Started as an independent producer in 1988

Chapter 200 shocked the world’s famous cities!

In the hotel in Cannes, a room was extremely lively.

There is a mahjong set on the small square table, which I bought from Chinatown when I was in Paris.

Chen Shiping was sitting opposite Zhang Guorong at the mahjong table, with Gong Li at the bottom and Zhang Fengyi at the top.

All of them are good mahjong players and can play cards very quickly.

Zhang Guorong drew a card and played it with a disgusted expression.

"Hongzhong!"

"Haha, you rushed again! You're confused!"

Chen Shiping happily pushed the mahjong in front of him and asked Zhang Guorong for money.

Mei Juan, who came with Chen Shiping and sat next to him to watch the show, couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth.

The director is really relaxed when he comes to Cannes this time, and he doesn’t have to worry about public relations.

However, with Chen Shiping's current international reputation, he does not need to spend too much attention on public relations.

And the movie Farewell My Concubine is so good, there’s no reason why it shouldn’t win an award.

Cannes has to worry about the Chinese market. If it doesn’t award awards, who will come in the future?

This time at the Cannes Film Festival, only one Asian film, Farewell My Concubine, was shortlisted.

The competitors are all Western films, but they seem a little different.

Chen Shiping was sorting out the cards and said with a smile: "Farewell My Concubine, the two male protagonists, who do you think will win the prize?"

Zhang Fengyi said in a loud voice: "I'm definitely out of luck, Guorong should be OK."

Chen Shiping smiled and nodded while playing cards.

"Touch!" Zhang Guorong grabbed back the second barrel that Chen Shiping had shot out.

"You guys have been fooled, Shiping is deliberately distracting you!"

Gong Li, who was jumped over, couldn't help but said: "You three grown men just jumped me over, right?"

Chen Shiping quickly smiled and said: "I almost forgot, there is also our heroine, you will definitely win the Best Actress at Cannes in the future!"

"Why later, why not this time?" Gong Li said with a smile.

"This time it's not even hot." Chen Shiping said with a smile.

Gong Li's current acting skills are still a little behind, and Leslie Cheung has a better chance of winning the Best Actress than her.

However, there should be no disgusting own events at Cannes this year. After all, the jury is different.

"Okay, you all get the prize, and I will run with you." Gong Li said with a smile: "You still have to lose money! Director Chen, why are you so good at fighting!"

Chen Shiping laughed and said, "I used to love to play, so I practiced specifically."

Zhang Fengyi said with an ooh, "What a coincidence, I've practiced before too!"

"Haha, then I'm not polite!" Gong Li laughed and said, "If you can't win the prize, you have to make pocket money!"

Zhang Guorong felt like he was facing a formidable enemy. He had been in charge of the generals for many years, but today he was so defeated!

Damn it, I really want to play mahjong. How come mainlanders are so good at playing mahjong!

Xu Feng watched with joy, but after watching for a while, he couldn't bear to turn his head away.

Zhang Guorong was too miserable. After two laps, he couldn't do anything.

Forget it, I can’t watch this anymore and go back to sleep.

When Xu Feng was leaving, Mei Juan also went with him.

The remaining four people in the room are ready to fight until dawn!
In a situation where three men and one woman are surrounded by stars, after a night of fighting, all three men will lose more than they win.

Gong Li ate them all by herself!

This woman's skills are really amazing. Even Chen Shiping's hard-earned skills can't stand it!
After playing mahjong all night, Chen Shiping lost a lot of money and yawned before going back to his room to sleep.

Mei Juan came out of the room and was about to have breakfast. Seeing Chen Shiping's sleepy look, Mei Juan couldn't help but said, "Director, would you like to have some breakfast before going to bed?"

Chen Shiping waved his hand and said, "No, you can go eat. Don't forget to send the movies from the factory to the trading market today."

"It's ready. It will be over soon." Mei Juan said with a smile.

Chen Shiping hummed, returned to the room in confusion, fell on the bed and fell asleep.

By the time he woke up, it was already evening.

We’ve had fun, now it’s time to work.

Chen Shiping took out the list of shortlisted films for the main competition unit of this Cannes Film Festival and started to look at it.

When he saw an American movie, his eyes froze slightly.

instinct!

This is a good movie! Chen Shiping still remembers the classic scenes in the movie.

Sharon Stone was wearing a white hip-hugging short skirt when she was being interrogated. The most important thing was that it was still a vacuum!
She spread her legs and raised her legs directly in front of the camera. Those long legs are really sexy!

Chen Shiping watched that clip many times.

