Huayu: Starting from intercepting Duan Yu

Chapter 79: Far Ahead! (100 monthly tickets for extra chapters!)
After the red carpet ceremony, all the guests came to the hall and took their seats.

The Cannes Film Festival is held at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes.

The opening and closing ceremonies were held in the Lumiere Hall of the Palais des Festivals.

This is also the main screening location for films in the main competition unit.

Generally, only the most popular films in the main competition unit are eligible to be screened here.

At the same time, an opening film will be played at the opening ceremony.

This year's opening film is the thriller romance "Bad Education."

After the screening, the film’s creative team came on stage to express their gratitude.

The host then introduced the schedule of this year's film festival.

The opening ceremony ended.

After all, the subsequent film screenings and closing ceremony awards ceremony are the real highlights.

But after the opening ceremony, there is a party.

Or to be more precise, the entire Cannes Film Festival is a huge party lasting 12 days and made up of various small parties!
……

In the next few days, Xu Yi would either stay in the hotel with Yan Xinchen or "rest".

Either take Yan Xinchen out to a party, or give an interview or something.

The Cannes Film Festival lasts for 12 days.

There are only 18 films shortlisted for the main competition unit.

Even without publicity, there will be no lack of attention.

At most, there was less attention in the first few days.

And the final award of the Cannes Film Festival is decided by the vote of the jury.

Although there will be an impact off the field, it will not be very big.

Besides, the most effective means of publicity is to hold a premiere when the movie premieres.

Then invite some big-name stars to attend and walk the red carpet.

The more famous a star is, the more attention he or she will receive.

But Xu Yi didn't know any big-name stars at all.

Even if Xu Yi invites domestic celebrities, they may not give him face.

He and King of Sunglasses are now competitors after all.

Although Xu Yi himself doesn't think so.

As for Zhang Yimou, there is no need to mention it.

Besides, Xu Yi didn't want to do that at all.

Fortunately, the head of this jury is Quentin, the foot fetishist.

This guy has a rather perverted personality, but his skills are still pretty good.

So Xu Yi believes that this guy should be able to see the true level of his "Love"!

At the same time, a program brochure will be released during the Cannes Film Festival.

That is to say, each film shortlisted for the main competition unit will be rated.

And it will be updated every day.

Then I saw that the movie with the highest rating on the program list was "2046" by King of Sunglasses!
Scored 5 out of 3!
Following closely behind is Xu Yi's "Love", with a score of 2.9!
As for "Fahrenheit 911/2.3", which originally won the Palme d'Or in Xu Yi's previous life, its score was only points!
So when this news spread back to China, all Chinese media immediately went wild!

【Chinese films lead the way in Cannes Film Festival ratings!】

[The Palme d'Or selection may become a civil war among Chinese directors!]

[Sunglasses King first, Xu Yi second, the Palme d'Or is beckoning to Chinese directors! ]

[Xu Yi's first film scored 2.9 at Cannes, shocking the world!]

[Can Xu Yi become the youngest Palme d'Or winner in history? ]

After seeing these news, countless domestic netizens were also excited!
"What's going on? Xu Yi's movie rating is 2.9? And it's only ranked below the King of Sunglasses?"

“Although the full score is 5, 2.9 is definitely not low!”

"By the way, Xu Yi won't really win the Palme d'Or, right?"

“A high score doesn’t guarantee you’ll win an award!”

"What's more, the Sunglasses King has a higher rating than Xu Yi!"

"Can that be the same?"

"When will Xu Yi be able to compare with the King of Sunglasses?"

But Xu Yi’s fans don’t care about that!
They just know that their brother is awesome!

"Brother Xu Yi is so awesome!"

"Brother Xu Yi will definitely win the grand prize this time!"

"Didn't Zhang Yimou's 'House of Flying Daggers' also participate in this year's Cannes Film Festival? Why haven't I seen any ratings?"

"House of Flying Daggers wasn't even shortlisted for the main competition, so how could it possibly have a rating?"

"Hahahahahaha, I said our brother Xu Yi is much better than that Zhang Yimou!"

"And this King of Sunglasses, his rating must be fake!"

Now most netizens have believed that Xu Yi should really become a director.

But I still have doubts about his directing skills.

Unexpectedly, Xu Yi's performance was so outstanding just a few days after the Cannes Film Festival opened.

Although the movie's rating is not as good as The King of Sunglasses.

But he also left behind all other directors shortlisted for the main competition unit!

What’s more, they are all foreign directors!

As a result, the number of people who slandered Xu Yi also decreased a lot!
The number of fans has increased a lot again!
However, this is also because King of Sunglasses's "2046" first participated in the Cannes Film Festival and then was released in China.

