This director needs to apologize

Chapter 405: Intrusion

After all, Actor Shen has seen big scenes before. He had already adjusted his mentality when he stepped onto the stairs. He shook hands with his classmate, Actor Housseini, who was waiting on the side, step by step, then hugged the enthusiastic jury chairman George Miller, and finally stood in front of the microphone with grace.

The atmosphere group in the audience gave continuous applause. The award ceremony for Best Actor was really a great show. Any audience with a sense of fun would enjoy it and applaud with great enthusiasm.

The director was also very understanding. He gave close-ups to the seven directors one by one in small windows. The awards that had been presented were equally shared by all the crews present. If they all won, it was almost the same as if no one won. The final winner of the Palme d'Or became a suspense. Didn't you see that except Chen Yiming, the other six directors were all full of expectations?
The only pity is that Chen Yiming, whose mood should have been full of ups and downs, was smiling and clapping non-stop. He looked like he was sincerely sending his blessings to his leading actor, and he didn't care at all that the probability of winning the Palme d'Or became 1/7.

Fatty Jiang and Teacher Bi must have thought that Chen Yiming was pretending to be happy, and they might have been cursing the judges in their hearts for causing trouble.

As God is my witness, Chen Yiming really thinks this result is pretty good. To him, the fact that the Palme d'Or went from 1 to 2 is not worth getting too excited about. He never really takes industry awards seriously.

The original purpose of this guy going abroad to judge the awards was very utilitarian, which was to meet the needs of publicity and promotion and to find a gimmick for the release of the film.

In recent years, with the growing expansion of the Chinese film market, the catalytic effect of awards on box office has been very low. But in 2009 when he just traveled through time, winning an award overseas could still attract a considerable number of fans to buy tickets to "check out the goods."

Not to mention that within the film industry, the logic of winning awards to build a golden body is also a consensus. At least after Chen Yiming won the Oscar, he has never encountered external investors arguing with him during the production process.

How much trouble it saves!

But to be honest, if the golden body has already been sculpted, the effect of affixing gold foil will be very small. If we encounter real problems during the project implementation, we still have to talk about them. They cannot be solved by giving more or less awards.

Chen Yiming has never thought of following the example of his predecessors and making movies until he is in his seventies or eighties, or following Shen Ming's route to enter the system. Since he has no intention of making a name for himself, the industry's reputation is nothing to him and is not worth spending any extra effort on.

Therefore, his purpose of coming to Cannes this time was very simple, to repay old Henry a favor and to do Boss Shen a small favor. At the moment, Shen Ming's coronation as emperor was obviously the best result, although the double yolk egg slightly reduced its value.

“…I would like to express my special thanks to Mr. Chen Yiming, the director of “Looking for the Heart”. His ability does not need my extra boasting. Everyone here should know better than me.

What I want to explain here is the boundless performance freedom he gave me, regardless of authority or status, allowing an actor to satisfy his creative desires as much as possible, while giving necessary exhortations and advice when necessary.

I think this must be the working environment that every actor dreams of. I have experienced it and benefited from it, and this trophy is proof of it.”

After prolonged applause, Shen Ming and Husseini walked off the stage side by side.

Boss Shen handed the silver leaf in his hand to Liu Haoran who was looking at him eagerly, and sat down leisurely beside Chen Yiming. Chen Yiming covered his mouth and turned his head and said, "Uncle Ming, are you satisfied this time?"

Facing Chen Yiming, Shen Ming was not hypocritical and admitted frankly, "It feels good. This time, let's see who dares to bully me. I was too lazy to come out before, but now that I am a man, I can get it done in one step, right?"

That cockiness has a kind of cuteness of a naughty old boy.

The final grand prize, the Palme d'Or, was awarded to a British film, "Blake," which tells the story of an empty-nest elderly man and a single mother who depend on each other for welfare.

Chen Yiming has watched this movie. Although there are a lot of buffs and a strong sense of design, the story is indeed well told, and it gives people a sense of suffocation and oppression when watching it.

Deserves the Palme d'Or.

In fact, after Shen Ming won the Best Actor award, Chen Yiming knew that he had no chance of winning the Palme d'Or.

All film festivals are bound to have their winners, and the four heavyweight awards of Best Picture, Director, and Best Actor and Best Actress rarely overlap.

Ordinary audiences may think that if the acting and directing are not the best, how can it win the Best Picture?
The Oscars may follow this logic because thousands of judges vote on the final result under complex rules, and the judges for acting awards and other professional awards only partially overlap with the judges for the best film.

In other words, each award has its own votes, and it is common for the same movie to be voted for in different awards.

But the three major European awards are given by a small circle, and all awards are decided by those seven people. With different preferences, deals and compromises are inevitable.

It is more likely that the judges will first argue over the Best Picture, then pick the male and female leading actors who have the majority opinion among the unsuccessful films, and then distribute the consolation prizes to the Best Director and Best Screenwriter (if any).

