In December, Cao Xuan temporarily left the crew of "Dear" and participated in the general meeting of the Chinese Film Association.
Li Xuejian officially assumed the new chairmanship of the Film Association, and Tang Guoqiang is the honorary chairman.
Twelve people including Cao Xuan, Wang Xingdong, Yin Li, Feng Xiaogang, Cheng Long, Chen Dadao, Xi Meijuan, Huang Jianxin, and Pan Hong were elected as the new vice-chairmen of the Film Association.
To be honest, Cao Xuan did not expect this appointment.
He does not doubt that he has the qualifications to serve as the vice chairman of the Film Association. Leaving aside his qualifications, in terms of status, achievements, industry influence and other factors, even if he directly competes for the chairman, he is not unqualified.
And the reason why it was a bit surprising was that he was still holding a position with the Music Association, and Li Xuejian was a pro-teacher-student, so he wanted to avoid suspicion, but he didn't expect that the higher-ups still insisted on making him the vice-chairman.
It's normal to think about it carefully, but the same sentence, he is expected to be able to compete for the chairman, and he can't even be rated as a vice chairman, which is really unreasonable.
?In contrast, no matter whether it is the appointment of the music association or the avoidance of suspicion by the master and apprentice, compared with it, it is not enough to affect the result.
Who told him Cao is the ace + leader of Chinese-language movies, and whoever is in charge will be in charge if he is not in charge.
Even to a certain extent, his master Li Xuejian also got his credit.
Although Li Xuejian from the original time and space is the chairman of this year's Film Association, he did not have other competitors when he took the position.
Of course, Li Xuejian's own qualifications are here. He has been the vice chairman since 1998, and he has not been defeated for more than ten years in the next three terms.
Let's put it this way, until now, except for Li Xuejian who can meet the needs of all parties, no one else can hold down Cao Xuan.
Wang and Yin are old and have an official background, but their external influence is too weak. There is no problem with the upper ranks, but they can't control things.
Xi and Pan are just women. There is no intention of looking down on women here. They are also very good performing artists, but their resumes are not enough, and the vice chairman has already reached the top.
Director Chen has both seniority and reputation, but he has a grudge with Cao Xuan, and he said that Cao Xuan doesn't like him at all.
Not to mention Feng Xiaogang and Huang Jianxin, the former has no confidence in facing Cao Xuan, and the latter can be regarded as supported by Cao Xuan and Han Sanye to some extent.
As for Cheng Long, Cao Xuan called him big brother, but in fact everyone knew what was going on.
In the past few years, Cheng Long's movies have basically been invested by Cao Xuan and supported by Fanxing Cinemas. Yinghuang and Cheng Long's series are actually mixed with Cao Xuan at present.
Big brother is just a title, in fact Cao Xuan is the dominant person on both sides.
Cao Xuan might sell Cheng Long's face, and would yell for help when something happened, but pointing him to obey Cheng Long's instructions in everything was not realistic.
Therefore, the best candidate is only Li Xuejian.
Seniority, status, and influence can satisfy all parties. Most importantly, the master-student relationship is here, so he can manipulate Cao Xuan.
Up to now, if the Film Association wants to have a voice in the industry, it has to suggest to official units such as China Film and Shanghai Film, and at the same time, it must be able to win over a group of private giants like Fanxing.
Li Xuejian is in the top position, with the support of Cao Xuan and Fanxing, coupled with his relationship with China Film Group, in the next few years, the film association's voice in the circle will increase significantly.
This is not an exaggeration, the Yinxie is the best precedent.
? In the past, although the Music Association was also powerful, the weight of speaking in the pop music scene was just that. It was the market, major record companies and platforms that really mattered.
However, after Cao Xuan took over the Music Association, the number of pop music members and voice in the Music Association has increased year by year. Similarly, the influence of the Music Association in the pop music industry has also increased day by day.
There are many reasons for both Li Cao's mentor and apprentice to be in charge of the Film Association, but Cao Xuan is undoubtedly the most critical key.
After the meeting closed, Cao Xuan was interviewed by "News Lianbo", and other leaders were also interviewed by the media.
Many old people from the Film Association have complicated expressions. They didn't have this kind of enthusiasm before. At most, they appeared on some official media, and it wasn't a big page.
Now, official media, online media, and paper media are visiting one after another. As soon as the conference ended, the hot search became popular there.
They are not stupid, and they all understand who brought the attention. They must also admit that regardless of whether this game is right or wrong, the influence of the Film Association is growing rapidly.
It took nearly two hours to finish the interview with the crew, and there will be a meeting tomorrow. Cao Xuan and Li Xuejian, master and apprentice, also went home to meet privately.
Li Xuejian still lives in the original?I want to bring some good changes to the Film Association.
"Actually, my idea is very simple. Decades of rules are here, and it is unrealistic to want to make a big change. If you can make a few changes, it will be great."
Cao Xuan counted with his fingers: "First of all, the rule of every two years is unnecessary. The golden rooster and the hundred flowers are separated, and each is held every year.
The number of shortlisted films of 5 films can be made up no matter what. In the past two years, it seems that there are too many choices, but the quality of the shortlisted works is actually so good.
