Entertainment 2000: Supporting female stars will bring you a hundredfold return

Chapter 72 Film Festival, Action Required (Seeking Follow-up Reading, Seeking Monthly Tickets)
The news that the crew of "Hidden in the Dust" was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Golden Lion Awards spread throughout the country.

Yu Feihong: "Come on, nephew! Try to win a prize!"

Gao Yuanyuan: "Dear, I always believe in your talent"

Fatty Fan: "You have proven yourself many times! Don't be too tired overseas."

Dong Xuan: ...

There were even more blessings from acquaintances in the entertainment industry, all of whom were wishing me to win the award in advance.

When they arrived in Venice, Zhou Xun asked with anticipation, "What are our chances of winning a prize?"

"big."

"Really?"

Zhao Benshan also looked over. Old Zhao was wearing a Zhongshan suit and looked very smart.

He won the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actor.

But this is my first time to participate in a film festival abroad.

"Don't worry, there will be some gains."

Tang Wen gave an affirmative answer, but did not explain why.

Even without discussing the artistic elements of the film.

From a standpoint alone, it would be unjustifiable not to give an award to "Hidden in the Dust" when it portrays the countryside in such a miserable state.

He casually gossiped about the weekly news: "I heard you hooked up with a male model?"

Xun Ge'er recently starred in the drama "Yan Yu Hong Yan" and it is said that he fell in love with a handsome young model at first sight.

Zhou Xun slapped him on the shoulder and said angrily, "Ours was love, not like you!"

"What's wrong with me? That was love too."

"Hehe, how many do you love at a time?"

"Love is unreasonable. I'm sincere to each of them. Don't blame me. Is your male model an adult?"

The two attacked each other.

Zhao Benshan was delighted when he heard this: "If you two perform this segment on the Spring Festival Gala, you will surely become famous all over the country."

"My love is aboveboard, no problem!" Zhou Xun said frankly.

Tang Wen was evasive: "If I go to the Spring Festival Gala, I have to sing."

Zhou Xun: "I watched your MVs and Gao Yuanyuan took the most shots. Do you like her the most?"

Tang Wen lowered his head to eat and ignored her.

How can a little woman who is in a one-on-one relationship understand my great love?

It is worth mentioning that Zhou Xun is nominated twice.

The movie "Hollywood" she filmed in Hong Kong was also shortlisted for this year's Golden Lion main competition unit.

The director is Chen Guo and the female lead is Zhou Xun.

Theoretically, her chances of winning the Best Actress award are twice as high as others.

Venice's opening film is called "Dust"

How to evaluate it?
Not only was this film not selected for the main competition unit, it wasn't even included in the "Contemporary Film" competition unit.

If Tang Wen hadn't been sitting close to the front with cameras scanning him from time to time, he would definitely have fallen asleep.

Zhou Xun was also holding on.

On the contrary, Uncle Benshan, who was attending a film festival for the first time and was still not very excited, watched the whole film carefully.

The movie screening ends.

The president of the jury, Nanni Moretti, appeared with all the members of the jury.

With his excellent English skills, Tang Wen discovered that the second-ranked guy on the jury was an Indian novelist.

And in his vague impression, the Indian film "Monsoon Wedding" seemed to have won an award.

The second day of the opening ceremony.

The jury began to review the films, and a film producer approached Tang Wen.

"Hidden in the Dust" cannot be remade and cannot be sold at a high price.

The prices offered by film producers from all over the world were not high, with the European offer being US$28.

The rates are even lower in North America and other Asian countries.

The total amount is just over 50 US dollars.

Converted, it is equivalent to 400 million RMB.

The cost of this film is 300 million

Among them, 100 million is Tang Wen’s director’s salary.

So, it’s a guaranteed win.

He is in no hurry to sell, and all the films that have been shortlisted are waiting.

Tang Wen took Zhou Xun and Zhao Benshan to travel in Italy for two days.

As a result, the photo was taken by the media, and Zhao Benshan’s figure was photoshopped out and sent back to China.

Zhou Xun is very popular and loves to fall in love.

