She dominates the entertainment industry with her disaster system

Andrew Miller?

Su Lingxi showed a look of surprise on her face.

——Anyone who knows a little about the French entertainment industry should have heard of the name of this great director.

Before he was forty, the films he directed had won the highest awards in the main competition units of the three major European film festivals, and he went to the United States to win his first Oscar. At the age of fifty, he won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Cannes International Film Festival as a director. He is a master of film who is good at telling stories and has amazing talent.

Unfortunately, this master was forever frozen at the age of fifty-five - five years ago, Andrew Miller died unexpectedly in a skiing accident.

Su Lingxi's knowledge of him was limited to the little information about his life. At most, he could only match his name with his works, and he did not deliberately learn about his family information.

After hearing what Ruan Tang said, I felt as if some strange dimensional wall had opened.

Seeing her surprise and confusion, Ruan Tang patiently explained: "Deschanel's father used to work at the French Consulate General in the imperial capital, so she attended international schools in the imperial capital for both junior high and high school."

"She and Millerand were in a free love relationship. Millerand's ancestors were French nobles, and his family had been in politics for generations. He also had a trust fund arranged by his family. After Millerand's unexpected death, since he had no heirs, his family trust fund was handed over to Deschanel for management, and his inheritance and company shares were also left to her."

"This is also one of the start-up funds that Ava used to start a company with me."

"As for how I met her...it's actually a very clichéd story." Ruan Tang said briefly, "She is of Chinese and French descent, and was sometimes bullied deliberately at school. One day, she happened to meet me, and I helped her scare those bullies away."

“Then we naturally became friends.”

Her voice was calm as she spoke of this, sounding lower than usual.

That’s right, bullying incidents are never good things worth remembering, Su Lingxi thought.

I received so much new information today. Many things that I couldn’t understand before now seem to make sense when I think back on them.

Why have so many actors from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland China who have tried hard to venture into overseas markets and become international failed to surpass their teacher's achievements?

Because they neither have the teacher's acting skills nor the teacher's connections.

For Chinese people who do not have relevant background and connections, the European and American film circles are extremely closed, and it is extremely difficult to break into the orthodox film circle.

Not to mention Hollywood, where connections and relationships are everything, just the three major European film festivals are enough to make most people drink a pot.

If the teacher had not established this good relationship when he was young, it would probably be much more difficult to break into the overseas market.

The teacher's success has also invisibly broken that transparent barrier - in the past decade, the number of films shortlisted for the European Three has been significantly higher than twenty years ago.

But no actor has ever been able to break the teacher's record of winning the Grand Slam that year.

Recovering his scattered thoughts, Su Lingxi turned the topic back to the main topic: "Teacher, what you mean is... the chairman has already picked the next movie for me?"

There was no expression on her face, but her heart was pounding with excitement. She waited anxiously and expectantly for Ruan Tang's answer.

"We can only get a rough draft of the script now. You can take a quick look at it first." Ruan Tang pushed the folder forward. "The specific casting work has not officially started yet. You may need to meet with the director in person to discuss it."

Su Lingxi understood what she meant. If she wanted to act in this movie, she had to get the director's approval. Even the widows of Deschanel and Miller could not make the final decision on this matter.

It seems that this director must be a person of a certain status in France.

Su Lingxi thought as she quickly opened the cover.

"Mia Selina..."

The name written in the director's name column looked particularly familiar, and Su Lingxi couldn't help but read it out.

"She is the winner of the Best Director Award at the previous Cannes International Film Festival and one of the emerging directors currently being promoted in France." Ruan Tang pointed at the script. "She is the director and screenwriter of this film, so her attitude towards you is crucial."

Su Lingxi nodded slightly and began to read the script attentively.

The tentative name of the script is "Night Dreams in Paris", and the plot outline is very simple: it tells the story of a man and a woman who meet by chance in a foreign country and quickly fall in love as they get along.

The heroine Betty, only 25 years old, is suffering from a terminal illness and will not live long, but she has a strong curiosity about the world, and France is the last stop of her trip around the world.

One day, while touring Paris at night, Betty met the French youth Maputiste Grenouille. Grenouille looked well-behaved and handsome, but in fact he had a strong tendency to self-destruct, was gloomy and world-weary, and was always ready to end his life.

Betty, who barged into the party without thinking, was like a ray of sunshine shining on the barren land. She was young, beautiful, cheerful and lively. This girl with vigorous vitality like a little sun attracted Grenouille's attention.

Today was not a good day to leave the world, so he decided to postpone it for another day.

Day after day, they were like every other ordinary couple on the streets of Paris, drinking together until they were tipsy on a sunny afternoon, strolling hand in hand along the river; watching a classic French romantic movie in an old cinema in Paris; watching the sunset at the Montparnasse Tower, and having a glass of champagne when the lights of thousands of houses came on...

The story is short and concise, with a secret passion hidden between the lines. Just a few strokes reveal an extremely crazy romantic atmosphere, which is very characteristic of French films.

"Judging from the number of pages Betty occupies and the character biography, she should be considered the protagonist." Su Lingxi closed the script and asked in confusion, "But the main perspective of the story seems to be from Grenouille's side?"

"Even if the story unfolds from Grenouille's perspective, most of the dramatic conflicts are focused on Betty." Ruan Tang shrugged, "And this version is not the final one yet, and it may be changed at any time."

Su Lingxi pursed her lips, hesitated for a moment, and finally decided to tell the truth: "Teacher, the role of Betty... is very good, but..."

In fact, it was precisely because Betty's character was almost perfect, so perfect that Su Lingxi could feel Selina's love for this role as a director, that she had some negative thoughts.

[Additional explanation: French people usually address each other by their last names.]