Chapter 82
Although they don't know much about the mythology of Country K, their aesthetics are on par with that of the other countries.
Regardless of the quality of the story itself, the directing level is poor and everyone can see it.
However, there were still some Western faces nodding their heads at the scene.
They seem to be quite fond of stories with strong oriental elements.
But out of politeness, they applauded anyway.
Qiao Yi Qiao also clapped his hands symbolically.
After the screening, Park Jong-woo accepted various interviews and talked about the hardships of the filming.
Qiao Yi Qiao didn't listen very carefully. Anyway, he couldn't understand the other party's English very well, so he left.
Compared with other people's films, he cares more about the screening results of his own "Qiong Yu".
And the last day of the Berlin Film Festival has finally arrived.
The theater was packed with people.
As usual, Qiao Yi Qiao sat in the first row, ready to look back at any time to see everyone's reactions.
The screening will begin soon.
Qiao Yi Qiao inevitably became nervous.
But to his surprise, the audience's expressions were extremely rich throughout the screening.
When the hero was fooling the little boy, everyone was laughing; when the hero passed the test, many people breathed a sigh of relief; when the hero saw the densely packed people with twisted limbs behind the dome, everyone looked solemn; when the hero found his parents, everyone exclaimed; during the final battle, many viewers held their breath...
After the screening, the audience applauded.
The convention of film festivals is to applaud good films and stamp your feet on bad ones.
And the applause lasted longer than he had imagined.
Qiao Yi Qiao didn't count this time, but he could feel that the applause lasted about ten minutes.
He has been a director for so many years that he knows exactly when each person is acting and when they are expressing their true feelings.
Therefore, he firmly believed in the sincerity contained in this applause.
The lights in the venue came back on, and many film critics and media reporters came up to him and chatted with him.
Qiao Yiqiao also saw that many audience members were still making various martial arts gestures in the film, and they seemed to find it very interesting.
By the afternoon, all screenings of "The Sky Language" had ended.
Every show was packed and the response was excellent.
Qiao Yiqiao's good mood continued until the closing ceremony.
Then, he
Inevitably, I became nervous again.
While the audience seemed to love his work, would the judges?
Qiao Yi Qiao had no idea what was going on.
Next to him, director Park Jong-woo was already crossing his legs.
Due to the cultural differences between the two countries, they seem to be accustomed to expressing pride before things are accomplished.
Fortunately, Qiao Yiqiao did not sit next to Park Jong-yu.
Otherwise they'll have to listen to some more garbage.
Next to Qiao Yi Bridge was a middle-aged man who looked a little thin.
His name is Kim Chan-sang, a national treasure actor of Country K and the leading male actor in "The King's Journey".
Jin Zancheng immediately recognized Qiao Yiqiao and said to him in very standard English: "I watched the premiere of "The Sky Language"! It was really great! Congratulations on making such a film! I haven't heard from you for seven years, and I thought you had retired from the film and television industry!"
Qiao Yiqiao smiled and said, "Thank you for your recognition. Your performance in The King's Journey was also wonderful!"
As an epic film, "The King's Journey" covers the protagonist's youth to old age, with a large age span, and it was all completed by Kim Chan-sang alone.
The two also talked about some movies they watched in Berlin.
Qiao Yi Qiao was surprised to find that the two had similar tastes in movies, and Jin Zancheng's favorite movies were all Chinese movies, so the two got along very well.
Even after the closing ceremony began, the two were still chatting.
Both of them have participated in too many film festivals and have no interest in the previous content.
It is said that art has no borders.
Qiao Yiqiao almost always makes some good friends every time he attends a film festival.
Finally, the process was completed and the awards ceremony began.
The two finally stopped chatting and waited calmly.
First, there were some documentary awards.
Qiao Yiqiao hasn't seen many documentaries, so he's not qualified to comment. He just hopes that some films from third world countries can come to the fore.
As he wished, the grand prize winner was a documentary film from Uzbekistan.
There was very warm applause from the audience.
Next up is Best Actress.
