Huayu: As a child star, I just want to be famous

Chapter 347 Cannes, unspoken rules
Chen Linfeng lowered his head and continued to read the report.

“In fact, if you carefully study the people on the list, you can know how Chen Linfeng got in.

Tiffany Meyer, who wrote "Twilight", ranked directly at 2900th on the list thanks to the total sales of 26 million copies of the novel series and the momentum of the first movie.

Compared to Tiffany Meyer, Xiao Chen is even better in publishing, so it’s impossible for her to not even make the list.

Even though "Twilight" has been successfully adapted into a film and television series, you have to know that "Twilight" is a work of Summit Entertainment under Chen Xiaochen.

Moreover, the film and television adaptation of Infinity World has already started, and Disney attaches great importance to the project. I believe it will not be inferior to Twilight. "

Seeing this, Chen Linfeng sighed.

The movie "Infinite World" is really a headache.

Although Robert Iger had promised him before that he could wait until "Sherlock Holmes" was broadcast before deciding on the protagonist.

But it is easier to deal with the King of Hell than with the little ghosts.

Others in Disney's corporate division clearly don't have that patience.

Everybody wants to achieve performance.

Recently, they have used many methods to urge Chen Linfeng, including but not limited to making phone calls in turns and asking his various friends in Hollywood to persuade him.

Sister Mei took great pains to protect him from these interruptions.

There are also many biased reports in the media.

In a recent report in The New York Times.

There was mention of his desire to be the protagonist of "Infinite World", and the words used were "greed" and "overestimating one's abilities".

This is in stark contrast to the reports in Time Magazine and Forbes about his continuous appearance on the lists of the top 100 people and world celebrities.

But these are all small matters, and the independent actions of these departments will not affect his thinking.

Pete also called him during this period, but not to urge him, but to support him.

And Pitt is said to be joining the project as one of the producers.

Of course, the first producer in line is Jerry Bruckheimer, who has already been confirmed.

The support that Pitt mentioned also represents Bruckheimer.

This is also the reason why Chen Linfeng has been able to remain stable until now.

With the copyright in his hands, the Disney president has no intention of forcing it, and the executive producer is not going to make trouble, so no one can really interfere with his judgment.

In fact, BBC One has been promoting "Sherlock Holmes" for some time.

The edited advance trailer caused a lot of discussion among fans of the original book and Sherlock Holmes fans.

It’s still about the issue of the protagonist being Chinese.

The search and discussion volume on Facebook and Twitter exceeded tens of millions in a short period of time, and after a while, hundreds of millions will be no problem.

The number of views of the YouTube promotional video has exceeded 500 million.

Chen Linfeng pondered that Yingguang must have been intentionally taking advantage of this public opinion, or even secretly pushing it, otherwise such a big controversy would not have occurred.

Yes, I’m not afraid that you will be dissatisfied, I’m just afraid that you don’t know.

He is still confident in the quality of "Sherlock Holmes" itself.

By then, as long as those opponents are not die-hards, they may be won over after watching the drama.

As time came to the beginning of May, the preliminary preparations for the film had basically been completed, and the remaining bits and pieces were all handed over to Mark to be responsible for, and Van Long would also take care of some.

They are now in France, and the approval process for the Paris location shooting has been completed. They just need to confirm the specific shooting time and then report to the relevant departments in one go.

Chen Linfeng also confirmed the filming locations of these exterior scenes again and everything was correct.

In this way, he temporarily relaxed his attention on the crew.

Because the Cannes Film Festival is coming.

……

Cannes itself is a small town in the southeast of France, not far from Paris at all.

When Chen Linfeng arrived in Cannes, it was already very lively here, with many filmmakers gathering there one after another.

In terms of artistic professionalism, the Cannes Film Festival is not much higher than those of Berlin and Venice.

Its main strength lies in influence.

As the world's largest film trading market, a large number of film production, distribution companies and filmmakers attend every year.

In addition, Cannes' major sponsors often invite celebrities from all over the world to walk the red carpet.

Celebrities have contracts with sponsors and usually come here happily.

Therefore, there will be some female stars who walk the red carpet at various premieres even though they do not have any films to be exhibited.

Fan Binbin is a typical example, who was once scolded as a "carpet star".

In fact, film producers are very welcome to these "carpet stars".

Far away.

With the gathering of superstars, Cannes also has the highest level of media participation among the three major film festivals.

Every film festival is often a media carnival around the world.

Because of this, award-winning movies have the best publicity effects.

Therefore, it is no wonder that Da Chen was able to surpass Zhang Yimou in the country with the help of a Palme d'Or.

It is true that Cannes surpasses the other two major film festivals in terms of noise level.

……

Zhang Yimou arrived a few days earlier.

He has a lot of connections at the three major film festivals.

In the past few days in advance, Zhang Yimou has been communicating with the Cannes film selection committee, including the organizing committee.

Due to the post-production cycle, the film "Sunset" was originally only delivered in a version without post-production sound effects.

