Huayu: I'm reborn, but you still force me to be a scumbag?

Chapter 290 He is right, they are all wrong

"It's great to meet you. Your film has been so well received in Cannes. Congratulations."

Jill Jacob was very polite and spoke good English. He also took into consideration the nationalities of the people and chose some simple English words to say.

The old man has kind eyes and is amiable, yet his manner is full of hypocrisy.

Chen Sicheng felt that if he drank two taels of wine, his hypocritical mask would be torn off immediately.

What to pretend to be?

Extraordinary praise is bullshit.

It's me that was being driven around like a duck by your people, so don't give me the same treatment.

"Thank you, Chairman Jacob. I'm glad to meet you too." Chen Sicheng let out a lot of anger in his heart, bowed slightly, and shook hands respectfully with the respected Chairman Cannes.

Afterwards, the four members of Spring Breeze stood in a row and took photos with him with a smile.

When they were taking photos with their backs to the Palais des Festivals and facing the red carpet, the scene below inevitably caught their eyes.

"Chen, look over here."

"Chen, give me a smile."

"Chen, I want a look like Twilight's."

The biggest feeling Chen Nuo had when walking the red carpet in Cannes this time was that there would be photographers asking him to do The Twilight Gaze.

At this time, he would tuck in his chin, purse his lips, and stare at the other person with a wild and unruly look in a way that seemed like he was rolling his eyes.

"awesome!"

"I want one too, Chen!"

"I want a side view!"

"I also want."

This look is really stupid, and it's no exaggeration to say it's a show-off. In fact, Chen Nuo designed it specifically to pick up girls in his previous life, and it works well in Twilight in this life.

In fact, the European and American aesthetics of this era are really similar to those in China more than 10 years later. This expression not only makes the number of likes on Facebook soar, but also makes photographers like a demon, and fall into a frenzy of "I want one too".

Having had experience at his mother's premiere ten days ago, Chen Nuo was quite familiar with the process this time.

He knew these photographers would take one after another, endlessly.

I wanted to meet their request for more shots, but I couldn't do it even if I died of exhaustion.

After Chen Nuo let the photographers on both sides of the red carpet take pictures for a while, he was ready to leave.

But a staff member on site blocked his way, "Sorry, Chen, it's not your time yet."

"What do you mean?"

"We have reserved three minutes for you on the red carpet. You need to stay on the red carpet for three minutes. Then your crew will arrive. Then, wait for about two minutes, and then you can all move forward together."

After saying that, the man showed an apologetic expression, "I'm sorry."

Chen Sicheng watched this scene from a distance and felt like his lungs were about to explode.

When Chen Nuo was about to leave, he breathed a sigh of relief.

I feel that the red carpet time given to Chen Nuo in Cannes was not very long, only about one minute.

Basically the same treatment as Gong Li.

Chen Sicheng finds this acceptable.

In China, it would be strange if Chen Nuo was treated worse than Singaporean actresses.

It is not surprising that the Cannes Film Festival did this.

But unexpectedly, when Chen Nuo was about to leave, someone actually stopped him?
And the people who stopped him,
Chen Sicheng looked down from a high position and could see clearly that he was indeed the white European or American man with gold-rimmed glasses, blue eyes and thin lips, who looked difficult to deal with and might even be a bit racist.

When this person chased him away just now, he felt that he would call the security guards to take him away if they had a disagreement.

What now?
Flattering villain!

Shameless, shameless!
Chen Sicheng was in a completely bad mood, and his impression of Cannes was extremely bad.

He stood at the entrance of the Film Festival Palace, took one last look at the red carpet, and couldn't help gritting his teeth, causing a few veins on his cheeks to pop out. Then he turned around and walked into the door of the Film Palace.

Chen Nuo didn't realize that he was being stared at. He didn't even notice that Lou Ye and others were right in front of him on the red carpet.

Because the spotlight in front of him was too dazzling, and he was filmed 360 degrees for 3 minutes by these people, he couldn't even smile, so how could he care about Chen Sicheng?

Of course, he couldn't possibly notice that the man with glasses who had stopped him before suddenly raised the corners of his mouth and revealed a strange smile.

A man's voice came from his earphone: "Well done, Molière. Director Frémaux will be very satisfied with you."

Molière pressed the talk button on his headset. "Did it work?"

"Of course, the red carpet ratings are already climbing back up. Well done."

"Thank you."

