Chapter 526 The First Award in Eleven Years! (A Monthly Pass Is Required at the Third Watch!)

The Cannes Film Festival Awards Ceremony.

Huang Sibo, Zhu Xiaoce, Lu Zhiyao, Zhang Zuting, Lin Ruyi... The main cast and crew of "A Better Tomorrow" sat in a row in the audience.

Huang Sibo was wearing a formal suit and a bow tie. He looked like a human being. Although he had a confident smile on his face, it was a pity that he basically couldn't understand the English or French spoken at the scene.

It was only on this occasion that I realized that CET-4 was simply free.

"Xiao Lin, when the awards are presented later, should I say it in English or French? You won't miss it?" Huang Sibo asked in a low voice.

Lin Ruyi glanced at him: "Brother Huang, what are you thinking? It would be great if we could walk the red carpet and have a soy sauce. Are you really expecting to win an award?"

Huang Sibo expressed dissatisfaction: "Why, do you think Mr. Pei's script is not good, or Lu Yingdi's acting skills are not superb enough?"

"Also, during the previous screening, the audience responded enthusiastically. Everyone applauded enthusiastically. I observed that only 20 or 30 people left halfway, and everyone else watched the whole thing. Isn't this an award?"

Lin Ruyi shook her head. She lowered her voice on purpose, but after thinking that no one here could understand Chinese, she raised her voice a little.

"Brother Huang, you don't understand the content of this piece, so it's normal to have this kind of thinking. After all, this film's participation in the exhibition was organized by Mr. Lin's company."

"Cannes films are conditional. They must be filmed 12 months before the festival and cannot be screened at other international film festivals. It is possible to conduct commercial operations in the country, but commercial operations have been conducted in other regions outside the country. In principle, it doesn’t work.”

Huang Sibo was taken aback for a moment: "What's the point? Then our movie doesn't seem to meet the requirements anymore?"

Lin Ruyi nodded: "That's right, but to put it bluntly, the film festival is a place that pays attention to connections, and the rules are determined by people. Although "A Better Tomorrow" was released, the popularity is extremely low now, and there has not been a particularly heated discussion. , and never participated in other film festivals.”

"The reason why these film festivals have formulated these mandatory requirements is nothing more than to lock in more high-quality film resources and ensure the quality and popularity of the film festival."

"Actually, some films that have won awards in Berlin, Venice and other places can also participate in the Cannes Film Festival, but except for some very excellent and top-notch films that can win awards, it is basically difficult for other films to be selected."

"In addition, the relationship between Cannes and the film distribution company is also very delicate. Some bad films can be entered into the main competition unit. It is said that there is also a resource exchange. Of course, this is rare. And most of them are brought in as candidates. Whether you can win an award depends on the quality of the film itself, which is the bottom line of Cannes."

"So you understand? Because "Beautiful Tomorrow" is very low in popularity abroad and its quality is excellent, plus some factors we don't know, the judges made an exception and asked us to play soy sauce, but don't even think about winning an award." , being able to come here to walk the red carpet and see the world, we have already earned blood."

Huang Sibo is a bit regretful. Although he is the person in charge of Feihuang Studio, he is the most amateur among all the people present. He has been in "shock" recently. Although he is also studying, he has not understood this yet.

I'm not in charge of submitting films for review, so naturally I don't know these ways.

"Then it's a pity. I knew we'd put the film up for awards first before releasing it?" Huang Sibo said angrily.

Lin Ruyi shook her head: "Thinking too much, many good domestic films come to Cannes without success, and "A Better Tomorrow" is probably not good enough; besides, who can think so long-term at that time?"

"What's more, you have to be familiar with similar film festivals. Many award-winning directors have participated in it many times, and they have a relationship with the film festival. We, let alone Cannes, are not well-known in China... ..."

"So, don't think about it so much, just make soy sauce and go back and it's over. We can come here to make soy sauce, we have already been honored by Mr. Pei, and we have killed a large number of domestic movies in seconds, okay?"

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

However, at this moment, Zhu Xiaoce, who had been listening to the discussion between the two, interjected: "Xiaolin, Cannes is different from the Oscars. At the final awards ceremony, if there is no nomination for an award, the organizing committee will generally The crew will not be notified to participate, and we can pack our bags directly. In other words, we can win at least one award."

Lin Ruyi's eyes lit up instantly: "Really?"

Zhu Xiaoce hesitated for a moment: "Uh... most of the cases are like this, but in very rare cases, there will be some nominations. In short, I think there is still hope for winning an award like the best newcomer."

"After all, the quality of our movies is here, so we must have confidence."

During the discussion, the awards began to be announced one by one.

Short Film Palme d'Or, Best First Feature, Special Mention...

After each award is awarded, the lucky winners will step on the red carpet to accept the award, and the audience will give protracted applause.

In this kind of place, good filmmakers will be rewarded with god-like respect.

