The history of Chinese films’ success could be written into a book.
The first time a domestic film participated in the Oscars, it was still alive in 1979. However, at that time, there was no concept of Oscars in China, which led to an own incident.
That year, the live-action version of "Afanti" produced by Jingcheng Film Studio was supposed to participate in the Oscar selection for Best Foreign Language Film. However, in the same year, the puppet cartoon "Afanti" produced by Magic Film Studio also participated in the selection of the best film.
Campaign for animated short films.
Two movies with the same title caused the staff of the Oscar organizing committee to mistakenly mix up the two "Afanti" films. As a result, the participation certificate for the live-action version of "Afanti" was sent to the Magic Film Studio.
As a result, the film ultimately missed submission.
After the first bid failed, mainland China's bid for the Olympics was shelved for four years until 1983, when fourth-generation director Wu Yigong's "Old Things in the South" was selected to compete for the Oscars that year, officially starting the road for Chinese-language films to compete for the Oscars.
Most of the films that competed for the Olympics in that era were intended to convey real and distinctive Chinese culture to the world, and they were still very pure.
Then came the fifth generation of directors who were in the spotlight, and the history of Chinese-language films competing in the Austrian Academy Awards was basically the glorious history of the fifth generation of directors.
Zhang Yimou's "Ju Dou" became the first Chinese-language film to be nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. However, the film's depiction of desire was quite bold, which led to the film being mired in controversy in China and not being released domestically.
In desperation, the relevant departments withdrew Zhang Yimou's invitation to attend the Oscars, and related promotional activities were also stopped.
This indirectly announced that "Ju Dou" would withdraw from the Oscar competition for Best Foreign Language Film ahead of schedule.
It was not until the appearance of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" that a Chinese-language film stood on the Oscar podium for the first time.
From then on, the stimulated domestic films began their journey of costume blockbusters, which continues to this day.
"Hero" was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film as expected, but since then, no Chinese-language film has been nominated.
In the past ten years, Zhang Yimou and Cheng Kaige have won the Olympic qualifications for six years. Ma Xiaogang won once, "Heroes of Heaven and Earth" won once, the documentary about the Olympic Games in 2008 won once, and another time was the literary film "Yun Shui Yao", which is also
The only literary film.
Commercial films cannot be rated, and literary and artistic films are not eligible for quotas. This is the case for domestic films competing for the Olympics. No one can guess the thoughts of the General Administration.
No wonder people say that competing for the Olympics is about qualifications and connections. This is the truth.
Li Qian has no obsession with competing for the Olympics. The public criticized "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" for deliberately trying to please the audience of Mi Lijian in order to compete for the Olympics, and even included "I'm Not the God of Medicine". This was really unexpected.
However, he didn't respond. The quarrel was over in two days. After so many years, ordinary people's feeling about hedging against Austria has become very weak.
Because everyone knows that it is impossible to win the award, so naturally they will not be too enthusiastic about it. Unless there is hope that a Chinese-language film will win the best foreign language film again that day, then the audience will pay attention again.
On the other hand, Tong Liya saw that Li Qian had no reaction and asked curiously, "Aren't you angry? You should go for the Olympics in "I'm Not the God of Medicine"."
As she said this, she was quite angry for Li Qian, "If "The Thirteen Beauties" wins an award, or even gets a nomination, then other directors will definitely find it easier to get a Hollywood star to star in the nomination.
, what about domestic actors?”
"It's impossible. Don't even think about being nominated for "The Thirteen Beauties". Hollywood doesn't have a good opinion of the movie, and the content of the movie is unlikely to please academics."
Li Qian shook his head and continued, "As for "The God of Medicine", it is impossible to win the best foreign language film. It is impossible to get a nomination. This is the difference between Eastern and Western cultures. Unless Cheng Yong's team directly communicates with relevant departments and pharmaceutical
If there is a confrontation between Shang and Shang, it is best for Cheng Yong to die, otherwise it will not conform to the Western way of thinking."
