While everyone was talking and laughing, the phone that Cai Lam placed on the table rang. He got up to answer the phone. No one paid attention to it and just chatted to themselves.

When Cai Lan answered the phone and came back, his face was relaxed and a little happy.

Li Hanxiang asked: "Seeing you so happy, what's the good thing?"

Cai Lan smiled and said: "It's not me who has good things, it's Chaoyang who has good things."

Everyone was confused after hearing this, and Di Long asked: "What's the good thing?"

Cai Lan shook the Big Brother phone in his hand and said, "I just received a tip that "The Truman Show" has been shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival!"

The atmosphere on the table suddenly exploded.

The largest financier of "The Truman Show" is Jiahe, and Cai Lam is Jiahe's senior producer and Boss Zou's right-hand man.

The movie also has the participation of Lin Chaoyang, Xu Guanwen and Li Hanxiang, so everyone present is very familiar with the situation of the movie.

Although the film has been aiming for awards since its inception, who can guarantee that it will be successful?

Moreover, Xiangjiang Film has done well in commercialization in recent years, but in terms of artistry and awards, it is not very good.

Why does Li Hanxiang have such a high status in the Hong Kong film industry and even the Chinese film industry?

Isn't it because he won several international awards in the early 1960s?

This includes being shortlisted for the main competition of the Cannes Film Festival twice in 1960 and 1963. Although it did not win a heavyweight award, it was already a rare honor for the Chinese film industry in that era.

Now that "The Truman Show" is released, it is the peak of Li Hanxiang back then. How can this not shock everyone present?

While everyone was busy discussing, Xu Guanwen's big brother also rang, also informing the Cannes Film Festival that the list of shortlisted films for the main competition had been announced.

"The Truman Show" is on the list!

Di Long raised his glass and said loudly: "Today is a double blessing. Let's all have a drink!"

Everyone raised their glasses together, and after finishing the glass of wine, they were still excitedly discussing the fact that "The Truman Show" was nominated for the Cannes Film Festival.

For Xiangjiang films that rarely have the opportunity to appear at international film festivals, being shortlisted for the Cannes Film Festival is definitely an honor. The two main creators of the film, Lin Chaoyang and Xu Guanwen, have also become the focus of discussion.

Li Hanxiang looked at the two of them and was a little bit amused. If he had been asked to direct this movie, he would be the one shortlisted for the Cannes Film Festival now.

Xu Anhua is really lucky!

"You will be on the headlines tomorrow's news again!"

"The headlines in the gossip newspapers don't matter. It's been shortlisted for the Cannes Film Festival. The film won't have to worry about being sold. It might make a lot of money!"

Cai Lan's words attracted everyone's approval.

After all, movies are still a business. Of course, being shortlisted is a good thing, but winning an award is a small probability event after all.

Don't worry about whether "The Truman Show" can win the award. After being shortlisted, there will be a wave of news and public attention. The box office should not be too bad by then. The most important thing is that it can still sell the copyright. It can be said that it is

Gain fame and fortune!

Listening to Cai Lam's words, Li Hanxiang felt a little better. After all, he was also one of the investors in "The Truman Show."

I didn't get the fame, but I got the profit anyway.

The already lively atmosphere of the party became even more lively because the organizing committee of this year's Cannes Film Festival announced the list of shortlisted films for the main competition unit. Everyone gathered until late at night before they dispersed.

Early the next morning, the news that ""The Truman Show" was shortlisted for the main competition of the Cannes Film Festival" appeared in many newspapers in Hong Kong. After the news was published in the newspapers, it quickly became the focus of heated discussions among the citizens of Hong Kong.

The Hong Kong film market has been booming in recent years, and people are willing to pay attention. Many people felt honored when they saw the news.

After all, this is one of the three major European film festivals with international influence. Xiangjiang Film has not been shortlisted many times in these years!

If I win another award, it will be a record!

With the news fermenting, "The Truman Show" became a hit before it was released, and Jiahe naturally would not miss such a good publicity opportunity.

The main creative staff of the film crew were mobilized, and interviews and reports about the film appeared in newspapers, magazines, television, and radio.

That evening, Lin Chaoyang came out of the study and Tao Yumo was watching TV attentively.

"Brother-in-law, do you think Maggie can become a big star in the future?"

"Isn't he already a star now?"

"I'm talking about big stars, very popular ones."

"How popular does it mean? She is also famous now." Lin Chaoyang said while looking at Maggie Cheung on TV.

Tao Yumo said: "It's even more popular than Zhong Chuhong, Brigitte Lin and others!"

Lin Chaoyang laughed, "You really dare to think about it. Even if you are good sisters, you can't be so flattering without a bottom line, right?"

"What I praised her for, she said it herself."

Lin Chaoyang glanced at Maggie Cheung on TV. Her baby-fat face had a bright smile, and her heartless look was comparable to that of Tao Yumo. No wonder the two of you could become good friends.

Tao Yumo and Maggie Cheung had known each other for more than half a year and had gone shopping together several times. Probably because their brain circuits tended to be the same, they soon became good friends who talked about everything.

Currently playing on TV is TVB's "Happy Tonight". "The Truman Show" has become quite popular in recent days, and Maggie Cheung, as the second female lead in the film, has also appeared in several announcements.

