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As the most important and final award master of the entire film festival, Gong Li didn't know what to do with Zhou Xiao, he could speak fluent Chinese, and his Chinese identity made people not know whether they should be mentioned or not.

Therefore, on a certain Cheng dù, Gong Li did not want Zhou Xiao to win the Grand Prize at the Venice Film Festival, anyway, in her opinion, Zhou Xiao is not Chinese.

And the partner with Gong Li is an Italian host that Zhou Xiao doesn't know at all, what he says is also in Italian with a grunt, but Zhou Xiao is sitting next to Uncle Inoue and Aoi Miyazaki, without a translator, he can only smirk and watch the host throw off Gong Li, who also doesn't know much Italian, to play a one-man show there.

However, the host's one-man show was quite good, and around Zhou Xiao in the audience, those who could understand his speech laughed happily from time to time.

"Also, allow me to change the language to English, because this year's festival has a very special film, a director who is also very special." The host said and changed his language to English, Zhou Xiao's English is average, and he can still understand what this guy with a strict Italian accent is saying.

"Three days ago, Miss Gong Li and I and some judges suddenly got a notice from the organizer that we needed to watch another movie after we finished watching it.

But when we came to the screening room and saw a film full of Asian faces, and it was clearly not a Chinese movie, we were very upset, because you know...... Some time ago...... We Italians had a terrible experience over there. ”

The audience laughed heartily.

He was talking about the World Cup held in Japan and South Korea in June, when the Italian national football team was eliminated by South Korea because of black whistles and other reasons. By the way, some of them also hated Japan, which was innocently shot in the World Cup with South Korea.

"But as a filmmaker's professionalism, I still didn't leave immediately, but watched it patiently. After watching this, I realized that this movie is really quite good.

Warm but not showy, cute but not rough, sincere but not hypocritical, when I came back to my senses. It suddenly dawned on me that the film had begun to come to an end, and it was a good movie that was so sinking, and although it was a bit inappropriate to say that before the awards, I really believed that most of the judges who were with me at the time thought so! ”

The host's words caused a round of applause, but this applause was quickly suppressed by the host, who continued: "You think this is the highest. Tided? Do you think a great movie is all we see? Truly wonderful. It's the thing behind this movie! That's ...... The people who made this film.

Some people may want to ask what is wonderful about the one you are talking about, but I want to say that this story is really wonderful, and the excitement is almost ...... It exploded. The host exaggeratedly described that he even opened his hands as if to enhance his momentum.

"Let's see. The director of this "Ju Day", Mr. Zhou Xiao! With the host's shout, the camera focused on Zhou Xiao.

The scene immediately resounded with a small exclamation.

"No, you read that right. That's right, this man, God. You know Asians tend to look younger, but this kid, he doesn't look like he's as big as my nephew, but this guy is ...... I even made this movie?! All of you here, do any of you feel like I have lived in vain? ”

In the midst of surprise and praise, the award ceremony went on, forward, and as time gradually passed, Uncle Inoue and others around Zhou Xiao also began to get nervous.

"Ju Day" is a good movie and many people like it very much, yes, but for Zhou Xiao and AZX at this stage, the most important thing is whether to win the award or not, if it is a few years later, if Zhou Xiao already has a lot of fame and strength, even if he doesn't win the award, someone will give him a grievance if he says no, but now, maybe the only thing to prove his ability is to win the award, if he can't get it, then it is likely that no one will remember Zhou Xiao's movie at all.

As for Zhou Xiao himself? He is a little distracted, he can get to the point where he is now, he has done what he can do, and then the judges will not give him a chance, it is no longer something he can control, this kind of fate is not controlled by himself, and it feels a little uncomfortable, but this is him now.

He was still smiling, and when the host called out to him, he stood up politely and humbly to say hello, but in fact, in his heart, he had been thinking about this movie.

The film "Ju Ri" did not win the Golden Lion Award in Venice in history, because it was screened on September 8, 2oo7, and the venue for the release was at the Toronto Film Festival, and on September 8, the Venice Film Festival has ended.

But the film won more and more important awards, such as Best Picture at the Rome Film Festival, the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay, and a number of other awards, and most importantly, the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

From this effect, it is normal for this film to win the Golden Lion Award, but on the other hand, this movie is no longer the previous "Juno" but "Ju Day", in addition to the theme plot, many things have changed, and Zhou Xiao is no longer sure if he can still win the Golden Lion here.

Compared with the Oscar-level awards, the award ceremony of the Venice Film Festival is not long, and soon it will be time for the Golden Lion Award to be issued at the end, Miyazaki Aoi peeked at Zhou Xiao, and the man next to him looked at the host and award presenters on the stage with a smile, and seemed to not care whether he won the award or not, that kind of demeanor made Miyazaki Aoi very fond of it, but in fact, Zhou Xiao is just wandering into the world now.

