The four of them were chatting, when suddenly there was a commotion at the door of the venue. Everyone looked up and saw a group of people walking in through the door. The first is a burly middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes, and the one in a black tunics next to him is director Zhang Yimou. It was followed by several young men and women.

This is much more than the previous Huabiao Award ceremony, because "No One is Missing", which was shortlisted for the Best Feature Film Award at this year's Golden Rooster Awards, just won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival last month, which is the second time Director Zhang has won the award, and he is also the first Chinese director to win the highest honor of the three European Film Awards three times.

Director Zhang created history, and at the same time, he also left Director Chen, who has always been as famous as him, far behind.

Today is the premiere of Director Zhang's new work, which naturally attracted the attention of countless media and filmmakers. Not only did the reporters point their cameras at them for a while, but many familiar or unfamiliar filmmakers stepped forward to greet Director Zhang and his party.

"Hey, Xiao Yizi is also here!"

Liu Ye pointed to the thin girl in a black dress next to Zhang Yimou and shouted.

"And Mr. Zheng."

"Hey, is that buddy next to Mr. Zheng from the last musical theater class?"

The male number one in the movie "My Father and Mother" is called Zheng Hao, who is the physical teacher of Chinese opera; Another actor is named Sun Honglei, who is also a college student who graduated from the Chinese opera musical theater class.

Li Tang found one thing very interesting, that is, the movies shortlisted for the Golden Rooster Award this time, from the director to the main creator behind the scenes, almost all of them are from Nortel. But most of the actors they selected are graduates or current students of Chinese opera.

Nortel has very few actors, and there are also actors in the play, but most of them are of the older generation, Li Tang and Ning Jing, who were shortlisted for Best Actress, are probably the only two graduates in the nineties.

In fact, Ning Jing is not a serious student in the drama performance department, she was in the drama model performance training class back then, the threshold is very low, basically you can go to the drama if you have money, and it belongs to the drama income-generating project.

But after all, people are now a smash hit, and they need this star alumnus to be in the play, and they also need the halo of the famous school in the play, which can be described as a hit.

There were many people around Director Zhang and his party to greet him, and Liu Ye waved frequently to his classmates and teachers in the crowd. Li Tang didn't go to join in the fun, and stood aside and watched very calmly.

Xiao Tengdao didn't hold his identity so much, stood with Li Tang, and was very disdainful of Liu Ye's swaggering behavior.

The director is also in a mixed circle, fundamentally speaking, his father director Teng Wenji and Zhang Yimou are in the same circle, and they are both generals under Wu Tianming, the director of the Western Film Studio. In private, Director Xiao Teng still has to call Zhang Yimou "Uncle Yimou".

Director Zhang and his entourage nodded to the people on both sides and walked inside. When walking past Li Tang and Xiao Tengdao, Director Zhang suddenly stopped and looked back in the direction of the two.

Xiao Tengdao felt proud for a while, in the end, he was an uncle, and when he saw his eldest nephew, he always wanted to say hello. In fact, he came with his father this time, just to see the world, and by the way, he was familiar, indicating that the second generation of the Teng family has been officially released.

Just as he tidied up the suit on his body and opened his mouth to greet Zhang Yimou, he heard Zhang Yimou take the initiative to stretch out his hand to Li Tang and say, "Xiao Li, hello, meet again." ”

At this moment, Li Tang was really a little flattered, just now he witnessed Director Zhang only taking the initiative to greet some veteran filmmakers, and everyone else smiled and nodded.

He hurriedly stepped forward, held Director Zhang's hand with both hands, and said with a slightly excited expression: "Director Zhang, hello!" Congratulations on winning another award, and I wish your new film a big hit! ”

"Thank you!"

Director Zhang thanked him with a slight effort in his hand, and then nodded to Xiao Tengdao, who was standing aside with an embarrassed expression, as a greeting.

The discerning people present could see that Director Zhang definitely looked at Li Tang differently, and many people looked at Li Tang's eyes becoming subtle, as if they wanted to explore why this young man could make Director Zhang stop and greet him.

When Director Zhang and his entourage passed, Director Xiao Teng immediately asked in a low voice: "Tell me honestly, what is your relationship with the director?" ”

"It doesn't matter, it's just a second meeting."

In fact, Li Tang himself was also confused, and he couldn't figure out why Director Zhang stopped to say hello to him. Of course, he didn't put his doubts on his face, but just told the truth very calmly.

"Cut, can you talk well?" Xiao Tengdao looked incredulous.

"Really." Li Tang is very innocent.

"Believe in a ghost!"

Obviously, you are telling the truth, but the things you show are easy to misunderstand, and people who are well versed in the way of communication understand, which is called taking advantage of the situation. In the words of Brother Xun, who has two jujube trees at home, this is called pulling the tiger skin to pull the banner.

