She dominates the entertainment industry with her disaster system

As is customary in Cannes, after finishing the interview, Su Lingxi held the trophy and took various photos with Fujita Ryo and other award winners - even though at least half of them were not very familiar to her, everyone in the photos still smiled brightly.

"You seem calm." Ten minutes later, Han Lina, who followed the crew to the backstage, came over to greet her. "I guess you haven't had time to check your phone yet. There's a lot of buzz on Weibo right now because of your award."

"Those KOLs are going crazy, directly doing matrix marketing... To be honest, your team is really awesome in this area."

Han Lina said this and gave her a thumbs up.

"Marketing has always been about the same old tricks, and it's impossible to come up with anything new." Su Lingxi replied politely, "We are all only semi-professionals, so there's no point in talking about this."

She and Han Lina had known each other for a long time and had some friendship, but not much. It was nothing more than a few polite words in public, so there was naturally no need to say too much.

"Oh, by the way, I almost forgot to congratulate you. Your new film won the Grand Jury Prize. This is a good sign."

"Empty Joy" starring Han Lina was shortlisted for the main competition unit. She was able to go backstage at this time, which must have meant that she had won some award - among the several awards ranked after the Best Actress, only the Jury Prize was most likely to be won by them.

"Thank you." Han Lina smiled casually, gestured to her that she would see her later, turned around and walked back to the director - obviously, her understanding of their relationship was the same as Su Lingxi's, and she didn't plan to stay here and chat with her for too long.

A series of administrative tasks such as taking photos and socializing continued until the end of the entire award ceremony, and that was not the end - after the closing ceremony, Su Lingxi changed into a small dress and had no time to rest before she had to rush to attend the celebration party jointly organized by Kering Group and Vanity Fair.

Kering Group not only owns many luxury brands, but also has acquired the famous Hollywood CAA, which shows how strong its financial strength is.

Therefore, many senior people in the industry have been invited to tonight's party, which is also an opportunity for Su Lingxi to further expand her network. Therefore, even if she wants to go back to the hotel to rest, she cannot miss the party at this time.

At the party tonight, she, Bruce Ryan, who won the Best Actor award, and Abdel Fattah České Kochiche, who won the Best Picture Palme d'Or, were the absolute protagonists of the party. There was a constant stream of colleagues in the industry coming to socialize with them, and even though Su Lingxi had always had a good alcohol tolerance, she was already a little tipsy halfway through the party.

"Nicole, congratulations." Martin Kubrick smiled and greeted her as if nothing had happened. He raised his glass to her sincerely. "You showed a breakthrough performance in the film. I said early on that your performance was enough to win over most of the judges. Of course, you deserve the Best Actress award tonight."

Su Lingxi also laughed, "Thank you, Martin. But I think this award is an affirmation and recognition of our entire crew. It belongs to each and every one of us."

The entertainment industry has never been a world of black and white. Most of the time, unless there is a blood feud, no one would choose to bring the conflict to the surface.

What's more, even though we know that it is just ordinary flattery, it somehow makes people feel very convincing when it comes from Martin Kubrick's mouth.

"Of course, teamwork is actually the most worthy subject of in-depth study in the film industry, and it has always been so." Martin clinked glasses with Su Lingxi with a smile, and then introduced the man in a suit beside him to her, "Nicole, this Mr. McNeill is your loyal fan - believe me, he loves your Charlie terribly."

Most of the time, the term "movie fan" is just a social expression between strangers, and Su Lingxi certainly wouldn't take it seriously.

It is not known whether McNeill is her fan, but his obvious actions are undoubtedly an attempt to get close to her - at this party, no one will care what kind of public relations methods she used to defeat Verina, they only care about the final winner of the award - Su Lingxi can feel that the filmmakers who had been cold to her at the Venice Film Festival before are now much more enthusiastic than before, and there are so many people who want to invite her to make a film that she can't count on both hands.

"Sue, nice to meet you." McNeill has a pair of green eyes similar to Joey's, with a gentle smile in his eyes, "Charlie and Ayane are both my favorite characters. Your acting skills have given them unparalleled charm."

His performance was very decent, at least it gave Su Lingxi a much better impression than those who didn't take her seriously before and now turned around to flatter her.

"Thank you, McNeill—I suppose I should call you that?"

"Of course, you can just call me Joseph." After receiving her positive feedback, McNeill responded enthusiastically, "Su, maybe you don't know how eager I was after reading the attachment Martin sent me - in fact, the setting of the character of Dylan has become fuller because of this..."

Just like that, McNeill spoke eloquently about his ideas for the new movie and new characters. Su Lingxi quickly reacted: this guy should also be a director, and he was probably a "connection" that Martin specially brought over to introduce to her.

After all, according to McNeill, Martin had even sent him the video of her performance, making her intentions clear.

Thinking of this, Su Lingxi subconsciously looked diagonally forward—and happened to meet Martin Kubrick's meaningful gaze.

Sure enough, it seems that her guess was correct.

"…Charlie is beautiful and fragile, but J can show the tough and confident feminine charm, so in comparison, I still prefer the character of J…"

Joseph McNeill was still excitedly recounting his own mental journey. Su Lingxi agreed with him from time to time, but in her heart she was pondering the deeper meaning of Martin's action.

Is it because he feels guilty for going back on his word? Or is it because he has high hopes for her?

She didn't believe that Martin would be a philanthropist who would do favors without asking for anything in return.