Zhang Yimou was probably influenced by the fact that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" used Eastern culture and philosophy as a cover, but also incorporated Western love, hatred and the contradictory tragedy of human nature, so he wanted to combine Chinese and Western elements in order to win the Olympics.
However, it is obvious that the preferences of those academics have not been thoroughly studied.
"What about "The Truman Show"? This movie is about freedom. Aren't the West clamoring for freedom every day? They should like it." Tong Liya said excitedly.
free?
Indeed, the grain of freedom is strong, isn’t that what they say.
Li Qian thought for a while and said, "On the surface, it talks about freedom. In fact, it is the epitome of everyone. Everyone is trapped in various "Truman Shows" and cannot extricate themselves. Moreover, freedom and destiny are not Western.
Exclusive, for thousands of years, countless ancestors have been fighting for these two words, it should be something that is shared between the East and the West."
Tong Liya's eyes lit up, "Is it possible to be nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film?"
"Why bother with this? The quota is in the hands of the General Administration. No one has any say."
"Okay, let's pack up and get ready to go. The ceremony is about to begin."
There will be a Chinese Drama Festival event later, which is considered to be a relatively important event in the TV drama circle. Anyway, I will go there if I have nothing to do. The company also produces TV dramas.
TV drama award ceremonies are not much different from movies, the process is still the same.
However, Li Qian's attendance was still a big surprise. Hu Ge and Zhang Hanyu also came to say hello.
The organizer Anwei Satellite TV also came to say hello, but Wang Changtian heard someone reported that Li Qian had arrived and hesitated again and again, but still did not come forward.
The summer season is already over, so there’s no need to pretend
After a series of procedures, Li Qian sat in the front row with the crew of "Gong Lock Heart Jade", and he was also half an investor anyway.
Say hello to the director, leading actors Feng Shaofeng, Yang Mi and others.
After the speech on stage, the song and dance "Happy China" also began.
"By the way, Yang Mi, are you going to sing "Providence of Love" later?" Li Qian turned to Yang Mi and asked.
"Yeah, it's not my turn yet." Yang Mi nodded, but she was worried to death because the song became popular, but it also attracted a lot of scolding.
It should be fun to listen to this song live. Li Qian couldn't help but laugh as he thought about it.
"It's so funny!" Tong Liya said angrily, giving Yang Mi a supportive look, "Mimi, I think your singing is pretty good. No one else can sing like you."
They are obviously words of comfort, but why are they becoming less and less interesting?
The corner of Yang Mi's mouth twitched, and Feng Shaofeng next to her was also suppressing a smile.
Looking at her like that, Li Qian could guess that she was probably afraid that she would be ridiculed by netizens again after it was broadcast.
Moreover, Anwei Satellite TV may not even edit the vocals when singing in order to keep the topic topical.
"How about I give you a trick?" Li Qian thought for a moment and said.
"What can Director Li do?" Yang Mi asked puzzledly.
Li Qian said, "Well, when the time comes, you go backstage, find the director, and ask the director to talk to the host. When you finish singing, let the host ask you about the criticisms on the Internet, including the support of love, and then about suicide.
Whatever you think, they will definitely be happy to do so.
Then you say to the audience and the camera, "If you think I can't sing well, come up if you have the ability. Let's compete and be more domineering, but don't take it too seriously. If you say this half-jokingly, think of it as a self-deprecation, and then change your attitude."
Be sincere in your self-criticism.”
"Ah this"
Yang Mi's eyes widened, she didn't expect that this was what Li Qian said.
"But what if someone really comes on stage and wants to sing with me?"
"People are not that stupid, unless they are crazy."
Yang Mi was still a little hesitant, this was too outrageous.
There has never been a singer who was said to be not good at singing and who was said to be capable of singing better.
No director is scolded for making a bad film, and if he refutes the fact that your film is good, then you should make it.
There is no actor who, when criticized for his poor acting skills, points to the audience and says, "Let's see who is the better actor."
