Chinese Entertainment: Academic Director

Chapter 61: If you don’t accept it, come to argue
When Cao Yang came on stage, the applause that had stopped started again.

“I hereby call on all sectors of society to pay more attention to women, safeguard and respect women’s rights and dignity, protect women who have been treated unfairly and harmed, and reduce harassment and violence against women.

Please bear witness to this, friends in the media. I will donate all the box office revenue during the film festival to women's protection organizations. Thank you all."

"Hua Hua Hua..."

The applause rang out again.

Today is the 5th, and the film festival ends on the 8th. At most, it will be screened for four days, about six shows a day. Even if every show is full, it will only cost a lot of money.

Benefit without any cost.

After the premiere, jury president Nanni Moretti and the judges were all very enthusiastic.

Several female judges even hugged Cao Yang and encouraged him in front of the camera to make more films about women, calling on everyone to respect women's rights and dignity.

Cao Yang nodded solemnly in front of the camera without saying anything.

No matter what you say, it will easily be interpreted differently in the future, so it’s better not to say it.

Before leaving, Xun Geer said to Cao Yang: "Director Cao, this movie is so well made. We must work together if we have the chance."

Then, he smiled and said to Yu Feihong: "Sister Feihong, you act really well, both in the movie and in real life."

Yu Feihong felt that this was a bit awkward, but after thinking about it, she thought it was probably a compliment on her acting skills.

So he politely replied: "No, I was also scolded by Cao Yang and performed a little bit beyond my normal level, but I still can't compare with you."

Still pretending, ugh!

Before leaving, Chen Guo walked up to Liu Ye, praised Liu Ye's acting skills, and said that he would like to work with him if there was a chance.

Marco Muller came over and patted Cao Yang on the shoulder, saying, "You did a great job today. I will let more media report today's events."

"Excuse me, Mr. Mueller."

"Don't be polite to me, just call me Lao Ma, just like Lao Tian."

Before this, Cao Yang always called Mark Muller Mr. Mark Muller, and Mark Muller did not correct him. Did their relationship take a step further today?

In the following days, several major magazines of the Venice Film Festival took turns reporting on "Empty Room" and all gave it relatively high scores.

Although none of them scored the highest, they were all in the TOP3, either ranking second or third.

According to past experience, those who rank first in the major publications rarely win major awards, and some may not even win a prize in the main competition unit.

I don’t know if this is what they call a big hit that must die.

Then, I don’t know if it was Sony Classics or Ma who did it, but several Italian female stars stood up and called for the protection of women, the resistance to violence, and the society to give women more rights and dignity…

This triggered more discussions, and various women's organizations jumped out and made a presence known, creating a lively atmosphere.

At present, the domestic Internet public discussion spaces include portal websites and BBS forums.

The main portal websites are Xinlang, Wangyi and Sohu. The largest and most active BBS forums are Tianya Community and Xici Hutong.

Most of those active in Xici Hutong have academic backgrounds and professions, and many of them are idealists with a critical spirit.

Well, that is the earliest public intellectual.

At that time, the term "public intellectuals" was still a positive term. Although their discussions were not necessarily correct, their expression was their value.

Those who are active in Tianya community are numerous and diverse, more popular. Most of the early Internet surfers were lurkers in Tianya.

At the beginning of the year, after Li Xiaoran won the Best Actress Award at the Berlin Film Festival, there was a heated discussion on Tianya Community. At that time, a post attracted a large number of replies.

“Who will be the next winner of the three major European film festivals?”

At that time, the most popular actresses were Zhang Ziyi and Xun Ge'er. As for the other two actresses in the Four Dandies, Xiaoyanzi and Xu Jinglei, not many people were optimistic about them, and not as many people chose Zhang Manyu and Gong Li to win the award again.

Just recently, this post has become popular again.

The reason is that "There's a Hollywood in Hong Kong" starring Xun Ge'er was selected for the main competition unit of Venice.

There is a most representative comment:
"Who is Chen Guo? He is the best director of the Golden Horse Awards, the best director of the Hong Kong Film Awards, and the best director of the Hong Kong Film Golden Bauhinia Awards.

He was selected for the main competition unit of the Venice Film Festival last year and again this year. It's his turn to win an award.

With Xun Ge'er's acting skills and Chen Guo's directing skills, Xun Ge'er's chances of winning the Venice Film Festival Best Actress award this year are extremely high.

Let me put it this way, the next one of Europe’s top three film queens will definitely be Xun Ge’er!
Come to argue!

On September 9, you will witness a miracle. "

Although "Empty Room", starring Yu Feihong, was also selected for the main competition unit of the Venice Film Festival, few people were optimistic about her winning the Venice Best Actress Award.

Yes, almost none.

The reason? As we all know, Sister Feihong is not good at acting...

Before I saw Xun Ge'er, I was praising Sister Feihong for her beauty and temperament to death.

On September 9, the crew officially received the notice to participate in the closing ceremony. Liu Ye couldn't help cheering, and Yu Feihong couldn't stop laughing.

It didn't close at night.

Cao Yang felt the different style of his sister.

When the news was transmitted back to China, traditional media were unable to report it in real time, and only online portals could update the news in a timely manner.

"Famous director Cao Yang's "Empty Room" was invited to participate in the closing ceremony"

This time, Xinlang Entertainment also specifically added the word "famous".

"Empty Room, directed by Cao Yang, is expected to win the Venice Grand Prix"

"After winning two Silver Bears in Berlin six months ago, Cao Yang will win the Venice Grand Prix again"

……

Because it is still unknown what award he will win, the media can only speculate. Some think he may win Best Director, while others think he may win the Grand Jury Prize again.

Some also think that Liu Ye may win the Best New Actor Award.

No media dared to think of the Golden Lion.

No media said that Yu Feihong could win the Venice Film Festival Best Actress Award, because everyone is aware of Yu Feihong's acting skills.

When the news reached Nortel, it also caused a huge discussion.

Staying for the closing ceremony means you're guaranteed a prize.

That's Venice, how can it be so easy?

Dong Xuan also learned the news and felt mixed emotions for a moment.

You clearly had the opportunity to attend the Venice International Exhibition, walk the red carpet at the opening ceremony, and attend the closing ceremony that more people were paying attention to. Why did you miss it?
She also heard later that Cao Yang only brought Liu Ye and Yu Feihong, and Che Xiao and Wen Zhengrong were unable to go.

At least she felt more balanced. If she had taken one of them to Venice, she couldn't imagine how she would feel.

　Some of you think the plot is a little slow, I just want to say that it is not so easy to get the top three in Europe, it is difficult without the right time, right place and human factors, I just want to be as logical as possible... You say my plot is slow, what can I do? The plot must be logically self-consistent, so I can only add more chapters, and I have to ignore the new book list.

　　Finally, I would like to ask for your support through monthly tickets and recommendations. Thank you all brothers and sisters! Thank you, thank you.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)