Not only Longxing Studio, but reporters from other media industries also have to keep an eye on these stars. If anyone stands out, they will have to arrange an interview afterwards.
People working in the film industry would probably call this trip to France a pilgrimage, but for Su Min, it is just another more upscale arena for stars to compete with each other.
Tao Tao's face still showed her longing for the film festival. The cold water poured by Su Min did not extinguish the budding flame in her heart. She was still waiting and watching.
The Imperial Airport was very busy today. Reporters who were heading to the French Film Festival like them could be seen everywhere. Tao Tao seemed to have seen something and pushed Su Min excitedly:
"Sister Su, look."
She raised her hand and pointed in the southeast direction, where sat a plain-looking man with gray hair combed back. He wore a shirt underneath and a pair of neatly matched suit pants. The weather in the imperial capital was still a little chilly in March. Although the airport was heated, he still wore a ginger short jacket on the outside, which made him look different from the hurried passers-by in the airport.
He held a pen, with one leg raised and a notebook on his lap, taking notes very seriously, as if he was not paying attention to the noise around him.
"Shu Pain."
Tao Tao recognized Shu Payen at a glance. Her eyes caught Shu Payen's attention. The old man even smiled at her when he raised his head.
"What's so strange about Shu Peien?" Su Min was amused by her fussing attitude. "It's not surprising to see anyone here. Even if you take a casual look around, you can see celebrities and reporters."
Shu Pain is a well-known film critic, not only in China but also abroad. If even Longxing Studio can apply for an invitation to the French Film Festival, it would be much easier for Shu Pain to get the invitation than the two reporters.
What's more, as a person related to the film industry, it is no news that he will attend such a grand event as the French Film Festival.
Su Min's words were indeed correct. Some of the VIP lounges at the airport were probably occupied by many celebrities. Even while speaking, Su Min turned his eyes and pointed:
"Feng Nan over there, do you see it?" She said this and leaned closer to Tao Tao and whispered:
"It is said that she will also be taking her new work to the French Film Festival. She comes from a wealthy family, has acting skills, good looks, and talent. The film she is participating in the French Film Festival this time is said to be written, directed, and starred by herself. It is estimated that after this trip to the French Film Festival, she will be very famous."
After Su Min finished speaking, she glared at Tao Tao:
"You have no vision. Why are you looking at Shu Peien? You might as well save your energy to interview Feng Nan."
Tao Tao didn't say anything. Su Min unscrewed the cap of the mineral water bottle, took two sips, and then continued:
"I have been dealing with her staff for a while, and they said Feng Nan spent a lot of money to order 20 dresses in order to attend the film festival. She must be glamorous on the red carpet."
Tao Tao lowered her head to look through her schedule. Feng Nan's "Revenge" was also on her schedule.
But because she likes Jiang Se so much, Jiang Se's movie must be the first one she wants to watch. She is a little curious:
"Feng Nan's "Revenge". I don't know how good the film is. I heard that her film was produced on a small budget, so it should be good, which is why it passed the review of the French Film Festival..."
As soon as she finished speaking, Su Min looked at her with a patient look for a long while:
"You rarely attend festivals like this." As soon as she finished speaking, Tao Tao looked at her with a learned expression. Su Min glanced at Feng Nan who was being interviewed in the distance. Her clothes were obviously carefully matched. Several reporters were squatting to take pictures of her. Su Min lowered her voice and said:
"It's too early to say whether it's good or bad. The French Film Festival is divided into different categories for application."
The French Film Festival, which is held every other year, is divided into several themes. One of them is nostalgia and classics. At the film festival, many classic films will be played in the cinema, and those who receive invitations can apply to queue up to watch them.
In addition to this theme, it is also divided into competition themes and many other categories. The competition theme is to truly compete for the grand prize of the French Film Festival, which is the award that countless directors and actors dream of getting. At each film festival, countless outstanding directors come forward with their works to participate and then are eliminated. The film festival selects the best works and gives them the grand prize.
Among other themes, there is also a non-competitive unit, where you can participate by paying money and the movies will be shown to people, but you don't get any awards. For people in the industry, this is a very watery unit, but more new directors are willing to participate in such events with their works, and claim domestically that they have participated in the French Film Festival, which is still a very face-saving thing for many domestic audiences who are not aware of the situation.
Feng Nan is one of such new directors. Her film "Revenge" was ostensibly participating in the film festival, but the actual theme reported was a non-competitive unit.
By doing this, she obviously knows that her work is not likely to win any award.
In order to avoid being eliminated early among a bunch of excellent movies, which would attract doubts from the media and audiences in China, she wisely chose to only seek fame and use the French Film Festival to promote the movie. She will then walk on the red carpet of the film festival to build her reputation. When "Revenge" is released in the future, she will not be afraid of bad box office reputation.
"In contrast, the Devil played by Jiang Se that you like, Zhao Rang signed up for the theme competition."
Su Min held the mineral water bottle:
"Zhao Rang did this because he either had high expectations for The Devil and was confident that the film itself would be good and would not be eliminated in the first round, or he was just too arrogant."
In the distance, Feng Nan was still posing in front of the camera. She was wearing a red backless halter dress. Her snow-white skin was quite eye-catching under the bright color. She had exquisite makeup under the light and was being interviewed by reporters.
When Jiang Se arrived in Nice to meet up with Zhao Rang and others, there were only two days left before the film festival officially opened.
The French Film Festival is held in a small town surrounded by a bay in southern France, with beautiful scenery.
The originally quiet town seemed a little lively because of the arrival of the film festival. The famous restaurants in the town had already been booked by people who went to the local area to attend the film festival.
Food stalls and faces from all over the world could be seen everywhere, and there were also many audience members walking around the town holding signs, hoping to get tickets to the film festival.
Fortunately, the crew had booked the best local hotel at a high price nearly a year ago, so that they would not have to live in a distant place and take different means of transportation to get here every day like many unprepared temporary participants of the film festival. (To be continued)