Chapter 543 Nominated for Golden Horse Awards

"Oh, what a pity. We missed the Golden Rooster this year."

After taking a shower and exercising with Liu Yifei, Wu Yuan lay on the bed and hugged her, saying with some regret: "We have to wait another two years before "Better Days" can be nominated for the Golden Rooster Award."

"But we still made it to the Golden Horse Awards."

This year's Golden Rooster Awards selection was already closed before June 30.

Moreover, the scope of the Golden Rooster application must be films that have passed the review of the General Administration and have been released domestically and abroad before June 30, 2011.

There is a loophole in this application condition. As long as it has premiered in any country, it is considered to be successfully released, and the subsequent release time is very flexible.

But "Better Days" did not premiere in any country before June 30, so it was not eligible to be nominated for this year's Golden Rooster Award.

In comparison, the Golden Horse Awards are different. As long as it is a Chinese-language film, it can be registered for the competition. And like the three major European awards, there is no restriction on whether it has been released. Unreleased films can also be nominated. "Better Days" was submitted to the newspaper very early, and the shortlist will be announced in October.

Therefore, the Golden Horse Awards often have very funny scenes. Many mainland films have won heavyweight awards at the Golden Horse Awards, and even won the best film, but they are not eligible to be screened in Taiwan.

I don’t know whether to say that the Golden Horse Awards are indeed "fair and just", or to criticize Taiwan for its special and backward screening system for mainland films.

"However, the competition for this year's Golden Horse Awards is very fierce." Wu Yuan tightened his arms and said with some concern: "Taiwan's own "Seediq Bale" and Hong Kong's "A Simple Life" have also submitted applications for this year's Golden Horse Awards."

"The Golden Horse Best Film is definitely more inclined to be awarded to "Seediq Bale". As a film about the indigenous people of Taiwan fighting against the Japanese invaders, it is understandable that this film is favored by the Golden Horse Organizing Committee."

"And the Best Actress Award that "Better Days" has the most hope of winning has to compete with "A Simple Life", which makes it a bit difficult to compete."

"Teacher Deanie Yip just won the Venice Film Festival Best Actress Award."

In fact, "Better Days" was also sent to the Venice Film Festival to participate in the main competition unit and compete for awards.

But even though Wu Yuan was a member of the jury, the film ultimately failed to be shortlisted for the main competition unit, so it was scheduled before the opening of Venice.

"Better Days" is still more commercial. After all, it is a commercial film. Even though the subject matter is heavy, such as the common school violence in art films, the structure of this film is still a thorough commercial film structure, which is different from the film "A Simple Life" which focuses more on literary and artistic presentation.

"Teacher Deanie Ip is really good, and there is no comparison at all." Liu Yifei, curled up in Wu Yuan's arms, pouted and said with some disappointment: "With the success of "A Simple Life", I have no chance of winning any of the Best Actress awards this year."

When filming "Better Days", Wu Yuan had been encouraging Liu Yifei and told her that if the film was well made, she would have a chance to win the Best Actress award.

Well, there is indeed a chance, but there is still a big difference between having a chance and being able to win an award 100%.

"You can't say that." Wu Yuan laughed and shook his head: "You can still try for the Golden Rooster Award."

"If it doesn't work, you can try for the Hundred Flowers Award next year. Although the Hundred Flowers Award is not as valuable as the Golden Rooster Award, it is the award chosen by the public and represents the public's choice."

"Golden Rooster Award?" Liu Yifei frowned, a little puzzled.

"A Simple Life is too late to participate in the Golden Rooster Awards this year. I guess A Simple Life won't be accepted in the next Golden Rooster Awards."

"Their Hong Kong films don't participate in the Golden Rooster Awards. Only directors who co-produce or go to the north to shoot movies will come."

Xu Anhua, the best female director among Chinese people, seems to have never been interested in the Golden Rooster Awards and has never participated in the Golden Rooster Awards.

If A Simple Life doesn't come, Better Days will still be a good choice.

"Okay, go to sleep, it's too early to talk about this now."

"Maybe you can be the dark horse in this year's Golden Horse Awards, defeat Teacher Deanie Yip, and win the Golden Horse Best Actress Award."

"The future is uncertain, you still have a chance to be the dark horse."

After saying that, Wu Yuan embraced Liu Yifei, pulled up the quilt, and slept with her.

After a day of flying, he paid his taxes when he came back, and now he just wanted to have a good sleep.

"You really won't go with me?"

"I won't be able to return to China until the end of the year."

In the VIP lounge of Beijing International Airport, Wu Yuan looked eagerly at Liu Yifei who came to see him off.

Liu Yifei smiled helplessly, stretched out her hand to help Wu Yuan tidy up the lining of his suit, and said with a smile: "Why do you become more clingy as you get older?"

"When your crew goes to Jordan, I will go there to meet you, why are you in such a hurry?"

Yes, Wu Yuan is about to leave for the United States to start filming the movie "The Martian".

After nearly two months of preparation, the preparatory work for "The Martian" has been completed and the official filming can begin.

The crew will first shoot in Los Angeles for 25 days to shoot all the materials related to NASA and some urban street scenes in the movie, and then move to Hungary to shoot Matt Damon's personal solo in the "Mars Base" built in Hungary, and finally go to Jordan to shoot the exterior scenes on Mars.

It is expected that the filming period of this film will be about 100 days. If everything goes well, it will be completed before the Lunar New Year. Then Wu Yuan will return to China for the New Year and start the promotion of "Love Letter".

The work schedule is very tight.

In comparison, Liu Yifei is much freer. The program "Actors Please Take Your Place" has already started, and her "convener" work is almost done. From now on, until Wu Yuan returns to China, she will have no work and can rest completely.

"Okay, okay." Wu Yuan sighed and accepted that he had to go to the United States to work alone. After hugging Liu Yifei at the end, he boarded the plane to the United States.

A few days later.

On October 4, 2011, when the crew of "The Martian" was officially starting filming in Los Angeles.

The 48th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards announced the list of nominees for this year.

The films "Let the Bullets Fly", "The Piano in a Factory" and "Better Days" from mainland China were nominated for the Best Picture and Best Director Awards!

Ge Da Ye and Wang Qianyuan were also nominated for the Best Actor Award.

Liu Yifei was nominated for the Best Actress Award for "Better Days"!

Three mainland films were nominated for multiple heavyweight awards at the Golden Horse Awards, causing a sensation across the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong! (End of this chapter)