The trophy for Best Director...

Well, there are no trophies at all, just a certificate.

Before the 70th session, they all issued a big bonus palm, and the others were certificates, and the actor and actress winners had small gold leaf trophies...

Starting from the 71st edition, all awards have gold leaf trophies, except for the Golden Camera Award.

What a slam!

Lu Xiaoran took the award, smiled at the audience, and then said, "Thank you, thank you..."

"Thank you to the judges, thank you to Cannes. ”

"I'm lucky that Dark Side is lucky to be able to get to Cannes. ”

"As far as I know, in my motherland, more than 1,000 films are filmed and produced every year, among them, of course, there will be a large number of shoddy productions, but there are also a large number of fine works worthy of encouragement, among which are more qualified to represent the entire Chinese film industry to the people of the world to appreciate the art treasures!"

"There are endless possibilities for movies, and we will continue to work hard for them!"

"Thank you again, thank you to the actors of "The Dark Side", Liu Yifei, Liu Shishi, thank you to my girlfriend Tangtang, it was her encouragement that made me decide to make this movie..."

Lu Xiaoran bowed slightly, then picked up the certificate and left the speaker.

......

Like other films, the Festival de Cannes has a celebratory reception after the awards ceremony.

The closing reception was organized by L'Oréal, the festival's sponsoring partner, at the Khachedonian Hotel, not far from the festival's main venue.

The winners and a bunch of filmmakers gathered together...

Tangtang went to find something to eat with Liu Yifei and Liu Shishi, for the award ceremony in the evening, the three of them hadn't eaten much, and they were already hungry!

"The rights to "The Dark Side" and "Ten Thousand Arrows Through the Heart" have been sold in 75 countries and regions, although the unit price is not very high, but together there are 10 million US dollars..."

It's the head of MK2, Henry.

This guy is proficient in Chinese, and he has been handing over work with Lu Xiaoran for the past few days.

“... You guys are responsible, when will it be released in France?"

"How's June?"

"Will there be too many blockbusters in June?"

“... We are an art theater chain, and it doesn't matter to us whether there are many blockbusters..."

"Oh well. ”

At this moment, Harvey Weinstein came over with a wine glass: "Lu, can you talk?"

Harvey Weinstein, as the producer of the largest independent production company in North America, is a frequent visitor to the three major European ones, and often buys some films at a low price, and then hits the Oscars, with the help of the Oscar effect, to earn the difference...

Let's not talk about this person's character, but his vision is really good, and his operational ability is also first-class.

Gwyneth, the American version of Da Tian Tian - dad is a producer, mom is an actor, and godfather is Spielberg.

can be single-handedly operated by him to become an Oscar-winning actress!

Lu Xiaoran glanced at Henry, and the latter said, "Mr. Harvey, is there anything wrong with you?"

"Good thing, I want to help Director Lu win the Oscar!"

Henry's Know-how-to Retirement...

"You give me the copyright of "The Dark Side", and I can guarantee that you will definitely win the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film!"

"So, Oscar is an empty word?"

"No, I can persuade most of the judges to vote for you!"

So kind?

Lu Xiaoran frowned: "Do I need to pay anything?"

"Copyright to The Dark Side!"

"North American Copyright?"

“... Of course not, I'm talking about global copyright!"

"I'm sorry, we have a contract with MK2..."

Harvey Weinstein was dumbfounded...

Haven't you Chinese directors been pursuing the Oscars?

However, he knew that Lu Xiaoran was not a Chinese filmmaker he had seen before, and he was a rich man on the Forbes list...

So, retreat to the next best: ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2", does Director Lu know?"

“... Director Lee An?"

"No, it's what we invest in, we operate. ”

"What does that have to do with me?"

Harvey sighed: "Back then, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won more than 100 million dollars at the box office in North America, and the box office in Chinese mainland was only 14 million, but now it is different, the mainland market is completely open, and we decided to make a sequel..."

"We expect that the mainland box office can reach 500 million yuan!"

"Good luck then!"

Lu Xiaoran picked up the cup and saluted with a smile.

“... I mean we're short of money right now..."

Harvey was a little embarrassed: "If Director Lu can be the producer, our financing will be much smoother..."

“... I'm sorry, but I don't have much interest in flying around martial arts. ”

"We're just borrowing your appeal, I've heard..."

"That's even more unlikely!"

Director Lu relies on fame to win the world!

There is no need to sell yourself casually.

"Oscar..."

"We've already talked to Annapura Pictures and they'll take care of the PR stuff!"

Annapura Pictures is a company founded by Megan Ellison with a unique vision for film selection, although the box office is not very good, but it is indeed a big Oscar nominee, and Lu Xiaoran thinks about just getting a few nominations.

Win the prize or forget it...

He doesn't expect to win prizes and eat!

"If you think about it, I don't think Meghan maybe..."

"I'm sorry, but I'm sorry..."

Lu Xiaoran politely said goodbye, he saw Spielberg...

Harvey Weinstein was depressed...

His routine is to draw a cake first, and then invite you into the urn, of course, he does firmly believe that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2" can be a big hit, otherwise, this project will not be launched!

In the past two years, there has been a lot of hot money in China, and Harvey learned STX and Studio8 to go to China for financing...

It's a pity that he has played too many Chinese filmmakers in recent years, and everyone doesn't trust him at all, and it took a lot of effort to get 50 million US dollars...

Unlike STX and Studio8, the former casually took $800 million in financing, and the latter won $1 billion in financing!

I thought I could impress Lu Xiaoran with Oscar, but I didn't expect him to care at all...

......

Of course, Director Lu doesn't care at all, the key "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2" is too bad, it's just a money-making work, and it's messed up!

To what extent?

Harvey saw that his reputation was not good, so he simply sold it to Netflix for $12 million, which is obviously not enough for the cost!

Even Li An publicly stated in an interview: "This has nothing to do with me, I am not involved..."

Director Lu will take the initiative to mess with in his brain!

Lu Xiaoran walked up to Spielberg with a wine glass: "Director Stephen, can I talk to you?"

"Absolutely!"

Spielberg knows that Lu Xiaoran..."The Dark Side" movie, he can't talk about whether he likes it or not-the biggest problem with "The Dark Side" is that it has no style at all!

Lu Xiaoran didn't talk nonsense, and said directly: "Actually, I came to Cannes this time for you!"

"It's my pleasure!"

Lu Xiaoran smiled and explained: "I am currently preparing a movie, which is a big-budget movie, and I sincerely invite you to be the producer of this movie. ”