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The Cannes Film Festival opens on May 11.

On May 9, Simon and his party set off from Los Angeles and took the Gulfstream iv that they had just received to fly to New York, and then to Cannes.

As Gulfstream's latest long-range business jet, the Gulfstream iv has a cruising range of 7,800 kilometers and can easily complete a transatlantic flight of about 6,000 kilometers.

However, the Gulfstream iv, which carries about 20 people, actually has only 12 seats in the cabin for passengers.

Simon, Janet, and Jennifer occupy three of them. Mike Medova, president of Orion Pictures, is also there this time, as well as Robert De Niro, John Travolta, and Nicole Kidman. , Samuel L Jackson, Madonna and Sean Penn and other main and supporting roles, everyone filled the entire cabin immediately after boarding the plane. This is still in Simon's two bodyguards, Neil Bennett and Ken Dixon. In the case of the pilot, the entourage of other people can only take another business flight.

The French time is 9 hours earlier than the West Coast of the United States. Everyone left Los Angeles at 10 am, after a total of 11 hours of flight. When they arrived in Cannes, it was already more than 6 am on May 10.

Cannes Airport.

Everyone got off the plane, and the clear coffee position immediately appeared. De Niro and Travolta, two long-established first-line superstars, have each confirmed that they will live in a friend's local mansion in Cannes. Madonna and his wife The apartment was also rented in advance, and the rest of the talents followed Mike Medova to the hotel that Orion had prepared.

Simon naturally did not fall to the point of staying in a hotel with everyone.

Everyone agreed on a meeting time in the evening. Simon and the others rushed to the Le Cannes area in the northeast of Cannes by car. After more than half an hour, the car drove several times between Le Cane and the tree-lined winding mountain road, and then drove Entered an iron gate on the top of the mountain.

Simon got out of the car and came to the southern edge of the courtyard, looking at the unobstructed view of Cannes City and the bay beyond, and nodded: "I like it here."

Janet also came over and said, "It's very similar to the house in our Palisades, but it's bigger, with a total area of ​​1.5 hectares, more than three times the size of the Palisades property."

The two were chatting when a brown-haired woman in a light gray professional suit came over with a stack of documents, smiled and introduced herself in fluent English: "Mr. Westeros, Miss Johnston, hello, I am It's Sophia Fisher, do you need me to show you two in detail?"

The house purchase procedures were completed before Simon and Janet came to Cannes, and Simon knew the details of the property very well. Hearing this, he nodded and said, "Okay."

"Please come with me," Sophia Fisher made a gesture of "please" and walked slightly sideways beside Simon toward the mansion, while gesturing to the villa at the entrance: "This is the annex building, used for security and safety. The maid, the former owner, Mr. Brent, is a person who treats employees very well, so the design of the annex building is also very delicate. Let's go directly to the main villa, which covers an area of ​​18,000 square feet and has a total of 69 buildings on three floors. Room, of which there are 16 bedrooms, 22 bathrooms, 3 kitchens, other libraries, gyms, screening rooms, oh, and a very spacious basement, which was originally used as a wine cellar..."

After flying for 11 hours in a row, Simon and Janet were very tired. After simply listening to Sophia Fisher's introduction, Simon sent each other away.

Thousands of miles away, although I can buy this hilltop manor, it is impossible to arrange it at will like in Los Angeles. Simon just asked Sophia Fisher, the agent, to replace all the sheets, futons and sofa covers in the villa in advance. The kitchen was rearranged, and nothing else was moved for the time being.

From the information left by Sophia Fisher, I found the ordering phone number of a nearby restaurant, had breakfast, and sent Neil and Jennifer to take care of themselves. Simon and Janet came to the master bedroom on the third floor.

After taking a shower, he came out of the bathroom wearing a nightgown, and looked at the bright sunshine on the spacious terrace outside the bedroom, but Simon suddenly lost much sleepiness and walked straight to the terrace.

