Chapter 546 544. Venice
The time difference of China is 7 hours faster than that of Italy.
So, on August 31st, for the people of Xiying Studio, it was actually quite uncomfortable.
In addition, Italians are notoriously undisciplined. For Chinese people who are used to working and living from 9 to 5, their laziness has become a kind of torture.
no…
You should hurry up.
It's already 5pm.
Didn’t the agreed result be announced at 10 am?
Why is there no news yet?
People from West Film Studio are waiting, and some domestic media related to movie-related content are also waiting.
Waiting for the first-hand news from the reporters ahead.
At this moment, at the press conference of the shortlist of the Venice Film Festival in Italy, countless people are waiting.
The staff of the Venice Film Festival, who were already three minutes late, rushed to the stage to announce the list.
At this moment, during the press conference.
A slightly younger Chinese face is watching the press conference with great interest.
And when the young man saw several staff members walking in from the side of the press conference stage, he immediately shook the arm of the middle-aged man next to him excitedly:
"Brother Sun! Brother Sun! Come, come, come!"
"..."
Brother Sun, who was adjusting the focus of the camera, was shaken by the young man, and the aperture of the lens was tightened.
The originally clear picture became blurred again.
He was speechless, looking at the young man:
"Why are you so excited!? It's just the announcement of the shortlist! It's not an award!"
As he spoke, he shook off the young man's hand and quickly adjusted the focus of the lens back.
But his words have little effect on young people.
"Brother Sun, after the list is announced today, we can watch a movie this afternoon!"
"tomorrow."
After adjusting the focus and aiming at the table of the press conference, Brother Sun took his eyes away from the camera and explained:
"September 1st to September 14th. It will last for half a month. Tomorrow, we can redeem tickets with our press card, and then we can go see it."
"ah?"
The young man was not excited when he heard this, but was full of disappointment:
"I still have to wait for a long time?"
"Satisfy you! Forget how hard it is for the two of us to go abroad for interviews? This time to go to the movies, we not only watch, but also write long reviews. Without spoilers, let's talk about the situation of our domestic movies. , and the reactions of foreign audiences, as well as the main rivals of domestic films. This half day is the final rest time. Since you are so excited, then don’t be too tired to write the manuscript.”
Brother Sun's words made the young man's excitement drop a little bit.
But immediately he changed his mind:
"Brother Sun! Do you think our advantage is great?"
"How would I know…"
Brother Sun rolled his eyes:
"I'm not a judge, and I haven't seen this year's film... However, Venice has always been a blessed place for our films. This year's Cannes we had no success, but Venice...it's really hard to say. After all, our country's films can be said to have originated from This place is going international. It can be regarded as sitting on the home field advantage~”
"But Mark Muller is not a judge, he is just the chairman of the Venice Film Festival. The judges are not Quentin... Oh yes!"
The young man was taken aback suddenly:
"Quentin seems to like our movie culture..."
"Um."
Brother Sun nodded:
"So I think this year's Venice may be more rewarding than Cannes. Let's see... I heard from my friends at Xiangjiang that the film "Di Renjie: The Empire of Heaven" was very good. They also submitted it for review..."
"And Liu Yifei!"
"..."
Hearing this name, he tasted the somewhat fanatical tone of the young man, and Brother Sun rolled his eyes directly.
"You don't really think Liu Yifei has acting skills, do you?"
In an instant, the young man was unhappy:
"Brother Sun! I don't like to hear that! Liu Yifei didn't perform well in "Special Deal"?"
"I feel so-so."
"..."
Although the young man didn't speak, his expression actually expressed his inner activities on his face.
Are you farting?
As for Brother Sun, he took him with him for a few years, and seeing how unconvinced he was, a young man who was half apprentice and half younger brother, he was happy instead:
"Okay, I know you like Liu Yifei...but you have to recognize the facts. Liu Yifei wants to transform...it's too difficult. Understand? It's not that her acting skills are not good, but that she has too much status in the hearts of young people of your generation. Taller.
