On October 26, 2002, the 15th Tokyo Film Festival kicked off at the Orchid Theater in the Cultural Village of Shibuya District, Tokyo.

A total of 319 films from 47 countries and regions participated in the film festival. The organizing committee selected 15 shortlisted films to compete for 7 awards at the 2002 Tokyo Film Festival. Among them, three Chinese-language films, Zhang Ran's "Bloom Drummer", Yi Zhiyan's "Blue Gate", and "Lovers in the Sky" starring Liu Ye and Dong Jie.

Although the Tokyo Film Festival is the largest film in Asia, it has little influence in the world. The works of well-known directors rarely appear at the Tokyo Film Festival, and most of them are young directors with little fame. This is the case. Zhang Ran has never heard of most of the shortlisted films and director names. However, there is a masterpiece among them, "City of God" by Brazilian director Fernando.

"Zhang Ran, how is my outfit?" Zhang Jingchu stood in front of the mirror, wearing a dress with light green bamboo joints, turned around in front of the mirror, and then asked Zhang Ran.

This is the first time Zhang Jingchu has attended such a grand ceremony and the first time she walked on the red carpet. She is nervous and looking forward to it. Although she has tried the skirt a long time ago and everyone she has seen said it is beautiful, but she still seems a little uneasy when she is really going to go to the red carpet.

"It's so beautiful! You don't need to worry. We are all unknown people. There are stars on the red carpet of the opening ceremony, and not many people will pay attention to us. The premiere is our stage!" Zhang Ran walked around Zhang Jingchu and comforted her with a smile.

In Zhang Ran's memory, the carpet at the Tokyo Film Festival is different from other film festivals, and is green carpet. It is said to be to promote the protection of the environment, so the entire carpet is made of tens of thousands of discarded plastic beverage bottles. However, the Tokyo Film Festival has not yet implemented this concept, and the carpet is still red.

However, this year marks the 15th anniversary of the Tokyo Film Festival, and its scale is unprecedentedly grand. Famous filmmakers such as Spielberg and Tom Cruise have come to entertain themselves. The chairman of the jury is also the famous French director Luc Besson of "This Killer Is Not Cold". Therefore, not only are media from all over the world gathered on both sides of the 200-meter red carpet, but also fanatical fans squeezed the red carpet into three layers inside and three layers outside.

The audience was paying attention to the end of the red carpet, looking forward to the appearance of their favorite stars. The sign in their hands is ready to be raised at any time. The reporters on the scene are also paying attention to the end of the red carpet, and the camera in their hands is always ready to take pictures of the most exciting scene on the red carpet at any time.

When the car Zhang Ran was riding slowly stopped at the entrance of the red carpet, the waiter wearing a suit and a bow tie helped open the car door. Zhang Ran came out of the car, looked around, and stood on the side and waited. When Zhou Jielun and the others got out of their car, the four of them walked onto the red carpet together.

The red carpet is a stage for actresses to compete for beauty, and men are all foiling. They are basically soy sauce, and they wear suits, and at most they spend some time on decoration.

The three men of Zhang Ran were no exception. They were all suits and bow tie. However, Zhang Ran’s suits were customized, which fit more well than those of Zhou Jielun and Feng Yuanzai, and looked very suitable. With his smile and improved figure, he looked sunny and handsome.

Zhang Jingchu was wearing a light-colored dress with light green bamboo joints printed on it. When she walked, she fluttered. It seemed like she was walking among the bamboo forest, which looked very elegant.

As soon as Jay Chou walked up, a burst of cheers and cheers broke out. Jay Chou finally appeared! Fans shouted "jay", waving the sign in their hands frantically, trying to attract the attention of their idols.

The reporters also pressed the shutter frantically, and the clicks came one after another, and the flashes kept flashing.

Zhang Ran and the others were shrouded in a strong flash, but everyone kept the smiles on their faces. These smiles might turn into good photos and appeared in newspapers and magazines.

