Founded in 1932, the Venice International Film Festival is the oldest film festival in the world, the first international film festival in the world, and is known as the "Father of International Film Festivals".
In the three major film festivals, the types of films that the judges like and the overall purpose are also different.
Cannes prefers anti-war art, Berlin prefers realistic themes that combine business and art, and Venice prefers interpretations of human nature and in-depth niche films.
This year's Venice International Film Festival, around September 15th, only two films from China were shortlisted, one was "Infernal Affairs" and the other was "Night Walker".
However, Huaxing Company has two actors selected for film character nominations, and the character nominations are so scary, they are all the most prestigious Golden Lion Awards in Venice!
One is Zhou Yang from "Infernal Affairs", and the other is Zhao Zhen from "The Lighthouse by the Sea"...
Golden Lion Award!
As the most high-profile award at the oldest international film festival in the world, there have never been two actors nominated for the award in China, and there has never been a Chinese actor who has won this crown internationally.
This is the first time this has ever happened.
The entire Chinese film industry is almost in a state of excitement. Many filmmakers are jealous and envious. Many core movie fans call this phenomenon "the clarion call for the rise of Chinese films."
When Xu Mei excitedly told the news to Zhao Zhen, who was preparing for "Jin Yi Wei 2", Zhao Zhen was completely confused and felt a buzzing in his head.
Later.
The entire crew almost erupted into screams like a mountain roaring and a tsunami. The directors headed by Feng Kai lifted Zhao Zhen up one after another and threw him in the air countless times until Zhao Zhen's stomach turned upside down and he threw away his overnight meal.
After spitting it out, I put it down.
After putting it down, Zhao Zhen felt like the world was spinning. Before he had time to react, he was surrounded by countless dark media, and they were interviewed for a while...
Zhao Zhen, who was immersed in countless praises, realized that he had received a prestigious award from an international film festival, and was so shocked that he almost lost his way.
You know, two years ago he was just a grassroots digging coal in the mine.
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"Don't have high hopes for this Venice International Film Festival..."
"It's better to think of it as publicity and selling rights..."
In the office.
Wang Jing and Zhou Yang were chatting about the Venice International Film Festival.
"The Departed" is selling well overseas.
But the overseas sales of "Infernal Affairs" were very dismal.
Due to various reasons including local and cultural differences, Laos and the United States have directly released "Infernal Affairs" in advance. In Europe, the total box office of "Infernal Affairs" since its release is only over 9 million US dollars.
In addition, after the popularity of "The Departed", a similar movie that caters to the tastes of European and American movie fans, the box office of "The Departed" was slightly sluggish.
[The spy film’s rescue work], [The pinnacle of Chinese film art], [The acting skills of the four major movie kings, night and light], [The pinnacle of editing art]...
These gimmicks are very popular in Southeast Asia and can gain a large number of fans, but in Europe and the United States? Besides Zhou Yang's fans paying the bill, who else can stop you?
There is something to say...
"The Departed" was the opposite of "The Departed" and was very popular in Europe and the United States, but when it premiered in Southeast Asia, it didn't make much of a splash at all.
"Mr. Zhou, I want to use part of the company's resources to promote Zhao Zhen. I have asked certain groups of friends in Europe and the United States about the movie "The Lighthouse by the Sea". They are very optimistic about the movie and regard it as a masterpiece. And
Zhao Zhen's acting skills in the movie made them fascinated..."
Actors from "Under the Mine".
Apart from Zhou Yang, Zhao Zhen is the best in the actor industry.
Although the time spent in the movie is very short, every character leaves a very deep impression on people.
In "The Bottom of the Mine", he is the four-eyed mine director who treats human life as trivial regardless of whether he is soft or hard. In "The Crow", he is one of the wretched human traffickers. In "The Guard", he is the well-known "Jia".
Qian Jushi", and in "The Lighthouse by the Sea", Zhao Zhen's career reached its peak...
Wang Jing looked at Zhao Zhen's step-by-step progress, and after watching his acting skills in "The Lighthouse by the Sea", she keenly realized that Huaxing was very likely to have the most terrifying "international superstar" in the true sense.
Got it!
"Well, it should be!"
Zhou Yang nodded.
The CD "Lighthouse by the Sea" is placed in the drawer of Zhou Yang's office.
After Zhou Yang learned that this movie was nominated for an award, he actually watched the movie out of curiosity.
The film style is very beautiful, and the background soundtrack is composed by top-level artists. Every detail and shot makes people immersed in it, as if it is a romantic and beautiful documentary film.
but……
Twenty minutes after watching the movie, Zhou Yang felt some instinctive physical discomfort, so he couldn't watch it anymore.
This is a movie of the same type as "Brokeback Mountain".
