September 18, 2001, is the 70th anniversary of the September 18th Incident.
Li Tang realized this problem when he came home last night and saw the movie "National Anthem" with the main theme commemorating September 18th being broadcast on TV. But I actually went to eat Japanese food and praised the quality of Japanese food. The key point was that I didn't realize it. I felt very uncomfortable all of a sudden and always felt that I had made a mistake.
When I got up early the next morning for morning exercise, I ran an extra two kilometers as a punishment to myself. This is not to say that it is just a formality, but that it has been at peace for a long time, and it is inevitable that there will be slack, and you must always remind yourself.
I returned to the apartment, took a shower, and was about to go downstairs to have breakfast when my phone rang.
"Brother, good news, you have been shortlisted for the Golden Rooster Award for Best Supporting Actor." Zeng Jia's excited voice came from the phone.
Li Tang's first reaction was: "How is it possible? Is it a mistake?"
"That's right, it's true. The nomination list has been published online. You can check it online."
"Wait a moment!"
Li Tang really couldn't believe it and didn't care to go out. He quickly turned on the computer.
I had just installed broadband and the Internet speed was relatively fast. When I opened the entertainment copyright portal, the headline on the front page was "Nominations for the 21st China Golden Rooster Awards announced."
He quickly clicked on it, and a long form popped up. He didn't care to look at the previous nominations for Best Picture, Best Documentary, etc. He pulled the cursor down until he saw the Best Supporting Actor Award, and it was frozen.
There are three nominees on it: Sun Haiying's "Out of Xibaipo", Zhang Huizhong's "Full Moon Tonight", and the last one is Li Tang's "The Story of Escort".
He stared at his name on the computer screen for a long time. Without hanging up the phone, Zeng Jia's voice came: "Hey, hey, did you see it?"
"oh I saw it."
"I'm just saying..."
Before Zeng Jia could finish speaking, Li Tang interrupted: "Jia Jia, I won't tell you anymore."
After hanging up the phone, he moved the cursor back to the top of the list, where the best film nominees were: "Mao Zedong in 1925", "The Fragrant Vow", and "Together Forever".
They are all movies with the main theme.
Then the best documentaries: "China 1949" and "Big Bang in the East - A Record of Two Bombs and One Satellite".
These two nominations basically solidify the main theme of this year’s Golden Rooster Awards.
Continuing to move down to the Best Screenplay Award, we saw that "The Escort Story" and "The Fragrance of the Oath", both signed by the original author Wang Liang and the director, were nominated together.
Then "The Escort Story" was nominated again in the Best Director's Debut Award. What's interesting is that there is only such a work nominated for this award, which means that this award has been awarded to the director of "The Escort Story" in advance.
Mr. Ge Zhijun was nominated for the Best Actor Award together with Wang Xueqi of "Forever", Zhao Wenzhuo of "Hero Zheng Chenggong" and Pan Yueming of "Blue Love".
Yuan Quan, the lead actress in "Blue Love", was once again nominated for Best Actress. Unfortunately, Jiang Qinqin, the lead actress in "Hero Zheng Chenggong", was not named.
In addition to his own nomination for Best Supporting Actor, "Escort Story" received a total of four nominations, all of which are relatively important.
Li Tang pondered for a moment after reading the nomination list, and then called director Qi Xin.
"Hello, Director Qi!"
When filming, you call me director, and after filming, you have to call me by your title.
"Li Tang, have you seen the nomination list?" the other end of the phone said with a hearty smile.
"Yeah, I really didn't expect to be nominated for Best Supporting Actor. Thank you, Director Qi." Li Tang said with a flattered expression.
"Haha, what didn't happen to me? When we had a movie screening some time ago, everyone agreed that you, Teacher Ge, and Fu Biao performed particularly well together. I think this nomination is well-deserved."
"Does Brother Biao have any objections?" Li Tang asked tentatively.
