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Chapter 122: L'Oreal Appearance Time

This notification also means that

Whiplash has a high probability of winning the award.

The remaining suspense is what award will be won.

Palme d'Or for Best Film, Grand Jury Prize, Jury Prize and Best Director.

These four awards,

Except for the Palme d'Or, which was only won by Chen Shiren,
Chinese directors happen to have won two of each major award.

"From the current perspective, the program book with the highest rating is "Four Months, Three Weeks and Two Days".
It has also received the most praise from film critics and just won the FIPRESCI Award from the International Film Critics Association.

He is currently the favorite to win the Palme d'Or."

Producer Qiao took out a program brochure and handed it to Gu Bei.

The FIPRESCI Award is an award specially established by international film critics. It is usually held in conjunction with the three major European film festivals and is awarded the day before the award ceremony. It is considered a precursor award of the film festival.

Since the judges of the FIPRESCI Awards and the film critics who write the program reviews are highly overlapped,

Therefore, those who get the highest rating in the program book are usually the winners of the FIPRESCI Award.

"3.0 points, the standards of this year's film critics are quite strict!"

Gu Bei glanced at the program score sheet.

The highest score was only 3.0, not much higher than Whiplash's 2.7, and far from the full score of 4.0.

In previous years, when the ratings were low, half of the movies even scored over 3.0.

“The themes of the films nominated this year are highly overlapping.”

Qiao looked at Gu Bei and shook his head with some regret, "If you want to say the most popular movie at this year's Cannes, it has to be your Whiplash.

The film critics are fighting over you.
One side thinks your style is very mature and doesn't seem like a new director at all.
The other side thinks your subject matter is too entertainment-oriented and that women are almost completely ignored in the film.”

Gu Bei flipped through the program brochure again.

It’s a pity that I didn’t see any comments from these film critics.

Seeing his actions, Joe smiled and said, "If you want to read it, you have to collect those magazines and newspapers.
I remember that Film and Audiovisual Weekly ranked you first in this year’s Cannes.”

Gu Bei put down the program leaflet, looking relaxed: "This is my first time being nominated for the Cannes Film Festival, so as long as I can gain something from it, that's all that matters."

If nothing unexpected happens, this year's Palme d'Or should go to "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days", breaking the curse of the program's popularity.

As for the remaining awards,
What Gu Bei wants most is the Best Director Award.

Interestingly, the film that originally won the Best Director Award was another film produced by Joe, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly".

The other party also received a notice from the Cannes Organizing Committee and should have won an award.

"I heard you have another appointment with Quentin?"

Qiao also put down his work and started chatting about gossip with Gu Bei.

"I originally wanted to take advantage of Quentin's popularity, but I was already popular enough before coming to Cannes, so I didn't care about this agreement."

Gu Bei shrugged.

Quentin's film screening time is in the second half,
Quentin didn't come to the opening ceremony.

Quentin's "Death Proof" this time was indeed of average quality. He did not receive any notification from the Cannes Organizing Committee and did not choose to attend the closing ceremony.

Gu Bei didn't even see the other person once.

“It seems that this is indeed the case.

But you have to be careful about Harvey Weinstein,
I heard he scolded you at a private party, probably because the film rights sale didn't go well this time."

Joe smiled.

Then he shared another message with Gu Bei.

Can you blame me for this?
But when Gu Bei thought it was Harvey, there was no surprise.

Harvey is just a rotten person.
This guy is the culprit of the Hollywood Metoo movement (anti-sexual harassment movement),

The #MeToo movement affected the TV series House of Cards, which Gu Bei liked, and ended in a mess.

The key is that Kevin Spacey was finally acquitted.

This guy Harvey was sentenced to 23 years in prison. Relying on his money, he overturned the verdict and the trial was still going on there before Gu Bei was reborn.

"It's almost time, let's go!"

Gu Bei glanced at the time. It was almost time for them to walk the red carpet.

……

Paris. An Shaokang glanced at Liu Xiaoli, who was chatting with her embassy colleagues on the sofa.

He took a sip of tea. Even though they had been divorced for so long, he still felt a little weak in facing his ex-wife.

Fortunately, today's focus,
It was Liu Yifei who was about to appear.
It has been a long time since I last saw my eldest daughter.

"Whiplash!"

An Shaokang noticed the announcement on the TV station, "Next up is the Whiplash crew."

But when he saw Gu Bei and the others coming up, he was instantly disappointed: "What's going on? They're all men!"

In the TV footage, the crew of Explosive Drummer were all wearing black suits, but there was no sign of Liu Yifei.

Liu Xiaoli glanced at him calmly and said, "Xixi received an invitation from L'Oreal because of her performance at the opening ceremony. She plans to appear on L'Oreal time."

My embassy colleague's eyes suddenly lit up: "L'Oreal, this is a big brand! Is Xixi going to endorse their products?"

"Still in contact."

Liu Xiaoli smiled.

This time in Cannes,

In addition to increasing Liu Yifei's international fame,

The biggest surprise was probably being noticed by L’Oreal.

It cannot be said that An Shaokang knows nothing about cosmetics, but it can be said that he knows six out of seven.

He continued to look at the TV.

After a long time,

A long commercial was inserted into the TV screen.

After the commercial, the Cannes red carpet appeared again, and it was empty, with no one there.

"coming!"

Liu Xiaoli glanced at her ex-husband calmly. "This is L'Oréal time. As a long-term sponsor of Cannes, they can clear the red carpet and give their spokespersons time to show off."

Following Liu Xiaoli's words,
L'Oreal spokesperson Gong Li walked on the red carpet alone. For a full three minutes, the red carpet was left to Gong Li alone.

After Gong Li entered the Film Palace, the Chinese actresses specially invited by L'Oreal this time appeared.

As a veteran movie star, Yang Ziqiong was the first to appear on stage.

After she took her picture, she walked up the steps to the Film Palace.

Zhang Ziyi, the current leading actress, was the second to appear. She also walked up the stairs after taking a photo.

"I'm coming!"

Liu Yifei wore a light pink off-shoulder dress with a waist-hugging design, maintaining the same gentle and graceful style as at the opening ceremony, which was also in line with her current age.

"It's so beautiful! Isn't Sissi's dress even more beautiful than the one she wore at the opening ceremony?"

"Sister Xiaoli, how did you train Xixi? She trained her so well!"

"Don't ignore our Secretary An, Xixi also has his genes!"

Listening to the voices of colleagues from the Anshaokang Embassy,

Liu Xiaoli stared quietly at Liu Yifei on the TV, feeling a surge of pride in her heart: "This is my daughter!"

……

Cannes.

Liu Yifei had finished taking photos and walked up the steps of the Film Palace.

At this time, Yang Ziqiong and Zhang Ziyi were still waiting for her there.

Liu Yifei is on par with the two of them,
Three generations of Chinese actresses in the same frame,

Once again, countless rolls of film were wasted.

"call!"