I am a director, but I have the skills of an actor

Chapter 67 Waiting to Lose Money

If one were to choose a representative figure of stream-of-consciousness directors, Hou Xiaoxian would definitely rank at the top.

His movies have always had sparse plots, leaving the audience confused.

Therefore, investing in Hou Xiaoxian's movies usually results in a loss, causing Hou Xiaoxian to be secretly nicknamed "Hou Loses Money" by many people.

The movie "Coffee Time" is in Japanese with English letters. Wan Qingshan can neither understand Japanese nor English.

However, when a movie lasts for more than an hour, even if you can't read the letters or understand the words, you can usually get a general idea through the pictures.

But "Coffee Time" was amazing. After the movie was over, Wan Qingshan still couldn't figure out what the theme of the movie was.

After walking out of the screening room, Yan Dong looked back and asked in a low voice, "Qingzi, do you understand this movie?"

Seeing Yan Dong's eyes full of doubts, Wan Qingshan's spirits trembled and he nodded.

"I understand, Yan Dong, you don't understand, right?"

Without giving Yan Dong a chance to speak, Wan Qingshan said exaggeratedly, "No, Yan Dong, you have been at Nortel for four years, and you can't even understand a movie. How did you learn this? Are you worthy of your teacher?"

Yan Dong scratched his head,
"The main reason is that the plot of this movie is too confusing. I seem to understand it, but I don't seem to understand it. Qingzi, tell me what this movie expresses."

"How can I tell you such a thing? What I tell you is what I saw, not your own. So, you have to experience it yourself."

After Wan Qingshan finished speaking righteously, he quickened his pace and walked forward.

Wan Qingshan's words made Yan Dong a little ashamed, and he stretched out his hands to rub his face.

Suddenly, he stopped his hand, put it down, and ran towards Wanqing Mountain angrily.
"Qingzi, stop here. You must not understand either, that's why you don't tell me."

After complimenting Hou Xiaoxian, the Wanqingshan group spent the next few days wandering around with nothing to do.

Early on the morning of the closing ceremony, the staff of the Venice Film Festival sent an invitation letter.

"Qingzi, seven cards, a total of seven cards, we are going to win the grand prize."

Yan Dong, who had found a lot of news about the Venice Film Festival on the Internet before coming to Venice, waved the invitation letter in his hand and looked excited.

Wan Qingshan ignored Yan Dong. He turned around and said, "Brother Zhang, go and inform Teacher Liu Wei that you are going to attend the closing ceremony tonight."

Not long after Zhang Zong left, he came back with a straight face.

"Director Wan, Teacher Liu Wei said he was not feeling well, so he will not go to the closing party."

Yan Dong immediately yelled angrily, "Who is he trying to show off to? He didn't even go to the awards show, so why didn't he go back earlier?"

Ever since Liu Wei saw that his scene had been cut within a few minutes at the opening ceremony, he stayed in the hotel and never left the house.

Wan Qingshan didn't bother to care about him. If Liu Wei was the same as usual, he would still feel a little guilty.

But when he lost his temper, Wan Qingshan no longer felt guilty.

As Yan Dong said before, the remuneration is sufficient, and the respect that should be paid to the seniors is also achieved.

Even if Wan Qingshan cuts all his scenes, no one in the industry would dare to say anything wrong with Wan Qingshan.

However, there are some things that are good to know but cannot be spoken out.

Wan Qingshan looked cold and scolded, "Yan Dong, no matter what, we are still on the same crew now, and there are some things we can't say."

Seeing that Wan Qingshan, who had always been smiling, actually got angry, Yan Dong didn't dare to yell anymore.

At noon, everyone was preparing to have dinner. When they walked to the hotel lobby, Wan Qingshan saw Jia Zhangke and his party dragging their suitcases out.

"Director Jia, what are you doing?" Wan Qingshan walked quickly over.

Jia Zhangke looked back at the door and saw Wanqingshan, and he smiled reluctantly. "I didn't receive an invitation, so I'm going to attend other film festivals."

Wan Qingshan was very surprised. Regardless of whether "The World" won the award or not, with Jia Zhangke's reputation in Europe, the Venice Film Festival didn't even give him an invitation, and he didn't show any mercy. This...

"Director Wan, Director Hou didn't receive the invitation letter and went back in the morning. You are the only Chinese director left at the Venice Film Festival. I hope you can win a grand prize and give me and Director Hou a chance to argue."

This time, Wan Qingshan changed from his normal state. Instead of being self-effacing, he smiled confidently and said, "Director Jia, don't worry, I will win a prize no matter what."

"Haha, let me first congratulate you on winning the award. Let's go. We will meet again when we have the chance to return to China."

After Jia Zhangke finished speaking, he strode away calmly.

After walking out of the hotel, seeing that Jia Zhangke was feeling depressed again, Zhao Tao couldn't help but console him,
"Old Jia, you are just unlucky this time. If "The World" is screened earlier than "Heart", they will definitely give you an invitation letter."

Jia Zhangke cheered up and said with a forced smile, "Luck is also a kind of strength. If you fail this time, try again next time. I'm not that fragile yet. Let's go."

On the red carpet of the closing party, Wanqing Mountain attracted the cameras of journalists from all over the world.

"Heart"'s 4.5 program score is very rare in the history of the Venice Film Festival. In addition, everyone can see that based on Wan Qingshan's performance in "Heart", it is nine out of ten that he will be the best actor.

At the same time, the movie "Selection" made Wan Qingshan famous in Europe, Japan and South Korea, so reporters from various countries were also willing to take photos of Wan Qingshan.

The crew of "In the Heart" are all men, so they walked on the red carpet quickly without slowing down in the middle.

Entering the auditorium, the group of people were led by the staff to the seats in the middle and front.

Like the closing night of the Berlin Film Festival, the Venice Film Festival first awards awards to non-main competition units.

So Wan Qingshan was just like at the closing party of the Berlin Film Festival. After watching it for a while, he felt bored, so he turned around to find someone to chat with.

"Yan Dong, stop looking, you don't understand."

Yan Dong, who was sitting upright, didn't turn his head back and opened his mouth slightly.

"Qingzi, sit down quickly, lest people think you disrespect the Venice Film Festival."

Wan Qingshan rolled his eyes and turned to chat with Yu Bo.

Yu Bo knew that he came to Venice just for fun, so he relaxed and chatted quietly with Wan Qingshan.

I don't know how long it took, but suddenly, the translator shouted excitedly, "Teacher Yu Bo, Teacher Yu Bo, you won the award, best newcomer."

"what!"

Yu Bo raised his head and looked at the stage dumbfounded.

At this time, Wan Qingshan quickly helped Yu Bo up and whispered,
"Brother Bo took a deep breath and calmed down his expression."

Yu Bo, whose mind was blank, subconsciously followed Wanqingshan's instructions.

After taking a deep breath, Yu Bo came back to his senses, turned around and hugged Wan Qingshan tightly.

"Qingzi, thank you. Without you, I might never be able to win awards at international film festivals."

Wan Qingshan smiled and patted Yu Bo on the back, "Okay, come up quickly."

After Yu Bo let go of Wan Qingshan, he hugged Li Yancheng and others, and led the translator from the aisle to the stage.

Looking at Yu Bo's back, Wan Qingshan suddenly thought of what Koreva said that day.

"The Best Newcomer Award should be the little gift he mentioned."

(End of this chapter)