Chapter 248 Winners of Small and Medium Cost Feature Films
Chapter 248 Winners of small and medium-cost feature films (please subscribe!!!)
"What is Lin Zheng's background? Eternal Pictures also gives him such respect!"
"It seems that what was circulated on the Internet before about Director Lin Zheng cooperating with Eternal Pictures is true."
"Even if we collaborate, there's no need to attach so much importance to him. He's just a small director. It's not like Eternal Pictures doesn't have million-dollar box office movies."
"Isn't it even more strange that Lin Zhengdu has cooperated with Eternal Pictures, why are the officials still praising him so much? Didn't the officials have quite an unhappy relationship with Eternal Pictures before?"
"Can't understand."
"Our officials also praise him so much, and the person in charge of Eternal Pictures also praises him so much. Isn't he just a movie maker? How can he really have such great energy?"
…
See Robert's behavior in front of Lin Zheng.
People in the entertainment industry were all talking about it and were extremely puzzled.
Director Guo Si is also in this ranks.
After all, compared to others, his experience is undoubtedly deeper.
"Isn't it just that the box office is hundreds of thousands higher than mine..."
Director Guo Si feels very sorry for himself.
He naturally also knows that what makes "Mr. Zombie" higher than his "Big Time" is not just the hundreds of thousands in box office.
This gap may not sound big, but in fact, it is very difficult to surpass.
Lin Zheng's voice and status in the industry are higher than his.
It is also completely natural.
But here's the thing.
This is really too high!
Like everyone else, he was surprised as to why Lin Zheng received such astonishing attention!
But nowadays, it is naturally impossible for anyone to explain to these celebrities in the entertainment industry.
The organizer did not allow them to continue discussing or discussing at all.
And the time when some people shamelessly tried to make friends with Lin Zheng and others.
After the crew of "Mr. Zombie" appeared for the finale and took their seats.
The awards ceremony for the entire film festival is about to begin.
Director Guo Si sat back in his seat, still frowning and looking thoughtful.
Next to him, several popular celebrities who were starring in the movie "Big Time" saw this.
Everyone thought that because of the performance of "Mr. Zombie", it was likely to steal the award that originally belonged to "Big Time".
That's why Director Guo Si seems so worried.
So, I quickly comforted them one by one.
"It's okay, Director Guo, although the movie "Mr. Zombie" had a high box office, we are not bad either!"
"That's right, and the Daxia Film Festival also supports niche films. It's not all about box office awards."
"Maybe in the end, the Best Director Award will still be yours!"
"By the way, has anyone seen the movie "Mr. Zombie?"
"I've seen it!"
"Does it look good?"
"It's really a thief... Well, although it's good to watch, it's a ghost movie after all. There are some things in it that are quite scary. It almost scared me so much that I didn't dare to sleep alone at night. I even wore a scarf at the time.
You see..."
"That's right, "Mr. Zombie" is a ghost film after all. Previously, the authorities were very repulsive to Eternal Pictures' ghost films."
"That's right..."
Director Guo Si finally came to his senses after listening to the comfort from the popular celebrities next to him.
He shook his head and said nothing: "It's okay, let's watch the awards first!"
In fact, Director Guo Si was certainly not worried just now because he was worried that he would not win the award.
As a fairly knowledgeable director.
He knew very well that since the official announcement for "Mr. Zombie" two days ago.
This award has almost nothing to do with me.
So, that's what he's been thinking about just now.
In fact, it's Lin Zheng and the movie "Mr. Zombie", why on earth can they get so much attention.
You know, "Mr. Zombie" is not the first movie in the world to have a box office of over one million.
There are even several movies in Eternal Pictures that far exceed this achievement.
Even IP!
Daxia officials, in fact, have never paid special attention to the film industry.
Even the management is a little too strict.
Otherwise, the literary and art review department would not have such a high status.
So, no matter how it looks, "Mr. Zombie" is getting a lot of attention nowadays.
They are all slightly over the top.
It can’t be because it was filmed by Lin Zheng, a Daxia director, right?
