April 5, 2014, 2 p.m., Conference Room, China World Summit Wing, Yanjing.

Li Shengyao walked in front, followed by two assistants and the filming team of CCTV 6.

When he first started, he was still a little unaccustomed to the people who followed the film crew around him.

But more than a month has passed, and I slowly got used to it.

The film crew only followed him during the day, not at night.

If he wants to follow at night, then he will naturally not be happy.

At this time, he was dressed in a suit and looked very formal, and this time he came over to meet with the members of the jury of this year's Yanjing Film Festival.

Tomorrow the Yenching Film Festival will officially begin, and from tomorrow onwards, they will select the participating films and score all the participating films.

Let's meet today, we get to know each other, and then we will work together, so it won't seem too strange.

This time, in addition to himself, the jury members also included Ning Hao, Lu Chuan, and Philip. Ryle, Rakuma. Sirani, Maria. Garcia, as well as Andrews. Vincent.

Philip. Philip is a French director, screenwriter and producer.

Rakuma. Sirani is an Indian director and screenwriter.

Maria. Garcia is an actress from Italy.

Andrews. Vincent is a producer from Spain.

These people are not the top filmmakers, after all, the Yenching Film Festival is neither an A-class film festival nor a B-class film festival, and its positioning is awkward.

Top-notch filmmakers aren't coming.

If it weren't for the amount of money given by Yanjing, even these people wouldn't have come over.

Lee was the youngest on the entire jury, but he was undoubtedly the biggest name.

At this point he walked into the conference room, and the others immediately stood up.

Without waiting for Ning Hao and Lu Chuan, two compatriots, to come forward to say hello, several foreign friends took the lead in welcoming them and expressing their goodwill.

Lee Shengyao has participated in Cannes, Venice, and Berlin film festivals before, but he knows Philip and Maria, and they have chatted before.

The other two people didn't know each other.

However, everyone carried the sedan chair, and everyone smiled, so he smiled.

So the atmosphere in the whole conference room seemed very good, and the big guys seemed to be very happy to do the job.

Relatively speaking, Ning Hao and Lu Chuan seemed stranger.

Ning Hao and Li Shengyao are very familiar with each other, and the two of them have a friendship with each other, and they have long been looking at Li Shengyao.

Lu Chuan is really unfamiliar, this big guy holds his hands on his chest, the smile on his face is stiff, and he doesn't seem to be very satisfied with Li Shengyao.

Li Shengyao has long known Lu Chuan's style and knows that this person is like this.

Don't say it's him, even if Lao Mouzi comes over, Lu Chuan looks like this.

He didn't care, chatted with the big guy for a while, and then thought of the advice given by the organizers, and said that the purpose of this film festival is to select films that blend tradition and modernity.

When the judges heard this, they probably knew what the organizers of the film festival meant, and they all said that there was no problem.

Li Shengyao chatted a few more words, and then planned to leave.

Just as he was about to walk away, Ning Hao called out to him, "Director Li, wait for me, I'll talk to you about something." ”

A moment later, the two of them lay together in the hotel massage room, and the two burly eldest sisters gave them massages.

Ning Hao said in a low voice, "Director Li, do you have any plans this time?" ”

"Plan?"

Ning Hao nodded, "You haven't studied the previous awards at the Yanjing Film Festival." ”

"Nope."

"The positioning of the Yanjing Film Festival is awkward, they not only want to please domestic filmmakers, but also want to show their compelling style, so every time the awards have been awarded, there are domestic films and foreign films."

Li Shengyao understood what Ning Hao meant, "You mean to take care of domestic and foreign movies." ”

"yes, that's what it means."

That is to say, the awards of Best Film, Jury Award, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Actress should be distributed as evenly as possible.

Li Shengyao didn't feel bad.

It's like last year's Venice Film Festival, how can Italy's "Rome Ring Road" win the best film?

It's not about taking care of local movies yet.

It's just that the quality of other obscure films is really not good, so that in the end I had to launch a documentary.

As a result, the organizers of the Venice Film Festival look even more ugly.

But after all, there is nothing to say about other people's film festivals.

It is completely normal for the Yenching International Film Festival to take care of domestic films.

In this regard, the Cannes Film Festival is much more generous, and the reason for this is because the French film heritage is too deep.

The ancestors have good grades and do not need special care, and they are the countries that have won the most awards outside of the beautiful country.

Li Shengyao understood what Ning Hao meant, "Okay, I know, I'll try my best to coordinate." ”

There are a total of seven judges, and when the time comes, four votes will be considered the winner.

