Pei Qian opened the chat software and saw all sorts of congratulatory messages.
Zhu Xiaoce and the others even took a video of the scene and sent it over. It was messy, and there seemed to be a large group of people shouting and cheering.
Pei Qian was silent for a moment and decided to clarify the most basic question.
What exactly was the Jury Grand Prize?
Pei Qian watched movies usually, but he had almost no involvement in these professional award ceremonies. At most, he only knew about the Oscars.
He could only turn to Qiandu for help now.
Two minutes later, Pei Qian understood.
There were many awards in the Cannes Film Festival, the most important of which was the Palme d 'Or. Like the Golden Bear and Golden Lion awards of the other two film festivals, it was the highest international award in the film industry.
The last time a domestic film won the Palme d 'Or was in 1993. That was also the only time.
The Jury Prize was regarded as the second highest award.
The last time a domestic film won this award was in 2000. That was why the headline of the news was' Another Award After Eleven Years'.
Pei Qian did not know whether he should feel sad or happy after reading the scientific explanation on Qiandu.
Fortunately, it was not the Palme d 'Or. It was only second place.
Pei Qian was afraid that his luck would play a role again. If he really won the Palme d 'Or, then this matter would really blow up!
That was not entirely impossible. After all, the more professional a film critic was, the easier it was to imagine. Who knew what European and American film critics would imagine when they saw a theme like Tomorrow is Beautiful!
However, the current situation was enough to make Pei Qian speechless.
It might be second place, but it was still very difficult to get it!
Domestic films had worked hard for eleven years. Almost every year, there would be a film premiere in Cannes. In the end, most of them were just there to accompany the competition. It was impossible for them to get second place.
In the end, he made a film that only wanted to poison the audience and lose a little money. Not only did it explode in the domestic box office, but it actually won an award at the film festival?
Something must be wrong with this world …
…
Pei Qian quietly got up, washed up, and went to the office.
On the 16th floor of Shenhua View, all the employees were working hard. It was a quiet and peaceful scene.
Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief. He could not help but secretly rejoice that he had sent Fei Huang Workspace into shock therapy. Otherwise, he would not have been able to withstand all the employees of Fei Huang Workspace blocking his office door to congratulate him.
At least his spring water was safe.
However, Pei Qian had just stepped into the office when he heard a 'bam'. The champagne cork flew into the sky!
At the same time, the sound of all kinds of fireworks and ribbons also rose and fell, and the entire office instantly became lively.
“SURPRISE！！”
"Boss Pei, congratulations!"
"Director Zhu Xiaoce even specially thanked you for Tomorrow is Beautiful's award! How are you feeling right now? "
Everyone stood up from their seats in unison. Some were holding fireworks and ribbons, some were applauding, and some were pouring champagne.
Pei Qian looked at Assistant Xin, confused. "This …"
Assistant Xin smiled and explained, "Boss Pei, everyone thought that Fei Huang Workspace's employees are on vacation, and the movie's main production team is still overseas. That's why we prepared this celebration for them.
"After all, this is something worth celebrating. How can we just brush it off?"
"…"
You guys are so thoughtful.
But I do not need this kind of celebration, damn it!
Someone at the side served champagne, and everyone present had a share.
Pei Qian could only silently raise his glass and gulp it down.
Hao Yun, who was standing at the side, was confused. "Er, Boss Pei, shouldn't you say a few words first?"
Pei Qian placed his glass on the table next to him. "It's all in the past. What's there to say? Alright, everyone, hurry up and get to work! "
Celebrate?
We're celebrating now, and Huang Sibo and the others are back to celebrate again. Do you want me to suffer twice?
Dream on!
After Boss Pei entered his office and closed the door, Assistant Xin smiled and said to everyone, "Boss Pei has always been like this. Alright, let's get to work. It won't be too late to celebrate when Huang Sibo and the others are back."
Wu Bin, on the other hand, quickly took notes in his little notebook.
"Indeed, Boss Pei's character has not changed after so much time has passed."
"I heard that Boss Pei was like this when Ocean Stronghold became a huge success. He only symbolically took a sip of champagne to celebrate and then immediately threw himself into the work that followed."
"When I heard about it from Bao Xu, I thought that it was just an artistic exaggeration."
"After all, even if those who succeeded did not lie on their past achievements, they would not go so far as to skip a short celebration, right?"
"Now, it looks like it's true. It's not an exaggeration at all. Boss Pei is such a person."
"Hmm … I think I can write this part into the annotations of the Tengda spirit. I'll send it to Cui Geng and ask him to consider how to use this material."
…
In the office, Pei Qian took out his cell phone and began scrolling through the 99 + unread messages.
Most of them were congratulatory messages. The contents were all the same, and Pei Qian silently ignored them.
He could not reply at all. What's more, if the other party took the opportunity to start chatting and start praising Tomorrow is Beautiful after he replied, wouldn't that hurt Boss Pei a second time?
Thus, Pei Qian considered posting a post on his WeChat Moments later. He would say that he was very grateful to everyone, but there were too many messages for him to reply to. He would then block the new posts on his WeChat Moments and let the matter pass.
As he scrolled, Pei Qian suddenly stopped.
His eyes lingered on a message that Lin Chang had sent.
