Chapter 406, Asian Film Window, The Uncrowned Crown

At this time, the Busan Film Festival officially began.

The film festival begins with Zhang Mouzi’s Love under the Camphor Tree.

A young and sweet girl.

A gaze that is so pure and awkward that it makes me feel pity for it.

In fact, Li Yun had to admit one thing.

Zhang Mouzi is an expert.

He has an unparalleled expertise when it comes to looking at women.

Whether she is thin or plump, pure or not, beautiful or not.

Zhang Mouzi always makes sure they appear where they should be.

The right makeup for the right role.

His words, actions, demeanor and manner all seem to serve the role.

Very suitable.

And this is suitable and powerful.

This is one of Zhang Yimou's invincible talents.

"What's wrong? Are you stunned by the beauty?" Liu Qianqian's words sounded a little sour, and everyone could hear the sourness in her tone.

Jiang Wen next to him pretended not to understand.

Today he will just be an innocent boy who doesn’t understand love.

"No one is prettier than you." Li Yun said as a matter of course.

"Not even one ten-thousandth of yours."

Jiang Wen silently gave a thumbs up beside him. He is worthy of being our Li Yun, as he can say these words easily.

Sincerity is the sharpest knife.

Li Yun at this moment.

I said it very sincerely.

"Slippery-tongued Brother Li!"

Liu Qianqian pouted.

But he couldn't hide the joy on his face.

At this time, Liu Lili was looking at Li Yun and Liu Qianqian, and she could only sit aside and worry.

Who made her know so many people in Hollywood? Now she is surrounded by various big bosses, directors, producers, and company executives.

There was no way she would abandon these big bosses and run to Liu Qianqian's side.

Now Li Yun can only take advantage of the situation.

She was just annoyed.

"You're obviously here to play a supporting role, what's there to be happy about?"

"My mother's expression just now was as if she was asking, how come my daughter is here to play a supporting role today and yet she is so happy and cheerful." Liu Qianqian was looking at her mother not far away.

This daughter understands her mother better than she thought.

I could read her expression from a distance.

"She always puts fame and fortune first." Liu Qianqian murmured, "It seems that leaving her hometown for fame and fortune is not a difficult thing to accept, and she also wants me to accept it."

"Aren't you an American citizen?" Jiang Wen was puzzled.

"I had no choice at the time." Liu Qianqian rolled her eyes at Jiang Wen.

Jiang Wen just shrugged and said nothing.

but.

Take Liu Qianqian for example.

As for her nationality, she had no choice at her age.

They are all her mother.

It's not something we can help at all.

But at this moment, Li Yun showed a faint smile.

"Who said we are the supporting roles this time?"

"This year, our country has a lot of strong films, and we have absorbed and learned a lot from Hollywood."

Kim Woo-hyun listed several commercial films that were box office hits this year as if they were his own treasures.

Haeundae, Tian Yuzhi, a strong agent movie.

These are all commercial films that he is optimistic about and have outstanding box office performance.

From a business perspective, the film produced has excellent box office performance.

The first-day box office of each film was higher than the total box office of "The Crucible" in South Korea.

At this moment, Jiang Cheng just came to his senses.

"Mr. Jin, have you ever seen the furnace?"

"I've seen it. It's a commercial film with a very spicy theme."

At this time, Jiang Chenggang came to his senses.

It turns out that this partner may not have actually watched the movie "The Crucible", and the evaluation he gave may just be what his subordinates wrote in the report.

That's all.

Thinking of this, Jiang Chenggang suddenly gained a bit more confidence.

The Crucible is not a commercial film.

Its classification attribute is art film.

It's not a commercial film.

The film segment also started at this time.

It is divided into 7 sections: Asian Cinema Window, New Wave, World Cinema, Wide Angle Lens, Open Cinema, and Special Projects.

Of course, the choice of roles is also indispensable.

There is an Asian Newcomer Award.

Asian male protagonist, Asian female protagonist.

It is almost based on the section of international film festivals.

In summary, it is to select the best movies, the best actors and actresses.

These are the criteria for film festival selection.

His name unit has changed many times.

The kernel being evaluated.

