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Chapter 26 Isn't the director right in front of you?

On the morning of September 9th, the San Sebastian International Film Festival officially started.

As the most influential international film festival in Spain, in addition to the main venue, there are seven or eight sub-venues nearby, which are used to play the shortlisted films in turn.

Coincidentally, perhaps because they are all Chinese, "Letter from an Unknown Woman" and "Shark Shore" were divided into the same sub-venue.

Moreover, looking at the playing order in the movie guide, "Letter from a Strange Woman" was screened, and then "Shark Shore" was screened, and after that was another Chinese film "Kekexili".

Is this considered being pinched back and forth!

Tang An smiled wryly.

The influence of Chinese-language movies in Europe is still too small. If the audience turned around and went to other branch venues after seeing a Chinese-language movie, it would be unlucky for him to be ranked behind.

"What do you think?"

Seeing Tang An in a daze, Xu Jinglai at the side couldn't help reminding him that the red carpet was about to begin.

"Oh, let's go, this is my first time walking a red carpet!"

Tang An smiled, adjusted his handmade high-end suit, looked at the spotless handmade leather shoes on his feet, and strode towards the red carpet at the door.

Yang Mi quickly followed, Xu Manyun was not a member of the crew and couldn't go up, so he entered the screening room from the side.

As soon as he arrived at the gate, Tang An met the third Huaguo crew of the film festival.

Lu Chuan looked at Tang An in front of him and was slightly startled. Obviously, he didn't expect to see the Hua people here. After thinking about it carefully, he recognized Tang An.

Out of politeness, Lu Chuan stretched out his hand to Tang An, "It's Director Tang, I'm Lu Chuan!"

Looking at Tang An, who was 10 years younger than him, Lu Chuan felt mixed feelings. At the age of 23, he directed a film alone, and was nominated for the International A-category Film Festival.

Compared to himself, Lu Chuan was also ashamed to be known as the leader of the new generation of directors after making "Looking for a Gun" at the age of 31.

"Hello Director Lu!" Tang An nodded to him lightly.

No matter what, he won't give a good face to someone who can make a movie like "Southern View of the South", even if it's polite.

Seeing Tang An's indifferent appearance, Lu Chuan couldn't bear it anymore. He was a well-known director who took the initiative to say hello, but he was ignored, and he was still a junior!
At this moment, Xu Jinglei and Jiang Wen from behind also followed, and when they saw acquaintances, Jiang Wen warmly greeted them.

"Hey, Lu Chuan is here, let's go in together!"

When Lu Chuan saw Jiang Wen's face darken immediately, his eyes glanced between him and Tang An, and he immediately turned his head to lead people in, ignoring them.

Jiang Wen shook his head, "Hey! This Lu Chuan is still old-tempered!"

Xu Jinglai scolded with a smile, "Can you have no temper? You messed up the first movie. It's not bad if I didn't fight with you!"

"What do you mean by screwing up? It would be such a good novel if he really shot it like he did!" Jiang Wen retorted.

"Then you still have to intervene in editing?"

Without waiting for Jiang Wen to speak, Xu Jinglei sighed, "Old Jiang, you just can't be an actor. Which director can stand you? If it wasn't for Director Wu who suppressed you when you filmed "Nine Nine Youths" , you and Director Zhang are about to fight!"

Jiang Wen waved his hands, looking indifferent, "It's normal to have differences in ideas, but at worst, I will only act in my own scenes in the future!"

"If Brother Wen directs and acts on his own, I'm afraid he will win the best director and best actor at the same time in the future!" Tang An interrupted with a smile.

"Nine Nine Youths Killing the Mouth" is the original name of "Red Sorghum". Later, Wu Tianming, then director of Xiying Studio, renamed it "Red Sorghum". With his support, Zhang Yimou, who was originally not qualified to make a film, finally made a A stunning masterpiece.

Tang An remembered an entertainment news. The reporter secretly photographed Zhang Yimou, who hadn’t shown up for a long time, having dinner with a fat, big-eared, bald-headed local rich middle-aged man.

So, Zhang Yimou and the fifth generation still know him. I remember Wu Tianming, the "fifth generation director godfather" who single-handedly promoted Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Gu Changwei, Huang Jianxin and others.

And young people only know about fat heads, big ears, local tyrants, and eating.

After chatting a few words at the door, everyone began to step on the red carpet.

There aren't many moviegoers, and the movie hasn't started yet, and people are playing everywhere.

However, their group still attracted the attention of many reporters, after all, Chinese are always a minority here.

Facing the movie guide, the reporters also knew that they were the crews of the two movies, so they asked a few questions about the movies and went to interview other people.

"To these reporters, we are like a food stall on a street full of Michelin-starred restaurants, just out of curiosity!" Xu Jing laughed at herself.

"Food stalls also have their advantages, no matter what they think!" Tang An shrugged.

"It's just that I feel a little uncomfortable!" Xu Jinglai shook her head.

While speaking, a Chinese reporter walked over holding a microphone, "Director Jiang, Hello Xu!"

Facing their own people, they immediately stopped talking. It's not good to be reported out.

"Hello there!"

The reporter turned the microphone to He Xu Jinglei and Jiang Wen, "I'm a reporter from Xinlang Entertainment, Xu, are you and Director Jiang here to compete?"

Xu Jinglei nodded and said with a smile, "Yes, my new film "A Letter from an Unknown Woman" has been shortlisted for the Golden Shell Award and the Best Director Award at this film festival!"

"Actually, you should call him Director Xu, she is the director!" Jiang Wen added with a smile.

"That's right, I was negligent, so what does Director Xu expect from this film he directed and acted in?" The reporter smiled apologetically.

"Participation is the most important part of the film festival. Whether you can win an award is secondary. The main purpose is to let our country's films go abroad and show them to audiences all over the world."

The reporter then asked some formulaic topics, and then brought up Tang An.

"Then Director Xu, do you know where the main creators of the other Chinese film "Shark Beach" that participated in this competition are?"

As a senior entertainment reporter of a leading domestic portal website, Li Zhiye is more interested in "Shark Beach" than "Letter from a Strange Woman".

The former knew nothing about it, as if it had just popped up out of thin air, and the director's name was also very strange.

The latter's director and actor are almost household names in China, and with their shrewdness, they can't ask any valuable news.

Xu Jinglai almost laughed out loud when she heard that, and turned her head to give Tang An an inexplicable smile.

Tang An didn't feel embarrassed either, it was normal not to be recognized, and there was no photo of himself in the manual.

But isn't Yang Mi's photo on the cover of the miniature version of the movie? If I can't even recognize him, I'm really blind.

"You mean the director of "Shark Beach", isn't he right in front of you!"

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(End of this chapter)