Chapter 162 Finally won the prize, and the sky will be brighter from now on
Author: Box and Orange
Chapter 162 Finally won the prize, and the sky will be brighter from now on
Chen Gege is far away in China. He was originally invited to participate in this year's Cannes International Film Festival as an award-winning guest.
But when he thought that "The Embalmer" was very likely to win the Palme d'Or, and that this guy would win the Palme d'Or again with the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, thereby completely surpassing him in terms of honors, Chen Gege felt uneasy.
There is still a cold war between him and Mrs. Chen, and Chen Gege has no intention of continuing to compete with Zhang Hao. He finally understands that the more he fights, the more he will lose.
Zhang Hao is young and has a lot of capital, but Chen Gege is like a gambler at the gambling table. After losing, he has nothing.
But Mrs. Chen Gezi's eyes were already red, and she seemed to be displeased with Zhang Hao's sudden advances, and she was planning to fight with Zhang Hao.
A cold war broke out between the two and they have not yet reconciled.
Zhang Hao also didn't expect that he would actually cause Chen Gege's marital crisis in his later years. This was something that did not happen in his previous life.
Chen Gege has decided to continue making films and strive for Oscars. Even if he doesn't compete with Zhang Hao, in order to prevent him from becoming a backdrop, he must surpass Zhang Hao in terms of honors.
Therefore, Chen Gege plans to transform into a prize-hunting madman and work hard to make movies.
News from as far away as Cannes comes back through the Internet from time to time. Because there is no live broadcast in China, the news is slower.
While Chen Gege was thinking about his next film project, in Cannes, a small town in southern France, Andy faced the peak moment of his acting career.
"The winner of the Best Actor in the Main Competition of the 65th Cannes International Film Festival is Liu Dehua from "The Embalmer" from China. Congratulations to him." Fan Binbing read out the name of the winner in English.
The moment he heard his name, Andy jumped up and couldn't believe his ears.
Did he really win this award? Become the third Chinese actor to win the Cannes Best Actor?
"Come up quickly, Cannes Best Actor." Zhang Hao immediately sent his blessing.
"Congratulations Andy," Zhou Xun also sent a hug.
"Brother Hua, don't be in a daze, go up and receive the award!" Da Mi Mi smiled and urged Hua Zai to go up and receive the award.
Andy never thought that he would have such a dream-like journey because he agreed to his invitation to star in the movie "The Embalmer" just because he liked Zhang Hao.
Now, Andy has the most dreamy moment and won the Best Actor Award at Cannes.
The honor of a Cannes Best Actor may be worth five Golden Horse Film Awards. After all, this is an internationally recognized honor.
Dizzy and accepting the blessings from the people around him, Andy quickly walked onto the stage, took the Best Actor trophy from Fan Binbing and raised it.
This moment was captured by the media. Thanks to the development of online media, the news that Andy won the Best Actor Award at Cannes spread back to China.
Weibo immediately trended the search: "Hua Zai won the Best Actor at Cannes for "The Embalmer" and is the third Chinese actor to win this award."
There are other related entries at the bottom: "Wa Jai's film career, how did he go from an idol to a Cannes Best Actor?"
"Idol's role model: Andy..."
Andy's fans are also going crazy. They are spreading the news everywhere on Weibo, Tieba, forums and fan groups, for fear that others will not know.
Last time "The Undertaker" won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, fans were excited, but that was all.
But this time is different. This time it is Hua Tsai's personal honor.
Counting this time, Andy has won three consecutive gold medals, and he is very likely to continue winning the Golden Horse Awards and Hundred Flowers Awards this year, achieving the achievement of five consecutive Best Actor Awards.
If he can do it, Andy will receive the unique honor and achievement of a Chinese actor.
An excited Andy also gave an acceptance speech: "Thank you, thank you to the judges for recognizing me.
Thanks to "The Embalmer" and director Zhang Hao. It was him and his film that made me fortunate to receive this award.
I also want to thank Zhou Xun. It was her wonderful performance that made mine possible. I feel very honored.
I would like to thank all the crew for their hard work so that I can perform at my best and star in this movie.
Finally, I would like to thank my family for always supporting my film dream and making my career as an actor more exciting.
Thank you Cannes, thank you..."
Andy's speech was very brief, but he showed his true feelings. He really didn't expect this day to come.
After finishing his acceptance speech, Andy went down. Cannes did not arrange a backstage interview, so Andy could still see the winners of the last two awards.
French director Jean-Jacques Reno presented the trophy for Best Director, also speaking in English, although not very fluently.
"The winner of the Best Director at the 65th Cannes International Film Festival is "The Embalmer". It's such a big hit. Congratulations to him."
Zhang Hao was originally very excited about winning the award, but this old French man suddenly took it away.
Da Mi Mi happily gave him a hug: "Congratulations, my best director, go up and win the glory that belongs to you!"
