Chapter 347 Noun Changes
Got off the plane in Hangzhou.
Xu Kun first contacted Feng Xiaogang, and when he heard that Director Feng was waiting for the boat to depart at West Lake, he hurried over with Bao Qiang.
Putting ZZZZ aside, this year's Hundred Flowers Awards was quite creative. The organizing committee paved a 'Hundred Flowers Avenue' on the Baidi Causeway in West Lake. The stars took small boats ashore one by one and had close contact with fans and media reporters through the Hundred Flowers Avenue.
As for the award selection, the previous professional judges were abandoned and replaced by 101 audience judges from all walks of life who voted to select several of the most popular awards.
Contrary to the impression of many people that domestic awards are not enterprising, in fact, domestic awards are even more radical than foreign awards in seeking innovation and change.
But the problem is that every time they become radical, they will do all kinds of weird things and try their best to hold themselves back.
For example, this year the Hundred Flowers Awards allowed people from all walks of life to vote, but in the end the grand prize was awarded to the ZZZZ movie. This practice simply treats all movie fans as idiots.
Xu Kun felt like an old lady with bound feet who had taken a little blue pill and started performing the 100-meter hurdles in front of the camera.
He stumbled with each step and couldn't even find the end, still shouting "Too avant-garde, too exciting".
When Xu Kun arrived at a hotel on the shore of West Lake and entered the lobby using facial recognition, he saw hundreds of big names in the film industry gathered together, waiting to board the boat.
There are definitely more than just these few people participating in the Hundred Flowers Awards, but not everyone is qualified to walk on the Hundred Flowers Avenue.
"Director Xu."
"Director Xu."
Xu Kun followed the waiter inside, and greetings kept coming from both sides. However, compared to other places, people here were a little more reserved.
It was almost at the back that Xu Kun saw Feng Xiaogang.
This is also the core focus of the entire hall, Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Zhou Xingchi, Chen Musheng, Li Lianjie, Cheng Long, Tong Kee-lai, Chen Guofu, Yu Rentai, Tang Guoqiang, Ge You, Zhang Guoli, Liu Dehua, Zeng Zhiwei, Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi, Liu Ruoying...
The big names from the mainland and Hong Kong Island each account for almost half.
Seeing this lineup, Baoqiang subconsciously stopped and whispered, "Brother Kun, I'll go somewhere else first."
Xu Kun nodded slightly, then quickly walked to Ge You and Feng Xiaogang, greeted them first, and then greeted a group of acquaintances.
Chen Kaige still looked indifferent, and Chen Hong next to him also looked down on him, as if she didn't see Xu Kun.
Zhang Yimou, on the other hand, was very polite and took the initiative to shake hands with Xu Kun, saying that he had long wanted to meet Xu Kun, a rising star. He even joked that if there was a chance, he could give Xu Kun a cameo role to see how a director born in the 80s makes movies.
Compared to Zhang Yimou, his old partner Zhang Weiping seemed much more arrogant. Although he kept saying "young people did a good job", his attitude clearly showed "you are just lucky".
Zhou Xingchi just replied "Hello" and nothing else.
Both Jackie Chan and Jet Li are quite enthusiastic, but in addition to Jet Li's enthusiasm, there are some other emotions mixed in.
However, the director of "Huo Yuanjia" Yu Rentai was different from what Xu Kun had expected. When facing him, he was actually a little embarrassed and ashamed, and did not have the aggressive momentum described in the newspapers at all.
Finally, it’s the actress’ turn…
Gong Li is undoubtedly the most successful film actress in mainland China, and Zhang Ziyi's achievements in recent years have also been remarkable.
But Xu Kun didn't have a very good impression of these two people. As China's top female stars, they were willing to take on something like "Memoirs of a Geisha".
Moreover, Gong Li, who has already been married, was exposed in April this year to be kissing a foreigner in Tiananmen Square and then returning to the villa together to spend the night.
It is not a big news for female stars to cheat in the industry, but she just finished filming Memoirs of a Geisha and then cheated on a foreigner...
Anyway, Xu Kun just couldn't stand it.
As for Zhang Ziyi, she has recently started an international dirty route and found a wealthy Jewish man.
It took half an hour just to chat.
Feng Xiaogang called Xu Kun to a corner and said with a gloomy face, "No wonder there are so many news about Huo Yuanjia in the newspapers. It turns out that Jet Li is going to make a new movie. The director is Chen Kexin, and he has also invited Liu Dehua and Jin Chengwu. I heard that the total investment is as high as 300 million yuan. Damn, how the hell is it going to pay back after investing so much money at once?!"
