Chapter 238

The awards ceremony of the 12th Beijing College Student Film Festival would officially start at 7:30 in the evening.

Before this, there was a half-hour red carpet ceremony.

Saying it was walking the red carpet, actually, if compared with those larger film festivals, it was still somewhat crude.

The red carpet went from the indoor entrance of the Olympic Sports Center to the guest seats, without being separated, all indoors, about 50 meters away, with enthusiastic college students on both sides.

Cao Yang had never been to the Beijing College Student Film Festival before and didn't know the situation well, until after the organizing committee communicated with him in the morning, he roughly understood the basic situation.

I was fooled!

This was Cao Yang's first reaction.

It wasn't that he was fooled by the organizing committee, but that he was fooled by Li Xiaoran.

The Beijing College Student Film Festival was different from other film festivals; there was no mandatory requirement for the red carpet session, which meant you could walk with the crew, or you could walk with familiar actors or directors.

Or listening to the arrangements of the organizing committee was also fine.

Yesterday's headlights were wiped in vain, the gas was added in vain, and the maintenance was done in vain!

Cao Yang was a bit depressed; he went with an appeasing nature last night, and that was with all his strength, using all his means, and he thought he had settled Li Xiaoran...

Sigh...

Sure enough, Li Xiaoran smiled and held Cao Yang's arm, saying:

"My great Director Cao, I was very satisfied last night. To reward you, in the red carpet session tonight, I will be on your left, and let that fox... Yuanyuan be on your right, aren't you very moved?"

Sighing, Cao Yang could only instruct: "Don't fight, don't mock each other."

"What are you thinking? Yuanyuan and I are good sisters!"

Li Xiaoran deliberately emphasized the word sisters, reading it very heavily.

Hopefully.

Then the two separated; Li Xiaoran had to wear custom-made dresses and put on makeup, and Cao Yang had to look at the preparation situation of "Inception" through the internet and phone.

Actually, regarding the preparation of "Inception," he wasn't too worried; with such a large investment, Columbia and China Film Group were more concerned than him, often calling in the middle of the night to discuss related matters, regardless of the time difference.

Regarding the progress of location selection and building real scenes, Cao Yang knew everything like the back of his hand; Cheng Jianye was specifically responsible for this matter there.

In the afternoon, he met Gao Yuanyuan and Li Xiaoran at the agreed location.

When Cao Yang arrived, the two were already waiting there.

Contrary to Cao Yang's expectations, the two really looked like sisters, holding hands, full of smiles, welcoming Cao Yang together.

Gao Yuanyuan wanted to let go of her hand and hug Cao Yang.

She had been filming commercials out of town for this period and hadn't seen Cao Yang for a while, so she still missed him quite a bit.

Cao Yang could see that Gao Yuanyuan shook her hand twice, but couldn't shake it off, and it was held tightly by Li Xiaoran.

Li Xiaoran was smiling.

Gao Yuanyuan had a resentful look.

Cao Yang pretended not to see it.

Set off, set off, let's compensate Yuanyuan when there's a chance tonight.

Although the influence of the Beijing College Student Film Festival was not particularly large, and the red carpet and venue were arranged somewhat crudely, the specifications were still quite high. The director of the Film Bureau, the minister of the Beijing Propaganda Department, the secretary and president of Beijing Normal University, etc., all came to the closing ceremony scene.

Among these people was that old leader who invited Cao Yang to participate in the film festival and support his work.

Cao Yang first greeted and chatted with these people, and waited for the staff to come over to remind him before he came out from the small door, met Li Xiaoran and Gao Yuanyuan, and walked the red carpet together. There were still quite a few guests coming tonight, and there were also quite a few big stars.

Male guests included Xiao Gangpao, Xu Ke, Zhang Jizhong, Huang Jianxin, Benshan, Fan Wei, Feng Gong, Liu Huan, Huang Haibing, Gu Changwei, Huang Xiaoming...

Quite a few female stars also came as female guests.

Zhang Min from Xiangjiang, Jiang Shan, Li Xiaoran, Gao Yuanyuan, Shou Bing, Liu Yifei, Zhang Jingchu, Li Xiang, Ma Yili...

As soon as Cao Yang stepped onto the red carpet, the college students on both sides suddenly shouted excitedly, making Xu Ke and Zhang Min, who hadn't walked off the red carpet in front of him, couldn't help but look back.

Li Xiaoran and Gao Yuanyuan were on the left and right, holding Cao Yang's arms, and the two smiled and waved to the college students on both sides.