Looking down on the balcony railing, the buildings in the manor belong to the typical Spanish style, with red roofs, white walls, corridors, arcs, and fountains. Although he was completely unfamiliar with this architectural style, Simon decided to buy it immediately after seeing the information on the manor in Los Angeles.

The location here is so good that the original owner would never have easily sold this property, which was destined to increase in value, if it wasn't for unavoidable necessity.

Moreover, the asking price of 35 million francs, according to the exchange rate of the continuous depreciation of European currencies in the past two years, only needs more than 5 million US dollars to convert. After Simon agreed to pay in cash, the fraction was erased, and the two parties finally confirmed the deal at a price of $5 million.

Although the property value of Cannes at this time is far from being comparable to that of Los Angeles, the three times the area, the castle-like villa, the excellent mountain view, and the $5 million are completely worth the money in Simon's view.

Janet also quickly came out of the bedroom, hugged Simon and looked at him together, and said, "What's the matter?"

Simon put his arms around Janet's slender waist and rubbed it, "I suddenly thought that if there were some bodyguards with sunglasses and submachine guns standing in the yard, it would completely restore the scenes in many movies. My character must be a big drug lord."

"Trafficking drugs is so tiring, and it doesn't make as much money as my man." Janet rubbed her cheek and said with a smile, "However, in the scene you're talking about, you definitely need one or two.

A beautiful vase as a foil, or if I called Kidman, you must have coveted her for a long time when I chose her as the heroine? "

Simon shook his head and said, "No."

How could Janet believe it, she wrinkled her nose and said, "Humph."

Simon smiled and reached out to pick Janet up and walked towards the bedroom, saying, "Okay, even if there were some before, there are no more now."

Janet wondered, "Why?"

Simon gently threw Janet on the big bed, turned to draw the curtains, and said, "Last time I did a math problem for Ron Macmillan, and then I found that I suddenly didn't have much interest in women."

Janet turned around and lay on the big bed charmingly, and asked even more curiously, "What math problem?"

Simon came over and sat down on the big bed, and said, "It's nothing, I won't tell you, or you will definitely think that I objectify women."

Janet blinked, turned around and rubbed against Simon and said, "You mean feminism? I'm not a feminist."

Simon hugged the woman and said, "Are you still a male chauvinist?"

"Why not? I'm a patriarch."

Simon reached into Janet's light pajamas and groped for a while, and when the woman squinted her eyes like a kitten, she smiled: "It's confirmed, you can't be a patriarch."

Janet held down Simon's hand that was about to be withdrawn, and hummed, "Who said that a patriarch should be a man."

Simon remembered that many men also claimed to be feminists, and nodded in agreement: "Like, it is."

Janet suddenly opened her eyes again, looked at Simon and said, "I'm going to be bypassed by you, what math problem?"

"I still don't want to tell you."

"Okay," Janet said without further questioning, "However, you made Nicole Kidman popular. If you don't want it, it will be cheaper for others."

Simon smiled and pinched Janet's nose: "Are you sure you're not trying to find an excuse to bite me?"

Janet directly opened her little white teeth and took a bite on Simon's shoulder, saying, "I need an excuse to bite you."

Simon actually understood why Janet bit herself the night after Oscar last month. Maybe it was some kind of sixth sense unique to women. She felt that Sandra might be a threat to her, so she attacked.

But, obviously, Janet doesn't think Katherine and Jennifer can threaten her low position.

Thinking about it, it does seem to be the case.

Because of age, it was difficult for Katherine and Simon to get together. As for Jennifer, the female assistant has absolutely no fighting power in Janet's eyes.

With these thoughts in mind, Simon just patted Janet on the waist and said, "Go to sleep, there are still things to do at night."

The two slept until evening when Jennifer knocked on the door and Simon and Janet woke up.

The opening ceremony will be held tomorrow. However, Simon will actually be busy today. There will be a gathering of Hollywood filmmakers in the evening, and the two have confirmed that they will attend.

After getting up and briefly washing up, Simon and Janet set off for a hotel in the city.

