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While attending the Berlin Film Festival, Nakamura Masahiro had contact with Lucero and knew that the other party wanted to poach him.

Masahiro Nakamura is not disgusted or opposed to this. After all, compared to the Berlin Film Festival, the stage of the Cannes Film Festival is undoubtedly larger.

However, Nakamura Masahiro didn't expect Lucero to be so active and proactive: Not long after the filming of his movie had just started, the other party came to visit him.

"Director Nakamura, did you interrupt your filming?"

In an office of the international school, Masahiro Nakamura took time out to receive Lucero who came to visit.

When he saw Masahiro Nakamura appear, he immediately stepped forward and held Nakamura Masahiro's hand, showing great enthusiasm.

"No no...."

Nakamura Masahiro was caught off guard by his enthusiastic attitude, so he could only shake hands with him unchanged.

After a few simple greetings, the two of them sat down across the desk. Lucero spoke more directly and quickly got to the point.

On the one hand, he did not want to waste time and chose to go straight to the topic cleanly. On the other hand, the reason for his coming here this time was blatant, and there was no need to go around too much in convoluted matters that both of them knew well.

"Director Nakamura, you must also know the reason why I came here..."

Lucero said straightforwardly: "The door of Cannes is open to you. I wonder if you are willing to accept Cannes' invitation?"

"Of course I am willing to be invited to Cannes."

Masahiro Nakamura replied sincerely: "It's just that my film this time is a commercial film. Are you sure it will be shortlisted in Cannes?"

It’s no wonder that Masahiro Nakamura has this question. The main reason is that the movie "Model Student" is a relatively purely commercial film. If you want to be shortlisted for the Cannes Film Festival, it may not be that easy.

Although the Cannes Film Festival among the three major film festivals is indeed commercial enough and has made a lot of compromises for this, it seems difficult for them to make such a decision by rashly allowing a commercial film to be shortlisted for the competition.

"Well...."

Lucero fell silent for a moment. After he heard that Masahiro Nakamura had started filming a new movie project, he hurried over without noticing that the new movie project was a commercial film.

By the way, is it necessary for a new director to rush into transformation so quickly? Shouldn't he make a few more artistic films to solidify his foundation?

Many doubts lingered in Lucero's mind. He looked at Masahiro Nakamura's inquiring eyes, pondered for a moment and said: "For commercial films, it may be difficult to be shortlisted for the competition unit."

That being said, Lucero's hidden meaning is also very obvious, which is to deny the possibility of commercial films being shortlisted for competition.

After all, the Cannes Film Festival is the most influential among the three major film festivals. Even if they have compromised enough on commercialization, they are still unable to directly allow commercial films to be shortlisted for competition.

"However, you can enter the screening unit..."

Seeing that Nakamura Masahiro looked a little disappointed, Lucero quickly analyzed the advantages of the Cannes Film Festival.

"The Cannes Film Festival is currently the largest film festival in the world, and its popularity and influence are definitely ranked first among many international film festivals."

"If Director Nakamura's new work is screened at the Cannes Film Festival, it will definitely have a very good publicity effect."

"I know that the Berlin Film Festival will definitely invite director Nakamura, but I believe that the stage of the Berlin Film Festival is definitely not as big as the stage of the Cannes Film Festival."

"In addition, I am coming here at this time to show the Cannes Film Festival's sincerity to Director Nakamura."

I have to say that Lucero was very eloquent and listed the many advantages of the Cannes Film Festival with reasonable evidence, and immediately compared the Berlin Film Festival to the inferiority.

Although the three major film festivals in Europe are indistinguishable from each other and are generally on equal footing, after years of development and marketing, the Cannes Film Festival does have a faint tendency to take the lead in terms of momentum.

Apart from anything else, in the minds of people working in the entertainment industry on the other side of the sea, the quality of the Cannes Film Festival is obviously slightly higher.

"Exhibition unit...."

As he muttered and repeated the screening unit Lucero mentioned, Nakamura Masahiro was a little undecided for a moment.

"Will it be a Cannes premiere? An opening ceremony? Or maybe a closing ceremony?"

Masahiro Nakamura made a joke with a pretense of humor. When he saw Lucero's slightly embarrassed look, he knew that the screening unit that the Cannes Film Festival was willing to give was definitely not the best.

In fact, it's quite normal if you think about it. Although Nakamura Masahiro is famous, it is more limited to Japan.

If put in the category of the international film industry, he is only slightly famous, an insignificant little role.

The treatment of a Cannes premiere, whether it is the opening or closing ceremony of the film festival, is the treatment of a well-known director.

At this stage, even if the Cannes Film Festival looks at Masahiro Nakamura differently, it will obviously not give him excessive preferential treatment.

