Entertainment 2000: Supporting female stars will bring you a hundredfold return

Chapter 343 Fan Xiaopang: My Beloved Husband Helped Me Achieve Glory in Cannes

"We can acquire a portion of the shares held by Ike first."

This person has absolute control over Marvel.

But it only accounts for less than 51%.

Selling a portion of the shares means losing control.

"Then, have him take Marvel founder Stan Lee's film revenue sharing agreement to negotiate with several big companies and get the copyrights back!"

It's impossible to get back the rights to movies like "Spider-Man" and "Fantastic Four," which have already sold very well.

His real target was *Iron Man*, and the soon-to-be-flop *Hulk*.

After giving Robert his instructions...

Tang Wen then called his two female confidantes to express his gratitude.

Both women generously stated that it was nothing serious.

Just come back and do the work to make up for it.

Tang Wen excels at doing practical work.

However, they are in the United States and cannot reach them for the time being.

"bang bang bang"

I had just hung up the phone when the doorbell rang.

Fan Bingbing, dressed beautifully, carried a late-night snack and a glass of red wine, her eyes gleaming.

The two squeezed onto the sofa, and Tang Wen saw a glimmer of spring in her eyes.

This?
Tonight won't do.

While the Ice Queen is beautiful, she can't compare to the current French Rose.

Tang Wen avoided Fan Bingbing's burning gaze: "Eat quickly, we have things to do later."

Fan Bingbing was stunned: ?

"Cannes is a place where you can do public relations; we still have a chance to win an award."

"Hmm," Fan Bingbing's big eyes were full of doubt: But what does this have to do with our activities tonight?
"Time is tight, and there are too many people around during the day, so I have an appointment to discuss things tonight." Tang Wen reached out and touched her cheek.

Want to talk business tonight?
Fan Bingbing's expression became complicated.

She didn't dare to think too much about who Tang Wen was talking to.

How should we negotiate?
"What? You don't want me to go?"

"I don't want to!" Fan Bingbing kept a straight face, wrapped her arms around him, and hung her whole body on him.

"Really? Our main goal is to win Best Actress this year!"

"Ah, this!" Fan Bingbing hesitated.

Cannes Best Actress.

Once you get it, you can punch the old woman and kick two princesses!
Even if she's Zhang Ziyi, she won't dare to lose her temper in front of me again!

Her face contorted with hesitation for a long moment, but in the end, she couldn't resist the allure of being crowned empress. She stammered, "..."
"How much hope is there?"

"Ha! Woman!"

Tang Wen glanced at her sideways: "Don't worry, I'll definitely put in a lot of effort in public relations. You should think about how to repay me."

Working hard?
Fan Bingbing found it particularly grating.

Why do I feel like I'm a loser who has to rely on my partner to sell their body to plan my future?
Uh!
Thinking about it carefully, it does seem to be about the same.

"Darling, you've worked so hard." Fan Bingbing's heart was filled with mixed feelings, yet she knew this was the best way.

She comforted herself: it's better to do public relations for myself than to waste my precious energy on other women!

Besides, he's a man after all.

It can't be that we actually suffer a loss...

After mentally preparing himself, Fan Bingbing reluctantly saw Tang Wen off as he finished replenishing his energy. She gave him a complicated look as she saw him off at the door.

Tang Wen is gone.

Fan Xiaopang stayed in his suite, thinking that he might go to see Sophie Marceau or that American actress. He felt uneasy and tossed and turned, unable to sleep...

Tang, the public relations officer, arrived at the hotel where he had stayed the previous night.

He embraced the roses that came to greet him.

"You must be hungry after a long day. I've prepared a French meal."

indoor.

Sophie Marceau stared intently at Tang Wen's muscular physique, her voice hoarse: "The two French judges will vote for your work."

"It seems my cinematic artistry has won them over."

Sophie laughed wistfully: Whether they conquered me or not, they don't know; but I was definitely conquered.

"I want to go out to sea tomorrow night."

She recalled the days when the two of them lived on the yacht.

Tang Wen: "Okay, I'll arrange for someone to rent a yacht."

"No need, I have one."

Tang Wen smiled at her. If he hadn't opened the shop himself, he would have already uttered the famous line, "Sister, I don't want to work hard."

She got dressed, leaned down and kissed his rose-red lips, then left the bedroom.

Back to the hotel suite where the "Peacock" crew was staying.

Looking slightly tired, Fan Bingbing had already prepared a large table of food.

In addition to French dishes, there is also Chinese-style clay pot soup.

It was supposedly bought from a nearby Cantonese restaurant.

Fan Bingbing highly recommends one of the dishes, a pot of pigeon soup.

Tang Wen tasted it and found that it was stewed with old pigeon. The soup had a medicinal taste and a layer of red goji berries floating on top.

Kidney-tonifying soup?
Looking at Fan Bingbing, he was speechless. She was really too naive and inexperienced.

