Chapter 72: The Film Festival That Almost Had a Live Broadcast Accident

On April 2006, 4, the 29th Beijing University Student Film Festival kicked off at the CY Gymnasium.

Only three people came from the crew of "Crazy Stone", Lin Yicheng, Zhou Chenggong and Huang Bo.

Huang Bo was nominated for the most popular actor among college students for his role as Heipi.

But Lin Yicheng knew that Huang Bo was just here to run with him.

……

There were a lot of people in the venue, and those sitting in the front row were either leaders of the organizer or well-known people in the circle.

The college students sat in the middle and at the back.

After shaking hands and exchanging a few words with some people, Lin Yicheng took the two back to the third row of the "Crazy Stone" crew.

The Beijing University Student Film Festival is jointly organized by Beijing Normal University, the General Administration, the Film Channel, the Film Archive, the Film Newspaper, the Educational Television Station and the Beijing Television Station.

The purpose of the award is "organized by college students, viewed by college students, filmed by college students, and evaluated by college students."

Just looking at the theme, I thought it was a breath of fresh air among the awards.

But is this really the case? When did college students' words become so effective?

Let’s not talk about the first three for now, and just talk about the last one, “College Student Evaluation”.

The truth is, the votes and choices of college students are not very important, and can only determine three options - the most popular director, actor, and actress among college students.

There are 20 awards in total, and college students can only give three awards.

Don’t be dissatisfied with this. For other awards, college students don’t even have the qualifications to speak, let alone participate in the selection.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand. Think about it, if the right to judge awards is given to college students, what will happen to the senior veterans in the industry?
The old predecessors either shot commissioned films for the major studios or art films that were not widely recognized.

The college students don’t even know them!

If we really let college students vote for the awards, what if I don’t even get a single award?

How can the old predecessors save their reputation? Is it worthy of the contributions they made before?
Therefore, we certainly cannot let college students do whatever they want. The organizers must intervene in important awards and gain the decision-making power.

……

The film festival began with the two hosts, Xiao Sa and Jing Wei, coming on stage.

The biggest award, Best Picture, was given to the movie "Tengu".

Well, none of the movies have been released yet.

Wow, it’s really amazing!
Although Lin Yicheng was nominated for Best Director, he did not win.

The winner was Zhang Yuan, the director of "It Looks Pretty", and he was not present at the event. Someone else accepted the award on his behalf.

As soon as the award was announced, there was an obvious buzz among the college students in the venue.

Not to mention they have seen the movie "It Looks Good", few people have even heard of it!
"This..." Zhou Chenggong didn't know how to comfort Lin Yicheng.

"It doesn't matter. I'm still young." Lin Yicheng himself didn't care. As a comedy film, the fact that "Crazy Stone" was not well received was not something he could talk about openly.

But people can definitely say that you, Xiaolin, are still young and will have plenty of opportunities in the future. The reason they don’t give you the award this time is to encourage you to keep working hard.

Look, doesn’t this sound much better?

……

Then, the Grand Jury Prize, which is considered the second prize in the film, laid a double yolk egg.

The winners were "The Two of Us" and "Loach is also a Fish".

There is no place for "Crazy Stone".

The discussions among the college students became louder, and Lin Yicheng even felt countless eyes looking at his back.

In front of the broadcast camera, Lin Yicheng clapped calmly, as if he didn't care at all.

The organizing committee’s grand prize, the third prize in the film, is a double yolk egg.

The winners were "Dingjun Mountain" and "On Taihang Mountain", both works by veterans from established film studios.

Still no "Crazy Stone"!
The discussions became louder and the scene seemed a little chaotic for a while.

Xiao Sa and Jing Wei on the stage made various jokes to change the topic, but the effect was not very good. …

Afterwards, Pu Cunxin and Ni Ping won the Best Actor and Best Actress awards respectively.

The awards continued to be given out, and it was time for the Best Debut Work Award.

