tearjerker director

Chapter 382 Please call me Mr. Li
In fact, [-] million U.S. dollars a week, which is equivalent to more than [-] million Chinese coins, is far inferior to Li Yi's previous films, compared to "The Garland Under the Mountain" and "I'm Not the God of Medicine".

But for the domestic media and netizens, this figure is already very exaggerated.

Because domestic films, or co-productions, have achieved such results in North America.

At this moment, Li Yi was looking at the person brought by Xu Nannan with some headaches.

Meng Yibin, Xu Nannan's cousin.

The second-generation Chinese immigrant grew up in North America. However, Meng Yibin and Xu Nannan have a good relationship.

He studied directing at UCLA!

Currently a sophomore.

The reason why Li Yi has a headache is because after "A Dog's Mission" was released, Li Yi became famous in North America, and his achievements in China were dug up by the media. Of course, it was mainly because Dean Films wanted to take the opportunity to promote the film .

Li Yi can now be said to be absolutely famous in Hollywood.

After all, the commercial box office results he achieved in Huaguo are definitely rare in Hollywood. In addition, "A Dog's Mission" was a hit, as well as the popularity of the previous short film "Walking With Weight", and "The Loyal Dog Hachiko" Story" grades and more.

All added a lot of aura to him.

After Meng Yibin learned about the relationship between Li Yi and Xu Nannan, he boasted in front of his classmates that he knew Li Yi and that they had a very good relationship.

As a result, the classmates didn't believe it, so he said in a hurry that he could invite Li Yilai to their party!

But he knew Li Yi, but it was the first time Li Yi saw Meng Yibin.

Naturally, Meng Yibin couldn't find Li Yi directly, so he could only ask his cousin Xu Nannan.

After all, he was boasting so much, if he didn't do it, it would be a big shame.

"Just for a party?" Although it was a bit of a headache, Li Yi still wanted to give Xu Nannan face.

Since Xu Nannan was able to bring Meng Yibin to see him, it already showed that her relationship with this cousin should be pretty good.

But Li Yi felt that it was more than just attending a party.

Sure enough, Meng Yibin suddenly felt a little guilty.

Xu Nannan also frowned and stared at Meng Yibin.

"Well, I admit, the main reason is that we want to ask my cousin-in-law to help you watch our works! A few short films!" Meng Yibin had no choice but to tell the truth!

"That's it?" Li Yi couldn't help being a little stunned.

"That's it! I know, it's a bit abrupt, but I, I agree! Cousin-in-law, can you help me?" Meng Yibin said a little nervously.

"Okay, but let's forget about PARTY, just let me watch the short film you made!" Li Yi glanced at Xu Nannan, and then said to Meng Yibin.

"Really? Wow, cousin-in-law, you are really kind!" Meng Yibin said excitedly.

"Then I'll pick you up tomorrow?" Meng Yibin asked.

"OK!" Li Yi nodded.

Meng Yibin left excitedly!

"Will it cause you trouble?" Xu Nannan asked after Meng Yibin left.

Li Yi shook his head and said, "It's nothing, just to see what level the top students in the famous schools here are!"

The next day, Meng Yibin drove over to pick up Li Yi.

Drive to UCLA!
Meng Yibin brought Li Yi to their "small base"!
Meng Yibin's classmates were already waiting there, a total of seven of them, five men and two women!

Among them are two Chinese!
Including Meng Yibin, there are actually three ethnic Chinese!
These people may not look like students from famous schools, but in the profession of director, Lao Mei's introversion is really too serious.

There are only a few well-known art colleges in Huaguo, but there are many in North America.

However, directors who can really stand out are rare. What's more, they not only have to compete with directors from their own countries, but also compete with foreign directors.

Therefore, with the arrival of a director like Li Yi who has already achieved great success, they were all very excited.

Meng Yibin’s classmates, two of them are Chinese, are not all from the same class as Meng Yibin. One of them, Zhan Feiyang, is already studying for a master’s degree, just because he learned that Li Yi, a Chinese director, is coming. So we came together.

And there is another person named Jiang Yun who is not from the mainland, but a student from Baodao.

For them, Li Yi is definitely a "big shot"!

"Let's watch the movie!" After some politeness, Li Yi went straight to the topic.

Meng Yibin and the others had already made preparations, and there was actually a small screening room here.

The first thing to play is Meng Yibin's work.

A short film called "Christmas Presents".

The content of the short film is about five minutes.

Of course, the experimental short films shot by students like Meng Yibin are basically relatively simple scenes and relatively simple plots.

At the beginning of the short film, when the hero got up, he came to a wall calendar, picked up a pen and made a cross on the 1st day on the wall calendar!

Day after day, day after day, he put a cross on the wall calendar every day.

Every day seems to be looking forward to something.

Until, December 12th!
The doorbell rang, and someone delivered a gift.

The signature on it is: "Mom!"

The hero showed a happy smile.

Walking into the room, he put on the headset and dialed his mother's number!
"Merry Christmas, Mom!"

"Merry Christmas, did you get the gift? Do you like it?"

"Mom, the watch is very good, I like it very much! I also asked someone to send you a gift!"

After that, he sat there listening to the nagging of his mother on the other end, and tears rolled down his face involuntarily.

The camera changes, when he was a child, he was still a little boy, just like now, as soon as December came, he began to count the days and look forward to the arrival of Christmas.

And every Christmas, he always receives Christmas presents from his mother.

The camera pans back and he hangs up the phone!I picked up the photo with my mother on the table, looked at it, and put it back again!
Open the drawer, there are several identical watches inside, and each watch has a year on it, there are five years in total!

He closed the drawer, then went out to the neighbor's house and knocked on the door.

The door opened.

An old lady with white hair appeared in front of him.

"Mrs. Harling, your son asked me to bring you a Christmas present. Merry Christmas!" said the actor as he handed over the gift.

"Merry Christmas!" A happy smile appeared on the old lady's face.

The old lady took the gift and closed the door, and the old lady just now was actually the hero's mother.

The camera turns back and it turns out that the old lady suffered from Alzheimer's disease five years ago. She doesn't even remember her son, but every Christmas, she still remembers to give her son a Christmas gift. As a gift, those five watches were all given to her son by her in the past five years.

It was only on Christmas Day that she would briefly remember her son.

(End of this chapter)