Li Zhi gave Gong Li medicine in the room, and Lin Youlun was sent downstairs to make coffee for them.

The two girls didn't know what Lu Dao said in the room, and by the time Lin Youlun came up with coffee, they had already become talking and laughing, and their relationship was so intimate that it was as if what happened just now had never happened at all.

Lin Youlun was quite happy at first, but at night he found out that it was a tragedy, because Lizhi and Gong Li decided to sleep in the same room, and he had to stay alone in the empty room.

Before going to bed, Lin Youlun deliberately did not close the bedroom door, fantasizing that one of the two girls would sneak back to the room in the middle of the night to make out with him, but unfortunately he was woken up by the eldest brother at three o'clock in the middle of the night, and this wish could not be realized.

Being woken up at this time, Lin Youlun was of course a little unhappy, if it wasn't for Ajie's voice, he would almost be ready to hang up.

"Mr. Lin, the closing ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival has ended."

The French time is 7 hours behind Hong Kong, and the results of the awards should indeed come out.

"Did "Farewell My Concubine" win the award?"

Lin Youlun doesn't care about other awards, he only pays attention to the attribution of this year's Palme d'Or.

""Farewell My Concubine" was shortlisted for three awards this year, but it didn't win a single award in the end."

Lin Youlun sat up from the bed and asked loudly, "How is this possible, are you mistaken?" ”

"The news came back from the French side, and I specifically checked with Ming Pao, so there should be no mistake."

Applejack's answer made Lin Youlun suddenly sleepy, he had many possibilities before, but he never thought that "Farewell My Concubine" would be a big hit. If you don't win the Palme d'Or, forget it. I didn't win any other awards. It was a big deviation from what he remembered.

After being silent for about half a minute, Lin Youlun recovered from the shock brought by the news, although it was his surprise that "Farewell My Concubine" did not win the award, but at the same time, it also solved a big problem for him.

If "Farewell My Concubine" really won the Palme d'Or, and then participated in the Hong Kong International Film Festival with a big victory, not only Lin Youlun would feel embarrassed, but also the judges would not be able to handle it.

The Hong Kong International Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival in France themselves have some conflicts in positioning, which also makes the situation of "Farewell My Concubine" a little embarrassing. Now, Lin Youlun doesn't have to worry about this problem anymore.

What kind of results does "Farewell My Concubine" want to get at the Hong Kong International Film Festival, the rest only depends on what kind of attitude Chen Jige will show, as long as he is willing to lower his profile, Lin Youlun does not mind letting "Farewell My Concubine" shine at the Hong Kong International Film Festival, if Chen Qige still continues to serve the shelf, then Lin Youlun does not mind letting him be disappointed at the Hong Kong International Film Festival again.

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At the moment when he heard the award presenter announce the award-winning results, Chen Qige's heart was filled with bitterness, and the award with huge expectations was finally disappointed, making his whole person feel like he had lost his soul. It wasn't until I came out of the Movie Palace at the end of the awards that I was confronted by a group of Asian journalists. The other party planned to come forward for an interview, but Chen Qige realized that he had really lost this time, and it was a complete defeat.

Zhang Fengyi and Zhang Yurong, who were traveling with him, saw Chen Qige's sad expression, so they stepped forward to help him stop the reporters who tried to come over to interview.

"Mr. Zhang Yurong, "Farewell My Concubine" unfortunately did not win the award this time, what is your personal opinion on this?"

The reporter who asked the question spoke standard Mandarin, and when he heard it, he knew that he was a reporter from the mainland, and Zhang Yurong didn't want to answer such a question, but when he thought that Chen Qige would face a lot of media pressure after returning to China, he couldn't help but want to help him.

"I think it's normal not to win an award, it's not that we didn't make this movie well, it's just that we still lack some luck."

As soon as Zhang Yurong finished speaking, a Hong Kong reporter next to him asked: ""Farewell My Concubine" was first rejected by the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards, then excluded from the Hong Kong Film Awards, and now it ends in Cannes with hatred, Rong Shao, do you feel sorry?" ”

Zhang Yurong pouted, "I won't comment on the decision of the Golden Horse Awards, I really regret that "Farewell My Concubine" was not able to participate in the Academy Awards, of course, not for me, but for this movie, because I have personally won the Academy Award for Best Actor once, but the movie "Farewell My Concubine" really needs such an honor. ”

"But the box office performance of "Farewell My Concubine" in Hong Kong is only more than 10 million, and most of the audience went to watch this movie because of you and Gong Li, do you think that if this movie participates in the Academy Awards, it will definitely win the Best Film Award from "Caged People"?" The Hong Kong reporter then asked.

