The opening week of the Cannes Film Festival, all kinds of excitement and hustle and bustle during the period have nothing to do with cute people and have nothing to do with Mai Xiaoyu. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Meng Ren has no works to participate in the competition, and no artist comes to the red carpet, and Mai Xiaoyu also brings his works to Cannes to do things as a "black household".

The Chinese film corps that went to Cannes was not as silent as the cute people. Movie premieres, cocktail parties, parties, XX nights, etc., almost all Chinese filmmakers can be seen on various red carpets every day, and Chinese films have also been screened in the screening hall in the Lumière Palace many times.

Tonight, at various drinking parties, dinners, parties, grand ceremonies, XX nights and other social activities, people suddenly found that the figure of Chinese filmmakers suddenly decreased a lot......

Night, May 22.

Mbiwa Bar.

At Christine's insistence, Martin had to go to the bar early with her.

The bar was full of people, lasers flashing, and the music was booming.

The two were surprised to find that they had not come early, it was only past eight o'clock in the evening, and many people had already gathered in the bar, most of whom were Chinese.

"Oh, is this place occupied by the Chinese?" asked Martin, feigning surprise.

"Martin, you won't know that Mai is their compatriot, and they're here for Mai's movie. Stop talking weird, I think we should find a spot first. ”

The location is not easy to find, the card seat is full, and even the side card is full, leaving only the high platform next to the loose table and the bar.

With significantly more people coming to the bar tonight than usual, the stoppers are all in demand.

It was easy for Christine and Uhmartin to find a more suitable place to watch a movie and sit down, drinking juices, drinks, eating fruit bowls and nuts, chatting while waiting for the movie to play.

Martin drank wine and looked around, recognizing several Chinese filmmakers from the many Oriental faces.

He had seen these people at the drinking party a few days ago, and they seemed to be more famous, and they actually appeared in the bar, and he couldn't help but be surprised: "When did the Chinese people become so united? Could it be that tonight's theme is the Chinese Night?"

"Maybe that's the charm of Mai, look over there. ”

Looking in the direction indicated by Christine, Martin recognized some European and American filmmakers.

There are some lesser-known actors, singers, and football stars, who are partying on the dance floor or raising their glasses, and it seems that they are simply here to club, but Martin recognizes some other people: some middle-level managers of small and medium-sized film companies and distributors in Europe and the United States, presumably for the movie.

"It seems that I need to take back my words, that Huaxia man's energy is not small. ”

"Do you believe me now? See, before he came, there were already so many people coming for him......"

Mai Xiaoyu's face is not so big, it is really Christine and Martin who think too much.

In the Chinese entertainment industry, cute people have been in a stand-alone state for a long time, how can there be so many domestic peers to come to cheer?

They came to the bar tonight, with the same purpose as Christine and Martin, mainly to see what kind of behavior this $20,000 science fiction film is doing.

Although they are generally not optimistic about this movie, the cute golden sign is too shiny in China.

In case the movie is successful tonight, they can also be regarded as an eye-opener, they can analyze the selling point of the movie at the first time, find a way to learn from it, and copy the elements of success;

As for the middle-level managers of small and medium-sized film companies and distributors in Europe and the United States...... During the Cannes Film Festival, I would come to the bar almost every night to watch a movie, waiting to pick up the slack.

Of course, the movies of Moe Man Film and Television can be paid a little more attention.

A few years ago, the cute "Fatal ID" had an overseas box office of more than 80 million. This result can only be regarded as mid-to-upper, but for small and medium-sized distributors, it is very cost-effective, so the middle-level managers of small and medium-sized film companies and distributors who came to the bar tonight were a little more than a few nights ago.

In addition to these two reasons, there are a number of other factors. For example, there were six or seven people sitting in the booth where Ye Chu was, and there were other booths scattered, and there were many fresh faces, which led to a surge in the number of people in the bar at eight o'clock in the evening, which was significantly more than before.

Ye Chu had been here for almost half an hour, and he wanted to chat with Mai Xiaoyu and ask the latter about his plans for tonight. But he turned around and asked his old classmate Mbiwa again, and finally made sure that Mai Xiaoyu hadn't shown up yet.

Does this mean that he is full of faith?

What is Mai Xiaoyu's confidence, Ye Chu is not sure, what he can be sure of is that the business of the bar is so good tonight.

Just now he went to talk to Mbiwa, and he heard the bar staff tell Mbiwa the good news, saying that the business was much better tonight, and suggested that he buy more drinks.

But...... Mbiwa doesn't seem to be in high spirits and doesn't agree to drink more, why is that?

……

Movies are shown at the bar at 11 p.m. every night.

As the night wore on, the bar had more and more customers.

