Chapter 126
When this idea was first proposed, there were some doubts within the Thorn Award, but Arnold was very persistent.
And actually doing it is not as difficult as everyone imagines, because the Thorn Award has been doing this process silently before and has formed a habit. This time it is just showing it off.
The change in approach now is to put the judges' work out in the open. Even if some people want to make a deal in this regard, without sufficient process support, they will not be able to gain the audience's approval. It is not so easy to threaten the judges to submit in private.
Similarly, it is also to inject new blood into this award and allow it to radiate new vitality with the times.
However, the people at the Thorn Award did not expect that the effect would be so good after it was actually launched.
When the live broadcast or video clips were first posted on the official website, the public was still unaware of it because they were not used to the Thorns Awards taking action so early. But soon, the attention gradually increased and quickly attracted a lot of eyeballs.
Because these judges first interviewed the leading actors, many big stars appeared in the interviews, which first attracted fans and provided topics for discussion.
The interview style of the Thorns Awards is outstanding. It is different from the common media interviews in the past. The judges' questions are obviously more sharp. With their status in the circle, they will not care about face and will ask many new questions about the interpretation of the characters. Some will even dig deep and ask very in-depth questions.
This requires the actor to not only perform well at that moment in the movie, but also have a deep understanding of the role and even the entire story, and express it completely.
In this mode, actors who do not have a good understanding of their performance will appear timid.
During the Thorn Awards process, in order to prevent some people from making special preparations, some judges deliberately adopted the "raid" method and walked by without saying hello.
For example, some actors were even raided while attending a friend's party, and then a simple interview of about half an hour was completed at a small table in the yard.
Some really experienced actors can even demonstrate their understanding through an impromptu performance or a dialogue without any preparation, which is very brilliant.
An actor's performance is often influenced by the director and the character's personality. If you put these factors aside and just look at the actor, you can better judge whether he/she is worthy of the title of Best Actor/Best Actress and whether he/she can enter the highest level of acting.
No actor was angry because of this "suddenness", and everyone's performance was very surprised.
The Thorns Award is such a big name that if the judges come, it means that you have a chance to be nominated. Even if you don't win this kind of award, many actors can brag about it for the rest of their lives just by being nominated, and it's not impossible for them to rely on this to make a living until retirement.
Arnold is indeed capable, and the photography team he hired was not chosen casually. The whole picture looks very clean. It may be a bit dramatic at the beginning, but in the one-on-one interview, when the two discuss their artistic pursuits and ideals, people will calm down and follow their thoughts quietly.
Therefore, the live broadcast of the Thorn Awards quickly attracted attention. In addition to dramatic reasons such as its sharpness and suddenness, the most important reason is that it is indeed meaningful.
The films that are chosen by the judges are basically all excellent films. Some of the films that have been released were very influential at the time and are worth repeated appreciation. Many viewers gained new understandings after watching the interviews, and when they went to watch the movie again, the viewing experience was indeed different.
This kind of interview is not something that just ends after you watch it, but it will arouse the audience's desire to communicate. The official website of the Thorn Awards, which originally had a very simple forum, specially opened a discussion area, and it immediately became lively.
Because of this process, many lesser-known films and unknown actors, directors and behind-the-scenes staff have gained attention and used this platform to tell their own creative stories.
This change was very successful.
The Raymond incident is in the past, but the limelight has faded. A new person who appears to have no flaws has emerged. The position of judge of the Thorn Award is crucial.
This time, we will use real-life examples to let everyone know that being a judge is not just about having great influence and being eloquent. Solid industry experience, a keen artistic sense, and a fair and impartial vision are the qualities that a judge should possess.
This has never happened before with the Thorns Awards. It attracted a lot of attention half a year before the awards ceremony, so much so that the number of works registered for screening this year has increased significantly.
Arnold is a member of the local royal family. He has already started to build more screening venues in the area, welcoming practitioners from all over the world to come here to display, and publish various exhibition information in real time on the official platform on the Internet.
In the Thorns Award exhibition, ordinary people can actually buy tickets to enter and watch. Except for the red carpet with a high threshold, many places are open.
This change not only allows the public to understand the artistic heritage of this award that has been accumulated over the years and maintains its style, but also breaks the impression that it is "high and mighty".
With such preparations, this year's Thorn Awards ceremony was particularly grand. Although unfortunately, no domestic films were shortlisted this year, the number of domestic filmmakers who came here to participate in the exhibition has increased exponentially, and the connection between China and the Thorn Awards has increased more and more, encouraging everyone to spend time and effort to shoot quality works.
The film that won the Best Picture this year is an anti-war film called "Hometown". The director had a very difficult time shooting the film and was in tears when he won the award.
In addition to the strong emotions of the film, the entire shooting and narrative techniques are also very remarkable.
Before he received the award, the interview records of the Thorns Award had already provided help to his war-torn hometown. Donations and the support of the Thorns Award enabled more people to rebuild their homes.
Perhaps this is one of the meanings of literary works: to reflect reality and then gradually change reality.
