Chapter 242 It’s a pity that movies don’t need to be sorted into garbage
Europa, as the prestigious Bonham Film Festival in the film industry, has brought together filmmakers from all over the world, as well as some loyal film enthusiasts.
The films participating in the screening this time will hopefully be shortlisted for this year's Bonham Award after subsequent voting and scoring by the jury.
For directors or actors, it will be a worthy achievement.
"Director Bi, I just finished reading your work yesterday. It is really wonderful!"
"It feels like it is definitely one of the best films shortlisted for the Bonham Award for Best Picture!"
——"What the hell! It's a pity that Director Feng didn't enter the competition this time, otherwise I would have nothing to do with him!"
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As one of the international awards, the Bonham Award also has a large number of domestic filmmakers attending the screening.
And many people know each other.
Now that we meet in foreign countries and it is such an occasion, it is inevitable that we start to compliment each other.
"Hey, that's..."
Suddenly, Bi Minzhong looked in a certain direction as if he had discovered some new continent.
"Xu trace?"
Feng Caiyi also squinted his eyes and looked at it for a long time, then spoke the name of the person meaningfully.
"The one next to me seems to be Wei Yifa."
"Why did a director like Xu Ji come to the Bonham Film Festival?"
When Bi Minzhong said this, there was obviously a little disdain in his tone.
Although Xu Ji is now very famous and popular in China.
But after all, he is just a person who makes movies and TV series. No matter how popular he is, a person who makes movies and engages in art will look down on him.
"Come over and say hello?"
Feng Caiyi suggested.
If there was only Xu Ji, Bi Minzhong would definitely refuse it directly.
I don’t think it’s necessary.
But there is also Wei Yifa, who has a good international reputation and has won the Best Actor Award at the Bonham Film Festival. It is indeed worth going up to say hello.
Although this is his first time at the film festival, Xu Ji is actually quite familiar with this atmosphere.
Although the three major domestic film awards do not have such a public screening link, there are still some small awards that will learn from foreign methods and set up corresponding screening links.
It's just that the quality of the film and the director and cast are not at the same level at all.
Xu Ji watched a few movies, including some from internationally renowned foreign directors, and some from small directors whose names he had never heard of.
But I have to say that there are still many excellent works among them.
Although this type of literary and artistic film may not do well at the box office after being released in theaters, its value cannot be denied.
And you can also see the director's level of care and ambition to go beyond just telling stories.
Speaking of which, Xu Ji has basically never thought of getting involved in the field of literary films for the sake of the company's development.
But there are quite a few excellent literary films in my mind, and I can make one when I’m in the mood.
"Fa Ge."
Suddenly, Xu Ji found that he and Wei Yifa had been blocked on the road ahead.
"Are you...?"
Wei Yifa looked at the two people in front of him and couldn't recall it for a while.
When Bi Minzhong and Feng Caiyi saw Wei Yifa's reaction, their faces were a little confused.
During the Bonham Film Festival last year, they took the initiative to say hello to Wei Yifa.
But at that time, Wei Yifa saw quite a lot of people every day, and it has been a year now, so it is normal to not know them.
Feng Caiyi took the initiative to introduce himself:
"Brother Fa, last year was also the Bonham Film Festival. We met at that time. At that time, my "Northern Black" was shortlisted for the latest film."
After hearing Feng Caiyi's words, Wei Yifa remembered the two people in front of him.
Then apologized quickly.
"Sorry, I've forgotten all this as I'm getting older."
Feng Caiyi was quite happy to see that the other party remembered him.
Start chatting enthusiastically by yourself.
The content includes comments on the films screened at this film festival, and the tone is quite proud.
It implies that the quality of this film is not as good as last year when his film was shortlisted.
Xu Ji had no impression of the two directors in front of him.
It’s not that there aren’t many famous directors making art films.
Many of the top-tier directors make art films, but it is not too much to say that their names are household names.
These two people should be second-tier directors at best.
Otherwise, it is unlikely that Xu Ji would have no impression at all.
In fact, Xu Ji himself knows something about directors like this, but what he shoots doesn't have much of an audience in the mainland.
So I sent it to foreign film festivals, hoping to win an award and skyrocket.