The award-winning film was a German film, and the actress was a national treasure. She had been nominated seven or eight times before, but had never won a prize.
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Today she can finally make up for this regret.
Next up is the Best Actor.
It was visibly that Jin Zanzhang was becoming nervous.
Qiao Yi Qiao was also a little nervous.
Although he doesn't like Park Jong-woo and doesn't like "The King's Journey" very much, he still hopes that Kim Chan-sang can win the award.
After all, his efforts are visible to everyone, and his acting is really good.
Even Qiao Yiqiao felt that if it weren't for Jin Zancheng's support, the whole film would have been so ugly.
The guest walked slowly onto the stage and softly read out a name -
It was Kim who agreed!
Jin Zancheng immediately jumped up and hugged everyone in his crew. Finally, he gave Qiao Yiqiao a tight hug.
"I hope you have good luck too."
Jin Zan said softly.
Then, he went on stage to receive the award, tears in his eyes.
After all, no actor can receive this award without being excited. This can almost be said to be the highest honor for actors around the world.
After Kim Chan-sang stepped down, Park Jong-woo became visibly more proud.
He looked at Qiao Yi Qiao from time to time, but Qiao Yi Qiao just didn't look at him again.
Then comes one of the most prestigious awards.
Best Director Award.
Qiao Yiqiao hoped this could be him.
Qiao Yiqiao doesn't dare to hope to win the Best Picture award, but it is an honor enough to win the three major Best Director awards.
Park Jong-yu also clenched his fists and looked straight ahead.
They also spent a lot of money on public relations for this award.
As a result, the presenter read out the name of a Spanish movie.
Qiao Yi Qiao couldn't help feeling a little regretful, but he had also seen the other party's film, which was indeed excellent, so it was not surprising that he could win this honor.
He gradually calmed down. So many years of dormancy had already tempered his character.
No longer so anxious.
Park Jong-woo was obviously unhappy.
He even uttered a few K country curses that even Qiao Yiqiao could understand.
Jin Zancheng looked at Qiao Yiqiao with a hint of guilt and told him that he was not scolding him.
Qiao Yiqiao nodded to show that he knew.
And, somehow, Qiao Yiqiao was actually a little happy to know that Park Jong-woo didn't win the award.
Of course, I am not the kind who gloats over others' misfortune. More importantly, I want him to know
The Berlin Film Festival is not the kind of film festival that selects whoever pays the most. It is still relatively pure.
It’s finally time to reveal the final film.
Who can catch the bear?
All the guests on the scene began to get nervous.
This is when history is made.
The guest slowly walked onto the stage, opened the envelope, and showed a surprised expression.
Then he whispered: "The best film of the Berlin International Film Festival goes to..."
He paused.
Qiao Yiqiao almost had a heart attack.
But he quickly added the last sentence.
"Qiong, China! Congratulations!"
Qiao Yiqiao: “!!!”
He really couldn't believe it.
His film won the Golden Bear Award!
This was almost unimaginable to him!
Qiao Yi Qiao walked onto the stage with some trepidation.
For the first time, he even got stuck and didn't know what to say.
Until the end, he couldn't remember what he said.
All he remembered was that he kept expressing his gratitude until the entire audience burst into good-natured laughter, and then he walked off the stage.
It's a bit embarrassing.
This isn't the first time he's won an award, so what is he afraid of?
But he doesn't care.
His mind was full of - he had three Grand Slams.
Three films, won the three major awards.
This is already a miracle.
The applause lasted for a long time until the award ceremony ended and everyone walked out of the auditorium.
Qiao Yiqiao felt that he might have taken advantage of the subject matter. After all, dystopian themes were Berlin’s favorite. But he didn’t care. A hero’s origin does not matter. As long as he can win an award, everything is good.
He was a little dizzy and accepted many interviews, which lasted almost two hours.
Media reporters around the world are very interested in the winners of the three Grand Slams.
Afterwards, he said goodbye to the media reporters and made an agreement with Xiao He and the others that he wanted to take a walk on his own.
