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In a large room of the Phantom Group, which is not accessible to ordinary people, it is called the Gate of Glory by the Phantom's employees. There are many trophies in the www.biquge.info of the Pen Fun Pavilion, and this does not include the ones that were taken home by the filmmakers.

The first is the Best Picture trophy won by Zhang Wanyao's "Autumn Fairy Tale" for the Phantom, which is placed in the most prominent position just because it announced the birth of the Phantom Empire. Best Picture is a collective credit, and it's the only award that Phantom can win.

Among them, there are also some trophies donated by filmmakers to the Phantom Company, such as Xiao Ran, who donated the first Academy Award trophy he won. There are rows of trophies in this room, and there are as many as a few Golden Horse and Academy Awards alone, and since 1987, the Phantom Company has only missed three Golden Horse Best Feature Films and two Golden Pictures Best Picture.

In addition to the Golden Statue and Golden Horse, there are three Asia-Pacific Film Festivals and one Tokyo International Film Festival. Moreover, at the Berlin Film Festival, Phantom also won a golden bear and a silver bear, Zhang Manyu and Lin Qingxia, and Fa Ge were all crowned on it, and won the Palme d'Or last year's "Farewell My Concubine". Roughly counting, there are no less than fourteen or fifteen awards in this gate of glory.

And on a smooth wall, there is a clear record of every Phantom film award-winning. If we look closely, we can find that the Phantom film has won more than 100 awards in the past few years.

And this time, Xiao Ran went to Cannes, can he add any luster to this wall of glory of the Phantom? No one expected it, not even Xiao Ran. In any case, this trip to France has already set off another round of enthusiasm across Hong Kong - and they are all waiting to see another great performance by the talented super-rich.

This is obviously a very interesting thing, Xiao Ran wanted to open the international market at the beginning, but now he is going for himself and for his own glory. Because, the Phantom does not need to be opened anymore now, and the international market has long opened the door for the Phantom.

The only thing that frustrated Xiao Ran was that France had finally introduced restrictions on imported films before Cannes began. France is definitely a major event in European cinema, and now the Phantom has forced France to introduce such regulations to protect its own films, which is already very proud.

It's a pity that Xiao Ran is not proud of this. In this way, the Phantom can no longer distribute films to France without restrictions, and the only fortunate thing is that this thing hurts not only Hong Kong films, but also Hollywood. However, this obviously can't have much impact on Hong Kong films, it's just some local protectionism, and Hong Kong films can still continue to deliver a large number of films every year.

This time he went to Cannes, Xiao Ran went alone, he rushed over the day before the award. Just kidding, he is hundreds of thousands of dollars a second, and he has nothing to do to travel to Cannes? In fact, Xiao Ran also went with the deputy general manager of the star brokerage company, as well as the people in the planning department, who used to recruit talents.

Interestingly, Lao Mouzi's "Alive" and "Pulp Fiction" were also eligible for the competition this year, and the funny thing is that these two films were invested by Phantom. Of course, this is still directed by Brother Quentin himself, and this bad boy was caught by the Phantom as early as the year before last.

At the awards party, countless popular stars appeared on the scene, Xiao Ran casually greeted others, and sat down with Liu Qingyun, letting the planning department and the star company poach people everywhere.

The award is quite grand, but it may not necessarily be better than the current Academy Awards. At least in Asia, the Golden Horse has gradually declined, and after gradually adding awards such as Best Foreign Language Film, and opening up the restrictions on the competition for foreign language films, the Academy Awards have transformed into the number one commercial film award in Asia in recent years.

In terms of music awards, the music awards sponsored by Ethereal have gradually expanded their influence under the horizontal promotion of the Phantom Entertainment media empire. It can be seen that Xiao Ran's decision to take the road of this comprehensive entertainment media group is extremely correct today.

Without Lin Qingxia by his side, Xiao Ran always felt as if he was missing something. Glancing at Liu Qingyun, who was quite excited on the side, the black face was about to glow red, and Wu Zhenyu's eyes also projected envy.

