"Is it now that you feel like you're in Cannes?"

Xu Zheng and Ji Ming, one big and one small, under the scorching sun, blowing the romantic wind blowing on the Mediterranean Sea - hey~ Ji Ming thought that if he traveled here with Chu Qing, it would be a good pastime, but unfortunately he was a middle-aged greasy and round man on the side.

With Hollywood stars fading, Cannes has become a bit colder. In previous years, there were beach parties every day that lasted all night, from certain film crews, from sponsors, from some top filmmaker...... You can't tell whether this is a mecca for movies or a luxury gold cave for Hollywood - it must be said that the head of Cannes, Fumao, is happy to see Hollywood join, but unfortunately because the Oscars are more attractive, in order to prepare for the Oscars, their rhythm is contradictory to Cannes.

Of course, Cannes is still attractive.

For example, the China Day event that is being held now, many Chinese films will choose to come to Cannes for a visit. For low-cost literary films, they may hope to re-follow Jia Zhangke's road to success, or at least meet a few buyers, and they can level the cost of the film to continue the difficult road of film. But many movies intended for the mainland box office will inevitably be whispered, probably for the sake of getting the draft to promote - but to be honest, fewer and fewer people are buying it.

The stupid son of the landlord's family will also grow into a small landlord.

"There are quite a lot of people. ”

"The people here are very welcoming, about the movies. ”

Ji Ming put on big sunglasses and glanced at it, the activities of China Day are very rich, not only indoor forum exchanges, but also outdoor parties, red carpets, salad buffets, and cocktail parties, sometimes there is no theme, talk about what you want to talk about, say what you want to say, if you can talk about your views on Chinese movies, it doesn't have to be a lot of sycophancy, you can- Wang Sheng, who is engaged in the international distribution of Chinese films, has a party in their company today, inviting Ji Ming and Wen Yan, especially Ji Ming, the new handsome guy on the red carpet, whose popularity at the film festival is beyond many people's imagination.

The excitement of Cannes comes from a very small number of movie stars, including actors, directors, well-known producers, investors, etc., but also from tourists from all over the world, film lovers, and many young "pilgrims", who may be students, or who are still waiting for the opportunity to come, wearing inexpensive but attractive enough long dresses and fashionable clothes.

So from this point of view, those Chinese stars and Internet celebrities who rub the red carpet are already closely related to movies.

"Hey Boss Xu, if you go and tell them that you are the investor, producer, and starring in the opening film "The God of Medicine" on China Day, ah, will you-"

Although he couldn't see Ji Ming's eyes, Xu Zheng saw the corners of his mouth and the swishing tone, and completely understood what he meant.

"Certainly not as popular as you. ”

"Then you're mistaken, even if I'm a little familiar, but people know that I'm a rookie actor, and there's no room for use at all. You're different, you're a big man in Chinese cinema, and although it's a little far from Europe, the capitalists are all in cahoots, and maybe you can find them two roles, or at least they can be beautiful during the festival. Ji Ming maliciously speculated about these dream-chasing men and women, whatever he mattered, they were all foreigners: "Don't worry, I won't tell my sister." ”

"I don't necessarily don't tell Xiao Chu. ”

"You tell her she'll only be happy to hear my name. ”

"......" Xu Zheng lowered his head and looked at Ji Ming from the top of his sunglasses, which was so shameless: "You cow." ”

Today, Xu Zheng is the protagonist, and Ji Ming can be regarded as half strictly speaking - one is that he is the most well-dressed Chinese star in this film festival, and the other is that he also made a cameo appearance in "God of Medicine", except for Xu Zheng, only he, the guest actor, was present, and all the other leading actors were not there, so it was inevitable that he would also come to the stage as one of the participants to communicate.

"It's hot. ”

"Just go in. ”

"Well, "European Raiders", played by Mr. Liang?" Ji Ming saw a roll-up banner, with an introduction in Chinese and English, and he also saw Canadian Fan Fan and his indescribable Chinese opera sister: "Is there a new movie in the series?"

"Well, haven't you heard? ”

That's it, the director of Hong Kong, a gold medal photographer turned career, once directed "Hancheng Raiders" and "Tokyo Raiders", which were quite well received.

