The Palme d'Or is the highest honor at the Cannes International Film Festival in France, one of the three major European film festivals.
The Cannes International Film Festival has been held for nearly 40 years since it was held in 1946. It has an outstanding reputation around the world. Its highest honor, the Palme d'Or, has naturally become one of the most important awards in the film industry.
Regardless of whether it is the Golden Horse Awards or the Academy Awards, their influence is limited to a small area on the island. With the continuous development of the mainland market, these two awards have gradually expanded their reputation in the three places across the Taiwan Strait.
But even so, it is hard to hope that it will win the Cannes Film Festival. It is not a selection of magnitude at all.
Li Hanxiang had won the Academy Award and the Golden Horse Award, but he had never won the Palme d'Or, so he was caught off guard by Lin Chaoyang's question and stood stunned on the spot.
Then he realized again, I didn't win the Palme d'Or, but I was nominated!
His films such as "A Chinese Ghost Story", "Yang Guifei" and "Wu Zetian" shot in the 1960s were all nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
It's just that Li Hanxiang thought for a while and didn't say anything. With Lin Chaoyang's urine, if he mentioned the nomination, he would probably be ridiculed again. People always show lack of confidence when they are laughed at.
The shock on Li Hanxiang's face gradually disappeared, and he asked Lin Chaoyang full of uncertainty, "Is this movie going to hit the Palme d'Or?"
"Yes!" Lin Chaoyang's answer was extremely cheerful.
Li Hanxiang opened his mouth. He wanted to laugh at Lin Chaoyang's ignorance. It was a world-class film festival, so you just got the award? Besides, it was the highest award?
I, Lao Li, have never won a prize in my whole life!
"The script hasn't been released yet, and the director hasn't been decided yet, how dare you say you want to win the Palme d'Or?" Li Hanxiang hesitated, and his tone was a little tactful.
Lin Chaoyang said calmly: "Mi Gao has made such a big determination to transform. Is it just to fight against the street? If you take it from the top, you will get it; if you take it, you will get it from the bottom; if you take it from the bottom, you will get nothing.
That’s it.”
At this time, Xu Guanwen finally recovered from the shock of the "Golden Palm". Listening to Lin Chaoyang's words, he felt that they made some sense, but he was still a little too exaggerated.
After all, it was the Palme d'Or. Which award-winning film and filmmaker has not gained world-class fame?
"Lin Sheng, is it not that easy to participate in the Cannes Film Festival?"
Cannes is translated as Cannes in Hong Kong, and the Cannes Film Festival here is the Cannes Film Festival.
Whether now or in future generations, film festivals have always had their own process for film selection, and the same is true for the Cannes Film Festival. All works need to be selected by the film selection working group before entering the selection stage of the film festival.
It is said to be open to the whole world. In theory, films from all over the world can be registered, but the film festival's film selection staff is limited, and their time is also limited.
These film selection staff are equivalent to the secondary judges of the film festival, and have the power of life and death to determine whether a film can be selected for the main competition unit of the film festival.
In this case, whoever can win over the film selection staff will have a high probability of being selected into the main competition unit and thus participating in the competition for the Palme d'Or.
Xu Guanwen’s so-called “not that easy” does not just mean winning an award. Just being selected for the main competition unit may require a lot of hard work.
Lin Chaoyang could understand Xu Guanwen's psychology, but what he just said was not groundless.
"You have finished listening to the content of the script. How do you feel about it compared with the scripts of those award-winning films?"
Xu Guanwen said without hesitation: "It couldn't be more exciting. As long as it is shot neatly, it will be a best film of the year. If it is handed over to a talented director, I can't imagine it."
Lin Chaoyang looked at Li Hanxiang again and asked him what he thought with his eyes.
Li Hanxiang pondered and said: "Of course the script is one of the best."
"Is it better than the few scripts you participated in the film festival?"
These words could be described as murderous and heart-breaking. Li Hanxiang's face turned red with anger. He was already dark, but when he got angry, his face turned dark and rosy, like a soldering iron.