Xiao Ran couldn't help but laugh dumbly, anyone who came to such a palace-level place for the first time should be nervous. Just like myself back then, I wasn't so nervous that my palms were full of sweat. After feeling nostalgic for a while, Xiao Ran chuckled, but suddenly saw the director Murray he met last time he came here. After saying hello to the director, Xiao Ran gradually became much happier.

In fact, most of the people who come to Cannes are relatively alternative red stars, just to go through the process and increase their popularity. Xiao Ran obviously doesn't have a good impression of these artists, at least he is too lazy to get to know those people.

"Don't be nervous, it's just Cannes." Xiao Ran still couldn't help but comfort the two of them, and when he saw the two of them looking at him in surprise, he smiled: "Winning an award in Cannes is not necessarily a very difficult thing, I think it is not as difficult as winning an award at the Academy Awards!" ”

Before the words fell, Xiao Ran couldn't help but sigh, Hong Kong films have produced many talents over the years, and if you want to win awards, it is definitely difficult. Take Xiao Ran's "The Legend of the Car God" as an example, in that film, Xiao Ran can be said to have created some racing movies or action-themed shooting techniques, with an excellent reputation, but he still only got the nomination, and finally fell into the hands of others.

When the geniuses in the Hong Kong film industry are soaring one by one, Xiao Ran really doesn't know when he will be able to win the best director and best film with his own ability. Only these two awards can best prove the director's ability. Relatively speaking, Xiao Ran's attention to Cannes is only based on his international reputation, and his strength is definitely not as important as the Academy Awards.

is waiting, Zhang Yimou and Uncle Ge Youge are here, and Quentin, a bad boy, is also here. Seeing Zhang Yimou stepping into the arena, Xiao Ran smiled indifferently, he didn't have any dislike for Zhang Yimou now, maybe it was better to say that he didn't feel anything.

However, for Uncle Ge, Xiao Ran is really very interested. He has always believed that there are only two actors in China, one is Uncle Ge, and the other actor is obtained by Jiang Wen and Chen Daoming together.

To this day, he still remembers those classic lines in Uncle Ge's mouth, "Be kind!" And "Uncle Li is very angry, and the consequences are very serious". That kind of humor comes out of Uncle Ge's mouth, and it has a special taste.

beckoned to Zhang Yimou and Ge You, Zhang Yimou came to Xiao Ran's side and put on a seemingly honest smile: "Mr. Xiao, I wanted to invite you over at first, but I didn't expect you to come first!" ”

"Sit down, Mr. Ge, what do you think of what it's like to be here?" Xiao Ran smiled at him and turned his face to look at Ge You, who was sitting behind him: "If you can come here, you are a world-class person, and now you are red!" ”

"Don't, Mr. Xiao, you can just call me Ge You, or call me Lao Ge!" Ge You really had some taste of the screen in private, and when he saw Xiao Ran treating himself so enthusiastically, he quickly laughed at himself: "Look at me like this, call me sir, it doesn't look like it!" ”

Xiao Ran suddenly remembered that Ge You had nothing to do with the Phantom after filming this "Alive", so he should not have signed a contract with the Phantom yet. I can't complain about Xiao Ran, when he reaches his current status, the only thing he can pay attention to is strategic things, even if there are people to do it, how can he know so much.

was about to speak, but saw Zhang Yimou exuding envy and sighed: "If you can win an award here, then you can be regarded as an international director!" Mr. Xiao, before you won the award here last time, I'm afraid Cannes hasn't presented the award to the Chinese! ”

Xiao Ran shook his head slightly, he really didn't know about this. Ge You showed a very Beijing-style smile and said, "That's right, but I look like this, and no one loves it!" ”

Liu Qingyun and Wu Zhenyu were very amused by Ge You's behavior of "ruining" themselves, especially Liu Qingyun, who laughed and said: "That's not necessarily, do you know Wu Mengda?" His appearance is not better than yours, but now he is a very popular actor in Hong Kong, with a salary of four or five million. Besides, I don't look very good, but now my salary is 10 million, and if you want to say it's popular, it's okay. ”

"It's really so good to make money, why don't I come over and work for you, anyway, those who returned said that Hong Kong has a very good environment!" Ge You smiled and didn't know if he was joking or serious.

