1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 695: Are we Chinese not human?

"Mr. Lin, look, tomorrow is the closing ceremony, and the awards have to be finalized as soon as possible. Our Shanghai Film Festival has the word 'international' after all, or the best film will be given to "Silent Mountain" "Qiu", Wang Tong and the others are not considered outsiders, and it is not easy to participate in the competition."

Lin Weimin was immediately displeased when he heard the words, and frowned, "Wang Tong is not considered an outsider, but Jiang Wen is an outsider? "Sunny Day" won the Venice Silver Lion Award. Is the quality worse than "Silent Hill"? A There are five awards in the film festival, and none of them are from your own team, you think the Shanghai Film Festival is very honorable, don’t you?"

After finishing this sentence, Lin Weimin was still angry and scolded angrily: "How long has it been since the Qing Dynasty died? Instead, you run this 'Ninger to friends than slaves'?"

This sentence can be called murderous and heartbreaking. One sentence scared the cadres of the organizing committee so much that they didn't dare to breathe, and their faces turned pale. He really couldn't figure it out, but he just came to persuade him, and it actually caused this teacher Lin to be furious.

Lin Weimin's voice attracted the attention of other people around, and everyone looked over.

Lin Weimin snorted coldly, ignored everyone's gaze, and returned to the conference room alone.

A few minutes later, everyone returned to the conference room to continue the discussion.

Lin Weimin's expression was ugly. Before Xie Jin could preside over the meeting, he spoke first, "Director Xie, I want to say a few words first."

Xie Jin has never cooperated with Lin Weimin, but he has been in the literary and art circles anyway, so he has heard of Lin Weimin's temper, and a few years ago, he took the initiative to talk to Lin Weimin about cooperation. face.

In the corridor just now, Lin Weimin was obviously irritated by others. If he wanted to speak now, he would definitely shoot.

Xie Jin wisely handed over the right to speak, and Lin Weimin asked the cadres of the organizing committee to call Wu Yigong and other leaders over.

"Leaders of the organizing committee, today I asked you to call a few of you over. I mainly want to talk about the award criteria and principles of our film festival."

As soon as Lin Weimin said a word, he found that two leaders of the organizing committee were a little restless.

Lin Weimin continued: "Everyone should know that in the selection of the best film, we now have two choices, one is Wang Tong's "Speechless Hill" and the other is Jiang Wen's "Sunny Day". It’s normal to have disputes. But just now one of our cadres said something to me..."

Speaking of this, Lin Weimin stared blankly at everyone present.

"Say: Our Shanghai Film Festival has the word 'international' after all, or the best film will be given to "Silent Hill". I don't know how you feel when you hear this, anyway, I listened It feels extremely harsh.

What's the matter?With the word 'international' on it, you Chinese people are not worthy of participating in the Shanghai Film Festival?
Under the same conditions, priority will be given to foreigners, Bay Islanders, and Xiangjiang people. Are we Chinese not human beings?
You guys told me, what kind of logic is this? "

In anger, Lin Weimin went all out, without any concern for the face of everyone present.

Wu Yigong's expression was ugly. He didn't expect that something like this would happen near the end, so he opened his mouth to lighten the atmosphere: "Teacher Lin, I'm wondering if there is any misunderstanding here..."

He didn't have time to continue, but Lin Weimin waved his hands and interrupted decisively, "Don't talk yet!"

Wu Yigong's expression froze, and a trace of embarrassment flashed across his face.

The leading cadres of the organizing committee were shocked by Lin Weimin's toughness. You must know that Wu Yigong is not only the head of the organizing committee, but also the director of the Shanghai Film Bureau, but Lin Weimin didn't even let him speak.

But when everyone thought about the rumors that Lin Weimin was going to take over as the director of the National Film Administration two months ago, it all seemed very reasonable.

"I don't know who inspired that comrade to persuade me just now. I can only say that your idea is very dangerous, comrade, it is very dangerous!"

When Lin Weimin said this, he couldn't help knocking on the table, "What? Do we want to divide people into ranks and ranks like the Yuan Dynasty? Let me tell you, this is not only bureaucracy, but also comprador thinking."

Seeing Lin Weimin's serious nature, Xie Jin couldn't help smoothing things over and said, "For the people, it's impossible. They may also want to make the awards smoother. There are also foreign friends here..."

"Director Xie, it's better to say some things first. You know my temper, and I'm not afraid of offending people. I'm not afraid of foreign friends, and I can tell them everything. You guys, tell the truth about the situation just now. "

From the moment they entered the meeting room, several foreign judges were in a state of bewilderment. The translator behind them saw that the situation was not good, so they simply stopped the translation work.

After hearing Lin Weimin's words, several translators looked at each other in blank dismay, wondering if they should continue to perform their duties.

Xie Jin was a little helpless. When he came to seek cooperation before, he just felt that Lin Weimin was a little arrogant. He had heard a lot about his deeds over the years and felt that this person had a bad temper.

He finally got to know him today. How can this be bad temper?
This is a firecracker!
"Which country in the world holds a film festival, my family is more or less taken care of. If you hold a film festival, you don't even know this common sense.

It's a good thing when it comes to the Shanghai Film Festival. It doesn't count if you don't take care of it, and you have to hold on to foreigners to receive awards.

Four awards are not enough for five, and five awards are not enough for six. Why don't you remove the word "Shanghai" and simply call it an international film festival?

Spending the country's funds, not thinking about how to run the film festival well, not thinking about enhancing the international influence of the film festival, playing the role of "internationalization" and selling dog meat of "favoring foreigners and seeking glory".

