"The Lingyun Award has undergone a lot of reforms in the past two years. It is obvious that a group of people who want to do something are running this award. In recent years, all the nominated films will be re-screened in theaters. According to the situation in the past three or four years, basically in this window period, the box office revenue of all the nominated films re-screened can add up to hundreds of millions."
When Chen Ziyan talked about the performance of the Lingyun Award in recent years, she was quite moved and expressed her approval.
Among the three major domestic film awards, the Lingyun Award is actually the one that Lu Yanhe has participated in the most.
"They are really perceptive and have noticed the changes in the drama market," said Chen Ziyan. "In fact, everyone says that domestic films have changed a lot in recent years, but in reality, it is the market that is getting bigger, the audience is getting bigger, and people are willing to go to the cinema to watch movies because they have money. If we really talk about changes in subject matter, shooting techniques, quality and other content, I personally think that the changes in dramas are far greater than those in movies. To some extent, dramas are on the rise, while movies, except for production technology, all other aspects seem to be on the decline."
Lu Yanhe and Chen Ziyan actually felt the same way.
"However, the three traditional TV drama awards have not kept up with the changes in the situation. I am not saying that their award results are wrong, but the ownership and results of the awards sometimes reflect the trend of the entire industry."
Chen Ziyan continued, "Looking at the results of the three major awards, I am actually quite pessimistic. Every year, the results are still focused on whether there is a shady deal, rather than whether the results reflect the most commendable results in the industry."
Lu Yanhe was stunned.
"What do you mean?"
"For example, Friends is the most popular TV series in China in recent years. It ranks first, and there is no doubt about that, right?" Chen Ziyan said. "I am not saying that because you made this series, I am saying that. But this series, which has such an influence on the industry and has such a great response in the market, has not won any awards from the first season to the fifth season now."
Lu Yanhe hesitated.
"But...sitcoms have never been favored by mainstream awards."
"This is a paradox in itself," Chen Ziyan said. "First, mainstream awards, whose mainstream is it? Is it the mainstream of government departments, the mainstream of the industry, or the mainstream of artistic value? The definition of mainstream has different scopes. Second, awards need fairness, but it does not mean that the same yardstick is followed every year. There are always people who mistakenly believe that so-called fairness means that this standard is unchanging. This industry is constantly changing, and the market is also constantly changing."
"Sometimes, when it comes to an award, the concept comes first. Well, they think that in recent years, veteran actors have won the award, so they should give a push to younger actors. However, among the young actors who were given the award, none of them performed well enough to convince the public. As a result, they were criticized. Do you think they were intentionally unfair? No, they were just too self-righteous and used their own concepts to try to manipulate the public and the market's preferences."
Chen Ziyan said to Lu Yanhe, "When you won the Best Actor award for Road to Glory, luckily you won it at the last Galaxy Awards. Otherwise, there would still be controversy. The actors who everyone thinks should have won the award had already won the Lingyun Award and Feihong Award. If you won it, people would have fewer doubts about you. After all, that was a big year for you, and your competitors were too strong."
Lu Yanhe nodded.
This is true.
"This is a question of where people's hearts are." Chen Ziyan said, "In the big year of the Best Actor selection, you see, Shang Yongzhou, who acted with you in "Road to Glory", didn't win the award in the end. Was his performance worse than the three actors who won awards that year? Definitely not, right? In fact, he was the most popular nominee at the beginning, and his acting was really good. Then when other actors who deserved the award appeared, everyone actually had a tacit understanding. At this time, Shang Yongzhou, who no longer needed the trophy, didn't give it to him for the time being."
"The facts prove that the influence of the movie Road to Glory is far less than that of Rouge. Zhou Yuning, who won the Lingyun Award for Best Actor, also relied on Jiuyin, the most influential martial arts movie in the past eight years." Chen Ziyan said, "In your session, the choices for the Best Actor caused a huge discussion, but after the noise, everyone thought it was the right choice and well-deserved."
"Then look at the winners of the acting awards in the past two years. How many of those winners' films will truly become classics in Chinese film history? And how many people have actually seen those films?" Chen Ziyan curled her lips. "Blindly pursuing art and absolute performance quality without considering the situation of the entire industry is also a process of self-destruction."
