Chapter 626: The Wind Direction of the Film Festival
April left quietly, and May came slowly.
Before you know it, another month has passed.
Lee has been busy going to the Cannes Film Festival lately.
On this morning, he was a little free, so he accompanied Chen Hao at home.
Chen Hao was very happy, dressed up and put on a long skirt at home, like an actress walking the red carpet.
also cooked himself and steamed dumplings for Li Shengyao.
After a busy time, she sat down and suddenly said, "Lao Li, I want to go to Cannes to have a look." β
Li Shengyao was stunned when he heard this.
Chen Hao saw Li Shengyao's appearance, and then explained: "We haven't been out together for a long time, and I haven't been abroad for a long time, I want to go to Cannes to see the sea and watch movies." β
She looked at Li Shengyao and felt a little nervous.
There has been a lot of news about Lee Shengyao recently, except that "La La Land" is about to go to Cannes to compete.
There is another thing that is the scandal between Li Shengyao and Li Lianhua.
These two people are both surnamed Li, and they were a family five hundred years ago, so it stands to reason that the two of them should be fine.
However, recently, some self-media have analyzed Li Shengyao's movies in order to attract attention, and inadvertently found that Li Bingbing is the only female star who has starred in two Li Shengyao movies.
So some self-media speculated that the two should have a leg.
With the development of mobile networks, a lot of self-media have emerged in the mainland.
These people do everything in order to get a position, and if you sue them, it will be conducive to their exposure.
So these people speak very boldly.
Chen Hao saw these news and naturally didn't believe it.
However, her parents saw similar news and called her to ask if there was a problem with her relationship with Li Shengyao.
Chen Hao felt aggrieved, but still told his parents that it was okay.
This time at the Cannes Film Festival, several big directors in the Chinese-speaking circle will pass.
Needless to say, Lao Mouzi rarely shows affection with his little daughter-in-law.
However, Jiang Wen and Wu Yusen are both people who love to show off their wives, and they take them everywhere.
In addition, Chief Jia is a judge of this Cannes Film Festival, and he will definitely bring his wife.
When such news spreads to China, if only Li Shengyao and Lao Mouzi did not bring a daughter-in-law, maybe her parents would be worried again.
So for the first time in so many years, she proposed to go to Cannes with Lee Shengyao.
Li Shengyao saw that Chen Hao didn't seem to care, but in fact, he held his breath, looking nervous, and felt a little guilty in his heart.
He snapped his fingers, chuckled and nodded, "No problem, then you prepare, and we'll go to Cannes together then." β
Chen Hao breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, then stood up happily, and then threw himself into Li Shengyao's arms, hugged his neck, and said sweetly: "Husband, you are so good." β
Li Shengyao put his arm around Chen Hao's waist, "It's okay, it should be." β
He paused, then said, "Did you see any news?" Worried about your status in the main house? β
Chen Hao shook his head with a smile, and then told the self-media about the rumors about Li Shengyao and Li Lianhua.
Li Shengyao hugged Chen Hao tighter, "I don't like Li Lianhua's appearance. β
"I know."
Li Shengyao then thought that the era of self-media was coming, and there would be more news on the Internet, in his previous life, Liu Dehua was rumored to death several times, and Jay Chou was derailed by rumors.
Liu Tianwang and Jay have so many fans who can't avoid it, let alone others.
This time it's him and Li Lianhua, maybe in the future, he and Dong Xuan and Li Xiaoran will be said to be ......
The point is that these are true.
It's a bit of a hassle to get it out.
It seems that you should be more careful when looking for women in the future.
Chen Hao then hugged Li Shengyao and kissed him for a while, and then said excitedly: "I'll call my mother and ask her to come to Yanjing to take the baby." β
"Okay."
"I'm going to have a few more dresses."
"Yes."
Chen Hao then took out her mobile phone to call her mother, and it could be seen that she was really happy and her eyes were bright.
After she finished calling, she asked Li Shengyao, "Husband, I have retired and am still wearing a few dresses, will people laugh at me." β
Li Shengyao shook his head, "It doesn't matter what other people do, you can wear it as you like, just be happy." β
Chen Hao nodded, thought about it, and suddenly sat down next to Li Shengyao, and then said softly: "Husband, do we want to have another one?" β
"I'll give birth to whatever you want."
"Okay, let's refuel in Cannes."
When Li Shengyao heard this, he couldn't help but laugh, "Let's start now." β
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Chen Hao wanted to go to Cannes, which somewhat surprised Li Shengyao, and he suddenly realized at this time that he actually owed a lot to several women.
I can only find a way to make up for it later.
Chen Hao is a female star with assets of more than 100 million, and it is easy to get a visa to France.
So the team of "La La Land" has one more person.
