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

Chapter 286: Long Applause

In today's Lumiere Theater, some people watched the plot, some paid attention to the acting, and some people couldn't get into it at all.

During the movie watching process, many people were whispering to each other, and even more were concentrating on watching.

Before I knew it, half of the film had already been played.

It was finally time for the various reversals that Bong Joon-ho and Chen Nuo had been conceiving for a long time.

Liu Xiaoli never imagined that the real murderer that her mother was trying so hard to track down was actually her son.

While Liu Xiaoli was still immersed in this unexpected turn of events,

The story of the movie is like a suddenly rising strange mountain, ushering in the darkness again.

In order to cover up the fact that her son had committed murder, a mother like her picked up a wrench from the scrap yard and gave the only person who knew about the incident a heavy blow on the head, which also silenced the entire Lumiere Theater.

The mother hammered the old man's head again and again until it became a pulp. Finally, she wiped her face, washed her hands, and expressionlessly set fire to the scene with a torch, setting all the sins on fire.

When Kim Hye-ja on the screen walked into the wasteland covered with withered weeds,
Liu Xiaoli recalled the dance before the film opened and no longer found it funny.

In the following plot, the mother gave up on clearing her son's name, but in order to stop her from causing trouble, the police arrested a mentally retarded person as a scapegoat and released Lu Xiangyu from prison.

The two screenwriters' bad taste was clearly revealed at this moment.

Obviously, what I want to tell the audience is that you can never guess what my next move will be.

Is this an art film?

Liu Xiaoli didn't know.

However, she now finds the movie interesting.

Including the Korean actress who played the mother, she did a great job.

She perfectly portrayed the mentality of a single mother who would do anything for her children, making her go from being indifferent to almost completely immersing herself in the role in the end.

The worries I had before watching the movie were completely turned upside down at this moment.

She was no longer worried about whether the director would mess up the movie. Instead, she felt that Chen Nuo's acting was so horrible that it made people feel uncomfortable at the sight of it. Would the movie be ruined in his hands?

The last part of the video shows Kim Hye-ja and Chen Nuo boarding a bus for a parent-child trip.

During the journey, the passengers on the bus began to dance and party, and Jin Huizi joined them, but Chen Nuo sat in his seat, motionless.

The camera then pulls away, moving towards darkness in a golden light.

The Lumiere Theater fell into a silence without any light.

The movie seemed to be over.

But just as everyone was waiting for the credits to appear, the music started again.

When the huge screen lit up again.

From the darkness, a golden sun slowly emerged, like a grand sunrise.

The fool who sat motionless in the original ending stood up from his seat.
In the bright light that made the entire Lumiere Theater seem as bright as day, he walked to the middle of the car in a dazed manner.
Started a dance.

This dance can be described as bizarre.

Because of the golden halo above the man's head, his face was hidden in the strong light and could not be seen clearly, and even his figure was blurry and fuzzy.
Only the outlines of his limbs were visible.

Chen Nuo had never expected that Bong Joon-ho would leave his impromptu performance uncut in the final arrangement.

He was allowed to dance a solo for a full two minutes and thirty-two seconds in front of more than 2000 spectators and countless professionals.

In the end, no matter how thick-skinned he was, he felt a little uneasy.

Until the man on the screen completely merged with the white light.

The movie ended and the screen went black, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Amid the sound of soft music, the movie credits began to play on the screen.

At this time, Bong Joon-ho didn't say anything, and Chen Nuo also didn't say anything out of embarrassment.

Even the entire audience seemed to be frightened by the weird dance that Chen Nuo was doing, and no sound was made for a while.

In the darkness, Chen Nuo didn't know how Bong Joon-ho felt, but he was a little nervous.

He was now a little afraid that he had danced this dance on a whim, wanting to echo Kim Hye-ja, but in the end it backfired.

The key is that the jump takes too long and the position is weird. If it is an Easter egg, it is too far forward. If it is not an Easter egg, it is too far back.

But now that things have come to this, he can't undo it.

While Chen Nuo was feeling uneasy, Liu Yifei was also looking around, feeling a little nervous.

She thought the whole movie was good, except for the dance performed by Kim Hye-ja at the beginning and Chen Nuo at the end, which she didn't quite understand.

What does the director want to express?
Why is the dance so ugly?
Alas, Liu Yifei sighed in her heart. If she had known this would happen, she could have gone to Korea to help.

