Xu Wangqiu has participated in many film festivals and walked the red carpet countless times. For him, he has long been accustomed to it. However, Zhang Yimou and Zhou Lijin saw such a scene for the first time, hearing the shouts and screams around them, looking at the fanatical audience on both sides of the red carpet, and feeling the strong flash released by the flashlights, they trembled with excitement, and their feet were like stepping on cotton, soft. After entering the screening hall and finding their seats, the two of them collapsed directly on the chairs.

Xu Wangqiu originally wanted to call them and go to greet the guests, but when he saw the state of the two of them, he scolded "no fun" and went by himself. Others came to cheer, if they didn't even say hello, then who would come to cheer in the future.

Alain Delon, Chabrol, Benex and others Xu Wangqiu has seen at the film salon, all they need to do is say hello and thank each other. Like Isabelle Huppert, who met for the first time, in addition to expressing gratitude, Xu Wangqiu often chatted briefly about each other's movies.

The situation of the models was a little different, and when Pierre Cardin introduced Xu Wangqiu to the models who came to the show, he was completely confused. Xu Wangqiu didn't say that he knew these models, he hadn't even heard of them. The only exception was Zhou Tianna, who smiled and said with a smile when Pierre Cardin explained to him this peerless beauty: "I've heard of you, I've heard of Chinese restaurants. ”

The Chinese restaurant is a Chinese restaurant opened by Zhou Yinghua, the son of Peking Opera master Zhou Xinfang, in Europe and the United States, and it is also the favorite Chinese restaurant of American political and business celebrities. The first Mr. Chow restaurant opened in London in 1968 with the Rolling Stones and The Beatles, and in 1974 the second restaurant opened in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, where the paparazzi took the restaurant to a staggered audience.

Zhou Tianna is Zhou Yinghua's current wife and a top model in the fashion industry. Yishu's "Round Dance" is based on her. Yishu wrote in an article describing Lin Qingxia: "When I saw Zhou Tianna in the lobby of the Peninsula a few years ago, I was so surprised that my jaw was about to fall, and my soul finally returned to my senses, patted my chest and said, fortunately, we have Lin Qingxia." ”

Zhou Tianna is peerless, but the ending is more miserable. After divorcing Zhou Yinghua in the late 80s, Zhou Tianna started a second relationship, but the love object was bisexual. This relationship caused her to contract AIDS. Soon after she learned that she had AIDS, she announced that she had AIDS and eventually died in 1991.

Zhou Tianna smiled and said, "It's a pleasure to meet you." When "The Rape" was released in the United States last year, my husband and I went to Chinatown to see the movie. After watching the movie, my husband excitedly said to me that this director is very powerful, and China finally has a world-class director. ”

Xu Wangqiu looked at this stunning woman who made Yishu pat her chest and sighed, "Fortunately, we have Lin Qingxia", thinking that Lin Qingxia is also in Cannes, but unfortunately there is a little contradiction with me, otherwise pull her over and let her take a photo with Zhou Tianna, how interesting it would be. But this can only be thought of, he wants to go over to Lin Qingxia and say, Lin Qingxia will definitely ignore it, and said with a smile: "The people who associate with Mr. Zhou are all great artists, and it is really a great honor for "Hoe Rape" to be affirmed by him." ”

In the audience, Qin Xianglin saw Xu Wangqiu greeting the guests enthusiastically, looking like an old friend meeting. He was puzzled by this, how could a mainland boy, who had just made two films, be so familiar with so many European directors, stars, and models, I wouldn't be dreaming, right? He stretched out his right hand and pinched his arm hard. The violence made him gasp, this was not a dream, it was real.

Lin Qingxia was also thinking about the same question, and when she heard Qin Xianglin's "sizzle", she turned her head and asked, "What's wrong?"

Qin Xianglin shook his head and said, "It's nothing." I just wonder how this bastard could know so many European stars and directors, even Polanski seems to know him very well. ”

"yes, it's really weird. Lin Qingxia looked at Xu Wangqiu, who was talking cordially with Polanski and Natasha Kinski, and frowned, "I don't think this person is simple, not an ordinary person." I don't know if the bet we made with him would lose. ”

When Qin Xianglin heard Lin Qingxia say this, he said disdainfully: "Qingxia, don't grow other people's ambition and destroy your own prestige......"

At this moment, there was a sudden tsunami-like shouting and screaming outside the movie palace, so much so that Qin Xianglin could clearly feel that his chair was trembling slightly. He couldn't help but ask, "What's the matter, who is here again?"

Lin Qingxia didn't answer, thinking that it should be a heavyweight guest on the stage, this applause and cheers were even warmer than when Alain Delon appeared on the stage, who would come?

At the same time, on both sides of the red carpet in front of the Cinema Palace, audiences and journalists were in a frenzy. The audience on both sides of the red carpet were ordinary movie fans, not professional fans of later generations, they did not have support cards and did not have rigorous training, but at this moment, they were like strictly trained soldiers, chanting "Truffaut! Truffaut" in unison. The reporters frantically pressed the shutter, clicking one after another, as if there had been a plague of locusts, and thousands of locusts were eating on crops.