Everyone was very happy about this year's awards ceremony. After the death of old Matthew, many people were worried that this award would be affected and come to the end of its glory, but it turned out that it would get better and better.
Su Ning and Shen Mingzheng clinked glasses with Arnold and others at the banquet and said, "Let's keep working hard."
But despite such a good situation, some people are not happy.
The director of this year's award-winning film is so poor that he has lost his family. He donated part of the prize money and used part to shoot his next film. He is so frugal and obviously has no background. This proves that some people's plans did not succeed.
The angriest person was obviously Shen Antang.
In order to cooperate with other big capitals, he spent a lot of money in the middle. He had to contact the judges quietly and understand their preferences, which required upfront investment and management.
But he had already made his first bet and was about to make his move when suddenly the Thorn Award changed its appearance and the rules of the game changed.
Those judges were running around the world, with cameras and many other people around them, so it was difficult to do anything and there was no way to hide from the public. All the so-called arrangements made before were wasted.
Some older judges did not originally use the Internet, but because of the Thorns Award, they registered accounts, and with the help of the momentum and their own fame, the number of their fans quickly reached hundreds of thousands.
With so much attention, how can we take action?
The Raymond incident happened just now, and the impact has not been completely eliminated. We should be cautious at this time. This is how capital works in the entertainment industry. You want to eat meat, but you also want to eat it quietly.
As for using money or things to impress them privately, it is even more difficult. These judges were not only very rich in the past, but now the attention is so high, isn't it more promising to follow Arnold?
Besides, at this stage, no one is so shortsighted as to only care about money. Reputation is more important than money. Some judges were a little hesitant at first, but after seeing others being so open and honest, they dared not to do so anymore and never had any contact with them again.
His usual infiltration tactics were foiled at this time, so the entire award ceremony had nothing to do with them.
By next year, some of the judges may be replaced, but Matthew still has a lot of people who can be used, and the previous layout cannot be used again.
Because of this incident, Shen Antang was so angry that he smashed the equipment again.
The doctors here have served many wealthy people, and this Mr. Shen is not the richest. He is so irritable that the doctors here can't stand him anymore.
"Please calm down!" The doctor who rushed over warned him, "I told you before that you shouldn't get too excited. If you continue like this, no amount of treatment will be effective!"
Shen Antang would never listen to him. He even raised his cane and hit him. Then he threw the water cup on the table and cursed: "Quack!"
When he was in China, no doctor dared to talk to him like this. But people here will not tolerate him unlimitedly.
The doctor checked the instrument, found that the display had gone dark, and then left.
After a while, someone came and said that Shen Antang had damaged expensive precision instruments worth tens of millions of dollars and needed to pay compensation. If he was not paid within three days, he would have to move out and use the medical expenses he had paid before to pay off the debt.
This is a foreign country, not his territory.
Shen Antang was very shocked when he heard this. How could someone dare to speak to him like this!
He was so angry that his heart ached, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt powerless. Although he still had people around him, this nursing home dared to charge such a high fee, and the people behind it were not just for free. In terms of force, how could his few people be of any use?
Originally Shen Antang could have gone back to his home, but now he can't.
He used to be able to take tens of millions of dollars easily, but at this moment, his money was inevitably tight and he couldn't give so much in cash. He even called Shen Mingzheng at this time, but the other party simply didn't answer.
Of course he wouldn't answer it. Shen Antang knew clearly that Shen Mingzheng must be aware of his actions during this period.
Many of the Shen family's people in the country ignored him. Perhaps they saw which way the wind was blowing and stood more firmly on the side of the new head of the family.
Shen Mingzheng is simply a wolf cub that can never be tamed!
In his heart, he despised this wolf cub who turned his back on people once his wings had grown strong, but this was exactly the kind of wolf he had raised.
Shen Antang's predecessor had an even worse life after he came to power, with his head and body separated, because Shen Antang's position was also obtained step by step by him.
As he said, there is no room for two people in the position of the head of the family. If the first one doesn't die, the second one will not be able to stand up. The funny thing is that in order to avoid such an ending, he carefully selected Shen Mingzheng, and then was blinded by the arrogance of the superior, and now he has ended up like this.
Shen Mingzheng was actually relatively kind-hearted, not as cruel as he was back then. He just ignored him at this time, at least he didn't send anyone to assassinate him.
Shen Antang had nowhere to go now. After thinking about it, he realized that he had to give in. Returning to the sanatorium was his best choice. The security conditions there were excellent. As long as he continued to pay the huge amount of treatment fees, this place could at least provide him with a good environment.
The people he had worked with before also completely ignored him, and since he hadn't achieved his goal, they naturally just threw the things away after using them.
For this reason, Shen Antang sold many of his collected items at low prices. Some of them were even heirlooms of the Shen family. He had no choice but to sell them here in exchange for a place to live.
It's okay, he thought, trying to comfort himself, I still have something in my hands, and there will be a chance to make a comeback in the future.
But this obviously won't cure his illness.
After Shen Antang stayed abroad for some time, when he returned to his ward, he felt constant heart pain, which was much more serious than when he first arrived, and no medicine was of any use.