Chapter 270 281 [Sexy supermodel’s dream of becoming an actress, Cannes opening and premiere]

“What the hell is going on?!”

Richard Gere looked at Cindy Crawford with confusion, not understanding why she was suspended from recording the MTV fashion show because of him.

“Damn it! Don’t you know that you are not allowed to say racial slurs?”

Cindy Crawford laughed in anger: “Look at yourself, you have been listed as never welcome by the three major European film festivals. You and that old guy Sean are pretty famous!”

“That’s enough, Cindy. I’ve said it many times. This is all because of that damn Chinese Li. If it weren’t for him, I wouldn’t…”

Before Richard Gere finished speaking, Cindy Crawford interrupted and said, “Okay, I don’t want to hear any more of your nonsense.”

“what are you up to?”

Seeing his wife running into the bedroom, Richard Gere hurriedly got up and followed her in, and saw her packing clothes.

“We should both calm down. I’ll move back to my place, and you should reflect on yourself here. I advise you not to go out during this period of time, because those black people have started to take to the streets to protest against you.”

Cindy Crawford gave him a cold look, packed some of her most frequently worn clothes into a suitcase, turned around and left with the suitcase.

He really wanted to ask her to stay, but Cindy’s words obviously made him start to worry about his future.

Everyone knows that in North America, the most troublesome thing is when black people take to the streets to protest, especially when they protest against a specific person.

Richard Gere hesitated for a moment, and ultimately did not chase after him. Instead, he picked up his phone and started contacting his agent.

He must find a way to minimize the impact of this incident so that he can prepare for his comeback in the future, but obviously he can’t expect to have a job during this period.

Tap! !
Cindy Crawford walked out of the apartment building in high heels and catwalk. Just as she put her suitcase in the trunk and got into the car to drive back to her house, her cell phone suddenly rang.

She picked it up and saw that it was her agent, Joanna.

Damn it! Is there anything wrong again?

Cindy Crawford is having a headache and really hopes that no more work will be suspended. She still has several magazine cover shoots on hand, including modeling catwalk work.

“Hey, Jonah, you called me. Is it bad news again?”

“Haha, you are wrong Cindy. I called you to bring you good news!”

“Good news?” Cindy Crawford’s eyes suddenly lit up: “What good news?”

Qiao Na said, “Haven’t you always wanted to make a movie? There’s a crew looking for you here, and they want you to audition for the second female lead.”

“Really?! Oh my god, this is awesome!”

Cindy Crawford was very excited. She had always wanted to move to Hollywood through the fashion industry.

The fashion circle and the film circle seem to be separated by only a wall, and both are part of the entertainment industry. However, the solid barriers between the two circles cannot be broken by relying on an actor husband.

She had proposed to Richard Gere more than once her plan to make a movie, even if it would start with a vase-like role as the third female lead, but unfortunately Hollywood has never lacked beauties.

Richard Gere also doesn’t want his wife to go into the film industry because he knows the red-sofa rules in Hollywood too well.

After the excitement, Cindy quickly asked, “Joanna, who is the director of the movie? I don’t want to waste my time on those unknown crews.”

As one of the most famous supermodels in the United States, it would be quite easy for Cindy Crawford to act in a movie if she really wanted to. However, since she is so proud of her status, it is impossible for her to waste her time on small crews or directors who have no fame at all.

Not to mention those world-class directors, at least you have to have a certain level of fame.

“Film director…” Joanna on the other end of the phone obviously hesitated, and she didn’t know how to tell Cindy.

“Isn’t it some new director?”

Cindy frowned. She would rather not audition for the second female role than waste her time with a new director.

“No, no, no, Cindy, he’s not a new director. In a sense, he’s the most promising director in the world…”

Joanna hesitated and said, “And his first Hollywood film as a director grossed $4 million worldwide.”

Selling $4 million, the first Hollywood movie?
This series of words made Cindy Crawford more and more confused. She couldn’t help but ask, “Okay, Jonah, stop keeping me in suspense. Tell me who the director is.”

