China Entertainment started from Nortel 2002

Chapter 211 The rich man’s pursuit of dreams
Following Li Mu on the red carpet, there is never a shortage of reporters to take photos.

Domestic and foreign media are all excited. For foreign media, this is the only international public appearance of Li Mu after the release of "2012".

"Director Li, Yifei, look here!" When Zhalang's reporters saw Li Mu and the others, they instantly burst into even greater enthusiasm.

Li Mu was also very considerate. Now that he holds shares, he felt different, so he waved his hand.

Liu Yifei also smiled at Zhalang Media.

The crew of "Drive My Car" arrived late. At this time of the awards ceremony, the seats were almost full.

Li Mu and others took their seats under the instructions of the staff.

"It's all a film festival, so why does it feel different from the ones in China?" Zhou Xun was still muttering.

"Maybe it's because "Double Yolk" is rarely prescribed!" Li Mu responded lightly.

Everyone knew what it meant and laughed softly.

"Double yolks are considered good. The Huabiao I went to at the end of the month revealed decuplets, so that's nothing."

"Get ready." Liu Yifei reminded Li Bian quickly when she saw Li Bian coming on stage.

As the chairman of this session, Li Jian made a necessary speech.

The awards everyone has been waiting for are arriving one by one.

Let’s start with the non-competitive units.

Li Mu and the others sat calmly, awarding awards for several units, and the winners also gave speeches of thanks. The awards for the main competition unit were still early.

This year, a total of 7 Chinese-language films are competing for the two major awards of this film festival.

Du Haibin directed "1428" and won the Horizon Documentary Award. Unfortunately, he missed the most important award in the Horizon Award, the "Best Film Award".

Li Mu and others also applauded one after another.

As the main competition unit, the first award for Best Screenplay, began, the atmosphere in the venue became much more solemn.

""Wartime Life"!" As the award presenter read out the name of the movie, the people present applauded again.

"Director Li, Yi Hong, are you feeling nervous?" Zhou Xun rubbed his hands.

Li Mu smiled: "I don't. Yihong has the best actor in Cannes, so the probability is not that high. I know you do, so don't ask me specifically."

"Hehe, neither did I. I wish you good luck!" Liu Yifei also looked at Zhou Xun with a smile on her face.

Because the next award is the Best Actress Award.

Zhou Xun has the strength to win this award.

"Director Li, if I don't get it, why don't you get a golden lion? I'm sorry for my sacrifice!"

"You are so confident."

"The Volpi Cup Award for Best Actress was won by"

"Ksenia, Double Time!"

"Huhuhu" Zhou Xun took several deep breaths in succession, "I was sacrificed!"

Several people couldn't help but chuckle in a low voice.

The following Best Actor award still missed out on the cast of "Drive My Car".

Colin, "A Single Man", won the Venice Best Actor.

"It's okay, enough of the Cannes Best Actor!"

Li Mu patted Duan Yihong. In this movie, Duan Yihong could become the best actor, but it was a pity.

"Director Li, it's up to you." Duan Yihong was not disappointed.

There are only three awards left, Best Director, Grand Jury Prize and Golden Lion for Best Film!

"Don't give me the Jury Prize. If there is no Golden Lion, then it should be Best Director." Li Mu closed his eyes and thought to himself, Cannes won this No. 2.

"Director Li is nervous!" When Yu Feihong turned around, he saw Li Mu closing his eyes and joked with the others.

Zhou Xun laughed and said: "Director Li, you promised not to be nervous?"

"." It would be better not to argue at all. Li Mu pretended not to hear, and was listening to the award presenter talking about the winner of the best director.

Liu Yifei secretly grabbed Li Mu's hand.

"Shailene Neshat, Women Without Men!"

A female director won the honor of best director.

Jury Prize: "Soul Kitchen"!
Another grand prize is awarded.

"Director Li, if we answered the call correctly, would we have won the Golden Lion?" The crew members were a little ecstatic.

Several people seemed to be unable to hold back their joy.

Li Mu quickly stopped him: "The award hasn't been awarded yet. If you don't get it, wouldn't it be embarrassing? Just calm down."

It would be bad if an accident happens later, and the jury award has not yet been awarded.

Zhou Xun spoke plausibly: "Director Li, suddenly I felt that the Best Actress trophy was not good-looking at all. Unlike Cannes and Berlin, they at least gave a smaller version of the Palme d'Or and a Silver Bear.

Li Mu took a look and realized that such a big and bulky trophy was indeed not beautiful enough.

