Huayu: The Big Players Behind the Scenes

2 month 15 day,

The 54th Berlin International Film Festival has concluded.

The Golden Bear was won by German director Fies Akin.

Four prestigious Silver Bears were awarded, with the Grand Jury Prize going to the Argentine film "Lost Embrace," and the Best Actress award being a tie, given to Katrina Shayk for "Maria Ave Maria" and Charlize Theron for "Monster."

If things go as planned, Charlize Theron will win the Oscar for Best Actress for this film a month from now.

"Detachment" emerged as the biggest winner, with the organizing committee keeping its word and awarding Li Ming the Best Actor award, while Zhuang Huai'an received his second Silver Bear.

Li Ming, the first Chinese actor to win the Best Actor award at the Berlin International Film Festival, shed tears on stage while accepting the award. His acceptance speech repeatedly mentioned directors. Zhuang Huai'an, who was in the audience, applauded frequently, saying that the Golden Horse Best Actor award that had stolen from him was now being returned double.

Leon Lai is worthy of praise.

The most disappointed people this year were not the perverted Kidd who failed to win any of the three major awards again, but the four judges on the jury who considered themselves "one of their own" with Zhuang Huai'an, because they lost MGM's favor due to the intervention of the organizing committee.

Although they had also cultivated good relations with the organizing committee, which relationship was more important: that of a long-established Hollywood production giant or a film festival?

Regardless of what everyone was thinking, Zhuang Huai'an was very happy.

This trip to Berlin not only resulted in winning an award and avoiding owing favors, but the film festival itself ended up owing favors to them.

Tsk, just like Trump, always winning.

At the dinner,

Zhuang Huai'an undoubtedly became the center of social interaction.

Just as we said goodbye to Patty Jenkins, the director of "Monster" and the future director of "Wonder Woman," we welcomed Richard Linklater, the director of "Before Sunset."

Many people may not be familiar with the title "Before Sunset," but what about "Love at Sunset"?

"Hey Richard, we've already finished filming the second movie, so hurry up and finish the third one too."

"Oh, An,"

Richard chuckled wryly, "I came here to find some peace and quiet because I'm getting annoyed by everyone pressuring me to update. Please, can we talk about something else?"

What's the point of talking to an old man like you?

It's definitely more fun to urge for more updates!

Richard came in high spirits, but left in a sullen mood.

"Director Zhuang."

A female voice came from behind, and Zhuang Huai'an turned his head and laughed. It was Zhang Aijia, the rumored girlfriend of his older brother Luo Dayou and Li Zongsheng.

At this year's film festival, two Chinese-language films, "Detachment" and Sylvia Chang's "20 30 40," were nominated for the main competition. Unfortunately, the latter did not win any awards.

"Sister Aijia,"

When confronted by the woman who was suspected to be his "sister-in-law," Zhuang Huai'an was very polite, saying, "Just call me Huai'an. That's what Lao Li and Brother Da You call me."

"Then I shall accept it without hesitation."

Sylvia Chang laughed and said, "Before they came, they both mentioned that if I needed anything here, they could ask me for help. How could I possibly accept that?"

"Hey, there's nothing to be embarrassed about."

Zhuang Huai'an cricketed, "These two old guys, they didn't even bother to call me or anything. Sigh, it's my fault too, I've got too much to do."

That's just polite talk; if they really cared, they wouldn't have waited until today to meet.

Sylvia Chang smiled and nodded, then pointed to two girls beside her and introduced them: "These are the two main characters in my movie, Liu Ruoying and Li Xinjie."

"Hello Director Zhuang, I am Liu Ruoying."

"Hello director, I'm Li Xinjie."

Zhuang Huai'an shook hands with the two of them. "I am quite familiar with you two. Ms. Li won the Best Actress award at the Golden Horse Awards two years ago, and Ms. Liu's 'Pink Lady' also achieved the highest ratings in its time slot in mainland China."

The two were pleasantly surprised to hear this, as they never expected that such a famous director would remember them.

Zhuang Huai'an has never been criticized, thanks to his easygoing attitude. He is known in the industry as "Little Jackie Chan" and "Shy Hua".

