Chen Feng returned to the crew early the next morning and continued filming "The Godfather".
A few days later, Fan Dongping took a leave of absence and went to Venice to join Li Dazhi and together they represented the "Mr. Tree" film company at the Venice International Film Festival.
Because "Mr. Tree" was selected into the main competition without much surprise, it has a chance to compete for the Golden Lion Award.
After Fan Dongping's previous public relations, the film gained a very good reputation in Venice and even won praise from many film critics in Europe.
Therefore, after the opening of the film festival, the attendance rate at every screening of this film was relatively good.
Chen Feng had no intention of participating from the beginning. Although he very much hoped that this movie would win an award, and it would be best for Li Dazhi to win the best actor crown, he was currently concentrating on filming "The Godfather". While he was filming, he really didn't want to leave.
The heart passes.
Not long after, Fan Dongping called and said that the organizers really wanted him to go there, and also hinted privately that as long as he went there, he would probably win the Golden Lion Award.
The Golden Lion Award, like the Palme d'Or, is awarded only once at each film festival, and it is awarded to the best film.
Although Chen Feng thinks very highly of himself, he is not sure that "Mr. Tree" will win the Golden Lion Award.
But I have to say that this is a huge temptation. As a film director, no one cares about an international award like the Golden Lion Award.
From an artistic point of view, the Golden Lion Award is even more valuable than Cannes. Cannes-winning films may not necessarily be of high artistic quality, but films that win awards at the Venice Film Festival must be of high artistic quality. This is basically the world's film circle, and even the public.
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Therefore, Chen Feng agreed without much hesitation. Anyway, it would only take two or three days at most to go there.
The crew of "The Godfather" did not suspend filming after he left as the director, but continued filming, of course, mainly filming some less important scenes, which were co-directed by Amos and Li Kai.
Chen Feng notified Miranda and asked her if she wanted to go there with him. As a result, Miranda unexpectedly refused.
It seems that Miranda is really concentrating on being a consultant and assistant to the chairman of Shengtang Technology in Fremont.
At first, she was just the external image consultant of Shengtang Technology. Later, he directly approached Chen Feng and asked for the position of assistant to the chairman.
I flew directly from Los Angeles to Venice, wore a mask the whole time, and flew first class, but no one recognized me.
So, we didn't encounter any trouble along the way.
The process of getting off the plane and checking into the hotel was quite smooth and no one recognized me.
After getting jet-lagged here, Chen Feng stayed in the hotel the next morning. He ordered room service for meals and the bodyguards picked them up at the door without letting the waiter in.
Therefore, no one knows that the big star Chen Feng is currently staying in this hotel.
But not long after he had breakfast, a person in charge from the organizer of the film festival came over with a group of three people. First of all, he wanted to thank Chen Feng for coming to attend the award ceremony, secondly, he wanted to talk to him about some precautions, and finally, he wanted to talk to him
Chen Feng took a group photo.
It lasted only half an hour, but it was enough to express the organizer's importance to Chen Feng, an international superstar. For this reason, the organizer specially left a beauty in her thirties to provide Chen Feng with various services, including
Let her be a tour guide, accompany him to eat and play, etc. Seeing her eyes dripping with tears when he looked at Chen Feng, Chen Feng suspected that she would agree without hesitation if he asked her to sleep with him.
Chen Feng refused at first, but the other party was too enthusiastic, so Chen Feng had to temporarily agree.
After breakfast, Chen Feng declined the offer of Monica to take him out for a walk, but continued to stay in the hotel room watching TV until lunch. Chen Feng also ordered room service.
I also ordered food for Monica.
After lunch, Chen Feng once again declined Monica's suggestion to go out for a walk and continued to stay in the hotel room and watch TV. His stay-at-home behavior left Monica speechless for a while.
It was not until two o'clock in the afternoon that Chen Feng, with Monica's repeated reminders, set off for the Venetian Film Palace on Lido Island, where the Venice Film Festival awards ceremony was held.
Li Dazhi and Fan Dongping went there first in the morning to wait.
The process here is similar to that of Cannes. You also come here first to queue up to walk on the red carpet, and then enter the Film Palace to wait for the awards.
