Chapter 90: Hundred Flowers Awards at the center of controversy

Lin Yicheng didn't say anything, but the media and the audience were not mute.

The next day, related reports and comments appeared one after another.

"After commercial films won several minor awards at the Hundred Flowers Awards, mainstream films began to regain lost ground in the major awards.

The film "Zhang Side" alone won three major awards: Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Feature Film.

All the audience had an illusion that this was the Golden Rooster Award, which favored mainstream films, rather than the Hundred Flowers Award, which was decided by the audience themselves.

Moreover, these three awards were all won with a high vote of about half of the votes.

Among the many strong candidates, this film is unrivaled in terms of film influence, box office performance, and actor performance.”

This is a report from Lianshi Evening News, which almost directly said that the awards were unfair and that there was something fishy about the so-called audience voting.

……

It would be fine if only individual media outlets were criticizing in this way, but what is unexpected is that some official media outlets also suffered.

Among them, the articles in the "News Evening News" are the most representative.

“Although this year’s Hundred Flowers Awards was the first to have 99 audience judges vote on the spot to select the winners of each award, the awards were uneventful.

There was almost no suspense about the voting numbers displayed on the big screen.

The main theme film "Zhang Side" won the three most important awards of Best Feature Film, Best Director and Best Actor with absolute advantage, making the media and audience on the scene feel as if they were watching the Huabiao Awards ceremony.

The film is certainly a top-notch work, but compared with other candidate films with box office revenues of over 100 million yuan, such as "Crazy Stone", "Kung Fu", and "Huo Yuanjia", as well as Zhang Yimou, Feng Xiaogang, Zhou Xingchi, Cheng Long, and Lin Yicheng, it is unquestionable which one is more approachable in the minds of ordinary audiences.

The Hundred Flowers Awards are not the government's Huabiao Awards, nor are they the expert-judged Golden Rooster Awards. This award, which is voted for by the people, actually gave the biggest awards to "Zhang Side", which is slightly inferior in box office and popularity. No wonder the audience has the illusion that they are mistaking the Hundred Flowers Awards for Huabiao Awards. "

This was a report from the official media, which directly put the film "Zhang Side" at the center of public opinion.

Director Yin Li and lead actor Wu Jun, in particular, were under tremendous pressure and dared not go out or accept media interviews.

At this moment, they deeply experienced what it meant to have a thorn in the throat, a thorn in the back, and to be sitting on pins and needles.

They still feel that they have a lot of grievances and grievances, but they don't know who to tell.

Winning awards should be a happy thing, but at this moment they would really rather not win these awards.

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This is the case with the media, not to mention netizens and viewers. They express their opinions on blogs, bulletin boards, forums, Douban, Time.com and QQ.

[If the host hadn't mentioned from time to time that this was the Hundred Flowers Awards, I would have thought it was the Huabiao Awards! It's ridiculous that "Crazy Stone" didn't win anything! ]

[I don’t know about others, I only know that my classmates and friends around me all sent text messages to “Crazy Stone” to vote.]

[You are not the only one above. I am the same. I not only sent a text message, but also made a phone call. What was the result? The Hundred Flowers Awards just treated us like fools. ]

[Located in Shanghai, I haven't seen "Zhang Side", and neither have the people around me, and even in the cinema, almost no one has seen it. But it still has box office, while the movies released at the same time have inexplicably lost a portion of their box office. Those who understand will understand what happened. 】

[I have a relative who works in a movie theater. He mentioned "Zhang Side" before, saying that it was a mission and that the box office couldn't be too bad, so I understand.]

[It's so disgusting. It's fine that the Best Picture was not given to "Crazy Stone", after all, it's a comedy. But what about the Outstanding Film? "Kung Fu" is also a comedy, it won the award, why can't "Crazy Stone"? Why did another movie squeeze out "Crazy Stone"? ]

[The person above told me that it’s because it’s the main theme! No one watches it in the first place. If you don’t give it an award, it will be embarrassing to say it out loud! ]

[Tsk tsk, the Hundred Flowers Awards are really good at it. Everyone from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong and Macau has a chance to win. Main theme films, comedies, gangster films, and costume films are all included. It really is a hundred flowers blooming! ]

[In terms of box office, Crazy Stone beats other movies. In terms of word of mouth, Crazy Stone is also the best. But the result? In terms of awards, Crazy Stone has nothing. It claims to be a vote by the audience, but in fact it goes against the audience! ]

[I strongly suggest that Lin Yicheng stop participating in the Hundred Flowers Awards in the future, and let them have their own fun. I saw it at the last College Student Film Festival, and I didn't expect that the Hundred Flowers Awards would be even more shameless this time.] [Why is Lin Yicheng not favored by the awards? Youth is the original sin! You are so young, but you have such a high box office, which has already made those seniors lose face. Giving you an award again would be a slap in the face of the seniors!]

[That's right, because you are young, people have an excuse to say that you should be considerate of the seniors and give up this opportunity. There will be other opportunities and room for improvement in the future. I am the same. Why is there no outstanding employee in the company? I have never been one of them, even though I have outstanding performance. Just accept it, this is reality! ]

These were the ones who spoke relatively politely. The impolite ones just started cursing. Various national quintessences appeared one after another, and various local dialects competed with each other.

From the two award-winning films, to their directors and actors. From the various constituent units of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, to their relevant persons in charge...

There is only omission, no missing out, no one can escape it.

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The wave of public opinion and pressure brought about by this year's Hundred Flowers Awards far exceeded the imagination of too many people.

For the first time, they discovered that public opinion was not on their side, and the audience was not on their side.

For the first time, they discovered that even if the audience did not have many channels to express themselves, the voices on the Internet alone were enough to drown them.

For the first time, they felt a little regretful. They should have just given Lin Yicheng an award, even if it was just a consolation award.

But it's too late to regret and say these things now.

After this incident, the authority and fairness of the Hundred Flowers Awards have been greatly questioned.

Once your reputation is ruined, I don’t know how much effort and time it will take to restore it, and it may not be possible to restore it.

Even so, many viewers and netizens are still not satisfied.

"Kung Fu" and "A World Without Thieves" are still okay. Whether it is Stephen Chow or the current Feng Kuzi, they both leave a good impression in the eyes of the audience and the aura around them is still there.

Those two award-winning main theme movies were in trouble.

In the minds of the audience, they are the big villains, the bad guys who stole the award from "Crazy Stone", the characters who are against them, and they have almost become the ones that everyone wants to kill.

As a result, main-theme movies that are currently being released, about to be released, or have not yet been released are disliked by countless audiences, causing them to feel disgust and resistance from the bottom of their hearts.

This is an even bigger blow to their already meager box office.

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On that day, October 10, Lin Yicheng came to Xingcheng, Hunan Province, to attend the 29rd China TV Golden Eagle Awards.

Worried that Lin Yicheng would be affected by the Hundred Flowers Awards and would not come, the deputy director of Mango TV, who was familiar with him, even called him during the day.

In a nutshell, "Naked Marriage" is our own child and we will definitely not let you suffer any grievances.

He was just about to tell Lin Yicheng directly that if he came, he would definitely win the prize.

　It will be available in a few days.

　　Thanks to you all, the data in this book is good.

　　The editor told me that after three rounds of recommendations, I could be published.

　　No waiting for the fourth round.

　　After the product is put on the shelves, he will help to get a Sanjiang or something like that.

　　Therefore, I would like to ask those who have tickets to support the show, and those who don’t have tickets to support the show in person, to give me a hand and go to Sanjiang to see the scenery.

　　Thank you! Thank you!
　　

(End of this chapter)