On the set.

"I announce that the film is finished."

"Oh."

The cheers rang out, and the crew began to applaud excitedly.

It's not easy.

It took them four months to make the film.

In fact, for other crews, spending four months to make a movie is nothing at all, but for the fast-paced peak film and television employees, four months is really a long time.

But all this hard work is worth it, because today the movie is finished.

The actors are happy, the crew is happy, and even Xu Nan is happy.

The filming of the movie went very smoothly, and many shots felt like they could be in the acting textbook under the unconventional play of the actors.

At night.

Xu Nan held a grand finale banquet.

At the dinner table, Qin Hao drank a few glasses of wine and held Xu Nan's hand.

"You can do a good job in the later stage of this movie, this is a good movie, I acted very seriously, if I don't do it well in the later stage, then I won't agree."

"Rest assured."

Xu Nan pulled out his hand vigorously and promised seriously.

Although the post-production work has nothing to do with the actors, Qin Hao is also a hard worker.

This movie, except for Xu Nan, is Qin Hao's most painstaking effort, most of the actors were invited by him, and even a few people spent a lot of favors.

The reason for working so hard is very simple, Qin Hao feels that this movie has hope of becoming a classic.

Xu Nan also intends to make this movie a classic, and Qin Hao will do it even if he doesn't remind him.

This is his first time making a literary film.

At the end of the banquet, Xu Nan said goodbye to the actors and crew.

This group of actors came with hope, and left with hope when they left.

Xu Nan is a famous director and naturally has an aura, so these actors still trust Xu Nan and believe that he can do a good job in the post-production of the movie.

In fact, the post-production work of "Alive" was the most serious Xu Nan ever did, and he didn't even take it so seriously when he made the first movie.

Editing, color matching, dubbing, and so on, every aspect of the process strives for excellence, and strives to be the best.

Time passed quickly in Xu Nan's serious work, and the post-production work of the movie "Alive" was completed.

Just when Xu Nan was thinking about which schedule to put this movie on, Lin Ziyi's phone call came in.

"Didn't I say there was nothing important to bother me?"

Xu Nan was a little dissatisfied.

Lin Ziyi said directly: "I heard that you are going to win the award for "Alive", is it true. ”

Xu Nan wondered: "Where did you get the news?" ”

He does have the idea of winning the award for "Alive", but he hasn't said it yet.

If you think about it, you can know that literary films naturally can't get a good box office, and they spend so much effort not to win awards.

And this movie does have the potential to win awards.

In another world, "Alive" won the Cannes Jury Prize, as well as Best Actor, and Humanity as soon as it debuted.

In this world, there is no reason why "Alive" can't win awards.

Xu Nan didn't care about awards before, he only cared about the box office, but as the movies he made became more successful one by one, he suddenly became interested in awards, and he felt that it was quite interesting to take one, so he made "Alive".

But the problem is that his idea of winning the award is still just an idea, and he didn't tell anyone how Lin Ziyi knew.

"The outside world has spread the word, and they all say that you want a movie to win awards, and making literary films is not for awards, but for what."

Xu Nan patted his head, but he didn't expect that his thoughts would be seen by others.

But when you think about it, it's normal.

is like what outsiders say, making literary films is not for awards, but for what.

It doesn't matter if the rookie director doesn't have a choice, a big director, especially a successful director, or a big commercial director, suddenly announced that he wanted to make a literary film, then 100% of it was just to rush for the award and didn't run.

It's normal in the industry, no wonder everyone says so.

"Are you really planning to win this movie?" Lin Ziyi asked.

Xu Nan didn't want to hide it: "Yes, I do plan to win the award with this movie." ”

"That's the end of it."

Lin Ziyi sighed: "You can't win the award for this movie, because someone wants to card you." ”

"Stuck with me?"

Xu Nan smiled: "What do you say?" ”

"You don't really think that awards rely on competition, most awards are set in advance, and there are only a few people in China who can determine awards, you don't know what you have to do with them, right?"

