I am a historical film director in the entertainment industry.

Chapter 243 Six Movie Kings?

Meanwhile, on the other side of the sea.

Those who follow the Cannes Film Festival were stunned.

I never expected the Cannes organizers to be so good at creating trouble, they actually came up with a six-egg yolk.

Presenting a double-yolk film at a domestic film festival has already drawn considerable criticism.

Now that Cannes has come up with six "eggs" (referring to six films vying for attention), all I can say is that the Cannes Film Festival really knows how to have fun.

Tony Leung and Lau Ka-ling were also listening to the Cannes Film Festival.

The two men's interest in the film festival was not due to any films being nominated, but rather because the jury president for this year's festival was Wong Kar-wai.

Leung Chiu-wai and Wong Ka-wai have such a close relationship that they're practically inseparable. After all, their deep friendship spans 20 years, and that's no small feat.

As the actor with the most awards, Tony Leung's romantic entanglements with Cheung Man-yuk and Lau Ka-ling have always been a topic of much discussion.

Attentive observers will notice that throughout Tony Leung's career, the most important person in his heart is neither Maggie Cheung nor Carina Lau, but a seemingly unrelated man—director Wong Kar-wai.

Why Wong Kar-wai?
Because Wong Kar-wai was the person who changed his life and completely changed his acting career.

The two first collaborated on the film "Days of Being Wild".

During filming, Wong Kar-wai was particularly strict with Tony Leung.

For just one simple line, Wong Kar-wai made him act it out 27 times.

Tony Leung was nearly driven to despair, thinking, "Is my acting really that bad?"

But it was precisely this almost demanding requirement that led Leung Chiu-wai to rethink the meaning of acting and to pursue a deeper interpretation of his characters.

Although Leung Chiu-wai had a small role in "Days of Being Wild", Wong Kar-wai praised him highly.

Wong Kar-wai even said, "I must work with Tony Leung again."

Years later, Wong Kar-wai kept his promise and invited Tony Leung to star in "Chungking Express".

This also earned Tony Leung the Best Actor award at the Hong Kong Film Awards.

From then on, Leung Chiu-wai won awards left and right.

As a result, Wong Kar-wai became a benefactor in Leung Chiu-wai's life.

“If we produce six Best Actress winners, Old Wang will probably be bombarded with criticism after the Cannes Film Festival,” Liang Chaowei said with a worried look.

“How can you blame Director Wang for this! The Best Actress award was chosen by the jury through voting,” Liu Jialing said.

“But he is the chairman! The final decision-making power is in his hands,” Liang Chaowei said.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore. It's a fait accompli now, and we can't change it. I just hope we don't end up with six Best Actor winners," Liu Jialing said.

"Six Best Actress awards is already outrageous, how can there be six Best Actor awards? Are they going to throw away Cannes' reputation? Impossible."

Liang Chaowei shook his head.

In his view, such a thing would not happen.

If that happens, then this year's Cannes Film Festival will truly be a joke.

As the chairman of the judging panel, Wong Kar-wai's reputation will likely suffer as well.

Wong Kar-wai becoming the president of the Cannes Film Festival was originally a very proud thing for the Hong Kong film industry.

But if this happens, Wong Kar-wai's reputation will definitely be ruined.

When the Cannes Film Festival is mentioned, many people will definitely think of this year's edition.

"Honey, do you think Cheng Sheng can win Best Director or Best Film?" Liu Jialing suddenly asked.

Upon hearing this, Liang Chaowei fell into deep thought.

To be honest, he had never met Cheng Sheng, but during the filming of "Red Cliff", he heard his name the most.

The incident started when Wu Baige and Cheng Sheng had a conflict.

Then Wu Baige kept cursing Cheng Sheng on set and even tried to sabotage his production. During the online feud between Cheng Sheng and Wu Baige, many celebrities came out to support her, and most of the Hong Kong entertainment industry stood by Wu Baige.

He wasn't familiar with Cheng Sheng, but he had a good relationship with Wu Baige, so he was definitely on Wu Baige's side and publicly supported her online.

This can be considered as offending Cheng Sheng.

But he doesn't regret it.

Liang Chaowei greatly admires Cheng Sheng, a college student who made a film that won Best Film at Venice and also produced two Best Actor winners.

It should be noted that Wu Baige is no match for Cheng Sheng in this regard.

He also secretly went to the cinema to watch "The Great Tang Dynasty 1". He watched the whole three-hour movie without even going to the toilet.

Having grown up in Hong Kong, he only had a general understanding of Chinese history and didn't know much about the details. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many historical dramas in Hong Kong that have been drastically altered.

After watching "The Great Tang Dynasty 1", he was very impressed. Compared with Cheng Sheng, the historical films made by Hong Kong directors were really a pile of shit.

Thinking back to his film "Red Cliff," it feels like he acted in a terrible movie.

If "Three Kingdoms" maintains the quality of "Tang Dynasty 1", it might actually win an award.

"Honey, if you could act in Cheng Sheng's movie, would you be able to win the Cannes Best Actor award for the second time?"

Seeing that Leung Chiu-wai was lost in thought and remained silent, Lau Ka-ling spoke again.

Leung Chiu-wai won the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2000 for his role in "In the Mood for Love".

This is the second time that a Chinese person has received this award.

The first Chinese actor to win the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival was Ge You.

If Tony Leung can win the Cannes Best Actor award twice, he will definitely become the first Chinese actor to do so.

“Impossible. Given my relationship with Wu Baige, she wouldn’t ask me to act,” Liang Chaowei said, shaking his head.

Liu Jialing's eyes flickered, and she chuckled, "Nothing is absolute. I don't think Cheng Sheng is the type to hold grudges. I've heard he's acquainted with Liu Dehua and Cheng Long. Why don't you find some time to have them introduce you to Cheng Sheng?"

"I don't know them well."

Upon hearing Liu Jialing mention Liu Dehua, Liang Chaowei's expression darkened.

Liu Jialing instantly realized she had said the wrong thing; her husband and Liu Dehua had a conflict.

"Alright, enough of that, let's begin the Best Actor award ceremony."

Liu Jialing changed the subject.

……

"Teacher Chen, the Best Actor award is about to be announced. Are you nervous?"

Da Tiantian, standing across from Cheng Sheng, craned her neck and asked.

Chen Daoming smiled faintly and said, "What's there to be nervous about? It would be great if we could win an award, but it's the same if we can't."

Cheng Sheng turned to look at Director Chen and thought to himself: As expected of a national-level artist, his attitude is so steady.

Unseen by Cheng Sheng, Chen Daoming's palms were sweating. He appeared calm on the surface, but he was genuinely nervous inside.

This is a Cannes Best Actor winner; it's impossible for him not to take it seriously.

On the stage, the award presenter came out, holding a letter in his hand, which contained the name of the Best Actor.

The presenter started by telling a few jokes and then teased the nominees for Best Actor.

The people being teased all smiled from below the stage.

Perhaps realizing he was wasting too much time, the presenter composed himself, then opened the letter and said, "Congratulations... Jamel Dubouz..."

Upon hearing the award presenter announce his name, Director Chen's expression darkened, revealing a slight hint of disappointment.

(End of this chapter)