You don't understand the happiness of the director

Chapter 642 ① The most extensive network of contacts ② Do business with the familiar ③ Wan Qian and Zhang Ruonan work together ④ Closing

The Cannes Film Festival attracts more than 100,000 tourists every year, which is a severe test for the hotel industry in Cannes. It is not easy even for participating teams to get a room.

In desperation, Zhang Ruonan and her older sister Wan Qian moved into the same room, and the two became more familiar with each other.

They also made an appointment to go to the movies together. In addition to those Chinese-language films, the one they were most interested in was "The Beguiled", which was star-studded.

However, they failed to get tickets for tomorrow's premiere, so they can only trouble Wang Quan, who is their most connected person in Cannes.

When the two found Wang Quan together, Anne Hathaway was also there. She was wearing a cool suspender, revealing a deep and domineering figure. Anyone who has seen "Love and Other Drugs" knows it.

The two of them avoided looking at Ms. A with some envy.

Wang Quan said that it was no problem, "I'll ask Xue Fu to send the tickets to you later."

Wan Qian: "Thank you, Director Quan."

"Thank you," Zhang Ruonan asked again, "Will you go there then?"

Wang Quan: "Of course, I want to judge the award, and I must watch the movie before I can judge."

However, before watching "The Beguiled", Nicole's other film "The Killing of a Sacred Deer" premiered first.

Wang Quan brought the judges to show his support.

He noticed that Nicole looked at him with very passionate eyes. If she hadn't wanted to avoid suspicion, she would definitely knock on his door at night.

This movie is a low-budget horror film produced by A24. Even though it has two big stars, Nicole and Colin Farrell, the cost was kept within 1000 million.

The movie is pretty good and tells a story with religious metaphors.

Wang Quan watched it very seriously, especially Nicole Kidman's performance.

She has won an Oscar for Best Actress, a Golden Globe Award, and a Berlin Film Festival Award.

If possible, and if there is no other performance that makes him admire her from the bottom of his heart, Wang Quan is certainly willing to help her win the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival, after all, it is better to do what is familiar to her than to do what is new.

But unfortunately, her performance in this movie is not convincing enough.

It’s not that her acting was not good enough. For an actress of her level, her performance would be at least above 70 points, but she just didn’t have enough parts.

The core of this film is Colin Farrell and Barry Keohane, especially the performance of the young second male lead Barry Keohane is eye-catching.

Although Nicole was the leading actress, she had few scenes and not many highlights. It can only be said that she completed the task excellently.

In addition, "Shadow" was also released today. This should be the most prestigious Chinese-language film in Cannes this year. You don't need to see it to know that it is bigger than "An Elephant Sitting Still". Almost all the Chinese celebrities in Cannes came, and there were also many big names in the European and American film circles to show their support.

At least Wang Quan brought all the judges of the main competition units over.

It is somewhat different from what Wang Quan saw in the film and television library. The actors are basically the same, but perhaps because they were reviewed by Wang Dao’s script team, the lines and some plots are much more comfortable while the general framework remains unchanged.

What remains unchanged is Zhang Yimou's exploration of the ink painting style. Because it is Chinese enough, oriental enough, and exotic enough, it received very good reviews on site, and several film producers expressed interest.

Early the next morning, with the release of the new issue of "Silver Screen", the Goose country movie "Loveless" became the first film in the main competition unit to have its score released in the program brochure, and it immediately got a high score of 3.2.

Marina Alexandrova was very happy when she found out about this. With the endorsement of film critics, she could work hard to win awards for her country's films. For this reason, she mentioned this movie to Wang Quan many times, trying to brainwash herself.

I didn't expect the empress would have such a childish side.

Today is also the premiere day of "The Beguiled", and because of the large number of stars present, it is also the most anticipated film at this year's Cannes.

Before the movie started, Wan Qian and Zhang Ruonan got the movie tickets, dressed up and prepared to go out, and then they met Peng Yuchang.

He was so envious when he heard that they had tickets for "Under the Peony" that he said, "I have no idea how to buy the tickets."

Zhang Ruonan: "We didn't buy the tickets ourselves. We asked Director Quan for the free tickets."

"Oh, it's too hateful." Unfortunately, he and Director Quan were not very familiar with each other.

Afterwards, Wang Yuwen, who was in the same crew, complained about the difficulty in getting tickets, and Peng Yuchang mentioned the story of Zhang Ruonan and Wan Qian.

Wang Yuwen suddenly had an idea. This was also a way to establish a relationship with Director Quan, so he found Wang Quan's hotel room.

However, when she proposed to visit, Guo Xuefu directly blocked her: "I'm sorry, you are the heroine of the shortlisted work in the main competition unit. It is not appropriate to contact you privately. Please go back."

