Chapter 585
Before Claire could react, another group of people followed down behind the female secretary.
It was none other than Shang Yaozhi, his agent, and a dozen or so employees of First Light Media.
Claire’s smile instantly froze and her eyes widened, “How did you all get in here?”
Moreover, there were still so many people once they arrived?
“Didn’t our boss say so? There’s no need for fellow travellers, we can meet at the door.” The female secretary waved again, her smile bigger, “We’ll go in first, see you at the opening ceremony the day after tomorrow.”
After a pause, she spoke again, “I sincerely hope Mr Clare doesn’t get any funny ideas, the prize is whoever’s it is.”
Think about the consequences before you mess with their boss.
This was an inside venue, where oriental faces were extremely rare, and those who came in were all rich and famous, members of high society families on this side of the o-continent.
The female secretary and her group had attracted the attention of many people.
As she watched the female secretary and Shang Yaozhi enter unhindered, Claire was a little alarmed and vaguely uneasy.
It was hard to believe that Primeval Light Media really had some kind of backstage on the o-continent side?
Otherwise, how else could dozens of people enter at once?
Claire suddenly thought of the sign he had just seen again, and hurriedly looked over again.
But by this time the car had already driven away, leaving only a car full of exhaust fumes behind.
After all, Claire was only the president of Times Media, and he knew far less than Dana about the situation on the entire O Continent.
He turned his head and opened his mouth, “Miss Dana, they came in a car owned by the Laurent family.”
Dana frowned instantly at this, “You saw that?”
How could the Laurent family be involved with an entertainment company in China?
The most recent connection was that Xie Manyu had done a Universal Pictures film.
But there were so many actors who had done Universal Pictures films that they could make the Laurent family transfer a car specifically for them?
Asked that, Claire was unsure again, “It seems …… there isn’t one.”
Dana was cautious and she quickly called the Pazzi family to enquire about it.
The result she got was that none of the currently powerful and influential members of the Laurent family had any connection with the Chinese side.
They checked out all the information on Ying Zidian.
Ying Zidian had been to O Chau a few times, but there had been absolutely no contact with the Laurent family.
Dana hung up the phone and was cold: “You’re looking at it wrong, go in first, it’s possible that the Ringmaster side gave them the ticket, after all, they’ve worked together.”
Claire didn’t dare to say anything more and followed Dana.
Dana was also thinking of getting this golden statue award thing settled as soon as possible.
Because of the news that devil, the number one killer, had reappeared, the Pazzi family had not been at peace recently, and there was some trepidation.
The Elders have met several times and are seriously discussing the matter.
The death of an elder is nothing to the Pazzi family, but it is a loss of face that no one can bear.
When she wins the golden statue, she will return to the family once and for all.
It is certainly more important to have power than interest.
**
Ying didn’t go to the festival, but she asked her secretary to bring her back some refreshments from the festival.
She left the hotel, took the intercity train to Filippo, and after a short walk along the Rhine, went to Filippo’s international airport to pick up Fu Yunshen.
The man was wearing a mask, but his perfect figure still drew a lot of attention.
But fortunately this is the continent of O, far from home, so they don’t have to disguise themselves too much.
Fu Yunshen slowly and methodically lifted the teacup pig out of his pocket and placed it on the girl’s palm: “Yao-yao, your pig.”
Ying Ziji poked at Duoyou’s pink coloured belly, noticing that it felt different in her hand, and pondered, “It seems to have gotten fatter.”
“If a pig doesn’t get fatter, it’s not a pig anymore.”
“……”
Dudu has been under Fu Yunshen’s care for the last month or so, eating and sleeping comfortably.
It hummed happily a few times and burrowed into the girl’s arms.
Before it could get in, it was picked up by a long, slender hand.
Fu Yunshen put it on his shoulder: “Don’t bully your mother, you’ve gained weight and are too heavy.”
Dudu: “……”
Its family status plummeted.
The two walked out from the airport and the car was already parked.
It had been sent over by the venus group.
It was black, understated and luxurious.
