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Chapter 994 The Genius is in Your Home
"OK, if someone else had invited me, I might not agree, but since you are the director of Fumao, I will still give you the face. We will go together then." Zhang Yang's words were as beautiful as they could be.

Of course, this director is really amazing. Not only did he sideline Pierre Lescure, but he also elected a new chairman of the executive committee.

He said it would be best to choose a woman, and as a result, the Cannes Film Festival had its first female president in history.

This shows the power of Frémaux in the Cannes Film Festival.

"Then we'll meet in Cannes in May." Fumao responded with a smile. As for Zhang Yang's polite words, he didn't believe a single punctuation mark. My face is so valuable, why didn't you come to Cannes to take charge of it the year before last?

"See you in May." Zhang Yang said and hung up the phone.

"I don't know which domestic movie is so lucky this year." After he hung up the phone, he smiled at Liu Yifei.

"You're not going to give it the Palme d'Or, are you?" Liu Yifei asked tentatively, fearing that Zhang Yang would go crazy again.

"It depends on the specific situation." Zhang Yang could only confirm that there would be a prize, but he was not sure which one it would be given to.

Ten days passed in a flash. During this period, the country was peaceful, with only one minor incident on the 9th.
The Golden Rooster Film Festival Organizing Committee signed a contract with Ludao City, announcing that the Golden Rooster Film Festival will be held here for a long time in the future.

This incident did not attract much attention because they did not know what it meant. Or they had some vague guesses, but they were all hoping for the best.

Instead, it was at 19:16 on the 10th, Beijing time, which is : in the morning in Cannes.
The Cannes Film Festival Executive Committee held a press conference, and they first announced that this year's Cannes Film Festival will be held from May 5th to 14th.

The next step is to announce the film festival shortlist. The most eye-catching one in China is Diao Yinan’s new film, "The Gathering at Southern Station", which was shortlisted for the main competition unit.

Diao Yinan is no unknown person. He is the Golden Bear-winning director of "Black Coal, Thin Ice".

Although because of Zhang Yang, he got half of the bear.

The domestic Internet is also very lively, and they hope that Diao Yinan can recreate his Berlin glory in Cannes.

Why is there so much noise about an art film? In addition to Diao Yinan,
Also, in the movie "The Gathering at Southern Station", there is a very extraordinary leading actor.

Brother Hu, in the original time and space, before he was exposed for having a child, he could be said to be the most popular male star in the mainland.

Li Xiaoyao, coupled with his car accident experience, directly made his buffs stacked up to the maximum.

Now his fans, seeing that the movie starring their idol was shortlisted for Cannes, began to dream that he could win the Best Actor award.

Needless to say, this beautiful dream is very popular because the director is Diao Yinan, who has produced many Berlin Film Festival Best Actor awards.

The reason why a beautiful dream is a beautiful dream is that even the person who comes up with the idea thinks it is a fantasy. But one should still have a dream, because what if it comes true?

On the last day of April, when the Cannes Film Festival announced the jury list, everyone felt that this was not just a dream, but a real possibility.

At 30:16 on the 72th, Beijing time, the Cannes Executive Committee held a press conference and announced that Zhang Yang would serve as the president of the nd Cannes Jury.

He and eight other judges will form the film festival jury.

What made everyone even more excited was that Liu Yifei was one of the eight judges.

Well, this year's Cannes Film Festival, both of them are there. Zhang Yang alone is strong enough, and now Liu Yifei has to be added to the mix.

Together, they are set to take over Cannes.

Everyone in the country and even the world knows one thing.

The movie "The Gathering at Southern Station" is likely to win an award, but the question is which award will it win? Best Director? Best Actor? Best Actress? Palme d'Or?
On May 10, Labor Day, the temperature in Beijing was between 28 and degrees Celsius, and it was sunny.

It's a great day for labor.

At around ten o'clock in the morning, in Zhang Yang's courtyard,

Zhang Yang, Liu Yifei, Liu's mother, aunt and others were standing in a row by the wall of the courtyard, observing a little kid.

