"How is it possible, how can there be so many people to cheer on the show? No one watched it at all for the first two days!" Qin Xianglin stood in front of the movie palace, looking at the long queue in front of the ticket window, his eyes full of incredulity.

Last night in the Grand View Garden, I heard that the copyright of "Falcon" was sold for $4 million, and Qin Xianglin was skeptical. $4 million is almost 800 million yen, and it will take almost 2 billion at the box office to recoup the cost. It is simply impossible for a Chinese film to sell to this level. He was very curious about this, and couldn't help but want to see how "Falcon" was doing, so he called Lin Qingxia to the movie palace to buy tickets.

In Qin Xianglin's imagination, there will not be too many audiences for "Falcon", after all, the audience of mainland movies released in the past two days is very small. Reporters from the Central News Agency (CNA) are present every time a mainland film is screened. They interviewed the audience in Cannes, and many of the audience's reaction after watching it was that it was too political, and some viewers even directly said that we were not here for a political class. He thought that "Falcon" should be similar to other movies, but he dreamed that there were so many viewers waiting to buy tickets for "Falcon" that there was a long queue.

Lin Qingxia's beautiful eyes flashed with surprise: "Yes, it's really strange!" She knew that Qin Xianglin didn't really want to watch Xu Wangqiu's movie, but wanted to follow "Falcon" without an audience to laugh at Xu Wangqiu. Now that there are so many viewers waiting to buy tickets for "Falcon", Qin Xianglin's abacus naturally fell through. She turned her head to look at Qin Xianglin and asked, "What should we do now, do we still want to buy tickets for "Falcon"?"

Qin Xianglin gritted his teeth and said, "Buy, I want to see how "Falcon" is." ”

Qin Xianglin and Lin Qingxia walked over and lined up at the back of the line. In front of him was a young man in his twenties, Qin Xianglin patted him on the shoulder and asked: "No one watched the movie of the Chinese delegation two days ago, I didn't expect so many people to watch it today, why did you buy a ticket to see this movie?"

The young man glanced at Qin Xianglin, and then saw Lin Qingxia beside Qin Xianglin, his eyes were a little straight, and he thought that this woman was so beautiful, even better than Adjani! He saw Lin Qingxia looking at him, smiled at her, and explained: "Because this is the new film of the director of "Hoe Rape", "Hoe Rape" is a very wonderful movie, and I am one of the most wonderful movies I have ever seen. Now that the director's new film of "Hoe Rape" has been released, I naturally have to buy tickets as soon as possible. ”

Qin Xianglin didn't expect Xu Wangqiu's "Hoe Rape" to be so popular in France, and he was very puzzled by this: ""Hoe Rape" has a strong political meaning, and it is also promoting communism, aren't you worried?"

The young man smiled and said: "The key to the movie is to be good-looking, and the rest is not important at all." "The Rape" does have something political, but what does it matter, our French New Wave, Italy's New Realism are all related to politics, and even the Cannes Film Festival itself is very political. If it weren't for politics, "The Rape" would not have just been screened, but should have been shortlisted for the main competition unit.

As for communism, you may not know that in the French literary and artistic circles, there are quite a few supporters of communism, as well as sympathizers. In fact, this is not only the case in France, but also in Europe, where the literary and artistic circles are basically on the left. Godard was a supporter of communism and always wanted to bring down capitalist cinema, and several of Italy's leading directors were communists. ”

Qin Xianglin and Lin Qingxia were dumbfounded when they heard this, the young man's words simply subverted their imagination, Europe is not a capitalist world, why is there a large number of pro-communist elements in the literary and artistic circles, and they couldn't help but ask: "How can this be?"

The young man explained: "Because modern art is basically radical and restless, pursuing subversion and change, which is close to the revolutionary theory of communism, there are more pro-communist elements in the European literary and artistic circles. ”

On May 28, four films premiered, one in the morning, two in the afternoon, and one in the evening. The premiere of "Falcon" is half past four in the afternoon, which is not an ideal premiere time.

The premiere at half past four o'clock, it was almost past five o'clock after the red carpet, and the movie was not screened until half past five, and it was almost time to eat at this time, and many viewers were reluctant to watch this one. The reporter was also reluctant to watch this scene, because the movie started at half past five, and when the movie ended, it was almost half past seven, and with the interview, it was just past eight o'clock. And at 7:30 p.m., there will be the premiere of the key films in the main competition unit, and if you participate in the premiere at 4:30, you won't be able to catch up with the premiere at 7:30 p.m. Therefore, the premiere at 4:30 p.m. is often a kind of film that is not particularly valued in the attention unit.

Due to the poor time period, the movie that premiered at 4:30 p.m. had very few audiences and media to cheer, and the premiere was very deserted. However, the premiere of "Falcon" was completely different, with a large audience on both sides of the red carpet, as well as reporters waiting to take pictures with cameras in hand. Reporters from news agencies such as Agence France-Presse and Reuters came, as did reporters from well-known media outlets such as The New York Times and The Times, as well as film critics from film magazines such as The Cinema Handbook and The Screen.

