Chapter 306
Is she the only honest person? !
Ling Suisui is the judge for the Best Actor and Best Actress in the TV Drama category. In the nomination list in her hand, there are five nominees for each of the two awards.
Even if all are added together, there are only three candidates over the age of fifteen, two of whom are girls. The youngest candidate is also a girl, only eight years old.
Ling Sui was silent.
If she remembered correctly, the award she participated in judging should be the "Rising Star Award", not the Youth Award or even the Children's Award. They say that one should become famous as early as possible, but this is too early!
By the way, although Ling Suisui previously thought that the 25-year-old age limit was a bit strict, she generally supports this threshold.
Based on her years of work experience, she does not have high expectations for the moral cultivation of people in the industry, and the award sponsor Pei Xuehai has a deeper understanding of this.
So, when Pei Xuehai clearly knew that he could not control every detail of each Rising Star Award and that the operation of the award was inevitable, the age limit was a very useful trick.
Twenty-five is an age dividing line. In the domestic entertainment industry, most of the people who can gain a foothold in the circle and need awards to help them transform themselves are also the ones who are most willing to pay the cost to operate awards. They are basically over 25 years old.
Even if these people want to gild themselves, they can only focus on the Flying Golden Eagle and Magnolia. However, those younger traffic stars who meet the age limit have not yet made it big at this time. They don’t have the ability, and the companies are unwilling to spend a lot of money to support them - who knows how they will develop in the future.
Although the coverage of this measure is not 100%, it has cut off the need of some people to operate the awards at the source, and indirectly promoted the fairness and justice of the Rising Star Award selection work.
However, Director Pei might not have expected that after blocking the traffic, the candidate list for the Rising Star Award would directly move towards a younger age.
Adhering to the attitude of seeing is believing and fairness, Ling Suisui was not in a hurry to comment on the list. Instead, he turned on the TV and watched their performance clips first.
I heard that the judges of the Magnolia Awards and other awards will not read the entire work, but only the beginning, the end, and a few selected paragraphs in the middle. Ling Suisui could understand that the judges didn't have that much time, but she didn't need to cut out the details this time.
Because all the actors in this list are supporting roles, except for the two actors who play the main roles, the other actors' screen time does not exceed half an hour. She stayed in there for most of the day and had a lunch delivered to her door by the waiter. She had a general idea of the situation.
How to say it... Ling Suisui couldn't judge whether this nomination list was likely to be obtained through connections. If their strengths were used to set the tone for the nomination criteria for the Rising Star Award, then the value of this award would be very high in the domestic entertainment industry.
Ling Suisui was not targeting anyone, she was referring to many people in the domestic entertainment industry. Fans say "he's just a child" every day - but when they really meet those kids, their acting skills are far worse than others.
After all, children who can become child stars nowadays are either from the nth generation of stars, or have connections and resources related to the entertainment industry, and have received relevant education since childhood.
The entertainment industry's open channels for ordinary people have been gradually narrowing, and this is more obvious in the child star track. When Ling Sui was preparing for "The Sister Who Can't Get Married" a few years ago, she couldn't find any suitable actors who were not "related to the family".
The casting is of course a fair competition and priority will be given to the most capable. However, when many children do not yet understand the specific meaning of "acting" and have not been able to overcome their nervousness in front of the camera, these children can already perform various emotions calmly and naturally. If you were the director, who would you choose?
Ling Suisui already has a candidate in mind for voting, but she is now thinking about another question.
The nomination list is getting younger. Is it because there are really no good actors in the age group of 18 to 25, or because they have no movies to shoot, or no channels to register?
The purpose of the Rising Star Award is to give young people more opportunities so that they can be seen by the audience, at least that's how Ling Suisui understands it.
But now, they may need to be seen by the Rising Star Awards first.
Perhaps because he comes from an academic background and has a unique feeling for the word "inheritance", plus he has received a lot of help from seniors along the way, so Ling Sui still has a hope of being able to provide support for newcomers in the entertainment industry.
"After setting an age limit and blocking many people, child stars do have an advantage when signing up. I still need to give some feedback on this issue..."
Ling Suisui muttered to himself in the room, "Maybe we can add a Best Child Actor Award for those under 12 years old next year? But that seems to be a bit like encouraging kids to become child actors."
Forget it, let the standing committee deal with these things. She is only a judge for this session, so she should cast her vote first.
Awards in the arts industry are often very subjective, and the difficulty of performing each role varies. For example, if there are different questions on the test paper, it would be difficult to judge the student's ability level based on the score.
Ling Suisui thought about it, scratched his head repeatedly, and finally voted for the two actors with the most skilled acting skills.
The voting deadline is 6 pm, and the decision on whether to hold a jury meeting will be based on the results.
