Hollywood Hunter

The Cannes Film Festival is a high-level film festival.

Celebrities of different positions have their own circles, media reporters of different backgrounds and qualifications have press cards representing different jurisdictions, and the times when different types of guests appear on the red carpet of the opening ceremony are also distinct.

As the most watched main competition film of this film festival, the crew of "Pulp Fiction" arrived at the Palais des Cinemas on the seafront of Cannes until the end of the red carpet ceremony. Even so, after getting off the bus, a staff member ran over to signal Simon and his party to wait for a while.

At the entrance of the road, some names were signed for the screaming crowds on both sides of the road. A few minutes later, the crew was able to enter the venue.

In the 1980s, the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival was only a short section of the twenty-four glorious steps at the entrance of the Palais des Cinemas. Simon and others stepped onto the media passage from the side of the road to the front of the steps, and the reporters on both sides suddenly boiled. .

In addition to Simon and Janet, the crew of "Pulp Fiction" also includes Robert De Niro, John Travolta, Semel Jackson, Nicole Kidman, Madonna, Sean Penn and other Robert Redford, who led the crew of "Battle of the Bean Field" through the red carpet, turned out at this time, and more than half of the nine people were first-line big names.

Most of the guests who participated in the opening ceremony had already entered the venue half an hour before the red carpet ceremony. At this time, there was only a team of "Pulp Fiction" on the media channel, and everyone naturally became the focus of reporters on both sides.

After cooperating with various POSE, Simon wanted to take Janet to continue walking, but was politely stopped by the staff, and continued to shoot under the flash for a while before everyone was able to ascend the steps of glory, followed by another one. Fan taking pictures.

While standing at the top of the steps to take a group photo, Simon saw the judges of the main competition unit appear at the end of the media channel. As usual, the judges of the main competition unit usually set foot on the red carpet at the last moment. Obviously, "Pulp Fiction" was ranked in the penultimate wave.

Entering the Lumiere Hall, which can accommodate more than two thousand people in the Cinema Palace, the opening ceremony of the festival begins soon.

Compared with the hustle and bustle of the red carpet ceremony, the opening ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival seemed lackluster.

The host of the opening ceremony is French actress Matilda May. Simon only remembers that the other party played in the last part of the Spanish director Biggs Luna’s "Aberia Trilogy".

The half-hour opening ceremony process is very fixed, without the ease and humor of the Oscar ceremony. After a serious opening speech, the host invites the judges of the main competition unit to sit on the stage and give a general introduction with a singing and dancing performance. , And then began to introduce the nominated films of this session, and then ended.

Watching Matilda May, who was in a water-blue evening dress on the stage, began the curtain call. Janet leaned on Simon and whispered: "It's so boring, Simon, we really want to stay and watch the opening ceremony. The movie?"

Simon nodded and said, "If you don't want to see it, you can go back first."

Janet rubbed Simon's shoulder and said, "I must be with you."

After the opening ceremony, some guests usually choose to leave early.

However, after seeing the information about the opening film of this festival, Simon decided to stay after the opening ceremony.

Because the name of the opening film is "Blue Sea and Blue Sky", directed by Luc Besson. In the original time and space, as the most successful French film in the 1980s, "Blue Sea and Blue Sky" has been shown in theaters for a year, but this is enough to prove the film's excellence.

Simon had also seen this movie in his previous life, but it was through pirated discs and he liked it very much. Now, since he has the opportunity to relive it on the big screen, he will naturally not miss it.

Knowing that Simon planned to continue watching the opening film, the rest of the crew also stayed with great interest.

After a short interval, the screening of the film soon began.

"Blue Sea and Blue Sky" has two story lines, the competition between two top divers played by two male stars, Jean Renault and Jean Marc Barr, and Jean Marc Barr and Rosanne Arquette. The emotional line between the hero and heroine.

