On October 26, 2002, the 15th Tokyo Film Festival kicked off at the Orchid Theater in the Bunka Village in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo.

A total of 319 films from 47 countries and regions participated in the festival, and the organizing committee selected 15 shortlisted films to compete for 7 awards at the 2002 Tokyo Film Festival. Among them, there are three Chinese-language films, Zhang Ran's "Bursting Drummer", Yi Zhiyan's "Blue Gate", and "Heavenly Lovers" starring Liu Ye and Dong Jie.

Although the Tokyo Film Festival is the largest film in Asia, it does not have a lot of influence in the world, and the works of well-known directors rarely appear at the Tokyo Film Festival, and most of them are young directors who are not very famous. The same is true this time, most of the shortlisted films and directors' names have never been heard of by Zhang Ran. But there is one masterpiece among them, "City of God" by Brazilian director Fernando.

"Zhang Ran, how am I dressed like this?" Zhang Jingchu stood in front of the mirror, wearing a dress printed with light green bamboo, spun around in front of the mirror, and then asked Zhang Ran.

This is the first time Zhang Jingchu has participated in such a grand ceremony, and it is also the first time to walk the red carpet, and she is nervous and looking forward to it. Although the skirt has been tried a long time ago, and everyone who has seen it says it is beautiful, she still looks a little uneasy when she is really going to be on the red carpet.

"It's beautiful! You don't have to worry, we're all nobodies, and there are so many stars on the red carpet at the opening ceremony that not many people will pay attention to us. The premiere is our stage!" Zhang Ran circled around Zhang Jingchu and comforted with a smile.

In Zhang Ran's memory, the carpet of the Tokyo Film Festival is different from other film festivals, it is a green carpet. It is said that it is to promote the protection of the environment, so the entire carpet is made of tens of thousands of discarded plastic beverage bottles. However, the Tokyo Film Festival has not yet implemented this concept, and the carpet is still red.

However, this year marks the 15th anniversary of the Tokyo Film Festival, and the scale is unprecedented. Spielberg, Tom Cruise and other famous filmmakers have come to help, and the chairman of the jury is also the famous French director Luc Besson of "This Killer Is Not Too Cold". Therefore, on both sides of the 200-meter red carpet, not only the media from all over the world gathered, but also the fanatical fans squeezed the red carpet into three layers inside and three layers outside.

The audience is watching the end of the red carpet, looking forward to the appearance of their favorite stars, and the signs in their hands are ready to be held up at any time. The reporters at the scene are also paying attention to the end of the red carpet, and the cameras in their hands are always ready. Get ready to snap the best scenes on the red carpet.

When Zhang Ran's car slowly stopped at the entrance of the red carpet, the waiter in a suit and bow tie helped open the door, Zhang Ran got out of the car, looked around, and stood aside and waited. When Jay Chou and the three of them got out of their cars, the four of them walked on the red carpet together.

The red carpet is a stage for actresses to compete for beauty, and the men are all foils, basically playing soy sauce, and basically wearing suits. At most, a little thought is put into the decoration.

Zhang Ran and the three men are no exception, they are all suits and bow ties. It's just that Zhang Ran's suit is custom-made, which fits better than Jay Chou and Feng Yuanyi's, and looks very close. With his smile and promoted figure, the whole person looks sunny and handsome.

Zhang Jingchu wears a light-colored dress with a light green bamboo pattern, and the skirt flutters as she walks. It is like walking through a bamboo forest, and it looks very elegant.

Jay Chou just walked on. Immediately burst into cheers and cheers, Jay Chou finally appeared! Fans shouted "JAY", frantically waving the signs in their hands, trying to attract the attention of their idols.

The reporters also frantically pressed the shutter, clicking one after another, and the flashing lights kept flashing.

Zhang Ran: They were shrouded in a burst of intense flashes. But everyone keeps a smile on their face, and these smiles may be transformed into nice photos that will appear in newspapers and magazines.

Zhou Jielun waved his hand in the direction where his fans were, and immediately attracted a violent cheer, Chinese, Japanese, and English intertwined. It sounds confusing.

Zhang Ran was a little surprised, he didn't expect Jay Chou to be so popular in Japan. In fact, Jay Chou's "Fantesi" is quite popular in Japan. Although it is not particularly popular, it has accumulated a group of fans. At the same time, there were quite a few international students present, so the whole scene was very enthusiastic.

Seeing that Jay Chou is so popular, Zhang Ran is quite happy, it seems that it is right to choose Jay Chou, at least he can sell for more money.

In addition to cheering and cheering, Jay Chou's fans, especially international students, also paid attention to others.

The boys talked a lot about Zhang Jingchu, Zhang Jingchu was good-looking, wearing a beautiful skirt that perfectly integrated Chinese classical and modern fashion, which was very eye-catching on the red carpet.

And the girl was quite curious about Zhang Ran: "You say, who is the tall handsome guy next to JAY, what kind of drama has he acted in before?"

"I think it's also the starring role, I think I've seen it somewhere?"

"No, that's Director Zhang Ran!"

"Ah, isn't the director the skinny middle-aged uncle?"

"That thin middle-aged uncle is Feng Yuanyi, an actor, Zhang Ran is the director, he is also a teacher at the Peking Film Academy, in the first half of this year, his film "Time Prisoner" won the top award at the Fantasy Film Festival, this is his second film!"

"It turns out that he is the director of "Time Prisoner"!" The crowd resounded with an exclamation.

Many international students have watched this movie when they return to China during the Spring Festival and like it very much, but they don't know who the director is. Now I suddenly found that the director of the movie was in front of me, and I suddenly shouted: "Zhang Ran, Zhang Ran!"

