The four of them were chatting when suddenly there was a commotion at the door of the venue. Everyone looked up and saw a group of people walking in from the door. The person at the head was a burly middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes. The man next to him in a black tunic suit was clearly director Zhang Yimou. There were several young men and women following behind.
This situation is much bigger than that at the previous Huabiao Awards Ceremony, because "No One Less", which was shortlisted for the Best Feature Film Award at this year's Golden Rooster Award, just won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival last month. This is Zhang This is the second time a director has won this award, and he is also the first Chinese director to win the top honor of the three European Film Awards three times.
Director Zhang made history, and at the same time he also left Director Chen, who has always been as famous as him, far behind.
Today is the premiere of Director Zhang's new work, which naturally attracted the attention of countless media and filmmakers. Not only did the reporters focus their cameras on them and take pictures, but there were also many familiar and unfamiliar filmmakers who came up to say hello to Director Zhang and his entourage.
"Hey, Xiao Yizi is here to have fun too!"
Liu Ye pointed at the thin girl wearing a black dress next to Zhang Yimou and shouted.
"And Teacher Zheng."
"Hey, is the guy next to Teacher Zheng from the last musical theater class?"
The male lead in the movie "My Father and Mother" is Zheng Hao, who is a physical teacher of China National Opera; the other actor is Sun Honglei, who is also a junior college student who graduated from the musical theater class of China National Opera.
Li Tang found something very interesting, that is, almost all of the films shortlisted for the Golden Rooster Award this time, from directors to behind-the-scenes creators, were produced by Nortel. But most of the actors they selected were graduates or current students of the Chinese Opera.
There are very few actors in Nortel, and there are some who go to theaters, but most of them are from the older generation. Li Tang and Ning Jing, who was shortlisted for Best Actress, are probably the only graduates who went to theaters in the 1990s.
In fact, Ning Jing is not a serious student in the acting department of Shanghai Theater. She attended the model acting training class of Shanghai Theater. The threshold is very low. Basically, you can get it if you have money. It is an income-generating project of Shanghai Theater.
But after all, he is now a hit. He needs this star alumnus to go to the theater, and he also needs the aura of a prestigious school to go to the theater. It can be said that they hit it off.
There were many people surrounding Director Zhang and his team to say hello, and Liu Ye waved to say hello to his classmates and teachers in the crowd. Li Tang did not join in the fun, but stood aside and watched calmly.
Director Xiao Teng maintained his identity and did not take advantage of the situation. He stood with Li Tang and was very disdainful of Liu Ye's ostentatious behavior.
The director is also a member of the same circle. Basically, his father, director Teng Wenji, and Zhang Yimou are in the same circle. They were both generals under Wu Tianming, the director of Xiying Film Studio at that time. In private, Director Xiao Teng had to call Zhang Yimou "Uncle Yimou."
Director Zhang and his team walked in while nodding to the people on both sides. When passing Director Li Tang and Xiao Teng, Director Zhang suddenly stopped and turned back to look in their direction.
Director Xiao Teng felt proud. After all, he was Uncle Yimou. He always wanted to say hello to his eldest nephew when he saw him. In fact, he came here with his father this time just to see the world and become familiar with him, which showed that the second generation of the Teng family has officially come out.
Just as he was adjusting his suit and opening his mouth to greet Zhang Yimou, he heard Zhang Yimou reach out to Li Tang and say, "Hello, Xiao Li, we meet again."
At this moment, Li Tang was really flattered. He had just witnessed that Director Zhang only took the initiative to say hello to some veteran filmmakers, while the others smiled and nodded.
He hurriedly stepped forward, held Director Zhang's hand with both hands, and said with a slightly excited expression: "Hello, Director Zhang! Congratulations on winning another award, and I wish your new film a big hit!"
"Thanks!"
Director Zhang squeezed his hand slightly to express his gratitude, and then nodded to Director Xiao Teng who was standing aside with an awkward expression as a greeting.
Everyone present could tell that Director Zhang had a special regard for Li Tang. Many people looked at Li Tang with subtle eyes, as if they wanted to find out why this young man could make Director Zhang stop and say hello.
After Director Zhang and his party passed by, Director Xiao Teng immediately asked in a low voice: "To be honest, what is your relationship with the director?"
"It doesn't matter, it's just our second meeting."
In fact, Li Tang himself was confused. He couldn't figure out why Director Zhang stopped to say hello to him. Of course, he wouldn't put his doubts on his face, he would just tell the truth calmly.
"Tch, can you talk properly?" Director Xiao Teng looked unbelieving.
"Really." Li Tang was very innocent.
"Trust a ghost!"
It is obvious that you are telling the truth, but what you show is easy to misunderstand. Anyone who is well versed in communication knows that this is called taking advantage of others. In the words of Brother Xun, who has two jujube trees at home, this is called pulling the tiger's skin to pull the flag.
