"A new movie? Yes, we can watch it then, right?"

Bai Qiquan was a little distracted while having a video call with his girlfriend.

I just experienced a holiday during the Chinese New Year, and now I am about to have another holiday. Although I worked overtime until after 10 o'clock every night for more than a month, when I think about it now, Bai Qiquan still feels that this job is really great.

He was planning to take his girlfriend abroad during the holidays, and when discussing the destination, he happened to mention the film festival.

"Cannes is in France? I really want to go to France."

His girlfriend Pang Zhen stayed in Yannan to work, and they are now living in different places, but Bai Qiquan feels that based on his current income, it won't be long before Pang Zhen will be able to come to Jiangcheng to find an easier job and slack off.

"How about we travel to France and watch your movies?"

Pang Zhen suddenly had an idea and made a suggestion.

"Ah, I don't even know how many times I've watched this. It's a healing, artistic romance film. Will it be shown in China in due time?"

Bai Qiquan wasn't sure.

He is not optimistic about the box office performance of this movie.

Although the movie is excellent, he feels that it is not as shocking as "The Wrath of Devil". Moreover, the audience of this kind of literary and artistic romance film is not as good as that of epic blockbusters, and it is not released simultaneously around the world. The box office may not even be as good as "In the Mouth of a Madman" or "The Wailing".

Moreover, it's a rare opportunity for me to go abroad with my girlfriend, but I end up watching a movie made by myself. Isn't that a bit weird?

"Then why can't you watch it with me?"

Pang Zhen said angrily.

"Sure, no problem, absolutely no problem, it's my honor!"

Bai Qiquan didn't feel conflicted either.

It doesn’t matter where you go, what matters is who you go with. It doesn’t matter what movie you watch, what matters is who you watch it with.

Anyway, I have enough money.

“Is this movie good?”

Pang Zhen asked again.

"It's OK. It's quite warm and healing, a road movie with a little bit of adventure elements."

Bai Qiquan thought about it and answered.

"Then I will recommend my friends to help you get some box office sales."

Pang Zhen said excitedly.

"It should be released in China in May? I'm not sure about the schedule, maybe in June or July."

Bai Qiquan and his team are not responsible for distribution, and they don’t know exactly when the film will be released.

However, the films participating in the exhibition will definitely be screened in France during the film festival.

It is said that some of Lu Ban's fanatical fans have already booked flights and hotels to Cannes early, waiting to watch the movie first.

Bai Qiquan didn't quite understand.

After ending the video call and saying goodnight to his girlfriend, Bai Qiquan’s nightlife can finally begin.

He didn't play games because Pang Zhen had recently learned to check his battle records. If he was found playing ARAM late at night, he would probably be scolded.

He could only use his trumpet to play in the suburbs.

But Bai Qiquan really didn’t play any games today.

He scrolled through the videos, looked at those short supernatural videos to help him sleep, and then saw a push notification.

"Cannes jury member Ms. Merritt Leslie praises director Lu Ban's new film."

This is a short press release, the main content of which is actually the preparations for the Cannes Film Festival and the films to be exhibited. In the middle there is an interview with some well-known judges.

Among them, Ms. Merritt's interview was particularly eye-catching.

First of all, she is a queen of sharp tongue, who is best at using sharp words to criticize works, and basically denounces the works of commercial directors.

Secondly, she had previously published a short article, arguing that Lu Ban’s films did not even deserve a nomination, which attracted some attention, mainly because many domestic Lu Ban haters took it and repeated it as a Bible.

Therefore, Ms. Merritt's sudden change of attitude in this news is shocking.

"After watching Spring Days Without a Fight, I thought a lot. I have many words to describe this movie, but in the end I gave up the description because any words to describe this movie are pale and blasphemous. The best way to show a movie is the movie itself. I think every audience who watches this movie can feel its unique charm."

Seeing this statement, Bai Qiquan was a little stunned for a moment.

Didn’t this person criticize the movie before, but changed his mind after watching it?

Is this a little... too exaggerated?

Bai Qiquan himself has watched the entire movie. He asked himself, although the content is excellent, it is only excellent. To transform a film critic who was biased from the beginning into what he is now, did Director Lu really add some computer accessories to the movie?

Not really. Really not.

He scrolled down and read the comments.

[Director Lu's film is indeed invincible. The judges looked down on it before, but now they flatter it even more! ]

[Am I the only one who finds this strange? Why is it that the judges who were furious at Lu Ban a week ago are now suddenly praising her? Maybe they were paid to change their words, or maybe it was all Lu Ban's hype? ]

[There is no key information in this comment. I feel like it can be applied to any movie. It is probably just a polite remark.]

[If you say Lu Ban’s movies are scary, I can understand that, after all, everyone has been scared, but Cannes is an art award, do his horror movies really have artistic elements? ]

[I still believe in Director Lu's ability. He was able to shut up those picky judges with his quality. That's awesome!]

[No way, no way, isn't there anyone who doesn't understand the black and red hype now? First someone criticizes to attract attention, and then whitewashes and praises the opposite. It's old fashioned marketing.]

[When will this movie be released in China? Will it only be released abroad and not in China? ]

The comment section was filled with another war of words. Bai Qiquan had seen a lot of this. In the beginning, he was very angry, gritting his teeth as he watched those people who were trying to stir up trouble.

But later he didn't care anymore, because his work wasn't about money, and not everyone would like it.

However, after seeing these comments, he still felt uneasy.

If he hadn't seen the original film, Bai Qiquan might really think that this movie was super awesome, but after seeing it, Bai Qiquan himself felt that it was not as exaggerated as it was.

"Did Director Lu really give you money?"

He was also a little uncertain.

The Cannes Film Festival will open in mid-May.

This year's film festival received more commercial attention due to the screening of Lu Ban's film. Hotels around the city were fully booked a month in advance, and even hotels in neighboring cities were not necessarily available.

In the past, many movie tickets at the film festival could be purchased at will, and there was no need to worry about not being able to buy them. However, this year, tickets for "Spring Day Without a Fight" were hard to come by, and as a result, a lot more tickets for other movies were sold.

Fortunately, Bai Qiquan had two movie tickets given by the company.

You can watch it with your girlfriend.