Chapter 435: European Grand Slam

The eight-day Venice Film Festival has come to an end, and Shanhe's trip in Venice has also come to an end.

It has been two weeks since "Room" was put on the shelves. After the explosion in the first week, the sales in the second week are still very hot. The biggest reason is the crazy support of female book fans around the world.

Female consumer groups are different from male ones. They are more emotional and delicate. Once they like a work or a writer, they will be more fascinated, and most of them are used to recommending Amway to others.

After two weeks of sales, the popularity of "Room" on the Internet has not only not decreased, but has become more and more enthusiastic.

The book fan exchange areas of Amazon Bookstore and major reading websites around the world are basically occupied by female fans of "Room".

Many mothers or girls were moved by the mother-son relationship between Elizabeth and Tate in "Room" and couldn't help telling their own experiences and stories in the message area.

In fact, there are too many stories worth telling and touching around everyone, but people often take them for granted and ignore them!

"Mother" and "maternal love" are the most common ones. The appearance of "Room" reminds the general public that there is no lack of beauty in this world, and we are often in it.

"When I was a child, my family lived in poverty. In my memory, my mother was always picky about food and didn't like to eat many things. I didn't understand it before, and I never cared about it. I just got used to me eating chicken legs and my mother eating chicken feet; I ate meat and drank soup, and my mother had simple meals. But did she really not like it? I cried. In the future, I will definitely take my mother to eat all the delicacies in the world!"

"My mother is a single mother. After my father passed away, she supported the whole family alone and raised us three children. We had a hard life. I always complained about the injustice of the world and the injustice of fate. I always turned a blind eye to my mother's hard work and even complained to her. I kept saying, "I was wrong. I apologized to my mother, but her answer was very calm: This is the responsibility of a mother, Fanny, you will give everything for your child in the future!"

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"When a young life that belongs to you appears in front of you, it is the most wonderful feeling in the world. When he calls you "Mom" for the first time, you will want to keep all the beauty with him, even if you are exhausted, as long as you hold him, you have the whole world!"

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More and more messages are written on the Internet, and more and more people are moved to tears by these stories, and think of their own mothers.

The hot sales of "Room" have created a global "Mother's Day", and praising maternal love and repaying mothers have become the biggest topics on the Internet recently.

As this trend spreads, the second week global sales data of "Room" broke through the threshold of 5 million copies.

Excluding the online book pre-sale data, the second week physical book sales data even fell compared with the first week, which is amazing news.

The first week of "Room" sold well, mostly due to the appeal of Shanhe itself and the large-scale publicity of Scholar Publishing House.

But the second week saw a reversal of decline, which really surprised the global publishing industry.

After Shanhe received the sales data from Scholar Publishing House, he was also shocked by the numbers in front of him!

According to Shanhe's idea, the second week sales of "Room" should be at most half of the first week!

Compared with "Young Yi", "Room" has natural disadvantages in subject matter and plot.

"Young Yi" can continue to sell well around the world because it has most of the genes of best-selling books. Similar to "The Count of Monte Cristo", the book contains fantasy drifting on the sea, violent conflicts between humans and beasts, and conflicts and intersections of multiple cultures. The vision is grand and broad, which is very attractive to readers.

As for "Room", the novel only describes a special mother-son relationship, with weak plot conflicts, a relatively slow rhythm, relatively simple characters and scenes, and a relatively narrow perspective. It is not even profound in realistic themes!

Shanhe's original intention of writing this book was more to fulfill his promise to his wife and use this work to bring her to the Oscar stage.

But reality gave Shanhe a surprise. "Room" seemed to be more popular with book fans than "Youth Yi". He couldn't help but question his assistant Xu Ahui, "Is this data correct? How come the second week sold better than the first week? This is unreasonable!" "Unreasonable?" Xu Ahui was stunned by Shanhe's question. In her opinion, this data couldn't be more reasonable. "Room" was so well written. Many girls were moved to tears by the pure emotions of Elizabeth and her son in the novel. Xu Ahui was of course one of them. She even thought this was the best work written by Shanhe. "Boss, this data must be correct. What's unreasonable?" "The sales data of "Room" is too exaggerated. It sold better than "Youth Yi" in the same period. How is this possible?" "It's normal!" Xu Ahui replied while holding a folder. "Boss, you underestimate the purchasing power of female readers. Women are much crazier than men when it comes to buying things!

Look at the comments on the Internet. Because of "Room", women all over the world are proud to be mothers and proud of their mothers. Coupled with the crazy hype of European and American feminism and the bonus of the release of "Youth is Easy", it is not surprising that "Room" has such sales data! "

Shanhe looked up at Xu Ahui and nodded in agreement with her analysis. Qiu Chuxi was right. The money of women and children is indeed the easiest to make!

"Okay! You are right. I underestimated your female compatriots. The great man was right. Women can really hold up half the sky!"

