There were gradually some controversial voices in the comments:
'Forget it, she is just trying to take advantage of the popularity. Isn't it bad for her to be so mean to Director Chen?'
'As for the previous one, I don't remember how badly "Rural Teacher" was criticized when it was released.'
"Movies win by their quality. Doesn't winning an award prove something? If you don't have the quality, you won't be able to attract attention."
"Don't be so angry, haters. Who could have thought that she would be able to take advantage of the popularity?"
Regardless of whether the audience was happy or not, Wei Mingjie and Ye Luoxue in the audience were so happy that they wanted to go home and hug their baby daughter and kiss her a few times right away.
Chen Yuanhang's unexpected backstab dealt a heavy blow to the Wei family. The Wei Group was founded by Wei Mingjie's father, and the shares were inherited. Wei Mingjie is still the company's largest shareholder. Chen Yuanhang's rebellious behavior caused the group's cash flow to be cut off, and Wei Mingjie even almost lost control of the group's film and television sector. This shows the impact.
Unexpectedly, Wei Lan emerged out of nowhere and turned the tide. With a TV series and a movie, he completely reversed the situation.
Yes, thank you so much to Chen Yuanhang. If he hadn't started shooting science fiction, Wei Lan wouldn't have thought of targeting him with the subject matter, and this work leading the Golden Tripod Awards would not have been born.
Box office is of course the most important thing for a production company, but awards are also an important hidden capital that a production company cannot do without. This is the accumulation of reputation and background. At least in terms of the amount of data flow approval by the federal government, an award-winning company will definitely have a higher amount than a non-award-winning company. This is also the reason why many production companies would rather lose money than invest in art films.
"I declare that the winner of this year's Golden Tripod Award for Best Editing is——"
The Golden Tripod Award is an award that has existed before the era of holographic movies. Originally, photographers and editors were different individuals on the set, but after movies fully entered the era of holographic movies, because photography and editing are both reflected from the director's perspective, the two contents of photography and editing were combined into editing, resulting in this award being somewhat similar to the vice award for Best Director, where the Best Director focuses more on coordination and the final presentation of the film.
However, there has been discussion about this award in recent years, whether to cancel it and add its weight to the Best Director award.
In the male dormitory of the directing department of the Imperial Capital Drama Academy, four boys sat around one of them's laptops and watched the live broadcast.
"There's no doubt about this. I think it should be a rural teacher."
"Wei Lan's editing and transition skills are really amazing, as can be seen from the fact that the instructor of "Sword 4" talks about it every day. When "Rural Teacher" is off the shelves, I guess the instructor will also come to promote the film."
"I'm really looking forward to the teacher's detailed analysis. I've watched the movie twice. The time acceleration part is really amazing. The idea and method of accelerating the renovation of the house to reveal the change of time are really novel. I never thought it could be played this way."
"Indeed, Director Wei is awesome and that's all."
The four boys were discussing enthusiastically. At this time, the award presenter on the live broadcast took a look at the contents of the envelope in his hand and raised his eyebrows in surprise:
"The winner of this year's Golden Tripod Award for Best Editing is Chi Yin from Good Morning, Good Night."
"What?" The four boys in the dormitory exclaimed.
"What's going on? Why isn't it "The Rural Teacher"? "
“Although the editing of Good Morning is also very good, I think it is really not as impactful and novel as The Rural Teacher!”
When the other roommates were puzzled, a boy suddenly said: "I suspect..."
Seeing everyone's attention focused on him, he continued, "I think the dean once said to us during our chat after class that the Best Editing and Best Director awards are usually not given to one person, otherwise it would kind of lose the meaning of setting up these awards independently..."
"Are you saying that Wei Lan might win the Best Director award this time?"
The boy next to him said in amazement: "This is only her first movie. It would be incredible if she really won the Best Director award!"
"Yes, the judges of the Golden Tripod Awards are mostly academically educated, and they are most concerned with seniority. According to their thinking, even if a first film is really eligible for the award, it will be suppressed. Just like what the teacher often said...to prevent young people from over-expanding. Is the situation going to change this time?"
The boy who spoke earlier said, "You can't say that. I heard from the department head last time that the Golden Tripod Award jury has also been undergoing changes and reforms in the past two years, and a lot of new jury seats have been added. It's hard to say for sure."
"If I win the Best Director award for my debut film, that would be incredible!"
"Hey, Wei Lan seems very young. Does anyone know if she is older this year?"
"Huh?" The other three people in the dormitory were immediately asked. Although this director has been doing a lot of amazing things since his debut, his appearance and age have always been a mystery.
When talking about this director, the deepest impression that comes to everyone's mind... seems to be the chubby panda image.
If Wei Lan, who was also watching the live broadcast with Wei Sijia in the living room of the Wei family at this time, could hear the discussion of these boys, he would probably find it difficult to answer this question.
After all, her mental age is now 28, her actual age is 18, and her physical age is 3 and a half...
"The winner of the Best Supporting Actor award is... Wu Zhenguo from Blood Diamond."
The guests in the theater applauded. The winner of the Best Supporting Actor in "Rural Teacher" was Ding Shengrong, who played an old human general. He was an actor from the Military Art Troupe and had mostly appeared in military-themed film and television productions. It was a pity that he didn't win any award, but as a member of the national team, he didn't care as much about the award as other actors. He was already satisfied with being nominated for the Best Supporting Actor for just a short guest appearance.
