Lu Yuan's seat was a bit off the beaten track.
It's the kind of place that's close to the corner but difficult for the camera to reach.
Lu Yuan was quite satisfied with this kind of place. At least it could hide the embarrassment of not knowing foreign languages.
It's a bad feeling.
Can you imagine the feeling of not knowing what the people around you are saying and not being able to understand anything?
This is undoubtedly no different from being a dumb and deaf person.
At times like this, he should have brought an interpreter, but with Lu Yuan's current level, would he spend tens of thousands to hire an interpreter?
Does not exist.
How could such a stingy person hire a translator?
There were naturally many world-class movie stars and directors sitting in the main seats in front of the Venice Film Festival. Zhang Tong was considered a well-known director in China, but in a place like Venice, even if he was nominated for the Best Director Award, he could only sit in the back. After all, he was not a big name in the international arena. Although he went to many film festivals and received many nominations, he rarely won any awards...
Well, most of them are runners-up...
When the lights on the stage flashed, Lu Yuan sat up and stared at the stage intently, with a smile on his face, trying to act like a gentleman and clapping like everyone else...
There were two hosts on the stage, one was a long-legged blonde beauty and the other was a bearded uncle...
From Lu Yuan's perspective, this uncle was quite funny, and with his fluent Italian, he made the people below laugh...
Although Lu Yuan didn't know what these people were laughing at, he saw that everyone was laughing, and it would be a little inappropriate if he didn't laugh, so he laughed without saying anything...
Although, his smile looked quite fake and silly, with a sense of being half-smile, and he was not even just making up the numbers.
As luck would have it, when Lu Yuan just smiled, the camera swept across his face again. Although Lu Yuan didn't notice it, netizens in China suddenly started to criticize him again...
"Well... I don't know why, but I was conquered by Lu Yuan's smile..."
"Lu Yuan's smile has a deep meaning. His smile just now was a bitter smile. Why does his smile now make me feel so hypocritical? It's as if he is forcing his face to smile."
"I want to photoshop this expression. I suddenly feel like this person is smiling on the face, but MMP in his heart..."
“Perhaps this smile is a form of sarcastic art?”
"Ha, anyway, this guy's smile... why is the camera gone again?"
"Yeah, why is the camera missing?"
"I want to see this guy fake smile!"
"I want one too..."
Countless comments once again occupied the comment section below the live video broadcast, all of which were criticizing Lu Yuan's hypocritical and awkward smile.
It seemed that this strange native Chinese gave them a very friendly feeling.
…
The award ceremony is still going on.
Lu Yuan didn't know that his smile was captured by netizens. He just continued to wait for the award ceremony and looked around at the surrounding environment.
Generally speaking, Lu Yuan felt that apart from a group of long legs and incomprehensible languages, everything else at the Venice Film Festival awards ceremony looked very impressive and grand.
Especially when you see international stars walking up to the stage to receive their awards and speaking a certain language, the feeling of grandeur becomes even more evident.
Although I don’t understand it, it seems very powerful.
The stage that is the center of public attention is naturally what most people yearn for. At this moment, Lu Yuan also felt a little bit of yearning for it.
but……
If, one day, I stand on this stage and, while giving an acceptance speech, I advertise my restaurant, will the advertising effect be sufficient?
Will it be...
Make a fortune?
Seems feasible?
Will you do this yourself next time?
Lu Yuan shook his head violently. He suddenly felt that his thoughts were too far off track. Was it appropriate for him to think about such things in such a high-end place?
Not suitable!
This kind of thinking is unacceptable, unacceptable, we cannot bring shame upon ourselves abroad!
After about twenty minutes, Lu Yuan began to feel sleepy, so he squinted his eyes for a while...
But at this time...
The lights on the stage suddenly dimmed, and then the long-legged host stood gracefully on the stage, revealing a perfect smile and speaking in a loud and excited voice.
“Wow!”
“Wooooooooooooooooooo!”
“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
“Hurrah!”
When everyone stood up suddenly, even Zhang Tong who was not far away stood up and cheered, Lu Yuan was shocked.
