Chapter 96: Tease
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On May 6, Fang Jianhui and Adjani appeared in Cannes, a small city in southwestern France.
Cannes, the name of Xiangjiang is Cannes, and the name of Taiwan Island is Cannes, where the annual Cannes Film Festival in France is about to be held.
This Cannes Film Festival, the time is from May 7th to 19th, which lasted 13 days, Fang Jianhui and Adjani both have films shortlisted for the main competition unit, Fang Jianhui is the "Narayama Festival Examination" that was filmed last year, because of the tight time, I didn't catch up with last year's film festival and stayed this year. Adjani's is the film that Fang Jianhui strongly opposed at the beginning - "The Summer of Murder".
Both of them are big favorites at the film festival, Fang Jianhui is the favorite of the Palme d'Or and Best Director Award, and Adjani is the favorite of the Best Actress Award.
In addition to Fang Jianhui's "Narayama Festival Examination", there is also Nagisa Oshima's "Happy Christmas on the Battlefield", in contrast, RB's domestic public opinion is more optimistic about the latter, not that it looks down on Fang Jianhui's level, but after all, Fang Jianhui is a foreigner, and it may be unsuitable to make this kind of rustic pure RB art film.
At the same time as Fang Jianhui's participation, Toei and Fox have already built momentum in RB, and all kinds of high hats are put on Fang Jianhui and "Narayama Festival Exam" like money, what to promote local culture, Oscar director, the RB complex of the king of pop music, and the Palme d'Or are bound to win, and the film will be released on a large scale in all RB on May 12.
On the 7th, the opening of the film festival, on the red carpet show, Fang Jianhui and the crew of "Narayama Festival Examination" walked first, and after waiting for more than ten minutes, Adjani and the crew of "Murderous Summer" also walked in.
A man who looked like a reception manager suddenly came to the VIP seat: "Mr. Fang, Miss Adjani." ”
"Huh?" Fang Jianhui asked.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Fang, Miss Adjani. The person who came first bent down to apologize, and then said: "The reporters outside are clamoring, saying that there are too few photos just now, and they want to ask the two of you to walk the red carpet together again." ”
Uh, is there anything else going on? Fang Jianhui and Adjani looked at each other with a questioning expression.
"I'm really sorry. The visitor bent down again: "Please two of you must go again, the reporters are making too much trouble." ”
“... All right. Seeing this person's embarrassed look, Fang Jianhui agreed.
Fang Jianhui and Adjani walked out of the other exit of the theater, got on the bus and walked around to the entrance of the red carpet again. Seeing Fang Jianhui and Adjani appear, the reporters cheered.
"Mr. Fang, please look this way. ”
"Mr. Fang, you go slowly. ”
"Miss Adjani, can you laugh?"
"Miss Adjani, please get closer to Mr. Fang. ”
The two of them are so red and beautiful, the reporters are unrelenting, and they keep putting forward various requirements, and the red carpet is just a few dozen meters, and the two have not finished walking for more than ten minutes. Fang Jianhui was fine, but he felt that Adjani was a little unhappy, and his hand trembled slightly.
In order to comfort the beauty, Fang Jianhui suddenly turned Adjani's body over, turned it into a face-to-face with him, and made a look at Adjani, the beauty smiled, Fang Jianhui put one hand around Adjani's waist, and the other hand touched her face, the two bodies were getting closer and closer, and their faces were about to be touched.
Is this the rhythm of kissing in public? Isn't it a good 'sister and brother'? The reporters were in an uproar, feeling that they had caught a big news, and they all approached, and those who were far away began to run wildly.
Fang Jianhui and Adjani closed their eyes, still slowly approaching, seeing that their mouths were about to be closed, and the shutters of the cameras in the hands of the reporters were "crackling", ready to shoot the two kissing.
At this time, I saw the two of them open their eyes at the same time, smiled slightly, turned their faces, and made a victory gesture together, shouting "Yay!" in their mouths.
Knowing that they had been tricked, the reporters responded with a "cut!" sound.
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After a small interlude, the festival officially began. The opening film of this year's film festival is Martin Scorsese's "The King of Comedy", which is a big hole, with an investment of 20 million US dollars, and the North American box office is less than 2 million. Because of Fang Jianhui's discernment, Twentieth Century Fox rejected Martin's investment request, and the last wronged person he found was Warner Bros.
In this kind of art film-based film festival, full of directors and producers looking for investment everywhere, Fang Jianhui's identity as the boss of Twentieth Century Fox makes him not only chased by outside reporters, but also constantly harassed by these bitter artists, Fang Jianhui only lasted for two days, and then he couldn't stand it, and simply shrunk into the beach house he bought for Adjani and couldn't come out.
"Sir, Smith reports that Lady Nie is surrounded outside. Kuroki reported. Smith and the bodyguards never enter the house unless it is an emergency, and when there is something, it is revealed by Kuroki.
"Ah!?" Fang Jianhui, who was reading the script, was startled, Adjani just went out to the supermarket to buy something, and there was a problem?
"Master, don't be nervous, the people surrounding Mrs. Ni are all reporters. Hei Mu Tong saw that he was in a hurry, and hurriedly said.