"Boss Pei! Congratulations! You have to treat me to a good drink when you go to Jingzhou! Although it won the award because of the quality of the film itself, I should get some credit for trying to send it to Cannes for you, right? "
Pei Qian, "???"
He quickly typed a reply. "Did you send the film to me?"
Lin Chang replied after a while.
"Boss Pei, why did you only reply now? Did you get too high last night and drink too much?"
"Of course, I got someone to send it to me. Cannes has always been biased towards films that premiered at their own film festival. The judges would not have accepted it if I did not have some connections."
"However, Boss Pei, I'm not asking for credit. To be honest, I didn't expect Tomorrow is Beautiful to win an award. I just wanted to help because I saw that the movie's foreign box office was too bad." "That's right.
"You won the award mainly because your film was good and completely convinced the judges. Otherwise, no matter how strong your connections were, it would not have been useful."
Pei Qian, "…"
I've caught you!
So you're the one behind all this!
Pei Qian seriously considered whether he could think of a way to arrange for the Manage Loss Trainee to work in Shenhua Corporation.
For example, he could arrange for him to work in the President's office of Shenhua Film.
He had indeed figured out the matters in the company, but he was still blind to the matters outside the company!
"I've really let down your good intentions. As far as I know, it seems like Tomorrow is Beautiful's overseas box office performance is too bad. It's going to be withdrawn soon, right?" Pei Qian typed with a dark expression.
He was mainly worried about two things. The first was the profit sharing contract he had signed with Aili Island. Once the movie won an award, there would definitely be a large group of new viewers watching the movie online. That would be another source of income. The second was that overseas video websites might spend a lot of money to buy the overseas copyright of Tomorrow is Beautiful.
As for the overseas box office, Tomorrow is Beautiful had been released at the beginning of the month. The screening rate was not high, and the box office performance was not good either. It would probably be withdrawn soon.
Lin Chang, "Withdraw? The latest news is that Tomorrow is Beautiful has been flooding the overseas media after it won the award! All the major cinemas have extended their schedules by a month, and the screening rate has also increased.
"A film like this that won the Jury's Prize has good commercial value. How could it be withdrawn? The cinema chains would also want to make more money from this popularity! "
Pei Qian, "…"
Why did I ask such a question?
Blessings never come in pairs, and misfortunes never come singly!
He had thought that the overseas screening of Tomorrow is Beautiful was a false alarm. However, everything changed after one film festival!
Pei Qian felt extremely melancholic. This cycle had been extremely stressful.
What happened to making lousy films and burning money?
This film had made a huge profit domestically, overseas, at the cinema chains, and online … there was no end to it!
Pei Qian felt that this was the biggest failure he had ever made.
Er … no, it could be the second failure.
The honor of being the first failure should always belong to The Lonely Desert Road and the fifty thousand yuan.
Lin Chang continued speaking. "Also, Boss Pei, the second round of interpretation of your film should be starting in two days. Are you ready to be bootlicked?"
Pei Qian, "?"
"Sometimes, before a good thing leaves the country, everyone will have one evaluation of it," Lin Chang said. "Once it leaves the country, it will have a different evaluation."
"I'm very curious now. Many people thought that Tomorrow is Beautiful was made incongruously, and the locals and foreigners did not like it. However, now that Tomorrow is Beautiful has won an award at Cannes, what should they say?
"Alright, Boss Pei, continue to be happy. Remember to treat me to a drink when I arrive in Jingzhou!"
Pei Qian fell into silence as he looked at his chat history with Lin Chang.
It was really making one's head bald!
…
At the same time, in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe's Handong University branch …
"Hello, I'm the person-in-charge of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Xiao Peng. You are?"
Liang Qingfan shook hands with Xiao Peng. "I'm Liang Qingfan, the designer of Boss Pei's Sloth Apartments project.
"Oh! Please take a seat. "
Xiao Peng and Liang Qingfan sat by the window in the coffee area, and the waiter served two cups of coffee.
After the two of them exchanged a few words, Liang Qingfan stated his purpose for coming.
"Boss Xiao, I wonder if you're interested in changing the renovation style of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe?"
After completing the Sloth Apartments project, Liang Qingfan had been touring Jingzhou, gathering inspiration, and waiting for Boss Pei's next instructions.
However, he felt a little bored after waiting for a long time without any news.
Then, Liang Qingfan decided to scout out a spot.
Boss Pei had so many businesses under him, including Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out, Deposit Fitness, Sloth Apartments, and so on. All of them needed to be renovated.
If he could take on all of these and design a few popular well-known cases, it would be very crucial to increasing his reputation.
What's more, he knew very well that Tengda's departments did not lack money. They would definitely not lose out in terms of design fees.
Thus, he strolled to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to meet Xiao Peng today. He wanted to get to know Xiao Peng in advance so that it would be more convenient to work with him in the future.
Xiao Peng thought for a moment. "Not for the time being. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 1.0 and 2.0 are very well accepted by consumers. It would not be appropriate to change the style rashly. As for Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0, it is currently under renovation. It would not be convenient to change it for now. "
"Of course, if I want to launch Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 4.0 in the future, I will contact you immediately."
"However, I do know of a place that needs help. Why don't you take a look at Thriller Hostel? "
"I'll give you the phone number of the person in charge. His surname is Chen. You can contact him directly."
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