China Entertainment: Indulge in Vanity Fair

Chapter 91 I Received a Call from the Closing Ceremony

On May 5th, Liu Yan, Zhang Xinyu and other supporting actors returned to the country one after another. After all, it is impossible for them to participate in the closing ceremony. After attending the opening ceremony and the premiere, this trip to Cannes is considered complete for them .

If they can get the news of the award in a few days, then they have really stepped into the ranks of stars.

And this day's "Cinema Handbook" also published the latest special issue, with He Fang's photo on the cover.

"[Single Zoo] Director Interview: Ten Metaphors You Didn't Know in Movies"

Now, the influence of "Cinema Handbook" during the film festival can be imagined. Almost the world's famous film media are here, and many famous filmmakers have come, and they will all buy "Cinema Handbook".

As soon as this article came out, it immediately exploded in the circle. They asked the organizing committee to release "Single Zoo" again, and they wanted to see if it was set like this.

However, the filmmakers, film critics and media who have a deep memory suddenly realized that the director designed such an exquisite design, let’s just say, why there are some places that I can’t understand, it turned out to be like this.

But why don't you want to watch such an interesting movie again?
Therefore, under the strong request of all parties, the organizing committee held two more sessions, which were at 17:17 on the 18th and 10:[-] on the [-]th.

And He Fang is being interviewed by "Sight and Sound". Of course, there will be a queue for interviews waiting for him.

Suddenly, the films with the highest odds for the Palme d'Or in the entire Cannes Film Festival became "Single Zoo", "Another Year", "Outlaws", "Man and God", "Tour"...

"Single Zoo" has the highest score and everyone's voice is the highest.

Because of the voice of the media, the jury also knew the situation outside.

Although the nine of them have already cut off contact with the outside world, they were just locked up and focused on watching movies.

However, some newspapers and magazines are still available.

So, they saw the article in "Cinema Handbook".

Perhaps, this is what the director deliberately told them?Is it because he is afraid that the judges will not understand his movie, so he deliberately tells his intentions through the miscellaneous director, and then let the judges see?
Of course it is, and there is not only one person who does this, someone has already done it.

However, it is not without effect.

After the chairman of the jury, Tim Burton, read "Cinema Handbook" and related media reports, he went back to his room and watched "Singles in the Zoo" again.

He is such a Hollywood director who is very obsessed with stories. In his opinion, the disjointed structure of "Single Zoo" is difficult to qualify for the top prize. This was his previous thought.

But now...

They are going to discuss the first round of voting at this afternoon's meeting, so let's see everyone's opinions then.

……

Next, He Fang accepted interviews for three consecutive days. Other than that, he went to watch the daily screenings of movies, such as the shortlisted "Beautiful Mistakes", "Extreme Evil", "Man and God", "Legal Copy"...

In addition to watching movies, that is to visit Cannes, rent a cruise ship and go out to sea...

Of course, during this period, Fan Bingbing began to discuss film art alone with He Fang every day. It was a rare time to spend time together, and it was such a romantic place in France. How could we not talk about art?
Even they are quietly discussing art on the island... tsk tsk, it's so cool.

It made Li Bingbing feel inferior when he saw Fan Bingbing every day. Could it be that she was really old and no one was looking for him?
……

Time flies, May 5rd is the closing day of the Cannes Film Festival, the shortlisted film crews in the morning are all waiting for calls, and of course some of them received calls last night.

He Fang and the others were also waiting in the villa, confiscating everything, because they were afraid that the meaning would be bad.

He Fang and Wang Zhonglei were smoking one cigarette after another. They seemed to be chatting casually, but they were actually wasting time.

At about 9:40, the phone rang, and everyone was both expecting and afraid.

He Fang is young and has a big heart. He answered the phone with a calm expression.

"Hi, hello, is this the crew of "Single Zoo"?"

"Yes, we are."

At this moment, He Fang turned his head to look at the expecting people, and he smiled slightly.

A few people mouthed "is it right?", but He Fang didn't say anything.

"I am the organizing committee of the Cannes International Film Festival, and I am the chairman Gilles Jacob."

"Mr. Chairman, hello, where am I?"

At this time, He Fang gave a gesture of OK to several people, and then the excited soldiers hugged each other immediately, but held back not to cry out.

Tsk, how good is your endurance at this time?

"Hmm, I'm honored to inform you, Mr. He, that your crew has obtained tickets for the closing ceremony of the 63rd Cannes Film Festival. Please present your ID to the external window of the organizing committee to collect your tickets later. "

"Thank you, Mr. Chairman."

……

After hanging up the phone, He Fang took Mu Xiaoguang who had already poured wine for them, and everyone took the wine glasses.

"Come on, congratulations to everyone. After everyone's hard work, the film has won the award. Thank you, without your support, "Single Zoo" would not have won the award. Come on, cheers."

"cheers!"

"cheers!"

"cheers!"

……

In another hotel room, the crew of "Sunshine Chongqing" received news from "Single Zoo" that they had won an award.

Immediately the whole crew was in a hurry, but they waited and waited until after 11 o'clock, but there was still no call.

