Abstract Art Award Winner

Zhou Le said these things just on a whim.

The other party called Zhang Ziyi "International Zhang" and Chen Feiyu "Arthur." After asking Chen Feiyu what he wanted to say about his work, they also asked what he wanted to say to his father.

This is clearly a sign of being brainless.

When asked about his own abilities, he didn't ask if he was confident he could win an award, but rather which film he most hoped would win an award. This clearly shows that he was stirring up trouble without realizing it.

Of course, it's possible they knew, but deliberately said it that way.

As expected, after Zhou Le finished speaking, Zhang Ziyi's expression became subtle, while Chen Feiyu was somewhat taken aback.

Although having a father named Chen Kaige gave him some confidence, he never expected to be so assertive in this kind of interview.

The male host quickly tried to smooth things over.

"Okay, Professor Zhou, what do you think are the ideas and connotations that the movie 'Ne Zha' wants to express to the audience?"

He could only awkwardly change the subject, otherwise his colleague would probably hate him if he continued talking about it.

Before Zhou Le could say anything, Zhang Ziyi, who was separated from him by Guo Fan, suddenly spoke up: "If Zhou Le is to answer this question, it feels like he's just peddling his own wares. Actually, we've all seen this movie, so why don't we have someone else speak from the audience's perspective?"

Zhou Le was stunned for a moment, not expecting Zhang Ziyi to speak at this time.

However, from a certain perspective, Zhang Ziyi's statement is understandable.

Zhou Le's words just now were partly for his own benefit, and partly to show his personality and attitude.

But it could also be said that it indirectly helped Zhang Ziyi vent her anger.

Someone of Zhang Ziyi's stature would naturally not stoop to the level of a mere reporter, but if she didn't make a fuss on the spot, doing something about it later would make her seem petty.

I feel bad if I do nothing.

In comparison, Zhou Le's statement is not problematic.

Zhang Ziyi's suggestion may seem to reduce Zhou Le's speaking opportunities, but it wouldn't hurt to extend the interview time a little longer.

The media platform conducting the interview was eager to record for a little longer.

Moreover, having three other people speak also provides more angles for promoting "Ne Zha".

Guo Fan thought this was a good idea: "Then Teacher Ziyi will go first."

His idea was that since Zhang Ziyi had said so first, she should definitely go first.

His volunteering made him seem like he was overstepping his bounds.

But if Zhang Ziyi had added a comment after she finished speaking, it wouldn't have made her words fall flat.

Guo Fan, being a seasoned veteran, certainly has this much insight.

Finally, Zhang Ziyi shared her thoughts on "Ne Zha." After all, it's an animated film, so it doesn't really compete with hers. Moreover, she was chosen to represent the country as the jury president at the Tokyo International Film Festival, so she naturally had to broaden her perspective.

Yesterday, the awards were given to those two movies that were destined to not do much at the box office, so it doesn't matter if we're more open-minded now.

Guo Fan then spoke as well, but left a clear opening for Chen Feiyu, otherwise, if he were to praise him, he could cover every angle, leaving Chen Feiyu with nothing to say.

Even so, Chen Feiyu didn't say much when it was his turn, since he hadn't seen the movie.

I can only say what I heard online a while ago.

He's Chen Kaige's son, after all; he shouldn't be acting like a "desperate illiterate" in front of the camera.

As expected, Zhang Ziyi mentioned Zhou Le again at the end of the interview, chatting with him for a long time in front of the host and giving him plenty of screen time.

But Chen Feiyu on the other side was not so lucky.

The reason Chen Feiyu was brought along for this interview was because of Chen Kaige, but to be honest, she is actually one of Zhang Yimou's people.

Moreover, Chen Feiyu had been silent the whole time.

As is well known, Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige were rivals. Although Zhang Yimou has done better in recent years, both of them are indispensable when talking about directors of that era.

After the interview, they simply shook hands with the male reporter and left.

This caused the male reporter some distress, as he had been hoping to take a photo with a celebrity after finally getting this interview opportunity.

In this situation, let alone taking a photo together, the fact that someone is even willing to talk to me a few more times shows that they have a good temper.

How the reporter would explain things to the platform and how the video would be edited were not things Zhou Le and his team needed to worry about.

After leaving the office, Chen Feiyu said that he had some things to take care of back to the film crew, so he left first.

