Chapter 243 254 [The Godfather of Asian Films is Born! ]

Perhaps in the eyes of some European and American directors who are familiar with the routines of film festivals, a Chinese director winning the Golden Bear Award is just an attempt by one of the three major European film festivals to make friends with the Chinese market, so the three golds won by this artist Li are not of high gold content.

But no matter how high he is, let me ask you a question: is he a three-award winning director?

If yes, that’s enough!
Li Yishu also doesn’t care about the value of his three gold awards. He only knows that after winning the three gold awards, his own value will be greatly improved.

Zhang Yimou later became a national master by directing the Yanjing Olympics. Now, Li Yishu, who has won three gold medals, may not be a national master, but at least she must be a film master!

When Li Yishu came down from the stage with the trophy in her hand, she felt an unprecedented excitement and clarity.

She returned to her seat with the crew in a daze. Facing the congratulations from Qiu Fusheng and others, Li Yishu smiled happily and felt extremely happy inside.

This is just like drinking a bottle of iced soda on a hot day, refreshing from the top of your head all the way to the soles of your feet. To quote a phrase that later appeared on the Internet: With the three golds in hand, the world is mine!
Gong Li played with the Golden Bear Award in her hand. She had also handled this trophy when “Red Sorghum” won it, but this one was different. This was Lee Yi-su’s third trophy, and the last piece of the puzzle to create China’s first three-award-winning director.

“Yishu, I didn’t realize you have the potential to be a great poet!”

After playing with it for a while, Gong Li looked up and said with a smile: “Follow your dreams and live up to your youth, keep your original aspiration in mind and forge ahead, and go through many hardships without falling from the sky. Which film festival do you want to compose poems at next time?”

Li Yishu said with a smile: “Golden Rooster Award? Popular Hundred Flowers Award?”

“If you want to get it, you have a chance this year.”

Gong Li thought that Lee Ye-seok really wanted to win, and immediately began to analyze: “Your Farewell My Concubine can definitely apply for the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards, and your Central Station can also be applied for. Don’t you have two other movies on hand? You can also apply for them.”

“Let’s talk about it after we return home.”

Li Yishu smiled. If he took “Farewell My Concubine” and “Central Station” to participate in the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards, it would be fine if he won the awards, but if he didn’t, wouldn’t it be a slap in the face of his leaders?

However, the current Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers awards are more or less fair and just, unlike later when they became completely a decoration.

After the award ceremony, Li Yishu, as the biggest winner of this year’s Berlin Film Festival, naturally brought the entire creative team to attend the cocktail party held by the Berlin Film Festival.

At the cocktail party, reporters from all over the world surrounded Li Yishu.

Today, Lee Ye-su not only won the Berlin Golden Bear Award, but also became the fourth director in the world to win the three European gold awards, and the first Asian director to win the three gold awards.

Regardless of whether there will be a second Asian director who will win the three major awards in the future, Lee Ye-seok is the undisputed No. 1!

The impact it has caused is unprecedented.

The first Chinese director to win three major awards, the first Asian director to win three major awards, and the youngest director to win three major awards in the world…

Just based on the titles, the reporters on the scene have countless articles to write and report.

After getting rid of these reporters, reporters from Xinhua News Agency came.

It is an old tradition for Lee Yi-su to accept an exclusive interview with Xinhua News Agency after winning the award. This year, he not only won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival, but also created the honor of winning the Triple Gold Grand Slam.

Not to mention whether Xinhua News Agency will come to interview, if they don’t come, Li Yishu will also go to them.

This is a great opportunity for Li Yishu to establish a golden image in China.

“Hello, Director Li, we are Gao Yanan, a reporter from Xinhua News Agency!”

Gao Yanan, a reporter from Xinhua News Agency’s Berlin office, looked at Li Yishu with excitement and said, “First of all, on behalf of Xinhua News Agency’s Berlin branch, I would like to congratulate Director Li for winning the European Triple Gold Grand Slam, which has brought glory to us Chinese. I wonder if you have anything to say to your fans in China who support you thousands of miles away at this moment?”

“Thank you!”

Li Yishu thanked him politely and then said with a smile, “I don’t think I have anything to say now. This award speaks for itself! I lived up to everyone’s expectations and won three gold medals!”

As he spoke, he held up the Golden Bear Award in his hand with a wanton smile on his face.

The Xinhua News Agency photographer who was following Gao Yanan also took photos of her as soon as possible.

at the same time.

As Lee Yi-su was interviewed while holding up the Golden Bear Award, the Time magazine headquarters was far away in the United States.

Maria, who was responsible for interviewing Li Yishu more than half a month ago, is now anxiously waiting for the faxed information from her colleagues in Germany.

Originally, Lee Yi-su’s interview should have been published in Time magazine in early February, but when Maria learned that Lee Yi-su was about to attend the Berlin Film Festival, she thought that this might be another hot news topic.

Looking back, it has not been long since Lee Yi-su has been competing for the three major European awards. She emerged at the Venice Film Festival in 1991, won the Golden Lion Award at the age of 21, won the Cannes Palme d’Or at the age of 23, and this year competed in the Berlin Film Festival at the age of 24.

