I'm the director, I'm not bad

Chapter 557
Xu Xin somehow got into the car of some Japanese.

But he did miss Director Li a little bit.

With so many photographers, if you want to say that the one that suits you best is Director Li.

Although two of his three films were used by other people... But working with Wang Lei is still a pleasure.

But... some tastes are indeed worse.

But if you think about Li Pingdong's status in the world, you can actually understand it.

This is a master who has thoroughly understood all the cultural circles of the Great Celestial Dynasty. Hou Xiaoxian is so famous, and Li Pingdong, who is the royal photographer, is absolutely indispensable.

And just as he was getting into the car, whether it was a baby carriage or a cavalry cart, Wang Minmin finally rushed out his interview draft.

In fact, she also interviewed various Chinese-speaking crews for a whole day. Except for "Jia Bian Ditch", she divided the shots of "Tongtian Empire", "Sword Rain", and "Chen Zhen".

Only for "The Hawthorn Tree", she wanted to come in person.

Because after a whole day, she found that whether it was Xu Ke or Wu Yusen...the interviews with these people belonged to the kind of old-fashioned interviews.

There is no mention of movies in every sentence, but every sentence is inseparable from movies.

All kinds of marketing methods are on.

As for the director's remarks, she even forgot what the other party said after the interview.Only Xu Xin's interview kept a fire brewing in her heart.

The more I thought about it, the more I felt that he was right.

Whether it is the independence or universality of culture, this topic is very big, and it can even rise to the entire spiritual level.

Such as adoring foreigners, such as self-abasement and flattery.

When Xu Xin talked about this topic, she felt that her waist could be very straight.

Even if "The Hawthorn Tree" hasn't beaten all the movies yet, that's exactly what it feels like to her.

This interview, no matter where it is placed, is enough to make Chinese-language filmmakers straighten their backs.

Very comfortable.

So, she doesn't want to give it to others.

Sort out the process bit by bit, control the time, and edit.

Finally, after spending nearly 3 hours without even having dinner, she sent it directly to the colleague on duty in China.

The upload speed is not slow, and the download speed should be fast, so... it is a little past 9 o'clock in the evening.If there are no accidents, this manuscript will be published in the newspaper around six o'clock in the morning.

One version of text, one version of website video.

She looked at the file being uploaded and stretched.

Ok.

Worth it.

This trip to Venice was really worth it.

……

Time is passing slowly.

Xu Xin was sitting in a tavern with a glass of beer brewed in a local tavern in his hand.

Although the four actors did not understand his language, the atmosphere was not awkward with Li Pingdong here.

"Kangpao~"

This is the meaning of cheers in Japanese.

It seems that it was passed down in Chinese.

After everyone raised their glasses and touched each other, Li Pingdong asked curiously:

"I think you are number one now, and the main competition unit is sixth. When is the second round of that movie going to be played? I'll go and see."

Xu Xin turned to look at Su Meng.

Su Meng quickly said:

"Tomorrow morning at nine-thirty. In Maribran."

"Okay, I'll go and have a look...Wang Lei is the one who filmed "Li Chun", right?"

"Correct."

"It's okay, he has a strong camera sense."

Hearing Li Pingdong's praise, Xu Xin also nodded with a smile:
"Yes, Director Wang is really good... How about you? At the University of Venice last night, "Norwegian Wood" came after the hawthorn tree, but it was a bit late at that time, and I didn't have time to watch it."

"Phoenix Theater tomorrow, 4 p.m.."

"I'm sure I can't go."

Xu Xin shook his head directly:

"I just came back from "Road to No Fruit"... I left after the first 10 minutes."

"...Why? Doesn't it look good?"

"I don't understand, Director Li."

Seeing Xu Xin's wry smile, Li Pingdong was taken aback...

Suddenly there was a joyful voice:
"Haha~"

And several Japanese actors are a little curious.

Li Pingdong seemed to really think Xu Xin's answer was funny, so he turned his head and explained to a few people in Japanese.

Except for Rinko Kikuchi and Kiko Mizuhara, the other two men showed signs of agreement.

"You are in the same situation as the two of them. Rinko and Xizi's English is pretty good, but they can't understand either... Haha, you both have the same disease."

Hearing this, Xu Xin raised his cup with a smile.

"Kangpai~"

With this common topic, the atmosphere is much more harmonious.

After drinking, Rinko Kikuchi said something to Li Pingdong. While speaking, she held her left wrist with her right hand and palmed her left palm towards Xu Xin, expressing respect.

Li Pingdong nodded slightly, looked at Xu Xin:

"She wants to ask you a question."

