Huayu started as a lecturer at Beijing Film Academy

After 13 hours of flying, we finally arrived. Since Cannes has no airport, filmmakers and audiences from abroad all landed at Nice Cote d'Azur International Airport 30 kilometers away. As a result, today we happened to catch up with the traditional French celebration program - strike. The entire city's planes, railways, and urban public transportation systems were all paralyzed.

In desperation, we could only spend money to rent a car and find a guide to go to the location of the organizing committee.

The organizing committee has a special car to receive us. When we arrived at the hotel, director Guo Fan was already waiting at the door.

"Fanfan!" When the fat man Gong Geer saw Guo Fan, he flew out like a cannonball and bumped into him. He hugged him very mushy.

Hiss! I have to stay away from this fat man in the future. I always feel that he has awakened some strange XP.

"You are here. I thought I would see you tomorrow!"

"Are you not late? Our movie is scheduled to be screened on that day?" Producer Zhang Miao is more concerned about this issue. After all, the distance of the movie's screening date determines the organizer's optimism.

"No, Ball Lightning is scheduled for the evening of the 18th, which is the day after tomorrow, which is a very good date."

Starting tomorrow, Gu Zhongyu will have to lead his men to set up the booth for exhibition, but these tasks are handled by specially hired people, and he is actually the one with the least time.

There is no threshold for registration for the Cannes Film Festival. Primary school students can pay the registration fee to participate by taking a DV to shoot a film about ants moving, but whether they can be selected depends on the judges of the film festival.

From registration, review of samples, re-examination, to the final confirmation, the entire registration process of the Cannes Film Festival takes several months. The sample of Ball Lightning was sent out three months ago, and the subsequent re-examination and confirmation were actually just formalities. It only needs to produce the screening copy two weeks before the film festival starts.

The chance of a new director being shortlisted for the competition unit of Cannes is about the same as buying a lottery ticket. And those very famous directors, their works are internally selected when the film is just started, because the film festival needs them to expand their influence.

Of course, there are also directors who, for various reasons, simply ignore the invitation of the film festival organizing committee.

This year's Cannes will start from May 16th to 27th. Basically, all the awards will be announced two days before the awards ceremony, and then announced at the party.

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"Huh! I'm so tired, I want to sleep for a day."

After arriving at the hotel, Yang Mi went to bed. She had been traveling all day today, which made her exhausted.

"Come to Cannes, don't you want to go out and have fun? This should be your first time here, right?"

"Haha! It seems like you come here often. Didn't you come here to join in the fun before? You are shortlisted this time, look how happy you are, and you even exchanged contact information with Zhang Lanxin. You really accept everyone."

"She is a Taekwondo champion. I just want to learn from her. What are you thinking!"

"I believe you gave birth to me. Do you want to learn from her in bed or under the bed? Only you know."

Hey! Why do you always misunderstand me?

Can't we learn from each other in bed and under the bed?

Seeing that Yang Mi had no intention of moving, Gu Zhongyu planned to go out for a walk by himself. Bai Lu wanted to follow him, but was rebuffed by Gu Zhongyu's words: How is your foreign language? Do you want me to be your translator?

In a foreign country, few people knew him, and there was no need to pretend. Gu Zhongyu came to the famous Cannes beach, feeling the beautiful scenery, blowing the sea breeze, and enjoying the rare tranquility.

There were still many people swimming in the sea, but it was a pity that Gu Zhongyu didn't bring a swimsuit, otherwise he would also like to go in the water to play.

"Fuck! Do you mean I should apologize to you? Very good, we're done!"

At this time, Gu Zhongyu heard the sound of a woman holding a mobile phone and cursing in English next to him. It should be her boyfriend or something.

He turned his head and saw that it was a tall blond foreign horse, and she looked very familiar.

The foreign horse cursed at the phone again before hanging up. She was so angry that she gritted her teeth at the phone and was about to smash the phone on a stone to vent her anger.

"If I were you, I wouldn't do this. I've already been in a bad mood for a man, so why would I lose a phone for him? Maybe you don't care about this value, but importing contacts is still a troublesome thing after all."

The other party chuckled: "Ahh, yes, you are right, it's not worth it."

The woman stopped her hand and looked at the Asian man in front of her curiously, and asked tentatively: "Chinese?"

"Yes, and we are in the same industry."

"Do you know me?"

"Oh, Miss Theron, if I can't recognize you, then my film career should be declared over."

Although it was a little dark, Gu Zhongyugang still recognized who this woman was at a glance.

Charlize Theron, 177 cm tall, was born in South Africa in 1975. She is an American film and television actor, model, and producer. She won the 76th Academy Award for Best Actress. Her representative works include "The Italian Job", "Prometheus", "The Fast and the Furious", "Hancock", and other movies. She is considered a top Hollywood actress with both good looks and acting skills.

Gu Zhongyu liked this woman in his previous life, but he never expected to meet her here.

"Thank you for your compliment. You said we are in the same industry. May I ask which film crew you are from?"

Like most white people, Shariz is somewhat face-blind to Asians, but Gu Zhongyu's handsome appearance and tall stature, which can be seen in both Chinese and Western styles, made her feel as if she had some impression of him.

"Maybe you haven't heard of it. It's called "Ball Lightning". It's a science fiction film shot by Chinese people, but fortunately it was shortlisted, so I can meet you here, Ms. Charlize Theron."

"Oh! I recognized you. Did you play in "Inception"? "

Gu Zhongyu didn't expect Charlize Theron to recognize him. "Inception" was his first attempt to enter Hollywood. He not only provided the script, but also played a supporting role in it. However, he died after only a few minutes of appearance, which is his black history.

"I also know that you are the screenwriter of Inception. You are really talented. Uh, your name seems to be...?"

"Gu Zhongyu, you can call me Gu, or my English name Max. I didn't expect to meet a foreigner who recognized me in faraway France, and she is an Oscar winner."

Salize smiled: "After Inception, there are still people interested in you, but you don't seem to continue to develop in Hollywood."

"Yes, I am an actor, screenwriting is just a hobby, and I am also the boss of an entertainment company. Naturally, I have to give priority to developing my career, so I didn't stay in Hollywood."

"I am more and more interested in you. I have also seen the "Ball Lightning" you just mentioned. It was shortlisted for the main competition unit, right?"

"Yes, I didn't expect Ms. Charlize Theron to have an impression of my new movie?" There are 22 shortlisted movies, and Gu Zhongyu really didn't expect that she could remember a Chinese movie.

Shariz put her hands behind her back and said solemnly: "It seems that you are very incompetent, sir, because I am a member of the Cannes jury this year, this is my job, and you don't even know it?"

What?