Cannes is a tourist destination in the south of France, and in 1957 the highest award in Cannes, the "Golden Duck", was changed to the "Palme d'Or" because the whole city is full of palms. The Cannes Film Festival was founded in 1946 in rebellion against the fascist Venice Film Festival, but was suspended twice due to financial difficulties.

However, that was all the gossip history of the early years. Cannes is now the first of the three major film festivals. This is because of the special surname of Cannes, Venice is too artistic, while Berlin takes the ideological line, only Cannes can be regarded as compatible with business and art, and it is inevitable to attract a large number of commercial and art films to participate.

The 41st edition of Cannes has also attracted distributors from all over the world to find prey that can make them a lot of money, and it is undeniable that no matter how literary the film is, there is always a certain market. As long as the business value can be correctly grasped, it will be profitable.

Ge Wenqiu, as the manager of the distribution department, paid special attention to this film festival under Xiao Ran's instructions, and specially brought his subordinates to the Cannes Fair.

However, for the curious citizens of Hong Kong, they are undoubtedly concerned about such a large group of stars. Xiao Ran naturally goes without saying, who in the whole city doesn't know this diamond king Lao Wu? Fa Ge and Lin Qingxia are of course also the focus of concern.

The Hong Kong media found it very strange, they didn't quite understand why Lin Qingxia went to Cannes, and she basically didn't have any part in this film. It was a newspaper that speculated wildly that Lin Qingxia was to cheer up Xiao Ran, the "godbrother", so he passed it together.

Zhang Manyu, Liu Hua and Wang Jiawei's team of "Mong Kok Carmen", plus the director of the short film Yang Chaoqun, add up to a charm that is obviously not as strong as the "Dark Flower" team. This time, in order to promote Su Renyao and Feng Fei'er, Xiao Ran brought them with him. However, they are all the protagonists.

Su Renyao is okay, but Feng Fei'er Xiao Ran is very optimistic. He has always felt that this woman's performance is very good, and it is very suitable to play the kind of woman who is very bad or very tough, but it is also suitable for playing the kind of woman who is very beautiful and moving, and it feels like he hopes to compete with Zhang Manyu.

Don't think that Zhang Manyu is a person from Golden Harvest, her film contract with Golden Harvest has ended. In fact, a newcomer often needs to sign a few film contracts with film companies, and Zhang Manyu filmed in Golden Harvest in this capacity. When the play is over, it will naturally return to its free body. If you are free again, you can take on other companies' films at will.

The appearance of Chinese-language films in Cannes in this era is obviously a relatively new thing. Therefore, when Xiao Ran and his entourage appeared, many foreign reporters took pictures with cameras.

As the so-called starry stars, Cannes definitely deserves the word, and the Academy Awards are nothing compared to Cannes. There are countless foreign filmmakers here, and of course, for the locals, Xiao Ran is just like a foreign filmmaker.

However, for Xiao Ran, he can see Murray, the director of "Mozart"; Abraham, and Meryl of Sophie's Choice; Streep, that's a lucky thing. But he didn't plan to go up and talk to him, and now he was more interested in technical staff than actors and directors.

The most important thing is that he didn't plan to go around the Cannes Film Festival for the first period of time, so if he has this time, it is better to accompany Lin Qingxia to walk around more. As a result, in the next few days, Hong Kong and Taiwan reporters could not find any trace of Xiao Ran and Lin Qingxia.

Of course, Xiao Ran and Lin Qingxia rented a yacht and were playing, although Fa Ge was also quite helpless about this, but he still couldn't get out of his body to go for a walk and have fun, so he could only complain to Xiao Ran every night.

On the third day, Cannes began screening every shortlisted film. There are really a lot of viewers who come to enjoy "Dark Flower", and I think it is because the shortlisted works of the Oriental people make them very curious. Xiao Ran and the others still didn't bother to go to the cinema to see the situation, anyway, they wouldn't make any international jokes with a standing ovation of fifteen minutes.

There were quite a lot of viewers who went to the cinema to watch "Dark Flower" that day, probably because France has always been interested in Chinese-language films. On the screen, the audience saw a strange blood flower like a stunning blood flower in the dark.

A seamless trap, two pawns whose fate is not under their control. The gloomy and deep atmosphere, the violent but not bloody picture. When the audience saw Su Renyao throwing the ball out as if no one was around, it finally bounced back into his hand in the dusty cell.