Wang Xiaoshuai shrugged a little lonelyly towards everyone.

"Everyone, it seems that there is no play, so go and pack your things."

"Director Wang, that Director He said that the two crews will have dinner together at noon, look..."

Wang Xiaoshuai sighed and nodded.

"Let's eat, let's congratulate them for winning the award." Wang Xiaoshuai forced a smile.

"Okay, then I'll go back to them."

……

When the news spread back to the country, the domestic Internet was immediately heated.

"Ah, I heard that Cannes has praised "Single Zoo" to the sky, and now it is said to have won an award. I really hope that it will be released soon, and I am very anxious to see what kind of story it tells."

"My classmate studying abroad in France said that they went to see a show, which was very shocking. They said that they had a lot of brain holes, and at the beginning, they made single dogs feel very cold. When I asked him about the specific plot, he just refused. Tell me, I'm dying of anxiety."

"Is it soft science fiction?"

"Yes, soft science fiction, about what will change in the future society, and will force singles to pair up with men and women."

"Hey, isn't it suitable for someone like me who pretends to have a girlfriend?"

"Upstairs, your girlfriend still pretends? Mine doesn't need to pretend. I just need to find a tire repairer tomorrow to fix the leak and it will work again."

"Pfft, do you want to be so worried? If it's really not allowed to be single, it will solve my problem of finding a partner."

"Then the question is, what about the ugly girl?"

"Yeah, so here comes the question, what about the three-second man?"

"Can you still be called a man in three seconds? I advise you to cut it quickly, and become a woman to solve the suffering of single brothers, and don't come to trouble us women."

"Wow, is there a woman upstairs? Don't like the three-second one? How about my three-ten-minute one? Add a contact information."

"Bah... get lost... lie to the little girl's phone number again, scumbag! Fortunately, I am a man pretending to be a woman, or else I will fall for your thief."

"Pfft, upstairs, you are too cruel, aren't you? Why should a man set a trap for a man? I wish you only three seconds forever..."

……

The Internet is very lively, but the domestic film circle is also very... silent, I don't know what to say, they don't understand this, and they are not in the same circle.

When He Fang yelled about the industrialization of films and the producer-centred system before, they scoffed.

I didn't expect that it was only a year, and they were going to win an award in Cannes.

tsk...

Let's talk about it again, this matter is mysterious.

"Brother Wen, do you think this kid won't win the Palme d'Or in Cannes?"

"What's the point? It's not like I haven't won an international award before."

……

"It's not easy for this young man. His commercial films made over [-] million at the box office, and his artistic films won prizes in Cannes. What kind of film industry is he doing, and he's cooperating with Cameron, and he's making a big splash in Hunan... Tsk, why? Isn’t it someone from China Film?”

After hearing the news in the office, Han Sanping said a little depressed.

"..." The secretary was not easy to talk to, so he just smiled, added some tea and stood aside.

……

"Haha, how amazing is this? Huayi's stock will go up tomorrow. Tsk, Zhonglei has finally done a good thing." Wang Zhongjun was talking with Feng Xiaogang about the later period of "Tangshan Earthquake" at the company.

Feng Xiaogang's face was full of displeasure when he heard this, why is it so easy for others to win the award, and he has to be made things difficult for himself if he wants to win the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers?

What is this called?What's wrong with me?
……

"The Grandmaster" crew, Zhang Ziyi just finished filming a scene, she was going crazy, Wong Kar-wai didn't have a script, so they just let them play it casually, but they acted it over and over again, Wong Kar-wai didn't say it, he didn't say it was wrong, he just said goodbye Find another feeling.

"Ouch? The mainland movie "Single Zoo" won an award in Cannes?"

At this time Tony Leung picked up the phone and said suddenly.

Zhang Ziyi was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at her manager Ji Lingling, and Ji Lingling was as stupid as if her soul had been taken out.

……

"Secretary Gu, you won the award, you won the award, that boy He Fang's movie won the award." Gu Yang was just about to leave the office when his secretary hurried in and said.

"Ah? Awarded? What award?" Gu Yang asked in surprise.

"Uh, I don't know yet, I heard that I won't know until tonight."

"Oh, you received the invitation notice for the closing ceremony, right? Congratulations. Come on, call He Fang, I want to congratulate them."

……

At [-]:[-] p.m. French time, the red carpet for the closing ceremony officially began. The crew of "Single Zoo" was assigned to be the fifth from the bottom, so they waited silently.

But although He Fang and Fan Bingbing were very excited, there was a trace of exhaustion in the excitement.

Alas, young people, I didn't find the right way to deal with it when I was excited. I heard that they disappeared for two hours in two afternoons.

How can you toss at such a critical moment?
It wasn't until 07:30 that it was the turn of the "Single Zoo" crew to walk the red carpet. At this time, the two of He Fang had already exhausted their energy from waiting.

However, there are still some professions that should be there. This time, Fan Bingbing wore a phoenix robe and truly completed the feat of the dragon robe for the opening ceremony and the phoenix robe for the closing ceremony, stealing the limelight.

(End of this chapter)