When the time entered the beginning of March, Chen Kaige found Wu Jianye again.

However, this time he came to Wu Jianye not for Chen Hong's business, but to show off.......

""Farewell My Concubine" has been shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival!" Chen Kaige said excitedly.

After "Yellow Earth", Chen Kaige has not had any better works, although several movies have been made later, but it has always been a downward trend in word-of-mouth and awards.

If he only had Wu Jianye standing in front of him before, Chen Kaige would still be able to accept it, after all, Wu Jianye has always been so successful, but Zhang Yimou, who could only be his own photographer before, also sprung up and walked in front of him.

Nowadays, when it comes to their generation of directors in China, Chen Kaige will always be ranked behind the two of them, which is naturally unacceptable to the arrogant Chen Kaige.

It's good now.

"Farewell My Concubine" was shortlisted for the Cannes Film Festival again, and this time for Chen Kaige, it was an opportunity for him to prove himself.

Zhang Yimou was filming "Alive" at this time, Chen Kaige had no way to find him, but it didn't mean that he couldn't come to Wu Jianye, this is actually like a child who suddenly got good grades in the exam and wanted to find his friends to show off, there is no difference.

Wu Jianye looked at Chen Kaige with a smile and said, "Actually, I also have good news to tell you!"

Chen Kaige was slightly stunned, and said: ""The World of Chu Xing" was also shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival?" But then shook his head and said: "No, I didn't get the list?"

"The Berlinale is over, are you going to attend the Venice Film Festival?"

"No!" Wu Jianye shook his head, looked at Chen Kaige with a smile, and said: "Actually, I will participate in this Cannes Film Festival as a judge of this Cannes Film Festival!"

"In other words, I have a vote for whether the movie "Farewell My Concubine" will win the award!"

The rules of the Festival de Cannes are that the shortlisted films will be selected by the selection committee of the Festival de Cannes, headed by Jacob, and the jury of the festival will select various awards from the shortlisted films!

Chen Kaige looked at Wu Jian and didn't speak for a long time, and finally threw down a sentence: "It's not fun!"

Then he turned and left.

Wu Jianye was left standing alone in his office, laughing.

Soon, the film "Farewell My Concubine" was shortlisted for the 46th Cannes Film Festival, and the domestic media reported it.

Although this movie has not been reviewed and cannot be released in China, as one of the most well-known directors in China, Chen Kaige's new movie still makes many people care.

So when this film was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival, it immediately caused an uproar in China.

A lot of media reports on this.

"Another victory for Chinese cinema!" -- "Popular Film" was the first to publish its own article.

Regardless of whether the film has been reviewed or not, as long as it can be shortlisted for the Cannes Film Festival, it is a kind of pride for the Chinese people, and in this era, the hearts of the Chinese people are extremely eager to be recognized abroad.

"In recent years, China's film industry has repeatedly won glory at foreign film festivals, such as "The Red Lantern Hangs High" directed by Wu Jianye, "The Last Emperor", "New Dragon Gate Inn", "Red Sorghum" directed by Zhang Yimou, etc., and now "Farewell My Concubine" directed by Chen Kaige will once again represent our Chinese films in the Cannes Film Festival, one of the three major film festivals in Europe.

This is the victory of our Chinese films, and it is also the pride of our Chinese filmmakers.

Wu Jianye, Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, these directors are using their lenses to show the world our country's films, it is the efforts of their generation of directors that have made my country's films have a certain popularity overseas, and all of us should believe that this is the progress of our country's films......."

An article that sprinkled with enthusiasm made readers across the country know about it, but the only thing that made Chen Kaige a little unhappy was that every time he was mentioned, two names were always added in front of him.

Wu sees the night, Zhang Yimou!

And most importantly, although the Cannes Film Festival has not yet been announced, he already knows where Wu Jianye will participate in this Cannes Film Festival as a judge of this Cannes Film Festival.