"You're really, people spent a lot of money on the cover of "House Magazine" a few days ago, and you didn't see it?"

"No, I only read the issues that complimented me. ”

“......”

Yes, there are several more issues to praise you, amazing, my chicken, why don't you crow yet.

"What's wrong? It should be okay, right?"

Mr. Liang's works in recent years, although it is a bit difficult to explain, well, to put it bluntly, there are a lot of bad movies, all for money. But after all, this is an old series, and it's still a bit exciting.

Xu Zheng shook his head silently, meaningful: "Some people, some places, don't go forward with time." ”

Aha.

Seconds understood.

The rotten stalks of old Hong Kong films, old-fashioned methods, arbitrary plots, and full of leaks - the times have long changed, similar to "Mekong" and "Red Sea", which is the new way out for directors of port-city genre films. Ji Ming actually knew a little bit about it at the beginning, and he found out that really, when the director of a Hong Kong city genre film shoots the main theme action, war, and police and bandits, he actually has a lot of room to play, and it is really a flower blooming from the side wall.

......

At the China Day event, Ji Ming almost thought that he had returned to China, there are many old faces, but there are more Chinese faces - after all, the internationalization of domestic films is also okay now, and old faces are not uncommon, especially special effects commercial films.

Many filmmakers from the port city, bay bay, Lion City, and Malaya came together with Chinese faces to "participate in the grand event".

It's really lively.

In Cannes, if you want to pull a group of people to join in the fun, in fact, it is not difficult, many people hold up signs on the side of the road to ask for invitations - there are many official channels for invitations, but if there is a high-level invitation host, in a more face-saving way, take a more advanced lane, and enter a more advanced occasion, of course, it is better.

Ji Ming's invitation is very high-level - because he is a competition film crew.

But he hasn't gone to the side of the road to pick up people, he had a six-hour video of the time difference with Chu Qing before, and he was very proud, and said that he really gave up a big forest for her - Chu Qing said: Answer the phone, and I'll talk about it later.

Stumble.

"Hey Ji Ming. ”

"Hello, Manager Chen?"

"Ah, it's an honor for you to remember me. "Manager Chen is the selection manager of Kiwifruit, and he actually has no big connection with Ji Ming, but they are all going around in China, and there are still a lot of opportunities to meet.

When he said this, Ji Ming had to smile awkwardly.

"You have won glory for the country this time, I have been to Cannes on business trips several times, and it is the first time that a Chinese has attracted so much attention." ”

That's fine.

Although many Chinese have won awards or something, it is all the end, and there is no time to evaporate into influence, and the film festival is over. For example, a big man like Gong Li is not particularly interested, just as we are not interested in many European film masters. What everyone is most willing to pay attention to is nothing more than interesting and material, so many demons on the red carpet, isn't it for this.

As soon as Ji Ming left the red carpet, with the blessing of the official, another koi who has won the world in appearance made a wish, which is definitely a familiar face.

"Hehehe, huh?"

"Yes, you see that we will have the opportunity to cooperate in the future, you make this film with penguins, to be honest, it's not me who slanders them, how much help can they give you? You come to cooperate with us, we also have a lot of IPs and scripts in our hands, if you are interested, we can all discuss, after all, our platform is still relatively strong in the video website.

Besides, in the past two years, we have often bought films in the international market, in the past, Europeans and Americans bought our films, and now it is our turn to choose, the domestic market is so big, instead of running to the boundaries of other people's land to whisper and send people under the fence, it is better for us to work together with one heart and one mind, make our own home better, plant plane trees, attract phoenixes, not to mention Hollywood, at least some European films, Asia, Africa and Latin America, let's get a Cannes, it is more than enough. ”

I can say this sister too much.

It makes sense and doesn't make sense, it's like a rainstorm.

"You are really stylish, I admire you, we little actors, we rely on your leadership. ”

"Haha. ”

Yang Ruyi appeared in time and brought Ji Ming over.

Ji Ming said goodbye to Manager Chen regretfully, his eyes were full of reluctance, he hoped to listen to Manager Chen's high-minded talk again, but he couldn't, reality didn't allow it, then goodbye, it was best not to see him before returning to China.

