207 [Sought after object]
"Oooooooo Philip originally liked "Bloody Lonely City", and after reading the interview article, he had a great impression of Wang Zijun. kissed Emma on the cheek and said loudly, "I'll be a fan of this guy in the future, but unfortunately I don't know if I can still see his movies in France." ”
There is no shortage of geniuses in this world.
Spielberg's debut film entered the film industry the year before last, and it helped the company earn a lot of money, and it also won a lot of fans in Europe at once.
And now Wang Zijun's film is more mature, the picture is more vibrant, and his personal experience is so bizarre, just like reading a legendary novel, if you don't amaze readers who read this article.
Not only Philippe and Emma, but countless fans in France today are interested in Wang Zijun after reading the report, except for a few nationalists. Fans who have not seen his movies are even more looking forward to it, calling some theaters in France to ask if they will screen "Bloody Lonely City".
The managers of these theaters were baffled when they received the call, because most of them had never even heard of the director and the name of the film. However, after understanding the situation, I immediately found relevant reports, and called the head before I finished reading it, hoping to screen "Bloody Lonely City".
If you can get a high score at the Cannes Film Festival, then the quality of the film is not a problem, and now a report has piqued the interest of French fans. With these two guarantees, do you still have to worry about the box office?
Because of its unique approach to reporting on a young Chinese director in favor of the award-winning film in the main competition (which was also reported, but not as the main content), the sales of the magazine soared, almost by two points.
The editor-in-chief blossomed, and Angela, as a reporter, was also full of spring because she was promoted.
The East is mysterious to Europeans, and the sudden appearance of the dark horse of film critic Zhou has made many veteran fans curious. The report of "Positif" satisfies their curiosity, and not only that, but the introduction of the director is like a legendary novel.
Perhaps, they read it as a novel.
After reading the report, these people wanted to know more. Because the report is always false, no matter how great it is, without actual movies and records, it is unconvincing.
Oh, I'm going to watch that Chinese director's movie, I'm going to buy his records, but where can I find those two things?
Aliens are always easy to get attention, and a Chinese person from a bunch of European and American filmmakers is undoubtedly an outlier. At the beginning, it was said that the master director Akira Kurosawa also gained extra attention because of his Asian identity.
Bai Muyang and those publishers were about to negotiate the price, but after seeing the impact of the report, they began to play Tai Chi again, and they didn't say anything.
The report of "Positif" caused a lot of repercussions in the fan circle, and the scandals about Wang Zijun and Garcia, which were originally thrown aside and not reported, suddenly appeared in several gossip magazines the next day.
"Sino-French Sister and Brother Love, Chinese Director and Garcia Behave Closely"
"Chinese Director Fell for Garcia's Beauty"
"Chinese director admits to pursuing Garcia"
"Love at First Sight"
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All kinds of reports came in, and all the photos were Wang Zijun and Garcia wearing "couple clothes" on the catwalk, talking intimately in the awards hall.
Most of the reports inside are fabricated, and some people even say that they saw the two going in and out of a certain room in the hotel together.
It just so happens that in the past few days, fans are interested in this Chinese director and want to know more information about him, these gossip magazines are their favorites, and they are a combination of handsome men and beautiful directors, which has attracted the attention of many people at once. Even some people who are not fans of the movie have joined the discussion.
Garcia was only a rookie director who didn't get much attention before that, and so far he has only made two non-blockbuster street movies. But after only a few days of reporting, she became popular all of a sudden, and the limelight even overshadowed the popular female stars. There are still many reporters blocking outside her house every day, one is to interview her relationship, and the other is to block Wang Zijun at her house.
In everyone's heart, there is a hidden soul of gossip. The speed of the spread of the scandal is always the fastest, and after a few days, the impact is even greater than that of the "Positif" magazine report.
Soon, Garcia's art film, which was not favored by the studios, was suddenly bought and ready to be released in the near future. This made Garcia cry and laugh, she didn't sell it when she knelt down a few days ago, and now she actually got the opportunity to be released by scandal.
