Chapter 0351: The Chosen One
After the closing of the festival, Cannes did not quickly turn back into a small Mediterranean city, and young people from all over the world still check in front of the Palais du CinΓ©ma, and still share photos with the location of Cannes on Instagram - but Cannes is indeed much quieter than before.
"Fourth. β
"Are you counting?" Ji Ming asked the lady next to him with a smile.
This eldest sister is a reporter of the one-eyed wave, referred to as the eldest sister, the eldest sister casually asked this morning, can the form of the interview be presented from the outside? That is, they are walking on the streets of Cannes, on both sides of which are the buildings and shops full of the style of a small French town, and there are faces from all over the world, and they can casually chat about topics of interest - wow.
It's a beautiful idea.
But the other party's reason is also very good, Ji Ming has been in Cannes for nearly two weeks, but there really hasn't been much opportunity to see this town so leisurely, and it is of course good to have this opportunity when he is working, isn't it?
So Ji Ming agreed.
Sister Du was simply moved by her wit, which is completely beyond the scope of the interview, you must know that the previous interview Xu Zheng accepted was to take a yellow card of the one-eyed wave, and then sit in front of the cardboard full of one-eyed wave logos, and ask and answer. Now this format combines in-depth interviews, fashion outings, and popularity tests...... and many other aspects.
Today, Ji Ming did not wear the brand he endorsed, but chose a printed shirt, linen trousers underneath, leather sandals, and sunglasses, like tourists traveling here - if it weren't for the waves of old and foreigners coming to ask for a group photo.
"It's because I'm working right now, so I'm very cooperative with the fans? haha. "Sister Du obviously knows Ji Ming very well.
"Actually, it's all work in Cannes, yes, when you enter the city, you get into work. Ji Ming did not deny it: "This matter is actually very simple, if I am here to travel today, I may not be willing to be disturbed, but I am here to work, then of course I will try to cooperate - after all, in order to make money." β
Sister Du is obviously also carefully dressed today, ready to be photogenic, wearing a bohemian style suspender dress, wearing a white straw hat, and a pink bow on her head, in the Cannes sea breeze, from time to time to stir her wings.
"Speaking of making money, everyone was worried about buying a house for you before, and even many of your fans said that they would open crowdfunding to give you a house, have you saved enough money to buy a house now?"
"Hahaha. β
Ji Ming really smiled a lot.
The photographers in front of me were dazzled, and deeply felt that the beauty of the world was really not divided between men and women, regardless of the West and the East.
"I don't have a plan for the house yet, yes, because I haven't graduated yet, I might have to think about it before and after graduation. As for the money, buy a bigger one if you have more, buy a little smaller one if you don't have one, and you can get a loan if you don't succeed, you can still buy it after all, haha, thank you for worrying, crowdfunding is not needed. β
After a few pleasantries, I finally got to the point of this Cannes.
"Would you think that the opening red carpet, uh, caused such a big response? It should be said that Chinese filmmakers have been coming to Cannes for decades, you are a Chinese star who has produced such a huge influence on the red carpet, and your attire at that time was not special, hunting? It's a more classic, concise style, so it shouldn't be a blockbuster, right?"
Ji Ming nodded with the fans who didn't come over on the side of the road, and then thought for a while: "Of course, no one can expect these later things, but in fact, the styling on the red carpet is not completely unconsidered, and our stylists, including the brand personnel, actually spent a lot of energy and effort." Although it doesn't look surprising, there are actually a lot of different styles behind it, but in the end, everyone thinks that the one on the red carpet is the most suitable, so we chose it.
As for the impact, I think it's an opportunity many times, just like "Wolf Warrior 2", at that time, it appeared, so the monolithic volume of 5 billion was there. Then maybe there have been Chinese filmmakers participating in Cannes and coming to Europe for so many years, maybe now is the time - European people are starting to pay attention to Chinese filmmakers. In fact, in other areas, such as economic cooperation, or luxury, in those areas, their eyes were already on China much earlier. Overall, I think it's a natural thing. β
"Your INS fans have also exceeded 2 million, which is actually quite a lot among Chinese stars, so have you considered coming to Europe to make movies?"
"I already had some fans on my INS before, and it wasn't all up at this moment. Ji Ming clarified, the sun gradually rose, and he began to feel sunburned when he walked on the road, and he let the eldest sister go to the shade: "As for filming in Europe, there are no plans yet." I think our domestic movies are actually at a very, very good point in time, including my "Earth", including the previous "God of Medicine", and then Wu Jin's "Wolf Warrior 2" and so on, in fact, many good genre films, war, science fiction, and good feature films are brewing. Some have already succeeded, some are still waiting. But the whole process is very positive, so I still hope to do something in China, especially for me, I am still a newcomer, my works are still very limited, and the space for play is almost unlimited. β
"Haha, I heard that you are a newcomer, and I am still a little uncomfortable. How would you respond to this, that is, others say, hey, it seems that you haven't debuted for a long time, why do you feel like you are already a veteran in this circle. β
Ji Ming pondered for a while: "Maybe it's because of the drama, the drama is relatively distant for many people, and everyone will think that the people who act in the drama may be a group of senior actors, so even I have this impression." Another one, maybe it's too much on the hot search?"
