The Cannes Film Festival is a highly hierarchical film festival.

Celebrities of different coffee positions have their own circles, media reporters with different backgrounds and qualifications have press cards representing different permissions, and the time for different types of guests to appear on the red carpet of the opening ceremony is also hierarchical.

As the most watched main competition film of this year's film festival, the crew of "Vulgar" rushed to the Palais du Cinématha on the waterfront of Cannes near the end of the red carpet ceremony. Even so, after getting out of the car, a staff member ran to signal Simon and his party to wait for a while.

Signing up for the screaming crowds on both sides of the road on the side of the road at the entrance took a few minutes before the crew was able to enter.

In the 80s, the red carpet of the Cannes Film Festival was only a short section of the 24 glorious steps at the entrance of the Palais du Cinéma, and Simon and others stepped on the side of the road to the media passage in front of the steps, and the reporters on both sides suddenly boiled.

In addition to Simon and Janet, the "Vulgar" crew also has Robert De Niro, John Travolta, Semel Jackson, Nicole Kidman, Madonna, Sean Penn and Robert Redford, who has led the crew of "The Battle of Beanfields" through the red carpet once, and then deliberately transferred out, more than half of the nine people are high-profile first-line celebrities.

Most of the guests who participated in the opening ceremony had already entered the venue half an hour before the red carpet ceremony, and at this time, there was only one team of "Vulgar" crew on the media channel, and everyone naturally became the focus of attention of reporters on both sides.

After cooperating with various POSE, Simon wanted to continue walking forward with Janet, but was politely stopped by the staff and continued to pose under the flash for a while, before everyone was able to climb the glory steps, followed by another photo.

Standing at the top of the stairs to take a group photo, Simon saw the end of the media tunnel appear as the judges of the main competition unit, which are usually the last to step on the red carpet. Obviously, "Vulgar" was ranked in the penultimate wave.

Entering the Lumière Hall, which has a capacity of more than 2,000 people at the Palais du Cinémath, the opening ceremony of the festival begins shortly.

Compared with the hustle and bustle of the red carpet ceremony, the opening ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival was lackluster.

The host of the opening ceremony was French actress Matilda May, who only remembers that the other party starred in the last part of the 'Aberia Trilogy' by Spanish director Biggs Luna.

After a serious opening speech, the host invited the members of the judges of the main competition unit to sit on the stage, give a general introduction, with a song and dance performance in the middle, and then start to introduce the nominated films of this year, and then end.

Looking at Matilda May, who was dressed in an aqua blue evening dress on the stage, the curtain call, Janet leaned on Simon and whispered: "It's so boring, Simon, are we really going to stay and watch the opening ceremony film?"

Simon nodded and said, "If you don't want to see it, you can go back first." ”

Janet rubbed Simon on the shoulder and said, "I'm definitely with you." ”

After the opening ceremony, some guests usually choose to leave early.

However, after seeing the information about the opening film of this film festival, Simon decided to stay after the opening ceremony.

Because the name of the opening film is "Blue Sea and Blue Sky", directed by Luc Besson. In the original time and space, "Blue Sea and Blue Sky" was released in theaters for a year as the most successful French film in the 80s, and this alone is enough to prove the excellence of the film.

Simon had also seen this movie in his previous life, but at that time it was through a pirated disc, and he liked it very much. Now, now that he has the opportunity to relive it on the big screen, he naturally won't miss it.

Knowing that Simon intends to continue watching the opening film, the rest of the crew also stayed with great interest.

After a short break, the screening of the film soon began.

"Blue Sea and Blue Sky" has a total of two story lines, the competition between two top divers played by Jean Renaud and Jean Marc Barr, and the emotional line between the male and female protagonists played by Jean Marc Barr and Rozanne Arquette.

In Simon's view, the focus of the story is actually Jacques played by Jean-Marc Barr, the male protagonist who has been obsessed with the sea since he was a child and treats dolphins as family members and cannot integrate into this world, finally obeys the call of his heart and abandons everything to return to the sea.

