I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

Chapter 177: 175. Cannes Please Witness

Time goes back six hours.

While the Cannes staff was in full swing for the night's awards ceremony, in a conference room at the Cannes Film Association, the judges from Cannes quarreled.

It is not appropriate to say noisy.

Or it is more appropriate to stick to one's own ideas while expressing one's own opinions.

The two parties headed by one party is the two-time winner of the Caesar Award in the photography industry, the famous Belgian international photographer in France, and the important director of photography in photography. This year is already 61 years old. Berta.

The other has a bigger background, a famous French actress, Clotilde Colo, who is also married to the Italian Crown Prince Philippe Emmanuel.

The reason why she is said to have a strong background is because she is a "princess".

The two are exchanging words fiercely:

"Dear Ms. Chloe, I have to remind you that the Golden Camera award is not awarded to actors or others, but to new directors who are stepping into their directorial career for the first time. Compared to For the acting skills of movie actors, our focus should be on the movie itself. What we look at is the style of the director! Instead of discussing the acting skills of one, two, three or four actors. What we pay attention to is the director himself!"

"Dear Renardo, of course I know our responsibilities. But a good movie should not only have the director. The director relies on the interpretation of the actors, and the interpretation of the work should be based on the actors!"

"The Golden Camera Award is not called the Golden Actor Award? Ms. Kou Luo, the director, the director is the soul of the movie! Although I don't deny your understanding of the importance of actors as an actor, please combine our unit attributes Even, in all honesty, in the film you insisted on, the acting skills of these three actors did not impress me either. Maybe that little girl is indeed like an angel... But in terms of acting skills, I will give you back the words you just described , she seems to be acting with her face! And I think, in this regard, Ms. Phelan should have more say."

"..."

Sitting next to Jasmine, who was watching the scene with great interest, the silver-haired Ms. Ferran was speechless.

Although she didn't know why her old friend wanted to bring the flames of war to her side, she still decided...

The two do not help each other:

"Sorry, this is not our competition entry, I can't comment."

The voice fell, and Jasmine suddenly shrugged:

"At least it came out of us, right..."

As a result, Ms. Ferran looked even more speechless.

Jesmine smiled mischievously, a smile that Kent Jones recognized quite a bit.

The two of them are actually fighting...

The kind that is so bad.

Jia Zhangke, who was sitting in the conference room smoking silently, looked at the last envelope on everyone's table that hadn't been filled in with his name, his eyes were a little empty.

I don't know what I'm thinking.

Just like that, neither of them could convince the other.

Still unable to reach a consensus point of view.

But the time is almost up, and they have to make a decision.

So, as the jury chairman of the Golden Camera unit, Pawee Logan said:

"So, let's hold a vote, we can't keep our friends waiting for us for too long... After all, we're the only ones left, aren't we?"

After speaking, he held the blank letter paper in front of him.

"Those who agree with "Blue Jelly Sea" being selected for the Golden Camera Award, please raise your left hand. Those who agree with "SECRET", please raise your right hand."

Soon, the four directors of the Golden Camera Five made their own statements.

The female director Julie Portuselli, who was also a director of photography with Renardo Berta, stood unswervingly on the side of the old-timer.

As a photography director, she naturally appreciates the directing style of "The Unspeakable Secret".

Although it’s not perfect yet, the aesthetics in the film are enough to amaze her.

The weak contrast between light and darkness, the subtle emotional contrast, and...the table lamp that fits the texture in her heart very well and some very intriguing details of the lens that were subtly buried by the director...

It makes people feel very comfortable.

The German screenwriter, director, and the last of the five judges of the Golden Camera, Jacob Berg, chose to follow Clotil Kolo.

Obviously, he appreciates the story of "Blue Sea of Jelly" more.

Although he also admitted that compared to "Blue Sea of Jelly", the use of the lens in "SECRET" is obviously more memorable.

But as a screenwriter, he is more inclined to the depth of the script and the characters of the story.

So, frankly speaking, these four people are in pairs, and their likes are very extreme.

2V2, tie.

The final pressure came to Pavie Logan, who was born in the former Soviet Union and is now one of the top directors in Russia. He was shortlisted for the first time with "Taxi Driver Bruce" and took away the title of Best Director in Cannes.

His vote...

is critical.

So…

The bearded director looked at the envelope in his hand again.

How to choose...

…

"Wow! Look at you, Gyllenhaal!!! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, isn't that the old man who played the man in black with Will Smith? Ah! Robert Downey Jr.!!! Robert Downey Jr.!!!"

"..."

Jay Chou looked at Yang Mi with a crazy face...

"Mimi, please, what are you doing~~~"

"Chasing stars! What else can you do!... You don't want to ask for a group photo autograph or something?"