Although it is not possible to say which of the judges and the shortlisted films is superior or inferior, Chen Kaige knows that according to Wu Jianye's influence, when the Cannes Film Festival announces the judges of this year, it will definitely cause a greater sensation in China.

He was not in China at the beginning, but after returning to China, he still found the newspaper at that time and checked the reports at that time.

Now Wu Jianye's reputation in China is higher than him, and the general value in China is that the judges are more advanced than those who are shortlisted, after all, everyone is a judge and is responsible for selecting you.

So Chen Kaige was a little depressed at this time.

The one in his family sat next to him and said with a smile: "Don't think about it so much, Director Wu, as a judge of this film festival, isn't it also a good thing for you!"

The one in his family already knew from Chen Kaige's mouth that Wu Jianye would be the judge of this Cannes Film Festival.

Chen Kaige didn't speak, although he also knew that Wu Jianye, as a judge of this Cannes Film Festival, was a good thing for him.

But there are still some regrets in my heart, after all, this should be the glory that belongs to him alone, if Wu Jianye is not a judge of the Cannes Film Festival, then all the eyes of the country will fall on his head, but now this part of the glory is bound to be discounted to a certain extent!

In fact, as Chen Kaige thought.

As soon as the Festival de Cannes announced the films shortlisted for the main competition, it announced the jury for this year's Festival de Cannes.

Originally, Chinese people didn't care much about this kind of thing, after all, they were more concerned about the list of shortlisted movies.

However, because Chen Kaige's "Farewell My Concubine" was shortlisted for this Cannes Film Festival, domestic media magazines have also paid more attention to this Cannes Film Festival.

It is this kind of attention that makes them know that the film director of their country, Wu Jianye, will become the judge of this Cannes Film Festival!

This news was not from the court culture, but from China Film.

In fact, at this time, whether it is media, magazines or TV stations in China, there are not too many offices overseas, and the film industry pays even less attention.

Fortunately, China Film has always had a lot of cooperation with the three major film festivals and has its own news channels, so they are the first to know the exact news of this matter except for Wu Jianye.

There is also Liu Jianjian's contribution here, because Wu Jianye took the lead in revealing the news to Liu Jianshe before, so Liu Jianshe also had a phone call with the Cannes Film Festival, as soon as the official list came out, they would be notified immediately.

Compared with Chen Kaige's "Farewell My Concubine", whether it is China Film or Radio and Television, they prefer to report Wu Jianye's news.

After all, Chen Kaige's "Farewell My Concubine" movie has not been reviewed, but now it has been shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival.

But Wu Jianye is different, whether others want to admit it or not, Wu Jianye is the orthodox descendant of radio and television and China Film, and he is also the director they value the most.

Just look at the directors of their generation now, who have made movies, except for Wu Jianye, everyone else seems to like to reveal that history that no one wants to mention.

And the four movies "The Red Lantern Hangs High", "The Last Emperor", "New Dragon Gate Inn", and "The World of Chu Xing" filmed by Wu Jianye are all completely in line with domestic film standards, and they did not expose the bad things after the establishment of New China.

Even the first "Hang the Red Lantern" revealed nothing more than the life of the landlords in the old times.

And now the latest "The World of Chu Xing" has let the world see the new life since the reform and opening up of China.

That's right, this is the view of Radio and Television and China Film, although this is a virtual world, but the lives of ordinary people embodied in it are not all happy, so it is enough.

More importantly, the success of Wu Jianye has allowed radio and television and China Film to get real benefits, China Film has gained more successful experience because of the high box office of "The World of Chu Xing", and radio and television has seen the development route of domestic films because of the emergence of this high box office, which can better improve the voice of radio and television in national ministries and commissions.

These are benefits that ordinary people can't see, but they actually receive.

Therefore, when Wu Jianye was officially selected as a jury member of the 46th Cannes Film Festival, domestic media magazines were said to regard this incident as the most important news during this period.

This has also led to a strange phenomenon in the country.