“You have to attend the opening ceremony tomorrow, the first time you’ve attended such a big ceremony, you can’t keep it simple.” Fu Yunshen stroked her head, his peach blossom eyes curved, “I’ve ordered jewellery for you, and a dress, go and have a look?”
Ying Zidian nodded, “Have you finished taking all the medicine I made for you?”
“Yes.” Fu Yunshen looked lazy, “Ancient martial cultivation has been one hundred and seventy years, thanks girlfriend.”
Hearing this number, Ying Ziji’s eyes also shook slightly.
After the dark wounds in his body were completely repaired, his cultivation speed had received another exponential increase.
There was really no way to compare this kind of speed, it was already beyond the ranks of ancient martial geniuses.
Ying Ziji looked sideways at the man’s face.
The slightly drunken sunlight tinted his eyebrows pale gold, handsome as a god.
That sense of familiarity was once again present.
Fu Yunshen naturally noticed it: “What’s wrong, looking at me like that all of a sudden?”
Ying Ziji withdrew his gaze and yawned: “Well, I see you look good, so I’ll look more.”
A very calm tone of voice, no ups and downs.
If Fu Yunshen hadn’t been used to Ying Zigui’s way of speaking, he would have thought she was playing with him.
“Teasing me again? Hmm?” He raised his eyebrows and pinched her face, “Little friend, after flirting, you don’t care about anything else, do you think you’re a scum?”
Ying Ziyi glanced at him, “I’m not, I’m not going to discharge myself at you all the time.”
“Fine, you’re the one who said it.”
Fu Yunshen turned the steering wheel and went to the biggest commercial centre in Fei Leng Cui.
Naturally, the venus group had more industries over here than at home, after all, it was the o-continent that started it all.
gy.
is a jewellery brand and an internationally renowned luxury product, under the venus group.
The two of them entered the shop.
In one of the many counters, Ying Ziyi saw a set of jewellery at a glance.
The necklace, bracelet, ring and crown were complete.
The style of the jewellery set was clearly from Fu Yunshen’s hand.
The jewellery he designed carried a special aura that was instantly recognisable.
“This young lady, don’t look at this set of jewellery.” The counter girl pointed at the sign and smiled, “This is a non-sale item, it’s just for display, the shop’s platinum members don’t even sell it, but you-”
She sized the girl up and down, her tone more or less mocking.
The platinum members’ information was all there in the shop, and none of them were Chinese.
Ninety percent of these platinum members were young ladies and masters of the four major wealthy families and the Laurent family, after all, not everyone could spend a full fifty million dollars a year in the shop.
The gy shop is also only available on the o-continent side, the physical shop has not yet entered China.
She has seen too many customers who just want to come in and look around and can’t afford anything.
The first thing you need to do is to take out a card and hand it directly to the manager at the back, gesturing slightly: “Wrap it up.”
As soon as the manager saw the card, his expression changed: “Yes, wrap it up for you immediately.”
Soon the set of non-sale items was packed into a gift box and the manager respectfully escorted Fu Yunshen and Ying Zidian out.
The counter girl was still in a daze: “No, isn’t it not for sale?”
The manager turned around: “No, it’s not for sale, but someone from headquarters came to pick up the goods in person, so it’s not for sale?”
The counter girl was even more dumbfounded: “Head, head office?”
The manager also wiped his sweat: “Yes, it’s not gy headquarters, it’s the venus group.”
If Fu Yunshen hadn’t taken out that card, he definitely wouldn’t have paid much attention to him.
The manager only found out that Fu Yunshen was the president of the Asia Pacific region, that is, the manager, after looking it up now.
But the president of the Asia Pacific region was not very powerful in the entire venus group, so why did he have a card from the headquarters of the o-continent?
The manager was a little confused.
** Outside the mall.
Outside the mall.
In the car.
Fu Yunshen opened the jewellery box: “This set is called ‘Peach Blossom’.”
The jewellery did have peach blossoms decorating it.
Ying nodded: “Your Weibo trumpet name?”
She also went to the Divine Medicine couple’s super talk later on to look at it, and this number of Fu Yunshen’s was obviously a regular in the super talk, and many people knew him.
