Chapter 229 Non-stop
the next day.

May 14th.

The 56th Cannes Film Festival officially opened.

The opening film is "The Tulips" by French director Gérard Kwazki.

Chen An's crew also received an invitation to the opening ceremony to attend the opening film screening.

When watching a movie with the main creators of his crew, Chen An was interviewed by the media.

Regarding Jerry's nonsense yesterday about him getting "Batman Begins" to be exhibited in Cannes.

In fact, Chen An only found out this morning when he was reading the newspaper that Jerry, that idiot, didn't say anything when they met last night.

"Of course he was joking because I have a good relationship with him."

“Cannes is one of the most watched film festivals in the world, and being able to participate is definitely for greater exposure!”

"Do you have any thoughts on the films in this competition? Of course, I hope it will get a good result."

"Of course I will go, whether it's today's The Matrix 2 or the upcoming Batman Begins. I've also been invited to the former and I don't want to refuse it."

"I can only feel sorry for Warner Bros. for the stolen Batman suit, because I was eager to return to China and was in a hurry to shoot the movie Shoplifters, which was participating in the main competition unit of this exhibition, so I relaxed the management of props. I regret this incident."

Chen An let Gong Li, Zhou Xun and others go in first while he stayed behind to be interviewed.

The two sides exchanged questions and answers for nearly half an hour, and Chen An was happy with it. He didn't really want to watch the opening movie anyway, but he received an invitation from the program crew, so he had to participate.

"Oh, sorry, I have to go into the venue and can't accept any more interviews." Finally, Chen An looked at his watch and felt that the time was about right, so he ended the interview.

He smiled and waved, then turned and walked into the exhibition hall.

After entering the exhibition hall, the movie was about to start playing, and it was just in time.

After Chen An sat down, he sat between the two women.

"Why did you spend so much time asking about something in the newspaper?"

Gong Li on the left asked curiously why Chen An took so long to come in.

"No, we chatted for a while. Instead of listening to the speech on the stage, it's better to take a breath outside."

He spoke directly in Chinese, which the people around him could hardly understand.

Zhou Xun couldn't help but interrupt, "So director, you just left us here to listen to the speech on the stage, and I didn't understand what he was saying so I ran outside to get some fresh air?"

"Shut up, there's another movie to watch after this one. If you don't want to watch the blockbuster The Matrix 2, I won't bother taking you."

After Chen An finished speaking, Zhou Xun looked like a punched bag.

Why did she speak so softly to Sister Li? This attitude towards me is so abominable!
"I'm definitely going!"

Zhou Xun curled his lips and said.

Gong Li, who was standing next to them, couldn't help laughing when she saw the two of them arguing.

The movie, which lasted more than an hour, was finished very quickly. It had both French and English subtitles, so I could understand it. However, it was my first time watching it, but I still didn't find it very interesting.

If the judges and director of the film festival hadn't still had something to say, I would have wanted to leave immediately.

After listening to a few people talking to reporters on the stage for a long time, Chen An and his friends left after more than half an hour.

Then we rushed to the next movie screening without stopping.

The screening scene here was even more exaggerated than the premiere, with more reporters and media gathered than at the opening film.

Facing a bunch of flash lights, Chen An and several crew members entered the scene.

But this time, Chen An did not continue chatting with the reporters outside the venue, but went straight into the exhibition hall.

Jerry, who had already entered the venue, saw Chen An coming and walked over with a smile.

Following behind is the leading actor Bale.

Some other supporting actors did not come to Cannes with the crew. There was only Jerry, the producer, and some staff members.

The two hugged each other, and Chen An patted Bell's shoulder to say hello, it's been a long time.

Jerry, however, greeted Gong Li enthusiastically: "Are you Miss Lei Gung? Oh, I've seen many of your movies, and you're as beautiful as in the movies." "Nice to meet you, Jerry, and I've heard Chen An mention you often."

Gong Li, who usually pays attention to the international and Hollywood markets, also knows Chen An, her partner in Hollywood.

"Really? I thought he never missed me after he returned to China. Only when I called him occasionally could I confirm that he hadn't forgotten me."

Jerry couldn't help but said jokingly.

Chen An said speechlessly: "I just called you and you kept talking non-stop."

"You left all the post-production of the movie to me, so naturally I have to ask more questions."

Gong Li, who was watching from the side, couldn't help but smile and said, "It seems like you two have a very good relationship."

Zhou Xun also looked curiously at this producer from Hollywood and the new Batman behind him.

After chatting for a while, everyone stopped chatting and found their respective crew seats to sit down, because they were adjacent to each other.

They sat together and talked for a while, until the movie was about to start, Jerry finally said:
"Hey Chen, our movie is going to be screened in two days, don't be late. You're the director, and I brought it to Cannes specifically because of you."

Chen An nodded, "Ok, I won't forget." He said he would not be absent, after all, it was his own movie.

Then I quietly watched the second part of this sci-fi masterpiece, "The Matrix 2".

It will be officially released in the North American market and other places tomorrow, so it was screened on the first day of the opening ceremony in Cannes.

The quality of the film did not disappoint and remained outstanding.

Even though it wasn't his first time watching it, Chen An felt that it was much better than the movie at the opening ceremony.

It’s also one of the few films that escaped the bad sequel and became even better.

Several people in Chen An's crew were also watching the show with great interest.

Chen An couldn't help but sigh as he watched this movie that he was almost able to get, just a little bit.

Bale looked at the film's high quality and hoped that his own film would be the same.

The only pity was that he didn't even get a bat emblem, but two complete sets of the crew's uniforms were stolen.

If there is a chance to make a sequel like "The Matrix", I will get it no matter what.

Not long after the screening ended, there was huge applause in the theater.

Even the two people next to Chen An applauded.

The director and several leading actors also walked up to the stage amid applause.

They all came with a promotional mission, and seeing that the movie was so popular, they naturally went on stage with smiles on their faces.

Chen An also believed that the screening of the other crew's film in Cannes was a success. The global box office of the second film was also the highest in the entire series, reaching more than 700 million US dollars.

As an R-rated film, it deserves the title of a masterpiece and was both critically and commercially successful.

Otherwise, Chen An felt that the box office of this trilogy of films would be estimated to be over 2 billion US dollars.

After watching the movie, Chen An said goodbye to Jerry and others.

Because there were so many movies to watch today, after watching two, Chen An found a restaurant to have lunch.

I have to continue watching Lou Ye's "Purple Butterfly".

As it is also a domestic competition film, Chen An naturally had to go.

"Director, you are very busy with the opening of the film festival. You are even busier than the program crew." Zhou Xun, who had been following, couldn't help but complain.

Chen An looked at the high heels that the other person had been wearing all day and didn't argue with her anymore: "This is just one round, just bear with it and it will be over."

It's not pleasant to know that the other person has been running with you all day in high heels.

"I need to take a good rest these two days."

"I don't think you have that much time. Our movie is released tomorrow."

(End of this chapter)