Chapter 589 The Results of the Selection of the Four Young Actresses! Free? Is Brother Chen Kai the Director of "Farewell My Concubine"?

On the afternoon of the 16th, Chen Fei set sail from Los Angeles and officially landed in Berlin.

The 63rd Berlin International Film Festival Awards Ceremony will be held in Berlin on February 17. Since "Into the Dust" has been shortlisted for the main competition unit, he, the producer, will naturally be present to participate.

No matter whether you can win or not, you must be present for this kind of international award.

One is to respect the organizers, the other is to gain face for one’s own country, and the third is to support the application for Australia.

This kid directed a film alone for the first time, and it was successfully shortlisted for the Berlin Film Festival. It is inevitable that he will feel a little lacking in confidence.

Chen Fei came here this time just to tell the outside world that this is my little brother, you guys should show some respect to me!

After landing at the airport and getting in the organizer's car, he turned on the computer.

It's still quite a distance from the airport to the hotel, so I can just use it to reply to emails and deal with accumulated work.

However, what surprised him was that as soon as he logged in to QQ, a pop-up window popped up from the lower right corner.

"The selection of the Four Little Actresses has come to an end..."

Chen Fei moved the mouse smoothly and opened the article interface.

The headline inside is astonishingly: "After comprehensive selection by nearly a hundred mainstream media in China, the new four female actors in the mainland film and television industry have been selected. They are: Shu Chang, Jing Tian, ​​Yang Mi, and Yang Ying."

Not surprisingly, the announcement of this result shocked everyone, and the public opinion has completely exploded!

Needless to say, Shu Chang made her debut even earlier than Liu Yifei, and her acting skills are even better. She has starred in many popular TV series, and with the "Ghost Blowing Lamp" series of movies that are now popular around the world, it is certain that she will get a spot. .

Although many people have criticized Jing Tian's acting skills, he has good resources and last year had a movie "Pacific Rim" to support him, so it is not surprising that he got a spot.

As one of the last four Xiaohuadan, Yang Mi has quite good resources in recent years, and has several hit TV series and movies.

But what kind of trash is Yang Ying?

Does she have any hit TV series or movies?

In the previous collaboration with Andy Lau, he attracted a lot of ridicule with his sultry actions such as staring, frowning, and dropping eye drops.

If it weren't for her hookup with Huang Xiaoming three years ago, she might still be working as a model in Hong Kong, but now she has become a famous actress.

Why?

The overwhelming ridicule once affected Huayi's stock. Voices of sarcasm and ridicule spread all over the Internet, creating a commotion.

However, this circle is still Vanity Fair after all, and actors led by the Huayi faction sent their blessings on Weibo.

The deal is done, there's no point in saying anything now.

Although Ni was very indignant, she was helpless. Facing the overlord Hua Yi in the circle and the rising leader Huang, she had no ability to resist at all.

As for the other three, they were all obtained based on strength.

Although she is regarded as a "hunting girl", "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" suffered too much loss. It did benefit her, but it was not a big one.

In comparison, the Tang Dynasty was completely in a haze.

After investing so many resources and creating such a high public opinion, it failed to help Liu Shishi get the spot of the Four Little Actresses. How can this be justified?

"Why? Why! What qualifications does Yang Ying have? Does she have such popular works as "Bu Bu Jing Xin" and "Sword of Sword 3"?"

In the office, Cai Yinong was going crazy!

More than a month of hard work and millions of investments were all in vain, which made her heart bleed with distress!

And more importantly, according to the previous agreement, she could only sign a contract with Liu Shishi if she helped him get the spot among the four minor actresses.

But now that she has not succeeded at all, what can she use to negotiate with Liu Shishi?

The lawsuit with Lin Gengxin is now extremely difficult, let alone having to deal with Liu Shishi.

She just left after the contract expired and did not defect midway. She had no reason or excuse to threaten Liu Shishi!

The more he thought about it, the angrier Cai Yinong became.

Until finally, a bold idea suddenly came into her mind!

"Why don't you send it over by force? Cook rice before it's raw..."

As soon as the thoughts came out, they were like spring water gushing out from below, and they couldn't be stopped no matter what.

When she was taking the exam at Beijing Electronics Arts some time ago, she also signed a girl named Chen Yao, who was also the type that the boss liked.

It's better to just send two over, which can also increase the chance of success!

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When arriving at the hotel, Chen Fei met a group of people from the "Into the Dust" crew who came to the Berlin Film Festival.

In addition to director Shen Ao, Tian Zhuangzhuang and Yan Ni also came to the scene.

The film was shortlisted for the main competition, and the two of them were automatically nominated for the Best Silver Lion Actor and Actress, so naturally they were coming.

The only pity is that "The Murderer" was only shortlisted for the screening section.

As the awards ceremony approached and the screening ended, Kang Honglei led a group of people back to China early to prepare for the formalities and matters related to the official release.

"Director Chen, you are finally here!"

When she saw Chen Fei, Shen Ao seemed to have seen a savior.

During this period, he was under great pressure. Well-known directors, producers, and filmmakers from all over the world often took the initiative to communicate with him, making him one of the top two.

