Chapter Eighty-Eight: Zeng Zhiwei was caught by unspoken rules
End of May
Wang Zifan led DreamWorks Zeng Zhiwei, Zhang Aijia, Huang Baiming and others to arrive in Cannes in a hurry, to say that this time "Best Afraid of When" was shortlisted for the Palme d'Or is an accident, then the nominee is "Wang Zifan" The name is an accident in an accident, when "Best Partner" was released, because Zeng Zhiwei is a rookie director, worried that fans will not buy it, so the film was named "Wang Zifan's works" and arranged to be screened, because before this "Painful War", "Modern Bodyguard", "Happy Ghost" , all the princes' works have been sold one after another, and "Pretty Girl" and "Funny Times", which agree to be DreamWorks works, are relatively popular on the street, so Zeng Zhiwei became the executive director, that is, he played soy sauce. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
If he had known that "Best Partner" would be shortlisted for the Palme d'Or, Zeng Zhiwei would not have made that kind of request, but it is too late to say anything now, if Xu Ke and Huang Baiming are colleagues, he can still be cheeky to come to the stage to receive the award, but Wang Zifan, the big boss of DreamWorks, even if he gives him three more dares, he doesn't dare to make a request, this is a tacit unspoken rule.
Zeng Zhiwei didn't say it, Huang Baiming, Zhang Aijia and others naturally wouldn't help him get ahead, in fact, Wang Zifan didn't have to go on stage to accept the award, if it was in Hong Kong, even if Zeng Zhiwei didn't say it, he wouldn't take the stage to accept the award in person, because he always didn't like to show his face in front of the media, but Cannes is another thing, this is a foreign country, and it is a top international film festival, he wants to 'win glory for the country'!
Maybe you can get a few foreign celebrities! Wang Zifan was so happy in his heart that he went to Diana with the halo of the Palme d'Or, maybe there would be an unexpected gain.
Cannes is located near the port city of Nice in the south of France, is a beautiful leisure town on the Mediterranean coast, the small city is nestled at the foot of the green hills, on the coast of the Mediterranean, the bay of Rivera locks several small towns near the sea, occupies a unique geographical location, 5,000 meters of sandy beach, four seasons of flowers, strolling in the city, white buildings, blue sea, and rows of tall green palm trees against each other, constitute a beautiful natural scenery.
It is a famous tourist destination in Europe and a social gathering place for international celebrities, and its exquisiteness, elegance and charm are Wang Zifan's first impression of Cannes.
Shi Nansheng led several staff members to pick up the airport, because she didn't expect "Best Partner" to be shortlisted for the Palme d'Or, so she only led a few clerks, and there were filmmakers coming to negotiate every day in the past few days, and there were not enough people, which was also the reason why she called back to Hong Kong, and the negotiation price was no longer under her control!
"Mr. Wang!" Shi Nansheng greeted happily.
"Miss Shi has worked hard for you!" Wang Zifan smiled and approved.
"Yes, you don't know that Hong Kong is boiling!" Huang Baiming laughed vigorously, this time they were representing Hong Kong at the International Film Festival, and the "Hong Kong Daily" also sent a team of reporters to cover the event.
Shi Nansheng said modestly: "It's all everyone's credit, who are the latter ones?"
Zeng Zhiwei said: "Those are all Hong Kong reporters, has the hotel been arranged? I did a day's flight, and I changed planes halfway, and I was almost exhausted!"
"It's been arranged, Mr. Wang, everyone come with me!" Shi Nansheng was outside preparing to rent a few vans, and introduced the Cannes film process in the car in the past few days, the film festival is scheduled to be held in mid-May every year, lasting about 12 days, usually opening on Wednesday and closing on the following Sunday, during the film festival, it is particularly lively.
The Cannes International Film Festival is one of the most influential and top international film festivals in the world today, and the Venice International Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival are known as the three major international film festivals in Europe, founded in 1939, when France was founded in order to fight against the Venice International Film Festival controlled by the Italian fascist regime at that time, held once a year, for about two weeks, the highest award of the film festival is the "Palme d'Or", that is, the award shortlisted for "Best Partner", which is equivalent to the "Best Picture" in the Oscars The trophy is a golden palm branch, derived from the palm trees that can be found on the local beaches of Cannes.
