Chapter 302: Preparation Before Going Abroad
In May, Chen Shi and Li Yalian are going to Cannes, of course, the main actors of the entire crew are going, after all, this is a grand event and a very good publicity opportunity, how could they miss this opportunity?
The main promotion of the film starts from Cannes, and of course the actors must also find a very good publicity point, whether it is for the film itself or for the actors themselves, a trip to Cannes is a must, even if it is an obscure pawn, as long as you go to Cannes, as long as there is a media camera aimed at you, then, sooner or later, you will become famous.
You know, there is a professional term called blanket star, that is, those stars who have no masterpieces and come to the red carpet specially, why do they come to the red carpet so shamelessly? Of course, it is to be famous. Some even deliberately delayed time on the red carpet, in order to let the media take more photos of themselves, and it is strange that they are so thick-skinned.
There are even more shameless ones, directly falling down, or even deliberately walking away, all kinds of means emerge in endlessly, therefore, every time during the film festival, there will always be all kinds of strange news coming out, at that time, don't be surprised, it is the news deliberately created by the stars.
Actors in the age of innocence are afraid of reporters tracking and reporting, but in the era of pan-entertainment, actors use all kinds of means in order to become famous, just to win a gimmick, just to make news headlines, it can be said that they spare no effort, and they use every effort to use and use, which makes you stunned and unbelievable.
Chen Shi just said hello to the leading actors, everyone agreed, Chen Shi will not favor one over the other, as long as the actors participating in this movie, whether you are the protagonist or the dragon, as long as the people on the road, he will invite them to go together, of course, the extras who appear in the background are not in this case.
Contact the crew, let Xiao Gao be responsible for leading the team, and then go through the procedures for going abroad, visas and passports, all of which are indispensable, and of course, preparations before going abroad.
The crew went together, of course, the cost was paid by the crew, which was also counted as part of the publicity, therefore, Chen Shi did not interfere at all, and let Xiao Gao be responsible, after all, he is the general manager of the company, this is also the company's first movie, who will be responsible if he is not responsible?
Chen Shike is a hands-off shopkeeper who doesn't care about things at all, therefore, Xiao Gao works hard, he has no opinion on this, and he doesn't dare to have any opinions, because running errands for the boss is of course the most basic requirement for every employee, if this thing is not done well, then he doesn't want to continue to work.
Li Yalian was very excited, and asked Chen Shidao all day and night: "I go abroad for the first time, do I have anything to prepare?"
Chen Shi smiled bitterly and said, "It's the first time for me too, who knows?"
Li Yalian couldn't help but ask: "In addition to air tickets, visas and passports, what do you need to prepare? Do you want to learn a few words of English?"
Chen Shi laughed and said, "Wait until you pass the fifth level of English before you go out! At that time, I estimate that you will no longer be able to walk, or you will know that your gray hair is gray, and your English will not be able to pass the fifth level." ”
Li Yalian was slightly angry, and said angrily: "Who said that? I want to learn English, and I'll let you see it when I pass the fifth level, let's see." ”
Chen Shi knows that Li Yalian will never learn English, if she learns English very well, it is estimated that she is now in college, and she will not go out to work, although her family conditions are not very good, but the most important thing for her to work is to feel disappointed, and she has no confidence in the future of studying, because her English is so poor, she really has no talent for learning languages, but has a certain interest in her own language, therefore, her grades in Chinese are good, but in English, she can be described as a mess.
While angry, she counted with her fingers and said: "Do you want to check in your luggage? You need to go to the airport to ask, where should I go after entering the country? Do you want to understand the local culture and customs? Will it inadvertently offend the customs of the locals, causing unnecessary conflicts and troubles? And what are the prohibited items? You must understand, otherwise, if you accidentally bring prohibited items, it will be regarded as * and it will be over." ”
Chen Shi comforted: "Don't care, everything is arranged by Xiao Gao, we are responsible for taking the plane, someone will be responsible after arriving at the airport, Xiao Gao has already contacted the translator, there is a translator as a tour guide, we will definitely have a good time in Cannes, besides, you are not going alone, what are you afraid of? We are a crew." ”
Li Yalian said: "Speaking of the crew, I suddenly thought, what award is our film shortlisted for?"
Chen Shi thought for a while and said: "It seems to be a kind of attention unit, and I don't know what the award is?" Anyway, I don't have any hope of winning the award, let's just go to sell films, just to promote, Cannes is a good place, let's go have a good time by the way, I heard that there are beaches, beautiful women, sunshine, let's go swimming, surfing, sunbathing, how about it?"
