In fact, there is a phenomenon that is quite embarrassing in the three major European film festivals, that is, during the opening ceremony, you will see a large number of Hollywood stars scratching their heads on the red carpet. But at the end of the day, most of them were gone, and only a few of them would hold out until the end.

For example, Nicole Kidman, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Emma Thompson, George Clooney, Nicolas Cage and others who caused a sensation in the city before have long since disappeared.

The reason is very simple, many of these Hollywood celebrities enjoy a share of the box office, and their purpose is very simple, that is, to promote and sell movie tickets, in this regard, they are essentially no different from those yelling aunts in the vegetable market.

As for whether they won the award or not, did they care? Of course they did, otherwise, like Cannes in the first half of the year, Nicole Kidman, the heroine of "Dogtown", would not wait until the end, but in the end she still did not win the award.

In the eyes of others, it seems that the three major European film festivals are too cold, and some do not want to see Hollywood films, especially like this Venice Film Festival, similar to the Coen brothers, Woody Allen, Bertolucci, Ridley Scott and many other Hollywood directors are not shortlisted for the main competition unit.

In fact, in He Xin's view, the three major festivals really follow the bottom line of internationalization and literary nature, and will definitely not open up to some movies because of big-name stars or box office, and there will definitely not be the phenomenon that some popular sci-fi popcorn movies will win the best picture in later generations.

Therefore, many Hollywood celebrities are self-aware, and they will flash in time after completing the task, saving them from staying and wasting time. At present, probably only Naomi Watts, the guest of award presentation invited by the organizing committee, and Sean Penn, the popular candidate for the actor, are still left.

Generally speaking, the only ones who can really accompany the film festival to the end are those powerful actors who are not too popular and most of the European coffees who regard the junior festival as a palace.

He Xin can barely be regarded as one of the powerful actors who are not too popular!

Hollywood celebrities are collectively flashing, and the most depressed are probably those reporters, who can't find enough stars to brush the headlines, and they are all a little hungry. No, He Xin and Xiaodouding were stopped by several reporters when they were shopping.

"He, I watched the movie "Incense" very exciting. ”

"Thank you!"

"Don't you think that compared to your other film "The Landscape of Love", "Incense" seems to be more qualified for the main competition?"

"If you compare them to the Coen brothers, Woody Allen, Bertolucci and other masters, they should be more qualified. Of course, "The Landscape of Love" can be shortlisted, there must be a reason for it, what do you say?"

There's no way, the reputation of "The Landscape of Love" is too bad, and it's no wonder that the crew is gone, and the media is still holding on.

Of course, the reporters are also very knowledgeable, and they are still wandering on the street at this time, and they must have received an invitation from the organizing committee.

Then another person said: "He, congratulations on being able to stay." ”

"Thank you!"

"Are you confident that "Incense" will win the San Marco Award?"

"Being able to come to Venice is the biggest compliment and encouragement for me, but of course it was a big surprise to be able to stay today. ”

Someone actually pointed to Xiao Douding, who was interpreting next to him, and asked, "He, is this lady your girlfriend?"

If it were a domestic reporter, he would definitely not ask this, because the two of them standing together are not right at all. But foreigners' tastes are always so weird, and they think that He Xin and Xiao Douding, who is lolit-looking and only as tall as his armpits, are cool to stand together.

It's just that Xiao Douding didn't translate this question, so he rolled his eyes and replied, "Didn't you find out that my identity is just Mr. He's translation?"

After simply answering a few questions, it was not easy to get rid of the entanglement of the reporter. On the way back to the hotel, He Xin also asked curiously: "What did the reporter ask just now, are you so unhappy?"

In fact, Xiao Douding was in a good mood at first, and finally bought a favorite purple skirt, the price is not expensive, a little more than 80 euros, at least more than the one worn by the Weekly News in Paris that year, which is only 200 francs, which is equivalent to more than 200 yuan.

But fortunately, in Italy, there are a lot of short people here, and skirts of her size can still be bought. If you're in Berlin, you'll have to go to a children's clothing store to get the right clothes.

As for the kind of Trida White wine from Leonardo da Vinci Winery that He Xin wants to buy, it is available in a specialty store specializing in local Italian wines, and the price is not expensive, eighteen euros and one **, which is equivalent to almost one hundred and fifty yuan in one **. If you want to buy it in China, a wine of this grade will cost at least three or four hundred yuan, and the price is more expensive than Moutai Wuliangye, and you can still get it if you give it away.

As a world-famous tourist city, this wine store also has a service, that is, a certain number of customers can also be sent to the airport to handle the consignment business, which is quite in line with Hexin's mind, so he simply bought five boxes, left the phone number of the agent Chang Jihong, and waited to be transported to the capital to let Sister Hong help move back from the airport.

