China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

Chapter 311 Cannes, Guan Ling and an old man that no one cares about
2010 year 5 month 4 day,
Youth Day.

Guan Ling led the crew of "Father Trapped in Time" to Cannes.

Before leaving, a piece of news once again aroused heated discussion on the Internet.

Guan Ling and the French Minister of Culture will go to France at the same time.

At the airport, under the expectation of various reporters,
Sure enough, I saw Guan Ling and Frederick.

This also seemed to send a signal. The Cannes Film Festival is finally here.

Countless eyes in the circle began to focus on Guan Ling.

We went earlier this time because the crew was invited to an official reception in France and France.
Because French Minister of Culture and Communications Frederic was on a business trip in the capital.

Going back to Cannes.

Therefore, Guan Ling's crew directly accompanied him, which can be regarded as giving the French cultural director a face at the official level.

This year’s Cannes Film Festival saw a clear revival of French films.

It's just that at the cocktail party, Guan Ling really couldn't tell the faces of Europeans.

Everyone wanted to cheer him up, but they couldn't find the strength.

"For us in France, 'The Hearing Girl' is a heartwarming movie suitable for every family to watch. Almost every household has a DVD of this movie."

Some of you are beginning to fantasize.

Although "Socialism" by his new wave master Godard was not selected.

When he got off the plane, Guan Ling was almost frozen into a fool.

So even during a long plane journey, he didn't feel much discomfort.

On the plane, Frederick and Guan Ling were chatting and seemed a little excited.

But the romance of the French is indeed not something to be concealed.
Although the weather is abnormal.

"Director Guan is indeed the first in the industry at this level. Going to France at the same time as the French cultural director sounds really damn exciting!"

"Director Guan, maybe you don't know how much our French audience loves you."

The minister felt a little pity, "Unfortunately, I was not in Cannes last year when you won the Palme d'Or."

In fact, while everyone thinks Director Guan is awesome, they also feel a little pity for Jia Zhangke's film.

Moreover, Jia Zhangke is already awesome. He is the first person to lead Chinese documentaries in the three major international film festivals.

"You have to know that my daughter likes Ruth very much. But it's a pity that she didn't show up here this time, otherwise I would definitely ask for an autograph for my daughter."

"It's because I've become smaller. I've always thought that the entertainment industry is all about actors, but now that Director Guan is doing this, I really don't know what to say!"

Chinese-language films won the Golden Lion three times in a row before. Why can’t they win the Palme d’Or this time?

"With the French cultural director accompanying us, will there be any inside stories about Cannes this time? We won't win the Palme d'Or consecutively."

Guan Ling also chatted with the old man for a while. You Benchang smiled shyly and said that he couldn't stand looking at his mobile phone and so on, but reading a book could relieve his boredom.

Guan Ling had never met any of the directors of these movies last year.

"Thank you very much."

Although I always win the Golden Lion Award, isn’t that the Palme d’Or?
Director Guan participated in the main unit of the competition for the first time, and it was a triumph!
The entire domestic atmosphere for Cannes was instantly ignited.

This time Jia Zhangke's film is a documentary. The only drawback of documentaries is that it is difficult to win the highest award.

When no one paid attention to him, he would put on his reading glasses and read silently.

As a well-known sixth-generation director, Wang Xiaoshuai has won the Silver Bear twice before, but his resume is still inferior to Guan Ling's. Naturally, the pressure and expectations he endures are much less than those of Guan Ling.

But Jia Zhangke was only shortlisted for the One Attention category.

Thousands of miles high in the sky, it is actually just a moment.

As for other people's indifference towards him, You Benchang doesn't care. If someone talks to him, he will smile.

At the exchange reception, some well-known local French directors communicated closely with Guan Lingdu under the introduction of Frederic.

"I went back and asked her to personally sign it and give it to the minister."

Only You Benchang seemed to be forgotten in the corner.

The shortlisting of five local films, "Outlaw", "Men and Gods", "The Screaming Man", "Le Princesse de Montpensier" and "The Tour", makes this Cannes Film Festival's main competition The number of units becomes the largest one.

But the reception was as usual,

Although this matter has already spread in the news.

Although he is seventy-seven years old, You Benchang's spirit is still very strong.

It snowed heavily in southern France and there were strong winds. Huge waves of five to six meters high were rolled up along the coast of Cannes, which is usually sunny.

On the plane, the only people communicating at any time were the minister and Guan Ling. Occasionally, Wu Junmei would also say a few words.

