This director needs to apologize

Chapter 404: A Lifelong Fan

August 2016, 8, erm, no, it should be the early morning of the 13th.

Mitu put down the tablets in their hands and shouted to her husband at the desk, "Stop playing, the live broadcast is about to start."

Seeing that all the outer towers were lost and his life was hanging by a thread, the programmer decisively surrendered and was successfully reborn with 3 votes in an instant.

Mitu took the potato chips handed to her by her husband and put them down, then continued to operate the remote control and clicked on the movie channel. It was the movie living room hosted by Lan Yu, and the subtitles clearly stated that it was a special program of the Cannes Film Festival.

Lan Yu was chatting with two guests to warm up the atmosphere. One of them was someone Mi Tu knew. He was director Jiang Shuai, who has been moving more and more towards being a professional film critic in recent years.

Mi Tu commented, "Since Fatty Jiang has been focusing on talking, he has gained two times more weight and has lost his chin."

Mr. Mi only watches movies and doesn’t care about the behind-the-scenes. He doesn’t really care about this director or that director, but since his wife has spoken, he has an obligation to give an appropriate response.

"Who is that thinner, younger guest? Why doesn't the subtitles even include his name?"

In fact, he was just making small talk, and he didn't even recognize the name.

Mi Tu was really stumped by the question, which made her feel a little embarrassed. Doesn't this put her on the same level as her husband, who is isolated from the entertainment industry?

She could only change the subject and continue to fire at Fatty Jiang.

"Why are you saying it so harshly? A lower score in the program book doesn't mean anything. Even Waterloo has come out. The fact that Director Ming received an invitation to the closing ceremony is enough to prove his ability."

Mr. Mi agreed again and again, "That's right, the grapes are sour because they can't eat them."

On TV, after absorbing a wave of negative energy from Jiang Shuai, Lan Yu threw the topic to the young guest.

After a brief oral announcement, the two viewers sitting side by side on the head of the bed learned the origins of the unknown guest. He had a long list of solid titles: a master's degree from the USC School of Film and Television, a doctorate in literature and art from Imperial University, had served as a judge at many international film festivals, and was an associate professor at the Imperial Film Academy, Bi Yanjun.

Although the couple did not understand the significance of these titles, they were greatly shocked.

Mr. Bi is expressing his views on the award prospects of "The Heart". Surprisingly, he has a similar view to Jiang Shuai. They both think that Chen Yiming is unlikely to win the Palme d'Or for the second time, and it is unlikely that he will even win the Best Director award. Shen Ming has no hope of winning the actor award at all. "The Heart" will most likely only get a consolation Special Jury Award.

Generally speaking, during the live broadcast of such an international award ceremony, the host and guests will stand on the side of their own country to cheer and encourage each other. Even if they are pessimistic, they should be a bright spot in the sea of ​​red, playing the role of a seemingly neutral and balanced stance.

Not to mention that at this year's Cannes, there is only one Chinese film nominated in multiple categories, "Looking for the Heart". It is truly the hope of the whole village, but the two guests all sang a different tune. How dare they?

That is to say, the Sixth Princess’ live broadcast does not have the barrage function, otherwise Fatty Jiang and Teacher Bi would probably have been expelled from their citizenship by many Naruto believers.

Teacher Bi had just returned from Cannes, and his words were full of first-hand information. He knew all the twenty or so films in the main competition unit like the back of his hand.

Moreover, he really has a lot of knowledge and an excellent memory. He was able to talk about the seven films that attended the closing ceremony from a professional perspective.

This made Mitu even more upset. When he was bargaining, he met a stall owner who was full of economic theories. How could he reason with him?
Fortunately, the warm-up phase was not long, and soon the live signal from Cannes was connected, and the award ceremony officially began.

The old director Thierry Henry took the stage to give a speech, during which the camera was focused one by one on the seven crews that were participating in the closing ceremony and were entitled to prizes.

The crew of "Looking for the Heart" sat in the third row, slightly to the side. This was indeed not the treatment of a favorite to win an award. When "1951" won the Palme d'Or, Chen Yiming sat in the center of the front row next to the chairman of the jury, Mr. Tony, making his presence felt.

Not many people attended the closing ceremony of "Searching for the Heart". There were only director Chen Yiming and starring actors Shen Ming and Liu Haoran. There were no more guests after that, so the organizing committee could not use up all the tickets given to the crew. Even Shen Pengfei, who was on the list of thanks, received one.

At this moment, Sister Shen looked lively and energetic under the live camera. She was wearing a bright red halter dress, burgundy curly hair, and huge earrings that fell to her shoulders. If you didn't know her, you would have thought she was nominated for Best Actress.

The Cannes awards ceremony is characterized by freedom and each session is different. This year, the Best Director award will be presented first.

So Mi Tu, like many fans of Chen Yiming in front of the TV, found out that his idol had been given a nice guy card before he could figure out what was going on.

The winner was a Gallic director. The on-site director was very sensible and let the camera stay on Chen Yiming for a full five seconds, leaving Chen Yiming, who had applauded a few times and then stopped, nowhere to hide.

Fatty Jiang and Teacher Bi sang in unison and gave the audience a brief introduction to the so-called film festival etiquette. The main idea was that applauding to the end is not only a courtesy but also an obligation.

There was not a single word mentioned about Chen Yiming, but everyone knew that he disliked him.

