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At the award ceremony, everyone in the audience was waiting for Wang Jiawei's answer to the short film that won the Palme d'Or.

On the stage, Wang Jiawei recalled what happened last night, and finally smiled when he saw the name of the winning work on the card.

He searched around and finally locked his gaze in the direction of Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei.

He opened his mouth to announce the answer, which brought a complete end to the short film competition unit of this year's Cannes.

"Congratulations..."Hope"!"

On the armrests of the side-by-side sofa seats, a pair of hands are stacked on top of each other, with one hand on top and the other on the bottom. The white hand above covers the back of the yellow-skinned hand below and is clasped tightly between the fingers on the back of the hand. .

Hearing Wang Jiawei announce the answer, Liu Yifei's hand trembled slightly, and she tightened her grip on the back of Chu Xuan's hand. She made a fist with her left hand and waved it slightly left and right on her thigh. She smiled and cheered in suppressed voice: "Nice!"

Chu Xuan couldn't restrain his sudden surprise, looked at her with a smile, raised his right hand and rushed towards Liu Yifei in mid-air.

Liu Yifei picked up her left hand on her thigh and gave Chu Xuan a cheerful high-five.

The young couple looked at each other a few times, with Liu Yi, Kong Sheng, and Li Xue, each with relief and joy on their faces.

"Hope"... finally won the gold medal!

There was sparse applause, and more people were looking for the direction of the "Hope" crew.

Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei followed the gazes of many people present and turned their heads to look at Wen Muye beside them.

Wen Mino still looked dazed, as if he was in a state of deafness.

Liu Yifei felt funny and reached out to shake his arm: "I'm on stage to receive the award."

After hearing her words, Wen Muye came back to his senses and stood up in confusion.

Seeing the appearance of the rightful owner, the originally sparse applause suddenly resounded like thunder throughout the exhibition hall.

Hearing the high-decibel noise, Wen Mino woke up a little. Facing the audience's gaze, which was focused by hundreds of pairs of eyeballs of different colors, he took a deep breath and stepped towards the stage.

His mind was empty, as if he was somewhere between illusion and reality, with no thoughts or emotions at all at the moment.

So much so that even Chu Xuan and Liu Yi stood up and wanted to hug him, but he simply ignored them and walked past them.

Chu Xuan and Liu Yi looked at each other and couldn't help but sit down with laughter. Wen Muye was in such a state that no one else could.

In this half-conscious and half-trance state, Wen Muye walked onto the stage, and at Wang Jiawei's invitation, he stood in front of Li Mai next to him like a machine.

"When the official shortlist of this year's Cannes was announced, I believe many people were curious about "Hope."

"In the past few years, film and television people and media around the world have had different opinions on whether China has science fiction, whether it can produce science fiction, and when it can produce science fiction."

"And at this year's Cannes, we are fortunate to welcome China's first science fiction film."

"Although "Hope" is only a short film, its lens design, scene layout, props and suspect design are no less exciting than many classic science fiction suspense movies."

"Its appearance also gave many viewers and guests present a lot of surprises and shocks..."

Wang Jiawei continued to praise the winning works as usual, and Wen Muye next to him finally showed excitement from his trance.

He stood on this international stage, facing many foreigners of all kinds in the audience, thinking that he would soon win the award, and all kinds of thoughts inexplicably came to his empty head.

Two years ago, he was recommended by teacher Huang Lei to join the cast of "Zhu Xian", "Damn, "Zhu Xian" is a big cast!"

He will never forget the envious eyes of his roommates when he told them the news when he was still a junior. This day was also his lucky day and the beginning of his dream.

A year and a half ago, he was transferred from the crew of "Zhu Xian" to direct his senior brother and sister's graduation masterpiece "Hope", "It's true! I'm hugging Chu Xuan's lap, you are going to be rich!" "

The classmates at that time knew the news. Seeing that his senior brother and sister had entrusted him with such an important matter, they were envious of his relationship with him. Many classmates started to fawn on him from that day on.

A year ago, "Hope" won the Best Short Film Award at the Beijing Film Festival. "Awesome! Winning an award for your first film. This is the rhythm of taking off!"

