Chapter 374: Chairman of the Final Judging Committee
And almost at the same time.
Back home, after washing, Liu Yifei, who was lying on the bed, dialed Jiang Yan's phone.
"Yifei, you're home, is Yuquan really reconciled with Liu Shishi?" As soon as the phone was dialed, Jiang Yan immediately asked impatiently.
"Hmm." Liu Yifei said softly.
"Oh, it's really reconciled, it's terrible." Jiang Yan sighed and said, in fact, when she saw Lin Yuquan taking Liu Shishi back to the villa together, she already had the answer in her heart, but after it was officially confirmed, she still felt sorry for Yifei.
And Wang Luodan, who was sitting on the sofa next to her, shook his head involuntarily, sure enough?
"Yifei, what are you going to do?" Jiang Yan then asked.
"Of course, I was competing with her for Brother Yuquan, and she didn't want to share Brother Yuquan with me, so we reached an agreement to compete." Liu Yifei did not hide her best friend.
"Oh, continue to compete with Liu Shishi, understand." Jiang Yan repeated simply, so that Wang Luodan next to her could know the content of her and Yifei's call, and then asked, "Then have you thought about a competitive strategy?" ”
"No, that's why I called Sister Yanzi and wanted you and Sister Dandan to help me come up with ideas." Liu Yifei said with a smile.
"You Nizi, you will be lazy to ask me and Dandan to help you come up with ideas, and you won't use your own brains to figure it out!" Jiang Yan scolded with a smile, but after scolding, he immediately turned his brain: "This competition is not easy, first of all, Yifei, you have to be mentally prepared to fight a protracted battle, don't try to make the other party withdraw from the competition in the short term, you must have a clear understanding of this." Secondly, in the competition, you must give full play to what you are good at. Especially what the other party doesn't have. But that's not enough. You have to be strategic."
On the other side of the phone, Liu Yifei listened carefully to every word Jiang Yan said, and a thoughtful look flashed on her delicate pretty face from time to time
Although the opening ceremony of Supernova was not held very grandly, with the lineup of bright stars who participated in the opening ceremony and the extension from the Yuquan family to the supernova, the expectation of the future star career of its signed artists made this event easily make the entertainment headlines of major entertainment media.
And Lin Yuquan and Supernova General Manager, Qin Fangyu, the former deputy general manager of Yuquan Family, revealed the supernova signing artists in an interview with media reporters after cutting the ribbon. It also made Liu Shishi, Zheng Yi, Zhang Jiani, Jiao Junyan, Zhang Han, Kan Qingzi, and Shen Yixin the focus of media reports, and the prospect prediction of the future star journey of the seven people has become a hot topic on the Internet post bar and forums, which has virtually made the seven people gain a lot of attention.
When the opening ceremony of Supernova and the list of members of the new National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference sparked heated discussions, Lin Yuquan was not idle.
"In terms of awards, we have added 8 new awards to the original awards, namely Cinematography of the Year, Action Director of the Year, Art Director of the Year, Visual Effects of the Year, Editing of the Year, Film Score of the Year, Film Song of the Year and New Actor of the Year. The new recognition ceremony will have a total of 16 awards. ”
In Lin Yuquan's villa the next morning, almost all the main persons in charge of the leading body of the Film Directors Guild were present. President Huang Jianxin, Vice Presidents Chen Kaige, Feng Bigang, Li Shaohong, Chen Guoxing, Secretary-General He Ping, Executive Committee members Zhang Guoli, Senior Lu, Tian Zhuangzhuang, and Lin Yuquan, the main sponsor of the Commendation Conference, discussed the matters of the Commendation Conference of the New Directors Association.
"Is there only an actor and actress of the year? Will this be unfair to the supporting actors, after all, when we consider the actor and actress of the year, we first consider the hero and heroine of the movie, and the supporting actors have almost no chance of being selected and winning awards. Lin Yuquan raised his doubts.
"We have considered this issue, but since it is the actor and actress of the year, it must include all actors, and it is definitely unreasonable to set up the supporting actor and actress of the year, and if it is set up separately for the actor and actress of the year and the supporting actor and actress of the year, it will inevitably be no different from other award ceremonies, highlighting the particularity of our Directors Guild Commendation Conference." Li Shaohong explained.
