Chapter 696: Pros and Cons

Although she said that, Miss Luo Quan was actually quite worried about whether this policy could be implemented.

After all, China's society of human relationships is a characteristic that has existed since ancient times. Can those who serve as judges really be impartial and fair?

If this foundation is achieved, then how to evaluate acting skills is also a problem.

She has system assistance and knows who is talented and who has ability.

But other judges don't have such ability and can only rely on their own experience and feelings.

And this is a very subjective view; how to convince the public will be a major difficulty.

Therefore, the authorities have currently only released a draft, and there is still a long time to add and modify details.

However, as long as this evaluation system is out, it is definitely a good thing.

Previously, without grade restrictions, little fresh meats could get acting fees no matter how bad their acting was.

But now, getting acting fees depends on the acting grade.

Actors with good acting skills each have their own merits.

But actors with bad acting skills are definitely all the same; to sum it up, they will make the audience feel various discomforts, which can be seen at a glance.

By then, checking their acting grade and salary amount—if the grade is low, that's one thing, but if they have a high-level title, it's estimated that a large group of people will suffer.

Current public opinion is not like before; if something happens, it can trend in minutes, and it definitely can't be covered up.

Therefore, even considering the possibility of corruption, it will definitely be supervised.

Because if an actor wants a salary, they must have works.

Having works means appearing in the public eye, and by then, whether the acting skills match the grade will be known at a glance.

As for how to grade, it is said that the three major actor factories—Beijing Film Academy, Central Academy of Drama, and Shanghai Theatre Academy—began researching this long ago. They are all professionals, professors, and the like, and the minimum must be a master's degree.

Other professors might stay at the theoretical stage for a lifetime, but these academy professors and masters have their own works, and they have reputation and quantity.

In the past, they would have been called "old drama bones."

So overall, although Miss Luo Quan is worried, she still holds infinite expectations for this policy; it's better than doing nothing.

After all, no matter how much it's tossed, the Chinese entertainment industry won't be worse than the current environment.

Some things have already hit rock bottom, so no matter how you go from here, it's upward.

It was not long after Miss Luo Quan's stream ended that she received an email from Director He, who went straight to the point and asked if she was free in June, and also if she was afraid of offending people.

Miss Luo Quan replied that as long as it wasn't asking her to do illegal things, she was free, and as for whether she was afraid of offending people.

To be honest, since her debut until now, she didn't know how many people she had offended openly and secretly.

It's just that she is currently at the height of her career, and no one dares to oppose her.

There were a few in the past, but they have all cooled down now.

So her reply was also very simple: "Free, not afraid."

"That's fine, the actor grading matter counts you in. After all, you are the first Oscar Best Actress in Chinese film history; evaluating acting skills without you won't work."

Miss Luo Quan's face showed joy: "Really choosing me? I thought my qualifications weren't enough to be a judge yet."

"Acting skills don't talk about qualifications, only level. As for hard indicators, although most are relatively subjective, some still need to be standardized. Documents will be sent to you later."

The matter was settled like this, and Miss Luo Quan also won a judge position by virtue of her Oscar Best Actress title.

However, there are more than fifty judges this time, divided into ten groups, each led by a national-level actor as the judge group leader, and the other five are responsible for grading.

And under the judges, there is a large group of industry personnel helping with the initial screening, which can be considered helping to share the pressure.

After all, the number of celebrities in China currently is not too many, but not too few; those who have plays to film and can show their faces, there are still tens of thousands.

As for those extras, to be honest, there is no grading for them.

Perhaps there are hidden gems among them, but wanting to discover them one by one is indeed unrealistic.

There are so many migrant workers chasing dreams at Hengdian, and only one truly succeeds.

Therefore, focusing on celebrities with diplomas will be more efficient.

Just after finishing talking with Director He about serving as a judge, Zhihu had a trending topic related to her.

"How to evaluate the possibility of Miss Luo Quan serving as a judge?"

The highlighted answer is like this:

"Before serving as a judge, everything else is empty; you have to look at the person's works first.

