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Chapter 700 Judge Liu Yifei

The 70th Cannes Film Festival is about to open. As a judge, Liu Yifei naturally cannot be late. The two arrived in Cannes, a small city in southern France, on the morning of May 5th, local time in France.

Liu Yifei's fresh look is exceptionally sweet, with long crystal earrings, a purple T-shirt, black trousers, and a pair of black thick-soled boots that she described as "extremely comfortable".

As for Li Mu, he was more casual, dressed like he was traveling and wearing sunglasses, as if he was on vacation.

"Here they come, two of them are coming."

"I've finally waited for it. There has been no news for a long time."

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Dozens of domestic media have been waiting for the two for a long time.

"This time you are at home, you answer."

Li Mu saw so many people gathering around him and spread his hands. At this moment, he was just a spectator who wanted to get on the red carpet.

Soon, the two were surrounded by dozens of reporters.

Li Mu originally wanted to take it easy and enjoy himself, but unexpectedly the first question was thrown to him.

"Director Li, this time is different from your previous visits to Cannes. How does it feel? Do you feel like a 'carpet director'?"

When the reporter said this, Liu Yifei covered her mouth and laughed secretly, while the others burst into laughter.

"You are creating terms really fast. 'Carpet star' has become 'carpet director'."

Li Mu gave him a thumbs up, and then he couldn't help laughing: "As for the feeling, it's pretty good. I hope I can have another chance to visit Berlin and Venice."

The media naturally knew that Li Mu could take a joke, otherwise they would not say so.

"Ify, how do you feel different as a judge this time?"

After joking with Li Mu, the reporters began to ask about the real person. After all, Liu Yifei was the judge of this year's Cannes.

"Huh? As for my mood, I feel no different. Maybe just a little less anticipation." Liu Yifei thought for a moment and said slowly.

"What's missing?" the reporters asked.

"I can't win any awards. Being a judge means I'm out of the running for any awards."

Liu Yifei said seriously, her confused eyes seemed to be asking, how come you don’t understand such a simple thing.

This really left the reporters at a loss for words.

"Liu Yifei and Director Li arrived in Cannes. Li Mu interacted with the media and joked about his identity as a 'carpet director'. Liu Yifei said that she was a little less excited to be a judge this year."

"Liu Yifei's casual outfit in Cannes shows her youthful vitality."

"The 70th Cannes Film Festival announced the supplementary film list. "Passing by the Future" directed by Li Ruijun and starring Yang Zishan and Yin Fang was shortlisted for the Un Certain Regard section, and "Freedom Square" by Swedish director Ruben Östlund was shortlisted for the main competition section."

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The content of the interview just now was quickly reported back to the country.

As the first of the three major film festivals and also celebrating its 70th anniversary, this year's Cannes has attracted a lot of attention.

Many crews are already ready to take action at the Cannes promotion conference.

Lu Yang also has the intention to promote "Knife of the Assassin 2" overseas.

"Okay, let Lu Yang take the main creators for a walk."

Li Mu nodded, and then gave instructions to Liu Weijuan.

He felt that "The Blade of the Assassin" was also suitable for overseas promotion. After all, Chinese martial arts films still have a certain market share overseas.

"Why, Director Lu and the others are coming too?"

Liu Yifei has already started choosing a dress for today's opening ceremony.

"Yeah, but it'll take a few days."

Li Mu lay on the bed in the hotel and yawned. He didn't need to spend so much time choosing his clothes. After all, if it wasn't a casual suit, it would be some other casual suit.

"What do you think of me wearing this long white dress?"

Liu Yifei pressed her skirt against her collarbone and showed it to Li Mu.

"You look good in anything you wear, as long as the combination is not too outrageous. Of course, even if it is outrageous, it still looks beautiful on you."

Li Mu was not being perfunctory, this was the truth.

Liu Yifei can indeed pull off some clothes that look ugly on others. This may be her unique talent. Although they look better when matched correctly, it is not a big deal if they are matched incorrectly.

"Only you can talk."

Liu Yifei couldn't help but feel happy, but she was still conflicted.

In the end, it took two hours to choose clothes and another two hours to do makeup and accessories, which almost used up all the time.

"Hey, after today, we'll be on vacation."

Li Mu stretched his arms outward and stretched lazily.

"Amu, you mean that as a judge you only watch three films a day, that's pretty leisurely." Only then did Liu Yifei learn from Li Mu about the intensity of a judge's work in a day.

"Haha, different languages ​​and cultures. Do you think it's easy to watch three movies a day? It's easy to burn out your brain. It's very tiring. Don't think it's so easy, especially since some movies are very easy to empathize with and disrupt your thinking."

Li Mu tapped Liu Yifei's little head and thought, "Did you think being a judge was easy?"

"Oh, that's it. I'm sure I'll be easily empathetic and cry my eyes out."

