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Chapter 422: You can make others earn billion at the box office, and they will still lick you

On May 2013, 5, Li Yu took leading actors including Tony Leung Ka Fai and Fan Xiaopang on a trip to France.

Fan Xiaopang is very popular now. She is ranked first among Chinese female artists on the Forbes list every year.

Her every move attracts people's attention.

A professional paparazzi took photos of Fan Xiaopang and Li Yu traveling abroad together at an airport in Beijing.

The photos were uploaded to the Internet and sparked discussion.

As we all know, stupid netizens are just like Xiao Hei downstairs, they are omnipotent.

Soon, netizens found out that Li Yu’s destination for flying abroad was the Cannes Film Festival which would be held a few days later.

At the end of last year, Li Yu started shooting a huge art film, which many people knew about.

It’s just that there are too many blockbuster movies recently, such as "The Great Wall: Part 1", "Detective Chinatown" and "Lost in Thailand".

The continuous bombardment of good movies has made everyone forget about Li Yu's "Parasite".

Now the popularity of "Parasite" has been reignited.

"Li Yu will be attending the 66th Cannes Film Festival with his latest film in a low-key manner. The news has been confirmed."

"Can Parasite replicate the glory of Sun? Let's wait and see."

"After many years, the great director Li Yu has returned to art films. He seems to be very ambitious. I just don't know if he can show his talents at this year's Cannes Film Festival and realize his ambitions."

Before the plane that Li Yu was on landed in France, a large amount of news about him had already emerged in the country.

Wang Jing is a guy who knows how to ride on the popularity.

"Detective Chinatown" made him famous, and he turned from a king of bad movies to the record holder of the domestic box office overnight.

According to his rule that every time he makes a good film he has to reward himself with several bad films, his bad film "Australia" started shooting not long ago.

Although "The Last Airbender" is a rehash of an old story, it's still a rehash.

For Wang Jing, he doesn’t care whether the meal is cold or hot, as long as it can be sold for money, it is all good food.

He seized the opportunity to ride on the popularity and told reporters: "I should be the first person to read the original script of Parasite.

It is no exaggeration to say that the script written by Director Li was so amazing that I was stunned at the time.”

Wang Jing's words were extremely exaggerated, which was definitely enough to attract people's attention.

The reporter asked, "Director Wang, can you be more straightforward? Your description just now is a bit too general."

Wang Jing added: “Let’s put it this way, it’s the most profound, most satirical, and highest quality modern film script I’ve ever seen in China.

Everyone knows that I only make commercial films, but I actually like art films very much.

In Hong Kong Island, I often help directors who make art films. Even if it means losing money, I am willing to invest in them.

If the script of "Parasite" was written by a director from Hong Kong, and he brought the script to me and asked me to invest in it, I would invest as much money as I wanted, and it would not matter how much money I lost.

Because the script is so great, so great that I think I would regret it forever if I didn’t see it become a movie.”

After Wang Jing's words spread, the movie "Parasite" became more discussed, and "Ocean Island" also became popular.

After all, Wang Jing was being interviewed by the media on the set of "Australia Storm".

"Is what Fatty Wang said true or false? From what he said, the quality of the movie Parasite is ridiculously high!"

"No wonder Director Li went to Cannes without saying anything. He must be planning something big to surprise everyone."

"Wang Jing has indeed invested in many art films, and his vision is impeccable. He dares to praise Parasite so highly, which means it must be good."

There are also people who have different opinions, such as Feng Xiaogang, who just returned to Huayi after filming "If You Are the One 3".

He sneered at Wang Jing's words: "Fatty Wang is at least a veteran director who became famous during the golden age of Hong Kong Island. He once had many good works. Now he is trying to flatter Li Yu in every way. It's really a loss of status."

Mr. Wang at the side said: "If you can turn him from the king of bad movies into the number one in the domestic box office, I believe he will be happy to lick you."

"..."

Mr. Wang's words silenced Feng Xiaogang.

Indeed, if he had the ability to help other directors achieve box office results of over 1 billion, Wang Jing would definitely be more than one director willing to support him.

But the problem is that as of today, even he himself has not had a movie that has grossed over 1 billion, which is very heartbreaking.

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Li Yu, who was in the small town of Cannes, didn't know what was happening in the country, nor did he care.

Since you finally get the chance to go abroad, you should enjoy life and take a vacation to relax.

He came here a few days in advance for this purpose.

In the few days before the film festival began, Li Yu and his group visited many places here and tasted many local delicacies.

There is something about the fact that French cuisine is regarded as one of the three major European cuisines.

Li Yu thinks most of the French dishes are good, except for snails.

He really felt sick when he heard the name of this thing.

Although the chef recommended this famous French dish to him many times, he still refused to allow snails to climb onto his table.

On the 15th, the Cannes Film Festival officially began.

A total of 1858 films were registered for this year, but only about 80 were finally shortlisted, so the competition was very fierce.

By the way, it’s not just Li Yuyi’s team from China that is heading to Cannes this year.

"A Touch of Sin" directed by mainland director Jia Zhanghe, and "Blind Detective" and "Crossing the Line" by Hong Kong directors Johnnie To and Liu Yunwen have all signed up.

And they all defeated numerous opponents and successfully made the cut.

This year's Chinese team is still quite strong.

Among them, Jia Zhanghe's "A Touch of Sin" won the Best Screenplay Award in the main competition unit.

In addition, one of the leading actors in "A Touch of Sin" is Wang Baoqiang.

Wang Baoqiang has appeared in the film industry several times recently.

He was in "Detective Chinatown", "Lost in Thailand" and "A Touch of Sin". His status in the film industry is steadily rising.

They are all Chinese, and Wang Baoqiang, whom Li Yu knows, is also in the "A Touch of Sin" team.

With the help of Wang Baoqiang, Li Yu and Jia Zhanghe met and chatted for a while.

Unlike Li Yu who fully enjoys his travel time and does not pay attention to domestic news, Jia Zhanghe pays more attention to domestic news.

He heard from a friend that Wang Jing praised Li Yu's script for "Parasite" to the skies.

He had a vague feeling that Li Yu would be a strong opponent for him.

However, winning awards is a matter of personal ability. Losing only means that you are not strong enough, and there is nothing to complain about.

Even if he didn't win the award, he wouldn't be like some people who broke down and greeted Li Yu on social media.

With this mentality, the discussion between Jia Zhanghe and Li Yu was very pleasant.

Li Yu also treated him to a big dinner, and after the dinner both parties returned to their hotels.

(End of this chapter)