For the Golden Lion Award for Best Film, Mr. Li walked up to the stage. As the chairman of this year's jury, he will personally award the Golden Lion.

"Golden Lion Award for Best Film, winner: "Drive My Car"!"

"Hahaha, there's no need to hide it now." Zhou Xun and others were very happy, "Sissi, come on stage with Director Li to accept the award!"

Liu Yifei was also very surprised: "Ah Mu, we won the award!"

"Well, let's go!" Li Mu took Liu Yifei's hand.

"Congratulations!" Li Bian picked up the golden lion and handed it to Li Mu solemnly.

"Thank you!"

"This is my girlfriend, the producer of the movie. She has half of the credit for the movie. I brought her up to accept the award. Please don't object."

Li Mu smiled, and his words instantly received echoes and applause from everyone.

It's not like it has never happened in Venice for couples to win awards. This romantic place has no shortage of such things.

"It's a pity that there are no two golden lions. The Venetian officials didn't think carefully enough." Li Mu sighed.

"Director Li's sense of humor is quite good." Huang Bo couldn't stop laughing from below.

Marco Muller was in the audience, dumbfounded, and suddenly shouted: "Lee, do you want to guest star as the host of our film festival next time!"

The scene instantly became more joyful.

Li Mu paused before continuing his speech: "Thank you to the Venice Jury."

"Hee hee, there is an extra golden lion! It's a pity that the one at home is not the Palme d'Or." Liu Yifei still felt a little regretful and gently wiped the golden lion on her seat.

Zhou Xun, who was standing aside, felt that his ideas had been impacted: "Sissi, do you want to listen to what you said?"

"Hahaha"

After everyone saw the golden lion, they laughed again.

"It's true that the leader asked me to keep an eye on Director Li. He has won the Golden Lion again." When Zhalang's reporter learned that Li Mu had won the Golden Lion, he immediately passed the news back.

""Drive My Car" Crazy Lions!"

"Li Mu, capture the golden lion!"

Major news and portal websites have made headlines one after another, and the latest information about international film festivals such as Venice has always occupied the top sections of major media.

"Come, our crew will take a photo with Golden Lion." Liu Yifei greeted a few people, and the producer made arrangements again.Everyone gathered around the golden lion and took a picture.

"I will post it on Weibo when I get back!" Liu Yifei looked at the photo and was very satisfied.

"I'll give you a thumbs up." Zhou Xun and others are also having fun on Weibo now.

With the support of major traffic, Weibo has become a new public opinion front amid its crazy rise.

The next day, Li Mu returned to the imperial capital with the crew.

"I have to make a copy of this thing. Teacher Tian will probably ask me for it sooner or later." Li Mu suddenly thought as he looked at the golden lion in front of him.

"What is this thing called? It's called the "Flying Lion of San Marco", the city emblem of the Republic of Venice." Liu Yifei defended while holding the golden lion trophy.

Zhou Xun smiled: "According to Nortel's style, Director Li, you will already be hanging on the banner."

"Well, now it should be "Warm congratulations to our school's director Li Mu for winning the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival! "" Yu Feihong also smiled when he thought of Nortel's operations over the years.

Sure enough, at this time, a banner was hung on the door of Nortel.

Students passing by looked at the banner and discussed it endlessly.

"Every now and then, you can always see Pastor Li's banner in the school!"

"I'm used to it, I'm envious, another international award!"

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After the Golden Lion, we can prepare for small-scale premieres at home and abroad. We have already contacted Los Angeles and will screen the movie for 8 days in a row. We don’t dare to limit it to a week.

"Remember to invite more Oscar judges to watch!" Li Mu was still telling David.

"Boss, one week is not enough. You don't know how easy it is for the judges to gather together."

“Invite as many as you can and we’ll do public relations at the end of the year.”

"I'm going to lose weight again this year."

"Didn't you like parties the most in the past?"

As soon as Liu Yifei came back, she picked up her computer, happily opened Weibo, and uploaded the carefully taken photos.

"The Flying Lion of St. Mark is here!"

"Ah Mu, come over and give me a like!" Liu Yifei urged.

"Okay, okay, let me see!"

Liu Yifei was the first person he followed on Weibo, and the Weibo post he just posted was immediately displayed at the front.

"It only took less than a minute and there were dozens of comments. You are so popular."

"That's right!"

Li Mu thought for a while and posted a message in the comment area: The golden lion was taken away, so I didn’t have to take a photo and post it.

Immediately, the pick-up started.

"Catch Director Li alive!"

