Huayu: I'm reborn, but you still force me to be a scumbag?

Chapter 283 Dogs look down on people

Although the Cannes premiere of "Mother" was scheduled on the evening of May 2009, 5,

However, Bong Joon-ho still led his team to arrive before the opening of the Cannes Film Festival on May 2009, 5.

After learning that Lee Chang-dong could only be an ordinary judge this time, Bong Joon-ho made up his mind to find a way to go to the red carpet of the opening ceremony and become familiar with the judges.

Well, I can only say that although Director Bong is a good director, he is still a genuine Korean.

However, we can't blame him entirely, he is under a lot of pressure.

Before he came this time, Ms. Li, the vice president of CJ, specially invited him to a banquet and said that as long as he brought back a heavy trophy, the amount of investment in his next movie would be unlimited. In other words, if he didn't win the award, then...
Bong Joon-ho patted his chest and assured that there was no problem.

But he really had no idea in his heart.

This time, there were only two actors who came from South Korea with him, besides his assistant and translator.

In addition to the female lead Kim Hye-ja, there is also a supporting actress Park Mi-sun in the film.

The three of them dressed up and attended the Cannes opening ceremony together, greeted the nine judges from afar, and watched the opening film "Up".

After that, I stayed in a hotel and no one cared about me.

Apart from Korean media, the number of foreign media that have arranged interviews with them is: 0.

On the evening of May 5, they went to watch the premiere of "Bat", another Korean film that was shortlisted for the main competition unit.

Afterwards, I had dinner with the main creators of Bats, including Park Chan-wook and Song Kang-ho.

A group of Koreans were drinking and chatting together. As they talked, they got excited and drank too much.

Bong Joon-ho first talked about the cold reception he received, and then drank two glasses of whiskey instead of Korean mashed glutinous rice water.

Park Chan-wook also followed suit and complained bitterly.

In fact, he is even worse than Bong Joon-ho.

The first time it was nominated was in 2004, and the film was "Old Boy".

Choi Min-sik, an "Old Boy" who has won numerous awards in South Korea, even became the number one male star in Chungmuro ​​with this movie.

However, what did you ultimately gain from Cannes that year?
Grand Jury Award.

In other words, it's called a consolation prize.

What about this time?
Worse.

The seats were not full, and after the movie ended, no one applauded.

After saying that, Director Park also drank two glasses.

Although Lee Chang-dong was on the jury, he was unable to come out to have dinner with them.

But Bong Joon-ho felt that if the three directors got together, they would definitely drink more.

"Old Boy" at least won the Grand Jury Prize.
What about "Secret Sunshine" which was also praised by everyone in Korea three years ago?

All I got was damage that has yet to heal.

Cannes is biased against Korean films compared to Chinese and Japanese films.

This is almost becoming a consensus among all Korean filmmakers.

These men who can almost call the shots in the Korean film industry were ignored when they arrived in Cannes.

But as the saying goes, what you can't get is the best.

The more this happens, the more both he and Park Chan-wook want to prove something.

In the end, Bong Joon-ho didn't know how much he drank. Anyway, he vomited all over the place. In the end, his assistant and translator carried him back to the hotel.

The next day, Bong Joon-ho held his head, which was aching as hell, and sighed deeply.

I got up, drank a cup of coffee, and ate a bowl of instant noodles I brought from Korea, which barely solved the headache of the hangover.

Bong Joon-ho took the day's "Screen" from his assistant.

He wanted to see what the media score was for last night's "The Bat" in the Cannes program book.

The result is 2.6 points.

He rubbed his eyes.

Yes, it was indeed "Bat" that surprised him last night.
2.6.

Jeon Mi-seon, who was visiting Cannes for the first time and whose English was not very good, also saw the big 2.6 score and asked curiously, "Director, is this a high score?"

Bong Joon-ho took a breath, looked at her, and asked, "What do you think? 2.6, how does it look, is it high?"

Jeon Mi-seon reacted and said a little guiltily: "I thought...but Batman is obviously a good movie."

"Yes, Batman is a good movie. But, Meishanxi, which movie that can enter the Cannes Film Festival is not a good movie?"

Bong Joon-ho sighed again.

When he saw the score, he was a little bit unbelieving at first.

However, when he recalled the scores of other movies he had memorized in the past few days.

“2.7 points, Inglourious Basterds. 2.8 points, The Prophet. 3.2 points, Brilliant Love Poem. 2.9 points, Dogtooth.”

We have to admit that the Bat's score of 2.6 is actually not surprising.

This is Cannes.

The standards of these media and film critics are really terribly strict.

They can find more than ten thousand faults in any movie.

He looked at the comments about "Bat" in the program book.

“Very disappointing. Although the style of the film inherits Park Chan-wook’s usual style and the visual effects are better than the past few films, all the technical advances cannot cover up the film’s essential regression - boring.”

"The director focused too much on the human conflicts he wanted to express, but failed to capture the audience through an attractive theme."

"Aside from the fancy packaging, the whole movie is so empty and vulgar, and the characters are emotionally thin."

