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Cannes Film Festival Awards Ceremony Live.

Huang Sibo, Zhu Xiaozhi, Lu Zhiyuan, Zhang Zuting, Lin Ruyi... The main actors of "A Good Tomorrow" sat in a row under the stage.

Huang Sibao, dressed in formal clothes and tied his neck, looked like a man. Although he had a confident smile on his face, unfortunately, he did not understand English or French very well.

It was only on such occasions that it became apparent that the fourth level of English was simply a gift.

“Kobayashi, when the prize is awarded later, is it in English or French? You wouldn't miss it, would you?” Huang Sibo asked softly.

Lin Ruyi glanced at him: “Brother Huang, what are you thinking? It would be nice if we could take a red carpet and soy sauce. Are you really looking forward to winning the prize? ”

Huang Sibao expressed dissatisfaction: “What, do you think President Bai's script is bad or Lu Yingdi's acting is not good enough? ”

“Moreover, the whole scene was quite lively during the previous screening, everyone applauded, and I watched as if only twenty or thirty people had left halfway, and everyone else had watched the whole thing. Can't you win a prize yet? ”

Lin Ruyi shook his head and deliberately lowered his voice, but when he thought about it, no one understood Chinese, he raised the volume a little bit.

“Brother Huang, you don't know the content of this piece, and it's normal to have this idea. After all, this film exhibition was handled by Lin's company. ”

“Cannes' film campaign is conditional and must be completed 12 months before the festival and cannot be shown at other international festivals. Commercial operations in the home country can be carried out, but they have been carried out outside the home country and are, in principle, less successful. ”

Huang Sibo stunned: “What else is there to talk about? So this movie doesn't seem to qualify? ”

Lin Ruyi nodded: “Yes, but the film festival is also a networking place to be honest. The rules are set by people. Although" A Good Tomorrow "has been shown, the heat is very low now, and there has been no particularly heated discussion, let alone participation in other film festivals. ”

“These festivals now have these mandatory requirements in place to lock in more quality film resources and ensure the quality and heat of the festivals. ”

“In fact, some award-winning films in Berlin, Venice and elsewhere can also come to the Cannes Film Festival, except for some very good, top-notch films that can be awarded, which are basically difficult to select. ”

“In addition to this, Cannes has a delicate relationship with film distributors, some of which can enter the main competition unit, where resources are said to be exchanged. Of course, this is rarely the case. And at best bring in the candidate, win the prize or watch the quality of the film itself, which is the bottom line for Cannes. ”

“So you get it?" Good Tomorrow "because the heat is very low and the quality is too hard abroad, plus some factors we don't know, the judge made an exception to let us play soy sauce, but don't think about winning the prize, we can come here to walk the red carpet, meet the world, we have already made blood. ”

Huang Sibao is a bit unfortunate. Although he is in charge of Feihuang Studios, he is the most amateur of all people on site and has been in a “shock” lately. Although he is also studying, he has not yet learned about this.

I am not responsible for movie reviews and naturally do not know these doorways.

“Well, that's a shame. I knew we'd bring the film to the jury first, then we'll show it?” Huang Sibo complained indignantly.

Lin Ruyi shook his head: “Too much thought, many good films in the country came to Cannes without grains, and" A Good Tomorrow "is probably choking enough; besides, who can think of that long? ”

“Besides, similar festivals have to be familiar with each other. Many award-winning directors attend many times. The festival is a relationship with their sons and fathers. Let's not say that Cannes is no longer well known in China...”

“So, don't think about it so much, just hit the soy sauce and we'll be done, we can come here to fight the soy sauce, it's already stained with President Pei's light, seconds to kill a lot of movies in the country, okay? ”

Huang Sibo thought about it, and it seems to be the same thing.

However, at this point, Zhu Xiaozhi, who had been listening to the discussion between the two people, inserted a sentence: "Xiaolin, Cannes is different from Oscar. At the last award ceremony, if no nomination wins, the organizing committee would normally not inform the crew to participate, so they can pack their bags directly. That means we can get at least one award. ”

Lin Ruyi's eyes instantly lit up: “Really? ”

Zhu Xiaozhi hesitated: “Well... this is the case for the most part, but very individual cases will also call for some nominations. Anyway, I think it's promising to get an award like the best new guy. ”

“After all, we have to be confident that the quality of our films is here. ”

During the discussion, an award began to be published.

Short gold palms, best virgins, special mention...

After each award, the lucky winner stepped on the red carpet to receive the award, and the live audience applauded with enduring enthusiasm.

