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Neon's film industry is in decline, and the film industry has long been surpassed or even crushed by Chinese films, but its Tokyo Film Festival is currently the best in Asia.

There is a concept to distinguish here: film festivals and film awards are not the same thing.

Film festivals, such as the three major ones in Europe, were originally founded for screenings and art exhibitions for film exchanges. Almost all the people who participate in the film festivals are films that have never been released. Of course, now that they have developed, everyone values ​​the final award results.

Film awards such as the Oscars are to select outstanding films that have been released in the past year and give awards and honors. The registration requirements must be those that have been released in the past year.

Therefore, some people compare the Tokyo Film Festival with the Golden Horse Statue, which is actually a bit inconsistent.

A movie can participate in film festivals before it is released, and win film awards after it is released. For example, Jiang Wen's "Sunny Days" participated in the Venice Film Festival in 1994, was released in China in 1995, and then went to Wanwan to participate in the Golden Horse Awards in 1996.

I say this because Wu Yuchen is sitting on a flight to Tokyo at this moment. "The Two of Us" was successfully shortlisted for the Tokyo Film Festival.

This time Wu Yuchen came with Zhou Xun and Tang Yu. Old Mrs. Jin Yaqin was getting old, so she didn't come with her.

In addition to Zhou Xun, there are two other crew members who were also shortlisted for this Tokyo Film Festival, "Face" and "Red Light Stop, Green Light Go".

This "Face Changing" is not the one by Wu Baige, but Chinese traditional culture, and the director is Wu Tianming. Maybe some people have never heard of this person, but let’s talk about one of the movies he directed, which should be said to be his posthumous film, "A Hundred Birds Pay Attention to the Phoenix". At that time, the producer knelt down to beg for box office, which aroused public discussion.

Whether it is "A Hundred Birds Pay Attendance to the Phoenix" or "Changing Faces", they both focus on traditional Chinese culture. To be honest, they are both very conscientious domestic films. Wu Yuchen still admires director Wu Tianming.

The director of another film, "Stop on Red, Go on Green," is Huang Jianxin, a very experienced director who has won the Golden Rooster and Five Ones, and is the leader of the Chinese team heading to the Tokyo Film Festival this time.

Compared to Wu Tianming who is taciturn, Huang Jianxin is quite talkative and even chatted with Wu Yuchen across the aisle:

"Xiao Wu, you have a bright future! When I was your age, I didn't even know what a movie was. I didn't have the opportunity to make my first movie until I was in my 30s."

"Teacher Huang is overly praised. The environment is getting better and better. If it weren't for the funds provided by the movie channel, I wouldn't be able to film it!" Wu Yuchen said modestly.

"Well, you said that the domestic economy is getting better and better, but our movie box office is getting worse and worse. Ten years ago, our total national box office was still more than 3 billion. That year, "Lushan Love" " was released, and the movie ticket cost 25 cents a piece, and the box office exceeded 100 million in half a month.

Looking at it now, the ticket price in Beijing can be sold for 15 yuan, and the total box office is less than half of the original. Let alone the box office of over 100 million, it is difficult to reach 50 million, and it has to rely on Cheng Long from Hong Kong Island to support it!

Alas, if you catch up at this time, you don’t know whether it’s good or bad…”

Huang Jianxin shook his head and sighed.

Wu Yuchen's heart has not yet come to an end. When the total box office dropped to 800 million a few years later at the beginning of the century, many film practitioners were really desperate. In those two years, many fresh graduates of film-related majors either chose to study. To be a teacher, you have to take the public examination.

"Teacher Huang, I believe it will get better and better in the future. When the economy improves and people have money, more people will watch movies!"

"I hope so. When I get to Tokyo, I'll go support you!"

"Thank you so much, Teacher Huang!"

Wu Yuchen was relieved when he saw that this person didn't speak anymore. He always felt that chatting with him felt like chatting with a leader. Then he glanced at the woman sitting next to Huang Jianxin, who was also the heroine of his movie, Ding Jiali. Well, she is the eldest sister and ex-girlfriend of Sun Honglei in his previous life.

According to legend, Sun Honglei approached this eldest sister for resources. The eldest sister helped him obtain a lot of good resources. After he got popular, he kicked the eldest sister away.

Wu Yuchen doesn't know whether this rumor is true or not, but some marketing accounts say that the eldest sister knelt down to Lao Mouzi and Zhang Weiping to get a chance for Sun Honglei, which is pure nonsense. "My Father and Mother" was filmed in 1998, and Sun Honglei and his eldest sister only met when they were rehearsing the drama "Madame Curie" in 1999. He was no longer an unknown person before he met his eldest sister.

