On various forums, especially the former main battlefields of fans and haters, it was practically a scene of carnage.

And these "corpses" weren't the result of recent fierce battles, but were dug up from their "graves."

"Heard this movie isn't liked by Chinese people, nor is it liked by foreigners? Got it, Cannes isn't run by foreigners."

"Cannes has been stripped of its foreign citizenship by the haters. I suggest the country accept the homeless Cannes, move it to Jingzhou, and rename it the Tengda Film Festival."

"Tengda Film Festival? Are you implying that Tengda is rich and powerful enough to bribe the jury? Congratulations, you've figured out the truth! (Dog emoji)"

"This movie really became popular entirely through marketing. If the overseas box office isn't good, they'll go to Cannes and win an award. Marketing confirmed! (Dog emoji)"

"Looking at it now, *A Better Tomorrow* really had a good release window. If it had been released in an even better window, it probably could have stripped the pants off the other popular movies."

"The big-budget movies that didn't collide with *A Better Tomorrow* at this time should be sliding on their knees in the living room celebrating, right? They must be getting more and more scared as they think about it."

"Can you tell that joke again? Which one? The one about the foreign blockbuster. '*Journey of the Flying Star*! The real foreign blockbuster is here!' Hahahaha!"

"Heard that foreign audiences don't buy into this, but today foreign theaters not only extended the screening dates of *A Better Tomorrow* but also added more screenings. I solemnly announce to all foreigners once again: watching this movie comes with the risk of being stripped of your citizenship, please watch with caution!"

…

Similar comments were everywhere on various forums. The previous remarks and posts of those haters were dug up and repeatedly beaten.

Many haters were beaten to the point of feeling hopeless, either deleting comments, turning off comments, or mostly just playing dead.

There was no way around it; success was the best slap in the face!

Previously, the haters seized on the fact that *A Better Tomorrow* was not doing well at the overseas box office and made a big fuss about it, almost confirming that this film was only liked in China and not by foreigners.

As a result, the award at Cannes was so significant that it directly reversed the situation, and all previous statements were completely discredited!

Pei Qian leaned back in his boss's chair, speechless.

It wasn't that he wanted to see these things, but he had no choice but to look!

The whole internet was discussing it. Even when he wanted to go to Weibo to look at pretty girls, he could see related content. It was a 360-degree dead-end infiltration. The "corpses" of the haters were hung everywhere and repeatedly whipped. It was truly heartbreaking and tear-jerking to those who heard about it.

Pei Qian silently mourned for these warriors in his heart.

"I'm sorry for the trouble! The next movie will definitely help you clear your names! Please believe me one more time!"

After browsing some popular discussion threads, Pei Qian wondered if the *A Better Tomorrow* thing should be over by now.

This heat was too persistent!

He completely didn't expect a movie to have such staying power. From its release in February until now, the internet's buzz had never stopped.

The most deadly thing was that every overwhelming wave of internet buzz would increase the purchase and viewing of *A Better Tomorrow* that was hanging on Aili Island.

Pei Qian was very puzzled. How were there still new viewers at this point?

This couldn't help but remind him of that very famous meme, who hasn't bought GTA5 yet?

But fortunately, the nightmare was finally coming to an end.

All the nightmares that should have been done had already been done. It had even won an award at an international film festival. Shouldn't it be over now?

Everyone had exhausted all the angles for hyping it up. Was it time to draw a conclusion and let this movie rest in peace?

Pei Qian decided to stop paying attention to this matter and let its heat slowly dissipate.

However, just as he was about to close the webpage, Pei Qian inadvertently glanced at a post.

"Why did *A Better Tomorrow* win the Jury Prize?"

Pei Qian couldn't help but sigh. Alas, another post from a regular angle trying to hype it up.

He had seen too many of these posts.

When *A Better Tomorrow* successfully won the Jury Prize, various self-media outlets had already published many such posts to ride the wave, no more than popularizing the important position of Cannes and the Jury Prize, talking about the last time a domestic film won this award, and finally analyzing why *A Better Tomorrow* was able to meet the taste of the Cannes jury and successfully win this award, and by the way, reiterating the film's spiritual connotation and artistry.

Pei Qian had seen many such drafts and didn't have much interest.

However, seeing that the post's popularity seemed to be unexpectedly high, Pei Qian hesitated for a moment and still clicked on it.

However, as soon as he saw the first sentence of the beginning, Pei Qian almost fainted.

…

"Seeing this title, do you all think I'm going to talk about why *A Better Tomorrow* won the award again?"

"Wrong!"

