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domestic.

This time, the influence is even greater than when "Farewell My Concubine" won the Palme d'Or.

The evening news broadcast also gave it a full half minute.

"At the recent Berlin International Film Festival, the film "Life is Beautiful" by the famous Chinese director Huang Ze won the Golden Bear Award, the highest award of the film festival. From then on, the Chinese director Huang Ze became the fourth director in the world to win the highest awards of the Berlin Film Festival, Venice Film Festival and Cannes Film Festival, and the first director in the world to win four of the three highest awards in Europe."

"This marks that our country's films have gone global..."

As the announcer spoke, the image of Huang Ze holding the trophy appeared on the TV screen.

"The first fairy among the five hundred people is Chang'e who loves young men."

Looking at the young man on the screen, Brother Chen Kai blurted out a poem, and then lay down on the sofa weakly, feeling sour in his heart.

how so.

How could this be?
It’s clear that when I was in college, I didn’t realize how amazing this guy was, and he was a photography student.

How could they obtain the four and three major titles one by one in less than ten years?

Could it be that this guy's three major forces in Europe are really that powerful?
Brother Chen Kai pinched his eyebrows and felt a little regretful.

If I had known this earlier, I would have worked as Huang Ze’s assistant director when he was filming “Farewell My Concubine”. Maybe I could have won one of the three major awards!

But, I didn’t agree at that time, so why should I go to him now with a flattering face?
Brother Chen Kai just felt that if that happened, his face would be completely thrown to the ground and stepped on again.

His experiences from childhood to adulthood have prevented him from doing such a thing.

"Humph……"

Unable to save face, Brother Chen Kai snorted coldly, "They are just the top three, just flattering foreigners."

"Huang Ze is so awesome!" Zhang Yimou, who was sitting in front of the TV, smacked his lips, his heart full of envy.

At the same time, I also made a secret decision.

The film "To Live" that I had just finished shooting was shown in Cannes.

Strive to win a Palme d'Or and achieve all three major titles.

"Well, all we're missing is a Palme d'Or. Even if Cannes is the number one film festival, it shouldn't be a big problem, right?" Zhang Yimou looked at Gong Li beside him.

"If you continue making movies for another 30 years, I believe you will always be successful! Unless you never go to Cannes again," said Gong Li.

"Thirty years!" Zhang Yimou laughed. "I will be seventy-five by then. Do you think I can still shoot until I am seventy-five?"

"I think you can!" Gong Li said, "You are as energetic as a thirty-year-old now. Is it difficult to shoot until seventy-five? Maybe you can even shoot until eighty-five."

"I don't have that much energy." Zhang Yimou's face suddenly turned red.

……

When a storm named "Huang Ze" once again swept the domestic film and television industry, the real Huang Ze was still selling films in Berlin.

Subsequently, the copyrights were sold to many countries, and finally, Huang Ze's income from "Life is Beautiful" successfully exceeded 12 million US dollars.

This does not include future benefits to the United States.

Huang Ze estimated that if his Chinese version of "Life is Beautiful" could have half the box office of the original version, the total revenue of the film would easily exceed 20 million US dollars.

If it's close to the original...

Profit is not the most important thing anymore.

Because that means that the top two foreign language films at the box office in North America are both their own films, and they are far ahead of the third and subsequent films.

To me, who has no shortage of money, this significance is more important than just US dollars!

"Brother Huang, it feels like there aren't many people here!" Wang Zhiwen muttered. "Yeah, we'll all go back home tomorrow."

"You're going back to Hong Kong Island? Didn't you depart from Shanghai?"

"It's been half a month. Gong Xing and the others have already returned to Hong Kong Island. I just received a call two days ago. I also have an important matter to deal with."

"Movie?" Wang Zhiwen asked curiously.

“Animated film.”

Speaking of this, the corners of Huang Ze's mouth curled up uncontrollably.

After more than two years, and having dug up nearly half of the resources at Shanghai Animation Studio, this first animation work was finally completed.

"Animated film?" Wang Zhiwen was surprised. "Our company also produces animated films?"

"If it can make money, then of course I have to shoot it!"

"But this cartoon is not the one you have in your mind. It cost tens of millions of dollars."

"Sis..." Wang Zhiwen and everyone else around him couldn't help but gasp.

Ten million dollars!

This time, "Life is Beautiful" also made so much money.

But investing more than 10 million US dollars to make an animated film was still beyond their understanding.

"Then it should be released in the United States, right?"

"Of course. If it's not shown in the U.S., we have to pay for it."

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. When it's released, I'll invite you to watch it!"

……

The next day, Huang Ze boarded a plane and flew back to Hong Kong Island.

pity.

The paparazzi figured out the time, and as soon as Huang Ze got off the plane and left the airport, he was surrounded by paparazzi.

Huang Ze was in a good mood, so he didn't let his bodyguards stop the reporters and allowed them to ask questions.

"Director Huang, do you have any plans to get another Big Three?"

"Tell me the truth?" Huang Ze smiled. "If you ask me what I think, I definitely want to win a few more, but for now, I think I've won enough. I want to win a Best Picture or Best Director Oscar! And then put them in my trophy display room."

"Director Huang, congratulations in advance on winning the Golden Bear. I wonder what enabled you to win four of the top three European medals in ten years? Is there any inside story behind this?"

"Why did you win all three major awards in a row, but only won one of the four important awards at the Oscars: Best Foreign Language Film, Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor and Best Actress? Is it because the Oscar judges discriminate against us Chinese, or is it because of some other off-site factors?"

"..." Huang Ze was a little speechless.

Asking these two questions is just digging a hole for yourself. It's just short of openly saying that you got so many of the three major awards because of off-field factors.

Huang Ze narrowed his eyes and glanced at the two reporters. He was not so angry that he smiled and said, "There is only one reason why I can win so many awards. That is, the quality of my works is high enough and meets the tastes of the audience."

"And the answer to the second question is also very simple."

"The Big Three and Hollywood have different tastes, and most movies can't satisfy both."

"Moreover, the works that can win that drama award are all very excellent, and failure in the competition is inevitable."

"However, I can make a promise to everyone that within three years, my work will definitely win one or more of those four awards."

After saying this, Huang Ze, whose mood had worsened because of these paparazzi, was too lazy to deal with them anymore and immediately asked his bodyguards to clear the way. (End of this chapter)