When Xiao Douding heard this, he immediately looked up at He Xin and said depressedly: "That reporter must have taken the wrong medicine, and actually asked me if I was your girlfriend, what kind of vision does he have?

He Xin couldn't help laughing out loud, but when he looked down and saw that Xiao Douding's face was obviously displeased, he hurriedly joked: "You shouldn't say that I'm not worthy of you, right?"

"Cut, don't comfort me, I'm self-aware, I can't afford a big star like you. Saying that, Xiao Douding also sighed: "It shouldn't be suitable for marriage like me." ”

"Huh, why?"

"Because I am not destined to be a good wife and mother, don't you men like this!"

"Uh......"

Back at the hotel, Ning Hao's two mothers had just gotten up at this time, and they happened to settle breakfast and lunch together.

Before six o'clock in the afternoon, He Xin changed into a dress, tied a small bow tie, and his hair was shiny with a wax comb, maybe even a fly would split it.

The dress is still one of the two sets made to order last time, this kind of dress is expensive to death, but it can only be worn once on this occasion. But the navy blue double-breasted retro suit that I bought at Armani at a high price last time He Xin likes it a lot, and I can usually wear it to some cocktail parties and dinners and other occasions.

Ning Hao is still wearing the black suit he wore at the opening ceremony, which is said to have been worn when he planned to get married when he bought it before, and this time he came to Venice to come in handy in advance.

But when Xiao Douding's translator walked out of the room shyly, the two couldn't help but light up, the light makeup that Sister Na helped her paint made her little face a lot more delicate all of a sudden, the long hair of the shawl was coiled up, and she wore a pair of eight-centimeter high heels, which suddenly made her "taller" a lot, and the newly bought purple dress also fits well, the only fly in the ointment is probably a pair of A, hard injuries!

Although the red carpet of the closing ceremony does not start until half past seven, they live in the old town of Venice, and every time they go to the Cinema Palace on Lido Island, there are also boats and cars, which is time-consuming and inconvenient. Unlike in Cannes, almost all high-end hotels are concentrated near the Palais du Cinéma, especially the Carlton Hotel where he stayed last time, which is just across the road from the Palais du Cinéma. As for Berlin, after all, it is also a cosmopolitan city, and the place to live is usually not far from the main venue.

The closing red carpet was lackluster because of the lack of many Hollywood celebrities, and Ning Hao was not as nervous as he was at the opening ceremony. But the little bean Ding translator, who was playing tricks, almost didn't fall on the red carpet in the face of a dazzling flash, and He Xinyan, who was next to Xinqi, quickly grabbed her.

At the end of the red carpet is a very spacious interview area, at the opening ceremony, He Xin didn't have his turn because of the lack of coffee seats, but today he is finally qualified, the host took the initiative to call him and Ning Hao, and answered a few decent questions.

"I said Gu Yuewan, I didn't expect you to be quite scheming, just now you actually wanted to deliberately fall down on the red carpet to attract attention!"

It may be that the eight characters are in conflict, Ning Hao and Xiao Douding will fight with each other as long as they get the opportunity. However, this time, Xiao Douding's translator surprisingly did not fight back, maybe the tension has not been relieved, patting her thin little breasts, and said with palpitations: "This red carpet is really not for people to leave, I won't leave next time I am killed." ”

“......”

"He Xin!"

As soon as they walked up the steps, they heard a slightly stiff voice.

When He Xin looked up, he saw a foreigner with a scruffy beard, a pair of glasses, and a half-bald head standing there looking at them with a smile.

Although it was the first time they met, He Xin recognized the other party at a glance, hurriedly walked up, held the other party's hand, and said excitedly: "Mr. Muller, thank you very much!"

"Where, I should thank you for choosing Venice and for bringing a great work. ”

Although the tone is stiff, Marco Muller, who has been mixed in China for a long time, still speaks very slippery Chinese, and the accent is full of northeastern joy.

Then He Xin hurriedly introduced Ning Hao.

Ning Hao was as excited when he saw this man as if he had met Bole for a thousand miles, and Marco Muller also had the expression of meeting a celebrity, and said: "I'm very happy that China has another Jia section chief." ”

It made Ning Haocheng even more frightened, you must know that Section Chief Jia at this time was his idol.

......

This year happens to be the 60th anniversary of Venice International Cinema, before the official start of the awards ceremony, the chairman of the organizing committee Durhard took the stage to deliver a speech, He Xin listened to the real-time translation of Xiaodouding, which is roughly a review of the 60 years of the film festival, paying tribute to the representative masters of each historical period, including the Chinese director Zhang Yimou, who won the Golden Lion twice.

