She dominates the entertainment industry with her disaster system

Chapter 484 Gambling

Seeing that she didn't want to talk about it any more, Carly changed the subject and said, "The award ceremony is about to begin. How are you feeling?"

After listening to this, Su Lingxi thought about it for a while and said, "Theoretically, we should have a 50% chance of winning the award. If it's not "Winter", then it will be us."

Carly is both the production director of "The Veil" and her good friend. Both publicly and privately, there is no need to hide this information from her.

"50%?" Carly was obviously shocked by this data. She lowered her voice and approached her. "Why is it a theory? How many judges have you contacted?"

As she had another film to work on, Carly flew back to New York on the same day after the premiere of The Painted Veil, and only found time to fly to Cannes last night.

The nearly ten-day gap in between meant that she knew almost nothing about the public relations activities secretly carried out by Su Lingxi and Greta.

"If Coppola and Turturro hadn't lied to us, maybe our chances of winning would be as high as 90%." Su Lingxi coughed twice, "But the problem is, before the official prize draw, no one dares to think that they are the lucky winner who is % sure to win."

Screen magazine announced all the synopsis scores for the films in the main competition unit yesterday: "The Painted Veil" and "Winter Day" both scored 3.3 points, tied for first place, followed closely by "The Girl on the Ice", which scored 3 points.

In the main competition unit's brochure with a full score of 4 points, the passing score for the average film is 2.4 points. Being able to score over 3 points means that the film has an excellent reputation and is very popular.

However, the program brochure score is only of certain reference value to the quality of the shortlisted films, and a high score does not necessarily mean that you will win an award - for example, the original "Paris at Night" had a program brochure score of 3 points, but it gained very little.

Although Su Lingxi seems to be sitting here steadily, he is actually quite nervous.

During the film festival, countless pairs of eyes were watching these judges, both openly and covertly. It was difficult for them to find an opportunity to communicate with Coppola and his team face to face, and they could only communicate with them through certain special means - and Coppola and Turturro were both cautious people who often only spoke half of what they said, leaving them with only various hints, and they had to guess the specific meaning themselves.

Especially at the award ceremony, this feeling of anxiety was further magnified.

"Would you like some fruit candy?" Carly pointed to her suit pocket and asked considerately, "Although consuming too much sugar will accelerate aging, you have to admit that sweets can always soothe some bad emotions in time."

Su Lingxi sighed and shook her head, "No, I don't have much appetite now."

It's more than just a lack of appetite - she is just as nervous as when she was waiting for the Best Actress award at Cannes - although the Palme d'Or is not her personal award, "The Painted Veil" is a work that cost her countless efforts, and the honor it won is equivalent to the recognition of her by the film industry.

Still, she tried to appear relaxed in front of the camera and squeezed Carly's hand in gratitude.

"Well, I see Greta is walking towards us. It looks like the award ceremony is about to begin."

As soon as Carly finished speaking, melodious music sounded in the venue, announcing the opening of the Cannes Film Festival Awards Ceremony in a gentle and powerful manner.

For celebrities, the opening stage of the award ceremony is like the prelude to the announcement of test results. It is difficult but requires full concentration. The atmosphere in the venue only becomes slightly livelier until the awards are officially presented.

Special Nomination Award, Best Screenplay Award, Best Director Award... After nearly an hour of award ceremony, the ceremony finally began to present the first award in which Su Lingxi participated - the Best Actress Award, for which she did not spend any time on public relations.

"Do you think it will be Margaret or Amy?" Greta touched her and asked softly.

She did not mention Su Lingxi's name because "The Painted Veil" and "Winter" are both competitors for the Palme d'Or, and the organizing committee would certainly not be able to award the Best Actor or Best Actress trophy and the Palme d'Or to the same film at the same time - in other words, if the Best Actress award was really given to Su Lingxi, then it would mean that "The Painted Veil" would miss out on the final Palme d'Or.

"I don't know, maybe it will be Amy." Su Lingxi answered softly, her lips barely moving, "It would be even better if it could be Aifila."

Although Virni Afira is nominally the heroine of "Winter", her role is actually not much more than that of a supporting role.

So Su Lingxi's words naturally carried a hint of sarcasm.

"The jury won't be so kind as to reveal the answer to the audience so quickly." Greta stroked her chin. "Let's take a look at the Best Actor award first. Albert Depardieu looks like he can't wait to win."

Su Lingxi glanced at Depardieu, who was sitting upright in a suit and tie, and couldn't help but sigh that Greta's words could sometimes be quite sharp.

As if in the blink of an eye, the award ceremony for Best Actress and Best Actor has passed quietly, and next is the last grand prize of the night - the Palme d'Or.

"Good evening, dear everyone." Mia Selina walked onto the stage with a smile amid warm applause. "I often come here as a director, spectator or jury member. Movies are something I particularly love, so I am honored to play a new role tonight..."

Su Lingxi and Greta looked at each other tacitly, knowing full well the tricks of the organizing committee: none of the members of "The Painted Veil" or "Winter" had appeared in any of the previous awards, and it was obvious that they wanted to keep the two most popular seeded players until the final showdown - the winner would be the most dazzling winner tonight; on the contrary, the loser would lose miserably, not only would he not win the Palme d'Or, he might not even get a consolation prize.

This is like a gamble where they have to bet their entire fortune, with no safe middle option for them to choose from.

As Selina slowly opened the envelope, Su Lingxi could clearly feel that Greta's grip on her hand had tightened a little.

"The Golden Palm goes to——"

""veil"!"

Amid the warm applause, Greta stood up straight. She turned around almost immediately and hugged Su Lingxi tightly. After several seconds, she turned to Carly, Brandon, and Lucy who was not far away.

"This trophy belongs not only to the film itself, but also to you two artists, Nicole and Greta." On the stage, the voice of the jury chairwoman Catherine Binoche was as clear as a spring, and it slowly reached Su Lingxi's ears, "You are the co-authors who gave the film its soul..."