Chapter 135: Going to Cannes as a jury member, this director has no rules

Chapter 135: Going to Cannes as a jury member, this director has no rules

Chapter 135: Going to Cannes as a jury member, this director has no moral integrity

"Director Zhou."

Huan Tiankong had been working on the later stage for a few days, and Zhou Qing went to take a look before leaving.

I found that the other party was indeed strictly following my requirements, without any deviation or error.

Zhou Qing couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction.

He explained some issues to the other party in detail and left with peace of mind.

I have worked with this team many times, and their capabilities are indeed top-notch in the country.

And I already have some understanding of my own style.

In addition, Zhou Qing has made a detailed progress schedule for the other party this time, so even if he is in Cannes for most of the next half month, there will be no problems here.

"Director Chen."

After returning to the studio, I called Director Chen over again and discussed some relevant matters with him.

All in all, the things at hand have been arranged almost.

Zhou Qing then asked Xiao Liu to book a plane ticket for him and embarked on his journey to Cannes.

"It's Director Zhou!"

“He must be going to Cannes to serve as a jury member!”

Because he did not deliberately conceal his itinerary, Zhou Qingren was surrounded by a large number of reporters as soon as he appeared at the airport.

Zhou Qing did not avoid the question and accepted the interview with reporters openly.

"Director Zhou, you are at the airport this time. Are you flying to the Cannes Film Festival to serve as a judge?"

"Yes, the filming of "Hearing Girl" has been completed and the film festival is about to open. It's time to go."

"Director Zhou, you are the youngest judge in the history of the Cannes Film Festival. Some people think you are too young to be a judge. What do you want to say?"

"I am indeed a little young, I don't deny that, but I have also achieved certain results through my own efforts. As for whether I am qualified, I think the fact that the Cannes organizing committee invited me is enough to prove the problem."

"Since Director Zhou has accepted the invitation to serve as a Cannes jury member, does that mean you will attend the next Cannes Film Festival?"

"There is no necessary connection between the two. I have just finished filming "Hearing Girl". What will be my next film, when will it be filmed, and whether it will participate in the three major films are still unknown."

Zhou Qing found that he was becoming more and more dedicated to his work, and subconsciously took every opportunity to promote "The Hearing Girl".

"Is Director Zhou really not going to compete for the position of Olympic chief director? The organizing committee has already invited Master Zhang, I wonder if Director Zhou has also received the invitation?"

Zhou Qing couldn't help but take another look at the reporter from Sougu Entertainment. He really didn't expect to be asked questions in this regard.

But there’s nothing wrong with this answer.

"Due to comprehensive considerations, I am sure I will not compete for the position of Olympic chief director. At the same time, I would like to congratulate Master Zhang for receiving the invitation from the organizing committee."

"Master Zhang is a very capable director. I believe he will give a satisfactory answer."

"Director Zhou..."

After being interviewed for more than half an hour, Zhou Qing finally got rid of the reporters and walked into the airport.

"The reporter photographed Director Zhou Qing at the airport. It has been confirmed that Director Zhou Qing flew to Cannes to serve as a jury member of the film festival."

"Zhou Qing, the youngest jury member in the history of the three major European countries, is leaving for Cannes, and his directorial career has reached a new peak."

"The controversial director Zhou Qing is not afraid of controversy and doubts and goes to Cannes to serve as a jury member in a high-profile manner."

Related news reports quickly leaked out.

The name "Zhou Qing" has once again made its presence felt in the circle.

It is foreseeable that after returning from Cannes, Zhou Qing's status will be further improved compared to before.

The three major European film festivals are definitely the holy land for showing off.

"Director Zhou!"

When we arrived at the Cannes airport, people from the film festival organizing committee were already waiting there.

After some friendly greetings, Zhou Qing hurriedly got into the organizing committee's car surrounded by reporters.

Go straight to the hotel where the organizing committee is staying.

"Hello Director Zhou, I'm Emil Kusturica. You're a very talented and gifted director. I've heard of your name a long time ago."

"I have seen your films "Departures" and "La La Land", they are both very well made, I am glad that you can join the jury."

The chairman of the jury, Emil Kusturica, personally received Zhou Qing and was very polite.

"Hello Director Amir, you are so polite."

Zhou Qing also politely shook hands with Emile and greeted him, not daring to underestimate him in the slightest.

