Chapter 528 - Why didn’t It Win the Palme d’Or? (1/2)

Pei Qian browsed various forums, especially those that had been battlegrounds for fans and haters of the movie. One could say that corpses covered the area. What’s more, those ‘corpses’ had not died in the intense battle. Instead, they had been dug up from their ‘graves’.

“I heard the film wouldn’t be liked by locals and foreigners alike. I get it; Cannes was not organized by foreigners.”

“Cannes has been thrown out of the ‘foreigners’ basket by the haters. I suggest that our country should consider adopting the homeless ‘Cannes’ now. We should make them a part of Jingzhou and call the film festival into Tengda Film Festival’ instead.”

” Tengda Film Festival’? Are you hinting that Tengda is so wealthy that it bribed all the judges in the film festival? Congratulations on figuring out the truth! (sarcasm)”

“This film did indeed only get popular because of its sales. It only got an award at Cannes to tackle the poor figures at overseas box offices. What a solid sales tactic! (sarcasm)”

“Now, it really does look like Tomorrow is Beautiful was just released at the right time. If an even better time had been picked, perhaps it would have stolen awards out of the hands of every other popular movie.”

“The major films with high production value must be celebrating the fact that they had not been released at the same time as Tomorrow is Beautiful, right? The more they think back to it, the more fear they should feel.”

“Can you tell us the joke again?’ ‘Which one?’ ‘The one about the foreign film.’ ‘Flying Star Journey! The real major foreign film is here!’ Hahahaha!”

“I heard that the foreign audience wouldn’t fall for the same trick as we did. Yet, all foreign cinemas have extended Tomorrow is Beautiful’s screening periods today. They’ve even increased the row piece rate. Once again, I’m giving all foreigners a serious warning: you run the risk of having your citizenship revoked if you watch this film. Please watch it at your own risk!”

Comments like that were littered all over the internet. The haters’ past discussions and posts were dug up as they were beaten up again and again.

Many haters could not ask for anything else. They either deleted comments or switched comments off altogether. Most of them could not do anything but act like they were dead.

It was too bad; those who had the best results had slapping privileges!

Before this, the haters had made a big deal out of Tomorrow is Beautiful’s poor performance in overseas box offices. It had almost become concrete proof that only locals liked the film while foreigners did not.

However, the award that the film won at Cannes was far more important. It practically turned the universe inside-out, thereby shooting down all the negative comments of the film that had been made before!

Pei Qian leaned back in his chair, speechless. It was not that he wanted to read those comments; it was that he had no other choice!

Everyone on the internet was discussing the film. Even if he wanted to ogle at girls on Weibo, he could read about Tomorrow is Beautiful in the related content.

He was being attacked from every corner, and the haters’ ‘corpses’ were hanging throughout the internet as people beat them while they were already down. It was absolutely sorrowful.

Pei Qian mourned the brave warriors in his heart.

“All of you have suffered! I will seek justice for you with the next movie! Please, believe me one more time!”

As he read all the hot discussion posts, Pei Qian could not help but think that it was about time Tomorrow is Beautiful blew over.

Its popularity was lasting too long!

He had not expected the after-effects of the movie to be that strong. It premiered in February, but its popularity on the Internet had not died down since then.

The most frustrating thing was that all the attention that the movie was getting online only served to increase the sales and views for Tomorrow is Beautiful on Aili Island.

Pei Qian was extremely frustrated. Why were there still new audiences at a time like that? He could not help but recall an extremely famous meme: ‘who the h*ll hasn’t bought Grand Theft Auto 5?’

Still, it was alright. The nightmare was almost over.

He had already lived through this nightmare once before. He had already won an award at an international film festival. Things were finally going to die down now, right?

Everyone had already praised the film in every way possible. Wasn’t it time to put the lid on the coffin and let the movie rest in peace? Pei Qian decided not to pay attention to this matter anymore and to let it die down.

However, just as he was about to exit the browser, a post caught his eye.

“How did Tomorrow is Beautiful get the Jury Prize?”

Pei Qian felt emotional. Ai, yet another typical post praising Tomorrow is Beautiful. He had already seen countless posts like that.