Regarding the red carpet, Chen Feng originally did not want to participate because of the accident in Cannes. However, after repeated requests from the organizer, Chen Feng could not refuse and could only participate in the red carpet.
Of course, because there is a precedent of Chen Feng's fans causing chaos at the Cannes Film Festival, sufficient preparations were made for this Venice Film Festival. The security personnel increased several times.
Security personnel in uniform uniforms stood on both sides of the red carpet, forming a very solid wall of people. In addition, the flow of people in the audience was strictly controlled, and the general audience area was set up fifty or sixty meters away from the red carpet.
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And there is also a dense wall of people blocking the area in front of the isolation zone.
In this way, under the arrangement, there should be no need to worry about the chaos at the Cannes Film Festival again.
With Monica leading the way, Chen Feng easily waited in the waiting area.
At this time, the big mask on Chen Feng's face had not yet been taken off. Monica was really speechless about this. She had already persuaded Chen Feng twice, but Chen Feng insisted on continuing to wear the mask, and there was nothing she could do.
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In fact, Chen Feng did this because he didn't want to attract too much attention. After all, he is so famous now. If he didn't wear a mask, the reporters, celebrities, and guests around him would recognize him. Then, he would be recognized by these people.
Surrounded and exhausted.
This was the case last time in Cannes, and he didn't want to do it again.
I stayed quietly in the corner alone, accompanied by the beautiful Monica, chatting with her about the local customs, and the time passed very quickly.
At about 3:30 in the afternoon, the red carpet finally started. One after another, stars and film workers walked onto the red carpet and walked towards the movie palace.
The live broadcast is also making introductions.
At almost four o'clock, it was Chen Feng's turn.
Chen Feng took off the mask on his face, and no one noticed him at first.
But when the live broadcast came out, the introduction came: "Next is Chen Feng from Tang Dynasty. His film "Mr. Tree" was shortlisted for the main competition unit of this film festival."
Chen Feng, wearing a straight dress, walked onto the red carpet following the introduction by the announcer on the radio. Almost everyone at the scene looked at him. There was silence at first, and then a huge noise broke out.
"Oh my God! He's Chen, Chen from "The Sound of Silence", and he's here too!"
"Didn't you say he won't come? It wasn't reported before."
“What a surprise!”
"He's so handsome!"
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The celebrities and film workers at the scene were all talking about it. Several female celebrities clenched their hands in front of their chests with excitement, as if they were about to run over. Fortunately, they also wanted to save face, maintained their identities, and controlled the star-chasers on the scene.
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The reporters on both sides of the red carpet were of course the first to take pictures of Chen Feng. The flashlights flashed non-stop. Many reporters even tried to break through the human wall of security personnel to take closer shots.
Chen Feng, interview him.
In fact, several reporters could not help but ask Chen Feng questions loudly and in violation of the rules at the scene.
"Chen, can you tell us what you think of Venice?"
"Chen, are you sure about the movie you're directing?"
“Can you tell me what it’s like to be the best-selling singer in the world?”
"Chen, do you think you can win the prize this time?"
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Of course, Chen Feng ignored these reporters' questions. He just walked with his head buried all the way without stopping at all. It would take others three to four minutes at the fastest to walk this section of the red carpet, and some female stars even deliberately stopped and walked to delay as much time as possible.
But it only took Chen Feng less than two minutes to walk through the red carpet and enter the movie palace.
Monica, who had been waiting at the door, looked at him with a bit of laughter and tears, and said with a hint of complaint: "You don't have to rush like this."
Chen Feng shrugged and said, "I don't want to cause any more confusion."
At this time, there was finally a reaction in the audience area. Through the big screen at the scene, they were finally convinced that the person who just walked past was superstar Chen Feng.
It's just that Chen Feng walked too fast. By the time they kept screaming with excitement, Chen Feng had already walked off the red carpet and walked into the movie palace.
But even so, those fans who were overly excited still tried to rush towards the movie palace.
Fortunately, security has made sufficient preparations and precautionary plans. In addition, the number of people in the audience area is not very large, only three to four hundred people. Among them, there are only a dozen fans who were excited to see Chen Feng and tried to break into the human wall.
