Huayu: Starting from intercepting Duan Yu

Chapter 81: The Grand Prize! (Subscribe!)

When seeing Xu Yi walking up to the podium, many people were impressed by his handsome appearance and demeanor.

Especially those female stars from the crew of "2046", the way they looked at Xu Yi was as if they wanted to eat him alive!
This is the best director!

Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival!
Although it is not the Palme d'Or or the Grand Jury Prize, it is also very impressive!
You should know that the only international award that the King of Sunglasses next to them can win is the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival!
In other words, if we only look at international achievements, then Xu Yi is now no less capable than the King of Sunglasses!
What’s more, Xu Yi is still so young!
So handsome!

This is because they are old.

Otherwise, he would definitely use any means to capture Xu Yi!
“I am delighted to receive this award and to be recognized by the jury again…”

Xu Yi gave another speech of thanks for the award and walked down the podium with a smile on his face.

Applause broke out again at the scene.

At the same time, the news that Xu Yi won the Best Director award naturally spread back to China immediately.

The entire Chinese Internet exploded instantly!
"Awesome! Xu Yi is awesome!"

"Best Director! He actually won it!"

"It's a shame it wasn't the Palme d'Or, and if you win Best Director you can't win another Palme d'Or..."

"So what? This is the Best Director award at the Cannes Film Festival! King Sunglasses boasted so much, this is the crowning achievement!"

"That's right, from now on, Xu Yi will be the undisputed number one among the new generation of domestic directors!"

Not to mention Xu Yi’s fans!
In a word, my brother is awesome!

"Ahhhhhhh, Brother Xu Yi is awesome!"

"Brother Xu Yi is so awesome!"

"Now Brother Xu Yi must be the most awesome director in the country, right?"

"That's not enough. There's also a guy called Chen Kai in China who seems to have won the Palme d'Or."

"Although Zhang Yimou has never won an award at Cannes, he has won major awards at other international film festivals."

"So what? Are they as handsome as Brother Xu Yi?"

"I hope Brother Xu Yi can win the Palme d'Or again, so he can surpass them all!"

……

Seeing Xu Yi win the Best Director award, the person who felt the most uncomfortable at the scene was undoubtedly the King of Sunglasses.

In 97, he won the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival for his film Happy Together.

This is also the thing he is most proud of so far.

Compared with the Cannes Film Festival, the Golden Horse Awards are not worth mentioning at all!
As a result, now, a 21-year-old new director has achieved the same achievement as him with his first film.

Or at the same film festival with him.

And now only the last two grand prizes have not been announced.

But he still got nothing.

This feeling immediately made him feel very uncomfortable!

The only good news is that after Xu Yi won the Best Director award, he can no longer win the Jury Prize or the Palme d'Or.

In addition to Xu Yi's "Love", the next highest rating in the program book is his "2046".

In other words, his chances of winning the Jury Prize or the Palme d'Or are still very high!

Not only that, except for the King of Sunglasses, the other 16 shortlisted directors at the scene also breathed a sigh of relief.

They have all seen Xu Yi's "Love".

I also know that the probability of winning a big prize is absolutely very high.

As a result, he only won the Best Director award.

This result is much better than they imagined!
After the Best Director award, it was the turn of the Grand Jury Prize.

This is also the biggest award besides the Palme d'Or.

At the same time, King of Sunglasses is also full of expectations for this award.

Even if you win this award, you still can't win the Palme d'Or.

But after getting it, at least he can surpass Xu Yi, which is barely acceptable to him.

Otherwise, if he was outshined by a 21-year-old, how could he still have any face!
But he was soon disappointed because it was not his "2046" that won the Jury Prize.

It’s “Fahrenheit 911/” directed by Michael Moore!
So when he saw this result, Xu Yi was stunned at first.

Then he laughed immediately.

As far as he could remember, the film that won the Palme d'Or in his previous life was "Fahrenheit 911/".

Now that "Fahrenheit 911/" has won the Jury Prize, it naturally cannot win the Palme d'Or.

Not that he had anything against this Michael Moore.

He also knew that his film "Love" put a lot of pressure on other directors on the scene.

So after he won the Best Director award, all those directors breathed a sigh of relief.

And applauded him very sincerely.