Then there is the outlook and blessings.

The old man is over seventy, and he still looks energetic, and he is very emotional when he speaks. In fact, it is no wonder that at the end of this film festival, the old man is about to step down, and he is replaced by Marco Muller who He Xin and others met at the door just now.

The old man spoke on stage for about ten minutes, and then the award ceremony officially began. The first is the appearance of the jury members, compared to the two Cannes in Berlin that He Xin participated in before, the star taste of the jury members of this Venice Film Festival is much lighter, the only eye-catching is the chairman of the jury, Mario Monicelli, a titan in the Italian film industry, the father of comedy, the old man is almost 90 years old this year, but he is still blinded and deaf, and his steps are light.

The European Film Festival is a lengthy process, with no cabaret performances, but a wide range of awards, interspersed with quirky retrospectives and small projects. This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Venice Film Festival, especially if it celebrates its 60th anniversary.

They sat in the back seat, and they couldn't understand it, compared to Ning Hao, who had experienced it for the first time, looked left and right curiously, and He Xin's bored eyelids were about to fight.

Suddenly, the little bean ding translator next to him pushed him and said excitedly: "It's our turn." ”

"What?" He Xin and Ning Hao were both confused.

This was followed by the Special Attention Award in the Swimming Tide section. ”

They had all studied the five awards in the Swimming Tide section before, and the Special Attention Award was the Film Award, which roughly belonged to the second place in the competition section, after the San Marco Award for Best Film in the section.

The award presenter, a curly-haired handsome guy, was talking nonsense on stage, and He Xin and Ning Hao at the bottom were looking forward to it but didn't want to hear the name of their movie, because they could get an invitation card to show that they must be one of the five awards in the competition unit against the current, but winning this award means that they will miss the San Marco Award, and at the same time, there is not much hope for the Best Director Award and the Best Actor Award, after all, they share pork!

Then I saw the curly-haired handsome guy Lisuo tear open the envelope, without pretending to be mysterious, and directly announced: "cense!"

There was no need for Xiao Douding's translation at all, so Ning Hao jumped up all of a sudden. Although he was in a complicated mood before, he still couldn't suppress his excitement when he really heard the name of the award, He Xin also jumped up, and the two hugged excitedly.

Then the goods came to the stage in a hurry, and He Xin was very surprised that Xiaodouding didn't follow.

Just as he wanted to ask, he saw Xiao Douding glance up at him, pouted, and said, "He has already prepared the acceptance speech, and I saw him secretly carrying it in the afternoon." ”

Sure enough, I saw Ning Hao running to the stage to receive the award certificate presented to him by the handsome curly-haired guy, standing in front of the microphone and slowing down for two seconds, probably to calm down his excitement, and then stumbling to speak an acceptance speech in English.

He Xin heard his name in his testimonial, but he didn't understand what this thing was talking about, so he hurriedly asked Xiao Douding next to him, "What are you talking about?"

"Thank you to the organizing committee! Thank you to the jury! This is really an exciting moment, the birth of the film "Incense" is very difficult, here I would like to thank the actor in the film, my good friend He Xin, it can be said that without him there would be no film, and I would not be able to stand here today. At the same time, I would like to thank my girlfriend Ms. Xing Aina, it is your support and tolerance that allows me to always stick to my dreams! I also want to thank all the crew members who have worked hard for this film, and I also want to thank Mr. Guan Jinpeng and Mr. Shen Yan for your help, thank you!"

Ning Hao's acceptance speech was originally translated by Xiao Douding, and she repeated it almost word for word.

At this time, Ning Hao staggered back, and before he could sit down, He Xin snatched the certificate in his hand, although he couldn't read the foreign text on it, he still looked at it carefully. This is completely different from the mood of "Bicycle" winning the Grand Jury Prize in Berlin more than two years ago, which was Wang Xiaoshuai's film, and "Incense" is in a sense the film between him and Ning Hao.

Ning Hao had been sitting next to him and smirking, just smiling and smiling, and saw him wipe his eyes covertly. Don't look at the surface of this product, it's actually very delicate inside. He Xin also pretended not to see it, and couldn't help but recall the scene when he was filming in Huairen, and he also felt a lot of emotion in his heart.

The ceremony continued, with bits and pieces interspersed with consolation prizes, and the first Silver Lion was awarded, with Azerbaijani director Murad Ibragikov's Oil winning the Silver Lion for Best Short Film.

Compared to the nine silver bears in Berlin, three golden bears. The Venice Film Festival is much more stingy, with only one Golden Lion for Best Feature Film and three Silver Lions, namely the Grand Jury Prize, Best Director and Best Short Film.