Li Yalian's eyes suddenly widened and asked, "What do you say?"
Chen Shi didn't know why, and said, "Sunshine, beach." ”
Li Yalian continued to ask, "What else?"
Chen Shi blurted out and said, "Beauty." ”
Li Yalian suddenly grabbed his ear and asked, "What did you say?"
"Beautiful ......?" At this time, Chen Shi suddenly found his mistake, the last female character couldn't be said, he dragged the beautiful word for a long time, and then popped out a sentence: "It's nothing?"
Li Yalian didn't let go, and asked: "You like to see beautiful women very much, don't you? Don't think I didn't hear it, I already saw that something was wrong with you, it turned out that I went to Cannes to see beautiful women? I still want to watch it on the beach, what do I see? Look at their appearance without pants? Look at people's long legs or big breasts?"
Chen Shi was embarrassed and said: "No, I'm just used to it, and I said it when I talked about it, when did I go to the beach to see it? Didn't I think of this when I said Cannes? ”
Li Yalian let go of her hand with a little satisfaction, and snorted: "Even if you know each other, but what you said may not be true, this time abroad, I want to take a good look at you, see if you will be tempted in the face of temptation/confusion, and see if your eyes will stare at other people's legs." ”
Chen Shi hurriedly explained and said: "No, don't worry, you are by my side, how can I have that guts?" ”
Li Yalian suddenly asked again: "Then what if I'm not by your side?
Reasoning with a woman is definitely one of the hardest things in the world, no man can speak more than a woman, and absolutely no man can imagine what a woman will look like when she raises the bar, and people who have not experienced it, no matter how rich your imagination is, will definitely only think of one percent of it.
At this time, when Li Yalian is raising the bar, if she is a smarter man, she will definitely not talk back, she will definitely follow her wishes, talk and laugh, and then when she forgets about it, it will be considered in the past.
Chen Shi justified a few words at the beginning, and finally he found that it was wrong to go on like this, so he quickly changed his strategy, no matter what Li Yalian said was right, he would never and would not dare to refute it, so he followed her wishes, but after ten minutes, Li Yalian smiled and forgot about this matter for a while.
It is only now that Chen Shi can be regarded as a breath of relief in his heart, and it can be regarded as a sunny day after the rain.
After the storm, the weather is of course very good, and the air is of course very fresh. Therefore, Li Yalian was also in a good mood, did not find faults, and discussed a lot of things with Chen Shi about going to Cannes, of course, they also prepared their luggage.
It's only a few days to go to Cannes, so they don't have to prepare too much luggage, they are not the actors who don't need to contact the fashion industry, they don't need to find sponsorship, their dresses are very simple, Chen Shi wears a suit, Li Yalian wears a white shirt and skirt, they go as directors, and naturally they won't overshadow the actors.
Except for a few changes of clothes, they had almost no other luggage, which was very simple and convenient.
Chen Shi estimated that their luggage did not need to be checked, and this little thing could be carried with them.
Of course, you can't do without money, but also to exchange for foreign currency, and now the exchange of foreign RMB is not expected to be as convenient as in later generations, therefore, you need to exchange it in the country first, and both euros and dollars need a little.
When everything is ready, it will not be far from departure, Xiao Gao has already handled all the visas and passports, because they are one, therefore, the visas and passports of all the crew members are handled in a unified manner, of course, it is faster to be unified.
Xiao Gao personally sent the visas and passports of the two of them, for this reason, Chen Shi left Xiao Gao to have a meal, and Li Yalian cooked it herself, which can be regarded as touching Xiao Gao.
When sending Xiao Gao away, Chen Shi asked Xiao Gao to come and go with them when he left, and then everyone met at the airport, no one was late, no one was left behind, Xiao Gao nodded and agreed, saying that he would go down and notify them one by one, so that everyone could meet.
Of course, the air tickets are booked uniformly, and they all need to be Xiaogao, if they don't converge, others will naturally not be able to get on the plane and go abroad, because until now, most of the passports and visas are in Xiaogao's hands.
Before leaving, Xiao Gao asked Chen Shidao: "Many media found me and said that they wanted to interview you, but I refused. ”
Chen Shi shook his head and said: "Don't worry about this first, wait until the film festival is over, at this time, the more mysterious the better, those media, the favorite thing to do is to spy on other people's secrets, let them explore it, this kind of publicity effect is much better than we find the door ourselves." ”
Xiao Gao said: "Then forget it, I'll go back and refuse those media people, and we'll see you at the airport." ”