Chapter 269 280 [The unwelcome list of the three major film festivals]

“Damn bastard!”

Richard Gere angrily threw the vase in his hand against the wall. With a snap, the vase broke into countless pieces.

“Charlie, it’s useless for you to be angry now.” Sean Connery said solemnly, “The most urgent thing now is to gather the reporters. We must fight back and cannot let these newspapers report these contents.”

“That’s right Sean, I’ll call the contact right away.”

Richard Gere reacted and immediately called reporters. He had never said anything racist, nor had he criticized the fairness of the Cannes Film Festival.

Although he is an American actor and does not need to rely on the three major European film festivals to increase his popularity, you have to know that the three major film festivals can be popular all over the world and they must have their own unique features.

And the worst thing is that those directors, actors, and photographers who have won awards at the three major film festivals in the past must now support the three major film festivals and openly boycott Richard Gere and Sean Connery.

Simply because if the authority, fairness and justice of the three major film festivals are not guaranteed, then the trophies they win will be meaningless.

This move is an open conspiracy. Even if the three major film festivals do not want to respond, they must respond. Those award-winning filmmakers must take sides even if they don’t want to!
“咚咚-“

At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door. Sean glanced at Richard who was on the phone, and got up and walked over to open the door. He was surprised to find that it was the director: “Zach? Why are you here!”

Jerry Zack pushed Sean away, strode into the house, pointed at Richard, and shouted angrily: “Damn you, you two damn you, you ruined me, you ruined me!”

“Zach, what’s going on?” Richard put down the phone in surprise and looked at the other party with confusion.

“The Cannes Film Festival organizers expelled me and will never allow you two to come to Cannes again!”

If looks could kill, Jerry Zucker would have killed these two men with his eyes long ago.

You should know that he is not an unknown director. He became a sensation in 1990 with “Ghost”.

Although he has been quiet in recent years, Jerry Zucker has already begun preparing to hit the European film festivals.

Unexpectedly, my road to winning the prize has been completely blocked by Charlie and Sean before I even started.

The Cannes Film Festival not only expelled Jerry Zucker and the work “First Samurai” he brought to promote, but also permanently banned Richard Gere and Sean Connery from setting foot in Cannes, including not allowing any promotion of the works they starred in in Cannes.

Hearing this, their faces suddenly changed.

Even though it may sound like no big deal that Cannes simply did not allow the two of them to come to Cannes, nor did it allow them to promote the works they starred in, you have to know that the Cannes Film Festival is one of the three major film festivals in Europe, and it is also the most famous and influential.

This is a very popular film festival all over the world. Before this, there has never been a ban on a filmmaker or his work. Now that there is suddenly this ban, any director who wants to come to the Cannes Film Festival to promote his film will probably have to consider whether to invite these two people to act.

Richard Gere said in horror: “This…this can’t be true?”

“Haha, what do you think?” Jerry Zucker sneered. He now regretted inviting these two people to star in his movie.

He originally wanted to bring them to the Cannes Film Festival to promote his new film “The First Samurai”. After all, the story of King Arthur has always been popular in Europe.

But I never expected it to turn out like this.

Moreover, starting from today, the commercial value of both Richard and Sean will probably be greatly reduced. The former is okay, as there is still a North American market. But Sean Connery is in trouble, as he is already an old man, and it is estimated that few people will ask him to act in a movie in the future.

“damn it!”

Sean Connery was so angry that he almost fainted. He had finally gotten the leading role of King Arthur in “The First Samurai” and was thinking of becoming famous again with this movie.

Now it seems it’s over, all over.

What made the two feel most desperate was that on the morning of the next day, the organizers of the Berlin International Film Festival and the Venice International Film Festival both publicly announced that they would never welcome the two and the works in which they starred.

The reason is the same as that of the Cannes International Film Festival, which is aimed at the two people’s alleged racist remarks against Lee Yi-su.

Although Europe does not have as many racial discrimination problems as North America, the reason why the three major European film festivals can continue to improve is largely due to the support of directors from countries outside Europe.