Lin Yuquan nodded: "I didn't think about it, but since that's the case, then we should also pay enough attention to the performances of supporting actors, as long as they perform well, they are definitely eligible for the actor and actress of the year award." ”
"That's for sure, our actor and actress of the year awards are not selected according to the box office, according to the influence, in that case, there is no suspense, just refer to the ranking rules of the Forbes China Celebrity List and the box office results of their leading actors." Feng Bigang said with a smile.
Lin Yuquan smiled: "Okay, let's talk about the selection conditions for the award, whether it is the same as before, or there are changes." ”
"Since it is the Film Directors Guild Commendation Conference, it is naturally mainly based on mainland films, after all, our directors are all from the mainland, in addition to mainland films, Hong Kong and Taiwan co-productions with mainland investment can also participate in the selection, and other Hong Kong and Taiwan films can only participate in the competition for the annual Hong Kong and Taiwan director awards." Li Shaohong said.
Lin Yuquan shook his head: "I don't think it's enough, yes, this is the commendation meeting of the Film Directors Association, but you must know, we are the China Film Directors Association, do Hong Kong and Taiwan belong to China?" Of course, if we exclude Hong Kong and Taiwan filmmakers and Hong Kong and Taiwan directors, doesn't it seem that our name "China Film Directors Association" is not worthy of its name? Therefore, we should abandon the concept of regionality, and as long as the films invested and shot in the three places should be shortlisted for the awards. ”
"This is not very easy to do, in this way, the award of Hong Kong and Taiwan Director of the Year will be meaningless, in terms of other awards, it will make our mainland directors and mainland films encounter great competition, not to mention Baodao Films, the strength of Hong Kong directors and Hong Kong films is actually very strong." Li Shaohong frowned.
"I think Director Lin said it very well, if it's just a commendation meeting for the members of our Directors Guild to entertain themselves, it's nothing if Hong Kong and Taiwan films are not allowed to compete for other awards, but since we want to hold an authoritative award. We are the China Film Directors Association again. Then the reason for the award mechanism of the commendation conference should be changed. Huang Jianxin said.
"Yes. In fact, as the China Film Directors Association, we should not only allow Hong Kong and Taiwan films to participate in the selection, but also attract directors from Hong Kong and Taiwan to join the association, Hong Kong and Taiwan belong to China, don't they? Of course, I know that as a member of the mainland director. People prefer mainland directors to win awards, but this should not be a reason for us to refuse to accept Hong Kong and Taiwan films to participate in the selection, otherwise what is the difference between them and the Golden Horse Awards and the Academy Awards? I don't want mainland directors to win awards, but in my opinion, what mainland directors need is not comfort, but real praise, and introducing more Hong Kong and Taiwan films to participate in the selection will make every winner in the future full of nobility and win enough respect under the fierce competition. There is only fierce competition. Only then can mainland directors realize their own shortcomings and make greater progress. Lin Yuquan said sonorously.
"Huh. We are indeed overly conservative in this regard, and I support Rain Springs' view. Zhang Guoli said with a smile.
"Well said, mainland directors, mainland films do not need comfort, but need to set a higher standard." Feng Bigang exclaimed.
Chen Kaige, Senior Lu, Tian Zhuangzhuang, He Ping, and Chen Guoxing also expressed their opinions later, and it was decided that all films in the three places should be allowed to participate in the selection.
"Okay, let's talk about the selection mechanism, our previous selection mechanism is to first select no more than 25 films and individual shortlisted works from the registered films, and vote for 3 nominated works and individual works, and finally through the final jury to select the winners and award-winning works, after the first two commendation conferences, we found that the 3 nominated works are too few candidates, and it is not enough to include more excellent works and excellent filmmakers, so we plan to expand the 3 nominated works and individual items to 5. Now there are two problems, one is that our preliminary jury and final jury are all members of the Directors Guild, because our Directors Guild does not have Hong Kong and Taiwan directors, if Hong Kong and Taiwan films are introduced to participate in the selection, it is very likely that the fairness of the awards of our commendation conference will be questioned. Second, since we have set up technical awards, should authoritative experts in photography, art direction, editing, and soundtrack be included in the jury? Li Shaohong asked inquiringly.