You know, before filming "Into the Dust", he was just an assistant director on the crew of "Wolf Warrior".

Now, he has come directly to the Berlin International Film Festival!

"Why? A lot of pressure?" Seeing him like this, Chen Fei suddenly remembered the scene when he first came to Berlin.

At that time, he was as nervous as Shen Ao is now.

Fortunately, "the boat has passed through thousands of mountains", and now he is not only the winner of the European Three Gold Grand Slam, but also the director No. 1 in the global film history box office rankings.

Looking back, he is full of emotion.

"It is indeed big, not ordinary big." Shen Ao's face was full of bitter smiles. During the period of film screening, he was often stumped by questions raised by some well-known filmmakers.

If it weren't for Tian Zhuangzhuang helping him, he would have been unable to get off the stage several times.

At this time, listening to the conversation between the two, Tian Zhuangzhuang, who was drinking tea, suddenly said: "There is motivation only when there is pressure. In just a few days, your growth has far surpassed your previous college self. This is experience..."

"Indeed, teacher, you are teaching me."

Shen Ao responded very obediently, just feeling that he was so lucky.

Which new director can be shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Berlin International Film Festival right after his debut?

This is simply the blessing of the goddess of luck!

Just as the few people sat down and hadn't chatted for a few words, the door was suddenly pushed open, and a producer from Feiyue Film and Television ran in with a computer.

"Mr. Chen, Director Shen, Director Tian, ​​Sister Yan Ni..."

First he greeted them, and then he put the laptop on the table in front of them: "Hurry up and read this article, the Internet is now going crazy."

Hearing this, several people subconsciously looked over.

The next second, everyone, including Chen Fei, widened their eyes, their faces full of disbelief!

I don't know which kind-hearted person wrote a post about "Farewell My Concubine was not shot by Brother Chen Kai", which directly soared to the Weibo hot search list and attracted countless people to watch.

Looking down, you can see that the content of the post is very heartbreaking, and it is the type that Brother Chen Kai will faint on the spot after reading it.

"As we all know, the only works that Brother Chen Kai can show off are "Yellow Earth" and "Farewell My Concubine".

The former is the first film that Brother Chen Kai and Zhang Yimou collaborated on. Although the director is signed by Brother Chen Kai, you can find that the film is full of "Zhang style" after watching it carefully.

The latter is even more obvious. It is completely the work that Cheng's father gathered the most luxurious production team and actors at the time with his influence. He used his remaining time to guide his son to shoot the work, and even gave up the right to sign..."

At the end of the post, the author stated: "With the confirmation of many examples, we can easily conclude that Brother Chen Kai's directing level is actually just like that."

After this post exploded on Weibo, it spread everywhere in a very short time.

After "Farewell My Concubine", Director Chen has indeed not produced any outstanding works in the past few years, let alone comparable to Zhang Yimou, and even inferior to Feng Xiaogang.

Thinking back carefully, he seems to have been relying on the old capital of the Palme d'Or, and few excellent works have been born.

When this conclusion came out, the Internet went crazy!

Many people forwarded this post and confirmed all the contents in it with certainty. Some even went directly to Chen Kaige's Weibo to verify it.

For a while, the whole circle was in a frenzy!

Until the next morning, when Chen Fei and others were still waiting for the organizer's call in the hotel, Director Chen's studio issued a notice.

"This is a completely groundless slander, empty talk, and making assertions without evidence. We ask the poster to delete the post and apologize immediately, otherwise we will see you in court..."

Many people in the circle came up to lick it, and supported Chen Kaige to defend his reputation rights. The corners of their mouths made people nauseous.

After seeing this response, Chen Fei subconsciously looked up at Tian Zhuangzhuang.

As a fifth-generation director, he should know some inside information, right?

"Don't look at me, I don't know anything, and even if I know, I can't say it."

Tian Zhuangzhuang's words contain a lot of meaning.

Chen Fei smiled and did not ask any further questions. Instead, he said to himself: "What's the point of posting these threatening posts? If you want to prove yourself, why not go and win the Golden Palm again?"

"Ding-ling-ling!"

The phone rang suddenly, attracting the attention of everyone in the room.

Pairs of eyes turned to Shen Ao, full of expectation.

"Hello, hello, this is the crew of "Hidden in the Dust."

Shen Ao's voice even trembled a little.

After a while, he hung up the phone and set his eyes on Chen Fei, his face full of excitement!

"The organizer called me and asked me... to attend the awards ceremony tonight."

As soon as the voice fell, cheers suddenly rang in the room!

The meaning of this call was very clear, telling them that there would definitely be awards tonight.

Chen Fei immediately took out the attitude of a producer: "Change into a dress and get ready to get the award!"

Towards evening, several people got on the car arranged by the organizer and went straight to the venue of the awards ceremony.

Because one crew comes after another to walk the red carpet, even if you arrive outside the red carpet, you still have to queue.

Chen Fei was bored and scrolling through Weibo, checking the box office of several movies that were being screened during the Spring Festival.

"Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" was the best, with a box office of over 400 million in 5 days, leading the entire Lunar New Year box office.

"The 101st Proposal" followed closely behind, and in 5 days, the box office successfully exceeded 100 million, which can be declared a success.

