China Entertainment: The happiness of being a director is as simple as that

Chapter 23 Cannes
After entering the hall, Hu Qingquan began to register with the people in the hall.

Who is this, and which country is that actor from?

As he spoke, he occasionally chatted with familiar foreigners.

Everyone was confused, none of them were familiar with it, and they couldn't understand French.

After going upstairs and settling down, Lu Pingan found a free time and slipped into Yan Danchen's single room.

"Oh, don't make trouble, let the people outside hear it."

"The sound insulation is good."

The two kissed passionately for a while, briefly resolving the emotions that could not be expressed along the way, and then Lu Pingan went out to meet Jiang Wen with Hu Qingquan.

When I saw Jiang Wen, he was chatting with some Chinese.

When he saw Lu Pingan coming over, he warmly introduced to those people: "This is Lu Ping An, Ping An, these people are... Hey, why do I feel that you have grown taller again?"

Lu Pingan smiled and straightened himself up.

Now he has completed 6 months of external body transformation, and his height is 183.2, which is as tall as Jiang Wen. In addition, the soles of the leather shoes he wears today are slightly raised, which adds up to a little taller than Jiang Wen.

And just a month ago, he was two centimeters behind Jiang Wen.

So it's normal for Jiang Wen to be surprised at this moment.

"I'm growing up, didn't you know it when I was filming?"

Lu Pingan explained with a smile.

Jiang Wen also joked to those Chinese with a smile: "This is what I grew up watching."

He likes the youthful vigor of Lu Pingan very much, and at the same time he is also very optimistic about his potential, so he has long been interested in accepting him as a student.

But when those Chinese heard this, their attitude towards Lu Pingan changed again.

Looking at the grown-ups, this relationship is not ordinary!

So then everyone chatted very enthusiastically.

Lu Pingan also knew that among the few Chinese, the leading directors of Wanwan, Hou Xiaoxian and Cai Mingliang.

"Hello, Director Hou, Hello, Director Cai."

"Guide Lu is young and promising."

"Hello, Road Guide, the young man is so handsome."

Cai Mingliang's taste of Beijing made Lu Pingan very surprised.

But then he switched back to his Wanwan accent, and it was only later that he knew only a few sentences in Beijing-style Mandarin.

After a brief chat, Shu Qi came.

"Director Jiang Wen, hello."

"Hi, Miss Shu, let me introduce you. This is Lu Ping'an, my student."

Jiang Wen started to introduce again, but this time there was an extra "student".

Lu Pingan frowned, was this taken advantage of?
Without waiting to think about it, Shu Qi stretched out her hand, and said in a familiar Wanwan accent: "Hello Director Lu, I have watched your "Tuner" and this time "Black Hole". It's a great short film, I like it very much. I hope you can still win this time.”

"Thank you, and I wish you the best of luck as well."

Lu Pingan shook hands politely, exchanged a few words, and then someone came again.

And then another introduction.

Lu Pingan didn't want to remember who was who, there were too many people.

It is now the 19th, and there are only two days before the final award ceremony. Although it is not the time for the red carpet, there are gradually more celebrities in Cannes at this time.

So if you come back tomorrow, this scene will have to be repeated many times.

This is Jiang Wen's power.

But Lu Pingan himself is not bad either.

Because he won the Silver Bear Award in Berlin, he has already gained a bit of fame in the global film circle. In addition, he was shortlisted again this time. It can be said that he is also one of the focuses of this year.

It's just that his appearance and height have indeed changed in the past six months, so the reporters didn't notice him for a while.

However, this situation did not last long. After a while, some reporters recognized him, and then Sina, Sohu and some foreign media who knew that he had won the award in Berlin came to him.

"Have I grown taller and handsome? Thank you, I have indeed grown in size in the past six months."

"Can "Black Hole" win an award? For me, winning an award is not the purpose. The most interesting thing is to enjoy the movie, the process of shooting, and the moment when the idea is born..."

"The big movie "The Tuner"? Now that the post-production stage has basically been completed, we have to go back and decide when it will be released."

"Miss Shu Qi and I just met, she wished me to win the award, and I also wish her the best actress..."

That's the bad thing about being a celebrity.

The greater the fame, the less freedom.

Lu Ping'an's reputation in China is actually not that great.

Far less than those actors.

But on this occasion, he is the only one representing the mainland, and the reporters will naturally not let him go.

In addition, his image has changed a lot, from a skinny passerby to a handsome guy, so the reporters are getting more and more surrounded, and some foreign reporters seem to regard him as some kind of star in Asia, and then follow him to take pictures.

It made Lu Pingan very embarrassed.

Fortunately, Lu Ping'an's teacher is Jiang Wen.

So whatever Jiang Wen does, he will do.

Jiang Wen: "I'm going to eat, are you coming?"

When the reporters heard the words, they knew that Jiang Wen was going to chase him away, and they left one after another.