Otherwise, it is just the self-entertainment of Europeans. Only by facing the global market can the three major film festivals develop step by step. This is also the fundamental reason why Chinese films have repeatedly achieved great success in the three major film festivals in recent years.

The more Chinese directors participate in the exhibition, the more Chinese people will pay attention to the three major European film festivals; the more Chinese directors win awards, the more directors will participate in the exhibition…

With this virtuous cycle, one can imagine how popular the three major European film festivals will be.

Because of this, the three major film festivals are currently the most unacceptable to Richard and Sean’s racist remarks, as well as those that do not recognize Lee Yi-su’s talent.

Because this will greatly reduce the authority accumulated by the three major film festivals over decades, the current ban is also the result of careful consideration by the organizers behind the three major film festivals.

These two people are not particularly famous stars. Although they were both famous at a certain period of time, the celebrity industry is changing too quickly, unlike directors who can remain popular for a long time.

Although Europe is still screenwriter-centered on the surface, it has actually begun to lean towards a director-centered system. Under such circumstances, Lee Yi-su, the triple-Award Grand Slam director, must be protected rather than the two actors.

At noon, in a private room of the hotel.

“Ha ha!”

Han Sanping laughed so hard that his mouth couldn’t close: “Yishu, I think Richard and Sean are in trouble this time!”

He was actually quite worried that this incident would affect Lee Yi-su. Fortunately, the result was very satisfactory. Not only was Lee Yi-su not affected, but the two people were listed on the permanent unwelcome list by the three major film festivals.

“Failed? That’s not so bad, but their films will no longer be able to participate in the three major European film festivals. With one less promotional channel, they may not sell well in Europe.”

Although the three major European film festivals listed them as unwelcome, it certainly has a significant impact, but these two people are not the main shooters of art films. If we really have to talk about the impact, we can only say that in the future, there will not be many opportunities for the two of them in the independent production field.

But there is still the path of Hollywood film companies. Sean Connery is probably done for this time. He is old and has not made any successful movies in recent years. He has been put on the unwelcome list, which basically blocks his future path.

Richard Gere is relatively better off. He has made many successful films in recent years. Even if this incident happened, he will definitely have no shortage of movies to make in the United States.

Moreover, it is very difficult for Li Yishu to deal with him in North America, and there is no way to control public opinion, so the best way is to start with his supermodel wife.

Although Li Yishu didn’t make it into the entertainment industry in his previous life, the online movie circle was just as chaotic. It was a piece of cake for him to scheme against people, and he had seen a lot of tricks.

It’s just that the timing of his rebirth was not right, and he luckily won the Golden Lion Award for his first film. He also took advantage of the golden period of the European film industry in recent years when it wanted to win over Chinese filmmakers, which enabled him to make rapid progress and become the current triple-gold Grand Slam director.

Now that Richard Gere has provoked him, it is impossible for Lee Yi-su to just walk away and ignore the matter, or to repay evil with kindness.

And even if Li Yishu does not intend to pursue the matter further now, Richard Gere will probably try his best to get back at her in the future. He may even start to criticize him heavily in the media after returning to the United States in disgrace.

It pops up from time to time and makes you feel disgusted.

Instead of doing this, Li Yishu might as well take advantage of the fact that Sino-US relations are still relatively stable and the two sides will soon cooperate in importing movies. If not to kill the deal with one blow, at least it should be paralyzed.

“That’s pretty good too.”

It was a pity that Han Sanping failed to deal with these two people directly, but it was also very good that he could cut off their development in Europe.

Thinking of this, he paused and said, “By the way, Yishu, I contacted the domestic side this morning. Director Zhang promised to help you get a quota for importing foreign films. He also said that you handled this matter very well. To deal with such bad elements, we must suppress their arrogance.”

“Uncle San, I’ll toast you a glass.”

Li Yishu picked up the wine glass and thanked him, “If it weren’t for Uncle San’s help, it wouldn’t be so easy to convince Harvey, that hungry wolf.”

“Haha, helping you is helping me, there’s nothing much to say.”

Han Sanping drank a sip of wine happily, then thought of Harvey and shook his head, “I think Harvey is a profit-seeking person. You should have less contact with him in the future.”

