Chapter 385 Results and the Lively Magic City International Film Festival

Liu Zhou didn't chat much with Liu Yifei. He just said a few words and then sat down in his seat.

At this time, the camera kept scanning their direction. Liu Zhou and Zhang Chaoyang were fine, but Xiao Ma Ge might be a little uncomfortable, and his expression was not as natural as the other two.

Not long after, the event officially began, and the host invited a director from CCTV to give a speech.

"This selection activity was actively participated by hundreds of well-known media in the industry and millions of people. It is precisely this kind of participation by the most active and influential fans born after 80 and the most influential media people in entertainment...so...it will affect the new entertainment landscape in the future, and the result is"

There was a lot of chatter, but the general meaning was that our selection had many media and people participating, so it was the most authoritative. Previous selections were just a dozen people locked in a room messing around.

After talking for nearly twenty minutes, the director finally stepped down from the stage amid applause from everyone, and then the award ceremony finally began.

The big screen on the stage lit up instantly, and the media award was presented first.

There are no trophies or anything else for this selection, nor is there a nomination list. The results are just announced directly, and then the host reads them out one by one.

First up are the most popular artists: Andy Lau, Jay Chou, and Mr. Zhou
Two movie stars and one music king, they deserve the title of the most popular artist.

In terms of popularity, Fan Xiaopang is still slightly inferior to Zhou Gongzi, but according to what Liu Zhou learned, the difference in votes between the two is very small.

On the contrary, Zhang Ziyi and Boss Zhao, who were the most popular among the four major actresses at the beginning, had a considerable gap in votes compared to Zhou Gongzi and Fan Xiaopang.

The popularity of the two is indeed a bit low now. Zhang Ziyi's triple door has been opened twice, and Boss Zhao has also been plagued by negative news in the past two years.

Most Charming Artist: Liang Chaowei, Zhang Manyu, Qin Hao

Most popular artists: Cheng Guanxi, Zhang Ziyi, Wang Fei

There is nothing wrong with this. These three people have indeed been the most popular in the past one or two years.

If the Xiang family hadn't given a tactful reminder, Wang Fei's name should have been changed to Zhang Baizhi.

Liu Zhou did not interfere in all the selections. The people from the two portal websites evaluated based on the votes. Of course, there must be some small inside stories.

No matter what, the Xiang family has considerable influence in the entertainment industry, so since they have given us a heads up, we have to give them face, and that's why we crossed out Zhang Baizhi's name.

The most wronged artist: Tang Wei, Xie Tingfeng, Huang Weide
This is indeed quite unfair!
There is no need to talk about the first two. As for Huang Weide, the uproar caused by the photo of him holding hands with Yi Nengjing was exposed last year, which led to Yi Nengjing and Yu parting ways unhappily. However, Huang said in front of the media that it was not his initiative.

This caused Yi Nengjing's reputation to plummet.

All I can say is that Huang Weide was really a scumbag, and his career subsequently declined.

The Most Unlucky Artist Award: Huang Lei, Cheng Guanxi, Meng Guangmei
Huang Lei and Jia Jingwen, who was going through a marriage crisis at the time, were filming a TV series together, which led to rumors and ambiguous text messages.

However, the most unlucky person was Meng Guangmei, who was defrauded of everything by her Italian ex-boyfriend. Not only was she defrauded of more than 40 million Hong Kong dollars, but also her parents' money.

Worst Impression Artists: Yi Nengjing, Zhang Ziyi, Yang Chenglin
Most Friendly Artist: Cheng Long, Andy Lau, Huang Xiaoming
The most entertaining artist: Sandra Ng, Chen Handian, Wu Zhongxian
The most hype-minded artists: Boss Zhao, Jia Jingwen, Li Bingbing
Most popular director: Liu Zhou, Zhang Yimou

The most unlucky directors: Gu Changwei, Chen Shishi
Most Commercial Director: Feng Xiaogang
……

The names were called out over and over again, with pictures flashing on the big screen. The host would occasionally interject and make a few remarks to avoid making the scene so boring and awkward.

After the media awards, the next is the audience award, which is also selected jointly by the audience and the media.

First, the title of Supreme Dance King born in the 80s was awarded to the Master of Time Management amid applause from industry insiders and the audience.

It was from this time that he started to gain the title of Asian Dance King.

Then there are the four vases: Lin Yichen, Jiang Yuchen, Qi Wei, Liu Yan

It took some time to read out these awards. After Jay Chou sang a song "Blue and White Porcelain", the four most anticipated young actresses and four young actors of the night were announced.

The first to be announced were the four young actors. Zhang Chaoyang stood up, straightened his suit, and then walked leisurely to the stage. He was the special guest to announce the results.

Originally, we wanted to invite Xiao Ma Ge to be the guest, but he refused and gave the opportunity to Zhang Chaoyang.

Of course Zhang Chaoyang felt obliged to do such a prominent thing and agreed to it without hesitation.

On the stage, Zhang Chaoyang faced thousands of artists, smiled at the audience, and took the envelope from the host.

Zhang Chaoyang spoke for a few words before slowly opening the envelope, looking at it carefully, and then casually glanced in several directions below the stage.

This sight made several hopeful people lose their composure. When Zhang Chaoyang looked in their direction, he was ecstatic, while those who were not seen were naturally very disappointed.

Zhang Chaoyang did not keep anyone in suspense and announced the list with a smile.

