Chapter 573 Beach, Water Gun, Closing
There was a media review of the red carpet in the domestic entertainment industry.
After Fan Binbin surpassed all the big stars on the red carpet.
Zhou Yutang is the undisputed king of the red carpet.
The peak beauty who swept across Asia, with a tall and slender figure and a deep and profound temperament.
Zeng Li, who is now beside him, is also a rare beauty.
When the two walked on the red carpet at an unhurried pace, they were surprisingly beautiful and harmonious, which immediately attracted the attention of many reporters on the scene.
"Director Zhou, Zeng Li, look here!"
"Zhou Yutang!"
"Oh! Buy cakes!"
Needless to say, the domestic media that followed over instantly opened fire, and many foreign reporters also followed to join in the fun.
Even in the star-studded Cannes red carpet show, the posture and appearance of this couple can be called impeccable, and they accepted the spotlight inspection very well.
Zhou Yutang did not stay for too long. After walking on the red carpet, he turned around and chatted with Lao Mouzi.
Today, Gong Huang led the team alone, and Chen Daoming was still in the crew of "Joy of Life".
Liu Shishi is also the second female lead of the crew. She wanted to accompany Zhou Yutang to Cannes, but Cao Baoping was a bit obsessive-compulsive. The filming of "The Tuner" was just as Zhou Yutang expected. He was obsessed with all kinds of details. He couldn't leave, so he had to give up.
This year's opening film was "Grace of Monaco" starring Nicole Kidman. The film was boycotted by the royal family and the situation was a bit embarrassing.
However, Nicole Kidman still attracted a lot of attention on the red carpet.
When she walked on the red carpet in a translucent white tulle dress, the spotlights shone wildly, and the scene was as bright as day.
Zhou Yutang also took a few more glances.
The stunning beauty of the year still has her charm now.
Many domestic media sent reporters to follow Cannes throughout the whole process, and the news of the opening ceremony red carpet was soon posted on major domestic entertainment portals.
Zhou Yutang and Zeng Li shined on the red carpet in Cannes.
The handsome man and beautiful woman were simply picturesque, and the overwhelming praise made many "Bingtang Xueli" ecstatic.
This is the name of the two people's CP fans. Li Ziwei and Huang Yuxuan in Zhou Yutang's debut work "Want to See You" are the youth of many fans.
Zeng Li shined on the red carpet and unexpectedly received an olive branch from a high-end luxury brand.
The salted fish Jiangdong sister finally started to get busy and attended various activities.
However, since arriving in France, Zeng Li probably didn't adapt to the climate and didn't have a good appetite.
Zhou Yutang didn't bother her much at night, only once.
As for himself, Li Shuang was in charge of the film's promotion tasks anyway, and Zhou Yutang spent most of his time socializing and watching movies.
La Peikang brought the China Film Group team to Cannes on the evening of the 15th. There were many familiar faces of Zhou Yutang in the film purchasing team.
When this La Dong came, he organized a dinner party first.
Who dares not give face to the new head of China Film Group?
Zhou Yutang, Lao Mouzi, Wu Baige, Zhang Ziyi, Gong Li, Li Yuchun and many other domestic directors and celebrities are here.
Chun Ge seems to be out of place among these people.
Her status has always been a mystery.
She obviously has no works, but she can firmly stand in the center position at some award ceremonies and is also very popular in the fashion circle.
This time, Chun Ge walked the Cannes red carpet as a spokesperson for L'Oreal.
Yesterday, she attended the film festival event, wearing an artistic Stéphane Rolland spring and summer haute couture dress, easily slaying the audience.
She even won the best dress of the day selected by foreign media.
On the 16th, the premiere of "Red Ling" was packed with people in the hall.
The audience included film producers from all over the world, including Zhang Yimou and Spielberg.
Zhang Yimou's "Coming Home" premiered in Cannes, and he invited Spielberg to watch it live. After the film was over, he went to the premiere of "Red Star".
"How was it?"
"Amazing masterpiece."
After watching the whole movie, Spielberg applauded with the audience and did not hide his admiration at all: "It's very calm, very practical, but it contains very powerful energy. The ending is very artistic."
"It's rare that you give such a high evaluation."
"He deserves it. It's hard to believe that Zhou is not even 30 years old."
Spielberg smiled and said, "Although your boss is very young, he is very mature in technical performance. The film is very perfect in all aspects, especially the fire at the end, which made my heart burn."
"The whole film is like a sad but powerful poem. What touched me most was the theme of the film. It's a great art film."
Spielberg and Zhang Yimou had a lot to talk about. The two people's ideas were a collision of Western and Eastern thoughts.
After the movie was over, Zhang Yimou took Spielberg to meet Zhou Yutang.