"If I'm not mistaken, the movie "Caged People" seems to have a box office of more than 2 million, and I don't mean anything else when I say this, but I just want to say that the box office does not completely represent the quality of a film."

At this time, the car that came to pick them up from the hotel had arrived, and Zhang Yurong finished dealing with the reporters, and the last one got into the car.

On the way back to the hotel, Chen Qige, who had been silent since the closing ceremony of the film festival, finally spoke.

"Mr. Zhang, you didn't seem to answer the Hong Kong reporter's question directly just now, I'm actually very interested in that reporter's question, if "Farewell My Concubine" participates in the Academy Awards, do you think you can beat "Caged People" and win the best picture?"

Zhang Yurong was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Director Chen asked the wrong person this question, right?" I'm not a judge at the Academy Awards, and I can't make a choice for them. ”

Chen Qige continued to insist: "It's okay, just say it casually." ”

Zhang Rongrong hesitated for a moment and asked tentatively: "Does Director Chen want to hear the truth?" ”

"Of course." Chen Qige nodded without hesitation.

"In fact, this year's Academy Awards, really gave me a lot of surprises, first of all, the best actor, originally I thought that Zeng Zhiwei should win the award the most, but the last thing was Liang Jiahui and Zhou Xingchi who won this award together, of course, it is not that they are not eligible to win this award, Zhou Xingchi may be better, but Liang Jiahui He won awards for other films, but it was a comedy that won the award, which is really a little puzzling."

Chen Qige listened patiently, he believed that Zhang Yurong would not mention the Best Actor for no reason, saying that these must be paving the way for the following words.

"In the same way, originally the best picture and best director, I was most optimistic about "Ruan Lingyu", but the last to win the award was "Caged People", and then I was thinking at the time, if "Farewell My Concubine" was also shortlisted for the Academy Awards, what would be the result, but the result I came to after the most was that whether it was Best Actor, Best Director, or Best Picture, the result might be the same as now."

Although he had already guessed that Zhang Yurong might have a similar statement, Chen Qige was still a little surprised to hear him say this.

"For what?" He couldn't help but ask.

"Director Chen probably also knows that before winning the Best Actor Award at the Academy Awards the year before last, I had been with me for many sessions, and I almost didn't want to go to the awards ceremony the year I won the award, because I thought that I shouldn't have a chance to win the award, but it was that year I won this award, and then I was confused, because of the movies I was shortlisted for before, I personally felt that my performances were no worse than in "The True Story of A Fei", but they didn't win the award, there must be a reason for this."

"Is it because of the luck you said when you answered the reporter?" Chen Qige interjected.

Zhang Yurong shook his head, "It's not luck, but I found that the criteria for the evaluation of the Academy Awards are constantly changing every year, while being the vane of Hong Kong films, the Academy Awards also need to constantly adapt to the changing film market, so Best Actor, Chow Xingchi finally won the award as a comedian, and "Caged People" because it focuses on real Hong Kong social issues, although the box office impact is unsatisfactory, but let this film win, can better guide the entire Hong Kong film to create in the direction of focusing on reality, which is a prominent feature of "Caged People" compared to "Ruan Lingyu" or even "Farewell My Concubine", so it has become inevitable for this film to win awards. ”

Chen Qige didn't expect Zhang Yurong to say such a profound analysis, but after listening to it, he couldn't help but nodded.

The awards should take into account the overall environment of the Hong Kong film market, and the Cannes Film Festival awards should also consider how to expand their international influence.

If "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily" had not won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival once, the Cannes Film Festival would definitely not have let "Farewell My Concubine" go for nothing as it does now.

The encounter of "Farewell My Concubine" in Cannes is somewhat untimely.

"So does Mr. Zhang think "Farewell My Concubine" will have any success at the Hong Kong International Film Festival next month?"

Chen Qige would ask this question, and Zhang Yurong was not surprised at all, in fact, he had been waiting for this question all along.

"I don't know if I can win the award, but I know that this should be the last chance for Director Chen and this film, and I should strive for it no matter what."

"But ......" Chen Qige hesitated, and finally did not tell Zhang Yourong that he had refused Lin Youlun's invitation, although he still agreed later, but it was under pressure from producer Xu Feng, and Lin Youlun must have been clear about this matter.

Zhang Yurong seemed to see Chen Qige's worries, and then said: "After the Academy Awards ceremony, Mr. Lin once said when answering reporters' questions, he said that all the award-winning films at this year's Academy Awards should be grateful to "Farewell My Concubine", because if this film can be selected, many awards may not have anything to do with other films...... I think this should be a good news for "Farewell My Concubine" to participate in the Hong Kong International Film Festival! (To be continued......)