Go ask your girlfriends, whether they're Chinese or foreign, regardless of age, who would dare to feed me kidney-tonifying soup!
Don't want to die?
Fan Bingbing hadn't learned her lesson and didn't know how serious things were.

She was just worried about her brother, so what was wrong with feeding him some nourishing soup?
This is a real hardship for the French roses that are waiting to be watered.

That evening, Tang Wen went out to continue his public relations efforts.

During the day, under Leo's guidance, he met with many film distributors and European filmmakers.

For example, Roman Polanski, a wanted fugitive in the United States.

Giuseppe Tornatore, the famous Italian director
The latter was the director of "Malèna," who appeared at the Cannes banquet.

The woman accompanying him was none other than Monica Bellucci, one of the "world's most beautiful women."

To be honest, this woman's path to stardom wasn't smooth.

He only became famous in his thirties with this film, "Sicily".

Her screen debut ten years ago was actually in something like "Being a Stepmother is Hard".

All I can say is that the European film industry is truly humorous.

The flowers are in full bloom.

Tang Wen naturally stepped forward, ready to admire it.

Unexpectedly, Monica saw him, came over, and greeted him in English:

"Director Tang, hello!"

"Does Miss Bellucci know me?"

"I am your fan."

Tang Wen, of course, wouldn't spoil the fun. His eyes were full of admiration, and his tone carried a hint of ulterior motive: "I never thought I would meet such a beautiful fan as Miss Bellucci."

"Ball Flower" smiled gently: "You can call me Monica."

Tang Wen retrieved information about Monica from his memory and they started talking about Italy. The two had a very pleasant conversation.

Exchanged contact information.

We agreed to meet again in Los Angeles.

In the past two years, Monica Bellucci's films as the lead actress have flopped, but she did appear in "The Matrix Reloaded," which had a good box office performance.

He is an important supporting character.

There will be a third installment, and she will still have a role in it.

In addition, I learned from our casual conversation that she is preparing a religious film.

The director is Mel Gibson.

Unsurprisingly, it's that highly controversial, anti-squid version of *The Passion of the Christ*.

Despite the controversy, the film was a huge box office success after its release.

Three days passed, and Tang Wen arranged flowers every night.

The waterer wasn't tired yet, but the roses couldn't take it anymore.

As we all know, flowers can't handle too much or too frequent watering.

The closing ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival was held as scheduled.

The area around the red carpet was packed with reporters.

Fan Bingbing and Tang Wen walked out of the car together and onto the red carpet.

"Don!"

"Tang! Baby!"

"..."

The shouts were deafening.

Fan Bingbing looked at the frenzied foreigners on both sides, her eyes filled with surprise.

how?

Is your brother, a director, that popular overseas?

"Director Tang, when will your new album be released?" a reporter asked loudly. Fan Bingbing then remembered: Oh right, my brother is also a singer.

"Coming right away." Tang Wen turned around and waved to the fans.

Fan Bingbing felt her chance had come. She narrowed her fox-like eyes, stood on tiptoe, and gently kissed him on the cheek.

clack clack...

The camera shutter clicked, capturing this moment.

Tang Wen's female fans screamed and cursed!

Fan Bingbing didn't care at all. Let them curse, I'll just eat them up later!

The harsher you criticize me, the more I'll eat!

"Director Tang, Bingbing, good luck tonight," a reporter said in Chinese.

The two turned around and saw that it was a reporter from the movie channel.

Her position was very close to the front. Unlike the other reporters who were crammed together, the area marked by the red circle around her was spacious and not crowded at all.

As expected of the sixth princess, she certainly has an impressive presence.

Tang Wen replied with a thank you.

Facing the camera, Fan Bingbing playfully made a cheering gesture.

"Walking toward us is Tang Wen, one of the youngest directors to win the Golden Lion Award!"

In front of the autograph wall, the host inside the venue introduced Tang Wen in French to the camera.

After Tang Wen and his group finished signing their names.

The host approached Tang Wen for an interview, asking if he had any awards he wished to receive.

Tang Wen smiled and said, "I've heard that the Palme d'Or trophy is made of pure gold and crystal, and I really want to own one!"

The three major European film festivals.

In terms of trophies, the Palme d'Or is indeed the most generous.

Because the other two trophies are made of bronze, not gold!
Only Cannes uses 24K pure gold.

"Then I wish you good luck!" The host smiled and stepped aside.

The cast and crew of "Peacock" took a group photo and walked into the cinema together.

The cinema palace isn't very large, with over 2000 seats.

It's worth mentioning that this place is open to the public daily and organizes film screenings and reading events.

The most special thing is that on Saturdays, this place will be transformed into a farmers' market.

People kept coming over to greet Tang Wen.

Most of them come from Hollywood.