Wang Yuwen pouted, glanced at the door, then turned and left unwillingly.

Inside the door, Meng Ziyi, the lark of domestic entertainment, was singing to Wang Quan, "Umm~ahhh..."

The premiere began in the afternoon, and judges including Wang Quan appeared on the red carpet. The director of "The Beguiled" is the famous second-generation director Sofia Coppola, the daughter of Francis Coppola and the cousin of Nicolas Cage.

Child star Scarlett Johansson completed the transformation from a cute child star to a literary goddess because of her role in "Lost in Translation".

Because he is a big force in Hollywood and his hometown is Italy, there are many European and American celebrities attending the premiere today.

The Chinese translation of "Under the Peony Flower" is very appropriate, alluding to the fact that a dead body was buried under the peony flowers. It can also be directly translated as "being deceived".

This film is based on the original novel and the original movie of 71. It can be considered an adaptation and can be understood as a gender-reversed version of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs".

Or it can be said that it is a story about a soldier who mistakenly entered a nunnery deep in the mountains during the Anti-Japanese War and aroused the desires of a group of nuns, young and old.

Nicole Kidman plays the abbess of a nunnery.

Although her roles were shared by two other actresses, Kirsten Dunst and Elle Fanning, Nicole, as the principal of a girls' school, was still the focus of the film. She was not only a leader, but also contributed many highlight performances.

If it was this drama, Wang Quan felt that he could help her win the Best Actress award.

Of course, the premise is that there are no other performances that impress me later.

As for this movie, Wang Quan thinks it is just average, but still very beautiful. The art design of this movie is the same as that of "The Grandmaster". The shots are relatively dark because natural light is used, so it looks more tiring on the eyes, and the story is also rather unremarkable.

After watching the movie, Wang Quan also had a conversation with the judges.

Zhang Ruonan sat in the audience and looked at Wang Quan, who was like the god of movies. She wondered how she could be worthy of him and get closer to him.

The opportunity came the next day. That night Wan Qian said she would return home the next day.

After all, "Auspicious" is just a short film and there is no acting award. As the only professional actor in this short film, it is okay for me to come here and show my face, but it would be a bit inappropriate for me to stay in Cannes all the time. I still have a job in China.

What Zhang Ruonan was thinking was that once Wan Qian left, she would be the only one in the room!
"Sister Qian, I won't be able to leave you. I'll come and have dinner with you after I return home!" Zhang Ruonan said with a smile.

Wan Qian has some of the temperament of a top attacker, and girls younger than her like to stick to her.

But she is actually just a little girl, and she also wants to find a solid body to lean on.

While packing her things, Wan Qian suddenly received a WeChat message from Wang Quan.

It was a download link, and Wang Quan asked her to download and install it.

"What?" Wan Qian clicked the installation button behind Zhang Ruonan's back, and then saw an icon that was exactly the same as TikTok, except that the name was "Tik Tok" in English.

"Director Quan, is this the overseas version of TikTok?"

Wang Quan: “Yes, you can try it and give me some feedback.”

Zhang Yiming is very ambitious. While Kuaishou was still thinking about how to compete with Douyin in China, he had quietly developed an overseas version of Douyin, targeting the overseas short video market.

Although there are similar products in Europe and the United States, they have not yet become big. Douyin definitely has a chance, and he is very confident in his algorithm.

Wan Qian looked out the window and said, "Okay, I'll take some photos and post them."

Wan Qian is also a singer, so she decided to shoot a video clip of herself singing a cappella. She chose "Fox's Howl" by her good friend Liu Yifei.

Feeling that the operation of Tik Tok is as simple as Douyin, Wan Qian thought about it after posting it, and finally sent the link to Wang Quan.

After a while, Wang Quan replied, "You seem to be singing with your voice suppressed, can't let go?" Wan Qian: "Nannan is taking a shower in the bathroom, I'm afraid to disturb her."

Wang Quan: "Then come to my room and re-record it. You are a professional singer, you can't be worse than Sissi."

Wan Qian was busy and modest: "I am an amateur now, Xixi is a professional."

Then she immediately went out the door.

Wang Quan’s room was very big. He was sitting on the sofa in a bathrobe, with his hair covered with sweat or water from a recent shower.

Wang Quan did not move, "Go ahead and sing. If you don't sing well, I won't let you pass."

Wan Qian smiled and was about to raise her phone when Wang Quan waved his hand, "Let me record it for you so you can add some body movements."

"Okay~"

Wan Qian re-interpreted Liu Yifei's classic song "The Fox's Howl", which was indeed of professional standard, much better than Meng Ziyi, the lark in the domestic entertainment industry.

"Please sit down~" Wang Quan handed over the phone.

Wan Qian was operating her phone, and Wang Quan asked again: "This is your first time in Cannes, right? How do you feel?"

