The huge body of the Boeing passenger plane slowly landed at Nice International Airport, and under the protection of a group of bodyguards, Su Chenyu led Zhong Chuhong to the convoy, and then slowly drove out of the airport.

It was about 20 kilometers from Nice to Cannes, and Su Chenyu's convoy soon arrived at its destination, Cannes.

Cannes, a small town in the south of France, is world-famous for its beautiful beaches and the famous Cannes Film Festival.

This time, Su Chenyu followed Zhong Chuhong to Cannes, naturally to participate in this year's Cannes Film Festival, and "Dancer in the Dark" starring Zhong Chuhong was officially shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival.

In order to participate in the Cannes Film Festival, Huang Baiming brought director Zhang Wanyao and actor Zhou Yunfa and other crew members to Cannes for a long time. And Su Chenyu and Zhong Chuhong were late until the opening of the film festival because of the battle between Su's Records and Huaxing and Polygram.

In the hotel arranged by the organizing committee of the film festival, Su Chenyu met director Zhang Wanyao, so he said with a smile: "Congratulations to Director Zhang, "Dancer in the Dark" was shortlisted for the main competition. ”

"Thank you, Mr. Su, it's mainly because Honggu and Fa Ge acted well. Zhang Wanyao hurriedly said politely.

Seeing that Zhang Wanyao was so polite, Su Chenyu was embarrassed to make fun of others anymore, so he asked Zhou Yanfa: "Brother Fa, where did Bai Ming go?"

Director Huang went to contact those people on the jury, as if he wanted to find out the news. Zhou Yunfa said after thinking about it.

Su Chenyu knew that Huang Baiming must have gone to public relations for the film, so he said: "Okay, so let's do it, I'll invite everyone to a big dinner in the evening." ”

"Thank you, Mr. Su. Everyone in the crew said happily.

In the evening, Huang Baiming walked into the hotel in the sunset, and when he heard the crew say that Su Chenyu and Zhong Chuhong were coming, he hurried to the room to see Su Chenyu.

Looking at Huang Baiming, who looked dejected, Su Chenyu knew that the prospects of "Dancer in the Night" at this year's Cannes Film Festival were definitely not very optimistic.

"Bai Ming, what news have you found, can you tell me?" Su Chenyu looked at Huang Baiming and said with a smile.

Huang Baiming said embarrassedly: "Su Shao, judging from the current news, our film doesn't seem to have any hope of winning awards." "Barton Fink" is currently the most popular, and it is not surprising that the Palme d'Or should be won by this family. As for our most promising Best Actress, we are also facing competition from "Veronica's Two-Sided Life", and the situation is not too good. ”

"What? I think Honggu's performance in "Dancer in the Dark" is almost perfect. Su Chenyu asked with interest.

Huang Baiming naturally knew that this "Dancer in the Dark" was to put Zhong Chuhong in the position of Cannes actress, so he quickly explained: "The director of "Veronica's Double Life" is the French-Polish director Krzysztof Kieślowski, and the chairman of the jury of this Cannes Film Festival is the Polish director Roman Polanski. So, our movie is estimated to be ...... by then."

Looking at Huang Baiming's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, Su Chenyu naturally knew what he wanted to say, so he waved his hand and said, "I know, I don't blame you." However, there are still a few days before the award ceremony, and there is still time for activities. ”

In the evening, Su Chenyu and Zhong Chuhong hosted a banquet for the entire crew of "Dancer in the Dark" at a big hotel in Cannes. For the people under him, Su Chenyu has always been generous, and naturally what is more expensive, so everyone is satisfied with this meal.

As soon as dinner was over, Su Chenyu made a phone call to MGM's Peter?? Cherning and Shirley?? Lansing. His meaning is very simple, MGM must mobilize all resources for the "Dancer in the Dark" PR Best Actress award, and it can only succeed and not fail.

Peter?? Cherning and Shirley?? Although Lan Xin didn't know why the big boss wanted to do public relations for a Chinese movie, the big boss's request was an order. So MGM immediately launched its network in Europe to help "Dancer in the Dark" PR Best Actress.

The jury of the Cannes Film Festival gathered filmmakers from France, Italy and other European countries and the United States.

Among them, the great director Roman Polanski is the chairman of the jury, and the famous actor Whoopi Goldberg represents the power of Hollywood.

MGM's staff in Europe quickly approached Whoopi Goldberg, hoping that she would give "Dancer in the Dark" a chance in the Best Actress vote. Of course, MGM also made his own quid pro quo, and Whoopi Goldberg would be the heroine of MGM Pictures' next film, "The Nun is Crazy."

In Hollywood, this exchange of interests is ubiquitous, and Whoopi Goldberg, who has been in Hollywood for many years, naturally made the wisest choice.

Moreover, even without the heroine of the play as a bargaining chip, Whoopi Goldberg would give MGM this face. You must know that MGM, the sleeping "lion", has awakened and begun to show his fangs, and befriending this kind of film giant will benefit her but not harm.

After winning Whoopi Goldberg, the judges of the European filmmakers who followed were quickly dealt with in the face of Hollywood's "golden dollar".