Chen Nuo felt that maybe a century had passed before Bong Joon-ho, Kim Hye-ja and others finally arrived.

"My brother!"

"elder brother!"

Fatty Feng and Chen Nuo walked aside and let Kim Hye-ja, who was wearing traditional Korean clothes, stand in the center of the red carpet to enjoy the spotlight alone.

The two men stood side by side, and Bong Joon-ho smiled and asked calmly, "Did you hear that?"

Chen Nuo asked: "What?"

Bong Joon-ho smiled and said, "What do you think? I have given up hope of winning the Palme d'Or, but if you and Teacher Huizi also win nothing, how can I face President Lee when I return to Korea?"

Chen Nuo asked curiously, "Well, if that's the case, what will President Li do to you?"

Bong Joon-ho said: "I don't know. Although the cost of filming has been recovered, for CJ Entertainment, the important thing is never money, but..."

Chen Nuo interrupted, "Wait, what do you mean the cost has been recovered? If I remember correctly, wasn't it released in Korea on the 28th?"

Bong Joon-ho smiled and said, "Yes, on the 28th. But movies are not just about box office. Do you know how busy I have been these days? I am currently negotiating with distribution companies in more than 30 countries, and nearly ten countries have signed contracts."

"Just before coming to the red carpet, I met with a Brazilian distributor, Asiba, with CJ's producer. I haven't had a good rest for three days. But now it seems that it will not be a problem to recover the production costs before the release."

"But if I don't win the award, there will still be a little trouble, alas."

"...Didn't you say before that you were going to go out and get some sun, some pretty girls, and be alone?"

Bong Joon-ho said: "Yes, I thought so. But at that time I thought you could win the award, but now... I think it's better not to wait."

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So far, from Fan Binbing to Bong Joon-ho, it seems that many people are not optimistic about his bid for the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival.

Even Chen Nuo himself was a little confused.

It's like a math problem that seems simple to you.

You are picked by the teacher to go to the podium and do it.

You are confident about the process and the answer, because this question seems simple to you.

However, when the teacher asked the whole class whether the answer you calculated on the blackboard was right or wrong, the whole class stood against you.

If the teacher does not comment, no matter how determined you are, you will not help but re-examine your own solution, and think it through carefully from beginning to end to figure out whose problem it is.

That's what Chen Nuo is like.

When he finished taking pictures on the red carpet, he followed Bong Joon-ho and supported Kim Hye-ja to Gilles Jacob, exchanged greetings, took photos, and then walked up the stairs again to the awards hall in the Festival Palace.

Throughout the process, he kept questioning himself.

Was he wrong?

The topic of this question is actually very simple.

There are a total of nine votes in the Cannes jury. After passing the first round of nominations and several rounds of secret balloting, whoever can get the majority of these nine votes will win the award.

The nine members of this year's Cannes jury are:
Jury President Isabelle Huppert, French film star.

Shu Qi: Chinese actress.

Robin Wright Penn: American actress.

Lee Chang-dong: A famous Korean director.

Nuri Bilge Ceylan: A famous Turkish director.

Asia Argento: Italian actress.

James Gray: American actor.

Hanif Kureishi: British writer.

Except Hanif Kureishi who is a writer, the others are directors and actors who enjoy a certain degree of fame in their respective countries.

These data are not confidential. Anyone can see them all by logging onto the Cannes official website.

Among them, Lee Chang-dong, who was originally expected to serve as the chairman of this year's jury, was downgraded by the organizing committee to an ordinary judge, which made Bong Joon-ho feel heartbroken over the phone.

Chen Nuo didn't say anything on the phone at that time.

Because he couldn't understand.

I guess the people of the Republic of Korea are just too wealthy.

Maybe for them, as long as the referee does not directly send off all 11 players of the opposing team, it is a fair game.

But for a poor man like him, he was overjoyed when the referee awarded him an extra controversial out-of-bounds ball, feeling that he had gotten a huge advantage.

It is indeed a pity that due to Harvey's interference, Lee Chang-dong was unable to serve as the chairman of the jury.

But on the other hand, when voting, Isabelle Huppert has one vote, and the other ordinary judges also have one vote.

And he swore on the conscience of Koreans that based on his friendship with Lee Chang-dong and his understanding of Lee Chang-dong, this serious director would never joke about such a big thing like the sloppy and pretentious Wang Mojing did three years ago.

As long as "Mother" does not become a huge lump that is inedible, Director Li will most likely stand on the side of his compatriots in some key awards.

