Chapter 401 Do things for others, be steady from the heart
Last year, "Wulin Gaiden" made more than 1 billion in box office, but the Golden Dragon Award only gave it a consolation [Best Action Direction].
At that time, Zuo Le couldn't bear it, mainly because the quality of the movie "Wulin Gaiden" was indeed not very outstanding, and it benefited from many TV series, which made Zuo Le not particularly confident in questioning the selection of the Golden Dragon Award.
But this year's "Charlotte Trouble" is different.
If you want a box office, you have a box office. It will be the champion of the Lunar New Year in 2022, second in the annual box office, and ranked in the top 20 of the domestic film box office list.
It has a good reputation and a Douban score of 8.5, ranking fourth among all movies released in 2022.
Ranked second in the box office year and fourth in the rating year, "Charlotte" was sufficiently qualified to compete for the "Best Picture" in terms of overall performance. However, the Golden Dragon Award only awarded three non-important awards.
In addition to "Best Screenplay" which is worth some money, "Best Score" is an ordinary behind-the-scenes award, and "Best Newcomer" is the actor award with the lowest value.
This is equivalent to pointing his nose in front of him and scolding him. Anyone with a temper can tolerate it, let alone Zuo Le, who is also a well-known boss in the entertainment industry.
If he doesn't say anything, no one will dare to step on him in the future.
That night, Zuo Le posted hundreds of words on the Internet, pointing the finger directly at the Golden Dragon Award Organizing Committee.
The content of this scarf is very simple. Zuo Le directly questioned the unfairness of the selection attitude of the Golden Dragon Award Organizing Committee, which ignored the commercial value and public reputation of the film, while focusing on the artistic attributes and discriminating against comedy-themed films.
Any film award selection has its own selection rules and preferences.
If the Golden Dragon Awards were an art and literary film festival, there would be nothing wrong with snubbing comedy films like "Charlotte".
But the key point is that the Golden Dragon Award is not a pure art award. On the contrary, as the highest film award in China, the Golden Dragon Award has been a comprehensive film award since its establishment.
Its main film award nominations are for all the fine films in China every year, whether they are commercial films or literary films.
Even with the later development, animation movies, TV movies and online movies are also included.
As for special films such as short films and documentaries, there are separate awards and do not participate in the competition for major awards...
Since it is a comprehensive film selection, artistry is not the only criterion. The basis for the award also includes the film's commercial attributes and public influence.
Of course, that's what they say, but when it comes to judging awards, artistry still accounts for the highest proportion. This is also an unspoken rule in the film and television industry. There are also opinions from the outside world that commercial films make money at the box office and literary and artistic films win awards.
There are movies that do both, but they are few in number, and sometimes there may not even be one in a year.
So, having said that, unspoken rules are unspoken rules after all, and they can be implemented, but they cannot be overdone. On the surface, the annual Golden Dragon Awards must also give some priority to commercial films that have hit the box office.
This is what Zuo Le is angry about. The Golden Dragon Award organizing committee did not follow the rules and did not give "Charlotte Trouble" the treatment it deserved.
Therefore, Zuo Le directly called the Golden Dragon Award Organizing Committee on his neck, hoping that the other party could explain to him what was wrong with "Charlotte Trouble".
Obviously some movies that are inferior to it in various aspects can be nominated for awards, but "Charlotte" cannot be nominated.
If it weren't for the fact that he got along well with Zhang Kaigang in "The Actor Comes to PK", Zuo Le would have had the heart to mention "The Golden Night Banquet" directly.
The contrast between these two films of the same period is very obvious, which especially shows that the Golden Phoenix Award is aimed at "Charlotte".
However, considering his personal relationship, and Zuo Le not wanting to bring disaster to Chi Yu, he did not use the topic to make any use of it, but just targeted the Golden Dragon Award Organizing Committee and bombarded him indiscriminately.
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Zuo Le's influence cannot be overemphasized. He has more than 10 million fans in Bibo. Although the overall number is not as high as that of popular celebrities, his active fan base is very high.
Some experts on scarves have made statistics, and Zuo Le's various statistics after he wore the scarf are roughly the same as those of other celebrities with 45 million to 50 million fans.
The premise is that these fans do not brush various data...
With such a high level of activity, almost as soon as the Zuo Le scarf was released, it was seen by tens of thousands of people and immediately aroused large-scale discussions.
A few minutes later, Tian Yan, the proprietress of Shanhe, retweeted Zuo Le’s scarf to help her husband.
Shanhe artist Zhang Jiajia, who is known as a scarf addict, retweeted the scarf earlier than Tian Yan, but deleted it quickly.
Some fans expressed confusion, but Zhang Jiajia replied that the company informed Shanhe artists that they were not allowed to participate in this controversy.
This is mainly what Zuo Le means. His family has a big business and is not worried about the Golden Dragon Award at all. However, its artists still have to earn a living. Many actors are eager to win the Golden Dragon Award, the highest film award, so there is no need.
Force them to come out of the team.