Before the soldering iron could be applied to Lin Chaoyang's body, burning his skin and ripping open his flesh, Lin Chaoyang smiled and said, "Just a joke."
Li Hanxiang stared at him fiercely, but Lin Chaoyang ignored him and continued:
"My script can almost be said to be a one-man show for the male protagonist. There is a lot of room for Michael to perform, and it is not difficult to support this role with your acting skills.
With these two factors, the probability of success is not low."
Xu Guanwen couldn't help but nodded slightly when he heard the words and agreed with Lin Chaoyang's statement.
“The Cannes Film Festival is held in May every year, and if our film starts filming in the second half of the year, we can just make it in time.
Lao Li happens to have a connection with the Cannes Film Festival, so I will ask him to contact me and make recommendations when the time comes.
By the way, there’s also director Hu, two famous directors recommended it side by side, and it wouldn’t be appropriate unless the director of film selection took a look at it.”
Xu Guanwen listened to Lin Chaoyang's words, and a relaxed smile appeared on his face.
Li Hanxiang's eyes widened, and he was very dissatisfied. He helped Xu Guanwen and Lin Chaoyang matchmaking, but was ridiculed at every turn. Now he thought of asking him to help?
"No matter!" Li Hanxiang flatly rejected Lin Chaoyang's proposal.
Xu Guanwen looked surprised, but immediately understood what was going on. He was about to persuade Li Hanxiang.
At this time, Lin Chaoyang said, "You really don't care?"
Faced with Li Hanxiang's rejection, Lin Chaoyang didn't show any signs of anxiety, but instead asked with a joking look on his face.
"No matter!" Li Hanxiang firmly refused again.
"You have to think about it~"
There was a hint of provocation in Lin Chaoyang's tone, which made Li Hanxiang's initial firmness waver.
He couldn't help but ask: "What are you thinking about?"
Lin Chaoyang said with a smile: "Mi Gao definitely can't let your help go to waste. You can jointly invest in this movie."
When Li Hanxiang heard this, his eyes flickered. He looked at Xu Guanwen, as if he wanted to find out Xu Guanwen's inner thoughts.
Xu Guanwen did not expect Lin Chaoyang to say such words. When he was hesitating, he suddenly realized that he and Li Hanxiang had been led by Lin Chaoyang. He felt that Lin Chaoyang was the leader of this movie.
But at this moment, he couldn't think about it carefully. Li Hanxiang was looking at him.
The cooperation with Lin Chaoyang itself was made possible by Li Hanxiang's help. If things really develop as Lin Chaoyang said in the future, we will have to ask him for help, and maybe give him a share of the investment.
Moreover, there seems to be nothing wrong with more people investing in movies.
For his first transformation, the more people he brought in, everyone shared the risk, and the smaller the individual risk he had to bear.
As for the success of the movie, he must also be the one who made the biggest profit. Of course, this "profit" refers not only to profit, but also to reputation.
Thinking of this, Xu Guanwen nodded.
"That's right. If Lao Li is the producer of this film, the probability of success will definitely be higher. How about you also invest in it?"
His words just scratched the itch of Li Hanxiang. The great success of "Listen Behind the Curtain" and "The Master of Chess" gave Li Hanxiang a taste of the sweetness.
Xu Guanwen's transformational work is definitely more risky, but with Lin Chaoyang's script, his producer, and Xu Guanwen's audience popularity and acting skills, the probability of success is still very high.
No one can guarantee winning the Palme d'Or, but as long as it is successfully shortlisted for the main competition of the Cannes Film Festival, it will probably be a victory.
"It's certainly a good thing to be able to invest in Michael's new movie. If you get a share..."
Li Hanxiang's words made Xu Guanwen a little hesitant. He came to Lin Chaoyang today to discuss the script. Unexpectedly, during the conversation, he even agreed to participate in the film festival and invest.
Lin Chaoyang accounted for 10% of the income from just one script. Li Hanxiang also wanted to participate in investment. How much share should he give? Should it be given to the box office or to the overall income?