Xixi felt that she was not very professional, but no matter what, if she just thought of some dance moves, it would definitely be better than Chen Nuo's current one.

What should I do? No one is applauding. Liu Yifei frowned, wondering if she should just take the lead herself?

Before she could finish her thoughts, she suddenly heard some crisp applause around her.

Huh? Liu Yifei turned around in surprise and saw that it was not someone else but her mother Liu Xiaoli. She didn't know why, but she clapped her hands twice in the silence when no one else was moving.

Liu Yifei was surprised.
Unexpectedly, Liu Xiaoli's two rounds of applause were like a torch thrown into a pile of dry straw. Within just a few seconds, it turned into a part of a blazing fire, and it was no longer possible to tell where the fire started.

The applause that followed in the dark Lumiere Theater was very loud.

Chen Nuo relaxed slightly at the expected applause. He didn't know if it was because he was sitting downstairs instead of in the box this time, but he felt that the applause at this moment was louder than the one he heard three years ago.

This finally made him feel as if he had not messed up and had not lost the suspense of the $500 million bet.

What does it mean when more than 2000 people applaud together?
Bong Joon-ho said something to him with a look of joy on his face, but Chen Nuo didn't hear a word.

After several minutes, the applause gradually died down.

But at this moment, a beam of light descended from the sky, enclosing the positions where the four main creative staff were sitting.

That's why they didn't sit in the box this time.

After Fumao took office as artistic director in 2007, he made a number of reforms to restore traditions and apply new technologies, and this is one of them.

After the film ended, the audience paid tribute to the film's creators under the spotlight.

It must be said that Chen Nuo felt that under such strong light, feeling that more than 2000 people were looking at him, that feeling was really quite exciting.

At least Kim Hye-ja and Jeon Mi-sun both started to wipe their tears. Fatty Bong also grinned like a fat version of Noh Sang-woo.

Chen Nuo felt that this time the applause lasted longer than the first time.

It may have been more than 3 minutes before it dimmed again. But the lighting engineer seemed to be a master at guiding the rhythm, and he had been waiting for this moment.

As soon as the applause died down, the lights in the venue came on.

The entire Lumiere Theater went from darkness to day. Many people were blinded by the bright lights, but when they opened their eyes, the applause that had just subsided became intense again.

Even more intense than before.

Because Chen Nuo, Bong Joon-ho, Kim Hye-ja, and Jeon Mi-sun stood up and waved to the audience in front of their seats.

Everyone in the audience also stood up. No matter what they thought in their hearts, at this moment, everyone faced that direction and saluted and politely applauded the film artists.

The bold ones began to act at this time.

For example, a graceful figure walked towards the main creators from an aisle on one side. It was Monica Bellucci in a golden dress.

She wore a pearl necklace, a small diamond hairpin on her head, and her dress outlined her beautiful figure.

It seemed that her target was quite clear, because her eyes did not change at all, staring at one place from beginning to end.

She just walked straight up to Chen Nuo, and gave him a deep hug and a kiss on the cheek amid the cheers of the audience.

"I loved your last dance, it was so great!" the Italian actress said loudly in Chen Nuo's ear in somewhat broken English.

Before Chen Nuo could say anything, Monica Bellucci said again: "I think you are better than you were three years ago. Chen, I don't think anyone is qualified to take your trophy away this time!"

"Thank you, thank you, Monica, thank you for your blessing." Chen Nuo didn't put on any hypocritical politeness. He just put his arm around the other person's waist and spoke loudly in the ear of the former star player. The posture might be a little ambiguous, but otherwise he really couldn't hear what the other person was saying.

Monica Bellucci also said in his ear with a hint of complaint: "I gave you my business card, but you never called me once."

Chen Nuo said: "Yes, because I am too busy. But I plan to take a long vacation next year. See you in Rome then."

Monica Bellucci nodded in satisfaction, shook hands with Bong Joon-ho and Kim Hye-ja, and then turned and left. It was a bit awkward because Jeon Mi-seon was missed.

At this time, the subtitles of the movie finally finished rolling, and the screen turned to play the scene.

After Monica Bellucci, more familiar people came towards them.

Bong Joon-ho's face turned red with excitement, Kim Hye-ja was also smiling happily, and Jeon Mi-sun didn't know if she was nervous because of Bellucci's previous mistake, her movements were even stiffer than Chen Nuo's dance.

Almost all the star directors who had appeared on the red carpet before came, and the audience also gathered towards a position, surrounding the four people in the middle.

