Everyone's eyes instantly turned to Ronan, and Robert was a little worried, this would not be handled well, and it would definitely affect the financing plan.

Fontaine stared at Ronan, a young Hollywood producer with a better understanding of the art of cinema.

If this man refutes, he will only leave a bad image of nonsense, and what does he refute, Hollywood business? Mansour and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority are not short of money!

In Fontaine's eyes, Ronan Anderson has been squeezed into the corner of the wall that he can't rush out.

Fontaine waited for Ronan to refute.

Ronan didn't seem to hear what Fontaine had just said, picked up a script in front of him, and said, "Mr. Fontaine, this is "Life in Arabia" that you wrote, I spent a few days reading it carefully, do you want to shoot this script in a realistic way?"

These words are hidden, but between the lines of the script, there is a realistic message, and Fontaine's criticism of "Ace Agent" also leaked a little bit of his own style.

Fontaine thought the same way, and replied first: "Yes, a good film must be able to truly reflect social issues. Then he asked, "How could my script end up with you?"

Ronan smiled and looked at Mansour, who said, "I want Mr. Anderson to give me some advice." ”

"He?" Fontaine's displeasure was instantly written on his face, but he swallowed back the questioning words at the thought of the identity of the gold lord of Mansour.

Then I found an explanation for myself: Mansour is not a person in the film industry, and some things may not be very particular.

Ronan asked again: "Does the film really reflect what is written in the script?"

"Of course. "Fang Danxin said that there is something wrong with you, why do you write like this if you don't shoot me like this?

Ronan said lightly: "The fifth scene, the ninth scene, the eleventh to the fifteenth scene of the script, and the final ending, all the plots involving the heroine as a commoner and an ordinary person, are all telling about the unfairness of society, the difficulties of ordinary life, and even the misfortune caused by faith and social problems. ”

He deliberately asked, "Is that so, Director Fontaine?"

Fontaine said with some pride: "I make realistic films, and I have to reflect the current social issues. ”

Ronan asked again, "The heroine's life background is in Abu Dhabi, right?"

Fontaine was a little impatient, did this man understand movies, and patiently replied, "It's in Abu Dhabi." ”

Everyone was a little confused and didn't understand what Ronan meant.

Ronan went on to ask, "You're going to take this film to an international film festival?"

"The plan is for the Cannes Film Festival, and Berlin and Venice are also possible. Fontaine was really a little angry this time: "I don't understand the point of you asking these questions. ”

Ronan didn't answer Fontaine's words, but looked at Mansour and said very seriously: "Mr. Minister, this director Fontaine claims to be an Arab brother, but in fact, he is no different from those film practitioners in the West who smear Arabs. Oh, there's a little difference, he does it more covertly. ”

Fontaine's eyes widened and he looked at Ronan in disbelief: "How can you slander people?"

"What do you mean by that?" Mansour was also a little surprised: "I've also read the script, but I haven't seen anything about it. ”

"You're slandering the director and the art of film. Fontaine said again.

Mansour glanced at him, and Fontaine shut his mouth.

"I need an explanation. Mansour said.

Robert looked at Ronan worriedly, how could he say this kind of thing casually.

"If director Fontaine can do a good job of this film and compete in the three major film festivals. Ronan was calm, "I have no doubt that the film will win an award." ”

"Uh......" Fontaine was completely confused.

Is this a circle of praise for yourself?

Ronan said unhurriedly: "Every country has a good side and a bad side, the United States, the United Kingdom, Arabia, even Northern Europe, which has a good welfare system. ”

This is a simple truth that all middle school students understand, and no one denies it.

"Western societies have always looked at the Far East and the Middle East with tinted glasses. Ronan continued: "They turn a blind eye to the good side of most of the countries in these regions, but they desperately dig into the less good side of the propaganda, and never care if their butts are clean or not. ”

Mansour is still a politician, and this is to his heart: "That's right, please continue." ”

Ronan smiled modestly and said: "This situation is particularly obvious in the field of culture, I don't know if Mr. Minister has paid attention to it, many films that deliberately describe the not very good things in their own country always win awards at Western-dominated film festivals, because Westerners are happy to see this, and they like to see the so-called ignorant people in their mouths show their imaginary ugliness in front of the world's audience." ”

Mansour seems to understand what Ronan is saying, he just lacks knowledge about the movie, but he is not stupid.

Moreover, I have traveled to the West for many years, and I have personally experienced the prejudice and even slander of Westerners against Arab countries.

Ronan picked up the script again and said, "Why did Director Fontaine shoot in a realistic way? I want to go to the film festival again, and I still have some confidence to win the award?"

Without waiting for the French director to speak, he asked himself: "It is clear that this film sells the tears of the Arabs in exchange for the sympathy of Westerners, and Westerners also like to watch these kinds of films, because they need a bad Arab in the film to add glory to their democratic life." ”

Ronan suddenly raised his voice: "It's very promising for such a film to win the award!"

Fontaine distinguished: "My film is realistic!

Ronan didn't care about him at all: "Any country has a good side and a bad side, as far as I know, Abu Dhabi has been trying to solve the problem, why do some people have to focus on the bad side?

Mansour suddenly realized that he had felt that Fontaine's script was a bit problematic, but he couldn't figure out where the specific problem was, after all, what Fontaine wrote was also part of Arab society, not a fabrication.

Now when I hear Ronan's words, I immediately understand that this is to uncover the scars of Arab society and show them to those so-called liberal democrats.

Fontaine was in a hurry, and in a hurry, his native language came out, and a long list of the most accustomed French came out of his mouth.

Unfortunately, no one in the room could understand French.

Ronan was even more damning than Fontaine's words before: "In order to curry favor with the mainstream Western cultural circles to win the award?" He said coldly: "Exaggerating the ugliest side of the Arabs in the slander of Westerners and showing them to Westerners caters to the psychology of Westerners to scandalize Arabs, so the award is ......"

When he said this, he had a feeling that he couldn't stand himself, but for the sake of financing, he instantly suppressed it.

You can't tell a lie with your eyes open, and you still want to be a successful filmmaker?

Ronan continued: "Why do we want to shoot the dark side of society, the marginalized people, not the prosperity of Abu Dhabi, and the kindness and beauty of the Arab people? In order to cater to the distorted psychology of some people in the West, director Fontaine deliberately uses dark means to film the backward face of the country. He only knows how to show the ugliness of human nature and the backwardness of the country, but he never proposes how to improve, and he can't see the country's efforts and sweat. This not only means nothing to the Arabs, but also tarnishes the image of the country and its compatriots internationally. ”

"Well said!" Saleh agreed: "These people have bad intentions!"

Robert suddenly laughed, Ronan is really clever with this hand, he has also read that script, and it is obviously written about the difficult life of ordinary people, but he secretly changed the concept......

But if you think about it carefully, what Ronan said is very reasonable, whether it is the three major European films or the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, they often do what Ronan said.