This year's Cannes is truly a big year, with a total of 1,858 films registered and 80 films shortlisted.

Not to mention the Chinese-speaking troupes, the directors shortlisted this year are all very valuable: Roman Polanski, Paolo Sorrentino, the Coen Brothers, Hirokazu Kore-eda, and Takashi Miike.

They are all internationally renowned directors.

This year's remote team is very large. Cheng Yu'an's "Old Father" was shortlisted for the main competition. Zhang Yimou took two films to Cannes for promotion, plus the accompanying staff, there are more than a hundred people.

We chartered a plane directly to Cannes Mandelieu Airport.

There is only one airport in Cannes, which is not open to the public. In the past, when going to Cannes, I usually flew to Paris first, then transferred to Nice, and then took a bus to Cannes, which was a bumpy journey.

After all, Cheng Yu'an was in Zhang Yimou's favor. Cannes Film Festival Chairman Jacob went to the airport to greet Zhang Yimou in person.

The two are old friends. Jacob hugged Zhang Yimou warmly: "I thought I would never see you in Cannes again."

Director Yi's English and French are relatively poor, and Cheng Yuan acted as translator.

Jacob also expressed a warm welcome to Cheng Yu'an's arrival: "Cheng, I finally invited you to Cannes." Then he joked, "Barbara is probably going to be angry to death."

Cheng Yuan shrugged.

The group took a ride to the film festival hotel to settle in.

New Year's Eve should be like a New Year's Eve. This year's Cannes, the Chinese film industry was blinded.

Zhang Ziyi is here, Huang Shengyi is here, Fan Xiaopang is here, Li Yuchun is here too, Bao Qiang boldly showed his love on the red carpet and passionately kissed his school belle wife.

Zhang Yuqi is wearing a green dress, and her big clothes are about to explode, which is also impressive.

She said she was invited, but in fact her ticket cost 300,000 yuan.

She has no films shortlisted, no film promotions, and no decent endorsements.

What’s funny is that in subsequent reports, Agence France-Presse mistakenly identified her as Fan Xiaopang.

But these all gave way to Zhang Yimou.

Zhang Yimou didn't have any films shortlisted, he was just here to promote it.

But Cannes officials just gave him five minutes of red carpet vacuum time.

Zhang Yimou was reluctant to receive such treatment at first: "I'm just a director, and I don't have any films shortlisted, so why do I walk on the red carpet?"

But under the joint persuasion of Jacob and Cheng Yu'an, Zhang Yimou finally reluctantly agreed, but asked not to take so long: "I'll walk slowly, just walk from beginning to end. Five minutes is too long. They were clicking against each other."

Just let me take pictures, what good can a bad old man like me do to take pictures of?"

Jacob agreed.

So now, Zhang Yimou stands on the red carpet and waves to the world.

"When will we get this kind of treatment?" The speaker was Tangtang, who was also here, invited by the brand.

"He is a groundbreaking figure, so he deserves this kind of treatment." Cheng Yu'an stood aside and explained.

After all, Zhang Yimou felt a little unnatural on the red carpet and left in a hurry within three minutes.

"Okay, it's your turn." Cheng Yu'an said to Tangtang. She was walking on the red carpet with Yaya today. She had promised to support her and she would show her support. She would first bring her to Cannes to show her face.

Many people from the "Old Father" crew were unable to come. Mr. Hong Huang was in poor health and could not bear international flights. Xu Shanzheng was still filming.

Jiang Wenli took her niece Xiaoma to the red carpet, so Cheng Yuan had no choice but to follow Tong Liya.

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Cannes is of course a paradise for film art, but it is not enough for Cannes to stand out from the top three.

The artistic quality of Berlin and Venice is lower than that of Cannes?

Cannes relies on its commercial operation, and the awards still maintain a high degree of artistry, but Cannes' red carpet, trading market and publicity channels are full of commercial value.

Or maybe the Oscars are jealous of Cannes’ red carpet profits.

The same is true this year. "Iron Man 3" and "Fast 6" used super large posters to wrap up the official hotel of the film festival.

The most exaggerated one is Will Smith and his son's "Back to Earth". The film crew erected a large promotional poster at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, known as the "commanding heights of Cannes", which can be seen throughout the small town of Cannes.

This poster.