As for Tian Yan, she is a host and her acting skills are terrible. It is almost impossible to win an actor award in this life, so she doesn't care about the Golden Dragon Award or anything like that. Naturally, she speaks based on her preference.
Shanhe artists were silent, only Zuo Le and his wife spoke. To be more precise, Zuo Le spoke alone, and Tian Yan just forwarded it.
It can be seen from this that Zuo Le has no intention of breaking up with the Golden Dragon Award. Although his attitude is tough, he still leaves some room for it.
This is mainly due to the different tenure system of the Golden Dragon Award Organizing Committee.
As mentioned before about the Golden Phoenix Award, most of the top executives of the organizing committee have long-term appointments and belong to administrative management. The judges are a different team and are under the jurisdiction of the organizing committee.
The Golden Dragon Award Organizing Committee adopts a rotation system, which is held once every three years. The organizing committee is both an administrative manager and a judge, so it can handle both tasks.
This year's Golden Dragon Awards organizing committee is made up of the same people as last year. The chairman is Lin Xiaoye, who was a film director in his early years and is one of the pioneers of domestic literary films.
In the late 1990s, Lin Xiaoye retired from acting and turned to the media industry. He founded a well-known film review magazine and became a leading figure in the field of domestic film critics. A few years ago, the Chinese Film Critics Association was established, and he was the first president.
It can be said that although this Lin Xiaoye is not very famous, he has deep qualifications, high reputation and connections in the circle, and that is why he was able to win the chairmanship of the next Golden Dragon Award.
But at the same time, it can also be seen from Lin Xiaoye's resume that he himself is very inclined to the literary and artistic attributes of movies. In the past three years, among the senior management and judges of the organizing committee with him as the core, many people have the same view as him.
Last year, this aspect had already begun to take shape at the Golden Dragon Awards. [Best Director] was an upset, and [Best Film] and several secondary awards were somewhat controversial.
However, when it comes to movie awards, it is normal to have some controversy. In addition, at that time, there were basically no big problems with several important related awards such as Best Actor and Best Actress, so no one noticed the hidden bias of Lin Xiaoye and others.
It wasn't until Zuo Le fired this time that everyone carefully looked through the shortlist announced by the Golden Dragon Awards and found that the proportion of literary and artistic films was indeed much higher than in previous years.
That’s fine. If these literary and artistic films were of high quality and had a guaranteed reputation for quality, no one would care.
But the key is that some of the shortlisted literary and artistic films are not particularly "worthy of their reputation", and there are also a few films that are particularly unpopular and niche, and are the kind that 90% of the audience have never heard of.
This violates the public selection concept of the Golden Dragon Award to a certain extent, and the little tail was caught...
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As the highest awards in the film and television industry, the Golden Phoenix Award and the Golden Dragon Award have lofty status. Few people dare to challenge them, especially those in the industry.
Beforehand, the Golden Dragon Award Organizing Committee never thought that Zuo Le would attack them. As a result, after the incident happened, they were caught off guard and by the time they were waiting to react, they were already in a very embarrassing situation.
Lin Xiaoye has been in the industry for decades and is also a weathered old fox. After the initial panic, he immediately reacted and the organizing committee issued an announcement.
It probably means that the judges of the organizing committee have their own considerations on how to select films, and everyone must trust their professional standards.
At the same time, it also explained the external controversy.
The first is those unpopular literary and artistic films. The announcement emphasized that although these films are unpopular and niche, their artistic value is extremely high, and they are exceptional nominees and comply with the rules of the award process.
Secondly, the organizing committee stated that it has never targeted "Charlotte Troubles" and there is no subject matter discrimination. Whether the award is named or not is entirely determined by the judges based on the selection criteria, which is fair and equitable.
After Zuo Le read this announcement, he was so sick that he almost vomited out his dinner.
There is a saying in Zhaoshi, his hometown, that "a body full of bones means teeth are strong." In Zuo Le's view, it could not be more appropriate to apply it to the Golden Dragon Award Organizing Committee.
Using strong words to make excuses, confusing right and wrong, confusing right and wrong, secretly changing concepts...
It seems upright and upright, but when you compare the words of the announcement with the reality, you will find that the organizing committee is completely out of touch.
The most speechless thing is that the organizing committee's hypocritical double standards are outrageous. They kept saying that some unpopular literary films have high artistic value and should be nominated as exceptions.
As a result, when it was the turn of "Charlotte Trouble", it did not consider its excellent commercial attributes and public influence at all, and began to be "fair and impartial".
Pooh--
Originally, Zuo Le wanted to leave some leeway. He wanted to target the organizing committee and try not to quarrel with the Golden Dragon Award itself. But it really didn't work. There was still room for relaxation between the two sides during the future election.
Now that he saw the announcement from the organizing committee, Zuo Le couldn't bear it any longer. He beat up Lin Xiaoye in a scarf that night, and then announced that "Charlotte Trouble" had withdrawn from the selection of this year's Golden Dragon Awards.
Anyway, if you disgust me first, then I won’t bother you anymore. I won’t play with you anymore...
Among the three shortlisted awards, the nominee for [Best Screenplay] was Zuo Le himself, so he quit.
