The premiere of "Cold" is scheduled for 7 p.m., which is the best time of the day to premiere.

For the festival, important directors and important films will be scheduled to premiere in the evening, almost in the afternoon, and the least appreciated in the morning. Because at seven or eight o'clock in the evening, at that time, fans and reporters are finishing their daily chores, and they can go wholeheartedly to the show.

Cannes can arrange the premiere of "Cold" to prime time, which shows that the film festival attaches more importance to "" and Xu Wangqiu.

When Xu Wangqiu arrived in Cannes a few years ago, Cannes, like other film festivals, sold tickets to the public. But now Cannes has changed its rules and is no longer selling tickets to the public. Nowadays, there are two types of film screenings, premieres and media screenings. Needless to say, the premiere is dedicated to media reporters so that they can write after watching it.

Whether it's the premiere or the media field, tickets are now on sale. If fans want to see a movie, they can only ask for tickets from journalists and people attending the festival. Every day, there are fans at the entrance of the Palais du Cinema holding signs begging for tickets, pitifully looking at the reporters and filmmakers who come in and out, hoping that they can give them a ticket.

At six o'clock in the evening, there was still an hour before the official release of "Cold", and the front of the movie palace was already full of people. The 60-meter-long red carpet was lined with camera-wielding reporters and enthusiastic fans. Outside the red carpet, many fans who don't have tickets are holding signs asking for tickets, hoping that some well-wishers can give them a ticket so that they can attend the premiere.

At the press conference after the premiere of "Bitter Moon" three days ago, Polanski said in response to reporters' questions that the reason why he made "Bitter Moon" was because he made an appointment with everyone, and everyone would make a movie with mental illness or mental illness as the main axis. After the media reported, Xu Wangqiu's "Cold" immediately received unprecedented attention.

It is precisely because of the high degree of attention that there are many stars and guests who appeared at the premiere of "Cold". In addition to the jury headed by Dirk Bogard, director friends such as Polanski and Chabrol, actor friends such as Alain Delon and Natasha Kinski, directors and stars such as Satyajit Rey, Wim Wenderson, Catherine Deneuve, as well as the president of the festival, Robert Favre Lebre, and artistic director Jacob were all present on the red carpet.

The whole premiere was full of stars and surprises, and the screams and cheers of the fans simply never stopped. The reporters kept pressing the shutter, so that their hands hurt a little, but they still couldn't stop, because there were too many big names in each appearance, and there were too many stars and directors worth taking pictures.

Xu Wangqiu, Xia Meng, Jiang David and Wang Ming are all the main creators of the movie, and they naturally appeared in the finale. When they appeared on the red carpet, they were also warmly sought after by fans, and the applause and cheers at the scene continued. The reporters also changed the problem of not taking pictures of David Jiang and them at the opening ceremony, and frantically pressed the shutter on them. Jiang Dawei and the others were extremely happy, with a bright smile on their faces, and they couldn't help waving at the fans, looking full of affinity.

After entering the screening hall, Xu Wangqiu glanced at it, and the more than 3,000 seats in the entire Lumière Hall were already full. He glanced at the position of the guests, saw Polanski and Chabrol, saw many acquaintances, and also saw Bertolucci. Several of the directors who had agreed to make a film together, except for Truffaut, everyone else arrived. Xu Wangqiu especially hoped that Truffaut would come, but he knew that Truffaut was in a bad situation and might not attend this Cannes, which was a pity.

Bertolucci was able to appear at the premiere, and Xu Wangqiu was very happy. Yesterday he chatted with Polanski and got the news that Bertolucci might not arrive until tomorrow, but he didn't expect to appear at the premiere.

Xu Wangqiu went over to greet Bertolucci: "Mr. Bertolucci, when did you arrive?"

"I arrived at noon today. When I heard the premiere of your movie, I came over. Bertolucci laughed, looked at Xu Wangqiu and said seriously, "Xu, when you're done, let's find a chance to talk alone." I have two projects on China recently, both of which can be made into good films, and I would like to hear your opinions, and may even need your help. ”

Xu Wangqiu was slightly stunned, thinking to himself that there are two projects about China? One should be "The Last Emperor", and the other is what? For the first time, I knew that there were two Chinese stories that Bertolucci wanted to film. If you want to choose, I think it's better to choose "The Last Emperor", this movie is really successful.

"The Last Emperor" not only won nine awards at the Oscars, but also swept various awards in Europe, and was also a great success at the box office. Among them, North America is 43 million US dollars, Dongying is 4.5 billion yen, Taiwan is Taipei, and Taipei alone has achieved an astonishing result of 110 million, Xiangjiang has entered the top 10 at the box office, Singapore and Malaysia are the annual box office champions, and many places in Europe have entered the top 10 at the box office, of which the number of French moviegoers is as high as 4 million, which is not inferior to Hollywood commercial blockbusters.

Xu Wangqiu has not counted the specific box office of "The Last Emperor", but he estimates that it should be about the same as "Hero" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", about 200 million US dollars, and the cost of this movie is 23 million US dollars.

This is a box office bomb, Xu Wangqiu definitely doesn't want to miss it, but he feels that this matter is not in a hurry, he can take his time and make a surprised appearance: "You want to shoot a Chinese story? This is really surprising." Our country has regulations on foreign directors who come to China to make films, and they must cooperate with our company. If you're planning to shoot in China, I can help. But now that we're not talking about that, let's find a chance to talk alone, what do you think?"

