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Chapter 129 Encounter (Please subscribe, please collect, please recommend, please vote, please vote!!!)

Around noon, the restaurant became lively.

Liu Jin sat in the corner, enjoying the delicious food and admiring the sea view.

But he didn't notice that a woman stared at him for a moment, then turned and walked to the other side of the restaurant.

"Sophie, guess who I just saw?"

Sophie Marceau, who was chatting with Sandrin, was stunned.

"Who?"

"I think I see Amos."

"Amos? Impossible. He should be in Toulouse."

"But he's right there."

"what?"

Sophie Marceau stood up and looked in the direction of Charlotte's finger.

She frowned slightly and walked over.

Sandrin and Charlotte smiled strangely as they watched Sophie Marceau walk to Liu Jin's table.

"There must be something wrong with them."

"Of course!"

Sandrin covered his mouth and whispered, "From the look on Sophie's face when she mentioned Amos the day before yesterday, I knew something was going on between them."

Charlotte nodded repeatedly.

……

"Amos!"

Liu Jin had finished his meal by now.

According to his idea, he planned to go to Lesuk.

It is the oldest district in Cannes, with a very medieval street that winds its way to Place Carte at the top of the mountain.

From there, you can have a bird's eye view of the whole of Cannes.

In fact, he was a little disappointed.

There are no mainland filmmakers participating in this year's Cannes Film Festival.

Two Chinese-language films, both from Taiwan.

It seems that apart from Shu Qi, Gao Jie is the only one I am more familiar with.

As for Hou Hsiao-hsien and Tsai Ming-liang…

Including Edward Yang, who is on this year's jury, most people have only heard of him.

What a fat guy...

Xiaopang should be filming "Young Justice Bao 2" at this time, and has not yet evolved into Fat Grandpa.

This also made Liu Jin somewhat disappointed.

"Sophie?"

He was thinking about something when Sophie Marceau suddenly appeared in front of him.

Liu Jin was really scared.

"Didn't you say you couldn't come?"

"I suddenly thought of it again."

"Didn't you say we were going to take an exam?"

"I'm done with the exam... I drove here for six and a half hours last night. But it was already late at night when I arrived in Cannes."

"Where do you live then?"

"Hey, I stayed in the car all night."

"Why don't you call me?"

"Three o'clock, it's three o'clock... Women will become ugly if they don't get enough sleep."

Sophie couldn't help laughing.

"Come on, I'll introduce you to two friends, one of whom is a fan of your book."

"Who?"

"Charlotte Gainsbourg...if she hadn't recognized you just now, you would have almost gotten away with her."

"Where am I going? I was just thinking about whether I should call you."

Liu Jin stood up with a smile, put the drawing board into his backpack, and followed Sophie Marceau to the other side.

Coincidentally, a group of Asians walked into the restaurant.

This restaurant is very popular among tourists because of its unique terrace.

Shu Qi was among the crowd. She happened to see Liu Jin and Sophie Marceau talking and laughing as they walked to the other side, and was stunned.

"Shu Qi, what's wrong?"

Gao Jie, who was accompanying him, asked with concern.

"I think I saw someone I know."

"Who?"

"Here!"

She pointed and happened to see Liu Jin greeting Sandlin and Charlotte, and was stunned.

"Director Hou!"

"Ok?"

"That's Sandrine Kiberan and Charlotte Gainsbourg."

Director Hou looked in the direction of her finger and was stunned.

"Who is that man?"

"A mainland Chinese student."

"you know?"

"I met him on the beach last night when I was out for a walk, but I don't know his name."

Director Hou's gaze then became somewhat profound.

At this time, Liu Jin also greeted Charlotte and Sandrin and sat down at the dining table.

"You haven't told me yet, why did you suddenly come to Cannes?"

"There's no reason. I just come when I want to... You know, I'm a writer. I have to find my muse to get inspiration."

"did you find it?"

Sandlin asked with a smile. "Well, I just found it!"

Sophie Marceau on the side also smiled and gently pushed Liu Jin.

"Mr. Amos, I love your work...Do you have any other works this year?"

