Senior Superstar

When playing with a group of old fans, Li Shixin has actually received news about Oscar.

As an annual film festival, the entertainment vision of the entire North America and even the world has recently shifted towards the Oscars.

Being in the center of vision, Li Shixin naturally couldn't escape.

Even though he didn't put too much energy on it, the interview invitations from the domestic and foreign media, the vigorous voting on major platforms, and even the gaming website have already posted a preview of the award quiz...

The pomp and pomp can even give people the illusion that cinema has suddenly become the main topic of conversation in the world.

In fact, although the Oscar has not yet been held, Li Shixin has already won many awards with "Lamb".

It's just that most of these awards were issued by second- and third-tier organizers. Li Shixin didn't think much of them, so he didn't take them seriously.

What interests Li Shixin the most is an award called "Oscar Preview" held by TpMAX, the largest movie viewing website in North America. He even awarded himself the best actor of the year based on the votes of netizens.

Because of the name, Li Shixin once thought it was an official Oscar award.

In the end, I only found out after asking Woodz that this is the pheasant award created by the website to take advantage of the popularity of the Oscars.

The old man was so excited!

As soon as he got out of the wave, Li Shixin devoted himself to his business.

Although the status of the Oscars in China has declined in the past two years, because of Li Shixin this year, "The Silence of the Lambs" has firmly grasped the tail of the Oscars in the first half of the year with the momentum of a dark horse, and has a great momentum to hit the awards , the domestic side still attaches great importance to it.

When he was in Miami, Li Shixin received an interview invitation from the Six Princesses of CCTV.

Unlike other CCTV channels, CCTV 6 is a branch of the Communist Party of China. The relationship between Li Shixin and radio and television has always been good. In the past two years or so, there have been "Red Helmet", "Actor", "As long as Love", "Flying in the Wind" and even "Farewell My Concubine" and "321". All works are screened in six sets, with deep origins.

For the sake of being clean, Li Shixin can decline interviews with other media, but it is difficult for Li Shixin to refuse an invitation for the first time here.

Li Shixin's home.

Sun Xiaofei, host of CCTV's Six Princesses "World Movie Journey" program group, sorted out her image, and sat down on the sofa opposite Li Shixin in a dignified manner.

"Miss Li, can we start?"

Holding a big tea mug, Li Shixin smiled faintly and nodded.

"Okay, let's start then."

After gesturing to the cameraman behind him, Sun Xiaofei smiled sweetly and professionally.

"Hi everyone, this is the special Oscar program of "World Cinema Tour". After leading everyone to tour the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the program team visited an old friend this time..."

After some friendly opening remarks, Sun Xiaofei brought out the protagonist of the interview, Li Shixin.

After greeting the camera and the domestic audience, the two officially entered the interview session.

"Ms. Li, if I remember correctly, since the end of "The Wandering Earth" last year, you have come to Hollywood to develop. And starred in the role of Hannibal in "The Silence of the Lambs", can you tell us about Hollywood What is the difference between the movie environment here and in China?”

Sun Xiaofei asked very casually, like two friends chatting.

It seemed that this atmosphere was specially highlighted. She even put her arms on her legs when asking questions, looking relaxed and calm.

"Essentially speaking, there is actually no difference. We used to think that Hollywood's film industry is relatively developed, and the various processes are standardized in a few words, which is far beyond the domestic film industry. Technically speaking, Hollywood's special effects include post-processing In some aspects, the level is indeed better than that in China. However, I have been filming here for more than half a year, and I feel that it is not as good as the legend."

Li Shixin told the truth.

"Then you still come to Hollywood to develop. You don't know how much domestic movie fans resent you for coming to Hollywood and giving up your domestic business."

As soon as he finished talking about his feelings, Sun Xiaofei immediately smiled and "dissed".

There is no script for the interview, and it all depends on the interaction between the host and the guests. Perhaps thinking that the program team would edit and reorganize the interview clips anyway, Sun Xiaofei completely let go of himself.

Li Shixin was taken aback by this question.

Then he laughed;

"I didn't give up all of it, I just moved to the second line. The focus of my business has changed from performance director to production and production. You can see "Mountain and Sea Love", which is currently being broadcast in China, and "Attack" starring Xiao Xiaohe obediently. Well, Folk Music, isn’t this the script written by me, and I’m also the producer. It’s not entirely accurate to say that, and it’s not considered a retreat to the second line. Didn’t you direct a Beijing Satellite TV Lantern Festival party a while ago? .”

