Chapter 283: Winning three awards in a row, where did Mr. Tree come from?
"Brother Chen, why do you feel that we are not welcomed very much?"
After Liu Baofeng found his seat and sat down with Chen Jinyu, he expressed his feelings.
This was not the first time he had experienced this feeling. When he was an extra, he was squeezed out by other tenants living with him.
"Probably not, maybe it's just because it's our first time here."
Chen Jinyu opened his mouth and answered.
In fact, he has always had his own creed in life, that is, no matter what he does or who he associates with, don't take himself too seriously.
If you think about it this way, you can often make yourself feel more comfortable.
However, Liu Baofeng didn't care too much.
The purpose of his coming here is not to fit into this so-called circle, to meet some people or anything like that.
In Liu Baofeng's opinion, these are crooked ways after all. The most important thing is to perform well so as to hone better acting skills.
When the time comes, I won’t worry about having nothing to play.
He also did this in the past, and was eventually spotted by Xu Ji. He completely changed from a free-for-all group actor who competed with others for spots, to an actor who has entered the industry like he is now.
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The main competition unit of the Shanghai Film Festival and the highest award is called the Golden Goblet Award.
In addition, there are various media awards that are slightly less influential but equally competitive.
Although Liu Baofeng and Chen Jinyu were shortlisted, they were sitting in an inconspicuous position in the corner.
The awards ceremony at the film festival began quickly before the two of them could react.
The first award is awarded specifically to the short film genre.
The degree is actually not that high.
Of course, the audience of the Shanghai Film Festival itself is those enthusiasts and media colleagues in the industry.
Therefore, although it is conducted in the form of live broadcast, there are not many people in the live broadcast room at this time.
When the short film award was first established, the shortlist was actually mainly composed of the works of some college students.
The quality also appears to be uneven. It can be seen at a glance that many short films are made up to make up the numbers.
But later on, the Shanghai Film Festival gradually became recognized internationally and its influence began to increase. The team that made short films gradually became more professional.
The winners have also become some of the best short film directors in the country.
Occasionally, there will be directors with a background in advertising, and their short films will become so-called dark horses.
It is actually more suitable for an advertising director to switch to making short films.
The length of the video does not have to be as long as one or two hours, and the difficulty is naturally reduced a lot.
Of course, it is still very difficult to be the best in any type of work.
Chen Jinyu and Liu Baofeng were obviously the least emotional people at the award ceremony.
Because neither of them has seen the short films that won the award.
I don’t know anyone.
I could only hear someone clapping, and the two of them subconsciously followed suit.
Originally, Chen Jinyu was a little restrained, but when he saw Liu Baofeng starting to eat the food on the table, he felt a little hungry and started eating too.
Li Yuchang's position was at the front, but because they were sitting together, he could also see the positions of Liu Baofeng and Liu Baofeng behind him...
At this time, they found that the two of them actually ate the snacks and fruits on the table as if no one was watching, and they couldn't help but sneered:
"He is indeed a country bumpkin!"
Li Yuchang actually has some fans who often praise his movies in various ways.
Perhaps his fans would not have thought that a director who likes to focus his shots on rural areas and small counties would actually use such insulting words as a country bumpkin.
Obviously, although Li Yuchang photographed the lives of the people at the bottom, he himself looked down upon the people in his works.
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"Next
Presented are the various awards of the Media Awards!"
"We have a guest..."
When they heard the announcement of the Media Awards, Liu Baofeng and Chen Jinyu suddenly focused their attention.
Because both of them have relevant nominations in this competition unit this time.
One is Best Actor and the other is Best Newcomer Director.
"The first award is given to the recent new actor!"
"The finalists are...please look at the big screen!"
""New Driver", Lin Guangan"
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In fact, most of the actors in this award are young actors without any fame, or many are even complete amateur actors.
This is the first play the other party has performed.
But many actors who have won this award in history have become first-line actors, and some are even movie stars.
"Why was I not shortlisted? I obviously only starred in one drama."
Liu Baofeng complained.
He doesn't know why he was not shortlisted.
But it probably has something to do with his relatively high reputation.
After all, after "Soldier Assault" became popular, even if many people didn't know the existence of Liu Baofeng, they should know his face and wouldn't shout out the character Xu Sanduo's name when they saw it.
After all, some actors who have become famous and relatively popular have suffered a bit in awards for literary and artistic films such as the Shanghai Film Festival.
Winning awards is actually more difficult than for some amateur actors.
