Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 856: The fourth European triple gold medalist in the world

Upon hearing that it was the Jury Grand Prize, Zhou Mo also sat up straight.

Previously, all the awards that should be judged have been judged. As long as the Jury Grand Prize is not "Parasite", Zhang Yimou's wish to win three awards this year will be a foregone conclusion.

During the live broadcast, accompanied by the host's voice, the name of the film that won the Jury Grand Prix was finally revealed.

""Atlantic"."

Steady!

Zhou Mo breathed a sigh of relief, and then lay back in Da Tiantian's arms.

Who knew that Da Tiantian was more excited than he imagined. She stood up and cheered, pushing Zhou Mo down.

"Ah, Zhou Mo!"

……

Ten minutes later, Da Tiantian was rubbing Zhou Mo's forehead while staring at the screen intently. She didn't even notice that her fingers had moved from Zhou Mo's forehead to his face.

"Ms. Jing, if I hadn't warned you, you would have put your fingers in my mouth."

"Well, let me give you some salt."

Zhou Mo: “???”

Three minutes ago, the award presenters announced that "Parasite" won the Palme d'Or.

At this moment, Lao Mouzi was excitedly delivering his acceptance speech.

Listening to Lao Mouzi's slightly trembling voice, Da Tiantian was very moved: "I have never seen Director Zhang so excited."

"It's been my lifelong dream. I finally won three gold medals. I'm so excited."

Zhou Mo just glanced at Lao Mouzi for a few seconds and then looked away.

To be honest, Zhang Yimou didn't have any "drama" this time, but his sincere remarks made him think of someone.

"Thank you Xixi Tiwei, thank you Tieling Tiwei..."

After a while, Zhang Yimou finished his speech and the camera returned to the "Parasite" crew. Except for Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi, the rest of the people were in a very excited state.

After Zhang Yimou returned, he handed the Palme d'Or to Gong Li, who then passed it to Chen Daoming, then to Zhang Ziyi and Wang Zhifei.

Peng Yuchang sat at the very edge, looking at his seniors eagerly, but he didn't dare to ask them for anything. He could only sit in his seat anxiously.

After the announcement of the Palme d'Or winners, the award ceremony quickly came to an end.

Da Tiantian asked Zhou Mo: "The dinner will probably start in a while, do you want to go?"

"No, there are people from the company watching over there, so I won't go over." Zhou Mo turned over and felt a little sleepy.

At every banquet like this, many people would introduce themselves or offer to invest.

The back and forth rejection is troublesome.

Zhou Mo's affairs for the next three years have basically been arranged completely, so he might as well not show up, so as to avoid being rejected later.

Da Tiantian nodded.

"Okay, then I won't go there either."

"Hmm? Didn't you like to go to these kinds of banquets in the past? Why didn't you attend the award ceremony and the dinner today?"

Da Tiantian made a "tsk" sound.

“I’ve never won the Palme d’Or before, so I naturally have to attend the banquet to show it off. This is the second time for Parasite, so there’s no need for that…

Besides, it's very tiring to stand and talk to people for such a long time at a dinner party. Let's give this opportunity to Zhang Ziyi. She should like this kind of occasion more."

"That makes sense. Let's go eat something. I guess those guys will be back by then."

Da Tiantian touched her stomach and found that she was indeed a little hungry.

"Then let's walk."

The two of them staggered towards the place where they were going to have dinner. Due to the award ceremony, there were fewer people coming and going on the road than in the previous few days.

On the way, Da Tiantian and Zhou Mo discussed the next plan.

Zhou Mo hopes to complete the three films in the "Three Kingdoms" series before next Spring Festival.

This means that the expected start time of filming cannot be later than July this year, otherwise there will not be enough time left.

Once the filming starts, it is difficult to arrange other important things in the meantime. The maximum leave you can take is a few days to attend a meeting, a banquet, etc.

As for overlapping roles, that is totally impossible.

“Then the release date of Parasite will be in July.”

Zhou Mo thought about it for a while and decided that July would be a more appropriate time.

"Then let's do it in July. It happens that Nezha will be released during that time. I will help Jiaozi to promote it. When the road show is over, we will start filming Three Kingdoms."

"Nezha is finally going to be released?" Da Tiantian was stunned for a moment. She felt that it had been a long time since she first heard the name of this movie.

"Slow work brings out the best in the end product. I think the quality of the finished film is pretty good. It will surely amaze you when it's finished."

"Okay, I'll wait then."

The two arrived at the restaurant and ordered a few dishes.

While waiting, some diners discussed several works at the award ceremony.