Although Li Tang didn't know Director Zhang's intentions, he knew that he must have a reason for Director Zhang's interest, and before he found this reason, he didn't mind using Director Zhang's name to put a halo on himself.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the opening ceremony of the 8th China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival officially began.

In addition to Li Tang, who was nominated for the Best Actor Award, there are Teng Rujun, the actor of his father in "That Mountain, That Man, That Dog", and Tian Chengren, the male number one in the movie "Golden Wedding".

Mr. Tian is in his seventies, Mr. Teng Rujun in Chinese opera is in his fifties, and Li Tang in his twenties is very reminiscent of a commonly used word - three generations of old, middle and young.

Affirm the achievements of the older generation, highlight the backbone, and encourage the younger generation.

The opening ceremony was followed by the premiere of "My Father and Mother".

This is a very beautiful movie, telling the love story of a village flower named Zhaodi and a village teacher. In terms of visual experience, it is as beautiful as director Zhang Yimou's previous works with beautiful scenery and bright colors.

As far as the movie itself is concerned, in this film, director Zhang Yimou obviously concealed the ideological criticism in his previous works, washed away the reflection on national character, and used a fresh prose tone to describe the delicate love psychology of the village flower and the girl.

Zhang Ziyi, who has "Little Gong Li", is much younger and immature than Gong Li, and it is precisely this youth and immaturity that perfectly interprets the character of Zhao Di.

For Zhang Ziyi, Li Tang is too familiar with one of the most familiar Chinese actresses in his previous life.

Because Zhang Ziyi has been developing in Hollywood for a long time, and that time happened to be the hard years when he was struggling in Hollywood in his previous life. found that a Chinese female star finally came out, of course, I paid great attention to it.

I remember she was with a Jew who was a shareholder in Time Warner and an investor. This kind of sugar daddy is very normal in Hollywood, and the best and fastest way for an outsider to integrate into Hollywood is to find an insider who is strong enough.

Nicole. Kidman & Tom, Zeta. Jones and Michael. Douglas is a ready-made example.

And Zhang Ziyi failed in the end. In fact, her failure is still due to cultural background and racial differences, and it is difficult for a yellow person to integrate into the mainstream of Hollywood.

Compared with the sharp-eyed and aggressive Zhang Ziyi in Li Tang's impression in his previous life, Xiao Zhang's children's shoes at this time are much more cute and pure, especially her eyes are particularly clean and smart.

Li Tang admires Director Zhang Yimou's vision in selecting actresses, including the previous Gong Li, who is not amazing at first glance, but the more he looks at it, the more flavorful it becomes. And their eyes are all exceptionally clean, without the slightest impurity.

It is said that a good actor must maintain innocence, and clean eyes are the embodiment of innocence in his heart.

Of course, Zhang Ziyi at this time is not stupid Bai Tian, after seeing Director Zhang stop to say hello to Li Tang, she also immediately came over and took the initiative to exchange a few words with Li Tang, and she knows how to judge the situation very well.

The Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival lasts for four days, opening on the 16th and closing on the 20th. In the middle is the promotion of some film projects and a series of seminars, symposia and so on.

Li Tang is neither an investor nor a director, and he has no interest in the promotion of any film projects, and the past two years are when the film has fallen to the lowest estimate, and it is said that the total box office of the domestic film market this year is less than one billion, which is a world of difference from the second largest film market in China after North America that he often heard in his previous life.

It is precisely because he knows that the future will be bright, so he is not worried about the current downturn at all, and he doesn't need to listen to all kinds of worries from so-called experts, film critics, etc., talking about a lot of nonsense and about saving this and saving that.

On the contrary, he was interested in some technical seminars. Photography and art are both the embodiment of film aesthetics, and at the same time, how to understand photography and art is also very helpful to the performance of actors.

During this period, he met Zhao Fei, a photographer shortlisted for the best photography of this year's Golden Rooster Awards, through the introduction of Director Xiaoteng. This graduated from the 78th grade of Nortel's Department of Photography, and director Zhang Yimou is in the same class, and has been in charge of Tianzhuang Zhuangzhuang's "Horse Thief" and Jiang Wen's version of "The Great Eunuch Li Lianying", Zhang Yimou's "The Red Lantern Hangs High", Chen Dadao's "Jing Ke Assassinates the King of Qin" and Feng Xiaogang's "See You or Leave", and almost all of the current active first-line directors have cooperated.

Originally, Li Tang asked him for knowledge about photography, but the conversation turned out to be very speculative. Because a lot of what they talked about was foreign movies, it just so happened that Li Tang's reserve knowledge in this regard was quite sufficient. Later, Li Tang learned from Zhao Fei's mouth that he had accepted the famous American director Woody. Allen was invited to shoot as a photographer for Woody. Allen's new film, The Amateur Thief.

On the evening of October 20, the closing ceremony of the 8th China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival was held in Shenyang Gymnasium.

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