As the awards ceremony gets closer, so do the crowds in Cannes.

The pressure on all the shortlisted filmmakers is also increasing, and the feeling of slaughter has left many people breathless.

Lu Ping'an took Yan Danchen and two light bulbs out for a trip at this time.

Take a photo at the Arc de Triomphe, take a stroll around Notre Dame Cathedral, talk about Versailles at the Palace of Versailles, and finally have a coffee on the banks of the Seine to see if there are any fallen leaves to pick up on the Champs-Élysées.

Yan Danchen didn't understand Lu Ping'an's somewhat childish behavior, but she also picked it up.

Soon, both of them found a perfectly flawed leaf.

Lu Ping'an sandwiched them into the newly bought "The Little Prince", and Yan Danchen finally couldn't help but wonder: "Is there any special significance to this?" ”

"Didn't you pick up leaves as a taxidermy when you were a kid?"

Lu Ping'an asked rhetorically, but Yan Danchen gave him a roll of his eyes: "Childish, how old is it!" ”

Lu Ping'an nodded in agreement: "Indeed, it's not small." ”

Then taking advantage of the inattention of the two light bulbs, he stole another incense, which provoked Yan Danchen to raise his little fist again:

"Stupid pig."

"You're a stupid pig!"

"I'm speaking French, you mean hello, stupid!"

"Stupid pig, you're a stupid pig!"

The two were playing and playing, time passed quickly, and on the evening of the 19th, Hu Qingquan received a call from the organizing committee and invited the creator of "Black Hole" to participate in the award ceremony tomorrow night.

The three unspoken rules of Europe are the same.

If you are invited to the award ceremony, you will receive an award.

So Zhang Songwen cheered for the first time.

Then the stunned Ning Hao began to cheer.

Then everyone cheered.

On the afternoon of the 20th, the red carpet of the Cannes Awards ceremony began.

Just like last time, the short film unit is still ahead of the curve.

Lu Ping'an, Zhang Songwen, Ning Hao and Hu Qingquan walked together.

Yan Danchen didn't have an invitation, so he could only rest in the hotel.

While waiting, Lu Ping'an saw many Asian faces in the short film team.

Hu Qingquan began to introduce, saying that this one is RB and that one is Korean.

RB Korea's Hu Qingquan didn't care, he only brought Yang Chao, another short film director from the mainland, to chat with Lu Ping'an.

Yang Chao was selected for the cornerstone unit of short films this time, and the rule of Cannes is that after the participating films are submitted, the selection of which unit to participate in is not decided by the director, but by the jury.

The weight of those selected for the cornerstone unit and the short film main competition unit is different from the beginning.

So Yang Chao knew that Lu Ping'an was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the short film and competed for the Palme d'Or, and he was very envious.

Lu Ping'an is still modest and does a good job of being a shy person.

After a brief chat, they exchanged blessings, and the red carpet began.

The red carpet of Lu Ping'an this time is similar to the last time, but the subtleties are still a little different.

For example, there are too many flashing lights aimed at Lu Ping'an than before.

On the one hand, because he has won the Silver Bear, and on the other hand, because he now has sponsors.

A French suit brand approached him this morning and said to sponsor a red carpet dress.

Now it seems that this sponsor has made a lot of money.

Because the current Lu Ping'an can indeed be regarded as the peak of appearance among the Chinese present, if you don't look at the fame, you are more handsome than Chaowei who appeared later.

After walking the red carpet, Lu Ping'an and the creators were interviewed.

Compared with the director Lu Ping'an, in fact, Zhang Songwen, the leading actor, has attracted more attention, because many people know him, and he starred in both short films, and he has already gained some fame in Europe.

Zhang Songwen is very calm about this, his personality is like this, he can't float, even if he does, he won't be able to float under Jiang Wen's teaching.

The interview is still a few questions that go over and over again.

There is no faith.

What mood now.

After answering, Lu Ping'an went to the studio on the side to take pictures.

This is the request of the sponsor, for 100,000 euros, Lu Ping'an is happy to be greasy.

It's just that with his acting experience, greasy can't do it, only clumsy.

clicked and filmed, the photographer was ready to communicate in the middle, he felt that this rookie artist was a bit difficult to do, and he couldn't do anything, but after Hu Qingquan's translation, the photographer knew that this was not an artist, but the director who was shortlisted this year.

And then that attitude became very respectful.

“good！”

“nice！”

“welldone！”

Lu Ping'an posed casually, and he could get a series of thumbs up, and he was very embarrassed to hold the ground.

finally finished filming, followed by a daze in the seat.

After Ning Hao sat down, his neck was stretched all the time, it was the first time he had seen this kind of scene, everything was very novel.

Zhang Songwen also watched, but the movement was not so big, he was afraid of wrinkling the suit.

However, after Manyu entered the arena, Zhang Songwen couldn't care about anything, and directly turned around and stretched his neck to look, with a light in his eyes, and came to a synchronous tracking that he couldn't take his eyes off the eyes, regardless of the problem of whether the suit was wrinkled, and Ning Hao pouted.

After more than an hour of red carpet ended, the award ceremony began.

The awards in Cannes are similar to those in Berlin, starting with the cornerstone and short film sections.

Yang Chao, who talked about it before, won the third prize of the Cinémathine Youth Award, which was tied with Duffy's work "Stubborn Stone", and he did not go up to accept the award, but was just named.

