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

Chapter 285 ends! Big harvest!

"A few days ago, I received a notice from the Venice Organizing Committee asking me to come here!"

"I'm coming!"

Li An stood there somewhat shyly, rubbing his hands nervously with his hands crossed.

The smile on his face looked a little awkward.

He is a socially anxious person, and the whole world knows it.

Being able to attend such an occasion and present the upcoming "Best Director" award is enough to show that Venice still has a certain weight in the hearts of filmmakers around the world.

Li An is the winner of two Venice Golden Lion Awards, for Brokeback Mountain in 05 and Lust, Caution in 07!
Of course, his achievements are far more than just two Golden Lions.

Judging from the awards he has won alone, Li An is more eye-catching than Zhang Yimou.

He has won the Berlin Golden Bear twice, the Academy Award for Best Director twice, not to mention being nominated for the Cannes Oscars... His resume is among the best among directors in the world.

Many filmmakers praised him as the pride of the Chinese people, but in fact he identified with Chinese culture but not with the mainland.

Unlike Zhang Yimou, he has always been committed to the in-depth development and reform of Chinese-language films.

Li An actually serves Hollywood more.

But now, he definitely represents Chinese films, so the best director award he is going to present next will most likely still be given to a Chinese.

Xu Anhua and Tian Zhuangzhuang are both very likely.

But Chen Jin guessed that it might be the same as the original trajectory and be awarded to Cai Shangjun of "Ren Shan Ren Hai".

He is being completely ignored at the moment.

Perhaps only Tian Zhuangzhuang and a few others knew that since "Life Events" and "A Simple Life" had both won awards, the next one would definitely be the turn of "People Mountain People Sea". After all, all three Chinese-language films made it to the awards ceremony and were sure to win awards.

The only two films that didn't win any awards were just two.

There are only 4 awards left.

Best Director, the Jury Prize won by "The Hawthorn Tree" last year, as well as the Grand Jury Prize and the Golden Lion!

"'Man Mountain Man Sea', Cai Shangjun!"

Li An opened the envelope and started talking without any nonsense.

There was a burst of booing from the audience.

This year's Venice Film Festival can be said to have become half the home court for Chinese-language films. So far, a total of 7 awards have been given out, of which 3 seats were occupied by Chinese-language filmmakers.

And they are all quite prestigious awards.

Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Director.

But this is not the first or second time that award ceremonies have been booed. Sometimes the awards are unexpected, or the jury uses unspoken rules and tricks, so of course there will be protests from the audience.

And this time it was not a surprise, but three awards were given to Chinese people in a row.

Of course a bunch of anti-Chinese white people are very uncomfortable with this.

"Congratulations, Director Cai!"

Tian Zhuangzhuang, Chen Jin and others stood up and hugged Cai Shangjun. This director, who has always had a very weak presence in China, was so excited that his eyes were filled with tears.

For a director who graduated from the Directing Department of the Central Academy of Drama, and that was the directing department before the reform, winning the award is indeed an unexpected gain.

Even though the organizing committee asked him to stay and attend the awards ceremony, Cai Shangjun never thought that he could win the Best Director award.

He thought it would be great if he could win an award like Best Debut.

I didn't expect the result to be such a surprise.

This is also the second film he has directed.

"Thank you!"

"thank you all!"

Cai Shangjun thanked Chen Jin and others, then walked towards the podium somewhat at a loss.

"This time, Lao Ma is really going all out!"

"A Chinese-language film won three awards... there may be more to come!"

Of the three awards given to films, only one, Russia's "Faust," has not yet won an award; the other two awards will be duplicated.

Just like last year, this year there is a third prize, which is the Jury Award.

There is one more award than the nine that Chen Jintian Zhuangzhuang originally thought of.

If it were in China, this would be perfect.

"This is Lao Ma's last term anyway, and it's probably for this reason, so I'll give away everything I can!"

Chen Jin guessed that was the case.

In the past few years, due to the small number of Chinese-language films participating, he could only give the largest prize money to Chinese-language films. He even won three awards in a row from 05 to 07 when he first took office. Li An won two of them in these three years.

The jury chairman and judges are all Chinese, including Zhang Yimou and Li An.

This is all because of Lao Ma.

As for this year's jury chairman Darren, he is the winner of the 08th Golden Lion Award in 65 for three consecutive times. So the interests involved are linked together and are all links in Lao Ma's relationship chain.

Cai Shangjun choked up as he spoke his acceptance speech on the podium.

Chen Jin had just sent the message. There were basically no people in this circle who went to bed early and got up early. Most of them were night owls. Moreover, this was one of the biggest events in the industry, so many people basically stayed up late to watch it.

Coupled with the live broadcast and publicity from the four major portals, the number of moviegoers at this year's Venice Film Festival has reached the highest level in history.

