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Chapter 129 An Absurd Little Thing (Please Subscribe)

"What happened?"

Xiao Weiming's heart tightened, and he immediately stood up with a very serious expression.

"Don't panic!" Chen Huaikai patted Xiao Weiming on the shoulder when he saw his reaction: "Something happened to the 'Nezha Conquers the Dragon King' crew."

Xiao Weiming breathed a slight sigh of relief, then asked, "What happened?"

"Shanghai Fine Arts Factory came to Cannes this time with the same goal as us: to enter the main competition."

Chen Huaikai sat down and explained to the people who had gathered around him, "However, they entrusted the process to China Film Group. The problem is that China Film Group only registered them, but when they submitted the film, it was a few days late, past the Cannes deadline."

"What will happen then?" Zhang Jinling asked, puzzled.

Xiao Weiming sighed and said, "The Nezha Conquers the Dragon King crew made a wasted trip."

Huang Wenbin felt relieved; he had thought someone had run away.

That's a really big deal.

"They had to submit the film on time before the Cannes Film Festival committee could schedule a screening."

Li Hanxiang casually explained, saying with a hint of amusement, "Otherwise, Cannes would only treat them as participants, and they would definitely miss out on awards, and their influence would be incomparable."

Zhang Jinling was somewhat puzzled: "How could China Film Group make such a basic mistake?"

"It's not necessarily China Film Group's problem." Xiao Weiming subconsciously defended China Film Group, explaining, "If Shanghai Animation Film Studio didn't give the copy to China Film Group in time, there was nothing they could do."

Huang Wenbin said calmly, "Ultimately, it's because they all lacked experience, which caused problems with their coordination."

"What do we do now?" Zhang Jinling, with her strong empathy, asked worriedly, "We can't just have come all this way for nothing, can we? Is there anything we can do to help?"

Li Hanxiang shook his head: "There's nothing you can do about these things; once you miss it, it's gone."

Zhang Jinling couldn't help but feel disappointed: "That's such a pity."

Chen Huaikai thought of "Let the Bullets Fly." He had previously wanted to go international through China Film Group, but he didn't expect that the copyright would be bought by Li Hanxiang.

China Film Group has been responsible for the overseas distribution of most domestic films for many years. Judging from their arrogant attitude, they should have achieved some success, but the result is that they have suffered losses year after year.

Whether there was any foul play involved, Chen Huaikai dared not say for sure, but the presence of parasites was a consensus among many filmmakers.

Whether this incident was an accident or intentionally orchestrated by someone is obviously unknown to outsiders.

Chen Huaikai couldn't help but lament how difficult it is for Chinese films to go global.

"Is it completely beyond repair?" Zhang Jinling couldn't help but feel sad for the "Nezha Conquers the Dragon King" crew. "They prepared so hard, even traveling all the way abroad, and now they're just going to go back like this?"

Huang Wenbin couldn't help but sigh, thankfully his side hadn't made such a mistake before, otherwise he would have been furious.

He began, "Director Xiao, didn't you meet with the chairman of the organizing committee this morning? Is there any way to salvage the situation?"

Xiao Weiming considered for a moment, then immediately stood up and said, "I'm going to find the chairman of the organizing committee. You all stay here and don't move around. If anyone tries to interview you, don't say anything!"

Huang Wenbin lightly kicked Li Hanxiang and said, "Don't you have friends here? Help them out too."

"It has nothing to do with me." Li Heizi didn't want to get involved in this mess.

"We're all Chinese, helping them is helping ourselves," Huang Wenbin advised. "The overall status of Chinese films has improved, which is also beneficial to Hong Kong."

Li Hanxiang grinned and pointed at Huang Wenbin, saying, "I don't listen to these grand theories. I'll just ask you one question: I've helped you with this, can you give me another good script? Remember, not something like 'The Trail of the Japanese Pirates,' but something exciting, profound, entertaining, and easy to film."

"There will be plenty of opportunities for cooperation in the future, there's no need to rush." ​​Huang Wenbin didn't agree directly, but instead persuaded her from a different angle: "If you help Shanghai Animation Film Studio, it will increase your good impression on the authorities, and you will get more convenience when you film 'The Legend of Empress Dowager Cixi'."

"That's true." Li Hanxiang nodded, stood up, and followed Xiao Weiming: "Mr. Xiao, wait for me, let's go together."

This incident, while not insignificant, is not particularly major either.

The scary thing is that similar small problems will keep happening, and often these small problems will ruin a great situation.

Because of this matter, the visit to Akira Kurosawa has been postponed until after the opening ceremony tomorrow.

More than an hour later, Tang Guoqiang returned to his room.

Huang Wenbin was writing his novel when he turned to look at Tang Guoqiang: "How's the situation?"

Tang Guoqiang washed his face and turned to look at Huang Wenbin: "You all know?"

"Hmm." Huang Wenbin nodded. "I have a general idea."

Tang Guoqiang sighed, "A promising situation, ruined in an instant."

"What exactly happened?" Huang Wenbin asked.

Tang Guoqiang clearly didn't want to elaborate, simply stating, "It was an oversight by the staff of China Film Group that they failed to submit the film to the Cannes Film Festival organizing committee in a timely manner. Therefore, Cannes directly ruled that 'Nezha Conquers the Dragon King' had withdrawn from the competition."

Huang Wenbin actually felt that even if an animated film made it into the main competition, it wouldn't win any awards.

However, the level of attention it brings is truly incomparable, and its boost to the morale of domestic animated films is also immeasurable.

It's basically a washout now, and we'll probably have to head straight home.

Huang Wenbin asked, "So what's next?"

"I don't know." Tang Guoqiang wiped the water off his face with a towel and said softly, "Director Wang and Manager Hu have both gone to the organizing committee. Hopefully, it will have a good outcome."

Around 7 p.m., Xiao Weiming and the others returned together.

The story of "Nezha Conquers the Dragon King" has come to a conclusion, which is neither good nor bad.

Firstly, there's no way to salvage the main competition, but the Cannes organizing committee has decided to give "Nezha Conquers the Dragon King" a special screening opportunity, and many media outlets will be invited to attend, which is a good publicity opportunity.

If "Nezha Conquers the Dragon King" receives a good response, it should attract the interest of many foreign film companies.

Among the crowd, only Hu Jian, the deputy manager of China Film Group, was relatively satisfied with the result.

Whether he wins the award or not is irrelevant to him; this honor has little to do with him.

If he had the opportunity to sell the film and earn foreign exchange, he would consider it a great achievement.

Director Wang Shuchen was unwilling but helpless. He also thanked the crew of "Let the Bullets Fly" for their help. Now he hopes that the crew of "Let the Bullets Fly" can shine in the main competition unit and win back some face for Chinese films.

At nine o'clock in the evening, Huang Wenbin informed Xiao Weiming and went out to pick up two friends from the airport.

Xiao Weiming casually asked who his friend was.

Huang Wenbin didn't hide anything and said directly that he was from Hong Kong's Civilized People Film Company and had co-produced "The Cotton Robe" with Xi'an Film Studio, and was planning to bring it here for screening.

Upon hearing that it was a co-production, Xiao Weiming immediately nodded in agreement.

The people who came were naturally Xu Xiaoming and Chung Chuh-hung.

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