Otherwise, after watching "2046", these netizens probably won't think that the high rating is anything special.

You should know that it took King of Sunglasses 2046 years to shoot this "5"!
The total investment is over 100 million!
But in Xu Yi's previous life, the domestic box office of this movie was less than 3000 million!
And because it didn’t win any award at Cannes, it ultimately didn’t sell for a high price!
It’s definitely a huge loss to my grandma!
So after "2046", it was not until 2013 that the King of Sunglasses finally filmed another "The Grandmaster".

In fact, no one dared to ask him to film for ten years!

As a result, "The Grandmaster" flopped again!
In the end I had to film TV series and short dramas!

He has been pretending to be cool all his life, but in the end he has lost all his face!

Then, a few days later, the ratings of "2046" and "Love" in the Cannes program directory rose again.

And it still maintains the top two rankings.

At the same time, the attention paid to "Love" is also increasing.

When "2046" premiered, a very grand premiere was held.

It is also claimed that six superstars will appear together on the red carpet ceremony.

It is also the most star-studded film among all the films shortlisted for the main competition unit this year.

This is also why the ratings in the program book for "2046" were so high at the beginning.

Naturally, the attention has already reached its limit.

Unlike Xu Yi's "Love", it only held a very simple premiere.

There was no red carpet ceremony.

The reason why it received such a high rating is entirely due to the quality of the movie.

So after the rating was high, the attention immediately increased a lot!

……

A few days later, the program score of "Love" rose directly to 3.3 points.

It also surpassed the 2046 points of "3.2" and became the highest-rated among the 18 nominated films.

The attention is also increasing.

Most of the screenings were moved to evenings when there were more audiences.

There are also several screenings every day in the Lumiere Hall.

Not only that, some judges on the jury also praised the film on the spot after watching it.

This includes Quentin, who is the head of the jury.

And he also blows the loudest!
As a result, Xu Yi, the 21-year-old "genius director", also received great attention!

Every day as soon as I leave the hotel, I am immediately surrounded by reporters from various countries!
Then these reporters discovered that Xu Yi not only knew the languages ​​of their countries.

And very proficient.

He sounded like someone from their own country, not like a foreigner at all.

He doesn't even look like a Chinese!

So when some domestic reporters sent the video of Xu Yi's interview with foreign reporters back to China.

Netizens who saw these videos were immediately dumbfounded!
"Fuck, Xu Yi is really awesome this time!"

"There are so many foreign journalists vying to interview him alone!"

"I heard this guy is fluent in several languages, and he shocked the foreign reporters!"

"I have to say this guy is really a genius..."

"And this guy is also very lucky!"

"Yan Xinchen is so beautiful!"

"It's amazing that he's so handsome!"

"That's right, being handsome is amazing! And not only is he handsome, he's also so talented. Even big foreign directors admire him!"

Because she goes out with Xu Yi every day, Yan Xinchen has become a little famous.

Many netizens are also very curious about her relationship with Xu Yi.

But since Xu Yi didn't admit it, there was nothing others could do.

Xu Yi also denied the previous scandal with Lin Zhiling.

So much so that these netizens were not only secretly jealous of Xu Yi in their hearts.

I can only vent my anger by looking at Lin Chi-ling’s HIS poster!
In the blink of an eye, it was May 5rd local time.

It was the last day of the Cannes Film Festival.

The final closing ceremony and award ceremony will also be held today.

There will also be a grand red carpet ceremony.

And this time, Xu Yi not only brought the main actors of the "Love" crew with him.

He was also scheduled to be the last to appear among all the crew members!
This is not only because "Love" has the highest program score.

This is also because the actual viewing reviews of this movie are also very high.

Whether it is the script or the directing level, including the actors' acting skills, they have all received rave reviews!
Unlike "2046", although the program book score is also very high, reaching 3.3 points.

It is only slightly lower than "Love"'s 3.5 points, ranking second among 18 movies.

However, after actually watching the movie, the reactions from the audience and judges were very average.

Naturally, the crew of "2046" and King of Sunglasses did not receive such preferential treatment as Xu Yi.

However, having the highest rating in the program book and the best response does not necessarily mean that you will win an award.

Especially for films that have received unanimous praise from judges before the awards are announced, it is often more difficult to win awards.

Or at most get some small consolation prize.

Because those positive reviews are likely to be "smoke bombs" released by the judges.

And many judges like to do this on purpose!

Not to mention that Xu Yi, the director, is still so young.

If he really wins the Palme d'Or, he will be the youngest Palme d'Or winner in history.

How embarrassing is it for those directors who are too old to even be shortlisted for the main competition unit?

(End of this chapter)