"Boss, congratulations~~~"

Just when Chen Jin was about to put the phone away, a message of blessing arrived.

Others sent their emails on time, but it took almost 10 minutes for Chen Jin to send the Best Actor award to Wan Qian.

"The copy just ended?"

Chen Jin guessed that this was the reason.

"Hahaha, no, he died and was scolded by the guild boss. I have to treat them to a meal in private!"

"It shouldn't be like that. Aren't you a wet nurse?"

Chen Jin has never played World of Warcraft, but he knows about this game because it has been very popular in recent years.

The WOW Bar was the number one forum on the entire Internet in the past few years, but it was only overtaken by the Li Yi Bar, also known as the Di Bar, in the past two years.

"Someone was so excited about winning the award that he died without paying attention~~~"

Wan Qian said this speechlessly, actually it was her own problem.

She was really stunned when she heard that Chen Jin won the award.

"Then I'll pay for it then!"

"mine!"

"No, no, I can still afford it. But these guys probably don't want to eat, they just want me to top up their credit cards!"

"Ha ha!"

The two were chatting there, and Cai Shangjun had already finished his acceptance speech and returned to his seat.

The award ceremony was almost coming to an end at this time.

The winner of the Jury Prize is a film from Italy - "Inland"!
"By the way, I got an audition the day before yesterday. The company helped me get it!"

Although Wan Qian is in a cold war with the company now, his agent is still nice to him. There is no point in wasting time on him because the company's biggest goal is to make money.

If she didn't want to take on "Liu Rushi", then she would take on other resources and earn the last bit of value while the other party still had a few months left to terminate the contract.

"TV series or movie?"

Chen Jin asked gently.

"TV drama!"

"Do you know Director Liu Meng? He's the one who directed I Am a Special Forces Soldier. This TV series was very popular on CCTV-4 during the Spring Festival this year, and the ratings exceeded !"

"Liu Meng?"

I have heard of this director Chen Jin, but I am not very familiar with him. It seems that he graduated from the directing department of the Central Academy of Drama.

"Director Cai, do you know Liu Meng, the director of I Am a Special Forces Soldier?"

Chen Jin suddenly asked Cai Shangjun beside him.

"Yes, I know him. He's my junior. We used to work in the same studio!"

Cai Shangjun was smiling there.

"What a coincidence?"

Chen Jin was a little stunned.

"what happened?"

"Look, a friend of mine auditioned for his new play!" "It's a military play, right?"

Cai Shangjun smiled and said, "Xiao Liu has a very good relationship with the Jinling Military Region. He had been writing military-themed books before. The first thing he wrote online was a military-themed online article. He stayed in the studio for a few months, and the copyright was bought!"

"He specializes in military-themed films, and after Soldier Assault became a hit, he became popular!"

Cai Shangjun was talking there.

"Want his contact information?"

"Shall I talk to him?"

"Thank you then!"

"I'm mainly asking around!"

Chen Jin remembered that he had seen a TV series starring Wu Jing in a future autobiographical movie, which was also about special forces.

He just forgot the name of the TV show and had to look it up.

"It would be a good idea for your friend to act in his TV series!"

"As for the military, although his film is not the best, it is very popular because the higher-ups are recruiting soldiers..."

Cai Shangjun whispered in Chen Jin's ear.

Chen Jin understood.

Political significance.

There are many directors in China who can shoot military-themed films, but Liu Meng is the only one who cooperates so closely with the authorities.

At that time, "Soldier Assault" came out of nowhere. In fact, Huayi did not expect it to be so popular, and it also led to the recruitment of soldiers by troops across the country. The military region did not participate in this TV series. It was a project jointly developed by the August 1st Film Studio and Huayi.

The screenwriter Lan Xiaolong is amazing.

After "Soldier Assault", various military regions saw the benefits of military themes to soldiers and recruitment, so they launched many genre films.

But there are really only a few that are popular.

Liu Meng is the best among them. The online popularity of "I Am a Special Forces Soldier" has surpassed "Soldier" in the past two years. It also has a good reputation and high ratings.

He's still making sequels.

Since it can make money and have influence, why wouldn’t the Jinling Military Region want to do it? They must have always wanted to cooperate.

"Take the book first, I'll ask for you!"

Chen Jin’s advice to Wan Qian.

Military themes are no different from other themes, and have certain requirements for the actors’ image, etc.

And if the performance really happens, it will be a good certification for the actor's acting career!
"The winner of the 68th Venice Film Festival Jury Grand Prix is——"

The judge André Tessine opened the letter in his hand with a slight tremor; he was the old man who came to Beijing Film Academy to attend the film screening, and the co-director of MK2.

"Funeral Family!"

Funeral Family!
This is the foreign translation of "Life Events", which is more intuitive.

"Ok?"

