"Brother Ye!"
"Sister An!"
At the entrance of the Baril Hotel, Li Tang saw Lou Ye and Nai'an as soon as he got off the car. Because Xiao Zhang's car ran ahead of them, the two of them were talking to Xiao Zhang, who got off first.
Of course, Nai'an was mainly talking, while Lou Ye stood beside him with a smile and nodded from time to time.
Seeing Li Tang approaching, the smile on Lou Ye's face became even brighter, and he turned around to greet him: "Here he comes!"
Although Lou Ye is taciturn, he is actually a very emotional person. Every time he saw Li Tang, he always thought of the little kid who liked to follow him and call him "brother", and his smile became a little more "kind".
At this time, Lou Ye noticed in Li Tang's eyes that his dark face looked increasingly "scheming". Yes, Lou Ye, who is not yet forty, looks much older in the past few years, that is to say, his cheeks are still slightly bulging, otherwise he would look like a replica of Zhang Yimou.
"Hey, sister-in-law isn't here?"
Li Tang looked around but didn't see Lou Ye's wife, Sister Ma.
Since the two got married, Sister Ma also joined Lou Ye's team.
"She is still in Germany and will come back in two days." Lou Ye said.
Oh, I remembered, Sister Ma studied and lived in Germany for a long time.
Li Tang came over in Diao Yinan and Ning Hao's car. They also got out of the car together. When they saw Lou Ye, they both had little stars twinkling in their eyes. Looking at him, the situation was somewhat awkward.
Fortunately, at this time, Nai'an came over after saying a few words to Zhang Ziyi's agent, and greeted Diao Yinan warmly: "Yi Nan, long time no see!"
They both entered China National Theater at about the same time, Nai'an majored in directing, and Diao Yinan majored in drama.
Among the sixth-generation directors, the most mysterious one is Lou Ye. The main reason is that he is too low-key. Unless it is to promote a movie, he rarely appears in public or accepts media interviews. Of course, the most important thing is that his films are highly stylized and are regarded as idols by many directors who are new to the industry.
Diao Yinan and Ning Hao were no exception. They quickly came forward to say hello: "Director!"
Li Tang introduced: "This is Diao Yinan, the director of "Uniform", and Ning Hao, the director of "Incense". Ning Hao is currently a senior student in the photography department of Nortel."
"Hello!"
Lou Ye smiled and shook hands with the two of them.
When Ning Hao shook hands, he looked admiring and said deliberately, "Hello, Senior Brother! I particularly like your movies."
After saying this, the guy smiled charmingly and waited for a response. Unfortunately, Lou Ye just smiled and looked at the literature department.
"Sister Nai'an, long time no see." Diao Yinan hurriedly shook hands with Nai'an.
"Oh, Sister An, this is Ning Hao, the director of "Incense". This is Nai'an, my former agent and the producer of "Purple Butterfly", Sister An." Li Tang gave Ning Hao and Nai'an Introduced.
"Hello, Sister An!"
Ning Hao was very smart and did not call Teacher Nai abruptly. Instead, he followed Li Tang and called Sister An.
"Ning Hao, hello! You are so young and promising!" Nai'an said with emotion, holding Ning Hao's hand.
She just heard Li Tang introduce to Lou Ye that Ning Hao was still a senior student in the photography department of Nortel. He was able to direct a feature film before graduating and was shortlisted for the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival. What else could he be but young and promising?
Moreover, there was not only admiration but also envy in Nai'an's eyes. He thought back then, those who studied directing, including Lou Ye and Wang Xiaoshuai, all had to go through a lot of hardships to complete their first work, and they were pretty good at it. They are all lucky, and more people don't even have a chance.
Ning Hao heard that Xian knew the elegant meaning and said quickly: "I don't dare to accept it. It was Teacher Li who gave me the opportunity. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to come to Cannes today."
Nai'an glanced at Li Tang unexpectedly, and said with a smile in his eyes: "Yes, no wonder Li Tang is getting bigger and bigger now."
After some pleasantries, Nai'an faced everyone and said, "It's rare that we are all here together today, let's have dinner together."
Before dinner, everyone had to go back to their rooms and put their luggage away.
Li Tang didn't have to work hard, Zeng Jia helped arrange everything. He, Nai'an and Lou Ye sat in the hotel lobby chatting.
Nai'an and Lou Ye came here on the 9th. They first walked around Paris and then went to Germany with Sister Ma. She and Lou Ye also just arrived here at noon today.
Nai'an looked at Zeng Jia's leaving figure and said to Li Tang, "Jia Jia is quite capable!"