Since it was Xiao Rizi who was talking, Zhou Mo didn't understand their communication, so he just kept playing with his phone.

When Da Tiantian heard the word "parasite", she took out the translation software on her mobile phone and recorded the conversation between the two while looking at the translation on the screen.

After a while, the two finished chatting and left, and Da Tiantian pushed Zhou Mo.

"Zhou Mo, someone was talking about you just now."

"Well, what's wrong?" Zhou Mo looked up blankly.

Da Tiantian handed over the phone and explained: "Just now those two little people started discussing you."

Zhou Mo took the phone and quickly scanned the screen.

It turned out that the topic that the two people were discussing just now was:

Who is more capable, Zhang Yimou, the director of "Parasite", or Hirokazu Kore-eda, the director of last year's Palme d'Or-winning "Shoplifters".

Zhang Yimou has said this many times before, that he switched from being a photographer to a director, and reached the peak of his career as soon as he debuted. His first work, Red Sorghum, at the age of 38, directly won the Golden Bear Award.

Hirokazu Koreeda is 12 years younger than Zhang Yimou. He started out by filming a documentary about Hou Hsiao-xian. At the age of 33, he was selected for the main competition unit of Venice Film Festival and became famous early on. However, he was always a little short of the three major European awards and never won any award despite being nominated many times.

The only difference between him and Zhang Yimou is that Hirokazu Koreeda's later development was relatively strong, especially after the 10s, when he produced a series of excellent works, and frequently won awards in major international A-class film festivals.

Those who support Hirokazu Koreeda's daily life initially used the fact that the old director has not produced any outstanding works in the past ten years as an excuse, believing that the old director is not doing well now.

Those who support Zhang Yimou's daily life directly bring up the example of "Parasite", meaning that Zhang Yimou has been honing his skills for ten years and his first hit is a knockout blow.

Both of them are Cannes Palme d'Or winners, and Zhang Yimou is a triple winner. There are only three triple winners in the world, including Zhang Yimou. Although Hirokazu Koreeda is very strong, he is still a little behind.

Hirokazu Koreeda's supporters were unable to refute, and after thinking for a long time, they blurted out: "Parasite" should be Zhou Mo's work all-around, so it cannot be said that Zhang Yimou has returned to his peak.

Zhou Mo was stunned for a moment when he saw this.
Good guy.

He was just joking with Zhang Yimou before, but he didn't expect that someone would actually think so, and so early.

After mentioning Zhou Mo, the two of them shifted the topic to Zhou Mo, and the movie they talked about the most was "Cold Wind".

Contrary to Zhou Mo's expectations, the two had a positive attitude towards the movie "Cold Wind". Although they felt that the plot of "gunshots in Nara Prefecture" was a bit far-fetched and that the Prime Minister being "chilled to the bone" was impossible to happen in reality, they did support Zhou Mo's disclosure of the sect in the movie.

After praising Zhou Mo, the two began to complain about their own domestic movies.

"The film and television industry is really getting worse with each generation. Twenty or thirty years ago, we still had a lot of movies that could expose the truth. Even under the threat of gangs and sects, we were able to make them. Look at the movies and TV series now. What on earth are they doing?!"

"The good directors and actors of the previous generation are gradually getting older or even passing away, but what are our film and television circles doing every day? The level of the new talents they bring out is really too low."

When Zhou Mo saw this, he could no longer hold back his expression.

Okay.

Similar things are said, he is hanging out in America, some people in America say so, he is hanging out in European circles, some people in European circles say so, and now he has met Xiao Zizi people, and Xiao Zizi himself is also saying so.

The film and television circles all over the world are the same. Audiences are complaining that the overall level of the new generation is too poor and not as good as that of the last century.

Da Tiantian pointed at the screen and said, "I've heard many people say similar things. Do you think this statement is true? Is it that each generation in the film and television industry is inferior to the previous one, or does each generation have its own preferences? Do they think that the younger generation is not good enough?"

Zhou Mo thought about it for a while. He had actually considered this question.

The final answer is that it is a combination of both.

“Regarding the decline in the overall level of the film and television industry around the world, I think it cannot be understood literally, but rather that the model of film and television dramas has not undergone a major change for a long time.

Some of the content that appears frequently now appeared more than ten or twenty years ago. The content and form were very novel, and the audience was deeply impressed when they saw them for the first time.

However, if those contents appear again now, the audience will feel that they are old-fashioned, and some will even be able to tell at a glance that these contents are very similar to xx scenes in some other works.

The number of good-looking scenes in film and television works is actually limited, not endless, just like the number of good-sounding chord progressions in songs, which are limited.

