Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 782 This change is life

Gold award!

When the name of "Cheong Wa Dae" was called out, applause, cheers and music sounded at the same time.

Da Tiantian hugged Zhou Mo on the spot, and tears came down immediately.

"Zhou Mo, you really won it, you win the gold medal!"

As usual, at this time, Zhou Mo would gently pat Da Tiantian on the back and comfort her.

But this time, Zhou Mo didn't.

Because he was trying hard to control the corners of his mouth.

Golden Lion!

Another gold medal.

Today, he has won two of the three European gold medals. In terms of achievement, he is already the only two domestic winners of the "double European gold medal".

In terms of quantity, his two gold medals were enough to rank second.

In the above two examples, the person who can surpass Zhou Mo is the same:
Lao Mouzi.

That's right.

He is the same Zhang Yimou whose previous life became so abstract that it could not be described, and who made the film "Half Lake Green".

Over the past few decades, Zhang Yimou's record of winning the three major European awards is two Golden Lions and one Golden Bear. He lacks a Cannes Palme d'Or, but he also won the jury.

Moreover, the first time that Zhang Yimou served as a director, he filmed a work like "Red Sorghum", which won the Golden Bear Award the following year.

You have to know that it was at that time in 88.

The country has never won an A-level film award internationally.

Lao Mouzi, who just completed his job change, did it.

In comparison, the box office revenue of several hundred million yuan for "Love Is Not Blind", which was Zhou Mo's first directorial effort, is really nothing compared to Zhang Yimou's.

I can only say that fate is so wonderful.

Who could have imagined that Zhang Yimou, who had just switched to being a director and was working hard on his craft, would become so abstract in the future.

"But, despite this, I am now at least the second in the country." Zhou Mo thought so, and the corners of his mouth rose uncontrollably.

Until a sweet voice woke Zhou Mo from his fantasy.

"Zhou Mo? Zhou Mo!"

"Ah? Ah?"

"It's your turn to go on stage. Stop drooling here." Da Tiantian gently pinched the soft flesh on Zhou Mo's waist to wake him up.

"Oh, then I'll go up first."

Zhou Mo wiped the non-existent saliva from the corner of his mouth and slowly walked up to the podium.

Receive the Golden Lion trophy from the presenter.

"Thank you."

The presenter smiled and said slowly: "Zhou, you have won two gold awards in a row within one year, one Venice and one Oscar. Congratulations."

In the past, the European Film Festival and the Oscars did not look up to each other.

At least that's the case in Cannes and Venice.

European film festivals think the Oscars are vulgar and lack aesthetic taste.

The Oscars think that European film festivals are aloof and full of old-fashioned people.

However, as Europe and the United States are becoming more and more correct and gradually unified, the gap between them is actually getting smaller.

In particular, the Berlin Film Festival, also known as the Golden Bear Award, has postponed its opening date in order to place it after the Oscars (2020).

Zhou Mo held the slightly heavy trophy in his hand and expressed his gratitude to everyone in a very formal manner.

He didn't want to say too much at the moment because it was easy for him to lose control of his mouth.

But it was obvious that the award presenter was not going to let him off so easily and continued to ask more questions.

"Zhou, you must be very happy to have won twice. This achievement is rare in the world. I wonder how you feel now?"

Rare in the world?
Zhou Mo was stunned and subconsciously looked at Gilmore who was sitting on the other side of the podium.

Didn’t this guy win the Venice Golden Lion and the Oscar for Best Picture for The Shape of Water?

Ok?
and many more.

Zhou Mo was stunned for a moment.

He suddenly realized that the Oscar for Best Picture, which originally belonged to Gilmour, had just been won by him in February of this year.

Zhou Mo smacked his lips and looked at Caron, who had just been competing with him.

This guy also won the Oscar for Best Director and the Golden Lion for "Roma"...

Ok.

This guy's golden lion was also taken away by him.

Zhou Mo took a deep breath and was extremely shocked by his own actions.

Wow, my results are so impressive.

He actually snatched away two gold medals from a pair of good brothers within one year.

What a sin.

sin.

Thinking of this, Zhou Mo simply stopped looking for examples.

He smiled at the presenter and then stood in front of the microphone:

"I do have some thoughts, but I am lucky. I hope it will last forever, and hopefully until I retire."

