(Observer News)
Following the "Actors Please Take Place" series, Tencent Video has launched a variety show to assess directors, "Director Please Advise", and 16 directors will participate in the title of "Director of the Year".
Although the program has not yet been broadcast, but today (18th) after the lineup of participating directors was first made public, netizens were dumbfounded: among them, there was Guan Jinpeng, a Chinese-Hong Kong director who had made classic works such as "Rouge Buckle" and "Ruan Lingyu", followed by Bao Bell, who directed the film without a score of 5, Bi Zhifei, the director who won the lowest score of Douban, "Dream Showbiz", and even Wang Wenye, the daughter of Huayi President Wang Zhonglei, who had caused public anger for taunting other star-chasing fans as "farmers"...
As soon as the official announcement was completed, the entry list of this level of serious polarization made netizens scold, "Now there is no threshold for even being a director, right?!" This show is meant to challenge the audience's bottom line! ”
The actor competition program can no longer play tricks, and the variety show has moved the brain to the "directors".
According to the official introduction, "Director Please Advise" launched the "2021 Annual Director Support Plan", a total of 10 programs, divided into 4 stages, will be carried out by four top producers in the industry, gathering 16 directors to lead dozens of actors to jointly create film and television works, strive for the best shooting opportunities, and compete for the honor of "Most Valuable Director of the Year".
And the disclosure of the lineup of 16 directors on the 18th caused an uproar, which was simply a pot of chaos, what kind of people have:
Guan Jinpeng, Bao Bell, Bi Zhifei, Cai Kangyong, Degna, Han Xue, Liang Long, Ning Yuanyuan, Qian Ninghuang, Wang Wenye, Wang Xuan, Wang Yichun, Wu Zhongtian, Wu Zhenyu, Motherland Qiang, Zeng Gift.
The leader is the famous Hong Kong director Guan Jinpeng, who has directed "Rouge Buckle", "Ruan Lingyu", "Lan Yu", "Long Hate Song"... There are countless classics, and its directing ability and seniority are not excessive to "crush" the other 15.
Although he is one of the contestants in the show, he has an additional title "Surprise Director", and it is not clear what the rules will be different from other directors in the competition.
However, seeing such a "big god" appear in such a guest list with uneven levels, many netizens are a little confused: Guan Jinpeng, are you not downloading the anti-fraud APP and were tricked into being a guest...
After all, I want to compete with him on the same stage, but Bao Bell, Bi Zhifei and other directors who are famous for "bad films"!
Bao Bell from the actor cross-border director, directed the film "Fat Man Action Team", "Sunshine Sister Tao" and so on in the Douban score has not exceeded 5 points, but he said in the blog post that he "more and more frustrated and courageous", but also said that this time to participate in the show is to let his directing ability be seen by more investors.
Not to mention Bi Zhifei, holding a master's degree in Nortel film and a doctorate in peking film, calling himself "twelve years of grinding a sword", spending 20 million yuan to produce, and finally filmed a film with a minimum score of 2.2 points on Douban, "Pure Heart , DreamIng Showbiz", the film was announced to be withdrawn 4 days after its release, and also "Xi Ti" the "Golden Broom Award" of that year.
Later, Bi Zhifei, who was annoyed and angry, used the Douban people as a control and netizens maliciously played a low score, sued Douban in court, requiring it to apologize in public writing, delete false comments on the film, bear the legal fees, lawyer fees, the incident made a lot of noise, and finally the lawsuit was rejected, which can also be called a "legendary story".
However, Director Bi is still very "optimistic", saying: We must continue to be brave to "pursue the dream of showbiz"!
Bi Dao also compared himself to "Wang Yuyan", saying that "'Wang Yuyan' Ah Fei will cherish every opportunity to shoot films, and look forward to letting everyone see progress." ”
The fourth cause of controversy is that Wang Wenye, the daughter of Huayi Brothers CEO Wang Zhonglei, also participated in the show as a cutting-edge director.
This Huayi Qianjin has a "black history", which has been taken out by netizens today for ridicule. In 2018, there was a chat record circulating on the Internet, saying that when Wang Wenye was chatting privately with his girlfriends, some people called other fans "farmers" and said that they did not deserve to be the same "handsome guy" as they liked.
After the fermentation of public opinion, Wang Wen also issued an apology, saying that these remarks hurt others and said that he would be responsible for his words and deeds.
Netizens who remember this stubble began to laugh at themselves as farmers and did not deserve to watch the short film directed by Huayi Qianjin, expressing dissatisfaction with Wang Wen's participation in the program.
After that, there is Taiwanese host Cai Kangyong, although he is a serious choreographer professional, but in 2017, his film "Eat Eat" Love" is also tragic at the box office and word of mouth, even if Lin Chiling sits in the lineup, the rating is only 5.3 points.
Among the remaining guests, in addition to a few new and niche directors who are not well-known, are the mainland actress Han Xue, the Hong Kong actor Wu Zhenyu, the lead singer of the second-hand Rose Band Liang Long, etc. Who have representative works in their professional fields but have crossed over to direct in this show.
Looking at the entire lineup, it is really a lot of slots: "Now there is no threshold for even being a director?" It's a challenge to the audience's bottom line! "What is this, bad film director big party?" Can the works of these directors add up to 10 points? "Originally, I saw that the first director was Guan Jinpeng, and I thought it would be the Wang Bomb lineup, but after reading the list, I found that I had already blown up"...
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