Over the years, Tao Cen has become accustomed to having everything go smoothly. In China, she has fame and status. If she wants to make a movie, there are plenty of scripts for her to choose from. She can easily get endorsements that other actresses have tried their best to get.
It was not until Xia Chaoqun abandoned her and chose Jiang Se, and she discovered that this younger newcomer was not what she had imagined, that Tao Cen suddenly developed a competitive spirit.
After she left, Cesare did not leave. Instead, he sat down and chatted with his assistant for a few words, intending to continue watching the next game.
The media reporters in the theater watched this scene with curiosity and surprise.
The two girls, Jiang Se and Tao Cen, left one after another, but Cesare stayed. Someone looked through the list of the next movies and became excited when they saw that the next one to be shown was "Devils".
Cesare didn't care about other people's opinions. After he decided to give Jiang Se a chance to audition, he became serious about it.
Originally, he planned to watch "The Devil" just because he wanted to see Jiang Se's acting skills improve, so it was inevitable that he seemed a little harsh at this time. When the movie started and Jiang Se appeared in front of him, he showed some interest.
After watching the movie, Zhao Rang's shots were remarkable, but apart from these, what surprised Cesare was Jiang Se.
He had also seen "Beijing Events" starring Jiang Se, and the graceful "Doukou" in the play left a deep impression on him.
From the perspective of European aesthetics of women, Jiang Se may not be sexy, but she has a very special temperament. When she wears cheongsam, the demeanor of a classical beauty comes to the fore, leaving a deep impression on people.
Even after several years, Cesare would recall the movie "Beijing Event". Even though he could not remember some details clearly, the scene of Jiang Se walking in the drizzle with an umbrella could still come to his mind.
He originally thought that Jiang Se should be like this, but in "The Devil", she wiped out this impression in one fell swoop.
What Cesare cared about was not how well Jiang Se performed in "Demons", but how well she grasped the feeling between despair and madness.
What moved him most was the last scene of the movie, "The Devil", where Zhang Yuqin's expression was when she was talking to the little girl. She had a smile on her face, but she was also filled with frustration.
It is not difficult to act out disappointment. To express heart-wrenching pain, tears and facial expressions can be used to create a feeling of unbearable pain. During acting, emotions such as joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness can be expressed through adjustments in facial expressions.
However, it is very difficult to successfully act out the feeling of making people feel despair even though they are smiling.
This is really difficult, but Jiang Se succeeded in expressing it, and was able to infect every audience watching the movie. No wonder the American magazine "Film Talk" is willing to applaud this movie and say that it can compete with Spacey's works.
If Cesare agreed to give Jiang Se a chance at the beginning, he was not necessarily optimistic that she would be suitable for "Prisoners". Now he actually had some expectations for Jiang Se.
After the movie ended, it was already past one o'clock in the afternoon. He received a message from Tao Cen on his mobile phone, but because he had muted his phone while watching the movie, he did not see the message.
He changed the lunch he had agreed to with Tao Cen to dinner, and had no intention of staying in the theater. Instead, he told his assistant to free up his time after dinner to discuss the time of Jiang Se's audition with her.
The media reporters' attention was all on Cesare, and as soon as they saw him stand up, most of them rushed over.
After coming out of the theater, a group of media rushed over.
"Mr. Cesare, you have a busy schedule, so how many days do you plan to stay at the French Film Festival?"
"Mr. Cesare, when you arrived at the Palace of Cinema, you first watched Pedro's Insurance and then the Chinese film The Devil. Did you like these two films, or did you come just for The Devil?"
"Mr. Cesare, you worked with Ms. Tao in The Lost City. What kind of actor do you think she is?"
"Mr. Cesare, besides knowing Miss Tao, what kind of relationship do you have with Jiang Se?"
"You and the actress of "Devil"..."
"gentlemen… "
The assistants around Cesare kept away a large number of media. Today, Cesare chatted with Jiang Se and acted very close and natural. He even stayed to watch "Demons" and missed lunch. It was obvious that their relationship was not ordinary.
In Europe and the United States, Cesare is very famous and a first-class director. His every move will naturally attract the attention of the media.
In addition to his excellent works that can attract the attention of a large number of fans, he also has the natural romance of Italian men.
Cesare was only in his early forties, at the most mature and charming age for a man, not to mention that he was quite handsome, not inferior to an actor.
In addition to having many works to discuss, what Cesare's fans talk about most is undoubtedly his private life.
His private life is quite exciting. He has dated many beauties regardless of their status, profession or nationality. The scene of him hugging Jiang Se in the cinema earlier made it hard for the media reporters not to think wrongly. Some even asked bluntly:
"Is this Chinese beauty going to be your new date?"
"Of course not," Cesare laughed. He handed the tablet computer that he was using to check the schedule to his assistant. You know, he missed lunch in order to watch "Demons". If these reporters didn't get a satisfactory answer from him, they probably wouldn't give up and would probably continue to pester him. "I never have emotional exchanges with the people I'm about to work with."
The impact of his words was far deeper than his date with Jiang Se.
Both the European and American media as well as the Chinese media were shocked speechless by his words.
The meaning of Cesare's words clearly revealed his intention to cooperate with Jiang Se, which was even more surprising than the fact that he and Jiang Se had a love history.
"Do you mean to cooperate with this darling of China?"
Someone asked in disbelief, and Cesare nodded:
“That is the plan.”
The arrogant Italian director said this calmly with a smile on his face.
Reporters picked up the cameras hanging on their chests and began to record the scene when he said this. Some of them hurriedly checked the equipment, fearing that the previous scene had not been captured.
"Hiss", the sound of people gasping for air was heard one after another. Perhaps it was too unbelievable, the reporter from China Information mixed in the crowd actually asked a question that was not in line with his professional quality:
"Really?"
"Of course." Cesare shrugged. "I never take movie matters as a joke." (To be continued)