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Chapter 526 [91] The trophy that symbolizes the Grand Slam!
On the evening of September 2005, 9, Lido Island, Venice.

Sina Night.

"Brother Yu!"

"Mr. Yu!"

"Yifei!"

Seeing Chen Yu, who was dressed casually, and his female companion Liu Yifei, who was clinging to him like a little bird, many people present greeted the two of them.

The shadow of a famous tree.

In fact, Chen Yu also contributed to the fact that so many people were invited to this Sina Night.

In addition to Chinese filmmakers, even the president of the Venice Film Festival, Mark Mueller, came to the scene and hugged Chen Yu; Chen Yu had met this foreigner in Venice two years ago, and he ignored him at that time.

Now, I appear to be very polite, so I have earned my face.

However, Mark Muller is a die-hard fan of China. The reason why Chinese films have been favored by the Venice organizers this time is mainly because Mark Muller has always been fond of Chinese films.

He had visited China many years ago and forged deep friendships with many Chinese filmmakers, such as Jiang Wen and Zhang Yimou.

He is particularly interested in martial arts movies.

There was also Ms. Du Amé, the president of the French Real Film Festival, who also gave Chen Yu and Liu Yifei a kiss on the cheek and invited them to participate in her film festival. This was obviously an attempt to attract resources, and Chen Yu exchanged contact information with her.

"Brother Yu!"

A round-faced, bearded man walked up to Chen Yu, and Chen Yu quickly called out, "Director Zhang!"

Zhang Yuan is one of the best directors of the sixth generation of Chinese directors. He won the Best Director Award at the Venice Film Festival for his film "Going Home for the New Year" in 98. This time he brought his new film "It Looks Beautiful" to the screening.

But I also won the Robert Bryson Award in the creative category.

He is quite famous internationally.

In addition to him, of course there are Li An, Xu Ke, Wu Yusen, Chen Kexin... Li Yu, the director of "Red Face" who was shortlisted for the Horizon unit, and Ning Ying of "Infinite Motion", these are two female directors who were actually quite famous in their previous lives.

Li Yu has collaborated with Fan Bingbing on several movies, such as "Apple"!
Ning Ying's directorial debut was the Oscar-winning blockbuster "The Last Emperor", in which she served as assistant director.

The purpose of attending this kind of banquet is nothing more than making connections. Now all the Chinese filmmakers are here, so it’s better to exchange mobile phone numbers, which may be useful in the future.

The chairman of the jury Dante Ferretti, the judge Acheng, and the person in charge of Sina Night and director of Sina Entertainment Center Dou Wanru, arrived late at this time.

This woman, Dou Wanru, was previously in charge of Southern Metropolis Daily. She graduated from Fudan University with a degree in economics and is currently the head of Sina.com’s entertainment channel, which means that all entertainment news is under her control.

Chen Yu talked to her cordially. Knowing her, at least he could just call her if he came across any gossip or false news in the future.

Even if there is negativity, you can suppress it first.

However, Chen Yu and Sina are currently in the "homosexual period", so Dou Wanru is still very polite to Chen Yu.

"Brother Yu, tell me, should we save it for the awards ceremony?"

Dou Wanru asked quietly and clinked the champagne glass with Chen Yu.

Just now on the road, Dou Wanru asked Acheng, but he just smiled and said nothing; so her intuition told her that both "Departures" and "Brokeback Mountain" should be possible.

However, another film, "Song of Everlasting Sorrow" by Guan Jingpeng, was a runner-up, and even Ferretti shook his head.

"Yes, I received the notification!"

"But I don't know what the prize is..."

Chen Yu said casually, and Dou Wanru raised her thumbs up: "Brother Yu, Grand Slam, there is hope!"

"Huaxia, oh no, Asia's first Grand Slam actor, and the third in the world!"

"I've asked everyone below to prepare a special topic for the Grand Slam!"

Dou Wanru squinted her eyes and smiled, but Chen Yu seemed very calm: "I hope so!"

"I'll ask screenwriter Acheng later and get his advice first!"

"Help you with PR!"