"It feels like there are people everywhere, and there are movie-related activities everywhere. I just regret that I don't have the ability to clone myself. Also, it has strengthened my belief in pursuing film art." Wan Qian said seriously, and then a glass of whiskey appeared in front of her, which Wang Quan poured for her.

He himself drinks plain water.

Wan Qian asked directly with a smile: "Give me some wine, but you don't drink. What are you thinking, Director?"

"I can't drink because I have to have a conference call with people in China later." Wang Quan said sincerely.

This reason was correct, so Wan Qian had to accept it. She took a sip first and found that there was no special taste.

Even if there is, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to taste it.

However, after drinking, Wan Qian's head tilted and she fell directly on the sofa.

Wang Quan was stunned: What’s going on? I didn’t put any medicine in the wine.

He hurried over to check Wan Qian's pulse, breathing and heartbeat.

Especially the heartbeat, check it very carefully. Because the chest is not big and there is not much obstruction, you can feel a healthy and clear heartbeat.

Wang Quan also has some knowledge of Chinese medicine.

In this case, Wang Quan knew it must be a heart disease.

So he said sinisterly, "I didn't expect this drug to take effect so quickly. I won't be polite then."

As he said that, he picked up the light Wan Qian and walked towards the bedroom.

When he threw Wan Qian on the bed, she jumped up and could no longer pretend, "Director, it was just a joke, don't..."

"It was just a joke, but I took it seriously. Today I want to teach you a lesson, so that you know that you can't make jokes casually."

Wang Quan did not encounter any resistance afterwards. Wan Qian's purpose of joking was actually to create ambiguity.

I just didn't expect the progress to be so fast and to be accomplished in one step.

Although there was a lack of necessary emotional preparation, the man in front of her was Wang Quan after all. Wan Qian felt that she had to seize this opportunity.

He is no longer Xixi's boyfriend, nor is he Yang Mi's husband. He is single and she is unmarried, so why can't I do that?

Wan Qian, who was hesitant to speak just now, took off her high heels and began to explore what was under Wang Quan's bathrobe.

Two hours later, Wan Qian was exhausted. Wang Quan looked at her with some admiration. She was a good opponent for having been able to hold on until now.

After they had rested enough, Wang Quan carried the person to the bathroom to wash up. At this time, someone rang the doorbell.

Wang Quan looked at Wan Qian and said, "Do you want to go or should I go?"

Wan Qian: "Can't you let your assistant go?"

"Ok?"

Wan Qian: "This is a suite, they should be in the second bedroom."

Wang Quan was amused: "You know they were screaming so loudly just now."

Wan Qian said slyly: "It's not too loud, it's just a normal reaction."

Wang Quan pecked her little mouth and said, "I told them not to come out without my order. Let me open the door."

Wan Qian: "Then can I come out later?"

Wang Quan: "We will act according to circumstances."

When Wang Quan saw the people outside, he loosened the bath towel around his waist.

"Nannan, why are you here?" Wang Quan asked.

Seeing the half-naked handsome Wang Quan, Zhang Ruonan was silent, her mouth slightly open, a little dumbfounded.

Wang Quan closed the door and said, "Why? I've never seen it before."

Zhang Ruonan recovered a little: "No chance to see you."

"Tell me, what's the matter?" Wang Quan turned around.

Zhang Ruonan stared at his waist, wishing the bath towel could be loosened.

"Oh, Wan Qian is missing. I went to the bathroom, and she disappeared when I came out. She didn't answer my phone calls. Do you think something happened to her..." Before he finished speaking, the bath towel had fallen.

Wang Quan has no secrets at all in front of Zhang Ruonan.

Zhang Ruonan, who was only half stupid just now, is now really stupid.

Wang Quan picked her up and walked towards the bedroom. "Don't rush to find her now, okay?"

Zhang Ruonan nodded: "Okay, okay..."

Wang Quan kissed the little girl on the lips: "I'll help you find it later."

"Okay, okay." Zhang Ruonan had lost the ability to think.

What she never expected was that an hour later, Wang Quan really helped her find Wan Qian.

Then he shouted, "Come out, stop soaking in the bladder."

Wan Qian, wrapped in a bath towel, walked out of the bathroom with a resentful look on her face.

……

After 12 days, the main competition unit of the 70th Cannes Film Festival is finally going to be announced.

Yesterday, Dapeng's "Auspicious" just won the Palme d'Or for Best Short Film.

"In the Mood for Grass" also won the Jury Award. Zhang Ruonan followed the director on stage to receive the award and showed her face. In just a few days, she seemed to have matured.

On the last day, the crew of "An Elephant Sitting Still" was also invited to stay and attend the closing ceremony, which meant that there were prizes to be won!

(End of this chapter)