The latter smiled slightly and extended his hand to Zhou Yutang: "Zhou, it's hard to see you. I participated in the Beijing International Film Festival, but unfortunately you were not there at that time."
Old Deng is quite old, but in good spirits.
Wearing a very sophisticated suit, the black-framed glasses reflected the light of wisdom.
Zhou Yutang felt that he was a typical Jewish old man.
You can see the shrewdness at a glance.
"Mr. Steven, I was filming on the set at the time, and I'm glad to meet you."
Zhou Yutang shook hands with him and smiled indifferently.
In fact, he had met this old Deng at several cocktail parties in Hollywood.
It's just that they are not in the same circle, so there is no chance to communicate in depth.
This time they finally met, and there was no lack of polite business praise.
I praised you as a film master and a creator of countless classics.
You replied that the young are formidable and a well-deserved genius in the entertainment industry.
With this exchange of words, the scene was quite lively.
But no matter how much Old Deng praised, Zhou Yutang remained calm.
Although Zhou Yutang won the Berlin Best Silver Bear Award, he can only be regarded as the second echelon of this year's main competition unit.
Who are the big guys in the first echelon?
David Cronenberg, Ken Loach, Mike Leigh, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Dardenne brothers, etc.
Which one is not a frequent visitor to major international film festivals?
Which one is not a long-established film industry giant?
Among these people, basically everyone has the three major European trophies, as well as the Oscar for Best Director, and even a god who has won the Cannes Golden Palm twice.
Even the long-silent New Wave master Jean-Luc Godard has re-emerged and is aiming at Cannes.
"Red Ling" has a good reputation, but the response after the screening of the other films is also very enthusiastic.
Shi Nansheng also came here, she thinks there is a chance.
Chief Jia is a judge of the main competition unit this year, and another judge is Jeon Do-yeon, the restricted-level actress in Chungmuro, South Korea.
This is a bit of an advantage for Zhou Yutang.
In Cannes, it is still unknown who will win until the end.
The domestic film market is a bit bleak.
None of the domestic films scheduled for the May Day holiday can compete, and they were directly defeated by Hollywood imported blockbusters led by "The Amazing Spider-Man 2".
In the past, it was Han Sanping who was criticized.
Now the blame is on La Peikang.
However, Zhang Yimou's film "Coming Home" has a good reputation in Cannes. It was released simultaneously in China, with a box office of 33 million on the first day and 95.2 million on the first weekend.
It beats the May Day films "Aidajin" and "Yuzhoudan".
The key is that the audience responded strongly and the reputation was excellent.
After watching the film, many viewers said that they were moved by the true feelings in the film.
Driven by Jiangdong Entertainment's subsequent supporting publicity plan, discussions at all levels were launched in relevant media, Baidu search index soared, and the official Weibo quickly became the first on the movie topic list.
But in terms of box office performance, this simple and literary film is naturally not as good as the commercial blockbuster "Godzilla" starring Liu Shishi.
This new version of "Godzilla" jointly created by Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. opened strongly in North America, with a box office of 38.5 million on the first day of its release.
After setting a new record for the first-day box office in North America this year, it immediately set the North American box office champion for the first weekend of the year with 93.2 million US dollars.
However, in order to protect the box office of "Coming Home" as little as possible, it will take a week to land in China.
The crew of "Celebrating Yu Nian 2" is still filming with Kong Sheng watching, and those movies are also in the early preparations.
Zhou Yutang stole half a day of leisure, lying on the beach to bask in the sun like those shirtless men and women.
Hormones were baked by the sun, and the air was full of freedom and passion.
Wearing a pair of sunglasses, Zhou Yutang felt lazy. Ni Ni next to him was dressed a little conservatively, talking about work and occasionally gossiping.
"The member of EXO who tried to get close to the boss a while ago is in the news again."
"Did he run away?"
"Yeah."
Ni Ni smiled and said, "He was still holding a fan meeting the day before, and he disappeared the next day."
After meeting at the big brother's birthday party, Wu Ma contacted Jiangdong Entertainment, but Zhou Yutang clearly refused at the time.
With his current popularity, there are entertainment companies willing to take over, and he has been in contact with Huale Company frequently.
It happened to be stuck at the node of EXO's first concert tour, and he immediately filed a contract termination with the court, catching S\u0026M company off guard.
Even a fool knows that this was premeditated.
Wu Ma is really a talent.
On the one hand, she filed a lawsuit against S\u0026M Entertainment in the court, asking the court to rule that the exclusive agreement signed between her and S\u0026M is invalid.
She also used Zhou Yutang's banner to throw smoke bombs at Lee Soo Man.
She said that Jiangdong had contacted her and was interested in taking over his son's agency contract.
There was indeed contact.
The only contact was when she communicated with Ni Ni on the phone.
Zhou Yutang was well-known, which made S\u0026M Company cautious and passive.
