Chapter 114
The host held the microphone and looked at the audience,"Next, please invite the award-winning actors and directors to give speeches."
The crew members stood on the stage, smiling at each other, and everyone's eyes fell on Gong Li.
According to the order of awards, the leading actors should be given first, followed by the directors.
So everyone tacitly decided the order of speeches: ladies first, Gong Li spoke first, then Zhang Guorong, and finally Chen Xiao.
Gong Li's eyes were sparkling with tears. After hugging the director, she walked to the podium.
The other seven people, headed by Chen Xiao, stood aside with the chairman and the host.
The other crews in the audience were full of envy.
《The crew of"Farewell My Concubine" booked the second half and directly occupied the stage.
When the two leading actors gave speeches.
It was already 2:30 in the morning in China.
But the news that"Farewell My Concubine" won five awards still caused a huge sensation.
Less than three minutes after the results were announced, the news topped the list of major platforms and was quickly forwarded and discussed by night owls and fans.
In the dormitories of major colleges and universities, especially the girls' dormitories, students covered their mouths and screamed.
I thought there was a shady deal, but a new award was directly opened!
Everyone's emotions instantly soared from the bottom to the peak.
Golden Lion Award for Best Director! It was awarded for the first time in history!
History, they created history!
Who dares to say that the Chinese film industry is weak?!
At the Capital Film Academy.
The students were simply crazy!
Just like Master Guan said in"Farewell My Concubine","No dynasty or generation has ever been as popular as our Peking Opera, you have caught up!"
It can be foreseen that they have also caught up, caught up with the era of the rise of the Chinese film industry!
Compared with those who have not yet entered the industry, they are in the forefront!
Compared with those who have already entered the industry, they have plenty of time to study. Tomorrow they will carefully watch"Farewell My Concubine" and study frame by frame!
This is Chen Xiao's era, and it is also their era!
The students of the Film Academy have no intention of staying in bed and shouting. Anyway, no one is asleep, so they just shout and go out to shout! In the campus dormitory area, cheers and screams are heard one after another
"we are the champion!"
"The rise of the film industry!"
"Sadly lost the Silver Lion Award hahaha!"
"Ahhhh!"
"Chen Xiao is awesome!"
"《Farewell My Concubine, awesome!
The scene is comparable to the night when IG won the championship.
In a dormitory building of the Capital Film Academy, the dormitory manager was instantly awakened, thinking it was an earthquake, and rushed out the door, only to hear voices of"awesome" and"rise" coming from all directions.
After a few seconds, she was also infected by this emotion, and the corners of her mouth rose slightly.
Although she is not a film and television person, how can she not be moved when she hears the shouts of"rise" coming towards her?
……
Just when everyone was happy for the crew of"Farewell My Concubine", in a luxurious villa.
In front of the TV, a slim woman was hugging a pillow and crying.
This person was Shen Xuan.
Her shoulders trembled, and her voice was hoarse as she cried,"Sister, I really regret it, I regret it so much, I will never eat oranges again in this life."
Missing the important role in Chen Xiao's new film, this is probably her lifelong regret.
Shen Man patted her sister on the back and sighed.
It's really raining cats and dogs. Recently, my sister has been hit one after another.
After the big-name incident, someone leaked the matter.
The only son of the chairman of Lezhong broke up with her, and other crews were busy distancing themselves from her.
Fortunately, Chen Xiao did not pursue it, and the matter did not continue to ferment.
Considering the penalty for breach of contract, the endorsement and TV series that had already signed the contract did not terminate the contract with her, and they are still continuing to shoot.
But my sister's status in the entertainment industry has plummeted.
Shen Man sighed,"Xuan Xuan, you should be quieter in other people's crews in the future. Recently, almost no one in the circle dares to act like a big shot. If you do this again, you will be finished."
Shen Xuan's story spread in the circle, and a paparazzi dug up that an old actor in"Farewell My Concubine" was directly eliminated by Chen Xiao because of being late.