Lu Yanhe seemed to be thinking about something.
What made Lu Yanhe most angry about the Golden Tripod Awards this year was not the "Friends" incident, but the fact that "Mountain Top" starring Yan Liang did not even get him a nomination.
Fairness is a concept that requires self-deception in order to maintain a false balance even if one knows it is a false proposition.
Yan Liang's performance in the field of TV series in recent years is enough to make him a role model for all young actors in the industry.
Whether it is the dedication, hard work, or the final quality of character creation, it should be recognized.
But inexplicably, the drama "The Mountain Top" was ignored.
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The news that the Lingyun Award was going to hold a drama award selection could basically no longer be kept secret at this stage, and it slowly spread within the industry.
However, for many people in the industry, the Lingyun Award's sudden move was linked to the public opinion crisis caused by the Golden Tripod Award this year.
Many people have speculated whether the Lingyun Award is attempting to replace the Golden Tripod Award in the field of drama awards.
This is not an award casually made up by some makeshift team, but the Lingyun Award, which is an authoritative film award in itself.
As the news spread in the industry, it suddenly turned into a signal that the "Golden Tripod Award is in danger."
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Huang Lian didn’t know how many calls he received in a row.
The Lingyun Award is intended to be an award for TV dramas, but its target is directly aimed at the Golden Tripod Award.
The negative public opinion, which had already slowly faded away, has once again made a comeback.
No one expected that things would turn out like this.
Huang Lian repeatedly assured people that the status of the Golden Tripod Award would not be shaken by the Lingyun Award.
However, verbal assurances are not reliable.
The Golden Tripod Award Executive Committee held an emergency meeting to discuss countermeasures.
Next year’s Golden Tripod Awards must not fail, and there must not be any controversies like this year.
We have to find a way to change public opinion and turn the tide.
"Invite Lu Yanhe to be a judge?" Huang Lian looked at the other people in the conference room in shock. This was a direction he had never expected.
Some people said: "Only in this way can we bridge the gap between Lu Yanhe and our Golden Tripod Awards in the eyes of the public."
"He is only 24 years old." Huang Lian emphasized, "A 24-year-old judge? In the history of the Golden Tripod Awards, there has never been such a young judge!"
"Has there ever been an actor at the Golden Tripod Awards who almost ruined the reputation of our Golden Tripod Awards because of one actor?" Someone immediately refuted Huang Lian, "His current achievements have completely exceeded the normal level of actors of his age. It can even be said that most of the first-line actors in their thirties and forties in the industry have not achieved as much as he has."
"That's too much." Huang Lian shook his head, "I don't agree."
"Then let's vote." Someone immediately said, "You don't have the final say on the Executive Committee alone."
Huang Lian's face turned extremely ugly.
"What do you mean?"
"I don't agree with the vote either." Gu Mo suddenly spoke.
When he spoke, everyone else looked at him in shock.
The same is true for Huang Lian.
Gu Mo is Luo Yuzhong's student and has always supported Lu Yanhe. No one expected that he would oppose it at this time.
"Gu Mo, do you also think Lu Yanhe is too young?"
"That's not my reason." Gu Mo shrugged. "It's just that I can say very clearly that even if we invite him to be a judge, he won't come."
"He won't come?" Huang Lian smiled and sneered.
Gu Mo: "Just recently, the main competition unit of the Xitul International Film Festival invited him to be a judge next year, but he refused. The Lingyun Award for Drama Awards invited him to be the first jury chairman, but he refused twice. Now Chen Hengyi is still lobbying him persistently."
He turned and looked at Huang Lian.
"Chairman Huang, do you think that being a judge for the Golden Tripod Awards would be attractive to Lu Yanhe?"
After Gu Mo finished speaking, the conference room fell silent.
Huang Lian's face changed again and again, his mouth opened and closed, he wanted to speak but stopped, stopped and wanted to speak again, and for a long time he didn't say a word.