Zhang Hongyi was wearing a shirt and jeans, gloves on his hands, holding a small shovel, and a sun hat on his head, dressed like a working man.

He was working hard to weed the yard. It had been more than an hour since the work officially started at nine o'clock.

The little guy looked up at Liu Yifei and said coquettishly: "Mom, I don't celebrate my birthday."

The school holiday for May Day this year is from the 25st to the th. Zhang Hongyi wanted to celebrate his birthday on the th of last month. He thought that his birthday last year was too hasty and meaningless.

In order to get Zhang Yang's agreement, he offered to recite a few more fu poems.

Zhang Yang thought about it. The little guy had lived a life like a god since he was little. He never had to do anything and was very carefree. What was the point of memorizing a few more poems and songs?

Children need to develop all-roundly in moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic and labor aspects. Why is he where he is today? It’s because he suffered in his childhood.

So he said to Zhang Hongyi, if you work at home for a day on May 1st, I will celebrate your birthday.

Zhang Hongyi agreed without thinking, and Liu Yifei started treating guests on the 26th.

Now it's May 5st, and it's time for the little guy to pay back his debt.

Liu Yifei saw Zhang Hongyi squatting and working for more than an hour. She turned her head to look at Zhang Yang. Although she didn't say a word, her meaning was clear: she felt sorry for her son.

After working for more than an hour, the little guy was sweating and his palms were probably red.

Zhang Hongyi saw his mother's gaze and acted like a spoiled child to Zhang Yang: "Dad, I don't celebrate my birthday anymore."

"You can't just give up if you say so? How is your mother going to explain to her friends? Go on." Zhang Yang crossed his arms and said expressionlessly.

It is better to raise boys in poverty. How can they grow up without suffering a little from childhood to adulthood?

Zhang Hongyi looked at Mother Liu pitifully again. Although Mother Liu looked at her grandson lovingly, she did not show any expression.

She was the one who had asked Liu Yifei to practice dancing since he was a child. To her, working for a day was no big deal. Maybe he would study more seriously in the future.

Instead, the aunt who had been taking care of him felt a little distressed: "It's been more than an hour, let him take a break."

"Hold on a little longer, it will be over at 11 a.m." Zhang Yang just wanted to make him suffer a little.

Zhang Hongyi pouted. He now realized that his mother loved him the most.

Unfortunately, he could not twist his arm, so he could only succumb to the intimidation of the big devil. The next day, at about two o'clock in the afternoon, the whole family sat on the sofa and watched TV with Zhang Hongyi.

Today is his birthday and he is the oldest, so we watched cartoons according to his wishes.

The little guy didn't rely on anyone else today. He just stayed in Liu Yifei's arms, looking like a good baby.

The cartoon "Journey to the West" was playing on TV. Zhang Hongyi had already watched episode 38, in which the character was fighting the Bull Demon King.

Sun Wukong is also a wicked person. He transformed into the Bull Demon King to steal the palm leaf fan from Princess Iron Fan.

But things go round and round as fate would have it, just as he managed to trick the fan, the Bull Demon King seemed to be possessed by Murong Fu and retaliated in his own way, transforming himself into Zhu Bajie and snatching the fan back.

The two of them fought each other, and the whole scene was filled with “Hey.” “Ha.” “Yeah.”

Zhang Hongyi was very excited watching this. It was so interesting that after watching for a while, he started dancing in Liu Yifei's arms.

It’s a pity that he doesn’t have a golden hoop in his hand, otherwise he would have danced with it a few times as well.

"Don't move." Liu Yifei patted Zhang Hongyi.

Zhang Hongyi didn't even listen. Today is my birthday and I'm the boss.

Seeing how naughty he was, Liu Yifei threw him directly onto the sofa. Her son still looked the cutest when he looked so pitiful.

Zhang Hongyi jumped down from the sofa and did the exercises while watching TV in the living room.

At around three o'clock, Huang Xiaoming was the first to come over.

"Yi Yi, happy birthday." After Huang Xiaoming entered the room, he smiled and waved the toy in his hand towards Zhang Hongyi.

