Entertainment Era: My Good Sister Is All Over the World

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Upon arriving at the main venue, they all took their assigned seats.

Next, the chairman of the Cannes Film Festival organizing committee and the jury members appeared one by one and gave speeches.

They all said it very nicely, just like singing.

The only downside is that they can't understand it at all.

The movie started right after the opening ceremony.

The opening films for this edition were Akira Kurosawa's "Kagemusha" and another film whose name I don't know.

It must be said that "Kagemusha" is indeed an extremely classic film.

Akira Kurosawa is already 70 years old, and his creative peak has long passed, but he can still make such high-quality films. He is truly a film master.

The creation of this film was quite eventful.

The incident began in 1970 when Akira Kurosawa's film "Train Madness" was a box office failure and he was heavily criticized by domestic film critics and audiences. As a result, Kurosawa fell into severe self-doubt and even attempted suicide at home, but fortunately he was eventually rescued.

However, no Japanese film company was willing to invest in making movies for him anymore.

In 1972, at the invitation of the Soviet Union, he filmed a Russian-language film called "Dersu Uzavi". The film was released in 1975 and won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 48th Academy Awards.

Unfortunately, it was all for naught. He still didn't get any opportunities to film in Japan and remained idle for more than five years.

Just then, his two little admirers, Ford Coppola and George Lucas, visited Japan. After learning about Kurosawa's predicament, they directly secured investment for him and served as the film's producers, finally allowing "Kagemusha" to be filmed.

The film cost a whopping 25 billion yen to make and took more than nine months to complete, making it one of the most expensive Japanese films ever made.

However, after its release, it grossed 27 billion yen and topped the Japanese film charts for the year.

"Shadow Warrior" is undoubtedly the strongest contender for the Palme d'Or at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

Even though they couldn't understand the dialogue, Xiao Weiming and the others were completely mesmerized by the three-hour movie.

"Have Japanese films really gotten to this point?"

Xiao Weiming was shocked by this film, no less so than when he first saw "Let the Bullets Fly".

However, the film "Kagemusha" carries a sense of historical weight and a strong, tragic epic feel, which is truly admirable.

"A masterpiece!" Chen Huaikai nodded, "My skills are really quite lacking."

Huang Wenbin also admired it; the movie was truly amazing.

Many years later, Zhang Yimou, who already had the reputation of being a national director, still couldn't help but make a film called "Shadow" as a tribute.

After the movie ended, the entire audience erupted in applause.

Many people even stood up and applauded, their excitement beyond words.

Akira Kurosawa, who was sitting in the front row, couldn't help but stand up, turn around and nod to the audience behind him.

There will be an interview session after the screening.

Then they started showing the second movie.

This movie is rather incomprehensible, with shaky camera work, lengthy dialogue, and nonsensical empty shots—which fits Huang Wenbin's stereotypical impression of Western art films as extremely boring.

Moreover, this film lacks any of the intense scenes that the public enjoys, making it even less worth mentioning.

After finally getting through the movie, Huang Wenbin quietly left, too lazy to watch any more of the bad movies that followed.

Huang Wenbin was going to the cinema where the market screening was being held. Xu Xiaoming and Chung Chuh-hung went there after they finished walking the red carpet.

The booth for "The Cotton Robe" was very simple, with only two posters: one was hand-drawn in the Shaw Brothers style, and the other was a live-action poster, half of whom was a monk and half a Taoist priest, and their positions were also somewhat like Tai Chi.

However, Xu Xiaoming hired a translator, a part-time international student named Kim Hye-yeon, who was surprisingly a Korean who understood both Chinese and French.

Besides attracting filmmakers and movie fans, the Cannes Film Festival is also quite attractive to many international students, as they may be able to earn extra money as translators.

Huang Wenbin also asked them to prepare some small stickers and promotional brochures.

If there had been enough time, he would have wanted Xu Xiaoming and his team to collaborate with the surrounding shops to offer coupons or something.

"Not many people are coming," Xu Xiaoming said, somewhat puzzled. "What should we do?"

Huang Wenbin said, "Go to the beach and find a few hot girls, the kind who are willing to take their clothes off."