Although the news that the movie "Farewell My Concubine" was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival is still the hottest news, the news that Wu Jianye became a judge quickly became the news tied with this news, and in the end it exceeded .......

When ordinary readers see this news, what else can they say except awesome!

But many people in the industry are more curious.

Last year, there were two most famous movies in China, the first was Wu Jianye's "The World of Chu Xing", and the second was Chen Kaige's "Farewell My Concubine".

Now that the Berlinale is over, neither film is participating, and now the list of candidates for the Cannes Film Festival is out.

Although Wu Jianye participated in this Cannes Film Festival, he was a judge, which means that his film "The World of Chu Xing" did not participate in this Cannes Film Festival, and now it seems that the possibility of this film participating in the Venice Film Festival is also very small, after all, Wu Jianye is already a judge of this Cannes Film Festival.

If the artistic level of Wu Jianye's "Chu Xing's World" did not reach that level, they would not say anything, but it is different now.

No matter how you look at the movie "Chu Xing's World", it is an extremely excellent movie, and it is definitely a film that can compete for the highest awards at the three major film festivals, but now it has not participated in the three major film festivals, which is always weird!

"Old Wu, what's the situation, what do you think?"

Many people called Wu Jianye one after another to ask about Wu Jianye's specific situation, including Feng Xiaoning, who was in the same dormitory before Wu Jianye.

Wu Jianye smiled: "This is the situation!"

"You kid must be holding back some big moves, right?" Feng Xiaoning couldn't help but say.

Wu Jianye smiled and said, "If you don't hold back the big move, you will know it right away!"

Look at the time, it's almost time to announce!

Feng Xiaoning knows Wu Jianye too well, even if the two are talking on the phone now, but when he hears Wu Jianye's tone, he also knows that he must be holding back some big move.

"Now Kaige is sad!" Feng Xiaoning said with a smile.

Since Wu Jian's night vision can be used as a big move, it must be a very sensational news, everyone is a classmate, and Feng Xiaoning naturally knows Chen Kaige's temperament.

originally thought that he accounted for the biggest news, but now Wu Jianye is ready to release bigger news one after another, so how long can Chen Kaige's news last?

"Hurry up and reveal it, let the buddies be happy first!" Feng Xiaoning said with a wicked smile.

Wu Jianye smiled and said, "It's not sure yet, let's wait for the news to come out, let's talk about it!"

Although Wu Jianye was confident, as he said, he still didn't want to say anything more when the exact news didn't come out.

Feng Xiaoning said helplessly: "You just hang people's appetites, right? By the way, does Kaige know?"

Wu Jianye said: "I don't know, I originally wanted to reveal something to him, but when that buddy heard that I was going to be a judge of this Cannes Film Festival, he threw down the sentence 'It's not fun' and left." ”

Thinking of Chen Kaige's expression at that time, Wu Jianye still wanted to laugh.

Feng Xiaoning later knocked on the side and tapped a few words, and saw that there was no way to know the exact news from Wu Jianye's mouth, so he had to give up helplessly.

But he also shouted, when Wu Jianye is busy with this time, he must have a treat!

Wu Jianye naturally has no opinion on this!

After the two hung up the phone, Zhu Yan smiled and said, "You, just tease them!"

Wu Jianye smiled and said, "There is no definite news in the first place!"

Zhu Yan asked, "Then how are you going to allocate this time?"

Wu Jianye thought for a while and said, "It's okay, when the Cannes Film Festival is held, it should have already ended over there, and you can go directly to it when the time comes!"

The Cannes Film Festival takes place in the middle of May, so there's plenty of time before Wu Miya.

Just when everyone was still excited about Wu Jianye becoming a judge of the Cannes Film Festival and "Farewell My Concubine" being shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival.

"Popular Film" broke a major news again.

"The World of Chu Xing" will be the representative of this year's domestic films and participate in this year's Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film!

The already boiling oil pot exploded again like a big stone thrown into it!