The next morning, in response to the PR manager Melanie's need to increase exposure, Martin left the hotel after breakfast and took a walk on the esplanade leading to the Palais des Festivals.

With the Cannes Film Festival just around the corner, the Palais des Festivals has been renovated and the Corniche is lined with fans, tourists and journalists.

Martin was accompanied by many reporters to take pictures, and occasionally fans came to ask for autographs or group photos, and he was also satisfied with them one by one.

Fortunately, this is Europe, not Los Angeles, and Martin's influence is not that great.

In addition, there are a lot of movie stars and directors on the esplanade.

Martin casually swept his gaze and saw Ang Lee, Johnny To, and Quentin.

The crowd and media reporters suddenly boiled, and many people ran towards one place.

Mene jumped to a high place and looked at it, and when he came down, he said, "Sophie Marceau and Monica Bellucci came out together. “

Martin only took a closer look at the festival yesterday, and in the special presentation section, there was "Don't Look Back" co-starring Sophie Marceau and Monica Bellucci.

"Sophie Marceau is also my goddess of literature and art. ”

Bruce couldn't help but say, "You have so many goddesses of literature and art. ”

"A beautiful European actress over 40 years old and long." Mene resonated: "It's all my goddess of literature and art." ”

"Tomorrow afternoon's opening ceremony, you'll be on the red carpet for a while, and the Cannes red carpet dew point is Sophie Marceau's repertoire," Martin said. ”

Mene hurriedly took out his mobile phone, turned on the camera and took a photo of the sea: "It's not clear enough." ”

Bruce said, "Get a professional DSLR then." ”

"Great idea!" Mene laughed: "I walked the opening red carpet with my camera. ”

The three of them came to the vicinity of the beach, and a reporter called Martin, who turned his head and smiled at the camera, allowing the reporter to take pictures.

The reporter's camera quickly shifted to the other side, and it seemed that the beauty was more attractive.

Martin also looked over: "Jennifer, this way." ”

Jennifer Lawrence also saw Martin, hurriedly walked over to say hello, and said, "I wanted to visit you at the hotel yesterday, but your crew was in a meeting, so I didn't bother." ”

She had been eyeing Nicholson since she was less than 16, and her head was quite lively: "There is a place in Cannes where I can help, you can tell me." ”

Martin didn't need her help, and replied casually: "Just do your job on the crew." ”

Jennifer Lawrence, the heroine of the same crew, came over and said, "I didn't expect to meet here." ”

Martin looked at Charlize Theron, who was as tall and legged as a clothes rack, and replied with a smile: "Sally, where you are is the core of the earth, there will always be endless attraction. ”

Charlize said politely: "I'm not as good as you, you were the first sexy male star in Hollywood last year." ”

Jennifer Lawrence felt ignored and quickly interjected: "You know each other? ”

"Sally and I are good neighbors," Martin said. ”

A reporter on the opposite side shouted, "Martin, Charlize, can I take a group photo of you?" ”

Martin did not answer.

Charlize came over automatically and looked at Martin, "Is that okay?" ”

Martin smiled at her, "My pleasure." ”

Some reporters have already seized the opportunity to start taking pictures, and from his point of view, Martin and Charlize look at each other, their eyes are emotional......

Martin and Charlize turned around, with their backs to the sea, and took a group photo together.

Jennifer Lawrence has been completely overlooked.

She is a girl who is not willing to be lonely, and rubs against Martin on the other side.

After cooperating with the reporter to take a photo, Charlize turned to look at the sea and asked Martin: "Are you ready to compete for Best Actor?" ”

"It's hard to say if this idea can be realized, because there are a lot of competitors," Martin said. ”

Charlize lowered his voice: "I heard a message from Kim Basinger from the same crew that Quentin's "Inglourious Basterds" also listed Best Actor as the number one goal. ”

"Thank you for the reminder." Martin saw the name of "Inglourious Basterds" in the list of films in the competition unit.

Brad Pitt fell, and he turned down Harvey's invitation, and the male protagonist of this part is Josh Brolin, who was once famous Thanos.

Charlize has no contact with Harvey, doesn't mind selling it to Martin's neighbor, and said: "The actor they declared is Christoph Walz, a German." ”

Martin immediately remembered the German officer, and in "Inglourious Basterds" that he had seen in his previous life, Waltz's performance was superb.

But the role that the other party left the deepest impression on him was the dentist and bounty hunter in Django.

Martin nodded and said, "Go back to Los Angeles one day and get together with me." ”

Charlize smiled slightly and said, "No problem." ”

Not far away, Mene and Bruce had been whispering.