Tao Yumo asked Lin Chaoyang again: "Brother-in-law, what do you think, if "The Truman Show" is selected for the main competition of the film festival, can Maggie win an award?"

The more she asked the questions, the more she went off track. Lin Chaoyang asked: "Is this what she told you?"

"No. I just imagined that if she wins the Best Supporting Actress at the Cannes Film Festival, she might become a big star."

Tao Yumo was suddenly overjoyed as she spoke, "With her acting skills, I'm afraid she will never win an award in her lifetime."

Lin Chaoyang looked at his sister-in-law with a smile, you are still too young!

As the saying goes, life is impermanent, and the large intestine wraps around the small intestine.

Who would have thought that Maggie Cheung, whose acting skills were ridiculed by the entire film industry a few years before her debut, would transform into such an amazing person a few years later?

It's true that your good friend didn't win the Best Supporting Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival. She won the Best Actress award.

Lin Chaoyang really wanted to record his sister-in-law's unbridled laughter and give her a boomerang a few years later.

The news has been buzzing for more than a week, and the fact that "The Truman Show" was nominated for the Cannes Film Festival has finally disappeared from the media.

Before the popularity disappeared, Golden Harvest took advantage of the situation and announced that "The Truman Show" will be scheduled for May 24, which aroused the vigilance of many Hong Kong film companies.

"The Truman Show" stars Xu Guanwen and Zhong Chuhong. After it is released, it will definitely become a popular film in that period, squeezing the living space of other films.

If that's all it is, it's okay. "The Truman Show" is a literary film after all, and its audience is still not as big as that of commercial films.

But everyone is afraid that if it really wins an award, let alone a grand prize, even if it is a technical award, with the precedents of Li Hanxiang and Hu Jinquan, it may be enough to set off a huge wave in the Hong Kong film industry and movie audiences.

At that time, the audience's curiosity and sense of honor will be aroused. If it's a literary film or not, just watch it and it's over. I'm afraid everyone will have a hard time.

So what many people are looking forward to most right now is that "The Truman Show" will have no success participating in the film festival this time.

Time flies to early May, and an accident occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Pripyat, Kiev Oblast, Soviet Union. In just a few days, it became front-page news in various countries and regions around the world.

The international news has been a mess these days, because the first time the accident occurred was April 26, the Soviet Union did not inform the international community, nor did it attract enough attention.

After the situation was discovered by Europe, these countries were furious, and their envoys rushed to the Soviet Union's Ministry of Justice to demand an explanation.

The official news media of various countries even criticized the Soviet government verbally and in writing, forming a huge wave of public opinion against the Soviet Union in the international community.

Recently, many elite-oriented newspapers in Hong Kong have been reporting on this matter in series, attracting the attention of many citizens.

But after all, this matter is too far away from Xiangjiang. The citizens can only talk a few words in the newspapers, and the days go by, singing and dancing.

One week before the opening of the 39th Cannes International Film Festival, the invitation letter sent by the organizing committee to Jiahe was sent to Xiangjiang.

Lin Chaoyang originally didn't want to go to the film festival, but Jiahe attached great importance to participating in the exhibition. Before the invitation letter was sent, he communicated with Lin Chaoyang and asked him to attend the film festival. For this reason, Lin Chaoyang went back to the mainland to organize a trip to France.

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As a screenwriter, he could have gone or not, but the reason why Golden Harvest tried so hard to invite him was mainly because, according to Gilles Jacobs, the jury spoke highly of "The Truman Show".

The higher the evaluation, the higher the chance of winning the award. Although the jury did not promise anything, Jiahe would make up his mind if he couldn't stand it!

If "The Truman Show" really wins an award, it will definitely set off a tsunami of public opinion in the Hong Kong film industry.

At least this year, it will definitely destroy Xinyi City without any temper at all!

Lin Chaoyang, the original author and screenwriter, is one of the souls of the film and cannot be absent.

On May 7, the crew set off for France, a group of seven people. Boss Zou Wenhuai took Cai Lam, and there were five other crew members, namely director Xu Anhua, screenwriter Lin Chaoyang, actor Xu Guanwen, heroine Zhong Chuhong and second female lead Maggie Cheung.

Among them, Golden Harvest was responsible for the air tickets and accommodation for the four of Lin Chaoyang, while Chen Ziqiang arranged for Maggie Cheung to go to Cannes to attend the red carpet.

Zou Wenhuai personally participated, which shows how much Jiahe attaches importance to this Cannes Film Festival.

Cannes, also known as Cannes in Hong Kong, is a small city with a population of less than 70,000.

Since the 1940s, filmmakers from all over the world have gathered here every May, and this originally quiet and peaceful town has become bustling with people due to the film festival.

As a small city, Cannes itself does not have an airport. The nearest airport is the Côte d'Azur Airport in Nice.

However, there is no direct flight from Xiangjiang to Nice. Lin Chaoyang and others need to land in Lyon first, then take a flight to Nice, and then take a bus to Cannes.

Drive onto the southern motorway via the Saint-Font ramp, pass the Fezzan refinery and the Rhône hills sloping to the right, pass through a field of fruit trees and drive down the Rhône Valley, where you will see the boundless beauty of the lavender fields.

Cannes is located in the south of France, nestled at the foot of the green mountains and on the edge of the Mediterranean Sea.

With more than five thousand meters of beach and year-round sunshine, it has a charming natural style.
To be continued...