Chen Jin, who had just put away his phone, suddenly raised his head when he heard the name.

Tian Zhuangzhuang didn't have time to react.

Xu Anhua on the side was already clapping.

"Director Tian, come and receive the award!"

Chen Jin shouted at Tian Zhuangzhuang, who stood there with his white beard slightly stretched out, and finally a hearty smile formed on his wrinkled face.

“Is it really our movie?”

Of course Tian Zhuangzhuang understood English, he just couldn't believe it.

“Yes, the Grand Jury Prize!”

Second prize after the Golden Lion.

Chen Jin never expected that there would be such an unexpected surprise.

The Grand Jury Prize is a very valuable award.

It's not just Lao Ma, but Tian Zhuangzhuang himself, who knows that "Life Events" has no chance of winning the Golden Lion Award; this is due to the genre, not the quality of the film itself.

If it weren't for "Departures", this movie would definitely be the best choice for the Golden Lion Award.

But unfortunately there is no if.

Therefore, Tian Zhuangzhuang himself did not care much about the film winning the award.

He mainly hoped that Chen Jin's outstanding acting skills would be noticed by Venice, and Chen Jin lived up to expectations and won the coveted trophy.

Tian Zhuangzhuang was of course just looking for comfort.

"worth!"

“Life Events deserves a Grand Jury Prize!”

Xu Anhua was smiling and hugged Tian Zhuangzhuang; this time Chen Jin asked Old Tian to go up to receive the award.

Tian Zhuangzhuang declined several times, but finally had no choice but to go on stage with the entire crew.

Chen Jin held Zhao Jinmai's hand, while Tian Zhuangzhuang stood on the podium with Hou Yong, Acheng and others.

Surprisingly, there was no booing from the audience.

Many people have actually seen the film “Life Events”.

If "A Simple Life" is an exploration of life and death of the elderly, then "Life Events" is a more profound analysis of death.

"Let people face death without fear"!
This is the evaluation given by the jury chairman Darren to the film and Chen Jin's performance.

clap clap clap!
The 68th Venice Film Festival finally came to a close amid standing ovations from everyone in the audience.

The film that won the Golden Lion Award was a Russian film that no one was optimistic about - "Faust"!
This is the biggest upset.

At the beginning, many people thought that "The Killing" could win the trophy, but unexpectedly, Venice was as negative as ever and chose a film that many people did not think highly of.

The reputation is average and the popularity is average.

In addition to the fact that director Alexander Sokurov is a regular at the three major film festivals, perhaps the reason for the award is more because of the genre.

"Faust" tells the story of a series of power struggles among humans. The plot is relatively loose, the story expression is relatively obscure, and it has a strong dramatic style. It is a typical "highbrow" literary and artistic work.

This result more often implies Venice's commitment to art films.

At the 67th film festival last year, Venice awarded the Best Film to an American film, which attracted a lot of doubts from the outside world.

This year in Venice, the film clearly expressed its own principles and themes through the winner of the Golden Lion Award for Best Film.

As the temple of world art films, the ancestor of global film festivals, and the first film festival in history, it must defend the last pure land of art.

"One Best Actor and one Grand Jury Prize!"

"The total is almost as much as the Golden Lion Award..."

When Tian Zhuangzhuang left the venue, he was holding the Silver Lion trophy for the Jury Grand Prize and talking happily.

He was already very satisfied anyway.

At the beginning, he certainly didn't think that he would win two awards.

This time, "Life Events" participated in the Venice Film Festival mainly for the Best Actor award; and at the very least, winning an award would not be a wasted trip.

But the end result is a fruitful one.

"I didn't expect that either!"

"Old Ma, this time, you are absolutely awesome, Director Tian!"

"If we change Director Zhang, we might only get a third prize!"

Chen Jin was talking about the fact that "The Hawthorn Tree" won the Jury Award last year. Tian Zhuangzhuang was so amused by what Chen Jin said.

In fact, this is indeed the case.

The relationship between Tian Zhuangzhuang and Lao Ma is the result of a deep friendship formed when they were studying abroad; it is different from Zhang Yimou, who knew each other through a film review.

"Let's go and be interviewed!"

Tian Zhuangzhuang seemed very experienced and pushed Chen Jin: "The new Venice Film Festival winner, make your first appearance to the world!"

At this time, the backstage of the Film Palace was already filled with media reporters and photographers from all over the world.

Wow!
When Ye Dexian, Chen Jin and others walked out of the passage, they were surrounded by reporters.

Of course, the reporters would not ask all the questions at once. The official staff of Venice also served according to the procedures. The best seats in the mixed interview area were definitely occupied by several world-renowned media such as The Hollywood Reporter and AFP.

The Chinese media will definitely not have their turn, but they don't need to rush; the biggest advantage of their own media is that they will give them enough time.

(End of this chapter)