We can only place more expectations on Guan Ling.

But it does give the French some praiseworthy romance.

But when the two figures actually appeared at the scene, they still attracted bursts of exclamations from the people present.

During the on-site communication, Guan Ling learned that Wanwan would also go to Cannes to promote Cai Yuexun's movie "The Ruffian Hero".

This did not give Guan Ling any psychological fluctuations, but the starring Zhao Youting made Guan Ling sigh with emotion.

After all, "Dragon King of the Divine Capital" himself has not changed his role, and this guy doesn't know when he will be able to come to the mainland again.

The chairman of the Cannes jury is Tim Burton. As the director of "Edward Scissorhands", his style and creativity have always been famous for his unexpected style, and his gothic and weird style is very obvious.

Then the news about the major judges was gradually revealed.

There is no Chinese at all, they are all European and American.

……

Although Guan Ling does have some errands when it comes to recognizing people.

But from the perspective of recognizing money, Guan Ling is not bad at all.

Although "The Dragon King of Gods" has been released in Europe and the United States, it mostly followed previously established channels.

After Guan Ling appeared in Cannes, some distributors contacted Guan Ling almost every day and wanted the distribution rights or buyout rights for "Detective Dee Part 2".

Although they are all small countries, there is absolutely no reason to refuse the money that comes to their doorsteps.

And period films, as expected, are still the genre that attracts the most attention to Chinese films internationally.

On his first day in Cannes, Guan Ling easily earned more than 10 million US dollars.

……

"I heard that you held a birthday party for someone? And gave you a character as a gift?"

I don’t know how many days Liu Yifei endured it, but Guan Ling still received a call from Liu Yifei while in Cannes.

"Is the one named Na Zha also a junior sister from Nortel?"

Liu Yifei's voice was a little cold.

"This is not a junior sister. She is an actress with a pretty good image. She can film some TV series or something when the time comes."

"I just feel like I've been gone a little too long, and now I'm a little worried."

After following Guan Ling last time, I didn't get caught.

Liu Yifei herself didn't know whether she should be sorry or grateful.

But as "Rescue 3" is about to be completed.

Liu Yifei still said to Guan Ling straightforwardly, "You love me, right?"

"Of course, how could you ask such a question?"

Guan Ling's brows instantly wrinkled. Although it was only a matter of time before the fish pond exploded for Guan Ling, he did not expect that Liu Yifei's people had already begun to suspect it before they returned to China.

Thinking of this, Guan Ling really admired Na Luo Xiaozhu.

Although there is only one thing that people want to hide, time management for nine consecutive years is indeed not something that ordinary people can do.

Even for a person like Guan Ling, the fish pond must be blown up.

"I just feel a little similar to me..."

Liu Yifei would naturally feel something was wrong about Na Zha, a birthday party, and a role in a TV series.

It's almost the same as her before.

She is so familiar!
It's just that she was the godfather at first.

Liu Yifei had no idea whether Guan Ling was the godfather of the little star this time.

However, with Shu Chang as the inner ghost, Liu Yifei got the news about the birthday party in the Mainland.

It was just a very small internal birthday party, and it was indeed far different from her original one.

"You were the heroine of "Hearing Girl" when I offered you the role. Why are you jealous of the heroine of a TV series?"

Although the fish pond is suspected of exploding, Guan Ling is still trying his best to maintain stability.

"makes sense."

Liu Yifei was so stupid that she was convinced again.

"Don't think too much about it. If you finish filming, then come to Cannes and hang out. I'm going to be young for twenty days. I just want to get some fresh air."

"Then I'll really fly over to find you."

Liu Yifei became excited as expected. She had suspected that there was a relationship between Guan Ling and Fan Bingbing long ago.

This time Fan Bingbing is going to the scene.

And Guan Ling sent him an invitation, doesn't it prove that Director Guan Da and Fan Bingbing have nothing to do with each other?

Thinking of this, Liu Yifei instantly became happy.

"It's twenty days this time. If you think about it, you will definitely get it."

After hanging up the phone, Liu Yifei remembered what her mother said again.

"But if you don't prepare in advance, will the baby you give birth to be unhealthy?"

Liu Yifei's little mind began to think wildly again.

"I've been eating foreign food in a foreign country for so long, so my baby won't be able to use chopsticks, right?"

Liu Yifei's thinking is becoming more and more divergent.

But one thing is confirmed.

Definitely going to Cannes.