Dou Wanru was obviously very concerned about Chen Yu winning the Best Actor award; after all, this was first-hand news, and if she had known about it earlier, the entire Internet would have gone wild as soon as the news report came out, and everyone would have opened Sina to watch it.

How much traffic is this?!

Just thinking about Dou Wanru makes me excited.

Anyway, Sina has completely stood on Chen Yu's side.

After a while, Sina Night officially began. Dou Wanru and the two chairmen were speaking, while Chen Yu was flipping through the latest Venice journal.

"As one of the world's biggest news events, the Venice Film Festival has always been an object of close attention and cooperation for us at Sina!"

"This time, Sina has joined hands with Mr. Chen Yu, Asia's most popular idol actor, to hold this reception. It will not only build momentum for several Chinese films winning awards in Venice, but will also further promote the Sina brand to the world!"

"Mr. Chen Yu has already started in-depth cooperation with Sina and has become the spokesperson for our new product blog. I wish all Chinese films that are screened and premiered in Venice will be big hits at the box office and win numerous awards!"

Dou Wanru is really good at speaking. With just a few words, she brought the atmosphere to its climax.

Then came Venice President Mueller. He glanced at the jury chairman Dante Ferretti next to him and said with a smile: "China's unique martial arts films have brought a particularly attractive charm to Venice!"

"Last year, the most prominent feature of our Venice Film Festival was the significant increase in American commercial films and the coexistence of European art films. However, this year——"

“It is the rise of Chinese films and even Asian films!”

"Something's wrong!"

Liu Yifei listened to what several people said. Is this year's Venice Film Festival going to favor Chinese films?
"That's normal. There are so many sponsors from China, and Sina is a permanent member here. If nothing unexpected happens, Brokeback Mountain and Funeral Director should both win awards!"

Off-site public relations, sponsorship, etc. can of course also affect the final evaluation.

"Anyway, it's a Sino-US and Sino-Japanese co-production. This kind of award pleases four places, so it's definitely going to be very popular!"

Chen Yu had already seen the ranking of "The Funeral Director" in the journal.

The score increased again to 4.29, which is also the highest-rated one among the 20 shortlisted films; ranked second is "Brokeback Mountain", and the award favorite George Clooney's "Good Night, and Good Luck" ranked third.

These three films are leading by a huge margin, and all film critics and professionals are looking forward to these three masterpieces winning awards.

This time Chen Yu felt that the prediction had to be accurate.

I was a little disappointed because of the number of votes he received for Best Actor.

He was far ahead, with a huge gap; the second place David Strathairn was only dozens of votes behind him.

However, as the saying goes, the hottest ones will die, and Chen Yu was really trembling with fear at the moment.

After a while, Ferretti also finished his speech, also praising several Asian films nominated this time, but I don’t know whether it was a jinx or a reverse jinx.

Several Hollywood stars also came to the cocktail party at this time.

Chen Yu was the last speaker, and Sina really gave him enough face.

Mark Muller has invited Chen Yu to be a judge at Venice next year, and Chen Yu did not refuse. But the chairman doesn't know when?
By then, he might be able to use his power for personal gain and give Liu Yifei a Best Actress award, and then Venice will become a complete laughing stock.

"Hahaha!"

Chen Yu thought with evil humor while chatting with George Clooney and others.

A night dominated by China passed away beautifully and quietly; in the following days, the awards for each major category were announced one after another.

Asian films, especially Chinese films, are indeed far ahead of the rest.

First up is the Best New Film, known as the Little Golden Lion Award.

Giovanni Newcomer United International Film Alliance Award: Park Chan-wook's "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance"!
This is a Korean director.

Then it was Li Yu’s “Red Face”, which won the Horizon International Alliance Art Film Award!

Guan Jingpeng's "Song of Everlasting Sorrow" did not win a prize in the main competition, but was awarded an additional consolation prize - the European Art Exchange Award!

The famous Japanese master Hayao Miyazaki won the Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement.

Asia won 4 of the seven major awards in other categories.

It can be seen that this time the jury is inclined towards Asian films.