Tang Wen found Eastwood, who was over seventy years old and brought his work "Mystic River".

He took the opportunity to mention "Million Dollar Baby".

Old Wood showed considerable interest after hearing the plot and that it was an award-contending film.

After I prepare to return to Los Angeles, I will have a detailed talk with Tang Wen.

He greeted everyone.

Tang Wen confirmed the female lead for "Dogville," but Nicole Kidman will not be attending.

I returned to my seat with peace of mind.

What movement is California women's rights group currently involved in?

Nicole Kidman only attended the opening ceremony.

I flew back to the United States after only two days.

I just missed Tang Wen.

Nicole herself didn't have high hopes for winning the award.

The reason is simple: in Dogville, she played a young girl.

However, from the perspective of character suitability, it is not very suitable.

If the Cannes jury members had any real artistic aspirations, they would be unlikely to award her the prize.

Tang Wengang sat down in the middle of the third row.

Beside her, Fan Bingbing, all smiles, whispered, "The cast of 'Purple Butterfly' has been assigned to the sixth row, a very remote spot."

What's the point of comparing these two things?

Tang Wenning would prefer a seat on the side.

Yes, it's convenient when receiving the award.

The lights dimmed and the stage lights came on.

Amid applause, host Monica Bellucci, dressed in a black tuxedo, took to the stage, immediately eliciting gasps of amazement from the audience.

"Brother, is she prettier or am I?" Fan Bingbing narrowed his fox-like eyes.

"How old is she? You're not winning fair and square against her, you know?" Tang Wen didn't want to tell the truth.

"That's true!"

Fan Xiaopang proudly raised his head.

Fan Bingbing, who was 20 years old, was able to play the role in "Peacock" because she exuded a youthful vibe.

At this stage, she can't compare to a mature and voluptuous older sister.

The opening remarks are finished.

Monica Bellucci, please welcome this year's jury president—Patrice Schauer.

A handsome older Frenchman appeared, holding cue cards, and talked on and on for over 20 minutes.

Then, awards were presented to the non-competitive categories.

Wang Xiaoshuai, sitting ten rows away, looked slightly nervous.

His film, "Second Brother," was shortlisted for the Un Certain Regard section.

"The film that has garnered attention, in one sense, is 'La megliogioventu' (The Best Film)."

This is an Italian film.

Chinese title: Brilliant Life

Tang Wen was deeply impressed by it because of its length, which was six hours long!

The ratings, however, are very high.

It has a rating of over 9.3 on Douban.

It tells the story of an Italian family and the fluctuating fortunes of dozens of people.

It reflects the dramatic social changes in Italy.

The director and producer, along with the film crew, went on stage to accept the award.

A thunderous applause erupted from the audience.

To make a six-hour film, their team undoubtedly possesses immense courage and an extreme passion for film.

"Is the competition about to start?" Fan Bingbing's palms were a little sweaty.

"Are you nervous?"

"Hmm! Can we win an award?" Fan Bingbing quietly leaned closer, as if that would help her relax.

"Don't worry." Tang Wen grasped her hand in return.

As with all award ceremonies, the big prizes are at the end.

The Best Short Film award was presented while the two were talking.

The Best Screenplay award went to "Cruel Offensive".

As the award recipient stepped off the stage, Fan Bingbing took a deep breath, her body springing straight up like a spring.

Other actresses, including Zhang Ziyi, were just as nervous as she was.

Under the watchful eyes of the audience, a member of the judging panel walked onto the stage and opened the envelope:

"The Best Actress award goes to—'Peacock,' bingbingfan, congratulations to her!"

When the foreigner read out the name, he was unsure of the pronunciation and his tone was a little strange.

Fan Bingbing swayed, her pretty face changed color, and she grabbed Tang Wen, urgently asking, "Who is Bingbing Fan?"

"Haha! It's you!" Tang Wen couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Huh?" Fan Bingbing paused for a second, then immediately realized, "Yes, yes, I'm the only female celebrity in our crew."

Huh? I won an award?!
Cannes Best Actress?

She was only 20 years old, and she was completely overwhelmed by the huge surprise, feeling dizzy.

Everyone around her was watching and laughing.

The host on stage noticed this.

The speaker specifically pointed out her age: "...Our winner is only 21 years old, making her one of the youngest winners in Cannes history!"

"Wow~"

The applause was thunderous.

Fan Bingbing adjusted her breathing and, with Tang Wen's help, stood up.

The film crew next door had already cleared out aisle space for her.

Unexpectedly, after taking a few steps, Fan Bingbing suddenly turned around and walked quickly toward Tang Wen.

Everyone was somewhat surprised.

Tang Wen didn't know what she meant either, so he stood up and gave her a questioning look.

Fan Bingbing walked straight up to him, suddenly cupped his face, and kissed him fiercely!

"wow~"

The scene was filled with good-natured laughter!
(End of this chapter)