Li Shengyao informed Li Lianhua and Yan Yueming in advance.
When it was time to set off, the two of them did not show anything unusual, Li Lianhua is a person who can speak well, plus her sister Li Hao, the two of them saw Chen Hao, and the good words jumped out without money, and Chen Hao was very happy.
Li Shengyao saw it and breathed a sigh of relief.
He wasn't worried about Li Lianhua, he was worried that Chen Hao would be uncomfortable, and now it seems that the situation is okay.
So the crew of "La La Land" went to Paris, and then flew from Paris to Cannes.
Arriving in Cannes, Li Shengyao and they met Lu Guanting and Tang Shuchen, who had arrived in Cannes a long time ago, and the crew of "La La Land" completed the gathering.
Li Shengyao was in a good mood, clapped his hands and said, "Let's go, let's celebrate together." β
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Regarding this trip to Cannes, Li Shengyao naturally has expectations, and he hopes that Li Lianhua can win the best actress.
However, he has never liked to talk big, even in interviews with reporters, he only uses uncertain words such as possibility, hope, or maybe to express his meaning.
is completely different from Li Shengyao, that is, Wu Yusen and Jiang Wen.
John Woo has always been very confident, and this time he brought "Taiping Wheel", a movie that brings together movie stars from China, Japan and South Korea, and he feels that he is the most beautiful boy in the world.
He is particularly fond of making statements about the unity of Asian cinema.
He said that Asian films should strengthen the circulation of personnel, funds, and markets.
I also took "Taiping Wheel" as an example, thinking that this is a very good movie, and I think that I have learned a lot and have a very huge improvement.
And I think that this time the judges and the audience of the Cannes Film Festival can see such a wonderful collision.
Lao Wu obviously has the power of capital behind him.
In recent years, island capital has always wanted to influence mainland films, while the peninsula entertainment industry has no money, and has always wanted mainland capital to invest in the peninsula, or let peninsula actors go to the mainland to act.
John Woo's words attracted a lot of discussion.
Jiang Wen is also very high-profile, and he has been interviewed many times, declaring "One Step Away" as his favorite movie.
said that he was looking forward to this film and hoped that the audience jury of the Cannes Film Festival would like it.
Relatively speaking, Li Shengyao and Lao Mouzi are much more low-key.
Lee Shengyao sometimes wonders if he is too bored, and whether he will be detrimental to the promotion of the movie.
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At 6 p.m. on May 10, 2014, the red carpet of the Cannes Film Festival officially began.
In fact, there are many stars from all over the world walking the red carpet in the morning.
Either it is the spokesperson of such and such a brand, or it is paid.
At last year's Cannes Film Festival, the hottest mainland actress was Zhang Yuqi, a female boxer who was very beautiful last year.
But this year, for some reason, Zhang Yuqi didn't come.
This year, it is Bingbing Bingyan who overwhelms everyone.
She also took a selfie and sent it to Lee Shengyao.
At that time, Li Shengyao was eating, Chen Hao sat next to him, he glanced at the photo, then deleted the photo, and blacked out Zhu Bingbing.
Considering walking the red carpet in the evening, attending the opening ceremony, watching the opening film, and attending the celebration banquet.
As a result, everyone eats less.
They didn't walk the red carpet during the day, and only then did they start walking the red carpet in the evening, when the red carpet ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival began.
This time, Li Shengyao was arranged in the back.
Just like Chen Hao predicted, Jiang Wen took his wife Zhou Yun, Section Chief Jia took his wife Zhao Tao, and Wu Yusen took his wife Niu Chunlong.
Chen Hao watched the live broadcast with his mobile phone while holding Li Shengyao's hand.
She was glad she was in Cannes, otherwise her parents would have been worried.
Li Shengyao held Chen Hao's hand, looked at the picture on the phone, and felt a little more irritable in his heart.
It has been said that all the anger, irritability, and dissatisfaction in life are due to one's own incompetence and uncertainty.
Lee is more uncertain now.
"La La Land" has been preparing for a full year and a half, and they have put a lot of effort into it, if "La La Land" is not successful.
And no matter what the outside world thinks, Li Shengyao himself will have some regrets.
Not long after, it was the turn of the crew of "La La Land", and the two cars moved forward, and then Li Shengyao led Chen Hao, Yue Ming led Li Lianhua, and Lu Guanting and Tang Shuchen walked on the red carpet together.
As a two-time Cannes Palme d'Or winner, Lee Shengyao naturally has a certain popularity.
Many photographers took pictures of him.
There were also reporters who shouted and asked who Chen Hao was.
"This is my wife."
Li Shengyao shouted when he heard this, explaining Chen Hao's identity to everyone.
