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Chapter 86: In the Mood for Love Premiere
Cannes, in addition to the Cannes Film Festival, is actually also a holiday resort.

But no matter what it is, first of all it is just a small town with a permanent population of 70,000.

A city like this has no airport, let alone an international airport.

Huang Ze was mentally prepared for this.

In the previous life, a certain city or province had a population of over 10 million and a GDP of over 300 billion US dollars, but it still had no airport, right?
Therefore, Huang Ze was not surprised at all that a small place like Cannes did not have an airport.

Of course, because of this, the group had to fly to Paris, transfer to Nice, and then change to a car to go to Cannes.

Arrived just one day before the opening.

At this time, the streets of this seaside town were already crowded with people.

Film producers, movie fans and filmmakers from all over the world who want to screen their films here to see if they can be noticed and bought by film producers all gather in this city.

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In addition to the serious ones, there are also some not-so-serious professionals among them.

They all have one thing in common: the women, perhaps because the weather is too hot, wear cooler clothes.

Huang Ze was no longer surprised by these things.

But Gu Changwei, who was standing by, was a little surprised. "Old Huang, you said that foreigners are open-minded! They all wear..."

As he spoke, he gestured twice.

Then, he realized a problem. "Why are they just standing there? Many people wearing this kind of clothes are just standing there without moving!"

“Because they want to make money!”

“You can make money just by standing?”

"To be precise, you can't make money while standing, but you can make money while lying down," said Huang Ze.

"The more you talk, the more confused I become."

"Do you really not understand or are you pretending not to understand?" Huang Ze looked at Gu Changwei with a smile, "How about I give you some money and you go find them? But I'm warning you in advance! Don't blame me if you get caught!"

"What do you mean?" Gu Changwei reacted for a moment, and finally realized what was happening. He glanced at those people in cool clothes, "So many?"

“Isn’t it illegal?”

"What a coincidence, no!" Huang Ze had studied this.

There are roughly four attitudes towards this industry around the world.

The first is completely legal, a representative example is the Netherlands.

The second is that organizing intermediaries is illegal, but the transactions are legal, such as in some EU countries.

The third type is of course illegal, and every link is illegal, such as in our country.

France belongs to the fourth category.

No profit leads to no extinction.

"It's legal to sell, but illegal to buy!" Huang Ze glanced at Gu Changwei, "Do you want to give it a try? In fact, it's just a fine. Theoretically, you can be sentenced, but most of the time you won't be sentenced."

"Of course, you are unlucky. If you are sentenced, it is legal. You have absolutely no right to argue."

"Don't joke with me. Although I'm not young anymore, I'm almost 30, but I've never had a girlfriend. I won't do such a thing."

"Actually, there's no need to rush!" Huang Ze put his arm around Gu Changwei's shoulders, "Maybe your wife isn't even 20 years old yet."

"Go away and stop teasing me." Gu Changwei pushed Huang Ze away.

Huang Ze was also helpless about this.

Don’t even mention that your future wife is not even 23 years old yet. Your future wife is already years old and is still a “girl”.

Unfortunately, no one ever believes the truth!

With a slight sigh, Huang Ze ignored Gu Changwei. Not long after, the group arrived at the hotel they had booked in advance.

Huang Ze and Gong Xing were the only two people who lived in the same room, except for one certificate.

He lay down and asked Liu Zhenwei and the translator to check when "In the Mood for Love" would premiere. Huang Ze took the manual he got on the way and started reading it.

Um, most of the judges don’t know him.

The chairman of the jury did know, Sidney Pollack.

Last year's "Out of Africa" ​​won seven out of eleven Oscar nominations at the beginning of this year, and also won the Best Picture and Best Director awards. It can be said that he has entered the peak of his life and career.

However, this guy seems to like films that reflect social issues and expose social realities.

It seems that I can't get any credit from it!
"Damn it, I'm not going to read it anymore!" Huang Ze threw the manual away.

Not long after, Liu Zhenwei came back, and he also brought news that the organizers arranged for the premiere of In the Mood for Love to be on the third day after the opening ceremony. …

Attended the opening ceremony.

It’s still early for the premiere, and since they are rich now, the people who follow them, except Gu Changwei, have enough money to go out and have fun.

Unlike the previous two times, I had to search and spend money. If you want to go out and see a movie, you would feel embarrassed considering that everyone around you is so frugal.

So the day after the opening ceremony, the crew went to other exhibition halls to watch movies.

Especially the films in the main competition unit, give them some face so that they can come and support you!

The first movie we watched was a movie called "The Mission" starring Robert De Niro.

It tells the story of a slave trader and a Spanish missionary who went to South America to preach in the 18th century. They witnessed the greedy white people trampling on the foreign civilization. In the end, the slave trader changed his ways and joined the indigenous Guarani people.

Huang Ze couldn't help but touch his chin when he saw the end.

This plot seems familiar!
and many more!

What is "Avatar"!

Except for the lack of alien planets, special effects, 3D, and some more religious thinking, isn’t this the typical storyline of "Avatar"?

Huang Ze couldn't help but complain in his heart.

After complaining, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch.

This kind of film, combined with the chairman of the jury's hobby, think about what "Out of Africa" ​​is about?
Two white people went to Africa, and in the end, the heroine fell in love with the land of Africa.

The kernel is so similar!
"I think this film has a good chance of winning the Palme d'Or." Huang Ze murmured.

"Impossible?" Gong Xing, who was sitting on the left, asked curiously, "The photography of this film is good, and the waterfall is beautiful, but can this story win the Palme d'Or?"

"You don't understand." Huang Ze shook his head. It was a bit too much to ask a Chinese person to understand the colonizers.

"I think you are just pretending to know something!" Gu Changwei on the other side interrupted, "If this film wins the Palme d'Or, I will treat you to a meal!"

"How many meals?"

"Three days!"

"Come on, forget it. I bought your movie ticket."

"Huang Ze, this is too much!" Gu Changwei said, "Can't I treat you when I go back? But if he doesn't take it, you can treat me for three days."

"Row!"

"From the perspective of probability, Director Huang, you've suffered a loss." Liang Jiahui couldn't help but turned around and said.

"But this is not about probability, it's about history and psychology!" Huang Ze smiled and glanced at Gu Changwei, "Just wait for the treat!"

Next, Huang Ze and his group went to watch a few more movies and get acquainted with the other directors.

There are several well-known directors in this movie, one of which is "After Hours", directed by Martin Scorsese.

A movie called "Fools for Love", directed by Robert Altman. Huang Ze remembered that in his previous life he had achieved the Grand Slam of the three highest awards in Europe, but now he has not collected all of them.

There is also a movie by Japanese director Dadao Zhu that Huang Ze wants to watch, but time does not allow it.

Because his own "In the Mood for Love" will premiere before the other one.

……

5 month 10 number.

All the crew members arrived early at an exhibition hall that could accommodate over a thousand people.

The other crews shortlisted for the main competition unit basically all came, perhaps to give face or to scout the situation of their opponents.

Plus some senior movie fans, film critics, fans, and journalists.

There were still twenty minutes left before the premiere and the theater was already full.

Huang Ze also felt a sense of accomplishment after watching this.

It can be considered that I have made a small mark in the film industry!
Next, move forward towards the middle level and launch an attack!

After waiting for a while, the time came.

The opening credits are a picture of the universe and the stars, with a meteor streaking across the sky, leaving behind the words "Xinghai Films"!

This is the factory logo that Huang Ze spent nearly HK$100,000 to carefully create.

After the factory logo was displayed, pure red occupied the entire screen, with four white words in the middle.

In the Mood for Love!

(End of this chapter)