Gu Mo spread his hands, "So, everyone should know why I am against the vote, right? In this way, we can mend the relationship with Lu Yanhe, but the premise is that we give it, and it is what Lu Yanhe wants. While you are here to scrimp and save, others have already reached another level. What is there for us to struggle for? With the current operating philosophy, even if we really invite Lu Yanhe here, and let the public think that the relationship between the Golden Tripod Award and Lu Yanhe has eased, so what? Even the selection of judges still cares so much about age and qualifications, not to mention the selection of awards, let the Golden Tripod Award be slowly eliminated."
"Gu Mo, don't be so extreme. How can you boost others' ambitions while destroying your own prestige?" someone said. "The Golden Tripod Award does have some problems, but now everyone is still thinking about how to solve them."
"What problem do you want to solve?" Gu Mo suddenly asked.
For a moment, no one spoke.
"Does anyone know what the problem with the Golden Tripod Award is now?"
Still no one speaks.
Gu Mo looked at Huang Lian. "The biggest problem with the Golden Tripod Award is not the result of this award. Hasn't it been impure from the beginning? Who can be nominated and who can't be nominated? Who decides this? Who is influencing this list?"
The air was very quiet.
At this moment, everyone's expression changed.
"It is Huang Lian's problem to take revenge on Lu Yanhe for personal reasons. However, who among you, and the people behind you, can say that their hands are clean?" Gu Mo sneered. "Invite Lu Yanhe to be a judge of the Golden Tripod Awards? I don't know who came up with this idea, but I want to ask, have you ever thought about this, if you really invite Lu Yanhe to be a judge, who will be able to deal with him then? Or should we keep this award clean for a year?" Huang Lian looked at Gu Mo in shock.
"Gu Mo, what are you talking about?" someone scolded.
Gu Mo asked: "What I am saying should not be difficult to understand, right? Did I say something wrong?"
Huang Lian smiled.
"Gu Mo, did Director Luo ask you to say this?"
"You are an interesting person. Is it true that everything you say and do is not your own opinion but the result of someone else's instructions? So in your eyes, everyone is a puppet?"
Gu Mo's words pierced Huang Lian's heart sharply.
Huang Lian clenched his fists and looked at Gu Mo with a cold face.
"I just told you some truth. There's no need to be so nervous or excited." Gu Mo spread his hands. "These are just what I wanted to say. No one else instructed or instructed me to do so. I just felt this doubt from the bottom of my heart. In every award ceremony before, there were always a few not-so-clean moves. At this table, let's just speak frankly. If Lu Yanhe comes, do you think he will accept such moves and a not-so-clean result?"
Gu Mo's words were not so powerful as to be deafening, but after he spoke, the conference room became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
This is a very real problem.
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Although Lu Yanhe has not yet agreed to be the first jury chairman, the Lingyun Award (TV series) membership invitation letters have been sent to many people in the industry.
In this invitation letter, Chen Hengyi explained in detail the operating rules, voting mechanism and original intention of establishing such an award.
This is the first time that Chen Hengyi has introduced the Lingyun Award (TV Series Category) to the film and television industry on a large scale and publicly.
It was just a rumor before, but now it has become true.
Because membership is by invitation only, whether or not one has received an invitation has become a hot topic of discussion among everyone in recent times.
If you receive it, it means you are a recognized person in this industry. If you don’t, that would be bad.
Lu Yanhe, Li Zhibai and Yan Liang all received invitations.
It's not surprising that the three of them received invitations.
In the field of TV series, the achievements made by these three people in recent years are obvious to all.
What Lu Yanhe didn't expect was that two film directors, Wang Zhong and Liu Bige, did not receive invitations.
Wang Zhong said that Chen Hengyi called him specifically to explain.
This is a drama award. Only industry professionals who have participated in drama production and have a certain influence in the drama field can receive an invitation and become members.
When Lu Yanhe heard the news, he realized more deeply that Chen Hengyi really wanted to do a good job in awarding this award.
It is not difficult to arrange a group of well-known and influential people to become members of this award association. For an industry tycoon like Chen Hengyi, basically everyone will give him face.
However, whether you really understand the production of the series and whether you have made contributions to this field, how should I put it? Everything is interconnected.