During your ignorant adolescence, her pure image has been imprinted in your hearts. So even if she is no longer a girl, even if she is fat, old, and wrinkled, in your hearts, she is still the Liu Yifei who played Zhao Linger and Little Dragon Girl. Your preconceived impressions are too strong.
But what about the facts? As media people, we must learn to abandon our preference for certain idols and seek truth from facts. It is a fact that Liu Yifei's acting skills are not good. I admit that the short film made by Xu Xin is actually quite good. But everyone, including you, knows she's going to make a transition.
When the short film was shot, it was a work of transformation. But the problem is that her flaws are all in the hearts of you fans. Want to transform? Easier said than done? In your eyes, no matter whether she has acting skills or not, she is the ceiling. But what about those of us who don't like her? ...she's really average.
Average length, average figure, average acting skills..."
"Compared with Liu Tao?"
The young man said something abruptly.
Brother Sun said nothing:
"Then Liu Tao must be fine!"
"噫~~~~~"
The young man's eyes were full of disgust:
"To put it bluntly, Brother Sun, isn't this also a subjective impression? Liu Tao is far behind Liu Yifei...that's a thousand miles away!"
Hearing this, Brother Sun rolled his eyes at him.
A contemptuous look of "you are still young and don't know the benefits of young women".
Neither of them convinced the other.
But for young people, Liu Yifei is really not that Liu Yifei anymore.
Anyway... I support Liu Yifei!
While the two argued for more than a minute, finally, ten minutes later, the official spokesperson of the Venice Film Festival came on stage.
A woman who looks a little older.
After coming up, there is no ink stain.
After all, this is just a press conference, and she obviously knows what the reporters sitting below want.
"Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the launch event of the shortlisted films at the Venice Film Festival. The list of shortlisted films will be announced below."
After a brief speech, she picked up the first list in her hand:
"The list of films for the "Out-of-Competition Screening" unit will be announced... 1, "Reign of Assassins" (Sword Rain) Director: ZhaobinSu, 2, "OUTRAGE" (Extremely Evil and Unholy Ways) Director: Takeshi Kitano..."
The young man's English is so-so, but for this trip to Venice, the magazine required that he keep in mind the English names of all the Chinese films that were included in the selection and submitted for review.
So, when he heard the English version of "Sword Rain", the young man reacted a bit slower, and immediately showed a speechless expression:
"Is it "Sword Rain"? Brother Sun, is it "Sword Rain"?"
Brother Sun nodded:
"Well... it seems that the quality of this film is average."
The most important units in Venice are "Main Competition", "Horizon", "International Film Critics Week", and "Venice Day". Unlike Cannes, the main competition unit is more universal, while one kind of unit focuses more on directors.
As the oldest film festival in the world, its attitude towards movies is not that extreme.
Whether it is a commercial blockbuster or an artistic niche film, they can all be classified together.
The gold content of several units is also sorted according to this order.
As for other "Future Lions", "Queer Lions", "Catholic Humanitarian Spirit Award" and so on, there is almost no meaning to mention.
Focus on the Venice Golden Lion, in fact, just focus on the main competition and the horizon.
Among them, the "Horizon" Award pays more attention to the trends and trends of directors, works, and actors, and focuses on encouraging film experiments and innovations to capture the future trends and trends of international films.
Therefore, the one that is really recognized must be the main competition unit.
Unlike Cannes, for directors, the honor of a unit is more valuable.
Right now, I don’t know how many films the Chinese filmmakers have sent over.
But the real first eliminated has appeared.
That is "Sword Rain".
The two continued to listen there, and soon heard the second eliminated: "Legend of the Fist".
"Fist of Fist: Chen Zhen".
Brother Sun frowned slightly.
"Sword Rain", "Chen Zhen"...why are they all martial arts movies?
Although he doesn't know the quality of "Sword Rain", the film "Chen Zhen"...in his impression is really bad.