Ning Hao is easy to discuss, but Lu Chuan is not easy to say.

In other words, if you want to choose a movie that meets his heart, you still need two judges to be on his side.

Ning Hao saw that Li Shengyao understood what he meant, so he nodded, "Just give me a look when the time comes." ”

……

At 6 p.m. the next day, the Yenching Film Festival began its official red carpet ceremony, and filmmakers from all over the world walked the red carpet and entered the conference hall to wait for the opening of the film festival.

The Yenching Film Festival is relatively stingy about inviting overseas big-name stars.

They can't invite so many Hollywood stars like the big three in Europe, they can only invite some small stars from other countries.

But tonight was quite lively.

In the end, the film festival held in Yanjing, people in the Chinese film industry will basically give face, whether it is the mainland or Hong Kong Island, crooked actors and stars have come to walk the red carpet.

Li Shengyao's lineup on the red carpet with the members of the jury is probably the strongest.

Although the fans shouted loudly, many stars stood up and applauded when they entered the conference hall.

In addition to the stars of the Chinese film industry, there is also a group of top actors from France.

Let. Renault, Danny. Byrne, Jean. Jacques Arnaud, Léa. Seydoux, Vincent. Cassel is here.

Among them are the best actors and actresses of the Cannes Film Festival.

And Vincent. Cassel is a popular king of the new generation, and the status of this big guy in France is similar to that of Shen Teng when he was the hottest.

Whatever you play in France, you can explode.

This group of French actors came here because the Yenching Film Festival has a French film culture week, and they came to the platform.

Lee discovered that his seat was very close to that of the group of French actors.

He hasn't sat down yet to let . Renault, Léa. Seydoux and the others greeted him and hugged him.

Let. Renaud is a top French actor who has mixed up with Hollywood.

And Léa. Seydoux is the queen of Cannes.

They all respect Li Shengyao so much, so that the Chinese filmmakers present understand Li Shengyao's status outside.

Many people think of Lee Shengyao becoming an honorary professor at the École Nationale des École Nationale des Arts et des Images et Sound in France, and they know that this honorary weight is very heavy, and many directors are envious of it.

Li Shengyao didn't think about it so much, and after cordially greeting filmmakers at home and abroad, he sat down quietly.

When the opening ceremony of the film festival officially began, he went backstage, received the speech from the organizer, took a few looks, and then went on stage.

Just like the chief jury of the Berlin Film Festival at the Venice Film Festival before, he said the purpose of this film festival, and then stepped down in warm applause.

Everyone then shifted their positions and went to the adjacent cinema to watch the film "Beauty and the Beast" at the opening ceremony of the film festival.

This Beauty and the Beast is not the Hollywood fairy tale movie, but a rather ironic film from France.

The heroine is Cannes actress Léa. Seydoux.

What is the quality of the movie...... It's so-so, anyway, Li Shengyao doesn't think it's very good, the director of this movie thinks a little too much, wants commercial effects, and wants to have both arts, but both ends are not very good.

After the film, a group of directors, producers, screenwriters, and actors continued to transfer to the celebration banquet at the opening ceremony of the film festival.

In the brightly lit and star-studded celebration banquet hall, Li Shengyao is undoubtedly the most central figure.

Filmmakers at home and abroad surrounded him.

Which lets. Renault, Léa. Seydoux and Lee agreed to meet again in Cannes next month.

And filmmakers from some other countries are more likely to sell themselves to Lee Shengyao, and then promote the movies they act.

The Yenching Film Festival is awkwardly positioned, but there is no doubt that the festival is still quite popular in Asia, perhaps second only to the Shanghai Film Festival.

The biggest reason is naturally that the Chinese film market has risen.

Films that have been well received at the Yenching Film Festival are expected to be released in the mainland, even if they get a box office of several million or tens of millions, it is still a lot of money.

Even the Tokyo Film Festival can't match the advantages in this regard.

Therefore, every year at the Shanghai Film Festival, a large number of foreign films will participate in the competition.

Lee Shengyao naturally knows the thoughts of these filmmakers, and he understands them very well, so he is very calm and listens patiently to what these filmmakers have to say.

His posture made many people secretly admire and feel that Li Dadao has a demeanor.

……

After the opening ceremony of the Yenching Film Festival, the film festival officially began.

Unlike the Cannes Film Festival, where there are hundreds of participating films, 20 films are selected in the end.

There are only about 50 films in the Yenching Film Festival, and they have enough time to finish watching all the participating films.

