Who are you calling "little fresh meat"? I'm the king.

Chapter 610 Closing Ceremony Invitation (13)

"I don't know much about that period of history... I don't know how to evaluate it!"

"Anyway, it didn't move me!"

Shen Yan held back...

After all, this is a Chinese-language film, and it was nominated for the main competition at the Venice Film Festival…

The most crucial point is that Wang Xiaoshuai actually had the audacity to think that he had directed a very good film.

He himself said, "I'm filming stories and emotions about Chinese people!", "I will definitely continue to make high-quality art films!", and "Audiences don't need to approach the story from a 'suspense' perspective; *The Intruder* is a drama, not a genre film!"

Seriously, that's ridiculous.

After decades of making movies, they still lack basic storytelling skills…

None of the so-called revelations truly touched on the pain points; they were simply unbearable!
Just because you made a film about the Third Front construction doesn't make you a genius!

The movie is only about the movie; it has nothing to do with anything else.

You say you don't want to use traditional narrative, then explore a new narrative approach...

Otherwise, please don't say you think your film is pretty good, okay?

By the way, Wang Xiaoshuai later said in an interview, "You've already lost Zhang Yimou, do you want to lose Wang Xiaoshuai too?"

No... do you really think you're awesome?
Well, although the Sixth Generation filmmakers started out in underground films, they were still immersed in the studio era of the last century—making movies was a privilege!
……

Mtime was initially the most popular pure movie website among all movie lovers.

Daily features, various roundups, popular posts in groups, insightful film reviews, and "weekly topics of conversation."

Later, it was no longer satisfied with being just a movie fan forum; it wanted to make money and go public.

First, the fan groups were gradually weakened, and then the fan forum was slowly transformed into a film and television information portal. The advantage of doing this is that it is down-to-earth and can generate a lot of advertising revenue, as well as various advertorials and promotional articles.

Then there's the business of selling movie and TV show merchandise. Although the sales volume doesn't seem very high, the profits from this stuff are substantial.

Later, it was acquired by Wanda Group, which planned to turn it into a video platform!
Preparing to build the IMDb Pro model—the IMDb Pro service was launched in 2002, and its most important feature is that you can view a lot of key information, such as the detailed production and distribution companies of a film, as well as the contact information of the companies and people you want to find.

In addition, IMDbPro allows users to add sections such as resume, photo, presentation slides, and job announcements to their IMDb account homepage for self-promotion.

Of course, these aren't free...

Membership fees are required!
Wanda plans to add this project to Mtime as well…

However, shortly after acquiring Mtime, Wanda suffered a major setback. Wang Jianlin had sold off almost everything he could, leaving him with no money to support the redesign of Mtime!

However, at present, Mtime's page views are still decent, after all, besides Douban, Mtime is the only other website with high traffic!

Mtime also arranged for a reporter to provide full coverage of this year's Venice Film Festival…

As one of only two Chinese-language films nominated for the main competition at this year's film festival, "Burning" will certainly be a focus of coverage...

Some even concluded that "Burning" received the highest score from the Venice judging panel. They believed it would definitely win awards, with both Best Director and Best Actor awards being undisputed, and even the Golden Lion would be well-deserved. They hoped "Burning" would truly "burn" in Venice!

"Burning is the only blockbuster at this year's Venice Film Festival! Screen, ICS, Italian and international publications have all given it scores of four stars or higher. Some foreign media even tweeted, 'If this film doesn't win a major award, then the jury members are blind.'"

"Burning," adapted by Shen Yan from works by Haruki Murakami and William Faulkner, incorporates his own interpretations, fundamentally transforming it into a suspense film with a Hitchcockian style.

Speaking of acting, Shen Yan's performance in "Burning" was outstanding. In the violent scene at the end, his breathing sounded like a series of mournful cries, directly piercing the hearts of the audience through the screen.

Although the competition for Best Actor at this year's film festival is quite fierce, with American actor Adam Driver giving an outstanding performance in *Hungry Heart*, and Willem Dafoe in *Pasolini*, he still holds a solid place among the nominees.

Uh… they've practically raved about "Burning" to the skies!
However, the most attention-grabbing post on Weibo was the one about Shen Yan and Liu Shishi attending the premiere of "The Intruder" together... Why did Liu Shishi go to Venice?
Still with Shen Yan?
The fans of this couple are overjoyed, they could practically celebrate with the whole world...

Shen Yan didn't respond at all... instead, he took a picture of the iQiyi logo and posted it on his Weibo...

iQiyi sponsored the film festival market, spending a six-figure sum of euros to prominently display its logo in every corner of the Excelsior Hotel.

Excelsior Hotel is the designated hotel for the Venice Film Festival!

It can only be said that iQiyi (Baidu) is indeed rich and wants to make a breakthrough in the film industry.

There's a chance with Baifa!
Their film selection was poor; they chose "The Golden Era" and even used big data predictions, publicly claiming that Baidu's big data predicted the film's total box office to be 2.0-2.3 million RMB…

Then the final box office was 5000 million...

Shen Yan has met quite a few people buying copyrights these past few days…

He sold the copyrights from some smaller countries and regions directly—even if he won awards, the price increase wasn't significant.

Copyright restrictions for major countries and regions will have to wait a little longer.

By the way, A24 acquired the North American rights for $180 million, so of course they need to promote it.

Once the Venice Film Festival is over, Shen Yan will need to go on a trip to the Telluride Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival!
To put it simply, the Telluride Film Festival aims to bring the best films of the year to this beautiful town in the Colorado Valley for film enthusiasts to enjoy…

No awards will be given!
But it's very famous, especially in the North American film market, and is considered a bellwether for the North American awards season…

Many films aiming for awards season will be screened at the Telluride Film Festival…

Especially those aiming for the Best Foreign Language Film award!

However, the Telluride Film Festival generally only invites award-winning films…

So, the next step is public relations!

The European rights were granted to MK2, while the North American rights were held by A24…

Most importantly, the "Burning" program received a very high rating.

There's no reason not to win an award...

While Shen Yan was chatting with a reporter from Mtime.com, he received a phone call—the invitation to the closing ceremony had arrived!
"Is this an invitation to the closing ceremony?"

"Correct!"

"You were invited?"

Shen Yan nodded…

Generally speaking, the closing ceremony of a film festival is unlikely to award prizes to films or filmmakers who haven't won any awards...

The awards in Venice are relatively fixed, with few instances of temporary increases or decreases.

There are eight awards in the main competition this year, and the Horizons category does not overlap with the main competition.

Voting was conducted anonymously, and the results were tallied by the organizers.

"Well..." The reporter's phone rang just as he finished speaking. He quickly took it out and looked at it... then his expression turned a little strange: "Director Wang Xiaoshuai's 'The Intruder' did not receive an invitation!"

"It's a pity!"

(End of this chapter)