The oral agreement between Li Tang and Juliet gave both parties a reassurance.

For Li Tang, he is worried that people will not be able to watch the movie "Subway to Spring" and lose the opportunity to enter the overseas market. This is like the annual output of 100 movies, but there may only be 20 movies that can really be released in theaters, what he needs is the quota of these 20 films, no matter whether the movies are good or not, as long as they are in theaters, there will always be people watching them, and everything will be left to the market to speak.

Of course, if you don't even buy it from the market, then you deserve to lose money.

In layman's terms, it is to get a chance to get on the bus.

And for Juliet, the success of "The Third Man" is destined to make MK2 unable to give up Li Tang. The reason for this is simple: competition in the European film distribution industry is also quite fierce. For example, the distribution method of "The Little Tailor" this time, BAC Company, has a theater chain that far exceeds MK2, but it mainly distributes commercial films, supplemented by art films, unlike MK2, which is a pure art film distributor.

But MK2 is not the only one specializing in the distribution of art films, such as the German arsenal company, as well as the German AG company that I contacted with Li Tang last time in Venice, all of which are of the same nature as MK2, and even the influence of the German arsenal company in Europe is even greater than that of MK2. Last time in Venice, if she hadn't made a quick decision to give Li Tang generous conditions, Li Tang might have signed a contract with the German AG company at that time.

In addition, from a cultural point of view, Chinese-language films, or more precisely Chinese-language art films, are impossible for them to ignore as European art film distributors.

Although France is the birthplace of New Wave cinema, it is important for art films to pay attention to diversity, so Chinese-language films, which account for 20% of the world's user population, must not be ignored.

In the past, it was often Wanwan movies that represented Chinese-language films, but with the reopening, more and more Western audiences hope to be able to understand this once mysterious country through movies.

Why are Zhang Yimou's films, including those of Chief Jia now, popular in the European art film scene? Why is MK2 holding Chief Jia so much now?

That's because their films capture the China that European men want to see, and the values they convey in their films are the universal values they take as the norm.

That's right, the vast majority of European art film audiences are ridiculous so-called "white leftists".

Of course, they will definitely not admit this statement, because this concept has long been engraved in their bones, and they subconsciously think that the hometown trilogy similar to that made by Jia Kechang is art.

This is also the main reason why Lou Ye's films have never been able to do Section Chief Jia's films in overseas markets. After all, Lou Ye shoots all about cities, and the love, humanity portrayed in the movie, and his dazzling lens language, to put it bluntly, are all leftovers.

The success of "The Third Man" may have been a coincidence, as the subject matter of the film is completely different from the style of the film by Chief Jia. It is to attract the audience with exquisite plot settings, non-linear narratives, and stylized and refined lens language.

But no matter what, as long as you can make money, it's good, MK2 is not a messenger to promote multiculturalism, they hold Chief Jia to make money, and now they are holding Li Tang is also to make money.

Since it's to make money, no matter what you do, it's not shabby.

……

"Whoa......

At the Palais du Cinéma, the Debussy Hall erupted in applause.

The lights came on, and in the applause, the host invited the film's main creators Dai Sijie, Li Tang and Zhou Xun to come to the stage. 、

The premiere of The Little Tailor was a success, with the Debussy Hall, which can accommodate more than 1,000 people, almost full, and very few people left the table from the beginning to the end.

"The Little Tailor" roughly restores Dai Sijie's personal experience in a special era, Li Tang doesn't know how many people at the scene can understand this movie, but during the screening of the movie, when he saw the villagers in the mountains swallowing saliva when listening to Luo Ming's recipe, and saw that the village chief didn't know the violin, and the little tailor hadn't even seen the alarm clock, and wanted to open it to find the rooster in the alarm clock, there would be bursts of laughter from time to time.

Perhaps they saw the film as an absurd comedy, and the protagonists of the comedy were the ignorant Chinese.

Be! Li Tang himself admitted that the villagers in the movie, represented by the village chief played by Wang Shuangbao, who have never walked out of the mountains, have never seen the world, and don't know anything are really funny. Because of the poor information, there are a lot of jokes.

But when he heard the laughter of those foreigners, he felt very uncomfortable. This kind of mentality is like his alma mater, only he can scold himself, and others can't scold him.

Of course, you can also say that Li Tang is very hypocritical, since he is uncomfortable with Mao, he still dresses up to attend the Cannes Film Festival in five or six places, and accepts the cheers of those foreigners who enjoy the ignorance of other countries and have a sense of superiority?

