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Chapter 417 The Biggest Winner at This Year's Cannes!
"Is there any left for me?"

Gu Bei was slightly startled upon hearing this.

He was already satisfied that he rushed back to Cannes to witness Liu Yifei's award as Best Actress.

Unexpectedly, the jury ultimately awarded him the Best Director award as well.

This is arguably the best possible outcome for Gravity!
After all, the Best Director award is second only to the Palme d'Or and the Grand Jury Prize. If you win the first two awards, you need the support of the jury president or several jury members to win the Best Actor award.

With no hope of winning the Palme d'Or again...

Gu Bei actually prefers the Best Director award.

Instead of the higher-ranked Jury Prize, since that's an individual award given to the director.
Besides, since everyone's trophy leaves are small golden palm leaves, the gold content is roughly the same.

"Snap, snap, snap, snap!"

Amidst thunderous applause at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes

Gu Bei was slightly stunned for a moment, then got up to accept the award.

Today's jury chairman, Tim Burton, seemed a bit distracted. He only reacted when Gu Bei walked up to him and handed the certificate and trophy to Gu Bei.

Gu Bei delivered his acceptance speech with practiced ease.

After he stepped down from the stage

I saw Liu Yifei backstage, looking pleasantly surprised.

"Let's see if my guess is right or wrong?"

Liu Yifei smiled broadly and said to Gu Bei with a hint of pride, "I told you before that you would definitely receive a prize this time you came."

"So my guess was just as accurate? You really did win an award!"

Gu Bei waved the newly awarded Palme d'Or trophy.

He looked at the identical small Palme d'Or trophy in Liu Yifei's hand.

"Hehehe~"

Liu Yifei smiled slightly goofily.

This was undoubtedly one of the biggest surprises of the evening.
Despite receiving countless accolades from the very first day of the festival as the opening film, I was still incredibly excited when jury president Tim Burton suddenly announced the name.

and……

Liu Yifei looked at the panel in her line of sight.

The system had been inactive for six months, but it still provided timely feedback the moment I won the Cannes Film Festival award.

[A Comeback Project: The Cannes International Film Festival]

[Her comeback achievement: Winning the Best Actress Award at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival]

[A stunning comeback: From a naive young girl to the pinnacle of film festival honors for actresses, not long ago you faced much criticism regarding your acting skills, but today you will have a place uniquely yours in film history. Life is like a dream!]

[Counterattack Reward: Acting Point +3]

up to now,

Liu Yifei's identity has also been confirmed.

The initial system tasks are similar to a tutorial in a game.

If you want to continue improving, you must rely on repeated comebacks to achieve higher and higher honors in order to max out your final points.

The personal panel has also been updated to the latest data:

[Host: Liu Yifei]

[Age: 38 years old]

【Counterattack Points: Damaged】

[Physique: 95]

【Acting Skills: 90】

【Singing skill: 69】

[Entertainment Treasure Lottery Chance: 0]

The acting points have successfully exceeded 90.
Liu Yifei felt a little expectant, wondering what changes would occur after breaking through this integer threshold, but she could only truly experience it when the film was being shot later.

However, having learned from the experience of winning the Golden Horse Award last time...
She knew that ordinary awards were no longer enough to help her make a comeback.
As for whether the Venice Film Festival and the Berlin Film Festival, which are also among the three major European film festivals, have any similar plans, it is currently unclear.

If she doesn't make any progress in either of these two areas, then the system is clearly trying to make her achieve something at the box office, or even challenge her for the Oscar for Best Actress, which is currently the most recognized award in the world!

"what happened?"

Gu Bei noticed that after Liu Yifei smiled innocently, a hint of ambition appeared in her eyes, and he wondered what she was thinking.

"It's just that I've thought about my future goals!"

Liu Yifei smiled faintly.

She is only twenty-two years old this year, and her acting career has just begun. She has plenty of time to prove her ideas and pursue higher honors.

Subsequently,

She looked at the trophy in Gu Bei's hand and said with some surprise, "Our trophies are exactly the same."

"Yup!"