Li Tang nodded and said, "Well, if it weren't for her, my company would definitely not be able to open."
Nai'an smiled and said: "The person I was looking for ended up with a wallet you picked up. How can you thank me?"
"It's easy. I'll treat you to this meal tonight."
"Tch, one meal will solve the problem? It's too cheap!"
Speaking of which, Li Tang and Nai'an haven't seen each other for a long time. They used to visit each other every Spring Festival to say New Year's greetings, but this year he didn't have time to spare while filming "Second Brother" with Hu Jian.
Today's meeting was indispensable for teasing each other, and Lou Ye beside him always smiled and quietly acted as a listener as before.
After joking for a while, Nai An said with emotion: "Jia Jia is better to follow you. It would be a waste of talent if you keep him here with me."
Then we started talking about the schedule of this trip to Cannes. The film festival opens tomorrow. The premieres of "Uniform" and "Incense" are scheduled for May 16th and 17th, and "Second Brother" is scheduled for the 19th. The premiere of "Purple Butterfly" is scheduled for the 24th.
Generally speaking, the higher the premiere of a film shortlisted in the main competition, the less likely it will be. From this perspective, "Purple Butterfly" seems to have a pretty high chance of winning an award at this film festival.
Li Tang couldn't help but said to Lou Ye: "Brother Ye, I would like to express my congratulations to you in advance!"
Lou Ye smiled and waved his hand, looking calm.
Compared with other films that were also shortlisted for the main competition, "Purple Butterfly" received completely different reception than Wang Xiaoshuai's "Second Brother". For example, the two screenings of "Purple Butterfly" at the film festival were arranged in the Debussy Hall, the largest of the Palais des Cinemas, which can accommodate more than a thousand viewers.
Another example is that I just learned from Nai'an that "Purple Butterfly" has sold the copyrights of more than 20 countries before the film festival even started, and the investment cost of more than 30 million has been recovered. It’s no wonder that Lou Ye now acts like he’s sitting tight on Diaoyutai. With his character, he has a mentality of “If I win, I’ll be lucky if I lose, if I lose; if I win, I’ll be calm if I lose.”
Not long after, everyone came over one after another. Xiao Zhang even changed his outfit, wearing a white double-breasted casual suit and white wide-leg pants. He also wore a top hat of the same style and color on his head, which was full of Mediterranean style. Everyone's eyes lit up.
For female celebrities, as soon as they land in Cannes, it means they have arrived at the battlefield. Every move you make may be watched by reporters at any time, and then spread to the world.
In a sense, the Cannes Film Festival is a huge fame fair second only to the Oscars. Xiao Zhang must still be holding his breath this time. Two months ago, he was fully prepared to make a blockbuster appearance at the Oscars. Unfortunately, due to the outbreak of the Iraq War, the red carpet of this year's Oscars was temporarily canceled, and "Heroes" ultimately missed out on the Best Foreign Language Film Award, leaving it empty-handed. This time, Xiao Zhang obviously wanted to make a comeback in Cannes. Even if he didn't win the award, he could still gain enough exposure.
Nai'an has already made a reservation at a seafood restaurant near the hotel. It's a huge expense to have more than a dozen people there. The film festival period is a bit like the peak tourist season in China, with all kinds of price increases. It is normal for a meal to cost two to three thousand euros.
Speaking of which, it was a coincidence that they came here this time. If they had been more than ten hours late, they might have been stranded in Paris and unable to make it. Because starting from 0:00 on May 14th local time, the working class in France will hold a 24-hour nationwide general strike. By then, more than 80% of flights will be grounded, and train lines will only be able to maintain no more than 25% operation.
You must know that tomorrow is the opening of the world-famous Cannes Film Festival, and there are very few direct flights to Cannes. Most of the journalists and movie stars from all over the world attending the film festival have to transfer here from Paris.
This will definitely affect the schedules of a large number of journalists and movie stars, and it will also definitely have a huge negative impact on tomorrow's opening ceremony.
It is almost unimaginable for this kind of thing to happen in China, but the French working class is so cute and willful. They are going to hold a general strike on the opening day of the world-famous Cannes Film Festival to gain the attention of people all over the world. . It is indeed the birthplace of the Great Revolution.
Originally, it was already one o'clock in the morning when we arrived in Cannes. We were tired from the journey and had a seafood dinner. It was already ten o'clock in the evening local time. When converted to domestic time, it was already five o'clock in the morning the next day. Everyone was sleepy. no. However, Nai'an and Lou Ye, who had already recovered from jet lag in advance, and Zhang Ziyi, who was probably still in a state of excitement, seemed to be in good spirits.