And he also knows some specific information about this film.
Jen Zidan plays everything like that.
It's only natural that you can't be selected.
But no matter what, although the "Out-of-Competition Screening" session is for those films that have been eliminated, from the side view, these eliminated films are more likely to be sent than those that may be sent. Movies that don't go up are much stronger.
After all, the top students in the genius class are better than the top students in the ordinary class.
These two movies are still worth watching.
Brother Sun began to quickly record the information.
Soon, more than 20 films of "Out-of-Competition Screening" were finished, and the reading of other shortlists began.
One after another, more than forty films that received various shortlists were read out.
And Brother Sun will write some noteworthy content in his notebook from time to time.
After the press conference went on for about 10 minutes, finally, the long-awaited "Main Competition" film list was pulled out.
"Films shortlisted for the main competition: 1, the director of "Black Swan", 2, the director of "Puppet", 3, "Sad Serenade"..."
Brother Sun's record speed suddenly accelerated, and these lists were all to be sent back to China.
The host also knows the importance of the main competition unit. In order to make it easier for everyone to record, he deliberately read it very slowly.
"9, "Di Renjie: The Empire of Heaven" Director: Hark Tsui."
"Brother Sun!"
The expression of the young man suddenly became excited:
"Shortlisted! We're shortlisted!"
"Don't make noise!"
Brother Sun quickly recorded in the notebook without looking up.
"10, "Passion", 11, "DEADSOULS" (clamping ditch) Director: BingWon..."
"Brother Sun!!!"
"Shut up!"
Brother Sun, who quickly wrote down the words "Jiabiangou" in Chinese on his notebook, raised his head to look at the host after finishing speaking.
There was also a touch of joy in his eyes.
Two films were shortlisted for the main unit!
Anyway...get one, right?
The last time a Chinese movie won an award for "Venice"...or to put it another way, the last two years were Jia Zhangke's "The Good Man in Three Gorges" in 2006, and Li An's "Lust, Caution" in 2007. Both films won best picture awards for two consecutive years.
And the 2007 Horizon unit, Jia Zhangke's documentary "Useless".
After that, it has been a long time since Chinese-language films won any major awards.
But Brother Sun also knows that "Di Renjie" is an obvious way to shoot commercial films.
It is basically impossible to win a heavyweight award.
So... what kind of story is "Jiabiangou"?
No way, I have to contact Wang Bing quickly and ask him what story he filmed.
It would be even better if I could get an interview!
Just thinking about it, suddenly, Brother Sun heard a familiar movie title:
“Under the Hawthorn Tree, Director: GoldXu…”
"!"
"!!!"
Compared to Brother Sun's unexpected raising of his head, the excitement on the face of the young man next to him could no longer be suppressed!
"Brother Sun! Liu Yifei! Liu Yifei!!"
"..."
Although he knew that he had a star-chaser mentality, Brother Sun didn't know what to say.
Among other things, three Chinese films were shortlisted in the main competition.
This news must have been an explosive one.
What's more...he also knows...even if he doesn't like Liu Yifei, but her natural level of topicality is really incomparable to fans' pursuit of ordinary people.
But the problem is that his front foot is still holding up and stepping down.
The hind foot was suddenly slapped in the face.
This is very uncomfortable.
Fortunately, these words were only said by the two of them in private.
Otherwise, if Liu Yifei's fans know that they have spoken ill of her, they will be washed to death.
And finally, when all the 24 main unit shortlisted films have been announced.
This press conference is over.
How the remaining reporters react is their business.
The Venice Film Festival will open the screening unit on September 1st.
The annual carnival art hall for film lovers... This is the beginning!
…
So.
Around 6:00 p.m. on August 31, Chinese time.
The restlessness belonging to movie lovers has begun.
