Taxis are racing all the way to Chinatown in fifteen minutes. But Zhang Ran would rather arrive later, he spent these fifteen minutes in a state of staggering, leaning forward and backwards, which was more exciting than a roller coaster.

What's even more odious is that when Zhang Ran shouted "slow down" in English, the driver pretended to be blind and shouted: "What are you talking about, I don't speak English well and can't understand!"

Zhang Ran opened the car door and fled from the car with a rolling belt, his face was pale and his feet were weak. He took out a bill and handed it through the window, glared fiercely at the driver, who didn't care about the customer's feelings, and said, "Damn, Luc Besson didn't ask you to shoot "Taxi Express", which is a big mistake!"

"Don't you know, friend? The prototype of that movie was me, and it was in my taxi that Luc Besson wrote the script for the film. Would you like to see a picture of me and Luc Besson?"

"No need!" Zhang Ran was very speechless, and he really said!

The driver found the change, handed a business card to Zhang Ran, pointed to himself, and said, "If you have something urgent, you can find me, I drive fast!"

Zhang Ran shook his head: "I'm not Luc Besson, I won't take your car!"

The driver didn't say much, smiled and waved at Zhang Ran, and then started the car, and the wind disappeared at the end of the road.

Zhang Ran shook his head, turned his head to look at Zhang Jingchu, saw that her face was quite normal, and asked, "Are you okay?"

Zhang Jingchu shook her head with a smile and said, "I'm fine, it's the first time to ride in such a fast car, it feels very fun, but my head hurts!"

Zhang Ran smiled and said, "That's good, let's go!"

The two quickly found a Chinese restaurant, Zhang Ran picked up the menu, ordered several dishes in one go, asked for drinks, and then told the boss to serve the food quickly.

The owner of the restaurant was a chubby Xiangjiang man, and when he heard that Zhang Ran was coming to the film festival to compete, he took out a camera and took a photo with Zhang Ran.

After dinner, drive back to the hotel. Zhang Ran and the others did not go back to the room to rest, but came to the bar on the second floor of the hotel.

The bar isn't very big, it's quieter, and a middle-aged pianist plays soothing music on stage. In the dimly lit bar, there are some young women with heavy makeup walking around, they are wearing thin clothes, which completely sets off the graceful figure, slender waist, plump buttocks, very attractive eyes.

Zhang Ran once read a report that during the Cannes Film Festival, thousands of ** from all over the world will gather in Cannes, but he didn't expect the Fantasy Film Festival to be the same.

After drinking two glasses of wine, Zhang Ran was attracted by a burst of chatter, and listened carefully to the Koreans and Japanese talking about the prospects of the festival. Zhang Ran came to the film festival with a playful mentality, and he didn't pay much attention to the film festival, and he didn't know which films were shortlisted.

However, he heard from the conversations of several people that they were Park Chan-wook, the director of "I Want Revenge", Li Shiming, the director of "2009 Lost Memory", and the Japanese one was Hideo Tanaka, the director of "Midnight Bell", and the movie he was shortlisted for was "Ghost Water Monster Talk".

It follows the law of East Asian regional relations in which China-Japan friendship depends on South Korea, China-South Korea friendship depends on Japan, and Japan-South Korea friendship depends on China. Korean directors and Japanese directors sit together and chat, and the topic naturally involves Chinese films. Park Chan-wook and Hideo Tanaka have a lot of respect for Chinese films, after all, no one can ignore the artistic achievements of Chinese films.

However, Li Shiming is very disdainful: "As far as my personal aesthetic point of view is concerned, I don't like Chinese movies, they learn from Europe, which is completely a product of catering to Western tastes, I don't think those movies are interesting, let alone anything exciting, I think it's very boring." ”

Park Chan-wook shook his head and said, "If you think that those movies have gained reputation by catering to Western tastes, it would be too shallow." If you go and see the European films that have won awards at the three major film festivals, the same is true. Artists always like to show people's weaknesses and struggles, so they like to shoot stories in extreme conditions!"

Li Shiming disagreed: "My impression of Chinese films is countless nonsense, chatter, and a splicing of poverty and backwardness, so I don't think it's very good." The shortlisted "Time Prisoner" should be the same way, and it is estimated that it is a backward rural story. This kind of film may be popular when sent to other film festivals, but it is impossible to do anything at the Fantasy Film Festival, and being shortlisted is a victory, and there is no way to win an award. ”

There is a long tradition of literati being inferior to each other, but so has the fact that filmmakers have been leaning over each other, especially those well-known directors who have always been hailed as masters and are often cynical and sarcastic when commenting on their peers. Bergman is a famous troll, Antonioni, Orson Welles, Godard and other great gods have all been sprayed by him, of course, Godard is not a fuel-efficient lamp, from Hollywood's Spielberg to France's poetic realist predecessors have been sprayed by him.

Li Shiming has no feeling for China, and his "2009 Lost Memory" itself is a big-budget science fiction movie, so it is normal not to watch Zhang Ran's movie.

