On the afternoon of the second day after arriving in France, Ronan attended the opening ceremony of the 57th Cannes Film Festival with the crew of "When Happiness Knocks on the Door".

As one of the world's three major art film festivals, the red carpet of the opening ceremony is as attractive to the stars, and the red carpet in front of the Lumière Hall is really full of heroes.

No, maybe it's better to describe it as a group of demons.

Needless to say, the normally invited guests and the main creators of the competition unit films, these people walked on the red carpet as a matter of course.

But after the Cannes Film Festival turned around in the early 80s, the business atmosphere became stronger and the sponsors increased, so the red carpet ceremony set aside a large number of places each year for sponsors and their ambassadors.

This is understandable, after all, sponsors spend a lot of real money on the festival.

Even at an art film festival like Cannes, there is still a drama everywhere that money is the uncle.

Therefore, in addition to the guests invited by the sponsors, there are also many people who spend money to buy red carpet tickets.

It's not expensive, tens of thousands of euros can walk the opening red carpet of the Cannes Film Festival.

Some films premiere on the red carpet during the festival and even cost only a few thousand euros.

The other side of the Pacific has not yet really realized the role of the Cannes red carpet, but there are already an endless stream of people in the Western entertainment industry who rub the red carpet.

For example, Ronan has seen a lot of blanket stars from Australia, New Zealand, Eastern Europe and Latin America.

These people are very recognizable, not because they are unfamiliar faces, but because they bring their own cameramen.

Media reporters basically don't pay attention to this group of people, but this group of people spend a lot of money on the red carpet, so they naturally want to publicize the effect, so they simply bring their own cameramen on the stage.

The blankets are always surrounded by one or two cameramen.

And the photo taken is absolutely outstanding, making people who don't know the situation seem to think that the person in the photo is the center point of the red carpet.

This is one of the biggest features.

Another characteristic is that after walking on the red carpet, he refuses to leave.

After all, it costs a lot of money, the opportunity is rare, and if you don't spend dozens of minutes on the red carpet, how can you recover your investment?

Ronan followed Will Smith up the long steps of Lumière Hall as security personnel were chasing away a small star from Brazil, who had been in front of the steps for almost an hour and couldn't get away.

When the beautiful photos of this person walking the red carpet are sent back to Brazil, people who don't know the inside story will naturally think that her influence has gone abroad and become an international ......

Nowadays, there are more and more strange things happening at the Festival de Cannes.

Ronan walked up the long steps, happened to see the media area in front of Lumière Hall for a while, and stopped to take a look twice, only to realize that there was an entertainment reporter whose rhythm was broken, taking advantage of some actresses to take pictures, and directly got under her skirt.

Compared to the Cannes Film Festival, the red carpet of the Oscars is really child-level.

Because the little stars are making a lot of noise on the red carpet, the big stars are also unambiguous.

Many people are slamming the starlet's behavior on the red carpet of the film festival, but they don't know that this is on par with the big stars.

Sophie Marceau, the love of French men and the world-famous Sophie Marceau, appeared on the stage, and then when shooting in the photo area in front of the steps, Aunt Sophie didn't know if intentionally or unintentionally, the shoulder strap on one side of the sundress slipped off, and half of her chest appeared gorgeously in front of many camera lenses.

Although everyone is used to seeing Aunt Sophie's body in the movie, this moment is still a sensation......

At this moment, it is estimated that countless blanket stars are shouting in their hearts: You are a world-class movie star, a famous artist, you can not care about the discipline of the Bo position, why can't we rub the red carpet? You Aunt Sophie leaked a bear is a beautiful talk, why is the red carpet a scandal? Just because we are not as beautiful as you? A group of eyeball animals who only look at their appearance!

If you look beautiful, you can do whatever you want?

"Do you see clearly?" Will Smith asked suddenly.

Ronan didn't answer, but asked, "Do you see clearly?"

Will Smith looked regretful: "No! I knew we would be in the media area a little longer! That's Sophie Marceau, my dream girl." ”

"Go ahead. Ronan directly encouraged: "Take out your courage to face the Williams sisters, and chase boldly with confidence." Will, with your charm, with Sophie Marceau's openness, it is not difficult to kiss Fangze. ”

Will Smith touched his ears and said, "I'll try it another day." ”

Ronan walked forward, and suddenly remembered a report about the Cannes Film Festival that he had read: Why is there always Sophie Marceau walking on the red carpet?

Why? The answer is obvious.

Exposed bottom, leaky bear......

Sophie Marceau's skills in this regard are similar to the big sister who used to drink milk in Hollywood.

It can only be said that Sophie Marceau is the goddess of the wind.

Sophie Marceau is one of the few women who conforms to the aesthetics of most people in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas.

This is the Cannes Film Festival, where the fusion of glitz, glamour and controversy is always in its style.

