Chapter 386
It must be, and can only be, Shen Hui
Looking back at all the previous European Awards, it is relatively rare for a film to win two awards in the main competition unit.
In fact, given such an award arrangement, the jury of this Venice Film Festival has long been prepared to accept media interviews.
The jury chairwoman Edith said bluntly: "Because it deserves it, both the film and the actors deserve such an honor. I don't think I need to say more. After you watch the film, you will make the same judgment as us."
This is a very high evaluation. The excellence of "Easy As Palm" does not need to be judged by the judges, but the audience can experience it when they enter the theater.
Although everyone has different aesthetic tastes, Edith's words still gave fans great confidence. Netizens also expressed their expectations and urged "Easy As Pie" to be released as soon as possible.
In this regard, movie fans in mainland China have a great advantage.
"Easy As Piece" is a Chinese-language film, so need I say more about where it will be released first? Please schedule a release date for Tang Bing soon, everyone can’t wait to watch it!
Although there are many overseas IPs calling for simultaneous global releases, Tang Bing still has some ideas in mind.
"Easy As Pie" is certainly a good movie, but there is a big difference between a "good movie" and a "good-looking movie", and it is often only the latter that can achieve high box office.
It is now late August, and it would be too rushed to release the film in September. It will also clash with the National Day holiday, affecting the screening schedule in the middle and late stages. Tang Bing represented the production company. After discussing with the distributor, she decided to release the film at the end of October.
Art films can only rely on word-of-mouth, and Tang Bing is not stupid enough to try to squeeze into the track of popular commercial films. The schedule at the end of October is not very hot and there are few competitors, which can maximize the scheduling advantages transformed from Ling Sui's appeal and the halo of Ousan's award-winning performance.
"And there's your appeal." Ling Suisui added when chatting with Tang Bing.
Tang Bing smiled. Winning the award at the Venice Film Festival did add a lot of luster to her resume, but she was still a little short of joining the ranks of the top domestic directors.
She did change her career halfway through, as she lacked the qualifications and accumulated works. But she is in good health and can continue to shoot, which makes her better than many retired old guys.
She asked Ling Suisui: "Is the film you produced... Road to Fame about to start filming?"
Tang Bing was asking about the Kung Fu movie produced by Ling Suisui and directed by Fuji Masanori. After trying numerous names, Director Fuji and Ling Suisui finally reached a consensus on the title of the film.
At this moment, they are on the plane returning home.
Ling Suisui thought for a moment and said, "We will land in District 8 East at about 3pm. Based on this time, we will start filming the next morning."
She took a chartered plane by the crew and then had to fly from the capital to Hong Kong.
Although it was a bit tiring to fly continuously, Ling Suisui still wanted to attend the opening ceremony of her first production as a supervisor. Moreover, the superstitious atmosphere in Hong Kong is more intense than in the mainland, and they attach great importance to the auspicious day for starting the filming.
Tang Bing also knew the special status of the producer in the Hong Kong film system. She chatted with Ling Suisui about the topic of film shooting and shared a lot of experience from the perspective of a creator.
Strictly speaking, actors are also one of the creators of the film. However, directors and producers are in higher positions, and what is tested is not their interpretation of a certain role, but their overall control over the entire film.
Chen Yuening leaned over to listen and asked, "So you deleted the scenes of Jia Ming and Shen Hui's rivalry for the sake of the overall situation?"
This part presented in the script is a memory, or Chen Hui's memory.
Based on the feature film that Chen Yuening saw at the premiere, Chen Hui had completely forgotten about Jia Ming and didn't think of him at all.
"Yes, I don't think she has time to miss you." Tang Bing replied: "Chen Hui's only goal is to make money, and wealth is her only indicator of the value of individual existence in society. If she wants to recall the past, it should be the wealthy life where everyone revolves around her."
And Chen Hui would not reminisce. If she easily compromised with the good life in the past, she would not start this game at all.