"It even reminds me of another vampire movie..."

When Bong Joon-ho saw this, although he felt sorry for his compatriots, he couldn't help but burst out laughing.

He knew what the other vampire movie here was.

However, unlike other professionals, he never thought that "Twilight" was a bad movie.

Can a bad movie possibly make $6 million?

That’s more than 6 million US dollars!
How much is it in Korean Won?
It's 9000 billion from Asiba!!!
A movie ultimately grossed 9000 billion yuan at the box office. Who dares to say it's bad?

Bong Joon-ho felt that at least he couldn't do it and couldn't say it.

In South Korea, it grossed over 600 million viewers, ranking among the top three films at the 2008 South Korean box office, behind Anchorman and the star-studded The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly.

From Seoul to Daegu, from Busan to Jeju Island, Bong Joon-ho estimates that more than half of all middle and high school students in South Korea have watched it.

Those kids were even more enthusiastic about going to see "Twilight" than to go to Girls' Generation's concert or 2pm's live performance.

It was from then on that many Korean box office forecast experts have praised "Mother" as a failure if it does not receive 800 million viewers.

Bong Joon-ho couldn't help but shook his head when he thought of this, and looked at the name of the person who wrote this film review in the Cannes program book in his hand.

John Stuart.

I wonder what points and ratings these harsh media and harsh film critics will give to "Mother" after it is released?
Bong Joon-ho was a little nervous and was about to continue watching. At this time, Jeon Mi-sun asked, "Director, do you have anything else to do today? Do you want to go to the movies or have an interview? I want to go to the beach for a while, is that okay?"

Bong Joon-ho looked at her expression and said with a smile, "There is no interview, and there is no need to watch the movie. You, Teacher Huizi, and I can all do whatever we want these two days."

"Ah? Really, Director?"

"Well, have fun. No one cares about us here anyway."

The three members of the "Mother" crew had a few days of leisure in the next two days. Then, before they knew it, it was May 5, the day of the premiere of "Mother".

Bong Joon-ho slept in, and just like the previous few days, he planned to go downstairs of the hotel to buy some brochures, have a cup of coffee and eat some bread.

Anyway, the premiere of "Mother" is in the evening, so there is still time to start preparing in the afternoon.

He went downstairs and walked out of the hotel lobby.

I saw about ten people standing on both sides of the hotel entrance, chatting. Several of them were holding cameras, probably photographers.

Bong Joon-ho didn't care either.

He was staying in a hotel arranged by the Cannes authorities. There were many reporters waiting downstairs to take pictures every day. This was the case every day these days.

But today's scene was quite big. It seemed that there hadn't been so many reporters squatting at the hotel entrance since Brad Pitt left.

Bong Joon-ho noticed that among the chatting reporters, there was a middle-aged man wearing glasses. When he saw him walking out of the revolving door of the hotel wearing a pair of slippers, he was stunned for some reason.

Bong Joon-ho didn't care and continued walking towards the newsstand.

The result is the next second.

Bong Joon-ho doesn't understand French, so he didn't know what the man suddenly said in a loud voice, "C'est bien lui," meant.

But just after that short French sentence, Bong Joon-ho noticed from the corner of his eye that the reporters and photographers all turned their heads at once, and more than a dozen pairs of eyes of different colors and sizes stared at him intently.

At that moment, all the hairs on Bong Joon-ho's body stood up.

He definitely couldn't buy the newspaper, but he was able to rush back to the hotel, which was a rare display of agility for a man weighing more than 200 pounds.

The security guard at the door couldn't help laughing when he saw him falling to the ground of the hotel like a vicious dog hunting its prey, but he still diligently blocked the reporter outside the door.

When he stood up, a director from the Philippines looked at his foot without a slipper and couldn't help laughing. He said in English: "Director Feng, what are you doing?"

Bong Joon-ho touched his natural curls awkwardly and said to this Filipino who he had met several times in the past few days and was inexplicably friendly to him: "I don't know what's going on. These reporters are waiting at the door to interview me."

The Filipino director, Brillante Mendoza, laughed and said, “Have you not seen the screen today?”

Feng Junhao nodded and said, "I was just about to buy it, but this happened. What happened?"

Brillante Mendoza chuckled, handed over an English version of the Cannes program "Screen", and said in a cheesy tone: "Take a look for yourself. Director Bong. The leading actor of your film arrived in Cannes yesterday."

Bong Joon-ho certainly knew his leading man had arrived, and the two even spoke on the phone last night.

But what does this have to do with how he went from being a nobody to being a popular commodity overnight?
He was stunned the first moment he took the program brochure.

Because there is a photo of his leading man directly on the cover.

Life photos, not movie posters.

I haven't seen him for a long time. He doesn't look much changed. He is still very young, more like a boy than a man.

He was chatting and laughing with the people around him with a smile on his face, looking so relaxed and natural, and was walking out of the airport reception gate surrounded by several people.

There was a huge headline on the cover: "Cannes welcomes a truly strong contender for Best Actor."

