"These people are so disgusting. We are charging in the front, but they are holding us back from behind? Is this a human affairs thing?" Jiang Qinghou was furious.
Wen Qi was also very angry. This group of people just saw the thieves eating meat, not the thieves being beaten. They only saw that the "hero" had a chance to win the Oscar statuette, but they didn't see how much Han Fei had paid for this Oscar.
More than 10 million US dollars have been spent and now I haven't even heard a sound.
"If they have the ability, they can choose for themselves. What's the point of hiding behind the scenes?"
The crew and creators were filled with indignation, but Han Fei never said anything. If you want to say it's disgusting, it's really disgusting. It's more disgusting than eating flies in the food, but what can I do? Scold them online? Is it useful?
Although Han Fei has done a lot of gossiping, he never does it in vain. The rhythm of public opinion has been set. It is impossible for netizens to wake up just because he posted a Weibo post. Most of the time,
Netizens are irrational.
Just like some competitive games, as long as it involves the confrontation between China and foreign countries, no matter whether there is a gap in strength between the two sides or whether the players are online or not, as long as you lose, you will be scolded. The only exception seems to be the men's football team.
?
"From now on, everyone has blocked domestic news. Our goal now is to hit the Oscars. Their purpose is to influence us."
Han Fei paused here and glanced at all the crew and creators: "If we lose, we will be scolded miserably. This cannot be changed, but think about it from another angle, what if we win? We will be criticized throughout the entire Chinese film industry.
It has left a mark in history. Just think about it, when we stand at the Kodak Theater and raise the statuette, they will hide in the corner like mice and never dare to look directly at our light!"
Jiang Qinghou and Wen Qi looked at each other, as if they saw a blazing flame in each other's eyes. Han Fei's words completely ignited everyone's passion. As a film practitioner, who doesn't want to stand at the Oscars
Hold up the statuette on the podium and show the world that you are the best?
As long as they are good enough and win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, those who are behind it are just a bunch of clowns.
"Fuck, I still don't believe it. Why can't we win the Oscar?"
"That's right!"
The reason why Han Fei wants to mobilize everyone's enthusiasm is because each of these guys is a little reluctant to be on the show. The main reason is that they are used to doing things behind the scenes, and they are not used to it when they are suddenly brought to the stage.
But there is no way, this is the United States, they worship individual heroism, and only when you are good enough in every aspect, they will take your work seriously.
This is also a very important part of the campaign, allowing Jiang Qinghou and others to appear on TV shows to show their talents to American audiences.
Of course, this also costs money, and it's not cheap, because not every TV program is willing to invite the producers behind China Film to participate in the program.
However, fortunately, this is the United States. As long as you have money, many things are actually much easier to handle than at home.
So starting from December, Jiang Qinghou and the others began to appear in some American TV programs. Of course, they also put a lot of effort into this, and even picked up the English they had lost for many years.
At the beginning, there were indeed some jokes, but fortunately it was recorded and broadcast, and it could be edited. The program was pretty good, and American audiences were actually very curious about Chinese movies, such as the actions that Chinese actors did in the air.
Elegant? Various issues such as whether American special effects companies were hired for some special effects shots in Chinese movies.
And under Jiang Qinghou's description, many American audiences also realized that in the far East, there is a film market as big as China, and there are also a group of people who are just like Hollywood filmmakers, dedicated to turning dreams into reality.
, diligently weaving a dream-like fantasy world for the audience.
Finally, thanks to the efforts of Han Fei and others, on January 22 of the following year, the Oscars finally announced the new nomination list.
Under the long list, Han Fei finally saw the name of "Hero". Unsurprisingly, none of the technical awards such as Best Art were shortlisted.
"Yes, Best Foreign Language Film, here we come!" There was a burst of cheers in the conference room. Jiang Qinghou and Wen Qi even danced. After experiencing the baptism of American TV during this period, these two guys seemed to be relaxed.
It's open.
The news soon spread to the country, and immediately set off a craze on the Internet. If many netizens had some bottom lines in their praise before, this time they started to let themselves go completely. It seems that the Oscars are similar to some domestic Penguin annual festivals.
Awards like this are just as easy to get.
This is also "thanks" to the push behind by colleagues, most netizens have fallen into an inexplicable carnival, and only a small number of rational fans know how difficult it is for Chinese films to stand on that stage.
However, they cannot express their opinions online, because in this environment, whenever someone puts forward different opinions, they will be attacked by other netizens: they are labeled as unpatriotic, unable to stand up after kneeling for a long time, etc.
On the forehead.
In this regard, Han Fei's team did not take them seriously because of their previous experience. Moreover, their task is still not over yet. They have spent so much effort not just to get a nomination.
Their ultimate goal is the Oscar statuette. There is only one month left before the Oscar ceremony. Tony is actively engaged in activities, and Han Fei and the others are also constantly increasing their exposure to ensure that the "hero" leaves a deep enough impression on the judges.
impression.
Time has quietly arrived on February 24th, and Han Fei's crew has gathered in large numbers this time. All the main creators are here, including Zhang Yue and the others.
No film practitioner can refuse the temptation from Hollywood. When Han Fei and Zhang Yue appeared on the red carpet, many American audiences recognized them, but it seems that they are not a couple in the movie.
?
After entering the Kodak Theater, the staff led them to a seat at the back. There was no way, in Hollywood, they were just a group of primary school students, and there were many celebrities in front of them.
Jiang Qinghou was a little unhappy, but Han Fei smiled and said: "They will definitely regret it."
Wen Qi asked doubtfully: "Regret? Why?"
"Because it will take me a long time to walk from here to the podium, and their cameras will always be on me."
As soon as Han Fei finished speaking, Zhang Yue couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle. This guy is still the same as before... shameless.
