Chapter 113: When Will It Be His Turn as a Producer to Influence the Art World's Big Awards?

For the next twenty minutes, the announcement of awards and acceptance speeches continued to come from the phone.

"Congratulations to Diop's "Saint Omer" and Hamaguchi Ryusuke's "No Evil Exists" for winning the Silver Lion Jury Award! This year, we have two Silver Lion award-winning films! Please applaud and congratulate!"

"Congratulations to Spinnaker, the heroine of "The Assassin", for winning the Best Actress Award!"

"Congratulations to Sarsgaard, the lead actor of "Memories", for winning the Best Actor Award!"

"Congratulations to Custer's "The Duke" for winning the Silver Lion Best Director Award!"

...

As the six awards were announced, the atmosphere at the scene gradually became weird.

Especially when the Silver Lion Best Director Award was given to "The Duke", many people on the scene whispered secretly and looked at Chen Xiao.

Even the crew of "The Duke" were a little confused.

The award-winning director Custer slowly stood up, looking confused, and slowly walked towards the stage.

It seemed that he couldn't believe that he actually won this award.

The faces of the crew of "Farewell My Concubine" were not very good either.

Fang Rong changed from being cheerful at first to looking serious.

But he was sitting at the scene, and it was difficult to put on a sullen face, still looking at the stage quietly.

He had to keep quiet, but the staff, filmmakers, and fans in front of the screen didn't have to hold back.

The screen was full of barrages of questions.

"What are they doing?! How could Director Chen not win the Silver Lion Award for Best Director?"

"Director Chen won 5 of the 7 awards in Cannes. The level of the lens language of "Farewell My Concubine" is definitely not inferior to Titan. Why? What level is this "The Duke"?

"What's the point of comparing with Titan? Compared with previous awards, it should definitely be given to Director Chen!"

"Fuck, is there a conspiracy?"

"Damn, you won't let me sleep tonight, right? Not giving the Best Actor and Best Actress to "Farewell My Concubine" is too much. Not giving the Silver Lion Award for Best Director is definitely wrong!"

...

In the hotel outside the venue.

The assistant director was so angry that his face turned red, "Are you sick? I've seen The Duke, the director is good, but not at the same level as us!"

The head of the props team clenched his fists and asked with anger, "Didn't you understand it?"

"How is that possible? Director Chen told me yesterday that he had communicated with the jury, and those people clearly understood it!" The assistant director was so angry that his saliva flew everywhere.

Another staff member nodded in agreement, "Even if you don't understand Peking Opera, you should understand the pictures and metaphors. What's going on?"

On the east side of the venue, the producer of "The Assassin" raised his mouth slightly.

Sure enough, the chairman of the jury is an American after all.

Not stupid, he knows how to maintain the face of Europe and the United States.

But...

The producer rubbed his chin.

The jury's behavior is a bit strange.

He thought that the jury would leave the Silver Lion Award for Best Director to Chen Xiao, and all other awards to other movies. This way, the face of Europe and the United States is maintained, and they will not be scolded too badly.

Aren't they asking for scolding by doing this now?

Could it be that they intend to leave the Golden Lion Award to "Farewell My Concubine"?

Just as the domestic Internet was full of criticism and the audience was thinking about it, the Silver Lion Best Director also finished his acceptance speech and walked off the stage.

The host walked to the front of the stage again and asked the chairman of the jury with a smile: "Mr. Chairman, what award should we give out next?"

The chairman stood up, walked to the stage to take the microphone, took out a card, and smiled and saluted the host, the audience, and the camera.

"Next, I will present the award."

"The following movie depicts the art of Peking Opera and the lives of its artists. It is magnificent and tells a story of joys and sorrows that lasts for half a century, showing the thinking and understanding of art, human survival and human nature."

"This movie is-"Farewell My Concubine""

"I believe that friends who have seen this movie can see that the filming technique of this movie is extremely clever, and the color and lens metaphors are the best in history. After watching it three times, I also sighed and was in awe."

"So after the jury discussed and unanimously decided It is decided that a new award will be added temporarily this year - the Golden Lion Award for Best Director. "

"Next, please allow me to announce the awards won by this movie."

"Congratulations to Chen Xiao, the director and screenwriter of "Farewell My Concubine", for winning the Golden Lion Award for Best Director and the Silver Lion Award for Best Screenwriter."

"Congratulations to the lead actor Zhang Guorong for winning the Best Actor Award, and congratulations to the lead actor Gong Li for winning the Best Actress Award."

"Congratulations to "Farewell My Concubine" for winning this year's Golden Lion Award!"

After saying this, he swept his eyes across the audience, and when he passed by the producer of "The Assassin", he raised his eyebrows slightly, with a hint of provocation in his eyes.

As if to say:

When will it be your turn to influence things in the field of art?

Unexpectedly? There are still five awards.

I'm just kidding you, what can you do?

The producer of "The Assassin" looked at him and instantly saw the provocation in his eyes.

His face looked as ugly as if he had eaten shit.

He cursed in his heart, Chazelle, you bastard!

As the chairman, if he strongly opposed it, how could he give "Farewell My Concubine" five awards?!

He even created a "Golden Lion Award for Best Director"!

Isn't this a slap in the face of the three producers yesterday?

I heard that he was devoted to art and had a weird personality.

But I didn't expect that he would not care about the face of the country and turn his elbow outward!

And he also cast a provocative look like a masochist, what a lunatic!

Click, click.

He looked down and found that he had crushed the mineral water bottle, and his hand joints were white from exertion.

He quickly threw away the bottle, took a deep breath, and pretended to be calm.

At the same time, after a moment of silence, the audience burst into applause and gasps.

Golden Lion Award for Best Director? !

This award has only been awarded the Silver Lion! It was the first time to award the Golden Lion.

However, "Farewell My Concubine" is indeed worthy of it!

Amid the grand music, the crew of "Farewell My Concubine" stood up collectively, waved to everyone, and walked towards the stage.

The jury members sitting in the first row smiled at each other and the chairman.

In fact, just after the jury meeting yesterday, the members unanimously agreed that artistry is supreme!

The Venice Film Festival is the world's oldest film festival and is known as the "father of international film festivals."

It has always claimed to serve art, with "improving the level of film art" as its main purpose, and using artistry as the criterion for judging.

If you don't give "Farewell My Concubine" an award, wouldn't you be slapping yourself in the face?

What's more, face is something you give yourself, not beg for!

If you want to win the Golden Lion Award, make your own movie.

If you are afraid of losing face in Europe and the United States, then improve your skills.

Beg for shit from them!

As Chen Xiao and others walked towards the stage.

Netizens breathed a sigh of relief and became excited at the same time.

"Very naughty. I thought it was going to be a big one, but it turned out to be a big one."

"Fortunately, I put away my 40-meter sword quickly."

"I told you! It's far better than the second place. If you are not blind, you will definitely not give it out randomly."

"You are really the sixth one! The best actor and actress are both double yolk eggs. You have to give them separately. I was scared."

"The best coffee of the year: Venice Film Festival Awards Ceremony."

At the same time, Chen Xiao also took the crew to the front of the stage, nodded to Chairman Chazelle, and smiled at each other.