Chapter 50: Drifting Away

Paris in May is a bright spring, compared to Cannes in May, there is less delicate and bright, and more quiet and quiet. Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info The Mediterranean Sea not only endows this port town also known as Cannes with a unique cool climate, but also creates its historical status as a famous cultural city of Europa, and it is really suitable to hold a film festival exclusive to art films in such a city.

In this exotic southern French city, Liang Baoguang is just an ordinary Asian guy, while Natalie Portman is Matilda in "This Killer Is Not Too Cold", one is an anonymous, the other is a big star, one has no recognition, and the other has always been sought after. The two would seem very out of place when they walked together, so even though he was kindly invited, Liang Baoguang turned down Natalie Portman's offer to go out for a walk together.

Liang Baoguang doesn't want the public to think that he is a phoenix man who wants to take advantage of a woman, and the Cannes Film Festival does not set up a Best Supporting Actress award, Natalie is not the only actress this time basically has no chance to win the award, the reason why she came to the festival in person is to promote "Blueberry Night", and if you appear with him, the people over there will definitely not be happy.

The main creators of "Blueberry Night" are all people who are not very easy to get along with, first of all, director Wong Kar-wai is recognized as self-centered, others treat him as a friend and he treats others as garbage, Leslie Cheung, Andy Lau and other famous good people turn against him, Deng Guangrong, who has the grace of knowing him, was so angry with him that he vomited blood and was admitted to the hospital, and even Tan Jiaming, the teacher of the profession, could be annoyed by him and publicly said that he would break off his friendship and would not cooperate again, Natalie Portman, a person with a very strong personality himself, could not get together with him.

"Baoguang, I didn't expect you to have good connections, even Natalie Portman knows." Because she lives in the same hotel, she doesn't see her head when she looks up, and Quan Do-yeon has seen Liang Baoguang go in and out of Natalie Portman's room many times and have breakfast together, and she absolutely doesn't believe that these two people have ordered anything.

"Nuna, what's that smile on you? I just have an ordinary college seniority relationship with her. Looking at Quan Duyan's meaningful smile, Liang Baoguang really didn't know how to argue, can he say that Americans are particularly open? He often runs over there just to discuss the choice of the male lead actor for his next movie.

Although he has watched many movies and done a lot of homework, Liang Baoguang's perception of the actors has always been based on those completed works, and those images have been given too many colors that do not belong to him, which cannot be used as a perfect basis for judgment. Natalie Portman is different, as a veteran actor who has been struggling in Hollywood for 12 years, she naturally knows better than Liang Baoguang who is suitable for his script.

"Yo yo yo, it's like Nuna didn't go to college, tell me about ordinary seniors, is there an unusual seniority relationship?" Jeon Do-yeon graduated from Korea University, one of the most closely related universities in Korea, and almost every Korean has felt the fear of being dominated by the "Korea Gang".

It is unwise to continue chatting at this time, once the fire of gossip in a woman's heart is ignited, it can't be extinguished by calling a fire brigade, Liang Baoguang can only try to change the topic, "I haven't congratulated Nuna on her happy wedding yet, are you satisfied with this wedding gift?" ”

"Of course I'm satisfied, I really didn't expect your first film to be of such a high standard." At the beginning, it was just to help her husband and help him win Liang Gesheng's favor and care, but in fact, Quan Duyan had already given birth to the idea that it didn't matter even if she acted in a bad movie, but Liang Baoguang's ability really shocked her, even if she knew that "Miryang" was a good work, she didn't dare to think that it could bring her to the red carpet of the Cannes Film Festival.

"Has Nuna forgotten? "Miryang" is not my debut novel, it is my second work. "Another soft sci-fi movie "This Man is from Earth" has been taken and distributed by Sony classic films, Liang Baoguang can finally breathe a sigh of relief until now, with the results of being shortlisted for the Cannes Film Main Competition Unit Top20 as the foundation, even if it was only half sold and half given away before It didn't cost much, Sony classic movies will definitely not be taken seriously," The movie made before received a good response after the test screening of the South by Southwest Film Conference, and it has been handed over to Sony Classic Films for distribution. ”

Quan Duyan then remembered that Liang Baoguang had said before that he also made a movie in the United States, because it was just a few people who got together and shot it at random, she only regarded it as a game for practice, who knew that it was a mature work that could be released. Sony's vision for classic movies is well known to the world, especially when it comes to independent films, the requirements are almost strict, how many big directors with high status in the rivers and lakes have been deflated there, Liang Baoguang can be recognized and naturally has the ability, "If you make movies again in the future, others may have to rush to invest." ”

"Do I still care about the cost of making a movie?" Liang Baoguang said this is a typical shamelessness, now his card is almost empty, his own money is spent on Twitter, Yun Jingyi's money is in the capital account in New York, and now if you want to have a good meal, you have to ask his father Liang Gesheng to stretch out his hand.

