I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad - Chapter 551

Chapter 551 549. Climate jokes

Xu Xin doesn’t know anything about foreign university courses… Ashamed to say, he still knows the common sense of life of foreign college students from “American Pie”…

Once upon a time, in my impression, foreign college students with blond hair and blue eyes would flirt with girls when they went to school, and they would drive IMPACT with a group of girls after class.

During that youthful ignorance back then, he didn’t know how much he drooled enviously.

Even once applied to the old man for him to study in the United States.

pity…

The old man is well-informed, how can he not know how much his son weighs?

Also went to the United States…

Out of Shenmu, you are like a husky who has passed away.

You still go abroad…

At that time, there may be some catastrophe.

So I didn’t pay attention to my son’s unrealistic idea at all.

This leads to Xu Xin’s relatively narrow knowledge… After all, he is a child from the county and has never seen anything in the market. So much so that when he entered the campus of the University of Venice, his first reaction was…there are so many foreign young guys and young wild horses…do they all want to copy the plot of “American Pie”?

And when he thought that he made a wrong step and didn’t go to the United States… which led to him becoming what he is today, he regretted biting the back molars in his mouth.

Mixed it with pizza and ate it in my stomach.

Of course, this is a joke.

The truth is, the whole university is really lively.

There are really a lot of people. Although young people account for the vast majority, you can also see many foreigners of all ages.

Thinking of this, he asked Zhong Changyou:

“We’re not the only one having a movie in this college hall, right?”

“right.”

Zhong Changyou nodded:

“These people include reporters, film critics, bloggers who love movies…everything. Foreigners and they…are relatively free. The half month of each year is the time when Venice tourism generates income. You can do whatever you want here. The people you meet may be the writers of a professional film review magazine, or critics, etc… But we don’t have to worry, most people can’t understand what we say. So they don’t be so cautious in their words and deeds.”

Although the question Xu Xin asked was not intended to be this way, after being popularized by science, he probably has an idea.

After being educated by the Italian pastry chef with a portion of strong buns, the mentality of the three people has changed.

At least I am no longer as anxious as before.

Now I have time to enjoy the scenery in the school.

Walking around all the way, they finally came to the entrance of the school auditorium, where they finally met with other colleagues from Xiying Studio.

“Hi everyone.”

While greeting the big guys, Xu Xin glanced at the entrance of the auditorium and asked:

“Can I go in now?”

Hearing this, Wang Zhanliang, a staff member of Xiying Studio, waved his hands:

“The “Love Triangle” is playing inside, and it will end in about ten minutes. We can enter the venue after the audience has come out. I have already redeemed the tickets, and they are all in the back row. However, the people of the Venice Film Festival clearly stipulate that in the During the screening of the film, all crew members are not allowed to accept interviews or hold gatherings in unofficially permitted places for any activities of any nature. So we can only watch, and cannot go on stage for interviews after the film is over like the domestic premiere.”

“Understood.”

Xu Xin nodded, and at this moment, a voice suddenly sounded from several people:

“Director Xu?!”

Turning around, I found that a middle-aged man was leading a young man who was holding a camera in his hand and was looking at this side.

Before Xu Xin spoke, Wang Zhanliang quickly waved his hands, dissatisfaction appeared on his face:

“Filming is prohibited here. Why don’t you follow any rules when you go abroad?”

The middle-aged man also found the camera held by the young man, and even heard two “click click” shutter sounds.

But he didn’t stop it at first, but waited until Wang Zhanliang spoke before suppressing the camera:

“Don’t mess around! What are you doing so rashly?!…Sorry everyone, he’s a newcomer, and it’s his first time participating in this kind of event.”

Wang Zhanliang couldn’t understand this person’s Xiao Jiujiu very well, so although his tone was not impolite, it was also very blunt:

“Since everyone has gone abroad, every move represents the face of the Celestial Dynasty! If you don’t abide by the rules, all of us will be lost! You deleted the photos for me! Which media are you from? There are no rules at all. Don’t talk about it? Delete it for me quickly!”

tsk…

Brother Sun saw that this was a knowledgeable person, and a little helplessness appeared in his eyes.

But he still took the camera himself, and after deleting all the pictures of them in front of Wang Zhanliang who came over, he said politely:

“It has been deleted. That… can we learn about the situation of “The Hawthorn Tree”? It doesn’t count as an interview. If you have a cooperative media, we can release these news after the cooperative media publishes the news.”

This time, Wang Zhanliang did not refuse, but looked at Zhong Changyou.

Zhong Changyou looked at Xu Xin.

It’s not easy to refuse this kind of thing, after all, “The Hawthorn Tree” always needs to be promoted.