The students knew that his work had won awards, and their envy was deeper than before.

Nine months ago, at the graduation party, the students spoke freely about their future prospects, "Kino doesn't have to worry, we still have to find a way out. Kino doesn't have to think about future development at all. The starting point is a bright road."

When I was in school, my classmates were only envious, but now that I am out in society, I feel a little more jealous.

Many people around him thought he was lucky, having embraced his senior brother and embarked on a "broad road" where he didn't have to worry about the future.

But he is the only one who knows that it is indeed exciting at the beginning to embark on the so-called "broad road", but as you walk, you realize how difficult this road is and how hard it is to temper your mind.

For example, if I give you 100 million, anyone can spend it all. Only when you turn it into 1 million can you be considered capable.

When he learned that "Hope" was going to be turned into a series of movies and started to take action, he realized that the difficulty was similar to that of turning 100 million into 1 million.

It’s inappropriate to use money as a metaphor for art, but that’s how difficult it is.

But he was just a new director in his early 20s, and he really couldn't tell the hard story when such a huge task was entrusted to him.

This is difficult, but the trust given by his senior brothers and sisters, and the care and help given by senior teachers in the company made him very stressed and very motivated. In the past two years, he has been learning, exploring, progressing and growing.

"Thank you very much to your senior brothers and sisters, they are your noble people." A year ago, his mother learned that his work won the award, and she said to him sincerely.

"You are luckier than us. We have paid too much to get to this point from a new director, and with the existence of Chu Xuan and the company behind you, so many things have been saved, so many troubles have been avoided, and all those worldly connections and interests have been involved. You're in the way, it's the original intention of many of us to devote ourselves wholeheartedly to our works." The company's seniors once said to him.

The more so, the greater the pressure.

Senior Brother Chu Xuan, Senior Sister Qianqian, Sister Hua, Brother Liu Yi... they are all his noble people, and they are all the people who let him walk on the "broad road" as his classmates say.

Maybe they never put pressure on themselves, but he never wants to let them down.

"Hope" is at every stage, in every aspect, and at every level, and he is very eager to shine its brilliance.

The burden is heavy, and the daily pressure is constantly tempering his inner determination to persevere.

Fortunately, this trip to Cannes has paid off.

"Come." Wang Jiawei presented the trophy, which was named "Golden Palm". The trophy looked like a leaning golden branch with seven or eight golden leaves on each side.

Fumino bowed ninety degrees and then carefully took the trophy.

The moment he took the trophy, the huge force that seemed to be pressing down on him dissipated in an instant.

He burst into tears, tears rolled down the corners of his eyes, and turned away embarrassedly.

The guests at the scene smiled knowingly, and many newcomers were always moved to tears when they received the grand prize.

After all, this is an honor and a rare thing in life.

In particular, "Hope" is still surrounded by public opinion. The jury can make a fair choice for the guests to praise it. After all, the quality of "Hope" is obvious to all in the screenings. Its award is well-deserved.

Domestic artists and directors such as Li Zhengtong, Zhang Ziyi, Chen Kaige, etc. also feel comfortable. In the past, winning awards for other people's works had nothing to do with them, but the award for "Hope" today is what they expected.

Isn’t it said in public opinion to boycott “Hope”?Isn’t it an unfounded insult to Europe and the United States?Didn’t you say that we would deny the qualification of Chinese films to participate in Cannes?Doesn’t it mean that Chinese science fiction is trash even if you don’t even need to read it?
What do you say that what you look down on, what you boycott, what you humiliate is now winning?

Although the award for "Hope" has nothing to do with them, they still have a sense of honor at this moment.

The reason for this sense of honor is that they are all Chinese!
Still on the awards stage, Wen Muye knew it was better to waste time. He suppressed the released pressure and excitement in his heart, and turned around to deliver his acceptance speech.

"I..." He stopped abruptly after saying one word, choking and not knowing what to say.

When the applause at the scene gradually faded, Chu Xuan clapped and continued the applause, and so did Liu Yifei.

Liu Yi, Kong Sheng, Li Xue... Gradually, the applause at the scene became warm again.

Wen Muye looked in the direction of Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei, feeling warm in his heart. He calmed down and spoke about his acceptance speech.

