Cannes film festival

Su Mo woke up from hunger the next day.

When he woke up and looked at the time, it was already one o’clock in the afternoon. This was simply unbelievable for Su Mo, who always had a strict biological clock.

There was no one around him. Su Mo was about to get up. As soon as he raised his hands, his waist felt sore and fell back. This was really…

When Lu Yan heard the noise from the bedroom and ran in, he saw Su Mo lying on the bed with his eyes open and his eyes a little wandering.

Lu Yan felt anxious and asked quickly, “What’s wrong?” As he spoke, he reached out to touch his forehead.

Su Mo gently held his hand and looked at him with a strange look, “I’m fine. What kind of soup did Aunt Fang give you? How can you still be so energetic?”

Lu Yan touched his nose and felt a little embarrassed, “Well, probably apart from the whip, I drink whatever soup is needed to nourish me.”

If it weren’t for the wrong posture, Su Mo would have wanted to hold his forehead, “My fault. After the last time, I should have told Aunt Fang to give you less tonic soup.”

Lu Yan smiled slyly, “Actually, I think this is not bad.” As he said that, he reached into the quilt and rubbed his waist.

Su Mo’s stomach growled unsatisfactorily at this moment, and he rarely blushed.

Lu Yan smiled and said, “I cooked porridge for you. If it’s inconvenient for you to get up, I’ll bring it in for you.”

Su Mo really didn’t have the strength to get up yet, so he had no choice but to nod. It was the first time in his life that he had such an unruly meal on the bed.

It wasn’t until the evening that Su Mo really calmed down.

The first thing he did was to call Aunt Fang and tell her tactfully that there was no need to give Lu Yan so much tonic soup in the future. Aunt Fang couldn’t understand it at first, thinking that young people should make up for it if they work so hard. Later, she finally understood and realized that it was too much, so she relaxed and agreed.

After hanging up the phone, Aunt Fang remembered that something was wrong with the young master’s voice just now. Although his voice was always deep and pleasant, it was not so hoarse, as if he had become hoarse from talking too much. In fact, Aunt Fang was not as slow and old-fashioned as her age. On the contrary, she was quite a fashionable person. For example, when she was bored in her spare time, she often surfed the Internet. So she also knew a lot about the nouns and events on the Internet, and even the things between men. Ever since she knew that the eldest young master liked Mr. Lu, she started to pay attention to it and joined some forums. So, in fact, she understood a lot.

Thinking of what the eldest young master had just said about making up for Mr. Lu’s fault, and the eldest young master’s voice that was obviously too much, Aunt Fang suddenly had a bold idea. Could it be that the eldest young master was the one down there? 

It’s no wonder that Aunt Fang thought that way, mainly because the Lu Yan she saw was all elegant and gentle, while the young master she saw growing up always seemed calm and domineering. Aunt Fang shook her head. Sure enough, one should not judge by aura. But that’s all she thought about. She would neither ask for confirmation nor gossip. This was her conduct as an excellent family member.

Therefore, Aunt Fang was the first person among all the current insiders to correctly understand the positions in the relationship between them.

After two days of vacation, Lu Yan geared up and set out again. After filming this year’s commercial for the watch he endorsed, something extremely important for Lu Yan began, and that was the Cannes International Film Festival.

Since the filming of “Sniper” was completed, Lu Yan had been looking forward to or waiting for this Cannes Film Festival. He wanted to know whether history would change because of his rebirth. He hoped not. Although Lu Yan believed that with his current opportunities and his strength, it would be a matter of time before he was crowned Best Actor, in the end, it was better to be sooner than later, not to mention it was in such an important film festival as Cannes.

On the eve of the Cannes Film Festival, Zhou Yingcai called Lu Yan and told him that he planned to bring “Sniper” to the festival, and asked Lu Yan if he wanted to go with him, Lu Yan agreed without thinking. In fact, even if Zhou Yingcai didn’t invite him to go with him, he would go by himself.

When “Sniper” was released last year, the box office was really bleak. At that time, Lu Yan only met Zhou Yingcai once. He looked a lot more haggard and depressed, completely losing the arrogance and high-spiritedness he had during the filming of the movie. At that time, Lu Yan was a little worried that he would be defeated by such a dismal box office, and there was no news from him for a long time. To be honest, Lu Yan was not uneasy. If Zhou Yingcai didn’t plan to go to Cannes, then there would be no hope of winning the Best Actor Award. 

Fortunately, Zhou Yingcai was not knocked down. He picked himself up again. He didn’t believe that the movie he put so much effort into didn’t even have a single Bole. He wanted to try his luck at the International Film Festival.