The flowers and branches of the eldest sister's laughter trembled, and the fans were fluttering.
"Will hot searches cause trouble?"
"Hot searches will bring money to buy a house. β
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Sister Du felt that she might go on like this, and she couldn't continue the interview, whoosh, pull back: "Let's talk about Cannes, in fact, after the premiere of "Immortals", your performance has been quite universally recognized, and some people even say that Ji Ming, who has been being blown all the time, finally has a foothold." But even so, not many people would think that you ended up with two awards, including an unprecedented special award for acting - hey, when you received the award, Cate Blanchett seemed to say something to you, so you can reveal it?
"Winning the award is actually really accidental, if you think about it, the people who can be shortlisted are actually very good actors, and there will really be someone who is better than everyone else, special and special? I don't think it's realistic. Then it depends on the focus of the jury, and the reason why they give the award has been said by the chairman before. From my own point of view, I didn't expect to win awards, including the Jury Award, I and the director actually comforted each other in private, but no one won the award this time, let's touch a script again, and cooperate again next time, haha.
But after the real award comes, I don't think there is any need to be presumptuous, the jury's affirmation has its own reason, "Encountering Immortals" is also a work that has poured a lot of people's efforts, there are many different understandings and attempts, it is not necessarily perfect, but it must be a sincere work, a work with advantages.
As for the Special Performance Award, as I said before, maybe it's at this point in time, and it happens to be me, so here comes - Cate Blanchett actually explained the process of this award, right, a lot of special awards were born in the past year, so this year it happened to be the turn of the acting category, which is lucky and pleasantly surprised. β
Sister Du nodded: "Ask a question that you don't have to answer." β
"Isn't it okay to choose not to answer all questions? ha. β
ββ¦β¦ Of course, of course. Sister Du straightened her sunglasses: "It's just that everyone will argue, including what I saw in some European publications and social media, there seems to be a trend that is slowly fermenting, and even, what kind of relationship is there between this award and the actor, is it a super performance award that transcends gender, that is, it may be more important than the actor and actress, or is it just a compromise second actor?" Those who support the former think that if it is only the second actor, the jury can open a double yolk egg, and there is no need to risk being accused of sharing pork to set up a special award, Kate has also explained before, so what do you think?"
"Relationship between top and bottom...... emm" Ji Ming laughed twice and thought for a while: "The role of Li Yuan, in the jury, is not as worthy of praise as Marcelo, that's for sure." So maybe Ji Ming, an actor, is also more worthy of encouragement than other actors in the jury? β
This answer is very straightforward, even a little domineering.
Sister Du glanced at Ji Ming several times unexpectedly, Ji Ming has always been relatively gentle, even more sleek, and rarely has such a sharp edge, so it is obviously about performance, and his attitude will be different.
"Maybe, maybe it's not just acting, it's professional. β
"And what do you think of the sleek evaluation?"
"I think it's just, there's no need to be particularly sleepy, ha, it's just a drain of energy, if you feel unhappy, most of the time you ignore it, and then do what you're willing to do, spend your time and energy dealing with these contradictions, it's a bit of a waste - so I can't actually say it's tactful, it's not that I have any objection to the word, but- Hey, you should actually feel it, hahaha, because I don't usually accept too many interviews, and if it's tactful, the media can't offend, so I won't do that.
So I just think that if you are gentle, others will be gentle, then this state is satisfying, you think about me, I think about you, if there is indeed a contradiction, then discuss it. If it does fit, then go a little closer. It's a personal choice, different people have different ideas. β
The eldest sister nodded, and really felt that this young man had a characteristic that transcended his age, neither old nor tender, and had his own rhythm.
"After winning the award, what are your expectations or worries?"
"It's a happy thing, but what should I do when I go back to China, go to class, rehearse, take jobs, haha. β
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In the broadcast version of the one-eyed wave, Sister Du also has a summary narration:
During the whole interview, he would smile happily from time to time, and it could be seen that he was in a good mood, as he himself said, it was a happy thing to win the award. But you really can't see the impetuousness of this young actor who has just won the award, or some uncontrollable anger - he is still very stable and very gentle, and it seems that he is really just in a good mood today.
It is worth mentioning that in the two hours of our interview, there were about seven waves of fans who came up to take a group photo, only two teams were Chinese, the other three waves were Italians, one wave was French, and one wave was German - Ji Ming's INS grew by 1.2 million fans during Cannes, most of them were Europeans, and in many comments, relatively speaking, you can see that the proportion of Chinese or Chinese English is very low.
This account was opened after being shortlisted for Cannes, that is to say, it has only been less than a month, and 2 million followers is already an astronomical number compared to many domestic first-line stars, especially those who have not developed overseas. After all, his red carpet photos were like fish in water on INS, and this social platform with sharing pictures as its main function also warmly embraced Ji Ming.