After the Best Supporting Actor round, it was time for some of the most important awards.
Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Film.
This is even more true for celebrities. If they don't win the Golden Tripod Awards for Best Actor or Best Actress, even if they win other film awards, they won't be confident enough to issue press releases saying they are the best actor or actress.
"Next, it's this year's Golden Tripod Award for Best Actress..."
The live broadcast screen was divided into four parts, and the expressions of the nominated actresses at this moment appeared in the eyes of all the viewers.
Under the camera, even though the actresses tried hard to maintain their demeanor, one could still see that their expressions became focused and nervous as the award presenter opened the envelope.
"The winner of the Best Actress award is Ji Yuan Shuang from "An Ordinary Day"!"
In an instant, except for the award-winning Ji Yuanshuang who showed a surprised expression, the expressions of the other three stars froze, with disappointment unconcealed in their eyes, but they forced themselves to smile and applaud.
Zhong Ningyun, who was originally the favorite to win the award this year, looked very ugly, and her face looked haggard against the backdrop of her white dress.
"Oh, I didn't expect that. It's a pity for Zhong Ningyun. She just needs this award to consolidate her status as the best actress."
"Please watch "An Ordinary Day" before you speak. To be honest, Zhong Ningyun in "Star Wars" was a bit too exaggerated."
"Being nominated shows your ability, so fans in front of you shouldn't praise or criticize me, ok?"
The comments were full of debate. As the live camera swept across the celebrities in the guest seats, a comment suddenly floated by:
'It's so funny, did you notice Su Yining secretly eating chocolate at the last awards ceremony? Now she's secretly playing with her phone again!'
Some viewers were attracted by this comment and rewound the live broadcast progress bar back to when the camera swept across the crew of "Rural Teachers". Sure enough, they saw Su Yining lowering his head and tapping on his mobile phone. It seemed that he noticed the camera sweeping over him, so he put down his phone and applauded Ji Yuanshuang who was going on stage to receive the award.
At the same time, Wei Lan, who was watching the live broadcast at home, felt his phone vibrate.
Su Yining: "It's so cool! That bad woman who stole my clothes didn't win the award, but even if I wasn't nominated, it was worth it for me to come here!"
The girl seemed to have forgotten that she was here as a member of the crew.
After the Best Actress award, it was time for the Best Actor award.
As each nominee is introduced, a highlight clip from their film will be shown.
When it came to Yang Xingyuan, the scene he chose was the one where Teacher Li, before his death, told the children to memorize the law.
“…Carry it for me!”
Yang Xingyuan's face was gray and he looked like a dead man, but his eyes were unusually bright. The last shot was a close-up of his withered hands, with veins bulging, as if he was trying to grab something. The aura of death and hope enveloped the scene at the same time.
"Pa pa pa..." Amidst a round of applause, the award presenter began to read out the name of this year's best actor.
"I declare that the winner of this year's Golden Tripod Award for Best Actor is..."
Different from the other three famous male stars, Yang Xingyuan looked more relaxed on the live broadcast screen. He was very satisfied with being nominated, and he did not hold out much hope of winning the award in the end. Having experienced too many setbacks, he felt that his current situation was already very good, and he did not dream of achieving success overnight.
"Rural Teacher, Yang Xingyuan!"
The moment he heard his name, Yang Xingyuan didn't even react and clapped subconsciously. It was not until Wei Mingjie next to him patted him on the shoulder that he suddenly came to his senses.
Then my mind went blank.
Faintly, an image of a newborn butterfly breaking out of its cocoon seemed to flash through his mind.
"I am grateful... I am most grateful to..."
After speaking a few words in a daze and stammering manner, Yang Xingyuan suddenly burst into tears. The warm applause from the audience finally calmed him down.
"Thank you Director Wei, thank you my parents, thank you crew, thank you everyone... I never thought that I would stand on this stage one day." He checked the trophy in his hand a little unrealistically: "I don't even know what to say at this moment..."
He smiled: "The only image in my mind right now is a panda stretching out its paw towards me and saying..."
"Are you interested in being the leading man in my movie?"
"Thank you very much, Director Wei." Yang Xingyuan held up the trophy and smiled at the live camera.
Wei Lan, who was sitting in front of the TV on the sofa, also had a smile on his face.
After the Best Actor award, an elegant silver-haired old man walked up to the podium. He was the presenter of the Best Director award, Shen Zhiwen, the great director who had once written a film review praising Wei Lan.
"Next, the Best Director Award..."
Seeing this person appear, and the fact that the Best Editing award was not given to Wei Lan, Chen Yuanhang's ominous premonition gradually grew stronger. He moved his body, and even the seat under his butt made him feel uncomfortable at this moment.
"I declare that the winner of the Best Director Award is..."
When Shen Zhiwen opened the envelope and saw the name on it, the corners of his mouth unconsciously rose.
Even as one of the judges, he couldn't be sure who the winner would be until the statistics came out. Obviously, the current result makes him happy.
"This year's Golden Tripod Award for Best Director is Wei Lan, for "Rural Teachers."
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