That's okay, at least there is no danger, Fang Jianhui breathed a sigh of relief. He got into the car, Smith, Shirley and others also got into the car, and the group roared away.
Rushing to the scene, I found that the situation was a little weird, Adjani sat in a coffee shop and drank coffee leisurely, followed by her female bodyguard and assistant at the door, outside the door there was a group of reporters with long guns and short guns, and the reporters neatly shouted slogans: Interview is reasonable!
Fang Jianhui came to Adjani and sat down, and when she asked, she knew that when Adjani came out of the supermarket, she was met by a reporter, this old man was like a treasure, chasing her closely, Adjani ignored it at all, and got in the car and left, but I didn't expect this reporter to have a kraft candy spirit, standing directly in front of the car and not letting go, and calling friends to accompany him, and the reporters gathered more and more.
Adjani saw that she couldn't leave, she also had a personality, and in the face of reporters' questions, she never paid attention to them, didn't say a word, and finally simply walked into a nearby coffee shop and drank coffee.
"My sister Ni, why do you bother?" Fang Jianhui persuaded her: "Just say a few clichés." ”
"Jianhui, don't you know, these guys are used to getting an inch, you only need to take care of one, the second one will come, take care of the second, and the third will let you pose for a photo. Adjani has her own reasoning: "I'm here to attend a film festival, and I'm not holding a fashion show, what kind of photos are I taking? Besides, if you take pictures, aren't you taking pictures of the red carpet on the first day?"
Well, sister, what you said makes sense, I can't refute it. Adjani really doesn't pay attention to dressing, and she also rejects the media, like she is now dressed at home, wearing an ordinary T-shirt, and she doesn't even wear makeup.
However, such a stalemate is not a way after all, Fang Jianhui and Shirley went together to appease the group of reporters.
Before he could say a few words, a fat man who claimed to be the deputy editor-in-chief of Le Figaro came out and shouted: "We ask Miss Adjani to come out for an interview, otherwise we will call on all journalists to strike and stop covering this festival." The reporters in the back shouted over and over again: The interview is justified!
Strike? It's my business, who are you to scare? Fang Jianhui was deeply defeated by the amusing spirit of these Frenchmen.
Adjani resolutely refused to accept the interview, and the reporters insisted on interviewing, and both sides did not back down. No way, Smith proposed, or let me and the bodyguards cover and rush out, right?
Fang Jianhui stopped this thought, waved his hand, and said, "Call the police! Let the police uncle come and rescue us." ”
When the police arrived at the scene and asked about the situation, they separated the crowd and asked Fang Jianhui to leave with Adjani, and when they left, the reporters kept clamoring, and afterwards they also attacked Adjani for being arrogant and rude and had no one in sight.
Fortunately, Adjani's style has always been like this, and the French people have long been accustomed to it, so this kind of attack has no repercussions. It's like when you baash a playboy and hook up a model, it's not news, and it won't hit him hard.
On May 19, the festival held an awards ceremony, and the results were mixed and mixed, Fang Jianhui's "Narayama Festival Examination" won the most important Palme d'Or, but Adjani lost to Hannah Xugula of "The Story of Piana" in the 'Best Actress'.
This result made Fang Jianhui a little regretful, and it also made RB's domestic media glasses fall to the ground, and Nagisa Oshima's "Happy Christmas on the Battlefield", which they had high hopes for in advance, was not successful, but Fang Jianhui, who was not optimistic, won the most important award!
After the accident, it was touted, and everyone worshiped Fang Jianhui's directing skills and his deep understanding of RB culture, and praised him as 'the foreigner most familiar with RB culture' and 'the best friend of the RB people', all of which made the box office of the popular film further higher.
Not only RB's media, but also media around the world have written about Fang Jianhui's achievements when reporting on this film festival: winning the Oscar for Hollywood films, winning the Palme d'Or for RB films, winning Golden Horse Gold Awards for Chinese films, and winning Grammys for his records.
While the French media complained about Adjani, they couldn't help but look forward to Fang Jianhui's scene of making a French film one day - with Fang Jianhui's French proficiency and his close relationship with Adjani, this kind of thing is completely possible - at that time, the César Award will definitely not run, and it is estimated that it is completely possible to be nominated for an Oscar.
After the end of the film festival, Fang Jianhui did not leave, but fulfilled his promise to Adjani - to accompany her in France for at least one month every year, returned to Paris with her, and stayed with her until early June before returning to Hong Kong.
During this period, the two stayed and flew together, shopping together, eating together, etc., and often there was a 'third party' - the new French rose Sophie Marsue, who also followed, their actions were not hidden from the media, and the French media immediately knew, when asking Sophie Masso and their relationship, Fang Jianhui admitted frankly that Sophie was his newly recognized 'sister', and by the way, he also advertised for "Lightning Dance".
This time I stabbed the hornet's nest again, last time it was 'sister', this time it was 'sister', your brother is endless, isn't it? Abduct my French sister one after another? Suddenly, countless reporters flocked to the scene, causing Fang Jianhui to make headlines on his news almost every day during his stay in France.