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Zhang Ran's table is a mixed bag, with a group of government officials in addition to stars like Audrey Tatu, filmmakers and distributors. Sitting on Zhang Ran's left is France's Minister of Culture, Aurelie Philippe, and on his right is the Mayor of Cannes. However, after the mayor of Cannes greeted Zhang Ran, he chatted with Wang Luodan next to him.

Aurelie-Philippe has been talking to Zhang Ran about the cooperation between French and Chinese films, and she highly praised the contribution made by Century Summit to Sino-French cultural exchanges, and hoped for more in-depth cooperation in the field of film.

China is now the second largest market in the world, and there is no country that does not covet the Chinese market. What's more, French films sold 14.7 million tickets in China last year, compared to only 14.4 million in the United States and Canada, and for the first time, China surpassed the United States to become the largest overseas market for French films. Of course, due to the higher price of American movie tickets, the United States contributes more to the box office for French films. However, the Chinese market is still growing rapidly, and there is no doubt that it will surpass the United States in the future.

Most of these French films that have entered the Chinese market are films produced by Europa Pictures, and the pinnacle of the century has participated in the investment. These films generally use English dialogue and make extensive use of international stars, such as "Hurricane Rescue" starring British actor Liam Neeson and "Superbody" starring Scarlett Johansson.

Therefore, Aurelie-Philippe hopes that the Summit of the Century will introduce more French films to China, and also hopes that the two sides will strengthen cooperation in the field of art films, so that more French art films can enter China.

Zhang Ran felt a little emotionally in his heart, the French government is really willing to work hard to promote French films, not only subsidizing French films distributed overseas, but even ministers have come forward to stand up for the promotion of French films.

After the reception, Zhang Ran and the others walked slowly to the hotel. The street is full of people coming and going, there are people wandering around, and the previous two days are like two worlds, and you will see the figure of the Chinese people after walking a few steps, which is very kind.

Wang Luodan tilted his head and looked at Zhang Ran, and said with a smile: "Teacher Zhang, I see that you have been talking cordially with the French female minister for a long time, I thought you had an affair today!"

Zhang Ran slapped Wang Luodan on the head: "I'm glamorous to you big-headed ghost!"

Wang Luodan protested: "Teacher Zhang, you hit me on the head again, if you beat me stupidly, you will be responsible!"

Zhang Ran ignored Wang Luodan, looked up at the starry sky above his head, sighed and said: "The Chinese film market is developing too fast, and at this rate, it is possible to surpass North America in 2016 and become the world's largest market." Now the whole world is eyeing the Chinese market and wants to sell their films to China, and the French Minister of Culture has personally stepped in. What about us, are we really ready?"

Wang Luodan and Li Xuejian glanced at each other, their eyes were full of puzzlement, it is a good thing that the film market is growing fast, why is Zhang Ran worried. But they didn't ask, they are just actors, acting is their duty, the market, the industry, they don't understand, and they don't want to understand. When they saw Zhang Ran looking at the sky and was distracted, they waited quietly beside them.

Zhang Ran groaned for a while and came back to his senses. He was surprised to find a circle of people standing around, pointing at the sky and whispering something. Zhang Ran said curiously: "What are they looking at?"

Wang Luodan snickered: "They see you looking at the sky, thinking that there is something in the sky, and they all follow it." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Ran laughed directly.

At six o'clock in the evening of the second day, the director's fortnight unit officially opened. The Directors' Fortnight is organized by the French Directors Guild and is not an official part of the Cannes Film Festival, so the opening ceremony of the Director's Fortnight is not held at the Palais du Cinémath, but at the Théâtre de la Croixette on the other side of Cannes.

The opening ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival is simple, and the opening ceremony of the Director's Fortnight is even simpler, almost like a party of the film union, all in the same industry, full of discussions about the film itself, and the atmosphere is very relaxed. Because Zhang Ran was going to be awarded the Golden Carriage Award, the director did not arrange the opening film for the second week, and Zhang Ran's masterpiece "The Aviator" was screened.

Rewatching "The Aviator" in Cannes, Zhang Ran felt like a world away. In today's Zhang Ran's view, "The Aviator" has a lot of immature places, but it feels so fresh, so passionate, and full of vigorous vitality. Zhang Ran felt a little emotionally in his heart, it was difficult for him to make such a passionate movie again.

Even if "The Aviator" is remade, the effect will definitely be different, and Zhang Ran's mood has changed. "Aviator" only belongs to the 30-year-old Zhang Ran, who wants to soar into the sky.

At the end of the film, Salome, president of the French Directors Guild, took to the stage and read a long award speech. The entire award speech is more than 1,000 words, reviewing Zhang Ran's directorial journey from "Time Prisoner" in 2001 to "Future Apocalypse" in 2012, as well as the influence of Zhang Ran's film works on film language and aesthetics.

"Zhang Ran is the second director after Godard to have a significant impact on the language of cinema, and he is also the director who is the most adept at dealing with time and space. He has a brave and innovative spirit and tells us where the future direction of cinema comes from. ”

Anyone who knows the history of cinema knows what Godard's status is, and he has the highest status among the living directors, and he can also be ranked in the top five in the entire history of cinema, and it can be said that he changed the entire world cinema pattern. Therefore, Salome's evaluation of Zhang Ran is really high.

