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Hundreds of thousands of followers, or an account with V verification, what's the point of becoming a zombie account.

Zhang Yao himself doesn't like to post photos, but since he is already a public figure, he should have such a consciousness, so in addition to Sundance Film Festival-related, some daily things will also be posted.

As for all kinds of envy, jealousy and hatred attacks and quarrels on the Internet, I really can't look past it and respond to two sentences, most of the time I don't bother to pay attention to it, and I travel with Xia Yaohan as if I am on vacation.

The award is the finale of the film festival, which is usually held at the end, and after the award is awarded, it also indicates that the film festival is coming to an end, and this is also the most anticipated part of all filmmakers and fans.

As the main judge, Lao Martin participated in the voting and selection of the award throughout the process, but he did not reveal half the news to Zhang Yao, sitting in the theater and watching, he didn't know who would win the award at all, so he could only watch it.

Xia Yaohan is still playing with her mobile phone throughout the whole process, because she can't understand it at all, let alone other movies, and even Zhang Yao's new film is changed to an English name, and she is already complaining and has no choice.

The Sundance Film Festival awards ceremony has a total of two sections, namely American Cinema and World Cinema, and the awards presented in the two units are also different.

Among the films that came to the exhibition, only a few of them have been released in China, and most of the movies Zhang Yao is not clear, but he only learned a little about them through the screening a few days ago.

For independent film lovers, this is indeed a grand event, Zhang Yao himself has enjoyed watching it for a few days, and he is also full of expectations for the award ceremony, wanting to see if the final result is similar to what he predicted, and whether he can win the award.

"Zhang, you look a little nervous." Old Martin had already seen it, and Zhang Yao said: "Because I don't know if I can win the award, I am a little nervous, if you can disclose the results in advance, then I will be calm." ”

"Zhang, only the unknown brings surprises, doesn't it?" Old Martin was very principled and did not let go.

Zhang Yao spread his hands and said, "So I still have to be nervous until the moment the results come out." ”

"Maybe we should say something else to distract you." Old Martin smiled: "Originally, I wanted to invite you after the award ceremony, but in that case, it seems that I should say it now." ”

"Old man, you've already invited me to the film festival, do you have any other invitations?" Although Old Martin was smiling, he could feel that he was very cautious and not joking, which made Zhang Yao completely confused.

Martin Sr. said, "Well, HBO sent me an offer and they wanted to make a TV movie, and I accepted it because I have always had a good relationship with them, and I hope you can get involved." ”

The so-called TV movies are movies that are not released in theaters, but broadcast on TV, CCTV 6 also has many TV movies, and most audiences should be no strangers to this concept.

"Of course I'm happy to have such an opportunity to cooperate, but I don't know what the specific situation is, do you have any requirements?" Zhang Yao really hopes to be able to cooperate with Old Martin, which is called sympathy, but he is also worried about the way of cooperation.

If the so-called cooperation is like some domestic actors participating in Hollywood movies, it is better not to go up, although old Martin is not like this, but if he is not in charge, it is difficult to say.

Martin Sr. said: "There are no specific requirements, HBO directly wants me to be fully responsible, so I want you to be the screenwriter, and it would be even better if the two of us have a wonderful rivalry in the end." Of course, because HBO is in a hurry, we don't have much time. ”

"Well, that's fine." Zhang Yao nodded.

Xia Yaohan put down her phone temporarily when she saw it, and said, "What are you two so happy to say, I don't feel like I'm talking about awards." ”

Zhang Yao motioned to Old Martin and turned around and said, "Old Martin invited me to make a movie, so we will go to Los Angeles after the film festival is over, and it is estimated that we will have to stay for about a month before we can go back." ”

"Time is not a problem, anyway, the school has also asked for leave, not to mention other things, in this case, the school must be happy to grant leave." Xia Yaohan was not in a hurry to go back, but was a little excited, and said, "That's going to Hollywood, so do you have entered Hollywood?" ”

"It's just a TV movie, it's a cooperation with a TV station, shouldn't it?" If you want to gain a foothold in Hollywood, Zhang Yao is still a little behind, but this step is already much ahead of those domestic directors and actors.

Old Martin invited Zhang Yao to write the screenplay, then the director should be himself, it doesn't matter, at first he thought it was a random arrangement, until the award results came out, he found out that this was actually because Old Martin felt that he was good at screenwriting, so he let him play his strengths.

