I'm the director, I'm not bad

Chapter 556
Xu Xin's words elevate the interview, which was originally only about movies, to the realm of "civilization" or "culture".

This interview has gone completely off track.

Other directors have said that compared with movies, he cares more about the inspiration he gets from coming here because of something...that may be nonsense to others.

Then the many questions prepared by Wang Minmin will no longer be needed.

She actually wanted to talk about the behind-the-scenes of this movie, why Xu Xin chose such a subject when the project was approved, and how he improved after being shortlisted in the face of so many excellent works.

For this, she really prepared a lot.

But Xu Xin's words, after sublimating the entire interview, the following content...at least the content aimed at him, can be said to have collapsed as a whole.

How to ask?
People were still discussing culture with you just now, but now you are asking tidbits and gossip?

So what has become of our Southern Weekly?

What tabloid reporter?

Therefore, as a last resort, Wang Minmin suppressed the speechlessness and helplessness in his heart, and started to shift the topic to Liu Yifei and Lin Yuxin.

The other directors have brought the director's perspective, and the things they are talking about are not unique to you at all.

How can we continue talking today?
And Wang Minmin also noticed it.

In fact, it's not that they are crooked, but that everyone's starting point is different from the beginning.

It’s different from other directors and crews who came here to accept your interview just to promote the movie and make more money.

West Film Studio... or Xu Xin himself, from the first contact with everyone, the core idea is not to make money, or how high the box office is.

That's all secondary.

What people value... Speaking of what Xu Xin values, Wang Minmin actually doesn't understand.

Because she is not a director.

I don't understand why in the director's world, I can see [-] insects even though I just watched a ladle of water.

But to be honest, based on her current "limited" experience as a reporter, she judged that a person like Xu Xin should be born to be a director, and should be born to eat this bowl of rice.

He thinks too much.

Even so much that she was a little jealous.

Because she is just an ordinary person, watching the sky to eat and working in the fields.

If an apple hits her head, she will groan and eat the apple angrily.

But people like Xu Xin can get inspiration from this and come up with a law of universal gravitation.

This is an absolute gap in thinking.

Incomparable gap.

Make people jealous.

Hate why I can't do it.

But it's even more depressing.

Because I really can't seem to do anything.

……

"Thank you three for accepting our interview. Finally, I also wish "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree" to achieve better results at the Venice Film Festival."

"Thank you, everyone, for your hard work."

The one-hour conversation was finally over. After thanking everyone politely, Xu Xin waved to Su Meng:

"Get something to drink, the kind that quenches your thirst."

"Ok."

Su Meng responded immediately, and went to order with Ai Qing, who had also been listening for an hour, with shining eyes.

Start dismantling the device.

After the interview, Wang Minmin removed his identity as a reporter and said to Xu Xin with a smile:
"Next time I won't accept interviews with you again, I'm too tired."

"Huh? Why?"

Xu Xin's eyes were full of doubts:

"I'll tell you what I know, won't you?"

"That's why I'm tired..."

Wang Minmin sighed helplessly.

Then he said:

"By the way, I just finished interviewing the crew of "Babel Empire" yesterday. Their movie is here on the 5th, and the domestic one is on September 9th. Although I haven't been to the internal preview, I have My friend went there. 26 media people, and finally gave a favorable rate of 100%. My friend said that it is the best martial arts suspense kung fu movie in recent years, and it is a rare and sophisticated commercial masterpiece. "Hawthorn If the schedule of "The Tree" has not been confirmed... I suggest you delay it."

After finishing speaking, she quickly added another sentence:
"It's not that I don't have confidence in you, it's just that it's unnecessary."

"I see."

Xu Xin nodded.

He understood Wang Minmin's position very well.

September is the day when these films that shined in Venice get together.

"Chen Zhen", "Sword Rain", and "Tongtian Empire" all started to air after September 9.

Obviously, their goal is to make full use of the aftermath of Venice.

The theme of "The Hawthorn Tree", in essence, is a film with a literary atmosphere.It is not flattering at the critical moment from late September to mid-October.

After all, from the factory's point of view, a film like "The Hawthorn Tree" should be at the right time, place and people as much as possible.

Therefore, the general thinking in the factory is to hope to put it in December.

Because there is Christmas in December.

It was released on Christmas Eve, and it took advantage of the excellent word-of-mouth to ferment, and then began to usher in a period of rapid box office growth on the third day after the release, including New Year's Day.

This is the optimal solution to "The Hawthorn Tree".

November is dominated by "Harry Potter" and "Resident Evil 11". Looking at December so far, apart from "Orphan of Zhao", there is only one Jiang Wen's "Let the Bullets Fly".

However, Jiang Wen kept a close eye on this movie, and couldn't reveal any news, and didn't even get a media preview, and submitted it directly to the theaters.No one knows what the quality of this film is.

But at present, the film pressure in December is still relatively small.

Therefore, although Wang Minmin's news was already expected by the factory, the affection was here.