When Zhang Hongyi saw what Huang Xiaoming was holding, he immediately became excited. He quickly walked over, called out "Uncle", then took the toy and started playing with it.

"You came so early?" Zhang Yang stood up and said to Huang Xiaoming in surprise.

In the past, when we had gatherings, the first people to arrive were usually Shu Chang or Yao Beina.

"Yeah, it's the little guy's birthday, so of course we have to come early."

The two chatted for a while, and Shu Chang, Yao Beina, Zhang Liangying, Tang Yan, Luo Jing, Zu Feng, Zhou Xun and others arrived one after another.

After this group of people came over, the one most welcomed by Zhang Hongyi was Tang Yan.

As soon as she and Luo Jing entered the door, the little guy called out to someone and then stared at Tang Yan's belly curiously.

She is more than five months pregnant and has to wear loose clothes.

"Aunt Tangtang, are you pregnant too?" Zhang Hongyi asked curiously.

It’s so amazing. Not long after Aunt Zhao gave birth, another aunt gave birth to a baby.

"Yes, Yiyi, do you want to guess whether your aunt's baby is a boy or a girl?" Tang Yan said with a smile, holding Zhang Hongyi's hand.

"The kid guessed really accurately. He said Zhao Liying was pregnant with a boy. Unexpectedly, it really was a boy." Shu Chang felt so magical looking at the little guy.

Zhang Hongyi stared at Tang Yan's belly and said directly without even touching it: "Girl."

Tang Yan looked at him puzzledly: "Didn't you say that boys are fun?"

"It's boring to have only boys." Zhang Hongyi tilted his head and said casually.

"Your guess about the gender of the child is to let them play with you?"

Zhang Hongyi nodded naturally.

Everyone laughed. Zhang Yang's son really has the potential to be a big devil.

"Have you discussed it recently? After Zhao Liying gave birth, Liu Shishi gave birth, and after Liu Shishi gave birth, you also want to have a baby this year?" Zhou Xun couldn't help but complain.

On the 29th of last month, Liu Shishi gave birth to Wanwan's child, which shows her status in the marriage.

But she is not really as indifferent as a chrysanthemum. A few years later, she brought the child back to the mainland to go to school. Blind Sister is not blind at all.

Everyone was chatting and laughing, and when it was about six o'clock in the afternoon, the group officially started the banquet.

Although Zhang Hongyi is the birthday boy today, he cannot sit in the main seat. Mother Liu is the only elder here, so the seat is reserved for her, and the little guy sits next to her.

But because of what happened yesterday, the little guy still relied on Liu Yifei more today.

After a group of people raised their glasses to congratulate Zhang Hongyi, everyone ate and drank for more than half an hour.

Huang Xiaoming raised his glass to Zu Feng: "Congratulations, your film has been shortlisted for Cannes."

Zhang Yang was reminded by Huang Xiaoming and raised his glass to him: "It's a pity that your film was nominated for the Special Interest Group."

Huang Xiaoming was referring to the movie "Six Desires" directed and acted by Zu Feng.

Zu Feng raised his glass and clinked it with his two old classmates: "It's good enough to be shortlisted for Cannes." He was not very optimistic.

"Your class is really full of talented people." It was the first time that Mother Liu heard about this, and she couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

"Auntie, we are just talented, and the talent is in your family. The box office of "Decision to Break Up" broke the box office record of domestic art films." Zu Feng said politely.

"Decision to Break Up" has grossed 16.1 billion yuan in China since its release, breaking Feng Kuzi's previous record of 14 billion yuan for "Youth". It is estimated that it will gross around 2 million yuan from the 4nd to the 4000th.

"What I admire is not the box office, but the fact that after the release of Avengers 4, your movie can still maintain 20% of the screening schedule until April 4.
The movie emperor deserves his reputation." Zhou Xun raised his glass to Zhang Yang and drank the red wine in the glass happily.

Everyone in the industry can guess why "Avengers 4" chose April 4 as the release date.

But they met Zhang Yang. Last year, "Gone Girl" had 85% of the screening time, while this year, "Avengers 4" had only 68% of the screening time.

(End of this chapter)