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Chapter 995 An Interesting Thing

No one knows that in the original time and space, "Avengers 4" had 82% of the screenings on the day of its release and earned 5 million yuan at the box office, but now it only earned 4 million yuan on the first day.

If nothing unexpected happens, its domestic box office will increase from 42 billion in the original time and space to more than 30 billion.

"This is China after all." Zhang Yang also raised his glass to Zhou Xun, as if it was just an ordinary thing.

Friends all smiled when they saw Zhang Yang. They felt relieved to have such a friend in the entertainment industry.

They chatted for a while, and Tang Yan gossiped, "Xiaopang has started her own facial mask brand. I heard that the business is pretty good. Does she know that there is no hope for her comeback?"

"I guess there's really no hope. Didn't she and her mother ask Boss Xu for help last month?" Huang Xiaoming shook his head. He and Xiaopang were quite familiar with each other, and both of them had very high emotional intelligence.

After Huang Xiaoming finished speaking, everyone at the table looked at Zhang Yang at the same time.

"Why are you looking at me? Don't say that I don't have the ability to help her make a comeback. Even if I did, I wouldn't help her." Zhang Yang was speechless at their looks. They really thought he was omnipotent.

"Xiaopang hasn't given up. She was on the news recently for doing charity work in the west. There are people with altitude sickness over there." Shu Chang was a little impressed by Xiaopang. The fighting spirit in her was something he had only seen in Zhao Liying before.

"It's useless. Didn't Dr. Zhai do charity work? Netizens now know that this is a common trick used by celebrities to whitewash themselves." Zu Feng felt that it was useless.

"Yes, now not only is doing charity useless, but teaching is also useless." Luo Jing said speechlessly.

As soon as he finished speaking, he and Liu Yifei laughed almost at the same time.

There is a volunteer teacher named Jiang in their class.

“People in the entertainment industry seem to have evolved. They’re doing charity, teaching, being academic masters, architects, and even foodies.” Zhou Xun felt amazing while shaking his wine glass.

Everyone laughed when they heard what she said.

"The good days of the film and television industry are over," Huang Xiaoming lamented.

"It's time to end it. We've had too many good days before." Zhang Yang said expressionlessly.

"Bah chirp, bah chirp."

After Zhang Yang spoke, the whole restaurant fell silent. The topic they were talking about seemed to be a bit serious. In a quiet environment, even the slightest sound would be amplified.

What was amplified now was the sound of Zhang Hongyi eating meat. Everyone was attracted by the sound and looked at the little guy in unison.

Zhang Hongyi, who was eating meat with a grunt, stopped and looked at everyone when he saw them all looking at him.

You guys said you were here to celebrate my birthday, but when you got here you were just chatting and didn't care about the birthday boy at all. Do you still have to keep an eye on him if he eats some meat now?
The little guy looked at this group of people and felt very strange.

"It's Zhang Hongyi's birthday, so let's talk about something light-hearted. We just need to do our best. Come, let's wish him a happy birthday again." Mother Liu hurried out to warm up the atmosphere.

A group of people raised their glasses to Zhang Hongyi again. The little guy picked up the glass and looked at the boiled water inside, feeling that it was meaningless.

"Director Zhang, Xixi, Zu Feng, I wish you all a happy time in Cannes." Tang Yan smiled and raised the water glass. She also drank boiled water.

The birthday dinner lasted until nearly eight o'clock. After everyone finished eating, they lit candles for Zhang Hongyi, made wishes, and blew out the candles.

The little guy’s fifth birthday is officially over.

On May 16.4th, "Decision to Part" was officially released with a box office of billion yuan.

It raised the box office record for domestic art films by another 2.2 million.

Zhang Yang also came to the studio that day to discuss the movie celebration party with his assistant.

The assistant told Zhang Yang the details. Among the other actors in the movie, Feng Yuanzhen is the busiest at the moment as he has to prepare for a drama. The others are all fine.

"Taking all factors into consideration, holding the celebration banquet on the 8th is the best option."