“Hmm?” Fu Yun Shen put the bracelet on her and picked up the necklace again, “No, I’ve changed my name.”
“Changed it to what?”
“Yoyo’s main house.”
“……”
Fu Yun Shen lifted his eyes, “And then I was chased by your little fans, chasing after me.”
“Not the main house.” Ying propped her head up and raised her eyebrows, “You’re the only one, you can change it to be bolder.”
Fu Yunshen bowed his head and proceeded to give her the necklace.
His fingertips traced over her skin, dropping a string of rolls with a tingling sensation.
A pair of peach blossom eyes tantalized to no end, and when he looked at her, his amber pupils were shimmering and misty, like a starry sea.
It makes people sink.
Ying Zidian turned her head away from him: “Scum.”
Fu Yunshen: “?”
“Less discharge.”
“……”
**
Next day afternoon.
iff Jury.
Tomorrow is the opening ceremony of the iff Awards and when the major film awards are announced.
But today, the results of all the awards are already out.
The jury hands the papers to David for him to look over.
David was the chief judge of this year’s iff Awards and had to get his permission for all the awards.
He took the papers and the words “The New Life” came straight to his eyes.
At least five awards, all of which this film got.
“Is this film that good?” David wrinkled his brow, “What about ‘Lost Memories’? How can it win an award?”
In the past iff Awards, a film has swept multiple awards at the same time, and all of them have been recorded in the history of world cinema.
David had only seen one of the foreign films in the running this time, but The Lost Memory was made by Dana. He watched it several times.
“Mr. David, ‘Memory of the Lost’ is still not as good as ‘The New Life’.” One of the judges spoke up, “The film ‘The Freshman’ is so mind-blowing, and in the film, the male leads are in a triangle and their acting skills are perfectly displayed.”
“Both in terms of plot and intention, ‘The New Life’ is above ‘Lost Memories’.”
“We think that ‘Lost Memories’ is a little weaker in terms of filmmaking techniques as well as other areas, after all, it’s a new director and understandably so, if it wasn’t for ‘New Life’, it would definitely be ‘Lost Memories’ that would win.”
David’s brow knitted tighter: “Do you have the original film of New Life? I’ll have another look.”
The jury immediately pulled New Life from the computer.
David watched it and fell into a long silence, “It’s true that The Freshman is still better.”
But yesterday at the festival, Dana and Claire had given him a shout out.
The implication was clear.
It was clear that they had their sights set on winning the Academy Award.
It’s not impossible to sell Dana Pazzi a favour.
After all, Dana would have to go back to the Pazzi family after this film, and the Chinese side would have the opportunity to send another film over later.
There is not much of a gap between ‘Lost Memories’ and ‘New Life’ left and right, and a change of awards would not be a big problem.
In the history of the iff, Chinese films have only been nominated once, and the public would not find it surprising that this time it was just a nomination and not a win.
David held his pen and suddenly seemed to think of something, looked up, and asked, “This time, there’s no film from the Circle Films side, right?”
“There is one.” The judge pushed up his gla*ses, “It’s that animated to live action film, and as before, it’s for Best Music and Best Artwork.”
“But the actress was really good, and Best Actress went to this film.”
David nodded, understanding.
Ring Films hadn’t sent a film specifically to compete for Best Picture this time.
That was good news.
Otherwise it would have been more than worth it to offend the Laurent family for the Pazzi family.
The iff award, after all, was proposed by the Laurent family.
The Laurent family had also been a hobby that had been pa*sed down from generation to generation, and it made sense to hold a film festival when they had been sponsoring such a literary giant.
David finished his consideration, and that’s when he made his decision.
He decisively crossed New Life out of the Best Film category and wrote in Lost Memories.
After a long pause, David crossed out Shang Yaozhi’s name from Best Actor.
Chapter 586
David went on to look down.
He saw that the Best Screenplay and Best Director awards also had “The New Life” written there, and thought to himself that the film was indeed very impressive.
David wasn’t impressed with First Light Media, an entertainment company.
The nominated films don’t come to him, only the list of winners do he see.
