Chapter 308: Winning the prize

On the day of the closing ceremony, Chen Shi also dressed up carefully, Li Yalian put on a white dress, her hair had just been done, not only delicate, but also dignified and elegant.

The two packed up in the hotel, then went out with a group of creators and went straight to the scene.

Today is the closing ceremony, and it is also the last day, tonight, all the awards will be announced, as for whether they can get the award, that is not something they can do, and they have not thought about it, to be able to come here to compete, to be shortlisted is a good result, therefore, they have no expectations, no expectations, naturally there will be no sense of loss, as for who wins the award for a while, who does not win the award, it is the same for them.

Chen Shi and Li Yalian are both newcomers in the industry, and the two of them are not very interested in things in the film industry, and they have not even watched the shortlisted works carefully, and even the stars who came to the scene, the two of them have not paid attention to them.

Although foreign stars are very famous, Chen Shi is really unclear about foreign faces, looking at every foreign man is not much different, looking at every foreign woman's face feels the same, it seems that they are all the same face.

Chen Shi has never cared about these things, so even if he is a master-level director in front of him, he can't recognize it, and he doesn't want to come over to meet a few directors, actors or producers or anything, they have their own film company, and the operation of the film company does not need them to come forward, and even, the film company was set up to make Li Yalian's movies, so a company like theirs does not need many connections.

After a group of people found their own seats, Chen Shi's position was fortunately with Li Yalian, otherwise, the two would be embarrassed.

Those who came to the closing ceremony were not ordinary people, stars from all walks of life competed with each other, all kinds of strange costumes emerged in endlessly, everyone hoped that they were the protagonists of today, everyone hoped that they were the ones the media were vying to shoot, and everyone wanted to be in the limelight.

But so many people, how can they be stolen by one person?

Although there are differences between people, the differences are not very large, especially the people who come to the film festival are all leaders in the industry, in this case, of course, it is not easy for individuals to shine.

The clothes of foreign female stars are very revealing, not so much that they come in clothes, but that they come naked, it seems that the less clothes they wear, the more beautiful they are, and this person's aesthetics don't know when they began to change.

The attention to wearing clothes is not the so-called beauty, but the wonderful, but less, just watching the female stars come out with one or two cloths, the audience is dizzy, if it is in front of the TV, it is eager to get into the TV to take a look.

Chen Shi and Li Yalian's positions are not very good, although they are not in the back, but they are not in the front, fortunately, they are all people they know, they are all members of their crew, but they are all blonde and blue-eyed foreigners before and after, talking and cooing, which really makes him wonder why, but there is endless chatter, which can be described as extremely uncomfortable.

At the beginning of the opening ceremony, the host spoke to make Chen Shi even guess, but he still didn't understand a word, others applauded, he applauded, others laughed and he laughed, what is ridiculous? He really didn't know, so he had to be embarrassed, and tried to make a smile, just treat it as a statue, just fool the past, and regret coming to participate in such an event.

This closing ceremony is the * part of the film festival, and the organizers naturally do a good job, but it's just that it's a bit bullish for Chen Shi, no matter how good it is, it's useless if he can't understand it, and it's useless for him to understand funny jokes.

Li Yalian's situation is similar to him, he can't understand it anyway, after the opening, the host muttered, of course they were just noise, automatically ignored, automatically didn't listen, and the two chatted by themselves.

Anyway, the young husband and wife, no matter what time they have to say, although there are people next to them, most of them can't understand, and the two of them don't have any scruples, they talk to each other from time to time, laugh from time to time, tell jokes for a while, talk about love for a while, anyway, they don't pay attention to things on the stage.

Of course, when everyone applauded, the two applauded, and when everyone laughed, the two also showed a smile to show their faces.

The two chatted for a while, Li Yalian was a little worried, and said, "What if we win the award, but we don't know what people say?"

Chen Shi smiled slightly and said, "Whatever, there is a translator, if we really win the award, the translator will tell us." ”

The translator is not far from them, and he can talk to them at any time, so there is no need to worry, as for the award process, they don't have any expectations, as for the stars on stage, they don't know each other, occasionally there are one or two big names, and they don't know who they are, and even when the best actor and actress are awarded, they are chatting on the sidelines.

In such an occasion, if you don't find something to do on your own, then it's boring enough, if you don't understand the whole thing, they will be treated as statues, if everyone laughs, you don't know why, that situation is very sad, but if you have to pretend to be very happy, as if you understand very well, it will be even more uncomfortable.

The audience laughed and scolded, but you didn't understand a word, or even a word, then it was as if it didn't exist.

