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18th, night.

The entrance of the Carlton Hotel is brightly lit, and there is a red carpet outside the door, about ten meters, and from time to time there are cars parked on the side of the road, and a few guests come down.

This is one of the most common activities during the film festival, cocktail party, business, beautiful women, clothes and sideburns.

Chu Qing was wearing a plug-in suit, quietly rubbed his knees, and when he saw two foreigners coming towards him, he hurriedly greeted: "Hi, Pierre, long time no see!" ”

"Haha, Chu! I really don't want to see you on this occasion if I could, you're better suited on screen. Pierre Reisian laughed and introduced the guy next to him: "This is Luis, a director." ”

"Oh, Pierre, you're too omitted!"

The middle-aged man with short hair and a big face was very unhappy and said, "Chu, I'm Louis Leterrier, it's the first time we've met!" ”

"Hello, I've heard the name for a long time!"

Chu Qing shook hands with him, not polite, this buddy's reputation is indeed very good. Born in Europa Pictures, he single-handedly created the "Death Express" series, and later entered Hollywood, filming Norton's versions of "The Incredible Hulk" and "War of the Gods". Although the reputation is very bad, it has a strong foundation, and it may turn over one day.

After a few pleasantries, the two entered the venue.

Chu Qing rubbed his knees again, and suddenly saw Javier Bardem and Sao Pan appear, and said with a little surprise: "Wow, you didn't go to Robin Hood!" ”

"She's bored, so she'll come to you." Javier shrugged.

Sao Pan hugged him and asked in a strange accent, "What about the soldiers?" ”

"Inside, she must be glad to see you."

"See you in that moment!"

After greeting the pair, he was empty for a few minutes, and when he saw Jiang Wen, Jia Zhangke, Zhao Tao, Wang Xiaoshuai, and Qin Hao swaying over, he smiled and said, "You can save trouble and find a place by yourself." ”

"Tsk, differential treatment! You're getting more and more popular now! Lao Jiang scolded as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Don't talk nonsense, Ma slips in!"

He was about to send him away, when Zhao Tao suddenly turned around and asked, "Hey, Qingzi, what's wrong with your leg?" ”

"No, not much!" His spine shook.

"Oh......"

Zhao Tao glanced at it strangely a few times, but didn't dig deeper. Lao Jia was curious and said, "What's wrong with his leg?" ”

"Don't ask, you don't understand!"

She stepped on her high heels, a head taller than the other person, and pulled him inside like a chick. Chu Qing watched from behind, and expressed deep regret for adding another cadre to "what the daughter-in-law said is the brotherhood".

The guests came in groups, and at about eight o'clock, the cocktail party officially began.

There were more than 400 people at the scene, mostly European and American filmmakers and film dealers, looking at all kinds of blonde hair and blue eyes, and they couldn't see a single black hair, which was very cordial.

"Okay, please be quiet."

Ya poked on the stage and said, "It's an honor to meet so many excellent filmmakers today. There are a lot of old friends, there are a lot of new friends, and even brothers from Africa and Australia, which really surprised me, thank you! ”

As he spoke, he waved in a certain direction, and several black/white people responded with a smile.

After a few more words, Chu Qing stepped down, the big curtain hanging in front lit up, and two trailers of "Sword Rain" and a nine-minute trailer were played.

The trailer is the introduction of the film, and the trailer is the behind-the-scenes footage and the main creator's explanation, which are different.

Su Zhaobin was still in Taiwan for the later stage, so he didn't come in a team, but the promotional video took a lot of thought. For Chinese people, the highlight of "Sword Rain" is the rivers and lakes, and for foreigners, it is simplified to: kung fu.

So he firmly grasped the point and expressed that sense of soaring to the fullest. The drizzle killed Lu Zhu, the green sword stepped on the city wall, Han Chang had a green dragon in his sleeve, and Zeng Jing fought a decisive battle with the Wheel King...... As soon as each small shot lit up, it caused a lot of amazement.

What's more, there is also the double disguise, and the dramatic tension of identity contrast is in it. Eh, foreigners love to watch this, Lao Wu's "Changing Face" fascinated Westerners at the beginning.

"Whoa!"

After the clip was played, the applause suddenly rose, and the two of them felt like boiling hot water around them, gurgling madly.