David put his pen down after replacing the Best Director award with Dana Pazzi’s name as well.
The award for Best Screenplay he didn’t move.
The most valuable awards in the iff were also the Best Film and Best Director awards and the Best Actor and Actress awards.
As the second film from China to be nominated for the iff, New Life was already a big prize.
Time Media is the second largest film company in the world, and originally had the overall strength to be above Primeval Media.
A layman would not be able to perceive the biggest gap between the two films.
And it’s not as if Dana’s film ‘Lost Memories’ was without merit, and no one would question anything.
“That’s it, here are the final awards.” David handed the revised document back to the panel of judges, “Contact the award winners for this term.”
The judges took the document and froze, unable to resist speaking out, “Mr. David, why did you remove all the awards for The Freshman?”
Isn’t that too much?
The three most important awards that originally belonged to The New Life were all given to The Lost Memory now.
“That’s it.” David blandly, “I spoke to Miss Dana and I think her film deserves a gold statue too.”
The judge opened his mouth, “But didn’t you say earlier that ‘The Freshman’ was awesome?”
“Yes, it was awesome.” David was noncommittal, “But look who made ‘Lost Memories’? Dana Pazzi.”
“Who among us has the nerve to offend the Pazzi family? Don’t want to get killed?”
The judges looked at each other and were speechless.
“And the difference between the two films doesn’t look much to an outsider, and the audience can’t see how the film was shot.” David tapped the table carelessly, “Besides, what award doesn’t have shady practices nowadays? It’s settled.”
He smiled carelessly, “And if we don’t even say anything, who will know?”
Even in a fully open sporting competition, hands can be tampered with through the judges.
Want to be fair?
Then show some power too.
After settling on his prize, David got up and went out and called Dana.
He was all smiles: “Yes, that’s right, Miss Dana, this time the award for Best Film and Best Director is all yours.”
**
Domestic attention was focused on this iff Golden Awards, after all, it was the first time after twenty-eight years that a Chinese film had made it to the finals.
Shang Yaozhi is also the first Chinese actor to be nominated for the iff for Best Actor.
And at his age of less than 30, even if he is placed in the entire history of iff films, he is still the first Chinese actor to be nominated for Best Actor.
Even if he doesn’t win, Shang Yaozhi’s future international film resources will definitely not be small.
If he does manage to win the title, his status will be unmatched.
Adding to the fact that Shang Yaozhi is a top streamer in China, the live broadcast room was already packed with people before the opening ceremony even started.
Even if they were not fans of Shang Yaozhi, they had all come to hear about it because of another Chinese film nomination iff.
On the set, the agent was sitting on the edge of his seat, just about scratching his ears.
“Why are you so nervous?” Shang Yaozhi looked at him with some amusement, “Look how calm Miss Ying is, you’re over forty years old, steady focus.”
Ying Ziji leaned back in the soft chair and was resting her eyes, completely unmoved by the outside noise.
“No.” The agent spoke quietly, “It’s because even if you win the award, there won’t be any prize money for the company, let alone money for Miss Ying.”
Shang Yaozhi: “……”
He was the one who had overestimated his position.
The female secretary stood behind the girl in awe, “Boss, your dress is so pretty today, where did you buy it?”
“Hm?” Ying Ziji heard this and opened her eyes slightly, “It’s from my boyfriend, it should be custom-made.”
Female secretary: “……”
Shang Yaozhi: “……”
They were a table full of single dogs, why did they have to hear such words?!
“Come on, it’s starting.” The agent jerked up, “Yaozhi, you go walk down the red carpet with Director Lu and Producer Xu.”
Shang Yaozhi nodded his head, glanced to his right and smiled, “Teacher Xie is here too.”
Because Xie Manyu was in a Universal Pictures film, she didn’t sit with them.
Ying Ziyi is the owner of Primeval Light Media, so naturally she wouldn’t go on any red carpet.
With First Light Media’s current status in the international film industry, the seats were very remote.
But that didn’t stop people from catching a glimpse of the girl in the VIP seats.
[Crap, see? Ying Shen is wearing a dress! A long red dress!
