Being a director starts with fighting domestic violence

There was a burst of warm applause from the audience.

Many of the Chinese filmmakers present were especially excited and stood up to give the two directors and the crew their warmest applause.

This is the first time that a Chinese director has won the most prestigious gold award at Venice Film Festival!

This is a historic moment!

Gao You and Wang Qiyun adjusted their mood, hugged Director Mo and the others one by one, and then slowly walked towards the podium.

After receiving the award, Wang Qiyun signaled Gao You to speak first.

Gao You held the trophy in his hand and looked at the filmmakers in the audience. He felt an unprecedented sense of relaxation, as well as a sense of mission.

"Thanks to the jury. They gave me such great encouragement even though I'm here for the first time!" Gao You first thanked the judges.

"The movie 'After Dawn' is just to give a little light to those women in difficult situations. Don't be afraid, the day will always come, we are here. The day will always get dark, don't be afraid, we are here."

After winning the award, Gao You, in addition to preparing for the nationwide release of "After Dawn", also set up a women's projection team in the country in the name of the Women Filmmakers Association.

This women's screening team is mainly composed of the Wujiang Rescue Team and funded by the Wujiang Foundation.

They would bring projection equipment and go to many remote mountain villages to show them movies.

Show movies such as "After Dawn", "Extreme 8848" and "The Law Also Responsible for Everyone", and TV series such as "No Longer Silent" and "Working Sister".

Gao You heard Xiaozhen say that they had rarely watched movies since they were young, and even when there were movies shown in the village, they rarely watched them. They were reluctant to spend a dollar or a few cents to watch a movie.

These women, who are in the most need of help, may have never walked into a cinema and watched a movie about them in their entire lives.

So now that Gao You had the ability, he organized this projection team.

The projection team has uniform clothing and equipment, and every time they go to a village to show a movie, they will promote it so that everyone in the village can watch the movie for free.

In order to prevent any accidents, the projection team also explained to the villagers that they were not just a few people, but there were many of them all over the country.

If they don't leave on time, the higher-ups will think something has happened to them and will come directly to the village.

This made many villages behave themselves and they dared not take any action.

Many women who have never left the mountains in their entire lives cried when they watched "Silent No Longer", "After Dawn" and "The Law Does Not Punish the Masses".

They may not understand the words "self-reliance" and "independence", but there is a seed planted in their hearts that will slowly take root, sprout and grow.

This screening team will continue to be held in as many places as possible to show more women's films.

After completing the post-production of "Rescue 1998", Gao You also participated in the filming of several military education films in the factory, and collaborated with Wang Lan to shoot a TV series about female soldiers "Just a Soldier".

While Gao You was busy, various changes took place in the domestic film industry, and foreign films began to be introduced into the country.

Among them are various Hollywood blockbusters, which have a huge impact on the domestic film market.

However, this also made the domestic film market much more active for a time, with a sense of letting a hundred flowers bloom, but the competition in the domestic film industry also became much greater.

In this slowly competitive film market, the comedy "The Winding Way Home" was released.

Although this film did not win many awards, its atmosphere was lighthearted and quite instructive. It was well received upon its release, sparking a wave of movie-watching and ultimately earning more than 30 million at the box office.

Although "A Winding Way Home" seems so simple compared to Hollywood blockbusters, it is really surprising that it has achieved such box office results in such a market.

Especially since the cost of this film was no more than one million, plus two million in publicity expenses, but the box office was as high as 30 million. This rate of return made Gao You, the investor, really happy for a while.

After watching the movie "The Winding Road Home", Yang Peng had an in-depth chat with Gao You.

Yang Peng, who has a cheerful personality, is very suitable for commercial comedy films with female themes as the main focus.

Currently, there is almost no film in this area, but Gao You has analyzed to her that there is great potential for this market in the future.

The first person to try something new will always reap the biggest benefits, so Yang Peng has no reason to give up.

She decided to work with Gao You, and use the salary and dividends from "The Winding Road Home" to invest in Gao You's company, and go into the comedy film industry in the future.

The film "The Law Does Not Hold Us Accountable" directed by Yan Hui and Cai Lanze was also completed. It later won the Jury Prize at the Sartorialist Film Festival and performed well when it was released in China.

During the Spring Festival of 1995, "Rescue 1998" was released nationwide. At this time, the domestic film market gradually took shape of New Year films.

Competition in the film market has also become much more intense, especially when competing with Hollywood blockbusters for screenings.

However, Gao You is not in a hurry. She has invested more in publicity and has adopted more diverse marketing methods. In addition to her fame, she has a great advantage in scheduling films.

This is the first disaster film released in China, with grand scenes and thrilling stories. Although the special effects are not as good as those imported blockbusters, the shock it gives is not much different.

Moreover, the anti-trafficking campaign in the country is still ongoing and has always been a hot topic among everyone.

"Rescue 1998" eventually achieved a box office of over 100 million yuan in the country.

This is the first domestic film to gross over 100 million yuan in a long time.

Although the film achieved this result due to the right timing and location, as well as the fact that some units and schools organized viewings, it also further proves the appeal of director Gao You.

At the end of 1995, Gao You left the Bayi Film Studio and was preparing for the first part of his commercial film "Fantasy Dragon Universe".

In early 1996, the film "Fantasy Dragon Universe", directed by Gao You, written by Qu Linglang, photographed by Zhou Can, and starring Liu Xiaozhen, was filmed in mainland China and then moved to Hong Kong for filming.

The movie begins with Long Wushuang growing up and leaving the mountain village.

After Long Wushuang discovered the tomb-robbing gang on the train, he cooperated with the police and captured the gang.

Afterwards, she pretended to be a member of the tomb-robbing gang and went to Hong Kong by mistake, where she started a cat-and-mouse game with the Hong Kong cultural relics trafficking group.

On the surface, Long Wushuang is a simple and honest country girl, but in reality she is pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger. She deals with these criminal groups in various ways, gradually realizes her plan, gets close to the Hai family, and finally finds one of the national treasures and returns it to the country.

The overall style of the movie is comedy, but the plot is thrilling and full of twists and turns.

The character of Long Wushuang is very complex and changeable. In the eyes of outsiders, she is pure and innocent, but she has rich and profound knowledge of cultural relics and is adept at identifying antiques. She seems to be someone who can be easily manipulated and used.

But in reality, Long Wushuang, who was raised by three masters with different personalities, is meticulous, calm, rational, even a little cruel. He is ruthless and never shows mercy to his enemies.