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Chapter 390 Unlikely
"Do you still need me to correct your film?"

Huang Ze looked at me with an expression like, "I don't know you? Why are you pretending?" "The post-production is done, and what needs to be cut has been cut. What's the point of not correcting it?"

"Just tell me you want me to admire you. There's no need to be so modest!"

"Hehehe!" Jiang Wen smiled slyly.

After all, it was his first work as a director, and he felt quite satisfied with it. He also really wanted to show off.

He can only show off to others, but he really can't show off to the person in front of him.

He came here more to seek recognition. If Huang Zeken praised him, he would feel more confident this time.

"Of course, it's not just for you to show me, Brother Huang."

Jiang Wen raised his hand in a hoarse voice, "There have been rumors in the circle for a long time that Brother Huang has a wide network of contacts in the three major European companies. You should watch my film."

"Can you try to make it work?"

"The one who knows me best is Brother Huang!" Jiang Wen nodded heavily.

"But……"

"Brother Huang, this is your company's work! I'm just a director, you can't just ignore it."

"I know." Huang Ze frowned. "I mean, where did you hear those rumors? What connections do I have in the Big Three? Whether you can win the award depends on the quality of your film. Who the judges want to win is none of my business."

"Ah." Jiang Wen was startled, then nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, quality!"

"Brother Huang always wins by quality."

"This rumor is absolutely outrageous, as if Brother Dihuang got the award through connections!"

Jiang Wen looked indignant.

But in my heart I was rolling my eyes.

Ask the general public whether they believe this.

Those works are of good quality, but how come the one related to you can win the highest award?

You also took three by yourself.

Three!
If only I could have one!
Thinking of this, Jiang Wen felt a little thirsty and swallowed his saliva subconsciously.

"What do you mean?" Huang Ze glanced at Jiang Wen's neck. "What's the reaction after a person lies? Feeling dry mouth and tongue?"

"Hey, no, come on, Brother Huang, shall we go watch a movie?"

"Let's go." Huang Ze led Jiang Wen to his own audio-visual room, sat him down, and Jiang Wen changed the reel himself.

"All right!"

Jiang Wen clapped his hands and sat next to Huang Ze.

The movie officially begins.

Huang Ze had watched the movie "Sunny Days" countless times in his previous life. He didn't feel excited when watching it again, so he didn't make any comments and just treated it as a review of the old movie.

It was not until the moment when Ma Xiaojun, played by Xia Yu, started to lose his temper and threw Milan to the ground, and then Milan successfully resisted and sat up, that Huang Ze frowned and scratched his head.

This taste is wrong!

Isn't there a picture like that?
Although this kind of shot is not that explosive in the movie, I had specially looked for the uncut version to appreciate it in my previous life, so it must be correct.

What he showed me was the abridged version?

"Brother Huang, you also feel that something is lacking here, right?" Jiang Wen was a little nervous because he saw Huang Ze was so serious all the time. But when he saw Huang Ze make a move, he immediately started to complain incessantly.

"I think so too." "It would be more exciting if I showed this part too." Jiang Wen put his hands in front of his chest, "But Ning Jing wouldn't let me. She only agreed to show my belly and at most a little bit of the edge."

"You're right not to allow it!" Huang Ze glanced at Jiang Wen, "I agree, why did you add those?"

We are not those people in Europe who make love action movies that are seen as Japanese. What's worse, they directly find people working in special industries to shoot them, and they are dismounted, just infantry!
Why is this happening? Why is this happening!

Yes, showing your top is nothing at the three major art festivals, and it’s no different from an ordinary film.

But you filmed it in the country!
If this kind of picture gets out, it will be bad for the actors.

Besides, Ning Jing's status now is very different from that in her previous life, it would be strange if she didn't refuse!
"Ah?" Jiang Wen was shocked and scratched his head. "Then why are you still here, Brother Huang?"

"Oh, my scalp itches."

Huang Ze responded and continued to read attentively.

After watching it, Jiang Wen nodded and said, "It's well shot. The structure is thoughtful. The key is that the hazy feeling of adolescence is very well shot."

"So what do you think is the best?" Jiang Wen smiled, ready to hear compliments.

Unexpectedly, Huang Ze opened his mouth and said, "The young actor Xia Yu you found acted well. He can be regarded as playing himself. He acted quite well!"

"..." Jiang Wen was shocked. He had never expected that Huang Ze would find another way and almost cleverly bypass him. So he simply stopped hiding it and asked, "Director Huang, what do you think my film can win if it goes to Venice?"

"Golden Lion Award..."

"Is it an exaggeration?" Jiang Wen was delighted.

"That is unlikely."

"Brother Huang, can you finish your sentences in one breath next time?" Jiang Wen was about to cry, "I can still accept not giving me hope, as soon as you say that."

"Don't worry, I think this film can still win a very good award, as for the Golden Lion Award." Huang Ze smiled, "I think another work of our company has more potential!"

"Is there such a work?" Jiang Wen became interested. "Who shot it? Li An or Zhang Yimou? That's not right! Zhang Yimou is still shooting To Live, so it will definitely not be able to catch up with Venice."

"You haven't heard of Cai Mingliang!" Huang Ze smacked his lips, "But I've seen the finished film when I was in Hong Kong Island. I can only say that the minimalist long-shot aesthetic is very good."

"You can talk to him when you participate. After all, they are all company works."

"Newbie?"

"I've shot a work before, 'Teenage Nezha'."

"Never heard of it." Jiang Wen was a little surprised.

I haven't heard of any previous works.

Does the second work have the potential to win the Golden Lion Award?
But he still didn't have the confidence to question Huang Ze's judgment on film works and awards, so he believed it for a while and said with emotion, "To be praised so much by Brother Huang, I think he must be very good. I must go and take a good look at him when the time comes."

"You're not bad either!" Huang Ze put his arm around Jiang Wen's shoulders. "It's your first time filming a movie, and you've done a great job."

"But I have something to remind you."

“Don’t take investors’ money too lightly.”

"It's okay to pursue art, but movies are essentially a commodity, and commodities are meant to make money, or at least break even, so you have to have this cost mindset."

"At least we should consider whether we can protect our capital. Only in this way can we go further!"

After saying this, Huang Ze looked at the other person meaningfully.

In your previous life, if Yang Shucheng hadn’t wanted to enter the mainland but couldn’t find a better partner, and had continued to invest in you, I don’t know how much more difficult your path would have been.

(End of this chapter)