When asked some of the most acute questions, Ji Ming showed a rare hint of domineering, which is also his confidence and persistence in his profession......
This young actor, who has not taken the usual path since his debut, seems to have begun to usher in his own journey, more affirmation, more awards, more works, more fans, and of course, there are more challenges, more temptations, a bigger world, and more ambitious goals.
But we have reason to expect him to go further and higher. β
The one-eyed wave is indeed very good.
So much so that other people's fans commented on Weibo: "One-eyed waves, you are so good to Ji Ming, is there a PY deal?"
But it seems that there is not just Ji Ming who has PY deals.
With this interview as the boundary, many media began to publish articles in a uniform manner - "Renri", "Guangming", "Xinjing", interface, surging, global...... It seems that all these unscrupulous media have been discussed.
"The beauty of the poetry Dong Township amazed Europe, "Encountering Immortals" won two awards in Cannes, and Ji Ming's performance was particularly recognized. β
"The national is the world, and Chinese films are stepping out with their heads held high!"
"After three years, I won the double award in Cannes, and Chinese films are really standing up again?"
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Ji Ming's performance was highly affirmed by the chairman of the Cannes jury. β
From these headlines, you can still see the tonality of different media. But insiders, even some outsiders, can actually see another meaning - Ji Ming is in whose eyes. Relying on Xitian and Yang Ruyi's media public relations, it is impossible for these media to cooperate so much, think about it again, he is a third-level actor of the National Theater, a starring actor in a major human art drama, and has been on CCTV to talk about the performance of "Thunderstorm" and the Chinese opera version of "The Last Emperor", and also went to the countryside to give a condolence performance, and the whole image is even more decent unlike that in the entertainment industry.
O Chosen One.
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In the last time of Ji Ming in Cannes, he was interviewed by the Franco-German Culture Channel, and the time was not long, and the content of the discussion was not much, mainly because Ji Ming could talk about nothing, nothing more than this movie and fashion, and then talk about his feelings about France and Germany - there is a small episode, probably because of the wish of "learning French", so when the host taught him to say a word in French, he learned super fast and super standard, although he didn't understand it, and he didn't master it systematically, it was a kind of painting a cat and a tiger, but he painted a tiger.
Learning German isn't particularly slippery.
shocked a lot of people, especially the French, who were obviously a little embarrassed - no matter what status Ji Ming was, at least he had a face on this than the European boss.
Fra, who helped him with the job, jokingly asked him if he was deliberately trying to please the Frenchβthinking too much.
But this episode brought a lot of help to Ji Ming afterward.
With his return to China, the trip of the Cannes Film Festival came to an end completely - in the field of public opinion of European culture and entertainment, various evaluations and crusades were in the ascendant, with the chairman of the festival, Pierre, the head of Fumao, as well as several European juries, and even the chairman of the jury, Kate, were interviewed again, of course, there were also European filmmakers and film critics who participated in it or did not participate...... With all of these people involved, the heat was even more sustained than on awards night.
Ji Ming has become one of them, or the hottest point of discussion.
blames the pork, thinking that even if he is given a double yellow actor, it is better than a special award - of course, it is better not to give anything. The special Palme d'Or of the Book of Images should not be given either.
Accusing him of regional balance, he is part of that balance.
criticized those who value Asia too much, and said bitterly that "even if they give the Palme d'Or and the actress to Asian films, they still feel dissatisfied, and think that there must be a special award so that Asian actors can also gain something in Cannes."
In the face of these controversies, Europeans can clearly find that netizens and commentators from Italy and France are defending Ji Ming alongside Chinese students and Chinese who can afford to participate.
Italy's favor for Ji Ming has been around since the opening of Cannes, and it is not surprising that Italian journalists like the curly-haired brother have more exchanges with Ji Ming, and at the same time treat him back to the Italian audience. And for the French audience, that little episode of ARTE undoubtedly played an important role - in fact, the whole world is the same, and you will be happy when a good person shows a special appreciation for your culture.
This is true in China, and it is also true in France.
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Airport.
Even if Ji Ming has said many times that he doesn't want to see such a thing as picking up the airport, this time he can't hold it back - and because the time is also very suitable, the arrival time is more than two o'clock in the afternoon, which is simply tailored for fans.
The airport has been in contact with Kida to ensure that there will be no problems.
A pair of old men and old ladies glanced not far away, behind a row of girls holding hands, the heads of the little girls were floating and heavy, and all kinds of lanterns and banners were being held.
"What's written?"
"Your eyes are spent, my eyes are good?" The old lady glanced at the old man, but still stared at it: "Oh, Ji, a red heart, what else is there?" β
"What season?
"Yes, I look at it. β
The old man didn't particularly want to know, hehe Yile: "Shouldn't it be here to pick up Xiao Ji?" β
In the distance, the crowd began to stir.
It was as if spring thunder exploded, and a thunderbolt swept across the sky, and half of the airport could hear it.
"Ji Ming!!"
Daniel Qin said
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