"..."

Jay Chou was even more speechless:

"Please, can you be more reserved? You have a boyfriend, I want to tell Ah Xin!"

"It's okay, you go, tonight...let the Cannes matter stay in Cannes~"

"Rely on the cup... What are you doing..."

Jay Chou's face turned green from fright.

Why does this sister say such dangerous things?

"Goose goose goose goose~"

Seeing his terrified expression, Yang Mi burst out laughing.

"Just kidding... But aren't you excited? There are so many Hollywood stars!"

"Excited, but I want more face. Anyway, I am also a celebrity, so it is very cheap to go to someone to ask for an autograph and a group photo~"

Hearing this, Yang Mi had an expression of "Chou Chou, Chou Chou":

"Look, don't you want to save face and suffer? At the dinner party, everyone will be in the same company. Isn't it over when we take a photo together? Why can't we shake hands after taking a photo? Take a photo, shake hands, smile... this photo will stay Down? I don't care, I'm going to take a photo with Gyllenhaal..."

“…Isn’t Robert Downey Jr.?”

"He's too old for me. Didn't you notice that Xu Xin looks very much like Gyllenhaal!"

"...you stop insulting Gyllenhaal, okay?"

"Okay, I will remember this for you, and I will tell him when I get back. Just wait~"

"I...you..."

Jay Chou's face turned green under the snickering of Warhead and Huang Junlang.

Aren't you friends?

How can you do this?

Gui Lunmei on the side stared at Mark Ruffalo, who co-starred with Robert Downey Jr. and Gyllenhaal.

Yang Mi turned her head, followed her gaze, and asked:

"What are you looking at?...Mark Ruffalo? Isn't that right, Mei, do you like Uncle?"

"Well…"

Hearing this, Gui Lunmei smiled embarrassedly.

Yang Mi was taken aback...

Then his eyes were filled with surprise.

Mom, no.

Is it really uncle control?

But after thinking about it... I was relieved.

Still young after all...

Didn't even notice the girl she identified as the uncle who was three years older than herself, and gave the definition unswervingly...

Too young.

Uncle, what's so good about it.

Looking for a boyfriend...you must find someone as young and strong as my brother.

Young, with good physical strength, as strong as a cow!

Tsk tsk, young girl.

At this moment, Yang Mi was taken aback suddenly:

"Huh? That's..."

Hearing her words, Jay Chou looked in the direction she was looking and said:

"Oh, Shuqi them."

"Hmm... Louis Koo? Sun Honglei?...Ren Dahua? That? Xu Ke? What's the situation? Didn't it mean that this session is just... us? Wang Jiawei made French movies, not our country."

Because she just arrived yesterday, she doesn't know what's going on in Cannes.

But Jay Chou, who has been here for more than ten days, naturally knew, so he whispered:

"It is a finalist for the Midnight Screening Unit, "Iron Triangle"."

"...what unit?"

"Midnight Show."

Jay Chou repeated:

"Their works did not enter the main unit, nor did they enter the B-level unit, but they were shortlisted for the screening stage. Do you understand? Their films are included in the same screening as ours, so they can come... Otherwise, the venue will not be full today. Ah, if only the crews of the shortlisted films come. So as long as the film is shortlisted for the screening unit, you can come."

"Well...I see."

Yang Mi nodded, and at the same time, Sun Honglei over there also noticed this side. After seeing Yang Mi and others, she nodded with a smile, but she didn't mean to come over to say hello.

In the concept of girls, Sun Honglei is a "predecessor". When the film "Never Close Your Eyes" was popular, not only did Lu Yi become popular, but he was also popular. So I instinctively asked:

"Then shall we go over and say hello? It would be better to hold a group outside."

But Li Pingdong directly rejected it:

"No, it's unlucky."

"…ah?"

Looking at the puzzled Yang Mi, Li Pingdong shook his head:

"The old tradition of Cannes, no matter how close the friends in the crew are, they can't get too close before the end of the award ceremony. They will be divided into luck and bad luck. So everyone defaults to the crew and the crew. Together, even if you are friends, you can only say hello at most, and wait for the dinner to communicate. Otherwise, it will be very unlucky. Just now I said hello to Director Hou but couldn't go, that's why."

"Well…"

Yang Mi froze for a moment, then nodded to show she understood.

Turning her head to look again, she saw that Sun Honglei, Gu Tianle, and Ren Dahua were all looking over, but she also didn't intend to come to say hello, so she bowed slightly politely, and after saying hello, several people nodded their heads in exchange. With a polite smile.

Then they turned their heads and went about their own business.

At this time, Li Pingdong reminded:

"It's about to start."

Yang Mi searched for her voice, and sure enough, the red carpet host had appeared...