The complete version was later sent to the selection committee.

Here, Zhang Yimou used his own connections, so he has to be thanked.

In addition, the Cannes film selection committee is not as serious or inhuman as the public imagines.

On the contrary, they have always been very tolerant towards internationally renowned directors.

For example, someone of Zhang Yimou's level, as long as he decides to run for election, he will basically pass the primary election.

In fact, Chen Linfeng was similar, but he had never been in contact with Cannes before, so the communication effect was not as good. In fact, there are some unspoken rules here.

This involves the concept of "direct lineage" of the three major film festivals.

The so-called direct lineage means that when a director wins an award at a film festival for the first time, he will often be regarded as the direct lineage of that film festival.

If it is put in Cannes, enters the "Un Certain Regard" section, and wins an award, it will naturally become a direct descendant of Cannes.

After that, as long as you confirm that you want to participate in a Cannes Film Festival, your participation can often be confirmed when shooting starts.

From this perspective, Chen Linfeng is definitely a direct descendant of Venice.

The first time I won the Silver Lion through the Horizon Unit, and the second time I won the Gold Lion.

Part of the reason here is the recognition of the direct lineage.

But Chen Linfeng, this ungrateful person, defected after receiving the award.

Of course, for a director who has won the highest awards at the three major film festivals, he is no longer limited to a specific film festival.

The three major organizations are trying to get you to participate in various ways.

Before this, the Berlin Film Festival organizing committee had called Chen Linfeng many times to invite him to participate in the exhibition.

Venice needs no further explanation. The first sentence every time is:

"Chen, you are one of us!"

However, for a director who has won the highest award, he definitely wants to try to win awards in other categories.

Therefore, Venice is very open-minded in this regard, and they would like Chen to win awards at other film festivals as soon as possible.

It should be said that Chen Linfeng is hailed as the youngest Golden Lion Award-winning director in history.

Although it has received a lot of discussion, it has also received some criticism.

So, Cannes and Berlin, be smart and hand over the big prizes quickly.

Let’s talk about the communication issue.

During the film selection process, the film selection committee not only selects films, but also often performs other operations.

Regarding the shortlisted films, they sometimes communicate with the film producers to discuss some issues in the films.

The producers can use this last bit of time to decide whether to make some adjustments.

Of course, only a few big directors I know.

Zhang Yimou was naturally among them.

He didn't hear any big problems, after all, the two big directors took turns to check for deficiencies and fill in the gaps.

However, what is certain is that in the eyes of Europeans and Americans, there is no cultural barrier to "Sunset".

Everyone on the film selection committee can clearly understand the meaning of the film.

This is good news.

Then, Zhang Yimou communicated with the organizing committee about the film's premiere time and screening schedule.

This is very important, as it concerns the publicity effect of the film and may very likely affect the final award.

Because the judges of the main competition unit may be influenced by media opinion.

As mentioned earlier, many reporters came for the celebrities.

Celebrities attending exhibitions and walking the red carpet are usually concentrated in the early stages.

Therefore, the best time for screening is the first few days.

During the Cannes Film Festival, the organizing committee is responsible for scheduling films.

"Director Zhang, how is it going? Has the release date been confirmed?"

After a brief greeting, this was the first thing Chen Linfeng asked when they met.

"It's confirmed. It's on May 5th."

Chen Linfeng silently calculated the time.

The Cannes Film Festival begins on May 5th, which is a Wednesday, and the 13th is a Sunday.

This is a good time.

Traditionally, the best time to screen films at the Cannes Film Festival is the weekend of the first week.

At this time, both the flow of people and the attention of reporters are at their highest.

Most celebrities walk the red carpet in the first week.

Later on, a small number of people, including media reporters, are likely to leave Cannes.

He clapped his hands softly, "Director Zhang chose a good time."

Adrian agreed, "Indeed, it will be much more convenient to operate at this time."

Adrian is responsible for the promotion, public relations and distribution of "Sunset" in Cannes.

He is a Frenchman, sent by a French public relations and distribution company to specifically liaise with Chen Linfeng and his team.

This involves another unspoken rule of Cannes: relying on French companies is a shortcut.

In order to be selected, most films have to rely on the public relations of these French companies.

Only Zhang Yimou and Chen Linfeng are big directors themselves, so they don't really need to worry about being selected.

But despite this, a well-known French company was chosen for publicity and promotion.

They have some connection with the Cannes Film Festival, and the large promotional advertising space for "Sunset" outside is proof of this.

After confirming the screening schedule, Chen Linfeng continued to discuss follow-up matters with Zhang Yimou.

This includes invitations from celebrities and journalists, communications with peers and judges, and which media interviews to accept.

These tasks are indispensable for directors and producers.

Adrian was also providing advice on the side. He does this every year and is very familiar with it, and many of them have become fixed procedures.

The two were chatting happily in the hotel when Sister Mei walked in.

"Xiao Feng, Director Zhang, Director Li An is here."

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