Mene asked, "When will my goddess of literature and art meet?" ”

Bruce had already said hello: "Huppert will attend the opening ceremony of the film festival tomorrow, and the crew has invited her to the world premiere." ”

"I watched 'The Piano Teacher' and 'Mother, the Limit of Love' last night." Mene's voice was lowered: "It is said that the character of the actor can be glimpsed from the role, according to the heroine setting of these two films, Huppert should be interested in people younger than her." ”

Bruce cocked his thumb, "It's you, Mene." ”

Mene held his head high, slightly proud: "Lao Bu, you don't know Uncle Mene too much!" Do you think I'm going to go up and lick when I find the right target? I always study carefully first, and then shoot cautiously, so that people can give me a chance to lick it. “

"I understand!" Bruce admired: "With your tongue skills, as long as you lick them, it will be difficult for them to forget." ”

Mene already has a plan: "I'll make a good impression on her tomorrow and wait until the premiere strikes again!" ”

Bruce patted him on the shoulder: "Brother, you're going to be the next Morgan Freeman." ”

Earlier, Martin chatted with Charlize for a while, continued to go shopping to brush up on his presence, and beckoned to the two: "Let's go." ”

Mene and Bruce followed.

"You're friends with Martin?" Charlize watched Martin go away and asked Lawrence, "I didn't hear you mention him." ”

Lawrence could hear that when she met Martin, Charlize was not as cold to her as before, but she didn't dare to say, "My boyfriend has a very good relationship with Martin. ”

Charlize casually asked, "Leonardo?" ”

Lawrence thought for a moment and deliberately leaned into Charlize's ear and whispered, "Jack." ”

may be a shared secret, which has slightly narrowed the relationship between the two, Charlize said more: "When you have good resources, you should seize them, which can save you many detours." ”

Lawrence is a smart girl, and seeing that Charlize is not as cold as before, she hurriedly stepped forward and accompanied her forward: "I have a lot of questions that I don't understand, and I want to ask you for advice." ”

Charlize did not look down on the path Lawrence took, because she had also come this way, even harder than she had walked.

A girl from South Africa, who was injured in ballet and couldn't get out of the model, and was forced to change to an actress, has no roots in Los Angeles, and is very beautiful in herself, what is the capital that can really impress Hollywood bigwigs?

The ecology of Hollywood now is much better than when Charlize first entered the actor circle.

Halfway through, Jennifer Lawrence ran into Harvey Weinstein, and because of Nicholson's relationship with the bastard trio, she was very unimpressed with the fat man, and like Charlize, she automatically stayed away from each other.

Harvey was far away, and when he saw many reporters following Martin, he immediately sped up.

He also had a considerable reputation in France, and the journalist automatically got out of the way.

"Hi Martin." Harvey offered to say hello.

Martin turned around and shook hands with him, and the two smiled brightly, as if they were good friends who had nothing to say: "Harvey, I was still thinking of visiting you in the afternoon, but I didn't expect to meet here." ”

Harvey seemed to compliment: "I've seen Benjamin's trailer, and you have acted from a child to an old man, which is admirable." ”

He deliberately raised his voice: "Martin, you are the number one favorite for the Cannes actor this time!" ”

The surrounding reporters took photos of Martin and Harvey together, and some people used the voice recorder in their hands to record Harvey's words.

Martin is very modest: "It is a great honor to be able to participate in the Cannes Film Festival. ”

Harvey invited: "If you have time, you must come to the premiere of Inglourious Basterds." “

Martin answered.

Harvey took the initiative to leave, went to the beach to meet Quentin, and asked the deputy who was waiting here: "Huppert, handed over the news?" ”

The deputy said: "The message has been handed over, but there has been no response. ”

Unlike other crews, Xavi is particularly confident in winning the awards, and does not hire people from the French side, but controls them himself.

He loved the feeling of having everything in his hands.

Harvey said: "This kind of thing, no one will give you a definite response, invite her to the premiere, her sworn enemy is Adjani, you can help me prepare some rhetoric." ”

Quentin is similar to David Fincher in that he doesn't personally participate in these things, and he stands by and doesn't speak.

In his eyes, Harvey could handle all this mess.

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On the other side, Martin received a call from the crew assistant, came to the Palace of Festivals, and found a table to sit down.

Judging from the information obtained so far, the crew of "Inglourious Basterds" is also eyeing the award of Best Actor.

After all, Huppert's relationship with Michael Haneke is clear, and it will be difficult to compete for the Palme d'Or.

Martin combined the news he got on the phone just now, thought for a while, and said to Bruce: "Which hotel does Harvey stay in?" “

Bruce replied, "Proswan Grand Hotel." “

Martin went on to ask: "The best hotels in Cannes are Wuyang and Proswan? “

"Yes, a five-star, a four-star." Bruce heard it, Martin was about to make trouble, and said carefully: "The rest are three-star hotels, stars and crews with a certain status, and they generally don't go, and they go because these two are full." ”

Martin pondered and said: "Melanie got the news that Adjani was coming to the film festival, and the organizing committee made a temporary decision to let Adjani be the Palme d'Or. ”

Bruce said: "The French are so unusual! Will the two Isabel fight at the closing? ”

Martin lives up to himself: "Maybe that's what the film festival wants, after all, that's what it's going to look at." ”

He returned to the topic: "Find someone, as soon as possible to book the rooms that Wuyang and Proswan have not booked, pay attention to Adjani's dynamics, the organizing committee temporarily invited her, she should not have booked a room." ”

(End of chapter)