Tang Wen's album was still very popular, and the rumors about the two of them were so popular that they spread all over the country.

Tang Wen received a call from Dong Xuan:
"What, the media said that I was dating Xun Ge'er?
You insult my aesthetics..."

Before he could finish his words, Zhou Xun raised the dinner knife in his hand.

He immediately changed his words: "This is an insult to the pure friendship between me and Brother Xun!"

Dong Xuan smiled secretly, she didn't believe it either.

Tang Wen is a carnivore, and Master Zhou is too thin.

Gao Yuanyuan and Li Xiaoran called one after another, but basically didn't believe it.

Only Yu Feihong thought it was possible:

"Of course I believe it. If you don't feed it for one day, it will be like a hungry wolf the next day. What can you give it to you and why won't you eat it?"

Tang Wen:......

Zhou Xun’s boyfriend read the news and said he believed it, but he started calling her once a day.

a few days later.

Zhou Xun heard from Hong Kong director Chen Guo that the Indian film "Monsoon Wedding" will be the biggest winner.

A day later, word was circulating that Indians had bagged all four awards.

Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress...

Tang Wen couldn't sit still anymore. If all these awards were given to Indians, wouldn't his trip be in vain?
The three of them came to the screening room of "Monsoon Wedding".

After reading it, Zhou Xun felt relieved: "This is about the cultural collision between India and the United States, that's it."

"I feel it's just average. All the young men and women are just the right pair, and it's a musical. The judges are artists, and they will definitely be able to see that our film has much more depth than this movie." Zhao Benshan said.

After coming out of the cinema, the two leading actors felt relieved.

Tang Wen doesn't think so. He has no filter for film festivals, and doesn't think that the judges are artists who are out of touch with the world.

After watching the movie and reading the information, he just felt that Indians were too scheming.

This film was produced in five countries: India, the United States, France, Italy and Germany.

This year, the majority of the jury comes from five countries.

Tang Wen found an acquaintance from New Line Cinema to inquire about the news.

There is a lot of communication between the European and North American entertainment circles, and the jury is large and diverse, so it is not difficult to spend money to find out some information.

On that day, Tang Wen roughly understood the true attitude of the jury.

Several people, led by Indian novelists, praised Monsoon highly.

Intends to create miracles and win multiple awards.

The only judge from the United States strongly opposed it because the American character in the play was a rapist.

What made him most angry was that the official slogan for this year's film festival was:
【Down with Hollywood Imperialism】

The key is that the other members of the jury really intend to do this.

All the movies sent by Hollywood were eliminated in the first round.

In order to muddy the waters, he pushed for "Hidden in the Dust" which was shortlisted

The chairman of the jury was vague and seemed to value their local film "Love Through Your Eyes" more.

They talk about art but their minds are full of calculations.

In this case, Tang Wen no longer has any concerns.

He first called Sun Chao and talked for a long time, during which he mentioned many keywords such as: college students who can speak English and Italian, computer experts, and confidentiality agreements.

After making the arrangements, Tang Wen called Robert in Hollywood.

a new day.

Hundreds of film reviews suddenly appeared on several Italian media websites.

It's all about praising the movie Monsoon Wedding.

It's not enough to just praise them, they also try to criticize different movies.

The most criticized films were Tang Wen's "Hidden in the Dust" and the Italian film "The Love in Your Eyes"

It was criticized for being completely worthless.

The local media reported it extensively and printed it in a hurry.

The eyes of the world have been focused on Venice in recent days.

The news caused a sensation as soon as it came out.

Hollywood knew that the American was a film about rapists and wanted to sweep all the major awards, so it was immediately criticized!
At this time, some people on many entertainment websites in North America began to praise "Monsoon Wedding" and criticize Hollywood.

Everybody knew that someone was working on this Indian film.

But who cares?
Get rid of Indian films and everyone will benefit.

The Hollywood media is even more focused on hyping up the news. As long as there are ratings, they don't care who is causing trouble.

Besides, your Venice Film Festival’s slogan of “Down with Hollywood” is very real.

Things got out of hand.

(End of this chapter)