1990My Entertainment System

Chapter 80 Please invite Brother Chen Kai to listen to my speech~
"Farewell My Concubine" won the Palme d'Or in Cannes, and the news spread quickly to distant places via electromagnetic signals.

An hour and a half later, young Palo, who was far away in the United States, had boarded a plane to France with the business manager of Shenlong Pictures, and was going to fly to Cannes overnight.

As I said before, "Farewell My Concubine" has not given any information yet, it is just waiting for the prize announcement.

Now that the grand prize has been awarded, we naturally have to operate it well.

This overseas business was "outsourced" to Shenlong Pictures.

It can also be regarded as an indirect way for Shenlong Pictures to make a name for itself in Europe and build some connections.

And there is another important task for little Palo and the others to do, which is to prepare to start operating the Oscars!

The Oscars are different from the three major European awards. They will announce the prizes one year later, which means they will announce this year's prizes next year.

Now that it has won the Palme d'Or, "Farewell My Concubine" will certainly be preparing to compete for next year's Golden Globe Awards and Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.

This requires professional public relations and is not cheap, but it is worth the investment.

In the original time and space, I don’t know whether Director Chen was unaware of the unspoken rules here, or felt that his movies were invincible and too noble, so he didn’t do any public relations.

So in the end it missed the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

The Oscar judges also had something to say: We don’t think the movie is bad, but there is a lack of communication.

We thought that Farewell My Concubine had already won the Palme d'Or and the Golden Globe, and since we hadn't seen Director Chen's presence or any promotional activities for the film, we thought that Farewell My Concubine didn't need the Oscar.
The meaning is still very clear - are you pretending to be cool? You are so arrogant and you still want me to give you a prize? Go to hell~
……

It was already midnight in Yanjing, but news was still received from Cannes, France - the summer film "Farewell My Concubine" won the Palme d'Or, which was China's second Palme d'Or and the first for a feature film!

He also won the last Palme d'Or for short films!
So far, Xia Tian is the only one who has won awards at the Cannes Film Festival.

Then the editor-in-chief of "Film News" personally wrote the title - "24 Hours of Turning Point in Chinese Film"!
The calls from Paris in the early morning almost blew up the switchboard of Yan Film Studio. The staff on duty used the mimeograph machine to print out the good news, and the leaflets with the words "Chinese Films Conquer Cannes" with the ink still wet were spread all over Min'an Street.

Early the next morning, Yan Film Studio and Yandian both hung red celebratory banners.

The bicycle traffic during the morning rush hour also suddenly came to a standstill as a large number of citizens crowded into the Xidan Vegetable Market to grab the special edition of the Yanjing Morning Post.

A group of people gathered at a newsstand to inquire about "Farewell My Concubine," but the old newspaper seller heard "Farewell My Concubine" as "Don't Be Anxious, Eighth King." The group was arguing about something completely irrelevant—you said city gate tower, I said hip axle, he said shoulder head...

The conference room was filled with smoke. Just two days ago, a certain leader slammed the table and angrily denounced that "homosexual scenes are poisoning teenagers." At this moment, the chief secretary of the bureau rushed in with a new instruction - the chief engineer who was going south wanted to watch this movie, and asked the comrades in the bureau to airfreight the film over overnight.

The next night, CCTV's "Lianbo" broke the news by showing a two-and-a-half-minute film clip. Cheng Dieyi's Peking Opera sleeves swept across 2 million TVs nationwide.
Students from Yandian University are wandering around various universities like it's Chinese New Year. They always mention their senior Xia Tian and talk about "Farewell My Concubine". They often chat with good-looking female classmates about the artistic language of this movie.

Even in Hong Kong, there was movement. The next day, the news that "The film 'Farewell My Concubine' directed by Tian Er and starring A Rong won the highest award in Cannes, France!" made the front page headlines.

The citizens of Hong Kong were so excited that they asked, "What is Cannes, France?"

In the past, this issue always dominated the front pages of entertainment newspapers in the summer, but this time even other serious political newspapers were discussing it.

For example, the headline of Ming Pao was "XXD finally understands art". Later, Xia Tian found out about it and cursed in his heart: Mr. Jin, you want to die, don't drag me down!

……

I stayed in Cannes for a while in the summer, mainly to get to know some European contacts, directors, actors, film and television companies, etc. with Pierre-Marie, and then negotiate matters such as film agency rights in various countries.

Small countries in Europe don’t actually have much money, but this time it’s the Palme d’Or for feature films, and each country will probably get from hundreds of thousands to several million euros - I didn’t expect that not long after the euro was issued, it would give summer a new taste!

It was only when I came here in the summer that I realized something was different - although the original time and space was determined to adopt the euro, it would not take effect until next year.