Before we knew it, it was the last day of the Venice Film Festival.

……

September 2005, 9, the awards ceremony for the main competition unit of Venice!
The red carpet of the closing ceremony was still sparkling. This time, Liu Yifei and Chen Yu changed into black couple outfits. She wore a cheongsam, which symbolized a successful start; while Chen Yu's suit was a high-end suit with mandarin duck embroidery.

When he took out these two sets, Chen Yu was a little amused.

Because his dressing was entirely in the hands of his agent, who would have thought that his girlfriend could bribe both Qiu Junjun and Ji Qiannan to choose two couple outfits for the opening and closing ceremonies; now, the two of them undoubtedly became the focus of the red carpet ceremony.

She was wearing a white outfit when she came, but she was wearing black on the award night. Liu Yifei's high-slit cheongsam was stunning, with a unique Chinese charm, which made Chen Yu jealous.

If I don't eat her today, I probably won't have a chance anymore. This is the last day.

"You put a lot of thought into these two sets of clothes!" Chen Yu smiled and found his seat with Liu Yifei; he sat next to Li An and together with Heath Ledger, the main creators of "Brokeback Mountain".

Yojiro Takita sat at the very edge, with Ryoko Hirosue and Liu Yifei sitting next to him.

"That's right, I even went to the temple to burn incense!"

Liu Yifei giggled, and after the two of them sat down, the host of the award ceremony immediately came to the center of the stage.

The annual Venice Awards Ceremony has also officially begun.

"OK, welcome everyone to the 62nd Venice International Film Festival!"

"Let me first introduce the members of this year's jury..."

As the host spoke, the chairman of the jury, Dante Ferretti, holding the highest honor, the Golden Lion, followed by the judges holding the Silver Lion trophy, walked out of the passage one by one and stood behind the long stage.

The trophies were placed on the long stage one by one, no more, no less, exactly 8, symbolizing the 8 awards in the main competition unit tonight.

Special Golden Lion, Best Technical Contribution, Best Screenplay, Volpi Cup for Best Actor and Actress, Special Jury Prize and Golden Lion for Best Film.

"Our first prize to be opened!"

"It's a special golden lion!"

This is a special award in the main competition unit, used to honor great filmmakers.

Special Golden Lion Award: Isabelle Huppert "Gabrielle"!
boom!
No one expected that the first award would be so grand.

clap clap clap!
Countless people suddenly stood up and applauded.

Of course Chen Yu and Liu Yifei were also standing, because this award-winning actress truly deserved the title.

Isabelle Huppert, France's most national treasure-level actress, has won the Best Actress award in the main competition unit of 9 international A-category film festivals, including 2 Cannes and 2 Venice... Although she is not a Grand Slam actress, her gold content is almost the same.

Watching the 50-year-old Isabelle Huppert come on stage, Liu Yifei's eyes showed a hint of admiration.

This old lady is already the ceiling for actresses in the film industry.

As Isabelle Huppert took the stage to speak, everyone in the audience sat down again.

Soon, the second and third prizes were also drawn.

Best Technical Contribution Award: William Lubkonsky "Uniform Lovers"!
Best Screenplay Award: George Clooney, "Good Night, and Good Luck!"
Best technical contribution, generally awarded to photographers.

George Clooney is worthy of being the favorite to win the award, and the Best Screenplay award is also of high quality.

It seems that the prediction of the Venice Journal is quite stable this time, and the first award of "Good Night, So Far Away" has arrived.

"Venice Film Queen!"

Liu Yifei was obviously a little nervous because the next award after this one was Chen Yu's Best Actor.

Many actresses from the 20 nominated films suddenly jumped out on the big stage background and big screen at the awards ceremony.

Hirosue Ryoko was also there, and it was a real-time picture of her on the scene.

All of a sudden, she became a little uneasy.

She was totally unaware of this aspect.

Like her, of course, there is also the starring role of "Brokeback Mountain", Anne Hathaway.

Lee Young-ae in "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance" also walked the runway in a Korean costume.

Each actress was posing in a concave and convex manner, trying to let everyone in the audience see their most beautiful side; but it was obvious that they were also looking forward to winning the Best Actress award.