Zhu Xiaoce and others also applauded, but the more they waited, the more they felt something was wrong.

The entire award ceremony took just over an hour from the official start to the end, but looking at the watch, more than forty minutes had passed.

Even the best actor award has been awarded, but the name of "Beautiful Tomorrow" is still not heard.

Zhu Xiaoce originally thought that if this movie could win an award, at most it would win an award for best debut or best screenplay, but neither.

As for the best actor, the hope is slim. Although Lu Zhiyao dedicated his best acting skills in the film, there are too many big-name male stars waiting in line at the film festival.

But the question is, the more impossible it gets in the future?

The best director award, still not.

Huang Sibo felt fine beads of sweat ooze from his palms, and his heart was pounding.

What do you mean this is? You can't really get the Palme d'Or, can you? impossible?

Or did the staff get it wrong and we didn't get the prize at all?

The award presenter on the stage has changed. A respected old movie star came to the stage and smiled into the microphone.

"Thanks."

"It is a great honor to present this special award, the Jury Prize. I believe that today was an unforgettable experience for everyone present, but we always firmly believe that tomorrow will be even better. Then, Mr. Chairman, you can tell us now Is there any movie that won this precious award?"

On the right side of the stage, the first jury chairman from the left stood up: "The winner of the jury prize..."

"It's for "Tomorrow is beautiful", for ZhuXiaoCe!"

When the name of the movie came out, cheers and applause erupted from the audience, and Zhu Xiaoce froze in his seat, completely in a dazed state, unable to move.

Huang Sibo had already cheered, and pulled Zhu Xiaoce up and hugged him: "Fuck! We really won the award!!"

Even people with poor English can still recognize the English movie title of "Beautiful Tomorrow" and the completely non-standard pronunciation of "Zhu Xiaoce".

Amid applause and cheers, Zhu Xiaoce walked onto the stage in a daze, shook hands with the award presenters, and then came to the podium.

"Sorry, I didn't prepare a speech in French or English because I never expected to win this award."

"It's hard for me to describe how excited I am at this moment."

"As a new director, I am not the only one who made this film. Here, I hope that the crew members present can come on stage and share with me this honor that belongs to us..."

Zhu Xiaoce paused every time he said a sentence, leaving enough time for translation.

Huang Sibo, Lu Zhiyao and others also came to the stage one after another, stood behind Zhu Xiaoce, and expressed their gratitude to the audience and the jury.

Zhu Xiaoce's eyes were full of tears, and his voice was distorted: "Here, I pay tribute to all the seniors in the film industry, thank all the staff of our crew, thank..."

After a series of thanks list, Zhu Xiaoce changed the subject.

"In addition, all of us on the crew would like to give special thanks to someone who was not on the set, who injected soul into this film, created superb performances for our actors, and provided our film Sufficient funds allow us to express ourselves without any worries."

"President Pei, thank you for providing the inspiration and soul for this movie. Under your inspiration, I, together with all the cast and crew, brought this movie to life."

"thank you all!!"

The applause at the scene was thunderous again!

...

...

Monday, May 24.

Pei Qian woke up naturally after falling asleep, looked at his phone, the alarm clock hadn't set yet.

Go to bed early and wake up early to plan a big success, what a beautiful day.

Touch the control panel at the head of the bed and let the sunlight shine through the smart glass.

Looking at the bright sunshine, Pei Qian suddenly felt as if he had forgotten something.

Suddenly, he jerked awake.

Cannes Film Festival Awards!

After chatting with Ruan Guangjian yesterday, Pei Qian was afraid that he would be bombarded by various news at night, so he switched his phone to airplane mode and left only the alarm clock.

In the early hours of yesterday, the Cannes awards should have ended.

With complicated emotions, Pei Qian carefully turned off the flight mode.

Then various new message windows started popping up crazily, and the little red dot on the chat software quickly became 99+!

Pei Qian: "..."

It's over, you won't really win an award, will you?

Calm down, calm down, maybe it's just nothing, everyone came to comfort me one after another?

Pei Qian calmed down, and just when he was about to click on the chat software with his trembling fingers, the title of a news feed had spoiled ahead of time.

"After eleven years, a domestic film won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival again! "

Pei Qian: "..."

He didn't know what the so-called jury award was.

But judging from this title, the situation is definitely very pessimistic!

Pei Qian couldn't help but support his forehead.

It's broken, something has happened!

Sorry, this chapter really took me three hours, because when I wrote a paragraph I found it conflicted with the rules of Cannes, and when I wrote a paragraph I found it conflicted with the rules of Cannes again. There are too few kinds of information. I found an award-giving video in English without subtitles. It took me a long time to figure out the general meaning. If there is any common sense error, please forgive me. If you can change it, you can change it. If you can’t change it, everyone will treat it as a parallel world. The rules are different Right~ I will come to another chapter tonight.