Although Li Tang didn't know Director Zhang's intentions, he knew that there must be a reason for Director Zhang's interest in him. Until he found this reason, he didn't mind using Director Zhang's name to give himself a halo.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, the opening ceremony of the 8th China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival officially began. As usual, leaders from the Cultural Association, the Filmmakers Association and the local government gave speeches, and then the nomination certificates began to be issued.
In addition to Li Tang, nominees for the Best Actor Award include Teng Rujun, who played the father in "The Mountain, That Man, That Dog", and Tian Chengren, the male lead in the movie "Golden Wedding."
Mr. Tian is in his 70s, Teacher Teng Rujun of China National Theater is in his 50s, and Li Tang, who is in his twenties, easily reminds people of a commonly used term - the three generations of old, middle and young.
Recognize the achievements of the older generation, highlight the backbone, and encourage the younger generation.
After the opening ceremony was the premiere of "My Father and Mother".
This is a very beautiful movie, telling the love story of a village beauty named Zhaodi and a rural teacher. The visual experience is similar to the beautiful scenery and bright colors of director Zhang Yimou's previous works.
As far as the movie itself is concerned, in this movie director Zhang Yimou has obviously concealed the critical edge of thought in his previous works, washed away the reflection on national character, and used a fresh prose style to describe the delicate story of the village beauty Zhaodi. The psychology of love.
Compared to Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi, the "little Gong Li", is much more youthful and immature, and it is precisely this youthfulness and immaturity that perfectly interprets the character of Zhao Di.
Li Tang was too familiar with Zhang Ziyi, as she was one of the Chinese actresses he was most familiar with in his previous life.
Because Zhang Ziyi has been developing in Hollywood for a long time, and that time happened to be the hard years when he was struggling in Hollywood in his previous life. I found out that a Chinese female star finally emerged, so of course I was very concerned about it.
I remember that she was with a Jew who was a Time Warner shareholder and an investor. This kind of sugar daddy is very normal in Hollywood. The best and fastest way for an outsider to integrate into Hollywood is to find a powerful enough insider.
Nicole Kidman and Cruise, Zeta Jones and Michael Douglas are all ready-made examples.
But Zhang Ziyi failed in the end. In fact, her failure lies in cultural background and racial differences. It is difficult for a yellow person to integrate into the mainstream of Hollywood.
Compared with the sharp-eyed and aggressive Zhang Ziyi in Li Tang's previous life, Xiao Zhang's shoes at this time are much cuter and more innocent, especially her eyes that are particularly clean and smart.
Li Tang admires director Zhang Yimou's vision for selecting actresses, including the previous Gong Li. She is not stunning at first glance, but the more she looks at it, the more interesting she becomes. And without exception, their eyes are extremely clean, without any impurities.
It is said that a good actor must maintain his innocence, and having clean eyes is a reflection of his inner innocence.
Of course, Zhang Ziyi was not a silly person at this time. After seeing Director Zhang stop to say hello to Li Tang, she immediately came over and exchanged a few words with Li Tang. She knew how to assess the situation very well.
The Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival lasts for four days, opening on the 16th and closing on the 20th with awards. In the middle is the promotion of some film projects and a series of seminars, symposiums, etc.
Li Tang is neither an investor nor a director, and has no interest in promoting any film projects. Moreover, the past two years have been the time when films have reached their lowest valuation. It is said that the total box office of the domestic film market this year is less than one billion. , which is completely different from what he often heard in his previous life that China is the second largest film market after North America.
Precisely because he knows that the future will be bright, he is not worried at all about the current downturn. There is no need to listen to the so-called experts, film critics, etc. who are worried and talk about a lot of nonsense and nonsense about saving this and that.
On the contrary, he was quite interested in some technical seminars. Photography and art are both manifestations of film aesthetics, and understanding photography and art is also very helpful for actors' performances.
During this period, he met Zhao Fei, the photographer who was shortlisted for the best photography of this year's Golden Rooster Award, through the introduction of director Xiao Teng. This graduated from the Department of Photography of Nortel in 1978 and is a classmate of director Zhang Yimou. He has photographed Gianzhuangzhuang's "The Horse Thief" and Jiang Wen's version of "The Great Eunuch Li Lianying", Zhang Yimou's "Raise the Red Lantern", Chen The great director's "Jing Ke Assassins the King of Qin" and Feng Xiaogang's "See You or Be Parted" are collaborations with almost all the top directors who are active at the moment.
Originally, Li Tang asked him for knowledge about photography, but the conversation turned out to be very interesting. Because they talked about foreign movies a lot, Li Tang happened to have quite a lot of knowledge in this area. Later, Li Tang learned from Zhao Fei that he had accepted the invitation of the famous American director Woody Allen to serve as a photographer for Woody Allen's new movie "Amateur Thief".
On the evening of October 20, the closing ceremony of the 8th China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival was held grandly at the Shenyang Stadium. The scene was very grand, with a red carpet for the first time, and the entire event was broadcast live on CCTV Variety Channel.
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