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Liu Yifei nodded in agreement: "I think there is no problem for it to win the Grand Jury Award."

The other judges took a deep breath after hearing this. They were even more certain that Zhang Yang and Liu Yifei really wanted "The Gathering at Southern Station" to win the Palme d'Or.

The film that everyone is optimistic about at this year's film festival, "Pain and Glory", won the Best Actor Award.

"Portrait of a Lady on Fire" was awarded the Best Screenplay Award. Now the movie "Atlantics" has been awarded the Grand Jury Prize.

No matter how you look at it, it seems that they are the couple who are planning the Palme d'Or. The pork of the Cannes Film Festival is clearly divided among them, which seems to be quite reasonable.

Ellie felt bad. Other films might be a big hit, but American films would have to return empty-handed? It would be fine if there were no good films, but now there was "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood", so they could fight for it.

"It's quite fitting that Once Upon a Time in Hollywood won the Grand Jury Prize. Director Quentin Tarantino was not overly obsessed with playing with structure and spilling blood, nor was he too aloof and talkative.
Everything is just right, full and moving, leisure, happiness, surprise, tension, melancholy, surprise, sadness and other emotions gradually appear in the movie... "After expressing her attitude, Ai Li looked at Zhang Yang,

She felt that Zhang Yang would help her, after all, he had a good relationship with Leo and was also familiar with Quentin.

Zhang Yang has Liu Yifei as his assistant this year. He has not said much until now and pretended not to see the look from Ellie.

It was good enough that he didn't object to the movie "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood", but asking him to help? Don't even think about it. They had no reason to help, both publicly and privately.

Seeing Zhang Yang's attitude, Enji smiled thoughtfully. Suddenly, a bold idea came to him.

He just said: "I think "The Gathering at Southern Station" can win the Grand Jury Prize. The style of this movie is very distinctive..."

The other judges, led by Maimunah and Robin, were inspired by Enki's words and had an idea.
Yes, we can push "The Gathering at Southern Station" to win the Grand Jury Prize, so that other films can compete for the Palme d'Or.

Because Zhang Yang doesn't seem to be very interested in the movie "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood".

They all said their agreement at once, and Liu Yifei stopped pretending and came clean: "'The Gathering at Southern Station' is really good, why not give it the Palme d'Or?"

"It's like a Hollywood crime film. The overall atmosphere of the film is well rendered, but the main characters are too thin, and the blood and killing cannot add weight to the film." Ellie was the first to object. The little girl just couldn't keep her cool.

After a heated discussion, everyone except Liu Yifei thought that this movie was suitable for the Jury Prize.

After the discussion, Liu Yifei and Zhang Yang looked at each other secretly, feeling a little helpless.

There are too many smart people in the world. Their plan last night failed.

Fortunately, this is just their attempt, and Zhang Yang doesn't have to let "The Gathering at Southern Station" win the Palme d'Or. He is not that selfish.

Zhang Yang started tapping his fingers on the table.
In the conference room, the sound of his knocking was particularly obvious, and the judges all looked at Zhang Yang.

After about three minutes, he smiled and looked at the judges: "Since you all think it is suitable, then give the Jury Grand Prize to "The Gathering at Southern Station."

The others were a little surprised to see Zhang Yang agree so readily. They didn't expect him to be so easy to talk to. They thought they would have to vote eight or ten times, or even have to compromise with Zhang Yang in the end.

did not expect…….

"Okay, now only the Palme d'Or is left. Which movie do you think is suitable?" Zhang Yang ignored their expressions, thinking about finishing today's review as soon as possible.

""Atlantic"."

“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.”

Two completely different voices came out, coming from Maimunah and Ellie.

The other judges seemed to have reached a consensus and began to recommend the movie "Atlantics". After all, this is Europe.

In this way, "Atlantics" took advantage of the opportunity to win the Palme d'Or.

After all the reviews were finished, it was just after 3pm, and a group of people left the conference room, chatting and laughing. The judges' work was completely finished, and they wanted to go out and have some fun.

After Zhang Yang and Liu Yifei returned to the hotel, they sat on the sofa speechlessly.

"Okay, don't think too much. Nothing in the world can go as we wish." Zhang Yang patted Liu Yifei on the shoulder.

Liu Yifei leaned into Zhang Yang's arms and said, "If I had known this would happen, I would have let Pain and Glory win the Palme d'Or and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood win the Best Actor award."

"This arrangement has both advantages and disadvantages. I don't like movies like "Pain and Glory", and if "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" really gets an award, it will probably be criticized in China." Zhang Yang sees it very clearly. There is no need to cause trouble.

……

At about six o'clock that evening, the crew of "The Gathering at Southern Station" finished their meal and gathered in the room of director Diao Yinan.

They were chatting with each other in a random manner, but in fact everyone was absent-minded as they were waiting for a call.

"This year's trip to Cannes was worthwhile as I met Quentin." Brother Hu said with a smile. He has always regarded Quentin as his idol.

"You must be happy because he praised you while watching the movie." Wan Xian directly exposed Brother Hu's true face.

The interaction between their movie and Quentin was at its peak at this film festival.

First, Hu Ge and Gui Lunmei went to the premiere of "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood".
Then Quentin watched "The Gathering at South Station" and said it was a very beautiful movie and he hadn't seen such a movie for many years.

As we all know, Quentin likes blood and violence. "The Gathering at Southern Station" meets these requirements and also has a bit of martial arts style.

If Zhang Yang were here, he would tell them that Quentin liked this movie absolutely because of Gui Lunmei's feet in the boat scene. Everyone knows that Quentin has a foot fetish.

