A few days later, the 49th Venice International Film Festival Awards Ceremony officially began.
The cruise ship takes movie stars from the main island of Venice to the Lido Island where the Venice Film Festival Palace is located.
Countless star-chasing and onlookers, large and small, emerged from all directions, chasing the cruise ships of the stars, turning the Grand Canal into a floating red carpet.
Not long after, the fleet sailed away from the main island, sailing on the Adriatic Sea in a mighty way, the scene was spectacular.
Unlike the Cannes Film Festival, which is only open to professionals, the Venice Film Festival is open to the public. You can go to Lido Island to chase stars without a pass or ticket, which is why there is such a spectacular scene.
Lido Island is an 18-kilometer long and narrow island. There are motorways and buses on this island. After the stars arrive at the pier, luxury cars will pick them up and take them to the Festival Palace.
In front of the Palais des Festivals, Yang Ye led the competition judges to take the lead and was immediately cheered by thousands of fans. He is probably the most popular jury president in the history of the Venice Film Festival.
The arrival of Yang Ye not only caused a surge in the popularity of Venice, but also made the film trading market very hot. Many commercial blockbusters set up booths in Venice, making the organizers a lot of money.
Entering the main venue, Yang Ye went on stage to give a speech and then returned to his seat. He did not need to worry about the awarding process later.
Yang Ye had nothing to do, so he chatted with Marco Muller, the chairman of the Venice Film Festival, who was sitting next to him.
Yang Ye said: "Old Ma, your Gagada is quite fun. I went to eat that cuttlefish noodles the night before yesterday. Oh my god, it was so delicious."
Marco Muller asked Ming Yang After eating somewhere, Ye said disdainfully: "The things in the tourist area are so deceptive. Next time you go to my house, I will make you a Venetian stew. It's so authentic. Call all your friends."
< br>Yang Ye was looking forward to it and said: "Open and bright!"
"A must!"
Marco Muller is an Italian, graduated from Liaoning University, and speaks fluently She speaks Northeastern dialect, can understand "Wen Xin Diao Long", and can also sing model operas.
Marco Muller is an outstanding film producer. During his career, he has served as the chairman of many international film festivals such as the Venice International Film Festival.
He recommended Chinese films to these international film festivals and successfully promoted the works of many Chinese directors such as Xie Jin, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Kai Zige, Zhang Yimou, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Jia Kechang, Zhang Yuan and many others to the international market.
He is known as "the first person to promote Chinese films to the world" and has made outstanding contributions to Chinese films. Many Chinese filmmakers respectfully call him Mr. Muller, and Yang Ye affectionately calls him Call him Lao Ma.
The first mainland Chinese film "Yellow Earth" to win an international award was recommended by Lao Ma to the Locarno Film Festival. It won the Silver Leopard Award at that time, and it was Lao Ma who accepted the trophy.
The first Chinese film to win the Golden Lion Award, "Sad City", was also recommended by Lao Ma, and one of the judges of that session was Xie Jin.
Many judges at the time thought "City of Sadness" was good, but they couldn't understand what the movie was about, so Xie Jin used his sharp tongue to slowly convince these judges.
This time, Yang Ye also played this role, responsible for telling the judges the story background of "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit".
"Qiu Ju's Lawsuit" is a very good movie. It uses documentary-style lenses to capture the different features of cities, counties, and villages in the northwest region at that time, and the ending is even more thought-provoking.
While awards were being awarded on the stage, Yang Ye and Lao Ma were chatting in the audience whether the Northeast stew was better or the Italian stew was better.
Suddenly it was announced on the stage: "The winner of the Best Actress at the 49th Venice International Film Festival is... Gong Li, from "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit", congratulations!"
Gong Li, wearing a dress cut from Northeast China's large floral fabric, happily walked onto the stage, stretched out her arms and greeted the audience.
Then he took the huge Volpi Cup from the presenter.
The golden lion at the Venice Film Festival is so small that it can be held in your hand.
But the trophies for the best actor and actress are a large cup with a thick base underneath, called the Volpi Cup.
Gong Li raised the big trophy high, and after the reporters took photos, she held it in her arms and began to deliver her acceptance speech.
Lao Ma said: "Aren't you afraid that people will say you are partial?"
Yang Ye shook his head: "She deserves this trophy!" The biggest highlight of "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit" is Gong Li's performance, she plays A rural woman with a stubborn temper and a stubborn character was played step by step, with every detail, both physically and spiritually, and she became Qiu Ju herself.
So many people have formed a stereotype of Gong Li after watching this movie, thinking that she will play a scumbag rural woman.
You can’t win an award for acting like this, isn’t it a waste of time to sleep with Yang Ye?
Not long after, the final grand prize was announced. There was no doubt that "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit" won this year's Golden Lion.
Zhang Yimou remembered what Yang Ye had said to him before. Unexpectedly, he kept his word. Not only did he not avoid suspicion, he also gave him a grand prize.
Watching Zhang Yimou go on stage to receive the award, Yang Ye He asked Lao Ma: "In recent years, you have strongly recommended Chinese films to major film festivals, and these films have won awards one after another. Aren't you afraid that people will say you are selfish?"
Lao Ma said: "There are indeed many people who question it. Yes, but these are very good movies and should be seen by the world, right?”
Yang Ye sighed: “Seven hundred years ago, an Italian named Marco Polo went there. China. Later, he introduced China's products and scenery to the West with his "Marco Polo's Travels", which opened the prelude to exchanges between the East and the West
Seven hundred years later, an Italian also went to China, and that was you, Marco Muller. Your systematic introduction of Chinese films to the West was the contemporary Marco Polo. "
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"Qiu Ju's Lawsuit" became the biggest winner of this Venice Film Festival with a golden lion and a Volpi Cup. It was immediately welcomed by film producers and sold out A large number of copyrights.
However, as the chairman of the jury, Yang Ye did not shy away from suspicion, which also caused many people to question it.
Yang Ye didn't care about it at all. He is the chairman, so he said it. Count.
So far, Gong Li has won two Best Actress Awards in Berlin and Venice, becoming the first Chinese actress to win international honors.
In addition, half a year ago, Maggie Cheung also won the Berlin Best Actress for "Ruan Lingyu".
Both two international movie queens work under Yang Ye.
You must know that male actors and actresses are not the same. Male actors only need to have box office appeal, and awards are just bonus points.
Actresses generally have little box office appeal and rely on awards for their support.
Since the establishment of Baiyang Pictures, it goes without saying that it has achieved commercial success.
In international film festivals, it also has the proud achievement of one Golden Palm, one Golden Bear and three Golden Lions.
Even compared with major Hollywood studios, it is not inferior. It is well deserved to be among the nine major film companies in the world.
During the excitement, Hong Kong's "Film Fortnightly" published a special feature detailing the success of Chinese-language films in winning awards at the three major European film festivals.
In the beginning, Yang Ye stood out, winning gold leaves and golden lions one after another.
Next, Baiyang Pictures began to invest in films on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and three places, and made a killing at the three major European film festivals.
Yang Ye’s vision in investing in movies has become a myth.
But Shinhwa is trying to tell Gong Li that she won the award not because she slept with her.
"You deserve the award. Sleeping with her is just a joke."
Yang Ye said this because he didn't want to hurt Gong Li's self-confidence. Gong Li didn't want to but said: "You mean, sleeping with me is just a joke?"
Wucao, a woman’s brain circuit is really amazing.
"Of course not, I sincerely want to sleep with you!" (End of Chapter)