In Simon's view, the focus of the story is actually Jacques played by Jean Marc Barr. The actor who was obsessed with the sea and treated dolphins as his family and was unable to integrate into the world eventually obeyed his inner call and abandoned everything and returned to the sea.

Inside the theater.

Simon quickly immersed himself in the beautiful blue sea and blue sky of the film. I don't know how long he had passed before he suddenly discovered that Janet had unconsciously held his arm tightly. This is a habitual little gesture of a woman, and Simon didn't care too much.

However, in the second half of the 160-minute film, when the male and female protagonists were separated for the first time on the phone, when he heard the story of the male protagonist Jacques about encountering a mermaid, Simon finally noticed Janet's strangeness.

"Do you know how to meet a mermaid? To swim to the bottom of the sea, the sea there is bluer, where the blue sky becomes a memory, lying in the silence, you decide to stay there, with the determination to die, the mermaid will appear . They come to greet you and test your love. If your love is sincere and pure enough, they will accept you and take you away forever..."

After this prophetic line ended, Simon heard a slightly trembling voice: "Simon, I want to go home."

Simon turned his head and found that Janet, who was always a little insane and insane, was full of tears.

Immediately leaving the movie aside, Simon took the woman's handbag and took out a tissue to wipe her face, and said without hesitation: "Okay, let's go back."

Nicole Kidman, who was sitting on the other side of Janet, also noticed her anomaly. Seeing the two of them got up, she quickly cleared the way. Simon left the hall with Janet, who had been holding his arm tightly, until he got into the car, and then patted Janet, who was nestling on him like a kitten, and said, "What's the matter?"

Janet raised her face and did not answer his question. Instead, she asked: "Simon, you will never leave me, right?"

Simon nodded immediately: "Of course."

Janet still had concerns in her eyes, and said: "Actually, you are very similar to Jacques in the movie, the kind of alienation that is completely incompatible with this world. I am worried that one day, you will be completely disinterested in all this. And then disappear."

Simon smiled and shook his head and said: "How is it possible that I have made so much money, and I don't even have an heir, how can it suddenly disappear."

Janet paused, then said: "I, a few days ago, I saw some of the materials you put in the study."

"What?" Simon questioned: "I usually put a lot of things in the study."

"Yes..." Janet avoided Simon's eyes, leaned on his shoulder, and said, "About, regarding the will, you have already made a will, right?"

"Aren't many people doing this? Just in case," Simon did not deny either, touching the woman's soft blond hair with his head sideways, and said: "If I die suddenly, you will become in this world. The richest little rich woman, now, let’s discuss it first, then you can associate with women, don’t look for a little white face, or I will lose face."

Janet ignored Simon's joke and raised her voice excitedly: "I don't want your money."

Simon quickly hugged Janet over again, patted the woman's waist lightly, and slowed down his voice: "Jenny, you really think too much. Well, maybe, some of your guesses are not wrong. But, Well, if you want a story too, my flying saucer is broken, and the technology on the earth cannot be repaired, so I can only stay here forever."

She carried too many things that a young man of her age couldn't have. With Janet's clever mind, she must have made too many guesses after getting along for so long day and night. Simon just didn't expect that a woman would have a movie tonight.

When Janet heard Simon's words, her rapid breathing calmed down a bit, and her hands were tightly wrapped around his waist, and said: "Simon, I love you, no one in this world loves you more than me."

"I know."

"But you don't believe in love."

"Believe, I just never thought that I would be loved by a girl," Simon smiled and said: "Actually, I am a very selfish person. Remember there is a very interesting question, the person you love and love you Whoever you will choose to spend the rest of your life with, I will choose the latter. So, as long as you don’t run away from me, I will definitely depend on you for the rest of my life.”

Janet became softer, leaning weakly on Simon, and whispered: "You can go to Jenny's room tonight. She likes you too."

"I know, so I just left her by my side. Isn't it hateful?"

"Yeah," Janet nodded vigorously, holding Simon's arms tightly, and said: "But you have to make sure you never leave me."

