This director needs to apologize

Chapter 129 Red Carpet Trip
In Cannes in August, the sea breeze is blowing and the sun is shining brightly. It is the best season in the Mediterranean.

Chen Yiming and the "1951" crew arrived in Cannes on August 8. At this time, this Gallic seaside town with only tens of thousands of residents had been crowded into a large vegetable market by filmmakers, media and tourists from all over the world.

Unlike last year, when only three members of "Holiday" went to Montreal to attend the show, this year's trip to Cannes for "3" was a crowd-pleaser, with nearly 1951 people in total.

Of course, so many people will not all go to the red carpet. There are only four main actors: Chen Yiming, Duan Yining, Liu Dongjun and Sang Ping, plus Paul who has not arrived from Nuts yet.

Hou Yong and other actors declined the trip to Cannes. Although Lin Xiao came to Cannes, he refused to walk on the red carpet. In fact, he came to Cannes not because of "1951" at all. He came to Cannes to attend the Chinese Night on behalf of the American Film Studio.

While Lin Xiao was doing odd jobs for Chen Yiming, his main business was not neglected. His old employer released an ink-and-wash cartoon in April this year. The results were pretty good, with a domestic box office of 4 million. He was the art director of the film.

Like Lin Xiao, everyone else in the group also had their own purposes.

For example, Da Zhuang and Xiao Mei came here to sell films. Shen Pengfei was determined to take a piece of the overseas distribution of "1951", so she contacted many powerful buyers in Europe in advance.

As a new Chinese producer, Da Zhuang was also invited to participate in the Chinese Night. The other two producers of "1951", Golden Shield and Moying, were also invited.

Chinese Night is a Chinese film promotion event officially organized by the Six Princesses and the Cannes Film Festival. This year is already the third time.

"1951" is the only participating film from China in this film festival, so it is naturally the protagonist of China Night.

Last year in Montreal, Chen Yiming had to organize all the itinerary by himself. Gu Yuehe had to bring his own assistant. When he walked on the red carpet, he didn't even know who the photographer was.

The treatment in Cannes is different this year. Shen Pengfei will arrange all the itineraries, and Chen Yiming only needs to go alone empty-handed.

Thanks to Princess Six, the crew of "1951" can stay at the MAJESTIC Hotel nearby, because this is where the Chinese Night is held.

Ma Yunteng followed Shen Pengfei's suggestion and brought his assistant, hair stylist, makeup artist, and photographer from China.

Chen Yiming brought more than a dozen sets of formal attires, and other people's opening ceremony attires were packed in several large boxes, and two assistants were specially arranged to manage them.

Originally, Chen Yiming thought it was making a fuss out of a molehill. As a director, he was not a star. How could he go to such trouble?
After arriving at the hotel and settling down, Xiaomei met Shen Pengfei and sorted out his itinerary, which scared his heart.

Good guy, there are three pages of densely packed forms, and I’m afraid it’s not half a foot long when you pick them up.

If you take a closer look, you will see the opening ceremony, official photos, post-premiere reception, press conference, a lot of official and unofficial media interviews, miscellaneous themed activities, a long series of XX nights in the International Village, and various cocktail receptions.

Chen Yiming felt dizzy. He looked at Shen Pengfei, who had red lips and high spirits, and asked helplessly, "Sister Shen, this schedule is too exaggerated. Can it be reduced?"

Shen Pengfei didn't say yes or no. Instead, she lifted up her skirt and sat down sideways, pointing at the itinerary and explaining it to him one by one.

“The opening ceremony, official photocall, premiere reception, and press conference are all standard features for participating films, and they are the same for everyone, so there is no need to discuss them.

This year's master class forum, Tony asked you to participate by name. In the past, you were just an audience member, and you were not required to speak on stage.How dare you not sell the face of the chairman of the jury?

Go to at least one market cocktail party, pick your own. Since you want to develop overseas influence, you have to let those foreigners have a basic impression of you.

If you want to go to the drinking parties held by major Hollywood companies, go to them all. If you don't want to go, don't go, otherwise you will offend others.Paul is still thinking about the Oscar for Best Cinematography next year. You don’t want to disappoint him, right?
Needless to say, you have to show up for the China Night. The Hong Kong City Night is allowed by this year’s judges, so you can’t miss it. The rest is up to you.

I have already selected the media interviews. My suggestion is that it is best to accept them. It is your first time in Cannes, so there is no harm in establishing a good relationship with the media here. "

Chen Yiming listened and ticked the form. At the end of the check, he found that more than half of it was left. Three pages turned into two and a half pages. He didn't save much at all.

He threw the schedule on the table and collapsed on the sofa with a sigh.

Then let's go one by one, otherwise what else can he do? This movie is not just his business, and he is not qualified to act willfully.

After a day of rest in the hotel, on August 8, the 12 Cannes Film Festival officially opened.

Generally speaking, stars walking on the red carpet start getting ready at noon, but the crew of "1951" are all rough guys and don't need to scrimp for the red carpet, so they only meet at 4 p.m.

After two months of not seeing each other, Paul had gained weight visibly. His previously neat square inches had turned into an afro, and his chin was covered with a fluffy beard that reached his Adam's apple.

He wore a pure white suit jacket with red polka dots, and the blue and white striped shirt was open to reveal the blue and white striped shirt underneath. He had neither a bow tie nor a tie, and his lower body was a pair of loose trousers that hung and floated.