Jay Chou waved at the direction where his fans were, and immediately attracted another burst of strong cheers. Chinese, Japanese, and English were intertwined, and it sounded extremely chaotic.

Zhang Ran was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Jay Chou would be so popular in Japan. In fact, Jay Chou's "Fantasy" was very popular in Japan. Although it was not particularly popular, it still accumulated a group of fans. At the same time, there were quite a lot of international students present, so the whole scene seemed very enthusiastic.

Zhang Ran was very happy to see that Jay Chou’s round is so popular. It seems that choosing Jay Chou’s round is the right one. At least you can sell more money.

While cheering and cheering, Zhou Jielun’s fans, especially international students, also paid attention to others.

The boys were talking about Zhang Jingchu. Zhang Jingchu was pretty and wore a beautiful dress that perfectly blended Chinese classical and modern fashion, which was very eye-catching on the red carpet.

The girl was quite curious about Zhang Ran: "You guys say, who is the tall handsome guy next to Jay? What kind of scenes have you played before? He is really handsome!"

"It should be the starring actor, I think I've seen it somewhere?"

"No, that's director Zhang Ran!"

"Ah, isn't the director that thin middle-aged uncle?"

"That thin middle-aged uncle is Feng Yuanzai, an actor, Zhang Rancai is the director, and he is also a teacher at the Peking Film Academy. In the first half of this year, his movie "Prisoner of Time" won the highest award at the Fantasy Film Festival. This is his second movie!"

"So he is the director of "Prisoner of Time"!" A burst of exclamation sounded in the crowd.

Many international students have watched this movie when they returned to China during the Spring Festival and liked it very much, but they didn't know who the director was. Now they suddenly found that the director of the movie was right in front of them, and they all shouted: "Zhang Ran, Zhang Ran!"

Zhang Ran was a little surprised. He didn't expect someone to know him, but he knew he was a compatriot when he heard the shouts, so he smiled and waved at everyone.

Jay Chou was a little surprised: "No, someone actually knows you? Didn't I hear it wrong?"

Zhang Ran despised: "How fresh, at least we are also people who have won awards abroad. Is it strange that anyone knows? You are jealous!"

Zhou Jielun "cuts" and waved to the crowd next to him, causing screams, and said proudly: "You only have a few fans, what are I jealous of?"

Zhang Ran was very depressed and angry. Comparing fans with Jay Chou was a humiliation. He said in a low voice: "Jie Chou, your fans are so enthusiastic. Don't you say hello to them if you don't say a few words of Japanese?"

Jay Chou went to the turn: "I don't know!"

Zhang Ran smiled and said, "Why would I teach you something?"

Jay Chou was a little suspicious, especially when Zhang Ran smiled wickedly: "You can speak Japanese?"

"Of course, just shout 'One Ku, One Ku' at them, which means thank you. Thank you!"

"Go to die, you bastard!" Zhou Jielun almost fainted. If he hadn't been on the red carpet, he would have punched Zhang Ran twice.

This guy is so bad. If he doesn’t know what “Yiku” is, he stands on the red carpet and shouts “Yiku, oneku” to his fans. It’s unimaginable to take the scene!

When Zhang Jingchu saw Zhou Jielun's reaction, she asked curiously: "What does one database and one database mean?"

When Zhou Jielun saw Zhang Jingchutian really looking at him, he looked puzzled and rolled his eyes: "Ask your Zhang Ran, it's not a good thing anyway, it's very vulgar!"

Hearing that it was very vulgar, Zhang Jingchu also glared at Zhang Ran, "This is an international occasion, can you joke?"

"Jie Lun, I thought a big star like you would not watch that kind of thing. I didn't expect that, I didn't expect that you, the idol of a teenager, also watched these things. It was so disappointing! I wonder if you have watched Teacher Damu's movies?" Zhang Ran grabbed Zhou Jie Lun's painful foot and said proudly.