After parting at the entrance of the Baril Hotel, Li Tang and Zhang Ziyi walked in front, while Lou Ye and Nai'an followed behind, still talking, and temporarily turned into the coffee shop on the second floor of the hotel.
Li Tang and Zhang Ziyi's rooms were arranged in two adjacent rooms on the same floor. When the two entered the elevator, Li Tang suddenly felt an unnatural feeling.
Although the two of them are already very familiar with each other, it seems like this is the first time for the two of them to be alone in a confined space, because most of the time they are filming on the set, and even if they meet in private, they are accompanied by assistants. Especially when he smelled a scent of perfume wafting from Zhang Ziyi's body, he couldn't help but turn his head slightly and peek out of the corner of his eyes.
He never thought that the other party was actually looking at him, and their eyes met. Although it was just the corner of his eyes, Li Tang still felt guilty and hurried away.
"Kekeke..."
Zhang Ziyi next to her suddenly laughed and asked in a teasing tone: "Teacher Li, what are you looking at?"
Silence is often the most embarrassing. Since the other party took the initiative to break the silence, Li Tang simply turned to look at her openly and said, "Aren't you looking at me too?"
"Yes, you are handsome, of course I am happy to see you. Then, Teacher Li, what do you want to see from me?"
"Well……"
Li Tang was speechless for a while. He couldn't say that he was attracted by her scent. If we say beautiful, we can't even call it that. After all, the appearance of Xiao Zhang's classmates is a little different from Xiao Pang, Teacher Jiang, and even Gao Yuanyuan. At most, they are on par with his ex-girlfriend.
But you have to admit that Xiao Zhang's temperament is very unique, especially with the blessing of the star's aura. In a closed space, an unspeakable thought will always come up involuntarily.
Just like you are riding in an elevator with a female boss who has a strong aura and unique temperament. When you smell the nice perfume coming from the female boss, it suddenly touches your instinct from the sense of smell, and you will definitely also secretly Some lustful thoughts.
That's right, Li Tang was just concerned about obscenity.
Fortunately, I heard a "ding" sound at this time, the elevator reached the floor where it was located, and the elevator door slowly opened.
"Oh, right."
Li Tang quickly made a "please" gesture and took the opportunity to sneak over.
Classmate Xiao Zhang didn't hold on, he just smiled playfully and walked out of the elevator.
The two of them walked towards the room one after another. Li Tang, who was walking behind, once again involuntarily focused his eyes on Xiao Zhang's buttocks. Classmate Xiao Zhang looks very thin, but I have to say that her butt is quite perky.
"Maybe it's because of dancing all the time?" Li Tang was still secretly guessing.
As a man, when you have enough food and drink, without any pressure or worries, all you can think about is this.
Soon he arrived at the door of his room. He took out his room card from his pocket and opened the door. At the same time, he said to classmate Xiao Zhang who was walking in front: "Good night!"
"Good night……"
Classmate Xiao Zhang stopped and turned around, only to see hesitation on her face. After a moment of hesitation, she smiled again and said, "Teacher Li, if you have nothing to do, let's have a drink together?"
Huh?
Have a drink together?
Li Tang understood the meaning behind this sentence too well. Facing classmate Xiao Zhang's charming smile, he looked stunned at first, but there was a struggle in his eyes, but then he shook his head and apologized: "Thank you, no need. I’m really sleepy and want to go to bed early.”
Classmate Xiao Zhang’s expression did not change, and he still smiled and said: “Okay, good night, bye!”
As he spoke, he raised his little hand and waved to him, then turned and walked towards his room.
Li Tang watched her back for a second as a sign of courtesy, then quickly opened the door and entered the room. He didn't let out a long sigh of relief until he closed the door.
I have to say that at that moment, he was really struggling in his heart. If he didn't complain about anything else, it was exciting enough to argue for Xiao Zhang's current status.
Men are born with a desire to conquer. Even a spring breeze can greatly satisfy vanity.
Fortunately, his physical exhaustion and inner reason allowed him to restrain his inner impulse.
He took off his clothes and went into the bathroom to take a shower.
Hua La La, the temperature that was deliberately lowered gradually made him calm down. Once he calmed down, he inevitably regretted it. Xiao Zhang's performance just now was nothing more than unbearable loneliness. In a specific situation, he just wanted to find someone to hug for warmth, or to express his inner pressure.
Helping others is the foundation of happiness. Why did I refuse just now?
(End of chapter)
