I was just thinking about taking the arts exam and you said I've been playing supporting roles

Chapter 283: Fulfilling the dream and capturing the lion!
"This website will broadcast the grand ceremony of the 11th Venice International Film Festival awards at 3:68 am and : am!"

……

Almost on the night that Chen Jin received the call, several domestic portals published this news without exception.

For the first time in history.

Generally speaking, several domestic portal websites will broadcast the three major film festival awards ceremonies live with pictures and text.

But this is indeed the first time that such a major announcement has been made, and it has been broadcast live.

The issue was also hotly discussed on Weibo.

It is said that this time the news is very confirmed and the Chinese-language film will win an award.

Many people in the industry, including directors and producers I know, are talking about this on Weibo.

There was also someone who claimed to be Chen Jin’s girlfriend, saying that he was going to win the Best Actor award.

"It shouldn't be!"

“It’s not like there haven’t been Chinese films that have won awards before, but there hasn’t been this much fanfare!”

“The Internet wasn’t well developed before, right?”

"No, there must be something going on."

"..."

The online discussion was very heated, and countless people went to Chen Jin's account to ask questions.

The main reason is that "Life Events" was very popular in Venice, and many netizens knew about it.

But obviously, there was no response.

The key point is that some time ago, Wen Zhang’s fans scolded Chen Jin on Weibo, and Chen Jin’s fans were all very angry; before the second half was over, these guys started to open champagne, and some even ran to Wen Zhang’s account and posted comments right next to him.

"Chen Jin is about to win the Best Actor Award at the Venice Film Festival, but you haven't even won the Best New Actor Award at the Huabiao Awards yet?"

"I don't know how I can say that I am more suitable than Chen Jin for the Huabiao Award!"

"Forget it, forget it. It's just a small rookie award. What's the point of fighting for it? Let's just give it to him!"

"Let's aim for the long term. We want to win the Best Actor Award at the Venice Film Festival!"

"..."

Of course Chen Jin didn't know about this.

Some fans are actually very crazy.

When a celebrity he likes wins an award, he is happier than the celebrity himself, as if he had won the award himself.

At present, it is just the beginning of the competition among fan circles, and it will become exaggerated in the future.

Fans of several award winners would quarrel with each other, and sometimes the winners would be in such a mess that there was no way to mediate.

In fact, it is through these quarrels that these fan groups become more solid.

Because of the united front.

Now, Wen Zhang and his fans began to face the first wave of attacks.

Of course, their fans are not vegetarians either.

He also went at full speed, mocking Chen Jin for starting to bite people everywhere before he even won the prize.

The fight between the two sides intensified, and Chen Jin certainly couldn't do anything about it in Venice. He didn't even know that he also had a small group of spontaneous crazy fans.

And most of them are little girls.

Chen Jin is currently attending a gathering of Chinese-language filmmakers hosted by several domestic media outlets.

This is a gathering of Chinese people participating in Venice this year.

Chen Jin also met the director of "Crowd Mountain, Crowd Sea", Cai Shangjun, a bald middle-aged man wearing glasses, who looked a little fat and very reserved.

Several portal websites brought everyone together. In addition to interviews and dinners, the main purpose was to attend the award ceremony two days later.

The four major portals jointly broadcast the event.

After the premiere of "Legend of White Snake", they went straight back because they were just there to promote the film.

The crews of "Seediq Bale" and "Overheard" did not receive any notification from the organizers and had to return home; Johnnie To was actually quite frustrated, as he had been wanting to participate in the three major events in recent years to prove himself.

Lao Du is certainly a talented director, but his films are sometimes very literary, but they still cannot break away from the inherent style of Hong Kong films.

Gunfights, undercover, gangs...so even though many movies were shortlisted for the three major awards, they never won an award.

Nominated three times in Venice, twice in Cannes, and once in Berlin.

Six movies, six award-winning performances in just six years, which is enough to show his ambition and desire.

However, if you don’t have enough strength, it’s not enough. No matter how many times you shoot, it will always be a little bit short.

Moreover, ambition is something that will decline with your age and the setbacks of not winning awards again and again, to the point that in the future he will not be able to sustain the Chinese market and will only become a historical director.

The resume looked good in the past, but the reality is very cruel.