“After I tell you this, I hope you can treat it rationally and not have any other thoughts. This is your chance, your chance to enter Hollywood.”

“Speak quickly!”

“Okay, okay, the director of this movie is… Art Lee.”

“Art Lee?”

This name was a little familiar and a little strange. When she realized what was going on, she exclaimed, “The Chinese Li who had a conflict with Richard?”

“Yes, that’s him.”

Hearing this, Cindy Crawford was conflicted. She knew, of course, that this Chinese Li was very famous. Although she had hardly seen any of his movies, she still went to see “The Sixth Sense”, which was very well filmed and moved her to tears.

But his conflict with Richard…

Joanna on the other end of the phone seemed to know what Cindy Crawford was struggling with at the moment, and immediately tried to persuade her:
“Cindy, I know he had a conflict with Charlie and both sides were unhappy, but I hope you should understand that China Li is a very good director. He won the gold medal at the three major film festivals in Europe. He is the fourth person in the world to achieve this achievement, and the youngest!”

“I remember that Li is not even 30 years old yet. His first film directed in Hollywood grossed $4 million at the global box office. I believe this second English film will achieve even more amazing results…”

“And to be honest, Cindy, you can’t always consider others. You have to think more about yourself. This is your chance, a chance to break into Hollywood. If you can succeed with this movie, you can switch from a model to an actor in the future.”

“I believe you should be aware that modeling is a job that relies on youth. You are indeed young and beautiful now, but in a few years, there will always be newcomers. Take advantage of this opportunity now and transform yourself into an actor, which should be your primary goal!”

With Jonah’s persuasion, Cindy Crawford’s tangled heart gradually calmed down. She herself knew that she could not be a model for a lifetime. The modeling industry is very youthful. A normal model’s career is 5-8 years, and a slightly longer one is up to 10 years.

It’s not that she’s not beautiful enough, but that the old is replaced by the new.

Actors are different. Even at an older age, they can still find suitable roles to play. Cindy Crawford bit her sexy lips and seemed to have made a decision: “Okay, Jonah, you’ve convinced me. What should I do now?”

Jonah on the other end of the phone was very satisfied with Cindy’s decision and said with a smile, “The crew will hold an open audition in early June, but they are very optimistic about you, so they revealed some inside information. This is a film about song and dance.”

“Musical?”

“Yes, a musical!”

“Okay, then help me find a dance teacher.”

“Don’t worry Cindy, I have hired a dance teacher for you, and you will start learning dance from tomorrow.”

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it is May 5th.

Today is the official opening day of the Cannes Film Festival!
Although some unpleasant things happened a few days ago, the grand opening of the film festival was not affected. On the contrary, because of that incident, it once again attracted many journalists from various countries to come to Cannes for interviews and reports.

After the opening of the film festival, Lee Yi-su began to actively promote his film “Nobody”, inviting film producers and film critics with whom he had worked in the past to attend the premiere of “Nobody” on May 5.

Originally, he had only prepared 200 invitations, but perhaps because of what happened recently, more and more people wanted to come and see Lee Yi-su’s new film, and most of them were film critics and reporters with a certain social status.

After learning about this, Li Yishu added another 200 invitations and communicated with the Cannes organizers to move the world premiere to a larger movie theater.

“Director Li is becoming more and more famous. Even the ambassador from the Chinese Embassy in France has come.”

Looking at Li Yishu, Zhang Manyu, Zhang Fengyi, Han Sanping and others standing at the door to welcome the guests, Qiu Fusheng, who had just arrived in Cannes a few days ago, also showed a trace of emotion.

He was the investor of the movie “To Live” directed by Zhang Yimou. Because he was busy with the release of “Central Station” in Hong Kong and Taiwan, he did not come to Cannes early and missed a big show.

“I can’t help it. There have been so many things going on lately.”

Gong Li sighed, “Boss Qiu, you weren’t there that day. If you were, you would know why Director Li was so angry. In fact, not only was he angry, but Director Zhang and I were also very angry. It was obvious that he looked down on us.”

