On September 20, the 8th Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival and the 19th China Golden Rooster Awards officially announced the nomination list. "No One Less", which just won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, was nominated for two awards: Best Feature Film and Best Director.
One more thing, the movie "Going Home for the New Year" filmed by my ex-girlfriend last year was also shortlisted for the Venice International Film Festival that just ended, and won the Silver Lion Award for Best Director.
"Jing Ke Assassins the King of Qin", which was also shortlisted for this year's Cannes Film Festival, failed to win almost all important awards, and was only shortlisted for a series of technical awards such as Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Art, and Best Sound Recording.
In fact, this movie with a large cast of big names and huge investments has received constant criticism since it was released. The reason is simply that Director Chen's previous film "Farewell My Concubine" was the first to be released, and everyone has high expectations for this movie.
But the higher the expectations, the greater the disappointment.
Li Tang has watched both films. As far as he is concerned, "Jing Ke Assassins the King of Qin" is very good to watch, especially the performances of the actors in it are remarkable.
What impressed him the most was the scene when Wang Zhiwen, who claimed to be "afraid of heights", was put on the city wall by the Qin King's political officials and made to walk on a wooden board shivering while shouting: "Whatever the king says is what you say." , Li Tang was amazed by the case.
In his opinion, both Li Xuejian, who plays Qin Wangzheng, and Wang Zhiwen, who plays Lao Ai, deserve to be nominated for Best Actor or Best Supporting Actor, and even deserve to win, but they are not on the list.
In contrast, he fell asleep halfway through "No One Less" directed by Zhang Yimou.
But what makes him happy is that, just as Nai'an boasted before, he and Yuan Quan were both shortlisted for the best actor and actress in this year's Golden Rooster Award for "Shanghai Chronicle".
Yuan Quan was also nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Award for "Spring Rhapsody". Moreover, there are only two candidates nominated for this award, so the hope of winning is very high.
Once the nomination list was announced, Li Tang received countless calls, including encouragement from the leaders of the Drama Center and Shanghai Film Studio, as well as congratulations from classmates and friends.
Baldy Xu always had a sour tone, and asked him to treat him when he returned to Shanghai. Zhou Xun also called to express congratulations despite his busy schedule.
She is really busy and has been filming a TV series outside. Since the last visit, the two of them have not seen each other for more than a year. Recently, I heard that they are filming another drama about the emotional entanglements between the famous poet Xu Zhimo and Zhang Youyi, Lin Huiyin, and Lu Xiaoman. TV series "April in the World".
"Li Tang, congratulations!"
"Xiao Li, this is awesome, I want to win the Best Actor Award!"
"Brother Li, you have to treat me!"
Everyone in the crew burst into congratulations.
Li Tang was so happy that he waved his hand and said, "I'll treat you to KFC for lunch!"
"good!"
Everyone was very happy. They were used to eating box lunches and it was rare to have foreign fast food for a change.
And foreign fast food is not cheap these days. A hamburger, chicken nuggets, French fries and a cup of Coke cost at least twenty yuan. The entire crew of sixty or seventy people would cost at least thirteen or four hundred yuan.
Today happened to be Li Tang's last scene. Because of the Mid-Autumn Festival, he discussed with Senior Lu and moved up his scenes. After filming in the morning, I had a KFC dinner with everyone, which was considered a closing party. In the afternoon, I picked up my luggage and returned to the city.
The wind and sand are strong here in the capital. When Zhang Jizhong and his wife were invited to dinner last time, he came back to stay for two days. In just half a month, a thin layer of dust accumulated on the floor and furniture of the house.
Li Tang cleaned up his house, and at almost four o'clock in the afternoon, Wu Jing drove over in his second-hand Jetta.
"So early? I'm planning to go out and buy some mooncakes and fruits."
I made an appointment to visit Wu Jing's house today. I had already bought gifts such as tobacco, alcohol, and health care products. It was the Mid-Autumn Festival, so I just didn't buy mooncakes and fruits.
"No, please don't buy it. My dad and mom's workplaces gave me a lot of it, and I can't finish it. I'll have to ask you to take some with you later."
Wu Jing saw Li Tang take out two sticks of Chinese cigarettes and two bottles of Wuliangye from the house, and said, "I like to drink Maotai."
Li Tang rolled his eyes and said, "I gave this to your uncle, not for you to drink."
A bottle of Moutai costs 220 yuan, and Wuliangye costs 358 yuan. Of course, you have to buy Wuliangye.
Wu Jing's family lives in Dongdan, not far from Paoju Hutong, but due to traffic jams, it took nearly 20 minutes to stop and go.
"Uncle, auntie, hello, I'm Brother Jing's friend Li Tang!"
As soon as he entered the door, Li Tang bowed politely.
"Ah, Li Tang, come in and sit down quickly. You're here as a kid. What else do you have to bring!"
Wu Jing’s parents were very enthusiastic, especially Wu’s mother, who pulled him up and down and looked him up and down, exclaiming: “He is more handsome in real life than on TV!”
Wu Jing's facial features look like Wu's mother, and her face looks like Wu's father. Father Wu also has a baby face and looks much younger than Lao Li.
Wu Jing praised Li Tang severely as soon as he came up. His friend was awesome, and he also had face.
In fact, in terms of popularity, Li Tang is even worse than Wu Jing, but Li Tang can still be considered a small star now. Especially Wu’s parents and Wu’s mother heard that Li Tang won the Huabiao Film Newcomer Award and was shortlisted for the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor. See Li Tang's eyes changed. The old couple are both within the system and attach great importance to things like honor.