And then......

"The winner of the grand prize tonight is...... "Ju Day" from Japan! "Standing and cheering? It's not so exaggerated, the audience at the scene just gave applause to the young Zhou Xiao.

And Zhou Xiao only reacted after Aoi Miyazaki stabbed him several times beside him.

Uncle Inoue and others who came with him were cheering, and the environment at the scene was a little noisy.

"Got it? Golden Lion!? Zhou Xiao asked Aoi Miyazaki beside him.

"Yes, boss! We did it! In his past and present lives, Zhou Xiao felt that Aoi Miyazaki in front of him was smiling the brightest.

"It worked!" He finally reacted and hugged Aoi Miyazaki, the girl's small body was as light as nothing in his arms, and Zhou Xiao even turned around half a circle while holding the girl. reluctantly let go of her.

"Uncle, I'm amazing, right!?" Zhou Xiao, who put down Aoi Miyazaki, looked to the other side, Uncle Inoue was looking at him, the uncle was almost fifty years old, his head was a little bald, and it was mixed with mottled white, he suffered a lot in the first half of his life, but since Zhou Xiaoji, Uncle Inoue followed Zhou Xiao Although he was not idle, at least his life was much better. This makes his face sometimes shine a little shiny.

"yes, since you wrote your first song, I know you're the best in the world!" Uncle Inoue said. Did he really think so? Nobody cares.

Zhou Xiao stretched out his hand and shook it with his uncle's hand.

Walking on the stage and receiving the trophy, Zhou Xiao stood in front of the microphone.

"Uh......" He paused when it was time for him to say his acceptance speech.

In his previous life, every time he saw those award-winning guests stumbling and speechless on the stage, Zhou Xiao would be very unhappy, in his opinion, what was there to stumble. Is it so difficult to tell a joke that amuses the whole audience like Europeans and Americans?

But when he really stood here, he found that he was so difficult, and he couldn't say a lot of words.

Zhou Xiaoxian, although he didn't care about it. Although he looked calm and breezy throughout the whole process, in fact, he couldn't be so relaxed in his heart, it wasn't a matter of money or fame, and the movie was a failure. At most, he will run into some trouble on his way.

"I ...... I want to thank everyone in the company, I couldn't have made this movie myself. Zhou Xiao said: "Actually, at my age, when it comes to making movies. Many people may think that it is already very powerful to be able to shoot it.

When I decided to come to the festival, there were a lot of voices in China, and most of these voices were not encouraging or supporting, but more ridicule and questioning that I didn't believe that I could succeed.

Luckily, I made it. I guess when I go back, everyone will praise me, and that's enough for me. Zhou Xiao said briefly on the stage at the end.

These words were harmonious and unsharp, so the award ceremony ended in such a state.

Is Zhou Xiao the kind of person who repays grievances with virtue and doesn't care about those previous words? No, he just didn't think it was useful to stand on a foreign stage and say it. After the award ceremony, when he faced the Japanese media that poured in, he said nothing like the above.

"Did you hear what I said today at the award ceremony? I succeeded, and everyone came to bless me, but what I want to ask everyone is, what if I don't succeed...... If I return to China in disgrace, will the voices that once ridiculed me and questioned me become voices that encourage me and support me? I'm afraid it's hard.

This year in Italy, I met Takeshi Kitano, who has always been worried about Japanese films, but unfortunately I can't respond to him because it's not my job, but I believe that there must be more and better directors in Japan, and when these directors appear, I hope that people don't treat them like me, otherwise it will only bury Japanese films. ”

In fact, Zhou Xiao doesn't care whether Japanese movies are good or not, and Zhou Xiao also knows very well that with the exhibition that Japanese movies are inherently a little deformed, it may be difficult to fight back. Even if he transforms into making movies and wants Japanese movies to be good, it is useless for him to rely on himself.

And those words, in fact, what Zhou Xiao thought were very simple, it was not his worries as a filmmaker, it was just him...... is slapping the Japanese media in the face to make them understand that Zhou Xiao is not so easy to bully.

To say that the Japanese media is not completely undisciplined, the news of Zhou Xiao winning the award and a paragraph of his interview after the award ceremony quickly spread back to Japan, many media who had said Zhou Xiao before and underestimated Zhou Xiao have slapped themselves in the face, the text admitted their mistakes, and even some media made a big special feature to introduce Zhou Xiao's achievements this time.