As for the Jury Award and the Committee Award that Fatty Jiang and Teacher Bi keep talking about as consolation prizes, they are not really consolations but only encouragements.

Because these two awards are often given to films that most judges have no feelings about, but are supported by individual judges. If it is the Special Jury Award, it is generally the favorite of the chairman, while the Special Jury Award is reserved for marginal judges.

That’s right, these two awards are mainly used to cater to the judges’ emotions and have little to do with the winning films.

Shen Ming won the Best Actor award, which means that "Heart" has the support of three or five judges, but it is likely that the chairman George Miller did not think highly of it, so he was assigned the Best Actor award because of his preference for the male lead. Not bad, this year's Cannes clearly took the social criticism route, and the trend of "exotic" films from Asia, Africa and Latin America receded, and the tendency to return to Western narratives was very obvious.

"The Heart", a theme of spiritual redemption with a confusing cultural background, naturally does not fit the theme of the Cannes Film Festival. It is lucky that he won the Best Actor award together with "The Salesman".

"The Salesman" talks about the moral dilemma of middle-class intellectuals, and also carries the natural conflict between local and Western positions. This is the kind of tone that Europeans love the most. It might have gone straight for the Palme d'Or at Cannes two years ago.

After the award ceremony, there was a press conference and group interview. Chen Yiming and three others declined the invitation to the evening cocktail party and went home directly.

Shen Ming's wish of becoming an emperor finally came true, but the high spirits he had forced himself to muster were almost gone, and now he just wanted to return home as soon as possible.

Chen Yiming was even less interested, and he had other things to do next.

Since the two big guys didn't want to go, Xiao Liu could only say NO. Although Sister Shen was willing to take him to see the world, the honest child still resisted the temptation.

Chen Yiming said he had something to do and it was not an excuse. Wang Yibai was waiting for him in the hotel.

Interestingly, he met and dealt with Wang Yibai twice, both times in Cannes. In China, neither of them was a recluse, but they just didn't meet by chance.

The meeting place was in the presidential suite 5 floors above Chen Yiming's room. This was the king of the imperial circle. Although he was the one who took the initiative to invite the meeting, he still had to show his support.

After not seeing him for a few years, Wang Yibai looked even more like a sage. The loose beige satin Tang-style suit he wore easily concealed his swollen waistline, making him look even more imposing.

The two knew the purpose of the meeting very well, but after the greetings, they tacitly agreed not to mention "Moving Mountains" at all. They talked about the prospects of art films in China, the predictions for the golden time slots in the second half of the year, and the prospects for future industry development. The topics were more lofty than the other.

After going around in circles for several times until the Gongfu tea was brewed, Wang Yibai poured tea for Chen Yiming, and Yu Fu, the creative director of Brothers Pictures, who was standing beside him, took over the topic.

"Director Chen, a few days ago, a friend told me that Platinum is planning to produce a science fiction blockbuster called "Moving Mountains"."

Chen Yiming replied calmly, "Really? How come I, the creative director, don't know about this? Maybe I heard it from someone else."

Yu Fu said seriously, "Director Xiao Ma said it himself, it can't be false. He said the investment will be at least 1 million Nut Coins, which is to million. For such a big project, who else but Director Chen can take charge?"

Chen Yiming seemed to suddenly understand, "Oh, I know it when you said 1 million. That's true, but the project is not called "Mountain Moving Project". It doesn't even have a name yet, and it hasn't even started yet."

Yu Fu continued to test his patience, "Director Chen, I really envy your age and vigor. Your new film hasn't even been released yet, but you've already started planning for a new project. Everyone knows your habits, so I guess you'll write and direct it this time, right?"

Chen Yiming said vaguely, "It's hard to say, it's too early, there's no sign of the script yet.

Hey, Mr. Wang, don’t just pour me tea, drink it yourself too.”

Yu Fu exchanged glances with his boss. Although Chen Yiming didn't give a definite answer, his intention was already 80% confirmed.

Platinum really wants to pull teeth out of the tiger's mouth!

Although both of them were mentally prepared before coming, they still felt a sense of heaviness in their chests when the bad news was confirmed.

How dare you, two little brats from the magic circle?

Do you really think that the king has always been cultivating his character and has forgotten the wrathful glare of the King Kong?

Wang Yibai has never been cheated on by anyone since he entered the industry. It's not that he has been cheated on before, but that was because he didn't want to do it and no one could force him to let go.

After quietly sipping his tea, Wang Yibai got straight to the point, "Yiming, you and I hit it off when we met in Cannes five years ago. Although we can't be considered close friends regardless of age difference, we can still be considered old friends.

In order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, I am willing to come all the way to Cannes to meet you. First, it is convenient to renew our old friendship in an old place, and second, it is to prove my sincerity.

I am taking advantage of my seniority to get a promise from you. Are you determined to interfere in Luo Xiao's project?"

(End of this chapter)