Inside the screening room.

Simon was quickly immersed in the beautiful blue sea and blue sky of the film, and after some time, he suddenly found that Janet had unconsciously hugged his arm tightly. This is a woman's habitual small action, and Simon didn't care too much about it originally.

However, in the second half of the more than 160-minute film, when the first separate male and female protagonists talked on the phone, when he heard the story of the male protagonist Jacques about encountering a mermaid, Simon finally noticed Janet's strangeness.

"Do you know how to meet a mermaid? You have to swim to the bottom of the sea, where the sea is bluer, where the blue sky becomes a memory, lying in silence, you decide to stay there, with the determination to die, and the mermaid will appear. They have come to greet you and test your love. If your love is sincere enough, pure enough, they will accept you and take you away forever......"

At the end of this prophetic line, a slightly trembling voice came from Simon's ear: "Simon, I want to go home." ”

Simon turned his head and found that Janet, who was usually a little heartless and crazy, had tears all over her face.

Immediately put aside the movie, Simon took the woman's handbag and took out a tissue to help her wipe her face, and said without hesitation: "Okay, let's go back." ”

Nicole Kidman, who was sitting on the other side of Janet, also noticed her strangeness, saw the two get up, and quickly got out of the way. Simon took Janet, who had been holding his arm tightly, out of the hall, until he got into the car, and then patted Janet, who was nestled on him like a kitten, and said, "What's wrong?"

Janet raised her face and instead of answering his question, she asked, "Simon, you'll never leave me, will you?"

Simon immediately nodded: "Of course." ”

Janet still had worry in her eyes and said, "Actually, you are very similar to Jacques in the movie, that kind of alienation that is completely out of place in this world, and I am worried that one day, you will be completely uninterested in all of this and disappear." ”

Simon shook his head with a smile and said, "How is it possible, I have earned so much money, and I don't even have an heir, how can I suddenly disappear." ”

Janet paused, and then said, "I, a few days ago, I saw some of the materials you put in the study. ”

"What?" Simon wondered, "I usually keep a lot of stuff in my study. ”

"Yes......" Janet avoided Simon's eyes, leaned on his shoulder, and said, "About, about the will, you have already made a will, right?"

"Aren't many people doing this, just in case," Simon didn't deny it, tilted his head against the woman's soft blonde hair, and said, "If I die suddenly, you will become the richest little rich woman in the world, well, let's discuss first, when the time comes, you can have a relationship with a woman, don't look for a little white face, otherwise I will be very shameless." ”

Ignoring Simon's joke, Janet raised her voice with some excitement, "I don't want your money." ”

Simon hurriedly hugged Janet again, patted her gently on the woman's thin waist, and said in a slow voice: "Jenny, you really think too much." Well, perhaps, some of your guesses are not wrong. But, well, if you want a story too, my flying saucer is broken, and the technology on Earth is not repaired, so I can only stay here forever and ever. ”

She has too many things in her body that a young man of this age simply can't have, and with Janet's clever brain, she must have made too many guesses after spending so much time with each other. Simon just didn't expect that the woman would have a seizure tonight because of a movie.

When Janet heard Simon's words, her rapid breathing calmed down a little, and her hands tightly wrapped around his waist, and said, "Simon, I love you, no one in this world loves you more than me." ”

"I know. ”

"But you don't believe in love. ”

"Believe, I just never thought I'd be in love with a girl," Simon said with a smile, "Actually, I'm a very selfish person." I remember that there is a very interesting question, the person you love and the person who loves you, which one would you choose to spend the rest of your life with, and I would choose the latter. So, as long as you don't run away from me, I'll definitely rely on you for the rest of my life. ”

Janet softened a little softer, leaned on Simon weakly, and whispered, "You can go to Jenny's room tonight, she likes you too." ”

"I know, so I left her around, isn't it disgusting?"