This can barely explain the official attitude of Daxia.
But what about Eternal Pictures?
And before, almost everyone could see that Eternal Pictures and Lin Zheng were not easy to deal with.
"Is it just because of his martial arts in the movie?"
He couldn't understand it at all.
And just when director Guo Si was thinking.
The awards ceremony of the film festival has also officially begun.
…
The people sitting on the chairs in the front row of the venue were all people from the crew of "Mr. Zombie".
In order not to let irrelevant people wait and disturb Lin Zheng and the others.
The organizer has specially reserved a row of seats for the "Mr. Zombie" crew.
No chair is too much, no chair is too little.
Even Robert had to sit somewhere else because there was no seat.
Lin Zheng was wearing a serious suit, sitting in the middle, looking at the splendid venue with a surprised look on his face.
Not far from him, Liang Chi and Lin Manyu were also in high spirits.
They all look like country bumpkins who just left the city.
After all, they are all people in the entertainment industry. It is their first time to participate in such a grand event, so they are naturally a little excited.
Even Teacher Chen, who always pretended to be aloof, was a little excited.
Keep looking at everything around you secretly with your eyes.
Li Changsheng and the others naturally had to be a little calmer.
Such a scene is completely childish for them.
Fortunately, Lin Zheng and others were sitting in the front row, so others could only see the back of their heads.
Because at this time, almost half of the people in the venue tried their best to move their eyes in the direction of Lin Zheng and others.
However, at this moment, the entire venue suddenly went dark.
Then, the big screen in front slowly lit up.
Start playing a mix of all the movies from last year.
Almost all the best parts of every movie are shown.
The attention of everyone in the venue was immediately attracted.
In the past, the mixed editing was very even, and there was no one movie with more or less.
After all, award ceremonies still have to be mysterious.
Before the award is announced, it would naturally be bad if the intention is too obvious.
But this time, there were some surprises in the mixed editing!
Almost all the movies were shown on the big screen.
However, there is only no scene of "Mr. Zombie".
"Mr. Zombie" is the well-deserved box office champion this year, and even in the history of the summer.
Most of the people in this venue have naturally seen it.
So, they discovered this easily.
However, they were not surprised yet.
After the mixed cut was played, the big screen suddenly went dark.
Then, it lit up again.
But this time, what was played on the screen were almost all clips from "Mr. Zombie".
It's almost like a promotional video for "Mr. Zombie".
All the best parts of it were cut out.
If this video appears elsewhere, it is completely normal.
But the problem is, this is the Daxia Film Festival.
This operation almost engraved the words "Mr. Zombie is the strongest, Mr. Zombie wants to win the prize" on his forehead.
Is this also... too unrevealing?
The knowledgeable people in the venue were all shocked.
Only Lin Zheng, after seeing this scene, his face immediately darkened and he cursed secretly: "Damn, you are trying to hurt me again!"
He knew very well that the organizer definitely did this on purpose.
With this done, "Mr. Zombie" will definitely become a topic again.
Although it is still probably a relatively dark topic, but...after all, where there is controversy, there is traffic.
It can be said that in order to promote "Mr. Zombie", the officials memorized the skills and knowledge in it to be amazing.
It’s almost reached the point where you can do anything!
Wait until the mixed cut dedicated to "Mr. Zombie" is played.
The opening dance performance officially started.
Then, the host came on stage and gave the opening speech.
In short, after a series of necessary operations are completed.
The awards ceremony has officially begun.
Nowadays, the total number of viewers on the major domestic Internet platforms in Daxia has reached nearly 200 million.
Moreover, the number of people in foreign live broadcast rooms has also approached 30 million.
You know, in the past, the Daxia Film Festival was broadcast live abroad.
I'm afraid only tens of thousands of people are watching.
This number today is not terrible.
And this is the reason why this film festival has received such amazing attention.
There is no doubt that the reason lies with Lin Zheng and the movie "Mr. Zombie".