Art!
There are many large-scale shots and a lot of sex scenes in this movie. Although it is very controversial, it has become a global hit.

Sharon Stone also became famous instantly!
But she is a crazy person, an idiot to be precise!
During the 08 earthquake, he made very anti-human remarks.

Later, he apologized again, saying that he was an idiot, that the media was writing nonsense, etc.

Chen Shiping curled his lips and secretly lamented that most Hollywood stars are fools, and most of the good-looking female stars are fools.

Unfortunately, Hollywood is too far away for Chen Shiping to reach.

We can only find ways to break Hollywood's monopoly on the global film market in the future.

Since last year, the overseas box office of Hollywood movies has officially exceeded that of domestic movies.

The future will be a time when Hollywood is conquering the city, and most countries will not be able to withstand it.

Hollywood movies are taking the world by storm.

Chen Shiping stared at the movie list, and finally set his sights on the movie Good Will Betrayal.

In Chen Shiping's opinion, this is a standard award-winning formula movie.

Love, family, betrayal, faith, times.
The combination of these elements is simply too Cannes-worthy.

But compared to Farewell My Concubine, it's still a little bit worse.

Farewell My Concubine has more award-winning elements.

Love, homosexuality, humanity, betrayal, men, times, suffering.
It’s just so many different elements.

Chen Shiping is not worried about whether the Palme d'Or will slip away from his hands. He is just wondering whether this time it will be a double-yolked egg.

Betrayal of Good Will is indeed a good film, and it was shot with great care.

And it’s also a biopic, which is a big plus.

"Forget it, do whatever you want." Chen Shiping also has the Palme d'Or.

There is also a Palme d'Or trophy at home.

One more trophy will not be of much help to Chen Shiping now.

He's past the stage where he needs a trophy to prove himself.

Chen Shiping's main public relations direction this time is how to get Leslie Cheung to win the Best Actor Award.

Otherwise, I’m really sorry for Leslie Cheung’s acting skills and dedication.

Let Cheng Kaige do what he didn't do.

At around five o'clock in the evening, Mei Juan returned to the hotel with her colleagues from the distribution department. "This year's market is very lively, but there are very few Chinese-language films." Mei Juan said with a smile: "We are the only ones in China who have come here, and they are really popular."

Foreign film producers are still very interested in Chinese artistic films, mainly because they are relatively cheap and there is a certain market.

In recent years, Chinese-language films have frequently won awards in Gongshang and have become very famous.

The three major European film festivals have all been conquered by Chinese films, and in just the past few years, their reputation has not been as great as usual.

Chen Shiping hummed and said, "Sell it if the price is right. It's difficult to negotiate the price without the support of awards."

The purpose of selling films is money, and the film is sold in foreign exchange. Film studios also have the task of earning foreign exchange.

"We will start contacting film critics and the media from tomorrow. The focus of public relations this time is Leslie Cheung's acting skills. There is no need to say too much about the movie itself."

After thinking for a while, Chen Shiping said: "Focus on the topic of homosexuality and psychological gender. Remember, what is outstanding is the acting skills and this group, and expressed that Zhang Guorong supports and encourages this group."

"You mean that Zhang Guorong himself cannot be used as a public relations direction?" Mei Juan said carefully choosing her words.

Chen Shiping nodded and said, "That is people's privacy. You cannot use this for publicity."

"Then I understand." Mei Juan said with a smile: "I thought there would be no public relations this year."

Chen Shiping said with a smile: "It's not that we don't use it, but that we need public relations with choices and directions."

Public relations is a science, and there are so many things in it that it can’t be explained clearly in just a few words.

However, the distribution department is still doing well now and has the ability to take films to film festivals on its own.

I don’t dare to say that it will definitely win the award, but it will definitely be better than the director himself wandering around the film festival.

At the very least, it can help the director find a film studio and sell the film at a good price.

Mei Juan and the others were responsible for the public relations affairs, and Chen Shiping was happy to have some free time. He took Leslie Cheung and Gong Li around Cannes every day.

Either hanging out in bars with film critics or bragging with peers.

I also eat a lot of melons every day while surfing.

For example, there were some scandals about the Two Roses of France, but Chen Shiping was not very interested in these.

What amused him the most was that while chatting with an American director, he found out about Hollywood's methods of promoting movies.

For example, for the movie Instinct in this competition, everyone knew that this movie had no chance of winning the award.

But people came and spent a lot of effort to promote it.

The most talked about movie in the entire Cannes is Basic Instinct. You can hear people talking about this movie almost everywhere you go.