"Alas, he can only say that he was unlucky this time. I was afraid that it would be unsafe to apply for only one Best Actor, so I applied for him and Teacher Ge together. But because the number of places was limited, I took him down again. He took the initiative to ask for this and gave this opportunity to Teacher Ge. Besides, it’s not like you don’t understand Fu Biao and he’s so grand, how could he have any objections to you?”
At the end of the day, Qi Xin added: "Just be rest assured, there will be opportunities in the future anyway."
Hearing this tone, Brother Biao would not suffer. Li Tang calmed down and said with a smile: "Hey, I'll treat you later. Please have a meal with Brother Biao and Teacher Ge."
At the same time, he finally understood the reason why he was nominated this time. He believed that he was lucky. Otherwise, Mr. Ge would be nominated for Best Actor and Biao Ge would be nominated for Best Supporting Actor, and nothing would happen to him.
"You have to treat us. There is such a big news about winning a prize in Venice without notifying you in advance. You will have to drink wine as a penalty!"
"Come on, Director Qi, it's my fault. I will be punished by three drinks." Li Tang said hurriedly.
He has not been fooling around in vain in the past few years. In a word: the leader stands high and sees far, and the leader's opinions are always right. Even if there are occasional mistakes, it is because the subordinates did not fully understand the true intentions of the leader, resulting in deviations.
Qi Xin quite admired Li Tang, who not only had excellent business skills, but was also knowledgeable and knowledgeable. Young but stable, even if he won awards abroad, he is still neither arrogant nor impetuous.
What's more important is that he won an award at the Venice Film Festival this time. It's just the right time to add a lot of topic and popularity to the upcoming "The Escort Story". This is why Li Tang won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Supporting Actor this time. important factors.
The two chatted and laughed for a while on the phone, and Qi Xin asked again: "Are you still in Shanghai? When will you come over?"
"tomorrow."
Maybe he was very satisfied with Li Tang's attitude, so he smiled and said: "It's better to come here early, accept more interviews from reporters, and warm up our movie. Don't hide it after you win the award. Let me tell you. , this time you have won glory for our Chinese movies."
In the past, most of the films that won awards at overseas film festivals were underground films that failed to pass censorship, which inevitably made the General Administration feel a little disgraceful. Including "Che 44", which won the special award in the short film unit this time, it ultimately failed to pass the review because it was too gray.
And "The Third Man", which has everything followed the normal path, was able to win the Best Actor Award in the Against the Current section of the Venice Film Festival this time, which fully demonstrates that films that pass censorship can also win awards at overseas film festivals. In the future, some If a filmmaker criticizes the censorship system, he can shut up. It’s not the censorship that prevents you from performing, it’s your own level that’s not good enough!
Li Tang knew the elegant meaning of the song and hurriedly climbed up the pole and said: "Director Qi, is there any reward?"
"I've already nominated you for Best Supporting Actor, what else do you want?"
"Well, I wonder if "The Third Man" can be moved up?"
"Raise the file?"
Qi Xin was silent for a while, then said: "Do you want to squeeze into the National Day stall?"
Li Tang hurriedly said: "I wonder if it can be postponed to October 5th. The main reason is that "The Mummy 2" will be released on October 11th on the same day. It is a Hollywood blockbuster. I am worried that "The Third Man" will not be available by then. look."
His reason is very real. After all, no one in domestic movies wants to compete with Hollywood blockbusters these days, and October 5th is already more than half of the National Day holiday. Even if it has an impact on other National Day movies, the impact will be limited.
Qi Xin was in charge of the release of the movie. Although this kind of thing was something he could only say, he still muttered vaguely: "Let's talk about this later."
After all, it involves the interests of all aspects and cannot be taken lightly. More importantly, agreeing too readily will not highlight the difficulty of the matter. This is also an art of leadership.
As long as there is no clear rejection, it means there is something going on.
Li Tang was busy talking and just happened to say this, so he boldly mentioned it and said in surprise: "Thank you, Director Qi."
"Don't be too busy thanking me now, uh... let's wait until you come to the capital."
"clear!"
The first update, the second update will be made up before 12 o'clock tomorrow morning.
(End of chapter)