"A Harvest Year for Chinese Films? Venice Film Festival shortlist announced! "
"Xu Ke, Xu Xin. The double XU battle at the Venice Film Festival! "
"The Love of the Hawthorn Tree" was shortlisted for the Venice Film Festival! Analysis of Liu Yifei winning the championship"
"Venice shortlisted film list authoritatively released, can Chinese-language films achieve greater glory? "
"Xu Xin + Liu Yifei =? "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree" Exclusive Insider Outflow"
In the beginning, each piece of news was only circulated on the major forums, post bars, such as Mopu, Tianya, and some film media Weibo or news releases that focus on the three major European forums.
However, it didn't take long for these news to be spread in all directions on the Internet by groups such as Liu Yifei, Liu Dehua, or Xu Gou's fans.
Especially Liu Yifei’s fans.
To be honest, this is the first time that Liu Yifei's work has won such a heavyweight award.
Although there are neutral fans who keep telling everyone that the main competition unit of science popularization is not a certain movie, although "The Hawthorn Tree" was shortlisted, it is still unknown whether it will win an award or what award it will win.
Some people say that being shortlisted in Venice does not mean good-looking. Even the box office of movies that can be shortlisted in the top three every year is basically not high...
but…
Who cares?
I do not care.
The movie played by my Liu Yifei has been shortlisted for the Venice Film Festival!
It is a cow!
It's amazing!
Perhaps Liu Yifei has been really quiet in recent years, and a "Special Deal" can't quench their thirst.
So there is really a lot of restlessness on the Internet right now.
It kind of means that Yang Ziqiong's award is equal to my Yang Zi's award...
Make others dumbfounded.
It's true... Tianxian fans really lack a channel to vent.
They may not understand the rules of the entertainment industry, nor why Liu Yifei has been silent for so long in the past two years.
But as a fan, the desire to support a favorite movie star is actually very simple.
Even if it is just shortlisted.
But at least it made them toughen up a lot when facing fans of other so-called "new generation" movie stars.
As for these fans' fanatical "expansion" behavior, Liu Yifei didn't care.
She doesn't care.
Because how to restrain and manage your own fans, as well as market operations, are all handled by Shuangwei.
And Shuangwei did not stop the behavior of these fans.
Number one, there really needs to be an outlet.
Second, this kind of behavior may not be pleasing in the eyes of other fans, but it is a very good channel for movie promotion.
Still free.
As for the third…
This movie is really only shortlisted, not suitable for publicity in China.
If there is no harvest at that time, it will become a laughing stock instead.
So the company is switching hands to handle other things.
For example, those crazy reporters who call Shuangwei.
"Sorry, Director Xu Xin is currently working on his next film and has no plans to be interviewed for the time being."
"Since we are shortlisted, we will definitely go. But the specific itinerary plan has not been announced yet, and you can contact my colleagues in Venice and my colleagues to discuss."
"Liu Yifei is currently resting, and I can reserve an interview spot for you during the movie promotion period."
"The Venice itinerary has not been released yet. You can leave your email address and we can send you a copy. It will be time for negotiation."
Almost all the reporters who heard the news and moved were shut down.
But it's normal.
The magazine media that make company phone calls are not big media.
Really big media public relations are naturally in charge of other people.
For example, Southern Weekly, which has been maintaining a very close cooperation with Yang Mi.
Wang Minmin made a phone call, and Yang Mi directly agreed to an interview.
But not in China.
But abroad.
September 1st, which is tomorrow.
Tomorrow Xu Xin, Liu Yifei, and people from Xiying Studio will start their trip to Venice.
People from Southern Weekly will also go, and they can get a face-to-face interview there.
And in exchange for…
"Sister Wang, I have a little girl here, can I send the photo to your email address now? Take a look. Isn't Beijing Film Academy starting tomorrow? You can give me a push, I want to give her the title of school belle directly body."
"No problem. You can send it to me. What points should be paid attention to in the manuscript?"
"The reporter followed up with the photo shoot, posed for the photo after communication, and gave some basic information. Then matched it with other beautiful girls who will be photographed on site tomorrow for comparison. In the end, our magazine will directly crown the title of the most beautiful school girl."
