After listening to Blair's words, Zhang Chuwei suddenly jumped to the song "Chinese Words" that he handed over to Shonan Satellite TV.

I don't know if the song has been recorded, if it is not adopted by the Chinese Bridge program team, then return it and give it to others.

It's not an option!

The goal of learning Chinese all over the world is a bit far away, and this culture has always been closely related to comprehensive national strength.

Only when a country is strong enough will its culture be accepted and learned by people from other countries.

Although Zhang Chu has written several works, he is not arrogant enough to think that he can promote the globalization of Chinese, which is not something that two people can do!

"Hey, what do you think?" said Blair, raising his voice.

Zhang Chu, who came back to his senses, looked at him a little blankly: "What? I didn't hear it clearly just now." ”

Blair was not dissatisfied, repeating: "Zhou has entrusted you to me, and he needs to discuss the screening with a Chinese film company." ”

This afternoon, "Farewell My Concubine" will be screened as the opening film of the Cannes Film Festival, in addition to this, Yida Pictures' "Ghost Blows the Lantern: The Essence of the Ancient City" will also open in the evening, and distributors in Europe, the United States and other places have received invitations.

Zhou Kang went to be busy with the "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" viewing party, and he needed to help Zhang Chu determine the itinerary and the link to go on stage.

"I hope our signing session won't be too deserted, do you have any contingency measures or something? Zhang Chu jokingly said that he really didn't have much confidence in Cannes.

There are very few locals on this small island, most of them are fans of the Cannes Film Festival staff, film industry professionals, actors, media workers, film lovers and some celebrities, and there are not too many people who like to watch Zhang Chu's works.

If it is a book like "The Da Vinci Code", which has been famous for a long time, the readers should be considerable.

However, "The Lord of the Rings" is unknown, and no one knows what this book is about!

It has no readers, and can only rely on Zhang Chu's popularity.

Therefore, Random House printed words such as "The Da Vinci Code", "Sherlock", "Life of Pi", "Fantasy Masterpiece" and other words on the promotion, and tried to say the previous works as much as possible, so that readers would be conscious.

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Cannes at 9 a.m. already looks noisy, with coolly dressed pedestrians looking like they're snapping fashion magazines.

There were already a lot of people gathered before the signing meeting, but most of them were East Asians with black hair and black eyes!

"Lao Wang, you should be shopping in Cannes so early, in case you meet a celebrity. ”

Xue Huiji, who had a camera around his neck, was a little dissatisfied, and both of them were reporters for "Watching Movies" magazine.

Every year, they send first-hand news from Cannes to China, such as the perception of a certain movie, evaluations, house magazine ratings, on-site interesting facts, and so on.

This year, because "Farewell My Concubine", which was shortlisted for the main competition unit, is regarded as a hot seed, there are many domestic journalists and media.

They belong to the kind of people who don't look down and don't look up at China, and after going abroad, they naturally hold each other together and share some news from time to time.

The red carpet of the opening ceremony was only held in the afternoon, and there were generally not many celebrities coming out in the morning, and it was a little hard for everyone to come by plane.

Wang Bo pointed to the booth in front of him and said, "Do you know what you're doing in front? That's the signing of Zhang Chu's "Lord of the Rings"!"

"He has a new book? He actually came to Cannes for book signings, is he really a master of the arts, and he is not afraid that no one will buy the book?"

If Xue Huiji hadn't heard of the name Zhang Chu, then he could be expelled from the media circle.

It's just that he focuses on movies, and he doesn't know when Zhang Chu will release his new book.

"Of course don't worry, so many people, it's really a bit powerful!"

Wang Bo took out his camera and took a few long shots, and then walked forward, he planned to shoot closer, and listen to what these people were talking about by the way.

If he could, he would also like to buy a book to sign autographs, which is much better than buying any souvenirs!

It's no longer new to come to Cannes every year, but buy a new signed book and give it to your son, and that kid will definitely go crazy with joy.

It's just that Wang Bo is worried that there is no Chinese version here, if it is all English, does his son have the heart to read it?

After Xue Huiji was reminded like this, he also found himself asking a fool's question.

