Chinese entertainment director: I can wholesale Best Actress awards.

Beijing Film Academy, Dean's Office

Zhang Huijun sat in the main seat.

Secondly, Tian Zhuangzhuang and other department heads, as well as the mentors of the directing department, were also present.

The male secretary handed the brewed tea to everyone.

"Thank you!" Lu Chen took the teacup and sat up straight.

The office is full of big shots from the Beijing Film Academy; I'm just a nobody.

Today marks two days since Cannes announced its shortlist.

The discussion is even more heated than when it was first announced.

When I arrived at the academy, I could feel everyone looking at me and discussing me.

"Lu Chen, have some tea!" Zhang Huijun looked at Lu Chen with admiration in his eyes.

Her debut film was selected for the main competition at this year's Cannes International Film Festival.

And as a freshman in the directing department.

These words.

It's alright when you're alone.

They are connected together.

It's simply unbelievable.

The three major international film festivals are considered the highest stage by filmmakers. Countless renowned directors strive to enter these festivals, hoping to win a single individual award. To break through, they must compete with works by world-renowned directors.

This level of difficulty is absolutely hellish.

A director's freshman's debut film was shortlisted.

The mainland Chinese film and television industry now.

Everyone's asking this.

Who is Lu Chen?

I've never heard of it before.

This incident, which involved using connections, only caused a stir within the college and was reported by only one media outlet, the Southern Entertainment Daily, and it wasn't even on the front page.

Therefore, people in the industry and the audience who know Lu Chen can basically be ignored.

So who is Lu Chen?

Everyone in the film and television industry is asking this now.

Of course, the next day.

I knew who it was.

Because the Beijing Film Academy displayed a congratulatory banner on its official website.

#Congratulations to Lu Chen, a student from the 2005 Directing Department of our college, for his film "Shoplifters" being shortlisted for the main competition of the 59th Cannes International Film Festival#

Banners were hung up inside the college.

They even spent money to get the Beijing media to report on it.

This needs to be promoted properly.

Freshmen in the directing department.

His first film was shortlisted for Cannes.

This proves once again that the Beijing Film Academy will always be a cradle for cultivating renowned directors.

"Now, who still says our directing department can't produce directors?" Tian Zhuangzhuang has been sleeping with a smile on his face these past two days, receiving congratulatory phone calls every day.

The head of the photography department was a little embarrassed when he heard this.

"Lu Chen, you've really brought honor to Beijing Film Academy." Zhang Huijun was particularly shocked when he first heard the news.

Newly enrolled directing students.

Your first film was shortlisted for Cannes?

I thought it was a joke.

I didn't expect it to be true.

It's the same Lu Chen who caused such a stir in the college back then.

"It's all thanks to the academy's excellent training that I have achieved what I have today." Lu Chen was particularly humble in front of the dean of Beijing Film Academy, exaggerating the academy's contributions.

"Lu Chen, you'll be leaving for Cannes next month. If you need any help, just let the academy know, including if you don't understand anything," Zhang Huijun said, looking at Tian Zhuangzhuang.

Tian Zhuangzhuang immediately understood. "Dean, I will take the time to explain the rules of the Cannes Film Festival to Lu Chen."

The three major international organizations have some unspoken rules.

These are not placed on the table.

As a new director, Lu Chen certainly wouldn't know that.

"Lu Chen, if there's anything you don't understand, you can ask us." The heads of other departments and professors at Beijing Film Academy told Lu Chen to speak up if he needed anything.

Especially the head and mentors of the photography department, looking at Lu Chen with such eyes, they wished they could recruit him to the photography department, since the photography department of Beijing Film Academy is the one that produces directors.

Lu Chen expressed his gratitude to the enthusiastic directors and mentors one by one.

Afterwards, we talked about some things related to movies, and then I left the academy.

For Lu Chen now, the academy is open to him, and he can come and go as he pleases. To ask for leave, he only needs to make a phone call to Director Tian Zhuangzhuang.