The Cinéfondation Youth Award is the cornerstone unit, and the third prize is a prize of 7,500 euros.

This section is followed by the short film section of the official competition.

There are two kinds of short film awards in Cannes, one is the Jury Prize, two places, and the rest is the Palme d'Or, the highest prize for short films.

By this time, Ning Hao, Zhang Songwen and others had already begun to be extremely nervous.

Lu Ping'an didn't have that kind of emotion, to be honest, he still didn't think that "Black Hole" could win an award at Cannes.

Because in his opinion, "Black Hole" has depth, but it is too simple, and the lens language, color tone, etc. are relatively ordinary.

Compared with many short films on the scene, it lacks the strong temperament of "incomprehensible at a glance" or unique personal characteristics.

So he thinks that even if Cannes awards him, it will not be the final prize.

But the reality is the same as what Jiang Wen said, maybe someone really likes "Black Hole" very much, and then the English is good, the tongue fights the Confucianism, and finally wins...

Soon, two jury prizes began to be awarded for short films.

"Daddy's Girl" from the UK and "Bean Cake" from RB won the award.

After the second jury prize read out Allan, the name of the director of RB's short film "Bean Cake", Lu Ping'an's ears buzzed on the spot.

This is the result of a large amount of blood rushing to the head.

He was a little confused.

No way!

Really going to win the jackpot?!

Hu Qingquan, who was sitting next to him, clenched his fists directly, and was very excited.

The two Jury Prizes have been awarded, and the Cannes Short Film Competition does not have any other consolation prizes such as "Special Attention", which will only be awarded before the Jury Prize.

So now, is it really the Palme d'Or?!

Ning Hao and Zhang Songwen also realized the situation, and had already raised their butts at this moment, as if they were about to rush up in the next second.

Just thinking about it, the host on the stage, Charlotte Lambolin, spoke:

"Congratulations on winning the Jury Prize, and then we move on to the Palme d'Or for the short film, which will be presented by Mallio."

The award presenter Mallio came to the stage, Mallio was an old man, looking full of energy, he tidied up his gray beard, glanced at it, stayed on Lu Ping'an in the audience for a while, and then took out the award card and said:

"Human nature is the most complex, human nature is also the simplest, a movie that shows human nature, how many minutes does it take? The answer is, two minutes. ”

With that, Mallio was ready to step down.

And the scene also sounded in due course, and then scattered people began to applaud.

The host didn't get this kind of humor, he just thought that something was wrong with this old man, and he hadn't read out the winners yet, so it went on?

She was a little confused, but before she could think about it, Mallio playfully returned to the microphone and said, "I've said so much, I thought everyone must know which film it is." ”

A little humor made the laughter louder.

Lu Ping'an and the others were even more confused.

I don't understand, what are you talking about, why are you still talking about stand-up comedy?

Fortunately, Mallio on the stage shrugged his shoulders, stopped selling off, and directly read out the name of the winner:

"Film~lu! "Black Hole"! Congratulations! ”

Bang la blah.

Applause burst into applause.

Lu Ping'an was still immersed in the speechless "piece of road", and was hugged fiercely by Ning Hao and Zhang Songwen, not caring about the question of whether the suit was wrinkled or not.

Then the four of the main creators walked on stage very happily.

The old man Mallio hugged Lu Pingan very warmly and said a few words of French, which Lu Pingan did not understand, but also politely replied in Chinese: "Thank you." ”

Taking the Palme d'Or mini trophy from the mischievous old man Mallio, the presenter took a step back and gave up the podium to Lu Ping'an.

Facing the thousands of people in the venue again, Lu Ping'an was still a little nervous, in his eyes, he saw that Shu Qi and Manyu in the audience seemed to be applauding, and several Asian faces in the distance were smiling very happily and calm.

The Chinese reporters in the distance all showed their big white teeth and seemed to be very happy.

He didn't think much about it, puffed up, and was about to memorize the acceptance speech, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

The embarrassing silence lasted for several seconds, and Lu Pingan simply gritted his teeth and directly used Chinese: "I am Lu Pingan, from China BJ Film Academy, and a freshman student."

It is a great honor to be loved and affirmed by the jury, and I will continue to do so.

Here, I would also like to thank Mr. Hu Qingquan, Mr. Zhang Yifan, my good friends Zhang Songwen, Ning Hao, and Mr. Jiang Wen in the audience, and thank you for your support to me. Thank you to my school for nurturing and teaching me. Thank you again to the Festival de Cannes for your recognition, thank you! ”

Bang la la blah.

I had never heard the Chinese acceptance speech at the scene, but I still gave warm applause.

Lu Ping'an blushed slightly, stepped on cotton again and walked off the stage.

After sitting down, his heart was still pounding, and Hu Qingquan on the side asked with a smile: "How did you remember to use Chinese?" ”

Lu Ping'an was a little embarrassed and said: "I just forgot the English testimonial, do you believe it?" ”

"Hahaha, well done!" Hu Qingquan smiled happily, and then said, "But you can't say that to reporters." ”

"So what to say."

"Don't worry, I'll help you think about it later."

Hu Qingquan let Lu Ping'an be calm for a while, and then stretched out his hand to Zhang Songwen eagerly, "Come, Awen, show me the trophy... ”

Lu Ping'an: "... ”