Entertainment tycoon who started out as a director

Chapter 130 Gu Ming’s Director Fans

It is South Korean director Lee Chang-dong.

Among Gu Ming, he is a rather special director.

Other directors could only be spoiled for one film, but he was lucky enough to be spoiled for two films.

After the video was played and he saw Gu Ming coming to congratulate him, he with long hair and droopy eyes enthusiastically grabbed Gu Ming's hand with both hands and said, "Director Gu, you are my favorite Chinese director besides Hou Xiaoxian. .”

"Your movie "Burning" really touched my heart."

"A very good film."

"Really?" Gu Ming laughed, "Thank you for the compliment. Director Li's "Oasis" is really good. I think you may gain something at this Venice Film Festival."

"Thank you. When will Director Gu's new film be released? I will definitely go to the premiere then."

"Well, see you there or not." Gu Ming sent him an invitation letter.

After walking out of the screening venue.

Zhou Xun couldn't help but grinned, "I know why he is so enthusiastic. By the way, I saw some shadows of you in his videos. The shooting techniques are really similar."

"It doesn't matter what era it is. The shooting techniques have long been used up by the older generation of directors. It doesn't matter if the shooting techniques are similar."

"You're pretty cool."

"Haha." Gu Ming suddenly thought of a scene, and Li Cangdong cried, "I actually like Gu Ming very much. I like every one of his movies. I usually make movies myself, but I don't know why. I feel like I Always living in his shadow.”

……

Premiere of "Secret Sunshine".

As a well-known director in the European literary film market.

Although he became famous in Berlin, he won his first top three award in Cannes.

But the three major ones actually belong to the same circle, and Venice still gives them a lot of face.

The largest movie theater was directly arranged for Gu Ming.

Thousands of people watched the screening of Gu Ming's new work.

Almost all the film crews from the main competition unit were sent over, and countless reporters and film critics seemed to be waiting for the appearance of Gu Ming's new work.

As the movie started to play, the entire theater fell silent.

"Did you say there was a chance to win the Golden Lion?"

Watch the screen start playing.

Although Zhou Xun, who was sitting next to Gu Ming, knew it was unlikely, he still held on to some hope and tried his best to suppress his voice and asked Gu Ming.

"Do you think I have a chance to win the Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Director?" Gu Ming asked.

"Are you kidding?" Zhou Xun blurted out, "It seems that none of the films you made meet the requirements for the Hong Kong Island Film Awards, right?"

"It seems that if you want to participate, you must meet two of three conditions."

"The director must be a Hong Kong Island resident with permanent residence on Hong Kong Island. You definitely don't qualify unless you move to Hong Kong Island."

“The production company has a company legally registered in Hong Kong Island, so it’s not difficult.”

"At least six work projects are staffed by Hong Kong Island residents, six out of [-] projects."

"It's not difficult to achieve it, as long as the last two conditions are met."

"Don't you plan to compete for the Academy Awards?"

"No plan!"

Gu Ming shook his head firmly. It is a film festival that has more outrageous requirements than the Academy Awards. Participate or not, there is no shortage of that trophy.

Besides, you go ahead and get twelve nominations, and I will give you one of the twelve nominations.

It's about to catch up with "The Shawshank Redemption"'s record of seven nominations and zero. No, it's an exaggeration. At least it only missed seven nominations.

But what opponent did "The Shawshank Redemption" face in 94?It is the masterpiece of American theme "Forrest Gump", "The Last Days", "Pulp Fiction", "Speed" and the pinnacle of hand-drawn animation "The Lion King".

What about "Let the Bullets Fly"?

Are there so many powerful opponents?

Finally, the best costume design was given.

The person who received the award was from Hong Kong.

I just needed a slap in the face.

right?Jiang Wen.

Thinking of Jiang Wen, Gu Ming felt that Jiang Wen just didn't have the heart to care about other things.

When I was back in China editing, I heard from Li Xiaoping that Liu Xiaoqing had been arrested.

Eighty percent of the time it's because of taxes.

Li Xiaoping once again admired Gu Ming's conservatism.

Without Gu Ming's pressure, if an actor goes out to visit a cave or something, he will definitely not pay taxes. When the time comes, who knows which bird will be shot?Maybe it’s the person who caught Daystar, who made Daystar shine.

Catch one, it will be the most effective warning.

And with the emergence of this incident, Daystar's artists can also let go of their hands and feet to do acupuncture and other things, not only to make money, but also to contribute to paying more taxes.

"Oh, that's true, you don't have to..."

Thinking about Gu Ming's numerous honors, Zhou Xun agreed with Gu Ming's approach, but soon realized that the topic had strayed, "Isn't it about the Golden Lion?"

"This film is for you to hit the big three."

"Who makes you the first sister of Venus?"

"Oh……"

Is it that simple?

Zhou Xun asked himself silently in his heart, and then focused his eyes on the screen.

She is an experiential person. In order to escape from that state, this was the first time for her to watch "Secret Sunshine" starring herself.

The more she watched, the more she felt that this film had brought her current acting skills to the extreme.