Just being shortlisted is definitely not enough news topic.

At this time, it is a good thing to have domestic reporters to promote.

Still the same sentence, public is public and private is private.

The officials of the Venice Film Festival do not refuse interviews with the crews of various films, but near the venues where these films are shown, any unofficial journalists are not allowed to interview.

So hearing the phrase “not an interview” and the following conditions, it proves that this person knows the rules regardless of the media.

Now the decision rests with Xu Xin.

After all, he is the director.

What about Xu Xin, he took a look at these two people…

I feel vaguely familiar.

In addition, meeting old acquaintances in other places is just chatting anyway, and it is convenient for others to be convenient for yourself.

So nodded, pointing to the trash can next to the auditorium:

“Can this smoke?”

Hearing his polite words, the middle-aged man was also a little surprised.

But immediately nodded with a smile:

“If Director Xu just came here? Winston, have you smoked it? It’s fine where there is no sign of banning speech.”

“No. Try it.”

A group of people, including Liu Yifei, moved towards the trash can.

There is no no-smoking sign here, and Xu Xin also saw someone smoking in front of the trash can, so it shouldn’t be a problem.

Then, a WINSTON was handed over.

“Sun Youcai, Lin Dong, we are both reporters of Star Weekly.”

Brother Sun pointed to the young man with a name of a few million characters, and after saying both himself and his name, he handed the cigarettes to others diligently.

Lin Juxin picked it up, and Zhong Changyou picked it up.

Wang Zhanliang and others in Xiying Studio almost all smoke.

In a blink of an eye, seven or eight cigarettes scattered out, and the cigarette case collapsed.

Xu Xin asked curiously:

“How much is a pack of cigarettes?”

“It’s expensive. 5.5 euros a box… It’s fifty or sixty yuan in our country.”

Sun Youcai didn’t seem to be in pain, but it was obviously not easy.

Then Xu Xin was happy.

I took out the Zhonghua that I had just unpacked and smoked two from my pocket:

“Shall we change?”

“Well…”

Brother Sun was stunned for a moment, and suddenly became happy:

“OK!”

And Xu Xin ordered a Winston…

“Why does it taste like Marlboro?”

“It’s almost the same… foreign cigarettes are like this.”

After finishing speaking, Brother Sun said directly:

“We just came from the Malibran Theater, where The Side Ditch was playing.”

“Oh? How did it go?”

“Frankly…”

Brother Sun shook his head, his eyes were full of… no surprise or disgust:

“I can’t comment. According to the scale, his film must not be released in China…”

“…?”

Xu Xin was taken aback.

“No dragon mark?”

“No. I met him there just now… He raised the money himself. I asked him why he had to shoot it, and it was so real and cold… He told me that his father died in Jiabiangou. And It was he who found out where his father died after reading Yang Xianhui’s original work “Jiabiangou Chronicle”… He said that he had a breakdown for nearly half a year, and then made up his mind to sell the movie…he didn’t plan to release it in China.”

“…”

Now, Xu Xin didn’t know how to answer.

It can only be said…he is a ruthless person.

Because of the book “Jiabiangou Chronicle”… his family also has it.

I watched a section, but didn’t read the whole thing.

The story actually tells a kind of documentary similar to what happened in the prisoner-of-war camp.

It’s not easy to say, and it doesn’t suit Xu Xin’s taste very much.

He understands what it means to forget history equals betrayal.

So I forced myself to finish reading the first part of the story “Magic City Woman”, and then threw it on the bookshelf.

Once you know the history and what happened in that era, that’s all.

But you have to let him continue to read the entire book, knowing the so-called “darkness”…he can’t do it.

So, he knew what he was talking about when he saw the three words “Jiabiangou”, but after knowing why the director made this story from the reporter Sun, the only evaluation he gave was this.

So he didn’t continue to talk, just nodded to show that he understood, and continued to smoke.

In fact, he dislikes this kind of person.

Even if he made such a work because his father died there.

But it is the same reason that he hates many hypocritical directors in the fifth generation… People can’t forget history, but they can’t live in history either.

Don’t hold on to suffering, okay? Everyone lives so hard every day, why don’t you have some fun?

ah? My film also ended in tragedy? …that’s all right.

Sorry, brother, I’m always double-standard.

So I can’t say anything, so I can only smoke.

Brother Sun thought that Xu Xin would ask more questions, so it can be seen that he didn’t ask, so he simply cited the topic here:

“Does Director Xu have confidence in his films?”

“Well…”

Xu Xin thought for a while and said:

“Brother Sun, do you know the anxiety before the exam results are released? That’s how I feel. I think it’s good, but others may not like it. So if you ask me, I don’t have confidence… To be honest, it’s useless if I don’t have confidence. The movie has It’s been filmed, whether you like it or not is other people’s business. So you don’t have to worry about my attitude towards my work…I can only say that I filmed it as a story. As for other people’s evaluation…I have no idea legal control.”