It was almost half past ten in the evening, and when Xue Xiaoning left the venue early from a party and came to the bar, she got a reply from the bar - the room is full, please line up.

I'm going, should the business be so good?

Xue Xiaoning turned her head to look, isn't it.

There was a long queue at the entrance of the bar, and there were at least twenty people, all foreigners, and male foreigners with tattoos.

Some foreigners' eyes roamed over her, and some people even whistled at her. The whistle matched that kind of look, indescribably obscene.

Da Fei's face turned dark, and he was about to bring someone over to teach the other party a lesson, but was stopped by Xue Xiaoning.

This is Cannes and now the Cannes Film Festival.

Her bodyguard has a conflict with a foreigner, even if the other party is rude first, but she will be the one who suffers a lot because she is a star.

Xue Xiaoning stopped Da Fei and asked, "You didn't book a seat in advance?"

It's booked!

Before Da Fei retired from the army, he was serving the regiment-level leaders, how could such a trivial matter be negligent.

He asked Xue Xiaoning to protect him, and he went to Tom, the receptionist at the door of the bar, and asked in English: "We booked a place yesterday." ”

Tom said expressionlessly, "Sorry, there are too many guests today, and the reservation is invalid." ”

"How can you do this business, and do you have any credibility?"

Tom just threw him an idiot look.

At this time, Mai Xiaoyu took Ke Haoyi and appeared from the other side: "Tom, is the bar business good tonight?"

"It's full of guests!" Tom replied, and hurried over, "Mr. Mai, you are here, according to your request, we have reserved a side card for you, and your friend has arrived." ”

What is the situation!

Da Fei was furious, and walked a few steps quickly to grab Tom: "Didn't you say that it was full?

"Hey, I warn you, you'd better let go or I'll blow your head off!"

Mai Xiaoyu walked over and patted Da Fei's arm: "Friend, if you have something to say, don't do it." ”

"Phineas, don't do it. Xue Xiaoning walked over surrounded by five or six bodyguards and attendants, and looked at Mai Xiaoyu with interest, "Mr. Mai, what a coincidence." ”

"It's you, it's so beautiful tonight. Why don't you go in?"

"Thanks for the compliment, I'm late and there is no place in the bar. ”

"You're lucky to have met me. I don't know if the beautiful young lady is willing to appreciate the light and accompany me in for a drink?" Mai Xiaoyu walked up to Xue Xiaoning and stretched out his arm.

Xue Xiaoning smiled and grabbed his arm: "Okay, I'm looking forward to tonight's movie." ”

Da Fei wanted to stop it, but was interrupted by Tom: "If it weren't for Mr. Mai's face, I would have knocked out all your teeth tonight." ”

"Okay Tom, we're all friends. Take this and soothe your angry heart. ”

Mai Xiaoyu took out a hundred euros, and Tom happily took it: "Mr. Mai, you are the most generous guest I have ever seen." ”

Tom accompanied Mai Xiaoyu and his party to the door of the bar, and Mai Xiaoyu suddenly stopped and looked at the crowd queuing at the door.

In the crowd, six or seven foreigners stared at him with unkind expressions.

Mai Xiaoyu smiled and waved at them: "I'll see you in the bar later." ”

"Humph!"

"Humph!"

There were a few angry snorts from the crowd.

Mai Xiaoyu smiled secretly in his heart: It seems that Ning Shirong did not disappoint me!

Xue Xiaoning was puzzled, but a good tutor made her suppress the curiosity in her heart, didn't ask, took Mai Xiaoyu's arm, and walked into the bar together.

As Tom said, the bar was really full and packed!

As soon as you enter the door, a heat wave mixed with music, wine, and perfume is blowing in your face, and there are men and women kissing wildly against the wall under the stimulation of alcohol along the way.

When Tom accompanied Mai Xiaoyu and the others to the side card, there were already two people sitting inside, and there was a lot of wine on the table.

Shi Hao and his assistant.

"Mr. Mai, you're here. ”

"I'm sorry Mr. Shi, I'm late. Introduction, this Xue Xiaoning, the president of Hualong Pictures. ”

A strange look flashed in Shi Hao's eyes, and he shook hands with Xue Xiaoning with a smile and said hello, the two sides knew each other.

Xue Xiaoning's entourage was a bit too much, and the side card was a little small, so he couldn't sit down, so Da Fei had to let two or three entourages guard the door of the side card.

Everyone was seated, Tom brought the drinks again, and the table was full.

Mai Xiaoyu asked, "What about Mbiwa?"

"He said he didn't want to see you until the movie ended. ”

"Hahaha!"

In the midst of Mai Xiaoyu's laughter, Tom said goodbye and left.

Xue Xiaoning asked, "Mr. Mai, do you still know French?"

