Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 408 Winning the Prize
Zhou Mo moved his eyes and soon saw Monica Bellucci.

Under the light, Bellucci, wearing a black dress, can only be seen in two words.

Pretty.

Zhou Mo touched Da Tiantian's slightly trembling hand.

"Why, are you also craving her body? Why are you so excited?"

"Climb, I'm just nervous." Da Tiantian gently pinched Zhou Mo: "Also, what do you mean by 'also'? Are you greedy for her body?"

"Well, I'm a slut."

Da Tiantian: ...

At the same time, the process on stage is also gradually progressing.

After more than an hour, the process of introducing and presenting the content, awards, divisions, etc. of the film festival was completed, and finally it came to the most exciting part that everyone had been waiting for.

Awards.

The award ceremony starts with the non-competitive unit.

There's actually not much to say here.

Show the video, make the announcement, and go on stage to give the acceptance speech.

To the main competition unit.

The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became tense.

Zhou Mo had been introducing the candidates quietly, and when it was the turn of the Best Actress, a name that was very conflicted about "Vanishing Girl" was read out on the stage.

Julianne Moore.

Aunt Moore was ultimately the better choice, using her excellent acting skills as a neurotic aunt to defeat Rosamund Pike's control-freak wife Amy.

Da Tiantian whispered a few words to comfort Pei Chunhua.

"Thank you, Tiantian." Pei Yuehua whispered.

When the camera swept over, both of their faces had already turned into blessing smiles.

Zhou Mo remained silent.

The reason is that there is actually competition between him and Rosamund Pike.

Although the Palme d'Or has a high status, it is essentially just about distributing pork.

The same crew is in the main competition unit. If one competition unit wins an award, the probability of winning another award will undoubtedly be much lower.

So, Zhou Mo didn't say anything to Pei Chunhua, but left the task of comforting her to Da Tiantian.

After Best Actress, the process begins again.

"Best Screenplay: Andrei Zvyagintsev."

The audience applauded.

"Best Director: Bennett Miller."

Zhou Mo raised his eyebrows.

To be honest, he originally thought that this might be what he took.

They have not received any information about the Palme d'Or, and the director of "Winter Hibernation", a strong contender for this year's Palme d'Or, is a regular nominee for the Cannes Palme d'Or.

This time, I’m basically determined to win the prize.

Da Tiantian also looked at Zhou Mo with some worry, and her little hand had quietly grasped Zhou Mo's palm without her knowing.

"Are you okay?"

"Well, of course it's okay, don't worry." Zhou Mo gave Da Tiantian a reassuring smile.

Overturned?

nonexistent.

Da Tiantian stroked Zhou Mo's palm and found that there was indeed no sign of trembling, so she secretly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.

In fact, she was more nervous than Zhou Mo.

She actually doesn't care that much about awards, but this award is very important to Zhou Mo.

The award ceremony continues.

“Jury Prize: Mommy, Goodbye Language.”

The applause continued.

There was a lot of discussion in the audience that this time the jury was still a double yolk egg.

rare.

Rare indeed.

However, the double yolk egg still did not have the name of "Gone Girl". Now, Da Tiantian was not the only one who started to get nervous.

Even Rosamund Pike and Max started to get nervous.

She was disappointed that she didn't win the Best Actress award.

But if she didn't win the award above the jury's, she wouldn't just be disappointed, she would be completely heartbroken and cry bitterly.

No single award was awarded.

There was no group award either.

Is it okay to return empty-handed?
However, Zhou Mo's expression was different from theirs.

At this moment, he was staring at one side of the podium, where the award presenters and the judges were sitting.

At this moment, when the next award was about to be announced, Jia Zhangke, who had been sitting in his seat with a smile on his face, suddenly stood up.

Slowly walked to the podium.

Standing next to the microphone, Jia Zhangke said slowly:
"Grand Jury Award: "Gone Girl", Director Zhou Mo, congratulations."

As soon as he finished speaking, Da Tiantian and Pei Chunhua both exclaimed "Ah" at the same time, looked at each other, and their eyes conveyed the joy in their hearts.

Grand Jury Award.

This is the most valuable award in the entire film festival besides the Palme d'Or.

This is a recognition of all the main creators of the film.

It is no longer limited to the certification of a certain actor or director, but all are packaged together and everyone gets likes together.

Pei Chunhua cheered and reached out to hug Da Tiantian. Then the next second, Da Tiantian threw herself into Zhou Mo's arms, babbling to express her excitement.

Rosamund Pike: ???

Just now he comforted me, telling me not to lose heart and that we are good friends forever and he will always support me.

You turned around and hugged Zhou Mo?
How disgraceful!
sweet!

However, at this moment, Da Tiantian didn't notice Pei Chunhua's actions at all. In her heart, she had already run away to Java with her best friend. She hugged Zhou Mo and said, "Zhou Mo, the jury, you really made it."

This jury award seems to be unremarkable.

It is not famous for "Best Director", "Best Actor" or even "Best Screenplay".

But so far, there are only two domestic films that have won the Jury Prize at Cannes.

One is "To Live", directed by Zhang Yimou.

One is "The Devils", directed by Lao Jiang.

And now, Zhou Mo is also going to join this group.

Da Tiantian panted for several seconds before reluctantly letting go of her hand and gently pushed Zhou Mo: "Go quickly, we still need you to speak."

Zhou Mo nodded and straightened his clothes a little.

Then walked to the podium.

After he stepped onto the stage, he exchanged glances with Jia Zhangke, who said softly, "Congratulations, Director Zhou. You won the Cannes Jury Grand Prix for your first attempt at one of the three major European awards. This achievement is unprecedented in China."

"Thank you Director Jia, you are honored."

Zhou Mo smiled, knowing that Jia Zhangke's words were a little exaggerated.

Lao Jiang won the Cannes Jury Prize in 2000, which was also his first time to win a Cannes award.

Jia Zhangke handed over two items.

One is a trophy.

In the shape of an olive branch, gold, with a base underneath.

One is the certificate.

Since the Grand Jury Award is a team award, more than one person’s name can be included in the certificate.

The card in Zhou Mo's hand is divided into three parts: producer, director, and leading actor.

Wait till you get the trophy.

Start sharing testimonials as usual.

Jia Zhangke: "Tonight's director is a very young director in our country. He is only 26 years old this year. He is young and full of energy and has a promising future..."

When Zhou Mo took the microphone, he looked at Lao Jiang and Wu Baige standing on the podium. From the corner of his eye he could see Quentin waiting in the wings.

A sentence suddenly popped up in my mind.

Quentin won the Palme d'Or at Cannes after only making two films.

Next time I, Zhou Mo, come to Cannes, it will be no problem for me to win a Palme d’Or!

(End of this chapter)