Chapter 166 Chapter 176 [Cannes red carpet closes, black and white duo appears]

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was May 5th.

Today is the day of the 46th Cannes International Film Festival Awards Ceremony.

The red carpet ceremony will begin at 2 pm.

The red carpet of the Cannes Film Festival can be said to be the most grand of the three major European film festivals.

Because the organizers will not only invite the crews of the shortlisted films, but also popular stars from Europe and North America.

In fact, most actors in art films are not well-known.

At the very least, compared to the stars in commercial films, they are definitely lacking in popularity.

So in order to attract “traffic”, the Cannes organizers invited several big stars who are currently very popular all over the world this year.

Sharon Stone, who spread her legs in the movie “Basic Instinct” last year, Susan Sarandon, the powerful actress who starred in “Thelma & Louise” the year before, and Anthony Hopkins who played Hannibal in “The Silence of the Lambs”.

As the French film festival, Cannes is naturally indispensable to France’s popular actresses, including Sophie Marceau, who is hailed as “eternal love” by French men.

Since this girl starred in the youth film “First Kiss” in 1980, she quickly became popular in Europe and became the most popular actress at the time. She was also called the first love by countless European men.

But no one expected that 13 years later, Sophie Marceau would become the public rose of France, and several large-scale films would destroy her pure image.

On the business car heading to the red carpet in front of the Film Palace.

Jiang Qinqin was nervous. After putting on her makeup, she looked at Li Yishu nervously, “Brother Yishu, is this dress okay for me?”

“OK, perfect.”

Li Yishu looked at Jiang Qinqin’s white cheongsam with plum blossom patterns, then looked at Gong Li, who was wearing a black cheongsam with red patterns, and said with a smile, “You two really didn’t do it on purpose, one white and one black, the black and white evil spirits?”

“You were the one who thought of the Black and White Devils, okay?”

Gong Li rolled her eyes and said, “I had ordered this cheongsam a long time ago. When we went from Yanjing to Hong Kong, I took Qinqin to find a master to tailor it for her. This embroidered cheongsam by Mei Yunzhuhua took the master half a month to make.”

“Mei Yun Zhu Hua?”

Li Yishu raised his eyebrows, looked at Jiang Qinqin and asked, “Does your cheongsam have a name?”

“Of course!”

Jiang Qinqin raised her chin proudly and said, “The master craftsman who made my cheongsam said that my face is an oval face, which is a very standard face shape of a traditional Chinese classical beauty. He also said that he hadn’t seen such a beautiful oval face like mine for decades, so he specially designed this set of Meiyun Zhuhua for me!”

“The crescent-white cuffs are embellished with pearls, which complement the dotted wintersweet patterns, showing the tenacity and purity of the plum blossom!”

Hearing this, which sounded very much like what salesmen would say in later generations, Li Yishu managed to squeeze out a question: “How much?”

“Um…I…was paid for by Sister Gong Li.” Jiang Qinqin was a little nervous because the dress was a bit expensive.

“How much?” Li Yishu looked at Gong Li.

Gong Li said nonchalantly, “Not much, except that the string of pearls on Qinqin’s cuffs is a bit expensive, six thousand yuan for the whole set.”

“Six thousand dollars!!”

Li Yishu looked at Jiang Qinqin and saw that she lowered her head and remained silent. She finally understood why this girl suddenly shut up.

“Okay, it’s only 6,000 yuan. It won’t bother you if I pay for it.”

Gong Li said unhappily, “Anyway, I think it’s worth it. You should wear the best cheongsam so that when you walk on the red carpet, those foreigners will take pictures of it. If they think it looks good, they will ask someone to make it for you. Isn’t this a roundabout way to show our Chinese culture?”

“I didn’t say anything, I was just curious.”

Li Yishu was speechless after being rebuked. He was just curious about how much the cheongsam cost.

After all, Jiang Qinqin’s rhetoric really sounded a bit like what a salesperson would say. She definitely couldn’t have thought of that herself. It must have been said by the master craftsman who made the cheongsam.

“But your cheongsam is really nice.”

Li Yishu looked at the two people sitting opposite her. The way they wore cheongsams was really different.

Jiang Qinqin’s cheongsam is white in color, with white plum blossom branches embroidered on the lapels and chest, and three-petal plum blossom prints embroidered with red wintersweet thread. The half cuffs are dotted with milky white pearls. Combined with her makeup today, it gives people a sense of purity and classicism.

Gong Li is a little different. Her figure is more voluptuous. On her black base shirt, there are bright red lines embroidered, which slide down along the lines of her body, outlining Gong Li’s figure. She has a big pearl earring hanging on each ear, and a string of white pearls hanging on her open neck.

The perfect combination of white, black and red is both noble and elegant as well as charming.