As a nominal CCTV department, Sun Xiaofei didn't seem to want to talk about Beijing Satellite TV's Lantern Festival Gala.

"Look, Mr. Li, you are a first-class director in China, and you are now using the role of Hannibal in Hollywood to gain a firm foothold as an actor. Now that the Oscars are about to open, what are your expectations for this award?" ?”

Seeing that the other party changed the topic, Li Shixin didn't care.

Following the other party's train of thought, he pondered for a moment and spread his hands.

"Actually, I don't have any special expectations. I don't know if you have noticed. In recent years, the Oscars have been disappearing from the domestic mainstream media. Now our country is prosperous and powerful, people's living standards have improved, and they have achieved unprecedented ignorance and spirituality. The domestic entertainment circle and film and television have also achieved very rapid development in this atmosphere. Whether it is Hollywood or Oscar, the status is actually declining. So from my personal gain and loss, I don’t care Can you get an Oscar to prove yourself."

Hearing what Li Shixin said, Sun Xiaofei pursed his lips and smiled.

"You mean to say that Oscar has no gold content?"

"You can say that."

Li Shixin nodded.

Whoa!

Good guy.

After saying this, the cameraman who was filming and the program staff outside the camera all looked at Li Shixin in surprise.

If these words come from other people's mouths, maybe they can still accept them.

But from Li Shixin's mouth, people can't help but feel that Li Shixin's mouth is too big,

Old man, wake up, you are developing in Hollywood now!

This word has reached the ears of the jury, do you still want to win an award!

"This...how do you understand it?"

Sun Xiaofei obviously didn't expect Li Shixin to say such a thing in a public interview.

After adjusting her emotions for a while, she asked in a dull tone.

"It's easy to understand."

Li Shixin smiled slightly, and changed to a more comfortable sitting position.

"At the beginning of 1998, "Titanic" won 11 awards including Best Picture and Best Director at the 70th Academy Awards Ceremony. The Oscars of that year were the one that best reflected the spirit of Oscars .Because before that year, there was only one standard for all award-winning films - applause and popularity. This is the most practical and simple affirmation standard for Hollywood as a commercial integration. It represents Oscar as An independent film award, which is different from other European film awards."

Seeing everyone present nodding in unison, Li Shixin spread his hands.

"At that time, Hollywood didn't talk about art. Art was a condiment. It could be in a movie, but it wasn't the main thing. The only criterion for a good movie is that the audience likes it. How can you prove that the audience likes it? It's the box office. So the Oscars of that era , to use a word in our country, it is down-to-earth. As the main force of the awards, the only role of the jury is to balance the commerciality and artistry of the award-winning works. So I said that the Oscars at that time were the real Oscars. All can be recognized, acceptable Oscar."

"However, in the 82nd session in 2010, when "Avatar", whose market positioning and market performance resembled "Titanic", lost to "The Hurt Locker", everything was different. At that time, the first-round box office of "Avatar" was 2.7 billion. , is a new record at the box office in North America. However, "The Hurt Locker" had only 49 million box office in its first round at the time, and it could barely be regarded as the first echelon in Hollywood at the time. But what happened in the end? It was the highest in film history, and lost to the lowest in film history. The best picture. All the Hollywood media strengthened the news about Cameron and his ex-wife from the perspective of gossip, and everyone ignored it. "The Hurt Locker" is just a film no matter in terms of technology or core. Quite a general work. The only thing worthy of its praise is that the appearance of this movie conformed to the political voice of the time. Since then, Oscar seemed to be possessed by a ghost, and started to cater to politics crazily. As long as the politics is correct, it can even be Ignoring the criterion of popularity and popularity, the criteria for winning Oscars have changed from a game between business and art to a struggle between politics and art. So I say, this award is actually meaningless.”

Li Shixin's attitude made the entire program interview team hiss in unison.

No one looked at this problem from this angle before, but this understanding... seems very reasonable!

In recent years, it is true that domestic attention to Oscars has been greatly reduced.

Many movie fans are complaining that one Oscar is not as good as the next, and many works that have won awards are not good-looking, or even incomprehensible.

Many people attribute this phenomenon to the bottleneck in the development of the film industry and the exhaustion of good story materials.

No one has explained this phenomenon from the perspective of Li Shixin!

"Mr. Li, I don't understand."

After chewing on Li Shixin's words for a long time, Sun Xiaofei raised his head in doubt.

"Look, you are already famous in China. And, no offense, you are almost 70 this year. Since you have no shortage of development opportunities, you think the current Oscar is meaningless. Then why do you have to travel across the ocean to come to Hollywood? Work hard?"

