Chapter 575 The God of Domestic Entertainment, Completely Shocked
This year's film festival has been full of surprises.
But the biggest winner is naturally Zhou Yutang.
He reached the pinnacle and won the Palme d'Or for the first time on an international stage like Cannes.
For domestic entertainment, he is both the chosen one and the only one tonight.
The official dinner of the awards ceremony ended, but the excitement continued.
Zhou Yutang also set up a celebration banquet at the Pierrotier Restaurant in Cannes.
He invited La Peikang, Zhang Yimou, Gong Li, Huang Xiaoming, Qin Lan and others.
There are also special correspondents from CCTV who are now in their honeymoon period, as well as several media with close relations.
A French seafood feast paired with Taittinger champagne, revelry and continued to have fun.
"Yutang, don't drink too much."
Zeng Li was happy for Zhou Yutang, but seeing that he accepted everyone, she felt a little distressed and came over quietly to tell him.
Lao Mouzi and Huang Xiaoming were all fine.
He just brought a glass of wine over, just for the sake of courtesy.
The mountain eagle was really firing on all cylinders, toasting Zhou Yutang with one cup after another.
He was indeed trained by the system. He drank red wine like drinking water, but he didn't notice it at all, just his face was flushed.
Anyone could see that Mr. Han was really happy.
La Peikang also felt like he was dreaming.
He never thought that in his first year in office, he was expected to make achievements and seek progress in a smooth transition.
But he didn't expect Zhou Yutang to take the lead and win the second Palme d'Or.
This will undoubtedly make Zhou Yutang's reputation in the circle reach an unprecedented peak, which is also La Peikang's good fortune.
After all, the achievements were made during his term of office, and there is no lack of merit.
In this case, what is the point of seeking progress in stability?
The plan has changed, to become bigger and stronger, and create glory again!
"'Red Ling' surprisingly won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival!"
"The Chinese film 'Red Ling' became the big winner at the Cannes Film Festival!"
"'Red Ling' won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, another milestone for Chinese-language films!"
The journalists assigned to Cannes would naturally not miss such valuable news materials.
The results of the awards ceremony had just been released, and the news was sent back to China at the same time.
That night was very enjoyable. Zhou Yutang slept with Zeng Li in his arms, and the staff in China worked overtime. The news soon went viral on the Internet and instantly became the focus of everyone's attention.
"When was the last time a Chinese-language film won the Palme d'Or?"
"In 1993, when I was just born, Brother Chen Kai became a god overnight in Cannes."
"At the 46th Cannes Film Festival, Jeanne Moreau announced that the Palme d'Or was awarded to both The Piano and Farewell My Concubine, both of which were double yolks. Interestingly, the person who received the award with Brother Chen Kai that year was Jane Campion, who is also a member of this year's jury."
"When will "Red Ling" be released in China?"
"Zhou Yutang is awesome. It shouldn't be difficult for him to win the Venice, Berlin, and Oscar Grand Slams?"
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The news from Cannes was like a hurricane passing through. At this time, Weibo and some forums in China were completely boiling.
In addition to being shocked, it was still shocked.
Looking back at Zhou Yutang's brilliant record, he can no longer be called a demon.
"Fuck, the boss is simply a god!"
The private chat groups of Lu Yang, Wen Muye, Guo Fan and others have also exploded.
Lu Yang forwarded a news link that reviewed Zhou Yutang's brilliant achievements, followed by a long string of expressions of admiration.
"He is good at making art films and winning awards, and he has won the Berlin Silver Bear for Best Director and the Cannes Palme d'Or."
"He is good at making commercial films and has become the first member of the 5 billion club in China. In one word, awesome."
Everyone was shocked and their expressions were swiping the screen like crazy, but they were all proud of him.
Zhou Yutang is the backbone of Jiangdong Entertainment.
With him, they are full of expectations for the future.
"Xixi, wake up, don't sleep anymore."
Aunt Liu opened the curtains to let the warm sun shine into the room, and then shook her daughter's white arm that was exposed outside the quilt.
Liu Yifei uttered an incomprehensible murmur, turned over, and buried her head in the quilt instead.
Her plump hips were clearly revealed, and even a corner of her pajamas was lifted, and a touch of white skin on her waist was heart-pounding.
She had just finished a brand event and returned to Beijing. She was really tired.
It was a rare day off today, so she had to get more sleep and sleep until she was no longer irritable.
Aunt Liu sat on the edge of the bed and patted her gently: "Did you forget something?"