"In 2009, the four best young actors selected by the media and audiences are Lin Sen, Zhang Junning, Zhu Yuchen, and Hu Ge!"

"Congratulations to them!" Every time a name was announced, there was warm applause from the audience.

Then their representative works began to be shown on the big screen, and several directors who had worked with them were invited from the audience to give comments.

Perhaps the only one who is still very popular in later generations is Brother Hu, but except Lin Sen, the other two were indeed quite popular at that time, and everyone could accept their selection.

However, Lin Sen was the only one who was obviously dissatisfied. But there was nothing they could do about it, because he was the prince of Rong Xinda.

With the full efforts of the two Lis, Lin Sen, who is not that popular and does not have many representative works, was still elected.

Nearly half an hour later, Liu Zhou came on stage to announce the list of the new four little beauties.

Liu Zhou didn't keep anyone in suspense. He immediately announced the list after taking the envelope.

Liu Yifei!
Yellow Holy Cloth!
Yang Mi!

Wang Luodan!
A new generation of four young actresses has emerged.

These four people really deserve the title. Among the new generation of actresses born in the 1980s, these four are the most popular.

Originally Yang Mi was a little short of the mark, but the Chinese Paladin III was aired in June this year, which made her an instant hit and completely made up for all her shortcomings, leading to her successful election.

However, Liu Zhou also noticed that Yang Mi seemed to be the most excited or unbelievable. She sat in her seat with her eyes wide open and forgot to go on stage.

Finally, after being reminded by the people next to him, he slowly stood up and walked to the stage.

Clips of their representative works also flashed on the big screen.

Xiaolongnu in "The Return of the Condor Heroes", the mute girl in "Kung Fu", Xuejian in "The Legend of Sword and Fairy III" and Qian Xiaoyang in "Who's in Charge of My Youth".

It can be seen that except Liu Yifei, all of them were very excited. When giving their speeches, Wang Luodan even started to cry.

And with the awards presented to the four young actresses at the end, tonight's "award ceremony" officially came to a successful conclusion.

The next day, as expected, the teams behind the selected candidates promoted the award desperately, trying to attribute the title to their own actors.

But I don’t know if it’s a bit weird, compared to the four little beauties, the popularity of the four little boys is still much lower.

It's also strange in China. Except for the older generation of stars, the popularity and pay of male stars are far lower than those of female stars.

This life is better, Golden Harvest has brought out Qin Hao and Huang Xiaoming, two people who can compete with the four Dan and two Bing.

Historically, there were few male stars who could catch up with the Four Dans and Two Bings. The only ones who could come up with the role were Huang Xiaoming, Lu Yi, Deng Chao, Chen Kun, Liu Ye and others.

Among the four Dans and two Bings, not to mention Zhang Ziyi, the pay of Boss Zhao and Master Zhou has already reached 6 million. Even the lowest paid, Fan Xiaopang, has more than 3 million or nearly 4 million.

Among the male actors, Chen Kun, who was doing the best at the time, only received a salary of three million yuan, and this was the offer after "Painted Skin". As for the others, most of them received one or two million yuan.

The same is true for the female stars born in the 80s, and the male stars of the same age are far behind. Except for Brother Hu, the other four young actors this time are all taller than the short ones.

But no matter what, the four young actresses and four young actors who have just been evaluated will be the most popular people during this period of time.

In contrast, the various titles of "best" given by the media and audiences have almost no popularity. After all, there is no point in hype at all.

While the outside world was buzzing with reports about the four little boys and four little girls, another major event in the entertainment industry, the Shanghai International Film Festival, opened.

This year's Shanghai International Film Festival was also quite lively. Although there were not many films registered for the exhibition in the early stages, the guests invited and the scene created were quite large.

Internationally renowned directors Danny Boyle and Stephen Daldry made appearances, and well-known domestic directors Liu Zhou, Feng Kuzi and Jiang Wen also cheered for the film festival.

On the opening day on the 20th, Danny Boyle, Stephen Daldry and Jiang Wen appeared on the chairman's podium and talked about how to make simple movies. As a result, Jiang Wen blasted some blockbusters as shoddy projects.

The next morning, Feng Kuzi suddenly opened fire because some stars at the film festival brought 10 assistants with them. He criticized some actors for being pretentious. At the same time, he did not forget to criticize some of Wanwan's male actors for being either slurred or delicate.

The successive shots from the two great domestic directors undoubtedly added considerable heat to this film festival.

On the afternoon of the 21st, the film festival held another important symposium, a forum entitled "Made in China - What kind of movies does the Chinese market need?"

Not only were four directors invited, Liu Zhou, Ning Hao, Wang Xiaoshuai and Wei Desheng, but also four bigwigs in the distribution industry, Gao Jun of Golden Harvest Group, Yu Dong of Bona, Zeng Maojun of Wanda Cinemas, and Wu Hehu of United Cinemas. Everyone gathered together to engage in a battle of ideas.

Ning Hao's name was not originally on the list. Ren Zhonglun invited Lu Chuan instead. However, Lu Chuan's reputation became bad some time ago, so he had no choice but to invite Ning Hao temporarily.

Ning Hao didn't want to come at first. He had similar ideas to Liu Zhou and felt that attending such a forum was a waste of time. However, when he saw that Liu Zhou agreed to attend, he also accepted Ren Zhonglun's invitation.

Including Gao Jun, people from Jiahe Group who attended the forum accounted for almost half of the total.

(End of this chapter)