First of all, I want to say that Cheng Yuan is in good health.

"After all, I am 28 and almost 30, so you don't know how to feel sorry for me." Cheng Yu'an woke up the next day with sore waist and eyes.

"You go to the gym three times a week, and I bought you so many supplements. You are not allowed to let me check the results." Liu Yifei was packing Cheng Yu'an's luggage. "Besides, you will be away for more than ten days, and I am not allowed to make any advance payment."

Liu Yifei was still crying while packing her luggage. Cheng Yu'an said: "It's fine, why are you crying."

"When will this kind of day end?"

"Ah?" Cheng Yu'an was confused, "What's wrong? Do you think life is bad now?"

"It's not bad," Liu Yifei sobbed, "I'm just thinking about when we can be together openly. Every time we go on a date, we have to hide from reporters. I can't come to visit you when you're filming, and I have to attend events.

I'm avoiding you for fear of being photographed. We are an unmarried man and an unmarried woman. We are sincerely together and we are not being thieves."

Cheng Yu'an was extremely distressed: "Okay, okay, don't cry. How about you come with me today? We can walk out of this door to the airport in an upright manner and let them take pictures. We will also let them take pictures when we go to Cannes."

Liu Yifei stopped her tears and laughed: "Okay, I'm just going to complain for a while. I know the seriousness. You go quickly and don't miss the plane."

The two of them flirted, and Cheng Yuan went out: "Have a good time at home."

"Let's go, I have an event in the afternoon and I have made an appointment to go to Shazhou to play. Don't worry about me."

Cheng Yu'an got in the car and went to the company first. He gathered the two directors and producers of "The Dark Side" and "A Little Thing About First Love" and colleagues from the company's overseas business department, and a group of more than a dozen people set off.

It's reasonable for a genre film like "The Dark Side" with such a strong style to go to the Cannes market. Why did "A Little Thing About First Love" go to Cannes?

Sell ​​the adaptation rights!

This kind of youth movie is popular all over the world!

The investment is low, no big scenes are needed, the shooting cycle is short, and the production is simple.

It’s easy to find hits.

Even if it doesn't explode, you won't lose money by selling DVDs and new media or selling it directly to TV stations.

A group of people were waiting on the plane to take off. To go to Cannes, they had to fly to Paris first, then transfer to Nice, and finally transfer to Cannes.

"Why are you nervous?" Cheng Yu'an looked at Han Yan beside him and said with a smile.

"Am I nervous?"

"If you're not nervous, why are you holding the handkerchief?" Han Yan turned all the handkerchiefs issued on the plane into rags.

Han Yan chuckled: "It's my first time going to the Cannes Film Festival, so I'm nervous."

Cheng Yu'an smiled and said: "What's the point of being nervous? Look at how calm Director Teng is."

Teng Huatao, who was sitting on the side, said at this time: "Please give me another glass of water."

"Not even ten minutes after getting on the plane, you've already drank three glasses of water!" Cheng Yu'an said.

"No way, it's my first time to go to Cannes too. Hehe."

Cheng Yu'an comforted the two of them: "Director Teng, you have participated in countless film and television festivals, big and small, why are you still nervous? We just went to the Cannes market, and we didn't participate in exhibitions or walk on the red carpet. To put it bluntly, the media didn't care.

Pay attention to us, there is nothing to be nervous about."

Even though Cheng Yu'an said this, the two of them were still nervous. It was the Cannes Film Festival, the temple of movies. In their hearts, the three major awards were no less important than the Oscars.

Cheng Yu'an told Han Yan: "Actually, if "The Dark Side" was filmed last year and we can still get a shortlist this year, we will be able to walk on the red carpet with dignity."

"I haven't thought about this," Han Yan said.

"I can't enter the main competition section. It should be OK to be shortlisted for the special attention section. I took a look at the shortlist for this year's special attention section. If "The Dark Side" can enter, it might even win a prize."

"What is a section of concern? I only know the main competition section of Cannes."

"The Special Attention Unit is a competition unit specially set up for works by new directors and films with unique aesthetics or strange styles. This unit is rarely reported in China, but its gold content is not bad. "The Dark Side" fits the style of the Special Attention Unit very well."

Cheng Yuan explained to Han Yan.

Han Yan also reviewed the homework he had done before, and when he saw the shortlist of this year's special attention unit, he exclaimed:

"What a new director! Chief Jia, Godard and Hideo Nakata are all in it!"

Cheng Yuan said: "Chief Jia is a frequent visitor to international film festivals. The "Legend of the Sea" he brought this year is a documentary. If it cannot enter the main competition section, it will be placed in the special attention section."

The group flew for ten hours to Paris, then transferred to Nice, and then to Cannes. By the time they arrived at the hotel, it was already late at night on the 10th local time.

"Everyone, have a good rest. The film festival opens on the 12th. We have rented a small conference room in the hotel to serve as a negotiation room and try to sell out as soon as possible. Let's relax in Cannes."

Everyone went back to their rooms to rest, and Cheng Yu'an took his assistant back to his suite.

He slept all the way on the plane, and now he was very energetic, so he casually opened the Cannes event catalog that came with the hotel.

This year, only Wang Xiaoshuai's "Rizhao Chongqing" has been shortlisted for the main competition. The most popular this year is undoubtedly Mike Leigh's "Another Year", which received a high score of 3.2. The other one is Xavier Bivos's

"Man and God", journal 3.4 points.

Mike Leigh is really an old artist. When Cheng Yuan participated in the Venice Film Festival in 2004, he lost to him. That year he won the Golden Lion Award.

"Everyday Chongqing" scored 2.2 points, and Kitano Takeshi's "The Extremely Evil" had the lowest score, 0.9 points.

While Cheng Yu'an was flipping through the venue brochure, assistant Xiao Zheng came over: "Brother, Fan Xiaopang and Qin Hao are here."

"Why are you here so late?" Cheng Yu'an wondered.

Fan and Qin are both starring in "Everyday Chongqing". It is very reasonable for them to come to Cannes, but later people usually think that Fan is here to enjoy the red carpet.

"Then I said you are already asleep?" the assistant said.

"Forget it, just invite them in." He couldn't sleep anyway.

Soon, Fan and Qin came in.

After some conversation, I found out that the two of them were here to send invitations to a press conference for "Everyday Chongqing" in Cannes on the 13th, and Cheng Yu'an and others were invited to attend.

Cheng Yu'an said: "Just make a phone call, why bother to go there in person?"

"Director Wang is feeling a little unwell, otherwise he would have come to ask Director Cheng in person."

Damn it! Would someone like Wang Xiaoshuai talk to Cheng Yuan?

"No problem, I'll be there when the time comes." After all, he is the only Chinese-speaking student in the main competition, so he should go and support him.

After sending the invitation letter, the three of them chatted some more, and Fan Xiaopang said:

"The 22nd is Director Wang's birthday. We plan to hold a birthday party for him. Director Cheng will also come then."

"Let's watch again." Cheng Yu'an didn't like to participate in this kind of activity. "We are here to sell movies. We may not have time on the 22nd, so try our best."

Cheng Yu'an didn't say anything. When the movie is sold out, he can just leave if he has nothing to do.

After chatting for another ten minutes, Cheng Yu'an left Qin Hao's phone number and said there would be an opportunity to work together when he returned to China, and the three of them dispersed.
Chapter completed!