Chapter 373: Fate

As the opening film of this year's Cannes International Film Festival, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won a good start for this year's film festival.

The next day, the festival's official media "House Catalogue", gave "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" a whopping rating of 3.5, praising it for "showing us the mysterious charm of the Orient in an extremely elegant way!"

"Variety" also gave such an evaluation, "Through "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", we can truly appreciate the true charm of 'Dragon Kingdom Kung Fu'! Although we all know that those chic or chilling actions in the movie are impossible to achieve in reality, but this does not prevent us from yearning for it! This is the movie that really shows us the traditional skills of the Dragon Kingdom!"

"What's even more commendable is that this movie describes the traditional 'Tao' of the Dragon Kingdom to us in a way that Westerners can understand!"

Moreover, if the emotion between Li and Yu represents the subtlety and restraint of the East, then the love between Yu and Luo represents the fiery and open of the West. ”

"After watching the whole movie, it's hard to believe that this film is made by a young director who is only 32 years old, and this director also gave an actor-level performance in the film!"

"Zhao is definitely God's favorite child, so he will give him so much talent!"

It can obviously be felt that the "Variety" reporter who wrote this report has been a fan of Zhao Zhenghao.

"The Hollywood Reporter" even directly declared, "This is the best movie in Dragon Country in recent years!"

If the word "martial arts" is added to the middle of this assertion and changed to "This is the best martial arts movie in the Dragon Kingdom in recent years", I believe no one will object.

The martial arts films that were once brilliant in Dragon Kingdom movies have indeed had few masterpieces in recent years, let alone blockbusters with an international perspective like "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

Therefore, although in the eyes of the people of the Dragon Kingdom, the story of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", as well as the connotation of the film, is not new, after all, it is adapted from the old school of martial arts, and the theme of the story is still limited to the love and hatred of the rivers and lakes, and has not risen to the level of national righteousness.

However, this "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" originally discussed not the general interests of the nation, but the people's hearts and human nature.

Strictly speaking, this "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is an ethical film dressed in martial arts.

This has just premiered, and it is mainly for audiences in Europe and the United States, no one can see the inner meaning of this film, it is understandable, I believe that when the movie is released on a large scale, there will be film critics in the Dragon Kingdom, who can analyze one, two or three, and analyze the deep meaning of the movie one by one.

His status has reached the level of Zhao Zhenghao, and he no longer needs to send a special press release to China, and it is impossible to miss the hot spots about him by sending special personnel to cover the major media of the Cannes International Film Festival.

In fact, since Zhao Zhenghao arrived in Cannes, his every move has been in the attention of the media, where he went, who he met, what he talked about, and even what he ate, all of which could not escape the eyes and ears of the vast number of media reporters, and were recorded one by one and sent back to China for the vast number of people who eat melons to taste.

Since Zhao Zhenghao appeared in Cannes, he naturally will not shy away from his behavior here, even if the media does not report it, he will take the initiative to disclose his activity trajectory through the scarf.

The Dragon Country crew who came to Cannes this time has dozens of large and small crews, and there must be thousands of people, among which there are not a hundred stars who can be named, but also eighty, but Zhao Zhenghao is undoubtedly the one who has attracted the most attention.

Since Zhao Zhenghao arrived in Cannes, news about him has been occupying the headline position of the hot search list around the neck, and sometimes half of the top ten entries on the hot search list are related to him!

At this point, even Yi Ping, the queen of Cannes, can only be relieved.

The premiere of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" at the opening ceremony of this year's Cannes International Film Festival was naturally a hot topic for everyone's reporting.

Including the morning news program "Morning News of the World" on the Longguo National TV News Channel, it also used a three-minute duration to make special reports on relevant scenes.

The last Dragon Country film that enjoyed such treatment was five years ago, the film "No One Is Missing" directed by Jiang Wenchao, a great director known as the "Dragon Country Teacher", which won the highest award at the Cannes International Film Festival "Palme d'Or" in one fell swoop, and swept the "Best Film" and "Best Director" of the three major film festivals in Dragon Country.

In addition, it is recognized by Dragon Country filmmakers as the closest film to the Academy Award for "Best Foreign Language Film".

Now, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has received the same treatment as it, and I don't know if it can be replicated, or even surpass the brilliant achievements that "No One Can Be Missing"!

The jury of this year's Cannes International Film Festival, led by Hu Zhenlong, began to retreat from the opening half a month before the opening of the film festival, cutting off all contact with the outside world, until the opening of the film festival, before it was officially unveiled.

At this time, the awards of the main competition unit of this year's Cannes International Film Festival have actually been settled, just waiting to be announced at the closing ceremony.

Some reporters want to get some news about the attribution of awards from Hu Zhenlong and Zhao Tianyi, but who are Hu Zhenlong and Zhao Tianyi, and how can they be talked about.

Hu Zhenlong is not only a big director, his acting skills are also obvious to all in the circle, in the early years, he has written, directed and acted many times, although he played supporting roles, but his performance is also remarkable;

The most commendable thing is that he starred in a movie as an actor the year before last, and as a result, with his explosive acting skills, he not only conquered the audience, but also conquered the judges of the three major film festivals in the Dragon Kingdom, not only made him nominated for the best actor in the three major film festivals in the Dragon Country at the same time, but also was crowned as the "Golden Dragon Actor".

Not to mention Zhao Tianyi, Cannes, Venice, Berlin, the three major European international film festival queens, Beijing, Magic City, Yangcheng, the three major international film festival queens of the Dragon Kingdom, the first winner of the "Super Slam of the Actress Queen" in the Dragon Kingdom.

Their acting skills have reached the end of the realm, if they don't know what they say, you can't guess whether their previous words are true or acting!