Tell me, who is this film festival for? "

Lin Weimin's face was serious, his eyes were stern, and his words were sonorous. He scolded the cadres present bloody, wishing to find a crack in the ground, and even hated Lin Weimin's scolding of them.

Not to mention the cadres of the organizing committee, even the judges of the judging committee were a little apprehensive. Except for Xie Jin and Xu Ke, the remaining four people still haven't figured out what's going on, and kept asking in low voices what happened. What's up.

Several translators murmured and translated the situation, and they suddenly realized.

"I'm just a passer-by for Shanghai International Film Festival. I don't care how you judge awards in the future, but since I've been invited to be a judge this year, I must ensure that the awards are fair and just, not only for outsiders, but also for my own people. .

Finally, I would like to advise you that if the film festival is to be run well and last for a long time, it must abandon those bureaucratic and comprador ideas, and cultural exchanges must be based on equality and mutual trust.

Otherwise, what about art?How to communicate? "

Lin Weimin had long been prepared to offend people, so he didn't care about everyone's reaction at all. After saying this, he looked at everyone coldly, not angry.

There was a brief silence in the meeting room. At this time, it seemed that nothing was appropriate.

In the end, it was Wu Yigong who supported his smile, "We are holding the Shanghai International Film Festival for the first time this year, so there must be some deficiencies in one way or another. We welcome your comments and suggestions. Mr. Lin's suggestions for our film festival are very pertinent. Although the attitude is a bit fierce, our film festival organizing committee must accept it with an open mind."

After the scene was finished, the atmosphere in the conference room finally relaxed a little.

Xie Jin said a few more words to smooth things over, and Wu Yigong left the meeting room with several leaders and cadres of the organizing committee.

After the group of people left, the atmosphere in the meeting room returned to formality.

"Let's talk about the best picture award. Tomorrow is the awards ceremony. This matter cannot be delayed any longer," Xie Jin said.

Several other judges nodded after hearing this and resumed the discussion.

Probably out of fear of Lin Weimin, Oshima Nagisa no longer insisted on the option of "Silent Hill", and "Sunny Day" successfully won the Best Picture Award.

The results of the awards were finally confirmed, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

When walking out of the conference room, Xie Jin asked Lin Weimin in a low voice, ""Sunny Days" is the movie you recommended. If you do this, are you not afraid of being accused of being a behind-the-scenes operation?"

When he asked this question, he did not express dissatisfaction.

Lin Weimin smiled lightly at this.

"Director Xie. Do you think they don't know the virtues of foreign film festivals?

If our own country’s own people suffer when judging awards, then what’s the point of judging them?Not to mention foreigners, even our own people will look down on our own people!
Dignity is not gained by asking for charity but earned by strength.

In order to take care of the so-called 'internationality', the principle of awards must be discarded, which is putting the cart before the horse.

As for whether I am engaging in black-box operations, the movie is there, and the public can judge for themselves. "

Lin Weimin's tone was understated, completely different from the harsh words he had just said in the meeting room.

An idea came to Xie Jin's mind. Lin Weimin's furious rage in the conference room just now was probably not entirely out of righteous indignation, right?
The retreat of Oshima Nagisa is the best proof.

Thinking of this, Xie Jin looked at Lin Weimin with a bit of inquiry.

Lin Weimin didn't chat with him anymore, and turned to chat with Alan Resnais, completely unable to see the expression in the meeting room just now.

The next day, October 10, the first Shanghai International Film Festival successfully concluded.

This year's film festival has attracted 30 films from more than 167 countries to participate in the competition, of which 24 films were shortlisted for the main competition unit.

After the review by the jury, South Korean director Lim Kwon-taek won the Best Director Award for his film "Elegy", Belgian actor Jean de Claire won the Best Actor Award for "Professor Darnes", and Korean actor Oh Jung-ha won the Best Actor Award for "Elegy". " won the Best Actress Award, and the China Xiangjiang film "Cage Man" won the Special Jury Award.

Jiang Wen won the Best Picture Award for his film "Sunny Day".

The awarding process was uneventful, and no filmmakers or news media expressed any dissatisfaction with the result afterwards.

"Sunny Days" just won the Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival. Isn't it natural to win the Shanghai International Film Festival?
There are only a few leading cadres of the organizing committee who have been scolded by Lin Weimin. Every time the name Lin Weimin is mentioned, they gnash their teeth with hatred.

On the plane back to Yanjing, many acquaintances were on this flight, Lin Weimin's seat was next to Wang Shuo, Jiang Wen had to come over and change seats with Wang Shuo.

"Teacher Lin, thank you very much this time!"

"What can I thank you for?"

"I've heard that for "Sunny Day", you had a big fight with the organizing committee and the judging committee."

When Jiang Wen said this, his face was full of admiration, and he would do it if he disagreed with him. If only I were as awesome as Mr. Lin.

"Think too much, it has nothing to do with you, don't be sentimental."

Jiang Wen'er was driven away, not angry at all, but thinking in her heart, Teacher Lin just likes to be modest.

Lin Weimin was idle and bored, and turned to Wang Shuo, "What about your love? Are you not an actor? Aren't you coming to the film festival to join in the fun?"

Wang Shuo's face darkened when he teased him, "Are you interested?"

"Let's have a boring chat. The little girl is young and has a body like yours. Can she bear it?" Lin Weimin continued to ask in a low voice.

In the past, Wang Shuo and Lin Weimin had quarreled with each other, but this time he lost his temper.

He pulled Jiang Wen over and said, "Sit next to him."

Lin Weimin smiled proudly.

Little boy, you will never die of nausea!
(End of this chapter)