In just three years, Li Yishu launched three assaults. The first two were successful. Will this last one be successful? Will he win three battles in a row, or will he be defeated like Napoleon at Waterloo? “Here it comes, here it comes. The news is coming back from Berlin!”

Suddenly someone shouted in the office area, and Maria was the first to run to the fax machine.

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Accompanied by the sound of printing in the fax machine, a whole sheet of paper came out soon.

Maria picked it up first and read it quickly. She burst into laughter and said, “Quick, tell the editor-in-chief that we can put Art Li on the international edition. He has won three European gold medals!”

Having said that, she ignored the surprised looks of her colleagues around her, handed the fax paper to the colleague next to her, and ran back to her workstation in a hurry.

Pick up a pen and paper and start writing quickly.

“From 1991 to 1994, in four years, the Chinese artist Li made a sprint to the three international film festivals of Venice, Cannes and Berlin. Before writing this article, I couldn’t help but wonder if he could win all three battles?”

“You know, he successfully won the gold medal twice before!”

“As news of the Berlin Film Festival spread from Berlin to the United States, the moment the photo of Art Lee holding the Golden Bear Award appeared in front of me, I knew that the godfather of Asian cinema had been born.”

“Art Lee has won the Lion Award, the Brown Award, and the Bear Award. He has achieved an honor that countless film directors cannot achieve in their lifetime. Since the birth of the three major European film festivals, only four people have won this honor, and Lee Yi-su is one of them.”

“Artistic Li is also the youngest of the four directors who have won three Golden Globes. He is only 24 years old this year. Both his age and the talent he has shown are rare in the world. I am afraid even God would be jealous of him!”

“I really can’t calm down my emotions now. Although I only met Art Li once, during the interview, I could feel that he was different from the Chinese people we have seen. He was so energetic and talented. He was not only modest and polite, but also had the frivolity of a young man…”

“I still remember asking Art Li at the end of the interview whether he considered himself the greatest director in China or even among the Chinese people.”

“He told me: If it were at this moment, I could solemnly tell you that I am the number one Chinese director!”

“Now I want to tell you, Li, you are not only the best Chinese director, but also the best director in Asia! You are also the youngest director in the world to win three Golden Globes!”

“The well-deserved Godfather of Asian Cinema!”

“Please allow me to send my sincere blessings and utmost admiration to this young, handsome and talented godfather of Asian films.”

After Maria finished writing the article in one go, she put down her pen, looked at the contents on the paper, and after reading ten lines at a glance, she was very satisfied.

When she took the article to the editor-in-chief, the editor-in-chief frowned and asked, “Isn’t what you wrote a little too exaggerated?”

“No, it’s not an exaggeration at all!”

Maria took a deep breath and said, “Li Zhen is very, very talented, and he deserves such praise. Besides, Mr. Editor-in-Chief, don’t you want to take this opportunity to promote our Time magazine to the Chinese market? That is a huge market with one billion people!”

After so many years of development, Time magazine currently has a main U.S. edition, an international edition, a European edition, an Asian edition, and a South Pacific edition.

However, the Asian edition is currently limited to Hong Kong, radiating to the surrounding Formosa and Macau, as well as neighboring Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asian countries. The Chinese market with the largest population has always been the one that Time magazine wanted to enter.

However, the domestic media sector has not yet been fully liberalized, so it is still very difficult for Time Magazine to enter the Chinese market.

“Well…what you said makes some sense, but this is not something I can decide. I have to report to my superiors.” The editor-in-chief seemed a little hesitant. He was just an editor-in-chief, responsible for the content review of Time magazine, but not responsible for expanding the magazine’s market share.

Maria quickly said: “Then contact the editor-in-chief quickly. I believe he will agree.”

“Let me try.” The editor-in-chief also wanted to make progress. If he could use this article to help Time magazine enter the Chinese market, then he, as the editor-in-chief, would definitely be rewarded in the future.

A phone call was made directly to Bell, the editor-in-chief of Time magazine, who was on vacation at home.

After hearing the news, Editor-in-Chief Bell was a little surprised that there was such a capable person under the headquarters. After thinking for a while, he nodded and said, “Okay! Since you want to promote him, then promote him as much as possible. Contact the International Edition, Asian Edition, European Edition, and Pacific Edition to jointly publish this artist Li!”

“This… Editor-in-Chief, are you sure you want to do this?” The editor-in-chief was extremely surprised. It was so un-American to promote a Chinese person like this.

“You guys get ready first. I’ll call President Doral Mori now!”

Since Editor-in-Chief Bell said so, the chief editor naturally couldn’t say much.

After hanging up the phone, the editor-in-chief immediately instructed his subordinates to start preparing the manuscript first, and to notify other branches at the same time to make preparations in advance. Regardless of whether it could be used or not, at least the articles that everyone praised could not be the same, and they had to be praised in different ways.

“Maria, take this manuscript back and polish it. Also, have someone collect the past information of this artist Li and make it as complete as possible. Also, send someone to Berlin, Germany, to conduct an exclusive interview with Li Yishu.”

“Yes!!”

(End of this chapter)