Cao Yang originally wanted to wave too, but unfortunately, the left and right sides wouldn't let go, so he could only keep smiling and nod to the college students on the left and right.

"Cao Yang..."

"Xiaoran..."

"Yuanyuan..."

Many people on both sides were shouting.

Originally they were still very restrained, even when they saw Xu Ke and the goddess Zhang Min, only occasionally would someone shout.

But now walking over was Cao Yang.

He hadn't participated in the College Student Film Festival, rarely appeared in public, and there was very little news about him, plus he was still a postgraduate student, so he could also be considered a college student.

The characteristic of the film festival was to emphasize the participation of college students, filming, watching films, and reviewing films.

So when everyone saw him, they couldn't help but shout.

"Is his popularity so high?"

Xu Ke and Zhang Min found a seat and sat down, and Zhang Min asked Xu Ke in a low voice with some curiosity.

"You have faded out of the film and television circle in recent years and rarely make films, so you might not be very clear about his influence, um, do you know who he is?"

Xu Ke asked in a low voice.

"I just faded out of the film and television circle, not out of the earth."

Zhang Min replied with a smile, couldn't help but look back again, and said: "Of course I know him, the great literary film director Cao Yang from the mainland, young and promising, very likely to surpass you and Wang Jiawei in the future and become a world-class great director."

"Heh, you think too highly of me and Director Wang."

Xu Ke self-deprecatingly said; he didn't know if Zhang Min was intentionally flattering him or if she really didn't understand the situation.

"If you still want to make a comeback, don't spend all your energy on your clothing, beauty, and marketing business; knowing more about the industry information of the film and television circle will be more beneficial to you."

Zhang Min rolled her eyes at Xu Ke; he really knew how to touch a sore spot, her business was already very bleak, okay?

The beauty shops, clothing stores, and karaoke shops in Shanghai had all closed down, and the real estate she partnered with others in Yangcheng was cheated again... If it weren't for this, how could she always want to make a comeback?

Xu Ke took a look at Zhang Min; he knew very well in his heart that don't look at how famous Zhang Min was in Xiangjiang, but wanting to make a comeback in Xiangjiang was almost impossible.

One was that Xiangjiang film had already declined, and the other was that no one in Xiangjiang would risk offending the Xiang brothers to find Zhang Min to film.

As for the mainland, most directors were still filming literary films, and who would use a "vase" from Xiangjiang for literary films?

And behind almost all commercial films, there were shadows of Hong Kong and Taiwan people, and Hong Kong and Taiwan people were unwilling to offend the Xiang brothers.

Therefore, it was very, very difficult for Zhang Min to make a comeback.

Xu Ke originally wanted to say, if Cao Yang could let you be in his film, your comeback would be easy, Cao Yang definitely wouldn't care about the Xiang brothers.

Hesitating for a moment, Xu Ke still didn't open his mouth.

Although he wasn't afraid of the Xiang brothers, he wouldn't make enemies for no reason.

He tactfully said: "Cao Yang's artistic achievements are the greatest among all directors on both sides of the strait and three places, the box office..."

Thinking for a moment, he continued: "You might think he is young, but his global box office is definitely over 5 billion Hong Kong dollars."

Zhang Min stared with her big eyes, couldn't help but look at Xu Ke, suspecting that Xu Ke was lying to her.

But looking at Xu Ke's serious expression, it didn't look like he was lying.

"Good!" Zhang Min sighed.

Xu Ke couldn't help but look at Zhang Min again, her eyes were wide open, with a shocked expression on her face; besides that, nothing else could be seen.

At this moment, Xu Ke had a strong feeling that this woman might not have heard his subtext.

She was indeed a "vase"!

Forget it, let her be.

The process of the Beijing College Student Film Festival was different from the European Big Three, but it was a bit like the Golden Rooster; this year there were two hosts, one was Dai Jun, and the other was Tu Jingwei, and there were songs and other programs interspersed in the middle of the film festival.

This year there were dance and acrobatics!

You didn't hear wrong, there were acrobatics performances.

The high-difficulty aerial soft-skill acrobatics display by seven vibrant girls left the guests at the scene and more than 4,000 college students stunned.

In order to reflect the characteristics of the College Student Film Festival, the evening party specially arranged the stage into a gorgeous, colorful, and vibrant ocean world; the awards ceremony was served by college students stepping on roller skates and full of youth.

Fine, it was really very characteristic. There was actually nothing to say about the awards ceremony; Cao Yang got some "wind" and roughly knew what awards he could win in his heart.

