The King of Directors 2000

April leaves quietly and May comes slowly.

Before I knew it, another month had passed.

Lee Sheung Yew has been busy going to the Cannes Film Festival recently.

This morning, he had a little free time, so he stayed at home with Chen Hao.

Chen Hao was very happy. She dressed up specially and put on a long dress at home, just like an actress walking on the red carpet.

He even cooked himself and steamed dumplings for Li Shengyao.

After working for a while, she sat down and suddenly said: "Lao Li, I want to go to Cannes."

Li Shengyao was stunned when he heard this.

Seeing Li Shengyao's appearance, Chen Hao explained: "We haven't hung out together for a long time, and I haven't been abroad for a long time. I want to go to Cannes to see the sea and watch movies."

She looked at Li Shengyao, feeling somewhat nervous.

There has been a lot of news about Lee Sung-yew recently, except that "La La Land" is about to compete in Cannes.

Another thing is the scandal between Li Shengyao and Li Lianhua.

Both of these people have the surname Li. They were the same family five hundred years ago. Logically speaking, there should be nothing wrong with them.

However, recently some self-media analyzed Lee Sheung-Yew's movies in order to gain attention, and accidentally discovered that Li Bingbing is the only female star who has starred in two Lee Sheng-Yew movies.

So some self-media speculated that the two people should have an affair.

As mobile networks become more and more developed, a large number of self-media have emerged in the mainland.

These people will do anything to gain their position. If you sue them, it will help them get exposed.

So these people speak very boldly.

Chen Hao naturally didn't believe it when he saw the news.

However, her parents saw similar news and called her to ask if there was any problem with her relationship with Lee Sheng Yew.

Chen Hao felt aggrieved, but still told his parents that it was okay.

This time at the Cannes Film Festival, several big directors from the Chinese-speaking world will be attending.

Needless to say, Lao Mouzi seldom showed affection to his young wife.

However, both Jiang Wen and John Woo love to show off their wives and take them with them wherever they go.

In addition, Chief Jia is a judge at this Cannes Film Festival, so he will definitely bring his wife.

When news like this reaches the country, if only Li Shengyao and Lao Mouzi did not bring a wife, her parents might be worried again.

Therefore, for the first time in so many years, she proposed to go to Cannes with Lee Sheung Yew.

Li Shengyao felt a little guilty when he saw that Chen Hao didn't seem to care, but in fact he was holding his breath and looking nervous.

He snapped his fingers, smiled and nodded, "No problem, then get ready and we will go to Cannes together."

Hearing this, Chen Hao breathed a sigh of relief, then stood up happily, then threw himself into Li Shengyao's arms, hugged his neck, and said sweetly: "Husband, you are so kind."

Li Shengyao put his arm around Chen Hao's waist and said, "It's okay, it should be."

He paused and then said: "Have you seen any news? Are you worried about your status as the official palace?"

Chen Hao smiled and shook his head, and then told the story about the self-media spreading rumors about Li Shengyao and Li Lianhua.

Li Shengyao hugged Chen Hao tighter, "I don't like Li Lianhua's appearance."

"I know."

Li Shengyao then thought that the era of self-media is coming, and there will be more news of all kinds on the Internet. In his previous life, rumors were spread about Andy Lau to death several times, and Jay Chou was rumored to have cheated on him.

Liu Tianwang and Jay Chou have so many fans who cannot avoid it, let alone others.

This time it was him and Li Lianhua, maybe in the future it will be about him and Dong Xuan, Li Xiaoran...

The key is that these are true.

It's somewhat troublesome to spread the word.

It seems that I need to be more careful when finding women in the future.

Chen Hao then hugged Li Shengyao and kissed him for a while, and then said excitedly: "I'll call my mother and ask her to come to Yanjing to take care of the baby."

"Row."

"I also want to customize a few more dresses."

"can."

Chen Hao then took out her mobile phone and called her mother. It could be seen that she was really happy and her eyes were bright.

After she finished the call, she asked Li Shengyao, "Husband, if I have retired and still wear a few dresses, will people laugh at me?"

Li Shengyao shook his head, "No matter what other people do, you can wear whatever you like and just be happy."

Chen Hao nodded, thought for a while, and suddenly sat down next to Li Shengyao, and then said softly: "Husband, should we have another baby?"

"It's up to me, you can have a baby if you want."

"Okay, let's cheer in Cannes."

Hearing this, Li Shengyao couldn't help but smile, "Let's start now."

……

Chen Hao wanted to go to Cannes, which somewhat surprised Li Shengyao. Only then did he suddenly realize that he actually owed a lot to several women.

I can only find a way to make up for it later.

Chen Hao is a female star with a net worth of over 100 million. She easily obtained a visa to France.