Therefore, Zhao Zhenghao and his "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", the final result of this trip to Cannes, will have to wait a few more days to know.

Zhao Zhenghao, who doesn't care much about the results, maintains a better mentality in the next few days, and participates in some activities officially held by the film festival, and accepts some necessary media interviews.

There really wasn't much to participate in, so I dressed up a little and thought of myself as a regular movie fan to see a screening that interested me – knowing that in Cannes, no matter how tightly wrapped I was, I couldn't escape the eyes of the discerning people.

Because he knows his movements and is always in the attention of media reporters, none of the films that Zhao Zhenghao chooses to watch alone are officially selected for the various units of this Cannes International Film Festival, but all of them are independent films that bring his own films to seek opportunities.

There are too many such films, Zhao Zhenghao naturally did not have the time to distinguish the good and bad from them one by one, but first obtained some information from Wang Yulan - she, Ren Lan and others, in addition to organizing the screening of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", spent time on screening and screening the film sources that are worth buying, soaking in the screening hall all day long, and only going back to the villa to sleep.

Although there are many independent films that come to Cannes to find opportunities, but there are not too many high-quality films, "Zhenghao Studio" is the first time to set foot in the field of film purchase, with insufficient experience, insufficient preparation in advance, and not too many channels to obtain film source information, so it can only be watched one by one through the stupid method of on-site observation.

Of course, I won't watch aimlessly, in that case, not to mention that there are only a few people in charge of this work, even if the number of people is doubled, so many screening halls will show so many films all the time, and the tired bad people will not be able to watch it.

They will first conduct a primary selection for these upcoming films through the information they have collected on the spot, and the criteria for the primary selection are that they must meet the release standards of the Dragon Kingdom, and the content of the film must not involve too many political issues - especially those related to the Dragon Kingdom, which is a red line, and it cannot be touched at all!

Second, the content of the film cannot exaggerate the plot of murder, violence, and eroticism. Although the films purchased by "Zhenghao Studio" now seem to be able to land in art theaters, and art theaters are much more relaxed than the public theaters, but the content of the film cannot be too outrageous.

Dragon Country filmmakers are now trying to lobby the government to formalize laws and regulations related to film classification, and once the film classification standards are established in the form of legal documents, life will be much better for Dragon Country filmmakers.

When the director is filming, he can shoot according to the clearly stipulated grading standards and the corresponding target group, and he is much more comfortable in terms of creation.

As "Zhenghao Studio" is doing now, small distributors who buy films from overseas and return to China for release can also have a target when selecting and purchasing films, and there will be no more tragic situations where films are bought back but cannot be released.

In recent years, the two sessions of the Dragon Kingdom, members from the entertainment industry have made it a top priority to urge relevant departments to legislate for film classification, and when discussing with the top leaders, they also talked about this issue face to face, so that the government is fully aware that improving the law on film classification has become an urgent practical need, and the lack of relevant laws has become a problem that hinders the development of the film industry in the Dragon Kingdom!

In the past two years, the frequency of consultation on relevant legal provisions has become significantly more intensive, indicating that the promulgation of formal laws is imminent.

However, although the prospect of legislation for film classification has become clear, the formal law has not yet been promulgated, and the work at hand of "Zhenghao Studio" still needs to be as careful as possible, and there can be no oolong incident where the film cannot be released after buying it.

Zhao Zhenghao also watched the film with a strong purpose, because Wang Yulan and Ren Lan must ask for his opinion when they finally determine the goal of buying the film.

This opinion naturally can't come out of thin air, Zhao Zhenghao is not a fairy, pinch his fingers, he knows which movie is good and which movie is not good, and he needs to watch it in person before he can give it out.

Zhao Zhenghao himself has no interest in these films that are too artistic, and the criteria for evaluating the good and bad of these art films are very brief - can you let yourself watch them and watch them!

Although these films are bought back and released in art theaters, the fans who watch them are all specific fans who have this kind of viewing needs.

However, if even Zhao Zhenghao, a practitioner of movies, has no desire to continue watching after only watching one film, then he believes that other fans, most of them, will not come to the opposite conclusion of him.

Zhao Zhenghao believes in a sentence, "When a movie is made, it is for people to see, if no one wants to watch a movie, then it must not be a good movie!"

Commercial films, art films, Zhao Zhenghao thinks, the same is true!

Anyway, the films I watched in Cannes are all films from other countries, and they have nothing to do with Zhao Zhenghao - in order to reduce trouble, Zhao Zhenghao deliberately put aside the film from the Dragon Kingdom - whether the film feels good or not, when Zhao Zhenghao evaluates it, he can have fewer scruples and be outspoken.

In some films, after watching the beginning, I felt that I had no interest in continuing to watch it, so Zhao Zhenghao got up and left the scene directly, showing his attitude with actions.

Zhao Zhenghao is now an authority in terms of films, and his "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has still had the highest score in the house magazine since the opening of this Cannes Film Festival, and is recognized as the biggest favorite to compete for the "Palme d'Or" at this Cannes Film Festival.

His attitude can sometimes really determine the fate of a film! At least in the Dragon Kingdom Film Market!

For example, a movie in which he saw the end from the beginning, after watching it, had a slightly thoughtful expression on his face, and personally stepped forward to pay tribute and pay respect to the main creator of the film, it may have become hot from no one before, attracting a large number of buyers from the Dragon Kingdom to rob it.

And another film that was originally famous, and several Dragon Country film buyers have expressed their willingness to buy films, after Zhao Zhenghao left the scene halfway, it immediately became crowded, and the previous verbal agreement with Dragon Country film buyers was all null and void!