Being eliminated from the market without even a word of warning.

Those who stayed won awards.

Including "People Mountain People Sea", "A Simple Life", and "Life Events"!
An unprecedented three Chinese-language films have made it into the long list, waiting for the final results to be announced; this is also the reason why the four major portals are broadcasting live at the same time.

There is heat, topics, and momentum.

It can be said that this is the Venice International Film Festival with the most Chinese-language films nominated and winning so far.

In his last year as president of the Venice Film Festival, Mark Mueller wanted to make a stunning turnaround and embrace Chinese-language films to create bright prospects for his future.

In his previous life, it was because of his outstanding performance in this award-winning performance that Lao Ma was able to thrive in China.

As the curator-chairman and jury guest of various film festivals, they earn a lot of money. Major domestic film festivals have been launched one after another like mushrooms after a rain. These are all contributions made by Ma after he stepped down from Venice.

This guy copied the "excellent" film festival circle model from abroad to China.

Although it didn't gain much fame, it did discover a lot of low-budget art films, which gave some directors opportunities to be exposed and received bonuses. This is worth encouraging, supporting new directors and allowing the market to develop in a diversified way.

Of course, a lot of money was indeed raised.

The Directing Department of the Central Academy of Drama also relied on the fermentation of major film festivals and was able to go from being no match for the Directing Department of the Beijing Film Academy to being on par with it.

In the future, there will be more new directors in China from the Central Academy of Drama than from the Beijing Film Academy.

And many backbone forces have emerged, such as Rao Xiaozhi from "The Unknown", Han Yan from "Little Red Flower", Dai Mo from "Chinatown" and so on. Strictly speaking, Chen Sicheng also belongs to the Central Academy of Drama, but he is an actor.

Many new directors are not actually incompetent, they just lack the opportunity to make their works known to the audience.

From this point of view, the film festival is very friendly to many new domestic directors.

Lao Ma also participated in this gathering of the Chinese-speaking community without any hesitation.

The awards just haven’t been announced yet, but the three films are sure to win awards, and Mark Muller’s participation is obviously nothing.

"I definitely won't be able to serve in the next term!"

"In that case, let's just go for the big one!"

Only when he was with Tian Zhuangzhuang, his close friend, did Lao Ma speak the truth.

“I don’t know the specific award!”

"But this is probably the first time that three Chinese-language films have won awards in the same year, right?"

Lao Ma said this in Chinese quite proudly.

Tian Zhuangzhuang laughed and said, "I can't guarantee anything else, but after you retire, we will definitely welcome you to the Chinese film market with open arms!"

"No rush, Rome asked me to take over for 2 years!"

"I will then set up a Chinese unit..."

"The Imperial Capital University Student Film Festival is going to become an international film festival, right?"

"..."

The two were chatting happily, and many friends in China, who had apparently learned about Chen Jin's award from Weibo and the media, sent messages to inquire about it.

Chen Jin replied one by one.

Champagne was opened at halftime, along with a lot of poisonous milk, which made Chen Jin very panicked.

A few days ago, Tian Zhuangzhuang had this mentality. It would have been a pity if he hadn’t won the award; now at least he can win the award, and he must have let it go.

Although Chen Jin now desires the Best Actor award, he may not necessarily win it.

He now hates the media reporters very much.

Tencent and NetEase, the companies that hosted the banquet, were the ones who spread the news of our winning.

The Chinese media is just so disgusting sometimes.

In order to get news and traffic, they will do anything.

In later generations, there was a stupid thing like the Olympic runner-up announcing his victory in advance, so what can't these guys do?
After two days of anxiety, the 68th Venice Film Festival finally ushered in the last day of the red carpet and awards ceremony.

"The Killing", which was previously hailed as a favorite to win an award, failed to win any awards. Director Roman Polanski was so angry that he flew back to France overnight and cursed at the media reporters. He said he would never participate in Venice again and planned to switch to the other two.

One is his home turf, Cannes, and the other is Berlin, the headquarters of the German investors who have been working with him on film productions.

So it is not easy to win a Grand Slam.

Although the three major film festivals are equally famous, they also compete fiercely in private; some filmmakers have a strong Cannes or Venice imprint, so the other two will deliberately target them.

The same goes for actors.

