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Chapter 323 It's That Accurate

In the evening, each crew began to walk the red carpet in a glamorous manner, preparing to enter the closing ceremony venue.

Huang Ze is just one of the producers. Although he is the big boss behind the scenes, he is not a front desk staff after all. Moreover, Huang Ze does not need to walk the red carpet to gain fame, so he did not take the same route as Zhang Yimou and others. He did not walk the red carpet and entered the venue directly from other entrances.

He sat in his seat as arranged by the staff. Not long after, the crew members came in one by one. The crew of "Qiu Ju Goes to Court" also came in and sat next to Huang Ze.

Zhang Yimou sat on Huang Ze's left, but what Huang Ze didn't expect was that Gong Li was arranged to his right.

"Hmm?" Huang Ze looked at Zhang Yimou.

"Aren't you looking for him to be the female lead? You two can talk about it. She's willing to take it, but she can't help but want to know more about this role."

"Oh." Huang Ze started to fool around.

"You are going to play a top star in the Republic of China, who is liked by the famous actor Duan Xiaolou. Later, the two of them got together and got married. Later, Hongliu came, and your life story was exposed by Duan Xiaolou's junior. Duan Xiaolou said against his will that he didn't like you, and finally chose to hang himself."

"It's a very challenging role, and it can be said that it is the female character with the most scenes in this play."

"Isn't that the heroine?" Gong Li was a little puzzled. Director Huang was really good at talking in a roundabout way and always liked to make simple words complicated.

"Heroine, this is complicated. Yes and no."

"Huh?" Gong Li was even more confused. "Director Huang's words are quite mysterious. Is that the second female lead?"

"Yes and no."

"Okay, I won't keep you in suspense any longer." Huang Ze retracted his mysterious smile, "In fact, Duan Xiaolou is not the male lead. The real protagonist is Cheng Dieyi. He plays Yu Ji and Duan Xiaolou plays Xiang Wang. During their long time together, he fell in love with Duan Xiaolou."

"Do you understand why I said you are both the heroine and not the heroine?"

"I understand. I'll take this one!"

Gong Li couldn't refuse Huang Ze's invitation to be the heroine of his new film. She asked just to satisfy her curiosity. When she heard that there was a homosexual theme that had never appeared in China, a string in her mind was touched. She immediately agreed, "What preparations do I need to make? When will the filming start?"

"I'll contact you when the time comes. Someone will be in charge."

"Yeah." Gong Li nodded, and then couldn't help but whisper again, "I heard that Mr. Huang, you predicted the awards very accurately and said that Qiu Ju Goes to Court will win the Golden Lion. Who do you think will win the Best Actress award this year?"

"It's you."

"Director Huang, please don't joke with me like this. I, I..."

"Do you think I'm joking?" Huang Ze gave Gong Li a mysterious smile, then turned his head back and looked at the host.

At this time, the awarding of various awards has begun.

At the beginning, there were still a few small awards, and "Qiu Ju Goes to Court" also won a small award called the UNICEF Award.

Then, Huang Ze discovered that there were especially many triple-yolk eggs in Venice tonight.

The Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement was awarded to three people.

The FIPRESCI Award for Best Film was also given to three films.

Now it comes to Best Actress, not three.

This time only one name was read.

"Gong Li."

"Huh?" Gong Li looked at Huang Ze in surprise after hearing the name, "My best actress?"

"Am I right?" Huang Ze raised his eyebrows.

"so amazing!"

At this moment, Gong Li felt truly shocked in his heart.

Even though Huang Ze might have been trying to give himself confidence, the way he looked just now clearly showed that he was very confident!
Did he already know the list of winners in advance? Thoughts suddenly popped up in her head, but she also knew that now was not the time to think about this, so she immediately collected her thoughts, stood up with a look of surprise, shook hands with Huang Ze and Zhang Yimou, and walked onto the stage to receive her statuette of the three best actresses.

"Chinese filmmakers have gathered together the three best actresses in Europe!" Zhang Yimou applauded while muttering to Huang Ze, "It's a pity that there is still no best actor."

"Sooner or later it will happen."

"I hope so." Zhang Yimou nodded. "By the way, has anyone ever won the highest award after winning Best Actress?"

"Don't worry." Huang Ze patted Zhang Yimou on the shoulder, "If I say you take the Golden Lion, you take the Golden Lion!"

Huang Ze feels no psychological pressure when talking big.

I took it because my mouth was blessed, Huang Ze is awesome.

If you can’t get it, then you can’t get it. Who can make a 100% accurate judgment? I have already judged the best actress, so why do you still ask for so much?
"Really?" Zhang Yimou paused his clapping hands and swallowed hard.

He couldn't quite understand, was Huang Ze's network of contacts so extensive?

I also got a golden bear, how come it’s not to this extent?
While Zhang Yimou was thinking, Gong Li had already finished her thanks and walked off the stage, and it was the turn of this year's Best Actor.

As expected, the film went to Jack Lemmon, who won the Best Actor award and made history.

"Sooner or later, I will be able to make history!" Huang Ze looked at the other person with eyes full of longing for the future, but there was still a hint of worry deep in his heart.

The Berlin Film Festival has always been more inclined towards Chinese-language films, and given its inherent shortcomings, I am very confident that once the time is right, there shouldn't be any problems.

But as for the Best Director Oscar, there is really a question mark.

The key is that you don’t have forty or fifty years.

It will be 2016 at the latest. If I don’t get it, I will have no chance in the future.

Even in ten years, you may not have another chance.

"You Oscar judges better know better!"

Huang Ze muttered to himself and stopped thinking about those things and continued watching the award ceremony.

As expected, today is the day when the three yolk eggs' nest is destroyed.

The Silver Lion Award for Best Film once again had three yolks, going to "Die Zeitgeist", "Grand Hotel" and "Ham, Ham".

When this result came out, the corner of Zhang Yimou's mouth curved up visibly.

In his opinion, all three films were rivals for the most competitive Golden Lion Award, and now they have won the Silver Lion Award for Best Picture. He has never heard of any film that can win both the Silver Lion and the Golden Lion Awards for Best Picture.

In other words, these three films are no longer rivals.

"Old Huang, I think I'm going to have a big harvest today."

"Didn't I tell you a long time ago?" Huang Ze pouted, "It's you who don't believe it!"

"At first I only half believed it."

"now what?"

“Now I believe it more than half.”

As the last award presenter walked onto the stage, everyone present subconsciously held their breath.

"The winner of the 49th Venice Film Festival Golden Lion Award is..."

"Congratulations to "Qiu Ju Goes to Court"!"

(End of this chapter)