Facts proved that the Beijing College Student Film Festival had a hard time inviting him to improve its popularity and influence, and it wouldn't go so far as to play him.

The most important Best Director award was won by Cao Yang, and competing with him were Xiao Gangpao and Lu Chuan.

The camera was given to Xiao Gangpao, Xiao Gangpao smiled very calmly, and kept applauding with everyone.

Then the camera switched to Lu Chuan, Lu Chuan had a constipated expression, his face was very bad, and he didn't applaud, so the camera hurriedly cut away.

Actually, everyone knew that as long as Cao Yang came, Best Director would be the one with the least suspense.

If it really followed what the film festival claimed, that student judges accounted for three-quarters of the total, and in the case of voting without external influence, with Cao Yang's influence among the student group, winning the award would have no suspense.

Even if these student judges were influenced, the organizing committee would only influence these students to vote for Best Director to Cao Yang.

If Cao Yang still came to the Beijing College Student Film Festival next year, as long as the news that he was coming was released in advance, next year's awards ceremony would definitely become a real grand ceremony, guaranteed to be full of big names.

There were four nominations for the Best Feature Film award: "Nine-Tailed Fox," "Kekexili," "Huayao Bride," and "Dunzi's Story."

!

Unexpectedly, this award was given neither to "Nine-Tailed Fox," nor to "Kekexili" and "Huayao Bride," but to the more niche "Dunzi's Story."

This could indeed be considered an upset.

In other words, college students liked this relatively niche film more.

Fine, let's just say so.

The Best Actor award was given to Xia Yu of "Waiting Alone," who defeated Cheng Long of "New Police Story" and Wu Jun of "Zhang Side."

Xia Yu's acting skills when he was young were indeed very good; perhaps because he won the Venice Best Actor, Golden Horse Best Actor, and Golden Rooster Best Actor awards early, he had no pursuits and just lay flat.

His acceptance speech was also very interesting; it could be seen that his expression was calm after he went on stage, without a hint of nervousness, probably because he had already won the above three major awards, and his mentality was peaceful.

"... perhaps it's because my film is closer to college students, so Brother Cheng Long, I'm sorry, I will also continue to work hard."

The reason he mentioned Cheng Long was because Cheng Long was the biggest favorite for Best Actor before.

However, Cheng Long originally said he would come, but later said he had something to do and couldn't come, so this award fell on Xia Yu's head.

This film festival, if one had to say which award was the hardest to guess, it must be Best Actress.

There were three candidates: Li Xiaoran of "A World Without Thieves," Gao Yuanyuan of "Nine-Tailed Fox," and Zhang Jingchu of "Huayao Bride."

In the college student group, the highest voice was Gao Yuanyuan.

Her fox demon Xiao Wei, the cute little appearance before blackening, fascinated a group of college students with excessive hormones.

As for after blackening... even more fascinating!

Everything young college students wanted could be found in Gao Yuanyuan, combining white moonlight and cinnabar mole in one.

If it were a real vote, whether it was Li Xiaoran or Zhang Jingchu, they were simply not opponents of the same level.

However, an upset appeared again; Zhang Jingchu suppressed two major international best actresses and won the Best Actress award for "Huayao Bride."

The camera was first given to Zhang Jingchu, only to see her appear in the camera with a confused face, and she didn't react for a long time, probably because she had no psychological preparation for being able to suppress two major international best actresses and win this award.

Cao Yang was also a bit surprised at first, but after thinking about it, he didn't feel it was a surprise.

Even if Xiao Gangpao's "A World Without Thieves" was labeled as an experimental film, it was not very popular at such an officially held film festival; to put it bluntly, it was still connections.

Academic school and judges within the system didn't like or look down on Xiao Gangpao; this was something that couldn't be helped, who told him to always label himself as the king of the commercial film field before.

So, Li Xiaoran was excluded.

As for Gao Yuanyuan, it was even simpler.

An officially hosted film festival paid attention to balance, harmony, you are good, I am good, everyone is good, and dividing the cake.

Since "Nine-Tailed Fox" won the most important Best Director, it was estimated that it would win another Best Viewing Effect award.

Because this award could only be given to "Nine-Tailed Fox," this film had big scenes where there were big scenes, and special effects where there were special effects; any other film winning this award would not convince the public and would not be justifiable.

"Nine-Tailed Fox" winning two awards was already dividing the biggest piece of the cake, and it was impossible to give three awards.