There are three main reasons why the media and audiences are so popular. First, after "Hoe Rape" was released in Europe last year, it caused a sensation, and everyone was very interested in Xu Wangqiu's new film. Second, "Falcon" is the finale film of this China Film Festival, and the opening film "Havoc in Heaven" is of a very high standard, and the finale film will not be bad. Thirdly, some media met Alain Delon in the morning, as well as Polanski and Natasha Kinski, and the reporter asked them, why are you here, and their answer was to come to the premiere of "Falcon".

However, to the confusion of the reporters and the audience, the first to appear on the stage was not a star like Alain Delon, nor a director like Polanski, but a group of supermodels, including Gia Kalanji, Zhou Tianna and so on. These people are all famous in the fashion industry, and they are extremely beautiful, and after they appeared on the stage, the whole scene suddenly boiled, and white flashes continued to explode.

A reporter in the crowd held a camera and frantically pressed the shutter on Zhou Tianna on the red carpet, and couldn't stop saying: "It's really strange, how can so many supermodels appear on the red carpet of "Falcon". If Alain Delon and they are very appreciative of the director of "The Rape" because they have watched "The Rape", I can completely understand this, but what is going on with these models? They don't always admire the director because they watched "The Rape", and they all came to cheer, right?"

The reporter next to him was British, and he knew more about Zhou Tianna's situation, so he said: "Zhou Tianna's husband Zhou Yinghua is Chinese, maybe she was influenced by Zhou Yinghua and was more interested in China, and when she heard that there was a Chinese movie premiere, she came over to cheer." ”

The reporter who asked the question retorted: "What about Nagia Kalanji? and why is she here?" ”

Just as the British reporter was about to answer, there was a sudden commotion at the entrance of the red carpet, and the deafening screams were like rockets launched at high speed, and even the clouds in the sky were scattered. Both male and female viewers were like cats in heat, their faces were flushed with excitement, and they couldn't stop waving at the figure at the entrance, shouting the person's name in their mouths.

The British reporter followed the surging crowd and looked towards the entrance, only to see a handsome man with a handsome face and a good demeanor walking towards this side. It's none other than Alain Delon. Alain Delon walked as he walked forward and waved at the frantic screaming audience. When he waved, the audience would always cheer and scream very cooperatively, and they seemed very excited. Not far from the British reporters, several female reporters also screamed like: "So handsome!

When Alain Delon walked in front of him, the British journalist shouted: "Mr. Alain Delon why are you here for the premiere of 'Falcon'?"

Alain Delon waved his hand and said elegantly: "I like Xu's movies, I'm a fan of his." ”

This answer was unexpected, and the scene suddenly resounded with an exclamation of "wow".

After Alain Delon walked over, many stars and directors made their debuts. Polanski and Natasha Kinski came, Chabrol and his queen actress Isabelle Huppert, Benex and Richard Paulinge, star of The Rouge of the Opera.

Natasha Kinski said with a big smile when faced with a reporter's question: "He is my friend, of course I have to come and support him." ”

Isabelle Huppert is now 28 years old, and she is not the acting master who became obsessed with acting later, but her habit of liking to work with different directors has not changed, and she smiled and said: "I like "Hoe Rape" and hope to cooperate with director Xu Wangqiu. ”

Polanski's answer was the simplest: "I'm here to see the movie." ”

Chabrol said more: "Xu is a very good director, his "Hoe Rape" is very good, there are many new things in the audiovisual language, there are many new breakthroughs. I believe that his new film must also be very good, and I am here for the new film. ”

Qin Xianglin and Lin Qingxia did not walk the red carpet, they are not big stars in Cannes, and there is no invitation, so naturally there is no red carpet to walk. Like ordinary audiences, they walked into the cinema early. Sitting next to them were ordinary spectators, some speaking English, some French. They don't understand French, but they all speak good English and can hear what people around them are saying.

When they bought tickets in the morning, Qin Xianglin and Lin Qingxia already knew that there were many viewers of "Falcon". After its release in France, "The Rape" was watched by more than one million people, and the media also received rave reviews. Many people heard that the director's new work of "Hoe Rape" was released, and they rushed to cheer. But what they never expected was that so many models, stars and directors would come to cheer.

I heard the people around me exclaiming, "Gia Kalanji", "Zhou Tianna", "Alain Delon", "Polanski", ...... Hearing these famous names, Qin Xianglin and Lin Qingxia were shocked at first, and then became sluggish. They really can't understand that Xu Wangqiu is just a new director who has only made two movies, how can he have such influence, how can there be so many famous figures to come to cheer?

Although Lin Qingxia is very popular in Southeast Asia, she has never walked the red carpet at all, nor has she been courteous at the film festival. When Xu Wangqiu, Zhang Yimou and Zhou Lijin waved at the audience with smiles on their faces, she felt lost and envious, and couldn't help but think, when I can have a movie in Cannes that is so popular.

Lin Qingxia suddenly remembered that when she made a bet that day, Xu Wangqiu said to herself that if she lost, she would tailor a movie for herself, and said that she hoped to cooperate with herself, and couldn't help but think to herself, although this person is annoying, he should be really powerful, if only he could really cooperate. However, this idea dared to come out, and it was immediately extinguished by her, because she knew that cooperating with Xu Wangqiu would not only be banned, but also her own family might be implicated. She sighed slightly, and said in her heart, everyone is Chinese, what is there to cooperate with, why should cooperation with the mainland be blocked?