Lin Ziyi admonished: "Give up, if you can't get the award, you can only wait until later." ”

Almost 100% of the world's awards have shady behind them.

Take the Hollywood Oscars as an example, every year during the Oscars season, film and television companies spend huge sums of money to publicize the Oscar judges, and determine who will win the award by influencing the judges' preferences.

The most powerful in this regard is a fat man named Harvey, who has promoted several actresses to the Oscar position.

Oscar is pretty good in this regard.

Because the number of judges for the Oscars is as high as several thousand, the amount is huge, and every film and television company can choose to spend money on public relations, so it is okay in terms of fairness.

Everyone can influence the awards, which means that everyone can't influence them, so although the Oscars will be affected by money, the fairness can barely be guaranteed.

It's very dark in this area at home.

There are only so many people who can decide who the award belongs to, and sometimes, even a few people can determine who to give the award to.

This is even darker than the Oscars, at least the Oscars give everyone the opportunity for public relations, and the domestic awards are directly determined in the small circle, not that the people in the circle can't even touch the edge.

What's worse is that this small circle that can decide the attribution of the award is basically those respected old artists, such as Zhang Yange, Chen Pengfei and so on.

What's worse is that Xu Nan doesn't have a good relationship with them?

Xu Nan took his own movie to win the award, which is basically equivalent to a meat bun beating a dog, and there is no return.

That's why Lin Ziyi persuaded him to give up, because there was really no chance.

Especially for literary films, which rely on subjective judgment, whether they are good or not is not the final say of the director or the audience, but the people in the literary and artistic circles.

If the literary circle says that your movie is good, then your movie is good, and if you say that your movie is not good, it is not good, if you have objections, it means that you don't understand art.

Similar small circles are basically the same, such as the fashion circle, even if you make the aesthetics of the underworld, you dare to say that this is art and trends, and if you think it is not good-looking, you don't understand fashion.

The literary and artistic circles are darker than the fashion circles.

Xu Nan wants to win the award, unless the quality of his film reaches the level of rebellion, so high that everyone can't find fault with it, so that everyone can't say it's bad, so good that if the relevant awards are not awarded to him, it will make all the audience feel that there is a shady scene in it, which will affect the authority of the award, then the relevant judges may give him the award.

But how could that be.

That kind of absolutely classic movie, it takes more than ten years or even decades to produce one, and no one believes that Xu Nan can make it.

That's why Lin Ziyi persuaded Xu Nan to give up, because there was really no chance.

Of course, Xu Nan doesn't have a chance to win the award, he just needs to wait quietly for more than ten years.

When those old guys are all dead, when he takes the position, the award can be in his hands.

And this is something that will happen with a high probability, Xu Nan's status in the circle is already very high now, and he is the first person at the domestic box office, if it weren't for a little controversy, he would have been in the circle a long time ago.

Even if he wasn't now, when the old guy who stopped him died, then he would naturally be.

Historically, many reforms have happened like this, and when the old guys who oppose them are dead and the new people come to power, then the reforms can naturally be implemented.

In addition, there is another way, which is to toss yourself hard and try to please those old guys.

For example, Xiao Lizi, who is obviously a handsome and handsome guy, in order to win the Oscar, he specially dressed up his ugly, the uglier the better.

The reason why he had to do this was to please the old guys who decided who decided the awards.

You see I've worked so hard, I don't even want face to win the award, are you embarrassed not to give me this award?

The old guys were originally to show their status and show their power, and when they saw that the newcomer was so on the road, they also pushed the boat to give the award to Xiao Lizi, and at the same time they could also warn the latecomers, we can give this award to whoever we want, and if you want to win the award, you can obediently please us.

It's all routines.

Having said so much, it can be summed up in one sentence.

Xu Nan had no chance to win the award.

Unless a miracle happens.

"Don't worry, I know it."

Xu Nan explained a little.

If it were another movie, with those old guys stuck, it would be impossible to win the award.

But "Alive" is an exception.

For no other reason, just because this movie is called "Alive".

This is a true classic, and not giving an award to this film is destined to make everyone question the authority of the award.