Yang Mi held up the phone and said, while looking at Nazha’s group of carefully retouched photos on the computer, she smiled and said:
"As for the quality, Sister Wang can rest assured. This girl's appearance is really high."
"Well... let me see."
Wang Minmin looked at the email from the mailbox and downloaded it directly.
After decompression, a picture was opened.
Nazha stood at the gate of Beijing Film Academy, and a photo of her smiling sweetly at the camera came into view.
"... oh~"
Rao is Wang Minmin who is well-informed. After seeing the girl's face, she couldn't help but let out a surprised admiration:
"It does!"
"Hey, isn't it? When you arrive at the draft, just follow what I said."
"Okay, no problem. Then it's settled... By the way, Director Zhang... Shall we go?"
"Go, but he should only arrive on the red carpet of the film festival. After all, he is also preparing his own film. For an exclusive interview, will I help you make an appointment then?"
"Ok, Ok!"
Wang Minmin smiled and said:
"Then thank you... The girl's affairs are also on my shoulders."
"Hmm. Okay~"
"Mimi... I wish Xu Xin's movie a better result!"
"Haha, thank you."
The phone hung up, Yang Mi leaned on the comfortable sofa, and said to Jay Chou who was demonstrating the basic piano lessons to his son and daughter with the electronic piano:
"The piano melody you played just now is from the new album?"
"That's right."
Jay Chou nodded, although what was in front of him was just a toy keyboard, specially for children.
But in his hands, a beautiful melody still surged out like magic.
"The title of the song is "Red Dust Inn". This album is the wind of heaven."
Hearing this, Yang Mi thought for a while and said:
"Do you want to make a MV?"
"want."
"Is there a heroine in it?"
"...Yes. Do you want to play?"
Jay Chou was a little puzzled, and then saw his friend turn the laptop screen:
"Is she okay?"
Not only him, but even Wang Sicong, who was lying on the sofa, cast his gaze over.
"Oh, this girl is very beautiful. It's a pity~ she is a little worse than my Wang Xiaoben~"
Even Wang Sicong, who has always been the most picky, uttered such surprised praise.
As for the latter sentence...Yang Mi pretended not to hear it.
Love brain.
is normal.
And Jay Chou looked at it and nodded:
"Sure."
Nazha is beautiful, but for him who loves the sweet style and would rather die than turn back...
Well, it's not my style.
Besides, it’s Da Mi’s request, so it’s up to you.
Anyway, it’s just the protagonist of a MV.
Who is not to choose?
But Yang Mi's request could be so simple.
"Then you have to do me a favor."
"What?"
"Holding an event, that is, the event of choosing the heroine of the MV for the new album and new song. Why don't you choose other heroines? If you choose her for the song of Chaofeng today, is that okay?"
"Sure."
Upon hearing such a simple request, Jay Chou agreed without even thinking about it.
It's just a matter of raising your hands.
Right at this moment, the small elevator made a buzzing upward movement.
Xu Xin came up.
"Ouch, Director Xu, hello, hello..."
Wang Sicong rushed to Xu Xin immediately, held his hand with his attentive hands, and shook it vigorously...
"My humble Wang Sicong, Wang Ying's manager."
"..."
Xu Xin's mouth twitched...
Help-like eyes fell on his wife's face.
Yang Mi smiled:
"Anyway, I just promised to go out with a special map of Ruili next year's Qixi Festival...you can figure it out."
"..."
Hearing this, Xu Xin sighed helplessly:
"Hey... how about I don't take Liu Yifei anymore, I take her instead?"
"Yes, yes! Oh, Director Xu is really saving face!"
"..."
Looking at his friend with a dog-like face, Xu Xin shook his head dumbfounded.
At the same time, I also whispered in my heart...
The old man is serious.
Looking at this posture, maybe they will get married next year.
(end of this chapter)