Next was the Best Screenplay Award, which is not a permanent award in Cannes. It was not awarded when 1951 won the award. The winner was a Persian director, and the film "Heart" lost twice in a row.

Teacher Bi seemed to have a high regard for the movie called "The Salesman", praising it whenever he could, saying that the progressive structure of the five "plays within a play" was very ingenious, with both tributes and expansions, and that the screenwriter award was well deserved.

The director did not give Chen Yiming a close-up this time, but Teacher Bi did not forget to give him a kick, saying that during the Cannes period, he often heard film critics compare "The Salesman" with "The Salesman" because both were the few nominated films that took the technical route this year, and both used iconic scenes to connect the entire film.

"The Salesman" is a drama performance, and "The Salesman" is psychological counseling. The leading actors of both films gave Oscar-worthy performances, but unfortunately there is only one Oscar winner, and "The Salesman" is clearly more popular.

Now it seems that the official Cannes jury apparently thinks so too.

Mi Tu was so angry that he wanted to mute the TV. Why are you controlling the variables here? Who are you secretly dissing?

Mr. Mi, who was standing next to him, quickly tore open some potato chips and handed them to his wife, saying, "Don't be angry, don't be angry. Maybe they are giving Director Ming a reverse buff."

Who knows! Because the Grand Jury Prize and the Jury Award that were subsequently presented still did not include "Looking for the Heart". These two are typical consolation prizes, and if you win them, you basically say goodbye to the heavyweight awards.

Lan Yu was so excited that she almost danced with joy. She shouted loudly, "As everyone knows, attending the closing ceremony of Cannes means winning an award by default. The only awards that have not been awarded in the main competition unit are Best Actor, Best Actress, and the Best Picture Palme d'Or. This means that Director Chen Yiming will definitely win a Silver Palm. The history of Chinese cinema will write a new page tonight!"

Mitu finally felt comfortable. This was right. How could a live broadcast always speak in a biased way to outsiders?

Fat Jiang, whose predictions failed, did not stop his steps of counter-poisoning. He interrupted to fairly correct the host's misunderstanding. There were still several "consolation prizes" that were not awarded, such as the Humanitarian Spirit Award, the International Film Critics Award, and the Technical Contribution Award...

There is always one that suits Chen Yiming.

Mitu's heart was lifted again. The names of these awards didn't sound as good as the two just now. After all, they were awarded by serious judges.

If her idols were not attending, Mitu really had no interest in staying up late to watch the live broadcast of the Cannes Awards Ceremony. It would be too much torture.

I didn't recognize any of the people on the stage, but the award winner who was giving a speech was very eloquent. The atmosphere group in the audience was extremely dedicated, and applause that lasted for one or two minutes was a routine operation.

Mi Tu felt like he was watching the lottery draw, the difference was that this time he was watching it in reverse, hoping that Chen Yiming would come on stage later.

Amidst everyone's trepidation, the awards were presented one after another. Directors from the Maple Leaf Country, the Nut Country, the South Korean Country, and the United Kingdom took the stage one after another and eliminated the several big failures marked by Jiang Shuai one by one.

There was also a Best Actress award in the middle, and the Best Actress award was won by the Gallic national treasure actress Marie Cotillard, which was not a surprise.

As angry as Mitu was before, she is as happy now. She pointed at the two guests on TV who were pretending to be excited and laughed so hard. Now there are only two awards left to be given out, either Best Actor or Palme d'Or. It's really a reverse poisonous blessing.

The organizing committee soon announced the Best Actor award, which went to Persian actor Shahab Husseini, the lead actor in "The Salesman".

There was thunderous applause at the scene, and the director was very sensible to divide the screen into two, half for the Persians and half for the Chinese.

Among the 7 crews present, only "Heart" has never been on stage once, and it has won no awards so far. The winner of the Palme d'Or is already a foregone conclusion.

Chen Yiming completed the applause task and patted Shen Ming's hand comfortingly. Compared with the Best Picture, Shen Ming must have wanted to realize his dream of winning the Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award. He also contributed almost all his energy to "The Heart", but unfortunately, he fell short.

Compared with the disappointment that flashed across Shen Ming's eyes under the camera, Fatty Jiang and Teacher Bi, who were being observed by the camera in front of their faces, could no longer hold back. They DISS Chen Yiming openly and secretly for more than an hour, and ended up directly giving him another Palme d'Or. What a clown!
Both of them were speechless for a moment. Fortunately, the host Lan Yu was kind enough to take over the topic on his own, and finally no live broadcast accident happened.

Just when everyone thought the situation was settled, Cannes did something big.

After the Best Actor Housseini finished his speech, the presenter George Miller, unusually, did not leave the stage with them. Instead, he returned to the microphone to announce the winner of the Best Actor award, Shen Ming, from "The Heart".

It is not uncommon for Cannes to lay double yolk eggs, but it is unique to lay them separately.

Everyone on and off the stage was stunned!

Shen Ming in the close-up also looked confused. He was pushed and shoved by Chen Yiming before he stood up in a daze and walked towards the stage with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

In the studio, the two guests suddenly became active, praising the Best Actor, the Best Actor, and the Best Actor.

At this moment, Fatty Jiang and Teacher Bi are both lifelong fans of Teacher Shen Ming!
(End of this chapter)