It was hard for him to believe how Zhao Zhen could perform this movie so well, and he even had some doubts about Zhao Zhen's orientation.
But it is undeniable that "The Lighthouse by the Sea" was indeed shot extremely well...
"CCTV has invited us to the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala several times. I would like to invite you. Wouldn't you consider it?"
"Forget it, who are the other people in our company?"
"Only Song Qianqian was invited to sing..."
"Where's Jiang Shushu?" Zhou Yang felt a little confused when he thought of Jiang Shushu.
Recently, there has been less and less news about Jiang Shushu, especially in the past few months, as the popularity of "Girl with Wings" has declined, and he has hardly heard about Jiang Shushu...
"Shu Shu... Since "Girl with Wings", Shu Shu has not had any substantive works. In half a year, his popularity has been declining. My manager Zhao Yu told me that Shu Shu has been crazy recently and is not participating in activities.
, refused various endorsements and kept shutting himself in his room to write songs, but the songs he wrote were all ordinary... Shu Shu is no better than Xi Qian, lacking original talent... In this circle, there are people who are talented and talented.
, but most of them are ordinary people who don’t take good care of themselves when they are most popular, but fall into a creative cycle. This is actually a very stupid behavior. If she can’t understand this truth, I guess she is almost finished.
..." Wang Jing bluntly said these almost cruel words, and predicted Jiang Shushu's not too optimistic future...
That's what this circle is like.
It is normal for a fire to explode overnight, it is normal for the fire to slowly extinguish after the explosion, and it is normal for it to collapse suddenly. There are too many such examples.
Wang Jing's words made Zhou Yang inexplicably feel a bit sad.
Later, when Wang Jing and Zhou Yang chatted about the company's current situation, Zhou Yang once again fell into reflection and adjustment about his future.
After Wang Jing left, Zhou Yang was still sitting silently on the chair, looking up at the fallen leaves falling out of the window.
"Dongdongdong."
"Come in."
A pleasant fragrance made Zhou Yang react from his thoughts. Then, Zhou Yang turned his head and found Song Qianqian with a ponytail.
Zhou Yang looked at Song Qianqian's hands and found that Song Qianqian was holding a box of mooncakes in her hands and looking at him with a blushing face.
"Mr. Zhou...this is the mooncake I just made. Try it. It may not be very good...I have to prepare for the Mid-Autumn Festival party these days, and I will be away from the company most of the time..." Song Qianqian looked at Zhou Yang with a look in her eyes.
With some expectation.
Looking at the mooncake, Zhou Yang looked at Song Qianqian's expression, hesitated for a while, then nodded and tasted a few bites in front of Song Qianqian.
Judging from Zhou Yang's very picky palate, Song Qianqian's mooncakes were quite ordinary and tasted a bit greasy, but Zhou Yang still smiled and praised them a few times.
After seeing herself being praised, Song Qianqian was so excited that she couldn't express it in words. She nodded desperately as if she was deeply encouraged...
"Mr. Zhou, all seven songs in my new album "The Farthest Distance" have been written. Do you want to listen to them?"
"Ah? You wrote a song again?"
"Well, my creative status has been very good recently. I have written a few songs, but they are definitely not as popular as "Invisible Wings"..."
Zhou Yang watched Song Qianqian take out a box of CDs and handed them to Zhou Yang expectantly.
After handing it to Zhou Yang, Song Qianqian looked at the time: "Mr. Zhou, I also made some mooncakes for Sister Jing and the others. I will go over and give them to them now."
"OK!"
Victoria Song left the office.
Zhou Yang feels that Song Qianqian has become more and more like a colorful butterfly recently, with her whole body exuding charm and dancing vitality.
He inserted the CD into his computer and slowly began to listen to the new songs from the album recorded by Victoria Song.
Then……
Zhou Yang found that Song Qianqian's voice was even louder and more melodious than in "Invisible Wings". Zhou Yang listened and actually closed his eyes.
"Love Announcement", "Heartbeat", "Only", "The Farthest Distance", "Happy Lavender"...
Listening to the song, time passed very quickly. When he finished listening to the last song, he found that he was so happy by the sweet feeling of love in the song.
Whether it's the melody, the lyrics, or the way each song is sung, it's all full of hit potential!
After turning off the music, he was a little shocked, Victoria Song, she is so awesome!
But then...
After thinking of some of the lyrics in these songs, Zhou Yang was shocked and his expression suddenly became weird.
Then, he stared blankly in the direction Song Qianqian left, and the scenes of contact with Song Qianqian and the shy scene just now appeared in his mind.
Does she like me?
Are all these songs of hers composed for me?
When these narcissistic thoughts appeared, combined with the contents of some love books, Zhou Yang suddenly stood up.
Damn it, if she likes me, how should I say no?
For a moment, Zhou Yang started to have random thoughts.