The second screening of "Hope" ended. Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei and Liu Xiaoli left the cinema and headed straight to the Seine River to continue the family's unfinished trip to Paris.
Fumino and the others also walked outside, not with the family of three. Not only did they not want to be light bulbs, but they also did not want to disturb the beautiful family atmosphere of the family of three.
The second stage screening of "Hope" is exactly the same as the first stage screening. The response on the scene is still so enthusiastic. No matter how many audiences come to watch an excellent work, good shots and stories will continue to meet the public's aesthetic taste.
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With the joy of having their work recognized by more audiences, the two parties spent a day relaxing in Paris and returned to the hotel in the evening.
Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei and Liu Yi were sitting on the sofa chatting, waiting for the waiter to bring Liu Xiaoli's order to her door.
Fumino sat alone with his laptop and read the news about "Hope" in Cannes on the European Internet.
The rest of the selection factors cannot be grasped, but the media and audience's online evaluation of "Hope" can be used as a clear reference.
If there was no operation of capital, no biased media with malicious intent and prejudice, and no organizers of online speeches that intentionally set the pace, then any online news would receive very real feedback.
The fairer aspect of the International Film Festival is reflected here.
The works shortlisted for each session are different, and the directors and actors shortlisted are also very different.
Not to mention that there are only short films made by new directors. Last year, these ten or so new directors were shortlisted, and this year, another group of new directors were shortlisted.
Not many people know who the new director is, and not many people know who the new actors are in the works that new directors are afraid of.
Everything is unfamiliar, so the audience's preferences are the most real. The so-called prejudices have not yet been formed, and there is no way to talk about hidden interest disputes. Even if there are disputes, they cannot rise to the level.
Without disputes between capitals, most media would not have a tendency to report news, let alone deliberately exaggerate the country's background for no reason.
After all, the theme of Cannes only talks about movies, and no one would be bored to talk about international issues.
Under such circumstances, "Hope"'s online news and comments are very friendly.
Facebook and VK, as the first and second social platforms in Europe, are equivalent to domestic micro-entertainment and Tieba. The evaluation of "Hope" on these two major social networking sites in Europe is not only positive, but also positive comments.
most.
There are also many enthusiastic fans who have given some valuable suggestions to "Hope". It can be seen between the lines that these fans love "Hope" from the bottom of their hearts.
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei even attracted a wave of foreign fans in a small area, and all kinds of free and unrestrained remarks filled the news comment area belonging to "Hope".
"This actress is so beautiful."
"Who is this actor? Cool!"
"Friends, I'm in love."
"Who has the contact information of this actor? Please give me 100 euros."
"Although he is Chinese, I don't mind marrying him, bikini selfie.jpg."
Europe is a place of freedom and unrestrainedness, and many countries regard this freedom and unrestrainedness as romantic.
The romance of falling in love freely when students were students, the romance of cheating freely, the romance of which the divorce rate is as high as 56%.
Generally speaking, the online news and comments about "Hope" are positive, even though there are many xenophobes in Europe who are unreasonably rejecting "Hope" and non-European shortlisted films, which have nothing to do with the work.
Just ignore the comments, there is no point in arguing, and there is no value in browsing.
Since the first day of screening of "Hope", Wen Mino has been very happy and comfortable to see such favorable news and comments these days.
But a piece of news that suddenly came across made him frown suddenly.
"What's wrong?" Liu Yi frowned when he saw him smiling. He must have been affected by something, so he looked at the computer screen.
This is a piece of news that was sent out an hour ago. You can tell at a glance that it is a copy written by a media outlet or someone else who has read "Hope" in detail.
The copywriting is full of praise for "Hope" from three aspects: lens, scene, and props, but only a small doubt is raised at the end.
["Hope" is the work of a Chinese production team. Most of the CG special effects scenes of earth disasters are from Europe and the United States, and the Chinese disaster parts only account for a small proportion.
I yearn for China very much, and I have seen a lot of European and American architectural culture and topography. Wouldn’t it be better if more large scenes of China could be shown?】
"I always feel that this last suggestion is a bit wrong." Wen Muye said.
"I don't care what's wrong with it, why are you thinking about it?" Liu Yi said nonchalantly and stopped paying attention as he straightened his body on the sofa.
As a screenwriter, his profession is completely behind the scenes. He has never been troubled by Internet rumors, and he doesn't care about the nonsense on the Internet.