The party was about to start, and the two had just entered the banquet hall when Robert Redford, who happened to be chatting with someone nearby, came over.

Robert Redford is only a cameo in Pulp Fiction. According to his coffee status, he does not have to attend this film festival. Redford did not come here for Pulp Fiction this time, but for His own directorial work "Battle of Bean Fields".

The Battle of the Bean Fields is Redford's second film.

"Battle of the Bean Fields," a novel based on a New Mexico farmer's struggle with a real estate developer to protect water, has received very mediocre reviews compared to his first acclaimed "Ordinary People," which he directed eight years ago. .

The producer, Universal Pictures, had scheduled the film to be released in mid-March. It has been nearly two months since it was accumulated, and the box office was just over $8 million. Relative to the film's $22 million production cost, it's just that the North American box office is destined to lose money.

In order to make up for the loss, Universal Pictures sent the film to the Cannes Film Festival for screening in order to promote European distribution, and Redford naturally led the crew over there.

After entering Hollywood for so many years, Robert Redford was used to seeing the ups and downs of movies. At this time, he was obviously not affected by the box office failure of "The Battle of Bean Fields". He greeted him warmly and said, "Simon, you are here just in time. , I happened to recommend you."

Having said that, Redford brought Simon and Janet to the person he had just chatted with and said, "William, this is Simon, Simon, this is William Goldman."

Simon smiled and shook hands with each other, and said, "Hello, Mr. Goldman."

William Goldman, in his sixties, with silver hair and a light gray plaid shirt, looked serious, but his mouth was very warm and chatty: "Hello, Simon, Bob is more than I mentioned you in front of us once, and maybe we can meet again when we get back to Los Angeles."

"Of course there is no problem," Simon nodded and introduced, "This is my girlfriend, Jenny."

William Goldman shook hands with Janet again, and they casually chatted about some trivial matters in Hollywood, without mentioning too much about the Cannes Film Festival.

However, Simon knew that he unknowingly owed Redford another confession.

William Goldman is

A Hollywood screenwriter, his famous work happened to be "The Tiger and Leopard", which made Robert Redford popular. In recent years, William Goldman has also been a Hollywood first-line screenwriter.

If that's all, Redford's referral might not be anything.

However, William Goldman has another identity, he is one of the ten judges of this Cannes Film Festival. Compared with the Oscars, the final award results of the Cannes Film Festival, where personal tendencies are often very obvious, are actually more variable.

Whether in the past or in the years to come, the evaluation results of the Cannes Film Festival are usually quite different from the evaluations of the outside media. There are often films that are applauded by the media but are ultimately unsuccessful, and some films that are poorly evaluated by the media are often even upset. .

If it is said that this is not completely separated from the influence of factors outside the film, then the ghost will not believe it.

In the original time and space, "Pulp Fiction" defeated some well-received films such as "Red" and "Alive" in Kielovsky's red, blue and white trilogy and finally won the Palme d'Or, largely because the judges of that year. The chairman is Clint Eastwood.

Therefore, even knowing that Pulp Fiction is definitely strong enough to win the award based on the quality alone, Simon would not expect to do nothing and wait for the film festival to end to accept the award. It would be too naive.

Simon has already learned about the 21 films in this session in advance. Relatively speaking, the nominated films in this session can only be described as mediocre. Except for the "Pulp Fiction" that he brought out, Simon did not find other films with a deep memory. . Therefore, "Pulp Fiction" actually has a greater advantage over the era of 1994's blockbuster films.

However, PR is definitely still essential.

After chatting patiently with William Goldman for a while, Simon soon found another target figure at the party scene.

George Miller.

At the Oscars last month, Simon also met the director who became famous with the "Mad Max" series. Unexpectedly, the name of George Miller appeared again after the Cannes Film Festival announced the jury list.

Simon and Miller certainly didn't have much friendship.

but.

George Miller is Australian.

Because of Janet's relationship, Simon naturally has the attribute of being one with the Australian Gang.

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