This director is so innocent.

Chapter 98: Winning an Award and Becoming Famous?

The Cannes Film Festival closed on May 27.

The closing film was "Dark Ages" by Ingo director John Boorman, a film that tells a story about dreams.

At 6:30 p.m., the Cannes Film Festival held its 60th grand closing red carpet ceremony.

Section Chief Jia and actress Zhao Tao were the first to step onto the red carpet.

If Yu Nan is Wang Quan'an's muse, then Zhao Tao is Section Chief Jia's muse; the two have been together for seven or eight years now.

Subsequently, Yang Ziqiong appeared in front of the media's flashing lights in a black dress, her elegant oriental smile captivating everyone.

Jane Fonda's appearance created a beautiful climax in the atmosphere.

Carole Bouquet, a film star from the host country France, possesses a captivating charm that outshines all others.

Alain Delon, on the other hand, was impeccably charming, revealing the dignified and respected nature of this French national treasure of filmmaking.

After a long wait, Su Jin, along with Liu Shishi, Zhang Guoli, and Yu Nan, stepped onto the red carpet, eliciting screams from many people.

After all, beautiful things are always favored by the heavens!

The awards ceremony began at 7:30.

The venue was still the Lumière Hall, and the host was still the beautiful Diane Kruger, the host of the opening ceremony.

By the way, the Un Certain Regard category has already announced its winners, with the "Best Film" award going to the Romanian film "California Dream".

"California Dream" is the first feature film directed by Romanian director Cristiano Nemescu, and also his last work.

This young director, born in 1979, died in a car accident last August at the age of 28.

Diao Yinan and Li Yang had no harvest.

To thank Section Chief Jia for his hard work in this year's event, Cannes awarded him the "60th Anniversary Special Contribution Award".

The Cannes Film Festival awards a total of eight prizes.

Palme d'Or, Grand Jury Prize, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Screenplay, Jury Prize, Camera d'Or.

The Palme d'Or is a consensus among the judges, the Grand Jury Prize is a consensus among most judges and is second only to the Palme d'Or, and the Jury Prize is something that two or three judges particularly like and argue about (arbitrarily).

The first award presented was the Camera d'Or, which was shared by Israeli directors Edgar Kret and Sheila Geffen.

The second award is the Jury Prize, a tie for "Persepolis" and "Silent Sun".

The third award is for Best Screenplay, which went to Firth Arkin for "On the Other Side of Life".

Su Jin was somewhat pleased to see that "The Coffin in the Mountain" hadn't won any of the first three awards.

The first three awards were just consolation prizes and not worth mentioning.

The real highlight is the last five awards.

The fourth is Best Actor.

Su Jin turned to look at Zhang Guoli, and could clearly see the solemnity on his face, and his legs were trembling involuntarily.

Zhang Guoli knew her chances of winning were slim, but since she was standing there, who wouldn't have some doubts? What if the judges were blind?

It's worth noting that last year's Cannes Film Festival awarded five Best Actor and six Best Actress awards.

Shortly afterward, at the announcement of jury president Stephen Ferris, Constantine, the lead actor in the Russian film "The Expulsion," won the Best Actor award.

He was unable to attend due to unforeseen circumstances, so he asked director Andrei to accept the award on his behalf.

"Brother, it's my fortune to have it, and my fate to lose it," Su Jin comforted him.

Zhang Guoli forced a smile but remained silent.

Next up was Best Director, and Su Jin started to get nervous.

When he received the invitation, he pondered for a long time and found that there were only three awards he was most likely to win: the Jury Grand Prize, Best Director, and the Jury Award.

Ok?

Su Jin suddenly felt a pair of small hands holding his. He turned his head and saw Sister Xia smiling sweetly at him, as if to say, "Don't be nervous, I'm here for you."

What a load of rubbish!

Stephen Ferris announced the results: Julian Schnabel won for "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly".

Upon hearing the result, Su Jin felt both disappointed and a little excited. She hoped he wouldn't get the Palme d'Or!

I'd better stop dreaming; it looks like this is the jury's grand prize.

Then another question arises: Naomi Kawase also came, and so far, she hasn't won a single award.

Could it be a double-yolk egg?

On the other hand, if Qingdi were the chairman of this year's judging panel, given his protective nature, he would definitely deserve a double Palme d'Or!

While we were pondering, the Best Actress award was announced, and it went to Jeon Do-yeon, the lead actress in "Secret Sunshine".

