Chapter 271: Just an Appetizer

This year's Golden Horse Awards may be the least controversial one in the past decade.

There aren’t many people discussing the competitiveness of certain awards online. No one is interested in this or they know it well.

Oh yes, the Best Actress award should have nothing to do with Bai Youlou and his "Dying to Survive".

After all, Qiu Yanran’s role is still a little less than that of the heroine in a normal movie.

But the rest seems set in stone no matter how you look at it.

After all, the organizer's attitude seems too humble.

Many people used to laugh at the Golden Melody Awards for being too flattering, but now they think the Golden Horse Awards are indeed well-deserved! They are indeed a well-known award in the Chinese film industry!

Fight him to the end!

As a result, less than two years had passed, and when I turned around, I found that I had slid to my knees even more thoroughly and my posture was even lower.

Okay, okay, this is how we play, right?!

"This must be the most shameful award ceremony ever. There is no dignity at all!"

"Profit comes first, disgusting insider trading!"

"Everyone knows whose name is on the trophy, so what's the need for such an awards ceremony?"

"What kind of art is this? Some people have forgotten their true nature and only care about profit."

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This year's head of the jury was singled out and severely criticized, which made him feel helpless.

It's as if he made the decision alone. Isn't this everyone's opinion?

Those who just watch the fun will never know how difficult it is to be the boss!
To put it bluntly, these guys really don't know what it means for influence to gradually wane.

The joke that happened when Bai Youlou was stepped on was not the reason for the decline of the Golden Horse Awards. At most, it was a small accelerator.

Given the general situation, all these people can do is to explode or just have fun behind closed doors.

Regarding this kind of gameplay, the Academy Awards next door has already given an example.

That is, basically no one pays attention to the Academy Awards anymore.

The glory of those days has completely disappeared.

To put it bluntly, after this year's Academy Awards ceremony, there wasn't even a decent hot search in mainland China.

If you play by yourself behind closed doors, people will simply stop playing with you.

Therefore, we cannot emulate the Academy Awards at all, and we can only embrace the mainland more. This way, we can retain our own territory and prevent the Taiwanese film and television industry from continuing to decline at an accelerated rate.

The emergence of "Dying to Survive" can be regarded as a turning point in today's film and television industry.

The box office ceiling was broken again, demonstrating the potential of the mainland's ticket base in a very exaggerated manner.

Data is very intuitive.

"Dying to Survive" has made it into the top 100 of the world's box office rankings based solely on box office revenue in mainland China.

The top 100 may not seem very impressive, but before that, the top 100 were all Hollywood movies.

Bai Youlou broke the monopoly of Hollywood movies on this list.

This is also the first time that a non-English film and an Asian film have been included in the list.

Not to mention the top 100, there are only a dozen non-Hollywood movies in the top 500 world box office rankings.

Otherwise, Bai Youlou wouldn't have been targeted by his superiors. He was only reminded because of a little scandal with a Sakura sister.

In short, the Golden Horse Awards said that it was not kneeling to Bai Youlou, but to the future of Taiwan's film and television industry.

Thinking of this way, I naturally felt much more comfortable.

As for the ridicule and clamor on the local Internet?
Just barking.

The sponsors have already given the answer, and this year they have even sold the broadcasting rights.

The so-called "nothing interesting this year" and "we all know who won the awards" are simply bullshit.

Are suspense and highlights important?

What the audience wants to see is Bai Youlou's deification.

Instead of a bunch of unfamiliar artists speaking unfluent Mandarin and chattering away, who in mainland China would want to watch this?

Some award-winning art films and actors are indeed artistic, but audiences just don’t like to watch them.

It's normal to bow to capital occasionally. Cannes is still dividing the cake, and the golden chicken next door loves double yolk eggs.

They embrace capital and traffic from time to time at the Golden Horse Awards to ensure that they can "survive" and "live well". What's wrong with that?
It just wants to live, what crime has it committed?

In short, the script for becoming a god has been written!
The Golden Horse Awards may hope more than Bai Youlou himself that the script can be completed smoothly.

The current Golden Horse Awards jury obviously wants to actively embrace the mainland film market and all kinds of filmmakers. If it were a different wave, they might just get tired of Bai Youlou and never have anything to do with him again.

These things are constantly changing.

The attitude shown at this year's Golden Horse Awards has attracted a large number of mainland filmmakers to come and show their support.

Awards may seem like recognition of one's art, but in reality they are still tied to fame and fortune.

Some artists just lack an award of sufficient weight, whether it is for promotion or salary increase.