It's all about standing up!

That's right, Li Tang is not a saint, he is just an actor. The high-sounding statement is that this is art, and art itself comes from life and is higher than life, not to mention that the reality of the year may be more exaggerated than what is shown in the movie, because at least they can still eat enough.

The argument of shirking responsibility is that the actor's duty is to shape the character and shape the character alive, and he is just fulfilling the duty of an actor.

If it is in his heart, then Li Tang is eager to succeed, and he needs this role. It doesn't matter if you expose your ugliness or please foreigners, in the final analysis, you are not confident enough, and you always want to show your good side in front of foreigners and hide the bad ones.

In fact, this is just the course of history, is what happened during the French Revolution not ridiculous from a modern point of view?

To put it bluntly, these European masters with a sense of superiority are only one or two hundred years ahead of us.

But no one can be smooth sailing, Grandpa Mao once said, each has led the way for hundreds of years!

Anyway, our ancestors were also broad, and when you were still drinking blood and hair, we had already entered a civilized society. It's just that there have been some minor problems in modern times, and you have overtaken them. But now that we're back on our feet, it's only a matter of time before we catch up and overtake.

Li Tang just regards this role as a means to success, rather than some bullshit reflection, so-called art, or belief in values.

So despite feeling uncomfortable, he still kept smiling and greeted the cheers of the European gentlemen in the audience. And when answering questions, he also gave a lot of praise to director Dai Sijie.

At this moment, he even felt a sense of accomplishment that had pierced the heart of the enemy.

That's right, that's how he comforts himself. Maybe the so-called "curve to save the country", "being in Cao Ying's heart in Han", is roughly the same.

After the premiere, Li Tangwan refused Zhou Xun's invitation to go to Cannes with him, and wanted to let him be her translator, no way!

Back to the hotel, took a shower, made a cup of tea, calmed down and flipped through today's newspapers, most of them are in French, he can only say that he can't read them now, there are two English newspapers that are mostly about the news of the film festival, but except for a report mentioning Chief Jia's "Ren Yao", there is almost no content about Chinese films.

It didn't mean anything, he took out the laptop he had brought with him to surf the Internet.

Sure enough, when I opened the entertainment section of a portal, the screen was full of all kinds of news about the Cannes Film Festival.

"The opening of the Cannes Film Festival feast, China is unique, and the miracle is eager to be repeated!"

Cannes judge Michelle Yeoh wore a white suit to smash Sharon. Stone! ”

"There is also love at the end of fate, Zhang Yanyu will attend the premiere with her ex-husband Kangcheng!"

"Chinese movies are looking forward to "Let It Go"!"

"Zhao Tao, the actress of "Let It Loose", is expected to become a dark horse in Cannes!"

"Zhou Xun, Li Tang, and Chen Kun's new film "The Little Tailor" will be the opening film of the Cannes unit!"

“……”

The headlines are more exaggerated and eye-catching, but Li Tang has never met the site's reporters in the past two days in Cannes. And Cannes was called Cannes, which is obviously the name of Hong Kong, and it didn't even change the title when it was reprinted.

Just as Li Tang was looking at it, there was a knock at the door.

He walked over in a bathrobe to open the door, and it was no surprise that it must have been Zeng Jia.

I saw her holding a beautiful invitation and said: "Brother, the invitation sent by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council invites you to participate in the 'Hong Kong Night' cocktail party the day after tomorrow, that is, on the evening of the 18th." ”

"Come in."

Li Tang let Zeng Jia enter the door, and at the same time took the invitation card and opened it to take a look.

The venue is located at the beach restaurant downstairs from the Carlton Hotel.

In fact, last year in Cannes held a "Hong Kong Night" cocktail party, it is said that the grand space, almost all the big names in Hong Kong were present, the wine and food were openly served, and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council spent 8 million public funds in one night.

Because Li Tang is here to help out on the platform this time, not to sell films, he has not been to the film trading market here for the time being, but he heard that in the film trading market in Cannes this year, the largest "Hong Kong Pavilion" has been set up, plus the second "Hong Kong Night" event held the day after tomorrow, it is estimated that the money will not be spent.

Although the theme of "Hong Kong Night" is to promote Hong Kong films, everyone is a Chinese-language film and should go to help. Moreover, Hong Kong people have always been generous overseas, and they can just mix up a good meal, and at the same time, they are familiar with each other in front of those Hong Kong celebrities. After all, these big names are still very comfortable in the mainland these years, and maybe there will be opportunities for cooperation in the future.