Next came the jury's grand prize, and just as he had guessed, it was a tie.

Naomi Kawase's "The Forest of the Trees" and his "The Coffin in the Mountain" both won awards.

Double yolk eggs it is!

Better than nothing.

Liu Shishi excitedly hugged Su Jin, and the official cameras focused on them.

At this moment, viewers in China watching on television also saw this scene through the movie channel's broadcast.

Many people have discovered that the director of "The Coffin in the Mountain" is incredibly handsome!

Amidst enthusiastic applause, Su Jin and Naomi Halan went on stage to receive their awards.

After shaking hands with French film star Carole Bouquet, he gave her a cheek kiss and accepted the small roll of the award certificate.

Following the principle of ladies first, Su Jin let Naomi Kawase give her acceptance speech first, while she went to shake hands with the judges.

Naomi Kawase spoke in Japanese for two or three minutes before stopping, and even shed tears when she got emotional.

Compared to her, Su Jin's acceptance speech was much shorter.

"Bonjourà tous, je m"appelle Sujin.

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After finishing with French, I switched directly to English.

"Hello everyone, I'm Su Jin."

After thanking the organizers, the crew, and even the bandit leader Zuo Shandiao, Su Jin continued, "To receive recognition from the hall of fame for my first film is both an encouragement and a pressure for me."

I hope that I can carry this pressure with me, and next year, with even better work, stand here again and win the Palme d'Or.

After saying that, Su Jin switched back to Chinese, held up the small reel, and shouted, "Mom, did you see that? Your son won an award!"

Ms. Meng Yanjun, who was watching the television, was both amused and exasperated by what she saw.

Comrade Lao Su was also there, and he was quite pleased to see his son win the award.

When Su Jin insisted on applying to an art school, he was a little reluctant, thinking that he should go to a third-tier university or a junior college, and he would arrange things for her after graduation, or ask his father-in-law.

Unexpectedly, after entering university, Su Jin gave him more and more surprises. First, she suddenly revealed herself to be a writer, and now she has won one of the most prestigious awards in the arts.

After bowing deeply to express her gratitude, Su Jin posed for a group photo with award presenters Carole Bouquet and Naomi Kawase before leaving the stage.

Along the way, many foreigners congratulated him, and Su Jin smiled, nodded to each of them, and politely replied with "thank you".

Upon reaching her seat, Liu Shishi eagerly stretched out her hand and excitedly said, "Brother Jin, let me see!"

Su Jin smiled and handed her the certificate.

Liu Shishi took the certificate, carefully untied the red ribbon binding it, and gently opened the certificate, her eyes falling on the words on it.

Yu Nan and Zhang Guoli also came over, wanting to see what the Cannes award certificate actually looked like.

After looking at the certificate, Liu Shishi asked, puzzled, "Brother Jin, why isn't there a trophy for this award?"

"The Jury Grand Prize and the Jury Prize only come with certificates, not trophies," Su Jin explained.

"Why not? I see other awards have them."

"Well, strictly speaking, the Jury Grand Prize and the Jury Award are not official awards. They are just added because the jury members have difficulty deciding which one they particularly like."

Over time, this became a tradition, and these two awards became the second most prestigious awards in Cannes after the Palme d'Or.

Both awards will not be presented with trophies until 2018; until then, they will only be certificates.

During the conversation, Stephen Ferres announced that the Palme d'Or was won by Romanian director Cristin Mungiu's "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days".

Afterwards, all the award winners went on stage for a group photo.

After the awards ceremony, the winners followed the judging panel to the press conference hall to attend a press conference.

Off-screen, when "The Coffin in the Mountain" won the Jury Prize, Huang Jiaqiang and his staff were bombarded with calls from film companies wanting to buy the rights.

After a night of negotiations, the film "The Coffin in the Mountain" sold its rights to 37 more countries and regions, earning 363 million euros.

Adding the previous 170 million euros, that's 553 million euros.

The North American rights also increased several times over, as major Hollywood giants such as Sony and Warner Bros. joined the buying frenzy.

Ultimately, 20th Century Fox acquired the North American rights for $3 million, including the adaptation rights and the North American rights.

If it had won the Palme d'Or, it might have sold for $500 million, but unfortunately it didn't.

But $300 million is not bad.

Japan and South Korea also sold their shares, bringing the total value of the two countries' sales to $120 million.

5 month 28 day.

Afternoon, Nice Airport.

The crew of "The Coffin in the Mountain" returned home with a full load of good news.

