Hearing this, the little fairy was already a little confused.

So she couldn't help but ask a little cutely:

"So what does all this have to do with Cannes, this is France, not the United States?"

Zhang Mu looked around and saw that the rest of the people were also looking at him, so he immediately sighed lightly:

"You're still too naïve."

Hearing this, Jiang Wu suddenly looked confused.

Anyway, when he grew so big, it was the first time I heard this evaluation, you must know that others used to say that he was bad.

However, Zhang Mu ignored it, but looked at Liu Xiaoli and asked:

"Ms. Liu, you have been in the United States, you should know whose territory Hollywood belongs to, right?"

However, Liu Xiaoli replied with some doubts when she heard this:

"Hollywood? Isn't that from Los Angeles? ”

When Zhang Mu heard this, he immediately patted his forehead helplessly. Yes, Bai asked. Another one who doesn't care about local politics.

So after pondering for a while, Zhang Mu simply said straightforwardly:

"Some things can't be said in a sentence or two, but you just need to know that Hollywood is part of the traditional Democratic sphere of influence."

And the current president, Cowboy...... is a member of the Republican Party. ”

Then I saw Zhang Mu knock the newspaper on the coffee table with his fingers, and said sonorously:

"This year happens to be another election year in the United States, and now the Democratic Party and the Republican Party are fighting again, so "Fahrenheit 911" is not a documentary at all, but a propaganda film concocted by the Democratic Party for the election campaign."

Speaking of this, Zhang Mu couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, Lao Mei still knows how to play.

Then Zhang Mu pointed out the window helplessly and said:

"Among the three major international film festivals, Venice lies flat directly, Berlin can't get into art films, and Cannes is left to choose commercialization and embrace Hollywood."

"And this time when it comes to the U.S. election, Hollywood will definitely try its best to influence Cannes to build momentum for "Fahrenheit 911", and Quentin's election as chairman of the jury is the best proof of this."

"If it's good to say it in normal times, Cannes may still be arrogant, but at this stage...... Hehe! ”

There are some things that Zhang Mu really can't say, after all, movies are just movies, and it is difficult to maintain independence when facing politics.

However, Zhang Muneng realized this, but Zeng Li and others were a little difficult to accept.

"This ...... Is this Cannes? ”

Zhang Mu shook his head with a wry smile and didn't say anything more.

After all, at present, due to the lack of smooth information exchange between the East and the West, many domestic filmmakers bring their own filters when watching abroad.

This is a problem of the times, and they cannot be blamed.

You must know that the president of the United States, Ohei, who later used force against the seven countries and fought every day, could win the Nobel Peace Prize in the end!

Compared to him, these are nothing at the moment.

……

After being poured cold water by Zhang Mu, Zeng Li, Liu Yifei and others felt a little disappointed, but they finally gave up all unrealistic illusions.

After all, with the Palme d'Or almost booked, the competition for other awards will undoubtedly become more and more intense.

According to Zhang Mu's guess, the grand prize is impossible, and small awards such as the FIPRESCI Award and the Best Debut Award can be looked forward to, and it will not be empty-handed anyway.

But it's also wrong.

After this experience, several people who came to Cannes for the first time were calm. After renting the dress, Zeng Li and the little fairy went shopping with great interest.

Even Huang Bo and Fan Wei couldn't help but exchange some francs with Zhang Mu.

Only Zhang Mu was left to contact film and television companies in various countries with the distribution department.

Although Makino currently has only two movies in his hands, fortunately, it is a suspense and horror movie, and there is not much threshold for viewing.

And "Pen Fairy" has already earned him enough capital, so Zhang Mu's $10,000 is not too little, and $100,000 is not too much.

Gradually, after a busy time, "Pen Fairy" sold a lot of copyrights in Latin America, as well as Eastern Europe and other countries.

As for the copyrights of Western Europe and other countries, Zhang Mu sold them all to Luc Besson's Europa Pictures.

However, it is not in the name of a horror movie, but in the name of "a realistic film that reflects school bullying". It can't be helped, Europeans like it.

After Zhang Mu proposed this concept, Luc Besson laughed at the time, because he immediately understood the money hidden in the two different ways of propaganda.

So in just ten minutes, the two negotiated the deal.

So sometimes the same thing, told in a different way, in fact, the effect will be very different.

However, after hearing Zhang Mu say this proudly, Zeng Li was a little puzzled:

"Ten minutes to finish? So what were you all talking about all afternoon? ”

Hearing this, Zhang Mu just smiled inexplicably at the corner of his mouth:

"Of course, it's about what men should talk about!"

Zeng Li: "...... Phew, nasty! ”

I didn't know what to think, Zeng Li immediately glared at him with a slightly red face, and hurriedly left the living room of the suite.

Only Zhang Mu was left in place, curiously thinking about what Zeng Li's mind had just thought?

But just as he was thinking about it, the accompanying distribution director suddenly came over with his phone and said in a low voice:

"Mr. Zhang, Miramax's call, ask us to talk after the opening ceremony!"

When Zhang Mu heard this, he immediately couldn't help but chuckle at the corners of his mouth, his bait finally worked, it seems that this old rascal still can't help it after all.

So after thinking for a moment, he commanded:

"Okay, tell them it's outdated!"

……

On June 3, the 57th Cannes Film Festival officially opened.

When Zhang Mu and others arrived according to the organizer's arrangement, both sides of the red carpet were already in full swing.

However, most of them are media from Europe, the United States and other countries, and there are not many media in China, Japan and South Korea.

Although Zhang Mu was impatient to walk the red carpet, in addition to selling films this time, he also wanted the actors in the crew to gain some popularity, so he had to patiently accompany Zeng Li and others for a few minutes.

After waiting for others to enter the movie palace, they were relieved.

After scanning around the backstage, Zhang Mu accidentally found an acquaintance.

Well, no, I should say that I was an acquaintance in my previous life.

In his previous life, he and Yang Chao both graduated from the 93rd director department of Beiying, but Yang Chao was better than him.

As soon as he graduated in 97, he made a short film "To Be Avoided" and won the Film Cornerstone Award at the Cannes Film Festival that year.

Later, although he did not become a well-known director in China, he also released movies or TV series from time to time.

So as time passed, the two slowly broke off contact.

However, after seeing Yang Chao again, Zhang Mu suddenly remembered that this time Yang Chao also came to Cannes with a movie.

Well, how to put it, the most interesting thing about the movie he made is not actually the movie itself. It was a Chinese film shot by a Chinese director, and in the end it was only released in France and the Czech Republic.

Sounds interesting!

However, the "Journey" he filmed, although it was not shortlisted for the main competition unit, but it also helped him win the Best Debut Award in his previous life.

Thinking of this, Zhang Mu couldn't help but move in his heart, but he was a little curious about whether history would repeat itself again this time.