Liu Yifei pouted, but there was a different light in her beautiful eyes. "Let's go, it's almost time, the judges have to come out early, you are the first to enter"

The judges’ entrance is the most luxurious because the jury will walk together. This is a moment that belongs exclusively to the judges and is a moment worth remembering.

The red carpet at Cannes, the highest hall of art films, is actually only 60 meters long. It can be walked in 30 seconds at a normal walking speed. If it takes more than 5 minutes, the security guards will come up and rudely chase you away. However, this definitely does not include the jury, some famous directors and top movie stars.

At this time, compared with what Li Mu had seen in previous years, there were at least 70 giant flower pots and a 400-meter-long spike belt around the red carpet of the 160th anniversary ceremony.

"Is it because of the truck attack in Nice last year?"

Liu Yifei watched in the car and couldn't help but think about the purpose of doing this.

"Yeah!" Li Mu nodded.

The car had arrived at this time. Li Mu got out of the car first, and then gently took Liu Yifei's hand and got out of the car.

"Hey, Lee, Crystal!"

As soon as Li Mu and Liu Yifei got out of the car, Will Smith waved and cheered in front of them.

"Long time no see, Will." Li Mu gave him a big hug.

"It's great to meet you. When I saw Crystal's name on the judges list, I was sincerely happy."

Will Smith and Liu Yifei shook hands.

Then Spanish director Pedro Almodovar, who is also the jury chairman of this year's Cannes Film Festival, greeted Li Mu, and then the jury's red carpet was about to begin.

The number of media reporters coming to Cannes to report this year is slightly more than in previous years, and the queues are longer. And because there are many Japanese and Korean films shortlisted this year, there is a constant stream of reporters and fans from neighboring East Asian countries.

But at this time, everyone's attention began to focus here.

The group of 8 judges directly occupied the entire red carpet.

"Ify, look over here!"

"Ify, here!"

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The media on both sides of the red carpet have already started filming the opening ceremony, which is the most exciting part.

The host of the opening ceremony, Monica Bellucci, read out the representative works of each judge and the awards they won.

"Crysta Liu, La La Land, Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival"

Liu Yifei waved to the fans and media, causing cheers from the audience, and then she waved to Li Mu specifically.

Li Mu also smiled and responded.

The media below were even more excited, as this was a rare scene.

"Hahaha, this is the first time I see Director Li before he even starts walking the red carpet. It's rare."

"It's so funny, but they are so affectionate. I'm so envious!"

"Where can I buy Liu Yifei's white dress? It's so pretty."

"Sisters, face the reality. That's Liu Yifei who looks good. Others may not have the same effect when wearing it."

At this time, the audience who were watching the red carpet live broadcast in China were also talking about it.

The red carpet lasts five minutes, but the jury is not included. Then the major crews and invited guests begin their red carpet walk.

Li Mu also saw many Chinese people, such as Li Yuchun, Wang Luodan, Michelle Yeoh, and Yang Zishan.

Li Yuchun's styles are always peculiar and unconventional. Pants, pants + cape, pants + skirt, pants with skirt on top, what most people dare not wear, Li Yuchun dares to wear!

This time, he also wore a top hat, a short jacket, shorts, and long boots. Each item was strange in shape and the accessories were exaggerated, but the mix and match seemed to be very good.

Li Mu shrugged. He really didn't have that aesthetic taste. However, Wang Luodan looked pretty good in a dark blue velvet dress.

When several people met each other, they greeted each other, but Li Mu did not care about order. Seeing that the time was almost up, he walked straight towards the 60-meter red carpet.

Monica Bellucci was obviously prepared. She kept talking about Li Mu's various representative works and awards, but she didn't finish after a long time.

Li Mu was too embarrassed to just leave, so he had to wait at the end for a while until the film was finished before going to the Lumiere Hall for the opening film.

".walking like the wind."

"Hahaha, I laughed my ass off. I waited a little longer."

"Too many awards is not a good thing. The host read them out fast enough. It can only be said that Li Mu did not take walking on the red carpet seriously, just like walking normally!"

"Alas, Monica Bellucci is getting old. Thinking back to the movie "Sicily's Beautiful Legend", it directly opened my Pandora's box."

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The audience before the live broadcast was still talking about it.

The judges were sitting in the first row. There would be an opening ceremony film later, so Li Mu just found a seat and sat down. However, not long after he sat down, someone came over to him.

"Li, long time no see."

Nicole Kidman was seen sitting elegantly next to Li Mu in a black shiny feather dress.

It’s just that the chest of this dress is a bit low, and Li Mu can’t look down easily.

Because he was sitting in the second row, Liu Yifei in the first row seemed to sense something and looked back the moment Nicole Kidman came up to her.

"long time no see!"

Li Mu said with a smile.
(End of this chapter)