On Bai Muyang's side, the price really rose again, the United States sold the distribution rights for 2.5 million US dollars, and the total price of the distribution rights in European countries added up to 3 million US dollars.
As the messy scandals continued to come out, the French "Vogue" magazine suddenly stepped in and analyzed the clothes and makeup of Wang Zijun and Garcia that day.
The clothing Wang Zijun wore that day was actually a famous style that Wang Zijun directly borrowed from later generations, but it made some professional fashion designers shine. In the article, Vogue magazine praised Wang Zijun's taste, calling him the best Asian man to wear.
If the impact of "Positif" and gossip magazines is only in the film and entertainment circles, then as soon as "Vogue" praises, Wang Zijun's name has entered the public's field of vision. Especially in some elite classes, those celebrities just study food and clothing when they have nothing to do, and now suddenly an Asian who can wear clothes pops up, and he is also a handsome guy, which naturally becomes the talk of their social occasions.
A French film company that bought "Bloody Lonely City" was even more desperate, seeing that Wang Zijun was getting hotter and hotter, they simply went all out and paid $100,000 to ask Wang Zijun to shoot a set of photos.
He wore jeans on his lower body and a silk suit on his upper body, but there was nothing inside, revealing his strong chest, and a gentleman's top hat on his head in order to restrain this wild surname.
In the end, there are about 20 shapes, and the largest scale is half-naked, showing the beauty of the male surname. After the photographer found that Wang Zijun had a tattoo on his back, he deliberately added a few close-ups of his back.
When this set of photos was released in France, Wang Zijun had already returned to Taiwan, and after learning about its sales, Wang Zijun was depressed to death, and the appearance fee of 100,000 US dollars was too little.
At this time, the report about Wang Zijun had spread to other European countries, but it was not as popular as in France. When Wang Zijun's photo album came out, it immediately caused a lot of French women to rob, especially those resentful women in the boudoir.
To say, Wang Zijun's figure is definitely not as strong as those bodybuilders, and no matter how handsome he looks, most of them do not conform to the aesthetics of Europeans and Americans, but this is secondary. The French who followed him were actually new at first, and if it weren't for the gossip magazines and Vogue, it is estimated that the report of "Positif" would have been forgotten in a week.
But suddenly, a number of combos, "Fashion" such tasteful and principled magazines have joined in, so it is inevitable to cause a trend. And the last shot out of the photo is the film company's distribution and publicity means, but it makes some celebrities and resentful women like treasures, and they take them out in the dead of night to savor and appreciate them.
Just half a week after Wang Zijun's photo was released, "Bloody Lonely City" was finally released in France, and more than 300 theaters were all full. Almost all of the viewers here are not here for stars and movies, but mainly because they are affected by the report and are curious about Wang Zijun.
However, the super-era pictures and brutal realistic shots of "Bloody Lonely City" did not disappoint those viewers who bought tickets to come in. In fact, the French are not blindly pursuing romance and art, and this scene of artillery fire makes them addicted, probably having the feeling of watching Avatar in later generations.
Following France, other European countries and the United States have also been released one after another, and the total box office in Europe in the first week reached 1.42 million US dollars, a large part of which was contributed by the French, after all, Wang Zijun is too popular in France.
The United States, on the other hand, is a bit bleak, with a box office of only $640,000 in the first week, and most of the ticket buyers are Chinese Americans.
Compared with the lack of interest from whites and blacks, Chinese Americans rushed to tell each other after watching "Bloody Lonely City", especially when MGM played the promotional slogan of the first Chinese-language film to enter the Cannes Film Festival, which inspired their sense of belonging.
Just like Bruce Lee's "Big Brother Tangshan", "Bloody Lonely City" in the United States initially relied on the box office supported by the Chinese, and then affected white people to watch it.
By the second week, as MGM's publicity efforts continued to increase, the two-week box office in the United States soared to $1.7 million. And the Americans who have seen the movie are almost all attracted by the war and fighting plots in it.
