This year's Cannes Film Festival is on its final day, and the closing ceremony and awards ceremony will begin soon.

In the room, Martin changed into Brioni's evening clothes, put on a brand new Cartier watch in his left hand, and held a Nokia N98 concept in his right hand.

Bruce came over at this time and said, "The car sent by Cadillac has arrived, and it's down there." ”

Thomas, who made a special trip from Los Angeles to Cannes, said: "The Coke God Church in France has organized a group of people to come over and wear red cultural shirts. ”

Martin nodded slightly, reminding Bruce, "Don't forget to bring a commemorative Coke." ”

Bruce tucked the prepared Coke into his pocket.

Thomas accompanied Martin outside, saying as he walked: "I talked to your five major advertising sponsors, and if you win Best Actor in Cannes, you will receive $6 million in prize money, plus a total of no less than $1 million in the latest product." ”

Martin was generous: "They deliver things to Los Angeles, cars, watches and mobile phones, you name it." ”

Thomas happily agreed.

As Martin went out, Bruce motioned for Thomas to slow down.

Thomas slowed down and asked in a low voice, "Something?" ”

Bruce whispered, "All of them, pick the best set for Mene...... Yes, Mane may not return to Los Angeles and give him an agent first. ”

Thomas said, "I see. ”

The group took the elevator downstairs, and Melanie, the public relations manager hired by the crew, was waiting in the hotel lobby.

When she saw Martin, she came over and nodded at him, and said, "Go down the red carpet faster." “

Martin didn't quite understand what she meant.

Melanie said: "The economy has not been good in the past two years, and the organizing committee of the film festival has been crazy this year in order to make money, and there are too many red carpet tickets sold, so we don't need to intersect with those blanket stars or be their background." ”

Martin briefly talked about the Cult of Coke.

"Then you go straight over." Melanie advised: "You don't have to stay outside for long periods of time, interviews and things like that, after the awards ceremony. ”

The other party was a senior local publicist, and Martin listened to her opinion and agreed.

When David Fincher and Katherine Kennedy came down from the upper floors, the three of them drove to the Palais des Festivals separately.

It's only a little over 100 meters away, and it's just a blink of an eye.

Not only Martin, but the crew has also signed a sponsorship agreement with Cadillac, and no matter how close it is, it will have to be taken by car.

Because many crews clearly failed to win awards, there were obviously fewer crews walking the closing red carpet today, and the number of blanket stars was more.

Martin looked at it and felt that during the entire Cannes Film Festival, relying on the sale of red carpet tickets, the organizing committee also had at least six or seven million euros in income.

Plus a variety of brand sponsorships, entry fees, and transaction commissions......

The three major film festivals in Europe have endured for a long time, relying not only on brands and art, but also on strong financial strength.

Actress Cate Blanchett did not come, and the trio of Catherine Kennedy, David Fincher and Martin once again walked the red carpet in front of Lumière Hall.

Compared to the high profile of the opening ceremony, they were extremely fast, and they only came to the media area for a short period of time.

Martin is very particular, and when he takes a photo, his watch and mobile phone are all exposed.

Then, he went alone to the area where dozens of red cultural shirts had gathered, signed for them, and held up Coca-Cola together.

"Cult of the Coke! Coke God of War! Long live Martin! ”

The sudden burst of shouts resounded throughout the seaside area for a while.

In the hotel room, Harvey Weinstein sat on the couch and quietly watched Martin walk up the steps.

"This bastard!" The flesh on his fat face trembled slightly.

Quentin's reaction was relatively flat, and he said, "He learned all your skills." ”

"The main thing is that I was negligent." Harvey rarely reflected: "Adjani stayed in the Provence Hotel, I didn't pay much attention to it, and when I met her, I chatted casually, but it turned out to be the fatal point of the prize." ”

Quentin casually pointed to Martin on the other side of the steps, "It means that he has been staring at us." ”

Harvey said: "I can be sure that Adjani is not a member of the same road with him, and I don't know what method he used to send Adjani to Provence." ”

Quentin shrugged: "We lost badly this time. ”

"Inglourious Basterds" didn't win a single award, not even a consoling jury prize.

Harvey saw it clearly: "As soon as Adjani came out, we were not zero in the eyes of Pell, but a negative score. ”

Quentin looked at his watch: "Almost, let's go, go back to Los Angeles." He knew that the old man's heart was not as broad-minded as his stomach, and he said with relief: "It's normal to win and lose in the prize, don't care too much, just win it back next time." “

Harvey smiled and shook his head, the two were in different positions, and of course they cared differently.

Quentin is just a director-writer and producer.

And he is an investor, and he has not won an award, which means that the public relations and publicity funds invested have been wasted, and the follow-up market will also be affected.

