"Dai Dao!"

"Tips!"

"Kun'er!"

"Wow, Ah Xin, why are you so fat, I don't dare to admit it!"

I got on the plane at 11 o'clock in the afternoon, transferred to Zurich on the way, arrived at Nice Airport, and then took another hour's car ride to Cannes, a small coastal city in the south of France.

There is a six-hour time difference between the two places, and it will only be half past seven in the evening, but it is still very bright in daylight saving time. Desjie waited at the door of the hotel to meet them.

I haven't seen you for a long time, and the day and night of more than two months seem to be right in front of me, and I can't help but feel a little emotional.

This time, "The Little Tailor" was shortlisted for the main competition unit, and it could be seen that Dai Sijie was very excited, hugging and greeting them warmly one by one.

And Dai Sijie is also generous this time, a few of them came over, not only round-trip first-class tickets, but also the hotel arranged is also good, it is said that it is only ten minutes walk from the movie palace.

As a tourist city, Cannes is originally a place with high consumption, especially during the film festival, as the largest film market in Europe, tens of thousands of filmmakers and fans flock to the city every time.

When they came from the airport just now, they saw that the beach by the sea and the streets of the city were almost all people. Compared to the cold weather in Berlin at the beginning of February, it is clear that there is a greater level of enthusiasm for the place.

The temperature in the early twenties and the gentle sea breeze make people feel very comfortable.

Just now He Xin glanced at the sign of the house price in front of him, although he couldn't read the French and English on it, but he still knew the number, the smallest number on it was 400, and the high number was 5 and 6000.

It's all in euros!

That's right, when I went to the Berlinale last year, I changed it to the mark, and now the euro has begun to circulate. At this time, the exchange rate of the euro is slightly lower than that of the dollar, the dollar is 1:8.3, and the euro is 1:8.

The houses in downtown Cannes are generally not high, and most of them are old houses, and He Xin's room is on the fourth floor of the hotel, and you can see the palm trees and the blue sea in the distance when you open the window.

No wonder the Grand Prize of the Cannes Film Festival is called the Palme d'Or!

In other words, although the Cannes Film Festival is known as the three major film festivals in Europe along with Berlin and Venice, it is one level higher than the other two film festivals in terms of scale and influence.

He Xin stood in front of the window and sighed for a while, and then opened his suitcase and packed up. This time he brought two suitcases, one containing two sets of dresses separately, which were still borrowed from the Armani store on Wangfujing Street. One is in grey and casual, and the other is in black and ready to be worn at the opening and closing ceremonies.

Obviously, the Cannes Film Festival is much higher than the Hong Kong Film Awards, and whether he wins the award or not, as long as he wears Armani's clothes on the red carpet, these two outfits will be sold to him at a discount.

In fact, strictly speaking, he is still short of a dress, because "The Little Tailor" premiered on the 16th, and he also had to dress up to attend. The premiere was far less impactful than the opening and closing ceremonies, and it was unlikely that Armani would have prepared an extra outfit for him.

Fortunately, he is not a big actor who attracts attention, and he doesn't need to be like Fan Xiaopang who came to Cannes as a judge in later generations, he needs all kinds of looks and outfits, and then all kinds of glamorous pressures.

Of course, the film festival is not only the two red carpets, almost all the big and small events held during the festival have red carpets, if you have enough coffee seats or enough money, you can go on the red carpet.

The head-scratching and posing and all kinds of glamorous photos sent back by those blanket stars in later generations usually think that it is the opening or closing ceremony, but in fact, many of them are not like that.

And very few reporters will take pictures of them, probably in addition to domestic reporters, more of them invite their own photographers to facilitate all kinds of retouching, and the photos taken by real reporters are often raw pictures.

But it's not easy to think about those blanket stars in later generations, the head of the line, the stylist, the photographer, so many people's eating, drinking, Lazar, the cost of the hotel, plus the cost of buying an invitation card, add up to at least hundreds of thousands.

The other box contained a change of clothes and civilian clothes for normal wear. The underwear and socks for washing are bought in batches, and you can buy a dozen of them for two hundred yuan from top to bottom.

It may be that he has been confined to the small county town of his hometown for too long in his previous life, so every time he goes out now, he will more or less always buy some souvenirs to go back, some to give away, and some to keep for himself. Although he knew that many things were not actually cost-effective, he just couldn't help it, and he always seemed to want to prove that he had been to this place.

