By the time the first rays of the morning sun fall, the city of Cannes is already alive with activity.

During the ten days of the festival, the film screenings start at 9 a.m. every day and continue into the evening, and in addition to the film screenings, there are also various parties in the cafes and bars of Cannes.

During these ten days, filmmakers from all over the world will gather together to communicate, and the film festival can no longer be regarded as an ordinary film event, but a grand event of international cultural exchange.

Chen Li'an was woken up at 7 a.m. by Sophie Marceau, this delicate rose is very busy today, as a business card of France, there are too many activities to participate in.

After Sophie Marceau went out, Chen Li'an simply cleaned up and went out.

Fengyue's premiere was at four o'clock in the afternoon, a very good time period, and Chen Li'an didn't have to go to meet Cheng Dao and them so early.

It is also good to take this opportunity to take a look around Cannes, which has a different scenery from Paris, which brings a lot of freshness to Chen Li'an.

Especially on the beach, there is always a lot of beautiful scenery.

The only pity is that it is only May, the maximum temperature is only in the twenties, and the scenery on the beach is not attractive enough.

Chen Li'an walked on the shore, took off his shoes and stepped on the wet sand, when the waves rushed up, the cold sea water submerged his ankles, and the ice was very comfortable.

Chen Li'an enjoyed the tranquility of this moment, but this tranquility was broken when Li Dabai suddenly appeared.

Li Dabai wore a white shirt and jeans, carrying his own shoes in his hand, and ran in front of Chen Li'an, with exploration and admiration in his eyes.

"Teacher Chen, I saw you walking alone on the beach in the hotel."

Chen Li'an turned his head and glanced at the direction of the hotel, which was almost a few hundred meters away, and asked curiously, "You have such good eyesight?" Can you see me from so far? ”

"Aang!" Li Dabai raised his head proudly, and then said with a smile: "I have a viewing telescope in my room. ”

Chen Li'an: "."

"Teacher Chen, why are you running for a walk alone?" Li Dabai walked up to Chen Li'an with his hands behind his back, looked at him and asked curiously, "You won't be dumped by Sophie Marceau, right?" ”

Chen Li'an: "."

Li Dabai's concern did not move Chen Li'an, and he just wanted to give her a brain meltdown.

Seeing that Chen Li'an didn't want to speak, Li Dabai also quieted down, and walked crookedly behind Chen Li'an's footprints.

After walking for a while, Chen Li'an looked back at Li Dabai and asked, "Are you twenty years old this year?" ”

Li Dabai, who was trying to aim at Chen Li'an's footprints, raised his head and hummed, his white and tender feet were covered with fine sand, and his flexible toes kept twisting, trying to rub off the sand between his toes.

Chen Li'an looked down and admired it for a while, and then remembered what he was about to ask just now, so he asked directly: "Have you thought about what you will do in the future?" Are there any plans? ”

"You're going to fire me?" Li Dabai raised his head and looked at Chen Li'an, his expression was aggrieved, and he vowed to be a loyal little assistant last night.

Chen Li'an smiled dumbly, looked at Li Dabai and said, "It's not that you're fired, but you're only twenty years old, do you want to be an assistant for life?" ”

Li Dabai pinched his fingers, the little white shoes in his hand also dangled, looked at Chen Li'an and whispered, "Isn't it okay?" I think it's good to be an assistant. ”

Looking at Li Dabai's appearance, Chen Li'an shook his head amusedly and said: "Of course, but I still recommend that you think about it, because by my side, your career has reached its peak, and if you want to be promoted, there is no place for you." ”

"It doesn't matter if you are promoted or not, as long as you raise your salary!" Li Dabai looked at Chen Li'an with a smile, as long as it wasn't expelled from the fire, it was easy to say anything!

Chen Li'an nodded and said, "Okay, if you want to film or do other things one day, you can tell me, and I will arrange it for you." ”

Li Dabai looked down at the waves rushing up, and didn't listen to Chen Li'an's words at all, if you want to be promoted in the future, just look for the queen mother, who is looking for you.

Chen Li'an, the little assistant's betrayal, had not yet noticed it, and after walking around the beach for a while, he was ready to go back.

Chen Li'an wiped the sand off his feet, put on his shoes, and watched Li Dabai clean the sand on his feet with his slender fingers, feeling a little regretful that he didn't bring the camera out.

Cute and sexy, Li Dabai at this age is simply a representative of pure desire.