The probability of winning the same film festival twice is sometimes easier than being both an actor and a director.

Unless you know people in the three major organizations, they will find a back door.

So there are many double-awarded Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Director, but there are only a few who have won the Grand Slam.

The last time was particularly strict.

The right time, right place and right people are indispensable.

……

Early in the morning, Chen Jin changed into a rented dress and attended the last day in Venice.

This is a very important section of the Venice Film Festival. There are several small awards given out, which can be regarded as a warm-up.

“Life Events” won the People’s Choice Award at Venice Day.

This is a highly recognized award that shows the popularity of the film among the audience and the media during the film festival. It is generally won by films with high ratings and represents the intentions of the audience and the media.

There have been several times in history when the Golden Lion and People's Choice awards were given to the same film.

But more often than not, the judges’ choices are contrary to those of the audience.

This is of course due to public relations and the judges' own taste.

But no matter what, winning a unit award is still a good start.

A good start.

Holding the People's Choice trophy, Chen Jin and others got on the organizer's vehicle and headed to the closing ceremony red carpet at the Film Palace.

Compared with the opening ceremony, the starlight at the closing ceremony seemed much dimmer.

And walking on the red carpet is also very casual.

But in fact, the red carpet of the closing ceremony is still of high quality. There are no stars on the carpet, only award-winning crews, and the media all over the world will focus on it.

The media reporters will pay more attention to you than the opening ceremony and capture you from many angles.

Who knows, among these people, there may be future international superstars, Venice Film Festival Best Actor or Best Actress, etc., so they are much more concerned about it than the opening ceremony.

Most importantly, not just anyone can attend the closing ceremony red carpet.

Opening ceremony sponsors can use backdoors, and even if you don’t have any works, you can still walk the red carpet to attract traffic; Fan Bingbing always enters the attention of the world’s media in this way.

The closing ceremony is only for the winners.

This is also the original intention of the closing ceremony red carpet.

Half an hour later, the closing ceremony red carpet officially ended. Chen Jin and Zhao Jinmai received more attention and photo opportunities than at the opening ceremony.

Even media reporters asked them to walk slower on purpose so that they could capture some photogenic photos.

“Eight crews!”

Chen Jin said to Tian Zhuangzhuang.

"..."

Tian Zhuangzhuang smiled at Chen Jin and glanced at him: "Why, you've started counting the awards?"

"No, it's just a good calculation!"

"Then these 8 are not correct either!"

"There are 9 main competition awards in total!"

Tian Zhuangzhuang narrowed his eyes. They were about to attend the closing film "The Girl to be Rescued"; after that would be the final awards ceremony.

"That means there is one movie that won two awards!"

"Don't guess, you'll know soon!"

Tian Zhuangzhuang felt that Chen Jin was extremely nervous.

Just kidding, this is the movie and role that Chen Jin has been planning for a whole year. I guess only the future Leo can understand his inner desire.

After watching the two-hour movie carelessly, Tian Zhuangzhuang curled his lips and said only two words: "Bad movie!"

"Ha ha!"

Chen Jin was glad that he didn't watch it.

I just happened to glance at the leading actor just now, and he seemed quite familiar.

Especially the female lead. The male lead should also be quite famous in the future. This female lead...

“Holy crap, Greta Gerwig!”

A representative figure of future feminist directors and the world’s top female director at the box office.

This girl’s acting skills are just average, but the movies she starred in were very popular during that special period!
"Barbie", "Lady Bird", "Little Women"... she is considered the first female film star.

The total box office is nearly 20 billion US dollars, and she is the only female director in the club of single-film breaking 10 billion US dollars.

Although Chen Jin doesn't like this kind of people, making money is not shameful.

I have to exchange contact information with her after the award ceremony.

If no one invests in making such a movie in the future, Chen Jin is willing to sponsor it, so that the LGBT trend can be awakened around the world a few years earlier!
Chen Jin was very happy as he could make money and disrupt Xida University at the same time.

The world lacks such messy directors.

clap clap clap!
After warm applause, the Film Palace finally ushered in the much-anticipated awards ceremony.

Chen Jin sat upright, sitting together with Liu Dehua's "A Simple Life" crew and Cai Shangjun from "Crowd Mountain, Crowd Sea".

At that time in China, the live broadcast rooms of the four major portals had a total of at least 20 people watching this event.