"Of course, Hong Kong and Taiwan directors should be introduced, but the premise is that the other party must join our Directors Association and become a member of our Directors Association, otherwise as the Commendation Conference of the Directors Association, what qualifications does the other party have to participate in the review. It is also inevitable that authoritative experts in photography and art direction will be included in the jury, and only in this way can we reflect the professionalism of our commendation conference. Lin Yuquan said without hesitation.
"Haha, Yuquan is right, we allow all three films to participate in the selection, that is because we recognize that Hong Kong and Taiwan films also belong to Chinese films, and if Hong Kong and Taiwan directors think that they belong to Chinese filmmakers, then it is still a matter of course to join our Directors Association and then participate in the award selection, if you can't even do this at least, then you either choose to believe in our impartiality, or you don't participate in the selection, and it is also necessary to introduce masters of film technology." Feng Bigang laughed.
"Indeed, since it is a commendation meeting held by the Directors Guild, it should be clear that the directors of the jury are from within the association, which should be a necessary condition, but the inclusion of cinematographers, art directors and others in the jury is debatable, after all, they may be able to help us in technical awards in their own fields, but other awards do not have too much to say." Chen Kaige said.
"Well, that's exactly what we're worried about, there are a lot of technical awards, and even if a technical award only invites one authoritative expert, it may have a serious impact on our overall award situation." Tian Zhuang said.
Lin Yuquan smiled slightly: "I'm worried about this, in fact, it's easy to solve this problem, just invite authoritative experts to only participate in the technical awards in his field, isn't it?" ”
"Please, where is it so easy, only participate in one award, who wants to come!" Feng Bigang glanced at Lin Yuquan.
"Heh, that's another problem, although it's not easy, but there are so many directors here who sell favors, and it should be no problem to solve this problem." Lin Yuquan smiled.
The others burst into laughter. Truly. With everyone's status in the film industry. This is indeed not an unsolvable problem, and soon, the review mechanism was officially finalized.
"Speaking of the jury, Yuquan, after discussion, we unanimously agreed that you are the best candidate to serve as the chairman of the final jury, presumably you will not shirk this!" Huang Jianxin looked at Lin Yuquan and said with a smile on his face.
"Me." Lin Yuquan pointed to himself. showed a surprised look, and then shook his head: "How can this be done, I am too young, the chairman of the final evaluation jury of the commendation conference should be a respected director senior, like director Wu Yigong, director Xie Fei, director Teng Wenji in the association, and everyone here, each of you is more suitable than me to serve as the chairman of the final jury." ”
"Yuquan, you are too modest, maybe your age is a hard injury, but in front of your brilliant movie achievements. The so-called age problem is not a problem at all, and as the most eye-catching Chinese director in the world. You are also the initiator of the new commendation conference, and you can serve as the chairman of the final evaluation committee to maximize the influence of our commendation conference. Feng Bigang said with a smile.
"That's right, Director Lin, don't shirk it, if even you are not suitable, who is suitable? Your appointment as the chairman of the final jury is highly anticipated. Li Shaohong exclaimed, Lin Yuquan's achievements in movies alone are enough for him to serve as the chairman of the final jury, not to mention, he is not exactly a director, he is also the most popular action actor in the world today, the author of tens of millions of best-selling novels, and the boss of Shuguang Films, Yuquan Family, Shuguang Network, and Shuguang Cinemas, which are the No. 1 private film and television companies in China, star brokerage companies, online video websites and booming cinema forces. In addition, he is also one of the top super-rich people in China, and when it comes to influence, there is no one in the Chinese entertainment industry.
"Oh well! I try to live up to everyone's expectations of me. Lin Yuquan thought for a while and said, the reason why he resigned at the beginning was because he was too young, but as Feng Bigang said, aside from the age factor, who can say that he is not qualified to be the chairman of the final evaluation committee of this commendation conference? Since he hopes to catch up with the Golden Horse Award, only he can serve as the chairman of the final jury to make the commendation conference win unprecedented attention, and at the same time, as the initiator, he also has the intention to personally supervise the review, so as to effectively ensure that the commendation conference achieves the principle of justice in his heart.
"By the way, who is the chairman of the preliminary jury?" Lin Yuquan then asked.
"Heh, I'll do it." Chen Kaige said with a smile.