The confidence to come to the Cannes Film Festival for a book launch is completely an invasion of the literary circle into the field of the film industry, and only those who have a balance on both sides can do this.

"It's incredible, he must have been the first to come to Cannes for a book signing, right? ”

For the same thing, if you add a different title to it, there will be a big difference in the number of clicks, otherwise there would not be so many title parties.

"Zhang Chu's Cannes Signing Meeting is Hot" and "The First Time in History! Zhang Chu Won Another Record at the Cannes Film Festival!"

It is self-evident which of these two news headlines can attract clicks from netizens.

Although "Watching Movies" is a magazine mainly for movies, their official Weibo blog doesn't mind rubbing off on Zhang Chu's popularity to complete KPIs.

Zhang Chu's name is world-famous, and in the morning when the big stars didn't appear, the "Lord of the Rings" signing party attracted more reporters than readers!

As the time approaches, more and more passers-by are curious about what is going on over there.

They just saw a lot of people and wanted to go over and join in the fun.

It is the nature of the whole human race to watch the excitement, and it is not unique to a certain nation.

"Why haven't you come out yet?"

"What are you looking at, what's going on over there?"

"It looks like they're waiting for someone, maybe a big star. ”

"Let's go over and have a look. ”

"I see! This is a book signing for a writer I've heard of!"

"What did he write? I don't think I've seen his work. ”

"Have you forgotten the copy of The Da Vinci Code I gave you at Christmas?

"No, what's his new book, let's go get in line!"

Jessica and her boyfriend Howard are specially visiting Cannes, both of them are art film lovers, and they will go to the European continent for half a month after the Cannes Film Festival.

I didn't want to spend a good time in a hotel, so I took a lot of photos on the beach of Cannes in the morning sun.

Now Jessica is still standing barefoot on the street in a white dress, pulling her boyfriend to wait in line for the signing.

Originally, Blair thought that there were about 100 people at the beginning, but now it seems that there are at least 300 people at the scene, and there are many onlookers in the distance.

The group hated that the line was too long, and planned to come back when there were fewer people.

Of course, Zhang Chu's signing party has to be more formal, he tidied up his white shirt, and he can see from the front camera of his mobile phone that he is full of juvenile feeling, which is not bad compared to the young idols of the British one-way band who are obsessed with girls around the world!

After enough narcissism, he walked out of the hotel gate and walked to the signing area dozens of meters away, accompanied by bodyguards.

Perhaps it was the impact of different races, Zhang Chu felt that these two or three hundred people were like thousands of troops.

Readers raised their phones and started taking pictures, and those reporters didn't forget that the old bank was taking pictures one after another.

It doesn't matter if you don't have a microphone, Zhang Chu said in English with full anger: "Hello, everyone, thank you for your willingness to sacrifice your rest time to participate in the signing of the new book "The Lord of the Rings", I hope you can enjoy this work." ”

He didn't say much, but sat down quickly, or else the autograph session might have lasted until noon.

These readers are very enthusiastic, some of them are calling Zhang Chu's name in a straight voice, and some are vague but extremely high-pitched.

The first in line was a middle-aged man with a bag on his back, and he had already paid for the book in the temporary bookstore of Random House next to it, otherwise he wouldn't be in front of it!

"I especially like your book, although this is the English version, I will buy another Chinese version when I return to China." ”

The uncle looked excited, and took a selfie with Zhang Chu with his mobile phone as he spoke.

After signing his Chinese name, Zhang Chu raised his head and took a photo with this uncle, although he did not like to take selfies, but the readers' requests were still tried to meet them, so as not to wait in vain.

In the winding procession, Wang Bo sent the photos he had just taken back to China with his mobile phone, which is the benefit of increasingly developed communications.

They haven't gotten the autograph yet, and the official Weibo of the movie has released this set of photos!

Everyone knows that today is the opening time of the Cannes Film Festival, and many people are waiting for the red carpet looks of various stars and the first media reviews of "Farewell My Concubine".

But I didn't expect the first report sent back from France to be Zhang Chu's signing meeting!

