Chapter 1061 1161. Gospel

Chapter 1061 1161. Gospel

In the basement of an old building in Mingzhu City, the first ray of sunlight arrived at noon. The prince moved his eyelids, wanting to fall asleep again, but after a few seconds, he stood up straight.

Because of the location of the room, he had to seize the opportunity to open the curtains and open the windows when there was sunlight to disperse as much moisture as possible in the room.

This is already his third year in Mingzhu City. After graduating from the film school, he stayed in this city with his dream of being a director. Unfortunately, two years have passed and he still has achieved nothing. He has only made one film. But no theater chain wanted to show a documentary, and the film companies didn't accept it. The more than 200,000 yuan he invested in it all went to waste.

He has put down the camera for three months now, because he needs to eat, but carrying the camera does not help him survive except for spending money.

The documentary about life in Hu Piao that he spent a year filming has also been put on the shelf, gathering a thick layer of dust.

"Bang bang bang!!!"

Just when Wang Zimu was worrying about where to find a job, there was a knock on the basement door.

Wang Zimu put on his vest unhurriedly, and then slowly opened the door. After all, thieves despised this place. Apart from the landlord, the only ones who knew about this place were his two college classmates.

He had only made up for three months' rent the day before yesterday. He thought that the landlord would not bother him so soon. They were probably his two classmates. As expected, when Wang Zimu opened the door, it was him standing outside. When I was in college, my good friend Li Yixian was on the upper bunk in the dormitory.

The film school that Wang Zimu went to was not the famous Pearl Film School in Mingzhu City, but the Shanghai Film Academy, which was just a technical secondary school.

Therefore, the brothers who have graduated are actually not doing well in life. The only ones currently in Mingzhu City are Wang Zimu, Li Yixian in front of them, and their senior brother Xiao Fei.

But even if things go poorly, Li Yixian is obviously better than Wang Zimu.

Li Yixian's home is in Mingzhu City, so he doesn't have to worry about where to live, and naturally has less burden on rent. Coupled with the relationship between his parents, after graduation, Li Yixian worked in an advertising design company. A director's assistant earns four to five thousand yuan a month, which is barely enough for him to spend alone.

Regarding Wang Zimu, Li Yixian not only admires his persistence, but also feels that this guy is sometimes too idealistic. But no matter what, after all, they are brothers who have bunk beds together for four years in college, so sometimes Li Yixian will still save some money to give Wang Zimu. Buy some daily necessities or instant noodles.

"What good things have you brought me again?" The first time he saw Li Yixian, Wang Zimu looked at the position of his hands.

In fact, when Li Yixian brought him something at first, Wang Zimu was embarrassed to accept it, but gradually he became poorer and poorer, and his backbone became less and less. In addition, the relationship was indeed there, and every time Li Yixian The things he brought were not expensive, so Wang Zimu accepted the kindness calmly.

But this time he didn't see the familiar instant noodles or vegetables and eggs, just a roll of newspapers.

"Don't ask yet, let me tell you." Li Yixian was panting, obviously he came running, which made Wang Zimu even more curious. What could make his usually calm brother so anxious?

"Read this newspaper first." Li Yixian handed the newspaper to Zimu, and then explained: "Huayi is going to hold a film award. I heard that the prize money is one million. Zimu, I think this is an opportunity for you. Your documentary is very good. Use it to participate in the election. Whether it is the honor or the one million bonus, it is very important to you. "

"You have too much confidence in me." After a long time, Wang Zimu put down the newspaper and said with a wry smile.

This article really shocked him. The one million bonus was really a huge sum of money for him, but Huayi was not a money-giving boy. He was a fledgling director with no reputation. Even if he thinks his documentary is good, can he really win an award in the end?

"For an awards ceremony held by a film company, even if it's Huayi, most of them are probably pre-arranged. Forget it." Wang Zimu gave up the thoughts he was about to have and replied.

