Director Ahn Ga-bok’s face is shown in close-up on a TV broadcasting the closing ceremony and awards ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival. Korean ‘leech’ film company and distribution company executives and employees are dumbfoundedly looking at it. There must be at least 20 of them, who are oblivious to the reality of the announcement of Cannes’ ‘Golden Palm’ award that was just announced on TV.
“ok??”
“Huh???”
“······’Leech’?? Aren’t you called a ‘leech’ just now?”
“I… really? That’s what I heard too.”
“Oh, no way.”
You must have heard it wrong or you reacted like it was nonsense. That was understandable. Cannes is famous for being an international film festival that strictly follows the rules, and ‘Leech’ has already won the Best Actor Award. If the rule is ‘one award per film’, ‘Leech’ should not be called that anymore.
however.
“Why aren’t you pointing at the director?”
First of all, the large TV that everyone is looking at shows Director Ahn Ga-bok’s face.
and.
-[Clap clap clap clap clap clap clap!!!]
On the TV broadcasting the live broadcast of the top award at the Cannes local closing ceremony, the sound of applause from thousands of big names is heard. Even the ‘leech’ actors, including Kang Woo-jin, stand up and applaud.
It’s only at this point.
“Huk!!!”
“What, what! Our ‘Leech’ won the ‘Golden Palm Award’?!!”
“This, this is crazy!!!”
“It’s the ‘Golden Palm Award’! That’s right!!”
Executives and employees of the film company and distribution company that was watching ‘Leech’ on TV had a seizure.
“Oh my god! What is happening in Cannes right now!!”
Many domestic media outlets monitoring the Cannes Film Festival in real time also had similar reactions.
“Kang Woo-jin, shoot articles nonstop all by yourself!”
“Yep! Huh? Okay, wait a minute, Editor-in-Chief!”
“Why! What! If you have time to talk, you should write one more article.”
“No!! Right now······I think the ‘Leech’ is being called the ‘Golden Palm Award’??!”
“What the hell are you talking about? Don’t you know the rules of Khan?”
“No! This is it! Watch it live!!”
“Why are you making such a fuss… Huh???”
All the media outlets that were shooting out articles related to Kang Woo-jin suddenly stopped moving.
“‘Leech’ wins the ‘Golden Palm Award’??!!!”
“Hey, is this really true?! Isn’t this a mistake?”
“I don’t know! But it seems like it’s just going to happen?!”
“There was a mistake- No!! First, change it! Change the article first!!”
But soon, domestic media outlets came to their senses and began hastily adding breaking news article titles, whether by mistake or not. Every minute counted. Likewise, the news teams of various broadcasting stations that monitor live and communicate closely with the locals were equally furious.
“The ‘Golden Palm Award’ is a ‘leech’??! Are you sure? Did they contact you like that even locally?”
“Yes, yes! Khan Hyunji is also in chaos right now!”
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“······Then what? ‘Leech’ won both the Best Actor Award and the Palme d’Or at Cannes this year??! Isn’t this really rewriting history?!!!”
At this point, the host’s comments on the stage of the Cannes Film Festival were added to the monitor.
-[“This year’s exceptional ‘Golden Palm Award’ was awarded by a unanimous vote of the 10 judges······”]
I was trying to add some explanation, but no one on the news team understood right away. They were too excited to do that. Their minds were filled only with the ‘Best Actor Award’ and the ‘Golden Palm Award’.
“That hard space is breaking the rules!!”
“Wow- a film from the ‘Competitive’ category won both the ‘Best Actor’ award and the ‘Palm d’Or’ award······and it was a Korean film, too.”
“Have you seen anything like this in the history of the Cannes Film Festival?? When was it?!”
“I’ll look it up!! Ah- Grand Prix, Best Actor, Best Actress! There was a movie called ‘Black Piano’ that won three major awards in 2002!!”
“So, is this the first time you’ve broken a rule in 20 years?”
“Yes! Even – the Palme d’Or and Best Actor Award were awarded at the same time! It’s the first time in Cannes history······”
“This is- this is a really crazy record??!!”
As soon as news teams at various broadcasting stations in the country realized the reality, they suddenly became busy.
