The 9th Shanghai International Film Festival is indeed a rare star-studded film event in Chinese mainland.

On the red carpet, Chinese fans from all over the country erupted in screams and cheers from time to time, and the host introduced the guests in Chinese and English.

The crew of "Tiangu", which won the Golden Goblet Award, caused a lot of momentum - Chu Qing, the actor of this movie, can be said to be one of the most well-known faces in the Chinese film industry in the world, especially outside North America, especially in Eurasia. The crew led by him certainly aroused the popularity of fans who were full of pride, and Zhu Yuanyuan and Liu Zifeng next to him were relatively few people.

Daniel. Sandler came out in the middle and late stages, and Fernando and Rachel, who only arrived in Shanghai today, did not go with him, and the two were a little earlier than him. Among them are also the crew of "Tokyo Trial" and director Li Huan, who will first receive the Outstanding Contribution Award for Chinese Film Overseas at today's opening ceremony. When Daniel arrived on the red carpet, Li Yu had not yet appeared on the red carpet, and the crew of "Tokyo Trial" had already set off.

"Congratulations."

"I didn't expect to see you in China, it's a pleasure." Li Yu did look happy, "Hollywood should pay more attention to this." ”

"There will come a time, as long as China shows its potential." Daniel shrugged his shoulders, "And that's only a matter of time, isn't it?" ”

"Maybe."

The place where the two of them stood and talked attracted countless eyes, and even reporters close to the end of the red carpet began to catch them from the cracks. The other Chinese stars on the waiting stage have yearning in their eyes - it is impossible for any motivated actor to turn a blind eye to Daniel's achievements, wealth, awards, salary, popularity, popularity, etc., all these things that an actor wants, Daniel is unbeatable. Ahead of all peers. Even now, the prices of Chinese actors are starting to come under scrutiny, and as in Hollywood, investors are complaining that actors take away most of their budgets and produce very little of the budget — in the case of works led by unknown directors and companies. It stands out. For example, directors Feng Xiaogang and Zhang Yimou, of course, they can naturally lower the actors' salaries, because they provide actors with opportunities for self-appreciation. But for some lesser-known works, if you want to have big-name actors join, you can only rely on throwing a lot of money.

Whether the market determines the price, or whether the price of the actor is inflated, is a long-standing debate that will continue.

But when the actors saw Daniel, they didn't feel that their price was too high, compared with Daniel's basic salary of one or two hundred million yuan. They don't even have a fraction of it. Of course, they also forgot that the works starring Daniel are not one or two films with a global price of 5 or 600 million US dollars, and "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy", "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "Spy 2" are as high as 8 to 1 billion US dollars - at the current exchange rate of about 8 to 1, that is, the box office of a single film is more than 6 billion yuan. This is an achievement that no Chinese actor can achieve, first of all, the Chinese mainland market is not enough to produce such a large box office work, and the international market is basically equivalent to 0 for most Chinese-language films.

This may be the real market that determines the price.

After chatting for a few words, Daniel simply walked on the red carpet with Li Yu. The staff seemed to want to come up and say something, but the steps were heavy. It wasn't until Daniel walked on the red carpet that he looked embarrassed behind the two of them. According to the schedule and the host draft, Li Yu and Daniel are separated, and now they are walking on the red carpet together, will there be chaos? He didn't have any bottom at all.

However, fortunately, the host is quite clever.

"We see. Now on the red carpet is ...... Hollywood superstar, Oscar-winning actor Daniel Brown. Mr. Sandler, as well as Mr. Li Yan, the winner of the Oscar for Best Director and the winner of the Outstanding Contribution Award for Overseas Chinese at this year's Shanghai International Film Festival, welcomed them to Shanghai. Daniel. Sandler is ...... Four-time nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor. Won the Best Actor Award for two consecutive years...... Created the well-known DD Pictures company and acquired Hollywood production giant MGM Pictures...... Filmed "Pirates of the Caribbean", "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy", "Gladiator" and other popular classic movies...... He is a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the main initiator and donor of the "Science and Technology for All Beings" Foundation......"

By the time the host broadcasted this large string of content, Daniel had already walked more than half of the red carpet.

Whether it is a fan who knows or doesn't know Daniel, they now know how good the young, handsome American in front of them is! So much so that they think that Li Yu, who has a very high status in the international film industry, will be ranked behind him when he is introduced.

Red carpet host Yuan Min had to beckon the two to leave their names on the autograph plate at this time, and they needed to conduct a live interview, although the host in the stereo had not finished reading Li Yu's resume.

Daniel stuck out his tongue at Lee, apparently sorry for the time he had lost.