Even after the film festival, Zhou Xiao stayed in Venice for a full week, and a week later, he finally returned to Japan. The hardest thing is Uncle Inoue, who returned to the United States after attending the film festival in Venice, and he has to stay there until the film screening starts and the box office is recovered, and then he will return to Japan from scratch, and Zhou Xiao is not inconsiderate of him, after returning to Tokyo, Zhou Xiao sent Uncle Inoue's wife and daughter to the United States as soon as possible, so that the family of three can travel and have fun in the United States while making movies.

Zhou Xiao, who returned to Tokyo, received quite a lot of welcome. It seems that both the general public and the media feel guilty about Zhou Xiao, and even at the airport, there are many fans waiting there to pick up the plane, which is rare in Japan, because the artist's itinerary is usually rarely leaked, and even if it appears, most of them appear on those Genesys idols, and the phenomenon of being picked up as a director like Zhou Xiao now rarely occurs.

"Boss, you're finally back." The agent who came to pick up the airport said. During this time, because Uncle Inoue was following, Nakamaru has been in Japan.

"There's nothing wrong with the company, right?" Zhou Xiao asked.

"No problem, the owner you probably don't know, now your popularity is simply high. All kinds of media are almost all reporting on your deeds, and even the work of our company has been done a lot, and Miss Miyazaki Aoi's advertising company has received six or seven! Nakamaru said excitedly, although Aoi Miyazaki had also won awards abroad before. But how can those awards be compared with the Venice Film Festival, which has the title of "one of the three major film festivals in Europe", and when it comes to the influence of the world, I am afraid that these three major film festivals are second only to the Oscars.

"Really?" Zhou Xiao asked. What he didn't say was that this was just the beginning, with this award, what this movie really wants to fight for is the box office around the world, as for the Oscars? Zhou Xiao doesn't know what he can get for this version, but "Juno" won the Script Award, and his film is made in Japan, an award for the best foreign film, it should be worth looking forward to, right?

"Of course it is, you don't know, now everyone in the company is straighter than before when they go out! This is the Golden Lion, an award that Japan has only won a few decades ago, and you are making history. Nakamaru said excitedly as he drove.

"You drive well, I don't want to become history as soon as I create it!" Zhou Xiao hurriedly said.

Zhou Xiao, who returned to Japan, soon received invitations to appear in various programs, when he was invited, all TV stations snickered in their hearts, film directors are big names, in Japan, except for Takeshi Kitano, other directors rarely appear on entertainment programs, and Zhou Xiao and Takeshi Kitano have similarities in this regard, although he won the award as a director this time, but in the eyes of most people in Japan, he is more of a singer and producer. And he is not excluded from appearing on TV variety shows, for TV stations, he is undoubtedly more close to the people and more invited.

But what is a little surprising is that Zhou Xiao rarely attends these jobs this time, he seems to be busy as soon as he returns to Japan, and what is even more surprising is that "Ju Day", which won the award in Venice, did not arrange the release immediately after Zhou Xiao returned to Japan, neither the film company nor AZX seemed to be in a hurry to release this film that had just won the award.

This is a little incomprehensible.

AZX, who just won the award, didn't strike while the iron was hot, and took advantage of this shareholder wind to let the Japanese audience see the movie, but instead hid the movie, in this way, after a period of time, the topic has passed, wouldn't the box office be very bleak?

In fact, the people who don't know the inside story are very puzzled by the TV station, and even Zhou Xiao's partner, Kadokawa Films, which has been merged with Daying at this time, is also very puzzled, for several days, they have been asking AZX about the release, and Kadokawa even took the initiative to increase the box office share, they thought that Zhou Xiao and AZX were trying to maximize their benefits by winning the movie.

For this kind of behavior of Kadokawa Bookstore, of course, the AZX side is muffled and rich, and of course, the appeasement work on Kadokawa's side still has to be done.

As a result, in the Japanese media and the public's increasing doubts again, in the slightly incomprehensible inquiries of Kadokawa Bookstore, Zhou Xiao has been paying attention to the screening in the United States finally began.

The first screenings were in five cities on the East Coast, with a total of ...... Fourteen cinemas.

Fourteen movie theaters, which is more than a dozen more than Zhou Xiao's "Juno" in that world, but there is no film city Los Angeles or the big cities on the West Coast among the screening locations, the results that these fourteen movie theaters can achieve make everyone who is looking forward to this film very cautious.

Zhou Xiao is even ready to wait for more than two weeks, which is the minimum release time signed between "Ju Day" and M1P in the United States, as long as "Ju Day" can achieve the crazy results in the previous life within two weeks.

As for the release in Japan? Wait for two weeks, if the final failure, Zhou Xiao estimates that after returning to Japan, he can get at least enough results to return to the cost, this is a risk, either get hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office in the United States, and also get billions of yen after returning to Japan, or sink in the United States, and after returning to Japan, he can only recover the cost because of his outrage. (To be continued......)