Lu Pingan also smiled and followed suit: "I'm going too, see you all."

Then it's clean.

. . . . . .

Following Jiang Wen all the way to see the scene, Lu Pingan also learned a lot about the Cannes Film Festival.

Among them, Lu Pingan was most interested in the matter of the Cannes jury.

At the opening of this session, the chairman of the jury, Norwegian actress and director Liv Ullman, came out and promised that she would enjoy the film with a completely open mind and try not to quarrel.

As a result, from the 9th to the present, Jiang Wen said that the 9 judges had quarreled at least five times.

Then after the quarrel, the chairman of the jury came out to speak again, saying that there will be no more in the future. We listened to each other's opinions with a completely open mind. After all, movies are about personal emotions.

Lu Pingan was thinking about what they were arguing about, and Jiang Wen said again: "Not only the main competition unit, but also the judges of the short film unit have quarreled several times."

"Is it always like this before?" Lu Pingan wondered.

"It's not often." Jiang Wen pointed out, "The louder the noise, the less unified the opinions. The works are either very good or very bad."

"That is to say, whoever is among the favorites this time is likely to win the Palme d'Or?"

"Yes."

Jiang Wen said with a smile, "It will be like this if there are no well-recognized good films. At this time, the more popular the public is, the higher the show score is, and sometimes the less it will win the award, so watch it, this time the Palme d'Or After coming out, I’m afraid there will be another noise.”

Lu Ping An understood this.

The Palme d'Or in Cannes is always controversial.

Take program scores as an example, among the 20 Cannes films, the film with the highest program scores won the Palme d'Or only 6 times.

In the remaining 14 times, almost all of them won the prize with the median score of the show program.

Therefore, movies with higher show catalog scores are not more stable.

Lu Pingan asked again: "Is my "Black Hole" very likely to win an award?"

Jiang Wenwen said with a smile and said, "Let me tell you, in Cannes, whether you win an award or not, and what kind of award you win, in addition to the quality of the film, the most important thing is whether there are judges who like your film, the judges who like your film Is it strong enough, preferably one with good English and can be noisy!"

"Now that they are arguing fiercely, it means there is hope, but I don't know which films they are arguing about. I hope there will be "Black Hole" in it."

After Jiang Wen finished speaking, he met someone he knew, and then introduced Lu Pingan: "This is my student, Lu Pingan."

"Hello..."

An hour later, Lu Pingan returned to the hotel, and then went to eat French food with Ning Hao and the others.

Authentic French food is indeed a bit different from domestic ones.

But just can't get enough.

Fortunately, Yan Danchen had thoughtfully helped him buy all kinds of snacks, and Lu Pingan could satisfy his cravings at any time.

After dinner, when it was evening, the group continued to go to the venue to watch the movie screening.

For the Cannes Film Festival this time, Lu Ping'an is only interested in two films, one is this year's hit "Mulholland Drive", and the other is the screening film, Master Xing's "Shaolin Soccer".

Everyone chose "Shaolin Soccer"

Master Xing's fan base in China is still huge.

Lu Ping'an also likes it. This is a movie that you will never get tired of watching no matter how many times you watch it.

After watching the movie, Yan Danchen felt a little regretful: "I just can't understand the Cantonese version, Ah Wen should have made a lot of money."

Zhang Songwen looked smug: "Concession and concession, in fact, if you translate it into Mandarin, you still won't understand many jokes."

Lu Pingan said with a smile: "The comedy movies in the mainland are the same for Xiangjiang, mouse, are you interested in watching comedy movies?"

Hearing this, Ning Hao shook his head and said with emotion: "I used to have this idea, but after watching Zhou Xingchi's, I think I need to settle down."

Lu Pingan didn't continue to seduce him. He knew that Ning Hao was just a juvenile, and "Incense" hadn't been filmed yet, so it wasn't appropriate for him to be in a comedy all of a sudden.

Ning Hao asked again at this time: "Ping An, how much box office do you think this movie can get when it is released in China?"

"I don't know, if it's released normally, 5000 million will be the bottom line."

"According to what you mean, is there anything abnormal?" Ning Hao responded sharply and asked immediately.

Lu Pingan made up a random reason: "Well, I heard from Jiang Wen that it might be restricted."

"why?"

"I don't know. Maybe it's nonsense. If everything is normal, I just hope our movie doesn't run into it."

The topic turned to their own movies, and everyone chatted along with it.

Zhang Songwen asked: "When did the file become available?"

Lu Pingan: "I don't know yet. My idea is to either go early or simply late. Anyway, don't leave it in the middle of the summer vacation."

Zhang Songwen: "Indeed, there are several American blockbusters during the summer vacation, as well as Shaolin football."

Ning Hao: "Hey, when will we be able to make blockbuster movies in the Mainland?"

Lu Pingan: "Who knows, maybe it's already filming now..."

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