"Haha, Chu! You made a very retro commercial movie. Oh, I mean, it's interesting for Europe. You know, commercial films in Europe and the United States are not very good now...... Those things that fly around, I've been in love with them since "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". Oh, I'm Hungarian, and you know, we always make those long, dark, very personal films...... Haha, after that, looking at this again, it feels amazing! ”

"Technically it's good, I personally like it very much. Although there is no fight scene in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", I love you to death, what is that called...... Oh, long and short swordsmanship! I think we can talk about the cooperation in the future. ”

"The music is impressive, the actors are good, the directing is good, everyone is facing challenges...... All in all very interesting, lalala! ”

“……”

The two of them blinked, speechless at this singing black buddy.

The biggest reason why martial arts films hit the streets in the West is cultural differences, and people can't understand our happiness and hatred and feelings of rivers and lakes. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" succeeded, which is the result of the common culture of Uncle Eucalyptus, using a Western-style pseudo-core to tell the philosophical speculation of a traditional Oriental.

The skin and connotation of "Rain of Swords" are not complicated, and Westerners can easily align with several Hollywood blockbusters, such as "Changing Face" and "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", which are the elements of movie resonance.

Of course, Chu Qing cares more about his own people's opinions.

"I didn't play any special effects, this one is well received. I didn't imitate other martial arts movies, I have something new, not bad. In the past 20 years, martial arts films have been looking for breakthroughs, and you have it. ”

Jia Zhangke's evaluation is very high, but Wang Xiaoshuai has always offended people, and said: "I don't feel a breakthrough, at most new bottles of old wine." You either have business or art, a martial arts film wants to strike a balance, anyway, I'm not optimistic. ”

The most funny thing is Lao Jiang, who picked up the thumb brother and praised: "Good! It's worse than "Let the Bullets Fly"! ”

…………

The Cannes Film Festival closes.

The jury, headed by Tim Burton, gave everyone a big surprise. The Thai film "The Man Who Remembered the Past Life" won the Palme d'Or in an upset. The previous biggest hit, Mike Lee's "Another Year", turned out to be nothing.

The Best Actor Award, which laid a double yolk this time, was jointly won by Javier Bardem and Italian actor Elio Guimarno.

Xavier is also an actor professional, with an Oscar-winning actor, a Golden Globe actor, and two Venices, and now Cannes.

And even more awesome than him is the actress winner, Juliette Binoche.

The work she brought is called "Legal Copy", and the director is the Iranian master Abbas. The 46-year-old actress, after clearing Berlin and Venice, finally brushed off her copy of Cannes and became the first Grand Slam actress in history.

Grand slam!

Chu Qing said that it was fake not to envy, and he suddenly found that he had been busy chattering in the past few years, filming "Painted Skin", filming "Inception", and filming "Fast and Furious...... But in my heart, it seems that I have been away from the movie for a long time.

Then, he thought of "Detachment" again, hoping that he would not be disappointed.

This hypocrisy, Fan Xiaoye is too lazy to care, she only cares about the turnover of "Sword Rain". In history, Wu Yusen took people to Venice for a spin, and overseas pre-sales reached 6 million US dollars.

Now there are many blessings, and it is simply very popular. The two traditional markets of East Asia and Southeast Asia were easily won, and many filmmakers in Europe and North America came to grab them, and even people in South America, Africa, and Australia negotiated copyrights.

Fan Xiaoye made a rough calculation, and couldn't help but be startled, Emma, a full 25 countries.

The cost of "Sword Rain" plus publicity and distribution is only more than 70 million yuan in total, and if all of them are negotiated, the overseas income alone can make a fortune.

……

After coming back from Cannes, Xu Ke had news that China Film and Bona were interested in investing in "Dragon Gate Flying Armor". Chu Qing also symbolically cast a little at his friend's face, which was considered to help him share the risk.

In terms of casting, there is no big opinion, just one point: Don't Brother Chun! Don't Brother Chun! Don't Brother Chun! Brother Chun is so domineering that he is so powerful that he plays all kinds of dramas.

As for others, the actor is Li Lian, who can't be beaten by iron, there is no way, this is Xu Ke's true love. As for the heroine, as soon as he mentioned her name, Chu Qing sprayed. Oh please! What kind of Cheng dù is the aesthetic deformity that makes Li Lianjie and Zhou Gongzi feel cp?

However, Xu Laowei has a reason, saying that what I want is not a sense of cp, but the more alienated the better. Just like Ling Yanqiu's feelings for Zhao Huai'an, the rivers and lakes forget each other.

Ahh

Chu Qingte spit on, you just want to see Zhou Gongzi and Fan Xiaoxuan Lily! (To be continued.) )