"That's right." Regarding the purchase of the entire theater chain of MegaBox by the Xinsheng Group, many people in the industry have received rumors, and Jeon Do-yeon's husband Jiang Shikui has been cooperating with Xinsheng, of course, she also knows the inside information, which is a precursor to the large-scale development of the Korean film market by Liang Gesheng and his son. It may be difficult to say if it were other groups, but the Xinsheng Group is the largest legal loan shark lender on the peninsula, and they do not lack money if they lack anything, and they really don't need other partners with their financial resources.

"I'm a little hungry, Nuna, let's go out for a French dinner." Liang Baoguang's gluttony has come out again, French food can be juxtaposed with Chinese food, of course, it has its merits, he hasn't tasted it well since he came to France, and today he has to ask Quan Duyan to invite a meal, according to the habits of Korean society, Quan Duyan is both a predecessor and a Nuna, and she can only pay for this meal.

"Okay, let's have a French dinner, wait a few minutes for me to change my clothes." Because there are spotlights everywhere during the film festival, walking on the road may be "street photographed", and Jeon Do-yeon is one of the strong candidates to compete for the Best Actress award, so she can't be sloppy in her personal image, and maintaining a good demeanor at all times is also a way to show that she values the festival seriously.

Normally, a big festival is not only a festival for filmmakers, but also a feast for the news media, with countless stars waiting to be interviewed, and topics created around the clock just to attract attention, but here the situation is a little different, and the Cannes Film Festival is not very star-studded. Literary films themselves are niche, because there are not many audiences, they can't make money, and it is difficult to get a wide range of good reputations, so those who are willing to act and direct are newcomers who either take this road specifically, and only a few stars who need awards will appear here.

Liang Baoguang originally planned to go back to rest after a quiet and full meal, but when he walked into the restaurant with Jeon Do-yeon, he knew that it was impossible, because he saw Natalie Portman eating with Jude Law, and Natalie Portman kept waving to him. These two well-known Hollywood actors have received a lot of attention at literary film festivals like the Cannes Film Festival, and there must be many pairs of eyes staring here, no matter how reluctant Liang Baoguang is, it is impossible not to go up to say hello at this time.

"Hey, Natalie, you're eating here too." After sorting out his thoughts, Liang Baoguang smiled and walked over to greet the two, although he didn't like to be followed by the media all the time, but at this time, he couldn't avoid it and could only accept it, and he could feel it, Quan Duyan next to him seemed to want to get to know Jude Law.

"Paul, this is a very famous British actor Jude Law, we have worked together in "Stealing Hearts" before, and we have always had a good relationship since then, so I came out for dinner today to discuss the future development by the way." Natalie Portman took the initiative to stand up, pulled Liang Baoguang's clothes and introduced him, and when it came time to introduce him, it was much briefer, "Jude, this is Paul, my good friend. ”

Jude Law looked Liang Baoguang up and down, Natalie Portman's introduction just now was very problematic, just like talking to his father when he took a friend home for dinner, and introduced him as "Dad, this is our classmate, he has a good relationship with me at school, last time I lost my meal card and helped me cook, today he was locked out of the door by the dog and came to our house for a meal." When Liang Baoguang was introduced, it was like "Who, this is my dad." It was clear who was close and who was far away, and it was obvious that he had put this man in front of him.

"Hello, Mr. Luo." Liang Baoguang stretched out his hand and shook the other party, the movie "Stealing Hearts" may not be very impressive to fans, but Natalie Portman often mentions it, because her only Oscar nomination was for starring in "Stealing Hearts", when she was only one step away from Hollywood's Best Supporting Actress award.

"Hello Paul." Jude Law leaned forward and stretched out his hand, but did not get up from his chair.

Jeon Do-yeon immediately changed her face when she saw Jude Law just sitting and stretching out her hand, and calling Liang Baoguang Paul, this was not a gesture of closeness but not a move to take them seriously at all, even if Koreans were used to bowing to Caucasians, she was very angry. She knows who can offend and who can't, although she wants to know a few more Hollywood people to facilitate the internationalization route in the future, but Liang Baoguang's mood is obviously more important, if she is unhappy, it will be difficult for her to act in South Korea in the future.