The right to broadcast the closing ceremony of this year's Cannes International Film Festival is still Penguin Video, a subsidiary of Penguin Group.

Through close cooperation with Zhao Zhenghao in recent years, Penguin Video has further consolidated its position as the leader of the Dragon Kingdom online video platform, but it does not dare to relax at all, because the speed of competitors has never slowed down.

Penguin Video has tasted the sweetness in its cooperation with Zhao Zhenghao, and Zhao Zhenghao has become synonymous with traffic with them.

As a result, they have developed the most simple and clear strategy, as long as there are works that appear in Zhao Zhenghao (including those planned by him and produced by "Zhenghao Studio") and attend the event, they will do whatever it takes to win the exclusive copyright agent!

Don't ask about the result!

And this strategy has been formulated so far, Zhao Zhenghao has never let them down, according to this strategy to win the copyright, in the end have been proven by the market, all of them are high-quality copyrights!

This year's Cannes Film Festival is no exception.

During the live broadcast, a total of more than 20 million Dragon Kingdom fans watched, and the full version of the video uploaded after that has now been viewed more than 100 million times.

During the film festival, Penguin Video specially opened a program that directly hit the scene of this year's Cannes Film Festival, and the market response was also quite good, and the number of on-demand views and word-of-mouth ranked first among similar programs.

Today's closing ceremony, due to the announcement of the ownership of the awards, fans' desire to watch is stronger, so the number of people watching the live broadcast online is more, the red carpet ceremony in front, the number of viewers has exceeded the record of the highest number of people at the opening ceremony, after the official start of the awards ceremony, the background data shows that the number of people watching the live broadcast has risen to 30 million, and it is still steadily increasing.

The awards of the Cannes International Film Festival, although there are not as many as the Academy Awards, but it is not less, after all, there are so many units, even if the awards of some units have been awarded in advance, and the awards presented at the awards ceremony are more important awards, but the whole ceremony will take more than two hours.

This is because the intermediate process is simple and fast, and there is not too much work, otherwise the total time will have to be extended.

The first awards were given to secondary units such as "Director's Fortnight" and "A Kind of Attention", and the shortlisted films of Dragon Kingdom had mixed joys and sorrows, and some won small ones.

The next awards are technical awards, because these awards are not clearly nominated in advance, and I don't know which ones "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has been shortlisted for, so in the award process, people are very entangled, looking forward to it, not looking forward to it.

In the end, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won two awards first, "Best Art Direction" and "Highest Technology Award", which warmed up tonight's harvest night.

Finally, the "Best Actor", "Best Actress" and "Best Director", as well as the "Jury Prize" and the "Palme d'Or", the ultimate award, will be awarded.

The first award is the "Jury Award", which is a comprehensive award second only to the "Palme d'Or", which is equivalent to the "Best Picture" of the Academy Awards, and the "Jury Award" is the "second best film".

Although it is only a second place, with the status of the Cannes International Film Festival in the circle, this honor is not small.

At this time, an unexpected situation happened, the name of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was actually said in the mouth of the award presenters on the stage!

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", the highest score in this year's film festival and the biggest favorite to compete for the "Palme d'Or", only won one "Jury Award".

Although there is no explicit rule that a film that wins the "Jury Prize" can no longer compete for the "Palme d'Or", according to the practice of the Cannes Film Festival, this is the case.

This means that the "Palme d'Or", the highest award of this year's Cannes Film Festival, has not yet been announced, and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has lost its qualification from competition.

In the middle of the venue, in the area where the Dragon Country media is located, there was a commotion, and these media reporters, through on-site observation in Cannes these days, unanimously agreed that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won the "Palme d'Or" at this year's Cannes International Film Festival, which is a sure thing.

Now, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", which has the highest demand for awards, has only won a slightly comforting "Jury Award", needless to say, there must be a shady scene!

's brain turned quickly, and it immediately occurred to me that Hu Zhenlong, the chairman of the jury of this year's Cannes International Film Festival, had a direct competition with Zhao Zhenghao, and the two of their works landed in the Spring Festival file at the same time, and as a result, Hu Zhenlong, who is known as the "King of Chinese New Year Films", was defeated by Zhao Zhenghao by an obvious advantage in the head-to-head competition, and had no power to fight back.

In the propaganda at that time, Hu Zhenlong once despised Zhao Zhenghao, but later he was slapped in the face by the facts, and he didn't let go, and he made a lot of nonsense, thinking that Zhao Zhenghao was grandiose and the audience had no vision.

Later, on many occasions, although Hu Zhenlong did not name him, he had a lot of criticism for Zhao Zhenghao between the lines.

In this regard, there is a festival between Hu Zhenlong and Zhao Zhenghao.

So, Zhao Zhenghao's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" missed out on the "Palme d'Or", the highest award at this year's Cannes International Film Festival.

Even if Hu Zhenlong is absolutely from a professional position when making decisions, he did not deliberately suppress it because of the existence of a holiday with Zhao Zhenghao, for the sake of news explosions, reporters can also make up such scenes in their brains, and even Hu Zhenlong's mental activities can be imagined.

All in all, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" missed the "Palme d'Or", the highest award of this year's Cannes International Film Festival, which is a great thing for media reporters!

Only in this way can there be controversy! Only then can the news break point!

Zhao Zhenghao was also quite surprised by this result, he didn't care much about whether "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won the "Palme d'Or", but the envisaged results were only awarded and not, and he never thought that there would be a third result.

Therefore, when I came to the stage to receive the "Jury Award", I behaved a little carelessly.