When the list of winners was announced, bursts of cheers erupted somewhere on the scene.
He is an amateur actor, and the crew does not look very formal.
It is obvious that although the award presentation of the Shanghai Film Festival carries some subjective emotions of the judges, it is still very credible in terms of credibility.
From time to time, some dark horses will appear suddenly in a certain session.
After winning the award, let’s not talk about the problem of making money from the movie itself. At least the investment in the next movie should not be a big problem.
The following awards ceremony was carried out according to the normal process. Some people were happy and others were sad.
After all, there are quite a few nominees for awards. Some people win, while others inevitably have to run with them.
For example, Li Yuchang's face looked ugly at this time.
His film was shortlisted for many awards this time. Because he directly cast new actors, he originally thought that the new actors and actresses would win at least one of the two awards, but in the end they didn't win either.
Under such circumstances, Li Yuchang could only comfort himself that this was just a media award, not the most important main competition unit.
In addition to these two awards, he was also nominated for the highest award, the Golden Goblet Award, for Best Director and Best Film!…
I guess the jury felt that the Golden Goblet Award was given, but the Media Award was not given.
This is human nature and understandable!
"Lao Li, it's okay. It's just two acting awards. There's no need to look sad."
"Hey, be careful, it won't look good if you are caught on camera."
Hearing this annoying sound, Li Yuchang reluctantly raised his head and looked in the direction of the live camera. He realized that he was not being filmed here, and then realized that he had been tricked.
"Hahahahaha!"
Seeing Li Yuchang's change of expression, the man not far away laughed again.
It has to be said that in terms of dislike, Xu Ji, a person he has never met before, is not ranked high compared to Li Yuchang.
For example, the person who deliberately talked to me just now is called Ning Jingshan, and he is a first-line director like him.
He is also good at making literary and artistic films. Because we are in the same circle, we usually don't see each other when we look up.
But even though the two have known each other for more than ten years, they still don't deal with each other very well.
There is no so-called feeling of sympathy for each other as opponents. Li Yuchang and Ning Jingshan both wish that the other party would be ruined. In the future
Out of sight, out of mind.
I don’t know if the Shanghai Film Festival officials are deliberately looking for trouble.
Everyone in the circle knew that the relationship between the two was not good, so they even arranged to sit at two adjacent tables.
It is worth mentioning that Ning Jingshan actually did not like Li Yuchang and some other directors.
As for the reason, it is similar to what was promised at the beginning.
It seems that these people like to make realistic-themed movies, but from time to time they want to connotate the China they live in, and deep down they like to please those Western filmmakers.
This made Ning Jingshan feel very disdainful, although the things taken by Li Yuchang and some people were indeed pretty good.
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"The best actor award will be presented next, please watch the big screen."
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""Hello! Mr. Tree", Liu Baofeng!"
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After waiting for a long time, I finally heard my name.
Of course it is impossible to say that I am not nervous.
After all, this is the first time to participate in such an award ceremony, and it was at the Shanghai Film Festival that Liu Baofeng had never dreamed of before.
"The winner is..."Hello! Mr. Tree", actor Liu Baofeng!"
Hearing Liu Baofeng's name, Chen Jinyu seemed much more excited than himself and jumped up from his seat.
Take the initiative to hug each other.
Liu Baofeng was obviously stunned for a moment, and then he stood up from his seat after the award-presenting guest called out his name again.
Seeing Liu Baofeng walking on the stage, it was obvious that many people at the scene recognized him. This person was the one who played the leading role in "Soldier Assault".
Many people feel a little strange.
"Why did Liu Baofeng come to the Shanghai Film Festival?"
"I also asked why it was a strange name. I didn't expect it to be him?"
"Really or not, this is not the Peony Award. Why is Xu Sanduo here?"
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Many people speak with a joking tone in their tone.
But the surprise is also really surprising.
Obviously, although they are all actors, people like Liu Baofeng, who is relatively popular and well-known, and has acted in TV series before, suddenly came to shoot a niche literary film, which is indeed something that many people would not have thought of...
At this time, Liu Baofeng was already standing on the stage and received his trophy.
Then he started stumbling about his acceptance speech.
Of course, the name that was mentioned the most was Xu Ji’s. Many people at the scene showed disgusted expressions when they heard Xu Ji’s name.
Li Yuchang said directly:
"I don't know what the jury did. Although it is just a media award, the best actor cannot be given so casually!"
Hearing Li Yuchang's words, Ning Jingshan couldn't help but sneered "haha".