Li Dabai put the white socks on his feet, put them on a little bit, and deliberately shook them in front of Chen Li'an's eyes, before he put on his shoes with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

The little girl, Chen Li'an felt funny in his heart, knocked on his head and said, "Walked back to the hotel." ”

"Oh" Li Dabai followed Chen Li'an's footsteps and whispered in the back: "Teacher Chen, don't knock on my head in the future." ”

"Oh."

"Oh, yes or no?"

"Oh, yes."

On the shore of the blue sea and blue sky, the two figures in front of and behind them, and the boring conversations, all have a hint of youth.

At four o'clock, the premiere of Fengyue began at the Hitchcock Theater, the main venue of the film festival, and many people had already come to the venue, and it was about to be full.

Gilles Jacob, the prime minister of the Cannes Film Festival, and Francis Ford Coppola, the president of the jury, also came, the one who filmed the godfather.

In addition to these two people, the president of the Venice Film Festival, Ponte Carlo, also came, and Chen Li'an and this little old man chatted several times when they were in Venice last year, and they are quite familiar.

Everyone is still looking forward to Director Cheng's works, after all, he is an excellent director who has made yellow earth and Farewell My Concubine, and they are looking forward to what kind of movies he will bring this time.

In addition, many media in Europe also came, no matter who these reporters were aiming for, in short, it can be seen that Fengyue film is still very popular and popular in the film festival.

Chen Li'an looked at Director Cheng who was chatting with Jacob, and did not go over to join in the fun, he was now giving an impromptu interview.

Klaus, an art critic he met when he was in Paris last year, took out the notebook he had with him and wanted to interview Chen Li'an after he caught him here.

Chen Li'an glanced at the time and said to Klaus: "I only have less than ten minutes, and the movie is about to start, maybe we can change the time." ”

"Ten minutes is enough, I have very few questions, only three, and my next column will depend on you." Klaus didn't give Chen Li'an a chance to escape.

If you have three questions, ten minutes is indeed enough, Chen Li'an nodded in agreement, sat in the audience with Klaus, and started a very simple and casual interview.

Klaus didn't waste time to be polite, and asked the first question directly: "I saw a photo of your installation art in China, "Wave Series - Red", many people are very interested in this work, I would like to ask you about your creative inspiration, and the meaning of the Wave series. ”

"China is in the midst of the changes of the times, and it is the rapid development of society that gives me the impulse to create, and I will record China in the era in the Wave series, in this way."

"The second question, what do you think about the Chinese artistic trend, I heard that you almost set off a second trend."

"The emergence of artistic trends means that everyone has doubts and doubts about the current art, just like the current artistic reflection in Europe, as for the so-called second trend of thought, it is a complete misunderstanding, we are just a group of ordinary artists, and we have not even questioned Chinese contemporary art too much, and there is no possibility of forming a trend of thought at the source."

"The third question, how do you see the place of film art in contemporary art?"

"This question is very general and vague, there should be no clear hierarchy of contemporary art, there is no so-called location problem, if we really want to discuss film art, there is too much to say, we may not have enough time."

Klaus was writing and drawing in his notebook, and the voice recorder in his hand was also on, and after hearing Chen Li'an's answer, he glanced at the time and said with a smile: "There are still four minutes left, maybe you can ask a few more questions?" ”

"Of course!" Chen Li'an smiled and nodded.

Four minutes passed quickly, Jacob and Director Cheng in front of the screen also came down from the stage, and the movie officially began.

The theater was very quiet, waiting for the movie to play, Gong Li sat next to Chen Li'an and asked in a whisper, "You just went for an interview?" ”

"Well, but it has nothing to do with the movie." Chen Li'an explained.

Gong Li nodded slightly, stopped talking, and began to watch the movie seriously.

After more than an hour passed, the movie ended, and there was sparse applause in the theater, and most of the people were discussing it one after another, and it seemed that they had great doubts about the movie.

Director Cheng's face did not have the confidence he had before, and he listened to everyone's discussion with a solemn face.

Chen Li'an and Gong Li glanced at each other, both surprised and not surprised by the current situation.

Zhang Guorong's reaction is also very flat, he has been nominated for actor I don't know how many times, and the movies he has made have mixed reviews, he has long been used to such things.

Soon in the following interview and interactive session, many people gave bad reviews.

Director Cheng's face is getting more and more ugly, if it is just the evaluation of ordinary audiences, he may not care.

But Ponte Carlo, the president of the Venice Film Festival, publicly disparaged the gangsters and drugs in the film, saying that the gangsters and drugs in the film were a botched parody of Hollywood gangster movies.