As a new director, Zhou Yingcai was too arrogant, so many film critics didn’t like him. And he was not like Gao Xizhe who could make popular films. Although the few films he made before were not as bleak as “Sniper”, their results were mediocre and they could barely make up the loss. So much so that when filming “Sniper”, the investors lost confidence and temporarily withdrew their capital. If He Ming hadn’t come to the rescue, he really didn’t know how it would have ended. 

The result was even worse after the film was released. It was removed from the shelves of major theaters within less than a week after its release. This was rare among the films released in previous years. The loss was huge. Fortunately, He Ming didn’t care about that little money and didn’t make a fuss about it.

The worst was that before the filming started, Zhou Yingcai said in an interview with a reporter that he was going to make one of the best Chinese-language films in recent years. His attitude and tone at the time provoked some film critics who had always disliked him to burst into sneers and ridicule, and they all said they were waiting to see what the best Chinese-language film in recent years would be like.

After the film was released, those critics were also waiting with great patience, but in the end they only waited for less than a week. During that time, Zhou Yingcai was criticized badly, saying that he was overestimating his own abilities, some said he was boastful, some said he was not capable enough and full of arrogance, some said the movies he made were rubbish… He was just short of being titled the worst director in history and the disgrace of the film industry.

Lu Yan was also badly criticized.

The two films that Lu Yan starred in when he debuted performed so well that he became very popular and even won the Best Supporting Actor and Best Newcomer awards at the Baicao Awards. This was enough to make many people with jealousy dislike him, and they were also eager to see him make a fool of himself.

As a result, his first movie as the leading role was a box office failure, which made those who wanted to see him laugh happily and celebrate. Many people said that Lu Yan was just lucky to play the role in Li Ran’s movie and won two awards with his appearance, but he became weak once he faced the real test. After all, box office was the only criterion for testing popularity. Wasn’t he famous? Why didn’t his fans support him when he played the male lead in a movie for the first time? It was not like all the fans were bought with money, right?This was really embarrassing for an artist.

There were also various criticisms that Lu Yan’s acting skills were too poor and he had bad relationships with people. If he wasn’t really short of money or no one wanted him to act in a movie, why would he take such a bad movie… In short, he had been criticized for nothing, and the title of box office poison could be pinned on him as soon as another of his movies did poorly at the box office.

In fact, “Sniper” was removed from the shelves too quickly, and many of Lu Yan’s fans didn’t even realize that it was no longer showing in theaters. And because the results were so poor, there wasn’t even a version available online, so fans didn’t know where to start if they wanted to support him.

When this criticism was all over various newspapers, online magazines, Qin Feng said nothing, but it was obvious that he was still upset about Lu Yan taking on the role in “Sniper”. So later on, he tried his best to find an opportunity to let Lu Yan star in a new film by Gao Xizhe.

Lu Yan didn’t take these comments seriously. He was more interested in how these irresponsible people would swallow their words and spit them out again once the facts were reversed.

So after the news spread that Zhou Yingcai and Lu Yan would take “Sniper” to participate in the Cannes International Film Festival, the voices against them that had been silent for half a year emerged again.

This time it was not just about them overestimating their own capabilities, it had already reached the point of being delusional and having a brain burnt out. Some people even expressed deep sorrow that it was fine if they only embarrassed themselves in their own country, but this time they were embarrassing themselves internationally, which was a smear campaign on Chinese-language films.

When Qin Feng saw these comments, he asked Lu Yan hesitantly whether he had to go to the Cannes Film Festival and whether he was sure.

Qin Feng actually did not agree with Lu Yan’s decision because the performance of “Sniper” in China was too poor. It was hard for ordinary people to believe that such a movie could achieve good results internationally. In fact, if Lu Yan didn’t know exactly how things had developed, it would have been hard for him to believe it. But in the face of facts, all doubts are paper tigers.

So Lu Yan just smiled and said calmly, “I can’t say I’m sure of it, I’m just trying my luck. But I think my luck has always been good.”

Qin Feng said nothing more.

He did not stop Lu Yan from taking the role in “Sniper” at the beginning, and he would not stop him from attending the Cannes Film Festival now. Although he didn’t really trust Lu Yan’s judgment, he still respected Lu Yan’s decision. As a gold medal agent, he didn’t just ask artists to accept his arrangements, he would also give artists their own space. If the artist’s decision was correct, it showed that they had vision; if the artist’s decision was incorrect, that was okay, he had enough ability to help the person get back on his feet, and in this way, the artist would be much more obedient in the future and he would have less worries.

However, Qin Feng still decided to go to France with Lu Yan this time, so that no matter what happened, he could deal with it in time. 

Facts proved that his decision could not have been more correct.