"Well, tell me."

After another chatter, Li Pingdong hadn't translated yet, but the other three looked at Rinko Kikuchi in surprise.

It seemed she was asking some surprising questions.

Li Pingdong nodded slightly, smiled and said to Xu Xin:
"She wants to ask you, are you interested in making a Japanese version of "Secret"? She wants to play Lu Xiaoyu."

"..."

Xu Xin was stunned for a moment, and his subconscious reaction was to carefully observe Rinko Kikuchi's appearance.

These sisters... how to put it, they don't look ugly.

But the facial features are too handsome.

It is suitable for that kind of heroic image... and it is also very suitable for playing some marginal people, but purely based on the type, she can't play Lu Xiaoyu.

It has nothing to do with acting, it's purely because she lacks that kind of quiet beauty.

So he smiled and shook his head:
"No plans for now."

Hearing his words, Li Pingdong also nodded slightly:

"I don't think it's appropriate, it's too heroic."

After getting his answer, Rinko Kikuchi's eyes were full of regret.

Seeing that Xu Xin didn't seem angry, Kiko Mizuhara asked the same question tentatively.

But in Xu Xin's eyes, these two people are actually similar.

It's not the image of Lu Xiaoyu in his heart.

And Li Pingdong seemed to be brought up some memories by this topic, and said to Xu Xin:

"Speaking of which, there are quite a few people who ask me."

"what?"

"'Secret', after the movie was released, a lot of people from them asked me through their relationship, and wanted me to ask if you were interested in selling the copyright. They wanted to remake it."

Hearing this, Xu Xin was a little puzzled:

"Is this thing still so popular? How many years has it been?"

"Do you know how much the movie "Secret" is rated on IMDB Japan?"

"How many?"

"8.4, as far as live-action filmmakers are concerned, you are 95 points higher than Shunji Iwai's "Love Letter" in 0.3."

"...good guy."

He knew that "Secret" had a particularly high rating in South Korea, and it seemed to be among the top five ratings of all movies.

It is even known as why... the top 10 must-see movies for the nation, and it will have a good box office every summer vacation.

I didn't expect it to be so high in Japan.

It's pretty outrageous.

Looking at his absurd appearance, Li Pingdong continued:
"By the way, I'm a judge at this year's Tokyo Film Festival. I have a place for a surprise film. Would you like to come? ... You are really popular in Japan. If Venice really has a chance to realize your dream this time, I think we can enter the stage of laying the groundwork for the relationship.”

Xu Xin understood what he said.

There is a ranking in the film industry, called the "Nine Bigs".

Refers to the world's top 9 A-category competition-type international film festivals.

The nine major cities are Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Tokyo, Moscow, Czech Republic, Egypt, Shanghai, and Canada.

According to the regulations, any movie can only choose one of the nine big ones.

After submitting one film, other film festivals lose their qualifications.

"The Hawthorn" participated in Venice, and other film festivals could not participate in the competition.But it can be registered in the form of "surprise movie".

This kind of surprise film is usually either invited by the sponsor or directly invited by the judges.

Invited films can appear in the surprise unit, which is a kind of diversionary publicity for the crew and the film festival.

What's more, this is also a kind of...communication similar to Vanity Fair.

You give me face, and I will give you face.

Sometimes whether a film can win an award depends on its own excellent quality, the biggest external factor is the relationship with the film festival, or the subjective preference of the jury.

With this finishing touch, a goal may be scored.

Without this finishing touch, in the greatest degree of fairness, a little bit of personal preference can become a one-in-a-million flaw.

So after Li Pingdong finished speaking, Xu Xin nodded:
"no problem."

Anyway, the Tokyo International Film Festival is in November, and "The Hawthorn Tree" is currently scheduled for December.

It must be in time.

……

Having a drink with Li Pingdong and four international friends was not very pleasant, but at least it was a happy reunion with Director Li as an old friend.

After returning to the room, Xu Xin looked at the time at 10 o'clock and knew that Yang Mi must not have woken up.

After sending the good morning message as usual, I washed up and went to sleep.

Time flies by.

At 9 o'clock in the morning on September 3, Venice time, it was already 1 o'clock on the Tianchao Network, following the video interview of the crew of "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree" brought by "Southern Weekly" in Venice, via Weibo The various news sections headed by topics suddenly became hotter.

#Italian Pizza No Pineapple# This topic suddenly jumped into the field of vision of many people for some reason.

Weibo has been online for less than a year, but with the "short, flat and fast" news, it has begun to decline in traditional paper media. In the second stage of the overall rise of Internet news, Sina Weibo and Tengxun Weibo have become everyone's favorite news. New love.

