Chapter 559: Good Politics and Good Will
I attended Alibaba's annual meeting calmly.
Xu Kun and Jiang Yiyan flew to Wanwan overnight and met up with Feng Xiaogang and others who had arrived earlier at the hotel.
He was very low-key along the way, but still alarmed many people when he arrived at the hotel.
First, the host of this year's Golden Horse Awards, Cheng Yuling, came over to say hello, followed by Chen Kexin, the favorite for this year's Best Director, and Xu Kun's direct competitor, Jet Li.
Chen Kexin spoke more, and modestly stated that "Operation Kunpeng" was not included in this year's Golden Horse Awards, otherwise Xu Kun should have been the favorite for Best Director.
But this is just a compliment. In fact, the core of "Operation Kunpeng" is simply impossible to please Taiwan.
Jet Li was relatively taciturn. When he was about to leave, he suddenly said, "Director Xu, have you ever thought about going to Hollywood?"
“People ask me this question a lot lately.”
Xu Kun laughed and said, "But compared to developing in Hollywood, I still hope to work hard with everyone to create a Hollywood for our Chinese-language films in China."
“There’s definitely a chance.”
Chen Kexin immediately said, "Hong Kong is a tiny place, but it was once known as the Hollywood of the East. With the mainland... with such a large country, it will definitely be able to compete with Hollywood in the future!"
He is well-known for his smoothness in the Hong Kong film industry, but the reason he can lower his profile so much is definitely because of what happened at the beginning of the year.
Li Lianjie obviously didn't agree with this, but he didn't say anything else.
After the two left, many people from the mainland and Hong Kong Island came to pay their respects. The more familiar ones included Hu Jun, Liao Fan, and Gu Tianle. However, there were relatively few local people from Taiwan.
In addition to the persistent Lin Xinru, it was Jay Chou who came with Eason Chan - Xu Kun had had dinner with Jay Chou twice when he was rehearsing at CCTV, so they could barely be considered drinking buddies.
The whole morning was busy with welcoming and seeing off guests, and it was not until the afternoon that there was finally some peace and quiet.
Feng Xiaogang had already arranged a stylist and makeup artist in advance, but Xu Kun had a very bad impression of the hairdressing styles in Hong Kong and Taiwan, so he brought stills from "The Boss" and asked him to just follow those photos.
As a result, the stylist smiled and said that the domineering hairstyle is actually very popular in Taiwan, and it is estimated that many people will have the same hairstyle as Xu Kun, the original version.
The copyright of "Boss" was not actually sold to the island, but there are many "free resources" on the Wanwan website, and the number of clicks is usually not low.
After all, the islanders love this from the bottom of their hearts, and they are the typical example of saying one thing and doing another but acting justly.
While I was putting on makeup, I heard a loud speaker outside shouting in Minnan dialect, so no one could understand much of what they were saying.
Feng Xiaogang and screenwriter Liu Heng leaned over to the window to take a look, then swore at the same time.
Although Xu Kun, who was putting on makeup, did not see the scene outside the window, she knew from the expressions of the two people that it was probably the Green Camp who came to cause trouble.
Xu Kun was mentally prepared for this. In October, scholars who came for academic visits were beaten by city councilors from the Democratic Progressive Party, not to mention him, who had always been criticized by the islanders.
"These people are really unreasonable!"
Liu Heng said angrily: "Now that Xiao Ma is in charge, how dare someone come out and cause trouble?"
“I think this is a good thing.”
Xu Kun didn't care about the makeup artist and said leisurely, "Let them make a fuss. When it gets really serious, our mainland awards may replace the Golden Horse Awards."
Several makeup artists looked at each other in bewilderment. Finally, one of them couldn't help but retort, "Our Golden Horse Awards represent the spirit of openness, tolerance, freedom, and democracy. If the mainland wants to replace the Golden Horse Awards, I'm afraid..."
He didn't say the whole thing, but it was clear that he didn't believe this would happen.
“The Academy Awards were also very popular before.”
Xu Kun replied calmly and ignored these people.
For the sake of money, the makeup artists were reluctant to argue with their employers, but the people downstairs had no intention of stopping. The noise from the electric horn continued for an hour, during which several people, both men and women, shouted. What was interesting was that they always spoke in Minnan dialect, and they didn't seem to care whether the mainlanders upstairs could understand them.
The farce was not finally ended until the Golden Horse Awards jury chairman Jiao Xiongping and his team arrived.
Jiao Xiongping repeatedly apologized to the "Assembly" crew for this and promised that such a thing would never happen again.
At the same time, she also said that the islanders were actually very curious about Xu Kun, the young and famous director, and if possible, they hoped that Xu Kun could accept a simple interview. She also hinted that the TV station responsible for the interview was a pro-mainland media, so Xu Kun could rest assured.
Xu Kun originally didn't want to get involved in all this, but Feng Xiaogang persuaded him that since he was already there, he should just cooperate with the show, and at most he could just remain silent when asked sensitive questions.
Only then did Xu Kun reluctantly agree to be interviewed.
The reporter was a man in his thirties. He first complimented Xu Kun and praised his achievements in recent years. Then he asked Xu Kun about his views on the new situation on the island.
Xu Kun was speechless and said, "I haven't seen the old one, so where is the new one now? Even if you ask me to explain, I can't tell you."
"Uh~"
This was not the first time that the reporter had interviewed a mainland celebrity. He asked this question just to hear a few polite words, but he did not expect Xu Kun to not cooperate like his "predecessors".
It is indeed the youthful vigor.
The reporter thought for a moment and said to Xu Kun: "For example, the authorities have strengthened cross-strait political and economic ties and expanded the scope of application of the mini-three links..."
Xu Kun asked curiously, "What does this little three links mean?"
"It means that island residents no longer need to go through the authorities to travel between the two sides of the strait. They can pass through the customs freely with relevant documents."
“What about the mainlanders?”
Xu Kun asked: "When people from the mainland come to the island, do they also..."
"Well, this policy only applies to islanders for now. If we want to expand it to the mainland, it depends on whether the public opinion on the island agrees."
The reporter seemed a little embarrassed, but from his expression one could tell that he didn't take Xu Kun's question seriously, as if he thought the demand for equality was too presumptuous.
Haha~
This is a reporter from the Blue Camp.
This is why Xu Kun is unwilling to interact with people from Hong Kong and Taiwan at this stage. They always have this inexplicable sense of superiority, as if reducing the degree of discrimination against you is already a favor outside the law.
Of course, since the incident at the beginning of the year, Hong Kong Island's attitude towards him has become much more humble, but Taiwan's side...
Perhaps sensing Xu Kun's disapproval, the reporter quickly cited several well-intentioned and good policies of the authorities:
For example, actively improving the treatment of mainland wives. In the past, they were not treated as natural persons, but with the unremitting efforts of the authorities, there are calls to treat them as normal people.
The more Xu Kun listened, the darker his face became, and he simply stopped talking. In the end, Feng Xiaogang stepped forward and sent the reporter away.
After sending the reporters away, Liu Heng couldn't help but swear again. "That's it, and you still think it's the result of showing goodwill?!"
Feng Xiaogang was relatively calm, and smiled at Liu Heng, "Teacher Liu, this is not the first time we've come back. This is definitely an improvement over the past two years."
"You must go too far to correct a wrong!"
Liu Heng shook his head and said, "This kind of behavior is not pleasing to both sides..."
"It doesn't matter so much."
Feng Xiaogang laughed and interrupted, "We are here to accompany Kun'er to receive the award. After receiving it, we will leave. There is no need to pay attention to these messy things."
(End of this chapter)