What works has Miss Luo Quan had since her debut? Then one has to mention Alice from the *Resident Evil* series. Those snow-white long legs, hey, they are truly superb, simply a human treasure... *cough cough*, slightly off-topic.

Movies like this actually don't show an actor's acting skills because the audience puts their attention elsewhere. *Rurouni Kenshin* and *Frozen* are the same.

Then let's look at others; then one has to mention *The Silence of the Lambs*.

With this movie, Miss Luo Quan successfully won this year's Oscar Best Actress, and it was with less than twenty minutes of performance.

What kind of concept is this? Since the establishment of the Oscars until now, ninety sessions, more than a hundred Best Actors and Actresses, Miss Luo Quan is not the youngest one, but the one with the shortest screen time.

She only used the time of a supporting role to leave an indelible and profound impression on everyone, bringing Dr. Hannibal to life; it's simply incredible.

And as everyone knows, Oscar judges are a bunch of die-hard academics who discriminate against young people and handsome men and beautiful women, especially young handsome men and beautiful women, who are not easy to win awards.

Miss Luo Quan is not only a young beauty but also the most beautiful one.

With so many debuffs, she still won Best Actress; who can question her acting skills?

Anyway, I can't find a reason why she isn't qualified to be a judge; if I have to say one, it's probably that she is still too young and has too few works."

"The person above basically said what I wanted to say; let me add a few sentences here.

Miss Luo Quan serving as a judge is actually very reasonable because her base is actually in the music circle.

And in the music circle, she has already offended quite a few peers. Now in the entertainment industry, it's nothing more than offending another batch of people.

As the saying goes, if you have many lice, you don't itch; there's not much difference between a hundred people scolding her and two hundred people scolding her.

Under such a premise, she can presumably be fair and impartial, so everyone doesn't need to worry. I guess she will receive the relevant work email soon.

It's even possible she has already received it, but is just playing dumb and not telling everyone."

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"Ho, these people are quite smart." Miss Luo Quan looked at these analyses and laughed in surprise.

The actual situation is indeed similar to what these people guessed.

But now she definitely can't admit or deny it. In short, just pretending not to see it is fine. Everything just needs the authorities to announce it themselves. Anyway, she isn't a judge group leader, so she doesn't need to be in such a hurry.

The next day, the list of fifty judges finally came out. Looking at it, it can be said to be full of stars.

Not celebrities or fresh meats in the conventional sense, but old faces familiar to the common people.

The leader of the first group is Cheng Baoguo, whose representative works include playing Jiajing in *Ming Dynasty* and Emperor Wu of Han in *Emperor Wu of Han*, etc.

The acting skills are basically well-known, and he acts like whatever he plays. No matter who he is compared with, he can hold the stage. Serving as a group leader is well-deserved.

The leader of the second group is Ni Youbing, the lead actor of the Bilibili hit *Drawing Sword*.

The status of the regiment commander in the hearts of young people goes without saying, and his military rank in the art troupe is also quite high.

And the roles he appears in the public eye have both righteousness and evil, not just the regiment commander role that is deeply rooted in people's hearts.

For him serving as a group leader, Bilibili fans can be said to raise both hands in approval, and they even want to raise the Italian artillery for the commander and charge with him again.

The leader of the third group is also a national idol on Bilibili.

Tang Qiang, whose works include Zhuge Liang in the old *Romance of the Three Kingdoms*.

The comment section immediately had enthusiastic Bilibili netizens using a line to help everyone recall this role: "I have never seen such a shameless person!"

Besides the old *Romance of the Three Kingdoms*, he also has quite a lot of classic roles and classic works, belonging to the old drama bones among old drama bones.

It's just that his works in recent years have been much fewer than before, and he basically can't be seen on the big screen anymore. I didn't expect him to continue to exert his remaining heat in this position.

And the fourth group leader is Teacher Ni Xuejian. There's no need to introduce this person's representative works; there are too many. He is currently one of the pillars of Chinese actor acting skills.

The fifth group leader is Cheng Daoning, president of the China Film Actors Association, who has had many hit TV series and is also one of the synonyms for Chinese actor acting skills.