Zhang Hao naturally came on stage with a smile. Before going on stage, he was forcibly hugged by Fan Binbing, and Fan even scratched Zhang Hao's palm.
Similarly, the news that Zhang Hao won the Best Director quickly spread back to China, and now it was Zhang Hao's fans' turn to be excited.
After winning the Oscar for "The Embalmer", Zhang Hao's fans have regarded Zhang Hao as the best director of Chinese films.
But because Zhang Hao has never won his personal Best Director trophy, there is still a one hanging behind him.
But now that Zhang Hao has won the first Best Director trophy in his career, fans can confidently say that Zhang Hao is the best Chinese film director.
However, fans of other directors may not agree with this. If nothing else, you, Zhang Hao, are the best. Where should we put our national masters?
"Zhang Hao won the Best Director trophy for "The Embalmer". He was disappointed at the Academy Awards but proud at Cannes."
""The Embalmer" has already won two awards, and the Chinese-language film corps has won a big victory in Cannes."
"From now on, Zhang Hao can be called a film master."
The above are the hot search terms, and the Internet has become completely lively.
With the lively discussion, the next question is whether "The Embalmer" can win the Palme d'Or, becoming the second Chinese-language film to win this award.
Zhang Hao holds the trophy for Best Director in his hand, looking down on all living beings like a king lording over his film kingdom.
Although it was the first time in his career that he won the Best Director trophy (he had won it before, such as the Best Director at the University Film Festival, but these awards had limited impact), Zhang Hao did not feel as excited as he imagined.
Maybe I attended too many award ceremonies, which diluted the excitement and made me feel relaxed and free-spirited.
"Thank you to the organizing committee for recognizing me. I am very happy to receive this Best Director trophy.
I would also like to thank all my team members, including photography director Lu Jianqiu, art director Su Tong, and lighting director Ke Youliang.
Thank you to the actors, thank you Hua Zai, thank you Zhou Xun, thank you teacher Jin Shijie.
It is your joint efforts that gave me the opportunity to touch this Best Director trophy.
As usual, I would also like to thank my family for their support, but the person I want to thank the most is my girlfriend, can I give her a shot?"
The guests at the scene laughed kindly, and at the same time, the camera on the big screen was turned to full power. She stood up and said hello to everyone gracefully.
Fan Binbing, who was sitting far away, had a flash of jealousy in his eyes, envious of Da Mi Mi's good luck in finding such a talented boyfriend as Zhang Hao.
Zhang Hao took her to attend the Oscars, and now he takes her to Cannes. He takes great care of her. When will he meet such a handsome young boyfriend who is a director?
After Zhang Hao gave a brief acceptance speech, he left the stage.
Chen Gezi, who was in China, had already noticed that Zhang Hao had won the Best Director trophy, and his fists clenched instantly. He had a premonition of what would happen next.
Sure enough, what happened next was just as Chen Gege expected.
The Palme d'Or was presented by Bernardo Bertolucci, the famous Italian director and legendary director of "The Last Emperor".
The old man is 71 years old and is now retired, so it is rare for him to present this award.
In fact, the original guest for this award was Chen Gezi, but Chen Gezi refused, so Bernardo Bertolucci was asked to present the award.
In the end, the name that came out of Bernardo Bertolucci's mouth was exactly the name of "The Embalmer".
After "Farewell My Concubine" in 1993, a Chinese film finally won the Palme d'Or again. This time was 19 years old.
When the news spread back to China, public opinion became even more heated.
Immediately, an online news article was published with the title "After Nineteen Years, the Inheritance of Chinese Films", congratulating "The Embalmer" on winning the Palme d'Or.
People who know about the conflict between Zhang Hao and Chen Gezi’s family can’t help but laugh to themselves, as this title is somewhat ironic.
At this time, what the media most wanted to find was Chen Gege and listen to his opinion.
Seeing this situation, Chen Gezi knew that he couldn't hide, so he had to stand up and accept the interview: "In my opinion, Director Zhang Hao has grown into a leader of the new generation of directors, just like Guoshi and I were back then.
Our next generation of directors is so talented and allows me to see a bright future for Chinese-language films. Congratulations to him."
It was rare for Chen Gezi to praise Zhang Hao. Yu Feihong, who had been paying attention to the conflict between Chen Gege and Zhang Hao, immediately called Xu Qing: "It seems that Director Chen has relented and has completely surrendered to our little brother Zhang Hao."
But Xu Qing was very alert: "I think this is flattery. Don't forget to remind Zhang Hao when he comes back from France."
"Why didn't you go?" Yu Feihong asked.
"Alas," Xu Qing sighed and said, "It's not like you don't know that Zhang Hao's mother hates my contact with Zhang Hao, so you had to go."
"You deserve it. Who told you to always think about old cows nibbling young grass? How can people not be on guard against you?" Yu Feihong laughed mercilessly while looking at the photos in the news on the Internet.
In the photo, Zhang Hao is holding the trophy in his hand and smiling very happily with Da Mi Mi next to him.