The audience enjoyed the cathartic and passionate gunfight pictures, and the high-speed alternating pictures clearly created a strong enough sense of contrast and layering. When they thought that Achen could finally escape, an indifferent gunshot from behind brutally shattered the only hope in the hearts of every audience.

At this moment, the whole movie theater is as calm as the bottom of the sea, and people can't calm down the feeling of being emotionally indulged for a long time, and they can't get rid of the amazing feeling of entanglement. In less than a moment, the audience erupted in applause, and Fa Ge even felt that this applause was even warmer than in Hong Kong theaters.

Of course, Xiao Ran was not very aware of the countless praises that "Dark Flower" had received in the city, and on the evening of the fifth day, Xiao Ran finally received good news from Paris: he had won enough controlling stake in Leo Company, and tomorrow he would officially announce the news that Phantom had taken over Leo Company.

Xiao Ran couldn't help laughing, hugged Lin Qingxia, who didn't know why, and turned around, and said to her happily: "Now that I have controlled Leo Company, the first step of the Phantom to enter the overseas market has finally walked away!" ”

"Really?" Lin Qingxia didn't understand what this meant before, but now she clearly understands that this represents the first step of the Phantom out of the global film empire. This is a very critical step, and being able to win this distribution company means that there will be a number of Hong Kong films that will hit the overseas market.

"Of course it's true!" After Xiao Ran was emotional, he quickly calmed down and looked at Lin Qingxia with a smile: "Now do we want to celebrate?" Maybe something special? ”

Of course, Lin Qingxia knew what Xiao Ran meant, and said with a slight annoyance: "What nonsense, how can you mess around here?" ”

At this moment, Fa Ge pushed the door in, and when he saw the two hugging each other affectionately, he couldn't help but show a strange smile: "If you want to be affectionate, let's wait until you go back to Hong Kong." Here, it's still a little inconvenient! ”

Xiao Ran and Lin Qingxia were embarrassed for a while, and Lin Qingxia celebrated Xiao Ran's success with a roll of eyes. After each sat down, Xiao Ran pondered for a moment, thinking that it might be time for Fa Ge to let Fa Ge know some of his plans to facilitate his plans.

"You guys hide and be lazy every day, this is not the way!" Fa Ge smiled weirdly, obviously making fun of them: "Now Ayu and I are suffering outside every day, you don't know how uncomfortable it is!" ”

"Today, I have officially taken control of the French company Leo Publishing!" Xiao Ran restrained his smile, and said to Fa Ge with a very serious expression: "Fa Ge, what do you think!" ”

"French Leo Distribution?" Fa Ge was surprised, but he couldn't react to Xiao Ran's quick change in expression, and muttered and repeated. Suddenly, he understood, and pointed at Xiao Ran in surprise: "Ah Ran, are you planning to ......?"

"That's right, I'm planning to enter the European market!" Xiao Ran stared at Fa Ge with a smile, stood up and came to the window and said slowly: "I want not only Europe, but also North America and the world!" ”

Staring at Xiao Ran's back, Zhou Yunfa really felt that his brain was not enough at this moment. When I first met Xiao Ran, he was just a little screenwriter who was not taken seriously. And now Xiao Ran has not only changed his status as a screenwriter, but also become Hong Kong's number one screenwriter and the boss of Hong Kong's four major film companies, with a net worth of billions.

He sometimes really feels that the world is changing too fast, but in just over two years, Xiao Ran has transformed into what he is today. This made Fa Ge feel unimaginable, but the facts were so naked in front of him, he couldn't help but admit that Xiao Ran was indeed a genius.

"So......" Xiao Ran suddenly turned around and stared at Fa Ge, and then glanced at Lin Qingxia: "You must learn English, at least know English, otherwise it will be difficult to gain a foothold in the international film industry in the future." ”

"I'm going to learn too?" Lin Qingxia was surprised, pointed her finger at the round nose and asked, "I don't need it, I rarely take on dramas!" ”

"No, you must learn!" Xiao Ran's tone was categorical, and there was no room for resistance. Now the two most powerful actors in his hands are Fa Ge and Lin Qingxia, that is, no matter what, he must praise them as international movie stars. To become a big star in the international film industry, English is indispensable, otherwise there will be a mess of Fa Ge's achievements in Hollywood more than ten years later because of English problems.