You should know that this person is also a great god.

Because he is a director from Sarajevo, Emile is not very famous in China and not many people know him.

Even Zhou Qing went to find out more about the other party only after he knew that he was the chairman of the jury.

I was really shocked when I found out about this.

Emil is definitely a great god!
First of all, this guy, like Jiang Wen, is an all-round talent who can both direct and act.

The achievements of the movies he starred in were not that impressive, so we won’t mention them for now.

But as a director, my record is very impressive.

Take the Palme d’Or, which made the great poet Chen deified, for example. He has already won two, and also one for Best Director.

That's right, Emile has won three awards in Cannes alone.

So what about the other three major film festivals besides Cannes?
Just as tough.

At the Venice Film Festival, Emil won the Silver Lion for Best New Director and the Silver Lion for Best Director, not to mention other less important awards.

He also won the Silver Bear Special Jury Award at the Berlin Film Festival.

In addition, it was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film!
To be honest, this impressive record is enough to dazzle people even if you look at the global entertainment industry.

"I have also studied your works 'When Dad Was Away on Business' and 'Underground', which have been very helpful to me. I am very happy to serve as a judge with you this year."

As those thoughts flashed through his mind, Zhou Qing responded to Emile with a wave of commercial flattery.

Little did he know that Emile was actually quite amazed by Zhou Qing.

Although this young man doesn't have as many awards as I do, and even only has half of mine, the key is that he is young.

Now, at only 21 years old, he has already won the Silver Bear, the Golden Bear and the Silver Lion!

You know what Emile was doing when he was twenty-one?

Not to mention, Zhou Qing has won major awards for three consecutive films.

One after another, never a miss.

From this perspective, it's a bit scary.

Even Emile was surprised.

"On behalf of the jury, I welcome you. Let's go in!"

After the greeting, Emile warmly invited Zhou Qing in.

The two sides sat together and chatted for a while, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

"Director Zhou has been traveling a long way, so I won't disturb him. All of us on the jury will get together tonight, and I'll let Director Zhou know when the time comes."

Emile did not waste too much time and soon got up and said goodbye tactfully.

As for Zhou Qing?

It's a bit tiring indeed.

You know, it’s quite far from Beijing to Cannes, and it takes more than ten hours by plane.

Fortunately, Zhou Qing is still young and his physical fitness is very good. After resting in the hotel for an hour or two, he was full of energy.

"Director Zhou, how was your rest?"

At about half past six, Emil called.

"Director Emil, I can't wait to meet all the seniors."

Zhou Qing gave this response.

Emile smiled, and then notified Zhou Qing to come and attend their jury meeting.

Zhou Qing didn't waste any time. He simply tidied himself up and quickly came to the corresponding private room.

"Director Zhou!"

"Director Emil."

Emile waved to Zhou Qing, and the two exchanged a few words with a smile.

All eyes from the surroundings looked over.

The other judges were also very interested in this youngest Chinese judge in history.

"Come on, Director Zhou, let me introduce you. Everyone has been wanting to meet you for a long time."

Emile then walked towards the crowd with Zhou Qing, smiling.

"Everyone, this is Director Zhou Qing from China."

"Director Zhou is only 21 years old this year, but he has already won the Silver Bear and the Golden Bear in Berlin, and also won the Silver Lion in Venice last year. I think you should know this without me saying it."

Emile first briefly introduced Zhou Qing to everyone.

"Emile, you talk too much. Zhou Ke is a shining star who has become famous recently. I think none of us has not heard of his name."

A female judge smiled and spoke, and even extended her hand to Zhou Qing.

"Salma Hayek."

"Thank you very much, Ms. Salma, you flatter me."

Zhou Qing smiled, shook hands with the other party and said a simple hello.

In fact, Zhou Qing already had some understanding of the judges in this room without Emil's special introduction.

After all, they were all judges joining the jury together, and Zhou Qing had done his homework in advance.

"Hello, Director Zhou."

"Hello, Mr. Javier."

"Nice to meet you, Director Zhou."

"It's nice to meet you, Mr. Face."

After briefly greeting a group of international filmmakers, Zhou Qing's eyes finally fell on a Chinese face.

It turned out to be the only other Chinese judge besides himself, Wu Yusen.

"Hello, Director Zhou."

"Hello, Director Wu."