Not to mention, this outfit is trendy and fashionable, and it also conforms to the formal dress rules for the opening ceremony of the film festival, but the psychological quality requirements of the model are a bit high.

Chen Yiming thought to himself that Brother Nut was still more open-minded, unlike the honest Chinese people like them, who were all dressed in black suits and white shirts, and looked quite decent.

The group of people were chatting and kicking in the hotel suite. When it was almost 7 o'clock, Xiaomei came in and said that there was a notice from the organizer, so everyone got up and went downstairs.

Cannes is a very small place. The main venue, the Palais des Festivals, is located on a small peninsula extending from the beach causeway. The Majestic Hotel where Chen Yiming and his family stayed is diagonally opposite the Palais des Festivals, just across a street and just a few steps away.

After leaving the Dahua Hotel and entering the street, everyone was shocked by the scene in front of them. From the hotel entrance to the red carpet that was vaguely visible in the distance, the distance of less than 200 meters was full of people.Everyone trudged through the sea of ​​people, and it took 20 minutes to move a short distance.

The little girl went back and forth to communicate with the host, and after 10 minutes, she brought a white guy over. The latter led everyone to a rest area made of plastic whiteboards to wait.

After asking, I found out that the crew of the opening film were very late in the red carpet sequence, only in front of the 9-member jury, and they still had to wait.

Maybe they know that celebrities need to pay attention to their appearance when walking on the red carpet, but there is really nothing in the waiting area, not to mention snacks and even a sip of water.

Everyone was waiting until the flowers were about to wither, and Chen Yiming was also a little drowsy. He couldn't get over the jet lag all day yesterday, and he felt sleepy as soon as it got dark in the past two days.

Finally, the little brother came over again and informed everyone to prepare. Chen Yiming steeled himself and stood up. When he looked at the watch, it was already 8:[-].

They say the film festival red carpet is slow, but I didn’t expect it to be so slow.

Following the little brother through the N gates like walking through flowers and around pillars, everyone returned to the starting point of the red carpet facing Croisette Avenue.

For all this trouble, it is better to just wait in the hotel. The waiting area has to go around in a big circle to the side of the Festival Palace, which is much further than the Majestic Hotel.

The host shouted a lot of Gallic dialect, and thunderous applause sounded from both sides of the red carpet. The young man made a gesture to signal the crew to "go".

There were five grown men in total, including Paul, who was the top of the two. They couldn't stand apart on the red carpet, so they looked at each other and decided to leave in two groups.

Two photographers, Paul and Sang Ping, walked in front of them calmly.

One is a flamboyant artistic hippie, the other is a serious and upright elderly gentleman, a white man, and a Chinese man, they really don’t go together.

But both of them are artists, and what they want is a sense of discordant conflict.

The Gauls still have a sense of art, and of course it may be due to common etiquette. The applause and whistles from both sides reached a new level.

After the camera crew reached the halfway point of the red carpet, Chen Yiming was in the middle, Duan Yining and Liu Dongjun were separated on the left and right, and the three of them walked onto the red carpet unhurriedly.

The host spoke a lot of incomprehensible bird language. Chen Yiming only heard the weird names of the three people. He must have been introducing them.

Applause, whistles, and shouts of various tones filled his ears, and he tried his best not to reach out and rub them.

There were constant calls of "HERE, HERE" from both sides, and Chen Yiming knew that this was the photographer beckoning him to turn around.

He stood slightly and turned to the left, raised his right hand and waved, and then was blinded by a flash of light.

Liu Dongjun, who had never experienced such a battle, had already entered the most comfortable state of sluggishness in his heart. If his master Duan Yining hadn't been looking after him, he would probably have made a red carpet joke about flopping and losing his position.

Chen Yiming followed the inherent rhythm of taking ten steps and pausing, ignoring many calls for him to "STOP", and left the red carpet and stepped onto the steps with sparks and lightning all the way.

The 20-meter-long red carpet had a normal pace of 30 seconds and an average duration of 2 minutes. Chen Yiming and the others only walked for less than 1 minute, which was extremely fast.

Chen Yiming didn't know that just now there were several female grinders who walked on the red carpet for 9 minutes, even faster than them.

If the organizer hadn't specially cleared the red carpet for the creators of the opening film, Chen Yiming might have met them.

At the end of the steps at the entrance of the Festival Palace, a blonde female host wearing a tube top dress that exposed her long shoulders and long legs had just finished her interview with Paul.

The three of Chen Yiming walked over and were stopped by the female host. She first handed Chen Yiming an earphone, then put the microphone in front of Chen Yiming and muttered a lot of words.

A simultaneous interpreter came through the earphones, asking him how he felt when he came to the Cannes Film Festival for the first time.

Chen Yiming opened his mouth to answer questions like this, "It's great. The people here are very enthusiastic. It is indeed a holy place for movies."

He also said that as usual, the opening films are all the hits of the year, and asked him what his expectations were for the awards.

What else could Chen Yiming expect? Of course, he refused to start with me, so he replied, "It is already a great honor to be the opening film. This alone is worthy of the trip."

After all, Chen Yiming still has a background in "Holiday in the Magic City", which in Europe belongs to the "know this name" level. As for Liu Dongjun and Duan Yining, they are two complete unknowns.

Therefore, the routine questions ended quickly, and the three of them walked into the gate of the Festival Palace with relief and exhaled a big breath together very neatly.

The six eyes met and they all smiled.

(End of this chapter)