Late at night in Berlin, everything is quiet.
Qiao Yi Qiao walked on the street like this. He went to the bar, bought a glass of wine, and drank it while walking.
This suddenly reminded him of getting
The day he won the Golden Tiger Award at the Rotterdam Film Festival was the beginning of everything for him.
It has indeed not been an easy journey.
But he enjoyed it.
He strolled until the early morning before returning to the hotel.
I slept soundly and woke up.
Domestic news reports have already been overwhelming.
Everyone was congratulating Qiao Yi Qiao for winning the three major titles and becoming the first Chinese to win the three major grand slams.
As a result, almost no one mentioned the previous reports that had badmouthed his "Qiong Yu".
Qiao Yi Qiao breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that winning an award was the most effective publicity.
He didn't have much to say about this turn of public opinion.
Having been in this business for so long, he has come to understand very well what public word of mouth is all about. People need guidance and a sense of participation. Although they are often blind, you have to believe that most people are kind.
Most importantly, they admire the strong.
This is by no means a derogatory term. As long as you can be sure that you are moving towards becoming "strong", they will encourage you even if you have not really achieved it.
Moreover, no matter what the process is like, as long as the final result is good, it's fine.
Liu Chong also started a large-scale publicity for "Qiong Yu" based on the news of its successful capture of the bear. His company was already very experienced in promoting movies and knew exactly which points to hit.
Soon, various news about Qi Siqi, A'mo, Li Wei, Su Lang and others training hard in the training camp swept across major social media.
Male homosexuality is always the fastest topic to become popular.
Then come various specials, describing the various difficulties they encountered during filming.
Of course, Qiao Yi Qiao has been working on the industrialized film process for such a long time that he has not encountered too many difficulties. Most of the time, he was working on formulating a standard for industrialization, which delayed some time.
But these things will benefit future generations, and someone must take this step.
Qiao Yiqiao felt obliged to do so.
With rounds of publicity and marketing, the number of people who "want to watch" "Qiong Yu" on the Leopard Eye APP has exceeded 500,000.
This almost set another record.
But before the Spring Festival, there is another very important period, which is the New Year's Day period.
During the New Year's Day period, another film also began its enthusiastic promotion.
The King's Journey
There are also many young actors from Country K in this film. After all, they have to play the role of turning from a tiger into a human, so the publicity effect is still good.
OK.
Seeing how much money they had for publicity, Qiao Yi Qiao roughly understood.
Most of the negative PR articles about his previous films were probably caused by them.
Although their themes are different, their audiences are highly similar, that is, viewers who like to watch films with big visual effects.
The release dates are close, and they are going to Berlin together. If they can first step on the success of "The Sound of Clouds", and then "The King's Journey" can win an award in Berlin, they can brag about it afterwards.
Unfortunately, the opposite happened.
After spending tens of millions of yuan on public relations, he only won the Best Actor award, which he should have won.
It’s a pity that K country’s national treasure-level actors are not well-known around the world.
So it has no effect on the box office.
In order to show his importance to the Chinese market, Park Jong-woo even went to the market in person and did a roadshow for more than a week.
I also experience Chinese culture in various ways, and have already lowered my profile very much.
However.
New Year's Day is here.
Although "The King's Journey" won the box office championship on the first day and earned more than 100 million yuan, it soon lost its popularity on the second and third days, and the box office finally reached more than 30 million yuan per day.
And its global box office was not very good.
Although it won the annual championship in country K, it was just a big hit in North America and Europe but failed to make a big splash.
Universal's plan for global hegemony has failed again.
Fortunately, the global distributor of "The Sound of the Sky" that Qiao Yi Qiao found this time was no longer Williams, but a domestic distribution company. Now they have the ability to distribute the film globally.
In the end, until it was taken off the screen, "The King's Journey" only earned more than 300 million yuan at the box office.
Globally, it only grossed over 100 million US dollars, making it difficult to recoup its investment.
The much-anticipated Spring Festival is finally here. !
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