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Chapter 819 The Daoist Chen Who Was Snatched from the Headlines

At the beginning of March, Chen Kaige found Wu Jianye again.

But this time he came to Wu Jianye not for Chen Hong's affairs, but to show off
"'Farewell My Concubine' has been shortlisted for the main competition of the Cannes Film Festival!" Chen Kaige said excitedly.

After "Yellow Earth", Chen Kaige has not come up with any better works. Although he has made a few films afterwards, his reputation and awards have always been on the decline.

If Wu Jianye was the only one standing in front of him before, Chen Kaige could still accept it. After all, Wu Jianye has always been so successful, but Zhang Yimou, who could only be his own photographer before, also suddenly emerged. to the front of himself.

Nowadays, when their generation of directors is mentioned in China, Chen Kaige will always be ranked behind the two of them, which is naturally unacceptable for the proud Chen Kaige.

it's good now.

"Farewell My Concubine" was shortlisted for the Cannes Film Festival again, this time for Chen Kaige, it was an opportunity for him to prove himself.

Zhang Yimou is filming "To Live" at this time, Chen Kaige has no way to find him, but it doesn't mean he can't come to Wu Jianye, this is actually like a child who suddenly got good grades in an exam and wants to find his friends to show off One click, no difference.

Wu Jianye looked at Chen Kaige with a smile, and said, "Actually, I also have some good news to tell you!"

Chen Kaige was slightly taken aback, and said, "The World of Chu Xing" has also been shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival?" But then he shook his head and said, "No, isn't it in the list I got?"

"The Berlin Film Festival has also ended. Could it be that you are going to participate in the Venice Film Festival?"

"No!" Wu Jianye shook his head, looked at Chen Kaige with a smile, and said, "Actually, I will be a judge of this Cannes Film Festival and participate in this festival!"

"That is to say, whether the movie "Farewell My Concubine" will win or not has my vote!"

The rules of the Cannes Film Festival are that the shortlisted films will be selected by the selection committee of the Cannes Film Festival headed by Jacob, and the judges of the film festival will select various awards from the shortlisted films!

Chen Kaige looked at Wu Jianye and said nothing for a long time, and finally said: "It's not fun!"

Then turned and left.

Wu Jianye was left standing alone in his office, laughing loudly.

Soon, the domestic media reported that the film "Farewell My Concubine" was nominated for the 46th Cannes Film Festival.

Although this movie cannot be released in China because it has not passed the review, as a new movie by one of the most famous directors in China, Chen Kaige, it still attracts many people's attention.

So when this film was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival, it immediately caused an uproar in China.

Many media are reporting on this matter.

"Another victory for Chinese films!" -- "Popular Movies" was the first to publish its own article.

Regardless of whether the film has passed the review or not, as long as it can be shortlisted for the Cannes Film Festival, it is a kind of pride for the Chinese people. In this era, the Chinese people are eager to gain foreign recognition.

"In recent years, my country's film industry has repeatedly won honors in foreign film festivals. Director Wu Jianye's "Raise the Red Lantern", "The Last Emperor", "New Dragon Inn", and "Red Sorghum" directed by Zhang Yimou Wait, now "Farewell My Concubine" directed by Chen Kaige will once again represent our Chinese films in the Cannes Film Festival, one of the three major European film festivals.

This is the victory of our Chinese films and the pride of our Chinese filmmakers.

Directors such as Wu Jianye, Zhang Yimou, and Chen Kaige are showing our country's films to the world with the lens in their hands. It is the efforts of their generation of directors that have given our country's films a certain degree of popularity overseas. All of us Everyone should believe that this is the progress of our country's films."

An eloquent article let readers all over the country know about this matter, but the only thing that makes Chen Kaige a little unhappy is that every time he is mentioned, two names are always added in front of it.

Wu Jianye, Zhang Yimou!
And most importantly, although the Cannes Film Festival has not been announced yet, he already knows from Wu Jianye that Wu Jianye will participate in this Cannes Film Festival as a judge of this Cannes Film Festival.