Things to be picked out.

All the same.

Starting from the best actor and actress, the male lead is a man named Kim Ji-hoon.

The movie in which he played the nomination is called Agent Partner.

He once played in "Autumn in My Heart", a TV series that brought tears to countless aunts and sisters' eyes.

The best actress is called Jin Shan.

This female star, who was once a popular TV drama industry star, also made a name for herself after entering the film industry.

They are all Koreans.

After all, it is their own country's film festival.

They are the organizer.

It's not something very surprising.

At this time, the smile on Zhang Mouzi's face had cooled.

After all, the scene before him told him all the time that it would be difficult for him to win this award based on his nationality.

After all, the organizer is South Korea.

I want to win the award in someone else's home turf.

There is no such good thing.

It's not that easy.

Until the New Wave Awards.

Only a few of the nominations included names of domestic films.

Among them, there is also the love for camphor trees.

But Zhang Mouzi obviously didn't mean to focus on these small awards.

What he wanted was an Asian window to the world.

This is the best movie of this time.

He stared intently.

I hope that Zhang Mouzi’s name will be included in the next selection.

“This selection is really slow.”

Finally, we have reached the second to last unit.

It's called the New Wave.

The New Wave Award is mainly for new directors who are directing a feature film for the first time or the second time, and is composed of world-renowned directors and experts.

New director.

At this time, a name appeared on the New Wave Award.

Li Yun's Crucible.

One is in this venue.

First appearance of the name.

A strange face.

An unfamiliar name appeared in this conference hall. At least to the international friends present, this name was definitely unfamiliar. His name, his melting pot, a new director from China, his nomination appeared on the international stage.

Come to this international stage in Asia.

"Li Yun?"

Wang Chen seemed a little unhappy at this time. This was his reaction after seeing Li Yun's name. He felt disgusted.

Even the nomination disgusted him.

It even made him wonder if there was some strange shady deal going on at this Asian Film Festival?

"What's wrong? Mr. Wang, aren't you happy?"

"How can this guy named Li be worthy of this?"

"This is the nomination selected by the judges. The answers given by major filmmakers cannot be denied by just a few words." At this moment, Xie Qingya narrowed her eyes and looked at Wang Chen.

"Didn't you say that what the people like is art? Now that he's been chosen, how come he's not qualified?"

At this moment, Wang Chen was speechless. What he had said came back upon himself and he was speechless.

"It's just a small nomination, it doesn't mean anything, it's not like I actually won an award."

This time it was Xie Qingya who began to appreciate Qi Wangchen's defense-breaking posture.

It seems that Li Yun has indeed caused him a lot of trouble.

That's why Wang Chen is like this now.

Xie Qingya was a little curious at this time.

Li Yun Although the award for new director did not go to Li Yun in the end.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

But the name Li Yun has indeed appeared on the international stage from now on.

Appearing on this Asian stage.

This made Liu Lili couldn't help but admire it.

At least when watching the clips that are now being played because of the nominations, Liu Lili can tell that this film, The Crucible, is definitely not inferior to any art film she has seen.

Delicate emotional expression.

My daughter also plays an important role in this movie.

Liu Lili is complicated.

But it's just a nomination after all.

Right now.

Zhang Mouzi looked at the big screen, and there was a hint of complexity in his eyes.

How old is Li Yun?

When I was his age.

This should not be possible.

At this time, Wang Jinghua was looking at the big screen, not knowing what to say.

I can only say.

This Li Yun is really talented.

Nomination for the New Wave.

Anything else? "I don't think it's over yet. I think it's just the beginning." At this moment, Eddie Peng was looking at the big screen.

Staring here with burning eyes.

Hasn't started yet.

Or rather, it’s just the beginning.

Nominations are still coming in.

But this time the New Wave Award did not go to Li Yun.

But it was another Japanese male director.

It reflects the class and gender contradictions in the Japanese island nation.

Although this movie flopped at the box office in its own country.

But that did not prevent him from winning the favor of the judges of this new wave.

"This person's power supply company is of Korean descent." At this moment, Wang Jinghua squinted her eyes, as if she had seen through everything.

This film festival.

