After winning the award, Chen Feng wanted to leave early, but in the end he failed.
Because they were stopped by people from the organizer and the judges from the Cannes jury. After all, they came here to win three awards, so they couldn't even attend the minimum socializing and even the reception dinner.
Originally, if they didn't win the award, or if Chen Feng and Miranda didn't win the award, it would be okay to just pat their butts and leave.
But now it's no longer possible. They all won awards, especially Miranda who was directly awarded the prize in Cannes. Now she is still surrounded by people from the organizer. She really can't tell that she has to catch a flight back to the United States tonight.
Yes, the air ticket can be changed, not to mention that there is nothing urgent about returning home.
So, now they are being entangled by a bunch of people from the film industry and celebrity circles. If it's really not good, they can just slap their butts and leave.
Fortunately, Marcia, a big shot in the film industry, is here. She knows many people, and she can easily help Chen Feng block a lot of unnecessary pleasantries.
In the final analysis, the reason why these people surrounded them was mainly because of Chen Feng, not Miranda.
Of course, Miranda is also the best actress in this year's Cannes, and she is also Chen Feng's girlfriend, so everyone's attitude towards her is very enthusiastic.
In addition, Chen Feng, Miranda, and Marcia all speak French, not to mention English, so there is no obstacle in communicating with these people.
After chatting with a group of people, everyone moved to the banquet hall. The dinner party here had already begun.
Chen Feng, Miranda, and Emily were all here for the first time, so they could only be led by Marcia, who was familiar with the place and found a table to sit down at.
At the same time, several judges from this year's Cannes Film Festival also came with them. There were only ten seats at the table, and it was quickly filled up.
Everyone started pouring wine and chatting with each other.
Although Chen Feng was impatient with this kind of social interaction, he could only endure it under the circumstances.
Chen Feng was not full at noon. Now there were many cold dishes on the table. Chen Feng was not polite and started eating directly.
Everyone felt that there was nothing wrong with this. Many people at the scene were like this, including some big stars in the international film industry. Everyone was basically hungry.
He had just eaten two sandwiches when he saw Jenny Nicoll walking towards him with a handsome middle-aged man.
"Excuse me, Chen, let me introduce to you my boyfriend, Alvin. He is a director."
Jenny bent over and introduced his boyfriend to Chen Feng.
Jenny looked to be in her mid-twenties, but her boyfriend looked to be at least forty years old. Although he looked handsome, in Chen Feng's opinion, the age gap between them was somewhat large.
Of course, this kind of old-young pairing is very common in the entertainment industry. This is especially true for the profession of director. It is a common combination of an old director and a young actor.
Of course, out of courtesy, Chen Feng had to stand up from his seat and shake hands with Alvin.
"Nice to meet you." Chen Feng shook hands with him and exchanged greetings.
Alvin is a typical handsome guy from France. He said to Chen Feng in French: "I'm glad to meet you too. I just finished filming a movie with a theme involving anti-war and love. It just so happens that you have it in "The Sound of Silence"
I feel these two songs are very suitable for my movie, and I hope to get your authorization."
Alvin said it very directly, and Westerners are basically like this. Besides, this is the dinner party of the Cannes Awards, which is originally a platform for filmmakers from all over the world to communicate and trade.
"Of course. If you are willing, just contact Meili Beauty Company then."
Song licensing is a steady stream of income, and Chen Feng certainly does not reject it.
"Thank you. This is my business card."
Alvin took out his business card and handed it to Chen Feng.
Chen Feng took it with both hands and said sheepishly: "Sorry, I don't have a business card. I can call you now and you can save it."
Alvin was stunned for a moment, then nodded.
Chen Feng took out a mobile phone specially prepared by Chen Feng for external communication. It was a Shengtang mobile phone customized by Shengtang Technology.
I dialed the phone number on the business card, and soon the phone in the other person's hand rang.
Alvin nodded to him, then floated away with the French rose.
Then Chen Feng continued to sit down and start eating, but not long after, someone came over to say hello to Chen Feng, and several people came over quickly. They all said hello to him, and then exchanged contact information.
