Chapter 60 Leo: It Is Not an Exaggeration to Say that Chen Xiao Is My Master!

19:30 local time in F country.

The Cannes Film Festival awards ceremony and closing ceremony officially began.

Below the stage, thousands of filmmakers and investors from various countries sat down in formal attire.

Together with hundreds of millions of people around the world, they waited for the announcement of the winners of several of this year's highest film awards.

Two special awards will be presented tonight.

One is the Golden Camera Award, which is awarded to the director's debut.

The second is the Honorary Golden Palm Award, which is awarded to filmmakers who have made great contributions to the film industry for a long time.

Then the awards will be announced in units, and the first one is the main competition unit in which "Titanic" participated.

On the stage, the famous actress Diane, with blonde hair and an elegant black dress, walked to the center of the stage.

"Ladies and gentlemen, good evening, everyone, I am actress Diane."

After a short opening speech, the award ceremony officially began.

"Next, introduce the guests who will present the Golden Camera Award..."

After Diane's introduction, two award presenters walked out of the stage behind her.

Accompanied by a piece of music, the two filmmakers walked to the front of the stage.

A middle-aged actor said in French: "Good evening, everyone. The Caméra d'Or is an excellent award. It rewards the first work of young filmmakers to encourage them and inject new blood into the film industry...."

As he introduced the award, robots on major domestic video websites had already translated his speech into Chinese and placed it in the subtitle area.

Netizens were excitedly brushing the bullet screen.

[This is the most promising one! ]

[Oh my god, my hands are shaking with nervousness! ]

[Director Chen's debut work definitely meets the requirements. ]

[I recently saw on a foreign website that foreigners have a good review of "Titanic". The Caméra d'Or should be stable! ]

[Please! Give it to Xiaoxiao, he is only 23 years old and needs encouragement. ]

[If this is gone, it will probably be over. Please, give it to me. ]

In addition to netizens, Fang Rong, Zhang Fengyi and others from the "Farewell My Concubine" crew, as well as almost all domestic film and television people, are also watching the live broadcast.

Cannes, a hotel near the venue.

Eight core members of the crew, including photography director Capon and art director Fan Rilin, were sitting in a hotel room, nervously staring at the live projection on the wall.

The scene was the same.

Wang Zhan, Li Ao and others in the audience were wearing simultaneous interpretation headphones, their hearts pounding.

This is definitely the best opportunity for new directors!

If they can win the Golden Camera Award, the value of the entire crew will rise again!

On the stage, the host asked: "Mr. Award Presenter, can you tell us which film won the Golden Camera Award this year?"

The award presenter said excitedly: "Fan Tianan's "Golden Cocoon"!" (Yue N Movie)

In the audience, a man with shoulder-length curly hair stood up excitedly and bowed to the people around him.

Wang Zhan, Li Ao and others were half disappointed, but they could only force a smile in front of the camera.

Everyone felt as uncomfortable as if they were caught in the cold rain.

The award with the highest probability is gone, is it really going to go home empty-handed?

Wang Zhan's nose was a little sour.

Sure enough, it feels so bad to be disappointed again.

Just then, a calm voice came from my ear: "Don't be sad, there are so many awards, wait and see."

Wang Zhan looked at Chen Xiao who was speaking, sighed lightly, patted his shoulder, and said nothing more.

Chen Xiao looked at the six of them who were a little disappointed, pursed his lips helplessly, but didn't say anything.

It's too troublesome to explain, anyway, we will know the result in a while, so I won't say it.

They don't know the foreign market well enough, so they have no confidence in "Titanic".

But he is very sure that this film will win 100% of the awards!

In the original world where film and television developed faster, it was a sweeping existence, and the global market received rave reviews. Of the 24 Oscars that year, 11 were won by it.

In this world where literary and artistic development is slightly slower, isn't it a dimensionality reduction attack?

He felt relieved thinking so, but others didn't have this confidence. After all, everyone usually stays in China and doesn't have a deep understanding of the thoughts and cultures of other countries.

In the hotel outside the Film Palace, the atmosphere in the room where the production staff was located instantly fell to the bottom.

After half a minute, the good old man Fan Rilin forced a smile, "Let's see later, maybe we can get a..."

At this point, he didn't have the confidence to continue.

Several people looked at each other and sighed.

Kapeng was open-minded, scratched his head and laughed, "It's good to be here, thanks to Director Chen, otherwise with the level of my previous films, I wouldn't even dare to sign up haha."

The others also laughed.

In the projection on the wall, the award ceremony is still going on.

Now the jury members are on stage one by one.

According to the process, the "Honorary Golden Palm Award" will be awarded first. This award is awarded to people who have made long-term and major contributions to the film industry, mainly directors.

Let's not talk about the difficulty first, just the word "long-term", there is no need to expect.

After all, Chen Xiao has been in the industry for three months, which is not long-term anyway.

Then it is the music performance. Then it enters the main competition unit award.

Assuming there were still ten minutes to go, everyone started fiddling with their phones.

The awards for the main competition unit include the following seven:

The highest honor, the Palme d'Or.

The second grand prize, the Grand Jury Prize.

The third grand prize, the Grand Jury Prize.

Best Director Award, Best Screenwriter Award, Best Actor Award, Best Actress Award.

Now everyone doesn't know which one to look forward to.

Or rather, no one dares to look forward to any of them.

Soon, fifteen minutes passed.

The comments on the domestic broadcasting platform have completely relaxed, and they are all lazy.

[Watching while eating spicy noodles, give my Xiaoxiao more shots, thank you. ]

[Disperse, the following awards are more difficult than one. ]

[Golden Palm! I want Golden Palm! ]

[Wake up. ]

[Give me an award, don't force me to kneel down and beg you. ]

[Should apply for a focus unit, compete with other newcomers, and I will definitely win an award. ]

[Yes, it's frustrating, Director Chen is good at everything, but his ambition is higher than the sky. ]

[What's ambition? This is obviously called having great ambitions! ]

...

On the screen, it has come to the awards ceremony of the main competition unit.

The host smiled and said, "Mr. Chairman of the Jury, what award should be presented next?"

The chairman with white curly hair stood up, "The first award tonight is the Best Actor Award."

The host nodded, "Please invite Anna and Metz, two judges, to announce the winners for us."

The two actresses walked to the microphone in long skirts, unfolded the cards in their hands, and said loudly: "The winner is Leo from Titanic."

Leo was thinking about what to eat for dinner.

When he heard the voice coming from the simultaneous interpretation headset, he was instantly struck by lightning, and his mind went blank.

Wait a minute, he seemed to have heard something incredible.

Best, best actor?

Chen Xiao touched his arm.

Leo was half asleep and half awake, and stood up with the crew amid the applause of thousands of people.

What?

Is he dreaming?

He?

He didn't even dare to think about it.

Best actor?

He was actually the best actor?

After his brain reacted, Leo's nose was sour and his eyes were red in an instant. His nose twitched, and he almost couldn't control his expression.

He took a deep breath and kept his expression, but tears still welled up in his eyes.

As usual, he hugged the director sideways and choked up, "Brother Chen, thank you! Thank you!"

This hug was a hug from the heart.

At first, he asked to change this role to a "characteristic" role, but fortunately Brother Chen stopped him and gave him acting guidance.

It's not an exaggeration to say that Brother Chen is his master.

Chen Xiao comforted him, "Calm down, there is still a long way to go in the future, calm down."

After a short hug, Leo nodded to Chen Xiao with tears in his eyes and a smile on his face.

Then he waved to the people around him and walked up to the podium.