Father Wu looked at his son with a look of disgust on his face and said, "What do you think you are doing? You just shoot random things. Learn from Li Tang."
Wu Jing looked resentfully at Li Tang, who was chatting and laughing with his father. She felt that she had been careless this time and should not have brought this guy as a guest at home.
This feeling is like when I was a child and brought the study committee member of my class to my home to play, and my father used this tone to teach him a lesson.
"Brother Jing is very good at martial arts. The kung fu movies he made are actually promoting our Chinese martial arts culture. I think Brother Jing will definitely be another kung fu superstar after Bruce Lee, Li Lianjie and Cheng Long in the future." Li Tang said sincerely .
The two of them are both young actors now, so it is necessary for them to compliment each other and improve each other.
"Hey, I don't dare to have such high expectations for him. If he can win an award in the future if he is a serious person, I will thank God." Father Wu waved his hand and said modestly.
Having said that, his face was already blooming with joy. After all, his son has a good family, and Wu Jing's father has had great expectations for his son since he was a child. There are thousands of children learning martial arts, but how many of them can win the national martial arts championship like Wu Jing, and go to Hong Kong to film movies and be the leading actor?
"Xiao Li, I heard that you also know kung fu?" Father Wu asked kindly.
Li Tang could still pretend to be in front of a layman, but he would never dare to pretend in front of Wu’s father. He hurriedly said: “I just have a hobby, but I haven’t had the chance to learn it since I was a child, so I just play a few tricks.”
Maybe Li Tang had blown him too hard just now. Wu Jing was a little embarrassed and said hurriedly: "This guy has practiced Sanda, and he is very good. I have fought against him and I didn't take advantage of him."
When Father Wu heard this, his expression suddenly became serious. He knew how much his son weighed. He looked at Li Tang carefully again and reached out to touch Li Tang's arm. He nodded and said regretfully: "It's a good young man. It's a pity."
"Dad, I told you last time that I got a white wax pole just for him." Wu Jing said again.
"Oh, Xiao Li, are you still practicing big guns?"
"No, I'm just learning from Brother Jing now. Brother Jing said it's difficult to learn a big gun, so I want to give it a try." Li Tang said shyly.
Father Wu turned to Wu Jing and asked, "What marksmanship are you going to teach Xiao Li?"
"Of course it's Wu Mu's Thirteen Spears. Those Zhao Zilong Eighteen Spears are all fake." Wu Jing said sarcastically.
Father Wu said with a look of disdain: "You haven't learned the Thirteen Guns of Wu Mu yourself yet, so how can you teach them to others? Why don't you teach Tai Chi Guns?"
"ah?"
Wu Jing was stunned and said hurriedly: "The Tai Chi gun is not a unique skill passed down from our family and cannot be passed on to others!"
But Father Wu smiled bitterly and said: "What kind of family skills are needed these days? If they are not passed down to others, they will be lost."
Li Tang was stunned for a moment. He had only heard of Tai Chi swords and Tai Chi knives, but he had never heard of Tai Chi guns.
He asked tentatively: "Is this Tai Chi gun easy to learn?"
Under the signal from Father Wu's eyes, Wu Jing immediately snarled again: "Our Wu family's Tai Chi gun is also called the Tai Chi Thirteen Guns. It is divided into four scattered guns, four stick guns, four thrown guns and one wrapped gun. The so-called four scattered guns , the first shot is called distracted and stabs like a strange python; the second shot: the crane shakes its head and stabs the arm; the third shot: the kite pounces on the bird and stabs the feet; the fourth shot: the flying swallow throws itself into the nest and stabs the surface. The so-called sticky four gun……"
"...The so-called entangling the gun along the way, takes the meaning of sticking, sticking, and following, and it is used to wrap around easily without losing it. It is the ever-changing prime minister!"
Wu Jing talked eloquently, but Li Tang didn't understand a word of it. But even though I didn’t understand it, I always felt that it was very powerful.
Finally, I saw him shaking his head and saying: "Our Thirteen Spears of Wu Style Tai Chi are easy to learn and difficult to learn. They are similar to the Thirteen Spears of Wu Mu. The key is to practice the basic skills first so that you can get twice the result with half the effort."
With that said, he turned around and asked Wu's father: "Dad, have you got the gun barrel?"
Father Wu was a little embarrassed and said, "I've contacted your Uncle Wang. He hasn't had any good stuff recently, so we have to wait for a while."
Li Tang originally thought that the so-called gun barrel was just a piece of wood, so it was no big deal. But after hearing what Wu's father said, it seemed that it was not that simple. He hurriedly said: "It's okay, uncle, don't worry."
When he said this, Father Wu couldn't sit still anymore and said hurriedly: "Xiao Li, this is your first time coming to the door. Uncle can't let you leave empty-handed. Come on, come on!"
After saying that, he walked outside the house and took out a long piece of something wrapped in oilcloth from under the eaves.
After opening it, it was a white wax rod that was as white as jade.
"Dad, this is my gun barrel. I haven't used it yet." Wu Jing came out and said anxiously when he saw it.
"Go, go, go, you're not home all day long, so just leave it alone. Why don't you let Xiao Li practice first?"
Father Wu picked up this white wax pole. It was more than three meters long. And it is very tenacious. With just a slight shake of Father Wu, a few flowers of gunpowder came out. It's just that the Wu family's yard is not big, so it can't be used widely.
(End of chapter)