Zhang Yang and Liu Yifei will go to Cannes around the 10th, and the event will be held after they return from Cannes, so it has been delayed a bit.

"Number eight, then."

"Red envelope……?"

Zhang Yang tapped his fingers on the table: "Give them one million each."

They don't have many roles in this movie, so we can't give them too much for no reason.

When it was the 8th, Zhang Yang and Liu Yifei went to the hotel villa early in the morning.

After lunch, the two took a walk around the house to digest the food and then sat on the sofa to watch TV.

"Operation Ice Breaking", a drama jointly produced by CCTV and iQiyi, was recently aired.

They watched for more than two hours, and the famous scene was played on TV.

Lin Yaodong and Lin Zonghui confront each other in the Tazhai Ancestral Hall.

Lin Yaodong and Lin Zonghui knelt on the ground facing each other. Uncle Dong said with a little excitement: "Just think about what our Tazhai was like before. We were poor... If I hadn't led people to repair it, this ancestral hall would have collapsed long ago."

Lin Zonghui stood up and waved his arms excitedly: "I would rather this ancestral hall collapse. You led your clan members to commit a crime. You are now..."

"I don't understand what a crime is. I did it all for this family. I know what I want. Am I wrong?" Uncle Dong retorted righteously.

Lin Zonghui felt that his cousin was crazy, so he said directly: "I have been kneeling here all day just to wait for you to come.
I want to tell you in person that I handed over the list of all the flour-making families in Tazhai to the police."

Uncle Dong couldn't hold it anymore, he stood up and had a wonderful quarrel with Lin Zonghui.

Zhang Yang hugged Liu Yifei and pointed at the TV screen and boasted: "This is what a real quarrel looks like. In a real quarrel, it's never you saying one thing and me saying another, but each of us saying our own thing."

Liu Yifei nodded in agreement: "Besides, they all spoke their own lines, and everyone could hear them clearly.
This is a TV show that was ruined by its protagonist.”

As soon as the leading actor of the TV series "Operation Ice Breaking" appeared, they didn't want to watch it. His acting skills were instantly crushed to pieces and he was not likable at all.

"You're talking in a very mean way now!" Zhang Yang looked at her with a half-smile.

"I feel that this drama is the same as In the Name of People, in that the villains shine in the end." Liu Yifei ignored Zhang Yang's ridicule, but instead touched her chin and analyzed seriously.

Zhang Yang nodded. This is human nature. The villain is more three-dimensional. I remember a few years later in the movie "Kuang Bi", the most famous character was the villain. The two of them watched for a while, and his cell phone rang.

Liu Yifei looked at the sky outside and stood up to touch up her makeup without Zhang Yang reminding her, thinking that the celebration banquet was about to begin.

At around six o'clock in the afternoon, the two arrived at the banquet hall and walked to the main table. This movie was an exclusive production of Ocean Studios, so the people who came today were not only the employees of Ocean Studios, but also the actors of the movie.

After they arrived, they exchanged a few words with the actors, and Zhang Yang went up to speak, and the ice sculpture smashing celebration party officially began.

About half an hour later, Zhang Yang's assistant saw that everyone had almost finished eating, so he stood up and walked behind him.

"Look at me. I was so busy eating and drinking that I almost forgot about this matter." Zhang Yang took the red envelope from his assistant and stood up to give red envelopes to Li Mingqi, Feng Yuanzhen, Li Xiaoran and others.

After everyone exchanged pleasantries, Zhang Yang distributed all the red envelopes and the conversation became more relaxed.

"Director Zu Feng's films have been shortlisted for Cannes. What do you think?" Zhang Yang asked Guo Xiaodong.

Guo Xiaodong quickly shook his head: "Being a director is too risky, I'd better just be an actor."

With his net worth, he has the ability to make a movie, but he is too artistic and cannot guarantee making money.

If he loses, it will be a huge blow to him.

"If you have an idea, you can bring the script to me to see. If it's okay, I will invest in you." Zhang Yang encouraged him.

