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Chapter 493 Tong Liya's Cannes Trip
This year's Cannes is a veritable year, with a total of 1858 films registered and 80 films shortlisted.

Not to mention the Chinese group, this year's shortlisted directors are also full of gold: Roman Polanski, Paul Sorrentino, Coen Brothers, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Takashi Miike.

They are all internationally renowned directors.

This year's long-distance team is very large. Cheng Yu'an's "Old Father" was shortlisted for the main competition unit. Zhang Yimou took two films to Cannes to promote, plus the accompanying staff, Haohao Tangtang numbered a hundred or so people.

Remotely chartered a plane to fly directly to Cannes Mandelieu Airport.

There is only one airport in Cannes, which is not yet open to the public. Before going to Cannes, I usually flew to Paris first, then transferred to Nice, and then took a car to Cannes. The journey was bumpy.

In the end, Cheng Yu'an was in Zhang Yimou's favor, and Jacob, the chairman of the Cannes Film Festival, went to the airport to greet Zhang Yimou in person.

The two are old friends, and Jacob hugged Zhang Yimou warmly: "I thought I would never see you in Cannes again."

A certain director's English and French were relatively poor, and Cheng Yu'an acted as an interpreter.

Jacob also extended a warm welcome to Cheng Yu'an's arrival: "Cheng, I have finally invited you to Cannes." Then he joked, "Barbara is probably going to die of anger."

Cheng Yuan shrugged.

A group of people took a ride to the film festival hotel to settle down.

New Year's Eve should look like a New Year's Eve. This year in Cannes, the Chinese film industry is blinded.

Zhang Ziyi is here, Huang Shengyi is here, Fan Xiaopang is here, Li Yuchun is here, and Baoqiang boldly shows his love on the red carpet and kisses the school girl's wife.

Zhang Yuqi is wearing a green dress, and her big nai that is about to explode is also impressive.

She said she was invited to come, but in fact her ticket was bought for 30 yuan.

She has no film nominations, no film promotion, and no decent endorsement on her body.

The funny thing is that Agence France-Presse mistook her for Fan Xiaopang in the following reports.

But all of these gave way to Zhang Yimou.

Zhang Yimou didn't have a film shortlisted, he just came to promote it.

But the Cannes official just gave him 5 minutes of red carpet vacuum time.

Zhang Yimou didn't want such treatment at first: "I'm just a director, and I haven't been shortlisted for a film, so why walk on the red carpet."

But under the joint persuasion of Jacob and Cheng Yu'an, Zhang Yimou finally reluctantly agreed, but asked not to take such a long time: "I will walk slowly, from the beginning to the end, and 5 minutes is too long. Let me take pictures, what can I do for a bad old man."

Jacob agreed.

So now, Zhang Yimou is standing on the red carpet and waving to the world.

"When will we get this treatment?" The one who spoke was Tangtang, who was invited by the brand.

"He is a pioneering figure, and he deserves this kind of treatment." Cheng Yu'an stood aside and explained.

After all, Zhang Yimou was a little unnatural on the red carpet, and left in a hurry within 3 minutes.

"Okay, it's your turn." Cheng Yu'an said to Tangtang, he walked the red carpet with Yaya today, and if he had agreed to give it a big boost, he would definitely show it, first he would bring him to Cannes to see the world.

Many members of the "Old Father" crew were unable to come. Mr. Jiao Huang was in poor health and couldn't stand the international flight. Xu Shanzheng was still filming.

Jiang Wenli took her niece Xiao Ma to the red carpet, and Cheng Yu'an had to go with Tong Liya.

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Of course, Cannes is a paradise for film art, but it is not enough for Cannes to stand out from the top three.

Are Berlin and Venice less artistic than Cannes?
Cannes relies on its commercial operation, and the awards still maintain a high degree of artistry, but the commercial value of Cannes' red carpet, trading market and publicity channels is full.

Otherwise, the Oscars are jealous of the red carpet income in Cannes.

The same is true this year, with "Iron Man 3" and "Fast 6" wrapping up the official hotel of the film festival with huge posters.

The most exaggerated is "Return to Earth" by Will Smith and his son. The film crew put up a large promotional poster at the Ritz Carlton Hotel, known as the "Commanding Heights of Cannes", which can be seen throughout the small town of Cannes This poster.

