The award ceremony of this year's Cannes Film Festival was held in the Lumiere Cinema Hall of the Film Palace. This movie theater is where the works of the main competition unit of the film festival are screened, and the premiere of "Spring Days Without War" was held here.

The Lumière Cinema Hall was built to commemorate the Lumière brothers, who held the first public screening in human history a hundred years ago. The film played at that time was a train entering a station, which caused a sensation on the spot due to its realistic images.

Now, the Lumiere Cinema Hall is filled with people from the film industry from all over the world. These are not idol artists who became famous by relying on traffic or hype, but real filmmakers who bring people all kinds of realistic and surreal works.

The spotlight kept moving as the award ceremony progressed, but many people's eyes were focused on one position, Lu Ban, who was at the front near the aisle.

There was nothing special about him, but there was an empty seat next to him.

According to Lu Ban's performance, this is the seat "reserved" for Amber.

At this moment, many reporters are no longer focused on the awards given to short films and emerging directors. They are only concerned about one thing, that is, the Palme d'Or and the Best Actress Award in the main competition unit.

Originally, it was thought that Lu Ban's behavior on the red carpet was just a show, but the media and filmmakers who were close to him discovered that Lu Ban seemed to be really talking to the "people" around him.

Could it be... there is some mystery?

When a person acts too self-righteously, it causes self-doubt among the onlookers.

And this is Lu Ban, a big movie star.

A person of this level, even if he points to a deer and says it is a horse, there will probably be many people who will stand up and agree.

Everyone is very confident in Lu Ban. Director Lu must have his reasons for doing this.

The camera in Cannes would occasionally pass over Lu Ban. Every time he passed by, many viewers watching the live broadcast would carefully observe Lu Ban, trying to find any problems.

Yet there was nothing there.

If there was really no one at this position, then Lu Ban's acting was too realistic. He acted politely as if there was really a lady sitting there.

But Lu Ban’s acting skills are rather poor compared to his directing ability. Can he really act so well?

Some viewers began to think that Lu Ban had probably informed the organizing committee in advance, and when the award ceremony came, he would let Amber rise from the center of the stage to surprise everyone!

The awards were presented one by one, and soon it was time for the main competition.

According to certain established conventions, each sub-award of a film award will be presented to different works. After all, the art film circle is not large, and the production members of each film always have some overlap. If one film wins the grand slam, it would be too embarrassing for other films to be runners-up.

Therefore, people generally believe that this time the Palme d'Or can be awarded to Lu Ban, but awards such as Best Screenplay and Best Director should be awarded to others.

Unexpectedly, the first name that was chosen as the best script was "Haruhi no Kissou".

Lu Ban went on stage and took the trophy.

"Director Lu Ban, your work is indeed impressive. Can you talk about the motivation for writing this script?"

It would be more accurate to say that the host was taking the opportunity to interview Lu Ban rather than asking him to give a speech to accept the award. And from the way he spoke, it seemed that Lu Ban would go on stage more than once, so the host only mentioned the script.

With the help of a translator, the conversation between the two was transmitted to everyone present in French.

Lu Ban took the microphone.

"I am honored to receive this award. Just now, a friend asked me why I arranged such a plot and why I couldn't save everyone. He thought I was deliberately hurting everyone. I would like to clarify this here."

He speaks his mind.

"I have tried very hard to make that world go in a better direction, but the reality is that I couldn't save Amber, and I can't change what has happened."

“I can’t do anything.”

Lu Ban's words caused the guests on the scene to suffer from PTSD again. A mysterious healing smile began to spread among the audience. The guests who were originally confused, surprised, thinking and silent, laughed as if they understood everything.

Outside the Lumiere Room, viewers watching the live broadcast on TV and online were all puzzled.

[What does this mean? Why does it feel like he really experienced these things? ]

[Is Lu Ban really too immersed in the role and has gone insane? ]

[What is he saying? I don't understand anything. Is this some kind of code or jargon?]

[I understand. Director Lu is talking about creation. When creation is deeply rooted in people's hearts, the character comes alive. He has his own life and will, and his future is no longer controlled by the creator! ]

[I have also heard that Flaubert cried for several days when he was writing a book because he killed a character in his work. Lu Ban might have fallen into this state when he was creating.]

[No, what are you all talking about? Who died? ]

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The guests at the scene whispered to each other, and many people believed that what Lu Ban meant was that he was deeply immersed in the story when he was creating it, and Amber was given life and soul by Lu Ban during the creation and had her own will.

Amber's death is the inevitable ending of the story, which cannot be changed by Lu Ban's personal will. It is the final end of her character.

They believe that when Lu Ban was writing this script, he must have been heartbroken to complete the creation of this plot, and he had to endure his own pain to present these scenes to the audience in the most perfect form.

Thinking about it this way, it turns out that the one who suffered the most was Lu Ban!

A sad atmosphere filled the scene. People mourned for the passing of Amber and respected Lu Ban for his pursuit of art.

After receiving the award, Lu Ban returned to his seat. Not long after he sat down, he heard his name again.

Best Director Award.

Soon after, Lu Ban was also seen in the Best Actor category.

Seeing this scene, many people began to wonder.

Is Lu Ban really going to sweep all the major awards at the Palme d'Or and complete the Grand Slam?

This is rare in history, no, it is even unique.

Amidst everyone's confusion and anticipation, the nominated films for Best Actress began playing.

Naturally, amber is among them.

The host invited a senior from the film industry, an actress who had won the Palme d'Or, to come on stage to present the award.

She took a look at the contents of the envelope, and then a healing and mysterious smile appeared on her face.

"The winner of this year's Palme d'Or for Best Actress is Amber."

The whole audience fell silent.

The spotlight came to Lu Ban.

That seat was empty.