"Are you considering retirement so early?" the award presenter was surprised.

Zhou Mo chuckled.

"If we can maintain the pace of winning awards this year, there is a real possibility that we may retire earlier."

After saying that, Zhou Mo let out a long sigh of relief.

It feels so good.

If young people are not arrogant, can they still be called young people?
However, after hearing this, the vast majority of people present did not find Zhou Mo's words annoying. Instead, they felt that he was a man of character.

It was only then that everyone noticed that Zhou, who had won numerous international awards, was indeed very young.

So young, and yet has achieved such great results.

There's nothing wrong with being a little wild.

Amidst applause, Zhou Mo returned to his seat holding the trophy.

As soon as I sat down, several eyes fell on the trophy.

The next second, the Golden Lion trophy was taken away by Da Tiantian.

She placed the trophy in the palm of her hand, her eyes full of joy and curiosity.

The Golden Lion trophy is slightly lower than the Palme d'Or trophy.

On the trophy stand, there is a sculpture of an elderly winged lion, which is very distinctive.

After a long while, she carefully placed it in Zhou Mo's hands.

"Keep it well. It's the third major award in the world."

"Ah."

Lin Yuner looked at the trophy in Zhou Mo's hand, hesitated for a second, and said, "Director Zhou, can I touch your trophy?"

Zhou Mo put the thing in her palm.

"Take it and play with it. Just don't break it. If you do, go and earn me another one to compensate me." Lin Yoona was startled and quickly held the trophy tightly, fearing that something might go wrong.

She will never be able to win the Golden Lion Award in her lifetime.

She's not worth the price even if you sell her.

Next to Yoona, Lee Jung-jae and Jeon Do-yeon were staring at the trophy, their eyes also filled with eagerness.

The Golden Lion Award.

A prize that they had never been able to win in their entire lives.

Seeing this, Zhou Mo instructed Lin Yuner again: "Yuner, after you finish playing, show the trophy to Zhengzai and Yanjie."

"Okay, Director Zhou."

Lin Yoona nodded, but did not hand over the trophy immediately.

It was the first time she touched this thing and she wanted to hold it in her palm for a while.

The awards have been announced.

The award ceremony was basically coming to an end, with only one final banquet left for the guests attending the ceremony to chat and exchange ideas.

Lee Jung-jae was currently holding onto the Golden Lion trophy, unwilling to let go, surrounded by a circle of "Zong Heng" crew members. These people could not enter the award ceremony venue as there were not enough seats, but now they had a chance to wander around the banquet.

On Zhou Mo's side, Lin Shiling was raising her glass to toast Zhou Mo.

"I really want to thank Director Zhou for helping me shoot this movie."

The style of "The Blue House" is spicy. It shows the transactions between Lee Jae-yong and Park Eighteen, and Lee Jae-yong seems to be connected after drinking tea, and even directly asking for help from America (in real history, it was Lao Deng).

It vividly demonstrates the situation where capital and its representatives are above the law and the people.

Although from the perspective of the film's target being "not just Lee Jae-yong, but the entire capital", "The Blue House" actually also includes people like Lim Se-ryung.

But Lin Shiling only cares about Li himself.

As for the rest, it's not that important.

"Ms. Lin, you are too polite. I also want to thank Ms. Lin for supporting the film. Without Ms. Lin's support, the film would not have achieved such good results."

"Director Zhou, you're too polite. When will 'The Blue House' be released?"

"We can do it after we get back, or we can choose a better time period." Zhou Mo said casually.

When "Zongheng" won the Golden Lion, the purpose behind "Zongheng", to replace the current head of Sour Star and become one of the capitals behind Sour Star, was half completed.

Correspondingly, the follow-up is not so urgent.

Lin Shiling nodded slightly: "In that case, I will wait for good news from Zongheng."

Just as he finished speaking, Lee Jung-jae walked over.

The couple walked to the side holding their glasses and talked freely.

At this moment, the person holding the trophy became Jeon Do-yeon, and Yoona was taking a photo with her.

Da Tiantian looked at the cheering Lin Yuna and suddenly said to Zhou Mo.

"By the way, just before presenting the award, you seemed to pause for a long time. What were you thinking about at that time?"

