"Li Tang, good news! "The Third Man" has been shortlisted!" Naian said excitedly on the phone.
Li Tang, who was lying on the bed, was suddenly shocked by the news and hurriedly said: "What are the finalists? Is it the main competition unit?"
"Wow, you really dare to think that it's the Upstream category. Lao Ma just called me. The competition is particularly fierce this year. There are forty films shortlisted in the two competition sections."
That's how people are. Before being shortlisted, they would have dreamed of being shortlisted. Although I was shortlisted, I felt regretful that I was not shortlisted for the main competition unit.
"How many Chinese films have been shortlisted this time?" Li Tang then asked.
Among the three major film festivals in Europe, only the Venice Film Festival has always been friendly to Chinese films. For example, director Zhang Yimou won the Golden Lion twice; Gong Li and Xia Yu won Best Actor and Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival; others such as Wanwan Director Hou Hsiao-hsien also won the Golden Lion, and Zhang Yuan's "Going Home for the New Year" won the Best Director Award, etc.
"Lao Ma didn't disclose it, but as far as I know, Hong Kong director Cheng Guo's new film "Hong Kong's Hollywood" has been shortlisted for the main competition this time. Don't forget to congratulate Xiao Zhou."
That's right, the last time Zhou Xun went to Hong Kong to shoot "Hollywood in Hong Kong" directed by Cheng Guo. Being shortlisted for the main competition means that Zhou Xun is qualified to compete for the Best Actress Award at the Venice Film Festival this time.
One more thing, director Cheng Guo's "Durian" last year was shortlisted for the main competition of the Venice Film Festival. Although this movie returned empty-handed at the last Venice Film Festival, it made a splash at last year's Bay Area Golden Horse Awards and this year's Hong Kong Film Awards. The heroine, Qin Hailu, is also a newcomer from the 96th class of the Chinese Opera. , won the Golden Horse Award for Best Newcomer and Best Actress, and the Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Newcomer.
After hanging up the phone on Nai'an, Li Tang couldn't wait to call Zhou Xun.
The bell rang for a long time before the call was answered.
"Sister Xiaoxun, congratulations!"
"Ah, congratulations... uh, you know it too?"
Zhou Xun on the other end of the phone was obviously a little late-minded, but she obviously already knew that the movie she starred in was shortlisted for this year's Venice Film Festival.
"Well, congratulations! Maybe in two months we will have another Venice Best Actress." Li Tang said with a smile.
"I don't dare to think... Hey, this list hasn't been announced yet, how do you know?"
"Because my movie was also shortlisted..."
Before Li Tang finished speaking, he heard Zhou Xun exclaim: "Really? Is it the movie you invested in?"
"Well, yes. It's just that I'm not as good as you. I'm not qualified to compete for the Venice Best Actor. I was shortlisted for the Upstream category." Li Tang smiled.
"Well, that's not bad! Hey, what do you think happened to us this year? After filming this movie, we have to collaborate on "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", and now we can actually go to the Venice Film Festival together."
"It means we are destined."
It's true that this year, he and Zhou Xun have been going round and round, and they can always get together.
"By the way, when are you leaving?" Li Tang asked again.
"The day after tomorrow, there are two more shots tomorrow."
It was already late July, and Zhou Xun's scene had been completed according to the script, but Dai Sijie had a sudden idea to add two more scenes.
Originally, according to the plan, "The Little Tailor" would be completed by the end of July, because after Chen Kun returned from Chongqing, he was in very bad shape for a period of time and was procrastinating, so that the filming of the Zhangjiajie scene was delayed.
August 3rd is the launch conference of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", and both Li Tang and Zhou Xun will attend. In fact, this day is also the day when "Hero" is launched. Fortunately, due to the need for confidentiality, Zhang Yao does not hold these vain so-called press conferences, otherwise it will be a crash.
It is said that "Hero" has arrived in the northwest desert, where Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung, Zhang Ziyi and male lead Li Lien are all concentrated there. As for when Li Tang will join the team, it still depends on the filming progress there.