"Oh my God, why does Kiwi still have such a thoughtful selection manager. ”

"I don't have a mind about how to come to Cannes to buy films. Yang Ruyi is more familiar with these people, in fact, Ji Ming's process of going from being more critical to being more tolerant of Yang Ruyi is when he sees her working hard to manage her network - he himself is a little "literate" in this regard, although he can be left and right, and he is willing to express false reverence to the people in power, but more often he doesn't want to spend a lot of energy on this part.

Yang Ruyi helped him do a good job, and now with the rise of Ji Ming's status in the circle, it is becoming better and better.

A slightly negligent agent, inexplicably suitable for Ji Ming, has huge commercial value and a high degree of strength guarantee, but likes to hang a faint curtain between himself and the hustle and bustle of the entire industry.

"Don't look at her as a first-line star in China, she is not a particularly heavyweight. But in many films, she is also a parent. The price code given by these Chinese video sites is already very good, and it is a fat meat that everyone wants to take a bite of. ”

That's the change.

Twenty years ago, Chinese filmmakers waited for foreign buyers, spending tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of dollars, in exchange for RMB, that is, hundreds of thousands, millions, which was enough to cover the cost and make a profit - Bi Jiangxi's famous work "Roadside Picnic" only cost 200,000 yuan. The returns are as high as dozens of times.

Now, small-budget filmmakers from the Middle East, Latin America, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and even Europe are increasingly looking to Chinese buyers. This trend may not be obvious yet, but it is already happening.

It's hard to escape these topics when you come to Cannes.

Even your agent will suddenly give you a paragraph, this is the movie palace.

Ji Ming looked at Yang Ruyi and shook his head.

He soon met the real power of the temple, the artistic director of Cannes, Thierry Fumao.

Fukumao!

Many people who follow Cannes will know this name, and the qualified and undisturbed selection rights make Fumao the master of the shortlist that determines the main competition, a kind of unit, the opening, the closing, and the director's fortnight.

"Ji Ming," Fumao's Chinese name pronunciation is quite standard, this French filmmaker who has dealt with Chinese filmmakers for many years, knows a little Chinese: "You know, when I saw your performance in "Encounter with Immortals", I told them, yes, give them another month, and they must let it come to Cannes." ”

Communicate in English.

"I have to thank you very much for giving us an extraordinary, fantastic experience with cinema. ”

"Haha. The old man is very good at chatting, and his position, dealing with filmmakers from all over the world, does require a little skill: "I am indeed very surprised to be able to see such different works in Chinese films." Your movie is like this, and so is Bi Jiangxi's.

You must know that Chinese films may be in a gap between commercialization and art, everyone was making art films at the beginning, and even art films were equivalent to films, and then Zhang opened your era of commercial blockbusters, and then most of the resources and talents began to chase the market. But cinema has always been a vehicle that cannot be given up and can present our thoughts. I think that although Chinese films have some special aspects, they will eventually come down this road, and commerce and art will coexist. ”

The convention is not to talk about any awards.

The film list is decided by Fumao, and the awards are decided by the jury, and the two are independent of each other.

The convention is to take a group photo.

The broadcast of "I Am Not the God of Medicine" also received the usual applause.

Directors Wen Muye, Xu Zheng and Ji Ming had a short Q&A session after the screening.

When the host introduced the three people, Ji Ming received a lot of applause - when he knew that he made a cameo appearance as the pole dance manager, there was even a whistle mixed in. The whole atmosphere was very harmonious all of a sudden.

"I wasn't the main actor in the film, but none of them were there, so I stood here as part of the cast and made a mascot. More precisely, I am the closest audience to the movie, and I watch the movie inside the movie. ”

The communication was rather uneventful.

The domestic media have already asked what they want to ask, and the foreign media, if they are not particularly interested, it would be good to be able to report on China Day, but it is not necessary to go into detail about the past and present life of the opening film.

Bow as you go.

Ji Ming got a question about his filming experience, which was quite sharp, whether it was because of some censorship factor that he couldn't dance more happily.