The three films brought remotely are all literary films. There is no need to buy such posters. Focus on the magazines of the film festival.

This year coincides with the 100th anniversary of Indian film, and the film festival pays tribute to Indian films, so the song and dance performance at the opening ceremony was quite Bollywood-style.

Entering the Film Palace, the chairman of the film festival introduced the judges of this year's main competition unit.

Jury President: Steven Spielberg.

There are six members on the jury, among whom everyone is familiar with Li An and Nicole Kidman. The other four will not be introduced.

Nick Kidman was stunningly beautiful at the opening ceremony.

This year's opening film is Xiao Li's "The Great Gatsby".

Xiao Li's arrival caused the audience to scream repeatedly - as expected, women all over the world want to sleep with him.

After the day's opening work, everyone was exhausted.

"Have a good night's rest, and don't even think about sleeping well starting tomorrow."

Although "Old Father" premiered on the 20th, Cheng Yu'an is very busy, participating in various activities and supporting various crews.

A major film company also brought films to the market, and he had to take time to hold meetings with them and listen to their reports.

So much so that he left Tong Liya in the cold.

Tong Liya didn't have much presence in Cannes this year. She was mainly there to show off her face, and she wasn't invited to such events.

She is not depressed, the company's resources have been tilted towards her, otherwise Cheng Yu'an's "Old Father" would take her with her?

Then, she was caught by Zhang Yuqi, who was also fine.

Brand invitation? Haha.

The two got to know each other after a few days together. Tong Liya had nothing to do except running activities with the crew of "Old Father". Most of the rest of the time she spent eating and drinking with Zhang Yuqi.

"I really envy you," Zhang Yuqi asked Tong Liya for afternoon tea, "for being able to sign remotely."

Tong Liya has grown up remotely. She no longer has the inferiority complex of the original time and space. Instead, she jokes about her past self: "I used to be dark and thin. Even when my agent said he wanted to sign me, I thought there was something wrong with him."

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "How wonderful you are. As soon as you entered the remote area, you got a hit "A Little Thing About First Love", followed by several hit TV series."

"I was already 26 at the time, and I didn't have the confidence to play a girl like Xiao Shui." Tong Liya ate a spoonful of cake, "Director Teng Huatao taught her well step by step."

"Do you have any drama next?"

"In addition to "All Quiet in Peking", there are two other movies this year, one is a youth movie, and the other is kept secret for the time being."

"My Girlhood" will be released next month, and "20 Again" will not be released until October. We have to find a suitable time to hold a special press conference for the two films.

"Are they all heroines?"

"Yeah." Tong Liya was a little embarrassed.

"That's great." Zhang Yuqi thought for a while and asked, "Can we do a remote scene?"

Tong Liya looked at Zhang Yuqi and said with a smile: "Yes." But Tong Liya then said, "But outsiders basically can't play the protagonist of the company. The literary department of the company is the largest, with more than a dozen screenwriting studios below, and many of their scripts are in the early stages of creation.

I have taken a fancy to certain artists in the company and will write special roles for them. The script will be handed over to the producer, who will then contact the director and actors."

"Then how can Sun Li and Deng Chao play your leading roles?"

"There are many young people in the company and there is a shortage of middle-aged actors. This kind of role must be found from outside, but usually the ones found are people in the industry who are good at acting and friends who are good at acting."

"So actors of our age are basically unable to take on remote leading roles?"

Tong Liya didn't want to lie to her: she nodded: "Absolutely. According to Sister Zhixi, the company will gradually open up the entire film and television industry chain, and in the future it will become more and more closed-loop internally. Producers, screenwriters, directors, actors, etc., outsiders will basically not be able to enter.

coming."

"What about Brother Hu, Yang Mi and others who are out? Can they still play your leading roles?"

"Okay, the company holds shares in their studio, and it's still their own people."

Zhang Yuqi was a little disappointed after hearing this. Actors in the industry, especially actresses, all wanted to play remote roles.

Just take Tong Liya, in the past few years, she has been hailed as the second life drama queen after Hai Qing.

This year, I want to give it a thumbs up and give it to dramas like "All Quiet in Peking" at the beginning of the year.

Transitioned to the big screen and was directly given three movies, all of which were heroines!

Three movie heroines!

How many people are jealous of her.
Chapter completed!