Soon after, they came to the interview area, and the hostess who was in charge of the interview on the scene asked: "Li, now the outside world is rumoring that this year's Cannes Film Festival will pay more attention to literary films, what do you think?" β
This rumor is true.
Every year, Cannes pays tribute to the best filmmakers of the past, and this year's tribute to the filmmaker is the legendary Italian director Federico FΓ©deric. Fellini.
In many public occasions in Cannes, there are stills from the bigwig's classic movie "Eight and a Half".
Fellini was a legendary director of the sixties and seventies of the last century, and he paid great attention to the artistry of cinema.
From the tributes of the Cannes Film Festival, it is basically possible to guess the jury trend of the Cannes Film Festival.
In addition, the chief jury of this year's film festival is the female director Jane from New Zealand. Campion, this lady is a very good director of literary films.
"Just like what the outside world is talking about, I agree with their statement that this Cannes should pay more attention to literary films."
There is no need to fool yourself in such interviews, as long as you are not blind, you know the trend of this year's film festival.
"According to my understanding, La La Land is a commercial musical and dance film, does that mean that it is difficult for your film to win awards?"
"La La Land" is indeed a commercial film.
In this way, the overall temperament of "La La Land" does not match this year's Cannes Film Festival.
The host was not wrong.
Li Shengyao chuckled when he heard this, "Maybe, we focus on participation, not necessarily to win awards, so that more fans and more excellent filmmakers can see this movie, I think it is enough." β
Li Shengyao then led the people away.
Although he said that he didn't care, but "La La Land" cost them so much energy, he really hoped to win the award, whether it was Li Lianhua, Lu Guanting, Tang Shuchen and his wife.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel even more annoyed in his heart.
He didn't show it, though.
It was rare for Chen Hao to walk the red carpet with him, and he didn't want Chen Hao to misunderstand him, thinking that he was disgruntled.
So they still entered the opening ceremony hall very smoothly.
Li Shengyao then met Jiang Wen Zhou Yun, Section Chief Jia and Zhao Tao.
He immediately walked over, and then introduced Chen Hao to them.
Zhou Yun and Zhao Tao are both smart people, and they immediately pulled Chen Hao, and they seemed to have a very intimate exchange.
Chief Jia is the most relaxed, he is a judge this year, and there are no works.
He will make a film at the Cannes Film Festival next year, and this year he has no assignments.
"Lao Jia, do you really value literary films more this time?"
Jiang Wen glanced left and right, and then asked in a low voice.
Chief Jia nodded, "There was just a meeting yesterday, Jane. Campion said, this session should focus on literary films, the general direction has been set, Brother Jiang, if your movie is not suitable, then recognize the facts as soon as possible, don't look forward to it in vain. β
Hearing this, Jiang Wen rolled his eyes, "My cowhide has been blown out." β
When Section Chief Jia heard Jiang Wen's words, he couldn't help laughing, "You, and John Woo are too high-profile, and the two commercial films still want to come to Cannes to show off their might, and look at Director Li, he is much more humble." β
"Director Li, do you already have news?"
Jiang Wen waved his hand, and then asked Li Shengyao.
"If I have news, La La Land will be released to the Venice Film Festival, and I didn't participate in the Cannes Film Festival, and I only found out yesterday."
They have already signed up for the competition, and the film festival pays tribute to Fellini and arranges Campion as the chief seal of the jury, which has only been confirmed in the last half a month.
Jiang Wen smiled bitterly and nodded, "I'm sorry, I think it's bad, you're also a victim." β
At this moment, Lao Mouzi came in with Gong Li and Chen Daoming.
Jiang Wen and Lao Mouzi had already fallen out, pouted when he saw this, and then turned around and left.
"Return" is a literary film, and this time "Return" is the most in line with the style of this year's Cannes Film Festival.
Section Chief Jia smiled, "Director Zhang, this time there are four Chinese films, and your "Return" is the most in line with the requirements of the film festival. β
When Lao Mouzi heard this, he smiled modestly, "Luck, luck." β
He paused, then looked at Li Shengyao, "Director Li, let's watch a movie together during this time." β
He wanted to find a movie partner.
He had a period with Gong Li, and watching movies together was easy to provoke criticism.
Chen Daoming is going to Paris in two days, and there are many activities.
He felt that he and Lee Shengyao had a lot in common.
Li Shengyao waved his hand when he heard this, and then pointed at Chen Hao, "I brought my wife over this time, and I don't have time to accompany you." β
Everyone laughed when they heard this.
Soon after, everyone was seated, and the opening ceremony of the film festival officially began. Portrait of Fellini.
See the legendary Italian director of literary films.
Li Shengyao was not in a very good mood.
This year's Cannes Film Festival is biased towards literary films, but "La La Land" is a pure commercial film.
(End of chapter)