Bong Joon-ho stared at this unprecedented cover photo and the title for a long time.

He suddenly remembered what Park Chan-wook said when he was drunk that day. He said, Director Bong, you will definitely gain something this time because your leading actor is favored by Cannes.

Bong Joon-ho calmed himself down and opened the magazine.

The first page only read: "He is coming."

"Everyone knows who I'm talking about."

“Three years ago, he arrived in Cannes on May 5, having been expected by countless Cannes Film Festival attendees and critics from all over the world, but having lost the trophy.”

"When his plane landed, reporters seemed to see a huge shadow hanging over the head of this year's best actor hopeful."

"Although the competition for the Best Actor at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival can be said to be unprecedentedly chaotic and fierce."

"Before today, we have already seen how evil Christoph Waltz's German officer in Inglourious Basterds was, and how powerful and majestic Nils Alestrup was in The Prophet."

"In addition, in the film that has not been released yet, there are Qin and Chen. I heard that they gave unprecedented bold performances in the film "Spring Breeze One Night", which explores homosexuality and love."

"Other actors including Mathieu Amalric, Jean Dujardin, Elijah Wood, etc. who starred in many main competition films are also familiar faces to us.

"But if I had a gambling table in front of me, I would only place my bet on one name: Nuo Chen."

"When I saw him at the airport, I vaguely recalled how he looked when he first came to Cannes three years ago. Although I have gained a lot of weight, time has hardly left any trace on him."

"Over the past few years, we all knew that he had achieved extraordinary success. But surprisingly, he still remembered me, a small reporter from three years ago. I met him at that time and helped his Chinese friend to run a small advertisement."

"When I asked him what made him decide to make another bid for the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival with the Korean film 'Mother.'"

"He said that it was because Mother had a wonderful team and every one of them was very professional. From the director to the actors to every staff member, they all made him feel extremely relaxed. This was a wonderful collaboration that he would never forget."

"It is important to point out that he highly praised the Korean director named Bong Joon-ho. In the eyes of the reporters at the scene, Chen's respect for him was extraordinary. It even exceeded the way he mentioned Wang Jiawei in the interview three years ago."

"He said that it was the Korean director's extraordinary film sense and directing ability that allowed him to finally devote all his talents to the film 'Mother' and give a breakthrough performance, which he was very satisfied with."

"Then I asked again, do you think this director Bong can lead the film to win the Palme d'Or?"

"Chen smiled shyly. Then he spoke to me, and to the whole Cannes, in a firm and powerful voice."

"He said that this time, they came for just that."

Bong Joon-ho was standing in the hotel lobby, reading the report almost word for word. Afterwards, his hands were shaking a little and his eyes were a little hot.

He now knew why everything that had just happened happened.

Director Feng felt that all the anger he had been holding back for the past few days was released in this article, and he wanted to shout to the sky: "Asiba, you guys who look down on others, now you know who I am, right?"

After a while, when his face was no longer so red, he looked up and saw Brillante Mendoza smiling at him and said, "Have you finished watching it? Director Bong?"

Bong quickly handed the magazine back and said, "Yes, I've read it. Thank you. Thank you very much."

Brillante Mendoza smiled shyly and said, "Director Feng, you're welcome. Can you lend me your newspaper, or because we're so familiar with each other, let me... Well, if I remember correctly, Director Feng, your movie should be premiering tonight, and you should meet Chen then, right?"

Bong Joon-ho was a little confused and nodded, "Yes, that's right. What's wrong?"

Brillante Mendoza said seriously, "I saw Blueberry Nights at the premiere three years ago and I still can't forget it. Can you get me two autographs from Chen? I didn't realize he didn't live here."

……

……

Chen Nuo, who did not attend the opening ceremony, had no idea how charming Fan Binbing was on the red carpet this time.

However, looking at the woman in the red dress on the inside page of "Screen" on the opening day, Chen Nuo couldn't help but say, "Isn't this back...exposed a bit too much?"

Liu Yifei leaned over to take a look and said, "It's OK. This is the style of Chanel."

"What style? The revealing style? Forget it, she's gone to be a judge. You've been basking in the sun these days? Haven't you done anything meaningful?" Chen Nuo frowned.

Liu Yifei said fiercely: "What is meaningful? Why don't you take me to do it? Why didn't you come earlier? I've been waiting for you for so long!"

Chen Nuo waved his hands helplessly: "Forget it, I won't talk to you anymore. You go out first, I'll talk to Li Jing. I'm going to attend the premiere soon. I don't have time to chat with you."

“What’s so great about that…”

Liu Yifei stood up with an unhappy look on her face, and kept mumbling as she walked. Chen Nuo couldn't hear what she was saying, but it was definitely not something good.

He turned around and yelled impatiently: "What are you reading? Hurry up! Didn't you have breakfast?"

"bump!"

With a very loud bang, the door closed.

Chen Nuo turned around and said to Li Jing with a smile: "Sister Jing, I want to talk to you this time because Mr. Qi proposed to me..."

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