Gu Bei placed the two trophies side by side for comparison.
On the small round table backstage,

Two dark blue boxes covered in fuzz stood side by side.

The opening of the box reveals a cloud-like lining inside.

The trophy's transparent quartz base, combined with the pure white lining, immediately draws everyone's attention to the golden palm leaf embedded in it.

The two 18K pure gold palm leaves shimmered brilliantly in the light, making one feel as if the sunlight, sea breeze, and cinematic dream of Cannes could be captured in this small space.

"It's so beautiful!"

Liu Yifei observed carefully for a long time, and still couldn't help but sigh.

"Cannes is a bit lazy; all the Palme d'Or trophies are exactly the same. The only difference is the certificate each person receives."

Gu Bei looked at the two identical small Palme d'Or trophies, the only inscription on them being the trophy's designer, 'Chopard'. "But I have to say, the Cannes trophy has always been the best-designed."

Liu Yifei nodded in agreement.

While the two were chatting,
Xavier Bois, the winner of the Jury Prize, has also gone backstage.
His God and His Men were both highly anticipated films with a 3.1 rating in the festival publication, just like Gu Bei. The two films won the second and third prizes respectively, but the film with the highest festival publication rating, "Another Year," went home empty-handed.

finally,
On stage, jury president Tim Burton announced the winner of this year's Palme d'Or.
It is Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Uncle Boonmee who can recall past lives.

This young director from Bangkok is quite lucky with awards, having been nominated for Cannes three times and winning every time, from the Un Certain Regard Grand Prize to the Jury Prize, and this year's Palme d'Or.

His method of using non-professional actors and having them improvise on the spot

This allows his films to seamlessly transition between drama and documentary, while also incorporating a touch of uniquely Thai supernatural and mysterious elements.
They are very popular with the jury and have never left Cannes empty-handed so far. "This year, Asian films have had a great year!"

Lee Chang-dong, who was standing nearby, couldn't help but speak when he heard who won the Palme d'Or.

Gu Bei looked around.
This year's Cannes awards were split evenly between Asia and Europe.

The Palme d'Or went to Thailand, Best Director and Best Actress both went to China, and Best Screenplay went to South Korea.

The Grand Jury Prize and the Jury Award were both awarded to French actors, while the Best Actor award was shared between an Italian and a Spanish actor.
But the Palme d'Or went to Asian films after six years, and the Un Certain Regard award also went to South Korea, which basically means that Asia has overtaken Europe.

After the awards ceremony,

For these award winners, however, it's not over yet.
First, they went on stage and gave the media ample time to take photos; these will be the headlines of major media outlets tomorrow.
Next comes the press conference, where I will be interviewed by various media outlets.

There have been quite a few unexpectedly good movies this year.
The Palme d'Or was awarded in a way that was somewhat unexpected.
Even Gu Bei felt that Apichatpong's own tropical disease back then was more authentic than Uncle Boonmee's ability to recall his past life in this year's film, even though the former only won the Jury Prize back then.

During the interviews, the media focused their attention primarily on Apichatpong Weerasethakul.

Even in the jury interviews following their winners' interviews,
The media is also paying more attention to the major upset at the Palme d'Or.
However, the jury president, Tim Burton, was also asked: "Was there any dispute among the jury members for this year's Best Actress award? Have you considered splitting the award equally, just like you did for the Best Actor award?"

"I've never even considered it!"

Tim Burton sat behind the long table for the interview.
Facing the media in the audience, he said very firmly, "Although at the very beginning, we had other choices for the award recipient."

However, after discussion, everyone firmly and unanimously chose Liu Yifei. We believe that her performance was the best of this year, and she deserves to be the sole recipient of the Best Actress award.

in addition,

Regarding the choice of sharing the Best Actor award,

This was not the result of a compromise among the jury members.
Rather, we all agreed that their performances were equally excellent, which is why, after communicating with the organizing committee, we chose to have the award shared equally between the two outstanding actors.

The other judges did not react to Tim Burton's answer.

Tim Burton's answer undoubtedly gave a strong endorsement to all three acting award winners, indicating that the decision on each award was unanimously made by the jury members.