Fortunately, the acting skills are still online, and the control of facial expressions is still quite in place, and there are no mistakes.

Back backstage, Zhao Zhenghao didn't stay too long, and hurriedly returned to the stage, because of the next few awards, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" should have a part of the competition.

Even if it has missed the "Palme d'Or", but the three awards of "Best Actress", "Best Actor" and "Best Director", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" still have a chance.

However, although Zhao Zhenghao and Yi Ping both gave excellent acting skills in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is not a film type that wins with acting skills, and they do not have an obvious advantage in the competition for "Best Actress" and "Best Actor" compared with other opponents.

The final award results also proved this, Zhao Zhenghao and Yi Ping both missed the actor and actress.

Just when Zhao Zhenghao's fans were angry and discussed, complaining about the inside story of the results of this year's Cannes Film Festival, Zhao Zhenghao's name was once again called by the award presenters on the stage.

This time, the "Best Director" award was awarded!

After missing "Best Actress" and "Best Actor" one after another, and missing the "Palme d'Or", Zhao Zhenghao actually won the "Best Director" award!

In doing so, he became the youngest ever winner of the "Best Director" award at the Cannes International Film Festival!

This award is not inferior to the "Palme d'Or" in recognition of Zhao Zhenghao.

Compared with the two acting awards missed, the "Best Director" award is obviously heavier!

The result of this reversal greatly surprised everyone's expectations, and it made people wonder what the judging criteria of the jury were.

The enthusiasm of Dragon Kingdom fans is once again high, and even the ownership of the highest award awarded by the connection, the "Palme d'Or", they don't care about it, and all they think about in their hearts is the award-winning results of Zhao Zhenghao and his "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

And the final "Palme d'Or" at this year's Cannes Film Festival was indeed awarded to "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" according to the usual practice, but to a director from a South American country that fans of Dragon Country have never heard of.

Although he missed the "Palme d'Or", Zhao Zhenghao and his "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" still won four awards and became the biggest winner tonight!

In particular, Zhao Zhenghao's "Best Director" award made him climb to the highest peak of the international film industry as a director, and his power, prestige, and discourse power in the circle will inevitably rise sharply.

Therefore, this trip to Cannes, although there are regrets, but on the whole, it can still be called "success"!

Moreover, Zhao Zhenghao and his "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", the rollercoaster experience of the entire award ceremony is more attractive than winning the "Palme d'Or" smoothly.

Especially for the media and the melon-eating public, this excitement will never end with the closing of this Cannes International Film Festival, and the aftermath will last for a long time.

At the press conference after the closing ceremony, some anxious reporters asked Zhao Zhenghao about "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" rubbing shoulders with the highest award "Palme d'Or" when it was generally optimistic.

Zhao Zhenghao is not a fledgling stunned young man, he will not easily fall into the trap of reporters' questions, and he answered steadily, first thanked everyone for their affirmation of him, and said that he still has many shortcomings, and he was able to win four awards including the "Jury Award" and "Best Director", which has made him quite surprised and surprised.

As for missing the "Palme d'Or", Zhao Zhenghao first congratulated the final winner of the award, saying that he liked the award-winning film very much and would continue to work hard in the future to win this award as soon as possible.

As early as the organizing committee of the film festival announced that the chairman of this year's jury was Hu Zhenlong, director of Long Guoda, and Zhao Zhenghao's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was selected as the opening film of this year's film festival, some foreign media have questioned whether the organizing committee has given the "Palme d'Or" of this year's film festival to "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

Although the final award results were different from everyone's expectations in advance, Zhao Zhenghao and his "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won four awards alone, stealing all the limelight from the real winners of the "Palme d'Or".

Now, when people talk about this year's Cannes Film Festival, the first thing that comes to mind is Zhao Zhenghao and his "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"!

In a few years, when people talk about this Cannes Film Festival, the only impression may be Zhao Zhenghao and his "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"!

Therefore, whether "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won the "Palme d'Or" had little impact on it, but it spread more widely and became more well-known.

Hu Zhenlong was interviewed afterwards, and when asked about the award process of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", he said, "When we evaluate the awards, the more important the award, the lower the voting order, so the 'Jury Award' is awarded before the 'Palme d'Or'." ”

"To be honest, I was also very surprised when the results of the 'Jury Award' came out! We had a total of 25 judges, and 20 of them voted for 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon', so everyone was relatively consistent in the recognition of this award, and there was not too much controversy. ”

"I also voted for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" at that time, because I personally think that this film, for Zhao Zhenghao, can only be said to be a passing work, not a masterpiece, and the overall quality of the film is not the best among his past works. ”

"On the surface, this movie is a martial arts film, but in fact, the discussion is very deep, but due to the limitations of the subject matter, it can only be superficial in terms of the discussion of the problem, not in-depth, and cannot go deep, and if it is too deep, the film will be too dull, contrary to its subject matter. ”

"So, in this respect, this "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is really good, but it is definitely not good enough to be able to win the "Palme d'Or"!"

"Like the 'Jury Prize', the voting results for the 'Best Director' award are also not controversial, and Cho Zhenghao received as many as 18 votes, including my vote. ”

"The reason why I voted for him is because the overall structure of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has nothing to find fault with, to say that there are flaws, any movie has flaws, and a good director can just minimize the flaws!"

"So, from the director's point of view alone, Zhao Zhenghao has indeed fully embodied his ability in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", to be honest, even if I am asked to direct "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", I can't do better than him!"