Acting school started in 1998

Chapter 463 Maverick

"In fact, not only the shortlisted works, there are quite a lot of Chinese elements in this film festival. In the past two days, "Moonchild" starring Wang Leehom and "TRY" starring Peter Ho came to Cannes to promote, and I heard that it sold well. Moreover. Especially today, Brother Cheng Long is here with his new film "Around the World in 80 Days", which has stolen a lot of our attention..."

In the room, Li Tangzheng was holding a phone and accepting an exclusive overseas phone interview with Han Binjiang, the chief entertainment reporter of the Beijing News.

This time he received a lot of interview calls, and he was very annoyed. Even if his mobile phone was turned off, those media reporters with great magic could get the number of his room from nowhere, and they would call him directly into the room, sometimes even in the middle of the night. All were woken up. It wasn't until he said hello to the front desk that things finally calmed down.

However, Lao Han had a good relationship and had already said hello in advance, so at noon on the day of the premiere of "Purple Butterfly", he accepted an exclusive telephone interview with Han Binjiang.

I have to say that Han Binjiang chose this time very cleverly. "Purple Butterfly" has a special media screening this morning, and a media conference will be held at 1:30 noon. The official premiere will be held at 10:30 tonight in the Debussy Hall on the first floor of the Palais du Cinema.

Ten thirty in the evening is prime time in Cannes, and the premiere is scheduled in the Debussy Hall, which can accommodate more than 1,000 spectators. It is second only to the Lumiere Hall, the main venue of the Cinema Palace, which can accommodate more than 2,000 people.

The key point is that the Lumiere Hall has a strict dress code and is not very friendly to ordinary movie fans. Therefore, in addition to holding the opening and closing ceremonies during the film festival, it generally only holds premieres of heavyweight competition works and shows Cannes classics. and special events and other symbolic activities.

After chatting for a while about the film festival, Han Binjiang asked gossiping: "I heard that many foreign movie fans came to your hotel to give flowers to you and Zhang Ziyi, and these foreign movie fans were also going to watch the premiere. Are you walking on the red carpet?"

There are indeed many movie fans who come to give flowers to their favorite stars every day at the entrance of the Baril Hotel. After all, many stars from all over the world live here, including Hollywood stars, such as Meryl Streep. But Li Tang didn't know how many people came to present flowers to Zhang Ziyi and him. However, he did receive flowers, but the flowers were sent by Chinese movie fans.

In order to let the audience have a comprehensive understanding of the film festival, reporters who come to interview not only chase stars, but also usually interview the organizer's staff, movie fans, local residents, etc.

Li Tang has seen domestic media reporters interview movie fans who stand at the door of the hotel to give flowers to their idols, and may ask some leading questions. For example: Do you like Zhang Ziyi or Li Tang? Are you giving him (her) flowers?

Those fans, out of politeness, might answer yes.

So those reporters suddenly felt like they had found a treasure, and then added all sorts of extraneous details, and finally it became the news that Han Binjiang said that many foreign movie fans were waiting at the door of the hotel where Li Tang and Zhang Ziyi were staying to give them flowers.

Foreign movie fans are chasing Li Tang and Zhang Ziyi, which shows how popular our Chinese stars are in Cannes. At a time when Chinese people generally lack self-confidence, this is definitely big news and must be written about in a big way.

To be honest, Li Tang blushed a little when he heard this, but he could only say vaguely: "Yes, there are some, but Ziyi has more movie fans. She is an international movie star. I am okay in China, but it is far behind in Europe." .”

Han Binjiang asked again: "Has Ziyi's outfit for the premiere tonight been confirmed?"

Every move of a star is news. When Zhang Ziyi made a stunning appearance with Li Tang in a black evening dress at the opening ceremony, the reporters were blown away. However, there were rumors that Zhang Ziyi had specially customized a cheongsam for this film festival in Shanghai and was preparing to display Chinese elements at the film festival. The domestic media were very concerned about this.

Of course Li Tang knew this, but the cheongsam custom-made by Xiao Zhang in Shanghai was considered by her Li Jiapo stylist to be too traditional and lacking in fashion elements. Yesterday, I went to visit many clothing brand stores in Cannes with my stylist, and finally selected a Prada spring dress and an Italian Ferregamo fall dress.

Because it was someone else's business, Li Tang couldn't answer in too much detail, so he just said: "It's decided."

"Is it a cheongsam?"

"No."