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There were more than 30 security personnel at the scene. Therefore, although these fans shouted excitedly towards the movie palace and tried to break through the human wall to chase Chen Feng, they failed in the end.
However, this scene was still faithfully recorded with cameras and video cameras by many reporters at the scene who were worried about the chaos in the world.
But soon the news of Chen Feng's visit to the Venice International Film Festival spread, and countless fans who happened to be in Venice rushed to Lido Island in excitement.
Compared to the last time at the Cannes Film Festival, Chen Feng is even more famous now. It would have been a bit reluctant for everyone to call him a superstar at that time, but now he is a well-deserved superstar and is now the most popular singer in the world.
For Chen Feng to achieve such an achievement, all he needs is one "Sound of Silence" album.
Therefore, he has too many fans. They come from all races and ages all over the world, including men, women, and children.
Countless fans love "Sound of Silence" to death, and they also love him to death. Especially those female fans who are the most star-chasing. They not only like Chen Feng's brother, but also like Chen Feng's "beauty". That's it.
Superficial and vulgar. Coupled with Chen Feng's fame, they really adore and like Chen Feng crazily.
Therefore, as news of Chen Feng's stay in Venice spread, even fans as far away as China immediately booked air tickets to fly over.
Under Monica's guidance, Chen Feng entered the movie palace, found his seat and sat down.
Then they waited. When Li Dazhi and Fan Dongping entered the room, they sat next to him. Fan Dongping's expression looked calm, but Li Dazhi's expression was obviously nervous and timid.
This was his first time to participate in such a prestigious award ceremony. But when Chen Feng saw how cowardly he was, he still felt angry. After all, he was still his disciple.
"Okay, cheer me up. Isn't it embarrassing to see you looking timid and unconfident?"
Chen Feng scolded him in a low voice.
Hearing this, Li Dazhi quickly cheered up and said with a habitual playful smile: "Master, this is the Venice International Film Festival. I never dreamed that I would come to attend the award ceremony, and maybe even win an award. Can I not be nervous?"
"You don't lose when you lose, don't you know? Don't act like you've never seen the world."
"I know, I know. I cheered up right away."
Li Dazhi quickly stood up, with a serious look on his face.
Seeing this, Chen Feng could only remind him in a low voice: "Relax. Be natural. Just think of this award ceremony as the domestic Golden Bull Award. In fact, that's the extent of the two. Don't take it too seriously."
"Okay, Master."
Li Dazhi quickly relaxed again, but his eyes were still darting around, looking evasive. Chen Feng was so angry that he almost couldn't help but slap him on the head.
It's really too much mud to hold up the wall. Chen Feng doesn't bother to care anymore.
At almost five o'clock, the awards ceremony finally started.
The order of award presentation was similar to that in Cannes. Awards were awarded one by one, including the Best Photography Award. It was a pity that Fan Dongping, the photographer of "Mr. Tree", did not win.
Finally it was the turn of the Best Actor award. After Chen Feng reminded him, Li Dazhi became obviously nervous. He clenched his hands and stared at the award-winning guest on the podium without blinking.
In fact, of course he couldn't understand a word of it. The award-winning guest spoke Italian.
After the results were finally read out, Li Dazhi still didn't understand and could only look at Chen Feng beside him with nervousness and confusion.
Chen Feng applauded, shook his head slightly and said to him: "It's not you."
Li Dazhi suddenly felt like a deflated ball and slumped down on his chair with a disappointed look on his face.
"Sit tighter for me. The TV is live."
Li Dazhi suddenly woke up and sat upright, trying his best to control his expression, and applauded along with everyone. He applauded the middle-aged foreign actor who came to the stage to receive the award.
Although Li Dazhi knew that his chances of winning the Venice Best Actor were slim, he actually still held out hope in his heart. This was because everyone who had seen the finished film sincerely praised his acting skills in this film.
As a result, he obviously took it for granted. This made him feel very disappointed.
And he knew that if he didn't win such a good opportunity this time, it would be even harder for him to win in the future.
It is impossible for Chen Feng, a master, to praise him so strongly all the time.
Awards passed one after another, but "Mr. Tree" still failed to win anything. At the end of the awards ceremony, the final Best Picture Award was finally announced.