Even some senior fans were surprised to find that every shot of the soldier shooting in it was carefully designed by the director, how to watch it and how to feel comfortable. By the third week, the total box office in the United States had grown to 3.1 million, and while the number of fans increased, there were many repeat customers, and it seemed that the film could be screened for two months.
However, none of this has anything to do with Wang Zijun, because he has sold the local distribution rights to the publisher.
said that Wang Zijun returned to Taiwan with the trophy and team that day, and as soon as he walked down the suspension ladder, he was startled by the battle outside.
Countless of his fans and fans spontaneously or organized at the airport, if they were not holding signs in support of Wang Zijun, they would probably be regarded by the authorities as gathering crowds to make trouble.
The news that Wang Zijun won the Critics' Week Award at the Cannes Film Festival has been transmitted back to Asia a few days ago, and this is the first Chinese-language film to be in Cannes. Taiwan's media made a big report, and the Ministry of Education even directly announced the award of a commendation order to Wang Zijun in recognition of his contributions to the educational, cultural and artistic undertakings of the Republic of China.
On the Film Association's side, Wang Zijun was invited to join for the first time, and held meetings for several days in a row to study the films and TV series directed by Wang Zijun and discuss the development of films in the Republic of China. For a while, it seemed that Wang Zijun had become a representative figure of Taiwanese films.
The media in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, whether entertainment or film magazines or not, are happily covering the news. And the group photos of Wang Zijun hugging and talking with Truffaut, Claire and others, I don't know where they got them, they all published them, as if Wang Zijun had become an international director.
Another thing that makes people talk about is the scandal about Wang Zijun and Garcia, many people see the photo of the two walking on the red carpet holding hands, and they think that they are a pair of golden boys and girls, which is a good match. Many people in Hong Kong and Taiwan think that if Wang Zijun can soak in a blonde and blue-eyed foreign beauty director, he will have the prestige and ambition of the Chinese. Many rich playboys have also become fans of Wang Zijun, and running a French beauty director can have a greater sense of accomplishment than playing with student girls and office girls.
Some emotional family programs also took the scandal between Wang Zijun and Garcia as a story, and began to discuss how Chinese and white people get along, how to cultivate feelings, and how to avoid differences caused by inconsistent concepts and traditions after forming a family.
The most practical benefit of this incident is that some aspiring filmmakers from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia have gone to Wang's company to report, hoping to join Wang's subsidiary, and there are a lot of backbones all of a sudden.
Wang Zijun walked out of the passageway, and the fans outside kept shouting his name, and Wang Zijun smiled and waved at them. He also asked Bai Muyang to take out the trophy and walk out by himself.
Reporters from dozens of media raised their cameras and quickly pressed the shutter to take pictures of Wang Zijun holding the trophy.
When Wang Zijun approached, the fans were scratched, and the airport security personnel hurriedly stepped forward to maintain order.
Wang Zijun put the trophy back, shook hands with the fans on both sides and walked forward, and gave an autograph from time to time.
"Zijun, I love you!" Suddenly, a white and chubby girl rushed out from under the crotch of the security guard, and was pulled by someone before she could run two steps. The girl fell to the ground, but crawled towards Wang Zijun quickly, but was dragged backwards by the security guards who caught up, and cried Wang Zijun's name at the same time.
Wang Zijun felt that he couldn't go, so he quickened his pace, motioned for the security personnel to let go, and then reached out and pulled the girl up.
The girl was very fat, hugged Wang Zijun suddenly, strangled his waist and almost gasped, the fans around him coaxed, and some cursed and shouted, probably shouting: Let go of that boy!
While getting rid of fans, and on the other hand, dealing with the entanglement of reporters, Wang Zijun was so tired that he was sweating profusely.
And the question that these reporters asked the most was the scandal between him and Garcia, which seemed to be true, and some reporters asked when they would get married, whether they would bring their bride back to Taipei to live after they got married, and where to go to school after giving birth.
Wang Zijun feels that these reporters are even better than French reporters, and they really have the potential of paparazzi.
Seeing that Wang Zijun didn't speak, these reporters transferred the question to Bai Muyang and others.
