The opening film of this year's Cannes International Film Festival is Flying House.

At the same time, it is also the first time in the history of the Cannes Film Festival that an animated film has been selected as the opening film.

Fortunately, its main purpose is to promote, and it does not participate in the selection of film festival awards, otherwise, with the quality of this animated film, it will inevitably win one or two trophies.

On the evening of the opening ceremony, various film crews from China and industry insiders participating in the Cannes Film Festival attended a party together at the MAJESTY Hotel, which is only a few hundred meters away from the Cannes Cinema Palace.

This is also the norm.

They are all Chinese, going out and going on expeditions to Europe, and they will hold one such party every time.

The main thing is also to facilitate everyone to communicate with each other.

This kind of party occasion is not unfamiliar to Liu Yifei, after all, she has also participated in many premieres, film festivals, and dinner parties in the circle.

Some are for publicity, some are inexplicable, and some are in cooperation with business activities, but this time, like today, the plenipotentiary representative of a crew is really the first time on such an important occasion as the Cannes Film Festival.

But she had to shoulder this heavy responsibility, and she also understood that the quality of a film participating in the awards is one thing, but the corresponding publicity and recommendation are also indispensable.

At the party, Shu Qi, who was a judge of this year's film festival, also attended, but in order to avoid suspicion, he just said hello to everyone briefly, stayed for a while and left.

Liu Yifei originally planned to find out some news from Shu Qi, but she didn't expect that her action had not yet started, so she ran aground.

As a last resort, I could only set my eyes on some of the old-timers present.

Liu Yifei observed carefully and found that even if they were all filmmakers from China, they were all in the same hall, but they still inevitably formed a small circle.

For example, most people from the mainland get together, while people from Hong Kong and Taiwan talk happily on the other side.

Only those like Zhang Ziyi, who go abroad and enter the world, can frequently go around like a flower and butterfly between the two circles.

Liu Yifei's representative of "Untouchable" is of course in the circle of the mainland.

"Miss Liu, I'll call you Yifei. It's the first time we've met, but it's also a kind of fate to be able to sit on French soil. ”

Lou Ye seemed to be self-cooked, holding a glass of juice, and came over to say hello.

Liu Yifei smiled, nodded and replied: "Director Lou, hello, you can call me Yifei." ”

"Xiao Sun didn't come?"

"He still hasn't finished filming in China, and he'll come back in a few days."

"Oh" Lou Ye nodded with her cup, quietly moved closer to Liu Yifei, lowered her voice, and continued to ask, "Has the screening plan for your movie been arranged?"

Seeing that Lou Ye was a little closer, faintly breaking through the social safety distance, Liu Yifei raised her eyebrows slightly, and felt a little unhappy in her heart, but she didn't have a seizure, but replied very normally: "The organizer has notified that there will be two in the Lumière Hall." ”

"There are only two games, tsk~"

Lou Ye glanced at Liu Yifei, and then frowned, with a look of regret.

Liu Yifei chuckled in her heart, and she couldn't care about anything else at the moment, so she hurriedly asked: "Director Lou, is there any explanation for this?" ”

Lou Ye pretended to be profound, pretended to hesitate for a while, and then said to Liu Yifei with righteousness and awe:

"Yifei, you are the first to participate, and you don't know yet, the Cannes Film Festival is very particular about the screening of shortlisted films, and I, as a senior, have to mention a few words."

"Under normal circumstances, all the films shortlisted for the main competition unit will be screened in the Lumière Hall, two in the morning, two in the afternoon, and two in the evening, and in the ten-day screening period, there will be a total of 60 screenings, and this year's films will be shortlisted for 20 films, and it stands to reason that there should be 3 screenings each."

"But it's not like that, for some well-known directors and popular works, the film festival will appropriately increase the number of screenings, and even arrange additional screenings in the Debussy Hall."

"This screening time is also exquisite, the evening is the best, the afternoon is second, and the morning is the worst. Like my "Spring Breeze Drunk Night", there are three shows, and one of them is night. If I'm not mistaken, the organizers have arranged for you to attend all the sessions in the morning. ”

Hearing this, Liu Yifei was shocked, she had done her homework in advance, and knew that the films in the main competition unit were basically screened in the Lumière Hall, which is also the largest screening hall in the entire Cannes Film Festival.

Although there are a total of 25 screening rooms in the Palais du Cinéma, not only the shortlisted films are screened, but many of the best films are screened at the same time, so that films from all over the world can watch them, and at the same time, they also give filmmakers from various countries the opportunity to learn about the films and trade for rights.

But she really didn't know that there was so much attention to the screening of all the shortlisted films in the Lumière Hall, and "Untouchable" was really just like Lou Ye said.

