novelraw Chapter 200 Called by the Organizer
Chapter 200 Called by the Organizer
The bustling Cannes Film Festival is still going on, where Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise and director John Woo brought "Mission: Impossible 2" to the screening. This movie, which will be released simultaneously around the world, attracted everyone gaze.
Compared with the opening ceremony, the red carpet starlight of the premiere is not inferior at all. At the same time, due to the director's identity, Chinese stars from all walks of life also joined in.
Under such high attention, Eve quietly bid farewell to the members of her team and boarded the plane to China.
Oracle is the first world software company to enter China. It has a dedicated wholly-owned company in Yanjing, and it also works in the China World Trade Center.
Almost all the people on this flight via Hong Kong were people related to the film. They were very curious as to why Eve Campbell, who was in the limelight at the film festival, was here.
Could it be that he traveled to China?
Eve didn't pretend to be herself, she is now a blond image, quite eye-catching and conspicuous in the world of black hair and black eyes.
Although there were all kinds of questions, but no one came up to ask, everyone just waited and watched silently.
After the plane arrived at the airport, Eve didn't have anyone to pick her up. She took a small suitcase and got into a taxi directly, telling the driver her destination in fluent Mandarin.
Stephen initially lived in the hotel, and the company paid for it. Later, it was more comfortable to rent a house.He and Catherine only knew that Eve would come, but they didn't know when.
So when the doorbell rang, Catherine thought it was a neighbor or the property owner, but she didn't expect that it was her daughter standing at the door.
"God, how could it be you?"
Catherine opened her mouth in surprise. She quickly hugged her daughter, whom she hadn't seen for a long time, and a layer of mist filled her eyes instantly.
Eve already showed a big smile and said, "Surprise!"
Stephen, who was watching TV in the room, asked curiously, "Honey, who is it?"
It was already dark in Yanjing at this time, and both of them had already left work.
"Wow~"
The golden retriever who was lying on the floor of the living room suddenly smelled a familiar smell, immediately stood up, ran towards the door, then walked around Eve with its tongue out, and then put its two front paws on her body.
Eve rubbed its head, then touched its chin, "Enzo, you seem to have gained weight, you need to exercise more."
Catherine looked at Eve's face and said worriedly: "You seem to have lost a lot of weight. Being an actor is hard work. Enzo enjoys it every day. It may be that he is getting older recently and his metabolism has deteriorated. It is difficult for him to go out for a walk." unwilling to walk."
Stephen came out after seeing Enzo wagging his tail, but was immediately surprised by his daughter at the door.
He hurriedly dragged the trolley suitcase in, very happy!
"We read the news and thought you were in France. Didn't Keanu come with you?" Stephen looked outside, "You came here alone? I should pick you up at the airport, it's too dangerous."
Eve spread her hands and said, "He returned to Australia to continue filming. I happen to have some time, so I came to see you. I can speak Chinese, so you don't have to worry."
As a first-generation Chinese of mixed race, Stephen's Chinese is actually not particularly good. Fortunately, he didn't hear his daughter's Mandarin with a perfect accent, otherwise he would be very surprised.
The couple have always followed their daughter's news. They usually don't read entertainment news very much. Now they go to entertainment websites to search almost every day to see her latest developments.
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Eve can be said to be like a fish in water in China. She has never lived and observed everything around her with such a relaxed mind in her previous life.
It is true that the economic base determines the superstructure. When she is still worrying about the monthly rent, how can she have the leisure to play and enjoy the scenery!
She completed the check-in work at many scenic spots, and sent the photos she took to Keanu by fax, which made her hard-working boyfriend envious.
The Forbidden City, the Great Wall, the Summer Palace, Houhai, and the Old Summer Palace were all captured by her camera. Maybe if you look at it after more than ten years, you will feel the passage of time.
With outstanding looks and fluent Mandarin, Eve stood out from the crowd. Fortunately, she did not stay in one scenic spot for too long. Nowadays, it is not convenient for people to surf the Internet and take pictures. Even if she is recognized occasionally, she is not recognized. Put it on the Internet, but it was not exposed in the news.