"I've never touched a foreign language in my life, and now I still have to learn it, it's really ......" Fa Ge was very depressed, Xiao Ran did this is simply chasing ducks to the shelves, okay, okay, okay.

Xiao Ran rubbed his nose, thinking that Fa Ge was really a little uninterested in English. Thinking of this, he thought it was necessary for him to enlighten himself: "Brother Fa, now that the company has mastered the mainstream cinema chains in France, French is not forced for you to learn, but English is learned to help you become famous in the world." ”

"Okay, I understand!" Complaining is complaining, how could Fa Ge not know that Xiao Ran is doing this for his good.

"Besides......" Xiao Ran smiled, showing cunning: "From now on, the company's artists must pass the test of mastering at least Mandarin and one foreign language before they can graduate." If you don't want to be pulled down by the times, the best thing to do is to get ahead of it! ”

"I really don't understand why you're buying that company, though!" Fa Ge took the red wine handed by Lin Qingxia, took a sip, and then walked to Xiao Ran's side and looked at the scenery outside the window: "Isn't it good to develop Southeast Asia?" If you meddle in Europe, you will definitely not be able to fight Hollywood! ”

Xiao Ran hesitated for a moment, Fa Ge didn't know his general direction of development, and he didn't even know how big his ambitions were, so it was naturally incomprehensible. At this time, Lin Qingxia handed Xiao Ran a glass of water, and was surprised: "Don't you know your ideals and ambitions?" ”

When Fa Ge was stunned and thought about what Xiao Ran's ambition meant, Xiao Ran shook his head slightly. All along, he thought that there was no need to mention these things to Fa Ge, and even Lin Qingxia didn't know it very well. Perhaps, the only one who can truly understand and understand is Wei Dongling.

Let them know! What Xiao Ran wants to say at this time is actually only one sentence to cover everything. He stared at Fa Ge, and told him in a light but affirmative tone: "Fa Ge, I want to bring Chinese films to the world and replace Hollywood movies or English movies." ”

Fa Ge is a careful person, shocked by Xiao Ran's ambition or ambition, he couldn't help but confirm: "Are you referring to Chinese movies and not Hong Kong movies?" ”

Xiao Ran glanced at the two of them and sighed slightly, thinking that they finally still had some doubts about the mainland newspaper, otherwise why bother with this word. After hesitating for a moment, Xiao Ran did not fully reveal his position, but said lightly: "Aren't Chinese films equal to Hong Kong films now?" ”

The next day, in a commercial building in Paris, France, Wei Dongling smiled and faced reporters' questions, and many Hong Kong reporters with a keen sense of smell stopped hearing the news, such as Liang Jiabao, one of them.

"Mr. Wei Dongling, I think Phantom Company may be the first company to acquire a distribution company in Europe, can you tell us why you did this!" A French reporter asked Wei Dongling in French.

After learning about this problem through the translator, Wei Dongling replied unhurriedly: "Whether it is the first one, I haven't investigated, but I think maybe it is indeed the case." We needed a distribution company for a European audience, so we acquired Leo, which has a lot of potential! ”

"So what will you bring to the Leo Company in crisis? And what can it bring to France? Another French journalist asked in English, and they were all very interested in the Phantom company, which suddenly bought Leo's company: "And now is the time when the Cannes Film Festival is underway, did you choose this time to acquire the company?" ”

"Of course not, it's just a coincidence!" I have to admit that Wei Dongling is now becoming more and more general-like, but this is all a skill that has been slowly practiced. I saw him smile and continue: "The films produced in France are among the best in the world, and the Phantom Company will bring excellent Chinese films to the French audience at the same time, it will also bring excellent French films to the East." ”

The reporter of the Oriental Daily couldn't hold it back, and asked anxiously: "Mr. Wei, why didn't Mr. Xiao come over this time?" ”

"He? He's enjoying the sunshine in Cannes now, and you're probably not going to want to come over! Wei Dongling laughed, at this time, Hong Kong reporters always seemed to be very cordial, and he was not very careful when answering questions.

The French reporter was even more surprised when he learned that the owner of the Phantom Company was the director of the film in the official competition in Cannes. It is definitely very interesting news that the owner of a big company was able to participate in the Cannes competition even by directing the film himself.

Of course, Wei Dongling didn't realize at all that his words had brought Xiao Ran a headache for reporters. Even if he knows, I am afraid that Wei Dongling will work harder. In short, Xiao Ran must be relaxed now.

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