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Chapter 210 Return to Cannes
He applied for a loan of 40 million US dollars by mortgaging most of the cinema chain's shares. The rest was just waiting for the loan to be released, so Huang Ze didn't have to worry about it.

Of course, there is no need to worry about this matter, there are many things to worry about.

It was almost mid-May, and the Cannes Film Festival was about to open. Huang Ze could no longer stay in Hong Kong Island and set off for the Cannes Film Festival.

There were two groups of people this time, one group was Huang Ze and several Hong Kong crew members of "Pulp Fiction".

Those people from the United States have already set off, and we can meet in Cannes then.

The other group was naturally the company's investment. Despite Huang Ze's frequent intervention, Wang Jiawei still spent more than 12 million Hong Kong dollars to shoot "Days of Being Wild".

The cost is even higher than that of Huang Ze's film "Once Upon a Time in China".

I heard that this was the expense after the boss had compressed it again and again, and many people in the company were almost shocked.

Good guy!
After compression, it is still 12 million. If it is not compressed, wouldn’t it be 20 million?
If we let it go, it would cost at least 30 million, right?
Looking at everyone's awe-inspiring eyes, Wang Jiawei felt a little embarrassed and under great pressure, so he put on his sunglasses silently.

After Days of Being Wild was completed, he watched it with a few friends. They all gave the same opinion that the film had good artistic quality and very impressive techniques.

But when asked about the box office...

Everyone started to talk about other things.

One of my friends was quite straightforward and replied, "Director Huang's In the Mood for Love didn't even make 10 million in Hong Kong."

One sentence broke the fantasy in his heart.

If the box office in Hong Kong does not exceed 10 million, the money returned to the company, plus the publicity expenses, can just recoup the cost of 12 million, a fraction of 2 million.

Based on the box office revenue of less than 10 million, the revenue from overseas sales is probably only around 3 to 5 million.

If I don’t make much money in Cannes this time.

Directly lose half of your investment!
"Oh my god!" Wang Jiawei, who was sitting in the waiting hall, shuddered subconsciously.

Even if I chop myself off and sell it at the price of bear paws, I still can’t afford the compensation!

I mean, Mr. Huang wouldn't hire someone to beat him up because of this, right?
"That shouldn't be the case, right?"

"None of the other directors of Xinghai were..."

"Oh, it seems like other directors make a lot of money, Zhang Jianya can make tens of millions for the company with one film."

"That's not even possible!"

"I haven't heard that Director Huang is involved with Hei, but why is there no one in the underworld to make trouble for Mr. Huang? There must be some, but I just don't know about it. Will he send a big circle to deal with me?"

Although he believed that he was pursuing art and that art was priceless, when he thought about the possibility of having to pay a large sum of money to the company and that some losers would kill for a few hundred thousand dollars, Wang Jiawei couldn't help but stage a shocking drama in his heart.

The more I think about it, the more scared I become.

Wang Jiawei began to glance at Huang Ze from behind his sunglasses.

Huang Ze was seen chatting happily with his leading actor Zhang Guorong in Days of Being Wild.

"Director Huang, is my Mandarin authentic?"

“Oh, you can speak authentic Mandarin now?” To be honest, Zhang Guorong’s Mandarin still has a Cantonese accent, but it is much better than the last time they met. Huang Ze nodded, “Great progress!”

“Haha.” Zhang Guorong stretched out his hand and made a gesture of taking a cigarette, then remembered that smoking was not allowed here, so he took out a piece of chewing gum and stuffed it into his mouth. “I found a teacher specifically to teach my friend from Beijing to speak Mandarin when playing mahjong. It was all worth it!”

"Then you've worked hard enough!"

"Of course." Zhang Guorong smiled, "I still remember the role Director Huang promised me, so how could I not work hard?"

"Let alone the three major awards, I have to win the Best Actor Award at the Academy Awards! I'm just waiting for Director Huang to help me."

"You still need my help to win the Best Actor Award at the Academy Awards?" Huang Ze waved his hand. "I think Days of Being Wild has the potential to win the Best Actor Award at the Academy Awards."

"Haha, then I'll borrow Director Huang's good words!" "I'm usually pretty accurate in what I say!"

Huang Ze smiled complacently, and Sixth felt that someone was looking at him.

Damn, I felt something was wrong when I was chatting with Zhang Guorong just now. Why was he still peeking?

Huang Ze looked over and saw a row of people.

Huang Ze instantly knew who was looking at him.

Humph, sample!

If you wear sunglasses from now on, I won’t know it’s you?
Everyone else was chatting, but you were the only one pretending. Huang Ze raised his hand, made a gun shape, aimed at Wang Jiawei, and then turned back.

Wang Jiawei was left to continue to imagine, "What does Mr. Huang mean by that action? Does he mean that he will kill me if I pay him back?"

"Isn't it?"

Wang Jiawei raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat off his forehead.

After a while, they were able to board the plane. Wang Jiawei then forgot about his worries and even walked with a kind of tragic and heroic manner, as if the wind was whistling and the Yi River was cold.

……

It was the same route and Huang Ze had been there once before, so he was quite familiar with it.

As for traveling, it was a small place and he had seen enough of it before, so he didn't have much interest in it. When he arrived at the hotel, Huang Ze went straight to the room arranged by the organizer.

In the same room with Tommy, the producer Warner arranged for Pulp Fiction.

This made Huang Ze a little depressed.

Why can't you put yourself in the same room with the heroine?
Arrange such a big man.

"Huang, this is from the organizer. It has the premiere time of our Pulp Fiction, which will be the second show in the morning three days later. Your Hong Kong company's investment in Days of Being Wild will be in the afternoon of that day."

"Oh, then after attending the opening ceremony tomorrow, everyone can watch other competitors' movies first." Compared to traveling, Huang Ze thinks watching movies is more interesting.

The ones shown at the film festival are all uncut versions, and if there are films of that type, they are of very high artistic quality.

"During the previous filming, I heard Liang Jiahui say that you were very good at predicting the winner of the top prize?" Tommy raised his eyebrows and threw the booklet next to Huang Ze. "I want to see how amazing it is. Can you predict it?"

"I haven't even seen what the movie is about. Do you think I'm a god?" Huang Ze curled his lips and picked up the booklet to read.

Whether to predict or not is secondary. The main thing is to see if there are any movies worth watching the day after tomorrow.

Just a quick glance.

Forehead!
A few years passed.

Much better than the last time I came!
At least there are quite a few familiar films and directors.

For example, Japan's Shohei Imamura, American director Spike Lee, and Steven Soderbergh's "Sex, Lies, and Videotape".

"It seems this film won the Palme d'Or? This year?"

Muttering to himself, Huang Ze did not stay on this Palme d'Or work from his previous life for too long, but instead focused on another work.

"Cinema Paradiso" is known as "Director Tornatore's Time Trilogy" together with "The Legend of 1900" and "Malala's Secret Life".

"Well, it's still the work that premiered on the first day?"

"Let's go and show our support when the time comes." Huang Ze said, pointing at the name of "Cinema Paradiso".

(End of this chapter)