Ling Suisui believes that Tang Bing is critical of Shen Hui's character, otherwise she would not have been set up to be hit by Qian Lan's car and ended in such an undignified way in the feature film. However, she did not hesitate to portray Shen Hui's abilities in detail.
Chen Yuening couldn't help but ask again: "So who was the one who woke up in the ending scene, was it Chen Hui?"
He could accept the ending where Jia Ming collapsed in the room, his life or death unknown, but the last scene actually left such a big hole, which made Chen Yuening feel itchy.
Tang Bing smiled but said nothing. Ling Suisui also held his chin and looked at him, but said nothing.
Chen Yuening: "The film has been completed and the premiere is over. It should be okay to tell me now. I won't tell anyone else."
"It doesn't matter who you think it is." Tang Bing said slowly, "The car accident is the official ending written in the script. Sui Sui and I just decided to shoot that scene on a whim."
Anyone can do it? How could anyone do it?
Chen Yuening wanted an answer persistently, and he looked at Ling Suisui again. Even if the director thinks "everything is fine", she still has to have a specific goal in mind when performing.
Ling Suisui replied: "It's Chen Hui."
Chen Yuening breathed a sigh of relief: "For a moment I thought it was Qian Lan, it turned out to be Chen Hui."
"It can't be Qian Lan." Ling Suisui looked at him with a half-smile, "It's Chen Hui."
Um? Chen Yuening suddenly realized that Ling Suisui had put emphasis on all three words when she spoke them just now, and she didn't usually speak like that.
He savored her expression again, and the tone in which Tang Bing said "Anyone will do" suddenly made him feel a little creepy.
He already understood that no matter how he asked, the answer to this question would be Shen Hui. The only one who survived this car accident was Shen Hui.
There are indeed infinite possibilities - not two, Chen Yuening is sure that it is infinite - but as long as the result leads to the only correct answer "Chen Hui", the specific process is not important at all.
Such a horrific thing was actually made up by Tang Bing and Ling Suisui on a whim...
Chen Yuening shrank back into his seat, but couldn't help but look towards Ling Suisui.
She is such an outstanding person, who in this world would not be attracted to her?
He sighed in his heart that he would be separated from Ling Sui after the plane landed, and the next time they would see each other would only be at the promotion event for "Easy As Pie".
Chen Yuening really wanted to visit the set, but Ling Suisui was only the producer of "Road to Fame" and not the lead actor, so this "set visit" seemed very strange.
He had no doubt that if he was determined to provide some topics for the paparazzi, Ling Suisui would have countless ways to make him look bad.
People's joys and sorrows are not shared. Chen Yuening was sighing here, while Jing Xinyi was in high spirits in the hotel.
The filming will start tomorrow, and Ling Suisui will definitely attend the opening ceremony! Since her debut, she has finally been able to appear in the same frame with Ling Sui in public, within one meter of each other!
Jing Xinyi was very happy, and this joy has continued almost since she learned about the award-winning result of "Easy As Pie".
Although her haters say that she is just trying to sell her persona to gain popularity, Jing Xinyi is indeed a genuine fan. There is no conflict between liking Ling Suisui and using this incident to gain benefits for herself. If she doesn't take advantage of it, does that mean others won't do the same? It would be better to give it to her.
When the Venice Film Festival announced the list of winners, it was already early morning in China. Jing Xinyi used a ladder to squat on the live broadcast. The Best Actress award was presented relatively early. Almost as soon as the presenter read out Ling Suisui's name, she immediately posted a Weibo full of "ahhh" and tearful emojis.
Ling Sui has so many so-called "fans in the circle", who can be more dedicated than her? Compared with the entire fan circle, her hand speed is considered very fast. Those famous sons-in-law all posted on Weibo two or three minutes later than her.
Not to mention whether she reminded them of this or not, it is not certain whether they posted the Weibo posts themselves.
"Easy As Piece" has not yet been released in China, but Jing Xinyi is already thinking about how many screenings she should book and what kind of film review she should write so that she can use the movie as a platform without overshadowing the main film.