Bertolucci nodded slightly: "Let's find a chance to talk alone." ”

Xu Wangqiu came to the first row and just sat down in his seat. Jiang Dawei next to him turned his head and said in a low voice, "Wangqiu, aren't you nervous at all?"

"What's there to be nervous about?" Xu Wangqiu looked at David Jiang and found that there were fine beads of sweat on his forehead, and couldn't help laughing, "You have played so many heroes, you should be proud of being a genius, right, I didn't expect you to be nervous." ”

David Jiang did not hide his nervousness at all: "I was quite excited just now, but now I am suddenly nervous." ”

Wang Mingquan, who was sitting next to Xia Meng, stretched out his head and said, "I'm also a little nervous." ”

Xu Wangqiu turned his head to look at Xia Meng: "Sister Xia Meng, aren't you nervous?"

Xia Meng smiled: "I'm not nervous. ”

"It's worthy of being the eldest sister, but she can hold the field. Xu Wangqiu gave a thumbs up, slapped Xia Meng's ass, and turned his head to comfort Jiang David and them, "Our movie is very good, you can rest assured." ”

The lights in the screening room quickly went out, the screen lit up, and the movie officially began.

After the factory logo of the export company, the first thing that appeared on the screen was a puddle of water that was three or four square meters small, and it was raining lightly at this time. Raindrops fall in puddles, rippling in the water. About three or four seconds later, slogans sounded from far and near, and immediately after, a crowd appeared in the puddle. It's just that because it's a reflection, I can't see what is written on the sign. The sparkling water surface and the mighty figure give people a dreamlike feeling.

The camera slowly lifts up, and a procession faces the light rain and walks towards this side. Most of the marchers were young people, wearing white shirts or white short sleeves, holding statues of Taizu and signs protesting against the British government in Hong Kong, shouting protest slogans in their mouths.

The camera switches, a middle-aged man with a seven or eight-year-old boy, standing on the side of the road with an umbrella, it is the teenager Zheng Yi and his father. A close-up of Zheng Yi, who looks at the protest team in confusion and curiosity. At his age, it's hard to understand why these people are protesting, and it's hard to understand what is really going on.

At this moment, a sharp whistle suddenly sounded. The camera suddenly turned to the right, and on the other side of the street, heavily armed explosion-proof police poured out from the intersection, lined up in a neat line, and drove towards this side with murderous vigour. The camera pans to the left, and the protest line continues to move forward, without the slightest hint of flinching. The protesters yelled at the police, calling them British lackeys and yellow-skinned lackeys.

When the police team drove up, they did not give warning, but directly put on their shields and hit the protesters on the heads and bodies with batons. The batons hit the protesters with a crackling sound.

Some in the crowd screamed, some had their heads broken, and some crouched over their injured parts. Someone in the crowd shouted, "Fight with them!" and the protesters roared angrily and rushed forward to grab the police's weapons, but they would be no match for the police with their bare hands.

The protest procession was quickly dispersed by the police, and the protesters were beaten to the point that their heads were bleeding, screaming and fleeing.

This is followed by a documentary clip of an angry crowd demonstrating at the Governor's Palace brandishing red books and shouting slogans, the British government in Hong Kong begins a crackdown on protesters on a larger scale, the mainland militia infiltrating Hong Kong shoots with the Hong Kong police at Sha Tau Kok, and the Zuo faction begins to make incendiary bombs and soda bottles from cans to attack police stations......

Young viewers are very happy with the opening of the movie, and think that it is a wonderful opening, which comes up with a clash between the police and protesters, and the scene is violent and bloody, which makes the audience want to know what happened next.

The audience over the age of forty felt completely different, and many people saw tears in their eyes, remembering their passionate youth. In May 1968, they confronted the police in the streets, just like the protesters in the movie, holding portraits of Taejo, waving protest signs and shouting slogans. They unleashed a vigorous revolution in which 10 million people in France, with a population of 50 million, participated in this revolution and shocked the whole world.

At the time of the May storm, Chabrol and Bertolucci were in Paris. They were all participants in that movement, and like ordinary citizens of Paris, they took to the streets, protested, and then dispersed by the police. Seeing the very similar scenes in the movie, they couldn't help but feel emotional.

Sixteen years later, Godard and Truffaut parted ways, Robert Favre-Lebret was about to retire from the film festival, and Truffaut was already terminally ill with cancer and did not have much to live.

Chabrol said softly: "Time flies so fast, sixteen years in the blink of an eye. ”

Bertolucci wiped his eyes, as if polishing those years of burning passion, and said with a determined expression: "What an amazing young man, who actually put that history on the screen! At that time, he was probably still a child! In the future, I will make a film that reflects the May storm." ”

Polanski was in Cannes during the May storm and was a jury member of the festival. He was friends with Truffaut, but they clashed over whether to cancel the festival, for which he was accused of being a "reactionary" and got into a fight with Godard.

Thinking of Truffaut, who was seriously ill and bedridden, and Godard, who parted ways, Polanski felt that there was something flowing inside of him. He took a deep breath and said with emotion: "It's hard to say who was right and who was wrong in that incident at the beginning, but it is worth remembering anyway!"