But not this year.

These mainland filmmakers did not necessarily come to "congratulate" Bai Youlou, but rather to see whether the Golden Horse Awards are really willing to be more "open".

If the Golden Horse Awards are willing to show more "sincerity", then it would be great if everyone could get what they need.

Although lively, this year's Golden Horse Awards was certainly not the place where miracles were born.

Even most of the nominated films have relatively average influence and popularity.

It seemed as if all the light was sucked away by Bai Youlou, and he seemed to have turned into a black hole.

"Director Bai, what do you think about the fact that "Dying to Survive" received ten nominations this year, and everyone generally predicts that you will win a big victory?"

The reporter's questions were as digging as ever.

Bai Youlou lived up to everyone's expectations and jumped directly into the pit.

Smiling at the camera, "The prediction is pretty accurate~"

The reporter who asked the question felt dizzy. Damn, you really dare to admit it? Just like that, the PY transaction was announced?
However, they were ecstatic the next moment. The media didn't care whether Bai Youlou and the Golden Horse Awards had a PY transaction or not. Whether it was fair or not was none of their business. They only cared about the highlights and topics.

“How many trophies do you think we can take away tonight? Can you make a prediction?”

This is a good question. Bai Youlou called out to Long Ziqiang who was also being interviewed not far away.

After being cheated on by his ex-wife, this guy seemed to have his Ren and Du meridians opened up. The "hat brothers" he and Zhen Dongjun form have been successful recently.

His tongue has become much smoother and he talks dirty everywhere.

He is having a very happy chat with the media right now, and he seems to be humorous, witty and has high emotional intelligence.

There are already claims online that Long Ziqiang is fully equipped except for his face.

After being summoned by Bai Youlou, Long Ziqiang understood immediately. He took out a large plastic bag from his suit pocket and handed it to Bai Youlou, asking him to show it to the media.

"Of course I hope it's full."

Damn. Is this the largest plastic bag you can buy in the supermarket? It seems to be sold for 50 cents each. Are they really buying it?

Looking at Bai Youlou's unconcealed "face", some local media in Taiwan didn't know what to say for a moment.

I really want to scold Bai Youlou for being arrogant, but the attitude of the Golden Horse Awards and what happened at the Golden Melody Awards before have proved that he is not just arrogant.

It's easy for someone to jump out and make a noise at this time and then use a boomerang to hit you in the face.

The rage of an incompetent person is useless, especially to Bai Youlou, it can't affect his mentality at all.

The Taiwanese media has a lot to say about this. After all, this is where Bai Youlou often shows off, and it can be called his second home.

At the end of the interview, seeing the undisguised smile on Bai Youlou's face, all the media outlets, which were known for being bold and shameless, fell silent.

There's no way. Some people are thick-skinned and intermittently crazy. Such people are naturally not afraid of these so-called uncrowned kings.

What’s more terrifying is that he is really capable.

Click~
In the frozen photo, Bai Youlou's smile remains the same as before.

This reminded many mainland media of the shocking press conference he held before filming the movie.

He is still the same troll as before, without any change.
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"Why is it this suit again? You don't have any other clothes?"

Liu Manli's complaints were quite effective in the show, and the mainland filmmakers around her felt the atmosphere was a lot more relaxed.

There's no way. Although Bai Youlou had a smile on his face and nodded to greet everyone after entering the venue, his aura always made people feel scared.

A big director plus a crazy critic, who wouldn’t be scared?

Even though he knew Bai Youlou wouldn't jump up and bite anyone, he subconsciously didn't dare to be too ostentatious.

However, as soon as Liu Manli said this, the solidified atmosphere seemed to dissipate.

Bai Youlou blinked innocently, "Why don't you have any other clothes? I have several suits."

"I see you've worn this outfit twice." Liu Manli continued to complain.

"Not as particular as you women. You can't wear a set of clothes again after you've worn them?"

Liu Manli did not refute, but just looked at Long Ziqiang and others.

Only then did Bai Youlou realize that the suits worn by the two hat brothers, Long Ziqiang and Zhen Dongjun, were pretty damn fancy!

What a slut!

"Ugly people often do bad things~"

Liu Manli looked at Lu Wenyuan again.

"Hey, Brother Wenyuan is just wearing an ordinary black suit. He and I are the same type of people. No wonder we are both handsome."

Lu Wenyuan didn't know what to say. In fact, he was wearing the latest model of a big brand, but it seemed that there was no difference in Bai Youlou's eyes.