Even the media who returned to China on the same flight with her did not know how to track down this Hollywood star.
The feeling of not being followed by reporters and paparazzi is very wonderful. This kind of freedom and happiness is always precious after it is lost.
Catherine also simply took a few days off to revisit the attractions with her daughter. Only Stephen was busy with work and didn't have time to come.
Just as Eve was shopping in the supermarket to buy special products, her cell phone rang.
"Director? Good evening, what's the matter?" Eve kept scanning the shelves while pushing the shopping cart while holding the phone.
David Lynch looked up at the sun above his head, and said in doubt: "Night? Are you in the United States or Australia now?"
He knew about Eve's departure from Cannes, but he didn't know where the original destination was. Now David Lynch is gathering with friends in Paris, and the sun is shining brightly above the open-air cafe.
"I'm playing in China." Eve didn't disclose the situation of her parents, "Is there any news from Cannes?"
The film festival is not over yet, if it wasn't for this, the director probably wouldn't have specifically called.
"You guessed it right. I just received a hint from the organizing committee, let us go back to Cannes before the closing ceremony." David Lynch lit a cigarette in his hand, "Fu Mao specially emphasized that it is best to be a crew member Come back."
Eve's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and her palms began to sweat. Basically, only those movies that were expected to win the award were hinted to stay or return. Now that Fumao's intention is so obvious, it proves that "Mulholland Drive" is very likely to win the award.
There are 23 films in the main competition unit, but there are only 8 awards. There will always be some films that will miss the awards.
"Then I'll buy the latest flight back to Cannes. I shouldn't miss it. There's still more than a day left."
"I'll be waiting for you in Cannes, God bless us." Although David Lynch had already won the Palme d'Or, the highest prize money in Cannes, he was still a little excited.
"Thank you, good bye."
She hung up the phone, then looked up at her mother Catherine, who didn't know why, and said excitedly: "Mom, I'm sorry, I have to return to Cannes immediately."
"What happened?" Catherine didn't understand these things, and seeing her daughter's expression, it didn't seem like a bad thing.
Eve didn't care about shopping, so she pushed the cart towards the cashier and explained: "The film festival hinted that our film might win an award, so we have to go through it, and only the crew with a higher chance of winning the award will be rejected." The invitations stayed because Cannes didn't want to have no one to accept the award when it was presented."
"That's great!" Catherine smiled happily, and she hugged Eve excitedly, feeling extremely happy and proud of her daughter's career success, "Then hurry up and buy a ticket, and don't be late."
"I'll call the travel agency later and try to buy an earlier flight to avoid flight cancellations or delays."
As a producer, it is worth being happy to win any award for a film, which will increase its box office and commercial prospects many times.
As an actor, an award-winning film in Cannes, the top three film festivals in the world, is still very useful in the resume.
Only some bigwigs and actors at the top of the pyramid are qualified to look down on Cannes, Berlin, and Venice, because they have more recognized and more concerned Oscar statuettes and Golden Globes.
Without those two, the Cannes trophy is heavy, and it can also lay the foundation for an actor's development.
In fact, Eve had expected this situation, because the book score is so high, it is the highest rated movie this year.
Although the evaluations of film critics and the judges are not 100% coincident, at least there will not be much difference in the basics.
At the beginning, both Robert and Evan considered the possibility of being recalled, so they had already made arrangements in advance. Don't worry about the dress, and the makeup artist and stylist will share it with other CAA stars.
As for the villa, it is obvious that there is no need to rent it, because the film festival is coming to an end, and there are not so many people in the bustling town, and there are vacant rooms in hotels and hotels.
Now Eve is curious about what award "Mulholland Drive" will win. The chairman of the jury, Luc Besson, is very tight-lipped and did not disclose his preferences to the outside world, and the rest of the judges are basically tight-lipped. Everything can only rely on guesswork.
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Every year, the reporters guessed that some films won awards. They squatted at Nice Airport and the small town of Cannes to see which crews were recalled and which crews chose to stay until the end.
This method has a high accuracy rate, and has even become a little unspoken rule in everyone's mind.
