Rebirth Turn - Chapter 63

The Cannes Film Festival kicks off on Wednesday for 12 days. Since this rare movie event has gone, Lu Yan decided to participate in the whole process.

It is now the middle of May, and the temperature is getting higher and higher in various places. It is said that a high temperature warning has been started in the north a few days ago. In recent years, the weather has become more and more abnormal. However, at this time, France had a pleasant climate, and Cannes was a seaside city and a holiday destination. Song Hui looked very happy when he was packing his things, humming a song, and the clothes in his hands were almost flying.

Lu Yan looked at it and found it funny, “It’s not the first time to go abroad, why are you so excited.”

Song Hui smiled longingly, “This time is different, this time I’m going to the film festival, I’m sure I’ll see a lot of big stars, I don’t know if Xiao Tang and Robert will go, it would be great if they could see a real person. I’m happy, it’s better to get an autograph.”

Xiao Tang and Robert in Song Hui’s mouth are both Hollywood superstars and Song Hui’s favorite Hollywood stars. Lu Yan didn’t really want to hit him. In fact, even if a superstar like this would go, he would at most show his face at the opening ceremony and award ceremony, and there must be a large number of bodyguards escorting him in and out. Even if he went to the scene, Whether you can meet people is unknown, let alone autographs and group photos. But seeing Song Hui’s look of anticipation, don’t tell him yet.

They arrived in Cannes on Tuesday night and booked a star hotel near the film festival venue. Because this time it is a private act, the company will not reimburse it, so all expenses will be paid out of your own pocket.

Although Lu Yan is not very rich now, but he has received various advertising fees for advertising endorsements, as well as film and TV drama remunerations, as well as a cut of records, so it’s not a problem to stay in a better hotel. Lu Yan was not used to living with others, and Qin Feng, as a gold broker, had no reason to condescend him, so the three of them asked for three rooms.

Zhou Yingcai originally planned to go to a farther place to find a cheaper hotel to deal with. After several years of filming, he did not get good results. In addition, the box office of “Sniper” was bleak. Good hotel.

Seeing Zhou Yingcai’s embarrassment, Lu Yan casually said that he accidentally booked a double room by mistake, not knowing that Director Zhou would not mind staying with Song Hui for a few days. All four of them knew that Lu Yan had arranged it a long time ago, and said this to take care of Zhou Yingcai’s emotions. No matter how arrogant Zhou Yingcai was, he wouldn’t be so ignorant, and now he didn’t take Qiao’s capital at all, so he accepted this arrangement after saying a word of trouble.

The hotel is already full of stars. This hotel is close to the venue. It is one of the first choices for filmmakers from all over the world. It was full a week ago, and most of the reservations were made by filmmakers from all over the world.

Here, I also met two other domestic crews who came to participate in the exhibition. Coincidentally, one of them was the “Top Secret” crew. Speaking of which, “Top Secret” and “Sniper” are really related. They both invited Lu Yan to be the male lead. They started filming at about the same time, and the release time was also very close. “Sniper” was only two days ahead of “Top Secret”. Just showing.

The result is a world of difference. “Sniper” was barely able to watch at the box office in the first two days of its release, and then declined all the way until it was withdrawn from major theaters early. Some film critics vigorously touted “Top Secret” in order to step on “Sniper”, saying that it was the release of the latter that sniped the former, and even used the title “Sniper” to be sniped to attract people’s attention. As for those who like “Top Secret”, of course, they don’t mind stepping on “Sniper” by the way. Anyway, they have already fallen to the ground. Invisibly, the two films and even the two crews were thus opposed.

In fact, Dai Zeng, the director of “Top Secret”, really had some opinions on the crew of “Sniper”. Of course, that opinion mainly came from Lu Yan. At the beginning, it was because of Lu Yan’s rising popularity and Li Ran’s acclaimed acting skills that he invited him to such a semi-rookie. With his fame and reputation for movies, and Lu Yan’s popularity is still just a newcomer, he believes that Lu Yan has no reason to refuse, who knows that Lu Yan really refused. If you refuse, you should refuse. Dai Zeng is not completely unacceptable, but what he cannot accept is that Lu Yan refused his invitation to shoot Zhou Yingcai’s movie.

What is Zhou Yingcai? His fame and qualifications, can he compare with him, Dai Zeng? What else does he have except the name of an up-and-coming director? To be honest, Dai Zeng is nothing but a little stingy and takes things for granted. Originally, a big director should not care about a small actor, but Dai Zeng didn’t. He wanted to make Lu Yan regret that he made the worst decision in his life, rejecting him, Dai Zeng, and rejecting such an excellent film. Movie. So he swept away the idea of ​​saving money before, and directly invested in the big star Zhuo Yunting to play the male lead. He also paid attention to the filming process, and the results were naturally very satisfactory. The movies that are released can be in the top ten at the box office, and “Sniper”… hum, what is that? !

