China Entertainment: Indulge in Vanity Fair

Chapter 93 Low-key, low-key

"Now I announce that the winner of the Palme d'Or at the 63rd Cannes International Film Festival is..." Tim Burton also waved his hands mischievously towards the audience.

It means that everyone knows it.

"Single Zoo!" The audience shouted in unison.

The camera was also shown to the crew of "Single Zoo". He Fang stared at Jacob on the stage expectantly, with excitement on his face.

"Yes, let us congratulate the crew of "Single Zoo" and our young director He Fang."

"With its ingenious conception and design, and unique story structure, "Single Zoo" has touched upon the absurdities and dilemmas of human existence and existence itself."

"Utopia and dystopia, in a magical way, describe the two sides of a coin in fact, two flowers of different colors on a piece of soil, a mirror image that is interdependent, inverted, and never leaves."

"This is a very subtle masterpiece of nihilism. Whether it is in the East or the West, it is obviously politically incorrect, but it touches the essence of existence with dense metaphors and absurdities."

"So, this is a well-deserved winner of the Palme d'Or, let's have the crew of 'Singles Zoo' take the stage to accept the award."

After Tim Burton's impassioned introduction, the audience stood up and gave a thunderous applause, welcoming Singles Zoo to the stage to accept the award.

He Fang, Wang Zhonglei, Fan Bingbing, Li Bingbing and Li Pingbin all took the stage, obviously everyone was quite excited.

After Tim Burton took out the trophy and handed it to He Fang, He Fang took several creators to hold the trophy together and held it high.

The audience was still applauding, but at this time, the Internet in China exploded.

"Tsk tsk, did you see what the chairman of the jury said? "Single Zoo" has touched on the absurdities and dilemmas of human existence and existence itself, and it is a well-deserved winner of the Palme d'Or! Ah, I can't wait to see it What exactly is this movie about will make the chairman of the jury give such a high evaluation."

"The last time I won this award was in 1993. It was Chen Kaige's "Farewell My Concubine". It has been 17 years. I didn't expect another Chinese to win this award. Everyone thought that it would be the first and only time. I have won this award once."

"At least I believe that He Fang will not be the second Chen Kaige, because the commercial films made by He Fang are also very good-looking."

"Yes, and He Fang is still so young, his future is still very bright."

……

He Fang held the trophy and walked to the microphone at the invitation of Tim Burton. He let out a small breath and was obviously a little nervous.

"Thank you. At this moment, thousands of words are just a thank you. Thank you to the organizing committee of the Cannes Film Festival, thank you to the jury of the 63rd Cannes Film Festival, and thank them for awarding this award to me."

As He Fang said, he turned and bowed slightly to the judges.

"I would also like to thank my parents for allowing me to be born in a film family, especially my mother who taught me acting since childhood. My father has also always supported me and sent me to study film abroad. I am grateful for their cultivation to receive this award today. .”

"Of course, I have to thank the producer, Mr. Huang Ke, and the producer, Mr. Wang Zhonglei, for their great support in this film."

"And Ms. Fan Bingbing, Miss Li Bingbing and the whole cast gave a great performance."

"Of course, I should be most grateful to all the members of the crew of "Single Zoo". This award is not awarded to me personally, but to our collective honor. I am very honored to work with you, and then to receive this honor, thank you!"

Fortunately, He Fang is a student of acting, so he is quite comfortable speaking on stage.

Finally, after everyone took a group photo on stage again, the award ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival is over, but the closing ceremony is not over yet.

Because there is also a closing film.

The award-winning "Single Zoo" crew is accepting a separate group photo and the shortest official interview in the media room next to it.

It's nothing more than expressing all kinds of excitement and gratitude.

……

"Okay, friends and netizens, this Cannes Film Festival Awards Ceremony will be broadcast live here for you. Congratulations once again to "Single Zoo" for winning the highest Palme d'Or. This is another victory for Chinese films. We I believe that Chinese films will get better and better, please work together to maintain the environment of Chinese films. See you next time, everyone."

Although Zha Lang had ended the live broadcast, the comments below were still being posted rapidly.

Moreover, the headlines of the major websites also immediately issued a press release immediately, marking it in red and flashing colorful flowers.

Even the news on the QQ pop-up window popped up related reports and pictures, but for some people who play games, they don't have the heart to look at this.

……

He Fang and the others watched the movie, and then went to the reception at the closing ceremony of Cannes, and He Fang was even more surrounded.

Although it can't be said that no one asked about it for ten years, and it became famous all over the world once it became famous, it can be regarded as becoming famous.

After all, not everyone can win this award. For example, in Asia, anyone who can win this award can be counted, so anyone who knows a little about movies knows who the film masters are in any country.

He Fang has entered this list now, and the benefits this will bring him will be immeasurable.

Others say that Chen Kaige will spend his whole life relying on "Farewell My Concubine". Although this is a bit exaggerated, it is somewhat reasonable.

As long as He Fang doesn't make too many mistakes in the second half of his life, he can basically eat it for a lifetime.

I met a lot of people at the reception, but they were all nodding acquaintances, and the real skin-to-skin acquaintances had to be people around me.

For example, Fan Bingbing at the hotel meeting where everyone stopped ordering and then went back to the villa to drink again.

