Li Tangshen leaned against the head of the bed and concluded the cooperation with MK2. The biggest concern of this trip was finally put to rest, and he felt extremely relaxed.
After taking a shower, Xiaopang walked out of the bathroom in his pajamas and asked, "Did I say they can win prizes?"
Li Tang yawned and said lazily: "I guess there's not much hope. It doesn't matter whether I get it now or not. The film has already been handed over to an agent anyway."
"Don't I want to win the Best Actor Award?"
Xiaopang climbed on the bed and lay next to him.
Against the current trend, Ye Yi set up four awards in the unit, namely Best Film Award, Best Director and Best Actor and Actor.
"Don't have too much hope. The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment."
Of course it's okay to say that he doesn't want to win the award, but according to the current ratings in the event journal, he feels that winning the award is a luxury.
"Hey, it's being said that Zhou Xun is very likely to win the Best Actress award that time. It's said that if she won the award, she would be on the same level as Gong Libo." Xiaopang couldn't hide his envy.
"Why Keke, it's so close." Li Tang snorted lightly.
As early as nine years ago, Gong Li won the Venice Best Actress for her role in "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit", and then won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress twice. The other messy Best Actress has chosen eight films starring her that have swept Europe.
Top prizes at three major film festivals
, the Golden Bear in "Red Sorghum", the Golden Lion in "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit", and the Palme d'Or in "Farewell My Concubine". He is a Cannes judge and the chairman of the Berlin jury. With that kind of international influence, Zhou Xun can even win the Venice Best Actress
, it is very difficult to compare with it.
As Li Tang spoke, he turned to look at her again and said, "Don't spread unreliable gossip in the future."
"He's not spreading rumors, so why don't you tell me about it?"
Xiaopang blinked his big eyes and asked again: "Is my agent reliable? Please tell him, if you don't want to sell the copyright, you can rest assured that you will get the money. Now the initiative is in his lap, I feel like it just thinking about it
Don’t worry.”
Li Tang thought of the disappointed look on Dongwu's side when he informed Huber of the German AG company to stop the negotiations. He said with confidence: "Don't worry, I will definitely make more money than selling copyrights. I'll give you one when the time comes."
Big red envelope.”
But Xiaopang said with disdain: "Let's wait until the movie makes money."
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September and August evening, seven o'clock.
The 58th Venice International Film Festival finally ushered in the closing ceremony and awards ceremony.
The fat girl in a dark green cheongsam held Li Tang on her arm as she walked on the red carpet calmly. She frequently waved her legs to the fans and at the same time kept posing in front of the photographers. She completely lost the panic of the opening ceremony.
Sure enough, experience is the most tempering thing. During the ten days of the Venice Film Festival, there were all kinds of activities, brands advertising, and various screenings. Chang Jihong used her connections to bring her little one during the confinement period.
Fatty frequently appeared at events, took various photos, and sent them abroad as press releases to hype up how popular Fatty was in Venice.
In those days, walking on the red carpet of three major festivals in Europe was not enough to fool people. The only thing that could overshadow Xiaopang in the limelight was Zhou Xun. It seems that foreign media are hyping her reputation as an actress.
Very high.
It’s a shame to miss this weekly news. It’s not because of their company’s deliberate hype, but because of the foreign media’s self-pleasure. Who knows how popular she is? The more hype she gets, the more eyeballs she can attract. But the sequelae can’t be praised.
The higher you go, the harder you fall. If you don't win the prize for that weekly newsletter, it will undoubtedly be a joke.
Li Tang and Cheng Er, who was also in suits and ties, stood aside and watched the little fat man making various poses for the camera. Compared with the opening red carpet, the work has already been unveiled, which naturally attracted the attention of many Western media cameras.
At this time, Cheng Er was also very calm, with his legs in his pockets, facing the flashing camera, and his eyes blank.
The highlight moment didn't stop there. When the three of them passed through the bustling central area and arrived at the east of the steps of the Cinema Palace, they saw the film festival chairman Alberto Barbera waiting on the steps.
The three of them walked up the steps. Mr. Chairman walked up the east steps to greet them and met in the middle.
“Welcome to Venice!”
"Hello, Mr. Chairman! Venice gave them a magical trip, thank you very much!"
Li Tang used the Italian prepared in advance, shook hands with the old man and hugged him, and then introduced Cheng Er and Xiaopang to the old man.
Barbera held her legs one by one, and then took a group photo together facing the camera.