"Teacher Li, I'm sorry, can you describe it for me? Everyone is very concerned about it."

"Uh, Lao Han, I haven't seen a description of what you're asking this question? You'd better ask something else."

Han Binjiang laughed sheepishly on the other end of the phone, then changed the topic and asked, "What are your private expectations for the movie "Purple Butterfly"?"

This question is a commonplace. Li Tang didn't want to talk to his old friend in such a scene, so he smiled and said, "Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?"

"How do you tell the truth? How do you tell lies? Don't worry, I just want to hear the truth and it won't be written into the report." Han Binjiang said politely.

"To be honest, of course I want to win an award. Even if I can't win a heavyweight award, it would be good to win an encouragement award. At least if I win an award, I can brag about it when I return to China. But actors want to win awards. There is a high probability that there is no chance.”

After all, Han Binjiang had been a film journalist for many years, and he immediately understood: "You mean this is a director's style film. Does Zhang Ziyi think so too?"

"You should be mentally prepared for this."

"What about the lie? I will write this in the report." Li Tang smiled and said: "As for the lie, of course I have no expectations. I still said that being shortlisted is an honor in itself. Think about it, more than 2,000 films have signed up this year In the competition, only 20 films were shortlisted for the main competition, less than 1% of them. What is the real choice but an honor? As for us coming to Cannes, we just promoted and cheered "Purple Butterfly", and we didn't think about anything else. .”

"Okay, I've written it all down. Also, are the French paying attention to this movie?"

"Of course I am very concerned about it. You know that Director Lou Ye has always been very popular in France."

Li Tang and Han Binjiang chatted easily. After all, they had known each other for so many years and their relationship was quite good. And Han Binjiang knew what to write and what not to write.

Not long after, the doorbell of the room rang. Li Tang raised his wrist to check the time and said hurriedly: "Old Han, it's almost time, I won't talk to you anymore."

After hanging up the phone, Li Tang ran over and opened the door.

"Brother, don't you want to wear a dress?"

Zeng Jia saw that Li Tang was wearing a slim casual suit with a sky blue shirt unbuttoned and no tie, which looked very casual.

Li Tang looked down and saw that there was nothing wrong. He shrugged and said, "It's just that the media conference is not a serious red carpet. There is no need to be so formal, right?"

Zeng Jia came to urge him to go downstairs. Xiao Zhang's classmate, director Lou Ye, and Xiao Ba Ga, Nakamura Hiroshi, who missed the opening ceremony, were already waiting downstairs.

Speaking of today's schedule, after the premiere press conference at 1:30, I will also accept an exclusive interview with TV Festival arranged by the organizer. After that, there were several exclusive interviews scheduled in advance, all of which were with heavyweight media such as the Film Channel, Beiqing Daily, Zhalang, etc. who came to cover the film festival for the first time.

It's time for the movie premiere in the evening. After the premiere, they have to go to the Babylome Villa villa more than ten kilometers away from Cannes to attend a reception hosted by overseas distributors.

The entire day's schedule is almost interlocking, and there is no chance to breathe.

When he went downstairs and saw the people waiting in the lobby, Li Tang's eyes suddenly lit up. Xiao Zhang actually wore a black backless belly skirt today. It was bold and sexy. She wore a long hair shawl and her forehead was carefully combed. A row of bangs, which is both sexy and cute.

I think back then, classmate Xiao Zhang made a splash on a cold Berlin night by wearing a Chinese-style bellyband. Now it is very hard to recreate that moment.

Lou Ye, who is next to Xiao Zhang, is also dressed very formally today, wearing a black tunic suit. Kohaga Nakamura Hiroshi is also wearing a black dress. In comparison, he looked a little out of place in a casual suit, and he understood why Zeng Jia asked him not to wear a dress just now.

He couldn't help but turn his head and look at Zeng Jia who was following behind with reproachful eyes.

Zeng Jia followed his example and shrugged, and smiled.

Although he looks out of place in his casual attire, he stands out after all. Being unique is also a style.

"Sorry, I'm late." Li Tang walked over and said hello.

The media conference was held at the Cinema Palace, and there was more than enough time.

Lou Ye smiled slightly: "Let's go."

Classmate Xiao Zhang glanced at Li Tang's outfit with disgust, then turned around and took Xiao Baga's arm.

Oops, is this because she doesn't like her, or because she thinks she's stealing her limelight?

　I’m too tired today, so let me be lazy and update tomorrow!

　　

　

(End of this chapter)