After completing the interview, his work was finished.

After Chen Feiyu left, Zhang Ziyi said:
"Zhou Le, if you have time in the future, let's get together when we go back to Beijing and have a meal together."

"No problem, I'll treat you then."

"Haha, no need. I roughly know your personality. Keep your money for yourself. It's just a meal." After saying that, she glanced at Guo Fan and then looked back at Zhou Le. "Go back and prepare well later. You two will be going on stage to receive awards tonight. Speak well when you're up there, don't be nervous."

At this point, Zhang Ziyi had essentially made it clear that both of them would receive an award.

After all, he was the chairman of the judging panel and was among the first to know the list of winners.

"Thank you, Sister Ziyi," Zhou Le said.

"Thank you, Sister Ziyi," Guo Fan added.

"Teacher Guo, you're too kind. It's not certain who's older between us." Guo Fan was the kind of person who would climb up if given a pole. Hearing this, he chatted with Zhang Ziyi for a while with a grin before they parted with smiles on their faces.

"Le'er, I have to say you're really brave. You were so outspoken in the interview before the international film festival. I definitely wouldn't have dared to do that, but it was really satisfying to hear you say it."

"There's no other way. If I don't mess with her, she'll mess with me soon. I'll say what I need to say before then, so that I won't be unable to get angry at her when she messes with me. Getting angry would only make me look guilty."

"That means you got a chance; we set up a target for you to shoot at."

"Haha, this kind of person is a target as soon as they open their mouth, I don't even need to look for them."

Zhou Le didn't think he had done anything wrong. Sometimes he should speak up when necessary, otherwise everyone would know he was easy to bully, and who knows how they would set traps for him in the future.

It was already noon when they got back. They were planning to go out and find a decent restaurant to have lunch, but then Zhou Le received a call from Xiangcai, who said that she had brought a few new friends to meet today.

"No problem, we'll be there in a bit." Unexpectedly, we saved money on another meal.

So Zhou Le invited Jiaozi, Guo Fan, and Zhao Jinmai to the appointment.

When Zhou Le arrived at the destination, he discovered that there was one more person there today.

Aside from familiar faces like Kana Hanazawa and Asuka Saito, Zhou Le could only recognize the three people—two men and one woman—by their faces alone.

After they were seated, Xiangcai asked Zhou Le to guess the names of the three newcomers.

"I really can't guess that. Can you give me any hints?"

Cilantro smiled, then looked at a girl sitting next to her.

The girl immediately understood and pointed at the dumpling, saying, "hentai!"

Dumpling: "???" He doesn't understand Japanese, but he can understand this sentence.

Zhou Le instantly understood: "Rie Kugimiya!" The voice was very familiar.

Then he looked at a man who had passed by. "Za! Valudo!"

Zhou Le: "???"

"Brilliant."

"Takehito Koyasu".

Zhou Le knew that this major voiced actors who voiced perverts and villains. In fact, Zhou Le hadn't watched many anime that people watched, such as "Naruto" and "One Piece," only some fragments. He had also watched about a few hundred episodes of "Detective Conan" before stopping.

But Gintama and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure are anime he watched from beginning to end.

"Then the third one must also be a voice actor." Zhou Le had barely finished speaking when the other person retorted, "You're just being sarcastic to Lu."

"Sugita Tomokazu."

But Zhou Le is actually a voice actor, after all, he dubbed the voice of "Nezha", so they are colleagues in the same field.

Then Zhou Le introduced his own people.

First is Guo Fan, whose film "The Wandering Earth" grossed 50 billion yuan this year.

The translator immediately translated the original words, stating that Guo Fan was the director of a film that grossed 750 billion yen.

Then came another movie, "Dumplings," which grossed 100 billion yuan.

"The director's name is Gyoza. His movie, which was released in July of this year, has grossed about 150 billion yen so far."

The group was so shocked they couldn't close their mouths.

It's worth noting that the highest-grossing film in Japan to date is still "Spirited Away" from 2001, which grossed 316 billion yen.

It still holds the box office record to this day.

As a result, two directors showed up for dinner today, one with over 700 billion and the other with 1500 billion.

Is this something a human can do?
Sure enough, a bigger market is great; a look of envy crossed their faces.

Although the film market in Europe and America is more exaggerated, the person sitting opposite me is not Spielberg, Cameron, or Nolan.