However, Salome's words are not wrong, after the 60s of the last century, there was basically no new development of film language, and it can even be said that it has come to a standstill, and Zhang Ran's efforts and explorations in film language have made filmmakers realize that film language has not come to an end, and there are still various possibilities. When Quentin played with the structure in "Vulgar", he was praised to the altar. And Zhang Ran is playing with structure, light, sound, and space, and is constantly innovating, and it is not surprising that he is sought after by the industry.

After the speech, Salome invited Zhang Ran to the stage, and the audience stood up and gave the warmest applause.

Amid the applause of the audience, Zhang Ran walked onto the stage and received the Golden Carriage trophy from Salome. Zhang Ran thanked the French Directors Guild and his French counterparts, and thanked the director for giving him this honor biweekly, and then joked: "When I heard that I won the Golden Carriage Award, my wife said to me, congratulations, old man!

After the audience laughed, Zhang Ran continued: "Actually, when I heard that I won this award, I also felt that I was too young, but I am still very happy to be able to win this award, because this award is awarded by the Directors Guild, which represents the recognition of my peers and a huge encouragement for my future films." Now that film is on the eve of great changes, technology has brought more possibilities to film, 3D movies, VR movies, and new film languages are calling us, and the future of movies is bright, so we must continue to shoot and work hard to shoot. Let's make a new movie!"

After the award ceremony, Zhang Ran went to the hotel to attend the director's biweekly reception. However, he did not stay long at the reception, only stayed for half an hour, had a brief exchange with the directors present, and hurried to the Hilton Hotel, where the Chinese Night event was held.

China Night is a brand event co-organized by Cinema Channel and the official Cannes Film Festival, the main purpose of which is to spread and promote excellent Chinese film culture and promote exchanges between Chinese films and the world film industry.

However, China Night is a stage for promoting Chinese films, and there has always been a lack of international stars. Therefore, until now, China Night has basically been held by Chinese filmmakers entertaining themselves, lacking enough starlight and no attention.

Of course, China Night is not deserted, and as a party for foodies, China Night Food can be said to have it all. According to a Chinese journalist, one year a large amount of foie gras was prepared on a Chinese night, and foreigners ate it until their mouths were full of oil. Cannes is expensive, and China Night has a lot of free food, so China Night has become one of the most popular parties in the whole of Cannes, with all kinds of people coming to eat.

However, this year's situation is a little different, because it was announced early that Zhang Ran would attend this year's China Night, and Zhang Ran greeted Summit Entertainment and Luc Besson, asking them to call some celebrities to come over and help stand on the platform, so many Hollywood and French stars who went to Cannes to promote the film appeared on the guest list. The pink invitation to the Chinese night has thus become a sought-after item at all dinners in Cannes today.

From 8 p.m., there was already a long queue at the entrance of the Chinese Movie Night event, waiting for the event to begin. Less than 5 minutes after the banquet began, the entrance began to boil, and Chinese and foreign stars such as Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi, Blake Lively, and Léa Seydoux appeared one after another, making the atmosphere quickly become hot.

Wang Luodan, who was wearing a white armless dress, came to the scene and set off a **, Chinese and foreign reporters flocked to her, surrounded her, and threw out all kinds of questions about "Scorching Sun", and the scene was chaotic. She finally squeezed out of the encirclement of the media and entered the reception scene, and was sought after by producers from all walks of life, and in less than half an hour, she received a thick stack of business cards.

It was almost ten o'clock when Zhang Ran arrived at the Chinese Night, and he didn't go back to the hotel to change his clothes, but came over with the trophy of the golden carriage. As a man, Zhang Ran doesn't have to change into a dress to participate in an event like a female star, and he can completely win the world with a suit.

Under the guidance of the staff, Zhang Ran held the trophy of the golden carriage and walked to his seat. When the reporters at the reception saw Zhang Ran coming, they immediately surrounded Zhang Ran from all directions and surrounded Zhang Ran's table. Dozens of cameras and cameras were pointed at him, and the reporters kept shouting: "Director Zhang, look here!", "Director Zhang, can you raise a trophy and let us take a photo with the trophy?", "Director Zhang, you are only 37 years old and you have won the Lifetime Achievement Award, how do you feel?" ......

The red wine on the table was squeezed over, staining Wang Luodan's white dress red. Wang Luodan screamed "ah", his face was full of helplessness, and he went to the bathroom to tidy up with his skirt.

Zhang Ran raised the trophy of the golden carriage at the request of the reporters, but did not answer the reporter's question, and said with a smile: "Until now, I haven't eaten anything, I'm so hungry, let's let me eat something, let's find a chance to talk again!"

The security guards who maintained order at the scene rushed over, first took out the reporters closest to Zhang Ran, and then stretched out their thick arms to stop the reporters outside to prevent them from harassing Zhang Ran. The reporters struggled to shoot Zhang Ran, but the security guards desperately stopped them, and the scene looked a little chaotic.

The reporters were blocked out by the security guards, and Zhang Ran suddenly relaxed. He got up and went to the buffet to get a plate and pick something to eat. He was walking back, and suddenly saw Yu Dong not far away, so he walked over with a plate. He pulled out a chair and sat down, looked at Yu Dong, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a long time, Yu Dong!"

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