“Fix what you were preparing!! Hurry up!!!!”
Because the news that was going to be on the morning news had to be changed as quickly as possible.
One of the articles dominating the Internet these days.
『Kang Woo-jin, the great feat of winning the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival!』
『[Star Talk] Kang Woo-jin, who won the Best Actor Award at Cannes just 2 years after his debut! In his acceptance speech, he declared, ‘Next year is the Academy Award’』
『[Here is Cannes] Kang Woo-jin, Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award! Declares in fluent French, “Next year is the Academy Award”』
New news began to pour in in real time. News of ‘Leech’s’ ‘Golden Palm Award’.
『[Cannes Film Festival] Breaking the ‘No Simultaneous Awards’ Rule, ‘Leech’ Wins ‘Golden Palm’ and ‘Best Actor’ at the Same Time···First in Cannes+Korea』
The ‘leech’ was truly writing a legend.
Back to Cannes, France.
The grand hall of the Palais des Festivals, where the awards ceremony was in full swing, was bustling with standing ovations from thousands of spectators.
-Clap clap clap clap clap!
-Clap clap clap clap clap clap!!
Everyone was focused on Director Ahn Ga-bok, who was wearing a tuxedo and had short white hair, and was currently greeting the surrounding ‘leech’ actors. Meanwhile, quite a few of the big-name audience members were whispering.
“Simultaneous awards?? Has this ever happened?”
“It’s like the first time, at least that’s what I remember.”
“So that means Cannes broke the rules – what? Is the movie ‘Leech’ that great??”
“Just by looking at the fact that the judges were unanimous, you can tell that it is of considerable quality.”
Those who had already seen ‘Leech’ in Cannes applauded with a look of understanding on their faces, but it was natural since there were more people in the hall who had not seen ‘Leech’.
Although it was buried in the standing ovation, the commotion also grew considerably.
“‘Leech’······What kind of movie is it that breaks the rules at Cannes to give out the ‘Best Actor’ and ‘Palm d’Or’ awards??”
In addition, the curiosity of big names from all over the world exploded. No, what kind of movie ‘Leech’ produced such an absurd result? Well, at this moment, the live broadcast that many people from all over the world were connected to was already dominated by Korean comments.
-What the???!! Is this correct???
-Hehe …
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-Wow, I got goosebumps lol
-Wow… I saw a Korean film win the Palme d’Or at Cannes before I lost it…
-????True????????????
-You really tore it upㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋYou’re saying you’re going to win the Palme d’Or and the Best Actor award???
-Japan’s seizure reservationㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-No… What the heck?!!! F**kㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋJust sleep, I need to change my pantiesㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Khan: There’s still one more step left.
-congratulations!!!!
-You’re so coolㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
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Whatever it was, the Palme d’Or at the 74th Cannes Film Festival was definitely going to go to Leech, and director Ahn Ga-bok left a huge mark on the Cannes stage with his 100th film. Congratulations poured in for director Ahn Ga-bok.
“Congratulations, Director!!!”
“Wow- Director, congratulations!! Ah, I’m crying.”
“Congratulations, Director.”
The cheers of the ‘Leech’ team including Kang Woo-jin that were seemingly sincere, the rave reviews from the big-name audience surrounding them, the shower of flashes, the cameras of the broadcasting team from Cannes that hurriedly approached.
The situation quickly became chaotic.
However, Director Ahn Ga-bok was quite calm, and while greeting everyone with a wrinkled smile, he immediately began to quietly recite to Kang Woo-jin.
“Woojin, can you grant me a favor?”
Woojin answered calmly.
“Go ahead.”
Director Ahn Ga-bok came out from his seat toward the aisle and gestured toward the front.
“I need you to translate my thoughts into French.”
Huh?? Me? I tilted my head internally, but Woojin remained silent with a solemn expression on his face.
“······”
Director Ahn Ga-bok spoke again.
“Cannes this year was extraordinary, and the main characters were you and ‘Leech’. Then shouldn’t you two finish properly? I mean, properly captured on camera.”
“···All right.”
“Just in case, bring the ‘Best Actor’ trophy too.”
It was an idea typical of director Ahn Ga-bok, who has been thinking only about directing for decades.