Top stars and old actors were kicked out for being a big shot.
As soon as the news came out, the trend of being a big shot in the entertainment industry decreased significantly.
At this juncture, Shen Xuan would be finished if she acted like a big shot again.
"I know, they are all saying that Director Chen is cleaning up the entertainment industry. I am not stupid, I will not make trouble again."
Said Shen Xuan, hugging the pillow and crying.
It's a pity that no matter how many tears she shed, it can't make up for the regret.
Just as she was crying.
On the stage of Venice Cinema Palace, everyone was smiling brightly.
The two leading actors had finished their speeches.
Amidst warm applause and screams.
Chen Xiao walked to the center of the stage, took the three trophies from Chairman Chazelle, and placed them in front of the podium.
He raised the golden St. Mark Lion and smiled at the audience.
Amidst warm applause, he put down the trophy and spoke to the microphone:
"To save everyone's time, I will just give a speech as the chief director."
"Thanks to the Venice Film Festival, the jury for their recognition, the film production team, the opera masters, and all the audiences."
"……"
"I hope that we can cooperate in the future to explore how to improve the artistic level, make good film and television works, and climb higher mountains together."
After speaking, he raised the trophy again, smiled and nodded to the audience.
Warm applause rang out again.
On the stage, Fang Rong smiled secretly.
Haha, he is indeed going to climb a high peak soon, and climb in the snow. More than 4,000 meters.
I heard that many young people fell down due to altitude sickness.
He has been training specially for more than a month, maybe...
A scene popped up in Fang Rong's mind- many young people fell down, but he stood like a hero. Including Chen Xiao, everyone admired and praised,"Brother Fang, you are so awesome!"
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly.
Hehe! Go, go to the glacier quickly!
However, the host's speech immediately brought him back to reality.
"Thank you Director Chen for your speech. Please take a group photo with the Chairman and the crew."
After a brief group photo, the crew and the Chairman walked off the stage. Just as Chen Xiao was about to walk back to his seat, he heard Chairman Chazelle's voice in his headphones,"Mr. Chen, are you free to chat later?"
Chen Xiao turned around and said,"No problem."
"See you at the cafe on the first floor of Lido Hotel."
"Good."
After saying goodbye to Chazelle, Chen Xiao returned to his seat.
"Director Fang, you guys go to the celebration party first, I'll go meet Cha Zelei."
The celebration party is full of crew members, so it's okay for him to go later.
Fang Rong touched his chin and whispered,"I heard he has a weird personality, you better be careful."
Chen Xiao waved his hand,"It's okay, he can't hit me, right?"
"I heard that he really fought with other directors."
"……"
Twenty minutes later.
In the cafe on the first floor of the Lido Hotel.
Three people sat around a round table by the French window.
In addition to Chen Xiao and Chazelle, the third person was Rocco, the director of the film festival of the Venice Biennale.
Locke glanced out the window and turned his head to look at Chazelle,"You really know how to choose a place. Are you afraid that others don't know that the three of us are meeting?"
Chazelle shrugged and said indifferently,"The view by the window is good. What others think is none of my business."
Locke smiled helplessly.
Whatever, it doesn't matter if we are seen. It's nothing shameful anyway.
He looked at Chen Xiao and got straight to the point.
"Director Chen, are you willing to serve as a jury member for the Venice Film Festival next year?"
Chen Xiao hesitated for a moment.
The jury has a lot of work to do.
They receive films from more than 200 countries, watch and discuss the shortlisted films, and then attend the entire film festival.
It takes at least two months.
Forget it, two months is enough for him to make a movie.
"Sorry, I might be busy this time next year."
What he didn't expect was that as soon as he said this, Chazelle sat up straight and extended his hand to Locke.
"I told you long ago that he would definitely not agree. If you lose the bet, give me 500 euros. Who wants to do such hard work?"
Locke reluctantly took out the only banknote in his pocket and stuffed it into his hand.