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Chapter 260 The Boiling Cannes (Seeking monthly votes and subscriptions)

"Mr. Pierre, which company did you contact?"

"Touchstone Pictures!"

"Under Disney?"

"Yes!"

Liu Jin frowned and said softly, "I just messed with Disney in February and kicked them out of the Pirates of the Caribbean project. I estimate that if Touchstone invests, Disney might intervene."

Pierre Jeunet said with a wry smile, "I don't have many connections in Hollywood, and Touchstone is the best partner I can find."

"How's the new line?"

"Time Warner's New Line Cinema?"

Leonardo DiCaprio interrupted, and Pierre retorted with a question.

"Yeah, anyway, this guy has a partnership with Warner."

"But I'm not familiar with Shay."

If you're not familiar with someone, you can't connect with them.

Little Li volunteered, "I can help you contact him, but you'd better have a complete plan."

"Of course, I've been studying this book since last year."

Little Li said with a forced smile, "I've helped you so much, shouldn't you give me a discount?"

Liu Jin rolled his eyes at Xiao Li.

“Talk to my agent… Director Jeunet, I will reserve the adaptation rights to your book ‘Father’ until the end of this year.”

During this period, if anyone makes a offer, I will notify you in advance.

"Amos, thank you!"

Genet really liked this book.

At the same time, he is one of the few directors in the French directing circle who does not follow the New Wave style.

It's not that he can't, but rather that he prefers the Hollywood style.

Therefore, he will only seek European partners for his films if he cannot find investment in Hollywood.

Hollywood is number one, Britain is number two.

……

The 55th Cannes Film Festival has officially begun.

The red carpet at the Palais des Festivals is very interesting.

Unlike other film festivals where the red carpet stretches straight to the Palais des Festivals, this one features an L-shaped red carpet.

The red carpet was initially laid parallel to the Palais des Festivals, but upon reaching the steps of the Palais des Festivals, it made a sharp 90-degree turn before ascending the steps.

One film crew after another appeared on the red carpet.

This elicited cheers from the crowd.

But to be honest, the hype is far from what people want.

Chinese elements appeared at this year's film festival.

Director Jia walked the red carpet with his new work, "Ren Xiaoyao".

He's a regular at European film festivals, so the reporters all gave him face, and their flashbulbs went off everywhere.

This novel, "Ren Xiaoyao," is the final installment of Jia Kezhang's "Hometown Trilogy."

It maintains the style of the previous two parts with little change.

The cast and crew remain the same: Zhao Tao, Zhao Weiwei, and Wang Hongwei.

Yes, Wang Hongwei is Liu Jin's fellow townsman.

However, the two did not know each other!

After a brief interview, the group headed towards the Palais des Festivals.

At this point, the opening ceremony was also coming to an end.

For a journalist, there's not much to report.

Just then, a cheer suddenly came from afar.

The vehicles of the "Amélie" crew appeared at one end of the red carpet, followed by even louder cheers.

Adjani, Jeunet, and others got out of the car and stepped onto the red carpet.

Zhao Tao couldn't help but stop and look back, revealing an envious expression.

"There's nothing to envy. They're a French film crew, so they're bound to be popular with the French."

Section Chief Jia could easily see through Zhao Tao's thoughts, and quickly offered words of comfort.

Wang Hongwei suddenly spoke up, "I heard that their movie is adapted from a best-selling French novel, and the original author is Chinese."

"what?"

Section Chief Jia paused for a moment, then blurted out, "He's of Chinese descent, isn't he?"

"No, he is Chinese."

Section Chief Jia and his colleagues didn't understand, but producer Shozo Ichiyama knew very well.

Director Jia's works are basically all invested in by Takeshi Kitano's film studio, so Shozo Ichiyama naturally knows Liu Jin.

“A few days ago, he had a very big fight with our government, which made our government look bad.”

"Is it so powerful?"

"Liu Sang is a very talented and capable person... and he has a great influence in France. Wang Sang, he's from your hometown! It's a pity that he's having some unpleasantness with our government right now, otherwise I would definitely visit him."

By the way, he has a good relationship with David Lynch, the director of this year's jury.

David Lynch's film, which he completed this year, is an adaptation of one of his novels and was released in France last month.

Shozo Ichiyama is Section Chief Jia's long-time partner.

His words flowed smoothly, clearly conveying his meaning.

All eyes turned to Wang Hongwei.

Wang Hongwei's face turned bright red! "But I really don't know him."

