Perfect Life

When I woke up the next morning and had breakfast, Li Qian was leaving.

James McCullough gave him two pipes, a box of treasured cigars, and a small bag of pipe tobacco of about a few hundred grams. Li Qian thanked him, shook hands, hugged, and said goodbye to their family one by one.

When the whole family was sent out, Elizabeth suddenly asked: "Qian, when I have summer vacation, can I go to China to find you? You can take me on a tour, or something like that."

Before Li Qian could answer, Helena turned her head and glanced at her daughter in surprise.

Li Qian said: "Of course, welcome anytime! But...well, I will start a movie in July and August. By then, I probably won't have time to travel with you."

Helena grabbed in front of her daughter and said, "Oh, that's a pity!"

Who knows, at this time, Elizabeth's eyes suddenly lit up, "Really? Your new movie is about to start shooting? What kind of story is it? If I go to China, can I visit the crew? Or... do you need an assistant?"

After a pause, she said excitedly: "I'm very good at the crew! I've been an assistant to my dad since I was seven or eight years old!" She danced, "I can be the assistant director, and I have no problem with photography. , my dad said that I have a talent for photography! Oh, my God, I really want to witness the birth of your next work!"

There are some things that she didn't say yesterday, but today she said it very eloquently, "I like your "Red Sorghum", but I like your "Once Upon a Time", although my father said that your "Once Upon a Time" was very well done. Bad, it's a pure commercial, but I like it! He's out of date!"

James McCullough looked at his daughter in confusion.

Although he may not know how many times his daughter has said that he is outdated, but when Li Qian wants to come, it is estimated that every time he hears it, he should have a feeling of being hit hard.

"Qian, will that be a cooler movie than "Once Upon a Time"?"

"Of course! It'll be cooler than Once Upon a Time!"

"YES! Qian, I want to apply to be your assistant!"

Elizabeth was at a loss for Zhang Huang, but James seemed to have nothing wrong with him. Instead, he laughed and said, "Baby, you will let Qian be sued in court for using underage staff!"

Li Qian also wanted to say: China does not have this kind of law, and even if there is, it is not as strict as the United Kingdom.

Of course, he didn't say it.

At this time, he looked at Elizabeth with eagerness to try, and smiled: "Yes, but... how about learning Chinese well? Most of the staff in my crew are Chinese, you understand. You entered my studio. The crew, can't let so many people talk to you in English?"

Elizabeth was instantly discouraged.

Helena's face returned to a bright smile - the French rose in her forties, once she smiled happily, her prosperous beauty was still enough to stabilize Elizabeth, who had not really grown yet.

Just like that, Li Qian waved his hand and got into the car.

When Li Qian left, the car picked up dust and gradually disappeared on the road in the distance. Helena turned her head and glanced at her daughter, "Elizabeth?"

"Huh?" Elizabeth didn't look back.

"Qian is a very handsome oriental man, and he is very talented, right?" Helena asked.

James heard the overtones, and also turned his head and glanced at his daughter.

Elizabeth didn't look back, just nodded slightly, "Yes."

Then, without waiting for her mother to speak, she said directly: "Mom, you want to tell me that you shouldn't have chosen to elope with a foreigner at the age of fifteen or sixteen, right?"

Helena opened her mouth slightly, holding back all her words.

James hurriedly said: "Hey! Elizabeth!"

Elizabeth turned her head and smiled brightly, "Actually, Mom, I think you did a great job!"

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Cannes at the end of May and the beginning of June, or even exaggeratedly, the whole of France at this time is shrouded in the halo of the Cannes Film Festival.

This is another grand event for the entire world film industry.

Filmmakers from all over the world came with their own works, even the Hollywood producers and directors who were ridiculed by European masters as "dollar movies", and the superstars who shocked the world. Many people came to Cannes from time to time.

But Li Qian continued not to join in the fun.

He left the Lake District of England and returned the rented off-road vehicle to Manchester. He then took the train from Manchester to London, but this time, instead of flying directly from London back to Cannes, he chose to take a ferry to get over. English Channel, into France.

Then, like a true lone traveler, he stopped and watched, even watching a Ligue 2 game in Paris in between.

It was not until the Cannes Film Festival was about to close that he returned to Cannes slowly.