Although it is impossible to say which is better between the judges and the shortlisted films, Chen Kaige knows that according to Wu Jianye's influence, when the Cannes Film Festival announces the judges for this year, it will definitely cause a bigger sensation in the country. Think about it When I became a judge at the Berlin Film Festival, I could guess it.

He was not in China at the beginning, but after returning to China, he still found the newspaper at that time and checked the reports at that time.

Now Wu Jianye's reputation in China is higher than him, and the general value in China is that the judges are more advanced than the finalists. After all, they are all judges and are responsible for selecting you.

So at this moment, Chen Kaige was a little depressed.

His family sat next to him and said with a smile: "Don't think too much about it. Director Wu, as the judge of this film festival, is not a good thing for you!"

His family already knew from Chen Kaige that Wu Jianye would be the judge of this Cannes Film Festival.

Chen Kaige didn't say a word, although he also knew that Wu Jianye's being a judge of this Cannes Film Festival was a good thing for him.

But I still have some regrets in my heart. After all, this glory should belong to him alone. If Wu Jianye is not a judge at the Cannes Film Festival, then all eyes in the country will fall on him, but now this part of the glory is bound to be To be subject to a certain degree of discount!
In fact, it was just as Chen Kaige thought.

After the Cannes Film Festival announced the films shortlisted for the main competition unit, it immediately announced the selection of judges for this Cannes Film Festival.

Originally, Chinese people didn't pay much attention to this kind of thing. After all, they were more concerned about the list of shortlisted movies.

However, because Chen Kaige's "Farewell My Concubine" was shortlisted for this Cannes Film Festival, domestic media magazines also paid more attention to this Cannes Film Festival.

It was this kind of attention that made them know that Wu Jianye, a film director in his country, will be the judge of this Cannes Film Festival!
This news did not come from Tangting Culture, but from China Film Group.

In fact, no matter whether it is domestic media magazines or TV stations, there are not many overseas offices at this time, and the attention of the film industry is even less.

Fortunately, China Film has been cooperating a lot with the three major film festivals, and they also have their own news channels, so they are the first to know the exact news of this matter besides Wu Jianye.

There is also Liu Jianshe's contribution here, because Wu Jianye was the first to disclose the news to Liu Jianshe before, so Liu Jianshe also had a phone call with the Cannes Film Festival, and as soon as the official list came out, he would notify them immediately.

Compared with Chen Kaige's "Farewell My Concubine", both China Film and Radio and Television would like to report the news of Wu Jianye.

After all, Chen Kaige's "Farewell My Concubine" has not been judged, but now it is shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival. For China Film and Radio and Television, it is not so good.

But Wu Jianye is different, no matter whether others are willing to admit it or not, Wu Jianye is the orthodox direct line of Radio and Television and China Film, and also the director they value most.

Just look at the directors of their generation, they can make movies. Except for Wu Jianye, everyone else seems to like to expose that period of history that no one wants to mention.

And Wu Jianye's four films, "Raise the Red Lantern", "The Last Emperor", "New Dragon Inn", and "The World of Chu Xing", all fully meet the domestic film standards, and they did not expose the new China. Those bad things after the establishment.

Even the first "Raise the Red Lantern" revealed nothing more than the life of landlords in the old days.

And now the latest "Chu Xing's World" let the world see China's new life since the reform and opening up.

That's right, this is the view of China Radio and Television and China Film Group. Although this is a virtual world, the lives of ordinary people reflected in it are all happy and happy, and this is enough.

More importantly, the success of Wu Jianye has brought real benefits to Radio and Television and China Film. China Film has gained more successful experience because of the high box office of "Chu Xing's World", and Radio and Television is because of this high box office. Appearing, let them see the development route of domestic films, which can better improve the voice of radio and television in the national ministries and commissions.

These are benefits that ordinary people cannot see, but they actually receive.

So when Wu Jianye was officially selected as the judge of the 46th Cannes Film Festival, domestic media magazines were said to regard this matter as the most important news during this period.