After the guest of honor read out the name of the winner, the discussion became louder, even drowning out the words of the people on the stage.

Because the winner is not Lin Yicheng yet!
It’s the director of “Silent Mani Stone”, Wangma Caidan.

Seeing the winners going up on stage to receive their awards and give their speeches, Lin Yicheng seemed not to be affected at all by not winning the award or the discussions in the venue, and he smiled and applauded.

Well, uniting people of all races, what's wrong with that?

"Director Lin, I think you will definitely win the next award. Unlike me, I'm basically a runner-up." Huang Bo lowered his voice and said in Lin Yicheng's ear.

Huang Bo always speaks in a nice way, belittling himself and praising others.

"I'm fine, you don't have to worry." Lin Yicheng said with a smile.

After presenting some other awards, such as technical awards and other category awards, the highlight finally came, the Most Popular Director Award.

At this time, the conference hall, which had been noisy for a long time, finally quieted down. The college students were holding their breath, waiting for the result.

"The winner of the Most Popular Director Award is Lin Yicheng, the director of Crazy Stone!"

Lin Yicheng defeated several directors including Chen Kexin and finally won the award!

As the draw guest announced the answer, the venue suddenly erupted in cheers and applause like a tsunami.

The long-pent-up dissatisfaction and anger in the college students' hearts were vented at this moment.

Lin Yicheng hugged Lao Zhou and Huang Bo respectively, and bowed deeply twice behind him.

After tidying up his appearance a little, Lin Yicheng strode onto the stage amid cheers and applause.

He took the Flying Tiger trophy from the award presenter before Xiao Sa and Jing Wei could speak.

The cheers and applause from the audience broke out again, and for a moment, the entire venue seemed to be buzzing.

Lin Yicheng raised his hand and pressed down to signal, but it was no use.

The college students were too frustrated before! They need to vent and express their dissatisfaction and protest in this way!

After Lin Yicheng raised his hand for the second time, the cheers and applause gradually subsided.

"It can be seen that Director Lin is very popular among our college students." Xiao Sa took the opportunity to speak quickly. Today's award ceremony could be considered an accident, and he could only try his best to salvage it.

"Indeed, 'Crazy Stone' is very popular with audiences. It brought us a lot of laughter last summer." Jing Wei also responded, and there seemed to be some deep meaning in his words. The four words "laughter" were emphasized a little, obviously hinting at something to Lin Yicheng.

"Okay, let's give the stage to Director Lin and listen to his feelings and thoughts at the moment." Xiao Sa said, and he and Jing Wei stepped aside.

Standing in front of the microphone, Lin Yicheng first looked down at the Flying Tiger trophy in his hand.

How to describe the shape? If you know it, it is a flying tiger, but if you don’t know it, you might think it is a silly dog.

　From noon to night yesterday, I didn't write a single word. I just argued with the reviewer and customer service.

　　Chapter 68. I was put in the small black room many times. Once I was finally released, and the first half of the part about learning poetry was deleted.

　　Of course I couldn't stand it because I have a bad temper, so I just restored the historical version and went back in.

　　I am very stubborn and just don't want to delete it, so I just want to write it like this. Every time I apply for unblocking, it takes two hours, so while waiting, I keep explaining the facts to the review and customer service.

　　What’s the matter? Chinese poetry is a brilliant galaxy, and every poem is a shining star.

　　Can't we, the younger generation, learn from them? Can't we just pick a few stars?
　　Well, after my continuous efforts, I finally managed to keep this part.

　　But two sentences were still deleted, which is a pity. They are the essence, the finishing touch, and the Big Dipper!

　　Alas, it feels uncomfortable.

　　Finally, this first round of recommendations is a bit small. It seems to be in, but I don’t feel anything, at least I don’t feel it, and I can’t find it in various recommended places.

　　I would like to ask you, where did you see this book? Please let me know.

(End of this chapter)