King of Hollywood

Although Tom Cruise is still a few years away from his prime, he is now an A-list actor in Hollywood. Looking at his achievements, although they are not unrelated to his own hard work, they are still relatively smooth compared to most people. In addition, his youthful idol image has won him a lot of popularity, so he is a little arrogant. In reason.

However, as an influential celebrity in the entertainment circle, he has not mastered the skill of inconsistency, which is a must-have quality for every star, without exception, otherwise, the entertainment circle will be over up.

In fact, Cruise still did a very good job, maintaining a peaceful and humble appearance from beginning to end. However, although he has starred in many drama movies since the end of the 80s to hone his acting skills in order to change his fixed image, and was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor in 1990, he did not bring his acting skills to life Come.

Otherwise, how could Adrian see that arrogance? Looking at the Willis couple who had dealt with Cruise, they shrugged their shoulders and exchanged disapproving glances after he left, and you can understand why so many people attacked him when he lost power.

Well, this is just one of the reasons, so there is no need to analyze it carefully. Before Cruise left, Adrian extended an invitation as usual. He had obtained the right to adapt Anne Rice's novel and was considering using the "original cast" to star in it. Of course, he has his own plans, maybe a part-time producer, or Neil Jordan if he wants to.

Cruise still had that disapproval at the beginning, and he was only perfunctory when facing the invitation. Although Adrian couldn't say clearly, he just expressed the hope that there would be a chance to cooperate in the future, but he didn't care about it. It's a bit obvious. But after Nicole Kidman whispered a few words to him, she became enthusiastic again.

"If you need, you can call me or my agent at any time." Cruise said with a smile, his sincerity swept away the arrogance before, he is not a fool after all.

It can also be seen from here that Nicole Kidman is better than him in this respect. Speaking of it, Nicole seems to be only 25 years old now, when she was young and beautiful, although she didn't talk much at the reception, her gray-blue eyes were quite charming.

Until he returned to the hotel, Adrian was thinking about something in his heart.

Another day later, the most important moment of the Cannes Film Festival - the awards ceremony - came. Stars, directors, producers and entertainment reporters from all over the world gathered outside the Lumiere Theater to start The last orgy.

"Do you think I'll get the Palme d'Or tonight, Monica?" Adrian asked with a smile after taking Monica's arm, walked all the way through the red carpet into the theater, and sat down in his seat .

"No." Monica replied a little coldly. She was wearing a purple low-cut evening dress, revealing deep seductive grooves. She was obviously extraordinarily sexy, but her body was slightly tilted when she sat down.

"Okay, okay, if it makes you feel better, then it doesn't matter if you don't get it." Adrian laughed, reaching out and hugging her waist from behind the seat, unlike the film festival at the beginning It takes a few days to hide our eyes and ears.

Monica twisted her body symbolically, snorted softly, and leaned against Adrian. Although the pain has been relieved a lot, after all, she dared not sit for a long time and could only lie down, wanting to completely eliminate the sequelae It still takes time.

Although the Cannes Film Festival is supported by the French government, it still has many deficiencies compared to the Oscars. The performance of the host can only be regarded as quite satisfactory. The whole awards ceremony seemed more than serious but not lively-the French's pretentious posture was evident.

Because of this, even if there are more than ten awards to be awarded in total, and some awards have two places-such as the Golden Camera or the Jury Award. But it still didn't take much time to enter the most important link.

Although Adrian can't remember all the winners list - after all, he is not omniscient, he can only remember what he has seen in his previous life, and the shallower the impression, the more difficult it is to find, the popularity of the Cannes Film Festival is not as good as the Oscar after all. But he is still very clear about those important awards, but after comparing them one by one, he found that the current 45th Cannes Film Festival has undergone a lot of changes. For example, the best director award was awarded to Bill August of Denmark. Knowing that in the original track, it was his "Beautiful Betrayal" that won the Palme d'Or

When he heard the name, Adrian couldn't help but tighten Monica's hand. Basically, it is impossible for Bill August to win the Palme d'Or after winning the best director, because Cannes is much better than the Oscar in terms of dividing the cake, and it is rare for a film to win several awards. Whether this principle is good or bad is difficult to judge.

"You'll get it, Ed." Monica said softly at this time, the previous "no" was just a joke.