In a place like this, good cinematographers will be rewarded with respect like God.

Zhu Xiaozhi and others also applauded, but the more waiting, the more things felt wrong.

The awards ceremony lasted more than an hour from the official start to the end, but it was more than forty minutes since I looked at the watch.

Even the Movie Emperor's award has been awarded, but I still haven't heard the name "A Good Tomorrow".

Zhu Xiaozhi would have thought that if the film could have won, at most, it would have won an award for the best virgin or best writer, but none.

The best movie emperor, already hopeless, although Luke Yao dedicated his best act in the film, there are too many big stars waiting in line at the festival.

But the question is, the more you go back, the less likely it is?

Best Director Award, still not.

Huang Sibao felt his palm seep out of fine sweat beads and his heart beat straight.

What do you mean, this? You can't really take gold palms, can you? Impossible?

Or did the staff make a mistake and we didn't win the prize at all?

The winner on stage had been replaced, and a respected old movie star came to the stage and smiled at the microphone.

“Thanks.”

“It is a great honor to be here to present the jury prize as a special prize. I believe that today is an unforgettable experience for everyone present, but we remain convinced that tomorrow will be better. So, Mr. President, can we now tell us which film won this precious award? ”

On the right side of the stage, from the jury's left, the first jury chairman stood up: "Won the jury prize…”

“It's for Tomorrowisbeautiful, forZhuXiaoCe! ”

By the time the movie's name came out, the whole scene had sounded cheers and applause. Zhu Xiaozhi's whole person was stuck in his seat, and the whole person was completely stuck in a state of obsession, unable to move.

Huang Sibao had cheered up and pulled Zhu Xiaozhi up and hugged him: “Grass! We really won!! ”

Even those who are worse off in English can hear the English movie name of "A Good Tomorrow" and the utterly substandard pronunciation of "Zhu Xiaozhi”.

In a round of applause and cheer, Zhu Xiaozhi walked up to the stage obsessively, shaking hands kindly with the awarding guest, and then came to the podium.

“I'm sorry I didn't prepare for a speech in French or English because I never thought I'd win this award. ”

“I… can hardly describe how excited I am at this moment. ”

“As a new director, I wasn't the only one who made this film. Here, I hope that the crew present will come to the stage to share with me this honor that belongs to us...”

Zhu Xiaozhi paused every word, leaving enough time for translation.

Huang Sibao, Lu Zhiyuan and others also came to the stage. Standing behind Zhu Xiaozhi, he thanked the audience and the jury under the stage.

Zhu Xiaozhi's eyes are full of tears and his voice is slightly deformed: “Here, I pay tribute to all the seniors of the film industry, thank all the staff of our crew, thank you...”

After a series of thank you lists, Zhu Xiaozhi turned his head.

“In addition, everyone in our crew would like to thank in particular a man who did not come to the scene, who injected his soul into the film, created a brilliant performance for our actors, and provided adequate funding for our film to enable us to express ourselves without any backlash. ”

“President Pei, thank you for the inspiration and soul that inspired this film, and under your inspiration, I, along with all the actors, gave life to it. ”

“Thank you!! ”

Live applause, thunder again!

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Monday, 24 May.

Pei Qian slept until he woke up naturally, looked at his phone, and the alarm clock was not yet time.

The Early Sleep and Early Wake program was a great day.

Touch the control panel of the bedside to let the sun shine through the smart glass.

Looking at the bright sun, Pei Huan suddenly felt like he seemed to have forgotten something.

All of a sudden, he was sober.

Cannes Film Festival Awards!

Yesterday, after talking to Nguyen Guangjian, Pei Qiansheng was afraid that he would be bombed by various sources at night, so he switched his phone to flight mode, leaving only an alarm clock.

By early yesterday morning, Cannes' award should have come to an end.

Pei Qian carefully turned off the flight mode in a complex mood.

And then all sorts of new news windows started popping up, and the little red dots of the chat software quickly turned into 99 +!

Pei Qian: “…"

It's over. You're not really gonna win this award, are you?

Calm down. Calm down. Maybe it's just the grain.

Pei Huanping regained his mood. Just when he wanted to turn on the chat software with his trembling fingers, the title of a news push had been dramatized ahead of time.

"Eleven years later, domestic films won the Cannes Film Festival Jury Award!

Pei Qian: “…"

He did not know exactly what the so-called jury prize was.

But from this title, the situation is absolutely very disappointing!

Pei Qian couldn't help himself.

It's broken. Something terrible happened!