"I understand a little. ”

Shi Hao was also a little surprised, but he was more concerned about how Mai Xiaoyu planned to hype "This Man is from Earth" tonight.

But Xue Xiaoning was by his side, and he couldn't ask.

On the contrary, Xue Xiaoning took the initiative to shift the topic to movies.

After touching a cup with Mai Xiaoyu, she proposed that this side card was too biased, and after the movie was screened, the viewing effect was not good.

"Miss, the location is good. Da Fei said first.

The location is indeed good.

Side card side card, side card seat.

Located in the corner of the bar, next to the aisle on one side and the next side card on the other, there are several men and women, who do not look threatening.

In case of a fight, he only needs to temporarily block the enemy attacking from the front, and he can escort Xue Xiaoning away in the shortest possible time.

Will there be a fight?

The meaning of what Mr. Han said on the phone last night was already obvious, and when he entered the door just now, he also found that in the crowd queuing at the door of the bar, the foreigners who were staring at Mai Xiaoyu exuded hostility.

If possible, he would prefer that Xue Xiaoning would not sit with Mai Xiaoyu, so as not to be affected by the fight.

The old driver is experienced, not only the Han family, but also the Ye family.

When Ye Chu saw Mai Xiaoyu and Xue Xiaoning coming in together and wanted to go over to say hello, he was stopped by his bodyguards.

"Chu Shao, Mr. Ye has specially explained that you can't meet with Mr. Mai tonight. ”

"Why?"

"For your safety. ”

"Are you thinking too much? I came to the bar to watch a movie, and you brought so many people with me, and I went to say hello to my friends and said it was dangerous...... This is Cannes and now it's the Cannes Film Festival!"

"Chu Shao, we are also doing things according to orders. I went around the circle before and some of the guests didn't quite count right......"

……

In the bar tonight, some of the customers were not counting the right way.

If Ye Chu's bodyguard is suspicious, then the bar staff is sure.

"Boss, it doesn't seem right tonight, I see Joseph the wildcat and his friends, they've never been to our bar before. ”

"Maybe our bar is too famous now, who knows?"

"But I also saw Bill the Mad Dog and his friends......"

"Who are you talking about?"

"Mad Dog Bill!"

Joseph the wildcat and Bill the mad dog are the leaders of two groups of young people in Cannes. They are natives of Cannes, and they often bully outsiders who come to Cannes to play, and profit from illegal means such as cheating, abduction, and stealing.

But they never bullied the locals of Cannes, so the locals didn't hate them, except in one case - when the two met.

Joseph and Bill were at odds and didn't like each other, as can be seen from their nicknames.

Normally in Cannes, the two groups divided their spheres of influence and did not allow each other to step into half a step. If anyone dares to trample on the scope of others, or if the two meet, it will often be accompanied by a fierce conflict.

The Cannes police department had a headache for this, but there was nothing they could do.

The two of them gather at the bar in Mbiwa tonight, can there still be a good one?

"Conputainmerde!" Mbiwa scolded in French hatefully, "go tell the guys that if those two madmen fight, they will stay away......

……

At eleven o'clock in the evening, the film was shown on time.

In this regard, the guests who come to the bar have long been accustomed to this. If you like it, you can stay and order a whiskey to watch a movie, or if you don't, you can turn around and go to another bar to continue the fun.

"Bill, the movie begins. ”

In a luxury booth, Bill's men reminded.

Bill frowned, looked at Joseph in the booth in the distance, gritted his teeth, and said, "Can anyone tell me how that Connard (stupid beep) is here too." ”

"What are you afraid of, let's kill him with that yellow-skinned monkey!"

"Fool, when have I ever been afraid of him? But our people haven't all come in yet...... Damn, why are there so many guests at the bar tonight!"

The men who had gone to inquire about the situation came back with bad news: "Bill, they seem to have more people than we do." ”

"That's why I'm waiting for all of our people to come in before I do it!"

This condition is easy to achieve.

Not everyone likes to watch movies in bars, and although "This Man is from Earth" is dressed in science fiction, the opening animation is very brilliant, but it can't change its essence, it is a soft science fiction that advances in the form of pure dialogue and interprets the drama style.

Many of the guests came for sci-fi movies, and sci-fi in their eyes meant lasers, warships, and metal.

However, after the movie begins, they are greeted with a dull beginning, a dull process...... Except dull or dull!

This is unacceptable to drinkers who are still active in the heat factor.

One, two, three...... More and more drinkers are leaving, moving to other bars, and the full bars are gradually empty, and Bill's men who are still in line are finally in!

"Bill, we're in. ”

"Boss, it's time to do it. ”

"Okay, I'll assign the task ......"

Bill was assigning tasks to his men when someone suddenly jumped out and grabbed him......

After a loud bang, Joseph the wildcat yelled, "What a movie, smash it for me!"