The three films brought by the remote are all literary films, there is no need to buy such posters, and the focus is on the magazines of the film festival.

This year coincides with the 100th anniversary of Indian film, and the film festival pays tribute to Indian film, so the song and dance performance at the opening ceremony is quite Bollywood style.

Entering the film palace, the chairman of the film festival introduced the judges of the main competition unit of this year.

Jury President: Steven Spielberg.

There are six members of the jury, among which Li An and Nicole Kidman are familiar, and the other four will not be introduced.

Nicole Kidman was stunning in the opening ceremony.

This year's opening film is Xiao Li's The Great Gatsby.

The arrival of Xiao Li caused the audience to scream again and again—as expected, women all over the world wanted to sleep with him.

At the end of the day's opening work, everyone was exhausted.

"Rest well at night, don't even think about sleeping well from tomorrow on."

Although "Old Father" premiered on the 20th, Cheng Yu'an was very busy, busy participating in various activities and giving platforms to various crews.

A big film company also brought films to the trading market, and he had to find time to hold meetings with them and listen to their reports.

So much so that Tong Liya was left out in the cold.

Tong Liya has no sense of presence in Cannes this year. She is mainly here to brush her face, and she is not invited to so many events.

She is not depressed either, the company's resources have already been tilted towards her, otherwise Cheng Yu'an's "Old Father" will take her?
Then, she was caught by Zhang Yuqi who was also fine.

Brand invitation?Ah.

The two became acquainted after a few days, and Tong Liya had nothing to do except to run activities with the "Old Father" crew, and spent most of the rest of the time shopping and eating with Zhang Yuqi.

"I really envy you," Zhang Yuqi asked Tong Liya for afternoon tea, "I can sign remotely."

Tong Liya has grown up a lot in the long-distance, without the inferiority complex of the original time and space, she joked about her former self instead: "I used to be dark and thin, and I thought there was something wrong with my agent when he said he signed me."

"How nice you are, once you enter the remote, you will see a hit "A Little Thing of First Love", followed by several hit TV series."

"I was 26 at the time, and I didn't even have the confidence to play a little girl like Xiao Shui." Tong Liya ate a spoonful of cake, "Director Teng Huatao taught me bit by bit."

"Is there any drama behind you?"

"In addition to "All Quiet in Peking", there are two other films this year, one is a youth film, and the other is being kept secret for the time being."

"My Girlhood" will be released next month, and "Back to 20" will be in October, so I have to find a suitable time to hold a special press conference for the first two shoots.

"They're all heroines?"

"Yeah." Tong Liya was a little taken aback.

"That's great." Zhang Yuqi thought for a while and asked again, "Can we act remotely?"

Tong Liya looked at Zhang Yuqi and smiled and said, "Yes." But Tong Liya said again, "But outsiders basically can't play the leading role of the company. The company's literature department is the largest, and there are more than a dozen screenwriting studios below. Many of their scripts are at the beginning of creation. I just fell in love with certain artists in the company, and I will write roles for them. The script is handed over to the producer, and the producer will contact the director and actors."

"Then how can Sun Li and Deng Chao play your leading roles?"

"There are many young people in the company, and there is a shortage of middle-aged actors. This kind of role must be found from the outside, but usually the people in the industry are good friends."

"So actors our age basically can't get remote protagonists?"

Tong Liya didn't want to lie to her, so she nodded: "Almost. According to what Sister Zhixi said, the company will gradually open up the entire film and television industry chain. In the future, the internal loop will become more and more closed. Producers, screenwriters, directors, actors, etc., basically have no access to outsiders. coming."

"What about Brother Hu and Yang Mi who went out? Can they still play your leading role?"

"Yes, the company holds shares in their studio, and they are still their own people."

Zhang Yuqi was a little disappointed when she heard this. The actors in the circle, especially the actresses, wanted to act in remote dramas.

Let’s talk about Tong Liya, in the past few years, she has been praised as the second life drama queen after Haiqing.

This year, we must praise it, and give it to the king of dramas like "All Quiet in Peking" at the beginning of the year.

Transition to the big screen, directly to the three movies, and they are all heroines!

Three movie heroines!
How many people envy her.

Zhang Yuqi was so bored, and wanted to inquire about the news, she took it and asked Tong Liya to fill a glass successfully.

(End of this chapter)