"Mom, let me sleep a little longer."
"Zhou Yutang won the award."
"Ah?"
Liu Yifei jumped up from the bed suddenly. She looked a little confused and shocked, which made Aunt Liu feel a little funny.
When Zhou Yutang was mentioned, it was like pressing a switch.
She was stunned for two seconds before she reacted, and asked in a daze: "Mom, what did you say?"
"I said, Xiao Zhou won the Golden Palm."
"Are you kidding?" Liu Yifei was dumbfounded.
"There was news at midnight last night. I thought you were watching it. Why didn't he tell you?"
While talking to her daughter, Aunt Liu habitually packed up the clothes in Liu Yifei's room, and kept muttering: "I have said many times that clothes should be neatly laid out"
"Oh, I fell asleep."
Liu Yifei took her phone and looked through it. Sure enough, there was a selfie of Zhou Yutang holding the Palme d'Or trophy and certificate after the award ceremony and before the interview.
It was all because the award ceremony last night was too boring and I couldn't fast forward in the middle. I fell asleep while watching it.
I was excited to call Zhou Yutang, but I thought about the time difference between the two sides and that he was probably still sleeping, so I put the phone down again.
After thinking about it.
She finally happily took the phone and sent a WeChat message.
"Ding!"
The WeChat message notification sounded, and then the phone screen lit up. Liu Shishi quickly replied.
Looking at the gentle smile on her face, Wang Jianhui beside her unscrewed the lid of the thermos cup and asked with a smile: "Shishi, when will Director Zhou return to China?"
After working with Zhou Yutang in "Big Shot", Wang Jianhui was invited to become a specially appointed acting professor at Shanxia Academy.
But before that, he had long been Cao Baoping's confidant and favorite.
The bully village chief Xiong Laosan in "The Glory of Fury", the desperate drug trafficker Qiu Huogui in "Li Mi's Conjecture", and even the murderer in "The Burning Sun" which has not yet been released, all contributed extremely wonderful performances.
Now in this "The Tuner", Wang Jianhui also plays a very important role in it, that is, the police chief.
"Just these two days, that "Celebrating Yu Nian 2" is still waiting for him."
"Director Zhou is really amazing, even won the Palme d'Or."
Another leading actor Tan Zhuo also laughed beside him: "Now he is the signboard of the Chinese film industry."
Tan Zhuo's acting skills are also well-known in the circle. In this play, he plays the mistress of the police chief.
"Congratulations, Shi Shi."
The crew surrounded Liu Shi Shi like a star-studded moon, and they talked about this topic before work started.
There were rumors that Zhou Yutang opened this play specifically for Yijie.
After the filming started, he even sent his own gold medal producer Chen Xi to come several times.
Just by looking at Chen Xi's close attitude towards Liu Shishi, the smart people in the crew knew everything.
Liu Shishi holds a very high position in Zhou Yutang's heart.
Maybe she is the future Jiangdong boss lady.
With this additional identity, everyone in the crew took good care of Liu Shishi.
Even the director Cao Baoping, who has a bit of obsessive-compulsive disorder, suppressed his temper and explained the play to Liu Shishi in a gentle voice when he encountered something he was not satisfied with.
Someone suddenly asked, "When will "Red Ling" be released in China, Shishi, do you know?"
Listening to the crew's flattery of Zhou Yutang, Liu Shishi was happier than hearing the praise for herself, and her gentle little face was full of smiles:
"I'm not sure, it seems to be scheduled for the summer season."
"Strike while the iron is hot, let's schedule it in June."
Faced with La Peikang's question, Zhou Yutang took the schedule of China Film, looked at it for a long time, and gave an answer: "July's schedule is given to "Wolf Warrior."
"Lucy is also in June, so the time has to be staggered." La Peikang nodded.
"Thank you, Mr. La."
Since the two sides reached an agreement, the quota for imported films every year is very valuable, and even Hollywood giants want to have a taste of the fat meat.
But the final decision is still in the hands of the head of China Film Group. Since La Peikang nodded, there will be no problem with the schedule arrangement of "Lucy" being introduced into China.
"We are all family, it's a small matter."
La Peikang nodded, but didn't take it to heart. Instead, he asked with interest: "Yutang, it's been quite lively these two days. How is the copyright negotiation going?"
As Cannes came to an end, the copyright trading market gradually entered its final stage. Zhou Yutang, who was waiting for a good price, finally waited for a big harvest.
As the winner of the Palme d'Or, the overseas copyright of "Red Ling" was snatched up.
