Chapter 961 Tool Man (2 more updates, please subscribe)
Author: Qinggu
[Song Ang and I arrived in Nice.]
Cheng Yun and Xia Yu have communicated over the years, but it was daily communication, daily life communication, some New Year and festival blessings!
There are very few people who really talk about scripts, performances, and the current situation.
Cheng Yun and his wife arrived in Europe half a month in advance and went to Norway for a vacation.
Xia Yu replied:
[We just arrived in Cannes - how about we have dinner together tonight?]
[good!]
This season is the hottest time of the year in Cannes, with 60% of hotels and B&Bs booked out as early as a month ago.
I thought I might go here every year to attend film festivals and watch other people's films.
Xia Yu and Zhuang Ling had a go. They bought them all in Brindisi, how could they not buy one here?
After doing some calculations a year ago, Xia Yu simply bought a villa.
This time I came here because at least I don’t have to worry about accommodation, and the same goes for food.
Xia Yu paid a high price to hire several chefs and arranged the ingredients. There was no need to book a restaurant in advance and compete with others.
During this period, a small place like Cannes is basically full, and many film crews who have not made reservations in advance have to stay in Nice. Of course, there are still some B&Bs in nooks and crannies, it depends on whether you are willing.
It's not that Cheng Yun and his wife don't need to live here with Xia Yu.
Song Ang had great ambitions in his early years and owned real estate in three major international locations: Los Angeles, London, and Paris.
It can be said that even if he no longer works as a director, Song Ang will not be short of money.
But being able to become a couple with Cheng Yun, their ambitions and goals have never changed.
Struggling? With the talents of the two of them, sooner or later they will be able to succeed.
In the seaside villa area, I bought a lot of ingredients and set up a small barbecue grill.
Accompanied by the sunset and yellowish lights, the banquet is about to begin.
Yu Junhao arrived with both feet.
From Paris to Cannes, it is 700 kilometers. I switched cars with Xiao Wang and arrived there in two leisurely days.
Accommodation was booked in a hotel in advance. This was not a film crew after all, and it was difficult for two grown men, Yu Junhao, to come over.
Hearing that Xia Yu bought a house in Cannes, he smiled gently and joked, "Yubao can buy it wherever he goes."
Zhuang Ling assisted and joked: "The set on the left is mine, and the set on the right is mine. I asked around and found that the original owner plans to sell it, but we have never reached an agreement on the price!"
Yu Junhao's eyes were slightly bright, but his tone was very indifferent and calm, and he said: "Is that so? The housing prices here are not bad, and it is also a good place for vacation. You can consider it!"
As he said this, his eyes were already on Xiao Wang. Xiao Wang immediately rolled his eyes and complained silently:
[Well, I probably can’t keep my salary from “Mr. and Mrs. Smith”!]
The housing prices in Cannes are certainly not as high as those in the imperial capital, but a villa is still very expensive.
But then I thought about it.
[The purchase belongs to Lao Yu at least. If I try to get together with Carlos Zivkovic, I will lose everything!]
[Throw a stone into the water and you can hear the splashing sound. Director Carlos... That's like a meat bun beating a dog!]
[Buy, must buy!]
Several people worked hard for more than two hours.
Ingredients for dinner and red wine specially brought from Bordeaux.
After tidying up the fenced beach, the atmosphere immediately filled the air.
Why not eat out? Isn’t it more convenient?
Xia Yu didn't know either. Maybe he was used to it after working with Teacher Yongxia for a long time?
It is a bit troublesome to prepare a meal by yourself, but the process is quite interesting.
Eating out is very convenient, but it always feels a little less interesting.
It’s also possible that people from the Northeast like to be called home when talking about things? It’s all possible?
Anyway, Xia Yu doesn't mind wasting an afternoon or an evening. This makes her feel that she is living a real life instead of floating around.
Zhuang Ling also had this mentality.
"Cooking for yourself, inviting friends to dinner, doing it yourself? It's a very interesting thing."
It’s not like we have such gatherings every day.
Once in a while.
Sofia enjoyed this kind of party very much and happily joined it.
Xia Yu and Cheng Yun have always maintained contact. Occasionally, Cheng Yun would call or send Xia Yu a message, or it would be Xia Yu.
But the actual meeting took place around the time of Tao Tang's wedding the year before last.
Cheng Yun and his wife arrived in Cannes at 7:30, and arrived at Xia Yu's house at around 7:40 in the evening.
After several years of not seeing each other, Cheng Yun becomes even more beautiful, with an indescribable sense of beauty.
Calmly, as if the sky was falling, she didn't even need anyone to carry it for her, she could carry it herself.
This independence and strength are also one of the sources of her temperament.
At the same time, it also absorbed the ideas of more and more mature women and completed the changes.
Cheng Yun, who is thirty-seven years old, is one year older than Yu Junhao.
Overall, it can be seen that Cheng Yun is in his early thirties, but his condition is still much better than that of Yu Junhao.
I can only talk about skin care, don’t compare with actresses!
In the past few years since the tripartite agreement and signing of the contract with Victoria Film and Television, Cheng Yun has almost shouldered the pressure on the couple.
Cheng Yun's workload is not inferior to Xia Yu's, and is even much more tiring. He travels all over the world in one year.
But seven of the ten films featured minor supporting roles, two featured villains, and one featured a background heroine.
What does Victoria Pictures mean?
It couldn't be clearer.
He just wanted to squeeze Cheng Yun's influence in China.
Although Cheng Yun has left the Chinese market, these movies have the word Cheng Yun added to them.
In the end, it achieved very good results at the Chinese box office.
In the eyes of insiders like Xia Yu, it feels very sad, but fans don't know and even help promote it.
I think this is Victoria Pictures' support for Cheng Yun.
Cheng Yun knew it from the beginning, but did he admit it - if you want to get something in return, you have to give first?
Believing that man can defeat nature, the result is obvious. He has not been able to play with capital and has become a tool of capital. He has unspeakable suffering.
In fact, this is the only movie with a female protagonist among every ten movies, and it is simply to save Victoria's face, or in other words, to keep Cheng Yun and fans' mouths shut.
Once fans point out that the film is purely for consumption and gain popularity, they can use it as a shield.
"Look, we have arranged the heroine for Cheng Yun, and it is an important film participating in the main competition section of the three major film festivals!"
Cheng Yun's acting skills are beyond doubt.
Don't talk about peers.
Now when we meet Wei Fei and Yan Jingdan's generation, it's really not certain who will win.
In order to gain a foothold in Hollywood and the international film industry, Cheng Yun worked hard.
What’s frustrating is that whether you are popular or not is a metaphysics, but if you don’t come across a good script, it’s really capital that is adding more weight to you.
On the other hand, Victoria Pictures claims to look down on the Chinese market, but the actors who have collaborated with Cheng Yun have all gained more attention from Chinese movie fans in China to a certain extent.
If Cheng Yun hadn't been married, Victoria Pictures would have spared no effort to promote Cheng Yun's "romance" with these actors!