After waiting for almost a minute, Yuan Min exhaled.

"Welcome to China, Daniel. Mr. Sandler, when you go to Beijing, Rongcheng, and Shanghai, what is your impression of China? ”

This is a routine problem that any well-known foreign person who comes to the Chinese has to face.

"It's very good, my fans are very welcoming, the food in China is amazing, it's happening incredibly fast, and I think we're witnessing amazing things in a great country." Daniel chose to answer Yuan Min's question in Mandarin, which naturally caused everyone to exclaim.

Because it is really too standard, if Daniel has just arrived in the United States, and because of the tongue structure and pronunciation habits, with a little accent, then now his Chinese is basically pure.

"Ah, your Chinese is fantastic."

"Really? Putonghua Proficiency Test Level 1A? ”

Yuan Min, as a high-achieving student who graduated from the orthodox broadcasting and hosting major, certainly knows what this is. Foreigners like to shake off their Chinese knowledge, but Daniel is too cold to shake this stalk.

"You may have heard of the Mandarin proficiency test, Level 1A is the highest level, and our announcer requirement is Level 1A. It seems that Daniel's research on Chinese is really in-depth. Yuan Min felt that he wanted to explain this stalk to everyone, and indeed after he said it, everyone's impression of Daniel was greatly improved.

"Director Li Yan, I just won the Oscar for Best Director this year, congratulations. Everyone's interested in your new movie? ”

There were many rumors about Li Yu's new film plan after "Brokeback Mountain", until the end of last month, Focus Pictures' James. Shams has just officially announced that he will be filming Eileen Chang's "Color. Ring", so far, the actor is Liang Chaowei by default, but Li Yu has not let go.

"The new film is going very well, and I will also come to Shanghai to shoot it, I hope everyone can support it then."

Daniel stood on the side, a little wanted to laugh, mainland fans probably can't go to the cinema to support, Li Yu should have understood this by now, it's also very cute to tell lies without changing his face.

……

Walking in front of them is "Tokyo Trial" participating in the Asian Newcomer Award unit, director Gao Qunshu, with two young actors Zhu Xiaotian and Lin Xilei. When Daniel and Li Huan walked on the red carpet, before they reached the end, they heard cheers from behind, and supporters introduced Daniel and Li Huan's great achievements.

Zhu Xiaotian glanced at Lin Xilei, who was wearing a white evening dress with slanted shoulders and an open back.

"It's a coincidence, you can talk about it later."

He is attracted to Lin Xilei, it is not a secret in the crew, and it is also a semi-public thing to pursue him, but unfortunately, Lin Xilei has never let go. Later, there was also a scandal between Daniel and Lin Xilei - what made Zhu Xiaotian tired was that there was no media at all that he and Daniel were rivals in love, and no one regarded the two as a figure of magnitude. Those Hong Kong newspapers that were still arguing about their scandal the day before immediately turned their heads and immediately created the illusion that Lin Xilei and Daniel were in love, almost as if the previous report did not exist.

Lin Xilei's mood was not as calm as on her face, but she didn't have any intention of ignoring Zhu Xiaotian's insinuations.

The man in the back who was in the limelight couldn't help but make her think more. In Vancouver before, she was able to be self-reliant, and the most important reason was the difference in skin color and culture, which made her rule out this possibility at all. But after the scandal time, and Daniel took the initiative to recognize them as good friends, Lin Xilei inevitably felt a little swaying.

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Daniel and Li entered the Shanghai Concert Hall, which was already full of guests, and many Hollywood colleagues came to greet them both, except for Edward. Norton - Because he was filming Marvel's "The Incredible Hulk" and, importantly, he had turned down Lee's "The Incredible Hulk", so it was a bit awkward to meet.

Stop. Mr. and Mrs. Jackman, Natasha. Richardson and Liam. Neeson, Andy. McDowell, who has already stepped forward to come in with Rachel. Vichy and Fernando.

But after a little pleasantries, everyone dispersed, which is not appropriate after all, to come to China for a film festival, and then a group of American filmmakers get together, which seems a bit petty.

There weren't many activities at the opening ceremony, mainly to present the award to Li Yu, and then announce the opening and the next ten days of activities, and watch the opening film, this time the Chinese-British co-production "The Countess".

Everyone's news points are basically focused on the red carpet.

Lin Xilei and Daniel walked the red carpet before and after, it is difficult to say that there are no hands and feet of the organizing committee, but they are quite hidden, at least there is a Li Yu who has a lot of attention in the middle - but unfortunately Daniel did not appreciate it, so there were many more scandal reports in the news the next day, which was also cocooned. (To be continued.) )

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