[I’m dying, this body is too absolute, right? The meat is really growing to the place where it’s changed, and I don’t know who will be cheap in the future, the child is so greedy.
[Is Brother Yun watching? You go ask Ying Shen how to grow, just eating papaya doesn’t work.]
The Chinese side had a special live-streaming crew, but the organisers had obviously noticed the stunning beauty in the VIP seats and immediately gave a close up shot.
The girl’s eyes were slightly closed, her eyelashes thin and long.
Her red lips reflect the cool white of her skin.
A few strands of hair fall over her collarbone, a coolness of abstinence wrapped in the lustfulness of the girl.
He immediately drew a lot of attention.
How can such a beautiful person not be in the entertainment industry?
A foreign journalist stared at Ying for a while and exclaimed, “God, she looks like the academic bully who participated in the academic competition last year!”
He was so excited that he had already thought of a headline for tomorrow’s paper.
On the other side, the actress said quietly, “Miss Dana, do you think she’s carrying gy’s townie in Fei Leng Chui?”
Dana had to receive her award, so she wasn’t seated in the VIP seats.
From a distance, she could only see the crown on top of the girl’s head.
It was very plain, not much jewellery, but it was hard to take your eyes off.
Dana had been to Fei Cui once and had seen the jewellery.
But the shop wouldn’t sell it, even if she was a platinum member.
She couldn’t even buy it, and it was on a Chinese person?
Dana spoke indifferently: “It’s just a copycat, how dare you bring it out, how much gy takes copyright seriously, she’ll get a lawyer’s letter in a moment.”
She was used to seeing too many people like this in the entertainment industry.
If they couldn’t buy it, they would buy a knock-off and end up making a fool of themselves when it hit the news.
Dana and Claire looked at each other before averting their eyes indifferently.
On the stage, the prizes were already being announced.
Starting with the smallest award, the first one was for Best Art.
Claire wasn’t concerned with these small awards as he straightened his suit and walked over to the girl.
“It’s a shame, Miss Ying, that you’re going to go home empty handed this time.” He spoke, “But maybe we can take a few small prizes too, it’s not a wasted trip.”
After saying that, Claire avoided the camera and turned to the side, her voice lowered, “You think it’s better for you to live in China, instead of coming to the international arena to steal resources from us.”
With Universal Pictures riding high and the Laurent family at their back, they couldn’t catch up and didn’t dare to.
A small media company like First Light can’t be suppressed?
That really underestimated the Pazzi family’s ability.
Claire smiled again, meaningfully: “Miss Ying, this is just the beginning.”
He has supported another entertainment company in China, waiting to take on Primeval Media.
Ying Zidian finally looked up, her eyes clear: “You’re right, this is just the beginning.”
Claire met her gaze and her heart jumped.
That uneasy feeling came up once more.
But after thinking about it for half a day, he didn’t know what kind of strength Ying had, and after shrugging his shoulders, he resumed his seat.
“Next, the award for Best Actor is enacted -” a veteran movie star glanced at his hand card and spoke, “Congratulations to the actor who played the lead role in ‘Lost Memories’, Matt Bilic! ”
The applause was thunderous.
A middle-aged foreigner came on stage to receive his award.
Dana finally smiled as she too stood up, ready to go and receive the next awards for Best Director and Best Film.
Shang Yaozhi sighed and snickered with a smile, “It still doesn’t seem to work.”
The agent was also disappointed but encouraged him, “Yaozhi, don’t be discouraged, you’re still young, there are more opportunities in the future.”
[Something’s not right, something’s not right, even though I’m a layman, it’s my brother’s acting skills that are better, right? How can the actor in Lost Memories compare to my brother’s acting?
Don’t laugh at him, he’s a slam-dunk movie star in China, but does he have a name in the international arena? Don’t say such brain-dead words, it’s a disgrace to the Chinese people.
The female secretary’s expression changed: “Boss, they really bought off the judges!”
She looked to Claire.
Not surprisingly, Claire was also looking over, smiling all over, with undisguised sarcasm and mockery in her eyes.
Ying Ziji’s fingers pressed on the phone, her voice cold: “Wait.”