After Truffaut left the stage with the Palme d'Or trophy, the 37th Festival de Cannes came to an end.

The media reported accordingly for the first time, and the focus of the media coverage was not the award or the ownership of the Palme d'Or, but Truffaut's farewell. When many media reports on it, it is a little sentimental. Among them, the headline of the French newspaper "Le Monde" can represent the feelings of many people: "A great soul is leaving us".

The fate of the awards at the Cannes Film Festival is controversial almost every year. This year's Palme d'Or is the least controversial, with almost everyone agreeing that it should be for Truffaut and "The Psycho", with controversy mainly over Polanski's "Bitter Moon".

"Bitter Moon" is a very controversial movie, I like it to death, and I hate it to death. "Bitter Moon" did not receive anything in Cannes, which made many media who like "Bitter Moon" cry out for Polanski. They all said that this is a masterpiece that deeply explores human nature and is thought-provoking, and it is really unreasonable not to give any awards.

Unlike Western media reports, which focused on Truffaut's farewell, in Xiangjiang and throughout Southeast Asia, the focus of media coverage was on "Cold" winning the technical award and the Best Actor award, and the whole Chinese world became a sensation.

Ta Kung Pao made a front-page headline about "Cold" winning the award at Cannes. The article reads: "The 37th Cannes Film Festival ended in the early hours of yesterday morning, and the dust has settled on the major awards. Hong Kong actor David Jiang won the Best Actor Award for his outstanding performance in "Cold", and mainland photographer Zhang Yimou won the Best Technology Award for his superb cinematography in "Cold". Before "Cold", Li Hanxiang and Hu Jinquan's films were both shortlisted for the Cannes Film Festival and won the Best Technology Award, but it was the first time for a Chinese to win the Best Actor, and David Jiang also became the first Chinese actor at the three major film festivals. ”

Wen Wei Po sang a hymn to the film with the title of "Cannes Chinese films shine, "Cold" won two awards": "Although before "Cold", Li Hanxiang and Hu Jinquan both won awards in Cannes, but they won the technical award not as an award set by the film festival, but as an award selected by the film technical committee. This time, "Cold" won the Best Actor Award at Cannes, which is the first time that a Chinese film has really won the award at the Cannes Film Festival itself, which is an unprecedented breakthrough. ”

The movie "Cold" was invested by Xia Meng's Jade Bird Company, and it actually has little to do with Yindu Agency, but Yindu still published a congratulatory letter in "Ming Pao" for the first time: "On behalf of Yindu Organization, I would like to extend my warmest congratulations to all members of the crew of "Cold". "Cold" is a work completed by the joint efforts of mainland and Hong Kong staff. There were many difficulties during the filming of the film, but it was finally completed thanks to the joint efforts of the staff from both places. We believe that this is a model of film cooperation between the Mainland and Hong Kong, and it is also the direction of future development. Now "Cold" has won two awards in Cannes and has been recognized by the world. This is an incomparable honor, let's share the joy of this award together!"

Lin Kuang was so angry when he saw the congratulatory letter from the Yindu organization, and felt that Yindu was deliberately disgusting himself. Many of you Zuo faction don't have newspapers, so you can't send congratulatory letters in any newspaper, but you have to go to Ming Pao to send them, isn't this disgusting people? However, he has no way to take the Yindu Agency and Xu Wangqiu, so he can only complain to Jin Yong: "Cha Sheng, you Ming Pao can't publish any advertisements!"

If the most depressed person in Xiangjiang is Lin Kuang, then the happiest one is undoubtedly Li Lingling, David Jiang's wife. When she was filming the movie, David Jiang was bitten by a pig, and she was quite dissatisfied with Xu Wangqiu; after the Xiangjiang tabloid wrote that David Jiang was bitten off by a pig, she was even more dissatisfied with Xu Wangqiu. Now the media in Hong Kong have reported that David Jiang won the award in Cannes, relatives and friends have called to congratulate her, and the bosses of many film companies have contacted her, hoping that David Jiang will star in his new film. Her resentment towards Xu Wangqiu disappeared, and a pride from the bottom of her heart arose.

While reporting the news of the award of "Cold", the Xiangjiang media did not forget to criticize the electrical inspection system of Xiangjiang. In particular, the Zuopai media have questioned the British government in Hong Kong, "Cold" won two awards at Cannes and won the world's affirmation, why is such a film banned? Some media even mercilessly said that the electronic censorship system is the biggest obstacle to the development of Hong Kong films.

If it is only the Chinese media who stand up and criticize the electric inspection system, then the British government in Hong Kong can still pretend to be deaf and dumb as it did in the past, and ignore it at all. What is a headache for the British government in Hong Kong is that because Xu Wangqiu and David Jiang criticized Xiangjiang's electric inspection system when they received the award, many well-known international media reported on the incident.

Among them, the "Asian Wall Street Journal" not only reported on Xu Wangqiu's criticism of the electric inspection system, but also openly questioned that the Xiangjiang electric inspection system was carried out without a legal basis, and the ban was very likely to be illegal.

The British government in Hong Kong has always boasted that Hong Kong is a society governed by the rule of law, and publicized how well we, the British, have managed Hong Kong. Now that such an international incident has occurred, the British Government of Hong Kong has greatly lost face in the international community and has also felt unprecedented pressure. Although the British government in Hong Kong was very reluctant, in the face of international public opinion, it could only ask the Executive Council and the Legislative Council of Hong Kong to quickly set up a task force to deliberate the newly proposed "Film Censorship Bill" and discuss whether to implement a film classification system in Hong Kong.

