Spring wasted

Back in time for half a year, in May, Liang Chi and Jiang Kuang went to South France together. At that time, "Fu Xing" heard that it was shortlisted for the "A Kind of Concern" unit award at the South France Film Festival, and invited the crew to go there Walk the red carpet for the opening ceremony.

After getting the shortlist, Liang Chi actually didn't have much expectation of winning the award, the competitors were really too strong.

He knew that it was mostly because of Yu Ye that he was shortlisted. The awards in this unit are aimed at the integrity of the film, but in any case, this is a nomination that is quite important in the world, and it is worth celebrating.

At that time, the crew of "Chess Pieces" had already started up. Liang Chi thought that he would not go there. Yu Ye and others went to show up and promote the film. After the South France Film Festival, the film will be released in China. , this shortlist and nomination is the best publicity.

But Jiang Kuang convinced him that this is the red carpet that was invited by the organizer Fang Zhenger Bajing, so many carpet stars can't win the spot even if they fight for it, why not go, and more importantly, at such an international film festival In the movie, I can feel the sense of belonging and pride as a filmmaker.

Liang Chi thought of the days and nights of the Golden Statue Awards. Although it was a highlight moment to accept the award on stage, what was more deeply imprinted in his heart was that he was looking forward to the future with so many filmmakers with dreams. Only dreams make people excited. Timeless.

In the south of France, between the towering Alps and the Mediterranean Sea, along the scattered foothills and the long coastline, there are seven pearl-like small towns scattered, known as the "Côte d'Azur".

The South France Film Festival, a hall of art films, is located in one of these small towns. During most of the year, the town is unremarkable. However, during the week of the film festival, it is a well-deserved center of world attention.

It was still the team of the Academy Awards. The Mediterranean coast in May is warm and pleasant. This is a place that is favored by the heavens. It is not cold in the middle of winter. During the best time of the year, stars are coming.

At the red carpet moment before the opening ceremony, Liang Chi and Wen Liang, as the two leading actors, walked on the left and right of Yu Ye respectively, with Jiang Kuang and Guan Pingshan behind them.

The reporters in the art film circle are all familiar with Yu Ye. The cameras took a lot of pictures of their group. Every circle needs fresh blood. In this kind of film festival, new faces that appear every year will receive attention. The face was undoubtedly Liang Chi.

Films made by foreign media are never refined, and they can be sent out as they are made. Soon, the red carpet photos of the crew of "Fu Xing" have been posted on the official platform of the film festival, and they have been quickly covered by major news platforms in various countries. reproduced.

That youthful and lively fresh Asian face spread all over the Internet.

The Internet gave him a detailed English commentary - "Liang Chi, the leading actor in the movie "Fu Xing", this film was shortlisted for this year's Southern France Film Festival "Un Certain Regard" section, this is Liang Chi's first starring role on the big screen , and just won the "Best Newcomer" award at the Hong Kong Film Awards for his performance in the film. In addition, he is also an excellent singer and dancer. He also participated in the creation and singing of the theme song of "Fu Xing" .”

In just a few lines, without much exaggeration, it just objectively described what he has done, experienced and obtained, but Liang Chi liked this description very much, and felt that it was more impressive than any previous marketing drafts that praised him. He is happy.

He knew it himself, and Jiang Kuang also knew that this plain and objective description was precious.

The red carpet of the film festival is only about 20 meters long, and it takes only a minute or two to walk, but Liang Chi feels that he has truly surpassed his former self.

We should come and see, the dreams of those filmmakers who are scattered all over the world are brought here like firewood. Every filmmaker who comes here with kindling is like Prometheus.

The five watched the opening film together, a new film by a famous Spanish director that has not yet been released.

This director is very old. Since he was very young, he has had a queen actress, and he has cooperated with her in almost every film. One is inside the camera and the other is outside the camera. The two grow old together.

They were never lovers, but partners for life.

This is often the case in art films. Directors, actors, screenwriters, producers, and photographers often work together after they get along. Hou Hsiao-hsien, Tsai Ming-liang, Wong Kar-wai and their production teams are all like this.

Yu Ye obviously went the same way.

At this film festival, Jiang Kuang talked to Yu Ye about the book he just finished, and only talked with Yu Ye about the general outline, and Yu also decided to take over the story.