"It would be great if Director Zhang liked it this much." Brother Hu fantasized. If that were the case, their movie would definitely be a great success.

"Speaking of Director Zhang, I remember that neither he nor Liu Yifei attended the premiere of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," Gui Lunmei asked puzzledly, since Leo was the Oscar winner he had just brought out.

"Didn't he say at the press conference that he would be more strict with Quentin's movies?" Wan Xian joked.

Everyone burst into laughter after hearing this.

"Director, is the story in "Six Desires" true?" After laughing, Liao Fan asked Diao Yinan again.

Originally, "Six Desires" was not allowed to participate in the Cannes Film Festival due to technical reasons, but Zhang Yang made an effort and it was immediately able to participate. Many people at home and abroad knew about this. Diao Yinan nodded: "But this film can only participate in the competition, and the copyright cannot be sold."

"Things that even Zhang Yimou can't do, he can solve with just one phone call." Liao Fan patted his thigh with mixed feelings.

"Otherwise he is the movie emperor." Diao Yinan smiled. Zhang Yang's title of movie emperor has become a recognized fact since February this year, and almost no one disagrees.

Others think more. Zhang Yang didn’t help with "One Second" and "Better Days", but he helped with Zu Feng’s movie. Old classmates are different.

"Ding-a-ling, jingle-a-ling."

Suddenly, a cell phone rang in the room, and everyone looked towards the source of the sound.

Diao Yinan's cell phone rang. He calmed himself down and answered the call.

"Yes."

"Ok."

"See you tomorrow."

Diao Yinan hung up the phone, looked at the six people and waved calmly: "Go back and rest early, and get enough energy to attend the closing ceremony tomorrow."

The others stood up and said goodbye with happy expressions on their faces, and they left at a brisk pace.

After everyone left, Diao Yinan let out a long sigh.

……

At around five o'clock the next afternoon, Zhang Yang and Liu Yifei changed into dresses in the hotel.

They were still wearing black suits and white skirts.

Liu Yifei was fine. Although she was still wearing a white dress, there were obvious patterns on it. It looked different from the one she wore at the opening ceremony.

But Zhang Yang's suit was exactly the same as the one he wore at the opening ceremony. People who didn't know would have thought he was wearing the same suit.

The two of them looked at each other and felt that they were all okay. Maybe it was because they had been seeing each other every day recently and thought that both of them looked good no matter how they looked at each other.

"Let's go." x2
They said almost at the same time.

Ten minutes later, the two arrived at the red carpet waiting area.

As soon as they arrived, Zhang Ziyi came over to greet them. She was the award presenter this year.

What’s the first thing a woman does after greeting someone?
"Yifei, your white dress is really beautiful. The pattern on it is also very retro and looks very tasteful."

"Sister Ziyi, your hollow skirt is also very nice."

Well, Zhang Yang can prove this point. Zhang Ziyi's dress is very bold and beautiful.

Unfortunately, she is already old. She was born in 79 and is 40 years old this year.
Seeing a star in person and seeing him on screen are two completely different concepts. There are many things that cannot be covered up by makeup when seen in person.

After chatting for a while, the other judges came over to join Zhang Yang and Liu Yifei.

Zhang Ziyi was not at all flustered when she saw the judges and chatted with them calmly. She was not called "International Zhang" for nothing.

At half past six, the red carpet for the closing ceremony began. We walked across the red carpet, and at 7:15, the award ceremony officially began.

The first award to be presented was for the attention unit. At this time, Zhang Yang and other judges of the main competition unit were also sitting in the audience watching, as it was not yet their turn to go on stage.

"It's a pity that this year's Cannes Film Festival did not give "Six Desires" an award." Liu Yifei looked at it for a while and said to Zhang Yang with a regretful tone.

“It’s good enough that I can participate in the competition smoothly.” To be honest, Zhang Yang has not watched the movie "Six Desires" yet, so it is difficult for him to comment on it.

It took about fifteen minutes for the attention unit to be awarded.

Zhang Yang and others also stood up silently and went to the back of the stage. Following the host's introduction, the nine judges walked to the center of the stage one by one, waved to the audience, and then sat down on the sofa on the right side of the stage.

Liu Yifei was the second to last, and Zhang Yang was the last to appear.

Others just waved and greeted, but Zhang Yang had a bit more trouble. He had to go to the podium and give a high-sounding speech to the guests before he could sit down on the sofa.

Then, the sad moment for the jury president came.

He has to announce all the awards in the main competition unit one by one.

Over the next 40-plus minutes, he had to stand up eight times.

In comparison, judges like Liu Yifei are much more relaxed. They just watch the show because the Cannes Film Festival does not have the tradition of judges presenting awards.

As Zhang Yang announced, the Best Actress award went to Emily Beecham for "Little Joe".

There are only two awards left to be presented tonight.

When Emily finished her acceptance speech on stage and walked off the stage.

After a few jokes, the host said, "Please welcome the guest presenter of the Grand Jury Award, Zhang Ziyi."

When the guests at the scene saw that it was Zhang Ziyi who presented the award, they all secretly looked towards the crew of "The Gathering at Southern Station". If nothing unexpected happened, they would gain something.

Diao Yinan and others were also delighted to see Zhang Ziyi come on stage to present the award.
I received a call to attend the closing ceremony, and it wasn’t uncommon for some people to not win any prizes in the end;
They had been full of expectations for the Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress and other awards from the beginning, but now, they have become a little numb. Zhang Ziyi's appearance on stage made the entire crew come alive again.

Zhang Ziyi was behind the podium, saying some set words, and finally asked Zhang Yang with a smile: "President, who won the Jury Award?"

(End of this chapter)