Chapter 1037 Visit
After Zhang Ran stepped off the stage, the 67th Cannes Film Festival ended successfully. For Chinese media and Chinese movie fans in front of computers and TV, this is a night worth remembering.
The next morning, major media around the world reported on this Cannes Film Festival in a large way. Turkish media said sourly that Ceylon's "Hidden" is better, and the jury chairman Jane Campion especially likes "Hidden", but there are too many judges in the jury and they will eventually lose, otherwise "Hidden" can completely win the Palme d'Or. However, media from other countries basically applauded the Palme d'Or for "Hidden Body".
Zhang Ran stood on the stage, holding the Palme d'Or trophy in his hand, and became the cover of many newspapers and magazines; the sentence "Life is not ending, movies do not die" became the title of many reports and comments.
The New York Times reported on the victory of "Scarlet Body" in large quantities: "The jury made the most correct choice and awarded the highest honor to the best movies. This is the best Cannes Film Festival since the new century, and it will remain in our memory for a long time. We will remember "Hidden", "Mommy", and even more so that the shock that touches the soul brought by "Scarlet Body"!"
"Daily Telegraph" said: "The Sun Burning Body" is the best one of the Palme d'Or films since the new millennium and is also the favorite movie for most viewers to watch. This is a shocking movie, and no participating film is as moving as it is. Zhang Ran is the greatest director of our era!"
Le Figaro highly praised this film festival with the title of "The Arrival of the New Era": "This night, two films won awards to make the audience stand up and pay tribute, one was Godard's "Goodbye Language" and the other was Zhang Ran's "Scarlet Sun". The jury won the awards, the jury was simply good at it, one was the representative of the New Wave, and the other was a new generation of film masters. When Zhang Ran, 37, met Godard, 84, and such a combination appeared in the last year of the Cannes Film Festival chairman Jacob, which allowed people to see Cannes' attitude towards the inheritance of films."
In China, Zhang Ran and Palme drew the first place on Weibo’s hot search list, but also caused serious incidents to flood the screen in many film and television entertainment forums. The media has become even more crazy. Whether it is traditional media or online media, they have written articles and published articles full of praise.
In recent years, Chinese films have developed rapidly and have become the second largest market in the world. Beyond the United States, it is just around the corner; and young directors such as Urshan and Yang Qing have emerged one after another and have gradually become the backbone of the market.
At the Berlin Film Festival at the beginning of this year, director Diao Yinan's work "Day Fireworks" won two awards: Best Picture and Best Actor. "Massage" directed by Lou Ye won the Best Art Contribution Award.
Chinese films can be said to have double box office awards this year, so many people began to shout that the best era of Chinese films is coming!
Now that Zhang Ran won the Palme d’Or, even the People’s Daily is not calm, and published an article by commentator entitled “Embraise the Golden Age of Chinese Films”. The article reads: “Youth prospers will prosper, and youth will prosper, and the country will be strong. Young directors led by Zhang Ran also represent the vigorous spirit of Chinese society. Today’s Chinese filmmakers are standing in a huge velocity, smiling at the turmoil, and Chinese directors must strive to win the next golden decade of Chinese films in the future.”
After the Cannes Film Festival closed, Fumao talked to Zhang Ran, hoping that Zhang Ran would be the chairman of the jury for next year's Cannes Film Festival. However, Zhang Ran refused. It was not that he was pretentious, nor that he looked down on the chairman of the jury. The film about Zhang Chunru will be launched next year. Zhang Ran has been preparing for this movie for ten years, and does not want to be any mistakes. He hopes to devote all his energy to the movie, and does not want to be distracted by other things.
When Fumao heard that Zhang Ran would start a movie that had been brewing for ten years, he was very moved and immediately expressed that he hoped that Zhang Ran would bring the movie to Cannes. Zhang Ran did not agree. Cannes was not the best place for the premiere of this movie, and he did not want to premiere the movie in Cannes. However, Zhang Ran promised Fumao that as long as there is a suitable movie in the future, Cannes will definitely be his first choice.
On the morning of May 28, "Scarlet Body of the Scarlet Body" returned to Lin'an with the joy of victory. At Lin'an Airport, a large number of media flocked to the crowd, blocking the interviews attracted the exclamation of the pick-up crowd. However, what made the media reporters regret was that the main creators of the entire "Scarlet Body of the Scarlet Body" crew were there, but Zhang Ran was missing.
A reporter asked Wang Luodan: "Dandan, where is Director Zhang? Why didn't you see him?"
Wang Luodan explained: "Teacher Zhang has gone to the United States, and I don't know what to do!"
Wang Luodan did not lie, Zhang Ran did go to the United States. The annual e3 game exhibition will open in Los Angeles next week. Century Peak will release the company's latest VR glasses on e3; and "Scarlet Sun" will also release the VR clips of the movie on e3. Zhang Ran needs to be present to release the movie and create momentum for the release of VR glasses.
The e3 Game Exhibition is a grand event in the global electronic entertainment industry. It provides a good interaction opportunity for game manufacturers and players. It is known as Os in the video game industry and has attracted the attention of countless game manufacturers and players. The group of game fans is very large, and if VR glasses are to be promoted and opened, games are a crucial part; therefore, Century Peak puts the display of the VR prototype at the e3 Game Exhibition.
After arriving in Los Angeles, Zhang Ran met with Hastings and discussed issues related to the E3 exhibition and VR; next, he met with Robert Freeman of Tremend Entertainment to discuss the issue of VR movies. At this time, Zhang Ran remembered that Jing Tian was still in training in Los Angeles, and it had been several months since he was training, and he didn't know how this girl was practicing.
