As the voice fell.
The entire "Rural Teacher" crew showed joy.
Different from the perspective of actors present at the scene, such as Yang Xingyuan and Su Yining, they think Wei Lan is very talented and has a good chance of winning the award, and now they are just adding to the joy.
The person who was most surprised was Wei Mingjie. As a person who knew the film industry very well, he knew how difficult it was for the first film to win an award. Wei certainly invested in public relations expenses, but other production companies also invested, so everyone was actually on the same level.
The entertainment industry is a place that values qualifications very much, and many of the judges are from academic circles. Wei Mingjie was already satisfied with just being nominated for Best Director.
Even though Chen Yuanhang won the Academy Award for Best New Director when he debuted, it took many years and several films before he finally won his first Best Director award.
He was really surprised that the judges put aside their prejudices and finally chose Wei Lan for her first film.
The humanity of "Rural Teachers" is far superior to "Star Wars", and its commerciality is higher than other competitors. In addition, it has just been taken off the shelves, so it is very well known to the public. Basically, most of the viewers who watched the live broadcast have seen it. Chen Yuanhang has already won an award once, so the audience naturally tends to expect Wei Lan to win the award.
At this time, the live broadcast barrage was already filled with comments.
"Oh my god! Debut is the peak!"
'This is her first movie.'
'Director Wei is awesome! Rural teachers are awesome!'
'I really want to know how old Wei Lan is now. He doesn't look old at all. I think I can challenge the record.'
This time, it was Wei Mingjie who accepted the award on behalf of the recipient, but the acceptance speech was given by Wei Lan. Soon, the image of the panda that had appeared before appeared on the big screen again.
As one of the most authoritative awards in the film industry, the Golden Tripod Awards does not particularly care if the winners cannot go on stage to receive the awards. Unlike some awards that invite celebrities for ratings and traffic, some even hint before the award ceremony that as long as the celebrities are willing to come, the award will be given to them, otherwise the award will be given to someone else. Regardless of whether or not the winners can come to receive the award, the Golden Tripod Awards will proceed with the award ceremony as usual, without relying on celebrities to attract ratings. Of course, for most winners, few will not come in person to receive such an honor.
Wei Lan has prepared acceptance speeches for all the nominated awards. If the judges finally decide to give the Best Editing award to Wei Lan, there will be another scene where Chen Yuanhang will cue him.
But now, if Wei Lan wins the Best Director Award, it will have special meaning for him.
This is a recognition of her career.
After thanking the crew members and parents as usual, this time, Wei Lan did not make a fuss like before, but instead regulated his voice.
"This is my first Best Director Award since I came to this world..."
Everyone thought that Wei Lan meant that this was the first best director in her life, but only Wei Lan herself understood that what she said was literal.
“The holographic movie era is a wonderful era. Compared with the previous studio era, this era has infinite possibilities and all imaginations can become reality... I am very lucky to be able to come to this era.”
At this point, Wei Lan paused for a moment, then smiled: "This will not be the last time I give a speech here. What I want to say now is...well...stay true to our original aspiration and keep moving forward. Thank you all!"
Accompanied by warm applause from the audience, Wei Mingjie took the trophy from Shen Zhiwen with a smile on his face.
Winning four major awards including Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, and Best Original Score is already a great success. It would be understandable if it failed to win the Best Picture award.
Even though "Rural Teacher" performs very well in all aspects except for its low production costs, this low cost does not affect the final quality of the film. It depends on what the judges think. To put it another way, isn't it a reflection of production capabilities that a low-cost film of such quality and box office can be produced?
Everyone sitting in the guest seats was waiting for the final heavyweight award to be presented.
Chen Yuanhang clenched his fists. This was his last chance. If he could win the Best Picture award, "Star Wars" wouldn't have lost too badly.
"I declare that the winner of this year's Golden Tripod Award for Best Film is..."
The award presenter was a famous producer. After seeing the name on the envelope, he raised his eyebrows in surprise.