Then those who are qualified will go in one by one to greet them.

Although Chen Nuo's paranoid delusion made his whole body tense, he still maintained a smile.

Because this is actually part of the tribute ceremony.

After 2007, every film that premiered in Cannes has followed this process, whether long or short.

Perhaps the only difference between "Mother" and other films of this year is that as soon as Monica Bellucci left, Sophie Marceau followed and kept nagging the same actor.

Moreover, the French goddess lifted her shoulder straps again to make way, and Penelope Cruz repeated the same process again.

The same is true even for Quentin Tarantino and Martin Scorsese who came later.

Quentin's enthusiasm was a bit overwhelming for Chen Nuo.
Unlike Martin Scorsese who has seen a lot of things, the old man didn't say much, just congratulated him and said that his dance was like something, and used religious terms, which Chen Nuo didn't quite understand. Finally, he hoped that Chen Nuo could audition for his new film in the future.

After Martin came our old friend, director Li An, the pride of Taiwan Province of China.

After the Golden Horse Awards, they met again in Cannes. They were particularly cordial and chatted for a long time.

Then there was Tsai Ming-liang who came with Li An…

The four main creators of the "Spring Breeze" crew arrived late and sat relatively far back.
Hao Lei looked at the center of the crowd from a distance and asked those around her, "Should we go up and say hello?"

Qin Hao hesitated, and Chen Sicheng said, "Forget it. They are chatting so enthusiastically with Martin Scorsese and Li An. Who are we? We can just applaud here."

Hao Lei said: "What does it have to do with us if they talk about their own things? Qin Hao, Director, are you going?"

In the end, no one went.

Among the last four people, only Hao Lei went.

Hao Lei knew what these three people were struggling with. After their premiere last night, the media rating in today's Screen magazine was only 2.4 points, currently ranking second to last, second only to a film directed by a Filipino director.

In this situation, it's a bit hard to save face.

In fact, Hao Lei was a little bit concerned, but she had been close to Zhang Yiyi and his wife in the past year or two, and had heard about Chen Nuo's temper from Zhang Yiyi and his wife, so she plucked up the courage to come over.

Sure enough, it was exactly as Zhang Yiyi said, she was really not arrogant at all, and she called her Sister Lei without any hesitation, as if they were really good friends or old acquaintances.

However, Hao Lei knew that everyone was busy, so she didn't say much. She chatted briefly, shook hands with several other Koreans, and then returned to Lou Ye and the others' seats.

"What did you talk about?" Chen Sicheng asked in a strange tone, "Does he know you?"

Hao Lei rolled her eyes at him and said, "How fresh is that? We are all Chinese, how can we not know each other? Why don't you go up and try? He will definitely know you, too."

Chen Sicheng chuckled and said, "That's not necessarily true."

Qin Hao, who was standing by, was struggling over whether he should go over and say hello, when he heard the cheers and applause from the audience again.

Calculating the time, the audience has been applauding for at least ten minutes up to now.

Although these foreigners are professional clappers, it is not uncommon to see them applauding for more than 20 minutes or even half an hour during performances of some symphony orchestras.

However, at the Cannes Film Festival, everyone might feel that time is almost enough.

Therefore, we have entered the final stage of the entire tribute process.

The movie screen began to show the main creative staff one by one, allowing each person to receive applause individually.

The photographer took the photos in sequence.

Jeon Mi-sun, Kim Hye-ja, then jumped to Chen Nuo, and finally director Bong Joon-ho.

Every time a face appears on the big screen, there is a peak in applause.

As for this time from Jin Huizi to Chen Nuo, I don’t know if it was because one person was skipped in the middle, the photographer took two more steps and the interval was a few seconds longer, giving the audience more time to react.

In short, when Chen Nuo appeared alone on the big screen with a smile on his face, surrounded by the audience in front and behind, that was the biggest and warmest cheer of the night.

The professional whistlers put in a lot of effort, and the whistles came one after another, prompting Chen Nuo to quickly make a scissors hand gesture to the camera, and then clasped his fists.

Not only Liu Yifei laughed when she saw this, but everyone present also laughed when they saw this.

When Bong Joon-ho finally appeared on the big screen, everyone could see that this fat man with curly hair was obviously very excited.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you very much." Fatty Feng wiped his tears and said thank you four times in four languages.

He spoke standard Cantonese, which was much better than Chen Nuo's spoken Korean just now.

(End of this chapter)