Chapter 42: The premiere in Cannes
The plan was ruined, Xu Hui changed his clothes, and when he received a call, Jiang Wen came.
Bring his "Let the Bullets Fly" to Cannes to sell films!
Jiang Wen is now one of the bosses of Beijing Joy Film Company, although he himself is very optimistic about the market prospects of "Let the Bullets Fly", but everyone has a miss, in case of another encounter with "The Sun Also Rises", then Jiang Wen may really collapse...
So, at tonight's "Let the Bullets Fly" cocktail party, of course Xu Hui wants to cheer...
Wu Jing and Tong Liya should also have received the call, and the three of them made an appointment at the door of the hotel and drove to the Chilton Hotel where Ma Ke and they were staying.
Jiang Wen's fame is much greater than Xu Hui's, and there are more foreigners who come to cheer than yesterday's "Huang Feihong" cocktail party.
A "Sunny Day" made Jiang Wen completely stand firm in Europa.
It wasn't until the end of the party that Xu Hui had a chance to talk to Jiang Wen, and probably inquired.
Jiang Wen's Cannes trip this time has been very fruitful, 50 million yuan of commercial sponsorship has made the film recover half of the cost, in addition, the copyright in Southeast Asia alone has been sold for 4.2 million US dollars...
Compared with "Huang Feihong", Pao Hui recognized Chen Jingshen's ability even more...
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May 13, the second day of the opening of the Cannes Film Festival.
The streets and around the waterfront are filled with the sounds of movie fans, who laugh and greet each other as they walk to cinemas and restaurants, filled with the sound of praise and criticism.
As the opening film, "Robin Hood" has become the focus of discussion among this group of fans.
Obviously, the tastes of audiences all over the world are similar, almost no one says good things about this movie, and the best evaluation is 'mediocre'...
The movies screened today include two "Rizhao Chongqing" and "Huang Feihong"!
"Stone, which movie are we going to see today?"
"Of course, it's "Rizhao Chongqing", and "Seventeen-Year-Old Bicycle" directed by Wang Xiaoshuai has always been one of my favorite movies!"
In the café, two young people who clearly look like Chinese students are talking about the movie they will watch next.
"However, I like Xu Hui more..."
"What's so good about Xu Hui, except that he's handsome..."
The boy named Stone looked at the long-haired man sitting opposite him a little unpleasantly, and was a little angry: "Tiantian, we should support literary films..."
"But, I like Wu Jing..."
"Okay, I'm afraid of you, let's go watch "Once Upon a Time" later!"
……
The presiding committee was very face-saving, and "Huang Feihong" was assigned to the main venue of 2,000 people.
Today, there were more spectators, and most of them were Chinese students in France, and soon, the venue of 2,000 people was packed.
In addition to the media guests, there are also directors from other countries, such as Li Cangdong and Lin Changshu, both of whom are Korean directors, and they have also brought their works to the main competition unit.
Domestic, Jiang Wen came, and the others went to "Rizhao Chongqing", there is no way, they are all partial to literature and art, Jia Zhangke, of course, they have to go to the show.
Xu Hui doesn't care, his movies are mainly made for domestic audiences.
There is a saying in the industry that movies are just movies, which means that there is nothing more important than the movie itself when a movie is shot.
This sentence is obviously reasonable, but the person who said this sentence obviously forgot that movies need audiences, since you said that movies are just movies, then you can shoot them for yourself, why should the audience accept it?
In the applause, Xu Hui led the creator to sit in the first row.
"I don't know how an idol can participate in the Cannes Film Festival like us!"
In the guest position, Li Cangdong glanced at Xu Hui with disdain, and said to Lin Changshu next to him.
"That is, the Chinese really disrespect movies!"
Lin Changshu nodded in agreement.
After a while, Lin Changshu took the initiative to ask, "Have you heard?"
"What did you hear?"
"They said Tim Burton loved the movie..."
“… Really?"
"It should be true, otherwise why would he give him a place in the main venue for his first time in Cannes?"
“… Without further ado, I'll take a look..."
It was probably Tim Burton's name that scared Li Cangdong, and he decided to take a good look at this "Once Upon a Time"
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Pao Hui's movie is in South Korea, how to say it, it is a bit of a market in comparison.
"Embroidered Spring Knife" has about 560,000 viewers, "Those Years" is a little better, 980,000 viewers, no way, in the eyes of most Koreans, Xu Hui is an out-and-out bad guy.
The defector is his code name for life!
However, he is also a bit of a fan, otherwise, these two films would not have entered the Korean market at all.
The lights on the ceiling went out one after another, and the somewhat humming hall gradually quieted down, and the big screen lit up, and the first thing that appeared was the sign of Huiwen World.
The film begins with rows of warships, followed by a lion dance.
Compared with the original version of "Huang Feihong", Xu Hui is generous this time, and the warships in the horizontal row are directly presented in the form of CG, so that the audience can see it clearly.
In the first 57 seconds, Huang Feihong appeared, just sitting, laughing, giving people the feeling of a generation of grandmasters!
1 minute and 32 seconds, Huang Feihong officially appeared, when Huang Feihong's elegant and natural movements appeared on the big screen, it immediately caused subtle exclamations in the theater!
Foreigners are most interested in kung fu in China.
Many foreigner viewers who were originally just thinking about joining in the fun suddenly sat more steadily...
"I'll go! This is a kung fu movie!"
The stone, who had not spoken, pushed Tian Tian beside him.
"Don't bother me..."
Tian Tian is completely immersed in the story.
The opening scene is so handsome, a group of pure men are practicing martial arts bare-chested against the red sun, accompanied by the high-pitched 'men should be self-improving', which really can't make people's blood boil!
Stone has always been an alternative, so he took out his mobile phone and typed in the three words Huang Feihong, and Huang Feihong's life resume immediately appeared.
“… Tiantian, I checked, it turns out that Huang Feihong really has someone, you see, he is really the head of the Black Flag Army!"
“… Can you please let me watch the movie properly?
"I just don't want to watch a movie without knowing it. ”
Stone is a little angry, who is it, why don't you want to know the times at all?
Turning his head to look behind him, it was a pair of black men: "Hey, buddy, you know..."
"Get out!"
“OK…”
Well, these guys have gone crazy!
Shi had to go back and continue to watch the movie, and on the big screen, the plot entered Huang Feihong treating the vegetable vendor's injuries.
Huang Feihong, played by Wu Jing, sighed while washing and collecting: "Now that there are so many flags of foreign ships parked in the port, there are all kinds of them, and Uncle Jiu just can't distinguish between the British flag and the American flag, and he was injured on the wrong ship, hey! The capital is engaged in foreign affairs movement, and we Chinese are still the ones who suffer from this kind of dispute!"
(Overseas immigrants all call China Tangshan, so Xu Laowei's version of Li Lianjie calls himself Tangren)
"Alas, the plot is too old-fashioned, and the ending must be that Huang Feihong rescued these people with great might, it's not interesting!"
With this thought, the stone continued to watch "Once Upon a Time"
Old Xu Muyang said
There's another chapter, I'm afraid you'll send me blades...
Also, Stone and Tiantian are a pair of friends in the group...