There are still several scenes in "The Little Tailor" between Li Tang and Chen Kun in Shanghai. It is estimated that they can only wait until Li Tang goes to Beijing to attend the launch conference of "The Condor" before he can return to film.
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"Oh, director, it's worth spending a lot of money!"
Li Tang took a bottle of perfume from the hand of the prop, with the words "YSL Baby Doll" printed on it. YSL, Yves Saint Laurent is a famous luxury brand in France. It is translated into Chinese as Saint Laurent Qingtou. If it is more romantic, it is also It can be directly translated as Parisian Love.
A bottle of perfume like this costs at least several hundred dollars in the United States.
Dai Sijie smiled and said, "It's just an empty bottle. The perfume inside is mixed. If it were real, I wouldn't be able to part with it."
This is the gift Ma Jianling chose for the little tailor after returning to Phoenix Mountain twenty-seven years later.
At this time, Li Tang was wearing a wig with long gray hair, and the makeup on his face showed the vicissitudes of life. Because of the impoundment of the Three Gorges (another sensitive topic of interest to foreigners), Phoenix Mountain was about to be flooded. Ma Jianling, who was far away in France, learned of the news and made a special trip back to her hometown to revisit. But he couldn't find the little tailor after searching for a long time.
Today is the last scene, it’s the Mid-Autumn Festival, and everyone is huddled in the reservoir next to the former educated youth hut to set off river lanterns. Starting during the day, Zhao Chunlin directed the rehearsal of hundreds of extras from surrounding villagers.
And today is a rare good weather. There is no cloud in the sky, and the Sky Eye in the distance is clearly visible. The shooting window is just half an hour after sunset, otherwise the sky will be completely dark and the Tianmen Cave in the distance will not be visible.
Fortunately, the extras on the scene were very capable, and there were no mistakes. The first two shots were shot smoothly. The last scene is when someone told Ma Jianling that people who put river lanterns nearby would write their names on the boats stacked with paper. After hearing this, Ma Jianling actually took off her clothes and went into the water to look for the river lanterns placed by the little tailor.
As he watched the paper boats floating on the water gradually burning and sinking, he realized that he might not be able to find the little tailor.
So the bottle of YSL Baby Doll perfume brought from France also stayed in this water.
"Cut! Okay, passed!"
As Dai Sijie shouted to stop, the two-man boat next to him quickly rowed towards Li Tang. The two field workers pulled Li Tang, who was naked except for a pair of shorts, onto the boat and quickly wrapped him in a bath towel.
Although it was the end of July, even if it was hot during the day in the mountains, the temperature would plummet as soon as the sun went down, and the water in the mountain reservoir was extremely cold. Even though he was wrapped in a bath towel, Li Tang couldn't help but shiver.
After landing, we quickly went down the mountain to the hotel, took a hot bath and drank some ginger soup. The press conference of "The Condor" will be held in a few days, and this is definitely not the time to be sick.
…
"Ah sneeze!"
Walking out of the cool airport hall, a wave of heat hit him, and Li Tang couldn't help but sneeze heavily.
After filming that day, he still caught a cold. After sneezing, the two severely blocked nostrils were finally cleared for a short time.
After getting in the car, Zeng Jia immediately took out the cold medicine and handed it over along with a bottle of water.
"Brother Li, you have a good rest today. The press conference will be held at Kangle Palace at three o'clock tomorrow afternoon. We will come to pick you up at one o'clock."
Li Tang took the medicine, leaned back in the chair and closed his eyes to rest.
In the past, he would not catch a cold so easily. In the final analysis, it was because of weight loss. Now his body's resistance is even weak, and he has to find a way to make up for the fifteen kilograms of muscle he lost.
Second update!
I was going to take it easy today, and I was planning to do the third watch, but in the morning I found that the ceiling of my house was leaking again. The upstairs was newly renovated, and the water in the bathroom was a mess, with water seeping out at every turn. I spent the whole day talking to the property management and neighbors.
(End of chapter)