This is equivalent to having a solid vote among the only nine judges.

What more could you ask for from a bicycle?

Do I have to become the chairman of the jury and feed you food to be considered a good person?
As for the other eight judges, although Chen Nuo didn't know any of them and had never met any of them,

But just because Huppert doesn't like him,

Isn't it too arbitrary to think that he can't get votes from other people?

After the lesson of Zhang Ziyi three years ago, he certainly didn't dare to expect Miss Su Qi to play the favor card for him.

However, his image as a fighter for women on the Oscars red carpet did not add any points in the eyes of American actress Robin Wright Penn?

Is it possible that nothing can reach the ears of Europeans and win the slightest favor from Aisha Agendo?
Even Isabelle Huppert.

Now everyone says Huppert doesn't like him.

But after thinking it over, Chen Nuo couldn't think of anything about him that would offend this future top European and American boxer.

On the contrary, he, Barbie's boyfriend and Heston spokesperson, is obviously a fellow traveler like Isabelle Huppert.

Others may not know it, but he knows it very well.

Six years later, Isabelle Huppert, who has remained relatively quiet and seems to be a casual gambler in the male film industry, will tear off her timid mask and reveal the face of a cold and ruthless woman.

This red-haired lady, who has filmed many large-scale movies in the past and is not picky about meat or vegetables, is actually a very hidden boxer.

At that time, "Her", a highly feminist film, was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe. In various speeches and interviews, it punched left and right, leaving the European and American film industry speechless.

And she doesn't just say this in interviews and on social media. Since 2016, she has really only been making movies with female protagonists.

As Chen Nuo saw in an interview with ELLE magazine, Ms. Huppert will spend the rest of her life "emphasizing the diversity and importance of female roles in movies, actively fighting for equal opportunities and status for women in the film industry, and promoting the improvement of the status of women in the entire film industry and social and cultural fields."

Therefore,
Fan Binbing thought he was going to lose as pants,

Bong Joon-ho was prepared for the tragedy of losing everything and cleared out all the copyrights for "Mother".

There are countless other people, big and small,
Everyone was waiting for him to repeat what happened three years ago.

At that time, just like now, before the award ceremony, the media's praise and adulation made the whole world feel that the Best Actor trophy belonged to him. But in the end, he was like a stray dog, and he went back to lick his wounds.

No matter how much the media says afterwards, it cannot cover up the fact that he is a loser.

Just like the Russian actor Konstantin Laronikos back then, even though his award was criticized by everyone as "robbery", so what?
It doesn't stop him from living up to his title of Cannes Best Actor and enjoying a good life.

After thinking it over, Chen Nuo didn't feel that he had done anything wrong.

Even if Harvey appeared in front of him at this moment, he might still make another bet with him.

Therefore, when he walked into the Lumiere Theater, where the award ceremony was held, he was still in high spirits and did not seem discouraged at all.

This was a bit surprising to Mr. and Mrs. Pete, who saw him come in from afar.

"Why does he look so happy?"

"Who knows?"

Mr. Pitt said thoughtfully, "Maybe he heard something again."

Angelina Jolie said: "Relax, honey, this evening has just begun and everything is unknown."

Brad Pitt shrugged and said, "OK, then do you want to go over and say hello to your friend?"

Angelina Jolie raised her lips slightly, showing a charming smile, and said: "Okay, but you have to know that although Chen and I are friends...but I will always stand by you."

Mr. Pitt sat in his seat and watched Angelina Jolie walk gracefully towards the young Chinese boy.

For some reason, Mr. Pitt suddenly felt a strange feeling in his heart, but it only passed for a moment.

He saw Chen Nuo noticed Angelina's arrival, so he stood up and went to greet her in advance.

The two people greeted each other cheek to cheek, then stood together, exchanging pleasantries with polite smiles.

Mr. Pitt thought he could guess what the two men were talking about. It was just some polite greetings.

Although they were friends, he did not think his wife had any real relationship with the Chinese boy. It was just a coincidence that the two of them got to know each other and got along well.

But when he looked back around, he found that everyone in the theater was looking at the front row, watching his wife talking to the man.

Even some words spoken in English reached his ears.

"Julie and... I didn't expect them to be such good friends."

"Why is Angelina alone?"

"Brad probably doesn't like him."

"Haha, what man likes him, right?"

"That's right."

