She dominates the entertainment industry with her disaster system

As if he could sense the tense atmosphere in the audience, his expression changed from surprise to joy, and he read aloud: "the Best Screenplay goes to——"The Past"!"

Applause broke out like a tide, and Kayla Parker's smiling face appeared on the big screen for the first time - she was calm and composed. Su Lingxi guessed that it might be because "The Past" was already her fourth film that she had written and directed - before this, she had missed the Cannes' highest award, the Palme d'Or, many times.

At present, it seems that this year's Palme d'Or will most likely have nothing to do with the crew of "Once Upon a Time": after all, over the years, few films have been able to win two major awards in the main competition unit of Cannes at the same time.

The most recent one dates back to "Fright Night" ten years ago.

This also means that Verina Melode, as the heroine of "Past", has already withdrawn from the competition for the Best Actress Award at this moment.

As we all know, the Cannes organizing committee will never award both the Best Actress Award and the Best Screenplay Award to the same film.

As if they could predict the undercurrents in front of the TV in advance, the official camera began to switch frequently, among which Su Lingxi and Verina appeared most frequently.

Obviously, compared to the former's calmness and composure, Verina's expression was a mixture of surprise and disappointment - after all, this was the Cannes trophy, and most actors couldn't really be indifferent about missing out on the Cannes Best Actress award.

Su Lingxi, who was secretly watched by even more people, reacted very calmly. He just smiled and clapped politely. Facing the cameras that kept scanning him, his expression was quite cold.

"This is so unexpected." Like most members of [Nicole's fan club], Cynthia was happy that Nicole had lost a strong opponent, but she couldn't help but feel worried. "The ceremony was just halfway through, and Verina was kicked out of the candidate list... She was the favorite predicted by the forum. I thought Nicole would have to wait until the Best Actress Award to compete with her..."

"But maybe this year will be a repeat of last year's tragedy - another upset for Best Actress. We all know that the organizing committee is not absolutely fair..."

Cynthia's conjecture may have some conspiracy-theory tendencies, but it represents the inner thoughts of many fans.

Most of them have experienced the closing ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival last year. "Paris at Night" was obviously an ambitious work aiming for awards, but in the end it missed out on all the major awards and only won the Best Screenplay award.

The situation then was almost exactly the same as it is now. Everyone thought that the Best Actress would be chosen from Nicole and Verina, but the organizing committee awarded the Best Actress award to a third person who no one cared about.

Such reckless behavior makes it difficult for the public not to question Cannes.

"I think Nicole has a good chance of winning Best Actress this year." Unable to bear seeing her sister's worried look, Lauren comforted her softly, "Didn't a reporter come out on Twitter this morning to reveal the news? He has confirmed with several people that Martin Kubrick prefers The Inverse Judgment to Past. With his support, I think Nicole won't go home empty-handed tonight."

Although Cannes is not as prestigious as the Oscars, it is also a well-known international film festival. Even before the awards ceremony began, all kinds of rumors were flying around on Twitter.

Cynthia usually treated revelations with a skeptical attitude, but this time, she sincerely hoped that what the whistleblower said was true.

However, Su Lingxi, who was present at the ceremony at this moment, was already 80% sure about the candidate for the Best Actress Award at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

The situation this year and last year may seem the same, but in reality they are completely different.

Firstly, she didn’t have a strong ally like Columbia last year, and no one spent a lot of money on her PR. Secondly, the subject of “Paris at Night” was too mild, and it was obviously at a disadvantage among the main competition films that talked about family ethics or war and peace. Finally, the chairman of the jury also played a very key role in the selection of awards every year. Last year, Greta Mirren chose Sandra Maister against all odds, and this year, Martin Kubrick just had a compensatory mentality towards her because of the casting of “The Island”…

Although it seems that she has a good chance of winning at the moment, Su Lingxi is not really sure of winning the trophy - Kubrick's thoughts change rapidly, and he is the most unpredictable variable in this matter.

"Tonight's various scenes are really interesting." Kitagawa Yoshiko turned around and touched her elbow, and asked jokingly, "How about it, are you confident that you can win the Best Actress award now?"

"I don't know." Su Lingxi said calmly, "But I have done everything I can. There is an old saying in China - 'Do your best and leave the rest to fate.' Now all I can do is wait for the results."

Kitagawa Yoshiko smiled and was about to say something when she looked up and saw a familiar figure slowly walking out from the podium.

"Don't be so pessimistic, dear." Her gaze paused, then quickly moved back meaningfully, "Maybe I should congratulate you. After all, you have already secured the Best Actress award for tonight."

"What--" Su Lingxi didn't have time to finish the rest of her sentence before she followed Kitagawa Yoshiko's gaze and saw who the award presenter on the stage was.

"How could it be him?"

"Oh my god, it's Director Fujita..."

"Well, I can already guess who the Best Actress award will go to."

The moment Fujita Ryo walked onto the red carpet, a buzz of discussion arose from the audience. For a moment, a series of glances, some obvious and some hidden, were cast at Su Lingxi, who remained calm, like X-rays.

It’s no wonder that they reacted so exaggeratedly. After all, award presenters are very special people at award ceremonies, whether at home or abroad. The organizing committee specially invited Ryo Fujita to be the award presenter for Best Actress, and the meaning is self-evident.

Among all the actresses shortlisted for the main competition unit, only that one had a close relationship with him.

Feeling the gazes from all directions, Su Lingxi forced herself to remain calm and subconsciously focused her eyes on the envelope in Fujita Ryo's hand.

Could her name be in there?

China's second Cannes Film Festival winner in decades...will she have a chance to win this honor?

Bang, bang, bang.

Su Lingxi only felt that at this moment all the noisy sounds had completely disappeared, and the world was completely silent. The only sound she could hear was her own chaotic heartbeat.