As directors, Kong Sheng and Li Xue are considered to be behind the scenes. When they were young, they were disturbed by malicious accusations from newspapers and magazines, but the experience accumulated over the years has made them calm down and don't care much about the reports of the news media.
Since the "Korean Wave", Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei no longer pay attention to some things on the Internet. When they are bored, they will browse the Internet when they are interested. Most of the time, the computer is their tool for handling company business and playing games to relax.
This situation resulted in Fumino being the only one among this group of people who paid special attention to the dynamics of "Hope" on the Internet.
Liu Yifei looked at Wen Muye. Although Wen Muye was older than her, he had been in the industry for a few years less than her.
Seeing how Fumino paid so much attention to Internet news, she couldn't help but think back to the two years when she debuted in "Golden Dust" and "Tianlong". She was also very concerned about the opinions of the outside world, and she had to study any long comments about her.
For a long time, I was sad because of the bad words and happy because of the appreciation.
Fumino's current state is just like her back then. It's a process that both actors and directors have to go through when entering this industry. After two or three years, it won't matter if their mentality calms down.
"Dong dong dong..." There was a knock on the door.
Liu Xiaoli got up and went to open the door. The waiter brought dinner. She said: "Eat."
Fumino closed the lid of his laptop and saw that no one seemed to care much about the news. Under the influence of such an environment, he temporarily calmed down.
But the doubts in my heart still remain. It is just a CG picture showing a global disaster. The purpose is to express the global atmosphere of ruin and terror. Does this also need to be divided into Europe, the United States and China? Would it be better to show more pictures of disasters in China?
Compared with suggestions on lenses, scenes, props, performances, etc., this suggestion is not constructive and does not help improve the quality of the film. It is not like what professionals can make.
But the copywriting in this news praises all aspects of "Hope" and its diction is very professional.
It seems very contradictory for a professional report to end up with a very unprofessional suggestion.
After having dinner with everyone and suppressing this doubt in his heart, Fumino went back to his room and watched TV for a while before taking an early rest.
But when he woke up the next day and turned on the computer again to look at the news, he was shocked.
#The Cannes shortlisted sci-fi short film "Hope" from China. The disaster scene does not reflect China, but reflects other countries. What is the intention of the production team of "Hope"#
#Insults from China, "Hope" thought they were well hidden, but the details revealed their true face#
#Global disasters will only not affect China. This is the short film "Hope" shortlisted for this year's Cannes#
#I thought it was the biggest surprise in the short film section of Cannes this year, but I didn’t expect it to be deeply prejudiced@《Hope》#
"What's going on?!" Wen Mino's head was a little down. After just one night, he woke up to public opinion, and it was obviously aimed at their "Hope".
Yesterday there was a lot of good news on the Internet, why is it so bad today?
“Can a work like this be shortlisted?”
"Get out of Cannes!"
"We strongly recommend that our European film festivals ban any Chinese films from entering."
"What's so good about "Hope"? When I see those yellow-skinned actors, I'm so excited!"
Good guy, "Hope" only has two male and female protagonists, so where are the actors?
At this glance, anyone with a discerning eye will know that most of the people making nasty comments are trolls who have never watched "Hope".
"The situation of "Hope" on the Internet has been reversed in one night. No one is behind it, but there are ghosts behind it." Chu Xuan crossed his arms and looked down at the public opinion situation on the screen to make a conclusion.
"Who the hell, are you crazy? Have we offended anyone?" Wen Muye was furious. He had accumulated good reviews day by day while watching "Hope", but it all changed overnight.
The change.
As the director of "Hope", he also shoulders the mission of China's first science fiction film to win a grand prize abroad and return to China with honor. How can this make him not angry?
"We didn't offend anyone. I guess "Hope" offended people." Liu Yi said that although he never cared about right and wrong on the Internet, he felt very unhappy when he saw someone manipulating comments to make bad remarks about his screenwriting work.
Comfortable.
"Hope" offended? Who did it offend?
Wen Muye couldn't figure it out and guessed: ""The Afterglow of the Scorching Sun"?"
"The Afterglow" is the competitor of "Hope" in the second stage. It is a war-themed literary short film.
If the matter of "Hope" is really going to happen, the people from the Italian production team of "Afterglow of the Burning Sun" are the most suspect.
"It could also be Philip." Kong Sheng said.
Philip, the director of "Black Hole", is someone who clearly dislikes China, and is likely to become a competitor of "Hope" in the final award stage. For this reason, he does have the motive to make "Hope".