To receive such treatment.

The fact that "Shoplifters" was nominated for Cannes shocked the entire Chinese film and television industry.

……

three days later

Beiping, Wu Family Lamb Hot Pot

"Are you sure you can eat all this?" Lu Chen was once again forced to treat everyone to a meal at a hot pot restaurant near the Beijing Film Academy.

Of course, I was just joking when I said that.

"Lu Chen, 'Shoplifters' has been nominated for Cannes, and you've become famous in the industry. How much does it cost to treat us to a hot pot meal? Don't be so stingy." Yang Mi said, putting lamb into the hot pot and opening a bottle of beer for each of them.

"Okay, okay, eat up, eat up. Once you're full, none of you should go back."

"If we're not going back, we're not going back, right, Qianqian?" Yang Mi looked at Liu Yifei and winked.

"If I don't go home tonight, my mom will scold me." When Liu Yifei came out, her mother told her not to stay out overnight.

"Xixi, I blinked, you don't understand? We were just trying to scare Lu Chen," Yang Mi said, laughing.

Are you trying to scare me?

Lu Chen wanted to say, "If you're so capable, lie in bed and see if I'll actually do it."

"Lu Chen, look, you're a big celebrity now." At this moment, Yang Mi handed him a newspaper.

The title is very catchy.

#Let's delve into the mind of Lu Chen, the only Chinese-language director nominated for Cannes this year#

In the article content.

It tells the story of director Lu Chen's childhood.

He said that when he was five years old, he aspired to be a great director.

As he grew up, he didn't go to a prestigious university but insisted on attending the Beijing Film Academy. His dream of becoming a director since childhood has never changed, which led to his Cannes nomination.

Lu Chen looked at the anonymous tabloid and was speechless at what it said. It was so fabricated that even the author himself didn't know about it.

"You took the wrong one, look at this newspaper." Yang Mi quickly took it back and got a new one.

Film Gazette.

The most well-known film-related newspaper in China.

#The most anticipated filmmaker of 2006—Lu Chen, a freshman in the Directing Department of Beijing Film Academy#

The article first discusses the prestige of the Cannes Film Festival and the difficulty of getting nominated. Because of the difficulty, most Chinese directors aim for the Berlin and Venice Film Festivals.

For a newcomer to even make it to the finals shows just how extraordinary their talent is.

After introducing Cannes, the text then mentions Lu Chen, a newcomer.

Because there is very little information, most of it is just what students from the Beijing Film Academy said.

Lu Chen, this new director, is still quite mysterious.

"Lu Chen, there's even more discussion about you in the academy now than before." Liu Yifei was happy for Lu Chen.

Lu Chen was stunned for a moment. The memory of the #backdoor incident# was attacking him again.

"Of course, this is a good discussion, different from before." Liu Yifei smiled awkwardly, then continued, "If we can win another trophy, Lu Chen, you will be recorded in the history of the Beijing Film Academy."

"Sisi, this achievement is already worthy of being recorded in the history of the hospital." Yang Mi said, then asked about something else, "By the way, Lu Chen, what about Liu Yan? Wasn't she always by your side before?"

I haven't seen Liu Yan these past few days.

Sometimes I really worry.

With Liu Yan around, Lu Chen stopped playing with him.

"What, do you want me to call her over?" Lu Chen said, taking out his phone.

"No need, no need, this is a gathering of us Beijing Film Academy students." Yang Mi said, picking up her glass to toast Lu Chen. "Lu Chen, I wish you great success in Cannes next month."

Lu Chen picked up his wine glass and drank it all in one gulp. Seeing that Qianqian wanted to drink with him, he said, "You're both young ladies, aren't you afraid of getting drunk?"

"Lu Chen, you're not an outsider. You're my and Qianqian's best friend in the world." Yang Mi said, putting her arm around Lu Chen—in a friendly way, of course. "Lu Chen, for your next project, shouldn't you consider us, your two best friends?"