Due to the relatively long front line of the film festival, from May 5th to May 14th, most of the crew members who participated in the previous activities left, and only the crews that were screened in the last two days remained in place.
The opening and closing are the times when the film festival attracts the most attention. The reporters are all waiting in the Nice airport, waiting for familiar directors and actors to appear.
They may not know other people, but they have deep memories of the creators of each film in the main competition unit.
"Is that man Lars von Trier? He's back!"
"Dancer in the Dark has a chance to win an award?"
"Look, look, the heroine Bjork is back together. Is she going to win an award?"
The reporters were amazed, and took photos with their cameras. This "Dancer in the Dark" was only scored 2.4 points in the show magazine, but the director is an old friend of Cannes. He has been shortlisted for the main competition seven or eight times. I have won the group award three times, but I have never had the chance to win the Palme d'Or.
The heroine Björk is a famous singer in Iceland. This cross-border acting has received a lot of praise, but before she came back, no one thought that she would be a contender for the queen. At most, she thought that the song she sang The theme song is not bad.
The reporters were all surprised. After the two left the airport, they got together to discuss.
"Isn't the actress going to be upset this time?"
"Bjork has a lot of power and it's amazing how well she's done as a singer."
"But the rest are not too bad. I think the actresses are great this year. Juliette Binoche, Eve Campbell, and Manyu Zhang are all excellent. It's really great to reward a singer. reason."
"Looks like 'Dancer in the Dark' is going to be the big winner this year."
Although the French usually give the impression of being arrogant, they appreciate the lives of the people at the bottom, especially works that express humanity and equality.
It just so happens that Bjork's movie has this kind of theme, it is born with the Palme d'Or, and it also has director bonuses.
I have won the second prize at the Cannes Film Festival so many times, maybe this time I will compensate the director with a first prize!
If this is the case, this year's Cannes will definitely be criticized by the outside world for its upset.
Every year when the results of the awards come out, Cannes and the members of the jury will be scolded. Perhaps this is also a way for them to maintain their popularity.
"David Lynch is back!"
"Why is he alone?"
"Could it be that Eve really has nothing to do with the actress?"
"This is great news. I thought Eve would be the strongest contender this year. She performed so well in "Mulholland Drive."
"Oh, what a pity."
The regret of the reporters did not last long, because one plane after another landed at the airport, and they really had no room for others to call them wronged.
Morgan Freeman, Renee Zellweger, directors, screenwriters and a large group of people came out of the airport in a mighty manner. The Japanese director Shinji Aoyama was weak.
The director of "In the Mood for Love" Wang Jiawei and the leading actor Tony Leung came, but the heroine Maggie Cheung was with her husband Olivier. I don't know if she was recalled or if her husband's film might win an award.
When Eve appeared at Nice Airport wearing a hat, all the reporters were stunned!
Originally, when they saw David Lynch returning alone, they thought that Eve had little hope of winning the award.As a result, half a day later, she walked out alone pushing the suitcase, giving all the media a surprise.
Tonight's best actress battle is not over yet, she is still the number one favorite!
"Great, it looks better now."
"So many actresses have come back, who will send the actress?"
"Mulholland said goodbye to running with you?"
"It seems that Eve still has hope, and I hope she wins an award."
In order to confuse the audience, the organizer invited many actors and directors to stay, and did not disclose who will win the award.
Just like the call David Lynch received, the organizer didn't mention who must come back at all. They only mentioned the main creator of the film. It is not known whether Eve's name was mentioned intentionally or unintentionally.
Maybe "In the Mood for Love" and "Dancer in the Dark" are the same. They just called the main creators to come back, so the members who have time and feel that they have the hope of winning the award will come back.
Generally speaking, eight out of ten crews on the red carpet at the closing ceremony may have awards, and only one or two crews will sit on the bench.
No one wants to be the one who runs with them.
One crew after another returned to Cannes, and discussions on the Internet became very heated.
Netizens obviously haven't even seen the movie, so they can only guess the awards based on the descriptions and comments of film critics, but everyone still had a great time.