"What? Did you read the report carefully?" Li Yixian was anxious. He picked up the newspaper and found a paragraph to point out to Wang Zimu: "Look carefully. Isn't it all written here? This film award held by Huayi will have Hundreds of the most professional judges in the industry voted for it, and the first batch of judges has been announced here.”

Li Yixian pointed to several names on the jury list and said: "Chen Daoming, Hu Jun and Xia Yu, you don't know what these three names represent, especially Chen Daoming, who is also the vice president of the jury, Hua Isn’t it enough to prove the fairness of this award ceremony that even artists from the 18th culture who have a deep hatred against me can be given important responsibilities?”

"Besides, what do you have to lose if you try? They didn't tell you what registration fee they asked you to pay, so just give it a hint. What if you really win the prize?"

"Then give it a try?" Wang Zimu was tempted again when he heard that there was no registration fee.

"You must try it. Prepare the film. I will notify you as soon as I know the news." Li Yixian knew that Wang Zimu did not have a computer and his mobile phone was an old-fashioned one, so he took the heavy responsibility of notifying him on his shoulders. .

After seeing off Li Yixian, Wang Zimu returned to his basement and came to a bookshelf.

The things on the bookshelf were in a mess, there were game models, some movie peripherals, such as the spinning top in "Inception", and of course the most were books, some professional books on directors, and some martial arts novels.

Wang Zimu tiptoed to take down a dusty box from the top of the summer vacation. Looking at the layer of gray dust on it, Wang Zimu subconsciously blew it and coughed for a long time.

He opened the box and found it was empty, with only two memory cards, which were the most precious things he had at present.

Holding the dirty box and looking at the memory cards in the box, Wang Zimu sat on the sofa for a long time before taking out the two memory cards.

At this moment, the flame of hope was rekindled in his eyes.

Like Wang Zimu, many documentary directors or art film directors who were struggling to make ends meet were all excited when they knew that the prize money for the film award to be held by Huayi would be one million.

They can give up their interests in pursuit of art, but they cannot live without food. Huayi's generous bonus is like a timely help to them. Many people contact Huayi with the hope of submitting their own movies or documentaries, dreaming of gaining both fame and fortune in the end.

On the contrary, the mainstream in the film industry is still waiting and watching. First of all, they are not so short of money. Although one million is a lot, it is not enough to make them crazy and reckless. For a newly held film awards ceremony, and it is hosted by a private film company, everyone first questioned the fairness of this film award.

However, with the announcement of the review system, this doubt immediately disappeared.

For a while, Huayi's public relations department was busy and the phone was hot every day because there were too many people asking for advice. In the eyes of people in the industry, the film award held by Huayi is a new cake, and everyone wants to come and have a bite.

The Cultural Bureau also quickly gave Huayi a reply that it had passed. They were very supportive and encouraging of this kind of film award. As long as the whole process followed the national regulations, they naturally had no need to set up obstacles, and even took the initiative to give Huayi some green channel care.

After the Cultural Bureau gave a reply, Huayi immediately announced the name of the film award and the 17 award categories that had been prepared long ago on its official website.

"It turns out that the award ceremony is called the Starry Festival, and the trophy is actually called the Galaxy Award. Does this mean that all the bright stars are in the bag? It seems that Huayi is ambitious."

"One million prize money, and each award is one million. Doesn't this show Huayi's ambition?"

"The trophy is so beautiful, and the small flower on it turns out to be 'Forget-me-not'. I heard that it was designed by Nie Wei himself. It turns out that stars understand stars best. For them, the most precious thing is forget-me-not."

The Starry Festival quickly became the focus of hot discussions inside and outside the circle. Especially with the announcement of the trophy, its shape and meaning immediately attracted the love of countless stars in the circle.

It even led to an increase in the sales of this small flower. In many flower shops, the sales of forget-me-nots even exceeded that of roses.

