After stealing half a day of leisure, Xiao Yao's focus returned to the short film film festival. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Although Xiao Yao did not encounter any studios or film companies after the three short film screenings in three days, the number of audiences in the screening hall during these three screenings was more than one time. And with Xiao Yao's head with excellent memory, he easily found that some viewers were repeated, and carried out "second brushes" and "third brushes".

After four days of screenings, the festival held its final awards ceremony and closing ceremony on the fifth day.

To attend the award ceremony, it is natural to wear formal attire. Clermont-Ferrand has a well-developed clothing industry, and there are many clothing stores in the city, many of which also offer dresses for sale and rental during the festival. Xiao Yao didn't bring formal clothes to France this time, so he asked Fang to go to the clothing store to help him rent a dress and come back. When Xiao Yao helps the singers he works with to design and prepare for the performance, the jewelry may be rented, and the costumes are always bought directly. It was his turn, but he went to rent a dress to wear, which also made Fang Ying and Pei Minyi's two assistants speechless for a while.

At the final award ceremony, the organizers of the film festival arranged a unified vehicle to pick up all the participants, so there was no need to bother Clara Vera and Kira Bea, waiting for the car arranged by the festival organizer to arrive, the three dressed up boarded the pick-up vehicle and came to the venue of the film festival award ceremony.

The Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival does not have a celebrity red carpet ceremony, and after the three arrived, they went directly to the venue of the awards ceremony.

After the three of them entered the venue, they sat down in the seats assigned to them according to the instructions of the staff. When they arrived, there were already quite a few people in the audience, most of them were participants in the festival, and there were very few pure audiences. Xiao Yao glanced at it casually and found that even those contestants, most of them didn't know him.

On the one hand, compared with the general film festival, the pure short film festival is basically an opportunity for new directors to come out and attract the attention of the film industry, those famous directors are not not making short films, but when you have the ability and opportunity to make formal feature films, not many people will go back to make short films, even if they do, most of them are either for their own interests or have experimental purposes, and they do not necessarily need to be brought to the short film festival to compete and seek attention. In terms of fame and stardom, whether it is an actor or a director, a pure short film festival cannot be compared with a pure feature film festival or a comprehensive film festival that includes both a feature film and a short film.

On the other hand, Xiao Yao, whether in his past or present life, has a better understanding and attention to Hollywood movie stars and directors, but lacks interest and understanding in the European film industry with a strong artistic atmosphere. Half of this film festival held in France is the work of local French directors, and most of the other half are also European, so it is normal for Xiao Yao to look at it and not know anyone.

It's not entirely accurate to say that no one knows anyone, because it didn't take long for Mu Ying to arrive. This is the only director Xiao Yao knows at this film festival. Probably all of them are Chinese, and the organizers of the film festival have arranged the positions of the two of them together very intimately.

"Are you confident to win the award?" After sitting down and greeting Xiao Yao, Mu Ying asked Xiao Yao with a smile.

"Our short films are in the international competition unit, and we are competitors," Xiao Yao also smiled, "Do you want to listen to me with confidence or listen to me without confidence?"

"With that parkour film project in mind, my purpose of coming to the Short Film Festival this time has actually been achieved. Mu Ying smiled and said, "So I actually really hope you can win the award." You're younger than me, and if you win an award, you'll be more topical than me, and it's more beneficial for our future parkour movies, and I personally think that your short film has a higher chance of winning an award than mine. That short film of mine was purely an action movie, and you know, action movies are inherently not inherently advantageous when it comes to winning awards. ”

"It's a good mentality. Xiao Yao smiled, "I really envy your open-mindedness." ”

"It seems that you care a lot about awards?" Mu Ying comforted Xiao Yao and said, "It's good to win the award, even if you don't get the award, you don't have to care." You're still so young, and you have plenty of opportunities to do in the future. ”

"Now that I'm ready to make a feature film, I don't think I'll ever come back to making a short film in the future, so this should be the only time I've been to a short film festival. Xiao Yao smiled and shook his head, "Actually, I'm not a literary youth, and I don't particularly care about this kind of artistic award." It's just that... You also know that the cast of my short film is very luxurious in Huaxia, these people are all private people who came to me to play friendships, and a few of them have specially adjusted the schedule for this, if I don't get an award back, I will feel a little sorry for them. ”

"That's why you gave the first awards ceremony you attended to this short film film festival that has the least attention in China and doesn't even have a red carpet show?" Fang still interjected with a smile.