"If nothing else goes wrong, the opening film will be "Moonrise Kingdom" directed by American director Wes Anderson..."

Lucero replied frankly: "As for the closing ceremony film, it is "Lonely Mind" directed by French director Claude Miller."

Nakamura Masahiro nodded to express his understanding. These two well-known directors are both heavyweights, and he cannot touch them at all.

The public may not be very familiar with the name Wes Anderson, but if the movie "The Grand Budapest Hotel" is mentioned, many people may suddenly realize it.

Well, it seems that director Wes Anderson hasn't started filming the movie "The Grand Budapest Hotel" yet, right?

Nakamura Masahiro mentally estimated the time and found that there are still about two years until the release of the movie "The Grand Budapest Hotel".

As for Claude Miller, he is not only a well-known French director, but also a very famous producer.

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"So, which screening unit is Cannes planning to select as a finalist?"

"The special screening section... although not as good as the non-competition screening section, the attention is definitely not low."

The screening units of the Cannes Film Festival are also divided into several types, such as non-competition screening units and special screening units, midnight screening units, Cannes Classics units, beach screening units, etc.

Among them, the midnight screening unit, the Cannes Classics unit and the beach screening unit are definitely useless. Just hearing the name, you know that they are not suitable for the movie "Model Student".

The non-competition screening section attracts the same attention as the main competition section, and the screenings are usually new works by well-known directors or blockbuster commercial films.

After all this calculation, it turns out that only the special screening section is more suitable for Nakamura Masahiro's "Model Student".

"Okay, let me think about it..."

Nakamura Masahiro did not agree rashly to the other party. He gave an ambiguous reply: If the salary offered by the Cannes Film Festival was not high, he would be too lazy to change jobs.

Even if the Berlin Film Festival is indeed inferior, it is still one of the three major film festivals. Wouldn't it be great if it could win an award?

"Excuse me, Director Nakamura...I'll come visit again."

Lucero does not have much authority, and he certainly knows that the conditions offered by the Cannes Film Festival will make it difficult to win over a potential new star like Nakamura Masahiro.

If it is a new director without any foundation, the treatment given by Cannes is actually quite generous, and the new director has no conditions to be picky.

But Masahiro Nakamura, a new director with the support of the Berlin Film Festival and the support of well-known directors such as Takeshi Kitano and Koji Wakamatsu, is obviously not an easy target.

Therefore, he planned to go back and discuss it again to see if he could get more favorable conditions so that he could lure Nakamura Masahiro, a potential newcomer, from the Berlin Film Festival.

After sending Lucero to the school gate, Masahiro Nakamura watched him gradually walk away until he boarded a taxi.

"President, do we have a chance to go to the Cannes Film Festival?"

A familiar voice suddenly sounded beside him, and without even turning around, Masahiro Nakamura recognized it as Mika Ito.

"What? Do you want to go to the Cannes Film Festival?"

"certainly...."

Nodding with pious eyes, Ito Mika asked Nakamura Masahiro in a slightly yearning tone: "President, that is the Cannes Film Festival, don't you want to go?"

"Well..."

Masahiro Nakamura couldn't help but fell into a brief thought. Does he want to go to the Cannes Film Festival?

Excluding the influence of his own fame and fortune, in Nakamura Masahiro's memory, the future Cannes Film Festival will not actually receive much attention.

Perhaps it was due to cultural self-confidence, or perhaps it was due to too many sexy tricks. In the era that Nakamura Masahiro remembered, the Cannes Film Festival had already fallen from the altar in the hearts of many people, and its dazzling aura had faded.

Therefore, Nakamura Masahiro actually does not take the Cannes Film Festival too seriously in his heart, and does not regard it as the highest palace like many Japanese directors today.

"No way...."

Looking at Masahiro Nakamura in surprise, Mika Ito said in disbelief: "President, aren't the awards at the Cannes Film Festival the highest honor?"

"Don't you want to win an award?"

Looking at Nakamura Masahiro's wistful expression, it seems that even the awards at the Cannes Film Festival cannot interest him, which makes Mika Ito very strange.

"As for the award, of course I want it."

Although Nakamura Masahiro does not value the Cannes Film Festival that much, it is still one of the highest honors in the international film industry. It is obviously impossible to say that he has no ideas at all.

However, winning awards is not that easy. In addition to the quality of the film, there are also many off-site factors.

Well, for Nakamura Masahiro at this stage, there is no need to be so anxious. After all, according to the age standards of Japanese society, he is still a minor.

"But just let nature take its course. After all, it's not that easy when there are so many well-known supervisors participating in the competition."