The red carpet ceremony of the 60th Cannes International Film Festival... is here.

Her heartbeat suddenly accelerated a bit.

And in the excitement and joy of seeing a star, the red carpet began.

In fact, long before the red carpet started, although no one mentioned it, each of them still had some worries in their hearts. They were afraid that when they walked on the red carpet, others would be crowded with people cheering the names of the major movie stars, while no one cared about them. How embarrassing it would be then .

But in fact... when the crew got out of the car, everyone found... they were thinking too much.

"Jay Chou!"

"Ah!! Jay Chou!!!"

Although it was not a tsunami, but it can still be said to be extremely enthusiastic cheers sounded from both sides of the red carpet, a smile appeared on Jay Chou's face unavoidably.

Regardless of fans or movie fans.

my fans…

Excellent!

The shouting voice is no weaker than others.

The group of foreigners who got involved were also very surprised... I wondered who this person is, the fans have such a loud voice...

As the leading actors, he and Gui Lunmei took the lead in moving forward.

Li Pingdong did not forget to remind:

"Remember to interact occasionally and give some autographs."

So, after walking a few steps on the red carpet, when he came to the first group of fans, Jay Chou walked quickly and screamed.

He moved, and the crew also leaned over there.

There was nothing wrong with Yang Mi, but she suddenly heard:

"Yang Mi! Mimi! Here, here!!"

Turning her head, a few girls were waving notebooks and looking at her.

"...?"

Yang Mi was really surprised, but she still walked over quickly, took the pen and notebook and signed while asking:

"Where are you from?"

"Frankfurt!"

Frankfurt…

Oh~French local.

Although I don’t know where it is, but with French characters, it must be a local~

she thought.

That's pretty close, my heart said.

So he nodded, and after signing several people, he heard the girl say:

"Mimi, you are so beautiful! Why are you so white?"

"Hey, thank you."

Yang Mi, who has applied Su Yan Cream all over her body today, did not hide it, and said:

"Wiping something~"

The girls were taken aback for a moment...

Then I couldn't help laughing out loud.

Sister, you are too straightforward...

However, after handing the notebook to them, the caring Yang Mi did not forget to add:

"You also remember to take good sunscreen, the sun is quite strong here. Bye~"

"Goodbye, honey, come on!!"

"Um!"

Carrying a really white long black dress, she followed the crowd step by step into the signature photo area of the red carpet.

For the first time, I left my name on the signature edition in Cannes.

"Yang Mi"

After finishing writing, when she handed back the pen, an idea came into her mind for no reason.

Next time...will it come again?

If yes...and in what capacity?

Supporting role?

Or…

Unconsciously, he looked at Gui Lunmei in front of him.

main character?

While thinking, she followed behind the French translator sent by Liu Momo, and stood in front of the host stage.

…

After the red carpet, the guests entered and took their seats.

"SECRET" was shortlisted for category B, so the seat should be closer to the front.

The people next to each other are foreigners, and Yang Mi doesn't know each other.

After she sat down, the original excited expression gradually turned into a kind of anxiety on her face.

Will... win the prize?

Originally not an extravagant expectation, after entering the scene, it suddenly became a kind of expectation.

It made her want to go to the bathroom nervously for no reason.

It is indeed true that at this juncture, it is the only link that can go to the bathroom.

Wait a while for the awards to start, then I won't be able to go.

But she didn't drink much water today, so this urge to go to the toilet is not physiological, but purely psychological.

At this time, she keenly noticed... Jay Chou was shaking his legs.

After thinking about it, she asked in a low voice:

"Are you nervous?"

"Don't be nervous, I have participated in many award presentations, there is nothing to be nervous about."

Jay Chou in a suit looked "indifferent".

Got the nod from the girl:

"Well, sure enough, Xu Xin is right. You are really a skinned duck..."

"...?"

Jay Chou asked with some puzzlement:

"What's the meaning?"

"Hard mouth to death."

"..."

"Poof..."

Gui Lunmei on the side laughed.

Jay Chou looked at his friend speechlessly, then shook his head:

"Have you ever thought about it, what would happen if you won the director award?"

“I never thought about…”

Yang Mi told the truth:

"This is Cannes, not some pheasant award. If you say you win, you win?"

"What if."

"just in case?"

"Yes, in case you win an award...you go~"

"Don't, the two of us have been rumored to be going on in the past two days. I'm not going to change the fryer..."

"...Please, who won't you go to? My English is super bad."

"My English is also poor."

"...Are you pretending that I didn't attend the "Golden Armor" press conference with you?"

"...Brother, I am learning a British accent. This is the territory of the French, okay?"

"What's the matter?"

"Well…"

Following these words, Yang Mi thought for a while...