Only Michael Moore was clapping and laughing so happily at the same time!
It was as if without his biggest competitor, he would be able to win the Palme d'Or himself!
Are you stunned by the result? You also didn’t win the Palme d’Or!
Michael Moore was indeed a little dumbfounded when he learned that he had won the award.

There was no sign of joy at winning the award.

Because he is not some unknown director.

I won’t mention the other awards I have won.

He just won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature last year.

So this time when he participated in the Cannes Film Festival, his goal was very clear, which was to win the Palme d'Or!

But now that he has won the Jury Prize, he naturally cannot win the Palme d'Or again!
Compared with the Palme d'Or, the value and attention of the Jury Prize are far less!
But it’s the second prize after all, I can’t refuse it.

So he had no choice but to go up to the podium to receive the award very "happily".

Xu Yi was naturally very "sincere" and gave him applause.

The same goes for everyone else present.

Then, after Michael Moore finished his acceptance speech, it was time to announce the final grand prize - the Palme d'Or!

Quentin Tarantino, the head of the jury, also came to the podium.

Obviously, he will be the one to announce the final grand prize.

Then I saw him standing on the podium, and he smiled politely at first.

Then he said, "I am honored to be the head of this jury, and I am also honored to be here today to announce the final winner of the grand prize."

"But before I announce the results, I have a few words to say."

“I saw many excellent films at this film festival, but there was one film that was the best and left a deep impression on me.”

"That is the movie 'Love' brought to us by the 21-year-old talented director Xu."

"As a former Palme d'Or winner, an Oscar nominee for Best Director, and a Best Original Screenplay winner, I can tell you responsibly that the directing skills and filming techniques Xu demonstrated in the film 'Love' are far beyond my reach."

"But to be honest, I don't believe this film could have been made by a director who is only 21 years old."

"So after watching the movie several times, I finally approached Xu and asked him for advice at length."

"It turns out I was wrong. Xu is really a genius."

"This film 'Love' was definitely shot by him personally."

"But this way, a difficult problem is placed in front of me."

"Which is whether to give the Best Director award to Xu or the Palme d'Or to Love."

"If it was last year, this wouldn't have been a problem at all."

"Because it's entirely possible to give the Best Director award to Xu first and then give the Palme d'Or to Love."

"But this year, we just announced that we can't give the award to the same director and the same film, which is very embarrassing."

"So in the end I decided that I, the leader, would be the one telling the lie."

"So the winner of the Palme d'Or at the 57th Cannes Film Festival this year is..."

"Love! Director Xu!"

"Let's congratulate him!"

When they heard this result, there was an uproar at the scene!
Many people also began to whisper to each other.

Some directors who were also nominated could not accept this result at all.

Some even stood up from their seats to protest!
The applause that should have been there was completely absent!

But gradually, the protests died down.

The director, who couldn't accept it, also sat down.

At the same time, everyone stopped whispering to each other.

And there began to be sparse applause at the scene.

At the end, the applause grew louder and louder.

It soon turned into thunderous applause!
Whether a movie is good or not, everyone has seen it.

Although awarding the Palme d'Or and Best Director to the same person does not conform to the rules of this film festival.

But apart from that, everyone has to admit that this film "Love" and this young talented director are fully qualified to win these two awards!

You can't discriminate against him just because he is Chinese!
At least not on the surface!
What's more, even Quentin, a former Palme d'Or winner, Oscar nominee for Best Director, and winner of Best Original Screenplay, publicly admitted that he is not as good as Xu Yi!
He also admitted that it was his decision to give both awards to Xu Yi!
For this reason he would rather call himself a "liar"!
That is to say, he is using his own credibility and reputation to endorse Xu Yi!
And he is also the head of this year's jury!
So what can you do?
Looking for trouble with that bastard Quentin?
Or can you be better than him?
This guy is a bastard and a pervert.

But you also have to admit that this guy is also a very good director!
And he is probably one of the best directors in the world right now!

It is precisely because of this confidence that people dare to make this decision!

At this time, Xu Yi stood up again with a smile on his face amid the applause from the audience.

He was very gentlemanly and bowed slightly to show his respect to everyone present.

Then he walked up to the podium again.

This is also his third time tonight to go up to the podium to receive an award!
And the moment he stepped onto the podium, all the websites in China that were following the news of this Cannes Film Festival exploded!
(End of this chapter)