However, Yang Mi had no time to hesitate. A staff member came to inform her to go backstage to prepare.
As soon as Yang Mi left, Tong Liya complained to Li Qian with expectation, "Why are you like this?"
"What's wrong with me? I see you're looking forward to it." Li Qian said.
"What if Mimi makes a fool of herself?"
Although she was looking forward to the scene Li Qian was talking about, Tong Liya was still a little worried about her sister.
Feng Shaofeng, who had been silent next to him, looked at Li Qian with a hint of fear.
"This is the quirk of a great director, actually encouraging others to make a fool of themselves." Feng Shaofeng thought to himself, and quickly moved his eyes away from Li Qian, for fear of being spotted, and turned to look at the performance on the stage seriously.
A good student who listens carefully to the class.
The performance was a bit boring. Liu Shishi, Tang Yan, Liu Kaiwei and Hu Ge finished their performances one by one, and finally it was Yang Mi's turn.
Everyone present, including the lucky audience, was in high spirits, with smiles on their faces as if they were watching a show.
Well, so did Li Qian, Tong Liya stared at the little sisters on the stage with interest, and so did Feng Shaofeng.
The unique little milk sound sounds, and everyone is very familiar with it.
Hold you in my hands and burn incense religiously
Cut a piece of candlelight to light up the economy
Li Qian clearly saw people around him suppressing laughter.
In fact, when he heard this voice, he also wanted to laugh, but he couldn't help it.
To be honest, Yang Mi's singing is not that bad. The actors who sang before were all amateurs, and some of them were not as good as Yang Mi.
But there's no way, it's too magical.
A few minutes later, the song was finished, and the thousands of guests and audiences in the venue gave warm applause. It was more popular than any previous performer who had finished singing.
Then the host came on stage and asked Yang Mi what she thought of the ridicule online during this period.
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the audience was shocked. The host had drunk a fake bar and made it difficult for people to get off the stage in public.
Then, under the gaze of people, Yang Mi actually smiled. Facing the audience and the camera, she half-jokingly raised her fingers and said something domineering that no one had expected.
"I just want to say that if anyone thinks my singing is not good, you can come up and let us compare."
“(‵o′)”
"?????"
This answer surprised everyone even more.
Just when everyone looked shocked, Yang Mi on the stage broke through in a second and laughed sheepishly, "Actually, you know, I was very angry at first. I wanted to catch them and beat them up."
It’s a meal, but thinking about it, I haven’t learned vocal music, so my singing may not be that good.”
The conversation changed and he began to sincerely criticize himself again, which was a bit endearing.
Everyone present and the audience once again gave the warmest and kindest applause
After stepping off the stage, Yang Mi returned to her seat and said to Li Qian with a grateful face, "Thank you, Director Li."
Just looking at everyone's reactions and laughter, there was no ridicule, but more encouragement, Yang Mi knew that when this song was talked about in the future, it would not only be ridicule and scolding.
Li Qian smiled and said, "It's a good thing that you are a girl. If it were a boy who did this, he would be scolded to death after it is broadcast."
The public is always more tolerant towards girls, especially beautiful girls.
"You can even do marketing. You are definitely no worse than Yang Tianzhen from Fan Binbin Studio." Tong Liya said while holding back a smile.
Feng Shaofeng on the side was eye-opening. It turns out that this is the level of a great director. He can turn decay into magic. It is amazing.
This episode also boosted the atmosphere at the scene, but for Li Qian, awarding awards was a bit boring and completely uninteresting.
In terms of Best Actor, Best Role, Actor of the Year, and Most Popular Actor, there are only six male and female actors.
Tong Liya won the Most Popular Actor Award, and the other actor awards were divided between Wen Zhang and his wife, Zhang Hanyu, Hu Ge and others.
There are too many awards and the time is long, so it’s really not an ordinary hardship.
After that, Li Qian chatted with several TV drama producers and directors, and if there were suitable projects, he could be approached for investment.