Although she didn't win the award, she made the right bet. I have to say that Mu Xiaoguang's vision is really accurate. At the beginning, he persuaded her to go out independently, persuaded her to bet on literary and artistic films, and even helped her analyze the benefits of being bound.

What award did Zhang Ziyi win?What international chapter did she get mixed up with?It's not because the movie she participated in won an award.

In the same way, although Fan Bingbing did not win an international award, the film she participated in won the Palme d'Or in Cannes. This is capital.

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However, when He Fang broke his waist, dawn had already dawned in the far east.

The news that "Singles Zoo" won the Cannes Palme d'Or hit the headlines of major newspapers in the new day. Even after the Chinese stock market opened on May 5, Huayi's stock directly rose by the limit, and Wang Zhongjun was beaming.

And those seniors in the literary and art circle who got up early were silent when they saw the news, what else can they say at this time?Whether you are happy or not, you must congratulate the outside world, you must be happy, or you will be a chicken belly.

Wang Xiaoshuai, who had just come back and was still jet-lagged, was silent when he heard the news, and then he was very emotional.

When the reporter called to interview him, he said: "When I watched this movie in Cannes, I was sure that I would win an award. People who haven't seen it don't know the shock of this movie. Only after watching it will they understand it." The film is great. Therefore, it did not surprise me that "Single Zoo" won the Palme d'Or. On the contrary, it made me more motivated, and I believe that sooner or later, I will be able to make such an excellent film."

And in the crew of "The Grandmaster", Zhang Ziyi sat in front of the makeup mirror and kept silent. Missing a Palme d'Or movie can make her calm?
impossible.

It's just that she was thinking, should she change her manager?She can't choose films, can't deal with emergencies, what else can she help herself?
……

'Ringlingling...' He Fang felt that he had just fallen asleep when the phone rang and woke him up.

In a daze, he took out the phone and glanced at it. It was his father calling, and he shook his head.

"Hey, Dad."

"He Fang, Dad wants to congratulate you, the movie won a big prize. Wait a minute, your mother told you..."

"Fang Yazi, you have won the grand prize. Mom is happy. When will you come back? Mom will make delicious food for you. You need to be humble outside, you know? We can't be proud of winning the award. You still have a long way to go, now you are just 27 years old... By the way, you have to find a girlfriend, you are already 27..."

"Oh, I'm a guest, what can I tell my son about finding a girlfriend at this time."

"Why can't you say it? I can't find it at 27? You are busy outside every day, and your son is also busy outside. Let him find a girlfriend, get married early, and give birth to a child. I will have something to do..."

"Fang Yazi, listen to my mother about this...Fang Yazi, are you listening?"

"Ah? Oh, I'm listening, I'm listening..." He Fang regained consciousness, "I'll look for it, I'll look for it, soon."

"Then you have to listen to what mother said, don't look for foreign people, don't look for any black or white people, if you want to look for it, look for us Chinese, with the same culture and the same diet..."

He Fang listened to his mother talking on the phone for half an hour, his head felt dizzy.

"Okay, okay, it's almost done, I'll talk to my son." He Fang's father couldn't help but grabbed the phone.

"He Fang, when are you coming back? Yesterday Secretary Gu said that when you come back, there will be a huge seminar..."

"Ah, wait a minute, don't do any seminars, don't do anything, let alone a celebration party, I can't come back for a while. I'm going to the United States soon, there is a movie about to start shooting there , no time to come back."

He Fang has a big head, and he is most afraid of this kind of formalism. This is a terrible circle. Once it is circled, it cannot be pulled out.

"Dad, low-key, low-key, tell Secretary Gu that we don't need to look like a nouveau riche. From now on, we will get used to things like this. We Hunan filmmakers are not surprised when we are happy, and we are not afraid of disaster. We are down-to-earth people who do things."

"You boy... okay, I'll go back and tell the group leaders that it's good to be low-key, but it's not necessarily good to be too low-key." He Ben said.

"No, when you achieve a small achievement, you need to shout a lot. This is to take advantage of the momentum. But after you have achieved the greatest success, you must keep a low profile. This is humility."

He Fang objected.

"Hey, you kid, do you want to teach your father and me?"

……

After hanging up He Ben's call, he couldn't fall asleep anymore.

All kinds of phone calls in China came to congratulate, not only from Secretary Gu and Mr. Huang, but also from the actors and staff who had worked together before, as well as Han Sanping from China Film Group, Wang Zhongjun from Huayi, and of course Mango TV The host and leaders of the TV station, and the leaders of Zhejiang TV...

Even the morning news and noon news of CCTV's news channel broadcast the news that "Single Zoo" won the Palme d'Or in Cannes.

"Director He, are you really not going back?" Wang Zhonglei asked again when he and Fang separated.

"I really won't go back. There's nothing to go back to. Going back will be all kinds of celebrations and seminars. It's endless and boring. Besides, there is still a movie to be made in Hollywood." He Fang explained again.

"Okay, then I wish you a smooth shooting. In addition, I will try to sell the copyright of "Single Zoo" before I go back tomorrow. Don't worry, I will discuss it with Mr. Huang of Lake Shadow."

"Okay, then trouble Mr. Wang."

"Mr. Li, goodbye, we will meet again when we return to China."

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After bidding farewell to everyone, He Fang and Fan Bingbing boarded the car to the airport, then took Nice, transferred to Paris and finally flew to Los Angeles.

(End of this chapter)