He looked at everyone staring at the big screen in front of them excitedly as if they were on drugs, with excited voices rising one after another...
Every time the host announced something, there was a burst of cheers from the audience, and a movie clip would skip on the big screen...
Lu Yuan watched "Subway Station", "Beast Wars" starring Liu Fangfei, and many other exciting and awesome special effects movies...
Should we announce the winner of Best Director or the winner of Best Actor?
Lu Yuan also stood up, but he didn't know how to fill in the gaps.
He felt that as a young man who knew nothing and was a scumbag, he was really not suited to this kind of occasion.
Later, after the host announced a director's name, a bearded director walked up to the stage. Based on the disappointed expression on director Zhang Tong's face, Lu Yuan guessed that this was the award for Best Director.
Because "Metro Station" only received two nominations, one for Best Director and the other for Best Film and Television Song.
So, Zhang Tong became a runner-up as usual and lost the election.
Although Zhang Tong knew that the chances of winning this time were slim, he still couldn't avoid being disappointed.
He didn't know how many times he had run with her, but luck and the goddess had never visited him.
Several directors who were sitting with Zhang Tong patted him on the shoulder to comfort him. Zhang Tong shook his head and smiled, as if it was okay and he was not sad at all.
Lu Yuan knew that Zhang Tong was pretending.
It’s just that his acting skills are much better than mine!
Lu Yuan felt that he absolutely could not laugh in this situation, and even if he did laugh, the smile would be so fake.
It seems that life is like a play...
The acting skills must keep up.
After sighing for a while, Lu Yuan continued to stare at the stage silently, waiting for the award ceremony to end.
After calming down, Lu Yuan continued to feel drowsy.
Could the medicine Wang Jinxue brought to me be sleeping pills?
Lu Yuan looked back helplessly.
No directors left the venue. Everyone was a decent person. Even if they felt that the award ceremony had nothing to do with them, they would wait until the end and leave.
The previous fanatical and excited mood is gone, and the whole person looks very Buddhist.
However, there was a group of blonde girls who were extremely excited. They kept looking behind the scenes, not knowing what they were expecting.
After several awards were presented one after another, Zhang Tong no longer had any hope in his eyes.
He looked at Lu Yuan who seemed a little drowsy beside him and shook his head.
I don't even count on the last award...
I guess there's nothing to expect.
It is estimated that this year, like the previous ones, no Chinese will step onto the podium to give acceptance speeches, and it is estimated that there will be a total defeat.
Normal, isn't it?
…
About 20 minutes later, the lights on the stage dimmed again, and then an elegant, handsome, and extremely charming middle-aged man walked up...
The award ceremony scene, which had originally quieted down a little, suddenly became wildly noisy again.
The blonde beauties in the back row screamed one after another, as if they saw some superstar coming.
The host changed?
Is this host an international superstar?
This was the only thought Lu Yuan had.
"The following award is hosted and presented by me. I know many people are looking forward to who will receive this award. Of course, I am also looking forward to it. After all, this award is also very important to me. It is related to whether my trip to Venice is perfect... Of course, I know that nothing can be perfect and there are always regrets... After all, regrets are the beauty..."
After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he pointed to the big screen, and then the big screen popped up a series of movie scenes...
The Metro Station is also present...
"So, who does this award belong to? Please allow me to open the envelope first..."
When the big screen loop ended, the middle-aged man opened the envelope and looked around...
"Here, I may want to introduce someone, a man, a very magical man. In fact, before this trip, I never thought that I would be so lucky to meet this man..."
"I am looking forward to it. Even until just now, I was still looking forward to it... This is also my regret, because that man was also nominated for the award, but now..."
The middle-aged man looked around at everyone again and continued to keep the suspense, with a faint smile on his face.
Lu Yuan below inexplicably felt that this handsome middle-aged man was a bit annoying.
Why are you talking so much? Just finish it quickly!
"Congratulations Yuan...Lu..."
"What?"
When all the lights shone on him, Lu Yuan was stunned.
What's wrong?