"It's very simple, this matter."

Li Shixin chuckled, picked up his big tea mug and took a sip of jasmine tea.

"Because even though the Oscars have changed, Hollywood's ambitious directors and actors are catering to new standards, but this is still the top of the pyramid of the film industry, and it is the place where fans and audiences all over the world focus. I don't intend to change anything, I don’t take the initiative to cater to anything. I just need to stand here as a Chinese director or actor. I play the roles I can accept, and I make the films I want to shoot. Let the whole world see; Oh, it turns out This is the Chinese attitude towards film and their pursuit of film art.”

Gently put down the tea mug, Li Shixin smiled heartily.

"that's enough."

Looking at Li Shixin's calm handsome face, feeling his open-mindedness and calmness... For a moment, Sun Xiaofei was stunned.

...

The opening of the Oscars is imminent, and the special episode of "World Cinema Gallery" will soon be edited and met with the public on CCTV 6.

Each issue of "The Promenade" has a fixed time limit of 30 minutes, and it is not exempt as a special feature.

In the first half of the program, the program team took the audience to have a glimpse of the Hollywood film industry from the first perspective.

And the second half almost became Li Shixin's personal interview collection!

The entire interview process is different from the exquisite editing in the first half, the entire interview perspective is displayed, and...not a single cut!

With the broadcast of the special episode, Li Shixin's Weibo became popular again.

"Xinye said it very well in the interview of "Movie Journey". These really feel that Hollywood's award-winning works are getting more and more crooked. The real winners are those who conform to American politics or are purely showy. Literary and artistic movies. In today’s Hollywood, there are fewer and fewer works that really use the highest film industry to show good stories. It’s not popcorn, it’s ambitious! As an audience, it’s really uncomfortable.”

"Watching Xin Ye come all the way, I actually feel very satisfied sometimes. Solid acting, solid filming, integrating good stories into the works, and sending them to the audience. I hope this time, Hollywood judges Will be able to make the movie belong to the movie itself, and give Xinye and his team a recognition!"

"I didn't have much love or dislike for Mr. Li before. In my impression, this old man always has dark spots and pressure points, but after reading today's interview, I really feel that this man is too transparent! I can win this year's Oscars!"

"I am full of emotions, from the wandering master to the pit. Over the past few years, I have witnessed Xinye step by step from a trick to the top. Seeing the interview on today's movie channel, I suddenly remembered the time when the old man was a wandering master. He finally put himself from the fake Master, become a real master!"

"I really don't want to criticize others, but those top filmmakers in China should really think about it. Don't be so introverted in China Entertainment Group! Go out like Mr. Li and make really good movies. .Even if we can’t win an award, even if we are not recognized by the international film and television industry, let’s show our attitude!”

"Seeing today's interview with Lord Xin, I couldn't stop crying. Don't be nostalgic for the past, don't be obsessed with achievements, and continue to pursue your own way at the most glorious time! Even if you are alone, you still insist on moving forward. Inexplicably reminded of Chinese history Liu Changchun, who participated in the Olympics for the first time last year. Maybe he is lonely, but in the void, even if he is weak, he is still a morning star. Guide countless latecomers to find the direction to glory! Starting today , Iron powder to titanium powder! Xinye, no matter whether you can win an Oscar or not, you are worthy of the name of a master!"

"Lord Xin, you are worthy of the name of Master!"

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Los Angeles.

Sitting in the back row of Rolls-Royce, Li Shixin smiled faintly when he saw the support of netizens on Weibo.

"Mr. Li, are you ready?"

As Rolls-Royce stood firm, Zhou Yi, who was sitting on the assistant's seat, gave a soft reminder.

"Here we are."

"oh."

Hearing Zhou Yi's reminder, Li Shixin put away his mobile phone in a calm manner, and tidied up the pure black dress on his body.

"Wait a moment."

Beside him, Zhao Jinzhi, who was wearing a red cheongsam, stretched out her arms and carefully straightened Li Shixin's crooked bow tie.

After looking at Li Shixin for a while, he smiled slightly.

"I've known you for so long, and this is the first time I've seen you so energetic."

That is a must!

Frowning, Li Shixin nodded to the driver in the front row.

Immediately, the driver trotted out of the car and opened the heavy Rolls-Royce door.

Click click click!

Stepping onto the red carpet calmly, Li Shixin raised his hand in front of a camera that was constantly shining like starlight.

Lee Seshin's Oscar has begun!