"What are you going to do!" Before Xu Xiaoming could react, Chung Chuh-hung's eyes widened.

Huang Wenbin said with a smile: "Food and sex are human nature. Regardless of gender, people are all inherently fond of looking at beautiful women, especially those with good figures."

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Chung Chu-hung smiled sweetly at Wong Man-bun: "Brother Man-bun, is there something you're unhappy about with my figure?"

"You have a great figure, but I don't want others to see it."

Huang Wenbin put his arm around her waist and said sweet nothings without any shame: "Every inch of your body belongs to me, and only I can see it."

"You're so old-fashioned!" Chung Chu-hung clearly enjoyed it and pressed herself closer to him, but complained, "Does that mean I can't wear a swimsuit anymore?"

Huang Wenbin laughed and said, "Of course, you can wear whatever you like."

"Alright, let's get down to business!" Xu Xiaoming said irritably, looking speechless. "You can do whatever you want tonight."

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Huang Wenbin patted Chung Chu-hung's bottom, signaling her to let go of him.

"Just do as I say," Huang Wenbin instructed Xu Xiaoming.

Before long, Xu Xiaoming indeed brought over five or six very beautiful women with outstanding figures, and they were of all colors.

"Do you speak English?" Huang Wenbin asked.

The group of beautiful women exchanged glances, and one of them replied, "Of course, we all can. We can understand and speak."

"I have a small favor to ask you for," Huang Wenbin said directly. "Of course, there will be payment."

One of the tallest blonde beauties smiled and said to Huang Wenbin, "Sir, in principle we don't do that kind of deal. But if you can afford the price, then it's not impossible to spend the night together."

Chung Chor-hung's face flushed red, both ashamed and angry. How could these foreign women be so shameless? Her school was bilingual, so she naturally understood what they were saying.

"No, ladies, you've misunderstood." Huang Wenbin quickly waved his hand and explained, "I'm actually a screenwriter."

He pointed to Xu Xiaoming: "This is the director."

"We made a movie and plan to promote it well in Cannes so that more people can see and learn about our film."

At this point, the foreign beauties noticed the poster on the side.

"What is this? A Chinese missionary?"

"Kung Fu? Like Bruce Lee's?"

"It looks like a religious film."

The blonde beauty didn't care about the movie, only about the money, so she asked, "Tell me first, what do we need to do, and how much money will we be paid?"

"I'll have you distribute these stickers and flyers," Huang Wenbin said directly. "How about $2 an hour for payment?"

"That's too little!" The blonde woman shook her head. "The minimum wage is $3.1 now."

Huang Wenbin shrugged and said, "This is just a temporary job for me, and it's just about distributing flyers."

"I don't care about that. Since you're going to hire us, the price can't be too low."

The blonde woman smiled and held up her hand: "$5 an hour!"

Huang Wenbin said speechlessly, "What you're doing is robbery."

"Don't worry, I'll make you feel like you got your money's worth." Without saying another word, the blonde beauty ripped off her bikini top, revealing her pair of white breasts.

Chung Chor-hung was so frightened that she stepped forward to block Wong Man-bin's view.

The blonde beauty didn't mind at all; instead, she laughed heartily, then took two stickers and stuck them on two dots.

"Gentlemen, here's a good movie, would you like to see it?"

The blonde woman grabbed a stack of flyers and rushed into the crowd: "Look at this sticker of mine, if you're interested, peel it off, and I'll give you..."

He gave me a flyer. "If I can come to the movies tomorrow afternoon, I might be able to say yes to his date after the movie."

This is insane, which gentleman could stand it?

Where will the movie be shown?

"When?"

"Give it to me, I want one."

"I'll definitely be there; I won't miss the date."

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The blonde beauty said calmly, "Everything you want to know is in this flyer. You absolutely must come; if you miss this opportunity, you'll never have another one."

Huang Wenbin and Xu Xiaoming: "————"

The other beauties immediately followed suit, taking off their clothes to sunbathe on the beach, gaining nothing but exposure and a bit of vanity.

Here, you can even make money with this pair of items, so why not?

The flyers were indeed handed out very quickly.

Huang Wenbin readily paid them $5.

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