I want to make a definite impact in the finale.
After finishing their talk, Director Ahn Ga-bok and Kang Woo-jin moved to the stage together. The audience who were giving a standing ovation changed their gazes to wondering what was going on, and hundreds of reporters from each country took pictures of Woo-jin and Director Ahn Ga-bok walking confidently.
At that moment, the executive director of the Cannes Film Festival picked up the microphone on stage.
“The jury unanimously decided, and after a long discussion, that ‘Leech’ was a worthy piece of work······”
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An explanation of why the rule was broken because of ‘leeches’.
yet.
-Ugh.
Director Ahn Ga-bok came on stage. Kang Woo-jin followed, second. Soon, Director Ahn Ga-bok received a trophy from an actress among the judges. What he received was, as expected, a palm leaf trophy in a box. However, the gold-plated palm leaf was 1.5 times larger than Kang Woo-jin’s ‘Best Actor’ trophy.
Director Ahn Ga-bok was looking down at the ‘Golden Palm Award’.
“······”
The expression was not intense. A face that was neither happy nor sad. It was just filled with ordinariness. Perhaps, it seemed as if his life, rolled around in the movie version over the years, flashed by like a panorama. Of course, from the beginning of ‘Leech’.
‘This absurd result was only possible because I met Woojin at the starting point of the leeches.’
This is what he moved next.
“after-”
Director Ahn Ga-bok took a deep breath and stood in front of the podium. Then he smiled wrinkly at Kang Woo-jin, who was standing on his left in a white tuxedo.
“Please.”
Kang Woo-jin nodded silently. Director Ahn Ga-bok smiled slightly and spoke into the standing microphone. The eyes of the thousands of audience members, hundreds of reporters, and everyone else in Cannes, except the broadcasting team, were focused on the stage.
Soon, Director Ahn Ga-bok’s old voice spread.
“Hello, I am Ahn Ga-bok, who directed ‘Leech.’”
This was also the first time a picture was directed at Cannes. It was about an actor who won the Best Actor Award interpreting the director’s comments after winning the Palme d’Or.
“It’s a night of overwhelming emotions. Because ‘Leech’, which I, the staff, and the wonderful actors worked together to complete, has had an accident.”
As soon as he stopped speaking, Kang Woo-jin, who was standing right next to him, moved. His low-toned voice resonated throughout the hall.
It was obvious that this two-shot would become 100% Khan’s history.
since.
A few dozen minutes after the two-shot between Director Ahn Ga-bok, the winner of the Palme d’Or, and Best Actor, the 74th Cannes Film Festival was already closing, and the large hall where the awards ceremony was taking place was filled with magnificent music.
-♬♪
A thunderous standing ovation was going on. The closing ceremony and award ceremony were all over. However, the excitement continued as the big waves were rising. In particular, many people rushed to the ‘Leech’ team. Not only the broadcasting team and reporters from each country, but also the big-name audience members around them, etc.
The large hall was a veritable ‘leech’ party.
-Pavabababak!
-Pavababababak!!!
The flash exploded at the ‘leech’ team, specifically, director Ahn Ga-bok and Kang Woo-jin, and the Cannes officials and 10 judges on stage called the two. Kang Woo-jin and director Ahn Ga-bok then went back on stage with the trophies they had received. Of course, they weren’t alone.
‘Oh- a certification shot?’
All the people who won awards in the ‘Competition’ section of the 74th Cannes Film Festival gathered together. The photo time lasted for about 15 minutes with a group photo. After that, there was a brief conversation between the judges and the winners, and then another photo time of about two or three people.
The indifferent Kang Woo-jin was grumbling inside.
‘Ahhh – I’m going crazy.’
The reason was simple.
“Mr. Kang Woo-jin, you’re amazing. Can I take a picture with you?”
There was no time to rest because of the numerous handshakes and photo requests. On stage, it was like a fan signing event for Kang Woo-jin and director Ahn Ga-bok. After taking a commemorative photo with the judges, who were big names from each country, thousands of big names including Hollywood were waiting in the audience.
What a huge crowd.