The value of the football champion selected by all football players and participants in the football industry is definitely different from that of the football champion selected by top athletes of different sports. It is not to say that the latter is weaker, but the former is definitely more recognized by the industry.
The so-called industry awards and professionalism are the same principle.
This made Lu Yanhe think again whether he should take over the job of chairman of the first jury.
"Of course you should go." Li Zhibai felt that there was no need to hesitate. "You should go and tell others what is professional and what is good."
Lu Yanhe: "My biggest psychological obstacle is that I don't think I'm that capable. Can my vision really select the person who deserves the award? How can I be so worthy of it?"
Lu Yanhe would not be so humble with others.
But towards Li Zhibai and Yan Liang, Lu Yanhe still said whatever he wanted.
"You know I always feel that... to some extent, I'm just lucky."
"Then let me ask you, have you been in this industry for many years?" Li Zhibai asked, "Even if it's not ten years, it's been six years since you started acting, right?"
"About five and a half years?" Lu Yanhe said.
"Okay, it's not too few anyway, right?" Li Zhibai said, "You've worked with so many people and met so many crews, all of whom are the best creators in our industry. It can be said that you have worked with big productions, small crews, movie stars, and newcomers. I said you are knowledgeable and you can't deny it, right? At most, you can only say that you are still a little green compared to those old guns, right?"
Lu Yanhe sighed without comment.
"Finally, do you have any selfish motives? Will you be fair? We usually read so many scripts and so many TV dramas. When we communicate privately, aren't we all good at speaking? We speak very clearly and logically."
Li Zhibai said: "Now that the time has come for you to take the lead, why don't you dare to take the lead? You say that you are afraid that you don't have the foresight, but what is the truth? The more selfless a person is, the more he wants to choose the best result, the more he is afraid of this matter, and the more he will have awe and do it well."
A cannon shot out from Li Zhibai's mouth and hit Lu Yanhe.
Lu Yanhe felt like for a moment, he was confused and then enlightened.
Yan Liang: "Don't be afraid of taking responsibility and consequences. If you are afraid, what should Li Zhibai and I do if we receive such an invitation in the future?"
Yan Liang never had as much to say as Li Zhibai, but what he said could often hit Lu Yanhe's most critical soft spot.
They all knew what words to use to stimulate Lu Yanhe.
Lu Yanhe nodded.
He looked at the two people on the screen and asked, "How's your filming going? Is Yan Liang about to be finished?"
Now these two people are still in the "Legend of Sword and Fairy" group.
Yan Liang nodded and said, "I still have two weeks to finish filming, and I'm concentrating on my scenes right now."
"So you don't have any time to rest, and you have to go film Dragon Inn directly?"
"Yes." Yan Liang said, "Also, we have to go to the desert to shoot real scenes every day."
When Yan Liang said this, he didn't feel hard at all, but excited, with his eyes shining with excitement.
In order to film Dragon Gate Inn, Liu Bige built such an inn in the desert.
Liu Bige wanted to shoot the film completely on location.
This is of course very helpful for the actors' performance.
But not every actor is willing to shoot on location. After all, if you read the script of the movie "Dragon Inn", you will know how difficult the shooting environment would be if it were shot on location.
There are very few actors like Yan Liang who love to use the most realistic environment to stimulate their own reactions.
You can pretend to be dedicated for a while, but you can’t pretend for too long.
Lu Yanhe said: "After watching these few dramas, I feel that you can really become an action superstar in the future."
Although the drama "Liu Guang Yin" did not perform as well as expected, Yan Liang's performance in the drama was still well received, especially his image as a god of war and the large number of action scenes in which he performed himself, which satisfied the audience.
Then came "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" and "Dragon Inn".
In order to prepare for these dramas, Yan Liang started training in martial arts movements more than a year in advance.
Although the moves he performed were still fancy, they did not look fancy at all in the camera.
Lu Yanhe began to think seriously about what kind of action drama script he should write for Yan Liang later.
Tailored.
Although Lu Yanhe has written so many protagonists for Li Zhi, he has never written a serious protagonist for Yan Liang.
We are all friends, so we cannot favor one over another.
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Recommend a new book about fairy tales and adventures, "The Sword of the Demon Hunter" (End of this chapter)