But now there is no other way, Xavi can't run to the awards ceremony, drag Martin out, and shoot him for ten minutes.

It is estimated that before he can kill Martin, he will be shot in the head by the other party.

Harvey had a ledger in his mind, and he took a note very clearly, and he wrote down Martin's new account.

There will always be a day when the old and new accounts will be settled together.

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In the Lumière Hall, Martin walked down the aisle and as he turned forward from the fourth row, Mene, who was sitting on the side, waved at him.

"Boss." Mene was not in good spirits, and the bags under his eyes came out.

Martin came up to him and patted him on the shoulder.

Mene smiled and asked, "When are we going to Morocco?" “

Martin said: "The plane the day after tomorrow, tomorrow the crew will arrange a press conference here." ”

Mene nodded: "One more day." ”

Martin saw Charlize smiling at him in front of him and said, "I'm going to the front." ”

Mene didn't say much, but he was a little sorry that this time he had only been alone with Isabelle Huppert, and there were many older goddesses of literature and art in France.

Sophie Marceau, Juliet Binoche, Emmanuel Bea......

Mene suddenly patted himself on the head and scolded himself for being short-sighted and too narrow-sighted, and could have looked at the whole of Europe, such as Monica Bellucci.

Front, Charlize wore a fishtail dress and said, "Let me tell you a secret, I'm the guest of honor for Best Actor." ”

Martin said very seriously: "If you have something, let's wait until the end of the awards, okay?" ”

Charlize responded, "No problem. ”

Martin smiled, "I hope you will be my goddess of luck." ”

Charlize had a very good opinion of the neighbor and said, "I hope so, too." ”

Martin took a few steps forward and sat in the second row.

Probably influenced by the atmosphere of the awards ceremony, David Fincher remembered the Oscars again and asked Martin: "Did the LAPD and FBI respond to what they said last time?" ”

Knowing that he was asking about the adaptation of the Santa Monica Pier incident, Martin said: "I have been in contact with them and they have been saying that they are serious about it, and although we can adapt without them, I think it is better to have their support." ”

"Without them, an important link is missing." David Fincher said, "I don't have much to do with those two sides, so I can only ask you to help me keep an eye on it." ”

Martin replied: "Every once in a while, I call and ask. ”

The awards ceremony began quickly, during which many people spoke French, which Martin did not understand at all, so he could only wait patiently, occasionally wandering.

Awards were awarded one after another, from a kind of attention unit to the main competition unit, no film can win two awards.

The three major film festivals pay more attention to the cake than the Oscars.

After British actor Charlotte Gainsbourg took the Best Actress laurel this year, Charlize Theron moved from the backstage to the podium.

The South African actress didn't say any strings, just untied the envelope, glanced at it, and her eyes fell on Martin accurately, and said with a smile: "Best actor is Martin Davis!" ”

Applause rang out, Martin clenched his hands into fists, looking excited and excited, got up and hugged David Finch and Katherine Kennedy respectively, and high-fived several actors who took the initiative to reach over, and strode onto the podium.

Charlize first handed Martin the Palme d'Or box containing the best actor, and handed him a certificate tied in red silk.

Martin opened his arms to hug her and whispered, "Sally, you are indeed my goddess of luck." ”

Charlize smiled coldly but brightly: "Congratulations. ”

She stepped aside.

Martin set up the prize box on the wooden table in front of the microphone, let the crystal glass side face the audience, held the rolled-up certificate, and said: "Thank you to the organizing committee and the jury for recognizing me, thank you to Director David Fincher and Ms. Katherine Kennedy, and thank you to every member of the crew ......"

His acceptance speech was nothing special, it was thanksgiving from beginning to end.

Cannes actor is in hand, say some good things to Cannes, as it should be.

Martin thanked him next to him and walked backstage with Charlize to the backstage.

Both sides are both neighbors and friends, and when they talk while walking, they seem to have a good relationship.

Of course, the new Cannes actor will receive a lot of attention, and there are camera lenses that have been filming Martin, and by the way, Charlize has also been filmed.

The two went backstage and chatted with Charlotte Gainsbourg, who got the actress.

The European actresses that Martin can know are all artist-level, such as Charlotte Gainsbourg, who has relevant memories, and Lars von Trier's "Female Hermit", Charlotte Gainsburg made a lot of sacrifices for art.

The universal scale of European cinema cinema far exceeds that of Hollywood.

Martin didn't leave the backstage for a while, just watching the final award results from the side.

The Grand Jury Prize went to the French film "The Prophet", and the Palme d'Or was unsurprisingly won by "White Ribbon" director Michael Haneke.

When Huppert personally presented Haneke with the award, there was a lot of noise at the scene.

The relationship between the two is destined to suffer great criticism from the Palme d'Or afterwards.

(End of chapter)