It means that he is as humble as Jackie Chan in his personal conduct, and even more low-key than Andy Lau.

Zhuang Huai'an was very unhappy when he heard the news.

I'm so powerful, you should use a positive analogy to describe me!

The four found a place to sit down, and soon Li Ming and the others also came over. Regardless of whether they were on the mainland, Taiwan, or Hong Kong, they were all one family when they were away from home.

Sylvia Chang also worked in Hong Kong back then, so she is no stranger to these people.

As everyone was chatting, Zhuang Huai'an's phone rang. When he opened it, he saw that it was a message from Huang Xiaochu.

"Huai'an, are you with Liu Ruoying?"

Zhuang Huai'an subconsciously looked at Liu Ruoying opposite him. She seemed to have noticed something as well and gave him an awkward smile.

"Yes, the film festival has ended, and our two film crews ran into each other at the banquet and chatted for a while."

After editing and sending the message, Zhuang Huai'an remained calm, seemingly forgetting that the two had a past relationship.

Thinking about their experiences, tsk tsk, what a tragic couple they were.

(funny)

After sitting for a while,

Seeing more and more people coming to greet him, Zhuang Huai'an felt a little helpless and could only get up to say goodbye and leave first. Everyone looked on with envy, but they also understood.

Zhuang Huai'an now doesn't need to rely on anyone; he is a circle all by himself.

Back at the hotel, I took a shower and went to sleep.

Meanwhile, in China, it was exactly 7 a.m.

Previously, Wang Changtian of Enlight Media was very confident about Zhuang Huai'an's trip to Berlin and had prepared a team of reporters to follow and record the entire process.

During the film screenings, they reaped a huge profit thanks to these exclusive news stories.

"Chinese young director Zhuang Huai'an wins the Best Director award at Berlin again, marking his second consecutive year winning the award!"

The homepage of Enlight Media features Chuang Huai-an holding the Silver Bear trophy high with one hand, looking triumphant.

Following closely behind, the four major portal websites began to exert their efforts.

[Director Zhuang Huai'an wins all four of his matches!]

[A rundown of Zhuang Huai'an's awards since his debut!]

[The next Zhang Yimou? No, it's Zhang Yimou plus Kai Zi!]

[The box office king is Feng Xiaogang? No, it's Zhuang Huai'an!]

[Awards or box office? Director Zhuang tells you, I want them both!]

[The Four Heavenly Kings' debate finally came to a conclusion today! — Li Ming, the first Chinese actor to win the Best Actor award at the Berlin International Film Festival!]

[In his debut year, he won five awards at Cannes and four at the Golden Horse Awards. In his second year, he won the Silver Bear at Berlin, the Golden Lion at Venice, and the Palme d'Or at Cannes. In his third year, he won two awards at the start of the year. With five films and one short film, I can tell you who this era belongs to!]

[Award-generating machine! Who else is among the three Best Actor winners?]

News reports about Zhuang Huai'an are everywhere; you can see them almost anywhere you open a webpage. In addition to webpage reports, various forums are also actively discussing them.

In 2004, the number of internet users in mainland China exceeded 100 million. People's channels for receiving information were no longer limited to traditional media. More and more young people joined online forums and searched for various resources and information that interested them.

Zhuang Huai'an's name has been in the top 10 of Baidu searches for two consecutive years. Many people regard him as an idol. After all, his experience is too fantastic. Many young people wish they could replace him. Who wouldn't want to experience such a thrilling life?

Zhuang Huai'an Tieba (forum)

Helpful netizens have already compiled his information, as well as pirated links to all his movies.

Piracy is quite normal in this day and age.

[Newcomer Report!]

[A fellow newcomer, I came here because of his reputation. I just finished reading Director Zhuang's profile, and I'm ashamed to admit I'm uncultured; all I can think of is "awesome!"]

[Me too, on the top floor!]

[I heard that Director Zhuang once subdued two armed robbers with his bare hands?]

Holy crap, that's even more awesome!

I've heard about this too, but I haven't been able to find any resources on it. Does anyone have a link to share?

We really can't do anything with you guys; you always have to get our boss involved in everything.

[Build a thread, leave a message, and we'll distribute the information once it reaches 100 posts.]

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