super star system

Because he came relatively late, Zhang Cheng took "Farewell My Concubine" to participate in the exhibition for a week, and began to enter the judging section, that is, to enter the official competition. "Farewell My Concubine" is an official feature film competition.

Thousands of films come to the exhibition every year, to thousands; but not many can come here for the final competition, but this small number is the so-called parallel comparison, in fact, it still needs to come out slowly among hundreds of films, The first is the preliminary promotion, and then a little bit becomes a candidate film.

Generally speaking, the films that can participate in the competition have some unique features, for example, they think they can win some awards.

Because the films to enter the competition need a small amount of donations.This is also the way to keep the film festival going.At the same time, after you donate, most of the film distribution companies or consortiums who are interested in your films will make some small donations. In fact, they usually don’t lose money, but they don’t earn much.Zhang Cheng also donated [-] euros in donations, and then with the help of the organizer, he met Tang Lide of Warner Bros., a publisher in the United States;
Tang Lide's meaning is very simple. He is optimistic about the market prospects of "Farewell My Concubine" and intends to purchase the copyrights in North America and Europe. The price given is 100 million yuan, but Zhang Cheng does not agree.

In fact, on the second day of "Farewell My Concubine", the ticket sales at the exhibition hall of the Cannes Film Festival have already started. Although there are not many, everyone knows that this movie has a certain sales ability.

Zhang Cheng is even more aware that this movie has earned a total of 3000 million yuan worldwide.In fact, Zhang Cheng knew that the box office of "Farewell My Concubine" was 4 yuan, but now it is 65 yuan.

According to the calculation of the global average of 4 yuan, more than 1000 million people would watch it at that time, and easily broke the box office records of North American literary films and Chinese literary films, which shows how sensational and money-absorbing the film was at that time.

Based on the exchange rate of 8.5 to 1 at that time, "Farewell My Concubine" is the same as "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" after 20 years, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was released simultaneously globally, while "Farewell My Concubine" was first released in China. It was released globally after half a year.

Soon, at the Cannes Film Festival, "Farewell My Concubine" began to exert its strength and passed all the way. A week later, it had already reached the gate of the finalists.Many filmmakers came to the door again, and this time the price has been raised to 500 million yuan.Zhang Cheng revealed the cost, the entire film invested 4000 million Chinese yuan, and it has not yet been released anywhere.If anyone is interested, Zhang Cheng is willing to sell the global distribution rights of 1000 million yuan at one time.

In the end, the 20th Century Fox Film Company of the United States won the full amount of 1300 million.But you can only pay 60% up front, and the rest will be paid after the release.

When global film producers felt that the 20th century had lost money, the highlight of the Cannes Film Festival began.

Gaba Film Festival not only has feature films, but also short film review projects.Therefore, in the first few days, the awards were given to the short films first.It's the same this time.

After one day, more than 120 feature films stood out. "Farewell My Concubine" is impressively listed;
This time, "Farewell My Concubine" won a total of four nominations including the Best Picture Award, the Palme d'Or; Best Actor nomination (Cheng Jijie); Best Film Critics nomination; Best Soundtrack Award; and other four nominations.

Red carpet, flash lights.It was Zhang Cheng's first time attending such a party, and Cheng Jijie was no stranger to it, but they came alone today.Fortunately, Taiwanese filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien, who is both an opponent and a colleague, was also shortlisted for the Palme d'Or, and Hou Hsiao-hsien brought a very strong lineup, including the protagonist and the main supporting role, and even the Taiwanese socialite Feng Feifei who sang in the film. up.Because there is a limit on the number of invited invitations, when Hou Xiaoxian and his group were worrying about who could go and who couldn't, Zhang Cheng took the initiative to come to look for them, so the lead actors Yang Liyin and Feng Feifei were brought in by Zhang Cheng and Cheng Jijie Inside.

The domestic film industry still attaches great importance to the Cannes Film Festival, so there are also domestic records here.However, these people mainly came for Hou Xiaoxian.After all, Hou Hsiao-hsien is quite famous in Asia.Many people saw that Zhang Cheng brought "Farewell My Concubine" to the exhibition, and thought that Zhang Cheng came with the mentality of breaking the pot.Therefore, no one thought that Zhang Cheng would win the award.

And the film Hou Hsiao-hsien brought this time actually did not hold any hope, because it is a documentary of real people.But it's a good thing that two Chinese films were shortlisted at the same time, so I put my mind at ease.

But the domestic people were already blown up when they heard that Zhang Cheng's "Farewell My Concubine" won a total of four nominations.Unexpectedly, this film was actually shortlisted for the film festival, and there were four nominations at once.If this wins an award, how much will it be slapped in the face?At that time, Zhang Moumou's "Ju Dou" was rejected by the country because of its large scale, and then it was cut and cut before it could be released.

