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Chapter 107 Awards
"Great! It's good to have a prize." Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Especially Zhang Yimou.

Huang Zeyi had won awards more or less every time he participated in the three major events before, but he couldn't win any awards when he came here. Wouldn't that be embarrassing for everyone?

It made me feel like I was the one who ruined Huang Ze's chance of winning the award.

No matter what the truth is, I will always give people this feeling.

Now that I can attend the closing ceremony, at least I have gotten rid of this blame.

Gu Changwei, who was beside Zhang Yimou, also breathed a sigh of relief and suddenly thought of something. He looked at Huang Ze with a bit of expectation and a bit of joking in his eyes. "When I asked you before, you said you could win the highest award. Tell me, how confident are you?"

"what about this……"

Even if the wind stopped and the rain stopped, Huang Ze felt that he was fine again.

According to probabilistic analysis, if you can attend the award ceremony, you will have a chance to win the Golden Lion.

As for dreams, you should always have them.

What’s the difference between a person without dreams and a salted fish?
But no matter what he thought in his heart, Huang Ze still didn't like to set a flag, and chose to be modest, "I'm not sure. When you asked me before, I just said it casually, okay?"

"Oh..." Gu Changwei was a little disappointed, "Then who do you think can get the highest Golden Lion?"

"do not know!"

The last time I selected "The Mission" at Cannes, it was because it was obviously too appealing to Westerners, and the chairman of the jury had just made a similar film.

This time, Huang Ze really couldn’t guess.

……

Fortunately, it doesn’t matter whether you guess or not, because the awards will be presented the next day.

This time, it is Huang Ze's third time walking on the red carpet in Venice.

I was already familiar with the route, and I had attended events like the Grammy Awards and Cannes, so I felt extremely relaxed, just like I was back home.

From time to time, he would pose for a few poses and say hello to the reporters.

"Huang, what award do you think you can win?"

"Huang, when will your next film be released?"

Most of the reporters asked questions about the movie, but since Huang Ze has so many identities, some reporters couldn't help but ask about the singer. "As soon as your new EP was released, all three songs entered the top ten of the Billboard chart in just one week. "Everything I do" even dropped to second place, but it is still second in the new week's Billboard singles, and the other two songs have moved up in ranking. What do you think? Is Billboard deliberately suppressing you?"

Huang Ze was so focused on preparing to attend the Venice Film Festival that he didn't really pay attention to anything music-related.

When Huang Ze heard the reporter say this, there were only four words in his mind.

you still need to ask?

It must be intentional suppression!

You Americans just can't stand my, Huang's musical talent.

Of course, Huang Ze was simply trying to make money, and he knew what the reporter's purpose was in saying this, so he was just waiting for his attack.

but……

Firstly, criticizing others will affect your ability to make money. Secondly, as for this kind of list, everyone should be clear about it. If you come out to criticize others, even if you are right, it will be easy for you to become wrong.

Huang Ze did not give a direct answer. He smiled at the reporter, said "This is a film festival" and walked away.

After a while, a group of people walked into the award ceremony.

After walking in, Gu Changwei seemed even more excited than himself. Sitting on Huang Ze's right, he placed his hand on Huang Ze's knee and said, "Don't worry. I think with your winning trend, you will definitely win a good prize, at least a second prize."

"Don't say anything. I think you might steal my award." Huang Ze pushed Gu Changwei's hand aside. "If I don't win the grand prize later, it will all be your fault!"

"Hey, you should have some confidence in yourself." Gu Changwei smiled and said nothing more. He waited until the award ceremony to let Huang Ze know how good his judgment was.

After everyone was seated, the host began to speak his own lines.

After speaking for a while and livening up the atmosphere, the host didn't waste anyone's time and started to present the awards.

Most of the awards went in one ear and out the other. The people who went up to receive the awards were not very familiar to him, and he did not have a big impression of them in his previous life.

Huang Ze had some impression of the two people who received the Venice Lifetime Achievement Award. They were two Italian directors, and brothers. The elder brother was Vittorio Taviani and the younger brother was Paolo Taviani. If I remember correctly, the brothers won the Berlin Golden Bear Award in 12 for "Caesar Must Die". At that time, the younger brother should have been in his eighties.

