The view of the bay of Cannes is quite good, especially on both sides of the esplanade, where the lush seaside woodland and sparkling sea reflect each other.
Soon, however, a speeding red and black sports car shattered the tranquility of the seaside.
"Sister Qian, why do you feel like you're tired?"
Mu Ming, who was sitting in the driver's seat, asked Wan Qian in the position next to him while driving.
This young lady has been closing her eyes and recuperating since she got into the car.
"Why am I tired, you don't have AC in your heart?"
Wan Qian's lips moved, and she replied with a blank face.
"Hehe......
Mu Ming laughed dryly twice.
Anyway, he is indeed responsible for this.
Halfway through the Cannes Film Festival, all the 19 shortlisted films in the main competition have been screened.
Among them, "Room" relied on excellent word-of-mouth and watchability that is more suitable for ordinary audiences, standing out from all the works and becoming the most popular one.
As mentioned before, the story structure of the film "Room" itself is very ordinary. can have such a high level, half of the credit is due to the director's superb rhythm control ability, and the other half is due to the wonderful performance of the actors.
Naturally, Mu Ming, as the director, and Wan Qian, as the starring role, instantly became famous in Cannes.
After becoming famous, various interviews with the media, reporters, magazines, etc. will come to you instantly.
Mu Ming was interviewed twice and found that the questions asked by these reporters were basically the same, and she immediately became lazy.
By going to the premieres of other films, I pushed off all these interviews.
Anyway, these magazines have special issues and the like, and they are useless in deciding the final award.
Moreover, judging from the experience of previous years, those who are generally chased and touted by the local media often end up missing out on the awards.
Besides, Mu Ming is not lying.
When "Room" premiered before, there were many people who came to cheer for it, even from the perspective of courtesy, he also had a lot of movie premieres to attend.
For example, in "Mad Max 4", George Miller praised Mu Ming a lot at that time.
And "Room" is indeed because of his praise, popularity and attention can increase so quickly.
In addition, there are also things like "The Old Man of Mountains and Rivers", "Assassin Nie Yinniang", "Looking for the Dragon" and the like, all of which he also attended.
By the way, I also discussed some professional issues in filming with several directors.
It's a pity that after chatting for a few words, Mu Ming felt a little unspeculative.
Like Jia Zhangke and Hou Xiaoxian, most of them talk about lenses, colors, compositions, artistic conceptions, etc., while as soon as Mu Ming speaks, it is basically the plot, rhythm, story structure, etc.
In the final analysis, Mu Ming's attitude towards movies has never changed - using images to tell stories, that's all.
However, Wu Ershan, the director of "Looking for the Dragon", can talk to Mu Ming.
Normally, he is also a standard commercial film director.
Moreover, he is the best at spending small money and doing big things.
Like "Painted Skin 2" and "Looking for the Dragon", they have all given effects that far exceed the cost.
In addition to Wu Ershan, Mu Ming also chatted with Huang Bo about "Extreme Challenge" by the way.
The chief planner of "Extreme Challenge" is the former director of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Satellite TV, and Xia Chen'an, who single-handedly created "Let's Run", is Mu Ming's senior brother.
Under his planning, after more than half a year, the first variety show project "Extreme Challenge" cooperated by Shuimu Film and Banana Entertainment was finally completed.
As for the regular members of the show, except for Zhang Yixing, who was replaced by Bai Jingting under his own family, the rest of the candidates have not changed.
Here, the most difficult to invite is Huang Bo.
After all, he takes the movie route, and generally speaking, movie actors rarely appear on variety shows except for publicity, let alone become one of the regular members of an outdoor variety show.
Therefore, the program team also fired him from quite high conditions.
For example, the signing fee of up to 48 million; allow him to bring another person, that is, Wang Xun to join; Coupled with Mu Ming's personal persuasion, he finally agreed.
Calculate the time, after returning to Cannes this time, the recording of the first episode will almost begin.
Mu Ming jumped everywhere, and all the reporters were turned away.
But interviews and reports always have to be done, since the director can't do it, then you can only find the leading actor.
Then, Miss Wan Qian found herself surrounded by reporters, and all kinds of interviews and special interviews came one after another, and there was almost no time to rest.
The point is, she can't refuse these interviews yet, because they are necessary for her to expand her fame.
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In the race for Best Actress, the biggest disadvantage between her and the rest of the contenders is her fame in the international film industry.
Although these reports could not help her break into the international market in a short period of time, at least during her time in Cannes, they could still make up for some gaps.
It is precisely for this reason that Mu Ming said that he also has part of the responsibility.
Well, it could also be a big part of the blame...... bar.
"Can you drive faster, at a speed of seventy miles, are you worthy of this Bugatti?"
Perhaps disturbed by Mu Ming, the young lady simply sat up. glanced at the speedometer in front of Mu Ming, and complained silently.
"What's the hurry, the dinner doesn't start until after dark."
Mu Ming said unhurriedly.
When Mu Ming was talking about the dinner, she was referring to the "Cannes Chinese Night" held tonight on Majestic Beach.
Or that the business atmosphere in Cannes is getting stronger and stronger, especially after Chinese capital began to conquer the world market, various "XX nights" have begun.
In the beginning, it was carried out under the name of a single film.
For example, "Night Banquet" night", "Painted Skin" night and so on.
Later, everyone summed it up, and it was too cumbersome to do this, and it was very time-prolonging, so they simply put everything together and directly made a "Cannes China Night".
"As one of the most anticipated official events of the Cannes Film Festival every year, the Cannes 'China Night' has arrived as expected......
"Cannes China Night, this is the most international party ...... in the Chinese film industry" These are the introductions of this "Cannes China Night" by the domestic media, which looks like a variety of high-end atmospheres and grades.
But in fact, it was just a party where a group of Chinese company owners, producers, directors, celebrities, and some foreigners who were more interested in Cannes ate and drank together.
However, Mu Ming didn't come here tonight to eat and drink.
His purpose is to meet two people, two people who can decide the final direction of the Cannes prize - the Coen brothers.