It is held every year, one at the beginning of the year and one at the end of the year. The one at the beginning of the year reviews last year's movies, and the one at the end of the year reviews the movies of that year. Only in this way can the influence of the awards be consolidated to the greatest extent. In two years, the day lily has been cold. "
Cao Xuan has long been unhappy with the strange practice of the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards.
? In the past, there may have been a reason for the production of movies, but now the number of movies released every year reaches three figures, and more from other channels. It is still based on two years, which really cannot keep up with the times.
Today, the mainland film market is booming, the Golden Statue is in decline, and the Golden Horse has an ambiguous attitude. If the limelight is not right, it will be suppressed immediately.
? At this moment, when the Golden Rooster Award bucks the trend and wins the highest laurel of Chinese-language films in one fell swoop, if you hesitate, you will eventually suffer the consequences.
"The second point is to reduce the rejection of commercial films, suppress the excessive pursuit of literary films and theme films, and make the selection of awards as objective as possible."
In fact, Cao Xuan didn't have much hope for this point. Literary and main theme movies are relatively popular in this regard.
The major film awards around the world, as long as there are no special rules, will be biased towards literary themes. This is the case with the Golden Horse and Golden Statue, and so is the Oscar.
As for the main theme, these awards also have this problem, but the "main theme" of the Golden Horse and Golden Statue is local movies, and the "main theme" of the Oscars is political correctness.
Cao Xuan didn't think about what to do, but the slogan still had to be played.
At the very least, we should not be ashamed of commercial films. We must adopt an attitude of fair competition, and we must not let the high box office of the film become a deduction item. The awards should be judged on the film itself, and off-site factors should be ignored as much as possible.
"The third point is to cancel the unspoken rules. After receiving an award, you can't receive it. What kind of bullshit is this? Awards are judged for movies, and those who have won awards cannot win awards. It is not fair at all."
This is the rule that Cao Xuan hates the most. The Hundred Flowers and Golden Rooster awards are fine. Since certain years, the Golden Rooster Best Actor and Best Actress, it has been implemented that those who have already won awards cannot be awarded again.
This is very damaging to the credibility of the award.
Regardless of other things, Cao Xuan suffered a lot from it.
Because he won the Golden Rooster Award for "When a Man is in Love", and no matter how good the follow-up "Save Mr. Me" and "Sword Rain" performed, he is not the Golden Rooster actor.
This is also the case for Yan Bingyan and International Zhang. "Thousand Arrows Piercing the Heart" and "The Great Master" won awards and were soft on the outside, just because they both won the Golden Rooster Award, they were automatically eliminated.
Even make a horrible idea, four nominations for a certain actor, three of them won the actor, and the actor who didn't win was the worst film performer among the four, but because he didn't win the award, he won the actor in the end.
Sad! hateful! hateful!
The awards for Chinese-language films are all over the place, but Cao Xuan has the worst impression of the Golden Rooster because he has the highest expectations for the Golden Rooster. No matter how bad the Hong Kong Awards in Taiwan and Province are, it has nothing to do with him. Only the mainland awards will Hate iron but not steel.
In addition to the above-mentioned dissatisfaction, Cao Xuan actually hopes that the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Selection will cancel the geographical restrictions and open it to Hong Kong and Taiwan actors and staff, so that it can truly be a family of Chinese-language films.
However, on this point, Cao Xuan thought about it later, and still made some reservations.
?Because the future situation is not good, there are too many double-faced people with human faces and animal hearts. If you don¡¯t see it, the negative impact will be too great. It is understandable to be conservative.
As for the Hundred Flowers Award, there are also many problems, but it is better than the Golden Rooster. Cao Xuan personally hopes to continue to amplify the commercial film elements of this award, which can be regarded as his personal selfishness.
In his prediction, the Golden Rooster is inclusive of all rivers and will hit the first place in the Chinese film awards, and the Hundred Flowers will be commercial and entertainment first, and they will find a new way to catch up with the three gold medals.
If possible, Cao Xuan hopes that the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers will replace the three gold medals in Chinese as the highest award for Chinese films.
Anyway, he is a grand slam, no matter how he changes it, his honor will not be lowered
Facing Cao Xuan's series of ideas, Li Xuejian somewhat agreed, and some were still hesitant, but his overall attitude was more supportive of Cao Xuan.
At present, if you want to resume the annual competition immediately, you still need a certain buffer period to negotiate with all parties, but it is not a big problem to get rid of the unspoken rule of "you can no longer participate in the election if you have won an award".
The two decided to take this as a good start.
Afterwards, if the golden rooster can't eat it down, take Baihua as a knife, restore the hundred flowers to once a year, and then plot for the golden rooster.
The Film Association changes every five years, and the time given to them is quite sufficient. If the two of you can get Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers back on track at this stage, and even make it to a higher level, even if their chairmanship is not in vain?The parties negotiated, but it is not a big problem to get rid of the unspoken rule that "you can no longer participate in the election if you have won an award".
The two decided to take this as a good start.
Afterwards, if the golden rooster can't eat it down, take Baihua as a knife, restore the hundred flowers to once a year, and then plot for the golden rooster.
The film association changes every five years, and the time given to them is quite sufficient. If the two of you can get Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers back on track at this stage, and even make it to a higher level, even if their chairmanship is not in vain ?