novellhall Chapter 65 Film Festivals and Flower Awards
Chapter 65 Film Festivals and Flower Awards
Saturday, October 8.
The 11th Shanghai International Film Festival has opened.
This year's international film festival will run from August 31 to September 8.
Whether it's to mitigate the impact of the financial crisis and boost confidence, Shanghai has mobilized a lot of resources this time, inviting a large number of celebrities, including almost all of China's top stars.
All four actresses and two actresses are in place!
A large number of female celebrities attended the event in their finest attire.
In such a public setting, no one wants to be outshone.
Jin Suo has been unusually high-profile this year, showing off her various looks on the red carpet, which has attracted a lot of media attention.
Jin Suo has taken the path of becoming a "carpet star" to the extreme.
She is the first actress to become a top-tier star by walking the red carpet.
A single red carpet event, coupled with various press releases, creates an illusion of outshining everyone else, regardless of whether it's actually true or not, generating considerable buzz.
Gu Qingshan and Jing Tian were together. Jing Tian was also wearing exquisite makeup and an expensive dress.
The two became the focus of attention on the red carpet as soon as they appeared.
Reporters and photographers who were originally around Jin Suo all rushed towards Gu Qingshan and Jing Tian.
Jin Suo's smile froze, and she felt indignant.
Why should I?!
This is outrageous!
After walking the red carpet with Jing Tian, Gu Qingshan publicly announced for the first time during an interview that "Lost in Thailand" would be released nationwide on September 26.
This immediately pushed all the press releases that Jin Suo had bought into a corner.
What do you mean by "outshining" someone?
When there's no news, everyone's happy to report on it, since they'll get a red envelope anyway.
However, the release of "Lost in Thailand" on September 26th is big news, and everyone will naturally report on such big news to generate a lot of traffic.
"Lost on Journey" broke box office records, even surpassing big-budget productions like "Red Cliff".
The sequel, "Lost in Thailand," is about to be released, which is quite a sensation.
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Awards ceremony on September 8th.
As Gu Qingshan expected, most of the awards were given to foreigners.
Jing Tian won the Most Promising New Actress Award from the Movie Channel, while Gu Qingshan won the Most Watched Director Award from the Movie Channel. They were nominated for other awards but did not win any of them.
Zhang Ziyi won the Chinese Film Award from the Movie Channel. Since her debut, this "Mou Girl" has had a smooth and successful career, winning awards left and right.
Off-site entertainment gossip also keeps coming.
She initially dated a singer, but the singer passed away from illness shortly after. Then, in 2004, she started dating the son of the Huo family, and photos of the two of them were immediately published in the newspapers, causing a huge uproar.
Just when everyone thought Zhang Ziyi was going to marry into a wealthy family, this two-year relationship came to an end.
Then last year, Zhang Ziyi found a foreign boyfriend.
Zhang Ziyi was highly praised by the judges, but Gu Qingshan had no interest in her at all.
This woman is not one to stay at home; only Wang Piku can tame her.
Moreover, she is currently the highest-paid actress. Gu Qingshan would only hire her if he were brain-dead and had too much money to handle.
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September 13, DL City.
Jing Tian was still putting on makeup, while Gu Qingshan looked at his laptop with a smile on his face.
After announcing the release date of "Lost in Thailand" at the Shanghai International Film Festival, the film launched its promotional campaign, starting with promotional posters and then releasing the first announcement trailer.
The popularity of "Lost in Thailand" surpassed that of "Painted Skin".
Despite spending tens of millions on promotion, "Painted Skin" still couldn't catch up with the popularity of "Lost in Thailand".
It can only be said that "Lost on Journey" greatly boosted the popularity of "Lost in Thailand".
Just seeing "Lost in Thailand 2" and the actors Xu Zheng and Wang Baoqiang evoked memories of the original "Lost in Thailand" and created a desire to watch it.
The number of screenings for "Lost in Thailand" in its first week was significantly higher than that for "Painted Skin".
Theatrical releases are very pragmatic; no matter how strong the cast of "Painted Skin" is, it can't compare to the appeal of "Lost in Thailand".
Finally, Jing Tian was all ready. She had put in a lot of effort for attending the Hundred Flowers Awards, even borrowing a dress worth several million yuan.
This is currently the most prestigious film award they have participated in.
They all received multiple nominations at the 29th Hundred Flowers Awards for Popular Films.
The Hundred Flowers Awards have only seven categories: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Newcomer.
"Night Shop" received a Best Newcomer nomination, while "Love is Not Blind" received nominations for five awards, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Newcomer.
Once inside the RV, Jing Tian glanced at the schedule: "Are we behind the 'Assembly' film crew?"
"Mm." Gu Qingshan nodded.
Jing Tian asked doubtfully, "Wouldn't this be a bad idea? We're all newcomers, why are we being made the finale?"
"This wasn't arranged by us. If Director Feng has any complaints, he should talk to the organizers, not us." Gu Qingshan couldn't help but laugh.
Despite Feng Xiaogang's constant criticism and outspokenness, he is actually not well-liked by mainstream filmmakers.
This can be seen from the awards Feng Xiaogang has received.
To date, Feng Xiaogang has not won the Best Director award at either the Hundred Flowers Awards or the Golden Rooster Awards.
Feng Xiaogang had high hopes for "Assembly" and even attended the 11th Pyongyang International Film Festival. "Assembly" won the Best Film Award and the Best Director Award. This time, he started building hype early on, as if not giving him the Best Director Award at the Hundred Flowers Awards would be an unforgivable sin.
Now look what's happened! The Hundred Flowers Awards are making things even worse for Feng Xiaogang by messing with the order of the red carpet.
It can only be said that Feng Xiaogang's foul mouth has offended too many people.
Otherwise, given the box office success of Feng Xiaogang's films, he would at least have something to hide.
Jing Tian was somewhat worried, "They've scheduled us after the 'Assembly' crew, and now our 'Lost in Thailand' and 'Painted Skin' are clashing in release. Will Huayi Brothers try to take advantage of us?"
"They're not that stupid; they don't know who started this," Gu Qingshan said, pursing his lips.
Huayi Brothers was an investor in "Painted Skin," but only one of the investors.
The primary producer and main initiator of "Painted Skin" is Ningxia Film Studio.
Gu Qingshan said, "Besides, as long as we achieve our goal, we won't be weaker than Huayi; we'll be stronger!"
He has no need of Huayi's help, not in the past, not now, and certainly not in the future!
However, it's uncertain whether Huayi will need his help.
If he can acquire Poly Group's film and television business, he will instantly become a media giant.
At that time, he was no longer just a director or a film company owner, but a media mogul.
"It's still far from settled. They're not short of money, so they might not necessarily sell their shares," Jing Tian said. "In this industry, we're newcomers. We lack experience and connections, so we need to keep a low profile."
It's like being in a completely different world when you're not in the same profession!
Jing Tian understands this very well.
She originally wanted to debut as a singer and spent a lot of money to produce an album, but it didn't make a splash at all.
Later, he changed his mind and entered the Beijing Film Academy to pursue an acting career.