I am not a human being in the entertainment industry

The Iron Horse Award is the most well-known award in the Huaguo film industry. It has been held for 66 times so far. Although its influence is unquestionable, it is also controversial, and this controversy comes from its evaluation system.

Unlike most of the current awards, which are voted by the audience for a certain proportion, from the first to the present, the Iron Horse Awards still insist on going their own way without audience participation, and only a jury composed of more than a dozen film practitioners decides to win the award. Therefore, it often leads to doubts about the lack of diversity in the list of winners.

However, the Iron Horse Awards are not affected by external comments in the slightest, insisting that all judges complete the screening, discussion, and voting procedures under strict regulations.

Over time, many people claim that he has his own character and is not influenced by the audience's preferences, and has become the representative of the most affirmed and most honored.

As the winner of the last film winner, although Li Chengkang has the qualifications to be a judge, he was not selected as a judge at the beginning, because he himself has a lot of film works this year. The qualifications for nomination, not to mention that this year he also has a hit work directed and acted by himself.

However, what is surprising is that Li Chengkang took the initiative to accept the review of the qualifications of the judges, and finally became one of the judges of the No.60 Seventh Iron Horse Awards. Among the nominations, even "A Dramatic Life", which was guessed to be the most popular film in advance, only had two nominations for Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress.

This made everyone puzzled, why don't you insist on being a judge when you have such a good opportunity!

I am afraid that only Li Chengkang himself knows the answer.

At this moment, he was silently watching the other people's fierce debate over the list of winners, staring fixedly at the rows of nominations in his hand, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth.

"Chengkang, what do you think?" The people who couldn't get the results for a while had to stop to rest. Cheng Yulun, a famous director sitting next to Li Chengkang, asked when he saw that Li Chengkang didn't say a word.

"I have always insisted that a good work should not only see the popularity and topicality of the moment, but also consider what kind of experience it can bring to the audience. Some movies that look good on the surface are actually nothing. The connotation of commercial content, if our Iron Horse Award also narrows its vision on these works, it will be too unprofessional.” Li Chengkang smiled and answered elegantly, “Of course, this is just my personal opinion, and the final result depends on everyone’s votes ,Is not it?"

Cheng Yulun nodded sympathetically: "That's right, as Chinese films are becoming more mature now, it is inevitable that there will be a large number of commercial blockbusters imitating American ones. Although it cannot be said that this trend is not good, but sometimes think about it." , We have lost a lot of excellent works without knowing it.”

Li Chengkang smiled politely, silently typing on the list with the pen in his hand.

Cheng Yulun was attracted by this unhurried voice, glanced casually, and found that Li Chengkang was knocking on "Dragon Son", I don't know if it was a coincidence or...

When everyone was about to discuss later and was about to start voting, Li Chengkang suddenly raised his hand.

Everyone looked at him.

"While I don't want to disrupt the judging process, I would like to offer a personal opinion."

Li Chengkang stood up calmly, picked up the nomination list in his hand, pointed to one of them and asked, "Among the "Best Newcomers", is there anyone who is not eligible for nomination? "

Everyone was surprised, and subconsciously looked at the list in their hands, trying to find the person who was said to be unqualified.

"I don't know which one you are talking about?" someone asked.

The five shortlisted for the best newcomer this time all passed the primary selection, so there shouldn't be a problem of incompatibilities in qualifications.

"I didn't mean to target anyone. I just discovered this problem when I carefully studied the qualifications for the finalists." Li Chengkang said with a fair and fair appearance, "Nan Zhu, who was shortlisted for "Dragon Son", if I If I remember correctly, he already had a movie called "Peak Hour" last year, and he played the main role. I remember that it was written in the manual that the shortlist for the best newcomer must be the main role for the first time. He... That doesn't seem to be the case."

After finishing speaking, he smiled: "Of course, this is the first time I have participated in the judging work of the Iron Horse Awards. Please forgive me if I made any mistakes."

After his words fell, everyone began to discuss in a rustling manner.

Seeing this scene, Li Chengkang slightly hooked the corners of his lips, still maintaining a decent smile on his face.

At this moment, Zhou Zhentao, a well-known film expert who served as the chief judge of this year, suddenly spoke out. He was an old man with gray hair, but he was still energetic and his voice was like a bell. He said, "Sorry, I want to distribute to There is probably something wrong with your information. You still have the version before modification, because someone has discovered this problem before. After we communicated with Nanzhu Office, we have made corresponding adjustments. I am afraid that I made a mistake while busy. No new information has been exchanged for you.”

