The 53rd Festival de Cannes opens on May 14 and ends on May 25.

A day earlier, Donn and the crew arrived in Nice, France, and the next day they would drive to Cannes.

As soon as she got off the plane, she saw various reporters taking pictures everywhere, and Natalie pouted, "You can buy a plane, I hate it." ”

Tang En said: "I have already placed an order for Gulfstream, and they are renovating the interior, it is estimated that ...... It will be available in September. ”

"Huh, so fast?" Natalie blinked in surprise, "Isn't it expensive?"

"Gulfstream V, not expensive, only $40 million including the renovation cost. Donn took her little hand, ignoring the enthusiastic French journalist.

"Sure enough, it's a rich man, and $40 million isn't expensive!" Natalie wrinkled her nose stupidly, suddenly thought of something, and laughed: "It can't be the same plane as Jim Carrey, right?"

Don laughed, "yes, it's the same one!"

Jim Carrey's plane is Hollywood's biggest joke.

Mainly because of Jim Carrey's big name, all the movies he starred in had to give him a frontal close-up of his private jet, which made people laugh and cry.

Sam Mendes leaned over and lowered his voice, "Donn, I heard...... This year's judges are very beneficial to us. ”

He just won the Oscar for Best Director two months ago, and if he wins the Cannes Best Director Award again, it will undoubtedly be a legend.

Donn said quietly: "It's quite favorable, among the six judges, one is an American director, one is a British actor, and one is Luc Besson." ”

Sam Mendes nodded.

Don smiled.

He came to the Cannes Film Festival in person to win the award, and of course the public relations to the judges is indispensable.

The American on the jury is the famous director Jonathan Demmy, who has made such a classic and won the Oscar for Best Director in one fell swoop. However, with an investment of $55 million, the box office failed miserably, which directly made his status in Hollywood fall to the bottom.

When the project was first established, Don Pictures intended to ask him to be a director, but he asked for actor decision-making power and script revision rights, which was abandoned.

Now, Jonathan Demmy has reached the point where he has no films to shoot and has come to Europe to be a judge, and if Donn Pictures extends an olive branch for the second time, he will probably not refuse.

The Briton on the jury is Kristen Scott Thomas, who starred and was nominated for an Oscar. Such a Hollywood actress, as long as she has a normal IQ and is not too brain-dead, will definitely vote.

Don is a strong man who dares to argue with Disney and Fox, and Christine will definitely try to please him, not to mention that Donn's relationship with the British Gang has always been good.

Finally, there is Luc Besson.

Last year, Luc Besson launched an epic film with an investment of 70 million US dollars, but it failed miserably at the box office and word of mouth, and Luc Besson packed up and rolled back to France.

Even the actress Milla Jovovich, who is very popular and has great potential, was also abandoned by Hollywood because of her starring role.

Luc Besson is a commercial film director with a literary temperament, and the land of France is a small place, which can't accommodate him at all, and Hollywood is his goal.

It is conceivable that he must be very unwilling to leave Hollywood!

At that time, the great success was enough to prove that he was capable of making successful Hollywood commercial blockbusters.

Donne's favorite thing to do is to send charcoal in the snow!

The power of Down Pictures itself is too weak, and the directors it cooperates with are young directors such as Zack Snyder, Christopher Nolan, and Sam Mendes.

If Luc Besson and Jonathan Demmy can be wooed, it will not only be of great benefit to the Cannes Film Festival, but also to the development of Donn Pictures in the future.

The Cannes Film Festival has a total of five ordinary judges and a president, and when you win over these three people, you are basically done.

Why are the three major European film festivals declining?

Why did the authority of the Oscars shock the world?

Leave everything else, the judging system speaks for itself. There are five or six thousand judges for the Oscars, and the selection mechanism adopts the same "ranking and reselection system" as the American election.

But what the hell are the three major European film festivals? Several judges sit together and discuss blindly, and the human factor has a large component, and the role of public relations is very obvious.

Especially when filmmakers all over the world are currying favor with Hollywood, basically Hollywood's participating films will not go home empty-handed.

"Nat, I've made an appointment with Mr. Luc Besson for the evening, will you come with me?" asked Donn softly.

Natalie shook her head, "Forget it, I'm tired. ”

Tang En was surprised, "Aren't you on a good relationship?"

