Zheng Yi took out a cigarette, put one in his mouth, took out a match, and wanted to light the cigarette, but his hand trembled so much that he scratched it a few times before he lit it. He took a hard puff of the cigarette, but the cigarette did not ease his surging emotions, and his body was still shaking.

The camera cuts to the outside of the villa, and a whistling police car enters the camera. Heavily armed policemen got out of the car and cautiously entered the villa. They saw the body of the security guard, and after entering the restaurant, they saw the body of Huang Shilang's family of four. When they entered the living room, they saw Zheng Yi sitting on the ground with a blank expression, covered with a quilt, shivering.

When the policemen saw that Zheng Yi had a gun in his hand, they all pointed their guns at him, and scolded: "Put the gun down!" One of the policemen recognized Zheng Yi: "Zheng Yi, you are also a policeman, don't know the law and break the law, quickly put the gun down!"

Zheng Yi let go of his hand, and the pistol fell to the ground with a thud.

The policemen breathed a sigh of relief and slowly walked towards him.

The policeman who knew Zheng Yi asked as he walked, "Why did you kill Huang Shilang's family?"

Zheng Yi smiled sadly: "I'm cold!"

The screen goes black, and the subtitles swipe through at high speed. At the same time, the music of "Under the Lion Rock" sounded again, this time "Under the Lion Rock" is not the version sung by Rowan, nor is it the Matouqin version, but a children's chorus. The children sang in their immature voices: "There are joys in life, but there are often tears, and all of us, when we meet at the foot of the Lion Rock, we finally laugh more than sigh......

When the movie ended, there was no sound in the entire screening room, and everyone sat quietly and listened to the children's immature singing. Hearing the name "Cold" and reading the synopsis of the movie, they knew that it was a cold and cruel movie, but they didn't expect the whole story to be so tragic. After watching the movie, they all felt extremely depressed and uncomfortable, so that many people in the screening room were short of breath.

The immature singing echoed in the screening room, as if to tell the audience that everything would be okay and that the world was cold, but there was still hope. Children are a symbol of the future and a symbol of hope. The children's immature singing is like a bottle of healing medicine, rescuing the audience from the heavy atmosphere, and their inner depression is gradually relieved.

The lights in the screening room snapped on, and warm lights fell from the sky to illuminate the dark hall. Bathed in warm yellow light, the audience felt as if they had walked through a world of despair, and now they were finally free.

Polanski stood up, said "Great," and clapped his hands vigorously. The applause was like a spark splashing down on the gasoline drum, and it quickly reacted. Bertolucci stood up, Wim Wenderson stood up, Alain Deron stood up, Catherine Deneuve stood up, and finally everyone in the room stood up and clapped their hands hard.

The applause rang out like a storm, as if it was about to tear down the dome of the Palais du Cinéma.

It was not the first time Xu Wangqiu had experienced this kind of scene, he was relatively calm, smiling and applauding with the audience.

David Jiang is participating in an international film festival for the first time and has paid a lot for this film. At this moment, listening to the overwhelming applause at the scene, he couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, and tears rolled down like beads with broken threads.

Xia Meng and Wang Mingquan couldn't help but burst into tears when they listened to the applause at the scene. The guests were filmmakers from all over the world, many of whom were famous figures in the world of cinema, and most of the audience were journalists from all over the world, who had seen countless movies and had deep experience, but now they were all welcoming and applauding "Cold". Xia Meng and Wang Mingquan felt a kind of pride from the bottom of their hearts, and they were glad that they were able to participate in this movie.

"Let's go to the stage to thank the audience!" Xu Wangqiu took a deep breath, said a word to Jiang Dawei, and walked to the stage with a bright smile. After the premiere of the film in Cannes, the audience applauded, but Xu Wangqiu could hear that this was not polite applause, and the audience really liked the movie.

Jiang Dawei and the others nodded, and followed Xu Wangqiu to the stage with excitement.

Xu Wangqiu and the others walked to the center of the stage, stood in a row, bowed to the audience and thanked everyone for their support for the film. The guests and the audience who were still applauding at the scene saw Xu Wangqiu bowing and saluting, they couldn't suppress their inner excitement, and applauded even harder, they shouted Xu Wangqiu's name, shouted the names of Jiang David and Wang Mingquan's characters, and the whole scene turned into a sea of joy.

The applause was messy at first, but gradually turned into very rhythmic high-fives, 3 minutes, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes...... It's as if it's going to go on forever.

Xu Wangqiu bowed five times, and the applause lasted for 20 minutes before it ended.

Coming out of the screening hall, Xu Wangqiu and the others went straight to the press center and went to the press conference hall to attend the press conference of "Cold". When they entered the press conference hall, they found it crowded with reporters. Not only were the seats full, but the aisles were crowded with reporters waiting to ask questions.

According to the convention of the film festival press conference, Xu Wangqiu first talked about his creative concept, why he wanted to make this film, and what he wanted to express through this film; Subsequently, the press officer asked Xu Wangqiu and the four of them questions in turn.

