Huayu: I'm reborn, but you still force me to be a scumbag?

Chapter 46 Berlin Film Festival
Zhang Tianyou was shocked and asked, "Professor Li, are you serious?"

Li Er nodded and said, "Really."

Liu Zhaohong said, "So what? Professor Li, you said he played the role. Well, if I remember correctly, the awards ceremony will be tonight. If he is really capable, he can win the Best Actor award. Otherwise, the nomination is the director's credit. What does it have to do with him?"

When he said this, everyone in the conference room laughed.

The 35-year-old Ge You won the Cannes Best Actor Award for "To Live" in 92, and the 17-year-old Xia Yu won the Venice Film Festival for "Sunny Days" in 94. The two Best Actor Awards are the pride of Chinese films, because in the past years, apart from the two of them, no other mainland male actor has won an award at the three major European film festivals.

And, most importantly, neither of them has conquered Berlin. The Berlin Film Festival is still a blank slate for mainland Chinese actors.

Although Zhang Yiyi's "The Dumb House" and Gu Changwei's "Peacock" were both shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Berlin Film Festival as mainland films, and all the people in the film academy were extremely excited to hear the news, almost no one knew the details about the content of the film. Occasionally, a few rumors came from the mouths of Zhang Yiyi's original crew, all of which were weird and absurd.

So, although they were happy, almost no one, from the leaders to the students, was optimistic about them.

It is said that the total investment was less than 50 yuan, and it was shot in just over a month. It is amazing that such a film can be shortlisted, but it also hopes to win an award?
impossible.

Not only Zheng Zhongjian thought so, Li Er also thought so. Although she was optimistic about Chen Nuo's performance in the Dumb, she still didn't dare to dream about it.

An 18-year-old Berlin Film Festival winner...he didn't even go to the event!
Who would dare to dream such a dream unless they are crazy? Who would dare to think about it!
Deputy Director Liu really had a quarrel with Professor Li today. Everyone in the conference room was muttering to themselves.

Everyone stared at each other, looking back and forth at Liu Zhaohong and Li Er's faces. I wonder what the conflict between these two big guys is? It seems that Deputy Director Liu is going to pull Professor Li off his horse today.

Li Er was also thinking at this moment.

Who is Liu Zhaohong targeting this time?
Is it Chen Nuo or myself?

If it was me, then who was it that wanted to mess with me? It couldn't be Liu Zhaohong himself, so it had to be some outsider?
At this moment, the door of the conference room was suddenly pushed open by a male teacher in his 30s.

He had an incredible expression on his face, his eyes fell directly on Zheng Zhongjian, and he said with surprise: "Dean Zheng, the results of the Berlin competition are out, Zhang Yiyi and others won the prize!"

"Ah?" Zheng Zhongjian had been sitting in his seat, his expression unchanged, as steady as a rock.

But when he heard the male teacher's words at this moment, he jumped up almost instantly, and the chair behind him flew far away.

"Won the award? Really?" Zheng Zhongjian's eyes widened. Before this, no one knew that Dean Zheng, who was always gentle and polite, actually had a loud voice. At this moment, his question made the ears of people nearby buzz.

"Yes!" the male teacher shouted, "Silver Bear Award for Best Actor! We Chinese won the Berlin Film Festival Best Actor Award! Now, we have finally conquered all three major European film festivals! We have Best Actor Awards at all three major film festivals!!"

He rubbed his eyes and said with a nasal tone: "The report on Sina.com... is amazing."

There was a "bang" sound. That was the sound made by Li Er sitting on the chair. He sat down too hard and too quickly, and he lost his balance a little, so the chair shook.

Everyone turned their eyes to look at her, their minds slowly turning.

Don’t think that these teachers are slow to respond. There is just too much information and it’s so confusing.

First, Deputy Director Liu said that a student named Chen Nuo had ideological problems and his test scores should be cancelled.

Then Professor Li said that the male lead in Zhang Yiyi’s movie is Chen Nuo.

Immediately afterwards, there was news that Zhang Yiyi's movie won the Silver Bear Award for Best Actor.

Best Actor, Chen Nuo is a man, and he also played the leading role in Zhang Yiyi's play. In other words, it was this candidate named Chen Nuo who won the Silver Bear Award for Best Actor at the Berlin Film Festival?
Seeing the expressions of everyone in the conference room, Li Er smiled.