Xu Guanwen was very entangled in his heart. The investors, the director, himself... everyone had a share of the pie, so it was difficult to handle!
Why does the progress bar pull up so fast all of a sudden?
"We talked too fast today, and I haven't settled on the investment and director yet. How about this? Chaoyang will write the script as soon as possible, and I will go to attract investment and contact the director first. What do you think?"
Li Hanxiang thought about it and thought it made sense, "That's fine. When will Chaoyang's script be released?"
Lin Chaoyang said easily: "One month."
Xu Guanwen was not surprised when he heard the time he quoted. He only thought that his script was almost finished. However, Li Hanxiang had seen Lin Chaoyang's efficiency in writing scripts, and the time he mentioned was already quite conservative.
"Okay, within a month, I will take care of the investors and production team." Xu Guanwen said with confidence.
The three of them said yes, picked up the coffee cups on the table, and clinked them.
The next day, Lin Chaoyang was writing at home without any distractions, when someone suddenly came to visit him.
He had moved to Xiangjiang for more than half a month, and he didn't know many acquaintances here. Except for Li Hanxiang and his wife, this was the first time anyone came to visit him.
"Lao Li, why did you come to Xiangjiang?"
When Lin Chaoyang saw the dusty Li Shifei, he could not conceal his surprise.
As soon as Li Shifei saw Lin Chaoyang's face, he ignored the pleasantries and said, "What exactly is going on in your letter? What conditions did Yanjing Publishing House give you?"
Listening to Li Shifei's eager questions, Lin Chaoyang finally understood why he appeared in Xiangjiang.
"Let's go inside first and have a cup of tea."
Lin Chaoyang did not answer Li Shifei's question. He first took him to sit down and poured tea, and let him rest for a while before telling him about the conditions proposed by Yanjing Publishing House.
After hearing the whole story, Li Shifei frowned and his words were filled with contempt.
"They are really interesting. It's not like you haven't talked to them before. They were reluctant to give you royalties at first, but now that they are making money, they are tempted to go back."
Colleagues are enemies, and educated people are even more merciless when scolding their peers.
But if we put ourselves in the shoes of Li Shifei and Huacheng Publishing House, his anger is understandable.
How determined was Huacheng Publishing House back then, and how much risk they took before agreeing to Lin Chaoyang's request for royalties!
As a result, in less than a year, those colleagues who had been pretending to be silent immediately surrounded Lin Chaoyang when they saw that they were reaping the benefits.
he~tui, despicable!
Lin Chaoyang said with a smile: "They set their own conditions. Under the same conditions, I will definitely choose you first."
Lin Chaoyang's words comforted Li Shifei a little, but the sense of urgency in his heart was not less at all.
An "equal condition" is like a curse on Sun Wukong's head, preventing him from slacking off at all.
"Chaoyang, tell me the truth, what conditions do you want? It can't be like an auction, where we two take turns to keep raising the price, right?"
The snipe and the clam fight, and the fisherman gets the benefit.
If the dispute between Yanjing Publishing House and Huacheng Publishing House really continues, it will certainly be beneficial to Lin Chaoyang.
But he also understands that going too far is never enough.
It would be too damaging to one's character if it really turned out like what Li Shifei said.
“Having it in the form of an auction would be too irritating, so we still have to act within our capabilities.
What conditions do you want me to ask? Of course I want as much royalties as possible, but only if your publisher is willing."
Lin Chaoyang expressed his thoughts openly and honestly, and Li Shifei sighed after thinking.
What Lin Chaoyang said is true. Who doesn’t want to make more money?
He struggled for a while, feeling confused and asked Lin Chaoyang casually, "How is the new work going?"
"It's almost finished."
Almost finished?
Li Shifei suddenly became energetic, "Didn't you say you started writing after the New Year? So soon?"
"I moved to Xiangjiang and had nothing to do all day long, and my writing efficiency has improved a lot."
When Li Shifei heard Lin Chaoyang's words, he couldn't help but have an evil thought in his heart.
It seems that Chaoyang still has too many worldly things. He should really find a small dark room to lock him in!
Chapter completed!