Chapter 133: An Unexpected Surprise

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won the Golden Photography Award, and the trip to Cannes will not be empty-handed.

"What's wrong?" Zhang Le looked at Yang Xin'er and saw that his expression was a little strange, and then asked.

"Teacher Bao won the award, and I am afraid that there is no chance for the next award of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". Yang Xin'er looked at Bao Zhen, who was a little excited on the podium, smiled, and said.

"It's worth the trip to be able to enter the main unit competition, and now to win the award, no matter what the award is, is an unexpected surprise." Zhang Le listened to Yang Xin'er's words, was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile.

"It would be a shame if I only won a photography award." Yang Xin'er shook her head, smiled a little reluctantly, and said.

"You know I'm not very interested in awards at all. Bringing Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon to Cannes was largely an attempt to open up the company's channels for international distribution. Actually, I am still very optimistic about the box office of this film abroad. Especially at the North American box office. Zhang Le smiled and said.

Bao Zhen was a little excited, but he hadn't forgotten his form, and his acceptance speech came easily, which also shows how graceful his award-winning experience is.

"Congratulations!"

"Congratulations!"

Bao Zhen returned to the crew, and everyone in the crew smiled and congratulated.

"Thank you!"

Bao Zhenzhi said very politely.

After Bao Zhen won the award, the tension in Zhang Le's heart disappeared. It would be best to be able to do that, but there is nothing that can not be taken. After all, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has a congenital disadvantage after all. He is a martial arts film, and it also has a little commercial flavor. There are indeed some congenital disadvantages at this Cannes Film Festival.

But no one can deny the artistry of this film.

Zhang Le really doesn't have much interest in art. filmed "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", and he once regretted choosing to shoot this film. He'd rather make some popcorn movies than touch them again. Of course, Zhang Le doesn't have many memories of art films in his mind.

The film didn't win an award at Cannes, so it could only be fate. Zhang Le will not be unwilling to shoot any films such as "Springtime" and "Farewell My Concubine", which won an award in his previous life. Of course, Jiang Wen's "The Devil is Coming" will not be filmed.

Thankless, Zhang Lezhen is not interested.

"Damn, there's such a thing!" Zhang Le said in surprise when he listened to the judges announce the jury award.

"What's wrong?" Yang Xin'er didn't understand, looked at Zhang Le, and asked. As soon as his words fell, he seemed to hear the lame words "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", and turned his head to look at the stage.

"Ha, ha!"

After an English translation, everyone understood that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won the Grand Jury Prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival. This award may not be as good as the Palme d'Or, but it is also a great award for the festival. has held so many festivals, and there are only one or two Chinese-language films that have won this award.

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" winning this award is definitely a huge victory, and he will also play a pivotal role in the domestic director circle with this award.

In the domestic director circle, winning awards, especially foreign awards, is far more elevating your status than if you shoot a film with a good box office. Of course, only in circles. In front of those investors, they naturally pay more attention to the box office.

And a big film and television company, if it doesn't even win a decent award, then no matter how big the company is, it will be criticized by others, and even affect the company's image, which is also the reason why many film and television companies still invest knowing that they lose money in shooting art films.

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won the Cannes Jury Award, which is not only of great benefit to Zhang Le, but also to Xinle Film and Television.

"Thank you! Thank you to the jury for their affirmation, and thank you to the actors of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and the staff behind the scenes. Especially thanks to my girlfriend, Miss Yang Xin'er, who is also the star of this film. There were many difficulties in filming this film, but it was her encouragement and support that led to today's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". I love you! ”

Zhang Le took the trophy and said fluently in French to the audience.

"What did Director Zhang say?" Yang Liu asked sideways to Yang Xin'er.

"I don't understand either." Yang Xin'er shook her head with a smile and said.

"Huh! Do you need to understand this? If you guess, you must be grateful to the jury, and then thank everyone in the crew, especially thank you Yang Xin'er, not necessarily saying sweet words to you in front of everyone in the end, such as I love you or something. Li Jie said with a smile.

"What were you talking about?" Zhang Le returned to his position, hugged Yang Xin'er, and then asked curiously.

"I'm guessing what you just mean." Yang Xin'er smiled and told Li Jie's guess.

Zhang Le was a little surprised, but then smiled. The acceptance speech is almost the same, and it is not uncommon to be guessed.

Winning the Grand Jury Prize naturally has nothing to do with Best Actor and Actress, Best Director, and the Palme d'Or. An artistic film festival like Cannes can't be covered by a single film. For example, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won two awards, which is already a bit unprecedented, if it weren't for the fact that Golden Photography was not a big prize in Cannes and was not taken seriously, I am afraid it would not have been possible to win two awards.

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won the Jury Prize, which caused quite a stir internationally, and filmmakers from all over the world naturally flocked to it, which was even more dizzying than the previous entry into the main unit competition.

The sensational films at the Cannes Film Festival still have a great role in promoting the box office in Europe and the United States, especially in France. Of course, the real big box office is still in North America. The reason why Hollywood movies are so developed is that its backing to the North American market is an important factor.

Although the Chinese film market is gradually rising, North America is still the world's largest box office.

Although the sensational films of the Cannes Film Festival are not as good as those in Europe and other places in North America, they still have a certain degree of fame and a certain popularity at the box office. What's more, the actor of this movie, Li Jie, still has a great influence in North America, and his box office appeal is not weak.

Film companies in various regions of Europe, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" were directly bought in the form of buyouts. The box office did not have much impact on Zhang Le. But for North America, Zhang Le refused to let go, and wanted to cooperate in the form of sharing, and the two sides have not negotiated.

However, there are more and more distributors interested in this film, and there are still many who agree with the way Zhang Le proposed to share, but there are differences in the amount of sharing.

Zhang Le is not very interested in this kind of commercial negotiation, and he is not good at it, so he just leaves everything to the people under the company. You only need to give a bottom line.

In the end, the North American distribution of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was handed over to Paramount, a large Hollywood company, and it was divided in the form of a ladder price. The more box office, the higher the share.