"That's good, but ...... If you meet and talk about old days, I'll definitely go. If yes...... work, how embarrassing I went. Natalie said lightly.

Don laughed dumbly.

This Natalie is really clever and smart.

……

Luc Besson is having a hard time now, he was originally a literary director, a traditional French director.

But after the shooting, he was unanimously criticized by French critics, who thought that he was surrendering to Hollywood.

In the past, Luc Besson could still use the box office to justify himself, but with the fiasco, he lost even the last fig leaf, and wore a big hat of an international director, but he was despised everywhere in France.

So as soon as he received Donn's invitation, he rushed from Cannes to Nice and waited early.

Because of Don Walker's name, it's so hot!

Not only did he succeed in directing two blockbuster commercial blockbusters, but in fact, French culture has always disdained it.

What caused a stir in France was Donn's move on the NASDAQ, and now the overwhelming publicity.

The god of stocks in the new era!

Tang En's operations in the stock market directly became the top 100 richest people in the world within a few months, which is enough to shock everyone.

Including Luc Besson, who met Don with respect from the heart.

is not only his position in the film industry, but also the huge wealth behind him.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Besson, to ask you out so late. Don warmly stood up and shook hands.

Luc Besson's English is very good, "You are so polite, Director Walker, your legendary story has been spread all over France!"

Don laughed, "I'm afraid it's a scandal, right?"

Luc Besson immediately said, "How so? You are now the idol of all young people in France! Our government is also actively promoting your patriotic behavior." ”

"Huh?"

This surprised Donn.

Luc Besson paused, "You know, France has a very high tax rate, in short, it is higher than that of the United States. Many rich people have emigrated, and the country will take you as a model and ask everyone to be a patriot who actively pays taxes. ”

Donn sweated violently.

A patriot who is still actively paying taxes, that is, he was deceived in the first place, who wants to hand over his money to the state in vain?

Thankfully, it was self-defeating, and it fulfilled his reputation.

Not only in the United States, but also in Europe, where taxes are heavy, Donne's "patriotic move" has a generally greater impact.

Tang En waved his hand, he was not interested in this topic, and took the initiative to speak, "I saw you this time, mainly in movies." Do you have any plans for the near future?"

Luc Besson sighed, "You know,...... I'm planning to start a film company, and I've got a name in mind, Europa Pictures. ”

Don frowned, "Luc...... Oh, I'm sorry, can I call you Luc? Oh, thanks. I want to tell you that starting a film company is not an easy task. ”

Luc Besson laughed: "It's not that complicated, I still have some connections in France. Especially for French literary films, the investment is only hundreds of thousands of dollars, which is not as capital as Hollywood. ”

Don was silent for a moment, then smiled, "What, are you still interested in going to Hollywood?"

Luc Besson reacted immediately.

Of course, he is not stupid, and understands that at this point in time before the opening of the Cannes Film Festival, Don En asked himself to come out, which must be related to the participating films of Don Pictures.

However, Donn's negotiation method is very ingenious, not talking about Cannes, not talking, directly talking about cooperation, which is an offer that people cannot refuse.

Luc Besson, who had just experienced a major defeat, was in dire need of a blockbuster film to prove his strength.

But big investment is not easy to pull, and Hollywood respects him again.

"Is there a project for me?" Luc Besson had already guessed what Donn meant, and his face couldn't help but be a little excited.

Tang En smiled heartily, "I have a story in my hand and want to make a movie, and I think you are the right director." ”

"Can you tell us a little bit?"

Don cleared his throat and said, "There is a couple who love and respect each other, but both keep each other's innermost secrets, and they are both legendary killers in the mercenary world. They are highly trained and skilled in killing, and the key is that they also carry out missions for two rival organizations. ”

"At one point, they were given their latest mission at the same time - to assassinate each other. The pride and work ethic of the two men escalated the assassination attempt. After a series of events, they both realize that they have been targeted for assassination, and the person they love is the opposite of each other. ”

"In the end, it must be that the couple teamed up to resolve the crisis, and defeated the killer sent by the organization, a happy ending of love and love. The couple's last name is Smith, hence the name of the movie. ”

The reason why Don chose to cooperate with Luc Besson is that, on the one hand, action movies are Luc Besson's good theme, and on the other hand, Don is very familiar with the story of this movie and is easy to use.

What's more, it's a movie released by Twentieth Century Fox, and the future is cut off first!