When Xu Ke led the crew members to interact on the stage, the opening movie of the Venice Film Festival was officially played. In the ethereal and magical music, a little boy rode on the boat-shaped moon, and the angler was in the water.

"Oh, I know the opening of this movie. It turns out that "Shushan" is a DreamWorks movie!"

Immediately, the audience exclaimed that as Hong Kong films grew more and more prosperous, the three companies, Jiahe, DreamWorks and New Art City, have several movies sold into the European market every year. Among them, Hong Kong films are the largest in France and the UK, and there are also a few in Italy. There are even a group of European audiences who specialize in watching and collecting Hong Kong films. Therefore, the opening of DreamWorks is not unfamiliar with Italian film enthusiasts.

After the opening of DreamWorks ended, the icon of Xu Ke's movie studio was followed, and the main film was officially launched.

There were many mountains with mists and mists on the theater screen, and suddenly a stream of light flashed across the sky. In everything, the camera was a fairy-like old man who was walking on the sword, carrying a person in his hand like a chicken.

Like an arrow offline, the old man with long beards suddenly left, leaving only a small figure in the camera.

"Wow, it's so cool. Is this an Eastern wizard?"

"It should be that they used swords to fly instead of broom."

“…”

Ordinary audiences were immediately excited. They were concerned about the beautiful pictures of the Eastern fantasy world and the magical "flying magic". The film colleagues who came to enjoy the opening film were shocked by the special effects technology of "Shushan". The scenes of more than ten seconds just now were really difficult to shoot.

Of course, the special effects of "Shushan" are not against the sky. "Star Wars" ten years ago was an epoch-making special effects change, and then it continued to innovate on this basis. The special effects of "Shushan" were created by Industrial Light and Magic, and basically all the techniques explored when filming "Star Wars". However, occasionally there are some innovations.

These special effects will look rough after ten years, but when they are shown at this moment, coupled with the beautiful and novel oriental landscape scenery, the shocking power it brings to the audience is no less than watching "Star Wars" back then.

"Real person, Deng Yin has brought it back!" In front of the Taoist temple where Dream Factory paid for renovation on Qingcheng Mountain, the old man flying with his sword threw a young man to the ground.

In the original novel "The Legend of Swordsman of Shushan", Changmei Zhenren and Deng Yin are brothers. However, in this "Shushan", Deng Yin is the nephew of Changmei Zhenren.

The long-browed real man trembled his eyebrows and shouted, "I am evil, you betray the rules of Shushan Gate. You kill fellow practitioners indiscriminately, but you still have something to say!"

Deng Yin said disdainfully: "Well, that person plotted against me first, would I stand and let him kill?"

After a questioning, the long-browed real man raised his sleeve and hit his hand. One palm hit his head out of the long sleeve. The palm wind hit Deng Yin's chest, but five palm prints were printed on his back. Deng Yin was directly hit by this palm and his whole body was destroyed, and he became an abandoned sinner of the Shushan Sword Sect.

Planning: Kang Jianfei, Xu Ke

Produced by: Oriental Dream Factory

Screenwriter: Kang Jianfei, Xu Ke

Starring: Li Saifeng, He Jiajin, Zhao Yazhi, Wu Zhixiong

Director Xu Ke’s works!

When the six Chinese characters and their English subtitles appeared on the screen, Yu Yingnan, a scholar played by He Jiajin, was already running into the ruined temple in the heavy rain with a bookcase on his back, while Deng Yin, who was expelled from the sect, drank in it, and the whole story began to officially unfold.

"Dangdangdang..."

"Pussy u.Pussy u,Pussy u..."

"Boom. Boom, Boom..."

The endless magic weapons in the movie show various light and shadow and sound effects in the battle. In combination with the scenery like ink and water landscape paintings, the audience can't stop watching.

At this time, the three-hour original version of "Shushan" was screened, with a slower pace than the theater version, but it is more conducive to Western audiences to understand the movie, and it also has some literary and artistic colors of Eastern philosophy.

Especially with the Guzheng and the bamboo flute, Yu Yingnan, who was going down the mountain for the first time, was a hero and righteous man. The battle with the little villain in the bamboo forest was so beautiful that it was pleasing to the eye.

The scene was filmed in the bamboo sea in southern Shu. It was planned and strongly asked Xu Ke to add it. Originally, Xu Ke was quite resistant and thought the scene was irrelevant and occupied precious time for the film. However, after the final cut was made, it proved that the battle in the bamboo forest added a lot of color to the film.

Three hours are extremely long for a movie. If it is a slow-paced art film, it can make the audience fall asleep.

But "Shushan" is not like this. Although most European and American audiences cannot understand the deep meaning of the plot, the beautiful pictures and the plot of fighting monsters are enough to make them happy to watch.

At the end of the film, Yu Yingnan and Li Yingqiong defeated the villain Deng Yin with the help of everyone. They carried long swords on their backs, stepped on the flying boat, walked through the rolling clouds, and headed towards the sunset in the sky.

