The couple are a pair of strange men.

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

I won’t talk about the other bad things. Anyway, there are so many in the British literary and artistic circles. The key is that this guy is still romantic. He even was sued by the girl’s parents for living with his underage girlfriend three times and was in prison for this. It is said that at most, he fell in love with three women at the same time, and it was public. As a result, he became too fierce and no woman was willing to give up on him. This guy got upset and patted his butt and went to France to live for half a year. He made a movie and won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival.

Then, he met his current wife.

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. This guy thought, "Damn it, it's so beautiful. I have to sleep with this girl. Of course, you can understand the psychological activities at this moment as: the spark of love has appeared!

Then, he made a movie for the girl.

He won his first Cannes Palme d'Or, and has completely achieved his reputation as a master of film art throughout Europe and even around the world. Helena Hurley won his first work in his life between the ages of fifteen and sixteen, and was only sixteen years old.

French Rose became famous in one fell swoop. In the following twenty years, generations of French actresses have been given the title of French New Rose by the media as being able to surpass her goal of striving for her life. They have many French lovers, but the only "France Rose" has always been the only "France Rose".

But at this time, the movie was finished and my girlfriend had fun. 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 felt relieved, ok, and return home.

There is no trouble in China!

However, Helena chased after England.

She loves him.

France Rose, who was only sixteen years old at the time, chased after Britain and stayed with James McCullough for more than a year. Her parents were so angry that they once announced that they had severed the relationship between father and daughter with her, and even scolded James McCullough for being despicable in the newspaper. Then, at the age of seventeen, Helena proposed to James McCullough.

It scared James directly.

But this time, he didn't run away.

Helena is beautiful and smart, but one of the reasons is that she is very careless about James. Even James often changes girlfriends and takes women home. In addition to going out to take one or two movies every year to make money, she comes back like a servant, washing and cooking for James.

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

Such a girl can't stand it if she is an individual!

At that time, James McCullough was already in his thirties, a typical old-fashioned prodigal son in the British literary and artistic circles. Helena Hurley was famous all over the world. Since he was sixteen, he was the French Rose and was the "movie lover" of the whole world. Because of this pursuit, except for the British, the entire European media at that time criticized and mocked James McCullough for his criticism and mocking whenever Helena was mentioned.

Then, as she got older, Helena became more and more beautiful and charming. Her every move and gesture had a charm that stunned the whole world. In addition, she also achieved extraordinary achievements in film performances at the age of 16, and at the age of 23, she actually won the Best Actress Silver Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival.

At this time, the great success of the previous ten years and the decadent private life had already made James McCullough feel like he was in a dim mood, and he even began to drink heavily.

Later in an interview, both of them admitted that for a while, James McCullough even hit Helena twice. Of course, if he slapped him in the face, he would immediately regret and apologize.

Finally, the pressure was getting stronger and stronger. James McCullough was drunk again and was blocked by British paparazzi. He scolded Helena in a cathartic manner and asked her to get out of her life as soon as possible!

This scolding caused an uproar.

However, the next day, when the media reporter found Helena who was filming a movie in Italy, Helena smiled and said, "He is drinking too much again? He always loves drinking, but I love him."

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

James McCullough, who was in his early forties, seemed to have suddenly realized that he had formally proposed to Helena that year, and the two soon officially registered for marriage. From then on, James McCullough, who was a prodigal son, was successfully locked into a cage by the French Rose.

The two went through eleven years from getting to know each other, living together, and finally getting married.

Finally, it will achieve the right result.

James McCullough didn't know if he had really realized or had enough fun, but he did stop from now on, and there was no longer the gossip news that had been happening one after another, and his girlfriend who could exchange 100 in a year.

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

At this point, the two of them have become a legend.

This time, Li Qian came to the UK during the Cannes Film Festival, mainly at the invitation of James McCullough to come to him for a vacation in his small villa in the Lake District.

Well, French Rose is worthy of being French Rose, and it is not weaker in real life than in the movie.

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

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James McCullough walked over quickly with excitement, and opened his arms while greeting him, giving Li Qian a big hug. According to the public information, he should be sixty years old this year, tall, but he has gained a lot of weight.

When he let go, Li Qian smiled and nodded to Helena Hurley McCullo, then delivered the French red wine in his hand that was still in the wooden box, and said, "Madam, you are more charming than in the movie."

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

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

James took Li Qian to visit briefly, and then muttered: "The beauty here has been destroyed, Helena and the others insisted on renovating it."

Before he could finish his words, a cigar had been thrown over.

So the two of them sucked the clouds and blew up. Helena brought a pot of black tea, and then sat next to James and chatted with them. She was like a cloud of mist. From Li Qian's perspective, she was faintly visible.

Of course, although she rarely interrupted, Li Qian could feel that this French Rose was still a little insightful about the movie.

Both of them praised "Red Sorghum".