Even though it was already three o'clock in the morning China time.

But the momentum on the Internet in the past few days, the non-stop hype and publicity from several major portals, have already brought the atmosphere to this level; since it is originally a live broadcast on their website, they will definitely promote it heavily.

Sina and Weibo are also building momentum, so Sina's live broadcast room has the most netizens.

More than 3 people had already been waiting there before 5 o'clock, and as soon as the live broadcast of the Venice Awards Ceremony was opened, tens of thousands more people flocked in instantly.

In 2011, when mobile phones were not yet popular and web live streaming was not yet popular, having 10 people online in the live broadcast room was already a very remarkable statistic.

What's more, this live broadcast has no translation, no subtitles or commentary, just baritone Italian or English, but the number of online users has not decreased, and is still increasing at a rate of dozens of users per minute.

Many industry insiders in China were also watching. Zhu Yanmanzi, Dilraba Dilmurat and others even set their alarms early in the morning, waiting for the award ceremony to begin.

"Old Guo, wake up, it's started!"

Guo Xun's wife Sun Ran pushed Guo Xun, but Guo Xun did not wake up.

The next second, Sun Ran kicked him directly.

boom!
Sparks were igniting in Guo Xing's dream. At this moment, he felt as if a comet was passing directly across the sky and was hitting his heavy industrial transport vehicle fiercely.

The next second, Guo Yun touched his aching buttocks and raised his head while grumbling, "What...what are you doing?"

"The Venice Awards Ceremony has begun!"

Sun Ran said unhappily, pointing at the computer in front of him.

In an instant, Guo Xun no longer felt pain and was no longer sleepy.

"How many minutes has it started?"

“At first, this foreigner was praising the nominated films!”

Sun Ran pointed to the computer screen. The chairman of the jury, Darren, had just appeared with six judges.

Guo Xun immediately went to bed and held Sun Ran in his arms while they watched the award ceremony.

There are many people like him in the country.

……

"The winner of the Marcello Mastroianni Best Newcomer Award at the 68th Venice Film Festival is——"

"The Mediocre, Sometani Shota and Nikaido Fumi!"

Finnish visual artist Eja Lisa announced the winners of the first award.

Last year's winner of this award was Chen Jin.

This year, there are two Japanese actors, who happen to be the male and female protagonists, and they are cast twice at once; and these two actors are actually quite famous, especially Shota Sometani, who has played in several films produced by China.

"The Legend of the Demon Cat" by Chen Shishi and "Detective Chinatown" by Chen Sicheng!
So this newcomer award is actually highly recognized all over the world.

In this way, the awards of the 68th Venice Film Festival were presented one by one.

Best Screenplay Award: "Alps"

Best Technical Contribution Award (Photography): Wuthering Heights

Best Debut Award: LA BAS

……

Ah Cheng was not the main screenwriter, so it was impossible for him to win the Best Screenplay award; it was a pity for Hou Yong, as he was only a few votes away from the Best Cinematography award.

The debut work obviously has nothing to do with Tian Zhuangzhuang.

"She's a movie queen!"

Tian Zhuangzhuang looked at the judges who came up to the stage to report on the awards.

Chen Jin glanced at Ye Dexian who was not far from him. According to the original timeline, she was the winner of the award.

The old man played by Yip Tak-Hsien in "A Simple Life" is very realistic and there is no sense of incongruity at all.

This award is well deserved.

"Please welcome the award presenter - Gong Li!"

Chen Jin only heard this sentence clearly, and the whole audience exclaimed immediately.

Especially from Chen Jin's side, the cheers were even louder.

Because according to the convention of several film festivals, the award presenters are all surprises, and usually historical winners from the same country are chosen to present the award to the same country.

Gong Li is the only Chinese actress to win the Venice Film Festival Best Actress award.

These are some small easter eggs set up by foreigners.

It is difficult to guess the winners for the United States and Italy because there may be several finalists; and some countries have no winners, so the only way is for the judges to announce the prizes.

For a team like Hua Xia that hasn’t won many awards, this is easy to guess.

Xu Anhua even held Ye Dexian's hand, looking extremely excited.

There was a glimmer of hope in Ye Dexian's eyes as he looked closely at Gong Li who was walking up to the podium.

