Entertainment: I treat you as my sister, but you want to pick on me?

Chapter 381 "Life Is Like a Play"

Looking at the mixed-race beauty whom he had been in contact with briefly, Jiang Yan took a sip of juice.

It's normal for that mixed-race beauty to know herself, but why did she make it clear when she didn't meet her?
Jiang Yan wanted to ask Lao Xiujie next to him if he knew her, but seeing that Lao Xiujie was focusing on admiring the "beautiful scenery", it was probably useless to ask.

"It was Director Lao who brought me here."

Jiang Yan dumped the blame on Lao Xiujie, Jiang Luoli was too embarrassed to say anything, after all, she was not familiar with Lao Xiujie.

In the evening, Lao Xiujie, who is very familiar with Venice, acted as a tour guide and led everyone to the famous local attractions.

On the way, Jiang Yan left the team and went shopping with Jiang Luoli.

At the hotel, after shopping, Jiang Yan took a shower and lay down on the bed to rest. The awards ceremony of the Venice International Film Festival will be held three days later, and it is said that the Italian national treasure director Norris will be the host.

dong dong dong-

Just feeling sleepy, Jiang Yan heard a knock on the door.

I thought it was the elder sister, but who knew it was Lao Xiujie.

"Director Lao, what's the matter?"

Jiang Yan opened the door completely to let Lao Xiujie in.

"Norton held a banquet tonight, and invited many well-known directors and actors, as well as the directors of major theaters. Are you interested in going to have fun together?" said Lao Xiujie, who was wearing a suit and dressed quite formally.

"I'm not very familiar with these directors and actors."

Jiang Yan declined politely.

"If you don't know me well, I will go. I just happen to have two invitation cards."

Seeing Lao Xiujie's impatient expression, Jiang Yan knew that there must be beauties at the banquet.

I thought I was an old pervert, but I didn't expect that Lao Xiujie, who is very serious on weekdays, is also an old pervert!
"I'll change clothes."

The kindness was hard to turn down, Jiang Yan was too embarrassed to refuse.

Soon the car stopped next to a villa, Jiang Yan looked around and Lao Xiujie explained.

I have to admit that Lao Xiujie, who participated in the Venice International Film Festival every year and accompanied him every year, has never won an award, but he knows many famous foreign directors, and he knows the popularity of Venice well.

Relying on the invitation, Jiang Yan walked into the villa unimpeded all the way.

As Lao Xiujie said, all the directors and actors who participated in this gathering were basically shortlisted for the awards at the Venice International Film Festival.

The topics everyone talked about were nothing more than movies and acting skills. Jiang Yan held red wine and greeted with a smile under Lao Xiujie's introduction.

Suddenly, Jiang Yan saw a familiar figure.

That biracial chick!

How is she here?
"Hello, Jiang Yan, we meet again."

Xia Wanqing was very grandly dressed, in a black evening dress with a V-shaped neckline, which was soft and white.

Xia Wanqing is tall, around 175, with long legs comparable to a supermodel, and the fact that she is a mixed race adds a bit of charm.

"Hello." Jiang Yan greeted politely, thinking about the identity of the woman in front of her.

Xia Wanqing seemed to see Jiang Yan's thoughts, the corners of her mouth were smiling, and her watery eyes were full of agility.

"I'm Xia Wanqing, the person in charge of Emperor Cinemas."

Hearing the Emperor Cinemas, Jiang Yan's thoughts instantly became clear.

Isn't Emperor Cinemas the same as Xitian Entertainment Holdings?

"The Tuner" was screened in various European countries, and the name of the theater was Emperor. In other words, Xia Wanqing was from Xitian.

"It's a pity that Mr. Jiang Yan didn't apply sunscreen to me this afternoon. My secretary is still thinking about you."

Xia Wanqing's watery eyes stared at Jiang Yan with a regretful expression.

"It's a good thing I didn't give you sunscreen." Jiang Yan muttered inwardly.

Being able to gain the trust of Xi Ronghua, to travel across the ocean and become the person in charge of the Emperor Cinemas abroad, Xia Wanqing is definitely not as simple as it seems on the surface.

What made Jiang Yan curious was why Xia Wanqing confessed her identity when she didn't meet her, deliberately concealed it, and she seemed to have expected that she would attend Norton's banquet, so she came over immediately.

"I'm sorry too." Jiang Yan said with a smile.

The banquet gathered a large number of well-known directors, not only Xia Wanqing, but also many directors of the theaters came, trying to establish a good relationship with these directors, which is conducive to the development of the theaters.

Xia Wanqing followed Jiang Yan's words and continued to chat. The topic was very explicit, and Jiang Yan calmly dealt with it without changing his expression.

While chatting with Xia Wanqing, Jiang Yan listened to the topics discussed by the people next to him.

At this moment, everyone at the banquet chatted without exception, and the three sentences were inseparable from Norris.

Xia Wanqing also noticed this, keenly aware that Jiang Yan was very interested.

"The movie "Life is a Play" directed by Norris hit the box office, with a global box office of only 1000 million US dollars!" Xia Wanqing said.

Jiang Yan was a little surprised.

Norris, Italian national treasure director.

This internationally renowned director, Jiang Yan has also seen his films, most of which are romantic and artistic films, very tear-jerking and touching.

The global box office is only 1000 million U.S. dollars. You must know that this is a global release.

As for "Life is Like a Play", Jiang Yan had heard of this movie, and it was taken off the shelves the second day after it was released in China, and it was arranged for a midnight slot.

The reason given by the domestic theaters is that Norris's "Life is a Play" movie is often too long, as long as four hours, and there is no bright spot.

If it weren't for the name Norris, the premiere in domestic theaters would not bother to premiere.

Movies in normal theaters are generally 90 to 120 minutes long, and 240-minute movies are really rare. I don’t know if Norris is doing all the work!
No wonder everyone at the party was talking about Norris.
"It's amazing, I think it's amazing too, this is Norris, a genius director who made a movie with 2000 US dollars, and the box office reached [-] million US dollars, everyone can't believe that "Life is Like a Play" was shot by Norris movie of."

Xia Wanqing said.

At this time, the most painful, and even the heart is bleeding, is Norris's entertainment company Lion.

The film "Life is Like a Play" invested [-] million US dollars, took three years to shoot, and invited many Hollywood superstars to participate.

The investment of 1000 million U.S. dollars, not counting the global publicity expenses, consumed a lot of manpower and material resources. As a result, the global box office was only [-] million U.S. dollars, and all the theaters that were screened were basically withdrawn the next day after the premiere.

This movie caused Norris international film masters to be questioned, and Lion Entertainment suffered from vomiting blood, and it became the hottest topic at the moment.

"Aren't you the lady from the afternoon?" Lao Xiujie looked at Xia Wanqing who was beside Jiang Yan.

"Hello, Director Lao."

Lao Xiujie winked at Jiang Yan, saying that he didn't want to ask you to come, but he hooked up with a pretty girl in a short time, and she was of mixed race.

"Jiang Yan, you've heard about Director Norris, right? When I was studying at the Yanjing Drama Academy, the teacher often mentioned Norris and commented that he was a genius director. reduced to such an extent.”

Lao Xiujie was filled with emotions.

"Jiang Yan, are you listening to me?"

Looking at Jiang Yan who was standing there in a daze, Lao Xiujie asked.

"I'm listening. I'm wondering how the four-hour filming of "Life Is a Play" directed by Norris was made. Is there a possibility that this movie is longer than four hours?"

(End of this chapter)