He threw the invitation card on the coffee table casually, turned his head and asked Zeng Jiadao, "What do you want to drink?" ”

The hotel she stayed in was limited, unlike Carlton's side, where food and drink were served openly.

"Coffee bar."

Zeng Jia sat on the sofa by the window and yawned, and looked a little haggard.

"What's the matter, the jet lag hasn't been reversed yet?"

Zeng Jia shook his head and said, "No, it's just that there is suddenly another person in the room, a little unaccustomed, I didn't sleep well last night." ”

Li Tang helped her make a cup of black coffee and handed it over, and said with a smile: "Are you afraid that Tony will climb into your bed in the middle of the night?" ”

It turned out that after Li Xiaowan and others arrived yesterday morning, they were also arranged together in the hotel where Zeng Jia lived. But when I arrived at the hotel, I was dumbfounded when I saw the room price, 1,200 euros a room, originally booked three rooms, Li Xiaowan one room, then Tony and makeup artist, photographer and translator.

Although Li Xiaowangui is the boss of Rongxinda, it is 1,200 euros, which is equivalent to more than 12,000 yuan! And they don't live for a day, they have to live for several days in a row, and opening an extra room is equivalent to a small 100,000 yuan to go out, and now it's only 2002, even if the landlord's family has no surplus food!

So Li Xiaowan discussed with Zeng Jia and asked Tony to live with her, and she and the makeup artist squeezed in a room, so that only two rooms needed to be opened.

What did Zeng Canon say, Li Xiaowan was still her former boss, and when Nai An dug her, she was a little unauthentic, and she was also familiar with Zhou Xun's assistant Tony, so she could only pinch her nose and agree.

Of course, she still has to put this favor on the bright side, not only warmly invited Tony's sister to live with her, but also generously rejected Li Xiaowan's proposal to pay half of the room fee for one person.

Stingy Barra is not her style, she can't make a fortune with tens of thousands of dollars, and even if the other party was still a little entangled when she changed jobs before, then it will be written off so far.

It's just Tony, not only is the English name masculine, but even the dress has always been neutral, with short hair and flat chest. has been photographed by reporters before, and there has been an affair with Zhou Xun for this. Later, it was discovered that Tony was actually a woman, and then he hyped Zhou Xun and this androgynous assistant with a tendency to lily.

If you change a star to avoid suspicion, you must have changed the assistant around you a long time ago. But Zhou Xun is different, he still goes his own way, and even kissed Tony openly in the face under the lens of many reporters at the airport, which is really no one.

But in this way, and the boyfriend by her side has never been broken, this lily turmoil has actually subsided.

According to Li Tang's understanding from Zhou Xun, she and Tony have been friends for a long time, and their friendship dates back to the period when Zhou Xun sang in Houhai Bar. It can be seen that if something were going to happen, it would have happened long ago.

Maybe Tony may have a tendency in this regard, as for Zhou Xun, Li Tang believes that she still prefers men. At most, when they are empty, lonely, and cold, they huddle each other to keep warm, rub and rub too much, or use tools to help each other or something.

Sure enough, when he heard Li Tang mention Tony, Zeng Jia's face was a little hot, and he denied it coquettishly: "No, I'm just not used to it." ”

She was embarrassed to discuss this kind of topic, after all, in this era, what fights bayonets and lilies will still be regarded as outliers. It's the kind of topic that makes people feel goosebumps all over their bodies.

So she hurriedly changed the topic and said, "Brother, just now at the premiere, I found out why you are not in a high mood?" ”

"Yes?"

Li Tang was very surprised, he obviously kept smiling throughout the whole process, and answered questions very decently, not only took the initiative to help Zhou Xun translate in front of many foreign reporters, but also really showed off his standard London-style English and barely fluent French.

In fact, a Chinese actor can speak English and French, which is a very common thing in the eyes of foreign journalists, because they had countless colonies overseas and had a very successful cultural export, so they think that you should learn their language. But in the eyes of domestic reporters, it is definitely a tall symbol, and Li Tang's image instantly became taller.

It's a pity that the only mainland reporters who went to the premiere today to interview were Shi Yu and Wei Xiaoming from Nandu Daily, but those Hong Kong and Taiwan reporters heard Li Tang's fluent English and actually asked him if he had lived overseas.

After all, most of them can only understand English, because their respective godfathers are English-speaking countries, and they are also confused about French.

(End of chapter)