This actor just wants to verify.

Chapter 931: Give Shunliu the title of Best Actor (Additional chapter 44 for the leader of the alliance)

"Hello! Mr. Tree" actually received an invitation to participate in Cannes.

Hao Yun is considered to be a well-known figure in the international film industry.

It is common to be invited to various film festivals.

However, considering the time issue, he chose the 66th Venice International Film Festival.

It is no surprise that "Hello! Mr. Tree" was shortlisted for the main competition unit.

In addition, two Hong Kong films were shortlisted.

One is "Prince of Tears", from Hong Kong director Yang Fan, who has had many films nominated for Berlin and Venice.

The other is "Accident", from Hong Kong director Zheng Baorui.

Three Chinese films were shortlisted for the main competition unit, and many people cast their questioning eyes on this year's jury member Li An.

That’s right, Li An is a member of the jury.

In addition to the main competition unit, several Chinese films appeared in the screening stage and were shortlisted for the Horizon unit.

One is the earthquake documentary "1428", one is Gao Qunshu's "Jinling", and the other two are "Dialysis" and "The Former Proletarians".

"Jinling" also competed for the main competition unit, but unfortunately failed to be shortlisted.

Of course, no one asked Li An why "Jinling" was not shortlisted for the main competition unit.

The three Chinese films have put a lot of pressure on him as a member of the jury, as well as Marco Müller, a member of the film festival.

In addition to Hao Yun and An Xiaoxi, "Hello! Mr. Tree" also had Wang Shunyu, Tan Nao and Shu Chang.

Shu Chang only played a small supporting role, and her main purpose was to see the world.

Then there are some entourage.

Gao Qunshu brought the people from "Jinling" with him.

Shi Xiaoqiang, as a representative of Black Bean Media, the producer of the two films "Jinling" and "Hello! Mr. Tree", also came to Venice.

"Can you please take a break from traveling? I heard that you've been traveling with Ms. An all day long. She must be tired even if you're not. Can you let her take a break? Let's discuss what awards we might win!"

Shi Xiaoqiang habitually criticizes Hao Yun first.

"Will it be tiring?" Hao Yun looked at An Xiaoxi.

"A little bit..." An Xiaoxi is very happy when she and Hao Yun go out to play together, but she is indeed a little tired.

Hao Yun has a "compensation" mechanism.

He felt that as a boyfriend, he needed to make up for his girlfriend in some things.

For example, he felt that he had not fulfilled his boyfriend's duties in bed for too long.

After they meet again, he will compensate An Xiaoxi little by little according to the time they separated.

For example, if we haven’t seen each other for a month, he owes An Xiaoxi at least “seven times”.

The two agreed to do it every three days, with no limit on the number of times.

But the minimum standard is once.

Subtract seven days from a month, and then there are 24 days, which is seven times.

He will add one more today and one more time in a few days.

It won’t be paid off in one go - who can bear that? Not even Hao Yun.

But I will definitely pay it back.

The debts he owes for traveling and shopping are also his current focus of paying off debts.

The state of mental illness is so strange, which is probably related to the fact that my family always owed others money when I was a child.

I don’t know whether it was Kafka or Adler who said this:

Happy people use childhood to heal their whole life, and unfortunate people use their whole life to heal their childhood.

Although Hao Yun paid it back "in full", he didn't expect that it would still cause fatigue to An Xiaoxi.

"Okay then, let's chat. Shunliu has a certain chance of winning the Best Actor award this time. Compared to the Golden Lion or Best Director, I hope Shunliu can win the Venice Film Festival Best Actor award." Hao Yun said sincerely.

Huang Bo has won several Best Actor awards for his role in "Bullfighting".

As for another good brother of Hao Yun, Wang Shunyu still doesn’t have one.

Both of them have their own merits in acting, and Wang Shunliu deserves the title of Best Actor.

"I don't need it, really. It's better for you to get the award, boss. Take a Golden Lion!" Wang Shunliu said quickly.

He was already very satisfied that Hao Yun was able to hand him the book "Hello! Mr. Tree".

"It's hard to win the Best Actor award." Shi Xiaoqiang stroked his newly grown mustache, smacked his lips and sighed, "You know, that old guy Li An has a preference for gay themes."

“Are there any gay-themed movies participating in the exhibition this time?”

Hao Yun was addicted to the land of tenderness, and he had already won awards at the three major film festivals, so he no longer had the nervousness of the first time, so he didn't even bother to pay attention to knowing himself and the enemy. "Nonsense, why would I bring this up if there was no such thing? Fashion designer Tom Ford made a movie called A Single Man, which tells the story of a gay professor who bravely faces the future after his gay lover dies suddenly. Colin Firth starred in it."

Shi Xiaoqiang did a lot of homework.

"I don't know Tom Ford, but I know Colin Firth. He's a great actor. However, Shunliu is not bad either. I'll go find Li An to find out more about the situation." Hao Yun could only try his best to help with public relations.