Get up early and check Weibo for a while, when you are free, check Weibo, and then read Weibo when you are bored...

With the influx of users exceeding [-] million records, it has become an upstart in Internet media channels.

The rich gameplay and the concentrated discussion atmosphere of interesting topics have been accepted by more and more people in this era when smart phones are becoming more and more popular.

And early in the morning, fans who have been concerned about this Venice Film Festival, after discovering that "Southern Weekly", one of the authoritative domestic entertainment media, uploaded an interview that lasted nearly 40 minutes, saw "Exclusive Interview "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree" The title of "The Crew", whether it's Xu Xin's fans, Yang Mi's fans, as well as Sister Immortal, Brother No, and the group of people in the film industry, all clicked in.

Click on the video, and the opening scene is a picture of Xu Xin, Liu Yifei, and Lin Juxin facing the camera with the beautiful scenery of the Rialto Bridge in Venice as the background.

ho.

Xu Gou is very photogenic.

However, it is barely compatible with my honey.

With this in mind, they start watching.

The video news was posted at 8 o'clock, and at 8:40, #ItalianPizzaNoPineapple" came out.

Below it, a group of people who are not film majors themselves, or who just thought it was good after watching the video interview, but did not delve into it, began to discuss this topic.

"Just ask if you don't understand, isn't it a basic operation to put pineapple on pizza?"

"It's delicious to put pineapple, it's sweet, sour and relieves greasy."

"Italian study dog ​​said that people here really don't put pineapples. It tastes delicious."

"As a student studying abroad, I think this is more like a quirk, just like they think that breaking pasta is an insult to them. What's wrong?"

"What? Pasta can't be broken? Are Italians so hypocritical?"

"Please respect the food culture of other countries. Pizza without pineapple is like making a noise in Japanese noodles, and eating in Korea requires BIA to make a disgusting sound like coughing up phlegm. The third brother is clean and hygienic Same."

"Brother, are you a cross-talker? You have blackmailed a lot of people...the black ones are quite advanced."

"There is a problem with reading comprehension upstairs. What does it mean to hack a circle of people? Obviously he hacked one, and the hacked one is not a human being."

A group of people, as if they had discovered the New World, were attracted by Xu Xin's remark that "Italian pizza doesn't include pineapples", and they started to discuss it on the Internet.

In all honesty, if you really want to say it, this is like a... popular science.

It's not that important, and even if you don't know it, it won't change your life in any way.

It should have been so.

until……

A Weibo with the Weibo ID named "Embassy of the Italian State" joined the battlefield.

"We are grateful to our Eastern friend, the young director Xu Xin, for his role in publicizing and promoting the traditional Italian food——pizza.

Thank you for letting more Chinese friends know the inclusiveness contained in pizza, a traditional Italian classic, and the persistence and protection of local Italian chefs for thousands of years.

We do not refuse to adapt to local cultural changes, the world should be more prosperous because of the diversity of cultures.

But just like what our friend Xu Xin said, the world prospers because of culture, and culture is endless because of its uniqueness.

It's a great honor that our food can be your biggest source of inspiration and harvest in Venice, and I wish you the best of luck at the Venice Film Festival.

Finally, our friends. la virtùè premio a se stessa
May your virtue last forever. "

The Weibo was sent by the Italian embassy and quoted a video tweet from Southern Weekly.

The screenshot in the article is Xu Xin facing the camera, inspired by pizza, discussing with Wang Minmin...or the person in front of the camera discussing the most rewarding of his trip to Venice.

As for itself, the topic of "without adding pineapple" has a high degree of discussion.

September 9rd is Friday, and it will soon be a weekend, and there are quite a lot of people going to work to catch fish.

There is no professionalism in the added topic, no matter whether it is teasing, curiosity, or popular science, there are really a lot of active people.

And when everyone saw... the embassy of a country that should have been incompatible with this kind of Internet topic actually ended up participating in the discussion, and his remarks not only showed grace, but also used a... Although I don't know how to pronounce it, but in Chinese After translating an article that felt very appetizing to express my gratitude to Xu Xin, the popularity of this topic began to rise all of a sudden.

Almost at noon, other topics on Weibo were completely crushed.

More and more people know what real pizza is, even with the "pasta always three pieces when broken" thing.

And the Italian embassy didn't look aloof at all. After posting, he saw a lot of netizens leaving messages below, and he even replied one by one.

"You don't need to thank you, bring back a golden lion for Xu Gou."

Reply: "[Tears], Director Xu Xin still needs to work hard on this."

