The restaurants along the road were packed with people having dinner. The film festival had not officially started yet, but this atmosphere seemed to have awakened the town.
When Tao Tao arrived in Paris, France, and traveled all the way to the film festival, it was already eight o'clock in the evening in France. She had not slept for nearly twenty hours, but she was still full of energy.
The hotel that Longxing Studio booked for its employees was far away from the film festival, so they had to take a train to get to the festival.
After discovering this, Tao Tao had to adjust her movie-watching plan, changing the original plan of watching five movies to only three.
The film festival is located in the very center of the city, surrounded by hotels along the road. As far as the eye can see, you can see the beach and the bay in the distance. Luxury stores of different brands are vying for attention on both sides of the clean streets.
At night, the lights are on and the ubiquitous cocktail parties and gatherings attract every passerby.
As soon as Tao Tao arrived here, she was attracted by such a warm atmosphere. She took Su Min's hand and thought happily of the stars she had met before.
It seems not to be a strange thing to run into many big stars in the country who want to meet, take pictures and interview here.
"I wonder if I will meet Jiang Se." She suddenly had an idea, and when she mentioned Jiang Se, her expression looked a little expectant. Su Min poured cold water on her:
"You don't have to think about it. When I got off the plane, I received news that Jiang Se seemed to be about to cooperate with Federer. He was still in Paris last night. Although there is a lot of controversy about this matter on the Internet, according to people in the studio, this news was released by Huaxia Information, and Xia Chaoqun was contacted before it was released. It is most likely true."
At this point, Su Min couldn't help but smack his tongue:
"What is Jiang Se's background? Is her agent Xia Chaoqun too powerful? He can even get top luxury brands like Federer for her. This ability is too scary."
Tao Tao, however, was genuinely happy for Jiang Se.
She also opened her phone and saw the domestic news. Currently, this matter continues to ferment on the Internet, and netizens are clearly divided into two teams. One team believes that Jiang Se used Federer to hype herself up, while the other team believes that Jiang Se is very likely to cooperate with Federer.
In fact, even if she hadn't heard what Su Min said, Tao Tao didn't think Jiang Se was someone who would use Federer to hype herself up. She looked at the online scolding and didn't get indignant. Su Min was a little curious:
"Don't you always defend Jiang Se and can't stand people saying bad things about her?"
In the past, when Tao Tao saw someone scolding Jiang Se, she would argue with them even more excitedly as if she were the one being scolded. But this time, she just calmly read the comments.
Su Min's words made Tao Tao blush a little, and she argued softly:
"Because since Sese has already posted the pictures, just as you said, Sister Su, she must have signed the contract before doing such a thing. Sooner or later, the truth will come out. The person who scolds the loudest now will be slapped in the face more painfully later. Why bother to argue with him?"
Her words showed her deep trust in Jiang Se. Su Min shook her head and sighed:
"There's no saving you."
She was indeed hopeless. On the opening day of the film festival, there was a huge crowd of people in front of the Film Palace where the film festival was held. Tao Tao, who came here for the first time, was almost scared by the scene.
Media reporters and film critics holding special invitations entered in a row. The huge movie screen at the entrance played classic films that had participated in the French Film Festival over the years.
After entering, you will actually walk the red carpet.
Everyone who wants to enter the central palace of the film festival must pass through here.
Tao Tao was sandwiched among her fellow media colleagues and was led by a special person to a specific location. The red carpet was shining with stars. The celebrities walked slowly across the carpet, attracting the sound of a large number of shutter clicks.
The atmosphere was lively until the evening, when most of the stars gathered in the Central Palace, where there was a cinema hall that could accommodate more than a thousand people and the opening speech of the French Film Festival was being held.
Tao Tao had already looked up the theaters showing movies online in advance and selected the movie she wanted to watch. Although she had experienced the horror of queuing before, when she entered the movie palace and saw many people queuing outside the movie palace, she was still shocked.
The film festival palace is divided into different large and small theaters. The French Film Festival is held every other year. Every March, directors from all over the world will fly here with their works.
Many large theaters were showing the works of big directors. With the fame of the big directors on display, there were a lot of people queuing up, and many long queues were almost reaching the second floor of the theater palace.
She and Su Min found the screening location for "Demon". Compared with the works brought by several other internationally renowned directors, the screening room for "Demon" directed by Zhao Rang was in the corner on the left side of the underground floor. Although it was not deserted, there were very few people coming to watch the movie.
In recent years, not many Chinese films have participated in film exhibitions, and even fewer have won awards. People who come to France to watch films are more interested in the works of famous and high-profile foreign directors.
Zhao Rang was a stranger to the people at the French Film Festival, and no one had ever mentioned his name before.
At the entrance of the theater where "The Devil" was playing, Jiang Se, who was walking on the red carpet, had changed out of the light blue dress she was originally wearing and put on a white ** V-neck dress. Her long hair was braided, making her look very pure and beautiful.
Everyone who chooses to enter the "Devil" theater will receive a poster and can choose to have it signed by Jiang Se or Liu Ye.
When Tao Tao saw that there were not many people queuing in front of the theater where "The Devil" was showing, she felt a little indignant and secretly cursed these foreigners who didn't know what was good. But when she saw Jiang Se, she almost screamed out loud.
When she arrived in France, she had been talking about wanting to meet Jiang Se in person. Now that she actually saw him, she still felt extremely surprised.
Jiang Se didn't stay long when she walked the red carpet before, but Tao Tao already had a lot of her photos saved in her camera. When she saw Jiang Se, she couldn't help but pick up the camera again.
The poster of "The Devil" was specially designed by the crew. It was created by the domestic traditional Chinese painting master Yu Hongyi. The painting style is mainly blue, which gradually becomes darker and lighter, revealing a gloomy and melancholy feeling.
Compared with the flamboyant signatures of many celebrities in the entertainment industry, Jiang Se's handwriting is less casual, but every stroke is carefully written.
This was not a good time to talk or take photos with the idol. Fortunately, Tao Tao had already taken a wave of photos of Jiang Se while waiting in line. She didn't care about the regrets and followed Su Min into the theater.
Compared with domestic theaters, the theaters at the French Film Festival are undoubtedly larger and more luxurious. There are not many people in the theater at this time. There are only about twenty people sitting in the huge space. After Tao Tao sat down, she glanced at her watch and saw that there were still ten minutes left before the movie started. (To be continued)