Adrian didn't answer, just smiled and patted her hand. Next up is the Special Jury Prize with two places. If there is no "Pulp Fiction" in the name, the possibility of winning the Palme d'Or will be greatly improved. But it’s not easy. If you compare it with the Oscars, the Palme d’Or is an award that combines the best film and best director. Participating will greatly increase the possibility of winning the Palme d'Or. Of course, there are also many films that directly take the Palme d'Or, but the proportion is relatively small.

But as a man with a strong desire for control, Adrian doesn't like this situation that cannot be controlled. It's just that it's interesting to try this feeling occasionally. Anyway, the Palme d'Or is not something that must be obtained in the plan, so this can make him feel a little uncertain excitement.

"The Italian film: "Little Thief" and the Spanish film: "Light Illusion" won the special award." After the announcement of the host, there was a burst of applause at the scene. Adrian also let out a long breath, and now he is waiting for the last moment.

Probably the two award-winning directors also realized this, and their speeches were very short. After they walked down, the host made a few more jokes, and then announced that the award presenters were on stage. Soon, in the midst of the music, a tall and slender figure came out from behind rows of frame-like decorations, curly long, young and pretty face, the best. Those gray-blue eyes, aren't they Nicole? Who is Kidman?

She still wore the dress she wore at the reception that day, with a thin-shouldered evening dress, black transparent stockings and flat shoes, but with an extra pair of black long gloves, which made her look even more outstanding, and Adrian couldn't help raising his eyebrows.

As Nicole appeared on the stage, the host introduced it to everyone, but after a few words, he brought the topic back to the Palme d'Or, and Nicole stood beside her with a smile on her face and said nothing. Compared with the Oscars, the award presenters at the Cannes Film Festival are completely vases. No matter men or women, the only thing they do when they come to the stage is to give the list to the host, and then watch the host call out their names, and then wait for the winners to come to the stage. After the speech, he left.

Frenchman... Adrian shook his head in his heart, and then focused on the host. This middle-aged man in his forties with a suit and hair combed back had already opened the long scroll that Nicole handed over.

"Well, now I announce," he said dryly but formally, "at this year's film festival, the winner of the Palme d'Or is the American film: "Pulp Fiction""

Adrian, who couldn't help but clenched his fists, immediately waved his hands vigorously and slightly, with a rare look of excitement and excitement on his face. I have to admit that doing this once in a while is really exciting.

The applause rang out, and the surrounding area was especially enthusiastic. The seats in the theater were divided by region, and the people sitting nearby were all Americans. Whether they were jealous or not, they were all clapping their hands vigorously at this moment.

After shaking hands with Travolta, Jackson, Willis, Dennis and others one by one, Adrian, who had adjusted his state, walked onto the stage amid applause with a smile on his face.

"Thank you, Lermitt, thank you, Nicole." He shook hands with the host and Nicole respectively, and then took the trophy from the host Lermitt, a golden palm coconut stuck on the four sides Square chamfered clear crystal.

"Thank you to the judges for putting this honor in my hands. It's such a thrill and excitement. I never imagined when I was making this film that I would be here to pick up the Palme d'Or one day. Thanks for participating The leading actors, thank you to all the crew members, thank you to everyone who supported me, thank you, thank you very much," Adrian said as he raised the trophy in his hand and shook it.

Because this is France, and the host used French from the beginning to the end, Adrian's speech was also in French. His French is not very good, and there is no problem in listening and speaking, but if he speaks too fast, the words will not match the meaning, so Adrian tried to speak as slowly as possible in his speech, and the content was relatively short and popular .

As a result, he spoke French clearly and in tune. After the speech, he was greeted with warm applause from the French. Even the host and the French judges sitting not far away also clapped their hands. People are also supporting directors from their own countries, and the enthusiasm in the theater is much higher than before.

Adrian bowed slightly, and was about to go down with the trophy, and Nicole just happened to follow, and the two almost collided with each other, which immediately attracted a few bursts of laughter.

"Sorry." Nicole said with some embarrassment.

"It's okay." Adrian made a gentle gesture of invitation.

Perhaps because of the nervousness about this matter, Nicole suddenly tilted her body and almost fell to the ground when she was going down the steps, but Adrian who followed behind grabbed her arm in time.

"Don't worry, it's fine." He whispered, and let go of Nicole after she stood still. This gentlemanly move immediately received a lot of applause.

"Thank you." Nicole smiled at him, then walked to her seat without looking back.

Adrian didn't say anything else, and also went straight back to his seat.