After the press officer's routine questions, it is free time to ask questions, and it is also the part that media reporters are most looking forward to. The first to ask a question was a French journalist: "There is a particularly interesting phenomenon in the movie, the protagonist's family lived in a low place at the beginning, in a backlit state, and then they moved to a big house, and the geographical location was higher, and finally the protagonist went to kill Huang Shilang lived on the top of the mountain." I wonder if it's deliberately set up, or is it just like that?"

Xu Wangqiu explained: "This is the case in Xiangjiang society, the mountain where Huang Shilang's family is located is called Taiping Mountain, which is a famous gathering area for the rich in Xiangjiang. Mainly because of the high terrain, you can see the beautiful scenery of Victoria Harbour at a glance. After the occupation of Xiangjiang by the British, the top and mid-levels of Taiping Peak were inhabited by officials and foreign consuls, and the Chinese were not qualified to live. It was not until 1906 that the wealthy Ho Tung became the first non-European to be allowed to live in the Peak District. Now the situation has changed a bit, and the people who live in the mountains are basically rich, and it is impossible for the poor to live on them. ”

A female reporter stood up: "This is the most bloody and violent movie I've ever seen, and it's suspected of exaggerating violence." There are scenes of children being shot in the movie, and I don't think that's right, because children being shot are not art, and it's not entertainment. ”

Xu Wangqiu said very seriously: "I agree with your point of view, shooting children is not art, let alone entertainment. Actually, I knew before I shot it that it would cause controversy, but I decided to shoot it anyway. I think it's necessary, because I don't think anyone can do such a thing as long as they are normal, only crazy people would do it. In the opening part of the movie, Zheng Yi's father, mother and sister were killed by Huang Shilang, and only Zheng Yi survived. Huang Shilang's family, who was killed at the end of the movie, is also a father, mother, son and daughter, which can be seen as a reincarnation.

The misfortune he encountered in his childhood brought Zheng Yi serious mental trauma, causing him to be afraid of cold, but he is still full of confidence in the world and adheres to kindness and justice. The name Zheng Yi is the same as justice in Chinese. How did such a man end up being a madman who would be brutally murdered even as a child? That's what I really want to say. If you don't shoot the content of children being shot, the impact will be greatly weakened, and the before and after contrast will be less powerful. ”

Another reporter threw a question to Xu Wangqiu: "I think this movie is promoting hatred, as a director, aren't you worried that "Cold" will attract imitation crimes after its release?"

Xu Wangqiu retorted: "I think you have a problem with your understanding of the movie. Instead of promoting hatred, the film is saying that there is no way out of hatred. At the end of the movie, Zheng Yi killed Huang Shilang's family, did he get free? No. If he was really relieved, he wouldn't have shivered and said I was cold. In fact, what I mean is very clear, Huang Shilang is a white glove, killing a Huang Shilang can't change reality, and it can't save the oppressed and exploited poor at the bottom. ”

At this time, a British reporter stood up: "Does this film imply that the problems faced by Xiangjiang, that Britain is behind the scenes, and that you are hostile to Britain?"

Faced with this acute question, Xu Wangqiu was not excited, but said lightly: "I have no hostility towards the UK, and it is extremely ridiculous to think that a director will go against a certain country." For example, when I say that Britain used to be an opium dealer, or if I say that the British Museum is full of looting and theft of precious cultural relics from other countries, this is only a statement of facts, not hostility towards Britain. Actually, I like England, I like Shakespeare. ”

After throwing a few questions to Xu Wangqiu one after another, a reporter finally threw the questions to David Jiang: "As far as I know, you used to be an action movie actor, but in this movie you gave shocking acting skills, how did you do it?"

David Jiang was overjoyed to hear that the reporter spoke so highly of his performance: "First of all, I want to thank the director for giving me this role and thank him for his help during the filming process, secondly, the actors who acted with me are very good, and working with them has greatly stimulated my potential; third, I spent enough time and energy to prepare." ”

Xu Wangqiu added next to him: "When filming the scene of Huang Shilang, we encountered some difficulties. David Jiang can't perform the effect we want, he hasn't been a killer, and he lacks the corresponding emotional experience. In the end, we had to let him go to the slaughterhouse to kill the pig and find the feeling of a killer. Unexpectedly, when he was killing the pig, the pig suddenly jumped up, bit him on the leg, and bit him, so that he had to be treated in the hospital for more than half a month. ”

The reporters at the scene all laughed when they heard this, and Xia Meng and Wang Ming were also very happy.

David Jiang smiled helplessly, thinking, "Okay, you are looking at autumn, and you actually came to the world to blow up my troubles!"

Xu Zhengdao continued: "After being discharged from the hospital, David Jiang came to the slaughterhouse again to experience it again. In the end, he found the feeling, found the state of the character, and presented the character perfectly. He shed blood, sweated and really paid a lot for this movie. I think it's a matter of course that he can play to this extent. ”

After the press conference, come out of the press center. David Jiang's inner excitement has not passed, and he said with emotion: "I finally know why the Cannes Film Festival is called the temple of film art." There were so many famous directors and movie stars at the scene, just like ordinary audiences, applauding us below, applauding us, and calling the names of the characters I played. I've been acting for so many years, and I've never been so proud!"

He looked at Xu Wangqiu and said sincerely: "Thank you for giving me the role of Zheng Yi!"