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Chapter 89 Award Ceremony

On the second day, everyone started preparing their looks carefully.

Huang Ze kept it simple, wearing a black suit, similar to the one he wore when attending the Grammy Awards.

But Gong Xing is much more complicated.

She wanted to have Su Lizhen's hairstyle and wear a cheongsam that she had customized two months ago and had never worn in the film.

The cheongsam doesn’t matter, the most important thing is the hairstyle.

It takes a full four hours to complete.

When I was filming "In the Mood for Love", I don't know how half of my time would be spent just on doing my hair.

It's still like this every day.

It's really a nightmare.

Fortunately, now the nightmare is just a nightmare for one day.

Wait and wait!
Su Lizhen's hairstyle was successfully completed.

After staying for a while, it was time to walk the red carpet. Huang Ze and his group got on the courtesy car and rushed to the Croisette Theater.

When we got here, some people had already started walking the red carpet.

It was a scene of blooming flowers, competing for beauty.

There were film crew members, as well as some celebrity models who paid to walk the red carpet at their own expense and take some photos for publicity.

Generally speaking, the fees are not low.

After all, it costs money to hold a film festival, and so does publicity. In order to keep itself going and to increase its reputation, the Cannes Organizing Committee doesn’t care so much about such details. As long as you’re willing to pay, you can leave!
As soon as director Huang Ze got out of the car, he held the heroine's hand and they walked onto the red carpet together.

In an instant, countless flash lights lit up and shone towards Huang Ze.

Huang Ze didn't pose on purpose, but he still cooperated with the reporters, smiling and waving at them from time to time.

The reporters' hands were pressing the shutter buttons, but their mouths were not idle.

"Huang, what prize do you think you can win today?"

"Will your work focus shift to movies in the future? Or will it still be music?"

"Huang, when will the next movie be released?"

"Huang, when will the next album be released?"

Huang Ze's gaze lingered on the face of the reporter who asked this question for a second longer. Did you know that you have gone off the topic?

After walking the red carpet almost without stopping, Huang Ze and Gong Xing led the crew into the theater.

After finding his seat, Gong Xian finally relaxed his grip on Huang Ze's arm and gently stroked his chest, "Oh, this is the first time I've seen so many reporters. I'm so nervous."

"I always thought I had good mental strength, but now it seems I still need to practice!"

"If I win the Best Actress award, will I be so nervous that I can't walk?" Gong Yu said with a face full of longing. "I'm telling you, I dreamed last night that I won the Best Actress award, and I was holding the trophy in one hand and giving a speech. You woke me up before I even started the speech."

"How dare you say that? I was woken up by the pain, okay? Was that a trophy you grabbed? I'm embarrassed to expose you." Huang Ze lowered his voice, "Just grab it if you want, why are you using so much force? Look at how long your nails are!"

"I wasn't careful."

"I apologize."

"Okay, since you apologized sincerely, I will show mercy and forgive you."

"Come to think of it, is there really no possibility at all?" Gong Xing continued to ask unwillingly, "I really want to put a perfect end to my acting career."

"Didn't I tell you this before? But if you really want to get to the bottom of it," Huang Ze leaned closer, "In my opinion, there are only three possibilities for you to take it."

"Which three?"

"The first one is that the other actors are too lame, which is obviously not the case!"

"The second possibility is that the judges support you. This usually happens between filmmakers from the same country. As you can see, there are no Chinese on the judges, which is not good enough." "The third possibility is that the judges are keen on having two or three Best Actress winners. In that case, with the charm of Su Lizhen's role, you still have a chance of winning Best Actress!"

"It's just that the probability is a bit low. I think it's only about 30%."

"Why is it only 30%?" Gong Xing asked.

"Thirty percent depends on the judges' moods. Many people want this thirty percent but can't get it." As he said this, Huang Ze subconsciously looked at the actor Wang Jiawei.

Don’t you think it would be great if all the judges were people like you?
Then I have to be at least 70% sure!
Seventy percent is still an understatement.

"What are you looking at him for?"

"Nothing. In fact, 30% is quite a lot. This is only in Cannes. If it were Venice, it would probably be only 10%. They don't like double yolk eggs there."

"I think I still have hope." Gong Xing blinked his right eye at Huang Ze, "I can't expect that meeting you will use up all my luck in my life, right?"

"It's hard to say, haha."

"Okay, it's about to start, stop chatting." Huang Ze nodded his chin towards the podium.

The host came on stage, invited the jury members up, and after some polite words, the highlight of the night, the awards ceremony, began.

It seems that there are more awards given out in Cannes than in Venice.

What kind of attention unit, Youth Film Award, Catholic Humanitarian Award, FIPRESCI Award, Golden Camera Award (director's first film award).

Another thing I want to mention is that the Golden Alarm Clock Award won by Chen Kai for "The King of Children" is not an award.

It was the so-called "Golden Alarm Clock Award" that was "awarded" to the film by reporters in order to mock the obscure and boring nature of his film and to wake up the sleepy audience.

As the awards were being presented, Huang Ze heard a voice saying, "The film that won the Technical Grand Prix at this year's Cannes Film Festival is In the Mood for Love."

This is also the English name of In the Mood for Love.

Gu Changwei obviously hadn't reacted quickly enough.
But Zhang Shuping realized it immediately and punched Gu Changwei, "You really won a prize, a technical award!"

"Really?"

"Hurry up." Zhang Shuping stood up amid the applause, hugged the people around him first, and then the two of them walked up to the podium together. They both held the award, with smiles on their faces, and looked indescribably proud.

"thanks, thanks."

"I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Director Huang Ze. I still remember that day he called me to the company and showed me the cheongsams worn by the heroine Su Lizhen. There were 24 cheongsams in total. To be honest, I thought he wanted me to choose from them, but he told me that these were all the ones the heroine was going to wear."

"From that moment on, I felt that this was the director I wanted to work with, and I felt his passion for movies."

Gu Changwei immediately followed and gave a speech thanking the country, thanking this and that, and finally thanking Director Huang, then walked down with Zhang Shuping.

As soon as they came down, the others couldn't help but go to see the trophy.

Except Huang Ze.

Boys, be reserved!
Besides, I haven’t said I don’t have a trophy yet, so there’s no need to rush.

After one or two more awards were presented, it was time for the highlight, the awards for the main competition unit.

First, the short film award.

Next was the Jury Prize, which sounds very similar to the Grand Jury Prize but has the lowest value. It was awarded to "Saint Thérèse", a French film.

Then came the Best Actress award.

When the guests started to take the envelopes, Gong Xian grabbed Huang Ze's arm again, as if he was praying something in a low voice.

Huang Ze could only cover her hand with his and tell her not to worry.

What is supposed to come will come.

"The winner of the Best Actress award at the 39th Cannes Film Festival is..."

The award presenter smiled and deliberately dragged out the word.

(End of this chapter)