“That’s right. This was custom-made by a master.”

Gong Li smiled and said, “I am dressed in black so that you can be the dark horse all the way to the end. Qinqin is dressed in white so that you can be the only dark one in the world!”

“Uh-huh!”

After hearing this, Jiang Qinqin nodded repeatedly: “Brother Yishu, I believe you can definitely win this Golden Palm Award!”

Li Yishu was stunned for a moment and said, “Qinqin, it’s not golden palm, it’s golden palm, and that word is pronounced lǘ, which sounds the same as donkey!”

“Ah?” Jiang Qinqin’s face instantly turned red: “I, I, I read it wrong.” Gong Li laughed: “It’s okay, it’s okay, I also pronounced it as tung oil at first, hahahaha…”

Just as the three of them were laughing.

The driver in front suddenly said, “Director Li, we’ll be there soon.”

“it is good!”

Hearing that the time was coming soon, Li Yishu took a deep breath, glanced at Jiang Qinqin who was getting nervous again, and said with a smile: “Don’t be nervous, when the time comes, just hold my right hand and follow my steps.”

“Yeah!” Jiang Qinqin nodded hurriedly. The last time she attended the red carpet of the Hong Kong Film Awards, she felt stiff. Now this Cannes red carpet is much more grand than the Film Awards, and there are reporters from all over the world. The psychological pressure can be imagined.

Gong Li, who has participated in several international film festivals, is already accustomed to such occasions. She encouraged: “Don’t be nervous, Qinqin, just treat those reporters as your audience and show your style to your heart’s content.”

“Okay, Sister Gong Li!”

After a while, the convoy arrived not far from the Cannes red carpet.

At this time, they were queuing up. There is a procedure for walking the red carpet in Cannes. After the staff came over and confirmed Li Yishu’s identity and his crew, they also said: “Li, your crew will walk the red carpet next.”

“OK!”

Li Yishu made an OK gesture to the organizer’s staff.

“Kacha kacha——”

At this time, there were sounds of a lot of photos being taken outside, and through the car window one could vaguely see a large number of reporters and fans lining the red carpet.

As the vehicle ahead moves.

Li Yishu’s car and a car from the crew behind it were also moving slowly forward.

When we arrived at the red carpet.

Looking at the reporters outside who were already ready to go, Gong Li patted Jiang Qinqin who was obviously nervous beside her.

When the staff opened the car door, Li Yishu was the first to get out. The flash almost blinded his eyes. Fortunately, Li Yishu immediately turned around and looked inside the car. He endured the stinging feeling in his eyes and said, “There are too many cameras outside. Protect your eyes.”

Afterwards, he took Gong Li’s hand and let her get out of the car, followed by Jiang Qinqin.

There was a car at the back, and Zhang Guorong, Zhang Fengyi, Xu Suo and Zhao Fei also got out.

Zhang Guorong smiled and said, “Director Li, I’m counting on you to help me win the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival tonight.”

“Haha, whether I can win depends on the judges. Don’t count on me, but there is still hope.”

Li Yishu smiled brightly. He received a call from the Cannes organizer last night, and it was basically confirmed that he would win the award.

As for what the award is, it is unknown.

It could be the Palme d’Or, or it could be something else…

Before everything was settled, Li Yishu herself was also very nervous, wondering if the butterfly effect would blow away the only Palme d’Or.
Someone from the organizer came over and said, “Li, you can walk the red carpet now.”

“Let’s go!”

Li Yishu walked in front with his head held high, while Jiang Qinqin and Gong Li held his arms, one on his right and one on his left.

Xu Suo, who was behind, was also holding the arms of Zhang Guorong and Zhang Fengyi. Only Zhao Fei was walking at the back pitifully.

But he could accept it. After all, compared with directors and actors, it is not so easy for photographers to become famous.

Zhang Yimou and Gu Changwei also gradually gained fame after they started making movies.

“Kacha kacha——”

“Lee, Lee, this way…”

“Gong Li, this way!”

“Director Li, Director Li, we are reporters from Xinhua News Agency, look this way.”

Xinhua News Agency?
When she heard someone shouting “Xinhua News Agency”, Li Yishu looked around and found two Chinese-looking men waving at them.

He also brought Gong Li and Jiang Qinqin to within one meter of the other party and said with a smile: “Take a good picture for us!”

“No problem, Director Li.”

The Xinhua News Agency reporter didn’t expect Li Yishu to be so cooperative. He immediately picked up the camera excitedly and started taking photos of the three of them.

I took dozens of photos from different angles, and the film seemed to be free.

“Okay, we should go.”

Li Yishu noticed that Zhang Guorong and the others had already walked to the front, so he said something to the reporter, and then followed with the two girls, completely ignoring the various voices around him calling him in English.

(End of this chapter)