"Italy is such a country, don't search for it. I announce that "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree" won all the awards at this Venice Film Festival and won a big victory."

Reply: "[Dazed], are you serious?"

"Hurry up, give Xu Gou a silver lion for fun. Otherwise, did you see the pineapple and pizza in my hand? Traditional, Italian, Margherita pizza! I put pineapple on it!"

Reply: "[Scared], stop! Don't come over!!"

"Ouch? Do you still play tricks?"

Reply: “[Handshake] The friendship between Italy and China will last forever, and we have worked hard to integrate into the culture of China.”

The embassy posted on Weibo that this buddy was being molested by netizens all morning just like that.

Finally updated a Weibo:
"[Photo].JPG, today's lunch."

The picture shows a corner of pizza, a glass of concentrate, and a traditional pasta with meatballs.

Then I guess this buddy didn't have a good lunch.

Because some netizens have already started to tease him, saying something heart-rending like "carbon water + carbon water, the fitness trainer is furious".

But this also led to the growth of fans of the embassy.

When thanking Xu Xin, the number of followers on the account was only over 3.

But after one morning, the number of fans has exceeded 40.

That speed is like riding a roller coaster.

At the same time, with this kind of high-energy topic discussion, whether it is Xu Xin or the Venice Film Festival, it has jumped into the eyes of more people who usually don't care much about these international film festivals and movie topics.

On this day of September 9rd, there was a bit of a massacre on Weibo.

It is equivalent to a wave of publicity for "The Hawthorn Tree" on Weibo.

The teeth of the people in Xiying Studio who laughed with this effect were almost crooked.

and then……

It looks like 3:4 p.m. or 8:[-] p.m. Chinese time, which happens to be less than [-]:[-] a.m. in Italy.

A group of people from the news department just got to work, and they learned from the news from the embassy that a Chinese director of the Venice Film Festival was inspired by seeing the traditional pizza practice in Italy for thousands of years. Pizza, unexpectedly understood the independence and inclusiveness of culture...

Then after the news was passed back to the Celestial Dynasty, it actually aroused discussions among hundreds of millions of netizens in the Celestial Dynasty.

In fact, this is the case between countries.

It's like if something from the Celestial Dynasty becomes popular overseas, as a Celestial Dynasty person, they will also feel that their faces are bright.

The same goes for the Italians.

In particular, this matter itself is quite poking at their pain points. They clearly intend to tell everyone that our Italian pizza really does not add pineapples, nor does it add so many strange things... But it has always been ignored by people, and they can't get any respect.

But now people from the Celestial Dynasty suddenly know about this matter, and while respecting it, they also have a strong curiosity and demand...

The entire Italian media also instantly captured the horror of this news.

After all, this kind of thing is on the news of other countries, and all Italians feel proud.

then……

In the morning of Italian time, inexplicable news emerged one after another.

What Chinese pizza is underdeveloped, everyone wants to eat Margherita.

What kind of foreign food, Italian pizza is the most popular among Chinese people, and countless people want to taste authentic Italian pizza...

It's the same as the Italian version of the "Jinkela" advertisement.

Then you have to start and end the news, right?
How this incident came about and how it came to be like this, you have to explain clearly to everyone.

Ever since, news such as "the director of the Celestial Dynasty came to Italy to participate in the Venice Film Festival, ate a pizza, immediately had an epiphany, and soared in place" came out again.

Okay.

The work of the Venice Film Festival, Xu Xin, and "Love in the Hawthorn Tree" this morning spread directly throughout the Apennine Peninsula.

Why Xu Xin has a strong Italian rural plot.

I'm sick of not eating pizza for a day.

What is a bite of pizza in the morning and a bite of concentration, that is an authentic...

It's all out anyway.

In addition, some media spontaneously began to translate the video clip of "cultural tolerance and independence" that Xu Xin said to Wang Minmin.

In the video clip, he said, Liu Yifei and Lin Yuxin were nodding there.

It looks very recognizable at first glance.

have to.Forget it.

These three people must have been friendly troops who did not run away.

Pour three friends a cappuccino!
Two men and one woman, we Italian men have to remember these three people.

Come for pizza later, it's free!
So, the whole thing, in the short "one day and night" between these two countries, suddenly became strange.

It is full of absurdity, funnyness, incomprehension, and outrageous surprise that catches people off guard.

But... everyone found something that could make them happy in this matter.

It's just off the charts.

And after things ferment, the most intuitive expression is...

Our loyal Italian friends Xu Xin, Liu and Lin have brought an excellent film, huh?
"Under the Hawthorn Tree"?
Well……

How about...go and see?

(End of this chapter)