Liu Yifei was confused for a while, so she had to nod and reply: "Indeed. It's all in the morning. ”

Lou Ye smiled proudly, looking like I already knew, Shi Shiran sighed: "Eh, this is the consistent practice of Cannes, and this is the treatment for the works that participate in the main competition unit for the first time, unless someone helps to recommend it to the organizer and let them pay more attention to it, but this is also very difficult to do." ”

"Hey, don't mention this, Director Xiao Sun's first feature film registration can be shortlisted, which is already extraordinary, I think Yifei you are also indispensable. It's a pity, I heard that you don't have many roles in the movie, but I think with your acting skills, as long as you work hard, with a book with depth and connotation, there is no problem in getting a movie queen. ”

Liu Yifei's mind is now full of Lou Ye's sentence, "Someone can help recommend it to the organizer." Facing the queen of Lou Ye's words, he could only laugh dryly and replied: "Director Lou, you are laughing, I still know how many catties and taels I have." ”

Lou Ye waved his hand again and again, and said regretfully:

"Xiaofei, don't be presumptuous, your acting skills are enough in my opinion, but you need a work that can explode, and a director who is good at supporting actors. As for Xiao Sun, he is still a little more commercial, and he still needs to dig deeper in the connotation of art, but I believe that if he is given some time, he can still make some achievements. ”

Lou Ye's words were conclusive, and he wanted to capture the past, and what he said was called a righteous and awe-inspiring one, and he looked like an old-timer caring for his juniors.

Liu Yifei didn't react for a while, and asked directly: "Director Lou, you can find someone to help recommend what you said."

Before Xiao Nizi's words were finished, Lou Ye took out a script from his pocket and said to Liu Yifei: "Xiaofei, this is the script of my next movie, I have been polishing it for three years, Sino-French co-production, I think the heroine is very suitable for you, I think as long as you can star, with my help, it will be appropriate to win a movie queen." ”

Oh, it's making a movie.

Liu Yifei looked at the script in front of her with some astonishment, the name was very short, only one word, "Flower".

Even if she doesn't understand it anymore, she probably understands it now, Lou Ye means that she wants to find her to make a movie, and then she will help find the organizing committee to recommend it.

It sounds good to help each other and promote the younger generations.

It's hard to say, it's a red fruit deal.

is to grasp that Sun Yi has no qualifications in Cannes, and a short film Palme d'Or a few years ago did not make any waves in China, let alone here in Cannes.

Although Liu Yifei was anxious, she did not lose her mind, but replied to Lou Ye and said that she would wait until she went back to read the script.

That night, the party ended.

Liu Yifei followed Zhang Guoli upstairs.

Don't get me wrong, it's the hotel that the stars have arranged for the two of them is here.

In terms of logistics, the starry sky is still very atmospheric.

On the way, Zhang Guoli asked Lou Ye what he told her.

Liu Yifei believed in her boyfriend's Uncle Zhang very much, and told Zhang Guoli that Lou Ye was looking for her to make a movie and that she could recommend it to the main committee.

Zhang Guoli suggested that no matter what decision she makes, it is best to discuss it with Sun Yi, especially emphasizing to Liu Yifei that Lou Ye, as a director, is still at a very high level, but whether he takes his movies or not, he must be cautious.

There was another sentence in his heart, which he didn't say.

Especially for actresses.

Liu Yifei kept it in mind, and after returning to the room, she didn't contact Sun Yi as soon as possible, for fear of disturbing her brother's filming, so she read the script overnight.

She thought that if it was a similar movie, she would take it, and it would not be a big deal to change Director Lou Ye to help talk, with the current size of the starry sky and her fame, no one in China can force her to do what she doesn't want to do.

But what does this script say?

It is indeed the drama of the big heroine, depicting an independent woman who pursues the freedom of love, if it was before, she might have been really interested, but now, she has no idea at all.

The script describes several relationships of the heroine, as well as a large amount of passion scenes.

Liu Yifei shook her head, it seems that Lou Ye can't point here.

The little man in the family didn't even let her shoot a kiss scene, let alone a passion scene.

The next day, the film screening officially began, the first was "Inglourious Basterds" directed by Quentin, obviously, the so-called well-known Hollywood ghost director, with the blessing of the previous work "Vulgar", this work was favored by Cannes and became the first film to be screened.

Liu Yifei also went to follow the show, here, she also saw Harvey of Wihenstein Films, and after chatting, she learned that the film was distributed by Harvey, and it was also his operation to Cannes to participate in the awards.