If you don't use it, it won't sound good, and if you use it, it will sound old-fashioned.

Of course, the rapid development of society, the volatility of people’s hearts, and the rapid money-making in the film and television industry have indeed led to the fact that the actors’ impressions are not as good as those of the previous generation…”

Da Tiantian listened to Zhou Mo's analysis and finally came to a conclusion:

"Doesn't that mean that after several years, I will actually have a chance to be judged by the audience as having good acting skills? In the future, there will be audiences who will think that young people today are not good at anything. Look at Da Tiantian back then. Her acting skills were so good and her box office was even better..."

Zhou Mo was dumbfounded. He couldn't understand how Da Tiantian had brought her thoughts to that topic.

However, what Da Tiantian said seems to be correct.

As long as Da Tiantian is willing to film well now, she can indeed be considered an excellent actress.

"You're right, Tiantian. Just do your best in the future. The acting party won't be far away for you."

Da Tiantian was very happy after hearing this. She ate happily and then followed Zhou Mo back to her residence.

Not long after arriving in the room, Lao Mouzi and others came back laughing and talking happily.

Da Tiantian asked about the trophy anxiously before they all entered the room.

Peng Yuchang, who was walking at the end, walked forward and handed the trophy over reluctantly.

Zhou Mo made tea for everyone and looked at Lao Mouzi.

"As the fourth-largest European director who has won three awards, I would like to ask you, how are you feeling now?"

Since the moment he won the award tonight, Zhang Yimou's smile has never dropped.

Hearing this, he burst into laughter.

"Great, very good. I feel a dozen years younger. I want to start making movies now."

When Zhou Mo heard this, he quickly stopped him and said, "Then let's not do it, Director Zhang. If you were to go back more than a decade ago, there wouldn't be anyone as competitive as you in the entertainment industry. Leave a way out for others."

Lao Mouzi smiled and pointed at Zhou Mo.

"Who said there's none? Aren't you one? When it comes to the talent of making movies, Director Zhou is no worse than me."

Zhou Mo spread his hands and said, "But I am not the winner of the European Triple Gold Medal. There are so many filmmakers and directors in the world, but I can only count the number of those who can achieve this on one hand. This feeling is different."

In fact, today Zhang Yimou is not only the fourth European triple gold medalist in the world, but also the only existing triple gold medalist.

The other three all died 10 years ago.

But this statement is not very auspicious, so Zhou Mo didn't say it.

Lao Mouzi said seriously: "Director Zhou, I am very optimistic that you can become the next European triple gold medal winner. With your level, I estimate that you can get it within one or two years."

Zhou Mo waved his hand: "I don't think so. I won't try to win the Golden Bear in the short term. I don't have any qualified works, so I'll wait a little longer. I'm not pushing for it."

Zhou Mo's original intention of saying this was to find an excuse for himself.

The decline of the Golden Bear Award in the past two years is visible to the naked eye.

Zhou Mo has been busy with record-breaking works in the past two years, and he really doesn't have time to shoot a realistic work to compete for the Golden Bear.

Anyway, an award is just an award, it doesn’t matter whether it comes earlier or later.

However, Weekend's words had a different meaning to Zhang Yimou's ears.

Zhang Yimou has won the Golden Bear before and is very familiar with the award criteria.

In his opinion, "Parasite" is a good work that can compete for the Golden Bear Award.

If Zhou Mo had shot "Parasite" himself, with the former's directing and operational level, the Golden Bear would be a sure win, if not a sure thing.

By then, Zhou Mo will be the winner of three gold medals in Europe.

However, Zhou Morang let him shoot this movie, allowing him to become the winner of three gold medals first.

What a great help this is!
Lao Mouzi pursed his lips and said to Zhou Mo: "Director Zhou, you gave "Parasite" to me, otherwise..."

Before he could finish his words, Zhou Mo interrupted him and said, "There's no such thing as giving way or not. Parasite is suitable for you, Director Zhang, so I called you. There's no such thing as giving way.

What's more, I am still young and will have plenty of opportunities to win awards in the future. "Parasite" may be an opportunity, but it is definitely not the only one.

So, Director Zhang really didn’t need to say that.”

After hearing this, Lao Mouzi became more certain of his thoughts.

Zhou Mo, he really gave me this opportunity because of my age!

Thinking of this, Lao Mouzi's lips trembled for a moment, and the corners of his mouth that had been grinning all night slowly flattened. He looked at Zhou Mo solemnly.

"I understand, Director Zhou, I understand. I won't say anything else. From now on, as long as you tell me to shoot whatever you want, I will do it without hesitation."

Zhou Mo: ???
(End of this chapter)