie, after all, it was filmed in Xidihong Village, Huiwan, and Zhang Ziyi is in it.

It is not known whether people in other regions admit to this.

Originally, Gu Zhi didn't care about the Golden Horse Awards at all, and it didn't matter if he won the award or not, anyway, he didn't have this hope, so he just handled the post-production work of the new movie with peace of mind.

As a result, people sit at home, and evil comes from heaven.

When the award for the best original screenplay was awarded, the winner Chen Bao came to the stage to accept the award, and said some boring acceptance speeches according to the custom, thank you for this, thank you, but as he spoke, he suddenly turned his finger, stopped thanking him, and began to count others.

As everyone knows, the nominees for the best original screenplay this time are "In the Mood for Love" written and directed by director Wang Jiawei, "Unmanned Driving" written and directed by Yang Qianling, "Thin Road Xiang" written and directed by myself, and finally "Butterfly Effect" written and directed by Gu Zhi. Three Hong Kong Island films, one mainland film. ”

"Everyone present today can see clearly, who of the three films on Hong Kong Island is absent from the Golden Horse Awards? Which one is not all the main creators present? Look at this mainland film again, from the director to the starring actor to the screenwriter, none of them came, is this still like words!"

"I know that his "No Difficult Road" is a big hit on Hong Kong Island, and I have read it, and there is a strong Hong Kong Island style in the book, and it can be seen that he likes Hong Kong Island very much and knows Hong Kong Island very well. But he knows so much about the living environment on Hong Kong Island, why hasn't he learned the etiquette and morality of the people on Hong Kong Island?

"I heard that "Butterfly Effect" has a very good box office in the mainland, surpassing the works of many mainland directors, but he hasn't won a single award inside and out, I really don't know what kind of capital he is proud of. ”

"I was finally nominated for the Golden Horse Awards, and he actually treated it with such an arrogant attitude, which is completely disrespectful to the Golden Horse Awards, let alone every nominated filmmaker. ”

"The mainland's film industry is still very backward, and if you want to develop, you should honestly learn more from the two sides of the strait, and if the younger generation of filmmakers on the mainland hold this kind of mentality that no one is in sight, I don't think you will be able to catch up even in the next 20 years. ”

Chen Bao's last sentence was said to the position where the crew of "Diorama" was sitting, because Gu Zhi did not come, and the crew of "Diorama", which was also in the mainland, was implicated, and it was purely a lying gun.

The filmmakers on Hong Kong Island and Wanwan present laughed and had fun, and everyone didn't take Chen Bao's sudden attack seriously, anyway, they didn't scold them, and looking at the jokes in the mainland just happened to make fun of boring nerves.

Only the mainlanders present all felt like their faces were burning and embarrassed, but they were only a minority in the entire Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, and no one cared about their thoughts.

For this reason, some people hated Gu Zhi and hated him for daring not to attend, wishing that he would immediately stand up and apologize. Some people complained about Chen Bao, thinking that he didn't open which pot to mention, which was really a bad scenery. There are also people who don't care at all, Gu Zhi is Gu Zhi, and his personal behavior has nothing to do with others, let alone the entire mainland.