But Lee Soo Man, an old fox, was able to build S\u0026M Company to such a scale, so he was not so easy to fool.
He immediately called Zhou Yutang, wishing him success in Cannes and hinting at the matter.
Zhou Yutang certainly would not be used as a gun by others.
Whatever happens, it has nothing to do with him.
"They have established a connection with Huale. Didn't Han Gen get some Huale shares? He is also his senior brother."
Zhou Yutang drank a sip of iced juice leisurely: "Let Zhou Shufang go and talk to Lu Han. I guess he is almost gone."
"Boss, why don't you think highly of Huang Zitao?"
"I am not interested in helping the second generation of rich people pursue their dreams in the entertainment industry."
"Is his family very rich?"
"Not just ordinary rich people who can make the list."
Zhou Yutang once met Huang Zitao's father at a cocktail party where many bigwigs gathered. He was a bigwig who had made a fortune before the millennium and is now a low-key tycoon with a net worth of tens of billions.
"And."
Zhou Yutang suddenly made a joke: "Didn't everyone say that Lu Han can play football? He can be my teammate and give me assists."
Puff!
Ni Ni couldn't help but spray out the water in her mouth.
In terms of comprehensive conditions, Huang Zitao is indeed not as good as Lu Han.
At this stage, Lu Han's popularity is really not a joke, and he and Zhou Yutang have the same hobby, they both like football, and they have a lot to talk about.
Zhou Yutang's eyes fell on Ni Ni, who was shaking with joy.
I really can't tell that Ni Ni usually wears a professional suit at work.
Apart from some dinner parties, she and Zhou Yutang are both fresh but fashionable when they go out, and they don't steal the show.
Just today's outfit, it's quite attractive.
While talking to Ni Ni, I suddenly saw a few paparazzi-like guys, with their cameras hidden at the beach.
Taking off his sunglasses, Zhou Yutang suspected that he had seen it wrong. Ni Ni was curious and followed his gaze.
On the beach not far away, a white man in shorts, holding a water gun, was chasing a bikini girl with a graceful figure, causing a burst of exclamations.
Oh.
Leonardo, known as the handsome man of Hollywood.
After Leo let himself go, he changed several young model girlfriends.
"I feel that Leo has gained weight again compared to the last time we met."
Ni Ni couldn't bear to watch, so she cast her eyes on her boss who was holding a mobile phone and sending messages.
Men like to look at beautiful women, and women of course like to look at handsome men, and Ni Ni is no exception.
Compared with Leo's small belly, Zhou Yutang's eight-pack abs are more pleasing to the eye.
"Xiao Zhou, I saw the news about you in Cannes."
In the video, Liu Yifei's bare face looks good without beauty and filters.
Even in Cannes, Zhou Yutang didn't forget to manage his time. As soon as he finished talking to the head of MK2 in France, he called Liu Yifei via video: "Have you been to America?"
"Yeah, my mother is here too. She's paying attention to you."
Liu Yifei smiled and waved her fist at Zhou Yutang: "Come on, Xiao Zhou, try to win a big prize!"
"The opponent is too strong, the situation is not optimistic."
Zhou Yutang pretended to be worried: "What if I don't get it?"
"It doesn't matter if I don't get it."
Liu Yifei comforted him with understanding: "You are still young, and there is a promising future. There will definitely be opportunities in the future."
Zhou Yutang's daily jokes.
In fact, the program book gave "Red Ling" 3.3 points.
The full score of the Cannes program book is only 4 points.
The higher the score, the more likely the film is to win an award.
3.3 is already a very high score, but this year there are many strong players.
West African director Abderramana Sisak's "Birds of Sorrow" has received a great reputation, and this year Mike Leigh's biographical film "Mr. Turner" has received an astonishing 3.5 points!
There are even bookmakers that have given 1:8 odds for Turkish master-level director Nuri Bilge Ceylan's "Winter Sleep" to win the championship.
Again, there is no weak player who is qualified to compete for the Palme d'Or.
The film critics gave high scores, and many film producers began to get restless and began to add money.
Zhou Yutang, however, still sat on the Diaoyutai, not in a hurry at all, and waited until after the awards ceremony.
On the 24th, the 67th Cannes International Film Festival closed.
Compared with the opening ceremony, the red carpet of the closing ceremony is more important.
As the amber dusk passed, the night gradually fell, and the prosperous red carpet in front of the Film Palace was laid all the way, and both sides were crowded with reporters and fans.
Zhou Yutang was relaxed and casual, wearing a high-end custom suit.
Zeng Li, on the other hand, had been busy trying on dresses these days, and she would often call him for advice.
Finally, she decided on a set of hand-made blue cheongsam.
The embroidery pattern was like ink and wash, showing nobility and elegance.