This almost broke Cheng Dao's defense, and his elegant demeanor was almost not maintained.

Chen Li'an glanced at Ponte Carlo and secretly sighed that this little old man was really ruthless when he spoke.

However, such an evaluation basically ruined any possibility of Fengyue winning the award.

It's not for nothing that controversial movies have won awards, but it's hard to get all negative reviews.

Chen Li'an even heard a domestic audience discuss in a whisper, saying that this is not the story of the old era of the little white face hooking up with the eldest lady, what is there to shoot here.

Chen Li'an wanted to refute it, but from the story alone, there was nothing wrong with what people said......

"It's difficult..."Chen Li'an sighed and said to Gong Li: "It is estimated that domestic releases are all problems." ”

"Probably not, right?!" Gong Li looked at Chen Li'an in surprise.

Chen Li'an rubbed the corners of his eyebrows and said: "It depends on the relationship between Director Cheng, if you want to release it, there is a high probability that you will have to change it, if you can win the award, there may be a chance." ”

Gong Li thought for a while and said, "Director Cheng's girlfriend is Ni."

Chen Li'an coughed lightly and said, "Then it depends on their energy, didn't Farewell My Concubine also be released after winning the award." ”

"Okay, don't say it, I feel that Director Cheng wants to scold, I'll go over and comfort you." Gong Li reluctantly got up and walked towards Director Cheng.

Gong Li's cards in Europe are still very large, and the old man of Ponte Carlo didn't continue to say anything when he saw Gong Li stand up.

At this time, the reporters also focused on Gong Li, and Director Cheng was able to breathe for the time being, but listening to those unfriendly comments, his face was still ugly.

If it's ugly, it's ugly, as a director, you naturally have to withstand criticism, and Director Cheng has listened to it for more than ten years, and now there's nothing wrong with listening to different voices.

However, things don't seem to be as simple as everyone thinks, on the second day of the premiere, when Chen Li'an was about to return to Paris to say goodbye to Director Cheng, it was clear that there was a sound of falling things in the room.

Li Dabai also heard it after Chen Li'an, and asked in a low voice: "Teacher Chen, Director Cheng seems to be scolding."

"I'm not deaf, yes, I'll come back later." Chen Li'an turned around and left, Director Cheng at this time probably didn't want to see anyone, and didn't want others to see his incompetent and angry appearance.

I hope Director Cheng won't hide in the room alone and cry, I hope Director Cheng's host girlfriend can give him a little comfort, but I don't know if Director Cheng will run to propose marriage after the film festival is over.

It's just that Chen Meiren is now in the shape of Chen Li'an, and it has nothing to do with him.

Chen Meiren, who was far away in China, suddenly sneezed, then rubbed her stomach and comforted softly: "Don't be afraid, baby, it's Dad who is thinking about Mom." ”

Chen Li'an shook his head, put away the ridicule of Director Cheng in his heart, he got cheap or don't sell it, maybe Director Cheng and his girlfriend are better, maybe the future will be happier, who knows what will happen.

Chen Li'an came to Gong Li's room and told her what he had just heard.

Gong Li directly threw out two newspapers to him, sighed and said, "Director Cheng was scolded miserably this time. ”

Chen Li'an picked it up and saw that it was a French humanitarian newspaper, and there were several words that appeared frequently throughout the article, hypocritical, empty, and lies.

To sum up, Director Cheng deliberately chose a tragic story to create an empty and hypocritical lie, and the conjecture is too heavy, and the logic and storytelling are very bad.

Such an evaluation is not bad, but another Nice morning newspaper wrote more directly, directly naming Cheng Dao in order to deliberately cater to Western audiences, so he made a lot of fundamental mistakes.

It also wrote the words of Ponte Carlo, chairman of the Venice Film Festival, and the little old man lamented that there is no shortage of world-class directors in China, but these directors always like to show some old, pedantic, and dark old antiques to others.

After reading these two newspapers, Chen Li'an felt that it was going to be finished, and if the Western media were all in this way, then the domestic media would be even more unkind.

The possibility of the film being released on the mainland is almost zero.

Gong Li is obviously aware of this, and she is not hopeful that she can still get the Cannes actress.

After a while, Zhang Guorong also knocked on the door and came in, also holding a few newspapers in his hand, Chen Li'an just glanced at it, and found that it was similar to the two newspapers he had just read.

Zhang Guorong sat on the sofa and looked at them and said, "Director Cheng seems to be ready to leave." ”

"Huh? Leave early? Not really. Chen Li'an looked at Zhang Guorong with some surprise, not knowing where he got the news from.