So the "La La Land" team has one more person.

Li Shengyao notified Li Lianhua and Yue Ming in advance.

When it was time to set off, the two of them did not behave strangely. Li Lianhua was an eloquent person, and together with her sister Li He, when the two of them saw Chen Hao, they spoke kindly to Chen Hao for free, making Chen Hao very happy.

Li Shengyao breathed a sigh of relief when he saw it.

He is not worried about Li Lianhua, he is worried that Chen Hao will be uncomfortable. Now it seems that the situation is okay.

So several members of the "La La Land" crew went to Paris, and then flew from Paris to Cannes.

After arriving in Cannes, Li Shengyao and the others met up with Lu Guanting and Tang Shuchen, who had arrived in Cannes early, and the "La La Land" crew completed their gathering.

Li Shengyao was in a good mood, clapped his hands and said, "Let's celebrate together."

……

Regarding this trip to Cannes, Li Shengyao naturally has expectations. He hopes that Li Lianhua can win the best actress.

However, he has never liked to talk big. Even when being interviewed by reporters, he only expresses his meaning with uncertain words such as maybe, hope, and maybe.

Completely different from Li Shengyao are John Woo and Jiang Wen.

John Woo has always been very confident. This time with "The Wheel", a movie that brings together movie stars from China, Japan and South Korea, he feels that he is the most handsome boy in the world.

He especially likes to make remarks about the unity of Asian films.

He said that Asian movies should strengthen the circulation of personnel, capital and market.

I also used "The Wheel" as an example. I think it is a very good movie. I think I have learned a lot and made huge improvements.

And I think that this time the judges and the audience at the Cannes Film Festival can see such a wonderful collision.

Lao Wu obviously has the power of capital behind him.

In recent years, island capital has been trying to influence mainland movies, while the Peninsula entertainment industry has no money. It has always wanted mainland capital to invest in the Peninsula, or let Peninsula actors go to the mainland to act.

John Woo's words aroused a lot of discussion.

Jiang Wen is also very high-profile. He has been interviewed many times and declared that "One Step Away" is his favorite movie.

He said he was looking forward to the film and hoped that the audience and judges at the Cannes Film Festival would like it.

Relatively speaking, Li Shengyao and Lao Mouzi are much more low-key.

Lee Sheng-yew sometimes wonders if he is too boring and whether this will be detrimental to the promotion of the movie.

…    At 2014 pm on May 5, 10, the red carpet event of the Cannes Film Festival officially started.

In fact, there were many celebrities from all over the world walking the red carpet in the morning.

Either he is the spokesperson of a certain brand, or he has paid money.

At last year's Cannes Film Festival, the most popular mainland actress was Zhang Yuqi, a female boxer who was very popular last year.

But for some reason this year, Zhang Yuqi didn't come.

This year, it’s Bing Bing Bing who outshines everyone again.

She also took a selfie and sent it to Lee Sheng Yew.

At that time, Li Shengyao was eating, and Chen Hao was sitting next to him. He looked at the photo, then deleted it and blocked Feng Bingbing.

Considering walking on the red carpet at night, attending the opening ceremony, watching the opening movie, and attending the celebration banquet.

So everyone eats less.

They did not walk on the red carpet during the day. They waited until the evening when the Cannes Film Festival red carpet ceremony began, and then they started walking on the red carpet.

This time Li Shengyao and the others were arranged at the back.

Just as Chen Hao predicted, Jiang Wen took his wife Zhou Yun, Section Chief Jia took his wife Zhao Tao, and Wu Yusen took his wife Niu Chunlong.

Chen Hao was watching the live broadcast on his mobile phone while holding Li Shengyao's hand.

She was glad that she came to Cannes, otherwise her parents would have been worried.

Li Shengyao held Chen Hao's hand and looked at the pictures on his phone, feeling a little irritated for no reason.

Some people say that all anger, irritability, and dissatisfaction in life are due to one's own incompetence and uncertainty.

Li Shengyao is more uncertain now.

"La La Land" has been prepared for a full year and a half, and they have invested a lot of energy. If "La La Land" fails to produce anything.

No matter what the outside world thinks, Li Shengyao himself will have some regrets.

Soon after, it was the turn of the crew of "La La Land". Two cars moved forward, and then Li Shengyao held Chen Hao's hand, Yue Ming held Li Lianhua's hand, and Lu Guanting and Tang Shuchen walked onto the red carpet together.

As a two-time Cannes Palme d'Or winner, Lee Sung-yew naturally has a certain degree of popularity.

Many photographers took pictures of him.

Some reporters shouted, asking who Chen Hao was.

"This is my wife."

Li Shengyao heard this and shouted, explaining Chen Hao's identity to everyone.