The British journalist kept pressing the shutter of his camera, and while taking pictures, he exclaimed: "This is incredible, even Truffaut is here, he has not been to Cannes for many years." ”

Truffaut was a master of the New Wave and one of the leading figures of French cinema. In 1953, at the age of 21, Truffaut began working as an editor in the Cinémathèque. Despite having no formal educational background, Truffaut studied a large number of film books with a love of cinema, and his writing was so sharp and bold that he was dubbed the "gravedigger of French cinema" by the media. Through a critique of mainstream French cinema, Truffaut and his companions in the Handbook of Cinema developed the theory of "auteur cinema". He believes that while the most controlling and creative role in filmmaking is the director, a good director should be the author of a complete collection of works, each of which should reflect a personal style.

In 1959 Truffaut made his directorial debut with Four Hundred Blows, which won the Best Director award at the Cannes Film Festival. This film has produced great repercussions and popularity in the international film circle, and it has also officially announced that the New Wave movement has entered the historical stage of cinema. In the following three years, 67 new directors appeared in France, more than 100 films were made, and the vigorous New Wave movement was in full swing.

From the early 70s, Truffaut recognized the shortcomings of the New Wave and realized that the New Wave was making audiences discuss the cinema. Truffaut loved cinema and did not want this situation to continue, gradually returning to the commercial films that he had criticized. The move earned him a lot of criticism, but it didn't hurt his status in the hearts of fans and critics. When he appeared on the red carpet, he was warmly welcomed by the audience and reporters.

Another important reason why Truffaut is so popular with audiences and critics is that it has been a long time since Truffaut came to the Cannes Film Festival. Before the May Storm of 1968, Truffaut had a good relationship with Cannes, not only taking films to Cannes many times, but also serving as a jury member at the Cannes Film Festival. However, during the May Storm of 1968, Truffaut and Godard caused a ruckus at the festival, which led to the closure of the festival. After the May storm, Truffaut rarely came to Cannes, and no one expected him to appear at the premiere of "The Falcon", and the audience and reporters were naturally surprised and delighted.

Now that the film industry in Taiwan and Xiangjiang is carrying out the New Wave movement, Qin Xianglin and Lin Qingxia, as filmmakers, are naturally familiar with Truffaut, the initiator of the New Wave movement. The two of them looked at Truffaut dumbfounded, thinking about the same question in their hearts, Xu Wangqiu is just a new director who has made two films, how can even a master like Truffaut come to praise him.

Xu Wangqiu was also very surprised by Truffaut's arrival, and at the same time very excited, after all, the master in front of him was the main general of the New Wave and the master who influenced the world film landscape. He stepped forward and stretched out his right hand, revealing a smile as bright as the sun: "Monsieur Truffaut, I didn't expect you to come to our premiere, it's really an honor." ”

Truffaut shook hands with Xu Wangqiu and said with a smile: "I like your "Hoe Rape very much", it is full of creativity and passion, and it is a very good movie. After finishing speaking, he looked at Xu Wangqiu and asked, "Do you know why I came to the premiere?"

Xu Wangqiu thought to himself that I should have participated in the activities of your film salon, although I am not a member of the salon, but you think that our level is good, and you want to absorb me and make me a member of the salon, it should be like this, but he didn't say anything, shook his head lightly and said: "I don't know, maybe it's because you think "Hoe Rape" is good, how about you want to see my new film?"

"That's one of the reasons, but not the most important one. Truffaut sighed slightly, "I saw a report a few days ago that the storm of the New Wave has reached Asia, and now many places in Asia are engaged in the New Wave movement. I heard that China is also engaged in the New Wave movement, and the mainstream of the film industry thinks that there should be auteur films, and you think that there should be genre films. ”

Xu Wangqiu nodded slightly and said: "Yes, most people in the Chinese film industry now think that Chinese films should be authorized, and they should learn from the French New Wave and make art films." And I think genre films should become mainstream, art films, or auteur films should be done, but they should not become mainstream, otherwise the film industry will soon collapse. ”

Truffaut sighed slightly and said, "That's why I came to the premiere. The New Wave movement was started by a few of us, and our original intention was to break the deadpan of French cinema, but now that the dragon slayers themselves have become evil dragons, the supporters of the New Wave have begun to reject other types of cinema after they have taken the right to speak. This is not right. What's even more terrifying is that the author's film is too obscure and dull, and it is making audiences flee the cinema en masse. If this continues, there will be fewer and fewer audiences, and the movie may eventually die. Now many people have begun to predict that the movie will die soon. ”

A hint of sadness flashed in Truffaut's eyes: "If the film is really dead, then we are sinners." He looked at Xu Wangqiu with sad eyes and said, "I don't want your Chinese films to be like us." If Chinese cinema were to die because of the New Wave, then my sin would be even greater. I'm here to tell you that your point of view is right, stick to your point of view, and don't give up!"

Xu Wangqiu couldn't help but be in awe when he heard this, this is a person who really loves movies, whether it is a new wave or a later return to commercial films, his only purpose is to hope that movies are good. Compared with him, those experts and professors who know that if they follow the path of the new wave, they will plunge Chinese films into the abyss, they are not even as maggots.

Xu Wangqiu bowed deeply to Truffaut: "Mr. Truffaut, thank you for your support. He looked at Truffaut and said seriously: "Chinese films will not die, and there are many people in China who really love movies." French cinema won't die either, because of you, and there are many people like you who love cinema!"