Although these European filmmakers constantly curse Hollywood for all kinds of bad things, in fact, they yearn for Hollywood unusually in their hearts -- the ability to attract money there is definitely not comparable to that of Europe.

Now there is only the "old rascal" Roman Polanski left, but it is easy to deal with this goods, you must know that this guy is still wanted by the United States. This "old rascal" is now living in Paris, France, and he doesn't dare to go to the United States at all, and he doesn't even dare to accept the Oscar for Best Director in the future.

In fact, Su Chenyu is really curious about Polanski, a famous and controversial director. So before the official award ceremony, Su Chenyu personally invited Polanski to dinner.

Polanski is naturally not interested in Su Chenyu's invitation, who knows which green onion you Su Chenyu is? Su Chenyu was not annoyed, and directly asked MGM's staff in France to meet Polanski as executive directors for the second time.

For Su Chenyu's identity as a director of MGM, it is definitely impossible for the "old rascal" to turn a blind eye, you must know that this old rascal is still very ambitious.

He also wants to have someone invest in his movies in the future, and MGM is now a big financier.

At the Martinez Hotel where Su Chenyu and Zhong Chuhong stayed, Su Chenyu finally met Polanski, the "old rascal".

Polanski, who is close to the age of sixtieth, wears a decent suit, with fluffy black and white hair, and his aging facial features can vaguely show the handsomeness of his youth.

In fact, Polanski's life is indeed quite pitiful, he lost his mother when he was young, he lost his wife in middle age, and he encountered two of the three major tragedies in his life. Thus, in Polanski's filmmaking, the violent and dark side is vividly displayed.

Looking at Polanski, who was invited by the bodyguards, Su Chenyu stood up and greeted him: "Mr. Polanski, I'm glad you can come to the banquet, please take a seat." ”

Polanski looked at the bodyguards who left, and then came back to his senses and said to Su Chenyu: "Hello, you are Mr. Su from MGM, right?"

"Yes, I am MGM director Su Chenyu. Su Chenyu smiled, then pointed to Zhong Chuhong beside her and said: "This is Ms. Zhong Chuhong, a very good actress in Hong Kong, the female number one of "Dancer in the Dark" who participated in the film festival this time. ”

"Hello, Director Polanski. Zhong Chuhong smiled politely at Polanski.

Listening to Su Chenyu's introduction, Polanski suddenly understood the purpose of this meal, so he said with a smile: "Hello Miss Zhong, I have watched the "Legend of the Night" series starring you, which is very good. ”

It doesn't matter whether Polanski is a greeting or not, anyway, Su Chenyu has accepted all the orders, as long as you have watched Zhong Chuhong's movie, the following things will be carried out.

The three of them were eating an exquisite French meal while chatting with each other. Suddenly, Su Chenyu's "painting style" changed, and he asked Polanski: "Roman, I don't know if there are any shooting plans recently?"

"I'm working on a new script and I don't think I'll be ready for filming until the end of the year. Polanski put down the fork in his hand, picked up the napkin and wiped his mouth, and then said.

Su Chenyu also put down the knife and fork, then wiped his mouth and said, "I wonder if MGM has the honor to participate in your new film?"

Hearing this, if Polanski didn't understand the meaning of Su Chenyu's words, then he would have been a fool all these years.

So he picked up the red wine on the table and shook it gently, and after thinking about it for a while, he said slowly: "It's my honor to have MGM participate in my new film." ”

Seeing that the "old rascal" was relieved, Su Chenyu smiled and raised his wine glass to signal Polanski, and Polanski also raised his wine glass and responded to Su Chenyu.

The two reached a deal - MGM invested in Polanski's new film, and Polanski supported Zhong Chuhong after the Cannes closure.

Now that the matter was over, and the meal was over, Polanski simply got up and took his leave. Finally sent the "old rascal" away, Su Chenyu breathed a sigh of relief, smiled and picked up the wine glass and said to Zhong Chuhong beside him with a smile: "Congratulations, dear Cannes actress, cheers." ”

Zhong Chuhong naturally knew what Su Chenyu had done for her in the past few days, so she picked up her wine glass with some emotion, and then said, "Thank you, dear." ”

The two drank all the red wine in the glass, and Su Chenyu said, "You are my woman, these are what I should do for you." ”

In fact, this contact with Polanski is not only for public relations with the Cannes actress, but also to take over the good fate in advance.

You must know that this "old rascal" filmed "The Pianist" in 2002 won three awards at the 75th Academy Awards, including Best Director and Best Actor. Since the "old rascals" still have surplus value to squeeze, there is no reason not to invest in advance.

Of course, Su Chenyu's public relations can't just be aimed at these judges, and media publicity will naturally have to be done. Therefore, in the past few days, the media and reporters participating in the film festival have desperately sang praises for "Dancer in the Dark" and Zhong Chuhong.

At night, the sea breeze in Cannes blew into the room with a hint of saltiness, and Su Chenyu, who had just experienced a "big war", leaned on the bed, swaying the red wine in the glass, happy for the women around him.

Looking at Zhong Chuhong, who still had a blush on her face, Su Chenyu felt proud in her heart, this is the woman who belongs to him, and tomorrow his woman will become the first Chinese Cannes actress......