The interviews with the winners and the jury lasted for over an hour, even longer than the awards ceremony itself.

This is considered normal at film festivals.
Essentially, film festivals are still a place for film professionals to exchange ideas.

The red carpet and awards ceremonies that attract public attention are actually the film festival's calling card to the outside world.

This year's Cannes Film Festival has come to an end. The film market will continue for some time, but the really important deals have already been largely finalized.

After the awards ceremony,

Rose Pictures hosted a small party.
Although they didn't win the Palme d'Or, they were the biggest winners at this year's Cannes Film Festival.
Due to the 3D craze brought about by Avatar, there is now a severe shortage of high-quality 3D movies worldwide, and Gravity has been the object of pursuit for all distributors since the first day of its screening.

Even though the primary language of Gravity is Chinese, it did not dampen the enthusiasm of the publishers in the slightest.

After all, Gu Bei also produced an English version that doesn't require subtitles, so publishers can freely choose between the two versions, or even dub a local version themselves.

If Rose Pictures sold the distribution rights outright...

This is estimated to set a new record for the highest transaction amount in the Cannes Film Festival!
She also won the Best Director and Best Actress awards.
Gravity's trip to Cannes this time,
It can be said to be a result that perfectly balances commerce and art.

"Can I have just a little more?"

Liu Yifei blushed slightly, grabbed Gu Bei's arm, blinked her eyes, and said to Gu Bei with a pleading look.

Seeing her like this, Gu Bei felt a headache coming on.

It's a dilemma whether to let her drink it or not!
finally,
Gu Bei still hardened his heart,

He grabbed Liu Yifei's slender wrist and said firmly, "No!"

After saying that, he turned to Antonio, who was in charge of arranging the queue, and said, "You're in charge of the rest of the party. You'd better not cause any trouble."

You're bad~

Liu Yifei stomped her foot.

Her eyes were fixed on the wine bottle on the table, her lips pursed, and she looked very dissatisfied with Gu Bei's domineering and arbitrary behavior.

Well, they're all this drunk!

Gu Bei had a headache.

Liu Yifei was even more drunk this time than at the Golden Horse Awards after-party.

At least that time she maintained her usual aloof personality and didn't reveal too much of her true self when she was out in public.

But this time, perhaps because most of the attendees were employees of Rose Pictures,

These people have been working with her for the past ten days or so in Cannes.

Therefore, she felt the environment was relatively safe, and she drank it without any burden.
Even now, while still outside, she has completely lost her usual aloof demeanor.

"Let's go!"

Gu Bei led Liu Yifei back to the hotel.

Today, Cannes has ended, and the media has finished their work, so they don't need to worry too much. Gu Bei pulled Liu Yifei back to his room and made her a cup of hangover tea.

After Liu Yifei finished drinking, she put the cup on the coffee table and lay down.

Go to bed!

Gu Bei nudged her.

They're still on the sofa in the suite.
Liu Yifei simply lay down directly on his lap.

He couldn't even take a shower, so he had to wake Liu Yifei up.

"Hmm~"

Liu Yifei slightly opened her eyes and immediately saw the light on the ceiling. She found it extremely dazzling, and her beautiful phoenix eyes narrowed instantly.

Looking at her adorable appearance, Gu Bei felt a pang of emotion and couldn't help but shake his head with amusement.

Liu Yifei suddenly grabbed his collar and pulled it down.

"what's wrong?"

Gu Bei's heart skipped a beat. Looking at Chi Chi's flushed face so close to his, he wanted to lean in and kiss her.

Liu Yifei pushed away the hand that was grabbing hers, blocking Gu Bei's cheek as he leaned in.

She chuckled: "You didn't think I was going to kiss you, did you?"

Subsequently,

She pointed to the light on the ceiling, indicating that she pulled him because of the light: "It's all from alcohol, it smells so bad!"

You dislike me?

Gu Bei smelled the strong scent of alcohol emanating from Liu Yifei, along with a faint fragrance mixed in. Who had drunk more alcohol?
"It's okay, I don't dislike you!"

Gu Bei said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)