As for "Together", because the box office was too bleak, it has been withdrawn from the schedule.

And the "Getting Better and Better Village Evening", which was temporarily scheduled for the Spring Festival, unexpectedly had a good box office and a good reputation. More than 30 stars also gave a qualified answer sheet.

"Love in Seattle", which was invested by Feiyue Film and Television and China Film and starred by Yang Mi, was also officially released on Valentine's Day.

Competing with it was "Perfect Match 2" starring Zhang Ziyi.

Chen Fei saw the box office results of the two movies announced by the media on the Internet.

"The movie "Love in Seattle", starring Yang Mi, one of the four new young actresses, closed at 26.07 million yuan on the first day. It is reported that the total investment of the film was only 30 million yuan, and the first day performance was a great success!"

"The first day box office of "Perfect Match 2" closed at 8.13 million yuan. Compared with "The Grandmaster", the box office performance of Zhang Ziyi's new movie is not particularly ideal."

As expected, Chen Fei saw the press release released by Yang Mi's studio on the Internet.

"Watch "Love in Seattle" on Valentine's Day. Yang Mi is passionate about performing love stories with high quality, leading the Valentine's Day schedule..."

With the help of the accumulated popularity from all aspects, Yang Mi has become popular again, and the online discussion has even suppressed Zhang Ziyi.

What makes many people feel uncomfortable is that during the release and promotion of the film, she would mention the name of "Tiny Times" from time to time, which made many people dissatisfied.

This also laid the foundation for future disputes about "Tiny Times".

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Walking on the red carpet, Chen Fei saw Wang Jiawei.

After signing, Shen Ao was still thinking whether to go over and say hello.

But before he could take action, he was stopped by Chen Fei's eyes.

Seeing this, Shen Ao walked into the venue silently, and the rest of the people behind him followed him, and did not go over to say hello to Wang Jiawei.

The reason is very simple.

Because this guy is not a good person!

In Chen Fei's mind, Wang Jiawei, Wu Yu, Chen Kexin and others can actually be classified together.

Especially when "The Grandmaster" was released, this guy actually ran back to Hong Kong in a hurry to hold a celebration banquet, and did not invite any mainland colleagues, he saw the true face of this guy!

He came to the mainland to make a wave of money, and in the end he even looked down on his mainland colleagues. It really gave him face!

According to convention, Hong Kong films that have been successful at the box office in the past have to hold two celebration banquets in the mainland and Hong Kong.

And at the banquet, in addition to inviting mainland colleagues, some fans must be selected to participate.

But Wang Jiawei didn't do anything. He seemed to dislike the mainland market and didn't want to stay for a moment.

He turned the table just after eating. This operation simply refreshed the three views of the mainland film and television industry!

At the entrance of the venue at this time, seeing Chen Fei and others walked straight into the venue without any intention of coming forward to greet him, Wang Jiawei's eyes behind the sunglasses instantly turned cold.

He obviously didn't expect that Chen Fei would be so disrespectful!

As the chairman of the jury this year, it was the first time he encountered such a cold reception.

All the other crews flattered and fawned on him, but when it came to the crew of "Hidden in the Dust", he didn't even have a single face!

After making a gesture to a cameraman who had been arranged in advance in the crowd, he turned around and walked into the venue, without the intention of staying outside any longer.

The plan failed. He didn't take any photos or videos of Chen Fei greeting him respectfully, and he stood outside for nothing.

In fact, in the initial review process, he had no intention of letting "Hidden in the Dust" win the award, but the organizer put pressure on him and asked him to select a suitable award for the film.

When he heard this request, he was actually full of resistance.

However, when he wanted to argue, the organizer made it clear that if "Hidden in the Dust" could not win the award, then he would be replaced as the chairman of the review!

This sentence directly confused Wang Jiawei.

In the end, he had no choice but to compromise.

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At nine o'clock in the evening, the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival Awards Ceremony officially kicked off.

At this film festival, Chen Fei did not see any familiar faces. Looking around, almost all of them were actors, directors, producers, etc. from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iran, Chile, Spain, Kazakhstan and other countries.

Awards were presented one after another. Except for the film "The Promised Land" starring Matt Damon, which aroused his interest, he did not understand other movies.

Unfortunately, Matt didn't come today. The award was received by Gus Van Sant, the director of "The Promised Land".

The Best Actress and Best Actor awards were given to some unknown actors. Apart from causing boos from the audience, there were no wonderful moments worth mentioning.

"The winner of the Grand Jury Silver Bear Award is "Into the Dust", congratulations..."

The sudden sound on the stage attracted the attention of Chen Fei, who was a little confused.

As soon as he turned his head, he saw the camera pointed at him.

After adjusting his posture slightly, he waved to where the camera was, and then hugged Shen Ao, who stood up excitedly.

Watching Shen Ao go on stage to receive the award, he couldn't help but yawned when people around him weren't paying attention, and he couldn't help but complain in his heart:

"Wong Jiawei's vision is really bad. What kind of movies did he choose? It's really boring. All the nominated and winning films this year are full of poetry. I think they are full of sleepiness."

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