"What do you mean?" asked Mu Ying, a little puzzled.

Xiao Yao has been absent from three award ceremonies in China, one "Feitian" award, two "Golden Disc" awards, and he won all three awards at those three award ceremonies. Fang still said.

Mu Ying was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly said, "I remember, the domestic media have reported that you were still a middle school student when the "Feitian" award and last year's "Golden Disc" award were awarded, but it was nothing. This year, you are all college students, and your studies are not serious, and you are still absent from the "Golden Disc" award, and some media have said that you are playing a big name at a young age! But I think you have a lot of character, I like it!"

"This year is also because of something, but I didn't really deliberately play a big name. Xiao Yao smiled, "I'm very low-key and modest." ”

"Come on, it's possible to be low-key, but not to be modest. Mu Ying said, "You can command the leader of the parkour team in Los Angeles with a phone call, and you can definitely say that you can find the actors and funds needed to make a feature film with a name, which doesn't sound like a sign of modesty." ”

"Uh... This is self-confidence, but I can't be humble. Xiao Yao smiled.

Not long after the two chatted, the award ceremony officially began. The two also put away their thoughts on small talk and focused on the host on stage.

The award ceremony process at a short film festival is much simpler than a film festival that includes a feature film. was not interspersed with any theatrical performances, and there was not much nonsense when the award presenters came on stage, and the awards were soon awarded one after another. The acceptance speeches of the winners who came to the stage to accept the awards were also more concise than those at other award ceremonies that Xiao Yao had seen, and there were fewer cases of excitement to tears.

When they came to the awards of the international competition unit, Xiao Yao and Mu Ying's expressions were much more serious and nervous. Although he doesn't care much about it verbally, who can really not care at all at this time?

The final result is that the largest award in this competition unit and the one that Xiao Yao cares about the most, the Grand Jury Award, has no chance to win it. However, Xiao Yao was not without gains, he won an award for the most popular short film among the audience. The winners of this award are voted for by the general audience who watched the short films in the various theaters during the film festival during the screening of the film during the past few days. In other words, although Xiao Yao's short film was not favored by those professional film masters in the jury, it was liked by a lot of audiences.

"It seems that I am really not suitable to be a literary youth, so it is better to play commercial movies honestly. On the way to the stage to receive the award, Xiao Yao laughed at himself in his heart.

Although Xiao Yao is dressed more mature and stable today, his immature face can't be faked. After walking on stage, the host, award presenters and many viewers in the audience expressed their surprise at Xiao Yao's youth. Xiao Yao didn't show any smug expression, and after receiving the trophy from the unknown award presenter, he simply said his acceptance speech, and calmly returned to his seat.

"Congratulations!" After returning to his seat, Mu Ying immediately congratulated him.

"Thank you!" Xiao Yao responded with a smile, and then looked down at the trophy in his hand, thinking that he had finally not wasted the hard work of his relatives and friends, which could be regarded as an excellent explanation to them.

At the end of the awards ceremony, Xiao Yao only won such a "Most Popular Award", and Mu Ying was empty-handed and didn't get anything. However, Mu Ying was mentally prepared, and there was no disappointment, but she was enthusiastic and asked Xiao Yao to celebrate.

After winning the award, Xiao Yao was also happy in his heart, so he smiled and nodded in agreement. Thinking that Clara Vera and Kira Bea had also troubled a lot in the past few days, he asked Fang to still notify the two of them to come out to celebrate together.

"By the way, let them ask Andrew, and if he is available, call him along. Xiao Yao instructed Fang Yi again. Although we only went to a music festival together, we are acquaintances, and the celebration is naturally more lively when there are many people.

Hearing that Xiao Yao's short film won the award, Clara Vera and Kira Bea were very happy, and readily agreed to their invitation to celebrate, and promised to call Andrew Belmont together.

Since it is a celebration, it is natural that wine is indispensable. France is not like the United States, there is a rule that you can't enter bars and nightclubs under the age of 21, as long as you are an adult, there is no problem, so several people choose to go to bars and nightclubs and other places to have fun. As for where to go, it is naturally up to Clara and the other three locals to make the decision. Although Xiao Yao had been to Clermont Ferrand before, he was still a minor at that time, and Chen Xuan would not take him to bars and nightclubs. No matter how unreliable Chen Xuan is, he also has his own bottom line.