But there were other people for [Best Music] and [Best Newcomer], so Zuo Le also communicated with Shen Teng and the [Best Music] person before making the announcement, and then received full support.
Neither of the two brothers is stupid. When things got to this point, participating in the Golden Dragon Awards might not necessarily win the award, and they could easily become the target of public criticism. And by working together with Zuo Le, they would get a big favor from the top boss in the entertainment industry.
Comparing the two, everyone knows which one to choose.
"Charlotte's Trouble" withdrew from the Golden Dragon Award. It really slapped Lin Xiaoye and others on the ear several times and almost knocked them unconscious.
The Golden Dragon Award has been held for more than fifty years. Except for the first few years when its influence had not yet expanded, there were similar situations. However, after the Golden Dragon Award became a representative film award in China, there were no more withdrawals.
This incident, to put it mildly, is a major work error of the organizing committee; to put it more seriously, it has directly damaged the credibility of the Golden Dragon Award that has been accumulated over the years.
If this matter is not handled well, Lin Xiaoye may become the most failed chairman of Jinlongjiao in so many terms.
And no matter what the outcome is after this incident, Lin Xiaoye will not be able to continue working on this organizing committee, and there is a high chance that the committee will be changed in advance.
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Lin Xiaoye really couldn't understand why Zuo Le dared to do this. He was not afraid that the door to the Golden Dragon Award would forever be closed to Shanhe.
Even though the Golden Dragon Award is closely related to the film industry, Zuo Le is not afraid of offending the Golden Dragon Award and being ostracized by the entire film industry.
But thinking about it later, Lin Xiaoye also realized that Zuo Le was really not afraid of this.
First of all, in the field of TV dramas, which is the basic base of Shanhe, as long as Shanhe dramas remain strong, Shanhe will maintain its strong attraction to artists.
Becoming a movie king or movie queen is too far away for many artists. Baoshanhe's big leg, increasing popularity and monetizing it, is the first and best choice for many people.
As for the blockade and exclusion by the joint film industry, it may have had some effect a year ago, but at the beginning of the year, the Lunar New Year film "Charlotte Trouble" grossed more than 2 billion in box office, which has initially proved its ability in the film field.
No one has trouble with money, at least the theaters will not turn away such a big benefactor.
When it comes to theaters, Sunward cannot control it. Sunward's market value of tens of billions is no joke. It has the resources to shoot and distribute movies on its own, making it self-sufficient.
Maybe doing this will affect some of the box office results, but the Golden Dragon Award field wants to exclude and suppress Shan He in the film field, which is completely a fool's dream.
In today's film and television industry, capital is king after all.
As long as Shanhe is willing to give up and not win movie awards, life will still be smooth and unrestrained.
On the contrary, if Shanhe makes another high-quality movie next time, the tricky part will be the Golden Dragon Award.
Nominate it, it’s shameless.
Don’t nominate it. As the highest domestic film award, it cannot treat domestic films fairly and is another blow to credibility.
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Lin Xiaoye suddenly felt extremely regretful. She had been idle and disliked some comedy movie, but ended up bumping into Zuo Le, a tough guy, which made her infamous and ruined her life.
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The Golden Dragon Award is in a mess, and Coke spoiled Chen Hanzhu, chairman of the Golden Phoenix Award Organizing Committee.
As the two highest domestic film and television awards tied together, it is definitely impossible to say that the two companies have no other ideas.
However, over the years, the Golden Dragon Award has always been firmly ahead of the Golden Phoenix Award. In the minds of outsiders and insiders, the Golden Dragon Award is generally much more valuable than the Golden Phoenix Award.
As the chairman of the Golden Phoenix Awards, Chen Hanzhu is naturally dissatisfied with this. However, after years of accumulation, and because TV dramas are naturally suppressed by movies, it is basically impossible to reverse this concept.
However, although he is more determined than crushing the Golden Dragon Award, Chen Hanzhu still hopes that the Golden Phoenix Award will occasionally get the spotlight and beat the Golden Dragon Award.
But this time, Lao Chen saw an opportunity. "Charlotte Trouble" withdrew from the Golden Dragon Award. Coupled with previous doubts from netizens, the Golden Dragon Award was disgraced.
At this time, if the Golden Phoenix Awards works hard and makes the award ceremony a success, the phoenix will dance for nine days and beat the golden dragon.
Chen Hanzhu was very happy and summoned his men to prepare for a big fight. At the same time, he was grateful in his heart that he had stopped his attack in time and did not conflict with Zuo Le.
Otherwise, it is not Lin Xiaoye who is unlucky now, but Chen Hanzhu... No, his end will be even worse.
Imagine if Shanhe dramas such as "Latent", "The Prequel to the Lotus Lantern" and "Mansion Gate" all withdraw from the Golden Phoenix Awards this year.
That’s not just a matter of credibility, it’s really debatable whether the Golden Phoenix Awards should exist.
Tsk tsk, if you don’t say that impulsiveness is the devil, you have to be steady and heart-first when doing things...
