The high rating received by "A Man Named Li Wen Decided to Die" after its premiere in Venice made many Chinese reporters who accompanied the group more confident.

A large number of on-site manuscripts were also sent to domestic newspapers as soon as possible, published as newspapers or Internet news, and reported in China.

The atmosphere of the Olympic Games has almost dispersed, and this time in the Beijing Olympics, the Chinese people can be said to have raised a wave of face in front of the world.

A large number of foreign friends who watched the live broadcast of the Olympic Games or went to China to play in person praised the modernization of China on the Internet.

The Chinese people, who have some inferiority complexes, have raised their eyebrows this time and regained their national temperament as a 5,000-year-old cultural power.

At this time, Wu Yuan went to Venice with a new film to win glory for the country, so everyone naturally paid more attention and supported it.

"Three days after the premiere of "A Man Named Levine Decided to Die", the local theaters in Venice were full, and movie tickets were in short supply!"

"Wu Yuan's new film is stunning in Venice, widely praised by media reporters, and is the most powerful contender for the Golden Lion Award!"

"The news of the domestic finalization of "A Man Named Li Wen" has come out, and it is expected to be released in the mainland in December!"

"Director Wu Yuan conquered Venice, and the reputation of the new film surpassed "Wrestler", and was praised by Mark Muller, chairman of the film festival!"

In addition to the fact that the judges could not express any opinions and evaluations of the shortlisted films due to the rules, from ordinary passers-by in Venice to media reporters to the chairman of the film festival, Mark Müller, all gave high praise to Wu Yuan's new film when interviewed by domestic media.

Compared with the more boring and tragic reality of "Love", although the movie name of "A Man Named Li Wen Decided to Die" is very strange, the actor is also looking for death.

But this movie has no shortage of funny atmosphere, and it is full of warmth, it is a movie that will make people feel warm in their chests after watching it, and they will smile unconsciously.

In addition, this movie explores life and death, the meaning of life, and uses a person who has always wanted to commit suicide to persuade the audience that the world is worth it and there is no need to seek death.

The film's excellence is impeccable from every point of view.

plus the blessing of Wu Yuan, a talented director who became famous at a young age.

Even the most discerning media critics have to admit that this film will be the biggest favorite to win awards in Venice this year.

"Wrestler" is indeed very good, completely subverting boxing films, but the whole film is dull, depressing, sad and sad, lonely and helpless, love and family, too many complex feelings are mixed in it, but it is not as pure as Wu Yuan's film that only tells about life.

And pure, in the field of art films is a great plus.

But

When Wu Yuan saw the newly delivered newspaper in the hotel full of praise and praise for him, he became a little worried.

As we all know, the three major judges have always been in love with the house magazine.

Unlike the Oscars, those newspaper touting are actually part of public relations, paving the way for later films to win awards.

The reviews of the three major house magazines in Europe are really based on the sincerity of the on-site film critics.

As a result, the more the film is touted by the house magazine, the more reluctant the jury is sometimes to award the award.

If the house book says that which movie is good, I will give the award to which film, so what do we have to do with the jury?

The higher your rating, the less I will award you!

That's why Europe's top three award winners are rarely predicted by the house magazine.

Sometimes it's really the jury that deliberately bursts the cold.

Anyway, there are at least three or five films that can be shortlisted, and the media has nothing to say about who the awards are presented to.

So Wu Yuan began to pray, hoping that these house magazines would stop blowing, almost, and there will be several films in the main competition unit in the future, go blow them.

"If I continue to blow it, I'm afraid my Golden Lion Award will be blown away." Wu Yuan sighed.

He is not afraid that "A Man Named Li Wen Decided to Die" will return empty-handed.

In terms of the quality of this film, if the jury really does not give any awards, it will definitely be unreasonable, and it will even be questioned about its impartiality and affect the credibility of Venice.

But if the jury really gave him a Silver Lion Award for Best Actor because of the praise of the venue magazine, then Wu Yuan would have no place to cry.

Best Picture, Best Director, Grand Jury Prize, Best Actor/Actress, these five awards, in Venice it is not allowed to win two for a film, at most one.

Although Li Xuejian did act well, he made this movie for the Golden Lion Award!

He didn't even want the Grand Jury Prize!

complained about his worries to his little girlfriend, and originally thought that he would be comforted by his little girlfriend, but he didn't expect Liu Yifei to cross Erlang's legs and say indifferently: "I think Teacher Xuejian acted very well, and he didn't think it was bad for him to win the actor." ”

"This is also your credit, and you are honored."

Yes, I forgot that my girlfriend is an actor, and I value this kind of acting award more.

Wu Yuan slapped his forehead, decided to stop the topic with interest, and asked, "How did you read the script?" ”

In Liu Yifei's hand, she is holding a thin script and flipping through it, this is the script of "Ace Agent", she is about to join the group in a month, and she has been taking notes with the script for a while now.