He can always find some acquaintances at occasions such as international film festivals.

If you don’t have any acquaintances, make someone familiar.

"Will he give you this face? I suspect he will deliberately suppress you. I don't believe he is not jealous of you." Shi Xiaoqiang doesn't like Li An very much.

"I don't think I'm jealous. He's even won the Oscar for Best Director. He's already won all the awards he deserves. He's now thinking about becoming a judge to gain more reputation. What good will it do him to be against me?"

Hao Yun also doesn't like Li An.

But Li An probably doesn't know that Hao Yun doesn't like him.

He was also counting on Hao Yun to attract a bunch of mainland filmmakers to support the Golden Horse Awards. He had sacrificed a lot of interests for Hao Yun before, so there was no reason to be hostile to Hao Yun this time.

"If you can't win the Best Actor award, the Golden Lion is not bad either. You haven't won any major awards at the three major film festivals, but the movie Lebanon is a strong rival."

Shi Xiaoqiang did not forget to undermine Hao Yun's confidence.

"It seems... it's time... to go out for a walk." Hao Yun stood up and stretched, determined to take the initiative to find the directors and judges who came to the exhibition to have a drink.

Let’s chat while pulling out the attributes. I don’t believe that I can’t clear Venice.

What's more, the quality of the movie he brought this time is very high. "Hello! Mr. Tree" can be said to be the coolest movie shot by Hao Yun, which is several levels higher than "The Maze".

The biggest fear of this kind of movie is not being put to the test, but being buried.

As long as Hao Yun attracts attention like a succubus in Venice, half of the filmmakers attending the Venice International Film Festival will be pulled to watch this movie on the day of its premiere, and it will naturally not be buried.

"Then you better be careful. It's best to find out clearly before you go out to drink with someone, so as not to run into gays. It's not scary to run into gays, but you have to worry about them knowing that you can drink a lot and adding something to your drink... Once you enter the gay world, it's like entering a deep sea. Girls are just passersby from now on!"

It was hard to hear any human words coming out of Shi Xiaoqiang's mouth.

But Hao Yun still decided to take two bodyguards with him. After all, he had no way of finding out the sexual orientation of every person he met.

That's really inefficient.

Naturally, the first person Hao Yun went to look for was Li An.

As a member of the jury, Li An had many people asking to meet him, but when he received Hao Yun's call, he arranged the meeting almost without delay.

"Director Li An looks younger and younger. Did he have plastic surgery recently?"

Hao Yun started by praising the other person, and it was a very corny compliment.

"Haha, I won't waste that money at my age. The main reason is that I'm not making any movies, so I feel relaxed and in good spirits."

Ang Lee is still confused about what to shoot next.

After "The Ring", he made a musical comedy "Taking Woodstock", which was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the 62nd Cannes International Film Festival, but did not win any awards.

"I'm still looking forward to your next movie. I watched it on Miguo in August. It was absolutely amazing. I can only say that this is the control that a master has!"

Hao Yun praised Li An's new movie again.

He really did watch it. After all, Li An was a member of the jury of the Venice International Film Festival and was destined to have dealings with him.

However, as the North American film magazine Indie Wire commented, Taking Woodstock is a complete joke that looks like a two-hour Saturday Night Live, and an unsuccessful one at that.

The clips of the classic documentary "Woodstock" interspersed in the film distracted the focus of the film. Although it tells the story of Woodstock, the focus is on the bystanders rather than the music itself. It lacks a true restoration of an inspiring event.

It's really a waste of time to watch it.

Hao Yun could understand Li An’s mentality in making this movie.

In fact, I just can’t find what I want to shoot, and my heart feels itchy as if it’s been scratched by a cat.

Making a random movie did not relieve this itch.

It's even more sexy!

So, Hao Yun talked to Li An about the movie, and he specifically praised the aspects that he was proud of, and soon made Li An feel very comfortable.

Li An also did not forget to reciprocate.

Hao Yun talked to him about his experience in filming "Hello! Mr. Tree".

Whether it is true or not, Hao Yun said that he received a lot of inspiration and encouragement from Li An when filming Hello! Mr. Tree.

He also did not forget to praise the actor Wang Shunliu, saying that meeting Wang Shunliu was like Li An meeting Heath Ledger.

Until they had to part after having a pleasant conversation, Hao Yun did not mention that he hoped Li An would consider Wang Shunliu winning the Best Actor award, and Li An did not hold Hao Yun's hand and say that he must go to this year's Golden Horse Awards.

It doesn't need to be that direct at all.

After waving goodbye to Li An, Hao Yun embarked on a crazy social journey.

Sometimes it's one-on-one, sometimes it's one-on-many, and it seems like all the filmmakers at this year's Venice Film Festival are being caught in one fell swoop.

(End of this chapter)