This moment seems like eternity.

There was no sound around her except for the pounding heartbeat.

"This award should go to Sister Tao!"

Tian Zhuangzhuang was talking there, looking a little uneasy.

Because there has never been a precedent in history where both awards were given to China in the same session; if Ye Dexian won it, then Chen Jin's chances of becoming the best actor would be in jeopardy.

In fact, all the Chinese people who were watching the live broadcast in China could feel it.

Because Gong Li's appearance almost announced the winner of the award.

“I really want to reveal the final list of winners with a hint of mystery!”

Gong Li, who was wearing a luxurious dress, smiled and said, "But now, it seems that there is no suspense at all!"

She slowly opened the Best Actress letter in her hand, leaned closer to the microphone, looked in the direction of Yip Tak-Hsien, and smiled slightly, "A Simple Life, Yip Tak-Hsien!"

"Congratulations!"

boom--

The whole audience suddenly burst into cheers after being silent for a while.

Ye Dexian was already crying with joy, and Xu Anhua also had tears in her eyes as she hugged her tightly.

"Sister Xian, congratulations!"

Liu Dehua also stood up and clapped his hands happily.

Strictly speaking, he was also nominated for Best Actor, but the name of the movie "A Simple Life" meant that he would miss out on the award.

This is the problem of the film's tendency, just like Chen Jin's "The Hawthorn Tree" last year.

The absolute protagonist of "The Hawthorn Tree" is Jingqiu, and as for "A Simple Life", it goes without saying.

Therefore, Liu Dehua has no intention of winning this award.

Listening to Ye Dexian crying and giving his acceptance speech on the stage, Chen Jin also applauded.

64 years old!
At the age of 64, Ye Dexian won her first Best Actress trophy.

Yes, the first one.

She only won the Best Supporting Actress Award at the Golden Horse Awards and the Hong Kong Film Awards, and was only nominated for the Best Actress Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards. In her past career, she was not a very famous actress in Hong Kong.

"Thank you!"

“I don’t understand Italian, but I understand Chinese!”

Ye Dexian said this in Italian, and although there were tears in his eyes, everyone in the audience laughed.

"I want to give this trophy to my godson, Mr. Liu Dehua, as a birthday present. His birthday is in half a month!"

“Without him, there would be no movie!”

Ye Dexian had stopped crying and was still speaking Italian. Chen Jin had to admire him.

Some of the veteran artists in Hong Kong are really awesome.

Liu Dehua covered her face and cried uncontrollably.

"I won this award when I was over 60 years old. I believe I won't have the chance to perform on stage again!"

"Young people are now dominating the market, and no one is investing in movies about older people, but I still hope that this award can actually be given more to young people!"

"The opportunity to film "A Simple Life" is a gift from fate to me. After winning the award, I probably won't be busy because I am essentially a very lazy person..."

Ye Dexian smiled, and the excitement of winning the award just now seemed to have disappeared.

In her place, there is an emotionally stable woman.

Elegant and striking.

"I am grateful to my mentor and my best friend Director Xu Anhua, who dared to shoot a story about the elderly that no one would watch. Before shooting, I went to a nursing home to experience life there and integrated my performance into real observations!"

"Just as Director Xu's original intention in making this film was to make people no longer afraid of death; I have experienced Tao Jie's loneliness and have also thought about how I can face death myself!"

"The humility and dignity of Tao Jie actually overlap with my own experience. Both on and off the screen, it is a review of life!"

“Here, I want to thank a movie - "Life Events"!"

Ye Dexian suddenly looked in the direction of Tian Zhuangzhuang: "I think the story of "A Simple Life" will have the most perfect ending in this movie!"

"I am grateful to this movie for making me not afraid of death!"

"I also hope that Tao Jie can see a film like this, maybe she won't be so scared!"

"Finally, I still want to thank my godson, Mr. Liu Dehua!"

"As the producer and lead actor of A Simple Life, he not only facilitated the project and investment, but also made me believe that movies can transcend commercial calculations!"

"Honor is a shot in the arm, but life will eventually return to normal..."

"Thank you, thank you to the Venice organizers and judges for giving such an honor to a man in his 60s, so that the whole world can still believe that it is never too late to perform!"

"Thank you!"