Although the festival was founded in 1939, it did not go well, the American film dealer MGM used a luxury cruise ship to bring Hollywood stars such as TyronePower, Jali Cooper, Annabella, Norman Shearer, George Raft to Cannes for a party and banquet, which attracted many fans for a while, but on September 1, Germany invaded Poland, and the festival was cancelled. Britain declared war on Germany, so it was not until 1946, after the victory in World War II, that the first edition was actually held.
The vehicle stops at the beautiful seaside promenade, a wide and clean road, with a sandy bay on one side and an elegant hotel on the other, the buildings of the hotel range from ancient buildings of the last century to very modern buildings. In the middle of the street, the green belt is full of flowers all year round, and the palm trees that come alive in the sun add an element of charm to the town.
Shi Nansheng said with a smile: "The hotel has arrived!"
Zhang Aijia took a breath of fresh air and praised: "What a beautiful scenery, I really want to stay here for the rest of my life!"
Zeng Zhiwei joked: "If you want to stay here for the rest of your life, then find a local to marry!"
"you!"
"There is a good saying, the golden nest and the silver nest are not as good as their own kennels!"
"There's a kennel over there, go live there!"
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Everyone enters the hotel with a salute, but the luxury and expensive are eye-popping, especially during the film festival, the price is even more expensive, no wonder you can see Europeans walking with sleeping bags everywhere on the streets, for Wang Zifan, maybe renting an apartment is also a good choice, after all, he is responsible for dozens of people to eat, drink and Lazar.
Zeng Zhiwei and the others soon let out a burst of screams.
"No, let me live with three men!"
"Don't say it, I'm not the same!"
"Bear with me, housing is tight at the moment!"
"Miss Shi, why does Mr. Wang always have an independent room?"
"Because I'm the boss!"
"Mr. Wang, you see that the room is so tight, can I ......?"
"Get out!"
Wang Zifan laughed and kicked away Zeng Zhiwei, who wanted to stay with him
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Staying in the hotel, it will take a day before the final review of the film festival, Zeng Zhiwei proposed to go outside to play, and finally came to Cannes once, everyone was very excited, so they raised their hands in favor of this proposal, and even the accompanying reporters were eager to try, everyone is the same boss, there is no reason to favor one over the other!
Wang Zifan thought that this time there was really going to be some blood, and asked, "Miss Shi, what's interesting here?"
Shi Nansheng thought for a while and said: "Cannes is a tourist city, and the most attractive thing in this season is the beach and water, but Hong Kong is not far ......behind in this regard."
Zeng Zhiwei was worried that Shi Nansheng's elbow would turn out, so that this publicly-funded tour would be in the soup, if he wanted to go to the beach to swim, it was better to go to Hong Kong's Repulse Bay, and hurriedly reminded: "Forget about the beach, there are always scenic spots!"
Huang Baiming said with a smile: "I just saw a lot of yachts sailing to a small island, it should be good there!"
Shi Nansheng said: "You are talking about St. Margaret's Island, you can see it with the naked eye outside the window, it is a very famous fortress, and it is also the legendary island where the Iron Mask is imprisoned, I have been to play a few times before, and the trip there is like an adventure, you can find many medieval relics, such as the Royal Fortress, the Cannes Maritime Museum, the Iron Mask's cell, archaeological caves and so on!"
"It's a good place to hear, let's go together!"
"Yes, yes!"
"Mr. Wang, let's go together?"
"I'm not going!" Wang Zifan shook his head when he saw the disappointment of everyone, and asked again, "How much money do we have?"
Shi Nansheng said: "It's not much!"
Wang Zifan smiled and said: "This time, all the expenses of everyone will be contracted by me, don't be happy too early, shopping is not counted! Miss Shi, you give each person 2,000 francs!"
"Okay!"
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Wang Zifan was not idle, and visited the Palais des Festivals in Cannes alone, built between the beach and the yacht area, is the main venue of the film festival, including 25 cinemas and screening rooms, the center is the 6-storey film festival palace, with a large cinema hall of 1,000 seats and 14 halls with 35 to 300 seats.
The palace was also used by various state conferences, and to the prince's surprise, there was also a casino in the palace.
The world is full of wonders!
Seeing the well-dressed gentleman gambling with all kinds of ninth-rate mixtures, the prince couldn't help but sigh, why even the international film festival has set up a casino, what the world!
(To be continued.) )