Chapter 362: I was deceived by the second young master Paiqi.
Martin Mason has never heard of Xu Ji’s name.
In fact, he doesn't care about this at all.
For this National Film Festival, it is enough that the films he invested in have been shortlisted.
As for the specific awards and who receives these awards, it has nothing to do with him.
He doesn't care about this either. The only purpose of participating in the competition is to show his face to his father, who is the boss of Paige Pictures, so that he can defraud the other party of money.
Otherwise, he would be accused of not doing his job properly day by day, and all his credit cards would have been stopped.
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But the movie he invested in has obviously been nominated, and the process is now halfway through.
He was also bored and started looking for suitable female stars at the National Film Festival.
His identity as the second son of Paiqi has been tried and tested repeatedly, and many women who want to be popular take the initiative to get close to him.
There is almost no need to worry about the process, and it usually goes smoothly.
But the current situation completely exceeded his expectations.
The big screen on the stage was aimed right at him.
And everyone at the scene unanimously looked in his direction.
But it was not him who won the prize, but the Chinese named Xu Ji.
Although Martin Mason often attends various award ceremonies, he is considered a man who has seen the world.
But generally speaking, he is a pure audience.
Personally, I am not quite used to the feeling of being watched under the spotlight.
It’s the same now.
After being photographed, everyone looked surprised, and then showed some embarrassed expressions.
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"What the hell is going on?"
"Why isn't Xu Ji sitting there?"
At this time, the person in charge of the National Awards Ceremony was also confused by the sudden accident.
The key is that this time the awards were broadcast live.
In other words, this own mistake is considered a very serious on-site accident.
"Hurry up and cut the camera."
"Also, find the location where the winner left his mark!"
The person in charge shouted loudly in the background, and then urgently directed to deal with unexpected situations on the scene.
At the same time, the person responsible for arranging the guest positions this time was already sweating profusely.
Xu Ji's position was indeed changed by him.
The main reason is that the person who asked for the change of position was the second son of Paige Pictures, and he couldn't afford to offend him.
More importantly, he had no idea who would win the prize.
He is only responsible for the layout of the venue and arranging everyone's position according to the above requirements.
Although Xu Ji was shortlisted for this competition, he didn't know this Chinese guy at all and he didn't have much popularity.
I thought that if I just changed the position, it wouldn't have much impact.
Unexpectedly, Xu Ji won the award directly in the end.
Now things can only develop in the direction he least wants to see.
But he couldn't shirk this responsibility, so he could only make up for it as much as possible.
He quickly revealed the location of the crew of Xu Ji's "Fireworks in the Day" and let the awards return to their original track.
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Although an accident occurred, Guona officials are indeed very capable in all aspects.
After getting the seat numbers of Xu Ji and others, it took almost twenty seconds to react. Finally, the camera found Xu Ji who had just stood up.
Of course, the two people who were actually more tested during the process were the two presenters.
Fortunately, the presenter was a veteran in the entertainment industry, and he didn't have any stage fright. He helped the officials solve this problem with his humorous chat.
But even so, Conor will probably be criticized for this mistake.
After all, Martin Mason’s big face appeared for quite a while just now.
Moreover, the other party has a good reputation in the United States. Although it is not a good reputation, it does not prevent his identity as the second son of Paige Pictures from being known to everyone.
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After that, everything returned to normal, and Xu Ji followed the procedure and went on stage to receive the award and gave his acceptance speech.
Of course, this made Martin Mason feel a little relieved.
He is quite afraid that Xu Ji will hold a grudge.
After all, if the other party holds a grudge against him and deliberately changes positions, then he will definitely be affected.
At the very least, his father will definitely find out, and then his financial resources will be cut off directly.
The testimonials Xu Ji said were actually more official words.
Although it is a national award, it is considered a pretty big award internationally. It is estimated that it will also be widely reported in China.
But in fact, as time went by, Xu Ji became more and more indifferent about these things.
After all, he is no longer the directing college student who just graduated and has no guarantee for his future.
After all, these foreign film awards, although some think they are very high quality.
Although the influence is greater, compared with some domestic awards, it is not much more noble.
Moreover, there are many shady things about these foreign awards.
Capital is even more ubiquitous in foreign entertainment circles.
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The awards ceremony at the National Awards was still going on, but Xu Ji returned to his seat and continued to eat the pastries in front of him seriously.
Not to mention anything else, these cakes at the National Awards Ceremony taste really good.
And Xu Ji also discovered that foreigners’ money is indeed quite easy to make.
Perhaps China has always been more crisis-conscious, and many people are saving money.
But many foreigners prefer the idea of having a drink today and getting drunk tomorrow.
You can spend money without blinking an eye.
It is also because of this that Xu Ji is also considering whether to make plans to make money from these foreigners.
Of course, this kind of thing is definitely not that easy, and it needs to be planned slowly.