"What I want to ask is, why did *A Better Tomorrow* win the Jury Prize instead of the Palme d'Or?"

"Everyone knows that this year's Cannes gave the Jury Prize to *A Better Tomorrow* and the Palme d'Or to *Journey of the Soul*, a Southeast Asian film."

"Many people are just ecstatic because *A Better Tomorrow* won the Jury Prize, and don't seem to have thought about this question, why didn't *A Better Tomorrow* win the Palme d'Or?"

"In fact, as long as you compare them, you will find that *A Better Tomorrow* and *Journey of the Soul* have many similarities."

"*Journey of the Soul* tells the story of a poor farmer who, after suffering from a terminal illness, sees the souls of his deceased family members and follows the souls to find his previous life. The film uses non-professional actors, most of the characters' dialogues are improvised, and the shots rarely use editing, but use long shots."

"Although *Journey of the Soul* shows exotic customs and some supernatural elements, which seems to be more in line with the Cannes jury's taste in pursuing artistry, it has to be said that this film does not have such a clear advantage in terms of artistry and connotation compared to *A Better Tomorrow*."

"On the contrary, *A Better Tomorrow* tells the story of the gap between the rich and the poor, the alienation of money on people, the worry that capital manipulates technology to control people's lives, and people become data. Compared with 'soul', it can obviously resonate more widely, and the connotation is more profound."

"And many people in China, because they don't understand Cannes, instinctively think that domestic films will not be too much in line with the tastes of those juries, so it is normal not to win the Palme d'Or. This is definitely a misreading!"

"In my opinion, compared to *Journey of the Soul*, the jury should also be very optimistic about *A Better Tomorrow*. According to inside information, the Palme d'Or actually went through three rounds of voting before it was finally decided."

"Obviously, the seemingly settled awards actually have many twists and turns in places we can't see."

"Considering that *A Better Tomorrow* has already won the Jury Prize, which is actually the second place in the main competition unit, then *A Better Tomorrow* must also have a place in these three rounds of voting."

"That's why I asked the original question, why didn't *A Better Tomorrow* win the Palme d'Or?"

"If you agree with the above conditions, then please continue reading."

"In my opinion, there are two reasons why *A Better Tomorrow* lost to *Journey of the Soul* by a narrow margin in the final Palme d'Or selection that cannot be ignored."

"The first is the unspoken rule of international film festivals. As we all know, in order to compete for better film resources and better maintain the gold content of their awards, these international film festivals will prefer those films that premiere at the film festival and aim for awards."

"Some films that have already won awards at other film festivals or have already gained extremely high popularity, film festivals such as Cannes often do not give them award qualifications, because this is equivalent to using their own popularity to make wedding clothes for others, which is unfair to those 'directors' own children', that is, directors who have been putting their films on the film festival for premiere for several years in a row."

"Unless it is a particularly excellent film, it can be an exception."

"And *A Better Tomorrow* happened to have been released in overseas regions. Fortunately, the marketing was not effective and the attention was not high, so it was fortunate to be selected for the main competition unit and won an award with its own excellent strength."

"But no matter what, not premiering at Cannes made the score of *A Better Tomorrow* in the hearts of the jury members greatly discounted."

"The second reason is mainly my speculation. I'm just saying it, and everyone is just listening."

"In fact, the content in front of *A Better Tomorrow* should be very much in line with the jury's taste, but the problem is... does everyone remember the easter egg at the end of the film? That is, a pistol was thrown at the door of the male protagonist?"

"As for whether this easter egg will be liked by the judges... everyone can judge for themselves."

"Maybe without this easter egg, the possibility of *A Better Tomorrow* winning an award would be a few points higher."

"Finally, let me say one more interesting thing."

"Does everyone know that in 1998, there was also a movie that won the Jury Prize at Cannes? That is, 13 years ago, it won the same award as *A Better Tomorrow*."

"The name of this movie is *Life is Beautiful*, *Lavita è bella*, and the English name is *Life is Beautiful*."

"And the English name of *A Better Tomorrow* is *Tomorrow is Beautiful*."

"After thirteen years, two equally excellent works with similar names won the same award. There seems to be some kind of wonderful connection in the dark."

"And interestingly, although *Life is Beautiful* only won the Jury Prize, its reputation among domestic movie fans is far better than that year's Palme d'Or winning work."

"In short, we should be happy that *A Better Tomorrow* won an award at Cannes. However, we should not feel sorry for only winning the Jury Prize. This movie is definitely worthy of more praise than we imagined. Let us look forward to the Flying Yellow Studio, the 'light of the domestic film industry', creating more and better works for us in the future!"