How did I become famous?

Chapter 112 won an award? Annoying!

Inside the venue, a man with dark brown curly hair was talking incoherently on the stage.

In a corner, Fang Bie and Zhang Luo were whispering to each other.

Zhang Luo chuckled softly and asked, "Xiao Fang, what's the difference between Venice and the Oscars?"

Fang glanced around and whispered, "It feels...much more serious than Oscars."

That's right, the Oscars feature a lot of song and dance performances, and the audience often cheers and whistles.

Then the host would occasionally tell a joke to make everyone laugh.

Venice, however, is not like that.

Anyway, from Fang Bie's perspective, everyone seemed quite serious.

The host on stage spoke dryly and expressionlessly, while the people below also looked at the stage with serious expressions.

Then someone wins an award, and everyone starts clapping.

After the person who went up gave their acceptance speech, the next award was presented.

"Serious film art." It seems to be quite serious in all aspects.

The Venice Film Festival is divided into several sections.

The main competition section, the horizon section, and several other sections.

Although Fang Bie didn't understand why the main competition and the Horizons section both had awards for Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay.

But all he needs to know is that the Golden Lion and Silver Lion awards are the most prestigious.

Besides, he was just there to make a cameo appearance.

Because the Venice Film Festival is not as entertainment-oriented as the Oscars, most of the directors and actors here are not familiar to domestic audiences, so there weren't many comments during the live stream.

The barrage of comments only suddenly increases when the camera pans to Fang Bie.

Then, when the camera panned out, the comments section was filled with insults.

Then things gradually calmed down, and we waited for the next shot to pan to Fang Bie.

This is a cycle.

After a long while, a comment on the screen said:

"Sigh, I'm starting to miss Xu Kuangfu."

There was a pause at first, and then a barrage of comments started spamming "+1".

When Xu Kuangfu was around, everyone was having a good time making sarcastic remarks, but when he wasn't in the live stream and people were being sarcastic about Fang Bie, it felt a little lonely.

No problem, though. When the Golden Phoenix Awards are broadcast live, everyone can start making sarcastic remarks about Xu Kuangfu again.

Perhaps this can also be considered as Xu Kuangfu riding on the coattails of another's popularity?

At the very least, he gained a lot more twisted "fans".

Leaving aside the live broadcast, let's rewind to the Venice Film Festival.

Su Mulin suddenly sat up straight and patted Fang Bie on the shoulder: "The Golden Osera Awards are about to be presented, be careful."

"Golden Osella? What kind of award is that?"

"An award from the technology department."

"Huh? Wasn't this award already cancelled?"

Fang Bie had seen that the Venice Film Festival had cancelled the award in his previous life, a fact he had occasionally noticed in the news.

"Old Fang, we didn't go to the Oscars last time, but we have a chance to win this time, so don't mess with me," Liu Mang complained from the side.

Fang Bie then realized that the award in this parallel world had not been canceled.

He started paying attention to the curly-haired man on stage.

The host, still expressionless, spoke a long speech, then suddenly blurted out a sentence in English:

"Shadow of light."

The guests began to applaud, and the camera lens turned towards them.

A smile appeared on Su Mulin's face, and Liu Mang roared and hugged Luo Wei, Pan Xiao and the others.

"I won! I won!"

Liu Mang, the fat man, rushed onto the stage at a speed that belied his size. He first shook hands with the curly-haired guy, then took the trophy and rattled off a long string of English that Fang Bie couldn't understand.

This was the first time Fang Bie had realized that Liu Mang, this scoundrel, was actually so good at English.

When he came down, he slapped Fang Bie's shoulder hard with his large, fan-like hand: "Old Fang! Thank you! Thank you for giving us this opportunity! Don't worry! We will work hard to make good movies in the future! We will never let you down!"

Fang Bie grimaced and rubbed the spot where he had been slapped, then said, "This is what you deserve."

I may not have my own dreams, but I'm happy for others when I see their dreams come true.

Although Liu Mang and his group "tricked" him twice.

"Congratulations, Xiao Fang." Zhang Luo beamed with joy, even happier than if he had won the award himself. "At least you didn't go home empty-handed this time."

He had felt guilty that Fang Bie hadn't been nominated for the Golden Phoenix Award, but when Fang Bie's team won the award in Venice, he was finally able to put his mind at ease.

"But getting a gold or silver lion is a bit difficult, just like you said, they like all sorts of new and weird things here. But you're still young, you'll have plenty of opportunities in the future."

Fang Bie laughed too: "Uncle Zhang, you don't need to comfort me. I came here for tourism and never thought about winning an award."

"Shadow of light, Yongren Chen."

Upon hearing this, Liu Mang rushed onto the stage like a wild dog that had broken free of its reins.

This time, the award presented is the Volpi Trophy for Best Actor.

That's right, Chen Yongren won the Best Actor award at the Venice Film Festival for his role in "Shadow of Light".

However, this time, Chen Yongren and Kira Yoshikage stayed in Hengdian to look after their nail salon, which no longer had many customers, and also helped keep an eye on the company and deal with being surrounded by fans.

So neither of them came.

Liu Mang accepted the award on his behalf.

In Hengdian, at Fang Mu's company, Chen Yongren stood there, stunned.

"I've won an award?"

"Congratulations, Mr. Chen! You're now a Venice Film Festival Best Actor!"

Yoshikage Kira, standing next to him, seemed even more excited than him.

He was thinking of himself.