As the saying goes, the enemy’s road is narrow, and it is no coincidence that the two films can meet again at the Cannes Film Festival, and the two crew members met in the hotel ahead of time, although “Sniper” only came with the director and the male protagonist. There is no comparison at all. Dai Zeng didn’t say anything unpleasant to Zhou Yingcai. He just squinted at Lu Yan and snorted, “Young man, your strength is good, but if you want to succeed, your vision is also very important.”

Zhou Yingcai’s expression changed suddenly, but he didn’t say anything. Qin Feng also felt that it was very uncomfortable, but Lu Yan was the most calm, and he was still able to smile at Dai Zeng and responded, “Director Dai is very reasonable, I am very Agree.”

Dai Zeng was surprised that this young man was so calm, looked at him seriously and said nothing, and passed by.

The opening ceremony on the second day was really star-studded and in full swing. It seemed that the enthusiasm of the whole city was concentrated here. Almost every appearance of the crew could win the screams of a large number of tourists and fans around, even those little-known ones. Small crews and unpopular documentaries, etc., the onlookers were not too stingy with their voices.

Although there were only three domestic crews participating in the exhibition, there were quite a few stars who came to join in the fun, so there were a lot of domestic media crowded on both sides of the red carpet, and the grand occasion of the opening ceremony was passed back to China on the same day.

Chinese people are still looking forward to some achievements in foreign film festivals, which can prove the international status of Chinese-language films. Therefore, most movie fans who like movies and pay attention to movies are also very concerned about this international event.

Of course, most people put their hope of winning the award on “Top Secret”. The so-called national is the world. Nowadays, the eyes of Chinese people are becoming more and more synchronized with the domestic one. The last film that achieved good results in Cannes was in China. It was also a very high box office.

However, some people think that the vision of those foreign judges may be more peculiar, so some people are optimistic about the other two films, but their expectations for “Sniper” are lower.

Therefore, in the reports sent back to China, the various states of “Top Secret” were reported at length, and “Sniper” and another film were almost ignored. The only people who can give “Sniper” a sense of presence are still those film critics and black gangsters with Hei Zhou Yingcai and Lu Yan as their highest goals. So, many times, they are really black as powder, and they may miss you the most. Not allies, but enemies.

And all of this is something that Lu Yan and the others who are in the film festival can’t pay attention to. At this moment, their goal is only to let more people see their films, and Zhou Yingcai has also made a lot of preparations and efforts for this.

When the time was over, all the shortlists had been finalized, and “Sniper” was shortlisted to everyone’s expectations, except for Lu Yan.

And “Top Secret” and another Chinese-language film were not even shortlisted. After the list was announced, Lu Yan also met Dai Zeng once. This time, Dai Zeng kept his mouth shut and said nothing. He is not the kind of person who likes to make a conclusion before the result comes out and may be slapped in the face. He prefers to wait for the dust. After it is settled, it will be concluded with a condescending attitude.

What if you were shortlisted? Being shortlisted does not mean that you will win an award. If you cannot win the award, then there is not much difference between being shortlisted and not being shortlisted. In any case, the high box office of “Top Secret” is still on the record, while “Sniper” has nothing.

Obviously, most film critics think the same way, but they no longer dare to speak so conclusively, except for the few film critics who have been black all their lives. Even at the risk of being slapped in the face, you must insist on cynicism. It is not often that a blind cat meets a dead mouse, but it is definitely not completely absent. It is nothing to be shortlisted, and winning is the real hero. The award is not a dead mouse, but a real mouse, which can only be caught by a cat with the ability, and “Sniper” is obviously not.

However, most movie fans can ignore these grievances. In their opinion, the only shortlisted “Sniper” is already their all hope of winning. If they don’t want Chinese films at this year’s Cannes Film Festival to win nothing again, they can only Pray that “Sniper” will win the favor of the judges.

At this time, many fans have already started to look for the information of “Sniper”, because the offline is too fast, and there is no upload on the Internet. In fact, many people have not seen such a film at all. This time, the Cannes Film Festival was shortlisted. The film brought “Sniper” back into the public eye, and everyone’s curiosity was really aroused. What is a film that has a poor box office and is shortlisted for international film festival awards? really want to know. Some people even began to explore the reasons for the film’s poor box office. Will there be any shady stories?

And all this is just the beginning.