It can be said that he is still strong despite his age.

While the awards were being presented, there was a Golden Osella Award that I had never seen in the previous two times. It was awarded to crew members such as screenwriters, composers, art directors, etc.

The story of "Taste of Cherry" is simple, the soundtrack is almost non-existent, and the costumes and other aspects are too realistic, so there is certainly no hope for it to win these three awards.

But when it came to the Best Photography Award, Huang Ze was stunned.

I only heard the award presenter call out two names, "Gu Changwei, Zhang Emo."

In an instant!
Huang Ze's heart skipped a beat.

My goodness, could it be that they just call a group of people over and give them a prize like this?

Gu Changwei's face also froze. Could it be that his bad luck had come true?
Yes, I can win an additional Best Cinematography award, but I have already won this award in Cannes. If I win one together with Zhang Yimou this time, I will just be the first photographer to win the grand prize. On the contrary, because Zhang Yimou has joined this group, my own value has decreased.

And wouldn’t Huang Ze say that he is a jinx?
"What's with your face? Be cheerful!" Huang Ze saw Gu Changwei's expression and reminded him quickly. No matter what you think, you have been awarded the award anyway. You are asking for trouble with such an expression on your face.

"Oh!" Gu Changwei forced a smile, hugged Huang Ze on his left, then hugged Zhang Yimou on his right, and the two walked up together.

Then two people whose English was very poor and even had accents in Mandarin came on the stage to thank the motherland together. After the thanks, it was the jury, and then the director of the film, Mr. Huang!

The two of them were really embarrassed, and the prize was not that big, so after talking for a while they quickly walked down.

After returning to his seat, Gu Changwei did not forget to make up for his bad words, "It's okay. The awards for the main competition unit haven't been given out yet. There's no rule that if you win the Best Cinematography award, you can't win other awards."

Then, the Special Jury Prize went to X-Ray Man.

The Best Picture went to Greenlight.

The Best Actress award was given to Valeria Golino in "Love Story". The name is difficult to pronounce, but Huang Ze knew her. She was the heroine of "Rain Man" starring Tom Cruise a few years later.

She looks pretty good. It has to be said that Italy is known for its beauties, especially Malena. Huang Ze immediately thought of the beautiful legend of Sicily.

While recalling the classic scenes from the movie, Gu Changwei's voice suddenly appeared, "Old Huang, I think Comrade Jiao Huang's performance is very good! Our drama may win..."

Before he finished speaking, the host announced the winner of the Best Actor Award, "Congratulations to Carlo Deli Bialer."

"What can I take?" Huang Ze looked at Gu Changwei expressionlessly, "Tell me, what can I take?"

"I can win..." Gu Changwei suddenly felt dry in the mouth and swallowed hard, "I can win the Special Jury Award!"

Then, the second prize, the Special Jury Award, was also announced.

Awarded to "Flying White Dove and Speckled Dove" and "Green Light".

Good news, double yolk egg, bad news, no Taste of Cherry.

Gu Changwei was dumbfounded. Could it be that his bad luck was so good? Did he really only win the Best Cinematography award?
The more he thought about it, the more unwilling he became. Gu Changwei made a last-ditch effort, "I think I can win the gold..."

"Stop talking!" Huang Ze covered Gu Changwei's mouth with his hand. "Please, stop talking. You treated me to a meal, so can't I give you a break?"

"If you don't want to say anything, just blink."

"Woo woo." Gu Changwei blinked a few times quickly, and Huang Ze finally let go of his hand.

Then he looked towards the podium with a worried look on his face.

There is only one prize left.

One thought is hell, one thought is hell.

"Bless!"

It was just a few minutes, but Huang Ze felt it was as long as several years, and everyone's movements became slow motion.

After the two directors received their awards and walked down the stage, the presenter flipped through the envelopes and said, "The winner of the 43rd Venice Film Festival's highest award, the Golden Lion, is..."

(End of this chapter)