At the very least, Rafael Cooley, who had approached him to cooperate before, also tended to let Xu Ji work for a large company like Lianye.
This is definitely not in line with Xu Ji’s own expectations.
After all, if Tongji Entertainment is quite well-known in the country now, it doesn’t sound right for his boss to go out and work for others.
What's more, the bigger a company is like Lianye, the more outrageous it is in exploiting people.
Naturally, it was impossible for Xu Ji to agree.
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As the awards ceremony came to an end, it was finally time for "Fireworks in the Day" to be the only two shortlisted awards.
That is Wan Rongli’s Best Actor nominee, and he is also the most watched Best Actor in the entire country.
In addition to "Fireworks in the Day", there are four other films shortlisted.
There are two Europa films from two different countries, one is from the United States, and the other is from Bangzi Country.
Of course, in fact, in terms of popularity, none of the five movies is very high.
However, in that American movie, although the actors were newcomers, the director was indeed a well-known international director.
Therefore, it can be regarded as the film that has the greatest demand for the best actor in China this time.
But obviously, this result will surprise many people.
"The winner of the Best Actor at the 37th National Film Festival is..."
""Fireworks in the Day", Rongli Wan!
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"Congratulations!
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Unlike Xu Ji's award-winning Dan Ding, Wan Rongli was obviously stunned when he heard his name.
Then the whole person was pleasantly surprised.
He stood up excitedly and hugged Xu Ji and Chen Jinyu one by one.
At this time, everyone else at the award ceremony was a little surprised.
Obviously, this time the winner of the Best Actor Award from China is an upset.
In fact, not many people have watched "Fireworks in the Day".
What I didn't expect was that there was no one movie that anyone paid attention to before the awards ceremony began.
In the end, he won two awards for Best Screenplay and Best Actor.
If nothing else, this film will indeed become more famous after the National Film Festival.
And as a new actor, Wan Rongli even hopes that with this award, he can successfully enter the entertainment industry in Europe and the United States.
Of course, although it will be much easier than some newcomers.
But after all, being Chinese still has a lot of limitations. Compared with some previous national movie stars, it is definitely more difficult to develop.
And Wanrengli actually has no such plan.
Even if he wins the award, he will still be very determined to stay at Tongji Entertainment.
After all, in the final analysis, a year or so ago, he was actually just a washed-up artist with a lot of black stuff, and no company was even willing to hire him.
Now that he is able to stand on the medal podium of the National Academy of Sciences, Wan Rongli clearly knows who it is because of.
So when he stood on the awards stage and gave his acceptance speech, Wan Rongli mentioned Xu Ji's name twice in three sentences.
Although the accent of Wanrengli's music is not good, it is still fluent.
Mainly because of the time when he quit drinking, he taught himself several languages. At that time, it was just to divert his attention and to understand the original sounds of some foreign movies.
I didn’t expect to actually use it now.
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At this time, many people in the audience were a little surprised after hearing Xu Ji's name.
Obviously, the Chinese who won the best screenwriter before seems to be more than a simple screenwriter.
Although Xu Ji is very famous in China, he even has many fans in many countries surrounding China.
But in Europe and the United States, basically not many people know it.
Under such circumstances, some people present were curious and began to search for Xu Ji on the Internet.
Among them is Martin Mason, who previously changed places with Xu Ji.
Mainly because when Xu Ji won the award before, his calm performance made Martin Mason very curious.
Unexpectedly, this Chinese film won another award right after.
And it is also the most watched award for Best Actor in the National Academy of Sciences.
And from the award-winning actor's speech, he could tell that Xu Ji was no ordinary film screenwriter.
This made him want to know more about this person named Xu Ji.
After this search, I discovered that another film written by Xu Ji had also won the Tunisian Best Actor Award at one of the three major film festivals.
Moreover, Xu Ji himself is also the boss of China Entertainment Company, and his company invested in both movies.
Moreover, the award-winning actors and the director named Chen Jinyu are both from Xu Ji Company.
It's simply shocking.
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Wan Rongli finished his acceptance speech and then walked off the stage.
But at this time, Martin Mason was no longer in the mood to continue paying attention to the awards ceremony at the National Academy Awards.
Instead, I have been looking at the introductions about Xu Ji on the Internet.
The more he watched, the more surprised he became, even though he didn't pay attention to the entertainment industry and celebrities in China.
But it is obvious that China is indeed one of the largest film and television markets in the world.
The numerical advantage, coupled with the economic conditions, indeed makes many European and American capitals covetous.
It’s just like China cannot enter the American market. As time goes by, it becomes increasingly difficult for the American entertainment industry to make money in China.
Especially in terms of movie box office, it is greatly reduced compared to the past.
Including his father's company, Paige Pictures, the amount of money they make in China is just various copyright fees.
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The National Film Festival officially ended, but Xu Ji and the others did not attend the subsequent party, but left directly.