After a few people converged, Xiao Yao first simply introduced Mu Ying to three locals, and then asked them to recommend a suitable place to go.

Although he went to drink to celebrate, Xiao Yao didn't want any accidents. After the three locals gave three different choices, Xiao Yao did not hesitate to choose the art major, the relatively quiet one Kira Bea said. A few people went there to take a look, and sure enough, it belonged to a nightclub with a relatively good environment, not so noisy, and the guests did not look so exaggerated in their clothing.

After a few rounds of lively drinking together, everyone tacitly pointed the finger at Xiao Yao, and took turns to find him to drink one by one. He won the award today, he is a well-deserved protagonist, who is not poured into him?

Xiao Yao soon discovered everyone's intentions and tried to pull the two assistants who were still with Pei Minyi as shields, but the two who knew his personality well didn't regard him as a boss at all, not only did they not help him, but they also joined the camp against Xiao Yao with others. Anyway, the environment here is very good, there is no safety problem, not far from the hotel, Mu Ying and Andrew had already patted their chests and said that if Xiao Yao drank high, they would be responsible for sending him and the two girls back.

insisted on two more rounds, and just when Xiao Yao was a little dizzy and thinking about how to cheat, a life-saving call arrived.

Holding up his mobile phone to greet everyone, Xiao Yao left his seat and went to a quieter place to answer the phone, and when he came back, he said to a few sorry that he was going to leave.

"I'm sorry everyone," Xiao Yao put his mobile phone on the table, put on a serious face and said, "Just now, people from Michelin and BMW came to me, saying that they wanted to ask me to help BMW shoot an advertisement, and I planned to go back to Huaxia tomorrow, so I asked them to talk at the hotel tonight." They have now left for my hotel and we have to go back to the hotel. Clara, if you want to continue drinking, you can continue, the bill is mine. ”

"Michelin and BMW's executives are looking for you to shoot commercials?" Mu Ying said strangely, "How did they choose you?"

"The film festival. Xiao Yao said with a smile, "Michelin is one of BMW's tire suppliers, and BMW people came to Clermont-Ferrand for business reasons, and Michelin people entertained BMW people to watch the awards ceremony of the film festival." It just so happened that BMW's new season of advertising had not yet landed, and I wanted to make the advertisement something new, so I wanted to talk to me, a young winner of the "Most Popular with Audiences" award, to see if there was any possibility of cooperation. ”

"Wow, this is a business coming to the door, or a world-renowned brand like BMW, it seems that it still has to win awards. Mu Ying said with a smile, "It seems that we have drunk less of you today." Clara, don't be polite, you can not delay him to talk about work, you don't need to save him this wine money, let's change the wine, anyway, he said he would pay. ”

"Hey, it's not necessarily if it won!" Xiao Yao rolled his eyes and continued, "Also, you go with me." ”

"What am I going to do? People are looking for you, the winner of the "Most Popular Audience" award, not me. Mu Ying immediately said, "Don't go!"

"This was an initial contact, and it wasn't decided that I had to do it. Xiao Yao said, "The advertisement of the car is actually very suitable for your action movie style." Also, haven't you also filmed commercials before, go and help me with the staff. If you want to drink, please go to the hotel bar to drink enough, and if you drink too much, you can directly open a room for you to stay. ”

Speaking of BMW's advertisement, Xiao Yao immediately had an idea in his heart. However, he didn't plan to shoot it himself, and promised the BMW people to meet and contact not only to avoid everyone's drinking, but also to introduce this opportunity to Mu Ying. I don't know until I talk about it, but at least I have to pull Mu Ying up.

"It's... Okay!" Mu Ying thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

"Andrew, don't get too drunk, remember to send the two girls home. Xiao Yao said to Andrew Belmont again.

"Okay, fortunately, you are Chinese, not a local, otherwise I would definitely not be friends with you. Andrew Belmont waved his hand.

"Huh?" Xiao Yao was puzzled.

"With you by my side, I won't be able to find a girlfriend. Andrew Belmont laughed, "Talented and considerate, the girls are bound to be abducted by you, so you better hurry up." ”

"It's called no contrast, no harm. Clara Vera added with a smile.