But the process of watching the movie is a little difficult.

In the three major European film festivals, the participating films all need to premiere at the film festival, that is, they must be new films, and watching new films naturally has a sense of freshness.

Other film festivals don't have such a formality.

Therefore, many of the participating films, Lee Shengyao has seen them a long time ago, and he has long known the quality of these movies.

In order to make his judgment reasonable, he still analyzed and studied as carefully as possible.

Ten days later, out of the twenty films selected, seven judges began to vote on what films were good.

No matter what the award is, Li Shengyao made a few speeches before the selection, which naturally has some tendencies.

Fortunately, several foreign judges are all old foxes, and they will all give face.

In this case, the film selection went very smoothly, and the award was given completely according to Lee Shengyao's intentions.

Ning Hao witnessed the whole voting, and couldn't help but give Li Shengyao a thumbs up.

A few foreign judges are interested in one thing.

On the other hand, Li Shengyao's reputation is high enough, and people are willing to give face.

Replaced by other mainland filmmakers, I am afraid that it will be difficult to make these foreigners so obedient.

In the end, they decided that the best director was given to the king of sunglasses, and the best actress was given to Zhang Ziyi, and both awards came from "The Grandmaster".

Best Actor went to Guillaume of France. Gu Yi, from the movie "Sound Dream Adventure".

Best film went to "Searching for a Son," a co-production by Canadian and Indian filmmakers.

So the awards are distributed.

It's a bit of a pork flavor, but the few movies that won the award are all good movies.

Li Shengyao went through the whole selection process, and he couldn't help but secretly rejoice when he thought of his previous awards in Cannes, Venice, and Berlin Film Festival.

I have to say that in the three major European film festivals, it is really difficult to fight out of more films.

This shows that the movies he copied are really good, and he has a great appetite for the chief seal of the jury.

Thinking of this, Lee Shengyao doesn't have so many expectations for "La La Land".

After all, he has already won the Palme d'Or twice in a row at Cannes.

The organizers of the Cannes Film Festival naturally take into account the feelings of filmmakers from other countries, and it is estimated that it will be very difficult to win an award at the Cannes Film Festival.

He thought for a moment, then sighed.

Do your best.

……

The members of the jury decided on the awards, and the next step was to present the awards.

"The Grandmaster" became the big winner, winning Best Director and Best Actress.

The Canadian-Indian co-production "Looking for a Son" won the best film.

French actor Guillaume. Gu Yi won the best actor for his wonderful performance in "Sound Dream Adventure".

Both Chinese and foreign films have won awards, and it can be said that everyone is happy.

The Yenching Film Festival came to a successful conclusion, and filmmakers from France said in interviews with reporters that they are loyal fans of Lee Shengyao and look forward to Lee Shengyao's performance at the Cannes Film Festival next month.

CCTV six film crews, Lan Yu got the hint from the group leader, and immediately walked to Li Shengyao, and asked sweetly: "Director Li, we have heard a lot of foreign filmmakers' expectations for you, they all said that they want to see your new movie, and they want to see you again in Cannes, what do you think of yourself?" ”

When Li Shengyao heard this, he thought of the process of the jury's selection of films, compared to before, he was more humble and had a better mentality, "I am the chief seal of the jury this time, and I have a deeper understanding of the selection process of the award.

I'm really glad and I want to thank the judges who gave me the award before and thank them for their recognition.

The production of La La Land is nearing completion, and we will be competing at the Cannes Film Festival next month, so I am naturally very happy and looking forward to it, but I can't say if it will win the award.

I now feel like it takes a lot of luck. ”

When Lan Yu heard this, a pair of eyes fell on Li Shengyao's face, and he felt that a great director like Li Shengyao was so humble and peaceful, which was really a rare quality.

"Director Li, we are very confident in you, I think you can create miracles."

Lee Shengyao won the Palme d'Or for two consecutive years, which is a record.

Later, he made three films in a year and a half, and won the Best Director Award at the Venice Film Festival and the Berlin Film Festival for two films in a row, setting another record.

Now the third film is about to go to the Cannes Film Festival.

If "La La Land" can win a Best Director, or Best Actress, then he can win the three best acting awards in Europe for three consecutive films, or the best director award, which is also a new record.

I have to say that Li Shengyao really had good luck winning the award.

Lan Yu could imagine how high-spirited the man in front of him would be if "La La Land" could win the award, and he was stunned for a while, looking at Li Shengyao blankly, his eyes were red.

(End of chapter)