Xu Xin still expressed his gratitude.

Everyone sat together and drank a cup of coffee. It was almost time. The three of them bid farewell to Southern Weekly and started to catch up with the agreement with Entertainment Star Broadcasting.

There are a total of 5 interviews today, and this is the first one.

And busy.

……

It's almost 7 o'clock in the evening.

"call……"

Xu Xin put down the fork, wiped his mouth with a tissue, and gave Ai Qing a thumbs up:

"good to eat."

Several people ate in a tavern that only locals in Venice would patronize.

A table of delicacies that Xu Xin couldn't name, and a piece of stewed Italian tomato noodles that calmed Lao Shan's soul, made him feel at ease.

The Italian girl smiled.

One day is enough for everyone to change from an employment relationship to a friend.

After eating, Xu Xin glanced at Liu Xiaoli, whose eye sockets were sunken, and said something concerned:
"Aunt Liu, why don't you go back to rest at night?"

"It's okay, I'm not tired."

Although she was very tired, Liu Xiaoli smiled and waved her hands:
"I still have to watch a movie."

But Liu Yifei shook her head:

"Xu Xin, isn't the event over? My mother and I will go back to rest at night. There will be an early screening of "The Hawthorn Tree" at 9:[-] tomorrow morning. I will take my mother to watch the movie."

"sure."

Xu Xin nodded.

Anyway, my English is good. The theaters at the Venice Film Festival are equipped with bilingual guides for this event. As long as you can speak either English or Italian, you will be fine.

"What about you, Lin Dog?"

"my words……"

Lin Juxin thought for a while, then waved his hand:
"I won't be with you anymore. I'm tired too. I'll go back to play games and sleep. Isn't there nothing to do tomorrow? Why don't we go together? When can't we watch the movie?"

"Then leave me alone. Let's go? See what you catch up with, okay?"

"Okay."

Ai Qing nodded.

The itinerary was decided, and we parted ways.

Xu Xin, Su Meng, and Ai Qing came to the nearest Marbury Theater.

Ai Qing looked at the film catalog and said:
"It's Road to Nowhere, directed by Monte Hellman."

"Okay, that's it."

Xu Xin nodded.

Soon, three people bought tickets and lined up to enter.

There are quite a lot of people in this field, almost full.

Holding the drink in his hand, Xu Xin waited for the movie to start expectantly.

Then... 1 minute into the movie, he was speechless.

Because he found a problem.

He can not understand.

It's not that I can't understand the core of the movie... It's just that I can't understand it.

It was spoken in English, with subtitles in Italian.

Xu Xin can only look at the picture, and then look at the picture of this man, a woman, another man, and another woman, listening to what they are talking about, sometimes the picture is gloomy, and sometimes it is a close-up of the actor's expression.

But it seems that if Ai Qing hadn't told him that this was a suspenseful story about a murder case, he would almost have watched it as a pantomime.

Moreover, the movie theater was very quiet, and Xu Xin was too embarrassed to ask Ai Qing to translate for him.

Not to mention anything else... Just the simultaneous interpretation, after more than an hour, he guessed that Ai Qing's CPU would burn out.

Not to mention... Ai Qing watched with gusto.

On the contrary, it was Su Meng... Mengmeng felt as uncomfortable as herself.

But she was embarrassed to mention it.

I can only look at Xu Xin helplessly...

"..."

"..."

The two looked at each other.

Xu Xin thought for a while, and leaned into Su Meng's ear:

"Why don't you sleep for a while?"

He opened his mouth, and Mengmeng began to think:
"Brother Xu...how about we go? Ask Ai Qing to find out what Chinese movies are available right now?"

The whispering between the two also attracted Ai Qing's attention.

She quickly asked what Su Meng was talking about.

After waiting for the answer, she froze for a while...

It dawned on me.

have to.

Among the three people, two are used to bilingual Chinese and English in the cinemas of their own country, and one is a local who can speak both English and Italian...

This habit reminds everyone only now...

This is not China.

Except for Chinese films, none of the Chinese characters can be typed on the screen.

"..."

"..."

"..."

In the evening breeze of the Venice water city, Xu Xin looked at Ai Qing who was communicating with the conductor and asked about the Chinese film screenings, and said to Su Meng:

"You said that if I start learning English this time, is it too late?"

"Are you learning from Ai Qing?"

Su Meng asked curiously.

Xu Xin was taken aback:
"Can she teach?"

"Yes, didn't she say it during the day's meal? She teaches foreign languages ​​in a bilingual school over there. She just returned to Venice when we were on summer vacation..."

Su Meng said, thought for a while, and asked tentatively:

"Brother Xu, how is your English foundation? Have you passed CET-[-] or CET-[-]?"

"What a fart. Your Brother Xu and I avoided the Olympic Games in the fourth and sixth grades... Otherwise, I will still be admitted to graduate school? I will be fine if I don't squat."

