Brother Dao Took the Entertainment Industry by Storm, Fans Beg Me Not to Kill Anymore Chapter 427: “No Bait” Selected for Cannes! The Trailer Drop

The Cannes Film Festival is one of the most influential and top-tier international film festivals in the world today, alongside the Berlin and Venice film festivals, collectively known as the world's three major international film festivals.

Its existence and international influence are far beyond what dostic film awards in China can compare to. Interestingly, despite years of cultural output and international influence, China's presence in such awards remains shockingly weak. Many netizens' first impression of it is the dazzling Cannes red carpet, a spectacle of competing glamour, and countless red carpet "beauty domination" press releases.

The number of people truly qualified to step into this arena is exceedingly few.

Even now, with the rapid developnt of film and television, the industry is instead in a state of transition, with new talent failing to erge, having long since fallen short of its forr glory.

This ti, "No Bait," relying on a script that had been shelved for ten years, a rookie male lead just making his debut in the film industry, and a director with billions in box office revenue planning to retire after this project, managed to break into the Main Competition section before the film was even officially released dostically. It will engage in a head-to-head competition with other internationally renowned directors, screenwriters, and leads from the sa period.

Even if it ultimately doesn't win an award, this mont is already a glorious honor worthy of being recorded in the annals of "No Bait" and following it for a lifeti. It also signifies that "No Bait," despite not yet being released dostically, has already received a degree of international recognition.

With its outstanding credentials of being shortlisted for the Cannes Film Festival, "No Bait" is destined for an extraordinary official release.

In fact, the mont the shortlist was announced, many people were already exhilarated.

It's been too long, far too long since there's been such exciting news!

The Main Competition is the primary competition section of the Cannes International Film Festival, and the most widely known award is undoubtedly the "Pal d'Or," the highest-value award at Cannes, bar none.

To be honest, "No Bait" is a script that was stuck for ten years; so plot points might already be outdated. Furthermore, the plot of "No Bait" does have so hard-to-ignore flaws from certain perspectives, making it less suitable for an awards push. Its sowhat comrcial, feel-good novel mode greatly reduces its critique and deep exploration of certain social phenona. Therefore, in essence, it's not artistic enough, not deep enough, not quite suited for awards success.

Yet the film was still shortlisted.

This indicates that the director's creativity and Xiao He's performance successfully elevated this "lack of depth" work to another level.

Even Xiao He himself hadn't expected that his portrayal of Shu Yuxiu would be shortlisted, let alone have a chance to compete with others for the Best Actor award.

Isn't this a form of success in itself?

Thinking carefully, Shu Yuxiu indeed represents the peak of his acting skills so far. He was truly tornted by the character during that period, almost to the point of obsession.

When Liu Rulan received the news, she specifically and ticulously investigated, confirming that among the other shortlisted male actors this ti, Xiao He was the youngest.

More precisely, Xiao He is the youngest in the history of Chinese cinema—regardless of whether Xiao He himself wins an award later, his and "No Bait's" shortlisting is already enough to leave a mark in Chinese film history.

Such an achievent for a newcor like Xiao He is simply a heavenly starting hand.

Even before this, Xiao He hadn't won any major dostic film awards.

The film "Law of the Jungle," in which he starred, did bring so minor awards and achievents, but they weren't well-known or valuable enough. In contrast, "No Bait," without even being released dostically, was directly submitted for review at the Cannes Film Festival and successfully won Cannes' favor.

This move, this result, this ability—at this mont, everyone in the industry circle understood that Xiao He had beco unstoppable.

The brilliant performance in "Twelve Mirrors" made people face his acting skills directly, and the successful shortlisting for Best Actor for "No Bait" made people face his value directly.

Almost the mont Xiao He got off the plane, his phone was being blown up.

Looking at the constantly vibrating phone and the endless stream of new ssages, Xiao He said a word to Liu Rulan and then began replying to them one by one.

At the sa mont this news reached the country, the originally scheduled May Day season release of "No Bait" began its pre-release hype ahead of ti.

At a mont when everyone was still caught off guard, the trailer for "No Bait" went online.

The plot of "No Bait" was fild on an island, so its scenery is undoubtedly very beautiful.

Amidst the beautiful scenery are beaches, beauties, handso guys, and sweet, sweet romance—

The mont the young man in racing gear stepped down from the race car, the world suddenly fell silent.

Following the female lead's perspective and her pounding heart, the screen was left with only the male lead, Shu Yuxiu, reaching towards the cara with a gentle smile.

"Shall we get married?"

Under the sunset, the male lead knelt on one knee, presenting a ring to the female lead.

The female lead lowered her head, light and shadow enveloping her figure, but she failed to notice that on the other end of the coast, the sky in her direction was already covered by a layer of dark clouds.

The next mont, the screen abruptly turned pitch black.

"Okay."

The young woman's voice was hoarse, then completely fell into dead silence.

Only the sound of waves hitting the shore remained, along with the slowly appearing title: "No Bait."

"May 1st, see you then."

"Note: This film has been successfully shortlisted for the Cannes Main Competition section."

When they saw the trailer and the small line of text the production team had temporarily added to show off, the fan community buzzed with excitent.

[Ahhhhh, finally waited for it! Is "No Bait" finally coming? Ahhhh!]

[Handso guy, I'll lick lick lick, beautiful girl, I'll lick lick lick, hurry up and release it, let see!]

[Wuwu, who understands the worth of Brother Xiao finally achieving a leading role that dominates the screen after all this journey? Congratulations to Brother Xiao on his first-billing lead film about to be released!]

Is it a romance drama? The tags include romance! But why does the later part of the footage feel a bit oppressive, is it my illusion? Oh damn, not good, I sll fraud.

[Could it be another fraudulent film?]

Handso guys and beautiful girls should just have a proper romance! Not explore the nature of love itself, the complexity of human nature, twisted psyches, or decadent states. What I crave is a normal romantic plot!

[Although, but, you might have forgotten, the male lead is Xiao He, and it's shortlisted for Cannes, so... this matter is very not simple!]

[Their selection criteria really like to discuss human nature, society, and certain phenona, but the trailer for "No Bait" doesn't seem to fit that. Could it be exploring the philosophy of love?]

Danger, danger! I just beg them not to do so weird stuff just to pursue artistic rit for awards! That love triangle shortlisted for Cannes last ti didn't have great word-of-mouth dostically...

[Don't panic, don't jump to conclusions yet. This version isn't the final trailer for "No Bait," haven't you noticed? Besides, there's still over a month until the May Day season. They wouldn't play their trump card right from the start. So don't panic, don't be anxious, trust Director Ning, trust Brother Xiao, and quietly wait for the final version of the trailer.]

It must be said that over the years, netizens have beco disillusioned with many so-called award-winning works.

Not all award-winning works can appeal to both refined and popular tastes, and not all artworks can gain everyone's approval.

Although many people have developed a strong curiosity about "No Bait," the trailer and the shortlisting operation for "No Bait" still garnered a lot of concern.

However, this is only a minority voice. Most people have already been stunned by this series of pleasant surprises.

The Little Box fans were celebrating as if it were New Year, directly holding celebrations across various platforms.

A big spender waved his hand, and another red envelope rain began outside.