new kung fu king

Chapter 648
If it were another Chinese director who knew Wang Xiaohu's indifferent mood at this time, he would definitely jump up and scold his mother, because everyone else is trying to gain some fame in the international film industry. right.

But our brother Hu walked the red carpet with Zhao Yazhi and Lin Qingxia very calmly, without any excitement.

Zhao Yazhi is also very calm. During the more than ten years of communication between the two husbands and wives, she is very clear that her husband is very peaceful at this time. After all, Xiehe Company is not like other Asian film companies. Others hope to win the Palme d'Or, so that they can Let Europe and the United States pay more attention to their country's movies.

And Xiehe has no need for this at all. In the kingdom of commercial films, there is no company like Xiehe. Even without the embellishment of Oscars, Cannes, Venice and other awards, the status of the global box office king in the past seven years is enough for any company. A film company is greedy and jealous!
But Brigitte Lin, Chow Yun-fat, and even Winterdur are not. They don't have such a stable mood as Wang Xiaohu and his wife. They are all nervous to death now.

Zhao Yazhi held Wang Xiaohu's right arm, and Brigitte Lin held his left arm. When the three of them appeared on the red carpet, there was a sudden burst of snapping shots.

The oriental beauty on the left is the leading actress of "Mulan". She has long black hair and a black evening dress, adding a heroic figure to her soft beauty. She nods and smiles at the media reporters from time to time, just like a black rose. The buds are in full bloom, especially delicate and beautiful.

The one on the right has a calm face, a beautiful and crystal clear pink peony in full bloom is embroidered on a white evening dress, and occasionally faces the camera with a beautiful smile like a peony in full bloom.

"Ahu, my feet are a little limp, and I'm so nervous."

Brigitte Lin was almost leaning on Wang Xiaohu's shoulders. She had never imagined such a big scene in her life. Facing the excited reporters with various skin types, she felt a little stage fright. She always felt that there were only 24 steps in front of her. Very long.

"Take a deep breath." Wang Xiaohu calmly comforted her and said, "Just as if you are filming "Mulan" right now, treat these foreign reporters in front of you as gentle barbarians, and show Mulan's heroic demeanor."

Zhao Yazhi felt a little funny when she heard it, she felt narrow-minded, and said to Brigitte Lin: "Qingxia, don't be afraid of them, you are the mighty General Hua, show the energy you used to bully me with Ah Hu yesterday!"

"Azhi, what nonsense are you talking about?" Brigitte Lin immediately blushed, but that's fine, she just knew she was shy, but she even forgot to be nervous.

After finally walking the red carpet, under the leadership of the staff, the crew of "Mulan" went to the seat on the far right of the movie palace awards hall and sat down. Lin Qingxia leaned limply on the back of the chair, and sat next to her. Chow Yun-fat is not much better, he is taking deep breaths at the moment.

"Fazi, are you nervous too?" Lin Qingxia said.

Chow Yun Fat smiled wryly and said, "Can I not be nervous, you're alright, brother Hu helped me through the red carpet, my legs are still trembling."

Brigitte Lin blushed and turned away when she heard the words, who told Chow Yun-fat to mention this matter just now, now she wished she could find a crack in the ground and get in, it was too embarrassing.

After all the staff arrived, the formal award ceremony began.

Wang Xiaohu couldn't understand what the award presenters were saying. Anyway, during the 40 minutes of depression, a bunch of messy small awards were handed out. From the brochure in his hand, he learned that the 35th Cannes Film Festival had already given out the best awards. Art Award, Best Screenplay Award, Golden Camera Award.

The best art award was taken away by France's "Travel Invitation", the best screenplay award was taken away by Britain's "Moonlight", and the Golden Camera Award project was a bunch of words that even Wang Xiaohu couldn't understand. God knows what kind of movie this is.

"Hey, I brought Liyun here if I knew it earlier, at least she can still be an interpreter." Zhao Yazhi curled her lips and said, "Ah Hu, the awards ceremony at the Cannes Film Festival is not interesting at all, it's not as lively as Oscar's, at least They still speak in English, and I can understand it a bit."

"In the future, if the company has a film shortlisted, we will only come to enjoy it and not participate in this high-end awards ceremony." Wang Xiaohu comforted his wife with a smile.

"Boss, the next award is the jury award." Winterdur's French is also half-baked, but during this time he still made up for the pronunciation and words of various awards.

"Oh." Just as Wang Xiaohu yelled, he heard cheers from the left, and then Winterdur sighed, "It's not us!"

The Italian work "Night of San Lorenzo" won the Grand Jury Prize in Cannes. The two Taviani brothers hugged excitedly and went to the stage to accept the award.

"Why not us." Winterdur said depressingly: "God, is it true that we won't be able to take back any awards this time?"

