Xu Chunqiu appeared at an international film festival of this specification for the first time, she took Lu Xiu's arm and dragged her long skirt all the way forward, and the media reporters "clicked" and patted, and the flash flashed non-stop.

"Coming?"

Feng Tusheng didn't seem surprised when he saw Xu Chunqiu and Lu Xiu coming hand in hand.

Gu Jun also nodded at her, which was regarded as a polite greeting.

Xu Chunqiu looked around left and right, but didn't see Jiang Man's figure, so he asked tentatively: "Teacher Jiang didn't come?"

Feng Tusheng snorted with his nose: "She's still embarrassed to come?"

"Fortunately, she still has a little eyesight, and she found an excuse not to come with the crew, otherwise I would have disliked her and lost my luck, so I wouldn't mention her. ”

Little by little, the lights in the stadium dimmed, and there were Westerner faces all around, and Asian faces were few and far between. Feng Tusheng was born in such an environment, but it was a little like a fish in water, he grew up in such an environment, and after sitting down, he said hello to several actors and directors who were familiar with each other.

Xu Chunqiu sat with the crew of "Crazy on the Chosen Day", probably because of the atmosphere, and she suddenly felt a little nervous.

The host of ceremonies spoke English with a thick Italian accent and tongue-curled tongues, and the crew sat in the seats behind her, flipping through their mobile phones, reading the comments on Weibo one by one.

"It's started, the awards ceremony is on. ”

"You see that Director Feng is so nervous that his back is stiff. ”

Feng Tusheng turned his head and glanced at them, and the two staff members quickly silenced.

"Crazy Day" won a total of five nominations at the Venice Film Festival, among these five, Best Director and Best Screenplay are impressively listed, Xu Chunqiu and Gu Jun were nominated for the Actor and Actress Volpi Cup, in addition to the highest award of the entire film festival, the Golden Lion Award.

Even if he doesn't win an award, this is already quite a considerable achievement, and no Asian director has ever achieved the same result before.

Feng Tusheng sat upright, and the whole person seemed to be very nervous.

The host of ceremonies and guests whetted people's appetites, and finally began to announce the awards.

The big screen played several nominated film trailers in turn, the nominee's name and movie clips appeared on the screen together, and when the last film trailer was played, the bearded award presenter opened the envelope, and Xu Chunqiu couldn't tell whether he was speaking Italian or English with a strong Italian accent.

"The winner of the Golden Lion for Best Film at this year's Venice Film Festival is—"

Feng Tusheng swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

Film, like many other industries, is deeply ingrained in the race and gender of the winners, and since its inception in 1949, most of the Golden Lion trophies have been won by male European directors, and the number of foreign directors and female directors has been quite limited.

He grew up overseas, and he knows better than anyone what kind of Oriental films like Venice would most like to see.

From Zhang Yimou's "Qiu Ju Fights a Lawsuit", "No One is Missing", to Chen Yingying's "Tricycle Driver", it seems that this type of movie is always more likely to be favored by Westerners. More than the long-standing culture and art and thought-provoking ideology and ethics, they want to see Asian films show their bloody and ignorant side.

They don't want flesh-and-blood oriental characters, and poor and backward scenes are sometimes more able to please the judges.

But the disciples have to work against people.

In the two works that won the Golden Bear in Berlin and the Palme d'Or in Cannes, he used white male actors as the starring roles, but "Crazy Day" is different.

This time, he filmed a Chinese story through and through.

"Winner of the Golden Lion for Best Film at this year's Venice Film Festival—"

The presenters in the spotlight repeated it again, and Feng Tusheng felt that his heart was about to jump out.

"Feng Tusheng, "Crazy on the Chosen Day". ”

This is Feng Tusheng's honor as a director, and it is also the honor of the entire crew of "Crazy Day".

The staff cheered and hugged each other, and Xu Chunqiu clenched Lu Xiu's sleeve excitedly, his eyes jumping with light.

She watched the figure of Feng Tusheng being chased by a spotlight, and stepped onto the stage step by step.

At that moment, many blurry images seemed to come to her mind.

It's disorganized, but it's familiar.

Her ears were hazy voices, not Italian with her tongue curled, but in Chinese.

——The winner of the Best Newcomer Award of the 13th Golden Dragon Award is......

- played the heroine Jin Se in "Jin Se", Xu Chunqiu.

She heard her name read word by word, fireworks exploded in her ears, and then only buzzing cheers and applause remained.

That was the first time she appeared on the award stage of the Golden Dragon Award, and under the illumination of the stage lights, she held the crystal cup that symbolized the honor of the Newcomer Award.

Tu Zisu's voice seemed to still echo in her ears.

- It took Jiang Man eight years to get this trophy, and it took five years for Song Shenzhou to get it.

- A year is enough for you.

The picture in her mind was distorted in an instant, and the crystal cup turned into a gold cup for the actress, who was the youngest actress in the history of the Golden Dragon Awards.

“...... Xu Chunqiu, Xu Chunqiu?"

Lu Xiu noticed that something was wrong with Xu Chunqiu's eyes, and gently pushed her: "What's wrong, is there something uncomfortable?"

Xu Chunqiu sorted out her thoughts, she felt as if her brain had been filled with broken glass shards, and it hurt so much that something was about to be broken.

She shook her head: "I'm just too nervous, a little disgusting." ”

Lu Xiu gently patted her back with one hand to soothe, and with the other hand wrapped her hand in his palm, and then interlocked his fingers.

At this time, Xu Chunqiu realized that his palms were already soaked with sweat.

She looked up at the large screen in the background, where the faces of several nominated actors appeared one after another in the video footage that was playing.

Xu Chunqiu saw himself in the crowd of blonde and blue-eyed faces.

In the film, she is a servant, an idiot, and a madman.

The boss of the Peking Theater wore a gold-threaded costume, her head was full of pearls and emeralds, she was so beautiful and magnificent, she fell down, the high-saturation picture faded to bright colors, and she became a prisoner with a face like gold paper and a mess.

She bowed down, and never got up again.

Xu Chunqiu sat at the awards party of the Venice Film Festival, looking at himself on the screen in a daze, and silently raised his hand to wipe the corner of his eye.