Zhang Ran was a little surprised, he didn't expect that someone would know him, but when he heard the shouting, he knew that he was a compatriot, so he smiled and waved at everyone.

Zhou Jielun was a little surprised: "No, someone actually knows you? I didn't hear it wrong, right?"

Zhang Ran said disdainfully: "How fresh, we are also people who have won awards abroad, is it very strange for someone to know each other?"

Jay Chou "cut" and waved at the crowd next to him, causing a scream, and said proudly: "You are only a few fans, what do I have to be jealous of?"

Zhang Ran was very depressed and angry, and comparing fans with Jay Chou was humiliating. He said in a low voice: "Jielun, your fans are so enthusiastic, don't you come to two words of Japanese and say hello to them?"

Zhou Jielun said: "I won't!"

Zhang Ran smiled: "Why don't I teach you?"

Jay Chou was a little skeptical, especially when Zhang Ran had a wicked smile on his face: "Do you know Japanese?"

"Of course, you just shout at them, 'Yiku. One library' is fine, which means thank you, thank you!"

"Die, you bastard!" Jay Chou almost fainted, if it weren't for the red carpet, he would have to punch Zhang Ran twice.

This guy is so bad, if he didn't know what "Yiku" was, standing on the red carpet and shouting "Yiku, Yiku" to fans, he couldn't imagine the scene!

Zhang Jing first saw Zhou Jielun's reaction, and asked curiously: "What does one library and one library mean?"

Zhou Jielun saw Zhang Jingchu looking at him innocently. With a puzzled face, he rolled his eyes: "Ask your family Zhang Ran, it's not a good word anyway, it's very obscene!"

Hearing that it was very obscene, Zhang Jingchu also glared at Zhang Ran, this is an international occasion, can you joke?

"Jaelen, I thought a big star like you wouldn't watch that kind of thing. I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it. I didn't expect you, a teenage idol, to watch this, it's so disappointing!I don't know if you've watched Mr. Damu's film?" Zhang Ran grabbed Jay Chou's sore feet and said proudly.

"Who is that?Ahem, do you think it's appropriate to discuss this on the red carpet?"

"It doesn't matter what you have, it's what you look at. We're talking about this with an artistic eye, after the collapse of the studio system in the 70s. Many Japanese directors started by making films!" Zhang Ran shrugged his shoulders and said sternly.

The red carpet of a general film festival is only a few dozen meters, at most a hundred meters, but the red carpet of the Tokyo Film Festival is relatively long, with a full 200 meters. It's a long walk. Zhang Ran and they talked and laughed and walked forward, which seemed natural and casual, but it was more in line with the essence of walking the red carpet.

Zhang Ran was walking, and suddenly heard someone shouting "Zhang Ran, Zhang Ran, this way", the voice was quite familiar, he fixed his eyes and saw that it was Zhong Dajun, a reporter from the movie channel's "World Movie Tour" program group, and immediately walked over: "I didn't expect you to come to Tokyo too?

Zhong Dajun smiled and said to Zhang Ran: "It's not fate, this time there are three Chinese films shortlisted for the main competition unit, and the station sent us over to report." You're hopeful of winning the award this time, are you ready for your acceptance speech?"

Zhang Ran was a little surprised, his film had not been screened except for two screenings at school, how could Zhong Dajun be so confident?

Zhong Dajun said with a smile: "There are only five judges at the Tokyo Film Festival, and Li Zhiyi is the director of Xiangjiang, so if you count yourself as your own person, you basically have one vote." Park Chan-wook seems to have a good relationship with you, and his ticket may be given to you. Coupled with your directing level, you may be able to win a big award!"

Zhang Ran shook his head, how could things be so simple. Other people may vote for me, but Li Zhiyi will never vote for me. However, he did not explain: "It doesn't matter if you win the award or not, the key is that the audience likes it, so that you can sell it for more money." Of course, it's the best to win the award!"

At this moment, the Xiangjiang reporter next to him shouted: "Ouch, it's Liang Jiahui and Liu Ruoying, they are here!"

Zhang Ran turned his head and saw Liang Jiahui, Chen Guofu, and Liu Ruoying walking towards this side. Zhang Ran didn't expect to see Liang Jiahui here, so he couldn't help but be overjoyed, said hello to Zhong Dajun, and greeted him.

"Zhang Ran?" Liang Jiahui saw Zhang Ran and them coming over, with a smile on his face, and said hello.

Liang Jiahui knows a little about Zhang Ran, he knows that Zhang Ran is a young director who is relatively popular in China, and almost unanimously in the circle believes that he and Lu Chuan are the most promising of this group of young directors.

Although Liu Ruoying and Chen Guofu have never met Zhang Ran, they both know Zhang Ran, and they know Jay Chou. Seeing Zhang Ran and them coming, they all smiled and nodded, and then said hello.

Zhang Ran said hello to them, looked at Liang Jiahui, and smiled: "I didn't expect to meet you here." Seriously, I love your movies and I love your plays!"

"I've seen your Time Prisoner, and it's good. People who make commercial films tend to ignore the exploration of emotions, and you tell your story well and have a better grasp of the emotions behind the story, which I really like. Liang Jiahui said very politely.

"Thank you!" Hearing Liang Jiahui's words, Zhang Ran admired, worthy of Liang Jiahui, who has a deep understanding of movies, nodded with a slight smile, "Actually, I originally planned to visit you every once in a while, but I didn't expect to meet here." I don't know if you're free, but if you do, let's find some time to talk?"

Liang Jiahui knew that Zhang Ran would not ask him to talk for no reason, he should have a drama to find himself. At the beginning of last year, he had joined Huayi and became an artist under Wang Jinhua, and he also hoped to cooperate more with domestic directors, smiling and nodding: "If you are free, tomorrow morning!" (To be continued.) )