When Eve used the computer provided in the hotel room to surf the Internet, she was very interested in the speculations of these netizens. Many people put themselves in the column of actresses, which proved that more and more people recognized her acting skills.
Even if "Mulholland Drive" failed to win the award, this recognition is very important!
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The closing ceremony is coming soon. Since the stars and crew attending the closing ceremony are basically in the status of winning prizes, and the rest of the crew who didn't get any rewards have left long ago, so the red carpet seems relatively deserted.
Even though Eve and the others were short and tall, they became an important part of the beautiful landscape of the red carpet.
Today she is wearing the Armani red long dress that she prepared earlier. She matches red very well. Every time the red dress looks fairy, sexy and full of aura.
The skin is as white as snow, the red dress is like fire, the hair color is like gold, the necklace and earrings are small and exquisite, the overall appearance is definitely the best among actresses, like a young queen waiting to be crowned!
David Lynch was standing next to Eve in a black suit and bow tie as a green leaf. The age difference between the two was relatively large, so even if they held hands politely, there would be no rumors.
Eve's nervousness was completely buried in her heart. On the surface, she seemed calm and calm, and she didn't seem to take it seriously. Her acting skills were really good.
"Let's go in and sit down, your shoes are too high, aren't you afraid of falling when you walk?" David Lynch muttered in a low voice, and at the same time slowed down to help her.
"It took me half an hour to practice wearing these shoes before I got used to them. The heels are too thin and a little unstable." Eve didn't have much contact with the people who returned today, so she basically smiled and waved her hands to calculate the etiquette on the scene.
The members of the jury had already entered the closing ceremony venue early. They were all godlike, and they couldn't see any emotions. They didn't know if there was any quarrel during the awards.
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When the local time in Cannes came to seven o'clock in the evening, the clock on Australia's Gold Coast had already arrived at three o'clock in the morning.
However, Keanu Reeves, who has worked hard for a whole day of martial arts training, still sits on the sofa, staring at the TV without moving. He can't go to Cannes to accompany his girlfriend to wait for the award results to be announced, so he can only watch the live broadcast silently in the hotel .
"I hope she wins an award!"
Keanu knew how long Eve had been preparing for this role in this movie, and it would be great if he had put in so much effort to be recognized by an award.
The live broadcast of the closing ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival was all in French. He didn't understand French at all, so he could only guess based on the names he read.
The first main competition unit, the FIPRESCI Award, was won by the Japanese, while the Best Screenplay Award was won by the two American screenwriters of "Emergency Lover".
When the award presenters for the best director came to the stage, Keanu put his hands together, he didn't know whether to pray for "Mulholland Drive" to win the award or not.
The three major film festivals have a small tradition, that is, a film can basically only win one award, and the awards should be distributed to the rest of the films as much as possible, unless it is really too good to ignore.
For example, the best film Palme d'Or film is usually not given to the best director, jury award, etc., but at most a technical award or best screenwriter.
Therefore, the film that won the best director basically announced that it would miss the Palme d'Or.
The Palme d'Or is to praise a film as a whole, not only for the quality of the finished film, but also for the encouragement and praise of the director, actors, and screenwriters!
Although Keanu has worked hard in Hollywood for so many years, he rarely feels the tension of waiting for the awards to be announced.
He was shortlisted for some less important awards before, and he didn't take it seriously at all. It's fine to win an award, but it doesn't seem to matter if he doesn't win an award.
Now he was sitting in front of the TV watching the live broadcast, he was even more nervous than the main creators of "Mulholland Drive", he wanted to grind his teeth to pieces!
"The best director award in the main competition unit of the 53rd Cannes International Film Festival is - David Lynch! Congratulations."
The TV camera focused on the American director in an instant. Keanu saw his girlfriend's surprised and happy appearance in the camera. She hugged David with joy on her face.
The judges in Cannes will not come to the stage to present the awards. The award presenters will hold the certificates and speak with Gold Leaf on stage. They already know who the winners are in advance, and there is no such thing as opening the envelope in ordinary awards ceremonies.
"I won the prize!"
Keanu stood up excitedly and applauded the director in the empty living room. He was very lucky to win the award, even if it wasn't the most important award, at least he didn't leave empty-handed.