Shanhe smiled and teased, and then turned the topic to the closing ceremony of the film festival.

"What is the process of the closing ceremony of the film festival? Has the organizing committee notified us?"

"Like in previous years, we will walk the red carpet in front of the Venice Film Palace and then hold an awards ceremony. Boss, do you want us to prepare your acceptance speech for you?"

"Hehe...are you so sure that I can win the award?"

"One hundred percent! Today, the staff of the organizing committee congratulated me privately! ”

“…”

The next day, the closing ceremony of the Venice Film Festival was unusually lively on the red carpet, and the audience and fans filled the entire small square.

Famous filmmakers from various countries walked the red carpet amid the cheers of fans, and the crew of "Youth is Easy" was still the last to appear.

When Shanhe and Tang Xiaoyu walked on the red carpet, the audience burst into the loudest cheers, and the girls' screams were particularly clear and piercing.

The double hot sales of "Room" and "Youth is Easy" made Shanhe the most popular one in the audience. The passionate and unrestrained European girls did not hide their love for Shanhe at all.

"I love you, Qiu!"

"Qiu, thank you for touching me!"

"Qiu, I am no worse than Hathaway! ”

…

Shanhe smiled and waved to the audience on the red carpet, and walked slowly forward. Tang Xiaoyu had the experience of the red carpet of the opening ceremony, so he was less nervous and awkward.

The two ignored the reporters' shouting, signed autographs with some fans for a few minutes, and walked into the Film Palace at their own pace.

The Venice Film Festival has many awards, not only the most important main competition unit, but also dozens of non-competition unit awards such as the Phoebusi Award, the Horizon Unit Award, and the International Union of Engineers Award.

The first half of the award ceremony was all about their own self-entertainment within the European film industry, Although the European guests in the audience cheered and applauded frequently, it was extremely boring for Asian filmmakers like Shanhe.

The domestic "three gold awards" also have artistic performances to relieve fatigue, but Westerners will have endless talk show-style speeches!

It was not until the second half of the ceremony that Shanhe began to cheer up, and the awards of the main competition unit finally came.

The first award, the Best Newcomer Award, was won by the young director Tye Sheridan of the United States for the movie "Joe".

The Best Screenplay Award was awarded to "Philomena" by British director Steve Coogan .

The Best Actress Award was won by Italian actress Irina Cotta, whose performance in "The Flower of Palermo" was indeed worthy of this honor.

Next is the Best Actor Award. Previously, the media's highest voices were Tang Zhiyu, the lead actor of "The Young Easy", and Themis Pano, the lead actor of "Miss Violence".

Both of them performed very well in the film and interpreted their respective roles very well, but the media still preferred Themis Pano.

Because the possibility of "The Young Easy" eventually taking the Golden Lion is too high, there is almost no suspense. According to the film According to the usual practice of the festival, the cake should be divided as evenly as possible, so the possibility of Tang Xiaoyu winning the award is naturally reduced.

But when the award presenter Jiang Wen came on stage, everyone knew that the media's prediction was wrong!

Tang Xiaoyu also realized at this time that he had won the best actor award. He was so excited that his mouth was trembling. He didn't know where to put his hands. He turned his head to look at Shanhe beside him.

Shanhe looked at the bewildered boy, smiled and put his arm around his shoulders, and whispered with a smile:

"Congratulations, Xiaoyu, don't be too nervous, just say whatever you want to say!"

Jiang Wen on the stage didn't say anything nonsense. After everyone applauded, he came to the microphone, opened the envelope, and said in Chinese without even looking at it:

"Congratulations, Tang Zhiyu!"

Then he said it again in English,

"The best actor goes to Fisher Tang, who plays the young Yi! "

At this time, Tang Xiaoyu came back to his senses from his daze, turned around and gave Shanhe a deep hug with red eyes,

"Brother Shanhe, thank you!"

"Haha..."

Shanhe smiled and patted Tang Xiaoyu on the back,

"Hurry up and go on stage to receive the award, remember to thank your mother!"

"I know!"

Tang Xiaoyu let go of Shanhe, wiped his eyes, and walked onto the stage amid applause.

"Congratulations, Xiaoyuer!"

"Thank you, Teacher Jiang!"

After hugging Jiang Wen, Tang Xiaoyu took the Volpi Cup, which symbolizes the Venice Film Emperor, from Jiang Wen.

In fact, Tang Xiaoyu had prepared a speech for his acceptance speech, and he had prepared it for a whole week. But at this moment, he was holding the heavy Volpi Cup on the stage, looking at the people watching him from the audience, his mind was a mess, and the prepared speech was completely forgotten. Only Shanhe's reminder just now was in his mind.

"I want to thank my mother first. It was she who gave me life and raised me up!"

As soon as he opened his mouth, Tang Xiaoyu's nervousness and excitement subsided a lot, and his words became more and more fluent.

"She always said that I was her greatest pride in her life, and this trophy is my first reward!"