Then he said:
"Don't think I didn't see you wearing a hat and running to see the screening of "Hello! Mr. Tree"."
"And what a coincidence, I met you twice~"
The expression on Li Yuchang's face suddenly froze.
He had never told anyone else about this matter. Although he said he didn't like it, he was still very curious in his heart. It was Xuji Company's first literary film and he wrote the script. What kind of movie could it produce. So he went to see it, and saw it twice.
"You don't really think that Liu Baofeng doesn't deserve this award, do you?"
"If this is really the case, then all your years of filmmaking will be in vain."
Ning Jingshan's words were obviously sarcastic, but what was rare was that this time Li Yuchang just snorted and did not answer.
Because he did watch the movie, and watched it twice. Although he could not say that he completely understood it, as a director of literary and artistic films, he was naturally able to make a movie.
The quality of the film is good or bad.
As for Liu Baofeng's acting skills, he thought about it and found that it was indeed more than enough to win such a media award for the best role.
Although Li Yuchang did not answer, Ning Jingshan, as an audience member who specifically watched "Hello! Mr. Tree", could not help but comment:
"If it weren't for the fact that Liu Baofeng had too little acting experience before, his only film "Soldier Assault" was too popular and left too deep an impression on people."
"Based on his acting skills, he will probably win the Golden Goblet Award for Best Actor this time..."
Ning Jingshan stopped mid-sentence.
Because it suddenly occurred to him that in this time's main competition, his role in the film was shortlisted for the Golden Goblet Award for Best Actor.
Although Li Yuchang had a strong opinion of Xu Ji, he also really looked down on him.
But he is not a little Karami in the industry like Feng Caiyi before.
After watching the movie "Hello! Mr. Tree", I knew that Xu Ji was indeed as talented as the outside world said.
Although this was my first time writing a script for an art film, I didn’t have to worry about whether it would be a hit or whether it would be a box office success. Instead, I felt more relaxed and actually made such a movie.
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"Old Chen, I didn't expect that I really won the award!"
When Liu Baofeng came down from the awards stage, he was still in a very excited state.
But Chen Jinyu smiled and said in a matter-of-fact tone:
"For your performance, you deserve this award!"
"Be calm and don't act like you've never seen the world before."
As a director, Chen Jinyu naturally knows how much Liu Baofeng has paid for this movie.
The final performance really shocked him...
From the role of Shu, there is no trace of Xu Sanduo, who he played before.
Although Chen Jinyu doesn't have much filming experience, he still reads a lot of films. Naturally, he knows that Liu Baofeng's acting skills this time are definitely of the best actor level.
"Media Award for Best Director, the winner is..."Hello! Mr. Tree""
Not long after, "Hello! Mr. Tree" actually won two awards.
The second time the name of this movie appeared, it finally caught the attention of most people at the scene.
When this movie was first screened, it didn't attract much attention. Even compared to some packed theaters, the number of viewers was definitely relatively small.
Many people present have never seen this movie.
It was only when I saw that I had won two awards that I realized something was wrong.
It seems that there is indeed a dark horse in this Shanghai Film Festival!
Just now, Liu Baofeng was trying to calm down a little and not look like Chen Jinyu, who had never seen the world, but now he was extremely excited.
When he went on stage to give his acceptance speech, his voice was shaking even more than Liu Baofeng did at that time.
After stepping down, Liu Baofeng was naturally ridiculed for a while.
However, the two of them were in similar moods at this time, so they didn't care about it anymore.
"The winner of the Media Award for Best Screenplay is..."Hello! Mr. Number", Xu Ji!"
Before anyone could react, this movie, which many people didn’t know where it came from, actually won the third award.
Of course, Xu Ji’s name is naturally known to everyone present.
At this time, many people realized that it was Xu Ji.
That young director who has created many miracles in just two and a half years since his debut.
It's just that many people think that Xu Ji can't compete with literary and artistic films, so they angrily criticized Feng Caiyi and the people in his circle.
Less than a few months later, they actually started "killing everyone" at the Shanghai Film Festival, which they are most familiar with?
At that time, they all said that Xu Ji, a commercial film director, was not the same as what they were filming, and he had no qualifications to follow.
I would like to judge them, these domestic literary and artistic film directors in China.
But at this time, some people present, including Li Yuchang, looked unhappy.
Obviously, although Xu Ji did not come to the scene, director Chen Jinyu accepted the award on his behalf.
But the feeling of being slapped in the face is still very uncomfortable.