But not only "Black Hole" may become the opponent of "Hope", the teams of the remaining three of the six works entering the second stage also have the motivation to work on "Hope".
The score of 45 votes in the first stage of "Hope" is too dazzling. This obviously represents the jury's great recognition of "Hope". It is normal for such a dark horse work to become a thorn in the side of all shortlisted works.
"It may also be a spontaneous act by the media who don't like China, or it may be a judge who doesn't want "Hope" to win the award, or it may even be a certain capital." Chu Xuan said.
He put down the hands that were wrapped around him, walked aside, picked up a water glass and drank water, and said: "Now that things have happened, it doesn't matter who wants to mess with us. There is no point in guessing."
If you don’t tell me, you don’t know who is behind the public opinion. Even if you know, what will happen?
If Bright Times has resource channels from Europe, it can still think of a way.
But this is just empty talk at the moment, and his status as a capital of the Chinese entertainment industry is of no use here.
Moreover, public opinion has already spread, and even if the person behind it is known, it cannot change the situation in which public opinion continues to spread.
"I'm really angry. I won't read anymore." Liu Yifei frowned and looked at the news and comments. Some of the insulting words in them irritated her. She was so angry that she simply stopped reading. She went to sit on the sofa and picked up some milk.
Drinking.
"What a great film selection. It has risen to the level of an international topic. I am speechless." Liu Xiaoli shook her head.
"Brother, is there anything you can do?" Wen Muye raised his head and looked at Chu Xuan. Chu Xuan had the most energy here. Seeing that the situation of "Hope" on the Internet became unfavorable, he couldn't help but look at Chu Xuan to see what Chu Xuan could do.
any idea.
Seeing the looks from everyone, Chu Xuan thought for a while, picked up his phone and called the media reporter from Wei Entertainment who came to Cannes.
Unfortunately, there is nothing the other party can do.
"Mr. Chu, in view of this situation, it is useless for the Chinese media to counterattack. Our kind of news cannot be published in Europe and the United States. It will be deleted and blocked as soon as it is published. If it makes a big fuss, even some media companies
They will also cancel our international cooperation.”
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Bright Times is the third shareholder with the right to speak in Weiyu, and there is no need for this media reporter from Weiyu to fool Chu Xuan.
Chu Xuan also understood this fact, but after confirming it with media professionals, he hung up the phone and shook his head at everyone.
Liu Yifei, Liu Xiaoli, Liu Yi and others also knew that no matter how great Chu Xuan's energy was, it was only within the domestic scope. When encountering such a situation abroad, he could only be passive.
Fumino was in a bad mood. "Hope" was his first work to be released, and it was also the first Chinese science fiction film. It was also the first Chinese work with a science fiction theme to be shortlisted for Cannes. It was also the first time in his life that he came to
to the international stage of Cannes.
The many "firsts" meant that this journey was of great significance to him, and he was also the one among this group of people who most wanted to see a positive situation for "Hope".
However, the good situation of "Hope" took a turn for the worse, and seeing that Chu Xuan had no choice but to remain passive, his mood suddenly became heavy.
"Where's Director Wang?" He asked anxiously, but his eyes lit up: "By the way, online comments are only one of the factors in the selection of works. From a professional point of view, they won't have much impact on "Hope", right?
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Everyone was silent. As a selection factor, normal comments on the Internet did not have much impact on the comprehensive evaluation of the work.
But if there are a lot of negative comments, if the public opinion is not eliminated in China, it is definitely impossible for this work to win the award. Domestic film and television festivals care about the market response, not how the public opinion is caused.
I just don’t know how Cannes will view this matter. They don’t know this aspect.
Chu Xuan took out his cell phone and found Wang Jiawei's number. He didn't want to trouble Wang Jiawei. After all, this call was just a favor, no matter how much Wang Jiawei could help. It would be difficult to break up with a favor from a big director.
But seeing how eager Wen Mino was, devoting one hundred and twenty percent of his heart to protecting "Hope", he was angry.
One is that he is angry at the crazy person who is working on "Hope", and the other is that he is angry at his own inability to face this situation abroad, which makes his desire to break out internationally in the glorious era even stronger.
But now, he could only call Wang Jiawei to ask about the situation and ask for help.
After receiving Chu Xuan's call, Wang Jiawei obviously already knew about this situation and only replied: "It will have some impact on the selection. It's not clear how big the impact will be. We'll wait for the news."