The audience then rang with warm applause.

"I also want to thank the teachers of the Performance Department of Beijing Film Academy, who valued me as a non-staff student. I also want to thank Aunt Xu from Beijing Zoo for taking me to face the tiger. I also want to thank all the crew members of "Youth Easy", thank you for your tolerance and accompanying me through the most difficult times. I also want to thank my grandparents for the warmth and love you gave me!"

Finally, Tang Xiaoyu looked at Shanhe and raised the trophy to him.

"Brother Shanhe, thank you for changing my life in the Staples parking lot. I will continue to work hard. I promise that this trophy is just the beginning!"

Looking at Tang Xiaoyu, whose face was flushed on the stage, Shanhe laughed happily. This is the seedling I brought up myself, and I didn't cheat with my memory at all!

At this moment, Tang Shuqing, who got the news far away in Beijing, was hugging and crying with his parents excitedly. Xu Ahui immediately called Tang Shuqing's family who were waiting nervously, and broadcast Tang Xiaoyu's acceptance speech to them via voice broadcast.

At this moment, Tang Shuqing and the old couple were indescribable. The quarrels, reluctance, heartache and helplessness of the past twenty years turned into tears flowing on their cheeks.

"Dad, Mom, it was all my fault before. I was too willful. I'm sorry! But I don't regret it, because I have Xiaoyuer!"

"Qing'er, Xiaoyu is good, you are also good, and it will be better in the future. Let's not talk about the past, okay?"

"Okay, Dad, Mom, Xiaoyuer and I will never leave you again!"

"Okay, okay!"

…

After Tang Xiaoyu walked off the stage, he handed the trophy to Shanhe. Shanhe smiled and patted his forehead.

"Keep it for yourself. I don't need it!"

"Brother Shanhe, My winning the award will not affect the Golden Lion for "Youth Yi", right? "

"Haha... That's not what you want to think about. You should enjoy your honor and trophy now!"

"Hehe, this trophy is quite heavy. Although it's not as good-looking as the Golden Lion, I like it!"

"You are lucky, remember what you said to me on the stage!"

"Of course, this is my promise. I will win more trophies in the future!"

"Then I can wait to see your performance!"

...

Shanhe and Tang Xiaoyu whispered happily in the audience. The award ceremony on the stage was still going on. The next person to go on stage to receive the award was still a Chinese face. Taiwanese director Tsai Mingliang won the Silver Lion for Best Director with the movie "Outing".

The Jury Award was taken away by Italian local director Gianfranco Rossi's "Rome Ring Road".

In the end, only the Venice Best Film Golden Lion Award had not been awarded. The chairman of the jury, the famous Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci, took the stage in a wheelchair.

Chinese filmmakers are all familiar with the name Bernardo Bertolucci, because his most famous work is "The Last Emperor", which was the first film in history to be allowed to be filmed in the Forbidden City in Beijing, and caused a sensation in the cultural circles of China at that time.

Not only in China, this film about the last emperor of China, Puyi, also shone in the West in the 1980s, winning nine Oscars. Zun Long became famous and reaped the benefits of this film for the rest of his life.

It was from that time that the fifth generation of directors began to embark on the journey of impacting European film awards.

Bernardo Bertolucci's influence on Chinese filmmakers is evident.

Although Bernardo Bertolucci, who was sitting in a wheelchair, looked sickly, he was full of energy on the stage.

"Movies are wonderful and an art with infinite charm. They contain ancient cultural elements such as light, color, music, literature, etc., but they are still very young, only about a hundred years old. For human civilization, they are just newborns. They have not grown up yet and are still developing. The main purpose of the film festival should not be to set standards for movies, but to focus more on the development of movies and more possibilities!

The change in film shooting technology is a fait accompli. Turning a blind eye or deliberately rejecting it is ridiculous resistance. As creators in it, we must accept this change and integrate it into art!

In the past, we have always opposed the commercial and artistic attributes of movies, and regarded them as the positive and negative sides of movies, as if they are irreconcilable and life-and-death, but someone told us that they are not contradictory. Computer special effects production is also an art in his movies, and together with light, shadow, color, music and literature, it forms a long poem that makes people intoxicated!

Congratulations, Qiu! "Life of Yi" is a groundbreaking film that will surely leave a deep mark in the history of film. The entire jury unanimously agreed that it is the best choice for the Venice Golden Lion Award! "

As soon as Bernardo Bertolucci finished speaking, the audience burst into applause.

"Life of Yi" is undoubtedly a good movie, no one denies this, but Bernardo Bertolucci's strong praise has pushed the film to a new height. The guests and audiences are cheering for Shanhe and "Life of Yi".

Bernardo Bertolucci's words have been recognized by many people. The development of film cannot escape the progress and change of technology!

Perhaps in a few years, this Venice Film Festival will go down in history because of this movie and be remembered by future generations!