Hollywood movies don't care about whether the movie can win awards, they only care about whether the movie can make money.

Take advantage of every opportunity and occasion to spread the word.

The world's top film festivals like Cannes are naturally the first choice.

In addition to such shortlisted films in the competition, there are also many Hollywood commercial films that will come to the film festival for promotion.

Hold a press conference, organize a screening, participate in the film market to raise the price of the film, and then leave!
During the Cannes Film Festival, film-related media from all over the world gather here.

Thousands of media around the world, if only half of them reported it, the movie would already be a hit.

After studying for the past two days, Chen Shiping found out to his frustration that this method was not applicable to domestic films.

Chinese-language films, and they are commercial films, have no market at all in Europe and the United States.

The culture is different, the actors are not well-known, the movie types are not as good as others, and there will be no media coverage even if they come to promote it.

Even if there is a high probability, it will be a negative report.

Zhang Yimou also came to promote it when he finished filming Heroes, but the effect was very average.

It is difficult for domestic commercial films to go abroad.

It is necessary to form a model that is acceptable to both China and the West.

Cheng Long's film is a successful template, but it is difficult to copy.

Personal characteristics are so obvious!
You must find a model that can get rid of personal labels and still achieve success.

Chen Shiping didn't have a good idea at the moment, so he could only keep this in mind for the time being.

Exporting culture is so damn difficult!
As a director coming to Cannes for the second time, Chen Shiping is very familiar with the opening ceremony, but he is a little unhappy that this time it is not the opening film.

The French guy chose a French movie as the opening movie!
However, this does not affect Chen Shiping’s confidence in winning the award!
On that day, Chen Shiping put on a decent tunic suit and felt a little stuffy.

It’s not that cold in Cannes in May, just wear a shirt.

When Chen Shiping came down, Gong Li and the others were already meeting downstairs.

The opening ceremony is always the same old thing, without any intention.

The red carpet was very long, the flashlights were very bright, and Gong Li smelled very good.
Gong Li walked on the red carpet holding Chen Shiping's hand. In her words, Bawang and Yu Ji are a perfect couple.

She and Chen Shiping were two poor people who had to hug each other for warmth.

After the opening, there was a press screening the next day, and all the films were shown to reporters first.

Otherwise, how can reporters publicize it to the outside world?

Chen Shiping didn't care about the number of screenings, and then it was scheduled for the evening.

When they arrived at the screening venue in the evening, Mei Juan and Xu Feng were a little worried that reporters would leave the venue in large numbers after watching the movie for a day.

After all, Farewell My Concubine has two hours and forty-five minutes!
"You'll find out after you see it. Why are you worried now?" Chen Shiping said with a smile.

Soon the screening of Farewell My Concubine began, and not one of the hundreds of reporters in the venue left.

Although it was very tiring and my butt hurt from sitting all day, this is Chen Shiping’s movie and you must watch it!

Not only did no one leave, but many reporters came from outside. The reporters who left the previous movie came back.

Then a very strange phenomenon occurred.

At today's press screening, only the first two movies in the morning were full, and people kept leaving afterward.

But the night screening of Farewell My Concubine was full!
Mei Juan looked at Chen Shiping and said, "Director, your appeal is too strong!"

"Of course, otherwise do you think I go to the bar every day to watch stripteases?"

Mei Juan is speechless, you haven't seen enough!

However, he was unable to refute Chen Shiping's words.

Soon the movie started playing, and hundreds of reporters all sat quietly and watched.

Despite the language barrier, the movie is attractive enough, and the subtitles are translated with great care.

These reporters could all see the meaning of the movie, and gradually began to discuss it quietly in the audience.

The topic revolves around Cheng Dieyi studying opera in the opera house and losing his true gender among the "male men" and "female Jiao'e".

They all thought that such drama and drama would never happen in Europe and the United States, and reporters were very interested in it.

After the movie ended, all the reporters couldn't help but stand up and applaud, and then a group of reporters began to discuss the movie in twos and threes.

I have no desire to go home and sleep.

Chen Shiping wanted to urge them to go back to sleep. If you don't want to sleep, I will go to bed!
However, at this time, reporters did not pay much attention to Chen Shiping, and they focused on Zhang Guorong.

In the end, many reporters reached a consensus and looked at the handsome Zhang Guorong and said:

"Zhang, your acting skills are worthy of a Best Actor trophy!"

The day after the press screening, comments about Farewell My Concubine appeared in major European newspapers.

Domestic media also received the news and wrote directly in newspapers.

Chen Shiping and his Overlord made a sensation in famous cities around the world!

(End of this chapter)