"Cough", Lin Yuquan choked and looked at Chen Kaige with a wry smile: "With your status and influence as a senior, you are the chairman of the preliminary evaluation committee, but I am the chairman of the final evaluation committee, which is not good, otherwise, I will swap you with the senior, in fact, I can achieve the desired goal as the chairman of the preliminary evaluation committee." ”
"Come less, this is good, you also know my current situation, if I am the chairman of the final evaluation committee, I may be scolded, you attract everyone's attention on it, just right." Chen Kaige said with a smile, in a trough state, he actually didn't even want to be the chairman of the preliminary evaluation committee, but as a new commendation conference with high hopes, everyone hopes to do a good job in the commendation conference, to do a good job in such a commendation conference, all aspects of the link are very important, among them, in terms of the jury, everyone's idea is to let the most influential association director serve as the chairman of the jury, and in addition to Lin Yuquan, the most influential directors in China today are him and Zhang Yimou, Feng Bigang, Zhang Yi is busy with the Olympic Games, is bound to not be able to spare time, Feng Bigang needs to avoid suspicion, you must know that "Assembly" is one of the few heavyweight works in the Chinese film industry last year, and it is undoubtedly a popular movie, so he can only serve as the chairman of the preliminary jury.
Of course, Lin Yuquan understood what Chen Kaige meant, although Chen Kaige's qualifications were far above him, but his reputation has been relatively sluggish in recent years, if he is ranked above himself, it is not difficult to imagine what kind of doubts he will suffer.
The discussion continued, and then Huang Jianxin first introduced the judges who were jointly decided by the executive committee members at a meeting, including Ning Hao, Lu Chuan, Jia Zhangke and others, and then preliminarily agreed on the list of authoritative experts such as photography and editing, and then agreed on the location, form, and publicity strategy of the commendation conference until 12:30 noon, and the three-and-a-half-hour seminar was announced.
The results of today's discussion are only preliminary opinions, and Huang Jianxin and others still need to hold a meeting to discuss with Zhang Jianya, Zhou Li and others, who did not come to the leading body of the Directors Association, before they can finally decide on the holding of the commendation conference.
As soon as the seminar ended, the hungry people immediately went straight to the hotel, of course, Lin Yuquan made the meal at noon, and after the warm lunch, he returned to Ziyu Villa, and then called Yifei and Shi Shi, asking the second daughter to come to the house in the evening, and he would cook at night and cook food for the two.
Speaking of which, Lin Yuquan is also helpless, he naturally knows the situation after the two daughters meet, but whoever he gets along with alone will definitely cause the other to resent, there is no way, he can only know the consequences, but he has to bite the bullet and ask the second daughter at the same time.
Because he was worried about the second daughter taking a taxi, Lin Yuquan drove out to pick up the second daughter after being busy with the script at home for more than two hours, and bought vegetables on the way home.
However, dinner was not eaten by the three of them, and when Liu Yifei and Lin Yuquan did not object, Jiang Yan and Wang Luodan joined in.
Lin Yuquan did not object because he thought that his relationship with Yifei and Shi Shi had long been known by the second daughter, and there was no need to hide it, and with the second daughter joining, it could also alleviate the-for-tat confrontation between Yifei and Shi Shi in some way.
Liu Shishi also did not object, she knew yesterday that Jiang Yan and Wang Luodan must know about Liu Yifei and Lin Yuquan, plus the two are good friends of Lin Yuquan, she doesn't want Lin Yuquan to be embarrassed.
What made Lin Yuquan happy was that the addition of Wang Luodan and Jiang Yan really eased the atmosphere, but there was also a bad point, the two daughters were obviously towards Yifei, which made Shi Shi a little lonely and made him feel a headache.
After dinner, Lin Yuquan was quite reluctant to send Shi Shi and Yifei home, this year's Chinese New Year's Eve is February 6, tomorrow's January 27 is the day when Shuguang Kyoto companies collectively hold a year-end dinner, and on January 28, he will fly to Hangzhou*zhou, go there to participate in Alibaba's year-end dinner this year, and when he returns to Kyoto, at most he will have time to spend with his second daughter for two more days, and then he will be separated from his second daughter for half a month before they can meet, because this year he will return to Rongcheng for the Spring Festival.
For Lin Yuquan now, he cherishes every moment he gets along with his second daughter, because the three of them are in the entertainment industry, and because of each other's filming and other reasons, there is really not much time to spend together. (To be continued......) R1292