"yes……"
The award presenter paused and kept the audience in suspense. The crew members sitting in the audience kept smiling on their faces but started cursing in their hearts.
In contrast, the audience comments were very real and direct:
'Tell me, who is it!' 'Rural Teacher' 'Star Wars' 'I really want to beat this guy up'
Although there are four films nominated, the other two are relatively niche and were not released recently.
"2011 Golden Tripod Award for Best Film——"
"The Rural Teacher!"
“Congratulations to the Rural Teachers crew!”
As the presenter finished speaking, exciting music sounded in the theater. Wei Mingjie, with a smile on his face, took the trophy. When he heard the announcement, he looked at Ye Luoxue with an incredible smile.
What a surprise! Who would have thought that after leading the Golden Tripod Awards this year, "Rural Teacher" actually won all the major awards except for two less important ones!
Unlike the jubilant crew of "Rural Teachers", the crew of "Star Wars" on the other split screen was gloomy. They could only maintain a smile for the sake of face and pretend to applaud sincerely. Unfortunately, everyone could see that Chen Yuanhang's smile was obviously stiff. Even if the best actor or actress could act very sincerely, the smile seemed superficial and did not reach his eyes.
The second part of "Star Wars" is related to Chen Yuanhang's future position in Chengguang. Now the box office has not met expectations. When he returns to Chengguang, he still has to fight a lawsuit with those directors.
After hugging Ye Luoxue, Wei Mingjie excitedly walked up to the podium again.
This time he did not accept the award on behalf of Wei Lan, but he himself went on stage to accept the award as the main investor and producer of the film!
International practice, thanks in advance...
"First of all, I would like to thank Director Chen Yuanhang!"
The live camera was very 'sensible' and was focused on Chen Yuanhang's face. He had to raise the smile that had just been suppressed again, which profoundly demonstrated what it meant to laugh uglier than crying.
Because he didn't expect to win the Best Picture at first, Wei Mingjie casually prepared an acceptance speech, but after listening to Wei Lan's, he was naturally immediately inspired.
I have to thank Chen Yuanhang to a great extent for all this today!
"Everything was led by Lan... Director Wei Lan. She is grateful to Director Chen's work for inspiring her. It can be said that without Director Chen, this work would not have been born..."
As Chen Yuanhang's expression became more and more ugly and his smile became more and more perfunctory, the discussion on the forums began:
'Is this the style of the entire crew of "Rural Teacher"?'
"Director Wei has made a good start!"
"Since you didn't win any awards, Director Chen, why don't you be more generous now? Others are also thanking you and didn't say anything excessive. There's no need to look so grim, right?"
"I'm afraid you haven't heard about Chen Yuanhang's move to Wei's before? This is my old company. It is said that Star Wars was involved in a plagiarism lawsuit with a movie from Wei's company. There are so many twists and turns in it..."
Amidst the various discussions in the live broadcast room, Wei Mingjie received the trophy for the best film, which was also a small golden tripod.
Almost as soon as the live camera cut away, the smile on Wei Mingjie's face instantly disappeared. The entire "Star Wars" crew did not even attend the dinner after the award ceremony and left the theater directly.
Whether in terms of return on investment or award-winning results, "Star Wars" is completely defeated by "Rural Teacher"!
The next day, newspapers and magazines of all major media were full of reports about this year's Golden Tripod Awards. "Rural Teachers", which led the Golden Tripod Awards, was well-deserved. It was ultimately nominated for seven awards and won a total of five major awards.
Wei Lan's name has truly emerged in the entire film and television industry and is shining brightly.
…
"I have brought the contract terms. Please vote on them."
Wei Mingjie leaned back in his chair calmly, looking at the shareholders below.
After reading the conditions, Lu Kaiming said with embarrassment: "These conditions...are almost the same as if she opened a studio on her own..."
"Yes, she has the final say on all investment interfaces. Even if it is registered under Wei's, we can only get 3% of the publicity and promotion share in the end... This..." Zhou Wei also hesitated, but he spoke with a full negotiating tone and did not dare to speak loudly.