"Almost, this number."
Hearing Zhou Yutang's understated number, La Peikang, who was very good at nourishing qi, had his pupils trembled directly. He was stunned for a long time before asking for details.
The original film producers who wanted to pick up the bargain beat their chests and stamped their feet, extremely annoyed.
If they had known that they could win "Red Ling" and the Palme d'Or, it would be worth it even if they spent more money.
After winning the Palme d'Or, the copyright price soared like a rocket.
Including film distribution, audio and video copyrights in 12 countries including America, Canada, France, Britain, Spain, Portugal, Greece, the Netherlands, Belgium, etc., the final transaction price was as high as 83.8 million US dollars!
It has refreshed the record of Chinese film copyright transactions.
According to the current US dollar exchange rate of 6.13, the overseas copyright has sold more than 500 million.
This means that the production cost of this movie has been fully recovered before it was released, and Zhou Yutang even made at least 3 small goals.
The wool comes from foreigners. Zhou Yutang wants to buy a team and add another start-up capital.
Finally calmed down, La Peikang smacked his lips: "You make a lot of money."
"I just make a little money."
In the favorable situation, Zhou Yutang played a humble and steady role: "La Dong is now the one who carries the entire Chinese film forward. I still have a lot to learn from La Dong in the future."
Good guy, this is still a small amount of money! ?
La Peikang shook his head and laughed, but thinking of Zhou Yutang's own wealth, it seemed to be true.
Hearing Zhou Yutang's words, he felt indescribably comfortable.
I understand and appreciate Han Sanping's happiness.
If such a capable and sensible young man doesn't take the top position, who will?
Since the poet Chen was deified in Cannes, twenty-one years have passed in the blink of an eye.
After so many years, only "Alive" directed by Zhang Yimou and "The Devil Is Coming" directed by Jiang Wen have won the Jury Prize at Cannes, second only to the Palme d'Or.
This time Zhou Yutang won the Palme d'Or, which caused a huge earthquake in the entire domestic entertainment industry.
The film school worked overnight to make a banner and hung it in front of the school, and sent a text message to congratulate him.
As the face of the film school, it can be said that it has earned enough face for the alma mater.
Zhou Yutang posted a photo of himself holding a cup backstage on Weibo. In just 12 hours, it had nearly 3.8 million retweets and comments.
Liu Yifei, Liu Shishi, Gao Yuanyuan, Fan Binbin, Hu Ge, Yang Mi, Tang Yan, Xu Jinglei, Xu Guangtou, Deng Chao and his wife and other first-line celebrities in the industry who are close to him have commented and forwarded them on Weibo. .
"Only he can do it. That's really awesome. I'm convinced."
Feng Xiaogang, who came from Xu Dugu to seek defeat, expressed his conviction in an interview with the media.
This is the hottest topic in domestic entertainment nowadays. It is inevitable that some entertainment reporters will go to interview Brother Chen Kai about his views on this.
"You asked me what I think?"
Brother Chen Kai's expression was calm and full of nostalgia.
He wanted to say, this subcategory is me.
But then I thought about it.
It seems that my performance is not as good as Zhou Yutang's, and what I say is somewhat inappropriate. I will avoid being ridiculed by the media and humiliating myself.
That’s all.
Poet Chen changed his mind and said: "First of all, congratulations to him. I have talked with Yu Tang a lot before. He is a very thoughtful and capable young man. His achievements are not unexpected."
"This is also a major achievement for Chinese-language films. I am looking forward to where he will go in the future."
After dealing with the entertainment story, Poet Chen tossed and turned that night and found it difficult to fall asleep.
When he walked to the window and stood with his hands behind his hands, he saw the bright moon and Poet Chen sighed quietly.
If the spring breeze feels pity for the flowers, can it allow me to stay young again?
The contract for the film copyright has been signed. Zhou Yutang took the opportunity to interview the Sixth Princess with several media outlets, leaving Li Shuang to deal with the aftermath and boarded the plane back home first.
These days, he is the darling of the media.
The most satisfying thing in life is this.
Zhou Yutang finally understood why Brother Chen Kai floated.
When you are promoted to a very high position, there are only voices of praise and reputation around you, and nothing else.
In this case, even if you can control it initially, it will gradually expand.
but.
After Zhou Yutang was suddenly ecstatic, he gradually calmed down.
Before he won the Palme d'Or, there were many people who praised him.
It would have floated into the sky long ago.
Mainly because he has clear plans and goals for his future.