Ding Ding Ding-

With the passionate and short music, one of the judges and the award presenter, the famous American actress Claire Danes, finally announced the final list of winners.

Best Actress Award: Giovanna Mezzogiorno, "The Beast Within"!
Wow!
Everyone present was extremely shocked.

Even Liu Yifei was stunned in disbelief.

Who is this?
A definite underdog.

"It's an actress from Rome. I saw the vote in the journal before, and she ranked last!"

"..."

Liu Yifei stared at Chen Yu, and now she seemed even more desperate.

Upset.

Could it be possible that the next Best Actor award...will also be like this? !

"No way?"

She grabbed Chen Yu's hand, clasping their fingers together. She was even more flustered than Chen Yu. Her palms were full of sweat and her face looked pale.

Chen Yu no longer had the heart to tease her at this time. He sat there with his hands on his cheeks, staring straight at Giovanna, who won the Best Actress award and was crying as she gave her acceptance speech.

She was really excited.

I never thought that I would win this Best Actress trophy.

Five minutes later, another American actress, Kristen Watchen, who was one of the judges, came to the podium.

She opened the envelope in her hand, and Liu Yifei covered her ears.

She felt a little uneasy, because according to the Venice organizer's operation, if Chen Yu won the award at this time, shouldn't Acheng, who is also from China, be the one to present the award?
Here comes an American actress...

"Best Actor at the 62nd Venice International Film Festival——"

Christine Vachen quickly opened the envelope in her hand, glanced at the card with the list of winners, and then turned her head to look at the big screen behind her.

Real-time images of numerous male actors on the scene suddenly popped up on it, including Chen Yu with his hands on his chin, George Clooney squinting his eyes and pretending to be calm, David Strathairn biting his fingernails like crazy... Seth Ledger holding his breath in "Brokeback Mountain", Jake Gyllenhaal making a weird expression...

Everyone was obviously extremely eager for the award, and their expressions were all looking in the same direction in surprising unison.

Focused and full of charm.

But in the end, there was only one person left on the big screen.

A person who was obviously holding his chin in his hand suddenly sat up straight in surprise.

boom!
Chen Yu stared blankly at himself on the big screen, but the whole audience burst into thunderous exclamations.

The result is obviously self-evident.

There was no upset.

"Departures——heal chan!"

Christine Vachen laughed, clapped her hands while holding the winning card, looked in the direction of the stunned Chen Yu, and said the name of the winner.

"Wow!!!"

"Chan!!"

Everyone screamed in disbelief. Liu Yifei turned her head sharply and looked at Chen Yu. Chen Yu's brain was blank at this time, and he seemed to be in a state of turmoil.

He still looked at the big screen at a loss.

Won a prize?
Why is that dazed guy above so funny?
But Chen Yu suddenly reached out his hand, held Liu Yifei, who was crying for joy, and kissed her heavily on the lips.

"Oh oh oh-"

The atmosphere in the whole venue became more heated.

All the Chinese audiences thousands of miles away were staring in disbelief at the scene on the big screen where Chen Yu continued to kiss Liu Yifei so domineeringly.

"Whoo~~~"

It took a full 5 seconds for Chen Yu to come back to his senses.

Liu Yifei looked at Chen Yu shyly and punched him lightly on the chest; then, her eyes were filled with extreme admiration.

It’s like watching a king returning in triumph, walking up to his own throne and taking the laurel wreath that symbolizes royal power!
"you did it!"

"husband!"

Liu Yifei suddenly screamed at this time, hugged Chen Yu's neck tightly, and kissed him desperately, unable to hide her inner excitement; Chen Yu stood up, patted Liu Yifei who was hanging like a koala, and then hugged everyone around him who came to congratulate him.

"Congratulations, Chen Yu!"

Li An also stood up and clapped.

"Thank you!"

Chen Yu hugged him, let out a long breath, and then walked firmly towards the podium step by step!

From now on, his title of International Film Actor will become something even more brilliant – International Grand Slam Film Actor!

(End of this chapter)