In Mr. Pitt's heart, the uncomfortable feeling that had just disappeared came back, becoming even more gloomy, like a dark fire burning silently.

In fact, the time it took Angelina Jolie to pass was not long, maybe only two or three minutes, but to Mr. Pitt, it seemed like two centuries.

When Jolie smiled and waved gracefully to some fans who called her name in the theater, and walked back gracefully, as soon as she sat down, Mr. Pitt grabbed her hand on her face.

To outsiders, this was just a normal hand-holding between a couple, but Angelina Jolie's expression suddenly changed.

"Brad, no."

"Angie, I see you guys are having a great time chatting."

"I just...let me go, Brad, you're hurting me."

"Angie, smile, someone is watching us now."

"Brad, you...let go, or I swear, I'll scream."

"Relax, Angie." Brad Pitt laughed and looked at her tenderly, "I was just joking with you."

He slowly loosened his grip on Angelina's hand.

Angelina immediately retracted her hand that had been pinched until it turned white, and said seriously: "Brad, you said you wouldn't do this again."

Brad Pitt said: "I'm sorry, I just couldn't control myself, Angie, please forgive me."

Angelina looked at him for a while, then suddenly said, "Forget it. But remember, Brad, there won't be a next time."

"Okay, I swear."

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Compared to the last time, the host of the 62nd Cannes Film Festival, this one named "Edouard Bayer", seems to be a local French comedy star.

Chen Nuo didn't know this person, and at first he didn't understand what he was saying, but that didn't stop him from knowing how good he was. Because in the short opening talk show, every word this person said would cause laughter in the audience.

The Lumiere Theater is not like the Kodak Theater. There is no big screen on site. There are only two cameramen walking around in front of the first row, capturing shots for the audience in front of the TV.

After laughing a few times, Chen Nuo finally guessed that it was probably still the same old trick of making fun of celebrities.

Because this guy suddenly mentioned the word "chen" on the stage and twisted his body as if he was dancing, which caused the whole audience to laugh, and Chen Nuo couldn't help but smile foolishly a few times.

After enduring this incomprehensible talk show, we finally entered the award ceremony stage.

The award ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival has the lazy and romantic style that is unique to the French.

It is not like the Oscars, which are full of commercialism from beginning to end, and they want every aspect of the scene to be accurate to the second.

Cannes is different. It doesn't have such high ratings, doesn't have so many awards, doesn't have so many commercials timed in seconds lined up, and doesn't have any superstar performances.

Although there is a general time limit for each person to give their acceptance speech, it is definitely not like the Oscars, where a huge countdown stopwatch is used to remind the winners that it is time to step down.

Compared with another film festival that Chen Nuo has attended, the Tokyo Film Festival, Cannes seems more relaxed and casual.

More importantly, the nine-member jury will sit on the award ceremony stage from beginning to end.

The award presenter is only responsible for giving out the trophy and certificate; the job of announcing the winner will be done by the chairman of the jury himself.

This is completely different from the Oscars or any other awards.

After entering the award ceremony, the first award of the night is still the Golden Camera Award, and the winner is an Australian director.

When Isabelle Huppert, wearing a pure white embroidered dress, read out his name into the microphone, the Australian Aboriginal Warwick Thornton was so happy that he almost lost himself.

After going on stage, he held the Cannes award certificate in one hand and a small golden camera in a box in the other, and spoke incoherently in front of the microphone for a long time.

Then comes the second award, the Special Jury Award.

Just like three years ago, this time it was a double yolk egg, won jointly by the British film "Fish Tank" and the Korean film "Bat".

Watching Park Chan-wook, Song Kang-ho and others happily going up on stage to receive their awards, Bong Joon-ho's expression began to change.

He had been silent since the award ceremony began, but now, the fat man couldn't help it. The fat on his face trembled, and he said to Chen Nuo in a low voice: "Brother Zan Yu's "Bat" only scored 2.6 points, and he can win the Jury Award? Do we still have hope?"

"Of course, brother." Chen Nuo nodded calmly, "I said it before, I don't think we have lost yet. You gave up too early."

Park Chan-wook stood behind the podium, holding the trophy for the Grand Jury Prize. It was an open exquisite gift box with a crystal base and a palm leaf made of 18k gold on it. He smiled happily and expressed his gratitude in Korean.

Bong Joon-ho looked at the stage with complicated eyes, and suddenly tilted his head and said, "The next one is your Best Actor award, brother, are you confident?"