This time, she really laughed. She never expected that the young man who had just started his film career would become such a big hit! You know, winning the Best Actor Award at the three major film festivals is the ultimate dream of many actors. Before he even started, he grabbed the trophy in his hand so effortlessly, as if it was no effort at all.

"Chen Nuo, Professor Li, is Chen Nuo really the male lead in Zhang Yiyi's movie?" Zhang Tianyou asked anxiously.

At this moment, except for Li Er, there was almost no one sitting in the conference room. Everyone stood up and looked at Li Er with sharp eyes.

Li Er didn't want to say more. She even took off her glasses, rubbed her eyes, and said "hmm" lightly.

Zheng Zhongjian carefully picked up the name list in his hand, put on his reading glasses, stared at it seriously for three seconds, then raised his head and asked, "Didn't Sina say what the male lead's name is?"

The male teacher shook his head and said, "No, it was a text news bulletin. It only had the award and nothing else. But the name was definitely mentioned at the award ceremony, but Sina might not be familiar with the name and didn't dare to look it up randomly. I guess after a while, the name will be confirmed."

Zheng Zhongjian nodded thoughtfully.

Liu Zhaohong smiled and said, "President Zheng may not be Chen Nuo."

Zheng Zhongjian glanced at him and said, "Deputy Director Liu, you are absolutely right. We cannot be 100% sure about this matter right now, and it is only the opinion of Sina, an Internet media, and has not been verified by any authoritative media. Well, let me put it this way... Professor Li, you should have Chen Nuo's phone number, right? Can you give him a call to see if he has any news? By the way, let everyone hear if this student is the arrogant and rude student that Deputy Director Liu said."

Li Er took out his cell phone, turned on the speakerphone, called Chen Nuo, and then put the phone on the table in front of Zheng Zhongjian.

"Beep beep..."

After two rings, the phone was picked up. The background was very quiet, and a nice male voice said, "Teacher Li, good evening, what can I do for you?"

Unlike what he said before, Zheng Zhongjian grabbed the phone and said with a smile, "Is this Chen Nuo? I'm the vice president of the Film Academy, my last name is Zheng. Professor Li is next to me."

“…Ah, Dean Zheng, hello, hello, I’m Chen Nuo.”

Zheng Zhongjian said loudly: "Student Chen Nuo, congratulations, we just got the news that you won the Best Actor award at the 55th Berlin Film Festival! You are the first actor in our mainland to win the Best Actor award in Berlin. On behalf of the Film Academy, I would like to congratulate you!"

“Ah…really?”

"Yes, it's quite a coincidence. When the news came, we were in a meeting to study this year's admission list, and your major score happened to be ranked first!" Zheng Zhongjian laughed heartily: "This is the fate between you and our Film Academy, and also the fate between our Film Academy and Berlin. After you were admitted to our Film Academy, you won the title of Berlin Film Emperor. This is a glorious moment for you, and also a glorious moment for our Film Academy!"

"Ah! I was admitted? Thank you, Dean Zheng, and thank you, teachers!" The boy seemed more excited than if he had won the Berlin Film Festival Best Actor Award.

Zheng Zhongjian narrowed his eyes, revealing a satisfied expression, and said, "No need to thank me. Our film school only looks at hard skills, not other things. You have this achievement because of your own ability. By the way, many teachers from our film school are here. Do you want to say a few words to them?"

"No need. I dare not."

"Haha, okay, then we'll see you at school later."

After hanging up the phone, Zheng Zhongjian sat back in his seat, coughed lightly, and said, "I have three things to say. First, no one is allowed to spread what happened in this conference room tonight. Anyone who violates this rule will be severely punished, no matter who it is."

Zhang Tianyou nodded and said, "Don't worry, President Zheng."

Zheng Zhongjian continued, "Secondly, Chen Nuo's first place in the national professional exam was determined by the initial score. It was not decided by us on our own, and it was definitely not decided after he won the Berlin Film Academy Award. Before the news of his winning the Berlin Film Academy Award came, he was already the first in our professional exam and had already become a member of our film school. The time sequence cannot be wrong."

After everyone nodded, Zheng Zhongjian said, "Third, Deputy Director Liu, you should personally take people to Beijing TV Station tomorrow. We will never allow anyone to deliberately discredit the Film Academy! I just met Chen Nuo, and I dare say that I have a very deep understanding of him. He would never say that. Therefore, this news was deliberately edited into this form by some people with bad intentions. You should go and negotiate with them."

(End of this chapter)