Best Actor and Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Best Film, Best Cinematography and other awards were awarded one by one, and soon it was the turn of a kind of attention unit, and their films were shortlisted for this unit, and I don't know if they can win the award.

The interpreter whispered to them and told them to listen.

Chen Shi smiled and said: "If you don't understand it, you can help us listen, if you win the award, you can tell us what award you won, if you don't win the award, just don't talk about the nomination, only win the award, or if we need to come to the stage, we will tell us." ”

The translator shook his head slightly, and said: "I see that both of you are not online, you are whispering endlessly, people don't have a chance to come to Cannes if they want to participate, it's good that you come, ignore the audience, play your own and say your own." ”

Chen Shi said with a smile: "There's no way, we don't understand, if you still have to pretend to understand very well, it's too hard, you just work hard, just help us listen, anyway, you can understand, don't pretend." ”

The interpreter only smiled wryly and then watched the cabaret on stage.

After a cabaret performance, the host comes on the stage, then invites the award presenters, then announces the nominees, and finally announces the winners.

Chen Shi and Li Yalian didn't care, the two of them were talking, and suddenly they heard a very awkward voice calling the names of the two of them, which made the two of them involuntarily look up at the stage, and then look at the translator.

The translator blushed and was very excited, and then told the two of them: "You have won the award, best director." ”

Chen Shi was stunned for a moment, he misunderstood, thinking that it was the biggest award in Cannes, and suddenly he couldn't believe it, and asked: "Best Director? Won't it? I remember that we were not shortlisted for Best Director?"

The translator explained: "It is the best director of a kind of attention unit, hurry up to the stage to accept the award." ”

The two looked at each other, they couldn't believe it was true, and their eyes showed doubts, but at this time, a burst of applause rang out, as if urging the two of them to go on stage.

In desperation, Chen Shi and Li Yalian only held hands on stage, and before leaving, the two asked the translator to follow, because they were afraid that people would not know what they said or what others said at that time.

The two walked forward, slowly walking to the stage amid a round of applause, all of them giving them encouragement, shouting at them, and cheering them on.

The translator followed, and as a Chinese, he felt extremely proud at this time, as if he had won the award.

On stage, the two received the trophy from a blond-haired, blue-eyed foreigner and shook hands with him to say goodbye.

This makes foreigners a little uncomfortable, because they have always engaged in veneer etiquette, but Chen Shi and Li Yalian have no consciousness, anyway, they have always shaken hands, and they never want to kiss other people's faces like foreigners.

Then, in full view of everyone, the two came to the microphone, cleared their throats, and looked at each other.

Chen Shi said to Li Yalian: "You say it first." ”

Li Yalian shook her head and said that she didn't know what to say, just let him say a few words casually.

Chen Shi had no choice but to puff up his head and said: "I'm very happy to win this award, it's so unexpected, it's too pleasant, thank you to the Cannes Film Festival jury, thank you to the audience, all the celebrities, although I don't know your name, but I sincerely thank you for the applause, I hope that I can see you next time I come to Cannes, and I hope that I can understand what you say next time I come, and I hope that there will be a few foreign friends next time, thank you, thank you." ”

A few simple polite words, Chen Shi was about to step down, the translator said it briefly, and then the two were ready to leave, but the host called them, and the two of them asked the translator what he meant.

The translator said: "They say you haven't said it yet. ”

The translator said Li Yalian, which means to let Li Yalian speak.

Chen Shi smiled and motioned for Li Yalian to step forward and say, Li Yalian was a little nervous and blushed, but she stepped forward bravely, walked to the microphone, patted the microphone first, fed two sentences, and tried it.

She said: "To win this award, first of all, I want to thank my partner, my husband, my boss Mr. Chen Shi, if it weren't for him, I wouldn't be where I am today, let alone the birth of this movie. It was my husband who saved me from the impoverished environment, so that I had the leisure and time to perfect the film, so that I had the funds to make the film, so that I had the courage and confidence to make the film. ”

She continued, as she spoke, translating and translating: " In the process of changing the novel, I don't have any opinions, most of the opinions are put forward by my husband, of course, he is sometimes very lazy, only said one opinion and then asked me to write slowly, and after all the scripts are completed, I have no way to do it, because I have never had the experience of shooting, and I don't even know how to get a camera, at this time, he also gave me a refining environment, and set up a special company, so that I can accumulate experience in it first, and then officially start shooting.

When I understand how a movie is made, what kind of cooperation and partners a film needs to find, what equipment is needed, and how much investment is needed, the movie still does not start normally, because although I understand, there is no such relationship, and I still need a producer.

In the end, he was the producer for me, and at the same time he and I directed the crew on the set to shoot together, and at the same time directed the actors with me, selected the actors together, and led everyone to struggle together.

