Chinese Entertainment: Academic Director

Chapter 62 Closing Ceremony is here

The portal website that previously reported that Xun Ge'er might win the Venice Film Festival Best Actress award has promptly removed the news and replaced it with an article that Cao Yang will win the Venice Grand Prix.

Chen Guo’s “There is a Hollywood in Hong Kong” did not receive an invitation to the closing ceremony, which means they will get nothing.

Under that representative hot post in Tianya Community, a lot of comments instantly flooded in.

"The latest news is that 'Hong Kong Has a Hollywood' did not receive an invitation for the closing ceremony."

"No need to wait until September 9th. There are no miracles."

"If I hadn't received the invitation to the closing ceremony, and Venice had suddenly gone crazy and awarded Xun Geer a Best Actress award, I would call it a miracle."

"Still not convinced? Come and debate. What the hell is this? She hasn't even received an invitation to close the case."

"Director Chen Guo is already very good. He has entered the main competition unit of Venice Film Festival for two consecutive years. Even if he didn't win an award, he is still a well-deserved great director in China. Don't forget that he also won the Best Director Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards and the Golden Horse Awards. How many directors in China can do this?"

"I've heard of these awards, but I don't know much about their influence. I want to ask, can Cao Yang's Berlin Grand Jury Award be compared with the Best Director Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards and the Golden Horse Awards?"

As soon as this question came out, the number of replies dropped dramatically. After a while, there was a reply:
"Let me put it this way. The Hong Kong Film Awards and the Golden Horse Awards are film awards in the Chinese-speaking world, and they can also influence some small neighboring countries. The three major European film festivals are world-class awards, and their influence is worldwide, including recognized by Hollywood."

Another post back:
"Cao Yang's Grand Jury Prize is the second-highest award after the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, and is even more important than the Silver Bear for Best Director."

"Cao Yang won the Berlin Jury Prize and also won a Berlin Film Queen. He is so young, and I heard he is still a junior in college. Isn't he amazing?"

Another commenter wrote: "Chen Guodu is a well-deserved great director in China, so what does Cao Yang, who has won two Silver Bears and is about to win the Venice Film Festival Grand Prix, compare to?"

Then someone responded: "Give me a Li Xiaoran, I can do it too."

"Oh, I'm just wondering, is it so difficult to admit that others are excellent? You said it was because of Li Xiaoran last time, but what about this time? This time he received an invitation to the closing ceremony in Venice, and he will definitely win an award, but there is no Li Xiaoran this time."

"I heard that the protagonists this time are Yu Feihong and a student named Liu Ye who just graduated from the Central Academy of Drama."

"Is it possible that Liu Ye will win the Best Newcomer Award this time? As long as someone in the crew wins the award, they will be invited."

"Oh, don't I know what you guys are thinking? If Cao Yang was from Hong Kong or Taiwan, you would have praised him to the sky a long time ago.

What international awards has the Sunglasses King, who you all praise so much, won? He only won the Best Director Award at Cannes in that special year of 97, and you praised him as being better than the National Master and Brother Kai.

If you ask around, you will find out what awards the national master has won. You can't even count the number of major awards he has won on one hand. Brother Kai also won the Cannes Palme d'Or, which is the highest award at the Cannes Film Festival.

Also, think about why the King of Sunglasses won the Best Director Award at Cannes in 97."

The poster may have seen that the building was crooked, so he quickly posted a message:
"I still say the same thing. After Li Xiaoran, it will definitely be Brother Xun who will be the first to win the top three European actress awards. If it doesn't work this year, there's still next year. Let's wait and see!"

……

Brother Xun is very sad. The greater his hope was before, the greater his disappointment is now.

Especially when she heard that Cao Yang received the closing invitation in Venice, the feeling of loss was simply beyond words.

She could never figure it out.

Earlier this year in Berlin, he was able to win the Best Director award with the then unknown Wang Xiaoshuai. Now, with the most likely award-winning subject, and the director being a famous Hong Kong director who has won the Golden Horse and Golden Image awards, why can't he even attend the closing ceremony? Xun Ge'er's heart to win the Best Actress award at the Venice Film Festival was shattered.

She couldn't help but think of Cao Yang. At the beginning of the year, he was able to win a Berlin Film Festival Best Actress award. Half a year later, could he win another Venice Film Festival Best Actress award?

Xun Ge'er felt a little disgusted when she thought of Yu Feihong's face. If this woman won the Best Actress award, she felt that... no matter what the cost, she must cooperate with Cao Yang once.

What a disgusting woman. Her acting skills are so bad, how come she suddenly becomes like a different person?

She couldn't help but think of Li Xiaoran again. She watched several TV series starring Li Xiaoran, and compared them with the movies starring the Berlin Film Festival winner, except that they looked the same, their acting skills were completely different.

Could it be that Cao Yang could really “turn stone into gold”?
On the 8th, the awards ceremony of the Venice Film Festival began at pm. The judges first walked onto the red carpet one by one. The female judges posed in various styles in front of the camera, and then all the judges took a group photo together.

Yu Feihong was wearing a specially-made beige slit long skirt today. She looked much better than Li Xiaoran in Berlin. The temperature in Venice was just right.

Cao Yang, Yu Feihong, Liu Ye and Wu Qihua walked the red carpet together. This time in the photo area, there were many reporters from China.

"Director Cao, what award do you think you can win?"

A reporter was afraid that Cao Yang would not accept the interview, so he shouted loudly.

"Being invited is the greatest affirmation for all of our crew members. As for which award we get, it depends on the jury's opinion. Of course, I hope to get the biggest one. The crew that stays here must have this thought."

Cao Yang moved closer and responded with a smile as the microphone was handed to him.

"Okay, this is not the interview area. We'll talk after the press conference after the closing ceremony."

"Okay Director Cao, you must get a big one."

"Director Cao, I wish you good luck."

"Director Cao, I hope you can win the Grand Jury Award again."

"Yes, Director Cao, win the Grand Jury Award and bring glory to the country."

"Haha...Keep going, Director Cao."

The reporters expressed their blessings one after another. They felt that at Cao Yang's age, it would be a remarkable achievement if he could win the Grand Jury Award again.

I dare not think about the Golden Lion. Since it is a blessing, I must think big. The Grand Jury Prize is good, and the second prize can echo the Jury Prize in Berlin. How perfect.

After walking the red carpet, Lao Tian and Cheng Jianye, who arrived early, had already found their seats in the award ceremony hall.

Not long after, Alberto Barbara, president of the Venice Film Festival, took the stage to deliver a speech, which was nothing more than reviewing the history, looking forward to the future, setting up new units for better development, and hoping that the Venice Film Festival will get better and better.

Finally, he said: "Now I declare that the closing ceremony and awards ceremony of the 58th Venice International Film Festival officially begins."

The award ceremony began amid thunderous applause and an increasingly tense and solemn atmosphere.

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