Compared with Zhang Ziyi, who goes in and out of various shows like a flower and butterfly, He Xin is much more leisurely.

It's just that compared with last year, because the Cannes Film Festival only invited four Chinese films, and the epidemic has a lot less Chinese faces.

For example, in the past two years, the Hong Kong Tourism Board and the Directors Guild have held a grand party here, and last year, big stars such as Andy Lau, Li Min, Fang Shilong, and Zhang Yanyu all went out to the platform, and it was a dragon dance and a face-changing performance, and the food on the scene was piled up, but this year it was only a small dinner party on a small scale, and I didn't see any big stars from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

At the same time, due to the outbreak of the Iraq war and the threat of terrorist organizations to the focus of European and American forces, not only were Hollywood's big names absent, but the security measures of the conference became extremely strict.

Entering the venue is always a series of checkpoints. The documents are checked more and more strictly, not only to look at the date, but also to check the face. Originally, it was normal to borrow a press card to enter and exit the venue, but now it is completely unworkable.

He Xin once saw with his own eyes that a buddy probably wanted to sneak into the venue with someone else's ID, and was recognized by the guard, so he saw the guard put his hand on the gun handle on his waist, and asked in a loud voice, which scared the buddy so much that he didn't dare to say anything, and finally had to have his documents confiscated and people were kicked out of the venue.

Perhaps it is precisely because of the absence of big-name stars that those small actors and models have been given opportunities, this year's Cannes is much more lively than last year, and models in bikinis can often be seen scratching their heads and posing for photos on the beach in the coastal area, and there are even agents distributing fruits on the roadside, hoping that tourists will stop and try to make the scene more lively.

As soon as the red carpet of the opening ceremony ended, news broke that a South African model threatened to terminate the contract with the agency because she did not get the invitation card for the red carpet of the opening ceremony. At this time, He Xin knew that the so-called blanket stars were not so original to Chinese stars in later generations, it turned out that this phenomenon had existed for a long time, and most of the so-called models and stars who often went to the red carpet of major shows were self-funded, and they used the platform of the Cannes Film Festival to find opportunities or use this to raise their value, all kinds of glamorous pressure, etc.

"Purple Butterfly" was arranged by the organizer to be released on the 22nd, and on the same day, another French local film "Little Lily" was shortlisted for the main competition unit.

As the host film, "Little Lily" covered the three prime times of 8:30 in the morning, 2:30 in the afternoon and 7:30 in the evening. "Purple Butterfly" was scheduled to be screened at half past eleven in the morning and half past ten in the evening, two awkward times.

It is said that the chairman of the organizing committee of this year's Cannes Film Festival does not pay much attention to Asian films, and even before the festival, he rarely goes to Asia to select films.

But in any case, on the 22nd, the entire crew became nervous like clockwork, including the person in charge of the co-production company of Shanghai Film Studio the day before, and Hiroshi Nakamura, who was filming in Japan before and had no time to participate in the opening red carpet, flew over one after another.

The premiere is scheduled for the 10:30 p.m. screening. Probably except for the director, investors and the staff of Shanghai Film Studio, He Xin, Zhang Ziyi and Nakamura Heng have not seen the finished film.

But after the media and film critics' viewing session in the morning, the news coming back from the theater was a little unoptimistic. The East Coast intellectuals in the United States frankly admit that they can't tell who is who in the dozen or so characters in the film; the Japanese feel that their actor Hiroshi Nakamura is eye-catching; the critics in Europe are divided into two extremes: for and against; mainland reporters feel that the film is as high and low as Lou Ye's previous works; and the Hong Kong critics are more scathing; in contrast, it is the Wanwan critics who are the most supportive of the film.

"Xiaohe, are you alright?" Sister Hong knocked on the door and came in.

"That's it!"

He Xin came out of the bathroom, suspenders, snow-white shirt, small black bow tie, and a small part-way comb like a dog licking.

"Hurry up, the directors have already gone down. ”

Sister Hong took the dress hanging on the hanger and helped him put it on.

"Where's the one next door?"