Ronan arrives at the door of Lumière Hall and sees a familiar face, this time the chairman of the jury is Quentin Tarantino, a talented director from Hollywood.

"Hello, Quentin. Ronan went over and shook his hand: "I didn't expect us to meet here." ”

Quentin Tarantino smiled and said, "It's a pleasure to meet you, Ronan. ”

"Your last year's Kill Bill was impressive. Ronan never forgot to dig into the wall: "Quentin, when can we work together on a movie?"

Quentin Tarantino could only vaguely say, "There will be opportunities later." ”

Ronan nodded and said, "I'm looking forward to Kill Bill 2." ”

In fact, for people who are used to watching kung fu movies and martial arts movies, "Kill Bill" may not be very exciting, but Uma Thurman, a beautiful woman with long legs, plays kung fu routines with a sense of novelty.

"Kill Bill" was not very high at the box office, but the offline market responded well.

Having said that, Quentin Tarantino's films have never been very stellar at the box office.

The jury also included Tilda Swinton from Hollywood, but Ronan didn't know her and wasn't interested in greeting her.

Entering the Lumière Hall, Ronan encounters several unexpected people.

"Good afternoon, Ronan. Keylor Navas from Lionsgate walked over, followed by two people: "You are familiar with these two, so you don't need me to introduce them, right?"

Ronan saw the man in the white hat and the middle-aged director, and went over to chat a few words, and in any case, the two sides had a happy cooperation.

Of course, whether the other party is pleasant or not, Ronan is not clear, but Relativity Entertainment is very satisfied with that cooperation.

After chatting for a few words, Miss Lizao and Mr. Liu, who was the leading actor, also came over, and Ronan also said a few polite words to them.

These people were in Cannes to expand their network and soon went elsewhere.

Navas didn't go.

"We're old friends now. Navas suddenly said: "Why don't you cooperate with Lionsgate Pictures when you spin off the business of Artisan Pictures? Ronan, you forgot that "Human Erasure Project" was a big hit by Lionsgate. ”

Ronan smiled and said, "I've always been very grateful to Lionsgate for helping Shahai Entertainment, but Spielberg has also helped me so much that I can't turn down an elder." ”

Navas was momentarily speechless, who in Hollywood didn't know that Spielberg didn't like Ronan Anderson.

But it's been a long time, and the distribution business of Artisan Pictures has long fallen into the pocket of DreamWorks, so Navas didn't continue to entangle, and said, "Ronan, you came here this time, do you have a good movie?"

Ronan shook his head: "When Happiness Knocks on the Door produced by Shahai Entertainment participated in the competition unit, and I came to cheer for Will Smith." ”

"I know this film. Navas asked, "When will it premiere?"

"Next Wednesday, there's a small premiere that you are welcome to attend," Ronan said. ”

Navas smiled and said, "I will definitely go to the show when I have time." He also invited Ronan: "You are old friends with those two Mr. Zhang from the East, Lionsgate is going to release their new film "Ten Faces of Haze" in North America, this Cannes Film Festival, "Ten Faces of Haze" has entered the screening link, and it will premiere tomorrow, on behalf of Lionsgate, I invite you to participate." ”

Ronan thought for a moment and said, "I should have time." ”

Navas is confident: "You're welcome, it's a masterpiece that's even better than 'Hero'. ”

Ronan shook his hand: "Congratulations to Lionsgate for getting the North American rights." ”

At that time, Erzhang held a North American copyright auction for "Ten Faces of Haze" in Hollywood, and Ronan also participated, once bidding for $5 million, but the box office success of "Hero" made Erzhang's new work a hit, and Lionsgate finally killed the audience with a copyright fee of $20 million and became the North American distributor of "Ten Faces of Haze".

As for whether the investment can be recovered, no one can say for sure.

Ronan remembers very well that "Hero" was the second best film at the box office and commercial record in North America.

Bidding farewell to Navas, Ronan took a briefing from this year's Cannes Film Festival, in which he was not very interested in the opening film "Bad Education", and once again looked at the list of films participating in this year's Cannes Film Festival while the film had not yet been screened.

This is not only the films that participated in the competition section and the screening section, but also the names of many films that entered the trade fair.

As in previous editions of the Cannes Film Festival, most of the film names on the briefing were very unfamiliar to Ronan, but Ronan also saw a few familiar names.

For example, South Korean director Park Chan-wook's "Old Boy", King of Sunglasses' "2046", the Coen Brothers' "Old Woman Killer", and the island country animation "Ghost in the Shell 2".

And Michael Moore's documentary Fahrenheit 911!

Seeing "Fahrenheit 911" and Michael Moore's name, and then thinking of Quentin Tarantino, the chairman of the jury who met outside Lumière Hall, Ronan instantly woke up to the fact that "Fahrenheit 911" once won the Palme d'Or this year!