Chapter 139: Finalist
No matter where you are, if there are only people, then there are circles. Ning Yi, the pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info was not a person in any circle before, after all, he had only made a movie, and his ability had not been certified or anything. And Mr. Ning Yi's help to him, everyone in the circle knows that many people have pantothenic acid in their hearts, they have all seen the "Where to Go" filmed by Ning Yi, and they don't think it is so special, if they come to shoot it, it may not be worse than Ning Yi's film.
In their opinion, Ning Yi just relied on having a good teacher, plus a little shit luck, and just made a film that meets the tastes of young people in the market now, if he has any real skills, these people are disdainful.
However, this time Ning Yi's film was shortlisted, and they slapped them hard, the weight of the Cannes Film Festival, needless to say, everyone knows it. And Ning Yi was able to pass safely under the discerning film review judges, which shows that he still has a few real brushes, even if he only has a nomination this time and has not won any awards, his status in the circle is different.
To put it bluntly, Ning Yi is still young, this is the second feature film he has made, and he can already go to Cannes for a walk, who knows if he will make better works in the future, young, representing infinite potential.
Not to mention that Ning Yi still has his teacher behind him, Ning Yi has a talent background, and his future path, as long as he doesn't take the initiative to die, is destined to go very smoothly. This kind of person, even if he doesn't take the initiative to please, it's good to be able to get a good relationship.
And Ning Yi didn't know anything about these changes in the country, and his teacher didn't mean to let him know. In his teacher's opinion, Ning Yi has just been shortlisted now, and it is nothing, and it is not a good thing to boost his momentum at this time.
However, Ning Yi himself is also very satisfied with this result, of course it is best to be shortlisted for the main competition unit, but Ning Yi himself does not have much desire in his heart. He is very well aware that the commerciality of his own work is limited, and in today's Cannes, which is becoming more and more commercial, it is also good to be shortlisted for a kind of attention, and those who are content can always be happy.
Ning Yi found a casual restaurant on the street and walked in, he had never eaten French food! At the moment of waiting for the food to come, Ning Yi quietly thought about his opponent this time, this time there are a total of fifteen films shortlisted for the Cannes Un Certain Regard unit, and there are many awards, but the heaviest is undoubtedly the best film, and the Jury Prize and the Best Director awards are the most important.
And although Ning Yi hasn't seen these films yet, the directors of several of these films are quite famous, and there are no vains under the fame, especially if they can be selected and shortlisted by the discerning judges, Ning Yi feels that they are all strong enemies.
But he is not bad, this is still there from the information Ning Yi, there are still a few days before the opening of Cannes, and his teacher asked him to come early just to let him know a little more before the opening of the film festival.
In addition to directors, actors and other celebrities from all over the world, there are also many internationally renowned distributors who will come, such as literary films, which are destined to perform poorly at the box office, mainly relying on overseas distribution to earn back their costs.
Therefore, before the official start of the film festival, it is very important to expand the relevant contacts, at least to leave a preliminary impression on each other, so that if the distributor of his work is satisfied by then, Ning Yi can get the news as soon as possible, and he can finalize the contract as soon as possible.
Of course, Ning Yi will not let go of the good thing that can recover the cost, although his teacher can't come in person, but he still asks Jia Zhangke to take care of Ning Yi. Jia Zhangke still respects this elder who has helped him a lot, not to mention that the old man just proposed such a thing that was completely convenient for him.
So Jia Zhangke, who learned about Ning Yi's contact information from the old man, had already talked to Ning Yi on the phone, and the two of them agreed to wait for Jia Zhangke to come over in two days, and Ning Yi would follow Jia Zhangke to participate in some banquets.
Ning Yi knows the teacher's love and care, without the old man's instructions, he wants to get on the line with Jia Zhangke, I don't know when, there is nothing to repay the old man, Ning Yi can only swear in his heart that he must make many good-looking movies in the future to repay the old man's love for him and the kindness of his encounter.
But now I think about those useless, filling in the stomach is serious, the taste of French food is still good, but the process is a little cumbersome, especially the amount is very small, Ning Yi said that he can't eat at all if he has less points, and the time it takes to eat a meal is really too long.
Taeyeon's first reaction when she gets up in the morning is to look at her phone, and yesterday when she was rehearsing at the company, she received a message that Ning Yi had arrived safely. But Ning Yi was very sleepy at the time, so the text message sent was very brief, and only I got three words. This made Taeyeon secretly worried, it seems that Ning Yi is not in high spirits!
But three seconds later, Taeyeon gritted her teeth and felt that her worries were unnecessary, looking at these photos that Ning Yi sent her, the sun, the beach, and the food, it seemed that Ning Yi's life was very moist, she was really worried in vain!
Especially Ning Yi's message at the end made Taeyeon angry, she was still worried that Ning Yi would not be comfortable going there alone, that guy actually asked her, she couldn't go to such a good place, she couldn't eat such delicious things, she could only work hard, didn't she feel very unhappy?
If it's not happy, there is no way, who let her come back!Ning Yi also said that he would enjoy all this, let Taeyeon work hard, and he would enjoy Taeyeon's share together.
What was Ning Yi doing at this time? After he had taken so many photos and sent them to Taeyeon, Jia Zhangke had also arrived. So Ning Yi followed Jia Zhangke in the next few days, attending one banquet after another, and getting to know one person after another. During this period, there were naturally friends that Ning Yi felt in love with, and naturally there were strangers who Ning Yi felt very uncomfortable.
Ning Yi lay on the bed tiredly, rubbing his eyebrows, after the alcohol test in the past few days, Ning Yi felt that he was really not suitable for socializing with others. If it weren't for his teacher's hard work, Ning Yi would have returned to the hotel a long time ago, and Ning Yi was really upset when he participated in this kind of social activity.
Thankfully, that life is coming to an end today, because tomorrow Cannes will be officially opened. So today, everyone recuperated and prepared for tomorrow's opening ceremony, so that Ning Yi got a rare leisure time.
I finally have free time, it is a waste to stay in the hotel, Ning Yi, who only walked around on the first day, naturally will not lie in the hotel obediently, he is now walking on the streets of Cannes with a camera.
Cannes at night is also beautiful, different from the bustle of the day, Cannes at night exudes a romantic atmosphere unique to France. Ning Yi's first choice to go was naturally the beach, and the sea was his favorite.
Sitting on the soft sand by the sea, Ning Yi took a sip of ice juice and breathed a sigh of relief, this is right, this is life. After closing his eyes and enjoying the sea breeze for a while, Ning Yi took out his mobile phone, it should be noon in Seoul now, right!
"What are you doing?" the usual opening of the chat made the corners of Taeyeon's mouth, who was listlessly poking the nutritious meal on the plate, raise the corners of his mouth, and this guy was finally willing to send himself a message.
Except for the photos that Ning Yi sent her a few days ago in order to be angry, Taeyeon never received Ning Yi's message again, which made Taeyeon quite unaccustomed, she always felt that without Ning Yi's text message company, it seemed that something was missing in her life, and habit was really terrifying!
"Dinner!" Taeyeon looked at the food on the table with disgust.
"What to eat?"
"Nutritious meal!"
"It's so poor!! "Nutritious meals" sound like they won't taste very good.