Chapter 906 Chapter 206 People, You Have to Live with Interest.

These two are a pair of strange people.

As the most famous film master in contemporary Britain, James McCullough became famous very early, and in his early years, he was always a recognized "prodigal son".

I won’t talk about other nonsense, anyway, there are a lot of British literature and art circles, the key is that this guy is still romantic, he was even sued by the girl’s parents three times for cohabiting with underage girlfriends, and he squatted for it Go to jail once. It is said that most of the time, he fell in love with three women at the same time, and they were in public, but it turned out to be too violent, and no woman was willing to give up on him. This guy was annoying, and he went to France to live for half a year. , fiddled with a film and came out, and won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival.

Then, he met his current wife by the way.

At that time, her name was Helena Hurley.

When she was fifteen years old, she was discovered by James McCullough, who was drunk in Paris at the time. When he saw her, he thought, damn it, she is so beautiful, this girl needs to sleep—of course, you The psychological activity at this moment can be understood as: the spark of love appears!

Then, he made a movie about the girl.

He won his first Cannes Palme d'Or, and he has completely achieved his reputation as a master of film art in Europe and even the world. Helena Hurley won the first Cannes actress in her life—— Works between the ages of fifteen and sixteen, the actress who is only sixteen years old.

Rose de France became famous in one fell swoop, and in the following 20 years, generations of French actresses have been given the title of New Rose of France by the media for being able to surpass her lifelong goal, and there are also many French lovers. But the only "French Rose" has always been her.

But at this time, the filming was over, and the little girlfriend had a good time. It happened that the three women in the UK were very angry and announced that they would cut off contact with James McCullough. Now he was relieved, OK, go back to China.

There is no more trouble in the country!

However, Helena caught up to England.

She loves him.

Rose France, who was only sixteen years old at the time, came to England and stayed with James McCullough for more than a year. Her parents were so angry that they once announced that they would sever the father-daughter relationship with her, and scolded James McCullough in the newspapers. Shameless, and then, at seventeen, Helena proposed to James McCullough.

It scared the shit out of James directly.

But this time, he didn't run away.

Helena's beauty and intelligence are only one of the reasons. The key is that she is very loose with James. Even James often changes girlfriends and has no objection to bringing women home. Apart from going out to pick up one or two movies every year to earn money , Come back like a servant, washing and cooking for James.

After two or three years like this, James McCullough couldn't stand it anymore.

Such a girl can't stand it alone!

At that time, James McCullough was already in his thirties, a typical old prodigal son in the British literary circle, while Helena Hurley was famous all over the world. From the age of sixteen, she was the rose of France, and she was the "movie" of the whole world. Lover”——Because of this backtracking, except for the British, the media throughout Europe at that time criticized and ridiculed James McCullough as long as Helena was mentioned.

Then, as she got older, Helena became more and more beautiful and charming, with every gesture and gesture, she has the charm of stunning the whole world, and she also made extraordinary achievements in film performances-the queen of Cannes at the age of sixteen, the second At the age of thirteen, he won the Silver Bear Award for Best Actress at the Berlin Film Festival.

At this time, the great success of the previous ten years and the decadence in his private life had already made James McCullough feel a bit late, and he even started drinking heavily.

Later in an interview, both of them admitted that for a period of time, James McCullough even slapped Helena twice. Of course, after a slap in the face, he would immediately regret and apologize.

Finally, the pressure was increasing, and James McCullough got drunk again and was stopped by the British paparazzi. He cursed Helena as if venting, and asked her to get out of her life as soon as possible!

This scolding caused an uproar.

However, the next day when media reporters found Helena, who was filming a movie in Italy at the time, Helena smiled and said, "Did he drink too much again? He always likes to drink, but I love him."

Well, the whole world admits, this is definitely true love!

And James McCullough, who was in his early forties at the time, seemed to have a sudden epiphany. In that year, he formally proposed to Helena, and the two officially registered their marriage soon—from then on, the prodigal James McCullough , was successfully locked into a cage by French Rose.

It has been eleven years since the two met, lived together, and finally got married.

It finally worked out.

James McCullough didn’t know if he really had an epiphany, or if he had played enough, and he really reined in from the precipice, and he no longer had the previous lace news one after another, and he could change a hundred girlfriends a year.

And after getting married, James McCullough not only calmed down, but after a brief adjustment, he quickly regained his glory. In just two years, he won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for the second time in history , and at the same time sent Helena to the throne of actress for the second time.

So far, the two of them have completely become a legend.

But this time, Li Qian came to the UK during the Cannes Film Festival, mainly at the invitation of James McCullough to spend a vacation at his small villa in the Lake District.

Well, the French rose is indeed the French rose, the real person is not weaker than the movie.

Moreover, the key point is that she is already in her forties!

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James McCullough walked quickly with an excited face, opened his arms while saying hello, and gave Li Qian a big hug—according to public information, he should be sixty years old this year, tall, but People have been seriously fattened.