The sixth group leader………………

The ten group leaders and members are all lined up, and there isn't a single slacker; they are basically the all-around ceiling of acting skills, status, and popularity in this industry.

I didn't know if I didn't pay attention usually, but looking at it this way, there are actually quite a lot of good actors in China.

It's just that these actors are either old and don't act much anymore.

Or they have high status, high pay, and cherish their feathers, so ordinary movies can't invite them.

So the current situation can be considered a time without heroes, letting the juniors become famous.

But when the old heroes all appeared again, it immediately caused a sensation on the internet. "Explosion" trending topics came one after another; just the introduction of each person could easily gain more than 100,000 likes.

It is worth mentioning that there is actually one Chinese actor ceiling who failed to become a group leader, which caused heated discussion among the public, and that is Teacher Zhang, the actor of the Great Sage in the old *Journey to the West*.

When it comes to playing the Great Sage, he is recognized as number one, and no one dares to recognize number two, and he doesn't accept any form of refutation.

The old *Journey to the West* back then was a myth whose ratings have yet to be broken. Except for *My Fair Princess*, others are far behind in comparison.

Even if it is released now, it still has quite high ratings, and winter and summer vacations can always attract the attention of children.

It is said that in some Southeast Asian countries, when the old version of *Journey to the West* was broadcast, it could even effectively reduce the social crime rate because even criminals stayed at home to watch *Journey to the West*.

This shows how terrifying the influence of this TV series is.

And as the absolute protagonist of the old version of *Journey to the West*, Teacher Zhang's Great Sage has always been a strong contender in the classic role selection competitions on major platforms, and has even won the championship many times.

The image of the Great Sage can be said to be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

When he wasn't invited to the Monkey Year Spring Festival Gala back then, netizens also scolded the gala from top to bottom.

But it was also from here that the reputation of this old artist with both virtue and art began to take a sharp turn for the worse.

The "flower opening" meme, the "drama talk" meme, and the "mourning hall" meme became popular on the internet.

And his own reputation was completely ruined.

Artistically, it is undeniable that his acting skills are still at a superb level.

As for virtue, it seems that it is truly not very good at present.

Therefore, considering this aspect, he only served as a member in the third group. If the group leader is Teacher Tang Qiang, it is not considered distorting this Great Sage.

As for being a group leader, if he were really allowed to be one, it might cause more discussion.

After all, the Great Sage is no longer the original Great Sage.

Besides this, what netizens are most concerned about is Miss Luo Quan.

Looking through the list of the first few groups, her name was not seen, making everyone think she failed to be selected.

This result is truly unacceptable. After all, she was praised so highly before, being both a Best Actress and a genius; if she didn't become a judge, how embarrassing would that be.

Fortunately, the situation everyone was worried about did not happen.

Miss Luo Quan's name still appeared on the list, serving as a judge in the tenth group.

This group belongs to the one that has won the most international awards.

Group leader He You, representative work *To Live*, Cannes Best Actor.

Member Miao Fan, representative work *Black Coal, Thin Ice*, Cannes Best Actor.

Member Jiang Wen, representative *Let the Bullets Fly*, won the Cannes Film Award.

Member Miss Luo Quan, representative work *The Silence of the Lambs*, Oscar Best Actress.

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This string of titles, being both Cannes Best Actor and Oscar Best Actress, is quite intimidating when taken out; it seems like one is embarrassed to be a judge without some honors.

Actually, there are really not many people in China who have won awards at the three major film festivals, and heavyweight awards like Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Picture are even fewer.

It can be said that nearly half of China's international honors are concentrated in this group.

On the other hand, the tenth group is also the youngest group on average.

The oldest is only fifty years old, while other groups are often sixty or seventy years old on average.

And here, Miss Luo Quan and Miao Fan are quite young, one just turned twenty-one, and the other is only in his early thirties, greatly lowering the average age.

However, low age does not mean low level.

Those who can win these awards couldn't have conquered those judges without some ability.

After all, China doesn't have any way to engage in black-box operations abroad.

And after the grouping situation of this group came out, netizens also reported it with great discussion.

After all, the members in this group are all actors or directors with quite high popularity among the young group. ===== CHAPTER 697 =====