"I promise."

Janet paused for a while, opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but after all she swallowed it back.

Jennifer did not attend the opening ceremony with everyone tonight. Simon and Janet returned to the hilltop mansion in Le Cannet. The female assistant was sitting alone in the spacious and even somewhat empty hall on the first floor, quietly tidying up Some files.

The two entered the door and saw Janet's appearance, Jennifer immediately stood up concerned and asked, "What's the matter?"

Janet did not answer, Simon smiled and said, "I was so immersed in the movie that I cried."

Jennifer listened to Simon’s non-serious tone, gave him a light look, and then went forward to pull Janet and sat down on the sofa together, before saying: "Ms. Pascal just sent some faxes from New York about those real people. Xiusuke’s, I have already sorted it out."

Simon nodded, walked over and picked up the fax that Jennifer had just assembled and sat down on the sofa next to him. While chatting with the other two women casually, he flipped through the fax in his hand.

The strike of Hollywood screenwriters is still going on, but the May TV promotion season is still on schedule. Although this year's promotion season is destined to end in a deserted manner, there will be no shortage of processes.

While Simon came to Cannes, Amy also rushed to New York with Daenerys Pictures' four reality shows that Daenerys Pictures had been brewing for several months. According to the time difference, although it is already past nine o'clock in the evening in Cannes, it is still less than four o'clock in the afternoon in New York.

Speaking of which, Simon originally wanted to return to the United States after attending the opening ceremony and the premiere of Pulp Fiction.

However, the schedule did not allow him to do so.

The opening ceremony of this Cannes Film Festival is May 11th, which is today. Subsequently, the premiere of "Pulp Fiction" was arranged by the organizer on May 15, the first weekend of the festival. If it's just these, Simon can naturally leave next Monday and return after confirming that Pulp Fiction won the prize.

However, after the premiere of "Pulp Fiction", he has to participate in the Cannes premiere of Robert Redford's "Battle of Soybean Field" on May 17. This is a favor and cannot be pushed.

Immediately afterwards, May 19 was the Cannes premiere of "When Harry Met Sally". Although the overseas copyright has been sold to Disney, the film is produced by Daenerys Pictures after all. It would definitely hurt your character to completely turn your face as a shopkeeper.

After May 19th, it was the weekend immediately afterwards. Even if Simon does not need a weekend, other people certainly cannot do so, so there is no need to return to the United States.

The closing ceremony was on Monday, May 23. Therefore, Simon finally decided to stay until the end of the film festival. This is actually the reason why he bought a house in Cannes in advance. If he only stays for a few days, there is really no need for such a toss, but for two weeks, he doesn't want to stay in a hotel anymore.

From May 11 to May 23, counting the time spent on the journey before and after, basically accounted for more than half of May. Simon has no way to return to the United States, and the promotion of several reality shows can only be left to Amy. In terms of business operations, Simon is very relieved of Amy.

What's more, I promised Amy to share 5% of the company's annual net profit. If everything requires him to do everything by himself, this money will be wasted.

Looking at the information sent by Amy, among the four reality shows, the four major TV networks are generally interested in two of them. One is "Who Will Be a Millionaire" and the other is "Survivor". Simon was not surprised. "Who Will Be a Millionaire" and "Survivor" were the two most popular reality shows in the 1990s in the United States. At the same time, it was these two reality shows that led to the reality show craze on American television. .

There are not many people interested in the other two reality shows. Simon also had to admire the eyes of the TV network, because he did choose the other two reality shows at will. One is called "Big Brother", which is far from time to time. It is not as successful as the first two. Another show in the original time and space or even on the cable network is called "Beverly's Wife". This is actually an entire series of "Beverly's Wife", but Simon remembers only "Beaver "Li Jiao Wife" seems to be more successful.

As for the reason for doing this, in the final analysis, Simon still can't get rid of the mentality of mixing sand.