Walking together on the steps again, we stopped at the entrance of the Cinema Palace, turned around, and faced the wrong camera again.
The first film festival under the chairmanship of Mr. Nafu was full of ceremony. Every shortlisted crew will receive courtesy from the respected chairman.
The old man will step down from tomorrow, and the new chairman is recommending them to Marco Muller in Venice.
They are ranked relatively high on the red carpet tomorrow. There are not many people in the lobby of the Cinema Palace. Everyone is sitting in twos and threes, or greeting each other with smiles on their faces.
Suddenly, I saw Xiaopang waving his legs in one direction: "Sister Yu!"
When Li Tang heard the news, he saw a woman with short hair and casual and simple clothes walking over with a smile.
"Li Yu, the director of "Next Summer"."
"No need to introduce that person, that is their director Cheng Er!"
Xiaopang introduced everyone with a smile.
"Director Li, congratulations!"
Li Tang had an impression of the movie "Next Summer", which was one of the few Chinese-language films shortlisted for non-competition units. He had not seen it, so he could tell whether it was a lily-themed movie through the report in the program.
And it has already won the special female theme award from the film festival.
At this time, Li Tang couldn't help but take a closer look at the unprepossessing woman in front of him. He didn't expect that she was very trendy. This was because it was the first time he discovered that there were domestic lily films.
"Thank you, I'm fine!"
Li Yu shook hands with Li Tang cheerfully, then shook hands with Cheng Er and said hello: "Director Cheng, I'm fine!"
"Director Li, congratulations!"
Cheng Er also expressed congratulations to her. After all, it was the first Chinese-language film to win an award at a film festival.
"Sister Yu is a documentary director for CCTV. "Next Summer" is her first work. She wrote and directed it. It is very outstanding!" Xiao Pang affectionately took Li Yu's arm and continued to introduce it to everyone.
Li Yu was very embarrassed by the little fat guy's praise, and even said: "No, no, he must be lucky! I hope we can have a good outcome tomorrow night."
Li Tang and Cheng Er looked at each other wrongly and said in unison: "Thank you!"
After being guided by the staff and sitting down, Li Tang curiously asked Xiaopang: "How do I know Director Li?"
"We met at an event. Sister Yu is very generous, and she and he are from the same hometown."
When a fellow countryman meets a fellow countryman, tears well up in his eyes. No wonder.
Then Li Tang couldn't help but look at the fat little girl who was dressed up tomorrow, and couldn't help but said: "Isn't she Lily?"
"What lily, lily?" Xiaopang didn't listen to Minghong.
Well, the little fat guy nowadays is quite innocent.
"As far as women and girls..."
Li Tang clenched his legs into fists, touched his thumbs, and made a good leg gesture.
Xiaopang suddenly blushed and said angrily: "What? How did he know?"
After Li Tang reminded her, she suddenly thought about the meeting at the event and the conversation was very good. It seemed that she didn't mean anything in that regard.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but stern his face and said: "Don't talk nonsense. Even though Sister Yu made that film, it doesn't mean that she rejected it!"
Li Tang went and said, "Okay, okay, he won't make blind guesses. But I also want to be careful and don't be misled by someone inadvertently."
Although Xiaopang didn't know what red and pink meant, he could guess it. He blushed again and said, "Why do I do the same thing, no, no, no, no, no, wrong, etc... Oh, Lily is particularly interested in it?"
Li Tang not only watched a lot of videos about this in his previous life, but it was also common in his life. It was not a new thing at that time, so he immediately said: "If you are interested, you are a little curious."
"Alas!"
The little fat guy couldn't help but tremble when he thought of the girl and the girl with that bronze face. Goosebumps spread all over his body. He gritted his teeth and said, "He doesn't like that!"
Although Cheng Er who was walking on the other side of Li Tang did not speak, he kept his ears open and listened to the wrong words of the two men and women. He felt very speechless and at the same time, there was an imperceptible smile on his face. He probably thought of something.
screen.
The two chatted for a while, and the guests came in one after another. Li Tang saw Zhou Xun and Cheng Guo walking in together with several Hong Kong people, but did not take the initiative to stand up and say hello.
At half past eight, the award ceremony started on time.
The chairman of the film festival, Alberto Barbera, first gave a speech on stage. Is it because the old man stood on the stage of the closing ceremony as the chairman for the first time? The old man was obviously very excited. Barbera spoke for about ten minutes. There were people at the scene.