Both parties are Chinese filmmakers, so when they meet in a foreign country, they naturally greet each other warmly.

However, Zhou Qing still has a standard in his heart for Wu Yusen.

It's nothing, this famous director Wu really has no moral integrity.

There is no doubt about his ability. He has indeed made many classics and also produced some blockbuster movies in Hollywood.

What can be done is indeed disappointing.

As we all know, Hong Kong entertainment in this era has always been superior to domestic entertainment.

Mainland stars can only play supporting roles to Hong Kong stars.

What's even more fucked up?
Those co-productions were all funded by the mainland!
This means that Hong Kong Island is openly using mainland money and mainland celebrities to support people from Hong Kong and Taiwan!

It is not known who invented this method, but it was definitely Wu Yusen who promoted it.

Wu Yusen and Zhu Yanping openly talked about their "grand plan" in an interview program about how to take advantage of mainland capital, join hands with Taiwanese filmmakers, support the new generation of Hong Kong and Taiwan, and suppress mainland actors.

The specific method is to use the opportunity of directing co-production films to lure mainland stars to play supporting roles for Hong Kong and Taiwan actors, thereby suppressing the status and future of mainland actors.

Wu Yusen introduced this method to many people, and it gradually became popular in Hong Kong Island.

There was such a scene in Andy Lau’s movie “A Simple Life”.

It tells the story of how Hong Kong producers and directors work together to rip off mainland investors.

There is even a special jargon there, called "扎钱".

Take "Red Cliff" for example. The biggest investors are China Film Group and Orange Sky Entertainment, but look at the cast.
The leading actors are almost all stars from Hong Kong and Taiwan, and there are even Japanese stars.

Especially since the heroine Lin Chiling was just a model at that time, but she had Zhao Yanzi play a supporting role.

Didn’t Lin Chi-ling become famous by stepping on Zhao Yanzi?

Later, Chen Jiashang used mainland actors as the leading actors in "Painted Skin", which ended up being a box office hit. The furious Wu Yusen even called Chen Jiashang a Hong Kong traitor.

He accused Chen Jiashang of undermining the "unified stance of directors heading north to Hong Kong Island" and actually "allowing mainland actors to have a chance to come to the fore. It will be your responsibility if they take on the leading roles in co-productions in the future."

So, as a person who has been reborn, knowing all of Wu Yusen's "glorious deeds", it is really difficult for Zhou Qing to have any good feelings towards this person.

As for Wu Yusen?
The reaction was similar to Zhou Qing's.

Firstly, it is the usual arrogance of Hong Kong filmmakers in front of mainland filmmakers, and secondly, they go to Hollywood to spend their money.

Therefore, even if Zhou Qing won many awards in the three major competitions, it was difficult for Wu Yusen to show real respect to him.

After all, Wu Yusen's "Mission: Impossible 5.46" grossed million US dollars worldwide.

Even "Face/Off" grossed as much as 2.46 million US dollars.

This result really beats the entire domestic entertainment industry.

Even Zhang Guoshi's most successful film, "Hero", only grossed 1.77 million US dollars worldwide.

Wu Yusen does have the capital to be arrogant, and he may not really take Zhou Qing seriously.

Of course, there is no need to talk about the fact that the other party's "Windtalkers" bankrupted MGM, one of the eight major Hollywood studios.

But this does not affect everyone's superficial smiles.

Zhou Qing, Wu Yusen and other filmmakers started chatting and laughing, and the atmosphere was very joyful.

"I personally prefer War in Heaven. The film's camera language is amazing. It's really a form of art."

“No, no, no, War in Paradise is great, but you can’t ignore Free Zone because of that.”

Since we are members of the jury, what we discuss the most are, of course, the shortlisted films.

Zhou Qing also expressed his opinions and made comments from time to time, but what he was most concerned about were actually three Chinese films.

One is Wang Xiaoshuai's "Qinghong" and the other is Du Qifeng's "Underworld".

There is also a movie called "The Best Time" by Hou Xiaoxian.

These are the three Chinese-language films shortlisted for the main competition unit of this year's Cannes Film Festival.

For a movie like "Underworld", just being shortlisted for the main competition unit is the end of the road.

There is absolutely no hope of winning the award.

That is, "Qinghong" and "The Last Time" are the real hopes for winning awards.

I have the impression that "Qinghong" did win a trophy.

(End of this chapter)