"I think it's because the crew didn't prepare more budgets, after all, between unbuttoning the outside and jumping to the fullest of your heart's content, the difference may not be anything else, but the salary. Ji Ming looked at Xu Zheng beside him and added: "Am I too realistic? In fact, I am not an actor who looks at money, directors should not be frightened by what they just said." ”

Ha ha.

No one is going to dig their hearts and lungs out on this kind of occasion, and Cannes has a variety of thematic units for you to play.

Later, Ji Ming also participated in a forum for young filmmakers, and watched a kind of unit "The Last Night on Earth" at night, this movie is not very appetizing, but quite a lot of foreigners are still very involved in watching it, and I don't know if I really understand it.

This whole day is probably the most one day since Ji Ming came to Cannes.

Domestic media, almost all day long, can photograph Ji Ming, dressed in casual formal clothes, like the Wall Street financial elite who came to the beach for vacation in the movie, wandering in different circles, domestic, European, filmmakers, businessmen, art, fashion......

"Ji Ming experienced the busiest day of his trip to Cannes, although we can't see how tired he is, he is in good spirits in front of everyone, talks and laughs in the face of different topics, and is comfortable between power figures and ordinary peers......"

......

On the penultimate day of the festival, the Un Certain Regard section was the first to announce the awards.

"The Last Night on Earth", which was quite hotly discussed before, did not yield.

Ji Ming was caught and asked what he thought, and "Do you think Chinese films are not favored at this film festival?" and "What are your expectations for tomorrow's awards ceremony?"

“......”

This female reporter is from The Paper - The Paper actually has reporters coming to Cannes, which is amazing.

Such a reckless reporter, he also met it for the first time in Cannes.

"You're looking beautiful today, thank you. ”

Let's go.

Leaving a rather inexplicable reporter, she looked down at her small evening dress, because on many occasions non-formal wear is not allowed to enter, so most of the reporters are also dressed in evening dresses - her body, the biggest compliment, it is estimated that it can only fit well.

Bi Jiangxi's failure still caused considerable turmoil in China. As Mr. Sun of Penguin Film and Television said when he invited him to dinner, the operators behind "Earth" began to lay out publicity strategies after being shortlisted for a kind of attention unit, and it has been rolled out to a certain extent at this time.

I heard that there was no harvest at once, and it was still quite shocking.

even cast a shadow on "Children of Jianghu" and "Immortals".

The former vice president of a film company poured a big basin of cold water on Weibo: "In the first few days, the good response of "Children of Jianghu" and "Immortals" still made me look forward to it a little. But with the premiere of the later films, more and more films, such as Japan and South Korea next door to us, as well as some films from Italy and the United States, have been well evaluated, and they are not inferior in the field magazine rating. So far, "Burning" 3.8 is unbeatable, and "Thief Family" 3.2 is in the second place, which is much ahead of "Children of the Rivers and Lakes" and "Immortals" 2.9 and 2.8. In addition, French national treasure director Godard's "Book of Images" scored 3 points, and "Cold War" and "Happy Lazaro" also scored 2.9 points. "Jianghu" and fourth, and "Immortals" only came seventh - Asian films are still quite eye-catching this time.

Of course, the loss of "Earth" and the score of the field journal will not affect the decision of the jury, but it still makes us sober up a little that the shortlisted big year is not necessarily the big year of winning the award. And frankly speaking, the probability of Japanese and Korean films winning awards this year is higher than that of Chinese films, especially "Burning", which has a lot of praise. ”

The media that has a good relationship with Xitian and Ji Ming, Ji Ming's fans and passers-by, and their tone is also lowered accordingly - it is very good to be shortlisted.

But in the early morning of the 20th Beijing time, the red carpet outside the Lumière Hall in Cannes was shining, countless reporters, as well as the audience on the roadside, under the trees, and on the trees, as well as fans from many countries who were waiting for it, were still full of expectations, waiting for the list of winners to be released.

At one o'clock in the morning, all major websites left only reporters on duty, waiting for the full list to come out and publish the news.

Only Weibo, leading a group of night owls, paid attention to the news of Cannes for the first time in Weibo movies, as well as the news broadcasts of some movie bloggers and others in Cannes.