It turned out that it was not Yu Rentai who wanted to attract attention, but Li Lianjie who was making a move. No wonder his reaction just now was a little unusual.
Xu Kun guessed something from Feng Xiaogang's mood, so he asked, "Does the release time overlap with ours?"
"Maybe Qi is just like us, trying to catch the Lunar New Year box office next year!" After the failure of "The Banquet", Feng Xiaogang was under a lot of pressure. Now he is almost betting everything on "Assembly", but out of the blue, this movie has another 300 million...
"What kind of movie is it?"
"It's also a war film. It seems to be a remake of the Ma Assassination Case."
After Feng Xiaogang finished speaking, he saw that Xu Kun was confused, so he explained: "It is the story of the fight against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in the late Qing Dynasty."
"That's different from us. Back then, you dared to use A World Without Thieves to confront Kung Fu. You won't be afraid of them this time, right?"
"How can it be!"
Feng Xiaogang firmly denied it, but in fact, one of the reasons why he was worried about competing with "The Assassination of Ma" was that he was worried that the appeal of pure mainland actors could not match that of the combination of Jet Li, Andy Lau and Jin Chengwu.
The reason why it was able to compete with "Kung Fu" was because of Liu Dehua and Ge You, but now...
But there was no way he could say this reason in front of Xu Kun.
In the end, I could only comfort myself that Xu Kun also had a base of customers, and they were the group most prone to impulse buying, and they were not necessarily worse than Jet Li and Liu Dehua.
But no matter how much he comforted himself, the pressure in his heart could not be relieved. When he returned to the circle again, his face was so pale that it was a little scary.
Seeing this, Xu Fan, who was talking to Chen Hong, immediately stood up and asked with concern: "Are you okay?"
Although Feng Xiaogang shook his head, Xu Fan still called the waiter and asked him to find a place for Feng Xiaogang to rest.
Xu Kun watched the two of them go to the lounge under the guidance of the waiter, and turned around to meet Chen Hong's somewhat complicated eyes.
When she saw Xu Kun turning around, Chen Hong first subconsciously looked away, then seemed to feel something was wrong and glared back at him hastily.
What did that woman's look mean just now?
Not really...
Just as he was thinking about random things, Xu Kun suddenly noticed an even more ferocious gaze not far away. He turned his head and looked over, only to find that it was Liu Yifei's mother, Liu Xiaoli.
Xu Kun did not find her hostile attitude strange at all, because just a while ago, Liu Xiaoli had publicly announced that a certain young director was the mastermind behind the rumors and slander against her daughter.
Xu Kun was too lazy to explain this, nor could he explain it clearly. After all, everyone knew that he was one of the backers of the Teddy Sisters.
So he just raised his wine glass and nodded slightly to Liu Xiaoli, then turned in another direction.
"Humph~"
Liu Xiaoli raised her head proudly, like a magpie who had just won a battle.
"Why are you competing with him?"
At this time, a man with a big head and thick neck came close and whispered: "Sissi wants to enter the film industry and Hollywood, so she has to use Huayi's resources. If you compete with him now, won't it just cause trouble for Sissi?"
"Humph~"
Liu Xiaoli snorted again, and said indignantly: "If he hadn't backed them up, how could Jiang Yiyan and Liu Shishi have the qualifications to stand up against our Xixi? And that so-called 'Teddy Sisters Group', bah, they sound so low-brow and inferior!"
"Okay, okay."
Chen Jinfei hugged her waist and comforted her, "Just be patient for a while. When Xixi enters Hollywood, these scumbags in China won't even be worthy of carrying her shoes."
"What are you doing outside?"
Liu Xiaoli quickly slapped his hand away and adjusted her evening dress.
Chen Jinfei showed some displeasure in his eyes. Although this woman was once the white moonlight of his dreams, he had had her for so many years now and he was a little tired of this "arrogant and coquettish" woman.
Besides, how can the old ones be as fragrant as the young ones?
Compared to the arrogant Liu Xiaoli, Xixi seemed much more obedient and lovely. It was because this woman watched her daughter too closely and wished she could stay by her daughter's side 24 hours a day, otherwise...
But it doesn't matter. When the "Enter Hollywood" plan starts next year, they will send Liu Xiaoli abroad on the pretext that she is more familiar with America.
Given Liu Xiaoli's enthusiasm for Hollywood, there is no need to worry that she will not give in. At that time, I can naturally change the word "godfather" from a noun to a verb.
(End of this chapter)