The date of the award ceremony was also determined a week later, in September of the second half of the year.

On the one hand, there is the National Day in October, and everyone's attention is on the movies in the National Day, which will distract many people from the award ceremony.

On the other hand, it is also necessary to avoid the Golden Horse Awards in November. This is currently the most influential Chinese film award, and it is not something that the fledgling rookie film award such as the Star Awards can take away. So Nie Wei and Wang Zhonglei unanimously decided on September.

Next, the company opened the registration channel. As of January last year to July this year, all completed works, whether they have been released or not, can be registered for the selection.

Soon, Huayi Company received thousands of works and countless actor registration forms. Of course, there are many companies that hinted to Huayi that if they want their company's artists to attend, they should try to tilt more awards.

However, Wang Zhonglei ignored all such invitations. He was the CEO of Huayi, and he had no shortage of big-name stars. When the time came, as long as Nie Wei was pulled over, there would be no worries about lack of attention. As for the private manipulation of film awards, Wang Zhonglei would definitely not do it, at least not now. He listened to Nie Wei's suggestion and felt that it made sense. It was necessary to establish a fair and just selection environment for the public and even people in the circle, so that the Starry Festival could really embark on the high-speed road of development.

For this reason, Huayi even opened a public selection. At that time, the Starry Festival would cooperate with several magazines. At that time, not only would these magazines take photos and write articles for the stars or works on the shortlist, but also a voting card would be given. At that time, every person who bought the magazine could participate in the online voting with the password on the voting card at the back of the magazine.

This voting was not even for self-entertainment, but could be used as a reference for the final award. For example, if two works were tied by accident, the suggestions of these people would be the key to who could win the award.

The rule set by Nie Wei was not to produce "double yolk eggs".

He doesn't want it to be like a certain gold award, which is held only once every two years and then produces two best actresses and two best actores at a time. In Nie Wei's opinion, the organizer of this gold award really doesn't know how to divide the pie.

You should know that no actor wants to win the Best Actress or Best Actor award together with another person, because this will make the honor seem not pure enough, and it always seems to be inferior to other Best Actor or Best Actress awards that were won individually.

And it is held only once every two years, which is equivalent to having one cake every two years. Even if you make a double yolk egg, the cake is still the same. It is far better to hold it once a year and select the best for each award.

This is also the key to why a certain gold award is getting worse and worse. From the system, it is destined to be eliminated.

Nie Wei will naturally not let his Starry Ceremony make such a mistake.

Since the honor is to be given, the person who wins the honor must be the most dazzling existence in the whole venue, and no one needs to share the honor of the winner. The best is the only one, and there will be no second one.

Wang Zhonglei is fully responsible for the Starry Ceremony, because Nie Wei is about to start filming "Interstellar".

The farm bought by Shu Chang has planted a large area of ​​corn fields. Nie Wei will first shoot indoor and outdoor content, and the plot of the farm will be left until the corn grows tall.

For the actors, they also need a familiarization process. Nie Wei plans to gather all the actors for training for at least half a month before filming. First, it is to cultivate tacit understanding, and second, it can reduce the unfamiliarity.

After all, the plot filmed at the beginning may be the second half of the movie. The expressions and tones of the interaction between the characters require a sense of familiarity in reality to perform better.

On May 1, Nie Wei packed his luggage again and prepared to leave for Hollywood, and the actors selected by Nie Wei from all over the world also set off on the same day. They will have a 14-day intensive training at Max Films before formal filming.

When Nie Wei arrived in Los Angeles, Joseph had been training at Max Films for three days, but he was not alone, because Keanu Reeves was with him.

When Keanu saw Nie Wei for the first time, his eyes shone with fiery light, and he rushed over at lightning speed, and shouted to Nie Wei in front of Joseph: "Master!!!"

Thanks to Qiangloverong for the generous reward of 1,000, and thanks to Fantasy Paradise and 0773 for the generous reward.