Compared with big scenes, he is better at depicting the complexity and subtleties of human nature. This book allows him to use his strengths better than "Fu Xing".

So, the team that has already been polished has so sloppily and firmly finalized the second cooperation.

At the film festival, Liang Chi and Jiang Kuang did not stay until the end, they only attended the opening ceremony and then withdrew first. Liang Chi and the crew of "Chess Pieces" only took four days off. Yu Ye and Guan Pingshan will stay longer with Wen Liang a few days.

The return trip took off from Nice, a small town next door, and flew at night. In the early morning of the day, Jiang Kuang rented a car and drove directly from the film festival hotel.

It was a rare trip, he wanted to take Liang Chi to see the most famous "blue" in the world.

They have depicted the kind of blue that is infinitely close to the dark night in the movie. Blue is the most melancholy color. In the contemporary art museum in Nice, there is a large and large blue-Klein blue.

The color, created by artist Eve Klein by mixing blue paint with synthetic resin, is too pure to match any other color.

A blue that can only exist alone.

All Klein blue works of art have only this color, which overlaps each other in dark or light, and exists in isolation.

With great enthusiasm, the artist created the loneliest color in the world.

But people love it.

Liang Chi stood in front of these loneliest colors, thoughtful.

There are thousands of noises in this world, but the background of loneliness is the same.

If it is not lonely, they will not meet each other.

They wouldn't be in love if they weren't alone.

This thing that brings love and creation, Liang Chi once thought it was a bondage, but now it seems to be a gift.

After returning to China, while filming a new drama, I spared time to participate in a few promotional roadshows and variety shows of "Fu Xing", and the film went live.

Because it was awarded once and shortlisted once, this supposedly unpopular film has expanded a lot of passers-by compared to ordinary art films. Jiang Lingyan's online publicity only caught one point and hit it hard. These days, people yearn for loyal and unswerving love. , just such a gimmicky topic, tacky but effective.

Two months later, by the time the theater stalls went offline, the film's box office had exceeded [-] million.

Although this is not ranked among the mighty big-budget movie revenue list, its shooting cost is only 4000 million, and overall it is a very successful project in terms of revenue.

What's more, there will be overseas copyrights and online copyrights.

The proud President Jiang really threw back coins at Moshang Company, held a celebration banquet, and brought Lin Baoshan over to make the old lady happy with her. With a wave of her hand, the old lady distributed red envelopes to all the employees and crew members on the spot. Encourage everyone to keep up the good work.

In the early days, Jiang Kuang asked Liang Chi to replace the equity of the project with his salary, and now he has also liquidated it. Liang Chi was solidly poor. When Jiang Kuang's company was most difficult, it still relied on Liang Chi to take over the work. Now the two count the company The money in the account and personal account, and the expected income that "Chess Pieces" will get within the year, I feel extremely at ease.

Money is also a good thing, it is the security in this world.

"Bundle" started filming in late autumn, and it didn't end until late spring of the following year. The heroine who played the mother is also a capable actress. She was shortlisted for the Berlin Silver Bear. Liang Chi played from a teenager to a young man in the film, and the actress from middle age to old age. , It is a great test for both of them.

But this time I don’t know if it’s because Liang Chi knows that he’s playing someone close to him, and he has a special empathy for this role. After finishing work late at night, Yu also bit his cigarette butt and squinted at Liang Chi and Jiang Kuang on the set, saying: “ I'm a little confused now, who are you two?"

The two looked at each other, and kissed as if no one was around the studio where people came and went.

The filming of "Bundle" could not catch up with the Southern France and Berlin Film Festivals, and finally sent it to the Asian Film Awards in a hurry. In September, the invitation letter for the shortlisted film came. The screenwriter and his team of five embarked on the journey again.

Being nominated three times in two years, Liang Chi was named by a new film critic, Bo Yanball, and he became Yu Ye's new muse and an award-winning professional. Fame and wealth are not completely equal in this business, Liang Chi pursued him, and saw that he was about to embark on this ideal path of fame but no profit.