Jing Xinyi is not afraid of being scolded by others. She forgets the comments from black fans as soon as she hears them and never takes them to heart. But if Ling Suisui feels uncomfortable, it will not be worth it.
Therefore, we still need to play a positive publicity effect...
Jing Xinyi couldn't help feeling regretful. If it weren't for the intensive training for the filming of "Road to Fame", she should have flown to Venice to watch the premiere.
She is not the lead actress, so she can't walk on the red carpet. I heard that all her scenes were deleted, but she can at least be a spectator, right?
When "The Sister Who Can't Get Married" premiered in Berlin, Jing Xinyi flew to Germany. Unfortunately, she was not famous at that time. Even though she posted some check-in Weibo and her review after watching the movie, her popularity was not as high as that of some well-known film review bloggers.
However, Jing Xinyi believes that her efforts during this period will definitely pay off.
Director Teng watched her fighting scene a few days ago and commented that it was "beyond expectations and a pleasant surprise", which really made Jing Xinyi flattered.
This also gave her some confidence. At least when she met Ling Sui, she should have the courage to ask her for some advice and show her face in front of her more often.
Jing Xinyi was still concerned about the casting of the Kung Fu series - whether it was her own idea or combined with the analysis on the Internet, she felt that since Dilande had arranged the relevant settings of the "Tianwu Sect" for Li Mo, this sect could not be a pure background board.
Under Jing Xinyi's enthusiastic anticipation, Ling Suisui checked into the hotel in a low-key manner.
She said she was low-key, but her flight from the capital to Hong Kong could not be hidden at all... The reason why she did not attract a large number of passers-by to chase and intercept her along the way was all thanks to the multiple VIP channels arranged by Shengshi for her.
By the way, the main investor and controller of "The Road to Fame" is Shengshi Film Company.
A few years ago, Qiao Xintong made a big splash and brought Shengshi, which was in a precarious state of business, back to the top echelon in Hong Kong; this time Ling Sui is the producer of the new movie, and even though the director is Fuji Masanori, who is almost going crazy with all the losses, Shengshi is still willing to give it a try.
Even if it was just to give training to the new producer Ling Suisui, Shengshi was quite generous in its investment. Anyway, the subject matter is there, the actors' pay is not expensive, and Ling Suisui is used as a promotional selling point, so the pressure to make a profit is indeed not that great.
But... Shengshi didn't have much hope for it.
After Ling Sui arrived at the hotel, he had dinner with several senior executives of Shengshi. They talked a lot during the conversation, and he kept trying to change the topic to Ling Sui's next non-Dyland work, in order to test her opinion.
But they are not that concerned about "The Road to Fame" which is about to start shooting tomorrow. Although it was mentioned many times, they were just empty words, clichés, and auspicious remarks, and there was no substantial content to discuss.
Alas, even the investors feel that pure kung fu films without special effects are not very good. Even though it incorporated many family-friendly comedy elements, Shengshi did not list it as a key commercial film.
It can be said that Ling Suisui was the result of too many failures by Director Fuji before, and that the director influenced the industry's judgment of this film. The leading actor was not charismatic enough, and there were various problems, which were all inherent deficiencies of the film.
But... she knew in her heart that they didn't take her production career seriously.
That's okay, it's not their fault.
Ling Suisui quickly adjusted her mindset. She realized that before she really achieved something, she shouldn't ask others to have particularly high expectations of her.
When she got back to her hotel room, she wanted nothing more than to lie face down on the bed. She was so tired that she hadn't yet fully adjusted to the jet lag when she accompanied them for dinner and social events. But people personally went to the airport to pick her up. If she was the lead actress, she could have found an excuse, but as the producer, she had to give him face.
Relying on amazing willpower, Ling Sui managed to finish washing her face, removing her makeup, and a series of bathing and skin care activities before closing her eyes and lying down peacefully.
I hope everything goes well with tomorrow's launch event.
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