The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 511 Zhang Yi is nervous

There are no direct flights from Yanjing to Cannes. To go from Yanjing to Cannes, you must first fly to Paris and then transfer to Cannes.

At 2011 pm on May 5, 9, Li Shengyao, Xiao Mingge, Zhang Yi, Sun Li, Dapeng, Bi Gan, and a group of staff from Fenghua Film and Television Company took a plane together to fly to Cannes.

Sun Li is the only important female character in the movie. She can be considered the heroine, so she will naturally go to Cannes.

However, she was still quite embarrassed. She felt that it was just a few minutes of filming, so going to Cannes would be a bit of a rip-off.

After getting on the plane, Sun Li put on an eye mask and went to sleep.

Brother Xiao Ming, Dapeng, and Bi Gan were a little nervous and kept chatting in low voices to relieve their tense hearts.

Only Li Shengyao and Zhang Yi looked normal.

Zhang Yi got on the plane, opened a book, and then started reading.

What he was reading was "Life" by Lu Yao, and he flipped through it very quickly.

Dapeng saw it and smiled at Bi Gan and Xiao Ming, "He must not have looked carefully. He didn't take it in."

Zhang Yi blushed when he heard Dapeng's words, rolled his eyes at Dapeng, and then put away the book.

When Dapeng and Xiao Ming stopped paying attention to him, Zhang Yi put on his headphones, turned on the movie player, and planned to watch a movie.

When he selected it, most of the movies in the player were Hollywood movies, a few Hong Kong movies, and even fewer mainland movies.

Zhang Yi searched for a long time, but couldn't find the movie he wanted to watch. He was speechless and shook his head.

He simply ordered a movie at random, which was the Hong Kong comedy film released this year - "The Greatest Happiness 2011".

This movie was produced by Huang Baiming. It has stars such as Donnie Yen, Gu Tianle, Zhang Baizhi, and Liu Jialing. The movie effect is naturally very embarrassing.

Such an embarrassing movie is not funny at all, but the mainland audience is still inexperienced and contributed a lot to the box office of this bad movie.

This movie can't even be sold on Hong Kong Island, but it still exceeded [-] million in the mainland.

There will definitely be another family comedy like this next year.

Zhang Yi originally thought he could watch it for 10 or 10 minutes, but after 5 minutes, he couldn't help but turn it off, and then continued to look for movies on the player.

A few of them were traveling in business class, which was very quiet.

Brother Xiao Ming, Dapeng, and Bi Gan were still chatting. Zhang Yi heard their words. The three of them talked about their arrangements after Cannes. The three of them were looking forward to it but nervous at the same time.

Zhang Yi smiled. He felt that he was different from these three people. He was much calmer.

He gained a slight sense of superiority, and then ordered another Hong Kong movie, "October Siege".

This movie can be regarded as a group drama, which is obviously much better than a money-grabbing movie like "The Greatest Happiness".

Many people said that Wang Xueqi and Liang Jiahui performed well in this movie.

Zhang Yi felt that Hu Jun's performance was better. The role of this military attache in the late Qing Dynasty was more complex and charming.

Hu Jun can be nominated for Best Supporting Actor.

It's a pity that there is no capital to support it.

Zhang Yi finished watching "October Siege" and then planned to continue watching other movies.

It takes about nine hours to fly from Yanjing to Paris. The journey is long, so I have to find something to do.

At this time, Brother Xiao Ming, Dapeng, and Bi Gan had already put on eye masks and went to sleep.

Zhang Yi clicked on the player and looked for the movie he wanted to watch.

But after searching for seven or eight minutes, I still didn’t see the movie I liked.

He sighed helplessly, then turned off the movie player and planned to take a nap.

He took off his headphones and then put on an eye mask.

"Da da da!"

Zhang Yi reached out and touched the armrest of the seat, and couldn't help but think of the Cannes Film Festival.

Will his first blockbuster win an award? Will "1937" be liked by the judges?He imagined all kinds of problems.

At this moment, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind - why do I have to think so much?

I'm not Dapeng, Xiao Ming, or Bi Gan.

I'm not nervous.

Zhang Yi opened his eyes suddenly, took off his blindfold, and looked at the others to make sure that no one noticed his condition, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

He then curled his lips and planned not to think about "1937" and sleep well.

He closed his eyes again and put on the blindfold.

However, a minute later, he couldn't help but think of the newspaper he had read before, about the list of judges for the main competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival.

This time there are mainly European and American judges, and there are only two judges in Asia, both of whom are from the film and television industry in Hong Kong, namely Johnnie To and Nan Sheng.

Compared to countries such as the peninsula, island country, Tyrande, and Asan, Chinese-language films are obviously lucky, and there are at least two "ones".

So will they favor "1937"?

Zhang Yi thought of Johnnie To's attitude towards mainland movies, immediately shook his head, and then became worried.

Huh!Why did I think of Cannes again without realizing it?

Zhang Yi wordlessly pulled off the blindfold and opened his eyes.

He thought it was Sun Li. Brother Xiao Ming and others were nervous, but he was not nervous. Now it seems that he is just as nervous.

Zhang Yi thought for a while, and then noticed that Dapeng had opened his blindfold, so he planned to chat with Dapeng, express his emotions, and then sleep well and recuperate.

"Dapeng, what were you talking about just now?"

"Let's talk about the competitor of "1937" this time. Brother Xiao Ming said it was "Midnight in Paris". I don't think so. Such popular movies often don't win awards. It's like the World Cup. The more popular a team is, the more popular it is. The sooner you die."

"Midnight in Paris" is Woody Allen's new film and the opening film of this year's Cannes Film Festival.

In the Mainland, many movies promote themselves as one of the opening ceremony films. For example, last year's "Sword Rain" and "Fist of Heroes" both said that they were one of the opening ceremony films.

This is purely to deceive the layman.

There is only one film for the opening ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival. You can check all the films for the opening ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival. There is no such thing as one.

There has never been a Chinese-language film that was an opening ceremony film at the Cannes Film Festival. Only "Blueberry Nights" directed by Wong Kar-Wai was an opening ceremony film at Cannes in 07. It can be regarded as an opening ceremony film directed by a Chinese.

Woody Allen's reputation goes without saying, and his style is very popular among academics.

In addition, "Midnight in Paris" is a movie about Paris, and the current first lady of France, Bruni, has joined the cast.

The film is indeed very popular and can be said to be the hottest film in Cannes right now.

Brother Xiao Ming’s opinion is the opinion of the vast majority of people.

And Dapeng’s view is equally reasonable.

After Zhang Yi heard this, he started chatting with Dapeng. Dapeng was a host and could talk endlessly.

The two chatted for almost two hours before Dapeng became sleepy, then he said haha ​​and went to sleep.

Zhang Yi was a little speechless. He was actually very energetic and he didn't really want to sleep.

But there was no one to chat with, so he couldn't talk to himself, so he put on a blindfold and forced himself to sleep, but when he closed his eyes, his mind was always thinking about Cannes.

He couldn't help but think of Li Shengyao. He pulled down his blindfold and secretly observed Director Li. He found that Li Shengyao was sleeping well and didn't seem to care about Cannes at all.

Zhang Yi was deeply impressed. He felt that he had improved a lot, so he put on the eye mask again. He thought that he could imitate Li Shengyao and fall asleep quickly.

However, a minute later, he couldn't help but pull off the blindfold.

He couldn't sleep. He wanted to find someone to chat with, about Cannes and "1937".

(End of this chapter)