When he let go, Li Qian nodded to Helena Hurley McCullough with a smile, then presented the French red wine still in a wooden box in his hand, and said at the same time: "Madam, you are more charming than in the movies. "

Helena happily accepted the gift and thanked Li Qian with a smile.

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This is a house that looks old, some new and some old.

James took Li Qian for a brief tour, and then muttered: "The beauty here has been destroyed, Helena and the others insist on renovating."

Before he finished speaking, a cigar was thrown over.

So the two swallowed, and Helena brought a pot of black tea, and then sat next to James, chatting with them—she seemed to be falling into the clouds, faintly visible from Li Qian's perspective.

Of course, although she seldom interjected, when she spoke occasionally, Li Qian could feel that this French Rose still had some insight into movies.

Both raved about "Red Sorghum."

But then, James McCullough criticized "Once Upon a Time" bluntly, "My daughter helped me buy a DVD. It was an oriental movie that was popular among young people in the UK. However, when I finished it, and I can hardly believe it's your work! Believe me, Humble, it's terrible! As the Hollywood businessmen keep asking me to do—'Oh my God, Jamie, we You need box office, you have to let more people like your work, you have to add some commercial and story elements into it! Your movie can’t always be made for a few people!’——Fake! They Don't understand movies!"

What can Li Qian say, he can only laugh.

When it comes to playing movies, James McCullough is definitely a genius, and since the 1960s and 1970s, his art films have become very popular in Europe, and wave after wave of Hollywood producers have come, hoping to invite him Going to Hollywood to direct, but after two experiences where the project was ultimately aborted due to huge differences in directing concepts, James McCullough completely rejected Hollywood.

It's not that he doesn't want to make money, but he prefers to stick to his ideas.

For such a person, especially he has achieved so much on the path he loves, what Li Qian can give is only admiration.

However, cannot agree.

Of course, Li Qian came all the way, not to quarrel with the old guy.

Firstly, he didn't want to stay in Cannes, making noise all day long, and at the same time, he had to meet the crew of "Unfinished Love", and secondly, he really wanted to ask James McCullough some questions.

Although "Red Sorghum" has achieved great achievements, whether it is word-of-mouth, awards, or box office, Li Qian still doesn't think that he is already incomparably awesome.

He knew that he was only standing on the shoulders of his predecessors.

And James McCullough became famous at a young age. It has been more than 30 years since his first film was a big success. The banner figure of today's European art film - if you want to say a master, this is the real master.

It can be said that looking at the world now, he is the top art film master. In front of him, Qin Wei, who has only won the Venice Golden Lion Award once, is far behind in terms of achievements, reputation and status.

And having a knee-to-neck conversation with him, Li Qian felt that he had learned a lot.

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This is the Lake District of the United Kingdom, the geographical location is already quite north, and the temperature difference between day and night is relatively large. Even if it is already summer, once it is four or five o'clock in the afternoon, the temperature will quickly start to drop.

In the evening, the setting sun shines at night.

The old man had a pipe in his mouth, and Li Qian also held a cigar in his hand. He walked along a path, chatting while walking. The old man talked about his views on art films and popular films, and even brought With some regret and some anger, he talked about his experience of trying to cooperate with Hollywood studios when he was young but ultimately failed-in fact, he is not unwilling to make popular movies, and his works are by no means all those that make ordinary people The obscure so-called art films that the audience can't understand, but he never agrees with the logic that "popular films are commercial films".

In this regard, Li Qian deeply agrees.

He told the old man that "Red Sorghum" was screened in China, and its current box office has exceeded 280 million US dollars-"Red Sorghum" is obviously not a commercial movie, but it is definitely a popular movie.

The old man looked envious.

He was also famous in the early years, which was the golden age of European art films, but for more than 30 years, with nearly 30 works added together, the total box office of his personally directed works is less than 300 million US dollars.

One "Red Sorghum", Li Qian has achieved.

While walking and chatting, Li Qianshun mentioned that he hoped to obtain his authorization, and his company in China would be responsible for the distribution and sales of James McCullough's films in China over the past few years on DVDs and videotapes, and He hopes that when the time is right, he can hold a special film week for James McCullough in China-at that time, all the works of the old man from this life to the present will be shown, and ticketed screenings will be held in a concentrated manner, and the old man will be invited When the time comes, I will go over and talk about artistic creation with Chinese filmmakers.

The old man was very happy and agreed immediately.

And he also happily said that although many of the copyrights of his works in the past years are in the hands of some British film companies, he can ask his agent to assist Li Qian in the negotiations to help Li Qian obtain DVD distribution rights in China.

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The Lake District is beautiful in summer.

The stock of cigars in the hands of the old man is of good quality.

It is even more wonderful to be able to obtain the personal authorization of James McCullough, and to obtain the DVD distribution rights of nearly 30 works directed by him in China in the future.