Ye Dexian bowed, then raised his head with a smile and walked up the steps step by step to the podium.

The audience gave warm applause again.

Gong Li was also speaking with tears in her eyes.

She followed Ye Dexian and disappeared into the backstage.

The next award to be presented is, of course, this year's Venice Film Festival's most important award - the Best Actor Award.

The judges were clearly in a very stable mood.

"Next, please welcome Xia Yu, the Best Actor of the 51st Venice Film Festival, to present the next award!"

"Best...Actor!"

Darren clapped his hands with a smile and spoke in English.

But even those who were not familiar with English heard clearly the name of the award presenter: Xia Yu!
The only Chinese actor to win the Venice Film Festival Best Actor Award.

He is also the youngest actor in the history of Venice Film Festival, winning the award at the age of 17!
And the winner of Best Actress is even more amazing.

4 years old!
She is also the youngest actress in the history of world cinema. In order to maintain the exposure of her three major awards, Venice sometimes has to make many seemingly unreasonable but very topical moves.

"Oh oh oh!"

Many people in the audience screamed again, and of course there were also boos.

Because everyone knows that the best actor may be another Chinese actor!
Everyone was wandering around Liu Dehua, Chen Jin and Chen Jianbing, the leading actor of "Crowd Mountain and Sea of People".

"Brother Jin, it's definitely Brother Jin!"

Guo Xun was shouting excitedly in front of the computer, while Zhu Yanmanzi was relatively stable, covering his mouth and trembling all over.

Dilraba Dilmurat, Guli Nazha and others stared at the computer screen without blinking, afraid of missing anything.

The live broadcast rooms of several major portals seemed to be going crazy at this moment, with countless netizens posting comments.

"Liu Dehua!"

"Liu Dehua!"

Without exception, they were all brushing birch trees.

Because in their opinion, since "A Simple Life" won the Best Actress award, it is only natural that she would win the Best Actor award as well.

In the eyes of fans, Liu Dehua does have such ability.

Chen Jin's fans are also posting very hard.

But it was drowned in the countless barrage of comments.

At this time, Xia Yu, who was dressed very formally in a suit, came onto the stage with a playful smile on his face.

"Sorry, I haven't been here for a long time, I'm a little rusty!"

This guy said this in Chinese, and the simultaneous interpreter in the audience translated it, which made everyone laugh again.

"16 years, yes, I haven't been here for 16 years!"

"How are you?"

Xia Yu chuckled, and the audience responded with applause.

"16 years ago, I was standing here and was the absolute protagonist!"

"And now, the protagonist is here!"

Xia Yu shook the award letter given to him by the jury. He shook it vigorously in front of everyone in the audience.

"Oh, there's still some noise?"

"It's quite heavy, and it's getting heavier!"

Xia Yu suddenly performed a hand trick, a bit like a magic trick, and the letter instantly appeared from the left hand to the fingertips of the right hand.

This magic trick once again opened everyone's eyes.

In private, this guy likes magic, calligraphy, and skiing, and is very idle.

He has strong business skills, but has too many interests.

"Okay, no more suspense!"

"I am here to officially announce the winner of the Best Actor award at the 68th Venice International Film Festival!"

"Who is the one?"

Xia Yu carefully opened the winning letter, glanced at the winner's name on it, and his pupils shrank slightly. Then he looked straight in the direction of Chen Jin.

"..."

Chen Jin's heart couldn't help but slow down for a beat.

Tian Zhuangzhuang clenched his fists so tightly that they were shaking a little.

"Life Events!"

Xia Yu didn't hesitate at all. He moved closer to the microphone and suddenly shouted loudly: "Chen Jin!"

"Chen Jin!"

He repeated it again, with a smile all over his face: "Congratulations!"

"what--"

Zhu Yanmanzi jumped out of the bed barefoot, and her scream woke up her parents in the next bedroom.

At this time, the same scene is happening in many places across the country.

Wan Qian listened to Xia Yu's voice in the headset with tears in her eyes, and suddenly stopped pressing the mouse.

"Nanny, milk!"

"Nurse——"

There were frantic shouts coming from the headset.

Snapped!
Wan Qian took off her headset, her short hair swinging, and she opened Tencent's live broadcast interface while wiping her tears.

(End of this chapter)