This is a completely relaxing trip he has rarely seen in recent years.

The result was a half-finished briar pipe, countless photos, a wallet full of various ticket stubs, and bits and pieces bought all over England and France.

When he returned to Cannes, he gave everyone a little something. The two girls, Qin Nuo and Zhao Yingying, thought it was very interesting, but Jin Han and the others were a little bit confused.

Before leaving, Li Qian said that he was going to visit a friend, but who knew that he would actually wander around in Europe - you know, this is the Cannes Film Festival!

Everyone was excited and excited, but he was fine, but he took the opportunity to go out for a tour.

But Li Qian ignored them and first cared about the response of "Peacock" in Cannes. After learning that the film was screened at the film festival, the word-of-mouth response from all walks of life was quite good, so he smiled and congratulated Jin Han.

Jin Han is somewhat concerned about gains and losses, "Word of mouth is not very useful, let's see if he can win the prize in the end!"

Li Qian smiled, without comment, just to help him relieve pressure, "Be normal! Just be normal! It's the best to win the award, and it won't affect anything if you don't get the award."

In fact, he knows that he doesn't care how he disdains the domestic gang of literary filmmakers, but in fact, Jin Han's worship of European art films and his yearning for awards in the three major European film festivals are actually It is in the same line as those in the domestic literary and film circle.

This is not surprising.

From when Jin Han entered the Suncheon Film Academy in the late 1980s, until he graduated from college and started running a production crew, it was a period of time when the Chinese film industry was actively seeking its place in the world film forest, and finally Qin Wei, who was more satisfied with the Chinese, won the Venice Golden Lion Award and was "completely successful".

Therefore, as a witness at the time, Jin Han had such a complex.

However, whether I can win an award or not... I can only wait!

John Days told Li Qian privately that there is a chance of winning the award, but it is not big. According to the information from the jury, everyone's evaluation of the film "Peacock" is more inclined to the filming of this film. And the heroine gave praise, the others, they thought it had not reached a certain high level.

As for Ming Xiaojing's first directorial work "Unfinished Love", which is full of the fatalistic concept of causal reincarnation, some European filmmakers will be interested, but more people do not agree with this logic.

Therefore, John Days personally predicts that "Peacock" may be able to win a consolation award, but "Unfinished Love" is estimated to be nothing - the chairman of the jury of this Cannes Film Festival is France The famous director Jean Nael, this is a relatively conservative guy.

The so-called relatively conservative concept means that he is more willing to respect the traditions and concepts of European cinema in the past.

In other words, including Chinese movies, Hollywood movies, Japanese and Korean movies, etc., it is not easy to win awards in his hands.

On the contrary, Indian films, Iranian films, and even Greek films, etc., are full of expectations from the more traditional European filmmakers, and they are happy to encourage them with awards.

In the end, it turned out that John Dyce was half right.

Jean Naaire is indeed more conservative, but it is impossible for him to ignore the pressure of public opinion, and it is impossible for him to screw with the entire jury in the face of truly excellent film works.

So, at the closing ceremony and awards ceremony, "Peacock" won the Best Actress Award.

This is the first Chinese actress at the Cannes Film Festival!

And because of this, the best actresses of the three major European film festivals in Venice, Berlin and Cannes have been thoroughly brushed by Chinese actresses!

Zhao Yingying, who was still studying in school and this time she took a leave of absence to come to the film industry, was stunned. She still looked overly frightened until she took the stage to accept the award.

At the same time, John Days also looked a little surprised. When Zhao Yingying was a little excited and stuttering in her acceptance speech, he leaned over and said to Li Qian, "Qian, I can guarantee that this is definitely the same as that. What you said in Berlin this year!"

After a pause, he emphasized again: "Your remarks touched European literary and artistic filmmakers a lot."

Li Qian returned a smile.

Jin Han was both surprised and disappointed.

His "Peacock" was the first time he went to Europe to participate in the film festival, and he won a Cannes actress. In terms of honor and ability, he can completely rank third among contemporary Chinese filmmakers-in Qin After Wei took Ming Xiaojing to the throne of Venice Actress, and Li Qian took Qin Jingjing to the throne of Berlin Actress, he also successfully won a Cannes actress.