Too.

what is the relationship?

You surrender quickly, what is the matter with my English accent?

Anyway, there will be no award.

So nodded:

"I'm going to be there. If I can win an award, let alone give an acceptance speech, I can confess my love to him!"

"..."

Jay Chou's eyes were strange.

"Hey, honey."

"what?"

"Sometimes you look like Ah Xin."

"…What's the meaning?"

"They are super brave~"

"No, my name is Tie Tie."

"...what does the head iron mean?"

"I don't know, anyway, he keeps saying that about me."

"..."

And amidst the chatter, more and more people were present.

Soon, the stars are shining and the stars are gathering.

As the lights of the venue dimmed and the lights of the stage came on, Dean Kruger, the actress who became popular because of "Troy" and the host of Cannes this time, walked gracefully in an elegant blue dress. , in the sound of passionate music, and the applause of everyone, stepped onto the stage step by step.

The awards ceremony has begun.

…

The order of awards ceremony in Cannes is actually the same as that of mainstream film festivals.

It’s just that other film festivals open with a “convincing way” link, followed by the best music, script, screenwriting and so on.

But Cannes is different. In order to show the purity of the film, they started with the awarding of category B awards directly.

Come link by link.

The first award is the presentation of the Golden Camera Award.

This award is divided into two, one is the Golden Camera Special Award, and the other is the Golden Camera Best Picture Award.

The former is only announced, but not on stage.

The latter has acceptance speeches.

"Good evening, everyone."

Dean Kruger took the microphone and addressed all the guests, and the voice sounded slowly:

"I hope you are as happy as I am to be here to celebrate this exciting festival, the festival of cinema. We are really happy, the arrival of the stars, the red carpets, the fireworks in the port of Cannes, the streets and the auditoriums Enthusiastic audiences on the Internet...but most importantly, movies. This year's film festival has prepared a rich and wonderful work for us.

Ten days ago, I told everyone that a movie is a big family. New family members are added to this extended family every day. And these family members have arguments and disagreements from time to time, and I fear that will be the case tonight as well. but…"

She made a helpless shrug:

"That's the rule, because in these entries, everyone has their favourites, and we can see, read, and hear these arguments, but that's the way the game is, some people are happy and some are sad. So, at this moment for us Salute to the work of the jury that screened and selected these outstanding works."

"Wow la la la la la..."

applause.

Although Yang Mi clapped along, she couldn't hear clearly because the translator's voice was very low and she couldn't disturb others.

Listening with a dazed expression.

At this time, she heard the translation:

"Without wasting time, it's time to announce the awards. Ladies and gentlemen, I wish you a good night."

"Wow la la la la la..."

Amidst the applause, the translator's voice became louder and louder:

"We'll reveal the Camera d'Or below..."

Golden camera?

Hearing what the translator said, Yang Mi looked at Li Pingdong.

Li Pingdong nodded amidst the passionate music:

"We have a chance and meet the conditions."

"Well…"

The girl froze for a moment, then nodded.

Then I saw today's award presenters, a bearded man and a big horse.

I don’t even know…

Then I saw these two people come to the awarding platform, and after putting the box containing the award on the platform, the bearded Pawe Logan took out the envelope from his arms.

The two talked a lot, but the translator didn't know much about French poetry, so they used a phrase that didn't fit the horse's mouth. The translation probably meant a quote from a French poem, expressing the mood at this moment.

Then, the bearded man took out the envelope and began to present the awards.

Probably means that Yang Mi listened to the translation as:

"It was very difficult for us to choose more than 30 films, but the jury still selected the right ones. Next, we will announce the Golden Camera Special Award."

After the voice fell, the actress said:

"Anton Corbin - Control."

The big screen directly locked on a director.

The audience applauded.

The director also applauded.

Then, the voice of the bearded Pawe Logan sounded:

“We love this movie so much, congratulations.”

He spoke, and the applause fell silent again.

Then, the voice came again:

“At the same time, our favorite film, its love is beautiful and moving, and the photography picture allows us to see a new kind of surprise. And, when we are in the judging stage with another film, it is extremely difficult for us to choose…”

Speaking of this, Pawee Logan glanced down at the envelope, looked up and said:

"Camera d'Or for Best Picture, won by..."

"..."

"XUXIN—"SECRET"!"

"咚咚~·~~"

Music starts.

Applause also sounded at the same time.

The camera also locked on the positions of Jay Chou, Gui Lunmei, and Yang Mi for the first time.

Then I saw confused faces.

Whether it’s Jay Chou, Gui Lunmei, Yang Mi, or Li Pingdong...even the translators are dumbfounded.

No one looks at the camera.

Instead, in the cheers and applause of the crowd, you look at me, I look at you...