After all, this is the first time Lin Zheng has appeared seriously in public since the release of "Mr. Zombie".
Under the gaze of countless spectators.
The two hosts, a man and a woman, started awarding small prizes from scraps.
At first, Lin Zheng didn't pay much attention.
He knows that the official arrangements for him must be awards like "Best Director", "Best Film", and "Best Actor".
Therefore, you don’t need to care much about the previous small prizes.
"The first award is for our best small and medium-budget feature film. This year's best small- and medium-budget feature film. There are a total of five films nominated. Let's take a look at the VCR!"
Following the female host's order.
On the big screen, it starts scrolling immediately.
From a movie that Lin Zheng had almost never heard of, he selected the highlights one by one and screened them.
Only when it came to the last part, Lin Zheng couldn't help but be stunned.
Because the last one is, surprisingly, "Mr. Zombie".
Moreover, it is written clearly above.
"Mr. Zombie": Total investment is 30 million, box office revenue is 10 billion+.
Lin Zheng was immediately stunned.
Although, the data above is indeed correct, and even the investment may be overstated.
After all, he certainly didn't need any big investment to shoot "Mr. Zombie", and he had official support behind it.
But... to be nominated for such a small award is really a bit... too much, right?
In order to make "Mr. Zombie" attract attention, no stone is left unscrupulous.
"Director Lin, shouldn't we be considered a commercial film? Or a zombie film? Why can we be nominated as a feature film?"
Next to him, the future actor Liang Chi couldn't help but asked strangely.
"Who knows..."
Lin Zheng looked helpless.
He can't say that this is the official purpose of giving him a sense of presence, right?
Liang Chi, who was on the same crew, even felt that something was wrong.
Not to mention everyone else in the venue.
However, at this time, the focus of other people in the venue was not on whether "Mr. Zombie" was considered a feature film.
But on the four words "small and medium cost".
Especially the “30 million” investment!
When seeing this number, the entire venue was so excited that it exploded!
"Isn't this a typo?"
"A movie with a box office of 10 billion, only 30 million invested?"
"The investment in "Big Era" is nearly 200 million."
""Big Time" was all used to attract traffic, and "Mr. Zombie" was all about unknown actors."
"That doesn't make sense, haven't you seen it? That movie, that action scene, that special effects, that location, that viewing experience, you told me that 30 million could be made?"
"That's right. If you give me one billion, I can't even make it!"
"This must be a mistake by the organizers. This is impossible, absolutely impossible!"
…
There was a lot of discussion in the venue.
Everyone found it incredible.
But Lin Zheng wasn't too worried about this.
After all...his investment is indeed so small, and it is all recorded.
Even if someone has doubts, the most they can get is this number, and they may not even be able to find this number.
But now, Lin Zheng is more concerned about another thing.
Because a very dangerous idea suddenly appeared in his mind.
"It's okay to nominate me. After all, it makes sense, but it doesn't mean... you really want to award this award to me, right?"
Lin Zheng's pupils slowly dilated, and there was even a hint of fear on his face.
Because he realized.
In order to achieve the goal, it is really possible for the officials to do this kind of thing!
Lin Zheng couldn't help but take a deep breath.
Then, he stared intently at the big screen in front of him, his ears raised high, always ready to capture the words of the two hosts.
I saw the male host opening the sealed envelope in his hand while speaking the lines according to the procedure.
What is written inside is the winner of this "Small and Medium Budget Feature Film".
"The film that won the "Small and Medium-Cost Feature Film" award is..."
The male host glanced at the opened envelope, then suddenly froze, and his eyes immediately widened.
Lin Zhengzheng seemed to realize something and slumped down in his chair.
At this time, no one else in the venue knew what amazing event was about to happen.
As expected, after the male host came to his senses.
Immediately, with a trembling voice, he shouted out those four words: "Mr. Zombie!"
“Next, let’s welcome the award-winner Mr. Zombie to the stage with a round of applause!”
The voice fell.
There was silence in the entire venue.
Let alone applause, even the sound of gasping disappeared in an instant.