"If I can win another Golden Bear, I will be the first Chinese to win three European gold medals. My name will probably be engraved in the history of Chinese films."

"You are already engraved in history. You are actually in the textbooks made by the school teachers." Da Tiantian said a witty remark first, and then looked at Zhou Mo with a probing look in her eyes: "So what is your plan? Do you want to make a movie to compete for the Golden Bear?"

Although it was previously agreed that the next film would be "Eastern Han Dynasty", if the next film can really win the Golden Bear, she has no problem waiting.

Zhou Mo shook his head and said to her with a smile.

"No, I won't be striving for a gold award in the short term. I'll finish filming Eastern Han first."

"Really?"

"Really? Because even if we want to shoot a movie to win the Golden Bear, there are no available themes or events in the short term."

Da Tiantian raised her eyebrows.

"I was saying that you gave away too much good material some time ago, and as a result, there are no events available now."

Zhou Mo didn't really care: "This is a kind of dedication on my part. I'm giving my good material to those directors. Otherwise, who knows what kind of monsters they'll come up with."

Da Tiantian sighed.

"It's a pity that the film "In My Song" conflicted with the schedule, otherwise I think that film would have had a chance to win the Golden Bear Award."

"We do have a chance, but it's just a chance. Besides, we actually won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language, so there's no need to regret it."

Da Tiantian nodded.

"That's right. In any case, it is estimated that no domestic director will be able to win the three European awards in the short term, so you will have many opportunities to become the first triple gold medalist in the future."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Mo's expression suddenly became bitter.

Da Tiantian was stunned when she saw this: "What's your reaction?"

"Based on what you just said, I think it's very likely that you're going to poison my milk."

It took Da Tiantian some time to understand what Zhou Mo meant.

"You mean someone can win all three gold medals next year? Who? Wait, besides you, the ones most likely to win all three gold medals should be Director Zhang and Director Li (Li An), right?"

"That's Director Zhang, of course."

“Parasite?”

"Yes." Zhou Mo affirmed: "No matter the subject matter or the cast, this movie is very likely to win the Cannes Gold Award, and even the Oscars. This is why I must have you play a role in it, because this movie is most likely to make you win the Best Supporting Actress Award."

Zhou Mo thought that Da Tiantian would be very happy after hearing what he said, but she remained silent.

"what happened?"

Da Tiantian hesitated for a while and said, "Zhou Mo, how about...we shoot this movie ourselves?"

She muttered, "Since this movie is so good, why don't we make it ourselves? And I feel more comfortable making it with you..."

Zhou Mo already understood Da Tiantian's thoughts and laughed several times.

"Why, you don't want to give up the good opportunity?"

Da Tiantian hummed softly, feeling a little embarrassed about her own thoughts.

"You said it yourself, this film has a good chance of winning the Palme d'Or again... If you can win it, you will be a double Palme d'Or winner, and you will probably be the youngest winner. This achievement is very rare in the world."

Rather than seeing others win awards, she hopes Zhou Mo can achieve more.

Therefore, I can only choose to let Director Zhang down.

Zhou Mo smiled and asked back, "What about Director Zhang? We have already promised him."

Da Tiantian gritted her teeth.

"If it doesn't work, I'll go talk to him in person, apologize to him, and see what kind of compensation he wants. I'll find a way to compensate him."

Zhou Mo immediately put his arm around Da Tiantian's shoulders and smiled happily.

Instead of making him feel bad, the small private message from Da Tiantian just now made him feel warm in his heart.

“That’s not necessary. Let Director Zhang take the lead in Parasite. Even if I’m not the director, I’m still the screenwriter and producer, so I deserve all the honors and achievements.

Even without Parasite, we can still make other movies in the future. We are still young and have many opportunities. We just need to take our time. "

When Da Tiantian heard Zhou Mo say this, the confusion in her heart was reduced by half.

Yes.

They are still young.

There are still many opportunities.

"Will you come to the crew when Parasite is being filmed?"

"Yes, but I won't interfere too much with Director Zhang's filming. I will focus most of my energy on you and make sure your acting skills keep up with Teacher Chen and the others. As long as you can act with them smoothly, you should be able to compete for the Best Supporting Actress award."

(End of this chapter)