After "The Accident" was over, when Shu Peien came out of the cinema, as soon as he turned on his cell phone, a lot of message notifications started ringing one after another.
It was not until this time that Shu Payen realized what kind of shock the news released by Longxing Studio caused in China.
One was that the news mentioned him, and the other was that the news mentioned what he said, about how "Demons" could win the award at the French Film Festival, beating "The Accident".
In recent years, apart from Zhang Jing'an's films that have become famous internationally, few domestic films have won awards at such grand occasions as international film festivals.
For domestic audiences, the awards of the French Film Festival are out of reach. This grand festival, apart from having extraordinary significance for filmmakers, is more like a red carpet show for domestic stars.
When the media go to a film festival, they tend to talk about the actresses' outfits and make comments, but in comparison, they don't seem to care much about which movies are participating.
Most of the time, it is more like a prop to elevate one's status, but this year is different, because this year there is Ning Zhanping's "Accident", especially the leading female role is Tao Cen.
There is no need to explain Tao Cen's status in China. If people in China think that there is a Chinese actress who can win awards and rankings at international film festivals, then people all over China think that apart from Tao Cen, there is no one else to consider.
But now the website under the name of Long Xing Studio has released news, mentioning Shu Pain's comments on "Devil", and the consequences can naturally be imagined.
If someone else had said something like this, it might not have caused such a big stir, but it happened that the person who made the comment was Shu Payen.
Who is Shu Peien? He is the leading film critic in China and the only film critic in China who was invited by the French Film Festival, rather than applying for it. This shows his status.
All the movies he reviewed are, without exception, masterpieces, good movies that have been proven by audience word of mouth and box office performance.
Now that he said the movie "Devil" could win an award, it naturally attracted the attention of domestic audiences.
On the one hand, it has aroused great interest among domestic audiences in this year's French Film Festival. After all, it is a good thing for domestic films to win awards, especially at this kind of international film festival. On the other hand, the news mentioned that two domestic films were competing with each other, and fans of both sides were unwilling to admit defeat.
Shu Peien's assistant called across the ocean and told him the general situation:
"Teacher Shu, netizens are very enthusiastic about this matter, and the number of people paying attention to it is also increasing. Do you want to make an explanation?"
Shu Payen was a little unhappy. He was a film critic and it was inevitable that he would meet people who were dissatisfied with his reviews. For a man of his age, the abuse from netizens was no longer a big deal, but he did not like the domestic newspapers and magazines that deliberately exaggerated and distorted the facts in their reports, picking and choosing his words to make a striking news article.
In order to gain traffic and attention, they will do anything!
"No need! I am really optimistic about the movie "Devil". With Liu Ye and Jiang Se's performance in it, it won't be difficult for them to win an award."
He probably knows the directors and film titles participating in this year's film festival. Even though this is only the first day of the film festival, the excellence of "Devil" is there. Even if the number of viewers at the premiere is not good, it will become popular sooner or later once word of mouth comes out.
In comparison, "The Accident" is indeed a bit dull.
It was precisely because Ning Zhanping's filming was too conventional and Tao Cen's performance was within his expectations that there was no big surprise like in "The Devil".
"Let them talk. After watching the movie today, I will write a review. Although the news is a bit exaggerated, it is not nonsense. I am indeed quite optimistic about "Demons" and it is better than "The Accident."
His admission left the assistant dumbfounded. During the overseas call, Shu Payen did not waste any time talking to the assistant. After explaining the matter, he hung up the phone.
After watching the movie I was going to watch today, I returned to the hotel, washed up, turned on my laptop, and logged on to the Internet to write a movie review. It was almost 9:30 French time.
It was already early morning in China, but many people who were waiting for the "truth" were still awake, and some were constantly refreshing Shu Payne's homepage.
According to his personality, if he really likes a movie, he will write a review as a souvenir after watching it.
If what was said in the news today is true, then Shupein will definitely post a review of "Demons" tonight.
It was late at night, and many Chinese netizens were still holding their mobile phones or computers, refreshing Shu Peien's homepage over and over again. Some of them were fans who cared about Liu Ye, some were die-hard fans of Jiang Se, and some were people who supported Tao Cen and "The Accident" and wanted to wait for Shu Peien to give a result.
Tao Tao was also among this group of people, and her expression looked a little depressed.
After she and Su Min finished watching "Devil" today, when they came out and were waiting to take a photo with Jiang Se, she happened to see Shu Payen, and naturally did not miss the scene where he was praising Liu Ye and Jiang Se.
As a perceptive media person, she instinctively recorded it at that moment, wrote the manuscript and sent it back to China.
But the original title of the manuscript she sent out was not like this. She just felt conscientiously that "Demons" was praised by Shu Pain, and said that Shu Pain predicted that "Demons" was very likely to win an award at the French Film Festival.
But after this press release was released in China, its meaning changed. It intentionally provoked a dispute between fans of the two movies, and the incident also involved Tao Cen and Jiang Se.
For Tao Tao, this result made her very unhappy, and she was not in the mood to watch a movie in the afternoon.
Su Min didn't know how to comfort her. It was normal for the boss to want to increase the popularity of Longxing Studio and change the title of the news to attract attention. Unfortunately, Tao Tao took it too seriously.
After she returned to the hotel, she also refreshed Shu Payen's community account and Shu Payen's homepage in "Times Commentary". After what happened today, Shu Payen has not spoken out. Tao Tao secretly hopes that Shu Payen can stand up and say a few words for Jiang Se who was scolded.
At nearly ten o'clock, Shu Peien's homepage in "Times Review" was finally updated. He expressed his attitude with a very eye-catching title:
My fate with "Devil" made me fall in love with this movie and the people who filmed and acted in it!
Under this eye-catching text, there is a poster signed by Liu Ye and Jiang Se. Facing the waiting and questioning of netizens, Shu Peien did not back down or talk about other things. Instead, he made his attitude clear and expressed his love for the movie "Devil"! (To be continued)