“I know Uncle San. If Harvey gives him enough benefits, he can do anything. But it’s actually quite good. He is someone who can be dealt with with a little money and some means. There is no need to worry about him.”

In the past, Li Yishu didn’t want to have any contact with Harvey, because he was afraid that the old man would explode and implicate him in the future. But after this incident, he found that Harvey was still somewhat useful, at least the benefits he gave were real.

Harvey was the host of the banquet for both parties. If he didn’t stand up to support Li Yishu, then even if Li Yishu held a press conference, media opinion would not be so one-sided so quickly.

Moreover, Harvey has extensive connections in Hollywood, as can be seen from the fact that he was able to publicize several Best Actresses and Best Picture awards.

Strong public relations and marketing skills, extensive network of contacts in North America…

Li Yishu has already thought about collaborating with Harvey in the future. In addition to the already confirmed “Chicago”, there is another movie, which is “12 Years a Slave”!
Time passes little by little.

Several days passed in a blink of an eye, and the feud between Richard and Lee Yi-su began to fade away in the newspapers. It was not because someone was trying to suppress the heat, but because the opening day of the Cannes Film Festival was getting closer, and the content of the reporters’ reports was mainly about this.

However, the label of racial discrimination and provocation of the authority of the three European gold medals has been successfully pinned on Richard and Sean.

The two of them, along with the main creative staff of “The First Samurai”, left directly after being expelled from the organizers of the Cannes Film Festival.

Director Jerry Zucker abandoned the two leading actors and took the rest of the cast to England for promotion.

Richard and Sean had no choice but to return to the United States in disgrace. They originally wanted to contact reporters to defend themselves, but were dissuaded by their agent because the newspapers owned by Time Warner were also attacking and criticizing them.

The problem of racial discrimination in the United States has always been very serious. It can be done in private, but it must never happen in public. Not to mention that the person Charlie and Sean discriminated against is a very successful Chinese film director who was named the Godfather of Asian Film by Time magazine.

As the mainland’s 10 imported films are about to begin, both Time Warner, the production company that has confirmed the first imported film, and other film giants who want to get a piece of the pie, are standing on the moral high ground at this juncture.

In a large flat-floor mansion in Los Angeles.

“I’m very disappointed. I’m very disappointed that in this day and age, there is still racial discrimination. Lee is an excellent director. I have met him. When he came to the United States some time ago, he talked to me about a new movie that tells the story of how black people will never be slaves!”

“This story is adapted from 19 Years a Slave, a novel written by our black writer Solomon Northup in the mid-th century. This novel is based on his personal experience. Racial discrimination has always plagued us black people and Asians. Richard Gere’s behavior makes me feel sick…”

On TV, Morgan Freeman, a very famous black actor in the United States, is participating in a program and discussing with the host the recent events in Cannes, France. Morgan angrily denounced the discriminatory behavior of Richard Gere and others, and generously praised Lee Yi-su’s talent and ability, while at the same time promoting his new movie “12 Years a Slave” which is about to start shooting.

“Richard, why is this happening?!”

Watching the show on TV, Cindy Crawford looked at her husband Richard angrily. She didn’t expect that just going to Cannes in Europe to promote a new movie would cause such a big fuss.

Richard Gere apologized and pointed the finger at Lee Yi-su: “Sorry Cindy, this is all because of that damn yellow skin…”

“That’s enough Richard!”

Cindy Crawford angrily interrupted: “I don’t want to hear your discriminatory words anymore. You caused me to be suspended from recording the fashion show by MTV.”

Richard Gere was shocked: “What? Damn it, how could they do this!”

“It’s all because of your damn racism!”

Cindy stared at the other person with anger on her face. She became famous overnight by shooting the cover of Playboy. Many people came to her to discuss business, including the president of MTV.

He hired Cindy Crawford to host a fashion TV show, which has been going on for six years and has been a huge success. Cindy has also consolidated her position with this show and has become the most famous supermodel in North America today.

It was about to reach a higher level, but everything was ruined by Richard Gere!

(End of this chapter)