But then, James McCullough bluntly criticized "Wong Feihong" and said, "My daughter bought me a movie, which is a popular oriental movie among young people in the UK. However, when I finished watching it, I almost couldn't believe that it was your work! Hum, believe me, that's too bad! Just like the Hollywood businessmen have always asked me to do, 'Oh my goodness, James, we need box office, you have to make more people like your work, you have to add some commercial, more story-oriented elements! Your movie can't always be made for a few people!' Fark! 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. Moreover, since the 1960s and 1970s, his art films have become very popular in Europe, and there have been waves of Hollywood producers coming to visit, hoping to invite him to direct him in Hollywood. However, after two experiences of the project being miscarried due to huge differences in the directorial philosophy, James McCullough completely rejected Hollywood.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to make money, but he is more willing to stick to his own ideas.

For such a person, especially who has achieved such great achievements on the path of his beloved, Li Qian can only admire him.

However, it is impossible to agree.

Of course, Li Qian came from afar, not here to quarrel with the old guy.

He didn't want to stay in Cannes, making noise all day long, and he also looked up from the crew of "Unfinished Love", and he really wanted to ask James McCullough for some questions.

Although "Red Sorghum" has achieved great achievements that are praised by the world, whether in terms of reputation, awards, or box office, Li Qian does not think that he is already extremely awesome.

He knew that he was just standing on the shoulders of the previous work.

James McCullough became famous at a young age. It has been more than 30 years since his first film was successful. During this period, he won the Palme d'Or twice, once the Silver Bear Award in Berlin, and once the Golden Lion Award in Venice. He is definitely a banner figure in today's European art films. If you want to talk about a master, this is the real master.

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

And talking to him did make Li Qian feel that he gained a lot.

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This is the lake area in the UK. It is already quite northerly, with a large temperature difference between day and night. Even if it is already summer, once it reaches four or five o'clock in the afternoon, the temperature will quickly begin to drop.

In the evening, the setting sun shines.

The old man was holding a pipe in his mouth, and Li Qian also held a cigar in his hand. He walked along a small path and chatted while walking. The old man talked endlessly about his views on art movies and popular movies, and even talked with some regret and anger about his experience of trying to cooperate with Hollywood studios when he was young but ultimately failed. In fact, he was not unwilling to make popular movies, and his works were not all obscure so-called art movies that ordinary audiences could not understand. However, he never agreed with the logic of "mass movies are commercial movies."

Li Qian deeply agrees with this.

He told the old man that "Red Sorghum" was screened in China and its box office has now 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 a big shot in the early years, which was the golden age of European art films. However, over the past 30 years, nearly thirty works have combined, and the total box office of his personal directed works is less than 300 million US dollars.

In the movie "Red Sorghum", Li Qian achieved it.

While walking and chatting, Li Qian mentioned it casually, hoping to obtain his authorization, and his company in China will be responsible for the distribution and sale of DVDs and videotapes for James McCullough's movies over the past few years. He also hopes that when the time is right, he can hold a special movie week for James McCullough in China. When all the works of the old man's life and the present will be taken out, and ticket screenings will be concentrated, and the old man will be invited to go over and talk about artistic creation with Chinese filmmakers.

The old man was very happy and agreed immediately.

He also happily stated that although many of his works in the past years were in the hands of some British film companies, he could let his agent be responsible for assisting Li Qian in negotiations to help Li Qian obtain the right to distribute DVDs in China.

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The lake area is beautiful in summer.

The cigars in the old man's hand are of good quality.

It is even more wonderful to obtain the right to distribute nearly thirty works he directed in China in the future.

I went out for a walk, especially when I stood by the lake for a while, I blew the water vapor and the cold all night. When I came back, the hostess Helena had already prepared supper.

The red wine was opened, and the three of them ate and chatted.

In fact, the McCullo couple has real estate in many places in the UK. James McCullo may not be good at doing these things or managing them, but Helena is not only beautiful and has superb acting skills, but she is also particularly good at managing the industry for two people.

So much so that before meeting Helena, although James's film production was not low, and in the past, he had won the awards and had a considerable box office revenue, he never cared about how much money he had, and he just spent it as soon as he had money.

As a genius, I never think I will have a day when I am short of money.

But since Helena was given, the old man's economic power was confiscated. He had complained in the early years, but the more he went on, the less he had nothing to say.

Nowadays, they have two big houses in London, villas in Nottingham, a big winery in southern France, and even in London and Paris, they have opened several high-end restaurants that use portraits of two people.

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 is, the more he likes to live here, so when the climate is right, he will come and live for a few months without any complaints. When the old man wanted to live there, she followed him there. Although the living conditions of the small villa here are definitely not comparable to their luxury houses in London and Edinburgh.

This feeling is somewhat similar to Wang Jinglu and the others who pamper Li Qian to some extent.

Li Qian does whatever he wants. They never have any objection. They support him from beginning to end, and they support him with their own actions.

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To be continued...