……

"Director Guan, you can relax. The box office of "Iron Man 2" on the first day in the mainland was less than million. Your record is stable."

Han Sanpin called Guan Ling. Han Sanpin was very concerned about the performance of foreign blockbusters.

5 month 7 day,
"Iron Man 2" is released in mainland China.

With the release of the first-day box office, the industry was indeed shocked into a cold sweat.

The film schedule and attendance of "Source Code" have inevitably been impacted.

In North America, "Iron Man 2" has no chance of breaking the box office record of "The Dark Knight".

According to industry estimates, the film's North American box office on its first weekend was approximately US$1.3 million.

In mainland China, the box office is about 2 million.

It's still a bit far from Guan Ling's three-day box office.

But as for whether word-of-mouth will benefit the movie's box office, no one knows.

Even Guan Ling is actually a bit weak.

Compared with blockbusters like "Iron Man 2", "Source Code" does not have much advantage, but fortunately this movie is already a blockbuster, and the remaining time is to drain the last pool.

……

In the following time, more and more people began to arrive in Cannes, and the first to arrive was Jia Zhangke.

Later, Wang Xiaoshuai, Fan Bingbing, Qin Hao, Wang Xueqi, Li Fei'er and others gradually arrived at the scene.

Both at home and abroad, Cannes is becoming more and more popular.

Looking back on last year's most talked about and controversial movies, this year's shortlisted directors, such as Abbas, Takeshi Kitano, Lee Cangdong, and Iñárritu, are all regulars who have come and gone many times.

What's more, there is Woody Allen who joins in the fun every year. This little old man from New York is very hypocritical and always puts on a posture of "never participating". Cannes cooperates with the attitude of "inviting to participate in the exhibition". This year's "Encounter with a Stranger" is still like this, the consensual relationship is very loyal, and it is basically a blatant flirtation.

There really aren’t many new faces.

However, there were still some old men who made waves of calls come out in Cannes.

The 79-year-old Swiss Gundam stood at the pinnacle of the film industry with the premiere of "Breathless" fifty years ago. This year, the appearance of "Film Socialism" in Cannes had a somewhat ceremonial feel.

While surprising, this movie has also become the most popular movie recognized by many directors on the scene, and may even outshine the Palme d'Or.

But in everyone's eyes.

These regular visitors are all very strong competitors, even Guan Ling.

Wu Junmei was even able to find a few acquaintances at the scene to chat about movies and life together.

Only You Benchang, no one really cares.

Originally, Guan Ling was planning to hold a wedding reception for Teacher You Benchang, but You Benchang rejected Guan Ling's approach.

In the eyes of a simple old man.

Cannes was the first time he set foot in this life.

He even wanted to see what level he would be at.

Compared to the Oscars, Cannes is still a relatively fair platform after all. You Benchang believes in this and has always believed in it.

As the opening ceremony of Cannes approaches, more and more news is sweeping the country.

"Wang Xiaoshuai gave an interview: It is harder to win an award at Cannes than to hit a box office of 100 million. He claimed that he will discuss the new film contract with Sophie Marceau in detail."

"The industry estimates that tens of thousands of film industry insiders, 4,000 media personnel, and thousands of star-chasers will participate in the Cannes Film Festival this year. Compared with last year's "White Ribbon", "Shoplifters", "Prophet" and many other With the emergence of excellent films, fans will wait and see whether this year’s film festival can replicate its glory!”

"Li Feiren generously talked about his relationship with Huang Xiaoming, claiming that the two are still in contact today!"

"The Cannes delegation of China Film Company will lead 13 Chinese films to participate in the Cannes screening! A large number of domestic media will also accompany them."

"Qin Hao and You Benchang went to Cannes to compete for Best Actor. One of them was nominated three times, and the other was nominated at the age of 77. Both of them are legends of Chinese films!"

"Guan Ling has temporarily refused to be interviewed about "Father Trapped in Time" since he went to Cannes. Maybe he will drop a bombshell?!"

"Fan Bingbing was interviewed by international media and talked about Guan Ling's soft eyes and nodded yes to the suspected filming of a Hollywood blockbuster."

Among all the news, Liu Yifei's news was also included.

""Rescue 3" is finished, Liu Yifei is about to go to Cannes to participate in the red carpet, and then return to China with Guan Ling."

All the news is hot, and there are many comments under each one.

But among all of them, people pay the least attention.

Just the old man that no one cares about.

(End of this chapter)