"Thank you..." In the atmosphere where everyone was listening, Philip was the only one who looked at the voting results on the screen and was in a daze.

"Hope" received 42 votes, while his "Black Hole" only received 9 votes.

He didn't know what happened to the jury during the voting period. It was clear that "Hope" had a significant drop in votes in the last stage, but it picked up again in the final stage.

He didn't know what was going on, his eyes were just fixed on a name.

Richard, his teacher, his driving force at Cannes, voted for "Hope."

He frowned in thought, then sneered the next moment.

"If you want to engage in art, if you want to enter this circle, and if you want to treat everything in the circle with the purest heart, you must first be strong."

"Teacher, how do you become a strong person?"

"Join them and blend into the upper circles."

"Teacher, the upper class...many people who think they are superior will only use some despicable means to prove their nobility. Why should you associate with them?"

"There is no way, they decide your life or death, and control your future."

"Is this the only way..."

"Before you become a strong person, put away your kindness and integrity. These two things are often jokes and the most worthless things in their eyes; after becoming a strong person, you can try to use your kindness and integrity to build your own circle, but don’t hold out too much hope, this kind of behavior is an anomaly.”

Philip recalled his teacher's "chunchun teachings", but he didn't know that he was taken advantage of by his teacher.

If public opinion successfully affects the selection, the teacher will vote for his "Black Hole". After his "Black Hole" wins the award, the teacher will make a big announcement, "This is Philip, the winner of this Cannes Palme d'Or, my student!"

Think about it for a moment, this is such a picture of being a teacher.

Many people know about the teacher-student relationship between Philip and his teacher Richard. If public opinion does not affect the selection, like the current selection results, his teacher voted for "Hope", "See, this is the Cannes jury's theory Chad, you didn’t vote for your student’s work and voted for the better quality “Hope”, this is a truly fair and fair judge!”

Tsk tsk, teacher, no wonder you have to worry about what happens, you can always steal some benefits, you have to be able to judge the situation.

"But your behavior is really disgusting." He was disdainful.

Without the teacher's support, he would definitely not spread the public opinion of "Hope".

It was because the teacher said he could try it that he had the confidence to do it.

However, all this is in the teacher's plan, he is just a pawn.

Phillip was in a terrible mood at this moment. Seeing Wen Muye and Chu Xuan's award-winning reunion, he just wanted to leave this place where he was completely defeated.

"Senior brother, thank you." Wen Muye returned to the seating area and hugged Chu Xuan and said.

"You got it based on your strength. Why do you thank me?" Chu Xuan patted Wen Muye on the back.

"Touch for me." Liu Yifei asked for the trophy. She had never seen the Palme d'Or trophy before.

Wen Muye handed her the trophy and hugged Liu Yi, Kong Sheng, and Li Xue respectively.

Their happy moment was witnessed by Liu Xiaoli and fans and friends in the auditorium on the second floor. They were all happy for them. Some foreign friends who became fans of "Hope" applauded and celebrated them.

The most important thing in their hearts has been settled, which is still the best result. In the subsequent selection process of the film unit, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei can finally look at the rest with the most relaxed attitude.

As the winning director of this year's best film "Between the Walls" finished his speech, the chairman of the jury Sean said some official words of thanks, and the awards ceremony came to an end.

Everyone began to leave and go back to prepare for the closing dinner in the evening.

"Congratulations. I think "Hope" is the most surprising work in this year's Cannes." The crew members of the short film unit's shortlisted works were basically sitting in the same area. Now that the show is over, the international friends from these crews came over to express their congratulations very warmly and politely. .

"Thank you, your "Afterglow of the Scorching Sun" is also great." Wen Muye said friendly, shaking hands with Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei respectively.

"It's hard to imagine that it comes from China..." Another director came over to say hello, and realized that he seemed to have said something wrong. He quickly changed his words: "Sorry, I didn't mean anything else, I just wanted to see how there are no science fiction films in China. Suddenly, a sci-fi suspense film whose overall quality is not inferior to Hollywood's has suddenly appeared. Even if it is a short film, this is very surprising and pleasant."