It can be said that this movie is completely the work of my husband, I am just an executor, just a lover of novels, just a person who likes to read novels, and finally became a film director.

Here, in front of everyone, I want to announce to the world that my husband is my God, without him there would be no me today, all my works in the future will need him, and all the movies I shoot in the future will be signed by him, here, I sincerely say thank you, thank you my husband, I love him, thank you, thank you. ”

Li Yalian said very long, after the translation was finished, the applause was thunderous, Chen Shi couldn't help but hold Li Yalian's hand, and then hugged her tightly in his arms, with the thunderous applause, the two hugged each other, as if they had forgotten everything in the world, and seemed to have forgotten that they were still in Cannes.

After a while, the two walked off the stage, and it was not until they were seated that the applause continued, and the applause stopped after the host came on stage and spoke slightly.

Then it started a situation where neither of them knew what they were talking about, but at this time, after winning the award, the rest of the crew was very curious, and they came over and watched the trophy, of course Chen Shi and Li Yalian couldn't be stingy, although they were the ones who won the award, but there was no other member of the crew, they were not qualified to win the award.

To get such an award, it can be said that it is a blessing for the box office of the movie, it can be said to be a big weapon, you know, the current commercial market is not so good, therefore, in the film market, literary and artistic films are still very open, and this is still a literary film shot in the hat of martial arts, of course, it will make people shine, although there will be many people who don't like it, but this will not hinder the success of the box office, Chen Shi can even predict that even if the box office of this movie cannot be hundreds of millions, it is still possible to have 70 or 80 million.

The fact that the first film has such a masterpiece is certainly a blessing and a happy thing.

The closing ceremony ended quickly, and then the domestic media began to chase Chen Shi and Li Yalian, because this time it was really unexpected, no one expected this movie to win the award, and it was not this movie that ordinary people were optimistic about, which really surprised everyone and surprised everyone.

It's just that as soon as the film festival ended, they returned to China, because the tickets had already been booked, and they didn't think about letting the media interview again, and deliberately avoided a little, so the media didn't find them.

Fortunately, this is Cannes, and only the domestic media are looking for them, and the domestic media is not very powerful here, otherwise, they will be found even if they hide in the toilet.

The crew is very happy, this trip is not in vain, after going back, all the actors will rise, because although this is not a big production, although it is not a famous director's movie, although there is no big star to join, but the aura of Cannes is definitely not small, especially now, domestic commercial films have not fully matured, many directors even if they shoot commercial films, they must also engage in some literary and artistic emphasis, therefore, such a movie is not an accident, and it will not be an exception.

The next day, their plane landed in the capital, and when the crew of four or five people walked out of the airport, they were suddenly startled, because the airport was actually blocked, and of course it was the media people who blocked the airport, and of course they were the ones who were blocked.

All the media frantically poured in, surrounded four or five of them, and then all the questions came out of their mouths like a tidal wave, so that Chen Shi and the others did not hear a word, and they were drowned in a noise and crowding when they said a word.

Seeing this, Chen Shi hugged Li Yalian tightly, for fear that she would be squeezed by others, for fear that others would accidentally step on or push her.

In such a situation, if you are squeezed to the ground, then the consequences are unimaginable, you know, crowding is the most likely to kill people, whether it is the current square or station, or the concert site, there are many things that crowd kill.

After being crowded for a long time, everyone found that it was not a way to go on like this, so Xiao Gao shouted loudly: "Let's get out of the way, ask questions one by one, don't crowd like this, see what you look like? In this way, none of you want to ask questions, no one wants to get a satisfactory answer, let's find an open space first, don't block other people's roads, and then come one by one, answer questions one by one, how about it?"

The reporter nodded and said yes, and then they found a spacious place, a place that did not block the road, and then opened the distance, although the main creators were still surrounded, the situation was much better than before.

At this time, Xiao Gao acted as the host of the press conference, and then began to roll call, saying: "Come one by one, I don't care which newspaper you are, now start raising your hand to ask questions, and then whoever I point to will come to ask questions, and the others will listen quietly, do you have any opinions?"

Who still has opinions now? If you can get the answers of Chen Shi and Li Yalian, even if you burn high incense, it is already good to be able to interview the crew.

After that, Chen Shi first said a few words, he first talked about the issue of safety, saying that they are really not good in the public at the airport, even if they are interviewed, they can't be so crowded, if someone is killed, no one can be responsible, I hope they will not be so impatient in the future, don't be so crowded, everyone leaves a little distance from each other, so that they can communicate well.

Then the questions were asked, and the crew began to answer questions one by one.