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Chapter 529 Closing Ceremony

The premiere of "La La Land" directly pushed the Cannes Film Festival to a climax following the opening ceremony.

There are 6 days left until the closing ceremony.

Li Mu and Liu Yifei also have some activities.

For example, I attended the premieres of the remaining two Chinese-language films. After all, "La La Land" was attended by others to give me face.

There is also the matter of "Journey to the West: The Return of the Great Sage".

Tian Xiaopeng has been very happy these days. Li Mu saw his ear-to-ear smile in front of the stall and knew that this trip should go smoothly.

"Director Li, overseas copyrights have been sold at a good price, especially in the Asian market. All the copyrights have been sold, and almost half of the original investment has been recovered."

Tian Xiaopeng reported the good news to Li Mu.

The selling price of the copyright has been agreed upon before, and the approximate scope of the negotiation is within. If it can be sold, it proves that the negotiation went smoothly.

"We have set a record, Director Li."

Tian Xiaopeng said with a smile.

"Huh? What record?"

"Ha, Director Li, so you don't know?" Tian Xiaopeng thought Li Mu knew, "This is the first time for a domestic animated film to be in a film festival!"

Li Mu was stunned for a moment and then reacted.

In fact, this is normal. For many years, most domestic animated films have not been able to sell well in overseas markets, and their performance has basically been mediocre.

The fundamental reason is that the Eastern and Western values ​​​​are different, the living conditions are different, the cultural background is different, and the way of thinking is different. The way Chinese movies tell stories is not simple and direct enough, and overseas audiences generally cannot understand it.

But "The Return of the Great Sage" just breaks this point.
As one of the most famous IPs in Chinese culture, the Journey to the West theme is extremely well-known overseas, especially Monkey King.

Secondly, the male protagonist Sun Wukong only has 51 lines, and most of the time he uses body language to tell the audience what he wants to do. This makes it almost no pressure for overseas audiences to understand.

Finally, it was the technology of Mengying Media’s animation department that unleashed the film’s potential.

It is reasonable to get relatives from overseas.

"Okay, there are still a few days left. We will try to finalize the things that have not been finalized in Europe and the United States. Then there won't be much pressure in July."

Li Mu happily patted Tian Xiaopeng on the back. The good overseas performance made him even happier than the domestic box office.

This means that culture is recognized by more people, which is a subtle spread.

The news also spread through domestic media, which is another way of publicity.

""The Return of the Great Sage" has been favored by overseas film producers and has successfully recovered half of its cost."

"The theme of Journey to the West is very popular overseas, and film producers are very interested in watching the film!"

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The eighth day of the Cannes Film Festival, May 5, 19:19 local time in France.

The film "Old Friends", which was shortlisted for the main competition of this year's Cannes Film Festival, was screened for the first time in the world at the Debussy Cinema with 1068 seats.

Around 18:, sporadic solar rain drifted from the sky, but this did not affect the audience queuing up. This was the first time it rained before the screening of a competition film this year. Some media people even cheered at the scene, which was a good sign.

Li Mu and Liu Yifei came to support them.

The theater was only about 80% full, and the movie was shown on time.

There is still a slight gap compared to the full capacity of "La La Land", but this is normal.

"Dragon Label No. 2015 of 195" appeared at the beginning of the film, triggering cheers and applause from the Chinese media and Chinese filmmakers.

However, only 3 minutes into the screening, the big screen suddenly went black.

There was a lot of noise at the scene, and then 15 seconds later, the film started to show again, and the dragon logo appeared again.

Liu Yifei held Li Mu's wrist and blinked her eyes in confusion.

"It's probably an accident. I think the format is 4K, so I guess it was caused by not switching over."

Li Mu made a rough guess, but this small accident did not affect the viewing.

影片由三段式故事串联而成，三个故事的画幅逐渐变宽，从1.33:1到1.85:1，再到2.39:1。

After the screening of one story ended and before the start of the second story, the words ""Old Friends in Mountains and Rivers"" and "Works by Director Jia Zhangke" appeared on the big screen. The movie played for about 40 minutes before the title came out, which aroused the audience's amazement.

"Know how to play!" Li Mu couldn't help but smile. Which director would do this? It took almost an hour before he told you the title and director!

The movie is still Jia Zhangke's old style, but Zhao Tao's performance in this movie is indeed remarkable.

"Another of your competitors is here."

Li Mu touched Liu Yifei's little head.

At this time, several popular movie queens have been released one after another with the premieres of major competition units.

Rooney Mara from the lesbian movie "Carol", Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett, and Yifei Liu from "La La Land".

However, now the foreign media "indieWIRE" has praised Zhao Tao's performance and believes that it is better than Cate Blanchett.

"It doesn't matter if you want the Best Actress or not, I hope you can get the Palme d'Or."

Liu Yifei looked at Li Mu with expectant eyes.

Although this movie was a gift from Li Mu, she hoped that this gift would bring new honors to Li Mu.

"It depends on whether the judges like it or not."

Li Mu didn't care too much about the awards this time, maybe his mood has changed.

"They're definitely going to love it."

Liu Yifei danced her little fist and cheered.

"I don't like it. Do you want to punch them?"

Li Mu held Liu Yifei's little fist and teased.

The white and delicate little hands were clenched into fists, and they felt so gentle, without any lethality.

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At the same time, compared with the favorable reception of "Mountains and Rivers" by Western media, the domestic media has shown a polarized attitude.

Opposition from the other side focused on the "awkward and deliberate selling of Chinese elements", while the story was also a bit "meh".

Especially in the future of 2025 in the third chapter, many people cannot accept the love meeting between Sylvia Chang and Dong Zijian.

Time passed little by little, and while Li Mu and Liu Yifei were still waiting for the closing ceremony, this year's North American and global box office runner-up has changed hands.

Just 2 days after "Avengers: Age of Ultron" was released globally, its global cumulative box office is finally about to exceed the $24 billion mark.

This is the third Marvel movie and the eighth Disney movie to join the 10 billion box office club.

And it's clear that this movie has more potential than that, and it's only a matter of time before it surpasses the current annual box office champion, "Fast and Furious 7."

But here in China, they are taking advantage of the Cannes red carpet.

Because someone broke the news that Zhang Xinyu bought an invitation to the Cannes Film Festival for 20 yuan.

You must know that the red and green cotton-padded jacket with large flowers wraps around the body, just like the green flowers of a pretty country daughter-in-law. The topic and popularity it won this time cannot be suppressed even after many days. The major photos even share the same score with Fan Binbin.

I have to say that the 20 yuan was worth it, and this scheming was a good one, because whenever she wore a formal dress, it would not have this effect.

“Copycat Fan Binbin”

"Let me tell you, if you don't have any works or international brand endorsements, how can you go to Cannes?"

"It was disgraced and sent abroad."

Many netizens criticized it enthusiastically on Weibo, but this did not affect its popularity at all, and even online game companies came forward to invite it to cooperate.

This gameplay also made many people’s eyes light up.
The two weeks in Cannes were really fun.

With the arrival of May 5th, French time, that is, the early morning of May 24th, Imperial City time.

Once a year, the 12th Cannes International Film Festival Awards, a 68-day film festival, came to an end on the dazzling and gorgeous red carpet.

With bright neon lights and brilliantly illuminated palaces, the atmosphere of the film festival seems to have reached its climax today.

The closing ceremony is truly the most exciting day.

As the sun sets, the evening breeze blows gently from the seaside skyline, blowing the evening gowns of every star who walks on the red carpet, making them extraordinarily gorgeous.
On the red carpet, countless spotlights flashed together.

(End of this chapter)