"Smack it..."

The audience burst into applause, which lasted for several minutes.

"Oriental Fantasy Invasion of Venice"

"Shushan premiere won a lot of praise, and the applause lasted for five minutes"

"Flying Sword Replaces Broomstick, Incredible Oriental Magic"

"…"

The premiere of "Shushan" won praise in Venice, mainly because of its excellent special effects and the novel oriental fantasy world, which brought these foreigners a strong sense of freshness.

Of course, some people criticized the depravity of the Venice Film Festival judges, saying that they actually chose a commercial film with no meaning as the opening film, but this statement cannot cause much storm.

In the next half month, actors such as Li Saifeng and Zhao Yazhi followed Xu Ke and his wife, running between the venues, attending some publicity activities everywhere, and sometimes accepting interviews from foreign media. Jiang Zhiqiang and Ye Zhiming began to contact publishers from all over the country, but never signed a contract.

Because "Shushan" has been shortlisted for the main competition unit, if you can win the award in the end, it will be extremely beneficial to the box office, and DreamWorks can also gain more benefits from publishers.

It was not until the end of September that Hong Kong had already completed the preliminary preparations for "A Chinese Ghost Story" and the Venice Film Festival ushered in the closing ceremony.

In the Movie Palace, the award presenter opened the envelope: "What I want to announce is the special prize of the jury, which is "Tango, Gadell's Exile" directed by Fernando Solanas..."

The special prize of the jury is not a fixed prize. Sometimes it is only awarded once every two or three years, and sometimes several trophies are awarded in one night. The main prizes are for those movies that cannot win the Golden Lion Award and Silver Lion Award, but some judges especially like.

Xu is self-aware. Although he has expectations for the Golden Lion and Silver Lion, he also knows that it is difficult to get the commercial film "Shushan", so his positioning was to win the special prize of the jury.

When Xu Ke heard the award presenter read the co-production between Argentina and France, he felt cold and knew that he had missed the only opportunity.

Tang Shuxuan knew Xu Ke’s thoughts and comforted him: “Next time, there will be opportunities in the future.”

Shi Nansheng also quietly held her husband's hand and silently gave Xu Ke support. She thought that "Shushan" would have a great hope of winning the jury's special award after being selected as the opening film.

"I'm fine." Xu Ke exhaled and forced a smile.

For Xu Ke, the time after that was almost like a year, and he just wanted to end up early and go back to the hotel to sleep.

Amid endless applause, the awards for Best Actor and Best Actress were settled, and the awards ceremony began to enter the highlight of tonight.

"The one who won the 42nd Best Silver Lion Award is Xu Ke from "Shushan", from Hong Kong."

Tang Shuxuan was so shocked that she sat upright. Shi Nansheng was stunned for a moment and turned to look at his husband, while Xu Ke himself seemed to have not heard it.

"Old Xu, "Shushan" won the award!" Shi Nansheng pushed Xu Ke violently.

Xu Ke then realized, smiled and hugged the people around him, and joked: "I thought I had heard it wrong."

The Golden Lion Award for Venice Film is positioned as the best film every year, while the Silver Lion Award is much more flexible. It can be awarded to a distinctive film, a good director's debut, and even awarded for its unique directorial techniques.

The applause at the scene became warm again. Many people knew when "Shushan" was selected for the opening film that the film would most likely win awards at the Venice Film Festival. But as Xu Ke expected, they also believed that "Shushan" won at most one special prize on the jury. Unexpectedly, the jury actually awarded a Silver Lion Award to "Shushan".

Jiang Zhiqiang and Ye Zhiming also laughed happily. "Shushan" won a Silver Lion Award. When they negotiated with the publisher, they became much thicker.

"Thanks to the judges of the Venice Film Festival," Xu Ke took the Silver Lion Trophy and said in his arms. "For me, this trip to Venice has too many surprises. "Shushan" can become the opening film of the film festival, which is a big wake-up. Unexpectedly, the more exciting one is still behind. I can stand here at this moment. I must thank all the colleagues in the crew of "Shushan" and my parents and friends. I also want to thank my wife Shi Nansheng, who has always encouraged me and helped me complete the movie. Finally, I want to thank my boss Mr. Kang Jianfei, who is a super investment in Hong Kong. I also stopped filming and denied the previous script. It was Mr. Kang who gave me financial support to enable this movie to finally be released. Thank you Mr. Kang!"

After the award ceremony, Xu Ke and all the members of the crew of "Shushan" became the focus of media attention.

There is no way. "Shushan" won the second largest award at the Venice Film Festival, and it was the opening film. It was not enough to be low-key.

So, the people who originally planned to return to Hong Kong early had to stay in Venice for a few more days. Jiang Zhiqiang and Ye Zhiming also became the targets of many publishers, spending time in foreign countries tired and happy in bargaining.
Chapter completed!