Zhang Ran feels that everyone has the right to express their own opinions on movies, but when you criticize other people's movies, you should at least have seen them, and you haven't seen the baseless nonsense, which is definitely an insult to the work.

If it were another director, Zhang Ran might forget it, but if he sprayed himself as the director of "2009 Lost Memory", it would be different. He didn't have a good impression of this guy, and the claim that the Northeast is the inherent territory of North Korea in the movie is definitely underdrawn.

Zhang Ran walked over with a calm face and said slowly to Li Shiming in English: "What you said is right, I also think that "Time Prisoner" has no possibility of winning awards. However, Director Li's "2009 Lost Memory" is not very good, I think it is better not to report the hope of winning the award, so as not to be disappointed. ”

Several people raised their heads in unison and looked at Zhang Ran.

Li Shiming asked, "Who are you?"

Zhang Ran said coldly: "I am the director of "Time Prisoner", my name is Zhang Ran!"

The bad words behind the scenes were heard, and the atmosphere at the scene was suddenly a little embarrassing. Li Shiming was stunned for a moment and argued forcefully: "Everyone has their own different opinions on art, and I have the right to express my own opinions." ”

Zhang Ran said lightly: "If you want to evaluate a work, you should at least have seen it, haven't you seen my movie? But I've seen your movie, and the beginning of your movie is more atmospheric, but it was consumed after the middle part, and it was replaced by endless sensationalism, lacking the power to really move people's hearts." At this point, you should learn from director Park Chan-wook, whose films are violent, but behind the violence there is a deep sympathy for the characters. ”

Park Chan-wook was stunned, after his movie "I Want Revenge" was released in South Korea, many people criticized the bloody violence of the movie, but in fact, behind the fierce violence and piercing hatred, there is his own sympathy for the characters. He couldn't help but look at Zhang Ran, and saw that Zhang Ran was only twenty-four or five years old, he was quite surprised, what a powerful young man!

Li Shiming said with a smile: "The number of viewers of my film in South Korea has reached 2.2 million, and it has been shortlisted for the competition unit of this film festival!"

Zhang Ran looked at Li Shiming and said lightly: My movie was also shortlisted, don't you also say it's rubbish! But my situation is different from yours, your movie can be shortlisted completely thanks to Kim Ki-duk's blessing, he is a judge, you have a chance to be shortlisted, otherwise where are you qualified to be shortlisted!"

Li Shiming was furious: "Nonsense, my movie can be shortlisted completely by strength!"

Zhang Ran smiled: "Strength, hehe, your film is destined to be nothing at this film festival!"

"What if I win a prize?"

"If your film wins an award at a film festival, and the award ceremony is over, I'll be running naked in front of the theater. If you hadn't won the prize, what if you ran naked in front of the theater?"

Li Shiming was stunned, he didn't expect Zhang Ran to dare to make such a bet. Who would dare to pack a ticket for winning an award at a film festival? Even Kim Ki-duk wouldn't dare to say that his film would definitely win an award, right? But if he didn't gamble, he seemed to have little confidence in his work, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.

Seeing that Li Shimin didn't speak, Zhang Ran spread his hands and said, "I knew it would be like this, you really don't have confidence in your movie." ”

Although Li Shiming was angry in his heart, he was not stupid, and retorted loudly: "Why don't we bet on your movie, if your film wins an award at the film festival, I will run naked at the door of the theater." If you don't win the prize, you'll run naked in front of the theater!"

Zhang Ran said lightly: "Don't you all say that my movies are garbage, it's normal for garbage films not to win awards." Your "2009 Lost Memory" is a movie that has attracted the attention of the entire Korean film industry, and the box office is also quite good, shouldn't it be worthy of winning the award?"

Li Shiming doesn't know what to say, can he say that his movie is not in the spotlight and the box office is not good?

Park Chan-wook and they are all human spirits, and when they saw that Zhang Ran forced Li Shimin to have no way out in a few words, their expressions became wonderful.

At this moment, the thin middle-aged man next to him, who had been silently drinking, said: "There are too many uncertain factors in winning awards, and winning awards is not a criterion for distinguishing whether a movie is good or bad." The festival has the Best Audience Award, which is voted on by the audience, and the number of votes can be seen on the official website. I don't think so, whoever has the highest number of votes will be the winner, what do you think?"

Li Shiming doesn't have much confidence in winning the award, but if the audience votes, he thinks it is not a big problem to win Zhang Ran. He wrote the script of "2009 Lost Memory" for two full years before it was released, and it took another three years to prepare for the scene, which was filmed across South Korea, Japan and China, and finally cost as much as 5 billion production costs to complete. He was quite confident in his movie, nodded and said, "I agree with Mr. Miike's opinion, whoever has the highest number of votes will be the winner, do you dare to bet?"

Zhang Ran pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, I agree!" He glanced at the thin and tall man, and remembered who this guy was, Miike Chongshi, a cult film master known for his bloody violence, "Skin Love" and "Killer Ah Yi" are all his handwritings.