The emergence of "Hope" and the final award-winning situation of "Hope" have made some foreign practitioners begin to have a different view of Chinese science fiction and Chinese film and television. Even the way they speak has begun to pay attention to propriety. This is a good thing. The change is also a good phenomenon.

"There are still many things that are lacking, and we still need to work hard." Liu Yifei said modestly, shaking hands with the other party.

"I heard that you belong to a company called Bright Times Company in China? If you have the opportunity to go to China in the future, I hope to come and visit you. I also hope to have more opportunities to communicate with you." A director said.

"Welcome, we will provide you with warm hospitality." Chu Xuan nodded slightly.

People came to say hello one after another, including directors, screenwriters, producers and stars from various countries.

Due to the screening and final award of "Hope", they have gained some international fame. Although this reputation is not much, it is still a good start.

Philip was still wearing the same tuxedo and a very gentlemanly black round hat.

He originally wanted to leave the scene quickly with the crowd, but when the directors of the short film crew left the meeting, they all stopped by to say hello to the crew of "Hope". If he didn't say hello, he would definitely look petty.

After all, his "Black Hole" is against "Hope" as his final opponent. If he walked away in despair under such a situation, it would look a bit unattractive.

But he is the loser and the initiator of spreading public opinion about "Hope". Although no outsiders know about this, he will feel very uncomfortable if he is asked to say hello to the people of "Hope".

But no matter how difficult it was, he still had to maintain his gentlemanly demeanor, so he also walked in the direction of the crew of "Hope".

"Congratulations, "Hope" is well-deserved. I have benefited a lot after watching it. I will work hard to improve my level when I go back. I look forward to seeing you next time." Philip extended his hand.

Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei, Wen Muye and Liu Yi were stunned for a moment. This person was very impressive to them. Apart from the fact that "Black Hole" was a strong competitor for their "Hope", the most important thing was that on the first day Something this person said while getting on the elevator.

"Chinese movies are just like their football, not worth mentioning." This sentence stung their hearts, and this Philip also gave them an indelible impression of disgust.

Seeing the man in front of him greeting them very humbly, and remembering his arrogant tone when he said this at the beginning, how hypocritical he looks now.

They also speculated whether Philip was the instigator of public opinion, but there was no evidence to prove this, and "Hope" had already won the award, so it didn't matter at all.

When someone comes over to say hello, no matter how much you hate that person, you shouldn't show your face in public. Wen Muye stretched out his hand and shook his hand: ""Black Hole" is not bad either."

Philip still had his iconic sunny smile, and he stretched out his hand to shake hands with Liu Yifei.

Just as Liu Yifei raised her hand, Chu Xuan took half a step forward and shook Phillip's hand.

Chu Xuan's gentle face was also full of a sense of gentleman, and he said: "Your football is one of the best in the world, and your movies will definitely shine globally. Let's work together."

Even though Phillip was good at disguise, his expression changed when he heard this.

He finally recognized that the people in front of him were the people he met in the elevator on the first day of the screening.

What does this mean?
When he thought about it, he seemed to have said something similar, was this damn guy trying to fight back against him?
Our football is one of the best?After winning the first World Cup, Britain missed the championship podium again. Although the football team is still strong, this has always been their pain.

Will our movie be a global hit?Just now on the global film festival awards stage, we lost to your country, China!

What a disgrace to this guy, it is simply unbecoming of a gentleman!

However, he had nothing to say or reason to fight back. Everything he said was praising Britain.

"Work hard together." Philip said with a smile, but this smile was very forced. Liu Yi and the others were not ready to hold their hands, and turned around, leaving only a embarrassed back.

Liu Yifei, Wen Muye, Liu Yi, Kong Sheng, and Li Xue all looked at Chu Xuan.

"So handsome!" Wen Muye put his hands on Chu Xuan's shoulders and said with great pleasure: "Brother, you are worthy of being my idol. In just two words, elegant!"

Liu Yifei and Liu Yi laughed, thinking about the way Chu Xuan just spoke, and what Chu Xuan just said.

This is simply the most gentle gesture to represent the Chinese etiquette, and the most friendly words to give the most perfect reply to those who once looked down on them. This is indeed very elegant. (End of chapter)