Hearing this, Brother Sun subconsciously glanced at Liu Yifei and Lin Xunxin.

Looked at Lin Dong next to him again…

The corner of his mouth twitched suddenly.

Bear boy… Your eyes are almost growing on Liu Yifei!

Look at your worthless look.

But he didn’t stop him either. Anyway, this unofficial interview with Lin Dong was useless.

So he continued to ask:

“What about the competitors this time? What does Director Xu think?”

“…Is it okay if I sit and watch? I’m afraid I will block the audience in the back row.”

“…”

“…”

“…”

A group of people who listened attentively to his “interview” were speechless.

What are you doing now?

Xu Xin also smiled.

He knew what this reporter Sun meant, shook his head and said that it was all a joke, and said:

“I’m not cowardly, but I’m not blind either.”

“…”

Brother Sun was a little speechless.

The first reaction is how dare you say…

At the top three every year, although some of the directors who come are unknown, most of them are talented people who have made achievements in the film industry.

Otherwise, so many films are submitted every year, why are only these few films selected?

And Xu Xin took a look at his eyes and knew what he was thinking.

But also not surprised…

Judging by this person’s age, he must be in his forties, right?

Post-70s? end of 60?

Xu Xin of his generation can understand.

Because they grew up watching the United States, the Soviet Union, and even other developed countries in the world grow up.

Although it is not a map gun, “the West is strong” is already the inertial thinking of many people.

Of course, not everyone.

Just saying that some people really do.

It is true that Chinese movies can win awards, and they will be excited too.

But there is still a kind of… a sense of inferiority complex in his bones.

I always feel that the moon in my country is not as round as that in other countries.

He understood, so he said unhurriedly:

“At least, I was shortlisted, right? There are only 24 shortlisted films out of so many. It’s up for grabs, everyone is a dark horse. So my film is still one of the 24. But I don’t think I will definitely win the award. It’s still the same sentence, I made a movie, but it’s someone else’s business. This is a process that focuses on participation.”

After finishing speaking, he didn’t need Brother Sun to continue to ask, he just scratched his finger:

“Look, in the play, Liu Yifei and Lin Gou…Lin Juxin’s acting skills, if I am not satisfied, the scene will be impossible to pass. The old man and I have personally gone through the script over and over again, from the outside to the core, They are all conceived from my own spiritual world.

Everything I want to show is in there.

And it can appear here…or it can be taken out of post-production by me for review and sent to theaters, which in itself proves that I think my film has been completed.

It may have flaws, it may have loopholes. But at least for me now it is a highly completed work. This is what I think… As for other people… Think about it, who dares to assert that a movie they make will definitely win the top three and three gold Oscars? Reporter Sun, do you think this makes sense? ”

Brother Sun kept nodding after saying something.

Indeed, after putting aside all publicity stunts, hype, national feelings, the rise of movies and other factors, in fact, in essence, this is what film festivals are.

Anyone has a chance.

Everyone wants to fight for it.

If you want to fight for it, you can only use your most completed works to fight.

The words are rough and the rationale is not rough.

tsk…

No wonder it’s the director, no wonder it’s such an unconventional and straightforward interview at the film show…

It is not without reason that this young man can reach such heights.

Not to mention anything else, people look at the problem from a really tricky and vicious angle.

While talking, people began to come out from the auditorium one after another.

Xu Xin took a look:

“Yo, this is the end? Should we?”

Wang Zhan nodded brightly:

“That’s right, we’re coming soon.”

As he spoke, he took out tickets from his pocket and distributed them to everyone.

are all seated together.

Also includes three assistants.

“Then let’s get ready too… Do you two have tickets?”

“Yes. Our press cards can be redeemed directly by appointment.”

“That’s okay… Then watch the movie first. It’s useless to talk about it, so you can watch it… But don’t spoil it, the narrative plot of my movie story is actually quite simple…”

“…”

The corner of Sun Youcai’s mouth twitched.

Xin said your words are the biggest spoiler.

But I didn’t ask too much.

When people respect themselves a foot, they should also respect others.

He understands the reason why he is not afraid of running out of firewood if the green hills remain.

but…

Whether it’s the experienced Sun Ge, or Zhong Changyou, a frequent visitor to Venice…

Both discover one thing…

That is… the audience queuing up at the door is a bit out of proportion to the audience walking out of the door.

In this kind of movie venue in the form of a single auditorium, the movies are played one after another.

When the audience buys tickets, for example, if they encounter two movies they like or are interested in next to each other, they can watch them continuously.