Reluctantly, Zhang took "Ju Dou", which had little profit, to participate in the Oscar; it turned out to be the best foreign language film.

Everyone in the circle of Zhang Cheng's "Farewell My Concubine" knew that it was banned because Zhang Cheng slapped the relevant department in the face.As a result, they went to Cannes to participate in the exhibition.If he really won the award, can he get back all the scolding before?
The key is that many Chinese films have gone to Cannes over the years.There are many even black households.However, no one has ever been nominated for the Palme d'Or.Even if you don't get an award, you should invite him back this time to make offerings, right?If it really wins an award, it will be New China's first international award-winning film. This status can last a lifetime, right?

After Director Cheng learned of the four nominations for "Farewell My Concubine", he was already drifting away; look at it, I am the director and my son is the starring role.All nominated.The screenwriter is still my student, eh?It seems that the director and screenwriter are still the same person, Zhang Cheng, my student, I am proud.

Zhang Cheng was determined to let his son stand out, but he refused to let him go at first.Now even if he didn't win the grand prize, his son's worth has reached the top of the country all of a sudden, right?The highest domestic first-line actors are domestic singers such as Hundred Flowers and Golden Rooster.But my son is from an international company, so it's not even a star!
At the scene in Cannes, the award ceremony has already started, and there are some awards that are not important in the early stage. "Farewell My Concubine" was not nominated, so Zhang Cheng didn't care too much.

"Next, we present this award as the best soundtrack award; shortlisted are the American film "The Insider", the French film "The Lonely Watch", the German film "Memories of Pestin", and the British film "Don't Forget, and Me" The Japanese movie "Fishing Village Story" and the Huaxia movie "Farewell My Concubine"; first of all, I am sorry to say that because Huaxia's "Farewell My Concubine" did not indicate the scope of participation in the selection, we did not pay attention to this movie at the beginning. As for the soundtrack, but the main committee and the review team believe that we are film critics, not exams. Therefore, the soundtrack of this movie can also be counted in the selection. Next, we invite international movie stars Jura Hicks and Olaide to award us Give this award." The host made an advance notice of the shortlisted films before allowing the award presenters to attend.

"Oh my god, that's terrible. The host has said all the words, so we just have to say the name of the winner?" O'Rlaide said with a smile, and then took up the conversation.

Jura Hicks pouted and said, "Of course, if you're not satisfied, you can read it again, and you can also let the big screen replay it. Anyway, we only have so much time. It's okay to waste a little bit."

"Okay, I think if I dawdle here again, I'm likely to be repaired by the Chinese people with kung fu. The award-winning film is~~ Oh, come on, I have a bad heart, and I'm afraid I won't be able to stand the stimulation later. "

Zhulasisko pulled out a list from the envelope and said: "The film that won the best soundtrack award is ~~ "Farewell My Concubine"; I invite the crew of "Farewell My Concubine" to come on stage to accept the award."

Zhang Cheng was stunned for a moment, and seeing many people around him smiling and applauding at him, he was convinced that he had won an unexpected harvest, then felt Feng Feifei pushing him, and hurriedly straightened his suit before going on stage .

Some people in the country have already started to scream.

"My God, "Farewell My Concubine" won the best soundtrack award, do you want to be so aggressive?"

"Isn't there no nomination for this one? How can it still be awarded? Did Zhang Cheng spend money?"

"Hello, the soundtrack of "Farewell My Concubine" is very touching. I like the music with a strong funk style." Zhu Laxix first hugged Zhang Cheng gently, and then whispered.

"Thank you, I like it too."

Zhang Cheng took the trophy from Olaide's hand and raised his hand, "It's a surprise. I want to say that I don't know what to say now, so I won't waste everyone's time, and I will leave it to the next person."

Returning to his seat, Zhang Cheng still felt a little lucky. He added the song "Farewell My Concubine" and "Only Mom Is Good" by accidental changes.

"Well, we see that Chinese people from the East are still not very good at expressing. However, at this time, we only care about whether we have won an award. Then, please invite international movie stars Mr. Leonardo and Siskrandi Ma'am, let us announce the single award for this year, the Best Actress Award." The host Lai Rang took the microphone and said...

"Let us now invite the famous French director Jean-Chiva Figuere and the international film star Weng Lacus to announce the last single award for us, the Best Actor Award."

"Well, this award and the previous best actress are not nominated for my film. It shows that the local people do not necessarily have a better chance.

The films competing for this award are... Leonardo, Cruz, Jean Reno, Chies, Cheng Jijie, Huang Chengbiao”

"The winner of this year's Best Actor is ~ji jie cheng." At the scene, Zhang Cheng thundered. Zhang Cheng suddenly got up and pulled Cheng Jijie up and ran to the stage. Cheng Jijie's tears had already flowed down.