After packing my luggage, it was almost nine o'clock, which was converted to almost three o'clock in the morning in domestic time, but I could just go to bed at this time to reverse the jet lag.

He is very adaptable, and he does not recognize the bed or the change of environment and cannot sleep. I took a shower, lay down on the bed and fell asleep in a daze.

It felt as if I had just fallen asleep when I was woken up by a rapid ringing of the phone.

"Hey!" he answered the phone in a sleepy-eyed and muffled voice.

There was a slight pause on the other end of the phone, and then Chen Kun's anxious voice came.

"Ah Xin, my wallet was stolen, can you come and help us pay the bill?"

He Xin was stunned for a moment.

As soon as he put down his luggage before, Zhou Xun yelled that he wanted to go out for a walk, and he wanted to take him and Chen Kun together. He didn't go, Chen Kun must have gone with him, but in view of his unpleasant experience in Paris last time, he kindly reminded them to beware of their wallets not to be stolen. I didn't expect to say it.

But thinking of the two of them, he subconsciously said, "What about Brother Xun?"

"She didn't bring it at all. ”

"And where are you?"

"We have a lobster shop by the sea, not far from the hotel, you go out and turn left, go to the cross road to the right and go to the beach, there is a long bar and restaurant on the left, we are in the third, there is a big lobster on the signboard, it is very recognizable, and it takes about ten minutes to walk. ”

Despite his sleepiness, he said, "Okay, you guys wait a minute, I'll come right over." ”

He put on a T-shirt, casually pulled a pair of beach pants and put them on, took his mobile phone and wallet and hurried out, until he walked out of the hotel door, a cool breeze blew, and his drowsy brain instantly cleared up a lot, and then he suddenly realized that this seemed to be a little wrong.

It's true that he came alone, but Zhou Xun and Chen Kun, they are agents, stylists and assistants, and a large group of people came. Even if the wallet is stolen, you should find your own person, how can you call him?

But he should have agreed on the phone, and the person came out, so he couldn't call again to verify something, anyway, it wasn't far away, so let's go over and see it first.

Anyway, Sister Hong originally wanted to come with her this time, and he told Sister Hong at the time that if you want to travel, he is very welcome, but if you want to follow to take care of him, then forget it.

On the one hand, he really didn't have much hope of winning the award. The biggest difference between the European Triple Film Festival, including all international A-category film festivals, and similar Oscars, Golden Horses, Golden Statues, and Golden Roosters is that there is no specific shortlist, as long as the films are shortlisted for the main competition unit, this means that all the actors and behind-the-scenes staff in these films are in principle candidates for all awards and are eligible to participate in the selection.

Therefore, some actors in later generations often put gold on their faces when they wrote on their resumes about being nominated for Best Actor in Berlin, Cannes or Venice. Of course, it cannot be denied that the works he starred in have indeed been shortlisted for the main competition unit of these film festivals.

Although he had only participated in the Berlin Film Festival once before, he had been with Wang Xiaoshuai for a long time, and he also knew some of the inside stories of such film festivals. In fact, the three major European film festivals sound lofty, but when judging awards, it largely depends on the tastes of the judges, especially the aesthetic inclination of the chairman of the jury.

His performance in "The Little Tailor", to be honest, belongs to the same type as Chen Kun's role, it is difficult to distinguish who is high and who is low, and the theme of this movie is mainly to highlight the role of the little tailor played by Zhou Xun, so the probability of him winning the award is very low.

Unless the chairman of the jury is Wang Sunglasses, a film festival will select five actors and six actresses, then there may be hope.

On the other hand, he is mainly worried about money, although the crew is very generous this time, but they only bear the cost of the actors, and other agents, followers, etc., they need to pay for themselves.

For example, this time, so many people came to the Rongxingda company to which Zhou Xun and Chen Kun belonged, and the cost was at least 100,000 yuan. Maybe they came with the purpose of winning the prize, or maybe they just wanted to take this opportunity to package the two brothers and sisters under the company.

After all, there are flowers outside the wall, and the inside of the wall is fragrant!

He Xin has no company, he is reluctant to spend money, and at the same time he is not so ambitious. In his opinion, now that he has two houses and a girlfriend, his dream of rebirth is almost half realized, and he is very satisfied with the current situation.

So, let the rest be!