"Who is that? Ahem, do you think it's appropriate to discuss this on the red carpet?" Jay Chou rolled his eyes.

"What content is not important, the key is to look at it with an eye. We are discussing this issue with an artistic perspective. You should know that after the collapse of the film studio system in the 1970s, many Japanese directors started by making pornographic films!" Zhang Ran shrugged and said righteously.

The red carpet of ordinary film festivals is only a few dozen meters, at most one hundred meters, but the red carpet of the Tokyo Film Festival is relatively long, a full 200 meters, and it is very long to walk. Zhang Ran and others talk and laugh and walk forward. It looks natural and casual, but it is more in line with the essence of walking on the red carpet.

Zhang Ran was walking when he suddenly heard someone shouting "Zhang Ran, Zhang Ran, here", and his voice sounded quite familiar. He looked closely and saw that it was Zhong Dajun, a reporter from the movie channel's "World Movie Journey", and immediately walked over: "I didn't expect you to come to Tokyo too? You really have a chance!"

Zhong Dajun smiled and said to Zhang Ran: "Isn't it fate? This time three Chinese films have been shortlisted for the main competition unit, so the Taiwan sent us to report. This time you have a great hope of winning the award. Are you ready to give me a speech?"

Zhang Ran was a little surprised. His film had not been screened except for two screenings at school. How could Zhong Dajun be so confident? He couldn't help but ask: "Why do you say that?"

Zhong Dajun smiled and said, "There are only five judges at the Tokyo Film Festival. Lee Ji-yi is a director of Hong Kong. He is considered his own person and basically has one vote. Park Chan-yu seems to have a good relationship with you, and his votes may be given to you. In addition to your directorial level, the winners may be very large!"

Zhang Ran shook his head, things are not that simple. Others may vote for me, but Li Zhiyi is absolutely not right and will not vote for me. However, he did not explain: "It doesn't matter whether you win an award or not. The key is that the audience likes it, so you can sell more money. Of course, it is best to win an award!"

At this moment, the Xiangjiang reporter next to him shouted: "Oh, it's Liang Jiahui and Rene Liu, they are here!"

Zhang Ran turned his head and saw Liang Jiahui, Chen Guofu and Rene Liu walking towards this side. Zhang Ran didn't expect to see Liang Jiahui here, so he couldn't help but be happy, said to Zhong Dajun and greeted him.

"Zhang Ran?" Liang Jiahui saw Zhang Ran and the others coming, smiled on his face and greeted him.

Liang Jiahui knows some of Zhang Ran. He knows that Zhang Ran is a popular young director in China. Almost unanimous in the circle that he and Lu Chuan are the most promising among this group of young directors.

Although Rene Liu and Chen Guofu had never met Zhang Ran, they also knew Zhang Ran, and they knew Jay Chou. Seeing Zhang Ran and the others coming, they all smiled and nodded, and said hello.

Zhang Ran greeted them, looked at Liang Jiahui, and smiled and said, "I didn't expect to meet you here. To be honest, I like your movies and I also like your plays very much!"

"I have watched your "Prisoner of Time", which is very good. People who make commercial films often ignore the digging of emotions. Your story is told well and you have a better grasp of the emotions behind the story. I like it very much." Liang Jiahui said very politely.

"Thank you!" Zhang Ran admired Liang Jiahui's words very much. He was worthy of Liang Jiahui. He had a deep understanding of the movie. He smiled and nodded, "Actually, I planned to visit you every once in a while, but I didn't expect to meet here. I wonder if you have time. If you have time, let's find some time to talk?"

Liang Jiahui knew that Zhang Ran would not ask for a chat for no reason, but should have a chance to find him. At the beginning of last year, he had joined Huayi and became an artist under Wang Jinhua. He also hoped to cooperate more with domestic directors and nodded with a smile: "If you have time, let's go tomorrow morning!" (~^~)
Chapter completed!