The original rule was that if “three out of the nine judges (including) objected”, everyone would need to sit down face to face and discuss again. However, at Ling Sui's suggestion, the rule was changed to “if more than half of the votes are not obtained”, a meeting would be held.
Her reason was very simple. Voting in favor and voting against are not the same thing. The word "against" itself requires a certain courage. The Chinese, who are always concerned about social relationships, are too inclined to compromise.
The fact that I didn't vote for you is different from the fact that I opposed you winning the award. This is about awarding others, not fighting for one's own interests. When the gap in strength is not too big and it does not go against one's professional conscience, many people will not actively oppose it. This is so offensive.
Her proposal was approved by the organizing committee, so the revised rules are as above.
After six o'clock, Ling Suisui received a mobile phone notification. The best actor and actress for this year's Rising Star Awards TV drama category have been announced. Both winners received more than half of the judges' votes and the resolution was passed.
Ling Sui looked at the two names, and neither of them was selected out of the two votes she cast.
...No way, is her aesthetic so niche?
She felt weird, as if she was shooting herself in the foot. Although these two actors are pretty good, even if it is the original rule, she doesn't want to object that much...
Wait, it seems like she's also one of those people who tends to compromise.
Ling Suisui sighed and went out for dinner.
The cell phone signal on her side seemed to have not been restored yet, but it was not a big problem. During the award judging period, meals were provided free of charge by the organizing committee, and her meals at the hotel were charged to her room bill.
In the restaurant designated by the organizing committee, Ling Suisui met several other judges from the TV drama unit, so it was natural for him to share a table with them.
The judges of the Actors Award include not only actors represented by her, but also directors, screenwriters and others. Ling Suisui looked at the list and found that they were basically all content creators.
Even though the awards have been made, it doesn't mean the judges have to leave immediately. In the next few days, we can hold some academic salons to communicate with each other.
You know, many people become judges just for this reason. After all, they are all well-known figures in the circle, and the organizing committee cannot attract them to come here specially by spending money, because that would be a sky-high price.
The organizing committee of the Rising Star Awards would like to especially thank Ling Suisui - after the announcement of her confirmed attendance, many bigwigs who had originally declined expressed their interest.
After all, it is not easy to meet Ling Suisui. She is nowhere to be seen when she is filming, and nowhere to be found when she is not filming. In addition, she has frequently flown to the United States in the past two years, so it is difficult to catch her when she is free and in China.
At the dinner table, Ling Suisui first expressed surprise at the young age of the nominees on the list, but when she observed everyone's expressions, it seemed as if she was the only one who was truly surprised.
...This made her wonder, have the others already digested it, or have they known about it for a long time?
No way, could it be that among the nine-person judging panel, she was the only honest person who didn't know about it in advance and didn't ask about the nomination list? !
The thought made her fists clench, but she changed her mind and felt that this was only the first Rising Star Award, so even if someone was interested, there was no need to be so anxious.
It is also possible that they don't care that much about the outcome of this award.
In fact, the latter possibility is more likely, but Ling Suisui didn't feel any better because of it.
She didn't say much, but was still the center of conversation - others were obviously more interested in Ling Suisui than in discussing the winner of the Rising Star Award.
The Berlin Film Festival is about to open, and her plans for the next few days are equivalent to a public schedule. Some people questioned her confidence, while others praised her crazily, as if the Silver Bear Award was already in her pocket.
Of course Ling Suisui didn't dare to accept such compliments, she started a wave of praise backlash, no matter who praised her, she would praise back in the same way and to the same degree.
She has also received some film offers, but basically she will not consider them this year, and directly responded that she has no schedule. As for next year or the year after, she will just keep the script outline and decide whether to shoot it later.
The TV drama actor award ceremony seemed to be going on happily. Ling Sui was halfway through her meal when she heard a commotion coming from not far away.
She looked over there, and the director next to her explained, "Oh, there's another quarrel in the film unit. They had already had two rounds of quarrels before you came. I don't think this quarrel will be over in three days."
Ling Suisui asked: "Are the differences over there so great?"
"That's not true." The director shrugged. "The nomination list for TV series is relatively popular, and the works have an audience base. Movies are different. Which is better, a commercial film with billions of box office but a score of only 6, or an unpopular art film with a low box office but a high score? It's hard to say. They each have their own reasons. The aesthetic standards of movies are very subjective and very diverse."
So you knew it too, Ling Sui thought to himself.
That guy just kept saying something like "she's secured the Berlin Film Festival Best Actress award." Is he afraid that she won't feel a psychological gap if she doesn't win the award?
According to the original plan, Ling Suisui was going to stay here for three full days. But now that the award she had voted for had already been announced, she didn't want to stay in this place any longer.
I'm sorry, Director Pei, she suddenly felt unwell.
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