Guo Xiaodong was a little moved by Zhang Yang's words, but he quickly calmed down and just nodded.

Without a particularly good script, he wouldn't dare to rashly go to this old classmate. This is considered his biggest connection in the industry, so he has to use it with caution.

It was the 11th, and the family was having lunch in Zhang Yang's courtyard.

It was Saturday and Zhang Hongyi was also at home.

When Liu's mother asked Liu Yifei: "Are we going to Cannes today?"

Liu Yifei nodded.

Zhang Hongyi heard the conversation between his grandmother and mother and immediately asked, "Mom, are you going on a business trip again?"

"Yes, not only me, but your father will come too. We will be on a business trip for half a month. Be happy."

Facing Liu Yifei's smiling face, Zhang Hongyi did not dare to be careless at all. Instead, he said seriously: "Mom, happy Mother's Day."

This year Mother's Day is on May 5th.

Liu Yifei chuckled when she heard Zhang Hongyi's blessing. This son was not raised in vain, at least he can make people happy.

"Mom, happy Mother's Day." Liu Yifei also said to her mother.

Zhang Yang and Liu Yifei officially flew from Beijing to Cannes at one o'clock in the afternoon.

To be precise, we flew to Nice. Although Cannes is famous, it is just a small town and does not have an airport.

They arrived at Nice Cote d'Azur Airport at around 5:00 p.m. There is a six-hour time difference between Beijing and Cannes.

It is 30 kilometers from Nice Airport to the town of Cannes, and it takes more than ten minutes to drive there.

When they arrived in town, they checked into the Grand Hyatt Hotel on the Croisette.

For judges like Zhang Yang and Liu Yifei, the Cannes Film Festival will arrange food and lodging, but they have to live on a separate floor and need to move in a little bit.

On the first day in Cannes, they started to suffer from jet lag after settling in.

The next morning, Zhang Yang and Liu Yifei were heading to the hotel restaurant for breakfast.

"Director Zhang Yang, Crystal, I didn't expect you didn't stay at the Carlton Hotel." A youthful and lively voice came over.

They turned around and saw that it was Elle Fanning, an American actress who became famous for playing Princess Aurora in the movie "Maleficent".

Although she is only 21 years old this year, she is also a judge in the main competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival.

The reason why she said this is because among the many hotels on the Coastal Avenue that receive guests,
The most famous one is the Carlton InterContinental Hotel, which hosted all the journalists attending the first film festival.
At the same time, legendary actress Grace Kelly also met the Crown Prince of Monaco here.

Many judges like to stay in that hotel.

"Aili, what a coincidence? Let's go have breakfast together." Zhang Yang invited her.

"OK." Seeing Zhang Yang took the initiative to invite her, Ellie was overjoyed.

Liu Yifei was not surprised. She just thought that Zhang Yang invited her because they were both judges of the film festival.

In fact, Ai Li and Zhang Yang have some fate. In the original time and space, she came to prominence because of her role in the movie "Somewhere".

Now, I don’t know how she got to this point.

After having breakfast at the hotel, they went to the organizing committee’s residence together to meet with the people from the Cannes organizing committee.

When the three men arrived, Pierre Lescure came out to greet them personally.

Don't think he's not that great just because he was sidelined by Frémaux in the Cannes organizing committee.
He is a media tycoon and has been involved in French elections. He came to the Cannes Film Festival to be the boss, probably just for the sake of seniority.

Maybe one day he will become an official French figure.

It was he who came over to greet Zhang Yang and others, but when it came to talking about specific matters, it was Frémaux who had to step in. The Cannes Film Festival would run smoothly without Pierre, but without Frémaux...

Everyone discussed the specific issues concerning the film festival in the conference room. The jury had only one thing to do before the opening ceremony, which was to attend a press conference at 5 p.m. on May 13.

The film review will take place after the opening ceremony.

After finishing the business, Fumao looked at the three young men opposite him and said, "Zhang Yang, let me tell you something interesting."

(End of this chapter)