This film review was ridiculed by the whole network as soon as it came out. The person who said this is obviously an amateur. The muse is the muse, but not Yu Ye. It is not clear who it is?What is the background of the master? He said that people have a breeze in their sleeves, and you are drinking wind when they are counting money.

It is no longer the era when you have to live in poverty just to do art.

This year's Asian Film Awards will be held in Macau, and the awards ceremony will be broadcast live worldwide.

Because the Hong Kong International Film Festival, Busan International Film Festival, and Tokyo International Film Festival are jointly held by the three major Asian international film festivals, the Asian Film Awards are not very experienced, but they have a high gold content.

This year, many Chinese-language films from both sides of the strait and three regions were shortlisted, which attracted the attention of movie fans, and they all stood in front of the live webcast screen to witness that Yu also won the Best Director Award.

When it came to the Best Actor segment, Liang Chi once again experienced the nervousness of being stiff and sweating at the Academy Award scene. He and Jiang Kuang silently clasped their fingers together in the audience, staring at every movement of the host on stage. In a word, the host is a foreigner who speaks English with a French accent, which sounds delicious but is very difficult to understand. Liang Chi can only know who he is talking about when he reads the name.

When he heard the very non-standard pronunciation of liengchi, he didn't realize that it was him. The camera pointed at Liang Chi's face and projected it on the big screen. Liang Chi realized that he had been mentioned just now. With a stiff smile on his face, he applauded along with the crowd. He thought the host was mentioning the shortlisted actors one by one.

However, everyone was staring at him enthusiastically. Jiang Kuang was the first to react, and shouted to him amidst the loud applause: "You have won the award! Liang Chi, they directly announced the award-winning actor."

A firework suddenly exploded in Liang Chi's mind, and it went blank. There was no transition at all, and he announced it directly?

The award presenter had already taken his place on the stage, and smiled into the microphone and said in Mandarin: "It seems that the actor who won the award is still a little unbelievable, why don't we give him a little more encouragement and make him believe that he is really going to win the Best Actor award?" .”

Then more enthusiastic applause rang out.

Liang Chi understood what he said, and his heart skipped a beat, but it wasn't because he was about to go on stage to accept the award, but because this opportunity had finally come. The vow he had secretly made for countless nights was now coming true.

Jiang Kuang patted him on the back and let him go on stage.

Liang Chi stood up, the high-definition camera was facing him, and the big screen was a close-up of him. He knew that everything that happened at this moment was clearly visible on the global live broadcast network.

A clip from a long time ago suddenly flashed in his mind. He went crazy during the Jin Yulan live broadcast ceremony and ruined the entire awards ceremony.

Liang Chi couldn't help laughing. After so long, he has changed a lot, but it seems that he hasn't changed at all. No one knows that he will go crazy in public again at the awards ceremony.

When people go to high places, even the specifications of going crazy are different. The highest-level film festival in Asia, the best actor award scene, and the global live broadcast, are worthy of going crazy this time.

Liang Chi looked at Jiang Kuang, as if everything around him disappeared. The boiling applause turned into bubbling water, blurring into a large area in the eardrums. He pulled Jiang Kuang up and kissed him decisively.

There was a series of exclamations from all around, but the applause became even more enthusiastic. Yu Ye and Guan Pingshan subconsciously said "Fuck!"

Colleagues in the industry are very tolerant of same-sex love, and they are happy to see such a scene. No one interrupts them, and the applause is mixed with whistles.

When the deep kiss stopped, Liang Chi's face was flushed, and his eyes were full of spring breeze.

Jiang Kuang was slightly calmer than him, pampering the back of his head, and glanced at the stage: "Go."

Liang Chi still didn't let go, and whispered, "No, we're together."

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The author says:

Written, finally.

I was drinking all the time last winter, so I wanted to write a story about two alcoholics, so I came up with the original idea.

Many people dislike the protagonist at the beginning for being too decadent and not enterprising, but if you live a little longer, you may know that this is the normal state of life, and a perfect person cannot produce love.

It's a pity that the film part of the story was originally intended to be a warm story like "Yondo Senosuke", but it was always influenced by "Brilliant Life". Movie scripts are much more difficult than novels, and I overestimated myself (wry smile).

After finishing writing, let everything pass, the next book is very sweet, not depressing and very healing, see you later.

love all.