"Well, three have already been completed. Singla Publishing will publish 'Little Sweethearts' in the second half of the year, and Midnight Publishing and Singla Publishing will jointly publish 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'. Mera went to the Lighthouse Country to discuss the publication of 'The Old Man and the Sea' with Mr. Robert Gottlieb. There's also a comic book that's expected to be completed by the end of June, but if it's published, it's probably not until the end of the year or next year... In addition, there's a novel I'm working on."

Charlotte and Sandrin looked at each other and couldn't help but gasp.

They had heard from Sophie Marceau that this was a guy with extremely great creative energy.

Can……

"I think French writers are going to be in trouble."

"Yeah, it's going to be hard."

"Don't flatter me, you two. No one knows how the work will turn out before it's released. Take 'Father,' for example. I was terrified just two weeks after it came out. There was no response in the market at all... If I hadn't seen the sales, I'd have thought it was a failure."

"That's impossible. The underlying theme of 'Father' is there, so the sales can't be bad."

"But before the readers' feedback comes in, I do have some concerns."

"You worry?"

Sophie Marceau couldn't help but sneer.

"If you're worried, why would you go to Barcelona with Alice?"

Charlotte and Sandrin immediately shut up.

But his face showed an expression of enjoying himself.

"I went to Barcelona to sort out some trouble..."

Liu Jin smiled bitterly and said, "It just so happens that Alijie is here. There is nothing wrong between us."

"Humph!"

Sophie Marceau obviously knows the answer.

But I'm still a little angry inside.

This Chinese man is very fickle.

Just look around him...

God knows how I was bewitched in the first place and actually threw myself at him.

"By the way, what's the story of the book you're going to write now?"

"pirate?"

"Ok!"

Sophie changed the subject and asked, "There are many stories about pirates, but the truly outstanding ones...you have to think carefully."

"Hehe, don't worry, you'll know after I write it down."

Several people chatted while eating.

From writing, I gradually moved to movies.

This is normal. The three women are all filmmakers, and Liu Jin also has a work about to start shooting, so it is natural to discuss movies.

"There aren't many Chinese elements at this year's Cannes Film Festival. It seems there's only one film from a film foundation participating."

"Isn't there also the name of Millennium Mambo Rose and what time it is over there?"

What time is it over there? It's a work by Tsai Ming-liang.

“That’s from Taiwan.”

"Taiwan is also a part of China."

In fact, in Europe, if we talk about countries with the most serious discrimination against Chinese people or anti-China sentiment, Italy and France are definitely the best.

The crux of the matter is that the French themselves do not realize that they discriminate against Chinese people or are anti-China.

Charlotte is better, but Sandrin's condition is relatively serious.

However, due to Sophie Marceau, Sandlin did not debate with Liu Jin.

She said, "Those two works..."

As he spoke, he shook his head.

It was obvious that she didn't particularly like it.

"What Cinéfondation film?"

"It seems to be called 'Waiting', directed by a director named Yang Chao."

"How about it?"

Charlotte smiled but didn't answer.

It seems that the situation is not very good.

"To be honest, last year's Cannes Film Festival had a stronger Chinese influence, and the works were also excellent."

Yes, when the Japanese invaders came, Chiang Kai-shek directly banned directing.

"So, Director Jiang Wen didn't come?"

"No, I heard he seems to be filming some kind of movie... He's not the director, but an actor named... something like Gun. The director seems to be a newcomer."

Looking for a gun!

Filming started on May 2001, 5.

Even if Mr. Jiang wanted to come, he couldn't.

As for the director...

Liu Jin sneered twice in his heart.

"By the way, Ms. Huppert is here too. Would you like to meet her?"

"Ms. Huppert is here too?"

"Well, her The Piano Teacher was exhibited."

"Then I must visit her. She said a lot of good things about me when Amélie came out."

"I'll ask her first to see when she's free... By the way, when are you leaving?"

"Tomorrow evening."

Sophie Marceau nodded and the topic changed again.

However, they were still talking about movies, but the topic became two Hollywood movies.

Liu Jin then remembered that there were two Hollywood movies at this year's film festival. It was not the Coen brothers' "The Man Who Wasn't There", but David Lynch's "The Tan Wagon".

He really had no impression of these two movies.

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(End of this chapter)