Just buy the next ticket in advance.

Then wait for the first movie to end, no matter it’s going to the bathroom or something, and then go in and watch the second movie.

Although the duration of “Love Triangle” is 119 minutes.

It ends in the early 8 o’clock, which means that the movie starts playing around 6 o’clock.

It was dinner time for many people.

Everyone must be hungry after 8 o’clock.

But… the number of spectators came out, and the queue to go in was small. When this kind of thing happened to him, Zhong Changyou felt a little uncomfortable no matter how he looked at it.

and…

These guys all look young.

Like a student…

Could it be to grab discounted movie tickets for “LASTMINUTE”?

Although it doesn’t matter if it’s income-generating or not…But when he thinks that he’ll wait for people to go in later, what they might be greeted by is an empty theater…He really panics.

After thinking for a while, he quickened his pace and left the team directly.

stopped in front of two couples who were walking out talking and laughing:

“Hello, sir and ma’am. How was the movie?”

He began to communicate with the two men in Italian.

After the exchange, after the two smiled and waved to him, he politely said goodbye, and when the couple turned around, his face was a little unhappy.

At this time, several people walked over.

Xu Xin asked:

“What’s wrong?”

“…It’s our bad luck.”

Zhong Changyou, who was quite optimistic all the way, suddenly said this.

Then, under the suspicious eyes of everyone, he gave a wry smile:

“Ha~ I just asked them how the movie was. The boy said that “Love Triangle” is quite boring. The psychedelic style is very strong. The director used fragmented story fragments to narrate, but he didn’t control it well. It might be the subject matter. But he didn’t spoil it with me… This man knows movies quite well.”

“Well, what then?”

Xu Xin was a little puzzled, what’s so bad about this?

“Then I asked them… why don’t you try “Under the Hawthorn” below, and he told me that he and his girlfriend had just accepted the love triangle of Brokeback Mountain for more than 100 minutes, and now they want to see other genres .Because…the type of our promotion is a poignant love story that happened in a special era. We all know that we are a romance movie…the themes of our two movies are somewhat conflicting. These people…are not very interested.”

“…”

“…”

“…”

Now, everyone understands where the bad luck is.

Not really.

The forefoot let you finish eating McDonald’s… You know that today is Thursday, and you can’t eat the KFC even if someone else paid you 50.

However, it is the leader after all.

Zhong Changyou also understood that this is not the time to pull out everyone’s airtight core, so he said quickly:

“Of course, it’s just that tonight’s situation is special. After three days, all the movies will be re-typeset, and the reputation of people who have watched our movies will be fermented. There must be a lot of people. The quality of our movies is not to say, it must be no problem!”

The voice fell.

Boom boom boom…

“…”

“…”

“…”

Everyone twitched their lips and looked up at the dark sky.

It’s so evil…

When I get off the plane at night, the sunset is still red, and there is a beautiful landscape.

But it took less than two hours… Why is it going to rain?

What is this?

A bad omen?

Isn’t it possible…

At this time, regardless of whether the people in the team are superstitious or not, listening to the sound of the muffled thunder, my mood began to drop to the bottom.

If it really rains…will the people queuing at the door still wait?

Will anyone else come to watch our movie?

Could it be that God warned us that we will be unlucky?

The atmosphere suddenly became low.

And at this moment, Xu Xin suddenly asked a question:

“What’s the climate in Italy…? Mediterranean climate? Oceanic climate?”

“…?”

The others were taken aback.

I thought to myself, Director Xu, what are you doing?

At this time, do you still think about this in your mind?

But…

“Pfft…”

Liu Yifei’s smile in the dark is like a bright moon.

lights up everyone’s heart and lungs.

While laughing, she couldn’t help but pat Xu Xin on the arm:

“You can’t stop telling jokes, can you? …Why are you so annoying!”

After hearing this, Lin Gou was also stunned…

Then came a sentence:

“Haha, it’s not a tropical desert climate anyway…”

“Hahaha…”

“Hey hey hey…”

Lin Gou laughed.

Liu Yifei laughed.

Xu Xin was also laughing.

Because only they understand the point of this joke.

And Xu Xin didn’t intend to explain.

Just looked at Zhong Changyou and smiled:

“Let’s go? Stretch your head and shrink your head. It’s a mule or a horse… Shall we come out for a walk?”

Without waiting for his response.

He took the ticket and walked directly towards the door.

And just took two steps, but found that Liu Yifei had already walked in front of him.

“You two can’t speak English, let me do it.”

There is unwavering confidence in her eyes.

I gave it my all for this film.

No regrets.

Good or bad.

Let’s face it together!

(end of this chapter)