The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 490: Can this movie hit Cannes?

When Zhang Yi signed a contract with Fenghua, Brother Xiao Ming was studying the structure of the human body on the Daping floor in Yanjing, and the target was naturally Da Baobao.

Brother Xiao Ming and Da Baobao have known each other for a long time. In February this year, the two met their eyes and quickly walked together.

Da Baobei has already planned to go north and work in the Mainland entertainment industry to contribute to the Mainland film and television industry.

She had just gone north to Yanjing from Hong Kong Island. Brother Xiao Ming picked up the big baby and had lunch, and then he couldn't control himself.

The two are in a passionate relationship, so it's normal for Brother Xiao Ming to not be able to help himself.

Soon after, Brother Xiao Ming sublimated, and then covered himself with a quilt, planning to take a nap and fight again when he woke up.

But the big baby can't sleep. Brother Xiao Ming has taken on the role of the male lead in Lee Sing-Yew's new movie. The news has spread and is now being reported in all the news in the entertainment industry.

She was proud of her vision. She even felt that she was a lucky general. When she was with Brother Xiao Ming, Brother Xiao Ming fell in love with Director Li.

"I'll read the script of Director Li's new movie."

"Okay, look, I want to take a nap."

It's been three days since Brother Xiao Ming got the script, but he hasn't read it yet, mainly because he's been really busy recently.

Li Shengyao asked him to take care of other matters within a month and prepare to join the team in mid-June.

He is impatient and has been meeting some old friends and business partners with his agent in the past two days to explain things.

In fact, if Big Baby hadn't come today, he would have had a lot of things to do.

He hopes to resolve those trivial matters within ten days, and then focus on reading the script and preparing for the new movie.

Da Baobei then took the script of "1937" and read it carefully.

As an ambitious artist, she was actually curious about the story of Director Li's film this time.

Two hours later, Dabao finished reading the script, while Brother Xiao Ming was still sleeping.

After all, people in their thirties do not recover that quickly.

Da Baobei frowned slightly, not because of Brother Xiao Ming, but because she felt that the script of "1937" was not as good as expected.

The story is very simple. In a nutshell, during the Battle of Songhu, two soldiers passed orders. They experienced many things during the journey. The mentality of the male lead changed, and an old man regained his faith.

This kind of story can only be said to be above average, far from excellent.

"It's impossible. Isn't Director Li very good at writing scripts? Is it because my aesthetics are not good enough, or maybe I overlooked some details."

Big Baby thought for a while, and then looked at it again carefully.

This time when she finished reading, the sky had darkened.

Brother Xiao Ming also woke up, but she still couldn't help but frown, feeling the same as after the first time.

This story has a maximum score of 75, which is not considered excellent.

"How about the script?"

Brother Xiao Ming slept for a few hours and became energetic again. He scratched around with his right hand.

"I……."

Brother Xiao Ming smiled, "It's absolutely wonderful. Director Li told me that this film is targeting the Cannes Film Festival next year."

Da Baobao blinked, "Director Li said he wanted to hit Cannes?"

Although she is a young model with little education, she is still an insider in the industry. She knows very well how difficult Cannes is.

Although the world is said to be the top three in Europe, in terms of the difficulty of participating in films, Berlin and Venice are far inferior to Cannes.

The Cannes Film Festival requires that films that have not yet been released can participate in the festival.

The number of films participating in each Cannes Film Festival is the highest among film festivals in the world, usually around [-]. Of these [-] films, usually only about [-] can be shortlisted for the final selection.

These participating films are all excellent films from various countries. In the end, only about [-] films were shortlisted for the finals, which shows how high the elimination rate is.

Among Chinese-language films so far, only "Farewell My Concubine" has won the Palme d'Or for best film. "In the Mood for Love" was ranked as the No. 21 film of the 1st century by the world's most authoritative film magazine "Sight and Sound", ranking eighth or ninth in the entire film history.

Such an excellent movie did not win the best movie.

Because the Cannes judges believe that the film has made outstanding contributions in the use of light and shadow, but the film's connotation is still not enough.

That year, "In the Mood for Love" only won the Best Actor and the Highest Technical Award at Cannes.

"Is this movie going to win the Palme d'Or?"

Da Baobao couldn't help but ask another question.

"Uh... I didn't say Palme d'Or, I just said it was going to hit Cannes."

Brother Xiao Ming was a little confused, "What's wrong with you?"

"I think this script is not as good as I imagined."

Brother Xiao Ming smiled and nodded, "I'll take a look later."

He knew that Dabao didn’t have much culture, but he thought it was Dabao’s lack of aesthetics. He didn’t take Dabao’s words to heart.

The two then went out to eat together, then Dabao went to play games, while Xiao Ming picked up the "1937" script.

He prepared a notebook and planned to study it carefully.

Two hours later, Xiao Ming's notebook was filled with three pages.

He wrote down all the changes in the hero's mentality, and also added some personal insights.

But Brother Xiao Ming also frowned.

Director Li said he wanted to hit Cannes and also said he would win three gold medals in China.

He was really full of expectations and hoped that the story of this movie would be wonderful, but it was just like Big Baby said.

It's just an above-average story, not as exciting as expected.

"It's not as good as expected."

"It's okay. The story is very artistic and the characters have grown."

Da Baobao passed by to get a drink and asked casually.

Brother Xiao Ming didn't want to lose the authority of Director Li, so he casually said something against his will.

After Big Baby left, Brother Xiao Ming read the script again, and this time the result was the same as last time.

This script can only be said to be good, but not excellent.

Brother Xiao Ming was a little confused when he thought about preparing for this movie in the next year.

Director Li clearly said that he wanted to win Cannes and win three domestic gold medals, so why is this the only story?

He couldn't help but call his agent and tell his situation.

Soon after, the agent came to Brother Xiao Ming's home, and then started reading the script.

The agent read it quickly and finished it in an hour and a half. He was also confused and full of doubts, "Xiao Ming, this script... doesn't feel that good."

"Isn't that right? Dababy and I see it the same way."

Brother Xiao Ming had a wry smile on his face. As the saying goes, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. He thought this movie was really good enough to hit Cannes, but the script was too ordinary.

"Then do you want to resign?"

"This won't work. I can't offend Director Li." Brother Xiao Ming rubbed his face with his hands, feeling extremely tired. "I'll prepare well. This movie probably won't hit Cannes. Be prepared. If it earns [-]-[-] million at the domestic box office, it probably won't." The problem is, I haven’t starred in a movie worth over [-] million yuan yet.”

"Well, if the reporter asks you, just follow Director Li's wishes and just film well."

(End of this chapter)