But apart from being happy, he also felt uncomfortable for Eve.
Under normal circumstances, Cannes will not give the award to the film that has already won the award, so David Lynch gave Eve a special thank you when he delivered his acceptance speech.
"Mulholland Drive is a very mysterious path in Hollywood, and it was a pleasure to be able to make a film with a group of interesting, talented people. I think they have done a great job, especially Miss Campbell. She is our film. An important reason why cinema exists and is here, and we would not be here at Cannes without you. This award is dedicated to you!"
Off the stage, Eve's eyes were slightly rosy. She pursed her lips and shook her head. This credit does not belong to her alone, and she had selfish intentions at the time.
She celebrated at home when she heard that ABC was reluctant to book Mulholland Drive, a project she never treated as a TV show from the start.
The director's words made her feel a little ashamed.
The applause sounded slowly, and David Lynch returned to the seat with the certificate and trophy. He said to Eve with regret, "Unfortunately, we failed to get the highest award."
"It's great to win this award, at least our promotional posters can be changed." Eve cheered up, and now she completely turned herself into a spectator, and she no longer had any extravagant hopes.
"Whether you can win the award or not, you are the most energetic actor I have ever seen. Your performance is very good." David Lynch said comfortingly: "Actually, you still have hope. There was a film that won two prizes before." One award, even actor and director awards can be shared between two films."
There are a lot of show operations at the Cannes Film Festival, because the chairman of the jury is very powerful. As long as he is willing, the organizer does not care how many people are tied for the award, so they often make some double-yolk and triple-yolk. category awards.
Last year and the year before last, there were two Cannes actresses, and the year before last, the actress had double yolk eggs.
In the year "Farewell My Concubine" won the Palme d'Or, there was actually another film that also won the Palme d'Or.
When the list is not fully announced, there is still a chance.
The live award presentation is fast-paced, with no advertisers and no interspersed performances.
French national treasure actress Catherine Deneuve came to the stage with the award, and she said: "The art of film cannot be separated from the performance of actors, and in the past there were many talented actresses who gave us classic screens one after another. Image. Now there are many actresses active on the screen, each of you has your own characteristics, and each of you has brought a wonderful performance. The winner of the best actress at this year's Cannes Film Festival is—”
"Bjork's Dancer in the Dark!"
Keanu on the other side of the world showed a disappointed look, and Eve at the award ceremony also had a regretful expression. She didn't pretend like nothing happened, and her emotions were quite real, not hypocritical.
Only after a brief moment of regret, she started clapping again, applauding the actress who crossed over from music.
Bjork herself didn't expect to win the award. She stood up in surprise and hugged her director.
But Deneuve didn't finish speaking, and then read: "Eve Campbell's "Mulholland Drive"!"
Everyone at the scene was stunned for a moment before reacting.
It turned out to be a double yolk egg again!
For three consecutive years, double yolk eggs have appeared in the actress section!
Eve was a little regretful just now, but she heard her name immediately. The astonished expression on her face was not faked at all, and she was completely surprised by the sudden change.
She knew there was a tradition of double yolk eggs, but she never thought that one day it would happen to her!
"Congratulations, this is the honor you deserve." David Lynch was happier than he was winning the award. He patted Eve on the back and motioned her to go on stage to receive the award.
"Thank you."
Eve felt a little dizzy, and took two deep breaths in a row before she regained her composure.
She glanced at Bjork over there, and hurriedly walked forward to save others from embarrassment.
One of these two is a singer who came across the border and starred in musicals with her true colors, and the other is an acting actress who has mastered superb acting skills at a young age. Their joint award represents two different directions of performance!
Keanu was already so annoyed that he hammered the pillow, but who would have thought that there would be a turnaround, and Eve would also stand on the stage. Everything happened so suddenly.
When David Lynch won the award earlier, most people felt that Eve was out of action and had to run with her tonight.
"Mulholland Drive" unexpectedly survived from a desperate situation, not only won the best director award, but also won a Cannes actress.
From today onwards, Eve's resume has a rich and colorful stroke!