"The key point is this name." Wei Mingjie knocked on the table: "Now that Wei Lan has gone out, many production companies are willing to not share the publicity and promotion. As long as she can have her name on the company, this alone is enough to increase her popularity."
The gambling agreement signed before stated that the conditions could be set as long as the profit return rate was higher than 70%, and now Wei Lan has given these conditions.
It is equivalent to just being a subsidiary studio in name only. In essence, it is to set up an independent subsidiary studio, but it can use Wei's public relations and publicity channels, as well as the group's tax settlement and other advantages. In terms of investment, if Wei Lan himself has enough investment and does not need additional investment, Wei cannot occupy the investment share. When the investment is not enough, it will be Wei's turn.
After Wei Mingjie said this, all the shareholders knew that there was no room for reversal and changed their tune:
"When will Director Wei run out of funds?"
"What is the investment scale for the next film?"
“I suggest making a big investment.”
Wei Mingjie just smiled and said, "I don't know. Let's see what she is like..."
In short, from now on, Wei’s shareholders can’t interfere in Wei Lan’s movies. If they want to invest, they have to look at Wei Lan’s mood.
Wei Lan's current signing terms are equivalent to establishing a country within a country under the Wei family's business empire.
Wei Mingjie didn't mind Wei Lan's approach. Although he owned the largest share of Wei Group, he did not own all of it. Instead, he tried his best to benefit Wei Lan. Wei Group was founded by Wei Lan's grandfather years ago. When it came into Wei Mingjie's hands, the power was too evenly distributed. He took over steadily. With Chen Yuanhang's job-hopping this time, he had a lot of new thoughts about the changes in the group's business. He understood why his father always said that he was good at maintaining the status quo but not good at exploring new things.
Now that Wei Lan has risen, he can clearly distinguish between relatives and strangers, and does not want his daughter to be tied to the group. Instead, as a father, he tries his best to support her.
Originally, after Yang Xingyuan won the Best Actor award this time, Zhou Wei offered Yang Xingyuan an S-level contract. Wei Mingjie also reminded Wei Lan to sign Yang Xingyuan to her studio.
Sure enough, when it was Wei Lan's turn to make an invitation, Yang Xingyuan signed without even reading the terms.
…
After the Golden Tripod Awards, the public's curiosity about not only the newly crowned Best Actor Yang Xingyuan but also the newly crowned Best Director Wei Lan reached its peak, with interview invitations pouring in to Wei's public relations department.
Wei Lan gave an exclusive telephone interview to People Weekly.
In the first half, they were talking about the creative background, behind-the-scenes stories of "Rural Teachers", etc. Later, the topic gradually turned to Wei Lan personally.
"I have always had a question that the audience is also very curious about, because Director Wei sounds very young. Can you tell me how old you are this year?"
There was silence on the other end of the phone, and then he said, "Eighteen."
"Huh..." The reporter took a deep breath. This is big news!
The reporter quickly asked, "At your age, are you still in school? Majoring in film directing? How did you get the chance to direct your first TV series?"
"I'm not a professional now. I didn't go to school due to some personal health reasons. This is my first film... Hey..." Wei Lan on the other end of the phone laughed, "I got the chance to direct because of some connections from my family. Fortunately, the result was good in the end and I didn't mess it up."
Reporter: “…You are too modest.”
If winning the Golden Tripod Award is considered not screwing up, then aren't the other directors who didn't win the award always screwing up?
Today's interview has already unearthed a lot of information. The reporter thought for a moment and then asked, "So when is your next movie project?"
The reporter originally thought that Wei Lan would say next year or the second half of the year like other directors did, but a cold female voice came from the other end of the phone:
"Right now."
The reporter was stunned for a moment before reacting: "Are you saying that you have already started preparing for your next movie?"
"Yes."
…
The next day, an exclusive interview with Wei Lan was printed and sold. The cover was a familiar panda image, and the title was a question:
The youngest best director in history, is there no limit to her inspiration?
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