This also led to a strange phenomenon in the country.

Although the news that the film "Farewell My Concubine" was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival is still the hottest news, but the news that Wu Jianye became a judge quickly became parallel news with this news. surpassed at the end.
When ordinary readers read this news, what else can they say besides awesome!

But many people in the industry are more curious.

Last year, there were two most famous films in China. The first one was "The World of Chu Xing" by Wu Jianye, and the second one was "Farewell My Concubine" by Chen Kaige.

Now that the Berlin Film Festival is over, neither film participated, and now the Cannes Film Festival's shortlist has come out.

Although Wu Jianye participated in this Cannes Film Festival, he was a judge, that is to say, his movie "The World of Chu Xing" did not participate in this Cannes Film Festival, and now it seems that this film The possibility of participating in the Venice Film Festival is also very small, after all, Wu Jianye is already a judge of this Cannes Film Festival.

If the artistic level of Wu Jianye's "The World of Chu Xing" has not reached that level, they will not say anything, but it is different now.

No matter how you look at the movie "The World of Chu Xing", it is an excellent movie. It is definitely a movie that can compete for the highest award in the three major film festivals. Now it has not participated in the three major film festivals. It's weird!

"Old Wu, what's going on, what do you think?"

Many people called Wu Jianye one after another, asking about Wu Jianye's specific situation, including Feng Xiaoning, who was in the same dormitory as Wu Jianye before.

Wu Jianye smiled and said, "This is the situation!"

"You kid must be holding back some big moves, right?" Feng Xiaoning couldn't help but said.

Wu Jianye chuckled, and said, "Don't hold back the big move, you'll know it right away!"

Look at the time and estimate that it is almost time to announce!

Feng Xiaoning knew Wu Jianye too well. Even though the two of them were talking on the phone now, hearing Wu Jianye's tone, he knew that he must be holding back some big moves.

"This is a sad reminder for Kaige!" Feng Xiaoning said with a smile.

Since Wu Jianye Vision can be used as a big move, it must be a very sensational news. We are all classmates, and Feng Xiaoning naturally knows Chen Kaige's temperament.

Originally thought that he was the biggest piece of news, but now Wu Jianye is planning to release bigger news one after another, so how long can Chen Kaige's news enthusiasm last?
"Hurry up and reveal it, let the buddies be happy first!" Feng Xiaoning said with a smirk.

Wu Jianye chuckled and said, "It's not sure yet, let's talk about it after the news comes out!"

Although Wu Jianye was confident, as he said, before the exact news came out, he still didn't want to say anything more.

Feng Xiaoning said helplessly: "You just want to whet your appetite? By the way, does Kaige know?"

Wu Jianye said: "I don't know, originally I wanted to give him some information, but when that buddy heard that I was going to be a judge at the Cannes Film Festival, he said 'it's not fun' and left."

Thinking of Chen Kaige's expression at that time, Wu Jianye still wanted to laugh.

Later, Feng Xiaoning made a few indirect remarks, seeing that there was no way to get the exact news from Wu Jianye, so he had no choice but to give up.

But he also clamored that when Wu Jianye finished his work, he must treat him!

Wu Jianye naturally has no objection to this!
After the two hung up the phone, Zhu Yan laughed beside him and said, "You, just tease them!"

Wu Jianye chuckled and said, "There is no definite news at all!"

Zhu Zhuo asked: "Then how do you plan to allocate this time?"

Wu Jianye thought for a while, and said: "It's okay, when the Cannes Film Festival is held, it should be over there, so you can just go there!"

The Cannes Film Festival will be held in mid-May, and there is plenty of time before Wu Jianye.

Just when everyone was still excited that Wu Jianye became a judge at the Cannes Film Festival and "Farewell My Concubine" was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival.

"Popular Cinema" once again broke a big news.

"Chu Xing's World" will be a representative of this year's domestic film, and will participate in this year's Oscar Award for Best Foreign Language Film!
The oil pan, which was already boiling hot, exploded again like someone threw a big stone into it!

(End of this chapter)