This trip to Cannes was very rewarding and worthwhile.

Winning the Jury Prize, second only to the Palme d'Or, and receiving copyright fees of €553 + $430, which translates to 8031 ​​in red banknotes.

Million.

The total cost for all personnel over 13 days was 70 euros.

Of that, 16 yuan was for the rental of haute couture gowns by Xia Jie and Yu Nan.

With the copyright selling so well, it's natural to give bonuses to the main creators of the production team: Zhang Guoli 30, Yu Nan, Liu Hua, and Guo Tao 25 each, Fan Wei 20, and Xia Jie 10.

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Su Jin herself will naturally get a share, as she is the director, screenwriter, and lead actress. It's not unreasonable for her to take 60 yuan!

Huang Jiaqiang and Zhong Lilao also received 20 and 30 respectively.

Don't think that Zhong Libai came from nowhere. She was the one who negotiated with Hollywood companies. It can be said that she played a major role in securing the $300 million North American rights.

Otherwise, at most it would be a little over two million US dollars.

The staff who came along were also given a bonus equivalent to one month's salary.

It was morning in China at that time.

News articles about Su Jin winning the Jury Prize were published one after another.

Su Jin won the Jury Grand Prix at the 60th Cannes Film Festival.

Su Jin returns triumphant from her campaign in Cannes.

[Su Jin becomes the third person in Cannes history, following Zhang Yimou and Jiang Wen, to win the Grand Jury Prize.]

Su Jin is only 22 years old this year. Just how bright is his future?

You'll never know how talented Su Jin is.

[Shocking: Su Jin actually did this in high school?!]

The previous news items were all official and quite serious.

Then there are some smaller media outlets, and also press releases from Jianmu Media.

There has been a lot of discussion about it online.

"Su Jin is awesome."

When will "The Coffin in the Mountain" be released? There's been absolutely no news about it!

"I don't know. I heard from Zhang Guoli that it's supposed to be released during the summer season—but you should at least give me a specific date!"

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"I heard that the applause for the Cannes premiere of 'The Coffin in the Mountain' lasted for eight minutes. Is that true?"

"It's true. My cousin's uncle's brother's friend's daughter's best friend said it herself."

"Dude, could the news be any more fake?"

"Exactly, they can't even be a little more professional when they're trying to be online trolls."

"I'm telling the truth, I'm not lying to you. I am that best friend. Also, I'm not a guy, I'm a girl, a girl, a girl."

After saying that, as if afraid the other person wouldn't believe him, he uploaded a selfie.

The girl in the photo had skin as smooth as jade, eyebrows as fine as ink, bright and sparkling eyes, and a sweet and pure smile with slightly upturned corners of her mouth.

"hiss."

The men in front of the screen gasped when they saw the photo, then immediately started typing furiously on the keyboard.

Soon, dozens or even hundreds of comments appeared, all replying to this one comment and asking to be friends.

In a certain room, a disheveled, unkempt, greasy-haired, and over 200-pound fat man laughed happily when he saw so many people replying.

He lit a cigarette and replied slowly and deliberately.

On the morning of the 29th, the plane landed safely in Beijing.

Wearing sunglasses, Su Jin had just stepped out of the airport when she saw a huge crowd of people holding signs and flowers running towards her.

They were mostly young and beautiful girls, and they were all very excited.

"Ah ...

"Su Jin, Su Jin————"

In addition, he also saw many reporters running alongside him with their cameras and microphones.

Su Jin was dumbfounded. How could a jury prize gain so many fans?

He never received the treatment of fans greeting him when he left the airport before.

Before he could think any further, the crowd had already rushed up to him.

If airport security hadn't seen the situation and spontaneously stepped forward to maintain order, he would have instinctively run away.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

"Su Jin, how does it feel to win this award?"

"Su Jin, when will 'The Coffin in the Mountain' be released?"

Media reporters held microphones up to Su Jin and kept asking questions.

Zhong Li stepped forward and said, "Dear reporters, Su Jin has just returned. She took a 12-hour flight and needs to rest."

We will hold a press conference to answer these questions when we return to the company.

"Friends, please make way. This is an airport. Please do not obstruct others' passage."

Su Jin gave the reporters an apologetic smile, then walked up to the fans and said, "Are you all my fans?"

"Yes," everyone said in unison.

Upon receiving confirmation, Su Jin was somewhat surprised. Where did these people come from?

Logically speaking, a Cannes Jury Prize shouldn't have such a strong ability to attract fans.

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