Soon after, they arrived at the interview area, and the female host responsible for the interview asked: "Li, there are rumors that this year's Cannes Film Festival will pay more attention to literary films. What do you think?"

This rumor is correct.

Cannes pays tribute to outstanding filmmakers of the past every year, and the filmmaker this year is the legendary Italian director Federico Fellini.

In many public places in Cannes, there are stills of the boss's classic film "Eight and a Half".

Fellini was a legendary director in the 1960s and 1970s. He paid great attention to the artistry of movies.

From the figures paid tribute to this year's Cannes Film Festival, we can basically guess the judging trend of the Cannes Film Festival.

In addition, the chief seal of the jury for this year's film festival is Jane Campion, a female director from New Zealand. This woman is a very excellent director of artistic films.

"As discussed by the outside world, I agree with their statement that this year's Cannes should pay more attention to artistic films."

There is no need to deceive oneself in such an interview. Anyone who is not blind knows the trend of this film festival.

"According to my understanding, "La La Land" is a commercial musical. Does that mean it will be difficult for your film to win awards?"

"La La Land" is indeed a commercial film.

In this way, the overall temperament of "La La Land" is not in line with this Cannes Film Festival.

The host was right.

Lee Sheng-yew chuckled upon hearing this, "Maybe so. Our focus is on participation, not necessarily on winning awards. I think it is enough to allow more fans and more outstanding filmmakers to see this movie."

Li Shengyao then led the people away.

Although he said he didn't care, "La La Land" cost them so much energy, and he really hoped to win the award, whether it was Li Lianhua or Lu Guanting and Tang Shuchen.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel even more upset.

But he didn't show it.

It was rare for Chen Hao to walk the red carpet with him. He didn't want Chen Hao to misunderstand him and think he was dissatisfied.

So they entered the opening ceremony hall very smoothly.

Li Shengyao then met Jiang Wenzhou Yun, Section Chief Jia and Zhao Tao.

He immediately walked over and introduced Chen Hao to them.

Zhou Yun and Zhao Tao are both smart people. They immediately pulled Chen Hao and had a seemingly intimate exchange.

Section Chief Jia is the most relaxed. He is a judge this year and has no works.

He will make a film to participate in the Cannes Film Festival next year, but he has no competition obligations this year.

"Old Jia, do you really value artistic films more this time?"

Jiang Wen looked around, then asked in a low voice.

Chief Jia nodded, "We just had a meeting yesterday. Jane Campion said that this year we will focus on literary and artistic films. The general direction has been set. Brother Jiang, if your film is not suitable, then it should be done earlier." Recognize the facts and don’t wait in vain.”

When Jiang Wen heard this, he rolled his eyes and said, "I've blown all my bullshit."

When Section Chief Jia heard Jiang Wen's words, he couldn't help laughing, "You and John Woo are too high-profile. You still want to come to Cannes to show off your power after two commercial films. Look at Director Li, he is much more humble."

"Director Li, do you have news for a long time?"

Jiang Wen waved his hand and then asked Li Shengyao.

"If I had any news, "La La Land" will be screened at the Venice Film Festival and will not participate in the Cannes Film Festival. I only found out yesterday."

They had signed up for the competition a long time ago. The film festival paid tribute to Fellini and arranged for Campion to be the chief seal of the jury. This was only confirmed in the past half month.

Jiang Wen smiled bitterly and nodded, "Sorry, I thought it was wrong. You are also a victim."

At this moment, Lao Mouzi came in with Gong Li and Chen Daoming.

Jiang Wen and Lao Mouzi had already fallen out. They curled their lips when they saw this, then turned and left.

"The Return" is a literary film, and this time "The Return" is most in line with the style of this Cannes Film Festival.

Chief Jia smiled and said, "Director Zhang, among the four Chinese-language films this time, your "Return" best meets the requirements of the film festival."

When Lao Mouzi heard this, he smiled modestly and said, "Lucky, lucky."

He paused for a moment, then looked at Li Shengyao, "Director Li, let's watch a movie together during this time."

He wanted to find a partner to watch a movie with.

He and Gong Li had a relationship, and watching movies together would easily arouse criticism.

Chen Daoming is going to Paris in two days and has many activities.

He felt that he and Lee Sing-yew had a lot in common.

Li Shengyao waved his hand when he heard this, and then pointed at Chen Hao, "I brought my wife here this time, and I don't have time to accompany you."

Everyone laughed when they heard this.

Soon after, everyone sat down and the opening ceremony of the film festival officially began, with a portrait of Federico Fellini appearing on the big screen.

Meet this legendary Italian art film director.

Li Shengyao was not in a good mood.

This year's Cannes Film Festival favors literary and artistic films, but "La La Land" is a purely commercial film.

(End of this chapter)