You must know that everyone on the jury is an award second only to the Palme d'Or. This award is generally awarded only if it has certain social significance. "Mulan" does not have any inherent advantages in this regard, and the possibility of winning the award is almost to zero.

Wang Xiaohu never thought of winning any awards in Cannes, because he knew that although Chinese films entered Cannes many times in his previous life, only Chen Kaige's "Farewell My Concubine" won the Palme d'Or. Wang Xiaohu thought that although "Mulan" was ahead of the world It has been more than 20 years, but it is undeniable that "Mulan" cannot reach the height of "Farewell My Concubine" in terms of artistic value.

As I said before, "Mulan", which is half literary and half commercial, is an experimental product of Wang Xiaohu, a semi-finished product for Hong Kong movies and Chinese movies. Film Nation was a complete disappointment.

"Mulan" has already caused enough sensation in Cannes. For Wang Xiaohu, the task has been successfully completed. Coming here to participate in the awards ceremony is also to learn from the so-called high-end sentiment of the French and see if he can absorb his success. Based on our experience, we will improve various systems and measures for the Hong Kong Film Awards.

When it was Fa's turn for the best actor award, Wang Xiaohu noticed that Chow Yun-fat was leaning forward with a nervous expression on his face. It was obvious that Fa Zai was very concerned about this award, but Wang Xiaohu felt that it was impossible.

In the whole "Mulan", whether it is the commercial version or the experimental product cast in Cannes, despite the fact that Chow Yun-fat plays the male leading role, his roles are extremely small. In fact, it cannot be said that there are few, but the script design Certainly restricting Fazai's performance in the film, comparatively speaking, Fei Xiaolong played by Stephen Chow is particularly outstanding in the three plots, even more eye-catching than Fazai.

Sure enough, the guests on stage did not pronounce "Chow.Yun.fat" (Chow Yun-fat's English name), let alone mention the word "mulan".

The best actor was taken by Jack Lemmon of the American film "The Great Missing", which is the main competition unit's favorite.

So far, "Mulan" has failed at the 35th Cannes Film Festival. Wang Xiaohu and Zhao Yashi have always faced it calmly, while Winterdur and Chow Yun-fat are extremely depressed.

After Best Actor, the host invited guests to announce Best Actress.

I heard the guests chattering on the stage, and then there was a commotion from the audience, and then many people looked at Wang Xiaohu.

"Old Wen, what's the matter?" Now not only Zhao Yazhi and the others began to wonder, even Wang Xiaohu also felt that something was wrong.

"Boss, wait." Winterdur tensed his body and listened intently to what the award presenters were saying.

Not only that, it was said that some people at the scene pricked up their ears, and the guest suddenly called a name.

The audience was quiet and no one responded, which made the female guest feel a little unbelievable. She cleared her throat, communicated with the host, and shouted clearly in English: "Qingxia-Lin, mulan!"

"Qingxia-Lin, mulan!"

This time there is no need for Winterdur to respond, Wang Xiaohu also reacted in time, if the group of people did not understand the female guest when she read it in French, now she calls it twice in English, although her pronunciation is not very accurate, Although it sounds very childish, Wang Xiaohu has already understood.

That's right!

It is Lin Qingxia who won the best actress at the 35th Cannes Film Festival!

"Boss, boss!" Winterdur turned around excitedly, "Boss, it's us, it's us!"

"I know!" Wang Xiaohu nodded with a smile, and gently pushed Brigitte Lin with his hand: "The actress, go up to receive the award!"

The good sister won the Best Actress in Cannes, after Zhao Yazhi figured it out, she was the first to pass Wang Xiaohu, took her hand, and said happily: "Qingxia, hurry up! The guests on stage are waiting for you! "

"I, I. Did you just say me?" Brigitte Lin was stunned. The moment she stood up, she felt that all the eyes of the audience were on her, and she felt a little dizzy at that moment.

"That's right! It's you!" Zhao Yazhi hugged her and couldn't help crying.

"It's really me." Brigitte Lin also cried, biting her lip and hugging Zhao Yazhi hard.

"Go up quickly, the guests are all embarrassed now." Wang Xiaohu reminded.

Brigitte Lin bit her lip and wiped her tears. After she separated from Brigitte Lin, she hugged and congratulated Winterdur and Chow Yun-fat. Finally, she turned around and hugged Wang Xiaohu forcefully, "Ah Hu, thank you!"

"Hehe, silly girl, you deserve it." Patted Brigitte Lin's hair, "Come on, thank you for being able to handle it in English, right?"

"En." Brigitte Lin jumped over the crowd, covered her mouth with her hand and rushed all the way to the podium. Because she ran too fast, she was still panting when she took the trophy from the female guest.

(End of this chapter)