Chen Nuo felt that his mood could not be described as confident or unconfident.

He would rather call his current state "open".

The right time, right place and right people together account for seven and a half points. If this is still the wrong answer, there is nothing that can be done.

Anyway, his U.S. stock account has rebounded by nearly 7870% from March to now, thanks to Obama's $3 billion U.S. economic stimulus plan and the Federal Reserve's crazy QE in March. The money he earned is enough for him to pay for the gamble he made on a whim, and he doesn't have to spend Fan Binbing's money.

Thinking of this, Chen Nuo couldn't help but want to turn back to find where Fan Binbing, Liu Yifei and the others were.

I don’t know if it’s because Fan Binbing was being too Versailles in front of her little sisters this time, so she has to pretend even with tears in her eyes.

She actually gave up walking the red carpet at the closing ceremony, and together with Liu Yifei, Liu Xiaoli and Qi Yuntian, the four of them took the complimentary tickets given by Cannes to Chen Nuo, and quietly entered Lumiere before Chen Nuo came in.

Chen Nuo only knew that their seats were on the second floor of the theater, but he had no idea of ​​the exact location.

When he was a little nervous and wanted to find a support group,
The award presenter for the Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival made a glamorous appearance as the host introduced him in an exaggerated and loud voice.

She is Miss Zhang Ziyi from China, who is just 30 years old this year.

Miss Zhang was wearing a bright pink Chanel haute couture dress, like a mermaid. The design of the whole dress was particularly bold, with the entire back hollowed out, even the butt crack was exposed.

Compared to what Chen Nuo said so sourly about Fan Binbing's backless long dress, it was not open on the same level at all.

Miss Zhang walked to the award ceremony podium, looking a little nervous, and her English was very formal with a heavy accent.

Chen Nuo felt that it was indeed difficult to enter Hollywood with this level of spoken English. Even communicating with her wealthy Israeli boyfriend couldn’t be very smooth, right?

Chen Nuo, what a petty man.

I am still jealous of what happened three years ago.

So much so that ever since Miss Zhang appeared, he has been finding fault with her.

"...As an actor, I am very honored to be here and present the award to the best actor in the world."

Zhang Ziyi's eyes swept across Chen Nuo's face, who was sitting in the first row on the left and was probably only five or six meters away from her. The smile on her face didn't change at all, making it impossible to tell what she was really thinking.

But only Zhang Ziyi herself knows that if Chen Nuo wins the award, he will become the second Chinese actor after Maggie Cheung to win both the Berlin and Cannes acting trophies.

She had mixed feelings about this.

It was so complicated that she had to act as if nothing had happened.

After Zhang Ziyi's brief introduction in English, Eduard Bayer pretended to be completely fascinated by goddess Zhang and muttered a lot of words that Chen Nuo couldn't understand, which caused the whole audience to laugh. He trembled his stiff muscles and pulled the corners of his mouth.

After the damn joke, the French finally remembered the business.

At the introduction of Edouard Bayer, Ms. Isabelle Huppert stood up for the third time that evening.

The moment she stood up, her expression was as relaxed as if she was going to the suburbs to pick flowers. It was impossible to tell who this 50-year-old French actress likes or hates.

Unlike the previous two times when she announced the winners' names as soon as she stood up, her speech this time was obviously longer, with a few more sentences at the beginning.

Chen Nuo didn't know what Huppert said, but it must have been something explosive, because many French people in Lumière were cheering and exclaiming, and the whole hall was buzzing.

His palms were a little sweaty and he was a little restless.

At this moment, he suddenly felt several gazes from the judges' seats looking at him, directly at his face.

One is Lee Chang-dong, one is Su Qi, and the other is the British male writer Hanif Kureishi.

What does it mean?
Chen Nuo's heartbeat quickened.

Next second,
Huppert was speaking in French when two words suddenly popped out, which were incompatible with the soft French and seemed stiff and stubborn. The key point was that they were arranged correctly according to the word order of Chinese:
"CHEN NUO."

I don't know what Huppert said before and what he said after.
But the moment these two words came out.

All the guesses, doubts, and questions in Chen Nuo's mind disappeared in an instant.

Amid the applause that resounded throughout the audience, he had only one thought in his mind: he was right and they were all wrong.

Ps:

The author has a cold and has a low-grade fever that won't go away.

I wanted to finish coding this episode but couldn't.

Beware of the flu everyone! ! ! !

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