Chapter 468 Venice Film Festival [Part 1]
The water city of Venice.
As soon as the makeup artist stepped aside, Wang Zhonglei couldn't wait to come over, leaning on the back of the chair to take a closer look at Xu Kun's reflection in the mirror.
The last one Thumbs Up praised: "This is still suitable for you. It's not in vain that I brought people all the way here - tsk tsk, you look more like a business tycoon than my brother. . ”
Originally, Huayi didn’t think much about this trip to Venice, so Wang Zhonglei, the chief producer, did not come with him.
It wasn't until yesterday when he received a tip from the crew that Xu Kun accidentally became the favorite for the Best Actor, Wang Zhonglei hurried to Venice, and by the way, he also brought Xu Kun's royal makeup artist when he was filming "The Boss" Come.
"No..."
Xu Kun leaned forward and said speechlessly: "Second brother, can you please stop being so excited? I wasn't very nervous at first, but I asked you to show me I feel uncomfortable all over.”
Wang Zhonglei laughed loudly and pressed hard on Xu Kun’s shoulder. He patted him up and said: "Don't worry, the second brother is here to support you, not to anally you."
Although he usually doesn't hide his hobbies deliberately in front of familiar people. , but it was the first time that he was exposed so nakedly, which shows how excited he is now.
"As for it?"
Xu Kun said speechlessly: "Don't say I haven't won the award yet, so what if I do win the award? It's not like no one in the country has won it. Uncle Ge's Cannes Best Actor is not as valuable as this. ?”
Wang Zhonglei corrected: "Counting the actors from Hong Kong, there are seven people who have won the top three European Best Actors and Best Actors. Counting those from the Mainland alone, Ge You, Xia Yu, and Gong Li have won the Venice Best Actor. There is only one Xia Yu!
Teacher Ge’s Cannes Best Actor award is very high, but when he won the award, our Huayi City was not established yet. Is this the same as your current situation?
Me and me? You said that the company has already prepared the money. As long as you win this actor, you will get 30 million yuan for all kinds of publicity, ensuring that no one in the country knows about it, and by the way, you can also add a new star to "Operation Kunpeng". Fire it up!”
Xu Kun had never taken stock of this thing before. In addition, he had always heard people talking about so-and-so winning awards abroad over the years, so he subconsciously thought it was not that scarce.
Now that Wang Zhonglei has taken stock of them, I realize that the three mainland movie kings and queens can be counted on one hand, and some are even wealthy.
He stood up, straightened his collar, and said to the mirror: "Well, I feel even more stressed when you say this."
The two of them were chatting, both in suits and ties. Feng Xiaogang opened the door and walked in, urging: "Are you ready? Let's go quickly."
In order to cover up his vitiligo, Feng Xiaogang put a lot of powder on his face and neck. The suit he wears matches better.
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The indigenous residents of Lido Island have long been accustomed to the Venice International Film Festival, which is held repeatedly every year, but this year it is indeed a bit strange.
Firstly, the number of media reporters who came was more than double that in previous years; secondly, with so many reporters coming, the cheers surrounding the red carpet were actually the weakest ever.
Many reporters are disdainful of big and small celebrities on the red carpet. When they occasionally see Asian faces, they will whisper to each other, but soon it has nothing to do with them. Calmed down.
Until there was a scream that could not distinguish between male and female: "CHINA Xu!"
The originally calm scene immediately went into overdrive. Countless reporters screamed and yelled, trying to attract Xu Kun's attention. They even mixed in some bad Mandarin.
In just an instant, more than half of the railings on both sides were knocked down. Fortunately, the security guards, who were originally useless, fulfilled their responsibilities in time and quickly formed a human wall behind the railings.
After discovering that they could not break through the human wall, the reporters could only extend their microphones and shout louder:
"China Xu, do you think there will be big investment banks affected? Are you here?”
“Xu, how did you predict that the CD crisis will expand in the second half of this year?” “China Xu, I heard that you have supported more than a dozen beautiful celebrities in China. Is this true? ”
Although the last question is outrageous, it is one of the few questions related to the entertainment industry at the scene.
Seeing this scene, Wang Zhonglei and Feng Xiaogang stopped at the same time.
While greeting the photographers brought from China to record this scene, Wang Zhonglei sighed to Feng Xiaogang: "Even if he fails to win the Best Actor in the end, today's battle alone is enough. It has set off a wave of craze in the country.”
Feng Xiaogang nodded slightly in approval, but his heart was extremely complicated.
Feng Xiaogang is quite concerned about the fact that Xu Kun has become a popular actor. After all, Xu Kun is not a pure actor. The second movie he wrote, directed and starred in will be released soon.
He has already seen the finished film of "Operation Kunpeng". The action scenes were done by Cheng Long, but the fighting was more fierce and exaggerated.
The plot of the entire movie is full of patriotic food. If we ignore the plot of the male protagonist shooting the villain, it is not at all awkward to label this movie as the main theme.
You must know that before 2008, the main theme film had been abandoned by the market for more than ten years, so when the film was first approved, Huayi was not very optimistic internally.
It wasn’t until Xu Kun linked the movie with the Olympics that he gradually changed everyone’s views.
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But no one expected at the time that this year’s events would stimulate people’s patriotic enthusiasm one after another, and the successful convening of the Olympic Games would bring this patriotic enthusiasm to its peak.
Taking advantage of this craze, Feng Xiaogang predicts that "Operation Kunpeng" will have a chance to surpass "Assembly" or even "The City of Gold", with the mainland box office approaching or exceeding the 300 million mark.
But that is under the premise that Xu Kun did not win the Best Actor.
In the traditional Chinese concept, the coming of all nations to Korea and the promotion of fame overseas are complementary to each other - the Olympic Games is considered to be the coming of nations to Korea, and Xu Kun won the Best Actor in Venice. Although there is no way to compare with it, it can barely be considered. It is now famous overseas.
Therefore, once Xu Kun wins the Venice Best Actor, it will definitely drive up the box office of "Operation Kunpeng".
How much will the final box office be?
If "Assembly" falls too far behind at once...
"Director Feng."
Just as Feng Xiaogang was thinking about something, he was pushed by Wang Zhonglei and reminded: "We should go in."
Feng Xiao just came back to his senses and found that the red carpet, which was only three meters wide just now, had now returned to seven meters wide. Before the security guards who were holding hands could react, a considerable number of reporters had already begun to leave.
"Take a photo of this too - the camera can't get in anyway, so you just stare and film from outside. When you turn around, compare the scene of Director Xu walking on the red carpet with the scene of other people walking on the red carpet."
Wang Zhonglei said a few more words, and then walked into the venue with Feng Xiaogang - under the current situation, Feng Xiaogang was not in the mood to walk slowly on the red carpet.
As a result, when they arrived at the award ceremony venue, they found that Xu Kun was surrounded by three layers inside and three outside.
This time there were not only some reporters from well-known European newspapers, but also several local Italian tycoons, as well as two members of Congress - of course, translation is indispensable. This circle alone is surrounded by Four or five.
Looking at that posture, I almost wish I could change the Venice Film Festival into an economic forum.
Seeing this scene, Feng Xiaogang couldn't help but secretly sigh. Wang Zhonglei was right. Regardless of whether Xu Kun can win the Venice Best Actor or not, today's battle alone will definitely cause a stir in the country.
(End of this chapter)