Chapter 22 I won't bring him next time
Three days later, everyone gathered and boarded the plane.

I met the "Feng Yue" crew who arrived early, also led by Han Sanping.

Walking into the cabin, Chen An also saw the "Feng Yue" crew chatting with Han Sanping.

This film was directed by Chen An's senior, the great poet Chen Kaige. It is an art film starring Gong Li and Zhang Guorong, and was also shortlisted for the main competition unit of Cannes.

As a Cannes darling who just won the Palme d'Or a few years ago, it is still in the limelight and has called on these heavyweight actors to once again challenge for the Palme d'Or.

Seeing the crew of "Run Lola Run" led by Chen An, Han Sanping was also very happy to introduce them:
"Brother Chen, I believe you also know this Director Chen. You both have the last name Chen, so maybe you are brothers."

Chen An walked forward, and when he saw a few people, he smiled and said, "Of course I know him. Director Chen is my senior. The teachers in the school often talk about learning from him."

The fancy sedan was carried by people, but Chen An got on and said something that Chen Kaige would like to hear.

Brother Chen Kai was very happy to see his junior brother praising himself. He nodded and thought that he was young and promising. He felt that this boy was similar to me. He was shortlisted for the main competition unit of Cannes at a young age and was very talented, just like himself.

Han Sanping took Chen An and talked to him one by one, and Chen An spoke nice words one by one.

Chen An knew everyone present. The two leading actors were all heavyweight actors from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong. Zhang Guorong was a superstar, and Gong Li was now the undisputed number one actress in mainland China.

After greeting everyone one by one, Chen An also started chatting with Gong Li.

"Director Chen is really young and promising. He was shortlisted for the Cannes Film Festival when he was only in his sophomore year."

"You don't have to be so polite. Sister Li, I'm your fan. Just call me Chen An. I'm telling you this in secret. Don't tell anyone else."

Chen An leaned close to Gong Li's ear and whispered:
"To be honest, my first choice for this movie is Gong Li, but your salary is higher than my investment, otherwise I would have to beg Li to act in it."

He could only say this to Gong Li. If Ning Jing heard it, she would probably be furious. After all, he had told her that it was designed for her.

"That's a shame, but we can work together again when we have the chance."

Gong Li didn't feel anything either. She had plenty of film offers nowadays and didn't need him.

"Of course. I want to make a movie with you and bring in Ge Da Ye, and let you two work together again like in To Live. When I write the script, you will be the first one to be contacted."

Chen An happily invited Gong Li to a film contract in advance.

"Well, when you finish writing the script, bring it to me and I'll take a look. If it's okay, I'll agree to act in it."

Gong Li did not refuse. After all, she did not say that she had to accept the offer. She agreed first because Chen An was still quite young and there was still a chance.

After the two of them sat there and chatted for a while, Chen An left his seat and went to the crew he led.

Lying on the seat, leaning against the window, looking at the scenery outside, Chen An fell asleep unconsciously, not knowing what he was thinking about.

When Chen An was woken up, the plane had already landed in France.

The Cannes International Film Festival, founded in 1946, is one of the most influential and top international film festivals in the world.

Today it is also the most influential film festival and is known as the top of the three major film festivals, but the other two do not recognize it.

But it is indeed a film festival that all filmmakers want to come to. Back then, Chen Kaige was willing to offend Berlin and withdraw his film from the Cannes Film Festival.

In the end, Zhang Yimou's "Red Sorghum" won the Golden Bear in Berlin, while Chen Kaige did not win any important awards in Cannes and also offended the Berlin Film Festival.

However, it also indirectly reflects the influence of the Cannes Film Festival.

The 1996th Cannes Film Festival in 49 invited a heavyweight jury, chaired by Francis Ford Coppola, the director of "The Godfather", and Chen Yingxiong, who won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival last year, as one of the judges.

It attracted countless journalists and buyers to this Cannes.

Chen An, who was shortlisted for the main competition unit of this film festival, felt only after arriving: "There are so many people~"

Chen An, who had been to the Venice Film Festival once, looked at the more pedestrians and tourists than in Venice before, and couldn't help but sigh that it was worthy of being the most influential film festival.