But at this time and space, the euro has begun to circulate among European banks!

This is much faster!
Moreover, the Euro exchange rate is extremely high right now, so I'm actually getting a lot of benefits!

But Tian'er doesn't care about this little money. Xia Tian: I don't like money~
……

However, although "Farewell My Concubine" won the Palme d'Or, and the chief engineer expressed his opinion in China, it passed the review and can be released.

However, it was also clearly stated above that this film cannot be considered for the award.

It's the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers.

On the island, this film is also regarded as a mainland film. Although it can be released publicly, it is not allowed to participate in the Golden Horse Awards.

In Hong Kong, since it is not considered a Hong Kong film, it cannot participate in the Academy Awards.

It’s like a complete cycle. I won a big award abroad, but I can’t even participate in the awards in China!
But Xiatian didn't care too much. To be honest, at the moment, the value of Cannes is much greater than those bundles squared together.

As for the future, Cannes is not very good either - but things like the Golden Rooster, Golden Horse, and Golden Image are even worse.

You should know that the popular young actor Wang Moubo was nominated for the Golden Rooster Award for Best Supporting Actor together with Mr. Li Xuejian!
"Fengshen 1" has 9 nominations, but "The Wandering Earth" only has 3?
The decline of the domestic film and television industry is from top to bottom!

……

By the time I returned to China in the summer, it was already the end of May.

Xia Tian also breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't like attending various cocktail parties and chatting with foreigners.

It was mainly because his nose was too sensitive. The strong body odor of those foreigners mixed with various strong perfume and tobacco smells gave him a headache.
Now it’s finally over!
Just before he returned, "Farewell My Concubine" had already premiered.

The film premiered simultaneously in Yanjing, Shanghai, and Pengcheng. There’s no need to say much about Yanjing, as Xia Tian has cultivated his popularity since childhood!

After more than ten years of accumulation, its popularity has exploded!

If I don't see any news about him for ten days or half a month, I think the reporters are a bit lazy.
The films he directed have won the world's most prestigious film awards, so why not watch them? Watch them twice!
"The Bodyguard" was previously released in mainland China, but the box office figures are still unknown - because it is still frequently shown in many places and has never been taken off the screen!

Anyway, according to last year's year-end statistics, the box office has exceeded 100 million~
But other movies, whether it is "Buried" which won the Palme d'Or for short films, or "Home Alone" which grossed over 100 million in the United States, have not been seen by domestic audiences!
I was so anxious!

Now it finally exists, and it’s a world-class award!
Summer is awesome~
It is said that in Yanjing, the cinema has sold out all the tickets for the show two days later!

The queue is so long that there are even some people wearing hats outside the theater catching scalpers who are trying to sell movie tickets.
At the Grandview Cinema in Shanghai, the audience was also packed. It was said that during the first premiere, the glass door of the theater was shattered, leaving a pile of leather shoes on the ground.
……

At Capital Airport, people are asked to leave as soon as they land in the summer.

We chatted in the lake and had a conversation with leaders from relevant departments.

At this time, the director of CCTV was extremely grateful - fortunately, he did not agree to his resignation, but instead suspended his work without pay, otherwise he would be sweating profusely now.
Xia Tian had just come out from there when he was picked up by a car from Yanying Studio. The production director came to pick him up in person.

I went over there and exchanged greetings with the factory director and other leaders. The red banner was hanging on the wall next to the gate of Yanying Factory. It was more than ten meters long!

After leaving Yan Film Studio, Xia Tian didn’t have time to go home, and got on the car of his alma mater Yandian School - he had to give face to his alma mater, right?

Over here, wow, the banner is even longer - "Warm congratulations to our outstanding graduate Xia Tian for winning the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for her work "Farewell My Concubine"!
The campus of Yandian University is so small that it is even smaller than that of an ordinary primary school.

If this banner is any longer, it can only be turned to the side wall!
The old principal was so enthusiastic that he held Xia Tian’s hand and wouldn’t let go!

At the freshman welcome ceremony that summer when I first started school, this kid almost sent himself away with a suona performance.

Now it seems that those who survive a great disaster will surely have good fortune in the future.
Then the principal invited Xia Tian to give a speech to the younger students to encourage them.

Xia Tian couldn't refuse, so he agreed.

But he has a small request, "I hope to invite senior students to come and exchange ideas..." For example, Brother Chen Kai~
The principal patted his chest and guaranteed - he will come, I said it!

Xia Tian: Director Chen, I must let you watch me show off, and let you listen to my speech on the stage from the audience. I want to see if you dare to scold me to my face!
I must ask you to tell me what you think.
Xia Tian is very generous and generally doesn't hold grudges. He will always look for opportunities to take revenge.
(End of this chapter)