Zhang Yao did not go home empty-handed, but won the audience award and the screenwriter award in one fell swoop, and the one who won two awards at the same time in the world film unit is also the only one among all the films, and it can be regarded as the biggest winner.

Of course, even at international film festivals, the screenwriting award is actually a bit of a chicken rib, and the weight is not heavy, to say that the most important is the jury award, which was taken away by a British-New Zealand co-production.

When the news of Zhang Yao's award came back and slapped those people in the face again, and those people were choked and pretended to be blind, fans' attention had already shifted from this matter, because at the same time the news of Zhang Yao's collaboration with Martin Lao was also on the headlines.

The movie fans who won the award at the Sundance Film Festival haven't been able to see it, Zhang Yao actually went to Hollywood, which makes the audience both look forward to and anxiously, looking forward to what his first Hollywood movie will be like, and eagerly waiting for the movie to be released.

Although it's just a TV movie, it's not wrong to say that it's Hollywood, American movies and television are almost crowded into Hollywood, and domestic fans also think that this is a very long-faced thing, if you continue to fight with those people in the future, there will be new facts to prove that Zhang Yao is better than those people.

Maybe with this movie, Zhang Yao can really gain a foothold in Hollywood and then make a splash, many fans are looking forward to this, after all, the new generation of domestic directors and actors can enter Hollywood.

However, they don't know that Zhang Yao doesn't have such an idea at all, and the reason why such a movie appears is entirely because of Old Martin, and for the two, this cooperation is actually in the nature of playing tickets.

Because we appreciate each other, then seize the opportunity to cooperate once, and the entertainment component is actually greater than the pursuit of the movie itself.

Written by Zhang Yao and directed by Martin Lao, the movies made by two independent filmmakers together are definitely not mainstream, not to mention that the general investment in TV movies is not large, and it must continue their own style.

Old Martin hopes to play opposite Zhang Yao, and does not make any requirements and restrictions on the script, Zhang Yao simply satisfies his wishes to the greatest extent, and the whole movie is their rivalry.

"Buried Alive" is a one-man show, "The Night the Comet Comed" is all eight actors, and then it was reduced from eight to seven, and this time the movie with Martin Sr. is the two of them.

"A single scene, a story that is completely supported by dialogue and performance, simple and with connotation, it is really your style. Zhang, you surprised me so much. It only took Zhang Yao two days to write the script, and Old Martin was naturally surprised.

Zhang Yao smiled and said, "I don't dare to slack off on such an opportunity to cooperate, as long as you are satisfied." ”

"Satisfied, very satisfied, so that it doesn't take two days to shoot. Zhang, you and Xia first have a little bit to do around, and I'll go to HBO to discuss the specifics. Old Martin settled Zhang Yao and Xia Yaohan, and immediately took the script to HBO.

The scene is simple, the actors have no requirements, it is easy to prepare, plus HBO is really in a hurry, it is useless for two days, but it is ready to shoot after just one day of preparation, and this is only the fourth day that Zhang Yao and they came to Los Angeles.

After the filming started, the progress slowed down, because there was plenty of time, so there was no hurry, but it didn't drag on until a month, and it was less than half the time, Zhang Yao and Xia Yaohan ended this trip to the United States, said goodbye to old Martin and returned to the imperial capital.

Flying back to the imperial capital from Los Angeles is still economy class, but compared to this time, Xia Yaohan doesn't feel so uncomfortable, on the one hand, she has more experience and habits, and on the other hand, what she saw and heard on this trip to the United States still made her a little excited.

"I won an award, skied in the snow, and went to Hollywood to make a movie, I couldn't have imagined it before I came, and I actually experienced so many things, it feels really good." Sitting on the plane, Xia Yaohan was still chattering, while fiddling with the gifts she bought for Han Rongrong and others.

Only a small part of what she carried with her, most of which she had to check in because she was overweight, and she had fun by herself but had not forgotten about the others, which was commendable.

"Who's to say it isn't." Zhang Yao thought about it for a while, and felt that this month had been really wonderful.

Back in the imperial capital, the first priority is to discuss the release of the movie with Starlight Media, and in the United States, they have only landed for a few days, and the schedule has not yet been decided, and the movie cooperated by the old Martin and his wife has already been broadcast on HBO.