From the complicated expression when he learned that his son had been kidnapped, to the numbness after seeing his son die, to being healed by Christians, to the surprise and despair after seeing God actually forgive the murderer, to the revenge on his faith.

Even if I film it ten more times, I may not be able to surpass myself in the film.

And those film critics who originally wanted to write something found that there was nothing that needed to be written about this film.There is no novel structure.

The light and shadow are as plain and real as ever.

But its story is really fascinating.

A woman searches for peace, loses it, and finds it again.

This film seems to return to the original intention of the film.

"What kind of place is Quzhou? It's no different from other places. People live the same everywhere."

After reading the lines in the film, Tian Zangzang raised his hand and touched the stubble on his chin, muttering to himself.

"It is not a satire on religion, nor is it about forgiveness and forgiveness, but a way of showing a kind of life."

"Continuously escaping, placing everything in other things, first in my husband, then in my place of residence, and finally in religion, constantly escaping from myself, and constantly collapsing."

"Perhaps finally, she has the courage to face life head-on."

……

The film is two hours long.

Wait until after the movie is over.

Prolonged applause broke out.

When the main creative staff went up, what Gu Ming didn't expect was that instead of looking for Zhou Xun, who obviously played an outstanding role in the film, the reporters all rushed towards him.

Even the questions asked seemed to have been discussed in advance.

Surprisingly unified.

"Director Gu, you have won the Palme d'Or and the Golden Bear one after another. Are you aiming for the Golden Lion when you come to the Venice Film Festival this time?"

"Gu, do you think you will get the golden lion and create a miracle?"

"Director Gu Ming, do you think you can win the Golden Lion this time, become the first Asian to achieve the three major European Grand Slams, and become the light of our Asia?"

"Ok?"

What light of Asia?
Hearing this question, Gu Ming couldn't help but glance at the reporter's face.

Single eyelids, a flat nose, plus that Smectarian English.

A quick glance revealed that he was a pure South Korean.

Hi, that’s normal too.

Looking away, Gu Ming answered the main questions he heard one by one, "It's a lie if you say you don't want to win the Golden Lion. Who wouldn't want to win the highest award? Get the approval of the judges."

If you say you want it, the judges may not give it to you. If you say you don’t want it, then bye bye, the judges really won’t give it to you.

You don’t even want it anymore, but you still have a warm face and a cold butt. Why do I have to do it for you?
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After expressing his desire for the Golden Lion, Gu Ming continued, "But whether I can win the award or not depends on the decision of the jury. I can only say that I will try my best."

"I hope we can gather the three major ones as soon as possible."

"Besides, don't you think the performance of the heroine in this film is very good?"

"Why are you interviewing me? You can also interview Zhou Xun!" Gu Ming pointed at Zhou Xun with a smile. With this point, less than half of the reporters actually went to interview Zhou Xun.

It can be regarded as solving some reporters for Gu Ming.

But there are still a lot of them.

It took more than 30 minutes to answer the film critics and reporters.

What's left is a variety of directors.

Most people make compliments without knowing whether they are true or false.

Except for Li Cangdong, when he saw Gu Ming, his eyes looked like he was looking at his idol.

"so amazing."

"Gu, you made the movie I wanted."

"You're welcome." Facing the real owner, no matter how thick-skinned Gu Ming was, he couldn't help but become humble, "I believe you can make a better movie."

"I will work hard." Li Cangdong was like a movie fan who received encouragement from Gu Ming's idol.

……

In the following time, Gu Mingdu has been attending the screening of "Secret Sunshine".

Although I still have some confidence in myself now, I have confidence in Zhou Xun's performance, and I have more confidence in Gong Li.

But thinking that the organizing committee might deliberately suppress me, a Chinese director who already had two major awards, I simply didn’t give him a single award.

Gu Ming was still a little worried.

If you don't win a prize, it will be a record.

It was my first time to participate in the three majors and I didn’t win any prizes.

It needs to be added that it is the top three in Europe. If it is a film festival, the first time should be the Golden Rooster's "17-year-old Bicycle" that did not win the first prize.

Until the day before the closing ceremony.

Gu Ming received a call from the organizing committee and asked him to attend the closing ceremony.

"It looks like there's a prize!" Gu Ming first told Zhou Xun next door the news.

"I think it will be the Golden Lion." Zhou Xun raised his eyebrows.

"I think she will be the best actress in Venice."

"Lend you auspicious words (lent you auspicious words)." The two of them said this in unison. The next second, they looked at each other and laughed together.

The next day, the two dressed up carefully and walked on the red carpet of the Venice Film Festival.

Looking at the red carpet, Gu Ming couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

With just one red carpet, she has walked through all the famous film festival red carpets.

It's a pity that until now, it still has not won the Golden Lion and the Oscar for Best Director, and I don't know if it is possible to create a miracle if it is reborn.

　I originally went to the hospital to see other illnesses, but I ended up catching a cold. My head hurts and my nose felt like a faucet that couldn't be closed tightly. I'll just give you two updates today. I'm sorry.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)