Mainly because the three of them didn’t know much about people in these European and American circles.
The only one I have met in the past two days is Rafael Khouri, but actually our relationship is not that good.
Moreover, the other party has also made an appointment with Xu Ji to meet alone, so there is no need to attend such entertainment again.
Obviously, Rafael Cully is not the kind of person who likes excitement.
After the award ceremony, I immediately looked for Xu Ji who was just about to leave.
Unable to bear the other party's enthusiasm, Xu Ji and others finally went to have dinner with the other party.
Of course, during the process, Raphael Cooley still enthusiastically invited Xu Ji to join Ye and develop in the United States.
But they were all rejected directly by Xu Ji.
Although he was a little disappointed, Raphael didn't mention it anymore.
What surprised Xu Ji was that he was planning to leave the small city of Guona the next day.
But I received a strange phone call.
In fact, his overseas phone number has only been registered for a short time, so no one should know it.
However, Xu Ji felt relieved when he found out that the other person was the person who forced him to change places with him yesterday.
It is estimated that Martin Mason got the contact information from the official website of the National Film Festival.
After some hesitation, Xu Ji agreed to meet the other party.
Of course, the main reason was because he already knew from Raphael that the other party was actually the second son of Paige Pictures, one of the eight major film studios.
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At this time, there were not many people in Guona, and many people who joined in the fun left one after another after the award ceremony.
So at this time, Guona suddenly regained some of its former desertedness.
Martin Mason and Xu Ji made an appointment in a small cafe.
When the other party met Xu Ji for the first time, he was not sloppy and apologized for forcing him to change places with Xu Ji yesterday.
That attitude is called sincerity.
After hearing Xu Ji's forgiveness, he directly expressed his other intention.
That is, I also want to cooperate with Xu Ji, but like Raphael, I pay Xu Ji to be the director to make movies and enter the American market.
Of course, Xu Ji wanted to laugh when he heard such words.
Although Martin Mason is Paige's second son, he probably doesn't have much money.
And he is also a rather strange young man, whose reputation has long been ruined.
When Raphael talked about it, he looked disdainful.
Of course, Xu Ji doesn’t think so.
After all, Raphael really relied on his own vision, became a completely new director, and was shortlisted for National Film Festival.
So at this time, Xu Ji suddenly became a guest.
"Mr. Martin, you said you would invest in me, how much would it be?"
Xu Ji asked.
Martin Mason was stunned for a moment.
"At least 10 million! No, 20 million!"
"Dollars!"
His tone was very firm, but his expression clearly showed some lack of confidence.
Xu Ji shook his head.
"Do you know how much investment my company spends on film and television every quarter?"
"What you're talking about doesn't appeal to me at all."
Martin Mason blushed, but did not refute.
Because he checked and found that Xu Ji, the boss of China Entertainment Company, was indeed telling the truth.
"Besides, don't you know what your reputation is in the United States?"
"A prodigal, a loser, a rich second generation who knows nothing, is even suspected of not being your father's biological son. After all, there is a huge gap between you and your father."
After Xu Ji finished speaking, Martin Mason's face turned dark.
"Mr. Xu Ji, if you insult me again, I will probably beat you."
Although what Xu Ji said was unpleasant, in fact, Martin Mason knew what was going on with him, and he really had no reason to refute it.
"No no no!"
"That's not what I meant. I just think you are just giving up on yourself now."
"Because those remarks make you lose the confidence to prove yourself."
"Are you really what those people said? Are you really an uneducated prodigal?"
"If they tell you, you have to do what they say?"
"If it were me, the more they talk, I would insist on proving myself and then slap them in the face!"
"There is an old saying in China that a tiger father has no dog son."
"You now need to prove to those who are making sarcastic remarks, as well as your father, that Martin Mason is not a prodigal."
"Crush all those who look down on you, not by Paige, but by your own strength!"
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The more Xu Ji talked, the more excited he became, and the more Martin Mason listened, the more his heartbeat accelerated.
Obviously, he has completely fallen into Xu Jishuo's imagination.
After Xu Ji finished speaking, he took a drink of water.
But at this moment, Martin Mason suddenly showed a helpless and confused smile.
"Can I really do this?"
Xu Ji answered directly: "Of course you can!"
"Don't you want to prove yourself?"
Martin Mason nodded immediately, and then said with great certainty:
"Of course I want to!"
"But..."
Seeing Martin Mason's expression at this time, Xu Ji couldn't help but smile.
It seems that he was indeed right.
Although there are many rumors, who really wants to be a waste?
Even a wealthy second-generation son like Martin Mason wants to prove himself more.
Xu Ji finally told his purpose at this time.
"In that case, I can help you."
Martin Mason was stunned when he heard Xu Ji's words.
"Come work for me."
"I can help you prove your worth!"
Seeing Xu Ji's firm and sincere look, Martin Mason nodded subconsciously and agreed.