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Chapter 60: Lifting the Cup
As the saying goes, when a mouse pulls a shovel, the big head is at the back.

At the beginning, of course, there were some small awards.

What about the UNICEF Award, Special Honor, and the Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement.

However, when he was awarded the Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement, when he saw the person going up to the stage to receive the award, Huang Ze still sat up slightly straighter to show respect.

The winner may not be well-known among the general public, but he is definitely a big name in the film industry.

His name is Federico Fellini.

He made a movie, "8 1/2", which can be said to be a work that always ranks at the top in every film history ranking.

You have to know that this ranking has been going on for almost a hundred years, from the beginning of movies to the recent past.

"Is he very powerful?" Wang Zhiwen asked curiously after noticing Huang Ze's abnormality.

"..." Huang Ze's mouth twitched, "Not that great, far inferior to me."

"Oh, I understand." Wang Zhiwen clapped even harder, and a hint of respect appeared in his eyes.

The awards continue.

I don’t know what happened. They didn’t give out the Best Actress award, but instead went straight to the Best Actor award.

"The winner of the Venice Film Festival Best Actor award is..."

The guest dragged out the note to increase the suspense.

Huang Ze glanced at Wang Zhiwen and asked, "Why are you shaking?"

"Am I shaking?"

"No?" Huang Ze put his hand on his knee, feeling the frequency of the beating, "Still shaking?"

"This isn't my first time attending this kind of film festival. I'm really excited. I never thought about winning the Best Actor award. After all, I'm still so young, not even 20 years old. There are so many senior filmmakers. How could they give the award to a young person like me?"

"Then why are you shaking your legs?"

"I'm so excited for you, Director Huang! When I think about you winning the Golden Lion, I'm so excited."

"If you were outside, I would have hit you on the head."

Huang Ze rolled his eyes slightly, "There's no way this film will win the Golden Lion. When you say that, I think you're mocking me, understand?"

"I see. Then I'll take the second prize. By the way, Huang, what is the second prize in Venice?"

"You asked a very constructive question." Huang Ze was stuck for a moment.

If you ask about the highest award in Venice, it is undoubtedly the Golden Lion.

But Venice’s second-largest prize is an absolute mess.

Because the name of the second largest award is slightly different every year, and it is often vacant for several years.

According to Huang Ze's unauthoritative research, this is probably the ranking.

"Grand Jury Prize, Special Jury Prize, Silver Lion, Special Jury Prize."

“The above rankings should be ranked in order.”

“Also, some awards are not given out every year. We can only find out which one is the second prize after the awards ceremony.”

"Feeling..." Wang Zhiwen wanted to express his thoughts.

But it was at this moment that the guest, who had been tired of keeping the secret, finally began to reveal the truth, "Congratulations to Gerard Depardieu in "Police."

The Best Actor award was given to a French actor.

Wang Zhiwen stopped talking for a moment, clapping with tears in his eyes, and it was unclear whether he was excited or sad.

"Don't worry, follow me, and I'll give you a Best Actor award sooner or later."

Seeing this guy's expression, Huang Ze said something irresponsibly.

What’s so difficult about being the best actor?
It’s not like he won the Best Actor award at any of the three major film festivals.

If that doesn't work, Houston's Best Actor award will do. It's so easy to be a Best Actress, so I think it shouldn't be difficult to be a Best Actor award either.

Of course, this is just a guarantee. Huang Ze believes that if Wang Zhiwen follows him, the three movie kings won't guarantee it, but a lower level one will be no problem. "Really? Brother, then I will follow you in the future."

"Don't worry, since I call you brother, I will give you a role in my movies in the future as long as there is a suitable role."

"Then I take it seriously!" Wang Zhiwen felt that the sadness of not winning the Best Actor award was relieved a lot.

He had a mysterious feeling that following Huang Ze would be a sure thing!
After all, he is from Shanghai and knows how difficult it is for young people to make a movie in Shanghai Film Studio.

And it is even more difficult to be successful in the United States and even make the news.

When such an opportunity to curry favor with someone came, Wang Zhiwen would naturally not miss it.

"Don't worry, I keep my word."

"Just keep watching the awards ceremony."

Huang Ze raised his chin towards the stage.

The next Special Jury Prize was given to a film called "Tango, Gardel's Exile".

The Silver Lion Award for Best Debut Film was given to "Dusty Heart".

Huang Ze thought that the award he would win went to someone else, but Huang Ze did not feel sad or disappointed at all. Instead, he was very excited and his heart rate reached 120 beats per minute.

If I don't win the Best Debut Award, doesn't that mean I'm left with only the first and second prizes?
First prize is unlikely, but second prize, well, even if it’s second prize, it would be a major breakthrough for Chinese-language films.

Do I have a chance?

Huang Ze's legs also began to shake uncontrollably.

When the first guest was about to present the award, Huang Ze stared at the other person intently, not letting him out of his sight, and kept his ears perked up, not missing a single word.

“The winner of the Venice Film Festival’s Special Jury Prize is.”

"Good Will Hunting, congratulations to Huang!"

"Oh!"

Huang Ze stood up excitedly.

I never thought about the Golden Lion Award before coming here, but came for the Silver Lion Award for Best Debut. I didn't expect to win the second prize.

What a pleasant surprise, absolutely a pleasant surprise!
Huang Ze stood up and hugged Wang Zhiwen.

"Brother Huang, I will follow you from now on!" Wang Zhiwen emphasized it again because he was afraid that Huang Ze would forget.

"I'll protect you from now on."

After hugging everyone in the crew, Huang Ze walked onto the stage step by step amid everyone's applause.

"Congratulations, young man."

"Thank you!" After shaking hands with the guest, Huang Ze took the trophy from him, faced everyone, raised the trophy in his hand, showed it to the audience and the camera, and then said excitedly, "Thank you to my motherland for giving birth to me and raising me."

This is the most important thing and must be put first.

And then, “Thank you, jury.”

"Thank you Director Xu for giving me the opportunity to direct. Without him, this movie wouldn't have happened."

"I'm especially grateful to the crew who worked with me to create this."

"Zhang Jianya, Gu Changwei, Wang Zhiwen, Jiao Huang, Jiang Wen..."

After all, it was a second prize, and Huang Ze had plenty of time, so he just mentioned all the crew members whose names he could mention.

"Finally, thank you to all the fans who like this movie, I love you!
Huang Ze raised the trophy in his hand again and then put it back, then walked back to his seat with it.

"Congratulations, Director Huang."

"Brother Huang, you are awesome! No one in our country has ever won second place in one of the three major competitions, right? You are the first person to make history!"

"Hey, keep a low profile, keep a low profile. I'll say this kind of thing after I win the highest award from the three major organizations." Huang Ze modestly made a gesture of pressing his palms.

The second prize is not as groundbreaking as the first prize after all.

(End of this chapter)