At this time, he called Zhou Xun, who was sitting by the window and looking outside: "Director Wu, look outside, it's so beautiful!"

This was Zhou Xunke's first time flying. Looking at the blue sky and layers of clouds outside the plane, he jumped for joy.

Wu Yuchen couldn't help but laugh when he saw Zhou Xun's childlike appearance at this moment.

…

Wu Yuchen has participated in the Berlin Film Festival and the Sydney Film Festival before. The procedures are actually very similar, so he has always had a stable mentality. But Zhou Xun is not the same. It is the first time to go abroad and the first time to participate in a film festival. He is so excited. The child never stopped.

The Tokyo Film Festival is similar to the three major ones in Europe, and is divided into various screening units. This time, "The Two of Us" was shortlisted for the main competition unit, and was given a special exhibition hall, with a translator and two staff members. Come here, Xiaoli’s services in this area are indeed better than those in Europe.

After this, the usual practice is to put up the prepared promotional posters, display signs, banners and the like.

He paid for all the publicity himself. He had already negotiated with the movie channel and the overseas copyright of the movie belonged to Wu Yuchen, so this time he called Tang Yu over to help. This time there were two more staff members, and they were much faster. It was done in one afternoon.

On September 27, this year's film festival officially kicked off. This time Wu Yuchen was also invited to walk on the opening red carpet with Zhou Xun, and the treatment was much higher than before.

The film festival was held in Roppongi, an area lined with shopping malls and office buildings. Wu Yuchen pulled Zhou Xun along the red carpet. After looking past the crowds on both sides of the red carpet, he could see white-collar beauties working and shopping just a few feet away. It made Wu Yuchen feel a little weird.

However, there is an advantage to being in such a downtown area, that is, it can attract so many passers-by and spectators. When he first returned to the exhibition hall, Tang Yu told him that it was almost full.

Asuka originally came to Roppongi for shopping today, but accidentally saw the film festival being held, so she came in curiously with her friend Yukina.

Originally, the two women were just wandering around. When they walked to a poster, they saw a slap-faced girl about the same age as her, hugging an old lady with a kind smile from behind, and resting her chin on her shoulder, forming a pose. A very warm and harmonious picture appeared, which reminded Asuka of her grandmother who brought her up in her hometown far away, and she couldn't help but stop.

"Yukina-chan, shall we watch this?"

"Didn't you say that you just want to watch casually? If you watch a movie, you won't have time to go shopping~"

"Since we've been shopping for so long, let's just find a place to rest, okay~" Asuka took her friend's hand and acted coquettishly.

"Okay, okay, it just so happens that my feet are a little sore too."

"Yukina-chan is the best!"

After saying that, the two women held hands and bought tickets to enter the "Two of Us" exhibition hall. After they entered the theater, there were already many people sitting in the theater. Not long after they sat down, the lights in the hall went out.

The name of the movie "You and me" appeared on the big screen, and what surprised the audience was that the movie was thoughtfully accompanied by Japanese subtitles. This is also a version that Wu Yuchen paid for out of his own pocket. After all, selling the copyright of "Two of Us" this time is mainly to make money for his small life.

At the beginning of the movie, I saw a little girl riding a bicycle in the ice and snow. She was alone and seemed a little helpless. Soon she arrived at the old lady's courtyard.

A few words of conversation let Asuka know that the girl was a student living in the capital and wanted to rent a house. This made Asuka feel a little bit involved. After all, she also came to the metropolis Tokyo from her hometown alone after graduating from high school, and she felt deeply about this.

But during the price negotiation, the old lady showed a mean face, which gave Asuka a little bad impression.

After the girl moved in, the two continued to have conflicts over daily trivial matters, such as gas, phone calls, electric heating, etc. She disliked the old lady's shrewdness and meanness. Watching Zhou Xun complain to an abandoned little stray dog ​​on the roadside, she wanted to take it back for adoption but she couldn't even feed it herself and had to give up. Asuka couldn't help but feel sour in her heart. This was what she had experienced. .

However, when I saw that the old lady fell into a long silence after knowing that she had misunderstood the girl, she hung up the fallen lantern little by little, kept looking at the girl's room on the New Year's Eve, and cooked a table of meals for her to come back. , Asuka couldn't help but feel a warm current in her heart, and her view of the old lady changed greatly.

Seeing the girl come back and sit at the dinner table with the old lady, with brilliant fireworks blooming outside, this scene of the two of them spending time together made Asuka unconsciously smile.