This is the first Chinese actress in Cannes, and the third Chinese actress in the three major European film festivals.

However, apart from this actress, "Peacock" has nothing to gain - before coming to Cannes, Jin Han once said in private that the Palme d'Or is not to be expected for the time being, he just hopes to win a jury award, or else the award The highest technical award ranked third in China is already very satisfied.

However, his hopes were dashed.

On the contrary, Zhao Yingying, who was not particularly optimistic before, was only in her early twenties, and she was actually sealed!

Of course, "Unfinished Love" is even worse.

They also signed up for the main competition unit, and then they got nothing.

In the middle of the awards, Li Qian quietly glanced over and sat in the middle of the "Unfinished Love" crew not far away. Various emotions such as disappointment, loss and helplessness on Ming Xiaojing's face were intertwined and flashed on his face.

At the end of the awards, many people took the initiative to go over to congratulate Zhao Yingying, Jin Han and John Dyce were by her side, and Ming Xiaojing walked directly to Li Qian.

"Qian'er, congratulations."

Li Qian smiled and said, "Thank you, Sister Ming."

Judging by the rarity of Chinese films and Chinese filmmakers winning awards in Europe in the past few years, although "Peacock" did not win other awards and the overall awards of the film, it was only the first Chinese actress in Cannes. The achievement is already dazzling enough.

Although Jin Han failed to complete the sermon in his heart, through the success of "Peacock", he can even successfully enter the ranks of domestic first-line directors-of course, the middle and lower reaches of the first-line.

And the addition of Zhao Yingying as an actress means that a company of Minghu Culture will hold two fresh and hot European film festival actresses-considering that Ming Xiaojing won the award ten years ago, and she has always been The concept of filmmaking also makes her commercial value really limited. Therefore, with Qin Jingjing and Zhao Yingying's Minghu culture in hand, she has simply dominated the acting skills among domestic actresses!

Coupled with He Yingyu's huge commercial value, Bai Yujing's high popularity, and first-line actresses such as Cheng Suping, Liu Yan, Zhao Qing, Lu Lingxi, etc., it shows that Lake Culture has dominated domestic actresses In the circle, it is not an exaggeration - yes, Fu Hongxue is a thriving one, the trinity of commercial value, acting value and appearance value. Currently, she is faintly ahead of He Yingyu and Qin Jingjing, but she is the only one.

In addition to Fu Hongxue, the most popular actresses in China in the past three to five years have hardly escaped the net, and all of them are under the banner of Minghu Culture.

It was just a bit of a stylized congratulations, but at this time, the relationship between the two parties was no longer as close and cordial as it used to be. Even if Ming Xiaojing wanted to say something else, there was nothing to say.

So ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ After congratulating Li Qian, Ming Xiaojing nodded at him with a complicated smile, and turned to Zhao Yingying - don't look at Ming Xiaojing's unwise standing in line to Qin Wei, so Offended Minghu Culture and Li Qian, but that doesn't mean her emotional intelligence is low.

You must know that this year has the stunning show of "Red Sorghum" at the Berlin Film Festival, and now there are two more domestic films competing for the awards in the main competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival. Naturally, the domestic media will not ignore it, and they have sent some Few reporters came to report, and many were on the scene at this time.

If Zhao Yingying won the Cannes actress, and the Venetian actress Ming Xiaojing who was at the scene didn't come to congratulate her, then it was basically a big mistake that could not be escaped, and it would definitely be covered by the domestic media. ——After she passed by like this, even if she managed to squeeze out a smile, domestic reports and articles would be written like flowers. The two queens! Everyone loves watching this!

So, even though she was definitely quite lost at this time, she still had to go to Zhao Yingying's side to meet her—actually, being a public figure was really tiring.

As soon as she walked away, a familiar figure came over.

Zhou Jingyi looked fascinatedly at Zhao Yingying's hustle and bustle and the stars holding the moon, shook her head enviously, sighed, then turned her head to look at Li Qian, and said, "Are you familiar with Cannes? A place to drink together?"

Li Qian smiled, thinking that it's been a long time since we had a drink together. He is really not qualified as a drinking friend, so he said: "Okay, let's go together tonight."

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