[On the afternoon of May 8, local time, Chinese writer Zhang Chu appeared in Cannes, France with the English version of his new book "The Lord of the Rings", and hundreds of readers were eagerly awaiting......]

Not only "Watching the Movie", but also the rest of the media were also present!

Reporters from Xinlang Movie, Xinlang Entertainment, Phoenix.com, Tencent Video and CCTV-Movie Channel all took pictures.

Even Sohu Fashion, Phoenix Fashion and other columns also aimed at Zhang Chu's dress, and stripped off the shirt, pants, shoes, watches and hairstyles he was wearing.

It's just a set of celebrities applied to a writer!

At this time, it was already past 5 o'clock in the afternoon in Yanjing, and the General Administration of Press and Publication had already updated the accurate figures for yesterday's book sales at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

The book sales on May 7 were originally unremarkable, but Zhang Chu's new book, The Lord of the Rings, was sneaked away from different bookstores in major cities across the country.

As a result, everyone is concerned about how many copies it can sell in the short hours between the time it starts running away and when it is harshly criticized and warned.

There is an estimate of 35,000 copies given by a statistical agency, which is enough to rank tenth on the day's list!

So how many are there, actually?

The answer given by the General Administration of Press and Publication is 57,000 copies!

At the same time, these punishment notices for stealing bookstores were also given.

When the listing was declared and approved, it is clear that these bookstores have overstepped it.

Originally, sneaking away was a common occurrence, but the General Administration of Press and Publication almost never punished it, and they all turned a blind eye to it.

But this time the incident was a bit big, and the influence was amazing, not one or two, but large-scale sales in more than 20 cities!

As a result, chain bookstores such as CITIC Bookstore were killed and set an example!

This sneaking figure didn't cause much of a stir, because everyone was paying attention to how many people really had on the first day of "The Lord of the Rings", and that was the most important thing.

Even if they were punished, CITIC Bookstore did not remove "The Lord of the Rings" from the shelves, and they needed to sell more books to make up for the loss.

I haven't stopped the news about Zhang Chu all day today, and I don't know if those superstars can steal the attention from the red carpet to the broadcast of "Farewell My Concubine" in the evening.

"It's really bold to hold a signing session in Cannes!"

"It's not that the Raptors are not the river, Mr. Xiao Zhang is confident, and it is the same wherever he signs. ”

"I envy that group of people, not to mention being able to watch so many movies, and still get the signed book of "The Lord of the Rings"!"

"Awesome! Writers like this are the winners in life. ”

"Hahaha, brother came to the film festival, by the way, there will be a signing party, if you accidentally win another award, it would be better. ”

"I strongly request that @Nanhai Publishing Company also hold a signing meeting in China, and we can't favor one over the other!"

"Don't say anything, likes are enough. ”

"There are a lot of foreigners, and there are a lot of reporters watching videos. Is Zhang Chu so famous abroad?"

"It's not surprising that during the Cannes Film Festival, half of the ten people on the road were journalists. ”

"The Lord of the Rings is strongly recommended! I really like this book, and I need to be patient to read it slowly. ”

"Awesome people, so many people don't go to the film festival, and they slowly queue up to buy books. ”

For such news, netizens are very happy to hear it, and they can't wait to have more!

They had more or less heard about Zhang Chu's popularity overseas, but it was basically on the webpage and on the numbers, and it was not as intuitive as it is now.

Now that I see the real video, I know that what I said is true!

Zhang Chu is as sought after overseas as he is at home!

It seems that foreign readers are also discerning and have not been stupid to the home.

In fact, as a topic figure that stirred up the city, Zhang Chu also attracted much attention in Cannes!

Many company CEOs and producers have set their sights on this prolific and high-quality writer, although they don't know what the specific story of "The Lord of the Rings" is, but its adaptation value has been reflected.

"I'm sorry, but the event on my side isn't over yet, and I guess I'll make you wait a little longer. Let's talk over lunch, how about we?" Zhang Chu signed the page and apologized to Vincent, the department manager of BNP Paribas, who had been waiting for a long time.

He originally thought that the signing would end at 11 o'clock, but he didn't expect that it would continue now at 12 o'clock, and who knows how there could be so many readers on the island of Cannes!