It's just a solo show from South Korea.

Everyone else is just a runner-up.

It seems that Zhang Mouzi has also accepted his fate.

This year's Asian Film Festival should be like this.

There shouldn't be any more variables.

That's about it.

Just get a nomination and that's it.

Forget it.

Then comes the Movie Window unit, which is the most anticipated best film.

The most touching works of this year, as evaluated by Asian judges.

He may not be the highest-grossing one.

But it is definitely the most touching one.

A window into movies that represent Asia.

And many movies are included in this list at this time.

Including Zhang Mouzi's Love under the Camphor Tree.

It is also nominated in this Asian Film Window.

It won't come as any surprise that his name appears here.

Or rather, it would be strange without his name.

"Congratulations, Director Zhang. Your film has once again entered the international stage." Wang Jinghua was silently urging Zhang Mouzi beside him.

But at this time, Zhang Mouzi looked expressionless.

Judging from the situation of this year's Asian films, I'm afraid there will be no place for him.

And there's nothing to say.

After all, they are the organizer of this session, what else is there to say?

So what if they gave the best award to someone from their own country?

It doesn't say that it must be a foreign language film.

He felt uncomfortable just watching these batches of Hollywood-imitating movies winning awards.

Yes, there were really not many movies that he liked at this Asian Film Festival. Every one of them was a poor imitation of Hollywood, with the rhythm, routine, and subject matter all revealing a Hollywood feel.

It's boring.

Can these films really become a window into Asian cinema? I still don’t quite agree.

Still a little hard to agree with.

But he couldn't decide on these things.

"But this time you have represented our country and achieved excellent results at this Asian Film Festival. You are already very outstanding and amazing." Wang Jinghua said at this time: "Our Mou Girl has already made a big splash here."

At this moment, Zhou Dongyu was all smiles. Her starting point was higher than the end point of ordinary stars. This was the result of choosing the right path and the right road.

But soon.

Wang Jinghua's words were slapped in the face.

At this time, another face appeared on the big screen.

That is the face of a fool who chose domestic entertainment and gave up the opportunity in Hollywood.

It is also an extremely pure and beautiful face.

The former Liu Tianxian.

Liu Qianqian today.

Some people once said she was stupid for choosing to stay in China when she had the opportunity to go to Hollywood.

But now, the movies she shot in China are appearing on the international big screen.

On the big screen of the Asian stage.

The stars are shining and extremely beautiful.

The girl's face and the color of determination, in this melting pot, she is not just a vase, but a lawyer fighting for a special group.

A role that truly carries responsibility and belief.

And the male protagonist.

Li Yun's face, that old face that absolutely did not match his handsome face.

No one could associate this bitter middle-aged man's face with Li Yun.

A cowardly one.

The superhero who finally defeated himself.

Compared with the flying heroes in Hollywood movies, and even compared with the Smiths who have special skills in this Asian Window of the World, there is a slight gap.

He is just an ordinary middle-aged man.

There is no way to save the world.

There was no way to even save the poor man in front of me.

In a small county town.

A story about having the courage to fight.

"This is a heroic legend, a hero who truly deserves to be celebrated, who speaks up for the weak and casts his eyes on the poor people we have never seen before."

"In the furnace, a warm fire burns."

This paragraph was added by the chief judge himself.

Suggestions from chief judge Song Shina.

While all films were given a ten-second ribbon-cutting, The Crucible was given almost a minute of screening time, along with comments from the chief judges.

This preferential treatment is absolutely astonishing.

Although in the end, Window of the World in Asia is still the movie called Agent Partner.

But everyone seems to only remember the furnace.

"I'm not breaking the rules, am I? In the end, the final Asian film window will still be our country's films that take the top spot, right?"

The chief judge Song Shina said this indifferently, and even the organizers were speechless.

From a standpoint, if the Busan Film Festival had a Best Foreign Language Film section, she would give "The Crucible" a high score without hesitation.

This time, the Asian Film Window is an award set up for the host country. It seems to be saying that.

The Melting Pot did not get this Asian Window to the World though.

But in her heart and in the hearts of the judges.

He is the uncrowned king.

(End of this chapter)