Lin Fengjiao was originally unhappy with Wang Zijun's scandal, and she didn't have a good face at this time, and her tone of voice was almost seen by people with intentions.
Wang Zijun soon received invitations from several schools, all of which wanted him to give special lectures at the school. seems to have won an award, and Wang Zijun has really become a film scholar.
Then there were interviews with some TV stations and print media, some of which could be pushed, and some of which could not be offended, so they could only be interviewed head-on.
In addition, the Ministry of Education awarded the award, and a press conference was held in the Zhongzheng Hall, and in front of hundreds of media, the vice minister of the Ministry of Education personally handed over the commendation order to Wang Zijun.
This commendation order is almost a gold medal for avoiding death, and if any of the company's movies have political problems in the future, it will be better to talk with this thing.
Wang Zijun thought that this commendation order was probably Jiang Jingguo's meaning, and most of it was to reward his contributions to the well-off plan, not the Cannes Film Festival award of Rauschzi.
Under the indiscriminate bombardment of public opinion, Wang Zijun almost became a youth model, and was also complained by many young people. Because parents educate their children to take him as an example of getting ahead, forcing them to write homework and read books.
Before he could get over the jet lag, he recorded several TV interviews in a row, and Wang Zijun returned home half dead and threw himself on the bed and refused to get up.
Lin Qingxia came in with a cup of hot milk, looked a little distressed when she saw his tired appearance, and said, "Drink a glass of milk." ”
"I'm too tired to move." Wang Zijun squinted his eyes and said.
"I'll feed you." Lin Qingxia drank a small sip of milk by herself and took the initiative to stick it to Wang Zijun's mouth.
Wang Zijun couldn't help but open his mouth, and a hot and soft fragrant tongue poured into his mouth with milk.
"Is it delicious?" Lin Qingxia asked softly in his ear, her face couldn't help but feel a little feverish, when did she become so.
"It's delicious." Wang Zijun smacked his lips and said.
Lin Qingxia fed him milk one bite at a time, and drank most of the cup, and the two hugged each other and kissed passionately.
"Why is it so good to me?" Wang Zijun pressed Lin Qingxia's youthful and moving body, stroked her cheek and asked, thinking of the matter with Lin Fengjiao, he couldn't help but feel guilty in the face of Lin Qingxia. And when he was with Lin Fengjiao, Wang Zijun chose to forget Lin Qingxia with his surname.
Is it true that men are like this?
For Lin Qingxia, Wang Zijun really loves her, but for Lin Fengjiao, it is a kind of pity and can't refuse.
It would be nice if the two girls could live together peacefully, but this kind of thing is only possible in a dream.
Lin Qingxia smiled: "Even if it's good for you??" ”
"yes." Wang Zijun hugged her and said, "You are so good to me, I don't know what to repay you." ”
Lin Qingxia said gently: "I don't want you to reciprocate, as long as you are good to me." ”
Wang Zijun was silent for a while, and suddenly said in a joking tone: "Qingxia, if you find out that I treat you badly one day, will you leave me?" ”
Lin Qingxia said: "Why are you treating me badly? When I was in high school, I was an ugly duckling, and no boys chased me. And you're a big singer, but you don't dislike me. I know you truly love me. ”
"Then what if," Wang Zijun asked tentatively, "what if I have another woman?" ”
Lin Qingxia's body stiffened, and asked: "Is it true that what the newspaper said, you and that French female director ......" Lin Qingxia's face was a little ugly, and she forced a smile and smiled, "She is indeed more beautiful than me, and she is also a director, you should be more able to talk." ”
What a mess!
Wang Zijun was speechless, and was testing Lin Fengjiao's matter, but he didn't expect Lin Qingxia to think of Garcia.
Wang Zijun hurriedly explained: "I have nothing to do with the female director, and those news were deliberately stirred up by the French because they wanted to promote the film." ”
"Oh." Lin Qingxia's face was a little pale, but there was a lingering shadow in her heart, because she felt that Wang Zijun seemed to have something to say just now.
(To be continued)