"Well," Janet nodded vigorously, wrapped her arms around Simon, and tightened, "but you promise never to leave me." ”

"I promise. ”

Janet paused for a moment, opened her mouth to say something, but finally swallowed it back.

Jennifer didn't attend the opening ceremony tonight, Simon and Janet returned to the hilltop mansion in the Le Cane district, where the female assistant was sitting alone in the spacious and even somewhat empty hall on the first floor, silently sorting out some papers.

The two entered the door and saw Janet's appearance, Jennifer immediately stood up with concern and asked, "What's wrong?"

Janet didn't answer, and Simon smiled and said, "I was so involved in watching the movie that I cried." ”

Jennifer listened to Simon's indecent tone, glanced at him lightly, stepped forward and pulled Janet to sit down on the sofa together, and then said, "Ms. Pascal just sent some faxes from New York, and I have already sorted out those reality shows." ”

Simon nodded, walked over and picked up Jennifer's freshly folded fax and sat down on the sofa next to him, chatting casually with the other two girls while flipping through the fax in his hand.

The Hollywood writers' strike continues, but the TV pitch season for May is still coming as scheduled. Although this year's pitch season is destined to end in a deserted manner, there will be no shortage of processes.

At the same time that Simon arrived in Cannes, Amy also rushed to New York with four reality shows that Daenerys Pictures had been brewing for months. According to the time difference, although it is now more than 9 o'clock in the evening in Cannes, it is not yet 4 o'clock in the afternoon in New York, and it is still working time.

Speaking of which, Simon originally wanted to return to the United States after attending the opening ceremony and the premiere of "Vulgar".

However, the schedule did not allow him to do so.

The opening ceremony of this year's Cannes Film Festival is on May 11, which is today. Subsequently, the premiere of "Vulgar" was scheduled by the organizers for May 15, the first weekend of the film festival. If that's all there is to it, Simon could have left next Monday to confirm that "Vulgar" had won the award and then returned.

However, after the premiere of "Vulgar", he will also attend the Cannes premiere of Robert Redford's "The Battle of Beanfields" on May 17, which is a favor and cannot be pushed at all.

Then, on May 19th, it was the Cannes premiere of "When Harry Met Sally", although the overseas rights have been sold to Disney, but this film is produced by Daenerys Pictures after all, and it must still hurt the character of the person who completely turned his face when the copyright was sold.

After May 19, followed by a weekend, even if Simon didn't need a weekend, no one else would be able to do so, so there would be no need to return to the United States.

The closing ceremony was Monday, May 23, so Simon finally decided to stay until the end of the festival. This is actually the reason why he bought a house in Cannes in advance, if he only stayed for a few days, there was really no need to toss so much, but for two weeks, he didn't want to stay in a hotel again.

From May 11th to May 23rd, the time spent on the trip before and after is basically half of May. Simon has no way to return to the United States, and the promotion of several reality shows can only be left to Amy, and in terms of business operations, Simon is still very relieved about Amy.

What's more, he promised Amy 5% of the company's annual net profit share, and if everything needs him to do everything, the money will be spent in vain.

Looking at the information sent by Amy, among the four reality shows, the four major TV networks are generally interested in two of them, one is "Who Will Be a Millionaire", and the other is called "Survivor". Simon is not surprised, "Who Will Be a Millionaire" and "Survivor" were two of the hottest reality shows in the United States in the 90s, and it was these two reality shows that led to the reality TV boom in the United States.

There are not many people interested in the other two reality shows, and Simon also has to admire the vision of the TV network, because the other two reality shows are indeed selected by him at random, one is called "Big Brother", which is far less successful than the first two in the original time and space, and the other is even a cable TV network program in the original time and space, called "Beverly Wife", which is actually a whole wife series, however, in Simon's memory, only "Beverly Wife" seems to be more successful.

As for the reason for this, in the final analysis, Simon still can't get rid of the mentality of mixing sand.