Although I felt a little envious and jealous, Chen Yongren won the Venice Film Festival Best Actor award for his first movie role. As long as I cling tightly to Director Fang and play the role of a leg hair, my leg hair will eventually become a golden leg hair!

He is full of hope for the future.

At the awards ceremony, Zhang Luo was all smiles: "Congratulations, Xiao Fang! You won two awards on your first trip to Venice! I wasn't as good as you back then!"

He doesn't need to worry about Fang Bie, the two younger directors he has the highest hopes for.

Wu Kai's "Life Is Not Worth It" also has a great chance of winning the Golden Phoenix Award, and he has already seen the hope for the future of the domestic film and television industry!

Fang shook his head: "That won't work either. There are unspoken rules in these award ceremonies. If my film wins two awards, I basically have no chance of winning any other ones."

This is his true thought.

He hadn't originally intended to win an award; if he did, he'd consider it a windfall.

Sure enough, the next Best Actress award had nothing to do with "Shadow of Light"; that award went to a particularly beautiful French actress.

She played a transgender person in a movie. In that movie, she had gender dysphoria since childhood, so she underwent surgery to become a woman despite the controversy as an adult.

But later, she found herself falling in love with a woman.

Her acting skills are indeed very good. Even just looking at the plot excerpts, Fang Bie wondered if she actually liked women in real life.

That look in his eyes was exactly the same as the look Fang Bie had when he looked at the paper figures in his books in his previous life.

Fang Bie shrugged: "See, I knew it."

However, it makes sense. If Miss Su, the "lead actress" of "The Shadow of Light," can win an award for playing a corpse, then Fang Bie would really have to wonder if the Su Group has absolute power over the whole world.

The next Silver Lion award will also be unrelated to Fang Bie.

The Silver Lion was awarded to a short suspense film.

The protagonist is a piano tuner who disguises himself as a blind man, and he benefits greatly from this, until the very last time, when he arrives at a murder scene.

Zhang Luo comforted Fang Bie, saying, "It's okay, you're still young, you'll have plenty of opportunities in the future."

"Shadow of light! Biefang!"

Zhang Luo's smile froze.

Fang Bie's "Shadows of Light" won the Golden Lion Award.

Su Mulin covered her mouth in disbelief, then turned and gave Fang Bie a tight hug: "Fang Bie! You won an award!"

Before Fang Bie could react, she pushed him away again, pursed her lips, lowered her head, and remained silent.

This was a premeditated attack!

She took the opportunity to hug Fang Bie.

The faint scent of pine on him smelled wonderful.

Even the smell of tobacco, which Su Mulin had always hated, didn't smell so unbearable on him.

Miss Su blushed.

Fang Bie didn't react much; he was still in a daze.

It was Liu Mang who gave him a push, and he staggered onto the stage as if by instinct.

He mechanically shook hands, mechanically accepted the Golden Lion trophy, glanced at the sea of ​​Europeans below, and finally uttered a single Italian word.

"Goodbye, Arrivederci."

The domestic live stream chat was flooded with "666" comments.

Moreover, Fang Bie's suave acceptance speech made his "59e" fans very proud.

"Our Director Fang is just so handsome! Look at what he said in his acceptance speech! Just one word! By the way, what does that word Director Fang said mean? Can someone with big breasts explain it?"

"Arrivederci, Italian for farewell."

"Awesome! Our Director Fang's answer was both confident and cool! Goodbye! See you in Venice next time!"

"Brainless fans are terrifying."

As a result, this comment was singled out and heavily criticized.

The treatment he received was the same as when Fang Bie single-handedly took on the entire fan group of a game streamer in his previous life.

However, Fang Bie's QQ account was reported so many times that people couldn't add him as a friend, so at most this guy's account would be permanently banned.

Hmm, I feel like this one is a bit more ruthless.

But there's one advantage to the other side of this: at least his "59e" followers can grow to "60e".

At the Venice Film Festival, amidst a chorus of surprised glances, Fang Bie walked back to a corner and sat down. He casually shoved the small golden lion trophy into Su Mulin's arms, then smiled at Zhang Luo, whose eyes held a complex expression: "Director Zhang, it's really nothing. At least the Silver Lion Award has nothing to do with me."

Zhang Luo's eyes were filled with complex emotions. After a long while, he slowly exhaled and said, "Xiao Fang, to be honest, I'm starting to understand Xu Kuangfu a little."

Hsu Kuang-fu's "Twisted Fans" has been added to the list, congratulations!

Fang Bie was baffled: "Director Zhang, let me tell you, Director Xu is my idol! If you say anything bad about him, I'll really turn against you."

Liu Mang chuckled mischievously, "Director Zhang is just jealous."

Fang Bie rolled his eyes: "Don't forget the bet. I'm still waiting for you and Wu Kai to have a 'kiss of the century'."

Liu Mang became withdrawn.

Wu Kai, having turned off the live stream, sat in his dark office.

He remained silent for a long time, staring at the blacked-out screen, and then made a decision.

"Fang Bie, I won't admit defeat."

PS: Post first, then edit.

I've been pulling all-nighters for two months, and I just couldn't hold on any longer at 4 a.m. today.

I ended up sleeping until 1 p.m., and without even eating, I rushed to write.

Chapter 3 should be released today as well.

I'll try to adjust my sleep schedule later and move all the updates to the daytime.

This is a transitional chapter; it's so hard to make it interesting. I'll try my best.

(End of this chapter)