Li Chengkang frowned slightly, and Cheng Yulun beside him said: "So that's the case, so it means that Nan Zhu is really not in the best newcomer shortlist this time? What about his other best actor nomination? Shouldn't Are you affected?"

After all, the Best Actor award does not have additional restrictions like the Best Newcomer award, as long as it is the protagonist of a work released within one year.

However, for this award, Nan Zhu was not included in the final voting list, basically...

"I think you have misunderstood." Zhou Zhentao's voice interrupted Cheng Yulun's thoughts. He looked up at the other party in surprise, waiting for the other party's next explanation.

"Nanzhu is still nominated for Best Newcomer and Best Actor. However, the nomination for Best Actor is "Dragon Son", while the nomination for Best Newcomer is "Peak Moment."

After listening to Zhou Zhentao's words, Li Chengkang's face changed slightly, and the smile on the corner of his mouth unconsciously disappeared.

Before he could speak again, Zhou Zhentao had already glanced at him meaningfully, and continued: "Mr. Li Chengkang did study the manual, but he didn't fully understand the rules. There were only one new actor with a major role within a year when the review was submitted, and "Peak Hour" was released on November 11 last year. Although it has been more than a year since the award ceremony, today is still November On the 11st, there is no conflict in time."

Li Chengkang: Hehe.

After such a detailed explanation by the chief judge, "newcomer judge" Li Chengkang naturally couldn't say anything more, and it contradicted his original sentence "I didn't target anyone".

Li Chengkang didn't say a word until the end of the meeting.

After watching Li Chengkang and other judges leave the door of the meeting room, Zhou Zhentao made a call.

"It was really hit by your kid. If it wasn't for the preparation in advance, Nan Zhu's nomination might not be able to keep... Hehe, it's time for you to owe me a favor... The result? Hey, the voting results are all sealed , how would I know, just watch the TV that day!"

"Whatever you do by watching the TV, I'm all on the scene, just watch it with your own eyes." Chang Hui stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the office and stated expressionlessly.

Zhou Zhentao used to be a specially-appointed lecturer of Changhui Company. When their company was not as large as it is now, Chang Hui paid three visits to the thatched cottage (in fact, it was all kinds of entanglements) and invited him to the company to give professional knowledge courses to his group of young artists. Hui still has a certain amount of friendship.

Although Chang Hui has a cold appearance to everyone, but the contacts he should have are still well managed.

When Zhou Zhentao received Chang Hui's call, he almost thought he was dreaming. It was rare that this cold-faced Chang Xiaoshen still had something to ask of him, but when he was invited to be a teacher, he always looked so dragged!

"What kind of way have you gone? You're not an actor or a director. Why are you going to the awards ceremony?" Zhou Zhentao joked angrily.

"Special guest." Chang Hui spit out a few words slowly.

Zhou Zhentao: ...

"Special guest" President Chang Da hung up the phone proudly, then turned his head to look at the information about "Li Chengkang" on the table, his eyes were dim.

……

The day of the awards ceremony.

Fans surrounded the outer area of ​​the red carpet, and everyone was eagerly waiting for their favorite stars.

When cars of different models are parked on the edge of the red carpet, they can cause bursts of cheers. The enthusiasm of the fans has not been consumed by the extension of time, including those reporters holding the "long guns and short guns" cameras. Also excited.

At this time, another car stopped, and everyone looked in the direction of the car.

As the car door opened, a pair of beautiful long legs caught everyone's eyes first, followed by a tall figure wrapped in a distinctive retro Tang suit, a beautiful and sharp jawline, and long hair that seemed casual but carefully tied ...

"Ahhh, Nan Xiaozhu!!"

Screams followed by the names of the people who came, followed by a strange pause for a second.

There was another person in the car, with a neat suit, unrestrained hair, shiny leather shoes, and a perfect appearance. He stood beside Nanzhu with an extremely cold expression, and his eyes casually glanced at the fans.

This person is naturally Chang Hui.

Why did Chang Xiaoshen appear here?Why did Chang Xiaoshen walk the red carpet with Nanzhu?

Why did Chang Xiaoshen still walk forward with his arms around Nan Zhu's waist?Why did Chang Xiaoshen look at himself proudly...

It wasn't until Chang Hui and Nan Zhu finished walking the red carpet, accepted the interview, and were "escorted" by countless flashing lights all the way until they disappeared from everyone's sight, that the belated fans looked at each other and scratched their heads involuntarily.

Oh, why don't they feel any surprise at all?

Could it be because...these two are used to sticking together?