After the first silver lion was awarded, Xiao Douding once again excitedly reminded: "The Best Actor Award in the Upstream Unit has been awarded." ”

Out of respect for women, awards at European film festivals are generally presented to male actors before actresses.

Although after winning the Special Attention Award, He Xin thought that he had little chance of winning the Best Actor Award in the Contrarian Unit, but when he saw Liu Ruoying appear on the stage as an award presenter, his heart suddenly tightened.

Even Ning Hao's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly patted him and said, "It seems that there is a drama!"

For example, in the Chinese community, the award presenter often has some kind of association with the winner, in order to increase the topic, symbolism, or pass on a good story.

I just don't know if foreigners will like to do this too?

Milk Tea stood on the stage and talked a little bit about the scene, and then said with a smile: "Although as a member of the jury of the competition against the current, I already know the answer, and this answer is undisputed, and it is the unanimous choice of our five judges." OK, let's take a look at who is the most uncontroversial Best Actor in the Competition Category......"

Liu Ruoying slowly opened the envelope, her eyes scanned around at the same time, the moment the envelope was opened, she didn't have to look at it, her eyes stayed on a certain person, and smiled and said in clear and accurate Chinese: "He Xin!"

"Congratulations, He Xin!"

The next sentence Liu Ruoying said completely in Chinese.

Although they have never worked together, they have been friends since the filming of "Pink Girl", and Milk Tea is also sincerely happy for He Xin's award, and happily accepted the organizer's suggestion to temporarily invite her as an award presenter.

Although he was somewhat mentally prepared, when he really heard his name, He Xin was stunned in his seat for a second before standing up amid the applause of the audience.

"Congratulations, Ah Xin!"

Ning Hao hugged a bear and shouted in his ear at the same time.

Although with He Xin's award, the best director award he was looking forward to was completely gone, but he was really happy for He Xin, because this was also the victory of the movie. Of the eighteen films shortlisted for the Swimming Race section, "Incense" won two-fifths of the awards, what else can be said? Even the winners of the San Marco Awards, which were awarded later, may be dwarfed by them.

"Boss, congratulations!"

He Xin leaned over and hugged Xiaodouding Translator, and then said in high spirits: "Follow, let's go on stage to accept the award together." ”

He Xin strode to the stage, Xiao Dou Ding translator hurriedly ran behind him, although Xiao Dou Ding was wearing a pair of eight centimeter high heels today, but following behind the thin He Xin, there was still a sense of joy with the most cute height difference.

"Ah Xin, congratulations!"

Milk Tea hugged him before handing over the award certificate.

"Thank you, Sister Ruoying. He Xin was busy with both hands and resulted in certificates.

"I didn't help much, and even without my vote, the other judges would have voted for you. Milk Tea smiled and squeezed her eyebrows at him.

Then a sideways turned over to him to give up the stage.

He Xin bowed slightly to her, then paced to the front desk, stood still, turned around, and glanced at the audience. Xiao Douding stood a meter behind him silently, ready to translate at any time.

To be honest, he had the experience of returning empty-handed in Cannes twice, this time he didn't have any preparation at all, he didn't know what to say for a while, looked at the award certificate in his hand, and suddenly laughed, and said: "Seriously, standing here at the moment, it feels like a dream, it's really flattering!"

When Xiao Douding translated his sentence into English very fluently, especially the idiom of being flattered, she specially translated it into a slang sentence in English, which immediately caused a chuckle from the audience.

"Well, as Mr. Ning Hao, the director of our film, said, it was not easy for this film to be born, but at the same time we were lucky to be recognized in the beautiful city of Venice. I would like to thank the organizing committee, the jury, and Ning Hao, the director and screenwriter of this film. ”

As he spoke, he deliberately turned his gaze to Ning Hao, who was sitting there stretching his neck, raised the award certificate in his hand and said loudly: "Haozi, you are the best and most discerning director!"

This sentence once again ushered in the applause of the audience.

"At the same time, I would like to thank Director Wang Xiaoshuai, who is my guide, and Director Guan Jinpeng for his selfless help to us. Finally, I would like to give a special thanks to my girlfriend......"

He Xin didn't know if he would have a chance to see this acceptance speech in the future, but he still stared at the lens of the live camera and said: "Thank you for accepting my love, because you are the greatest meaning for me to live in this world!"

When he finished his last sentence, Xiao Douding looked at him in surprise, and then quickly translated immediately.

"Wow!"

The foreigners at the scene applauded warmly, and they were very surprised by the publicity, romance and enthusiasm of this oriental.