This time I went to Tokyo, He Mu invited two ladies, but they were all rejected, first Xiao Xiang, Xiao Shuidian, after being shortlisted for the main competition unit of the East Film Festival, Xiaoshui Dian automatically became one of the candidates for the actress, and He Mu is also one of the best actor competitors, although the possibility of both of them winning the award is not high, although one is the heroine, but she is too young, only nine years old, and the other is the male lead, but there are not many scenes, but they are the core of the whole movie after all, and although "Zi Bu Yu" was only shown once at the East Film Festival, But in Japan, it has caused a lot of audiences, although the mysterious and powerful "Brother Shen" played by He Mu is charming, but what fascinates the audience the most is the cute little girl Xiaoshuidian, there are many cute little girls, but at the same time they have such skilled and experienced acting skills, it is too rare, at the exhibition scene of the film festival, Xiao Xiang's personal posters are posted everywhere, He Mu thinks that if he can take Xiao Xiang to attend the awards night, it will definitely be more stylish than taking any beautiful star to the scene.

However, this proposal was rejected by Xiao Xiang and her father Xiao Fang at the first time, it is already rare for his old man to be merciful and let his daughter follow He Mu to film, let his daughter go so far to Japan, don't even think about it. In the past, He Mu still didn't understand Xiao Fang, but now that he also has a daughter, he can understand Xiao Fang's thoughts, so he didn't force it, but he still asked Xiao Xiang to record a video of greeting the audience, ready to be broadcast before the closing of "Zi Bu Si" was screened.

He Mu's second thought is Xia Da, the original author of "Zi Bu Yu", as a beautiful cartoonist who is not old at all, because of the popularity of "Zi Bu Yu". Xia Da also has a good popularity in Japan, so she took this opportunity to take her to Japan and hold a few signing sessions by the way. It will definitely greatly enhance the popularity of "Zi Bu Yu", and it will also be of great benefit to Xia Da himself.

However, Xia Dada didn't appreciate it at all, she was an otaku girl, she didn't like to be in the limelight, and she didn't like to go to strange places, she rejected He Mu on the grounds that she wanted to open a new comic, so in the end. He Mu still came to the awards site of the 23rd Tokyo International Film Festival alone, and the Chinese shortlisted team sitting next to him was the director of "The Piano of Steel", Zhang Meng. starring Wang Qianyuan, Qin Hailu, as well as "Guanyin Mountain" director Li Yu, male number one Chen Bolin, but the heroine Zhu Bingbing was unable to attend because she was busy filming the new film "Landing Day" of Korean director Jiang Digui (director of "Taiji Flag Flying").

For the 12 films shortlisted at the 23rd Tokyo International Film Festival. He Mu watched in addition to these three in his country. I also watched three or four films, and it was only half of the shortlisted works, who could take Jin Qilin home, he really didn't dare to judge, but when it came to the performance award, when chatting with Zhang Meng and Wang Qianyuan, He Mu said that he admired Wang Qianyuan very much for the laid-off worker Chen Guilin played in "The Piano of Steel", this father who tried his best to make a piano for his daughter, and the father who was full of jokes made He Mu sigh after watching it, and the most rare thing is that his performance is very familiar. Mix like a natural thing, not deliberately sensational. There are even some places that are obviously very sensational, but they can make people laugh, and after watching them, they make people feel warm in their hearts. As the father of a daughter, although He Mu's status is very different from that of laid-off workers, and he does not face the dilemma of losing his daughter soon, the emotions between father and daughter are common.

In the face of He Mu's praise, Wang Qianyuan was busy and modest, although he is an old actor, he has also cooperated with Huo Jianqi, Chen Kaige, Sun Zhou and other famous directors, but He Mu is so famous, and he is an international actor, and now he is a director, he doesn't dare to hold it up, and he praised He Mu after the most, praising his directorial debut with rich imagination, making him feel like he has returned to the innocent little fart childhood, which makes people want to stop watching it, Zhang Meng is also full of praise, "A film like "Zi Bu Silent" is not worried about being sold anywhere, Even if foreigners can't understand the Shinto Taoism in our folk traditions, the theme of loving nature and respecting life is common to the whole world, and they can definitely understand this theme. ”

Directors are artists to some extent, but they can't help but consider the profitability of the film, because this is an important measure to limit whether a director has the source of funds to make movies in the future.

Zhang Meng did not make much profit because of his first directorial work "Ears are Blessed", so the filming funds of this "Piano of Steel" also came very hard, and a large part of the production costs were sponsored by the heroine Qin Hailu, Wang Qianyuan did not take a penny, and also pushed away a role in "Latent" director Jiang Wei's new work "Borrowed Gun" for this role, so Zhang Meng naturally hopes to win the award, and hopes that the box office can improve, so as not to let Wang Qianyuan work in vain, and not let Qin Hailu's money go down the drain, can also accumulate some capital for his next movie, not as difficult as "Piano of Steel".

Speaking of the box office, He Mu asked casually, "Director Zhang, has the distribution company of "The Piano of Steel" been determined?" ”

"This film is mainly invested by Liaoning Film Studio, which also has the support of Hailu and Perfect World Film and Television Company, and it will definitely be handed over to Perfect World World for distribution, but the distribution capacity of Perfect World is very average, and it may have to find other companies to cooperate with at that time."