After meeting with Robert Freeman, Zhang Ran drove to the training center in the suburbs of Los Angeles to see Jingtian's training situation.
As soon as Zhang Ran entered the training center, a staff member recognized him, ran over excitedly, and asked timidly: "May I ask, are you Mr. Zhang Ran?" Zhang Ran shook his head and said: "Zhang Ran is in Cannes. I am Zhang Ran's cousin, my name is Zhang Shi!" The staff member was a little disappointed when he heard that it was Zhang Ran's cousin, but immediately said excitedly: "Can I take a photo with you?" Zhang Ran didn't expect that he claimed to be Zhang Ran's cousin, and the other party still wanted to take a photo with him. He thought it was fun, so he agreed.
After taking a photo, Zhang Ran asked Jing Tian’s location. The staff member was very enthusiastic and personally took Zhang Ran to a training room on the second floor. At this time, Jing Tian was carrying him to do high-intensity physical training under the coach.
Zhang Ran did not disturb Jingtian's training and stood beside him and watched from a distance. From Jingtian's body, it can be seen that she has worked hard in the past few months. Not only did she train her vest line, but she could even see obvious muscles on her arms. A delicate little girl has become a tomboy, and she should have endured a lot of hardships.
Jingtian's eyes were pointed, and he soon saw Zhang Ran. She immediately said to the coach and couldn't wait to trot over. The corners of her mouth were slightly raised, and her eyebrows were bent into crescent moons: "Master, why are you here?"
Zhang Ran smiled and said, "I'll come to participate in the e3 game exhibition. Our company will release the VR glasses prototype at the e3 game exhibition. "Scarlet Sun" will release the VR clips of the movie. I remember that you are undergoing training here, so I come and see the situation. How about it? You have been training here for several months, and you feel okay?"
Hearing this, Jing Tian's face turned gloomy and his eyebrows were filled with grievances: "No, not good at all. This training is hard, but you must control your food. You can't eat anything else. You can only eat low-calorie foods. Eat nutritional powder and protein powder every day. I want to vomit." Jing Tian felt more and more aggrieved as he spoke, and tears fell down with grapes that had been hit: "Master, I want to eat spicy strips! I want to eat hot pot! I want to eat mutton soaked buns! I want to eat, wuwuwu!"
Zhang Ran felt a little laughed when he heard Jing Tian's crying. This kind of training to maintain a figure must control his diet. It is indeed painful for a foodie like Jing Tian, but he still said with a stern face: "Why are you crying? I hate who crying in front of me the most? Do you think you are on a diet? Scarlett Johnson is not on a diet? Hugh Jackman needs to eat a lot of protein to maintain skin shape in order to play Wolverine, and he has been persisting for more than ten years. How long have you been on a diet? He just cried! If you can't stand it, then don't practice. I'll find someone else to act!"
When Jingtian heard that Zhang Ran didn't act by herself, he quickly wiped away his tears and said aggrievedly: "I didn't say I couldn't stand it! I just complained!" She muttered in a low voice: "They are so miserable, you won't comfort me. It's still the master, there is no sympathy at all!"
Zhang Ran said coldly: "What is compassion? Can you eat it? If you don't teach strictly, your teacher is lazy! If you want to be comfortable and relaxed, you can be a star! I only have actors here!" Seeing Jingtian lowered his head, Zhang Ran said again: "You have been training for the past few months, so let's do it. I'll treat you to improve your life. What do you want to eat?"
Jing Tian was scolding Zhang Ran in his heart, saying that he was cruel and ruthless and had no sympathy. Now that he heard that Zhang Ran wanted to treat him to dinner, she stopped scolding immediately and said in a slutty saliva: "Master, I want to eat hot pot!"
Zhang Ran originally wanted to invite Jingtian to a better restaurant for a good meal, but since Jingtian wanted to eat hot pot, he naturally would not object. A few years ago, he visited Fan Binbin who was being trained here. At that time, Fan Binbin invited him to have hot pot. The restaurant was good, so Zhang Ran took Jingtian to that store.
Getting out of the car, Jingtian stretched his nose and sniffed in the air like a puppy, telling Zhang Ran: "Master, I have already smelled the fragrance of hot pot." Zhang Ran's evaluation of Jingtian was only three words: "Dog nose!" Jingtian was not angry at all, but said proudly: "Master, I am not a dog nose. I am a food detector. As long as there is something delicious, I can smell it from afar."
When he walked to the door of the hot pot restaurant, the aroma of the hot pot almost made Jing Tian's saliva flow out. He wanted to rush into the hot pot restaurant immediately and have a feast. But at this moment, Zhang Ran's steps suddenly stopped. Jing Tian felt strange, why didn't his master leave? She looked up and was stunned.
Two meters away stood a mother and daughter. Her daughter was in her twenties, with slender phoenix eyes, delicate facial features and slender figure. The girl was wearing very simple, white T-shirts and denim shorts. Hollywood stars like to wear this in summer, simple, generous and energetic. The girl is very beautiful, just like a fairy coming down from a painting, her only disadvantage is that her legs are slightly thick.
Jingtian recognized them as his senior sister Liu Yifei and her mother Liu Xiaoli.
When Liu Yifei saw Zhang Ran and Jing Tian’s expressions change first, her face turned cold and turned her head aside. Liu Xiaoli didn’t expect to meet Zhang Ran here. She was slightly stunned, then smiled at Zhang Ran and said, “Teacher Zhang, it’s been a long time since I saw you!”
Zhang Ran frowned and said coldly: "Yes, it's been a long time no see!"
Chapter completed!