This made Chen Feng unable to eat well at all.
After Chen Feng persisted for almost half an hour, he winked directly at Miranda, took his things, and left the scene in advance.
Although they met many people who greeted them along the way and even wanted to chat with them, they were all rejected by Chen Feng with a serious face.
The two of them quickly left the banquet hall, took out their mobile phones and called the bodyguard, and agreed on a place to get in the car.
"Isn't it appropriate for us to leave now?" Miranda said worriedly.
Chen Feng glanced at her and said, "How about I leave first? It doesn't matter if you go with Amy and Marcia. Anyway, you won't have anything to do when you go back, and I will continue to be busy filming MTV, so it won't matter."
Time to accompany you."
After Miranda hesitated for a moment, he shook his head and said, "Forget it. I'd better go back with you."
Her statement made Chen Feng very satisfied. In the past, she would definitely not miss this opportunity to expand her film social circle and personal connections. She is very career-minded, but now that she left early for him, she really
Very rare.
"Okay, let's go. I made an appointment with the bodyguard, and the car will be here soon."
Chen Feng pulled Miranda towards the door.
"Hi! Chen, wait."
Chen Feng followed the sound and saw Jiy and Cynthia hurriedly chasing him.
Seeing this, Chen Feng had to stop and turned to look at them.
"Chen, are you leaving? The party has just begun." Jiy asked with a puzzled look on his face.
Chen Feng said perfunctorily: "I have something urgent."
"Oh, okay. What I told you before, can you consider it? In addition, there will be a hip-hop music exchange meeting in New York next month. Can you come and participate?"
jiy is really not polite, it can be said to be a long story short.
Chen Feng didn't give him a good look this time, and shook his head directly: "Sorry, I really don't have time at the moment. You should also know that I am busy filming MTV now, and there are also business matters that need to be taken care of. So,
Let’s talk about it later when we have a chance.”
Jiy's face turned slightly ugly when he heard this. He believed that he had a very high status in the American music scene, especially in hip-hop music, where he was the well-deserved king.
Although Chen Feng is very awesome now, and his album "Sound of Silence" has sold all over the world, but in the American music scene, who doesn't give him some face as the king of hip-hop?
But now Chen Feng doesn't give him face, and he does it in front of Cynthia, his subordinate.
"Chen, we are brothers. It's okay if you don't go to New York to attend the music exchange meeting, but as for Cynthia, I hope you can help and write a song for him, just like "Love the Way You Lie". Just treat it as
I owe you a favor."
As a big boss in the black music industry, Jiy said something like this with shame. Chen Feng found it hard to refuse. If he refused again, there would be no doubt that the two would become enemies.
Even if Chen Feng is not very afraid of him, he is not at all unkind.
Chen Feng could only say: "Jiy, can we talk about this later? I've been really busy recently, and I have no time and no inspiration for music creation."
Jiy also knew that he couldn't make Chen Feng agree on the spot now, so he could only nodded, pretending to be open-minded and smiled and said: "Okay. I know you are very busy now. Let's talk about it later. We will keep in touch on the phone."
"Okay. Call me. Bye."
After Chen Feng said something perfunctory, he turned around and walked away with Miranda.
When Chen Feng walked away, Cynthia took Jiy's arm with both hands and said coquettishly: "Jiy, Chen seems unwilling to sell you face. You said so, but he didn't agree on the spot."
These words made Jiy feel even more shameless. He glared at her angrily and scolded: "What do you know? Your appearance and voice are the same as Tina's, and he is Tina's boss. You can't be qualified."
Is the enemy helping you to deal with Tina? Therefore, it is difficult to ask him to write songs for you. If anyone else had asked him to do this, he would have turned against him long ago. That is me, who is his brother. He is the
Tell me so."
Cynthia secretly pouted. She was not a three-year-old child, so how could she not know that he was trying to flatter herself. However, she did not refute anything.
"Okay. He has his concerns. If he really doesn't want to write a song for you or cooperate with you, then we can find someone else to invite him to sing. A song like "Love the Way You Lie" would be great.