Many people talk about film art, but in their hearts they are full of desire for all kinds of luxurious life after becoming famous.
But just because of this situation, in order to win awards, many people specially shoot things that distort China and send them abroad to please foreigners.
It seems that I have learned the style of some older generation directors, but I only learned the surface. In fact, the core is really empty.
By coincidence, Xu Ji happened to have watched the other party's movie "Northern Black Talk", which was just such a movie.
That's why Xu Ji's eyes were full of contempt when he looked at Feng Caiyi in front of him.
Feng Caiyi has actually been secretly observing Xu Ji around Wei Yifa since just now.
Although he said he was disdainful of Xu Ji, his age and achievements were there, and he also revealed that he was planning to start filming a movie.
Of course it’s hard not to pay attention.
He was very keen to see the disdain Xu Ji looked at him.
Suddenly I was furious.
"Brother Fa, this is..."
He deliberately pretended not to recognize Xu Ji and asked.
Wei Yifa didn't notice anything strange, so he introduced himself:
"This is director Xu Ji Xu. He should be very famous in your mainland. He has produced many popular works."
Feng Caiyi pretended to be very surprised when he heard Xu Ji's name.
Then he said: "Are you Xu Ji?"
"I've seen your Legend of Sword and Fairy, and it was pretty good."
"But aren't you a film and television director? Why are you coming to the film festival?"
When he said this, Feng Caiyi's expression was very natural.
It’s like I’m really sincere in my post.
Xu Ji couldn't help but frown.
He initially disliked the other person because he was the director of "Northern Black Talk", but he didn't expect that this person would rush forward and look at his gun.
So Xu Ji replied jokingly:
"Come and see the world."
"What a coincidence, I have also seen Director Feng's masterpiece "Northern Black Talk"."
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"Oh?"
"Then I wonder how Director Xu evaluates my work?"
Feng Caiyi heard that Fang Er had actually watched a movie directed by him.
And he kept his attitude so low, saying he was here to see the world or something.
Suddenly the whole person became a little proud.
"How do you rate it?"
"It's a pity."
Xu Ji shook his head.
"What a pity?"
Feng Caiyi looked confused, not understanding what Xu Ji meant by pity.
Is it because the investment is relatively small?
It seems that because I didn’t attract much investment, I really limited my performance.
Xu Ji continued unhurriedly:
"It's a pity that movies don't need to be sorted."
"Otherwise, Director Feng, your movie should definitely be thrown into a bucket marked as hazardous waste."
After Xu Ji finished speaking, not only Feng Caiyi was stunned, but also Wei Yifa and Bi Minzhong were a little surprised.
When he realized that Xu Ji was actually scolding Feng Caiyi, he became furious.
"Fuck you!"
Feng Caiyi cursed and then rushed towards Xu Ji.
Although Xu Ji didn't expect that the other party would suddenly go berserk, he dodged it very quickly.
Although Feng Caiyi looks fat and has an intimidating figure, his body has long been emptied of wine and sex.
Although Xu Ji has not deliberately practiced any fighting skills, it is indeed easy to beat such a pot-bellied middle-aged man.
While dodging, he secretly stretched out his foot and tripped the opponent to the ground, whereupon a solid dog gnawed on the mud.
The fight that took place here immediately attracted the attention of people around.
The security personnel of the film festival also gathered around here.
Xu Ji raised his hands flatly, indicating that it was none of his business and that Feng Caiyi fell down on his own.
Not long after, Xu Ji and Feng Caiyi were both asked to leave the scene.
Even though Xu Ji didn't do anything during the whole process, the foreigners on the Bonham Prize official website had no intention of listening to Xu Ji's explanation.
Xu Ji didn't care, he didn't feel anything about it anyway, and he had watched some of the movies he was interested in.
However, Wei Yifa was not very satisfied and kept communicating with the Bonham Award officials.
As someone he invited to the film festival, Xu Ji was kicked out like this, which was really a slap in the face.
But it was more than ten years ago when Wei Yifa won the Bonham Award for Best Actor. By this time, the top management of the film festival had basically changed.
Apparently Wei Yifa tried to brush his face but failed.
In the car returning to the set, Wei Yifa took the initiative to apologize to Xu Ji.