Zhang Guorong explained: "Mr. Xu is about to leave, she said that she wants to go back to Xiangjiang to recuperate, and Director Cheng seems to want to go back together." ”

Chen Li'an smashed his mouth and looked at Gong Li and said, "If the director leaves, this will really be a joke, so let's persuade it." ”

It may be the first time in Cheng Dao's life that he has suffered such a big setback, or it may be that after the overlord Farewell Concubine pushed him to the altar, his aura was shattered so miserably that it was difficult for him to accept such a result now.

When Chen Li'an and Gong Li came to Director Cheng's room together, the rest of the main creative team also came over.

No, the director is now answering the phone on the balcony, and it seems that his girlfriend is calling.

Chen Li'an slid the door through the balcony glass and saw that Director Cheng's expression was very stinky, but he didn't know what he said on the phone, and it eased up a lot after a while.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, Director Cheng hung up the phone and returned to the room to look at everyone with a smile.

Du Kefen looked at Director Cheng and said, "Director Cheng, don't care about those comments. ”

Everyone else also opened their mouths to be comforted, Director Cheng raised his hand and pressed it lightly and said: "Don't worry about me, although it has not been recognized by the Western media this time, it does not mean that Fengyue is bad, this is a very wonderful movie, awards and evaluations do not determine the quality of a movie." ”

Everyone in the room looked at the smile on Director Cheng's face, and they didn't know if he really thought so, or if he was holding on.

But since it looks fine, everyone no longer continues to comfort, they are all adults, and they should learn to accept and self-explanatory.

After Chen Li'an saw that Director Cheng did not mention the idea of ending the trip to Cannes early, he said goodbye to them directly, but promised that he would come on time before the closing ceremony.

Regardless of the quality of the movie, Chen Li'an, as a member of the main creative team, must bear the final result together.

You can't go on if there is a good, and run if there is a disadvantage, that's not particular.

On the way back to Paris, Chen Li'an sat in the car and explained that Li Dabai would immediately book a ticket for tomorrow after arriving in Paris.

After explaining, Chen Li'an was just about to close his eyes and recuperate when the phone rang.

This is his phone in France, and the phone he dialed is also a French number, Chen Li'an picked it up and asked in English: "Hey, how are you?" ”

"It's me, Liu Xiaoli."

Chen Li'an was a little surprised that it would be Liu Xiaoli's phone, and before he could ask her if she was in any trouble, he heard Liu Xiaoli say: "I heard about the movie, so I called and asked, are you okay?" ”

Chen Li'an didn't expect the news to spread quite quickly. It is estimated that the Chinese circle in France is paying attention to the film festival, hoping that Director Cheng can win the Palme d'Or again, and it is normal for the news to spread quickly.

"Are you still in Cannes?" Liu Xiaoli on the other end of the phone asked again.

Chen Li'an came back to his senses and said: "I have already left Cannes and am rushing to Paris." ”

Liu Xiaoli on the other end of the phone hesitated and said, "When will you arrive in Paris, I want to invite you to dinner." ”

Chen Li'an smiled and said, "This is a friend's comfort?" ”

"Sort of, but I don't think you need to." Liu Xiaoli said with a chuckle on the other end of the phone.

"Absolutely." Chen Li'an said with a smile, paused and said, "But I'm going to attend a drinking party tonight." ”

After Liu Xiaoli heard this, she was slightly disappointed, but she still smiled and said, "It seems that you really don't need it." ”

Chen Li'an said softly with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "I need a female companion, I don't know if I can ask you to be my female companion." ”

Liu Xiaoli was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "As a friend, I can't bear to see you attending the drinking party alone, you can pick me up at night!" ”

After hanging up the phone, Li Dabai, who was sitting next to him, looked at Chen Li'an unhappily, and the resentment in his eyes could turn into water.

I knew that Mr. Chen was so active that day! Sure enough, it was interesting to others, and Li Dabai pondered whether to report to the queen's mother.

Chen Li'an felt Li Dabai's resentment, turned his head to look at her and asked, "Why are you looking at me like this?" ”

Li Dabai puffed out his lips and said resentfully: "I can also be your female companion and accompany you to the drinking party." ”

Chen Li'an collected the phone, raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh, you practice your English first, and I'll take you next time." ”

Li Dabai: "." Look down on people, don't you! I'll go back and learn! Learn not only English, but also French!!

(End of chapter)