I went out for a walk, especially stood by the lake for a while, and my whole body was blown with steam and cool at night. When I came back, the hostess Helena had already prepared dinner.

The red wine was opened, and the three chatted while eating.

In fact, the McCulloughs have real estate in many places in the UK-James McCullough himself may not be good at doing these things or running a business, but Helena is not only beautiful and has superb acting skills, she is also very special. Good at taking care of two people's industries.

As a result, before he met Helena, although James' film production was not low, and in those years, while winning awards, his box office revenue was quite considerable, but he never cared about how much money he had. Just spend the money.

A genius, never thought that there would be a day when he was short of money.

But since having Helena, the old man's financial power has been confiscated. He complained about it in the early years, but the more time passed, the more he had nothing to say.

Now they have two big houses in London, a villa in Nottingham, a big winery in the south of France, and even in London and Paris, they have opened several high-end restaurants using their portraits. Dining room.

However, James McCullough still likes the old villa he bought in the Lake District the most.

Especially in recent years, according to him, the older he gets, the more he likes to live here, so as long as the weather is right, he will come to live here for a few months——Helena didn't complain at all, old man If she wanted to live there, she ran there. Although the living conditions of the small villas here are certainly not comparable to their mansions in London and Edinburgh.

This feeling is somewhat similar to Wang Jinglu and the others pampering Li Qian.

Li Qian can do whatever he wants, they never have any opinions, they support from the beginning to the end, and they support with their own actions.

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After dinner, in the British Lake District at the end of May, the temperature was as low as about ten degrees.

Fortunately, Li Qian had prepared in advance. Fortunately, this old house has undergone some repairs and maintenance in the past few years, so it feels good to put on a coat and visit his workshop with the old man.

The so-called workshop is the place where the old man makes his own pipes.

The ones piled up all over the floor and filled with various wooden boxes are briar roots bought by the old man in various shapes. On the long rough wooden workbench, there are many semi-finished products.

The old man asked Li Qian if he had ever made a pipe himself, and Li Qian shook his head.

Cao Zhan has this hobby. He likes to buy and collect some famous or unknown works. He collects and uses them. But at the same time, when he was not so busy a few years ago, he would make dozens of them in a year. Some will be given away, and some will be kept for themselves.

Li Qian had several pipes in his hand, all of which were gifts from Cao Zhan.

But Li Qian is usually too busy, smoking a cigar is okay, sitting there enjoying a pipe slowly seems a little more extravagant.

Therefore, he smoked very little pipe.

Only occasionally when Cao Zhan came over to sit and chat about things did he remember and follow suit.

Talking about these situations, the old man was very dissatisfied, "How can a person not make his own pipe? Qianqian, you should learn to make your own pipe. Believe me, it will be a lot of fun!"

Li Qian shrugged.

Then, the old man led Li Qian into a room next to the workshop - Li Qian was in a daze when he entered, thinking he had entered Cao Zhan's pipe storage room.

There are so many things to see, all kinds of pipes.

Say less than a thousand!

The old man said coquettishly: "Every pipe here is made by myself! From the initial cutting, to making, to polishing, to coloring, or sandblasting, I am all alone! "

It has to be said that looking at the room full of pipes, Li Qian felt from the bottom of his heart that this is indeed a remarkable achievement that is worth bragging about.

At the same time, he had to sigh again from the bottom of his heart: In contrast, too many artists in this world live too leisurely and have a lot of fun in life. A busy year from beginning to end, in this life, apart from work, there is almost no interest at all.

Especially in the past two years, as a traveler who clearly knows that a new wave of great development in the world of movies is coming, I am like a little man who has been wound up, constantly busy, Busy, trying to be able to catch up with such a major turning point, at least bring Minghu culture on the right track, pull on the fast track that will surely develop rapidly in the next step, and at the same time hope to drive the entire film industry in China...

In short, it is one word: tired!

Pointing to his own treasure house, the old man said generously: "Which one is in the picture, take whatever you want, and I will give it to you!"

Then he said: "If you are willing to learn, I can teach you how to make a good pipe!"

Li Qian's eyes lit up when he heard this.

Struggling for the rise of Chinese films is the goal I set for myself. If the goal is not achieved, there is no possibility of breathing a sigh of relief or being lazy in advance. Perhaps, once I leave the UK, this small vacation I gave myself is over. , what I have learned here will be useless, and I will never even remember it for the rest of my life.

However, at this time, in the treasure house of pipes accumulated by a film master for decades, Li Qian nodded subconsciously and said with a smile: "Okay! Then I will learn to make pipes from you!"

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Ask for a monthly ticket!

There are too many and complicated things at hand recently, and I don’t have the ability to break out for the time being, but I still hope that brothers can give me a hand at the beginning of the month. When I am busy with this period, I will definitely give you a good one! The key is that there are too few monthly tickets, so there is no passion for watching!