On the contrary, it made Xu Ji a little embarrassed, after all, this incident was ultimately caused by him.
In the end, Wei Yifa was so happy that he left with Xu Ji and did not continue to participate.
But when he met someone like Feng Caiyi, Xu Ji couldn't bear it.
In my original life, I often endured such things.
Now that he has arrived at Blue Star, Xu Ji is too lazy to swallow his anger.
However, Wei Yifa's facial brushing didn't work, which made Xu Ji a little strange. Logically speaking, for a person like Wei Yifa who won the Bonham Award for Best Actor, the official would give him some face.
What's more, Feng Caiyi opposite seems to have no background.
When Wei Yifa heard Xu Ji's doubts, he smiled helplessly and said:
"Actually, there is nothing we can do about it."
"You know that the last time our Chinese films won awards at the three major European film festivals was more than ten years ago."
"I have never looked down upon us."
"In addition, the juries of the three major film festivals have basically changed in recent years. There are all new faces, and I don't even know a few of them."
Xu Ji nodded.
In fact, he had probably known before that the influence of Chinese films abroad was not that high.
I just didn’t expect that even the status of Chinese filmmakers is not as good as imagined. According to Wei Yifa’s words, the contempt chain is even lower than that of Bangzi and Daoguo.
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"Xu Ji got into a fight at the Bonham Film Festival and was forcibly ejected by security personnel."
"Director Feng Caiyi accused Xu Ji of having a bad temper and openly insulting him at international events such as the Bonham Film Festival."
"The title of genius director is of no use at all. No one abroad buys it."
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I have to admit that the domestic media are quite fast.
What happened here in the evening was directly exposed in China early in the morning.
Xu Ji suddenly became a hot search topic on Weibo.
There are also several accompanying pictures, showing the moment Xu Ji and Wei Yifa left the Bonham Film Festival together.
Xu Ji had a serious face at that time, while Wei Yifa on the side was talking to the person in charge at the entrance of the film festival.
Also taken when Xu Ji and Wei Yifa got into the car and left.
The reason why things escalated so quickly is besides the reports captured by these reporters.
There are also two directors, Feng Caiyi and Bi Minzhong, who are not well-known at all. They directly posted on Weibo to openly accuse Xu Ji of insulting people.
Then the two parties got into an argument and were taken away from the film festival.
It was still late at night when Xu Ji was woken up by Youman's phone call.
Because of the hot search, Xu Ji has been criticized by many netizens, and for some unknown reason, this matter has become more and more popular.
Youman suspected that someone was behind it to help fuel the fire.
So he asked Xu Ji Zhongzhang Weite to explain a little bit.
Xu Ji also didn't expect that such a thing would be a hot search on Weibo and cause such a big sensation.
He opened WeChat and got a rough idea of what happened.
I also saw the tweets posted by Feng Caiyi and Bi Minzhong.
These two people were considered villains and complained first. They didn't even mention the arrogance in their tone of voice. They also hid the fact that Feng Caiyi hit the person first and Xu Ji didn't even fight back. They just summed it up with a simple argument. This Internet is finally understood by them.
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"I'm so angry!"
"What the heck is this trace?"
In the hotel, Feng Caiyi was still very angry. He scrolled through Weibo and saw some netizens helping to condemn the incident, which comforted him a little.
"Director Feng, this is a good thing!"
Bi Minzhong said with a happy face.
Feng Caiyi obviously didn't understand.
"What a good thing is this?"
"That kid scolded me. I was going to beat him up, but he was dodged."
Bi Minzhong said slowly:
"Of course it's a good thing!"
“Didn’t you see that this matter is now the top trending topic on Weibo?”
"Xu Ji's popularity is indeed high!"
"Looking at it this way, as long as we hold on to this matter, our reputation will definitely increase!"
"As long as you become famous, it will not be easy to attract investment?!
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When Feng Caiyi heard this, he thought about it carefully, and immediately patted his thigh excitedly.
"That's right!"
"Damn it, I'm finally going to get angry?"
Bi Minzhong smiled and said:
"Although the level of this Xuji is just that, its popularity is indeed quite high."
"It just so happens that we are taking this opportunity to promote our respective new movies."
Before he finished speaking, he was suddenly interrupted by Feng Caiyi.