This can be seen from the fact that there are more enthusiastic young ladies standing here to invite others than in Venice and the higher prices.

After all, these are not scams. The more people there are, the more popular they are, and the higher the prices will naturally be.

"Let's go. The film festival hasn't started yet. Let's go to the hotel we booked first. You'll have plenty of opportunities to watch it later."

Han Sanping looked at Chen An who was standing on the road in a daze and pulled him towards the hotel. The people following Chen An also looked at everything around them curiously, except Lin Dajiang, who didn't care about these things. He was simple and just wanted to make money!
The group eventually checked into the hotel arranged by the film festival.

After that, Chen An couldn't sit still. He wanted to go out and wander around just like he did in Venice.

With two days left before the opening ceremony, tourists, journalists and film producers have basically arrived. This small city in southern France is packed with people from all over the world.

This time, he once again brought along his good friend, Zhao Xiong.

This time, Chen An spent a lot of money, 100 euros, to buy a box of unfamiliar cigars in a nearby store. There were only five cigars, which made Chen An call the store a damn profiteer!
He didn't invite his younger brother Duan Long. This guy is a bit effeminate now. Whenever he talks about women, he mentions his secret crush. Chen An didn't want to spoil the mood with him.

I took Zhao Xiong to a street coffee shop and sat outside under a parasol.

In fact, Chen An wanted to go to the beach and take a boat ride, but unfortunately he was not Lin Dajiang. He didn't have much money in his pocket, so he could only decide to find a coffee shop by the sea and watch the sea and other things.

The two of them lit a cigar, ordered a cup of coffee, put on sunglasses, and sat there chatting in a pretentious manner.

"Brother Zhao, did you say that we met the one with golden hair in Venice last time? Why do they look exactly the same?"

Chen An was a little face-blind and couldn't tell who was who. He felt like he had seen the enthusiastic young lady in cool clothes on the opposite street before.

"No, it's much smaller."

Zhao Xiong, who was sitting next to him, refuted Chen An's words with incisive words.

Looking at his confident look, Chen An admired him very much. Is this the vision of a mature man? Sophisticated!

"Brother Zhao is still a Taoist priest, with a sharp eye. I admire him."

"That's nothing. Last time I saw a disc in a disc store called Scent of a Woman."

"That's a US movie called Scent of a Woman, and it's not about that."

"Really? Fortunately I didn't buy it."

Zhao Xiong sat on a chair with a majestic look on his face. He took a puff of his cigar and took a sip of the coffee next to him.

"Why do so many people like to drink this bitter stuff? It's much more expensive than Coke and doesn't taste as good."

After swallowing it in one gulp, he complained with a grim look on his face as he couldn't stand the taste.

A tall, broad-backed man wearing a black suit, sunglasses and smoking a cigar

The hideous look on his face after taking a sip of bitter coffee made the two blonde girls at the table next to him laugh softly.

The two blonde girls were talking in a language that Chen An couldn't understand.

Zhao Xiong quickly took the ice water beside him to rinse his mouth to wash away the bitter taste in his mouth.

A blonde girl at the table next to her stood up, walked quickly to Zhao Xiong, took out a card, stuffed it into Zhao Xiong's hand, and then left quickly with her friend.

Zhao Xiong, who was a little confused by the blonde girl, turned around and wanted to ask Chen An what was going on.

Not knowing what was going on, he saw Chen An take off his sunglasses.

Seeing Chen An put down his sunglasses, his eyes were red with jealousy and he was grinding his teeth.

I decided not to ask for now, and then ask the translator that Lin Dajiang brought to see what is written on it.

Zhao Xiong felt very uncomfortable being stared at by Chen An, and soon the two returned to the hotel.

Entering the hotel, Chen An looked at Zhao Xiong, holding the card in his hand and rushing up to find a translator:

"Damn, I won't bring him next time!"

Then he turned around and looked at his not-so-strong body and decided that he should exercise more in the future.

　Ask for everything, ask for togetherness

　　
　
(End of this chapter)