Huayu: A Commercial Director

Chapter 354 Won the Award

Promotional materials for the Venice International Film Festival are flying everywhere.

Film festivals have now become showcases for certain people in China.

In previous years, Cannes and Berlin suffered greatly from this, and many foreign media outlets really started to mock it, with all sorts of people trying to piggyback on it.

Therefore, many Chinese netizens have been constantly hurling insults at these people.

This year's Venice Film Festival is missing a major highlight.

Fan Baibing.

As someone who has won the Best Actress award at the Tokyo International Film Festival, she would naturally receive an invitation. However, for some reason, she probably won't be able to leave the country now and must wait for an official investigation.

It was supposed to be the Venice International Film Festival, and those popular celebrities flew there specifically to try and get some attention, but all the buzz was going to be about Fan Baibing. You can imagine how disappointed their team must have been.

The entertainment industry was quiet. As for certain scandals and marriages, Chen Shou had no interest in them. They were all minor figures and not worth his attention.

He's currently filming in China, preparing to head abroad after finishing his scenes there, while in the Northwest, Shen Yijie is holding a launch ceremony.

Many media outlets went to interview Shen Yijie when his film started filming.

Films produced by established film studios always attract attention, and this one is a realistic drama, directed by a new director.

The film by the previous new director is still playing, while the director has already gone to Venice to participate in the film festival and compete with Chen Shouzhe.

Moreover, the director is now Chen Shouzhe's go-to cinematographer, who has won many awards.

The director of the film "Blood Mine" has been announced; he is Chen Shouzhe's go-to cinematographer.

A cinematographer who doesn't aspire to be a director isn't a good cinematographer.

Chen Shouzhe's personal photographer idolizes Zhang Yimou.

[A top-tier cast including Jiang Wenli, Huang Bo, and Jiang Wen.]

[Top-tier resources for a new director.]

Several new trending topics appeared on Weibo, with many media outlets participating. The popularity of Chen Shouzhe, along with the popularity of the three actors, finally brought the movie "Blood Mine" to the forefront.

Jiang Wen is still attending an international film festival and will be back in a couple of days. Filming will begin on an auspicious day.

Many people are optimistic about the movie "Blood Mine" and are constantly commenting on it under these titles.

"The script is based on true events, and the screenwriter is Chen Shouzhe."

"A top-notch cast, which new director could pull this off?"

"It's really good to have a big director backing you; Chen Shou is handling everything for him."

"The production company is only sticking with the film studio, and they're going to monopolize the profits again."

"Is Wanda Pictures not bringing any this time?"

"I feel like it will be similar to me not being a miracle doctor, but it will probably be very difficult to surpass a miracle doctor."

"Indeed, in my heart, the status of the divine doctor is getting higher and higher."

"No doctor is wrong, only being poor is wrong. A doctor is definitely better than a blood mine."

"I read the synopsis of Blood Mine; it's a tragedy that ends with a just trial. I don't think it's that good."

"Dude, if we go by reality exactly, it will never pass censorship, and even if it does, it won't be shown in theaters."

"The screenwriter is Chen Shouzhe; he should have thought of that."

"As mentioned in the interview, Chen Shouzhe participated in revising the script." The comments were quite positive, at least there wasn't too much nonsense. Chen Shouzhe slept it off, and when he woke up the next day, his teacher's wife was very happy.

"What's wrong, Master's wife?"

"Congratulations, my darling, my pride." The teacher's wife came up and gave Chen Shou a big hug.

Chen Shou was with the little girl who had just woken up and was still groggy. The little girl was looking at her grandmother strangely as she rubbed her father's head, just like she would do to her.

"It seems there's good news from Venice," Chen Shou said with a smile.

"That's right, you won Best Screenplay and Best Director at Venice!" the teacher's wife said happily.

"Not bad, there are two." Chen Shouzhe didn't expect Venice to be so generous. He wasn't even there, yet they gave him two. It seems he'll have to go to the Venice International Film Festival next time.

Chen Shouzhe picked up his phone to check, and sure enough, it had become a trending topic on Weibo.

[Chen Shouzhe won Best Screenplay and Best Director at the Venice Film Festival. He shared the Best Screenplay award with Han Jia Nu for the film "I'm Not a Doctor," and he also won the Silver Lion for Best Director at the Venice Film Festival for "The Departed."]

The four favorites for Best Actor lost to Dafoe, and they also lost the Golden Lion.

Chen Shouzhe still has two generals, but Jiang Wen is different. His movies are not well-received and have yielded no results. As a result, the copyrights for his movies have not sold well either.

However, he had already guaranteed the film's minimum price to Alibaba before setting off. It's unclear what Alibaba thinks of this. With a minimum price guarantee of 1.4 billion, he originally thought he could snag a bargain, but now it seems there might be problems.

Many people congratulated him on Weibo. Jiang Wen posted a congratulatory message on Weibo after the award ceremony, as did others.

Chen Shouzhe already has an Oscar for Best Director, so this Silver Lion award is naturally very good, after all, it is one of the three major European awards and has a high level of prestige.

Of course, if he can win Cannes, someone will probably be anxious.

He hasn't won any of the three European gold medals yet, but there's still a long time ahead of him. He's young now.

Many people sent him messages, but Chen Shou didn't reply to them all. There were just too many people; he had thousands of friends on WeChat, and suddenly there were hundreds or even thousands of notifications. Some groups were even congratulating him.

Chen Shouzhe creates a QQ group for each new movie he films. Compared to WeChat groups, QQ groups are easier to manage, and they are just as lively.

He felt he should still post a Weibo message to express his gratitude, a way of giving and receiving.

[Thank you to the Venice Film Festival organizing committee for their recognition. I deeply regret missing the event due to filming. The road ahead is long, and I will continue to bring my works to Venice. My dream is that Golden Lion. Thank you to all my supporters!]

After posting on Weibo, Chen Shou began his usual routine of watering the flowers and feeding the horses before heading to the filming location.

I'll be leaving the country in a few days; the filming of the Western scenes in China is almost finished.

Chen Shouzhe's Weibo post was immediately forwarded and commented on by countless people.

"Director Chen, please take me with you next time," Huang Bo commented.

"Sister, I've never won one of the three gold medals yet, can you take me with you?" Zhou Xun commented.

"I think my acting skills are okay. If there are suitable roles for me, I hope Director Chen will give them a chance," Huang Xiaoming commented.

"I admire Director Chen; he's won two more awards," Li Baibing commented.

The celebrities in the circle below, those who have a good relationship with Chen Shouzhe, are all giving their comments. Guo Degang probably stayed up late yesterday and posted a Weibo message early on to congratulate Chen Shouzhe, proudly stating that he is his godson.

Teacher Yu Qian was quite quiet, but someone went to interview him, and you could tell how good he was by the smile on his face that was even harder to suppress than AK's.

Chen Shouzhe was previously criticized as a commercial film director who had no status and was full of money.

He later won an Oscar, but it was also criticized as something he bought.

Now that they've won three major European awards, it's a relief and it's shut some people up.

(End of this chapter)