Xiao Ran was naturally anxious, and immediately gave a few instructions to Han Yun next to him, and then said to Ge You with a smile: "Okay, no problem." I will immediately find someone to sign a contract with you, and then arrange an agent for you, and it will be a matter of time to become popular. The key is that you are in Hong Kong, you can make a good movie, and you can make the movie you want to make! ”

After a little more talking, the awards finally began. The first award was the technical award, and the winner was "Extreme Fatigue". Xiao Ran doesn't attach much importance to this award, if he was willing to bring films such as "The Legend of the Car God", it would never be a problem to win a technical award.

The International Film Critics Week Award went to "The Clerk", while the Film Critics Award went to Wei Changqing's "City Corner". This Wei Changqing is very remarkable, very talented and hard-working, a mainland exchange student director. However, Xiao Ran thinks that Wei Changqing is a relatively literary director, so since "This Killer Is Not Too Cold", Wei Changqing has basically stopped accepting commercial films.

This "City Corner" is a film that focuses on the underclass, and with the advice of the planner, Wei Changqing expanded the story of the film from Hong Kong to Europe. In this way, the film that was originally very regional became an international film. In this film, Wei Changqing is a bit extreme, quite stylized, and he can't be liked by film critics.

This year's Cannes awards are quite numerous, and the next special jury prize was won by "The Silence of the Palace". And the next is the Jury Award, Xiao Ran glanced back at Wei Jiahui beside Ge You, he felt that this award was most likely taken away by "The Birth of a Word".

As Xiao Ran expected, the guests on the stage looked at the audience, took out the post and read it before announcing loudly: "The winner of the Jury Prize at the 47th Cannes Film Festival is ...... "The Birth of a Word"! ”

Wei Jiahui was so excited that he almost jumped up, but fortunately Xiao Ran's gaze signaled to calm down. He didn't expect that his first film, which he had just come back from a few years of training on the TV station, would be able to be sent to Cannes and win an award.

He was excited, Xiao Ran was also very excited. "The Birth of a Word" is one of his favorite films, and this way of structuring predates "Sliding Door" and "Lola Run", two of the most internationally acclaimed films. However, it is definitely a big pity that this film failed to get any honor.

And now that the wind of Hong Kong films is blowing violently to the world, it is impossible for Cannes to ignore Chinese-language films. In this context, Cannes has set up an office in Hong Kong many years earlier than in history to select the shortlisted films, and it is in this situation that "The Birth of a Word" won this award. Sometimes, some films are not good enough, but a problem with the environment.

The Caméra d'Or was taken away by "Speechless Palace", and the following is the best screenplay, and the best screenplay was won by "Extreme Fatigue". This went to the special jury award, and the funny thing is that this award was actually tied, and "Alive" and "Poison Sun" won the award at the same time.

The next award is Xiao Ran's goal. He thinks that his "True Colors" is most likely to win this director award, because he feels that the most appreciated thing in this work is the unique perspective, which is a very special treatment and can definitely add a lot of points.

Director's Award! Xiao Ran took a deep breath of air and tried to calm his beating heart. He needs such an award to prove that he is not in vain, although everyone thinks that he is an international director, but he is to prove himself. Sometimes, the challenges that people need to face more often come from themselves.

"The films shortlisted for this competition are all excellent, and we can all see that Chinese films are developing at a faster and faster pace." The guest is a French star, and his conversation is very humorous: "Of course, it is undeniable that Chinese films are indeed very good, and Hong Kong can dedicate countless excellent works to the world every year!" ”

"Those who are qualified to compete for this award this year are all outstanding people. Of course, I'm also eager to work with any of them! When the guest said this, he finally opened the post, with a smile in his eyes, and glanced at Xiao Ran.

"I know very well that reading out the winner will be a cruel ...... for the loser," the guest laughed: "I have tried the same cruelty before, but, as we know, where there is competition, there must be winners and losers." Therefore, the winner of the Director's Award at the 47th Festival de Cannes is ......"