"+1"

Zhou Xun, Yu Feihong and others also quickly followed Li Mu's team.

"The golden lion was taken away by Yifei, and I didn't have to take pictures and post it!"

The comment section was very lively, and many actors came to congratulate me.

The actresses probably gritted their teeth and clicked the thumbs up, sending their blessings in the comments section against their will.

Liu Yifei's operation instantly threw them away several times.

There are many producers, but only one producer wins the Grand Jury Prize in Cannes and the Golden Lion in Venice.

After entering September, "The Wind" and "The Founding of the People's Republic of China" also began large-scale publicity.

Here, Huayi's "The Wind" released new stills, filled with smoke, and was accused of violating "smoking control regulations", which just added a little more popularity to "The Wind".

China Film Group is preparing to hold an all-star premiere again, with hundreds of stars participating in "The Founding of the People's Republic of China". Thinking about how luxurious the premiere will be, countless fans will be excited.

Li Mu took a replica and knocked on the door of Tian Zhuangzhuang's office.

Tian Zhuangzhuang saw the golden lion in Li Mu's hand and carefully took it over.

Li Mu smiled: "This thing is just a copy, there is no need for it. I have the original one. You can make as many copies as you want."

"This is an honor. You don't understand. This is going to be placed in the school history museum. In total, you are the sixth director in China to win the Golden Lion Award. If you are affiliated with Nortel, you are the third."

"Senior Brother Zhang Yimou took two. In terms of quantity, this is the fourth one for me."

"Let's go to the school history museum together." Tian Zhuangzhuang got the trophy and immediately planned to put it in. The position was already prepared.

When passing by the directing department, Li Mu couldn't help but take a look.

"Why do you think of your study career?" Tian Zhuangzhuang joked.

Li Mu glanced at him and said, "I saw a junior fellow student who was quite serious."

Tian Zhuangzhuang took a serious look: "This guy is not from our directing department, he is from the management department, but he told me that he really wanted to be a director. In order to get into Nortel, he took the postgraduate examination specially, so I let him have it. Sora came over to listen.”

The passing of Li Mu and Tian Zhuangzhuang attracted the attention of many people in the directing department, and for a while there was some noise in the classroom.

"Only by paying attention to the lectures can you get a golden lion like your senior brother!"

The teacher on the stage was not annoyed, but used it to admonish the students in the audience.

Nortel's school history museum also has a rich collection, and all kinds of glory and historical testimonies are displayed here!

"Compared to the China Film Museum!" When Tian Zhuangzhuang asked Li Mu how he felt, Li Mu responded lightly.

Tian Zhuangzhuang didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "How can it be compared? We are just a school."

"Teacher, I want to talk to the junior brother just now!"

"Oh, you're attracted to it again?"

"We won't know until we finish talking!"

Guo Fan had just finished class and was about to go back to the Department of Management to take courses in his major. After receiving the message, the teacher in charge immediately called out to Guo Fan.

"There's something going on there, Director Tian, ​​please come over."

Guo Fan nodded, a little confused.

"Director Tian, ​​are you looking for me?" Guo Fan knocked on the door and opened the door. When he came in, in addition to Tian Zhuangzhuang, Li Mu was also in the office.

Tian Zhuangzhuang pointed and said with a smile: "I'm not looking for you, it's him who is looking for you."

"Brother Pastor Li!"

Guo Fan was a little excited. Everyone in Nortel knew how influential Li Mu was in the school. There was no student in the school who didn't know Li Mu's name.

"Don't get excited, sit down, I have some questions for you." Li Mu smiled and motioned for him to sit down.

Guo Fan sat down and looked at Li Mu expectantly. The directors Li Mu had selected from school over the years were now well-known figures in the industry.

"I heard from Teacher Tian that your undergraduate major was law?"

Guo Fan smiled bitterly: "In the college entrance examination, Nortel didn't take me, so I had to study law at Hainan University for four years. However, after graduation, I still couldn't let go of the director's career. I also tried Beipiao. With my I have pretty good painting skills, and I’ve been on many production crews, including TV series and movies, and I also worked on Zhang Yi’s senior crew for a period of time.”

"When you get older, you can't regret the dreams you didn't realize when you were young."

When Guo Fan talks about his dream, his eyes are shining!

Li Mu listened to the story told by Guo Fan and couldn't help but sigh, his family still has money, otherwise there would be no reason for you to go through such trouble. This is a confident person who speaks differently.

You know, dreams are actually a luxury!
(End of this chapter)