Their expressions then became even more expectant.

All three of them turned their attention to Zhao Jinmai.

Perhaps this little girl is also a talented actress.

"Oh, she and I are the male and female leads in this director Guo Fan's movie. She plays my sister." As soon as she finished speaking, the others also exclaimed "Wow!" Although they were similar on the surface, their emotions were not as strong as the first two people.

But when it came to Zhou Le, there was no need for self-introduction. Cilantro said directly, "This Mr. Zhou Le is also very impressive. His personal box office has exceeded 4500 billion yen."

"Huh? He looks very young. He's probably only just over 20 years old, yet he's achieved such high box office numbers?"

They all found it somewhat unbelievable.

They were able to come today because of the cilantro-organized gathering.

Because Zhou Le had mentioned their work during their chat yesterday, Xiangcai specially invited them over again.

The meal went very well. Saito Asuka was not very talkative at first, but Kana kept cuing her, saying that Asuka-chan was also an actress and that they might have a chance to work together in the future.

But as soon as he got to this point, Guo Fan was instantly wide awake.

“Perfect timing! You can come and film here. I need actors from all over the world, including Japan.”

Guo Fan's greatest quality is that he never misses an opportunity. More importantly, Japanese actors don't seem to be paid much, and Saito Asuka is very famous in China.

He currently needs to find a Japanese actor for the second part, but a Japanese actor has already been found. The role he will play is a famous historical figure, a well-known anti-war ally of Japanese people in China, and a member of the Chinese Communist Party.

But wouldn't it be perfect to have Saito Asuka for the female role? That would leave only a Korean actress.

In the two current "Wandering Earth" movies, there will be three Han Duoduos. The first one is Xiao Duoduo, played by Zhao Jinmai.

The second one is Da Duoduo, played by Yu Shuxin, who has been in seclusion for a long time and is finally about to emerge from seclusion.

Now we need to find another fake Duoduo.

So he immediately said it, and Saito Asuka was very tempted. After all, she knew that the Chinese market was huge. She hadn't had many opportunities before, but now that she had the chance to participate in such a big project, she naturally wouldn't refuse.

"And Zhou Le will also be in the cast."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Le was stunned for a moment, wondering when he would be starring in "The Wandering Earth 2".

How come I, as an investor, knew absolutely nothing about this?

But then I thought again, isn't this exactly Guo Fan's basic operation?

If you don't have that "shameless" ability
It's impossible to make "The Wandering Earth 1".

“Okay, but I might have to go back and talk to my agency.” Saito Asuka was also very interested.

"It's alright, it's alright, come on, anyway you have Zhou Le's contact information, if you're sure, just contact him directly, he's also an investor in our movie."

"Is Mr. Zhou Le also an investor?"

"I guess so. I made some money by investing in movies for my older brothers. In fact, they are the people I should be most grateful to," Zhou Le explained with a smile.

"Si Guoyi!"

After the meal, Zhou Le left several more phone numbers.

In the afternoon, we went to the venue.

The group was quite relaxed on the way, because Zhang Ziyi had already said in the morning that they would all be able to go on stage to receive an award, so they only had to wait and see what the award would be.

After walking the red carpet once again, everyone entered the awards ceremony venue.

Soon, the awards ceremony began. Since *Ne Zha* wasn't nominated for Best Children's Story Film, it didn't receive the award. However, the Artistic Contribution Award was ultimately given to a Yue Opera film.

No one has any objections to this allocation. In terms of art, who can compare to Chinese opera?
Following closely behind, Chen Feiyu and Zhou Le both received the Best Newcomer Award.

At first, Zhou Le felt that this award was not for him, since he only officially debuted in 17. However, after receiving the award, Zhou Le went online and found that Chen Feiyu also debuted in 17.

Seeing this, he felt less guilty.

We all debuted around the same time, so there's no reason why you can get it but I can't.

After winning this award, Zhou Le didn't expect any more awards, since many others had joined the China Film Week after him, in addition to the initial group of Zhou Le and his team.

Ideally, everyone would take one, sit in a row and share the fruit, so that no one would feel cheated and no one would make a wasted trip.

But Zhou Le was surprised that Jiaozi actually won the Best New Director award, even though Jiaozi hadn't submitted an application for it. (End of Chapter)