The white snow in winter, the green leaves in spring, the warm sunshine and heavy rain in summer. As the scenery changes, the relationship between the old lady and Xiao Ma becomes increasingly harmonious. When the girl fell in love in the summer, the old lady even sat alone at the door. Talking to the puppy outside, he kept comforting the girl who locked herself in the room. And with the arrival of autumn leaves, the girl is moving away.

Seeing the old lady holding the girl's hand, the continuous questions "Really moved away? Really moved out? Really moved out? Just moved out?", each sentence seemed to cut through Asuka like a knife. The softness of her heart made her burst into tears.

The old lady's face was wrinkled, her eyes were gray and empty, and she looked so lost. She looked so pitiful at the moment, which made Asuka extremely uncomfortable!

"No! Don't move away!" Asuka squeezed her friend's hand and murmured.

However, the girl did not hear her call and left anyway. Her departure also seemed to take away the soul of the old lady. She fell ill soon after and the courtyard was also used as a wedding room for her grandson.

At the end of the film, when the next harsh winter comes, I watch the girl and the sick old lady looking at each other in a country house without saying anything. There are only thousands of tears, and Asuka covers her mouth and keeps sobbing softly.

The old lady passed away in the end, but this relationship remained in the heart of the sad girl forever, and moved all the audiences present.

At this moment, Yukina also had red eyes, but she still hugged Asuka to comfort her.

Asuka wiped her tears, leaned her head on Yukina's shoulder and cried in a slightly hoarse voice:

"Xue Nai, I miss my grandma back home..."

When the lights in the theater came on, there was no applause in the hall. Many people were sobbing softly. Some had red eye circles, and some kept wiping them with tissues.

Originally, the organizer's translator wanted to pick up the microphone and remind everyone, but was stopped by Wu Yuchen and gave these viewers some time. After a while, Wu Yuchen took Zhou Xun and the translator to the center of the front desk.

"This is Wu Sang, the director of the movie "The Two of Us" and Ms. Zhou, the starring role. Please welcome everyone with applause!"

When the audience heard this, the applause slowly sounded, getting louder and louder, and it took a while to stop.

After Wu Yuchen and Zhou Xun greeted everyone, they quickly arrived at the on-site communication session.

The first person I called was a middle-aged woman about forty years old. She wore glasses and had red eye circles. She stood up and asked:

"Director, is this a real thing? Although it is a bit presumptuous, it really feels too real to me, as if it happened to me twenty years ago."

Wu Yuchen took the microphone and explained:

"The creative source of the film comes from a true story that I observed happening around me. When the old lady died of illness, I felt a lot of emotions,"

"Thank you, director. This movie really moved me a lot. In today's Tokyo, it is hard to see this kind of strangers warming each other's feelings. I still remember that when I was a child, it was obvious that the neighbors were very friendly. Uncles and aunts are very affectionate, but now they may not even say hello when they meet..."

This middle-aged woman seemed to be inspired by the movie and spoke for a while before stopping.

However, Wu Yuchen and everyone present were not impatient. This is the atmosphere of the film festival, and what she said touched many people deeply. Especially after the collapse of the neon economy in the past few years, everyone has become more indifferent to each other, making the entire society more indifferent to each other.

Wu Yuchen then called on several more viewers and answered their questions one by one. When he called on a girl about 20 years old, she stood up and asked:

"Director, why are you so cruel? Does the girl have to move away?"

This question made Wu Yuchen feel a little funny. How could he film it later if he didn't move it?

However, he also knew that these were assumptions often made by audiences who had already empathized with and resonated with the movie, so he said:

"A girl cannot stay with an old lady forever. Everyone has their own life."

"But I feel so sad. If she hadn't moved away, the old lady wouldn't have gotten sick or passed away. If it were me, I would have regrets for the rest of my life..." Asuka shed tears again as she spoke.

Wu Yuchen looked at this sensual neon soft girl, his mind moved, he cleared his throat, and said a classic movie line that has not yet been born in a slightly deeper tone:

"Life is like a train bound for the grave. There will be many stops on the way. It is difficult for someone to accompany you from beginning to end. When the person accompanying you gets off the train, you should be grateful even if you are reluctant to leave, and then wave goodbye. "

After Wu Yuchen finished speaking, the entire auditorium fell silent, and Asuka stood there blankly, with these words echoing in her mind.

A moment later, the audience burst into roaring applause, which lasted for a long time!

Wu Yuchen bowed slightly to thank him, but he was not surprised that the audience had this reaction. After all, this is Neon’s most classic animated film, the most classic line in “Spirited Away” which has dominated Neon’s box office for more than 20 years!

It would be strange if these little people are not touched!