It's the perfect world again, Mizuki and Perfect have cooperated in "Very Perfect", at that time, the perfect world has just involved film and television production, and it belongs to the newcomers in the industry, and the most domestic distribution work is completed by Mizuki and China Film, and now Perfect is also engaged in distribution, but it is definitely not strong, and it is not enough to support the nationwide distribution of a movie.

"How is it, what does Director Zhang think of the Shuimu Forest?" He Mu sincerely invited, although he has always adhered to the box office theory over the years, and the films shot and distributed by the company are all commercial films, but really excellent literary films are really uncontrollable, he doesn't want such a good-looking movie to be buried, this kind of movie should be seen by more people to be worthy of the hard work of this team.

Zhang Meng was a little flattered, "This, the movies released by Mizuki are very high, and I am afraid that "Piano of Steel" will become the lowest box office among the films released by Mizuki." Producer Qin, what do you think? Zhang Meng asked Qin Hailu's opinion.

"If Mr. He really wants to help our "Piano of Steel", I think he will always have a way. And Mizuki Forest is well-known in the circle for only making money and not losing money, and it hasn't missed a deal so far, so I think we don't need to worry about the box office anymore. Qin Hailu smiled faintly.

So it was decided so happily, of course, it was only an intention, and the specific form of cooperation had to be decided after discussing with several other investors, after all, for a movie, it is very important to choose a distributor.

"Alright. It's finally time to give the awards. He Mu straightened his body.

The host chatted in Japanese on it, He Mu and Zhang Meng and Qin Hailu also chatted happily, anyway, the Chinese delegation in the corner was not very eye-catching. When the host finished speaking, a few guys who chatted very well began to get serious.

Any award ceremony basically follows the principle of small first and then big, and the biggest award must be reserved for the last.

The Japan Viewpoint Award and the Toyota Motor Global Contribution Award were presented first, followed by the "Asian Wind" section. After the appetizer. ushered in a more important award, the most popular award among the audience. The previous awards are basically specially prepared for Japanese films, and this award has just begun to be truly open to all the films in the main competition unit, He Mu, Zhang Meng, and Li Yu all pricked up their ears.

To be honest, if He Mu has a little confidence in which award, I am afraid that it is the most popular award among the audience, although it is a small award, but with the degree of popularity that "Zi Bu Si" has received at film festivals these days, there is still some certainty.

Outcome. The judges' mouths read out another name, which was not the Japanese language of "Zi Buyu" anyway. He Mu deliberately learned the Japanese saying of "Zi Buyu", no, and later the awarder said it again in English, oh, it turned out to be "Sarah's Key", a French movie, this is one of the few films He Mu has seen, it tells a tragic story during World War II, this is an excellent movie, although the second half is a little dull and procrastinating, but He Mu respects the decision of the organizing committee, and still generously offers his applause.

The next award is the Best Artistic Contribution Award, playing art is not He Mu's strong point, although "Zi Bu Silent" has a beautiful picture and a light story, but the commercial purpose is very strong, He Mu does not dare to tell the story messily like those film masters to meet the aesthetic needs of art, his film is understandable to anyone, simple, pure, and transparent, so he feels that he is unlikely to win this award.

Sure enough, the winner was the Chinese film "Guanyin Mountain" by the same peers!

Director Li Yu first hugged Chen Bolin next to him, and then hugged several domestic counterparts next to him, He Mu, Zhang Meng, and Qin Hailu did not escape, Wang Qianyuan was ready to hug the posture, but Li Yu stepped directly on the podium, Wang Qianyuan was embarrassed and attracted good-natured laughter from the big guys, they all knew that Li Yu was too happy, and he didn't mean to look down on Wang Qianyuan.

Li Yu was really excited, she burst into tears on the stage, it is difficult to be a director in China, and it is even more difficult to be a female director, her last movie "Apple" was banned because of the problem of eroticism, this time she can finally sweep away the haze of the previous work and get her trophy in a dignified manner.

This is also the first award won by the Chinese film team, although it is not the five most important awards, but it is better than nothing, He Mu slapped his palms red, in order to give himself encouragement and support.

After Li Yu stepped down with the trophy, she deliberately gave Wang Qianyuan a hug, and she only found out that she had exposed one after she came on stage.

After the Best Artistic Contribution Award, it began to be the turn of the so-called five awards, the Golden Kirin Award for Best Film, the Grand Jury Prize (second for Best Picture), Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Actress.

The first to be announced is the Best Actor, the person responsible for awarding the award is South Korean director Xu Qinhao, one of the judges of this year's East Film Festival, the Chinese people are familiar with him probably because he is directing, Gao Yuanyuan starred in the "Good Rainy Season", took out the list of winners in the envelope, Xu Qinhao said with a smile, "I have made movies in China, I like this country very much, and I am really close to China, and the winner is a Chinese actor ......"

…… (To be continued......)

PS: [ps: Thieves don't short, so what about He Mu? ] Will he win the prize? Stay tuned for tomorrow's update~】