And he has two hands to prepare.

Lin Ziyi misunderstood Xu Nan, thinking that he would not hit the south wall and not look back, and his attitude was stubborn and he had to win the award.

Don't be surprised, there are a lot of them.

Many famous directors and actors in the circle are like crazy in order to win an award, tossing themselves desperately.

This is very common in circles.

Especially those beautiful and handsome guys who made their debut in vases, in order to win an award, they desperately tossed themselves ugly, and they were not so ugly that they couldn't stop seeing people.

Therefore, Lin Ziyi felt that Xu Nan might also be this kind of person, in order to win the award, he would not stop without hitting himself all over the head.

In fact, she can understand this kind of behavior, there is no shortage of material life, and she must always pursue something, otherwise she will feel that life is very empty.

It's like she is obviously a rich second generation who has no worries about food and clothing, but she still has to insist on starting a business.

The more successful a person is, the more serious this disease becomes.

Lin Ziyi hesitated for a moment and persuaded her.

"The domestic award is really difficult to get, you are also an insider, you also know the rules, just rely on your relationship with them, you are destined to not get this award."

It's really hard to get, people don't have to do anything, you can blatantly refuse.

You can't even complain, you say that your movie is wonderful and deserves to win awards, but people say that your movie is not good.

The right to speak is in their hands, and what they say is what they say.

"It's better to take the Oscar of the United States."

"Don't you have a film and television company over there, and I also have connections over there, so I guarantee that you can get the nomination."

"As for the final prize, it's a bit difficult unless you're willing to spend a lot of money."

Xu Nan immediately understood what Lin Ziyi meant, that is, to tell him that if he wants to win an award, he doesn't necessarily have to smash the domestic award, but also the foreign one.

The Oscars are most appropriate in this regard.

Mainly, the Oscars are notoriously easy PR.

In history, a large number of film and television companies spent money to publicize the Oscar judges and then win awards in order to praise people or make money.

The information in this area is all open and can be checked casually, and the people of the United States are even used to it and think it is very reasonable.

Moreover, Hollywood has a large number of companies that survive on this business, and as long as you are willing to spend money, they can guarantee you an award.

The premise is that you are willing to spend money.

If Xu Nan really wants to win the award, the Oscar is a very good choice.

He and Lin Ziyi have connections in the United States, and they can guarantee that they will not be cheated and can get awards.

Again, you have to be willing to spend money.

If the quality of the movie is better, you can spend less money, and if the quality of the movie is worse, you will spend a little more, and if the movie is very bad, you can also win the award, but the money spent will be a very exaggerated number.

The public relations Oscar judges start with tens of millions of dollars, and the upper limit is about 100 million.

After all, it's just an award, and film and television companies won't be happy if they spend too much money, and they won't be able to recover the cost.

Everything is business, and awards are just glamorous business.

And there is an additional benefit of winning the Oscar, that is, the force is relatively high.

In the eyes of many people, foreign awards are more authoritative and advanced than domestic awards.

If you win the Oscar, there will definitely be many people in China who will be honored.

Xu Nan thought for a while and nodded: "Okay, you can rush for the Oscar." ”

"I'm going to trouble you."

"It's just a few phone calls, but if you want to win a prize, you may not be able to spend less."

"Don't worry, I know the rules."

Xu Nan and Lin Ziyi discussed the details for a while, and then hung up the phone.

In fact, he has long thought about winning awards abroad, but not the Oscars, but Cannes.

Xu Nan has already said hello, and he will be able to send the movie over soon.

After so many years, I still have connections.

In his previous life, "Alive" won the Cannes Grand Prix at the beginning, and Xu Nan planned to repeat this successful process.

As for the domestic award, he also wants to win.

There must be difficulty, but when he wins Cannes, can he still be given the domestic Golden Dragon Award?

Unless those judges really run the risk of having their authority questioned and themselves being questioned.

And Lin Ziyi said one thing wrong.

It is true that there are people who want to get him, but there are also people who support him.

The highest-grossing director in China.

It's still a bit of face.

(End of chapter)