Xu Xin rolled his eyes, and after summarizing his English level in his heart, he told Su Meng the truth:

"My English level is basically that I can recite the 24 letters backwards and forwards, but the combination is basically free...Is there any help?"

"...??"

Su Meng was taken aback.

A pair of cute eyes stared straight at Xu Xin:

"Brother Xu... isn't it 26?"

"What?"

"English letters."

"Get out of here, you think I'm an English idiot? I can still sing the 24 English alphabet songs, ABCDEFG..."

He began to snap his fingers while singing "Little Star".

But blah blah...

When I sang "X", I found that my fingers had counted to 24...

His face changed instantly.

And Su Meng has silently lowered her head.

No, this is my boss.

The one who pays me.

i can't laugh...

I laughed, maybe the year-end bonus will be gone...

"Cute."

"what?"

"Your year-end bonus is gone."

"!!!∑(Дノ)ノ"

……

Bad news, Chinese movies are past their showtime.

Good news, go back to sleep.

With a feeling of boredom, Xu Xin talked with Ai Qing all the way back and whether it was too late for him to learn English.

According to Ai Qing's words, it's definitely not too late to learn.

And in fact, English does not need to be learned as much as the exams in the Celestial Dynasty.

As long as you master the words used in daily communication and the usage of inverted sentences, you can combine them at will.

And she also told Xu Xin:

"Actually, we foreigners live in the Celestial Dynasty, and your understanding of us is similar to Director Xu. You can tolerate our inappropriate use of Chinese characters, and of course we can also tolerate your mistakes in English. To learn English is to learn the language. If you know more words, you will have no problem. If you memorize 20 words a day, you will still learn 7000 words in a year. Xunzi said: Therefore, if you don’t accumulate small steps, you can’t reach thousands of miles. If you don’t accumulate small streams, you can’t make rivers and seas .It's definitely not too late~"

Do you think this foreigner is scary?

But indeed, after careful consideration, Xu Xin discovered that this was the truth.

In my impression, when my sister was learning English, she didn't have the past continuous tense, ongoing tense, and future continuous tense when she was in school.

Just take the time to memorize words every day, as if... that's it.

have to.

After agreeing to return to China to contact, Ai Qing sent the two of them to the door of the hotel and bid farewell on her own bicycle.

Xu Xin said goodbye to her at the door, and took Su Meng to the hotel.

But it's a coincidence...

"Director Xu?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Xin turned her head...

Have fun at once:

"Hahaha, Director Li!"

Li Pingdong was looking at him with surprise.

At the same time, there were two men and two women standing beside them, both of whom looked very young.

Seeing Xu Xin's arrival, the two men and women looked at him curiously.

Until Li Pingdong pointed to Xu Xin and murmured a few words in English.

"!!"

Xu Xin instantly felt that something was wrong with the eyes of the two men and women.

That kind of hot eyes like fire rushed to his face.

"Director Li, what's the matter?"

"Haha, let me introduce you to them... Chiligulu, Xu Xin."

In the second half, after Li Pingdong finished speaking, he saw the two men and two women stand up straight at the same time, bowing politely to Xu Xin.

"The front wheel does not turn and the back wheel turns..."

After speaking, the first young man stretched out his hand.

Xu Xin shook it politely.

Then there was another round of turning and turning, and the second girl with short hair stretched out her hand.

Then came the third, and the fourth.

And when these four people looked at Xu Xin, they were unified and their eyes were full of scorching heat.

Unfortunately, Xu Xin couldn't understand what they said.

I can only ask for help from Li Pingdong, who is generally looking cheerful.

Then Li Pingdong said:

"Come on, let me introduce you, he is Kenichi Matsuyama."

This is the first man.

"Rinko Kikuchi."

second woman.

"Kiko Mizuhara."

third woman.

"Gao Liang Jianwu."

fourth man.

"Hello."

Xu Xin nodded politely one by one.

Then I heard Li Pingdong say:
"These four people are all loyal fans of "Secret", the kind that can't be adulterated at all. No, I talked with them a lot when I was filming "Norwegian Wood". We talked about it yesterday. I can't meet you. After all, I've been busy these days, so it's hard for me to call you. I was calling you out after thinking about waiting for a few days... What a coincidence, I just met you. Haha~"

Li Pingdong smiled heartily.

And Xu Xin looked at these four people...

Fan of "The Untold Secret"?

He thought about it and asked:
"Which one of them likes Yang Mi?"

Li Pingdong translated a sentence, and Xu Xin understood "I am just now".

then……

"Shh!"

The four of them raised their hands at the same time, looking like elementary school students.

"..."

The corner of Xu Xin's mouth twitched...

It's okay for men, he can understand.

What's up with these two girls?
And Li Pingdong said with a smile:

"We're going out for a drink, shall we? Together?"

Xu Xin's eyes lit up tonight, who was worrying about not having a good time.

"Okay, let's go."

(End of this chapter)