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Chapter 381 Cannes
"Haha, that depends on your performance." Huang Ze started joking at this time.

Of course Wang Zhiwen knew what Huang Ze meant, and he immediately volunteered to cook. He and Xu Qing, the couple, cooked a table full of dishes. They took turns persuading Huang Ze to eat, and Huang Ze ate until he was full.

At this time, Wang Zhiwen asked, "Who will play the little boy opposite me? Do I know him?"

"I haven't chosen yet. My initial idea is to find someone from my hometown so that we can all speak Mandarin with a Shanghai accent."

"If you can't find the right one, look for someone else."

"To be honest, I don't have a suitable choice in my mind."

These days, there is really no one to choose Huang Ze.

If it was a few years earlier, Fang Chao would definitely be chosen as the child star. After all, he has starred in a series of works such as "Under the Bridge" and "The Shepherd", so he is safe, but he is already close to adulthood.

If it's a few years later, there will be a lot of options.

At this age, Huang Ze is in a bit of a dilemma.

But it doesn’t matter. If it really doesn’t work out, it’s okay as long as you’re not a child star or a future star.

Anyway, the acting skills required for children are not high. It is enough for him to show his childish side and not be afraid of the camera.

"Well, I also said that I should get familiar with the young actor in advance, so that he won't be alienated from me when the time comes." Wang Zhiwen smiled awkwardly.

"Don't worry, the selection will be made after the Chinese New Year. I'm planning to submit this film to the Berlin Film Festival next year. I won't drag it out."

"Berlin Film Festival?" Wang Zhiwen paused, thought about the time, and recalled the plot, and a meaningful smile suddenly appeared on his face.

"I understand."

"Brother Huang, your operation is amazing."

"Okay, that's enough for you to know." Huang Ze pressed his palm down, "We just happened to run into each other, there's nothing I can do about it, I definitely don't have any other ideas."

"I see."

"Hahaha!" The two looked at each other and laughed at the same time.

……

Having decided what the new film would be about, Huang Ze immediately asked his team to select actors according to his own requirements.

Other actors are sought after with experience, and the child who will play the male lead's son is temporarily being auditioned in Shanghai.

The candidate must be around seven years old, look cute and not camera-shy.

As usual, just like selecting actors before, I selected a dozen or so people, and finally I made the choice from among these dozen people.

……

Just before the Spring Festival, Huang Ze returned to his loyal Shanghai and came to the temporary residence of the "Life is Beautiful" crew. He sat in the office and interviewed the final round of young actors.

"First, introduce yourself to the camera and briefly introduce yourself."

"Show us another talent."

"I will sing "I Dedicate Oil to the Motherland" for all the teachers."

"Your dad is playing a game with you and winks at you. How should you respond?"

While Huang Ze was looking through the information of these young actors, he asked the assistant director to ask them various questions.

It was only when he turned to the end that Huang Ze saw a familiar name.

Zheng Kai, born in 86, is eight years old this year.

“There are still some seeds.”

"It's a pity that the appearance doesn't match." The other person's image suddenly appeared in Huang Ze's mind.

If this image is used to play a child, it will hardly arouse the audience's desire to protect him. This was Huang Ze's first thought.

However, when his eyes moved to the photo, Huang Ze raised his eyebrows.

Is this Zheng Kai? They say girls change a lot when they grow up, how come this guy has changed so much?

It turned out to be a cute little kid with a round face, not at all like the later generations.

"She's passed the test in terms of appearance."

Nodding secretly, Huang Ze personally tested him again after he came in.

I have to say that he is still lively and has no problem learning a few words of Shanghainese Mandarin, and he speaks it fluently.

I continued to audition other people and found some kids whose performances were comparable to mine.

But maybe it was Huang Ze's psychological effect, he always wanted to use actors who had been verified in his previous life, so he finally put Zheng Kai's information on the table, patted it, and said, "Let's choose him."

After saying this, Huang Ze stood up, left the audition room and went home.

The assistant directors looked at each other and laughed, "I knew it was him. Director Huang talked the most with this kid during the audition."

"Stop talking, we have to get started. Apart from these three main roles, the other roles are ours. We should try our best to choose the best ones, so that Director Huang will not be dissatisfied and change the roles in the end."

As assistant directors of the crew, everyone actually has their own selfish motives, but as Huang Ze’s assistant director, everyone still puts the film first.

We are not stupid and we know what to do to have a better future.

How can the small temporary benefits be compared with the great benefits in the future?

As for what the big benefit is, just look at Director Huang’s previous assistant director.

One by one they became directors, and some even became successful.

Even if they can't make it that far, if they work hard, it shouldn't be difficult for them to get a chance to make a movie and be a director in Xinghai, right?

It’s better than outside!

Hollywood himself doesn't have Director Huang's talent, so he can't get in.

In the Hong Kong film market, because so many films have bad endings, Taiwan and Southeast Asia's enthusiasm has faded. Many famous directors may not get a chance, so it is better for them to sit back and enjoy the shade of a big tree.

……

At the end of February, the post-production of "Farewell My Concubine" was completed, and Huang Ze handed it directly to the film selection committee.

As a director who has won the Palme d'Or, he will naturally receive preferential treatment. As long as his film does not cause public outrage, it will not be a problem for him to enter the main competition unit.

Therefore, Huang Ze never worried about being shortlisted for the main competition unit.

This is indeed the case. At the end of March, the list of Cannes' main competition unit was released, and "Farewell My Concubine" was on the list.

On May 5, the other actors set off from Beijing, while Huang Ze boarded a plane to France with Zhang Guorong in Hong Kong Island.

Sitting next to Zhang Guorong, Huang Ze glanced at him and couldn't help but tease him, "Nervous?"

"Aren't you nervous?"

"Hahaha." Huang Ze laughed, "I'm really not nervous. Have you forgotten that my movie Pulp Fiction has already won the Palme d'Or?"

"..." Zhang Guorong opened his mouth to speak, but he didn't know what to say. After opening and closing his mouth a few times, he said, "Director Huang, do you think I have a chance?"

"Don't worry, there is! Your performance this time is quite good, and there is a good hope of winning the Best Actor award." Huang Ze recalled, and if he remembered correctly, the winner of the biggest award at this year's Cannes in his previous life was "Pulp Fiction", which was snatched away by himself.

The movie that won the Grand Jury Prize and Best Actor Award was "To Live", but it hasn't been finished yet because it was fanned by its own butterfly wings.

"I think you have a 60% chance of winning." Huang Ze analyzed, "If you don't win the Best Actor award..."

"So what's the matter?"

"That may be because the award for our film diverted the judges' votes."

"What does this mean?" Zhang Guorong was a little confused.

"It's very simple. The judges felt that since they had already awarded this film the Palme d'Or, it would be too much to give it another Best Actor."

(End of this chapter)