Gong Li was so angry when she thought of the faces of those two foreigners. Gong Li had encountered discrimination more or less during her many times attending film festivals, but it was only in actions at most. She didn’t expect those two people to openly mock Li Yishu.

Even the triple gold Grand Slam winners can be mocked as children holding cameras, not to mention these Chinese filmmakers who have not achieved such brilliant achievements.

Zhang Yimou next to him agreed: “Gong Li is right. This time it was Director Li. If it were me, there probably wouldn’t be such a big commotion.”

He knew very well that it was only Lee Yi-su who was there this time. The quality of a director who has won three major awards is still very high, not to mention that he is the youngest in history. Even if there are problems, others will just think it is youthful recklessness.

“It’s a pity that I wasn’t there at the time, otherwise I would have listened carefully to how Director Li scolded the other party for being stubborn.”

Qiu Fusheng smiled brightly. He already knew some of the conversation at that time from the translator, especially what Li Yishu said: The duck is soft all over except its mouth.

Ge You thought of what happened that day and couldn’t help laughing: “Boss Qiu, you know what, Director Li is quite good at scolding people.”

While a few people were chatting, Li Yishu, after welcoming the last wave of guests, also came to the screen with Zhang Manyu, Han Sanping and Zhang Fengyi.

“Welcome everyone to the world premiere of Nobody…”

Li Yishu gave a brief opening speech and then waved his hand to prepare for the film screening.

When the movie started, the scene gradually became quiet and everyone was watching the movie attentively.

Li Yishu is very satisfied with the quality of this movie. It not only combines the editing style of “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels” and the strong black humor of “Crazy Stone”, but also hires professionals to translate the lines so that European audiences can understand the meaning of the expressions.

The film uses a parallel montage editing technique and fast-paced switching of perspectives, which can indeed make it easy to get confused at first, but fortunately the professional translator hired by Lee Yi-su played a significant role. Although I couldn’t understand the dialogue, I could understand the lines.

But after all four parties appeared on the stage, the plot began to unfold bit by bit, and the audience gradually immersed themselves in this movie with strong black humor and fast-paced editing.

Halfway through the movie, Harvey couldn’t help but say to the man next to him, “Quentin, the style of this movie is a bit similar to yours.”

“Well, it’s a bit similar, but Li handled it better. His understanding of parallel montage is obviously better than mine.”

Quentin’s face was solemn. He didn’t expect that Lee Yi-su would also make a movie of this type, and one that was much more mature.

Whether in terms of film editing or narrative handling, the various “coincidences” involving the four parties come together in a way that is so unexpected yet not abrupt.

At this moment, Quentin understood the gap between himself and Lee Yi-soo. It was no wonder that the latter was a European triple-Award winning director at such a young age. He was simply a genius!

No, he’s even more talented than a genius.

Looking at the films directed by Lee Ye-su, from the first “The Mountain” to the current “Nobody”, there are a total of seven films that have been publicly screened. Not only are the themes different, but even the shooting techniques and color tones are different.

If it were films of the same genre, there would be nothing to say, but seven films with seven themes: rural, love, martial arts, homosexuality, society, reality…

It is a little hard to imagine how talented he is to be able to achieve such an amazing level.

Harvey frowned. “You think Lee’s movie is better than yours?”

“I can only say that the style is more mature.”

Quentin hesitated and said, “But who is better still depends on the judges.”

“You don’t have to worry about the judges, and Li will definitely not win the Palme d’Or this time.”

“why?”

“Don’t worry about this, but Li will definitely win other big awards.”

Harvey smiled. He would never tell Quentin that he had reached some dirty deal with Li Yishu and that the other party would not publicize the Palme d’Or.

This incident also gave Harvey a profound inspiration. In the future, when promoting a movie, he can do some public relations first.

While Harvey was still thinking about how to do public relations for the Oscars in the future, he didn’t know that it was not that Li Yishu didn’t want to do public relations, but that she had no way to do public relations for the Palme d’Or.

(End of this chapter)