It’s not difficult to create. Tina can succeed, but there’s no reason why you can’t succeed.”
Cynthia said somewhat unhappily: "I don't want to be like Tina. I just want to be myself."
This time it was Jiy's turn to pout secretly. Although Cynthia was beautiful, had good singing skills, and had a good figure, it would be really difficult for her to get ahead if she wanted to be herself.
Precisely because there is a precedent of Tina's success, all she has to do is follow Tina's successful template.
Their company planned this from the beginning, otherwise why would they sign her?
Just because her appearance, voice, and singing skills are similar to Tina, they tried to build her up and praise her. If she succeeded, she would become the second Tina and bring huge benefits to the company.
If it fails, there won't be much loss. At least it shouldn't be a loss.
"I don't care. You promised before that you can help me get Chen's song. You have to do what you say. It's best to let him sing with me." Cynthia shook Jiy's arm hard and rubbed it with her butt.
Holding his arm, Jiy, who was originally filled with anger, suddenly couldn't get angry anymore.
After all, cannibals have short tongues. He has eaten her many times, and he really promised it.
"Okay, okay. I will find a way, don't worry. At worst, I will transfer half of your contract to his company. But you are also his, I think he will agree."
"My dear, you are so kind." Cynthia suddenly became as tender as water, and her whole body was so soft that she was in his arms.
This makes jiy very useful.
…
Chen Feng and the two quickly arrived outside the gate, where a large number of reporters were waiting.
As soon as Chen Feng appeared like this, these sharp-eyed reporters immediately spotted him and rushed towards him one by one, surrounding him.
"Chen, what do you think of the chaos that occurred on the red carpet?"
"You won the Best Screenplay Award this time. Can you tell me your thoughts?"
"A few of your fans had conflicts with security guards and were arrested by the police. What do you think about this?"
"Do you think the movie "Juno" deserves the Palme d'Or? Chen, please tell me."
"Can you tell me why you came out so early?"
"What do you think of Jenny Nicoll? Do you think she's pretty?"
"Do you have any plans to release an album of French songs? Can you tell me about it?"
…
These reporters were allowed to interview at the gate, and Chen Feng did not respond at all. In particular, he also wanted to respond to several questions from these reporters.
Therefore, Chen Feng responded directly in French. The pointed questions just asked were all said in French.
"I was a little surprised that "Juno" won the Palme d'Or, but it is reasonable. After all, its quality is not inferior to any of the films competing this time. Of course, there is also a bit of luck in its winning.
The other 19 films selected for the main competition are all excellent. I would not be surprised at all if the Palme d'Or is awarded to these 19 films."
"There was a little chaos on the red carpet this time, which is my responsibility. I didn't expect that my fans would be so excited to see me. If I had known that this would happen, I would not have chosen to walk on the red carpet. I feel sorry for my fans because of this
I am very sorry for the little chaos. At the same time, I also hope that the police can reduce the punishment of my arrested fans as appropriate. They were just too emotional at the time."
"Thank you. I won't answer other questions. Please give way, give way."
After Chen Feng answered the questions he wanted to answer, he refused to answer the reporter's questions again and walked all the way towards the parking lot.
Under the escort of on-site security personnel, Chen Feng and the two arrived at the parking lot smoothly, got into the hotel's rented car, and drove off.
When I returned to Los Angeles and started working again, it was already the afternoon of the second day.
Chen Feng first returned to the Meili Beauty Company and asked Liu Ya about the company's situation in the past few days. Nothing major happened. If anything, there is a movie script being evaluated. If professionals think it is OK, the project will probably be approved.
It was put into production. This script was very important to Trelawen and he bought it for US$500,000.
As the president of the company, Trelawen still has the power to make decisions within one million US dollars.
Chen Feng was more interested when he heard it and asked: "What script?"
Liu Ya replied: "It's called "The Godfather" and it's a gangster movie. If the project is approved, the investment amount should not be large."
Chen Feng couldn't help but be stunned. The name "The Godfather" was so famous in the original time and space. If this "Godfather" is the same "Godfather", then it goes without saying that it is a classic.