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Chapter 322 Lend It to Me
Venice.

Huang Ze took a flight all night, and by the time he arrived at the booked hotel, it was already noon.

"coming!"

Zhang Yimou, who had received the news in advance, was waiting at the door with Gong Li.

Both of them wanted to look serious, but it was hard to hold back the smiles on their faces, and you could still see the clues.

And he was so serious when meeting Huang Ze, there must be something wrong.

"You're here?" Zhang Yimou stretched out his hand.

"I'm here." Huang Ze held Zhang Yimou's hand tightly, "Why are you so tense?"

"You shouldn't have come."

"But I'm still here."

"I haven't received a call from the organizer yet." Zhang Yimou's face was wrinkled more and more. "Do you think our film will not return empty-handed this time?"

"You said that we couldn't sell the copyright of Qiu Ju's Lawsuit before we won the award. I'm afraid you'll suffer a huge loss!"

"It's okay. I'm just a gangster and I have a lot of money." Huang Ze patted his chest and punched Zhang Yimou. "Okay, stop pretending. There's no way this movie won't win an award."

"I haven't received a call yet. There are only two possibilities. One is that the call will come in the afternoon."

"What's the other one?" Zhang Yimou asked.

"You're lying to me."

"Hahaha." Zhang Yimou grinned and nodded slightly, "I've received a call. Let's attend the award ceremony together tomorrow night."

“But I don’t know what award I can win yet.”

"It's far inferior to you, Old Huang." Zhang Yimou looked at Huang Ze with a little envy in his tone, "I heard people talking about your "Speed" in Venice."

"What a shame, I haven't seen your new film yet. I heard it's amazing! I must see it when I get the chance."

"Why don't we just give you a copy after the show?"

"Okay, let's not talk about commercial films today." Huang Ze waved his hand, "Let's talk about the film festival. Are there any strong competitors?"

"Who can tell for sure?" Zhang Yimou raised his eyebrows and looked at Huang Ze with a smile. "It is said that you have the ability to figure out who will win the grand prize. Can you help me calculate it?"

"Let me watch all the other films in the main competition first. I'm going to take a rest first."

"It seems that you are really confident. Let's go, this way."

Zhang Yimou and Gong Li took Huang Ze to the floor where Qiu Ju's Lawsuit was located, and called out all the people on the trip, "Let me introduce them to you all."

"Hi, no need to introduce, who doesn't know Director Huang?" Lei Kesheng, who played the role of the village chief, shook hands with Huang Ze with a smile, then smacked his lips, "You Beijing Film Academy is really full of talents! The directors who came out are all better than the other."

"It's a pity that you're not from the directing department."

"Hahaha!" Everyone laughed.

Now when people talk about the directing department of Beijing Film Academy, they always smile knowingly.

The photography department is really the most prominent one!

There is even a joke that the photography department should just be turned into the directing department.

"Hello, Director Huang. I've heard a lot about you. I'm Liu Peiqi." Liu Peiqi was a little reserved. He was not as experienced as Lei Kesheng. His first film appearance was in Chen Peisi's "Two Sons Open a Shop" in 85.

Until now, I have never been the protagonist.

Although the role he played was the husband of the heroine, the male lead of the film was obviously the village chief. It can even be said that there was no male lead in this film, and the whole play revolved around the heroine.

"Okay." Huang Ze was happy, and his thoughts diverged involuntarily. Those who knew it was "Qiu Ju Goes to Court", and those who didn't know it would think it was "The Mansion Gate". The two male actors were both actors in "The Mansion Gate".

wrong!

There are three. And Zhang Yimou, the first Chinese actor to win an international award for his role as a eunuch in the film!
"What are you looking at me for?" Zhang Yimou touched his face.

"I'm thinking……"

"Hey, it's nothing. It's almost time for lunch. Let's go have a nice meal together. It's my treat!"

In Europe, Italian cuisine focuses on noodles and macaroni, German cuisine focuses on sausages, and British cuisine focuses on darkness.

Huang Ze doesn’t really like seafood, so in the end he treated everyone to French food.

After having a good meal and drink, Huang Ze went with Zhang Yimou to survey the enemy situation.

"These are all the films that entered the main competition unit. Shall we watch them all?" Zhang Yimou handed a booklet to Huang Ze.

"Haven't you seen them all?" Huang Ze asked.

"I've seen it. Everyone always supports each other."

"Then just tell me which ones are good and we can go watch them." Huang Ze said, "If we watch them one by one, we won't be able to finish watching them until the awards ceremony tomorrow!"

"I think a lot of movies are pretty good." Zhang Yimou stroked his chin, "For example, Love in This Life and Money Worship. The male lead in this movie has a very impressive background."

"I have already won two Cannes Best Actor awards, one Berlin Best Actor award, and one Oscar Best Actor award."

"Jack Lemmon?"

"It's him." Zhang Yimou said, "I've seen his movies, and his acting is really good. If he can win the Best Actor award this time, he will have won all the three major European awards plus the Oscar. He's unprecedented!"

As he spoke, Zhang Yimou kept staring at Huang Ze.

Huang Ze was a little puzzled, "Is there a flower on my face?"

"I think you have the potential to be the first director to achieve this kind of success!" Zhang Yimou said with envy, "You are only 32 now. If you continue to shoot for another 40 years, you will be able to win a Berlin Golden Bear or an Oscar for Best Director. By then, wow..."

"Okay, don't talk about this."

Don’t tell me my ultimate goal. What if it doesn’t work?
Huang Ze put his arm around Zhang Yimou's shoulders and went to watch the film which looked quite impressive.

To be honest, Huang Ze feels that there are no films that are too shocking.

After reading it, Huang Ze stared at the list of films shortlisted for the main competition unit. There was nothing familiar to him, or any of the films he had watched many times in his previous life.

"Yeah!" Huang Ze put the booklet away, already feeling confident.

"How is it?" Zhang Yimou's heart skipped a beat and he looked at Huang Ze, "Did you figure out who will get the Golden Lion?"

"I'm telling you, do you believe it?"

"Don't be ridiculous." Zhang Yimou waved his hand. "How can it be so smooth? I just won the Golden Bear a few years ago."

"bet?"

"What are you betting on?" Zhang Yimou asked.

"If you lose, lend me Gong Li."

"Just use it." Zhang Yimou's face trembled as soon as he said this. "Wait, how do you want to use it?"

"I'm going to make a movie in Beijing, and she's going to be the leading actress."

"no problem."

"How do you think it's used?" Huang Ze frowned and looked at Zhang Yimou with disdain, "What were you thinking about just now?"

"Nothing!" Zhang Yimou asked anxiously, "Do you really think I can win the Golden Lion?"

"We'll find out tonight."

(End of this chapter)