After Xiao Nizi learned the news, she suddenly had an idea in her heart, and she vaguely mentioned "Untouchable" several times in the chat with Harvey, and the meaning of the words couldn't be clearer, but Harvey kept playing haha and didn't pick up at all.

Liu Yifei has no choice, and it's not good to make it clear directly, so she can only stop there.

On the first day of the entire screening, there was no "Untouchable" screening, and even Lou Ye's "Spring Breeze Drunk Night" was mixed in the afternoon, which made Liu Yifei a little anxious.

On the third day, in the morning, it was finally the first screening of "Untouchable".

Liu Yifei and Zhang Guoli, as well as Xiaoting and Zhang Xin, came to the screening venue early.

However, as Lou Ye said, it is not the same as the first day of the screening yesterday, at this time in the morning, fans came sparsely, and when the movie started filming, they were only about half sitting, and most of them were just waking up from a big dream, obviously they came in a hurry after an all-night carnival.

After the movie was screened, there was indeed applause in the venue, fans cheered for the main creators, and the applause in the entire theater lasted for a long time, and Liu Yifei was deeply infected by the atmosphere of the scene.

I have a few wings in my heart, and I feel that it may be possible to rely on the excellent reputation of the movie to ferment naturally.

But the next day's Cannes Film Daily gave her a slap in the face.

The Cannes Film Newspaper is a report compiled during the Cannes International Film Festival based on the audience's reputation and film evaluation of the films screened, which can be regarded as the vane of Cannes.

It's not that there are no reports about "Untouchable".

It's just that the length is relatively small, far less than Quentin's "Inglourious Basterds" and the French director Jacques. Odia's "Prophet" is not even as good as a retro black-and-white movie "White Ribbon", and even Lou Ye's "Spring Breeze Drunk Night" is relatively more.

The small number of fans who were screened at a time did not make the movie form a word-of-mouth explosion.

This era is no longer the time when the aroma of wine is not afraid of deep alleys.

The next screening is scheduled for the penultimate day, if this is the case, Liu Yifei feels that it will be cold.

She really didn't know what to do.

But she is unwilling, obviously her brother's movies are of such good quality, if she misses the award because of publicity and screening problems, she will feel guilty.

This is the first time she has stood up for Sun Yi and acted alone, and she doesn't want to mess it all up.

In this case, the first thing that comes to her mind is Harvey.

As a well-known promoter of the Hollywood Academy Awards, Harvey's influence is also extraordinary on the three major European side.

Liu Yifei made a special appointment to meet Harvey.

"Oh, my dear Miss Crystal, it's been a long time since you've seen you so beautiful."

Harvey was still the same, laughing and saying the opening remarks.

Liu Yifei smiled shyly, didn't go around in circles, and said directly: "Mr. Harvey, I want to trouble you with something, about our movie "Untouchable", I hope you can help recommend it to the organizing committee and adjust the number of screenings." ”

Harvey smiled, leaned back, crossed his fingers on his protruding belly, and said to Liu Yifei very frankly:

"Crystal, we're old friends, I also believe in Sun's directing strength, but in business, "Inglourious Basterds" is a film produced by our company, and we are also chasing Cannes awards, we are still competitors, Crystal, why do you think I should help you with this?"

“.”

Liu Yifei was speechless for a while, what Harvey said was really right, who would do it in vain if there was no benefit.

"Or so."

Just when Liu Yifei's heart was about to drop to the bottom, Harvey raised a finger and said instigantly towards her:

"$10 million. I acquired the overseas rights of this film except for Huaxia. “

"This"

"Think about it, if you agree, I will do my best to help you run this movie, at least double the number of screenings, and I have a relationship with the media. In this regard, as a partner, please believe that I am reputable. ”

"I'll think about it."

It's really hard!

It turns out that there are so many twists and turns behind the operation of a movie.

At night, Liu Yifei was half-leaning on the bed in the hotel alone, and the melodious piano music surrounded the room, which was the theme song "Una Mattina" of "Untouchable", but her heart was lost.

She had just finished receiving a call from Sun Yi from China, and during the conversation, she only talked about what she had seen and heard here, and did not say anything about the difficulties she encountered.

She didn't want Sun Yi to worry about her in China.

At this moment, she realized how difficult it was for her brother to get to where he is today, and how many ups and downs he had to go through on the way.

At this moment, she suddenly felt that she was very useless, and she couldn't do anything at all.

Tears of grievance swirled in his eyes.

Suddenly, the cell phone placed next to the bed rang.

Liu Yifei wiped the corners of her eyes with the back of her hand, adjusted her mood for a while, and then took the phone and picked it up, and then there was a coquettish cry.

"Daddy!!"

There's one more chapter to make up for later.

(End of chapter)