"It's almost there, nothing difficult." Liu Yifei bent his eyebrows: "Most of the time, I stand behind the villain boss as a background board, and I don't have many lines, but there are several scenes." ”

"For these fights, I also went to consult the martial arts team on Brother Cheng Long's side and learned a few mantis legs."

The role of Liu Yifei is heavy, and there are not many lines.

But let's say that the role is not heavy, among the many villains in this movie, her role is the most memorable for the audience after watching it.

Even if you forget the plot a few years later, you will still remember this female villain whose legs were transformed into mantis legs.

This is very much in line with Wu Yuan's short-term plan for Liu Yifei, so that the American audience will remember her first.

After filming this "Ace Agent", there is another "Interstellar" waiting for her after that.

And after that, Wu Yuan also had some ideas.

Michelle Yeoh's "Instant Universe" is quite good, but Wu Yuan still prefers the Taiwanese translation of this movie - "Mother's Multiverse".

It's just that in the original movie, Michelle Yeoh played Evelyn, such a beautiful woman, plus her husband who looks better than Cheng Long, actually gave birth to a fat pig daughter, which is really a bit excessive.

Wu Yuan can make this movie by himself and replace the fat pig daughter with Liu Yifei to play it.

This role, aside from the casting of serious illnesses, just looking at the character design, is very suitable for Liu Yifei's transformation from a star to a literary actor.

In the movie, Evelyn's daughter has a more open personality and dresses fashionably, and she is always in a rebellious period, and she always can't get along with her mother, and she also has a same-sex girlfriend.

This character's mental journey is obviously more complicated, lacking love, rebellion, and playing forbidden love.

If Liu Yifei can play her well, it will definitely subvert the current North American audience's impression of her as a "star", so as to officially transform and open up the drama road.

Moreover, Wu Yuan has much more face than the original producers, the Russo Brothers, and A24, a small independent film company.

They can't invite Cheng Long to play Michelle Yeoh's husband, Wu Yuan can easily bring in Cheng Long, there is no need to make a pirated version.

In this way, this movie can be regarded as bringing together a group of the most famous Chinese stars in Hollywood, and it can also be regarded as a symbol of the rise of Chinese movie stars in Hollywood!

The most important thing is that in Wu Yuan's plan, this movie is a pure Hollywood movie, with all English dialogues, filmed in Hollywood, and may even find one of the six major Hollywood to cooperate and hit the Oscars!

"Think about the script well and act it well." Wu Yuan shook his hand, grabbed his girlfriend's shoulder, held her in his arms, and said with a little doting: "You have a good way to come to the dock, you have planned it for your husband, and sooner or later you will win an Oscar trophy!" ”

Well, among the three major actresses, Wu Yuan really doesn't dare to pack tickets, and he has to see Liu Yifei's acting skills ten or twenty years later.

But the Oscar actress, he really dared to pack a ticket.

Harvey Weinstein treats the Oscars as his own back garden, and he can send them to whomever he wants.

Wu Yuannu worked hard, not to mention treating the Oscars as his own back garden, it is not difficult to get a queen trophy if the money is enough.

"Really?!" Liu Yifei raised her head coquettishly and asked excitedly.

"I, Wu Yuan, never lie to people!"

On September 12th, the last film "Milk" in the main competition unit premiered successfully, and the Venice Film Festival has basically come to an end.

"Woman", "Cucumber" and other films shortlisted for other awards in Venice this time, whether they won or not, are already packing their bags and preparing to return to China, and the next thing has nothing to do with them.

The crew of "Dangkou", which was also shortlisted for the main competition unit, co-produced by Pakistan, Japan and China, basically did not expect the final award, and was also preparing to disband and return to China.

Only the crew of Wu Yuan's "A Man Named Li Wen Decided to Die" gathered in Wu Yuan's executive suite.

The reporters of the Huaxia Film Channel, the representatives of the Huaxia Legion, and Han Dong of China Film and others sat on the sofa early and waited.

"You should be able to win the prize, right?"

"Wu Dema, it doesn't make sense not to win the award!"

"The rating of the house magazine is so high, even if there is no Golden Lion Award, I will definitely win other awards."

Everyone gathered around and had a heated discussion, with a little excitement on their faces and eyes.

No one doubted that Wu Yuan would return to China in disgrace and would not be able to participate in the final award ceremony.

And that's exactly what happened.

They didn't have to wait long before the wired phone in Wu Yuan's room rang.

"Hey, it's me, okay, thank you."

Hanging up the phone neatly, Wu Yuan turned around with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and nodded in the face of countless expectant eyes.

"Prepare your gown for the closing ceremony of the festival."

(End of chapter)