Liu Manli shook her head helplessly. No wonder her best friend Mo Qiuling said that Bai Youlou was handsome but had no sense of fashion and there was no hope for him to match his clothes on his own.

It’s not that the clothes he wore were ugly. Bai Youlou’s outfit had always been pretty decent and there was nothing wrong with it.

But there's nothing new about it.

Occasionally, something brightens one's eyes a little, and that must be because a girl helped to match it.

Lu Wenyuan finally couldn't help himself and didn't stand in the same camp with Bai Youlou, "Brother Lou, I don't wear the same clothes every time. It's just that the styles of men's suits don't look as different as women's dresses."

"You are such a show-off with thick eyebrows and big eyes!"

Lu Wenyuan laughed and shrugged, "I've been on the top of the five major magazines~"

The top five fashion magazines refer to the five most influential first-line women's magazines in the country.

Of course, there are also five major men's magazines, but the influence of men's magazines is indeed not as great as that of women's magazines.

Their cover models represent the most popular celebrities and models of the moment. Being able to appear on these five fashion magazines is undoubtedly a recognition of the celebrity and model's personal status.

Of course, this is not a particularly difficult achievement. There are probably more than a dozen men's magazine grand slams.

There may be fewer women's magazines, but there are still some people.

But Lu Wenyuan is still very awesome. He has won the Grand Slam of both men's and women's magazines and has been on the cover of almost all the top fashion magazines in the country.

Today, when Lu Wenyuan says that he is a top star, he is not as stiff as before.

After his successful transformation, he was able to make fun of himself naturally.

After chatting about fashion magazines for a while, Lu Wenyuan suddenly showed some curiosity, "Brother Lou, I noticed that you don't seem to have any endorsements. It's impossible that no brand is looking for you."

"I'm not sure about this. It's Lao Zhou who is behind this. Maybe he secretly took the money from others and did it on purpose."

"No, no, no, you're talking nonsense! It's obviously you who thinks the offer is too low." Old Zhou quickly passed the blame on to others.

It’s not that Bai Youlou doesn’t have endorsements. One of his more famous endorsements is for Mercedes-Benz, which paid a very high price and he signed it very happily.

As for those luxury brand endorsements that are more popular among celebrities, the negotiations are not very smooth.

Those foreign big names are all very arrogant and are used to being flattered by many artists in the circle, but Bai Youlou will definitely not tolerate them.

Very clever, both sides want the other side to kneel down and talk to them, so that's a tie.

Plus, Bai Youlou habitually asks for too much.
However, after the release of "Dying to Survive", those brands that were originally very tough have softened their stance a lot. It is estimated that Bai Youlou will have more endorsements next year.

Lao Zhou is still working very hard, and is trying his best to help Bai Youlou balance the style and quality of the endorsement.

Bai Youlou doesn't care about those luxury brands, but there are voices online that think endorsing these brands is too high-end, and there's nothing he can do about it.

If Lao Zhou hadn't stopped him, Bai Youlou's face would have appeared on the billboards for those products, such as hand-pulled pancakes, electric cars, chicken chops, etc., with sincere prices.

Everyone in the "Dying to Survive" crew was obviously in a relaxed mood and was not too nervous about the award ceremony.

After the award ceremony started, they were still chatting in low voices, and only cooperated a little when the camera was turned on them occasionally, as a way of giving face to the organizer.

Even Lu Wenyuan, who has just been "converted to a regular actor", is quite relaxed.

There was no way, he already knew the result in advance.

Brother Lou is so steady when it comes to doing things!
Lu Wenyuan felt that his current attitude towards Bai Youlou seemed a little too flattering.

There's nothing I can do, he gave me just too much!

"Congratulations to Lu Wenyuan, the winner of this year's Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor for 'Dying to Survive'!"

Even though he had received a positive answer from Bai Youlou in advance, when the award presenter on the stage read out Lu Wenyuan's name, the boy still couldn't help but trembled twice.

He tried to appear calm, but ultimately failed due to the flushing on his face.

Bai Youlou laughed out loud when he saw this scene.

Boy, you want to imitate my face, and you also want to imitate my face?

Can you imitate the way my buddy acted when he received the award?

Before Lu Wenyuan won the trophy, the crew of "Dying to Survive" had already won three trophies, Best Screenplay, Best Original Film Music, and Best Original Film Song.

Including this, four trophies.

However, the real heavyweight award has not been announced yet.

No one at the scene would believe that Bai Youlou came here today just to win these few marginal awards.

It's just an appetizer and dessert.

(End of this chapter)