"Hongwei, if you don't know him, just go and get to know him. You'll get to know him eventually, won't you?"

Zhao Weiwei put his arm around Wang Hongwei and said with a grin, "Our movie premieres on the 23rd. Go visit him under the guise of being from the same hometown, and invite him along..."

Before he could finish speaking, screams and cheers suddenly erupted from outside the arena again...

The atmosphere was a hundred times more enthusiastic than when the Angels cast walked the red carpet.

Even Section Chief Jia couldn't resist his curiosity and walked to the edge of the venue to look outside.

At the other end of the red carpet, four people appeared.

Two men and two women.

The host suddenly became excited as well.

"Leon, it's Leon!"

That's right, the off-site host for this year's opening ceremony was Virginie Ledoyen.

She wasn't qualified to begin with!
But in February, she joined the big shots and won the Berlin Film Festival's Outstanding Artistic Contribution Award, which instantly elevated her status.

She was so excited, like a little fangirl.

He waved frantically at Leonardo!

If the host is like this, one can only imagine how the movie fans outside the film festival are.

too crazy!

That's 'Jack'.

Even after many years, Jack's influence remains.

On the red carpet, Leonardo DiCaprio held Gisele Bündchen's hand, waving to those around him with one hand, exuding elegance.

It's as if the 'Jack' from back then has come back to life!

The smile on that handsome young man's face made countless female fans almost die of happiness.

This left Liu Jin, who was standing beside him, looking helpless.

"I knew he had bad intentions the moment he saw the bag."

Liu Jin spoke softly to Adriana Lima.

At this point, he was no longer nervous.

Lima could only cover her mouth and stifle her laughter...

"The man walking beside Leon... Amos Liu Jin, a brilliant writer from China and author of the original novel 'Amélie,' and his female companion, Brazilian supermodel Adriana Lima. They came on behalf of the 'Amélie' film crew. Isabelle Adjani, Pierre, and all the members of the 'Amélie' crew stopped at the steps to await their arrival."

Wow, this is probably Amos's first public appearance.

His arm is still in a cast, and I believe everyone is aware of the trouble he went through a few days ago.

But he didn't back down; instead, he appeared in the public eye... It was as if he was saying to those people: I'm not afraid!

The male host is Cyril.

His voice was excited as he loudly introduced Liu Jin.

Most of the film fans who come here are French...

They shouted in unison: Fuck Japan!
Inside the film festival palace, Section Chief Jia and others were dumbfounded.

"Mr. Ichiyama, what's going on?"

"It's a long story, but it's not appropriate for Mori and me to get involved at this film festival. Jia-san, I'll leave the publicity to you."

With the emergence of victim support groups, public opinion is developing in the direction that ordinary people least want to see.

The sales of "Life Is Beautiful" continued to rise as the story spread.

This also led more people to join in criticizing the mundane aspects of daily life.

Shozo Ichiyama and Masayuki Mori are the producers of "Unknown Pleasures".

Under these circumstances, it was indeed inappropriate for the two of them to come forward and promote their work.

Didn't you see? Three works by Xiao Rizi were temporarily withdrawn from the exhibition, also for this reason.

"Hongwei, your fellow villager is really awesome!"

Zhao Tao couldn't help but exclaim, "Has he really gotten to the point where he's hanging out with Leonardo DiCaprio?"

Wang Hongwei could only manage a wry smile.

If he were just a writer, he could still make connections through his hometown.

But this...

That's seriously high-level stuff they're doing!

Holy crap, that supermodel next to him has such big legs... oops, I mean, such long breasts!
"Mr. Wang, I'm counting on you for the premiere!"

Ichiyama Shozo bowed deeply.

Section Chief Jia also looked serious and patted Wang Hongwei on the shoulder: "Hongwei, whether the premiere can be a hit depends on you."

"Yes, Hongwei."

"Hongwei, you absolutely must invite him over!"

"I, I, I..."

Wang Hongwei's main profession is screenwriting; he is a student at the Beijing Film Academy.

Being an actor is his side job.

In Director Jia's film crew, he was not conspicuous and belonged to the kind of person who was unknown.

But now...

No, I'm very happy that you've entrusted me with such a heavy responsibility.

But the problem is, I really don't know how to start a conversation with them!
For a moment, he was filled with mixed feelings!

We're all from Zhongzhou, why bother?
You've set your tone so high, I really don't know how to catch up.

……

(End of this chapter)