Just when all walks of life in Hong Kong were talking about the award of "Cold" in Cannes, Xu Wangqiu was sitting in a café in Cannes, talking to Bertolucci about cooperation. A few days ago, he made an appointment with Bertolucci to find a space and time to talk about cooperation. It's just that he has a lot of things to do, and he has been very busy, and it wasn't until today that he had the opportunity to sit down with Bertolucci and have a good chat.

Bertolucci took a sip of coffee and said slowly: "I now have the copyright of two books, both about China, one is "The Fate of Man" by French writer André Malraux, and the other is "Dusk in the Forbidden City" by Johnston. ”

Xu Wangqiu couldn't help but be slightly stunned when he heard André Malraux's "The Fate of Man", which was based on the 1927 Devil's Capital Workers' Movement, describing the armed uprising under the leadership of the Communist Party and the 412 counter-revolutionary coup d'état launched by Chiang Kai-shek. This book shows how people defend human dignity in an alienated society, and find the meaning and courage to live as a human being and die as a human being. It became a sensation when it was published in France in 1933 and subsequently won the Prix Goncourt.

The book was published several times in China, but it had little impact. Because the main characters in the book are all foreigners, in the book we almost only see foreigners in action, command, and decision-making, and the Chinese revolutionaries are placed in an insignificant supporting role. Chinese readers know what happened to the Modu workers' uprising and the subsequent 412 counter-revolutionary coup, and when they read "The Fate of Man", they will feel that the gap with the real history is too great to recognize and accept.

Xu Wangqiu didn't expect Bertolucci to want to shoot this book: "Why do you want to shoot this book?"

Bertolucci was surprised: "Isn't this strange? I am a member of the Communist Party, and I am very interested in the revolution in China." This book is the first literary work in the Western world with the theme of China's new democratic revolutionary cause, and it is very famous, as far as I know, there have been at least 10 groups of people who have considered making it into a movie, but they all died for various reasons. ”

"So many people want to bring this book to the screen?"

"Yes. American director Fred Kinneman was very interested in this book, he had already persuaded MGM to invest, and invited Han Suyin to adapt the script, and the male and female protagonists were David Niven and Liv Uman. They had already set up a set for the Magic City in a London studio, but a week before filming began, MGM's new president announced that he was abandoning the project, citing the film's $3 million budget as too high. ”

"Why did MGM give up, was it because of political pressure?"

"I don't know about this, it should be possible. ”

"Which one do you prefer, "The Fate of Man" or "Twilight in the Forbidden City?"

"I'm more inclined to 'The Fate of Man', which has had a greater impact in the West. ”

Xu Wangqiu felt that if Bertolucci made "The Fate of Man" by himself, and when the movie was made, he would definitely applaud, after all, it is not easy for a foreign director to shoot such a theme, but it is definitely not possible to cooperate with an export company to shoot. If the export company participates, and the people who lead the Chinese revolution in the movie become foreigners, and the Chinese revolutionaries are all playing soy sauce, then the Chinese audience will definitely not be able to accept it, and it will definitely spray Xu Wangqiu and the export company to the point that they can't take care of themselves.

This is similar to Zhang Yimou's "The Great Wall", if "The Great Wall" was filmed by foreigners, Chinese audiences would not feel anything. Everyone will think that foreigners don't know much about China, and it's understandable to shoot it like this. But the movie was made by Zhang Yimou, so the Chinese audience couldn't accept it. It's obviously a Chinese story, and the movie is still called "The Great Wall", so why should a foreigner be the protagonist? How could there be armor like this in ancient China, it's just nonsense!

In addition, the Modu workers' uprising is an armed struggle led by our party, and it is of great significance in the history of our party.

Xu Wangqiu said directly: "I still suggest you shoot "Dusk of the Forbidden City". ”

Bertolucci was very surprised, and felt that Xu Wangqiu, as a party member, should support and lean towards "The Fate of Man", after all, this is a film that reflects China's new democratic revolution: "Why?"

Xu Wangqiu explained: "Because this story is told from the perspective of Westerners, there is a big gap between it and the real history. In this book, it is the foreigners who lead and promote the revolution, which is contrary to historical truth, and the Chinese audience will not accept it, and will feel offended. ”

Bertolucci still couldn't understand: "This is an artistic creation, it doesn't need to be the same as real history, right?"

Xu Wangqiu thought for a while and said, "I know, I can understand why Malraux wrote like this, but understanding does not mean agreeing." Let me give you an example, if you shoot the French Revolution from the perspective of an Italianate and say that it was led by Italians, do you think the French audience will be able to accept it? For example, if you are filming the American Revolutionary War, the protagonists are all French, the whole war was led by the French, and there is basically nothing to do with the Americans, do you think the American audience can accept it, and will it feel offended?"

Bertolucci thought about it, felt that it might be difficult for the French and Americans to accept, and said regretfully: "I originally wanted to make a film about the Chinese revolution, but now it seems that it will not work." Then I can only give up "The Fate of Man" and choose "Twilight of the Forbidden City". ”

Xu Wangqiu smiled and comforted: "Do you know how the Soviet Union supported Bondarchuk to shoot "War and Peace"? We can provide similar help, if you need tens of thousands of extras, then we will find tens of thousands, and even let you enter the Forbidden City, which is the palace where Pu Yi lived, for live shooting. ”

Bertolucci's eyes lit up and he said excitedly: "Great, then I'll shoot "Dusk in the Forbidden City"!"