"Haha, that's right." Jiang Qinghou and Wen Qi couldn't help laughing.
However, this scene was captured by the camera. Interestingly, the Oscars ceremony was broadcast live, and the host obviously did not like them very much.
He said: "Look, how happy are those Chinese people laughing? They must be honored to be able to come to the Oscar award ceremony."
This sentence was obviously discriminatory, and soon a large number of Chinese viewers complained, and the host restrained himself a little.
However, this scene was quickly posted online, and Kiwi Video obtained the broadcast rights for this Oscar. Many viewers secretly followed the Oscar news while at work.
As a result, they saw this scene, which made them angry but also understood that the status of Chinese movies in Hollywood, to put it bluntly, has no status at all. A host dares to look down on you like this. If it were a French movie, British movies
Movie, does he dare?
"I don't know what they are laughing at? They look like they have never seen the world." However, what is unexpected is that some netizens began to accuse Zhang Yue and others that they should not laugh, giving the host an opportunity to laugh at the Chinese people.
"Are you out of your mind? Why don't you blame yourself if you were robbed? Why did you bring cash? If you were raped, why don't you blame yourself for wearing too little?"
"That's it, victim's guilt logic? Are they all slanderous? It's obviously the slanderous host who stirs up trouble. I think Han Fei and the others are very relaxed and confident. They have not embarrassed China at all. They are a bunch of weaklings who usually don't do anything.
Please stop kneeling and licking me for Mr. Yang, okay?"
Fortunately, most netizens still have a basic sense of right and wrong, and they quickly scolded this small group of people bloody.
On Han Fei's side, Luo Yi was also paying close attention to the trend of public opinion on the Internet. He told Han Fei about the matter, but Han Fei just nodded calmly, indicating that he understood.
However, he did not get angry on the spot. Instead, he was quite calm, because he knew that in this world, only winners are qualified to speak, and losers even breathe wrong.
Therefore, it is crucial whether "Hero" can win the Best Foreign Language Film Award.
Soon, the Oscar ceremony officially began. As the most commercialized award in the world, but still maintaining a certain degree of literary and artistic quality, the Oscar is the ultimate dream of almost every film practitioner.
However, in such a holy land of world movies, Chinese movies have not had any works shortlisted for any awards for seventeen years. Note that they are only shortlisted.
While the mainland box office market is getting higher and higher, are the quality of Chinese movies getting better and better? Or are they gradually declining? It’s scary to think about it.
The appearance of Han Fei broke the seventeen-year barrier, which is actually a very exciting thing for every Chinese film practitioner.
However, the online comments soon made some colleagues who are really determined to compete for the Oscars tremble with fear. Isn't this obviously going to put Han Fei on the pillar of shame in history?
Li Junmiao was also one of them. At first, he was filled with righteous indignation and even wanted to stand up and help Han Fei. However, his reason kept him silent. He knew how huge the power behind this was. It was obvious that this was a one-time plan.
It's impossible to make Han Fei stink.
In fact, the reason is very simple. Everyone is living in the quagmire. It doesn't matter if you don't follow the same trend. You still want to introduce clear water to turn the quagmire into a clear river? In the dream, if the water is clear, how can they still fish?
As the results of various awards were released, almost the entire Chinese film and television industry began to nervously wait for the results of the next award to be released.
This is the "Oscar Award for Best Foreign Language Film". The five nominated works of this year are all strong ones that have fought their way out of the twenty outstanding works.
There is the British-French co-production "Chilling", the German film "Masterless", the American film "Roman Empire", and the Lebanese film "Home".
This year's Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film was also called the death group list by the American media.
As the award presenters opened the envelope, the entire theater fell into silence, and their nervousness could be felt through the screen.
Zhang Yue's left hand grabbed Han Fei's right hand from behind. Her palms were sweating, and she looked even more nervous than Han Fei.
"The winner is...hero——hero!"
Just after the host read out that word, the whole audience was in an uproar, but Han Fei and the others actually jumped up, hugged and slapped each other, and even cried with joy.
Jiang Qinghou suddenly said to Han Fei: "Do you still remember what you just said?"
Han Fei smiled and walked slowly towards the podium. This time he walked really slowly, so that the camera had to follow him all the way. After all, it was a live broadcast. If he switched the screen at this time, he would clearly tell the audience that they were discriminatory.
Yes, this is something the TV station doesn’t want to see.
Some are happy and some are sad. "Hero" won the "Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film", which is naturally not good news for several other nominated films.
"Oh, what are those old American academics thinking?"
"The shady story is so naked, why should we award him the award? Is it just because Chinese people are rich?"
Obviously, conspiracy theories are not just exclusive to Chinese netizens. Netizens from other countries have also expressed their dissatisfaction. Many netizens have never even heard of the movie "Hero" and just watched it. But at this time, a
He was talking a lot and firmly believed that this was a bad movie and that he got this award through the back door.
But what’s interesting is that French and German netizens didn’t react much, because many netizens have already watched this film in the cinema. They know the excellence of “Hero” and understand the strong visual impact on the judges.
Lethality.
What is more interesting is the reaction of domestic colleagues. Li Junmiao and others are naturally envious and excited. For them, they have a leader and they only need to follow his footsteps and move forward slowly.
For colleagues who want to continue to rest on their laurels, this is simply a nightmare.
"Are those American judges really stupid? Didn't they agree to discriminate against Chinese films?"
"The shady story, how much did Han Fei spend?"
On the Internet, since the results of the awards were announced, it has completely exploded. All Chinese movie fans have only typed two words on all social platforms: "Awesome!"
However, no matter how long the journey is, it comes to an end when Han Fei has already stood on the podium and received the Oscar statuette, which symbolizes the most influential award in world cinema, from the award presenter.