Unless it was a film where Cao Yang won the highest award of the European Big Three, perhaps it could sweep.

There was also the most important point: the director of "Huayao Bride," Zhang Jiarui, like Han Zong, both graduated from Tianfu University, and then attended the director training class of the Beijing Film Academy.

After Zhang Jiarui graduated from the Beijing Film Academy, he was assigned to the Youth Film Studio, which was considered the same unit as Cao Yang.

Coupled with the fact that this film was filmed quite well and was also invested by China Film Group, and the producer was Han Zong, winning this award could be considered reasonable.

However, having said that, Cao Yang felt that he gave face to the Beijing College Student Film Festival, it was his first time coming, and he was invited by the big leader himself, so two awards to "dismiss" him was a bit unjustifiable.

In addition to the 12 regular selection awards, the three most popular awards among college students voted off-site should also have one for "Nine-Tailed Fox."

He felt that not giving the Most Popular Actress among College Students award to Gao Yuanyuan would definitely provoke public anger and also make the fairness of these three voting awards questioned.

Zhang Jingchu's acceptance speech on stage was intermittent; it could be clearly seen that she was very excited and even a bit incoherent.

Before, Cao Yang always felt that Zhang Jingchu looked just so-so, how could she fascinate the well-informed Old Gu to the point of losing his way?

She was even collectively "banned" by the director's wife group, and had to leave the sunset Xiangjiang; was it worth it?

Now looking at it, damn, it was really worth it!

The young Zhang Jingchu was full of literary style, with exquisite and atmospheric facial features, soft facial lines, fresh and durable temperament, and both girlishness and the elegant charm of a young woman.

Coupled with the two little dimples when she smiled, no wonder she was called "face like a peach blossom" by the media.

In reality, she was still a bit different from the big screen.

Cao Yang subconsciously looked at Old Gu not far away; Old Gu was invited by the organizing committee to come as an award-presenting guest.

In this life, due to Cao Yang's appearance, Old Gu didn't end up as a photographer with "no films to shoot," and after following Cao Yang, he also won the Oscar for Best Cinematography, and now he could be considered one of the best photographers in the world.

The successful Old Gu didn't have the intention of changing careers to become a director at all, so he didn't film "Peacock" and didn't encounter Zhang Jingchu.

Old Gu's expression was calm; after Zhang Jingchu finished her speech and went off stage, he symbolically applauded and no longer paid attention to Zhang Jingchu.

The Best Viewing Effect award was given to "Nine-Tailed Fox," which was no surprise.

There was also a small episode; when Hu Ge and Ma Yili went on stage as award-presenting guests, Ma Yili accidentally fell directly to the ground.

Hu Ge next to her was quick-witted and reached out to help, and he himself was almost brought down.

This wasn't the point; the point was that because of Hu Ge's help, due to the pulling force, all the buttons on Ma Yili's top burst open except for one.

Revealing a pink, small, and underwear that couldn't be covered after displacement.

Hu Ge saw everything because he lowered his head to help her. It was a bit awkward.

This fall, it was estimated that tomorrow's hot spot was there. At this time, the frequency of the word "hot spot" was still very low, and there was another saying, called stealing the spotlight.

Among the three awards voted by college students, the Most Popular Actor among College Students was given to Feng Gong, and the Most Popular Actress among College Students was given to Gao Yuanyuan as expected.

The Most Popular Director among College Students award was also given to Xiao Gangpao as expected.

This kind of award could be considered to have a comforting nature; as one of the great directors in the country, since Xiao Gangpao came to participate in the College Student Film Festival, he could also bring great attention to the film festival, so he definitely had to be given a sip of soup.

Xiao Gangpao was very happy to learn that he was the most popular director among college students.

He was really happy.

In his view, this was the award he won by "suppressing" Cao Yang.

For him, it was the one with the most gold content.

He went on stage and chattered a lot, and finally imitated Xia Yu's manner and said:

"... perhaps it's because my film is closer to college students, so Director Cao, I'm sorry, I will also continue to work hard!"

This was a big hot spot.

The camera hurriedly aimed at Cao Yang.

Cao Yang gave a thumbs up to Xiao Gangpao with his left hand, thought for a moment, and took out the Best Director award with his right hand and shook it with a smile.

Xiao Gangpao's smile dimmed a bit, looked at the trophy in his hand, and also shook it hard, using a lot of strength, and then went off stage.

More frustrated than Xiao Gangpao was Lu Chuan; he didn't win a single major award, and his face was so gloomy that water could drip.

(End of this chapter)