And he also has his own way of relieving stress and downplaying emotions.
That is to indulge in gentleness and divert attention.
Or take a private plane back to China, Zeng Li was unwilling to give in even to death, because outside the compartment, there were Ni Ni and the stewardess.
But in the end, he still couldn't defeat Zhou Yutang.
Traveling thousands of miles a day is naturally indescribable thrills and excitement, and a unique and wonderful experience.
Done.
Zeng Li was a little embarrassed to see people, so she slept in her clothes.
Zhou Yutang just pretended that nothing happened, went out and flipped through the film and television information, and saw some interesting news.
A few days ago, Xiao Li Zi was playing with a water gun with a young model at the beach. Something big happened. The young model he hooked up with recently, Katie Cleary, was a married woman.
Unfortunately, her husband could not survive the cuckold attack and committed suicide with a gun at the shooting range on Sunday.
Turning on his phone, Zhou Yutang received messages from all directions, and simply replied to them. The first was Zhang Manyu's congratulatory message.
"Sister Manyu, I heard that you went to the Strawberry Music Festival?"
"Thank you, Director Zhou, for paying so much attention to me in Cannes."
"You're welcome. Cannes also has Internet access."
Zhou Yutang raised his eyebrows and smiled, with a hint of ridicule: "You sing very well, but the audience is ignorant."
Zhang Manyu, who also won the Cannes Film Festival and is a top domestic actress, recently moved to the music industry after quitting the film industry.
But the result was not ideal.
She just sang two songs on stage at the music festival, and even God didn't want to hear her sing again. Suddenly, strong winds blew up and the shed at the venue collapsed.
This girl was quite stubborn and insisted on continuing to sing on stage. However, because it was really dangerous, the staff rushed over and stopped her, and the performance was forced to stop.
Many fans joked that this was the voice of being abandoned by God, and advised her to return to her lost ways and come back to make movies.
"Hey, I heard you laughing through the phone."
Zhang Manyu's phone call came in quickly, and she said a little depressed: "There are quite a lot of out-of-tune sounds. I'm still searching on the Internet to find out how to sing without going out of tune. Ah Tang, you often go to concerts as a guest, and you perform very well. How did you do it?"
"That's it, don't think too much, just go up and sing directly, treat it like a KTV."
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There was silence on the other end of the phone for several seconds before Zhang Manyu sighed: "A talented guy will make life easy."
"Sister, believe in yourself, you can do it too."
Seeing that this sister was showing signs of heartbreak, Zhou Yutang quickly poured her a bowl of chicken soup: "It was the same with acting in the past. As long as you work hard, there will be rewards. If it doesn't work, let's come back to acting. It's more fun than singing."
"You have a notebook for me?"
"If there is a chance, we can cooperate."
Zhou Yutang agreed readily.
Thinking of working with Zhou Yutang, Zhang Manyu was indeed moved for a moment, and laughed: "I was supposed to call to congratulate you, but you came to comfort me instead, thank you."
"Let's talk about acting later, I want to try singing again."
In fact, Zhang Manyu did not amaze everyone when she debuted.
She acted in more than 20 dramas, and was still called a vase. Later, she relied on her accumulation to open up the Ren and Du meridians, and then she had so many classic roles and became the ceiling of Chinese actresses.
After simply replying to the messages of several beauties, Zhou Yutang listened to Ni Ni's work report,
"Boss, you are invited to attend the Magnolia Awards next month."
"Turn it off."
This year's Magnolia Awards, Jiang Dong's "In the Name of the People" and "Reply 1988" received many nominations, among which Liu Shishi was nominated for the Magnolia Best Actress twice.
"There will be a commendation meeting of the Directors Association in June."
Ni Ni flipped through her work log and continued, "You are the lead actor in Director Zhang's movie. Lin Liang is scouting locations in Taiwan Province. It is expected that all preparatory work including casting will be completed in June."
"According to Director Zhang, it will start shooting in July."
Lao Mouzi is known as the model worker in the entertainment industry and is extremely energetic.
After returning to China from Cannes, "Coming Home" is still in theaters. After the film promotion schedule is over, he will immediately start the project "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils".
"The sequel to "Now You See Me" is expected to start shooting in August, and it will be a seamless start time."
Zhou Yutang felt a little overwhelmed just by listening to it.
Because of the Cannes schedule, he asked for two weeks of leave from the crew of "Celebrating Yu Nian 2". He had to work overtime when he returned to catch up to the end of June.