In English translation, the general meaning is nothing more than looking back, paying tribute, looking forward, and thanking.
Then a panel of seven judges appeared.
The chairman of the jury is the famous Italian director, screenwriter, actor and producer Nanni Moretti. As for the other six judges, except for a director from the United States and a novelist named Asan Ge, the others
They are all European filmmakers, three directors and one producer.
And then there are all kinds of nonsense, full of all kinds of high-end European-style jokes.
About half an hour later, the first award finally began to be awarded, the Silver Lion Award for the Best Short Film in the Short Film Section.
When the winners were announced in Taiwan, the Chinese filmmakers at the scene were all eagerly awaiting it, because the most popular one before was Wu Shixian's "Che 44".
The previous winner was the German short film "Friends".
Everyone was not disappointed for long. Soon, the award presenter announced that "Che 44" won the special jury award in the short film unit, which also won the second prize.
Wu Shixian received the award in Taiwan and was very excited. He spoke a lot in American English. He especially thanked his fiancée and the heroine in the film, Gong Beibi.
The baby sister in Xiaopang's mouth also stood up and blew kisses to Wu Shixian who was on stage. The applause was very warm. To use a popular saying in later generations, it was probably full of the rancid smell of cruelty. But it was not the favorite tune of foreigners.
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After a brief climax, Jie Donglai won some random awards, some of which had been announced in advance, such as Li Yu’s lesbian award... Bah, special awards for female subjects, etc.
After seven or eight awards, it was finally time to award the awards for the competition section. Although they didn’t have any hope in their hearts, everyone became nervous in unison. Especially the first award was the Golden Lion for the best film in the competition section. That's right, the only lion trophy in the entire unit is not the Golden Lion.
Of course, it was not an unexpected success at first. The critically acclaimed French film "Timeline" won the award.
Immediately following the Best Director and Best Actress categories, others were also left behind.
At this point, no one, including Li Tang himself, dares to hope that going against the trend and the final Best Actor Award in the unit will fall to Li Tang.
When the award-winning guests walked on stage, Li Tang's eyes suddenly lit up, because the black-haired beauty on stage was not them, but her idol in his previous life as a teenager, or a delusion of adolescent lust, an Italian actress. Monica Bellucci.
The 36-year-old female star, who has always been known for her coolness, became popular in Europe last year with "The Legend of Sicily".
Xiaopang noticed that Li Tang was staring at Tai Zai with bright eyes, and asked in a low voice: "Who is that?"
Li Tang didn't even turn his eyes and replied directly: "Goddess!"
Although it is a new term, as the name suggests, Xiaopang immediately snorted in dissatisfaction.
The glamorous young woman on stage did not make too many openings. She opened the envelope and announced directly: "No, who won the Best Actor Award in the Countercurrent Section of the 58th Venice International Film Festival..."
The glamorous young woman glanced around, and her eyes happened to fall on the seating area where Li Tang and the others were. It was probably too difficult to recognize them, because the three of them had Asian faces in that area.
Then she lightly opened her red lips and said: ""Unfinished Girl", Li Tang!"
"who?"
When Li Tang heard his name, his first reaction was that he couldn't believe his ears, but at this time the little fat guy next to him had already screamed and jumped up. Although she didn't understand English, let alone Italian, But I heard the name Li Tang clearly.
Especially when registering, according to the Western custom of putting the first name first and last name last, Li Tang’s name usually has to be filled in as Tang Li, but Li Tang just filled in Li Tang.
In his words at the time, his rules were not rules.
"Hey, Teacher Li, am I stupid? I won the prize!"
Xiaopang leaned over and shouted in his ear.
Even Cheng Er stood up excitedly, slapping his legs and mumbling: "He knows it, he knows it..."
Li Tang finally came to his senses at that time. His heart, which had been beating violently just now, miraculously began to calm down. He stood up and spoke excitedly and incoherently, saying "Teacher Li, I won the prize..." Xiaopang gave me a hug.
He smiled and said, "Well, he knows."
Then he turned around and hugged Cheng Er again, and at the same time said in his ear: "Thank you!"
"No, Brother Li, I don't deserve it!" Cheng Er said solemnly while being excited.
I woke up early in the morning and thoroughly cleaned the house, then bought groceries and cooked, and coded after dinner without stopping for almost a moment. I had a very meaningful Dragon Boat Festival. I wish everyone a healthy Dragon Boat Festival! Due to time constraints, I will post first and modify later.