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Everyone, including directors, actors, staff, and celebrities, asked for handshakes and photos with Kang Woo-jin and director Ahn Ga-bok. This atmosphere continued for at least an hour, and the number of handshakes and photos taken with Kang Woo-jin easily exceeded hundreds.
In the meantime.
“Congratulations, I really felt like you deserved it. I’m so happy for you.”
“thank you.”
There was also blonde Cara, Joseph, Megan, and Hollywood executives, including half-bald Hollywood mogul Danny Landis.
“It was impressive, very.”
But Kang Woo-jin didn’t remember each and every thing.
‘Slowly- I’m starting to feel the pressure???’
To be honest, it would be more accurate to say that I didn’t have the time to do that. In this crazy situation, just maintaining the concept was overwhelming. But so far, it was a relief. When the ‘Leech’ team, including Kang Woo-jin and Director Ahn Ga-bok, who had been organizing with difficulty, came out of the large hall and reached the entrance of the ‘Palais des Festivals’.
‘100 million!!’
The scream that Kang Woo-jin screamed inwardly.
Because there was a red carpet laid down the stairs, an iron fence erected, and on both sides of that fence, thousands of reporters from each country in tuxedos were pressing their camera shutters. All the reporters who had attended the closing ceremony and the award ceremony or had checked in from outside were mixed in. As soon as Kang Woo-jin and director Ahn Ga-bok came out, they shouted at the top of their lungs.
“%*#Kang Woojin&&%(#%*(!!”
“#*%%*(%(#*!”
“%#*%#*#@@@!!!”
“*#(*Kang Woojin, don’t be afraid%**xx!!!”
I couldn’t understand what they were saying. However, the flash noise was like a loud noise, and among the reporters, there were broadcasting teams from various countries including Khan. Although they were of different races and countries, they had one thing in common.
They are all hanging on to the ‘leech’ team that includes Kang Woo-jin.
At this time.
-Ouch.
Kang Woo-jin raised his hand solemnly toward the thousands of reporters. Director Ahn Ga-bok, Shim Han-ho, and other members of the ‘leech’ team who saw this were a little surprised. His cynical expression was so relaxed. Soon, Director Ahn Ga-bok, who had a smirk, whispered to Woo-jin.
“In this room, and in ‘Leech,’ you are the main character.”
The seats were switched. Director Ahn Ga-bok was second. In other words, Kang Woo-jin in a white tuxedo became the first of the ‘leech’ team, standing in a straight line. The flashes of light were dazzling, aimed at Woo-jin’s ‘Best Actor’ award and Director Ahn Ga-bok’s ‘Golden Palm’ award.
It was now past 11pm in France and 7am in Korea during the after-party.
Korea was already being carpet bombed with news of ‘leeches’.
『[Breaking News] Director Ahn Ga-bok wins Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival!』
『Director Ahn Ga-bok of ‘Leech’ writes new history at Cannes with ‘Golden Palm Award’ and Kang Woo-jin with ‘Best Actor Award’!』
『[Part 1] ‘Leech’ Called ‘Golden Palm Award’, This Year’s Cannes Film Festival’s Top Prize Winner is Director Ahn Ga-bok』
At the same time, the title of ‘leech’ was rapidly spreading worldwide. Naturally, most foreign news headlines or contents included ‘Kang Woo-jin’.
『CNM/Cannes’s Reversal! Korean Film [Leech] Wins Palme d’Or and Best Actor at Cannes for the First Time! A First for Asia and Cannes』
『LA TIME/Director Ahn Ga-bok makes history at Cannes! First to win the Palme d’Or, it will be a great night for the Korean film industry』
『BBX/Kang Woo-jin, the first Korean actor to win the Best Actor Award, declares in his acceptance speech that he is ‘aiming for the Best Actor Award at the Academy Awards next year!’』
It was obvious that Kang Woo-jin’s name would spread throughout the world. In particular, Hollywood was in an uproar.
『ABY/Warning to the ‘Academy Award’! Who is Kang Woo-jin, the Best Actor at this year’s Cannes Film Festival?』
『NT/Cannes Best Actor Award Winner Kang Woo-jin, Who is Aiming for Next Year’s Academy Award, Turns Out to Be a Korean Actor Who Worked on Miley Cara’s New Album』
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As if he was going to wait and see.
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