"Oh, they haven't come out yet. ”

Zhang Ziyi's room is next door to him, but after all, he is an international movie star, and he specially arranged a suite with a living room.

Sister Hong pouted while helping him pat the non-existent dust on the dress: "People always have to make the finale!"

If Sister Hong is good at dancing with long sleeves in China, then this time she came to Cannes, because she didn't know half a foreign language, Chang's mother really became an old mother, unlike Zhang Ziyi's agent named Lingling, who came with her mouth regardless of English or French, and she was full of the taste of white bones.

When He Xin and Sister Hong went out, the door next door also opened, and the people of Zhang Ziyi's team rushed out.

That's right, it's a team!

The agent at the beginning, the makeup artist carrying a small suitcase, the photographer carrying a long-lens camera as exaggerated as a cannon tube, and the little assistant who followed carefully with the hem of the skirt were surrounded by Zhang Niangniang, who was like a queen in the middle.

"Wow!"

It's just that when he saw Zhang Niangniang, He Xin inevitably exclaimed.

In addition to her usual exquisite makeup, she was wearing a chic black dress with butterfly makeup, and a string of simple and mysterious agate stone necklaces on her chest, which complemented diamond earrings and bracelets.

"Sister Ziyi, could it be that this is the legendary battle robe?"

He Xin had already heard Zhang Ziyi brag that a certain luxury brand had used ten designers from Singapore and France to tailor a mysterious dress for her, waiting to be unveiled at the premiere.

"Battlesuit?"

Zhang Ziyi was stunned for a moment, then reacted, and smiled proudly: "That's right, it's this robe!"

When the group came downstairs, Nakamura Heng and Lou Ye were already waiting in the lobby. Originally, it was not discussed in advance, except for the director Lou Ye who usually wore a black shirt and a black suit, Nakamura Heng also wore a casual black dress, and Ney An and the director's wife Sister Ma were also in black evening dresses.

Coupled with He Xin and Zhang Ziyi, I don't know who suddenly came up with a sentence: "Today we are also the Matrix." ”

It immediately caused a burst of chuckles from everyone, and the somewhat tense atmosphere before the premiere was instantly washed away.

The premiere was held at the Debussy Theater, which can accommodate more than 1,000 spectators on the right side of the Palais du Cinéma, and the organizers rolled out a red carpet early in front of the theater, with huge movie posters with a portrait of Zhang Ziyi.

Many reporters and fans gathered at the scene, and when Lou Ye walked on the red carpet with the crew members, it immediately attracted a flash of lights and cheers from fans.

Especially Zhang Ziyi's black dress, which has an upper body like a belly pocket and a lower body like butterfly wings, is particularly eye-catching. Accompanied by the cheers of the fans, there were also Chinese shouts from time to time: "Ziyi, look here!"

"He Xin, come!"

Of course, it was accompanied by a few chirps in Japanese, and there were also many Japanese reporters at the scene who stared at Nakamura Hengpai.

After entering the theater, He Xin took a special look, and was quite surprised that the Debussy Theater with more than 1,000 people actually sat as much as ninety percent. Before the screening, the host invited director Lou Ye to give a speech on stage.

Don't look at Lou Ye, who is usually not good at words, but when it comes to movies, he talks endlessly. Roughly speaking, in order to make the movie "Purple Butterfly", he spent nearly ten years intermittently doing in-depth research on Shanghai in the thirties of the last century. In the context of war, the characters in the film cannot control their own destiny, but they do not stop because of this, their attitude towards life is positive, but the result is tragic.

Director Lou's very compelling discovery immediately won a warm applause from the audience. In the end, Director Lou also said that he was very satisfied with the wonderful performances of Zhang Ziyi, He Xin and Zhongcun Heng in the film, and thanked the actors very much.

Nakamura Heng, who was sitting next to He Xin, applauded warmly, and turned his head to He Xin excitedly: "He Jun, I can finally see my performance on the big screen, I'm really looking forward to it!"

He Xin smiled at him, imitated Lou Ye's appearance, and pretended to be forced: "Metoo!"