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

Chapter 383 Strange Things

"Let me be forewarned that this movie is boring, very boring."

Xia Wanqing said.

"I thought about it before I came here." Jiang Yan's expression was calm.

If the movie hadn't been boring, it wouldn't have done so badly at the box office.

Seeing the four-hour duration, Jiang Yan instantly had the urge to be too lazy to watch, but he still forcibly pulled himself together.

The movie played, as Xia Wanqing said, this movie can be described as extremely boring.

It's about the daily life of an Italian family, and it's filmed in a two-way narrative with two male protagonists. The film has a slow pace and no bright spots.

"If you feel bored, you can fast forward."

Xia Wanqing handed Jiang Yan the remote control.

Half an hour passed, Xia Wanqing observed Jiang Yan's every move.

I'm quite patient, I didn't fast forward even once in half an hour.

Xia Wanqing secretly thought about it, but it didn't take long for Jiang Yan's tactics to become irritable, frantically pressing the fast-forward button, and the four-hour movie was finished in an hour.

"How is it?" Xia Wanqing asked.

Jiang Yan took a sip of the iced Coke and looked at the big screen thoughtfully.

In "Life is a Play" directed by Norris, the actors have no problems with their acting skills, including all aspects of the camera, which proves that Norris still has director skills.

The only problem is the plot, which is boring and makes people unable to arouse any desire to continue watching.

I am already very patient, but patience has a limit after all.

"It's hard to believe that such a bad movie can be made at the level of Norris." Jiang Yan threw the empty cup in his hand into the trash can.

"Not only you, but many people find it hard to believe."

Xia Wanqing said with a smile.

"It's getting late, I should go back." Jiang Yan decided not to stay.

In the hotel, Jiang Luoli knocked on Jiang Yan's door, but found no one answered.

The elevator door in the corridor opened, and Lao Xiujie, who was slightly drunk, came out.

"Director Lao, have you seen Jiang Yan?"

Jiang Luoli, who was about to make a phone call, asked.

"Jiang Yan and I attended Director Norton's banquet, and he had a great chat with a lady named Xia Wanqing, who was the mixed-race lady who asked Jiang Yan to put on sunscreen for her in the afternoon."

"Sometimes fate can't stop it when it comes, don't you think?"

Lao Xiujie burped.

He reckoned that Jiang Yan and Xia Wanqing were fighting landlords in a love hotel, and they had a lot of fun, the kind that wouldn't be boring all night.

Hearing what Lao Xiujie said, Jiang Luoli was stunned.

"Director Lao, you drank too much. Miss Xia and I went to see the movie "Life Is Like a Play" shot by Norris."

Jiang Yan came out from another elevator.

"So fast?" Lao Xiujie shook his head, making sure that Jiang Yan was standing in front of him and said subconsciously.

Jiang Yan: "."

In the hotel room, Jiang Luoli leaned against the wall with her arms around her shoulders.

"This is the first day I came to Venice, and she was a woman of mixed race."

"Do you know "Life is Like a Play"?"

Jiang Yan sat on the sofa and turned on the TV.

"Yeah, it's a four-hour movie, and it was made by Norris, my favorite director. It's said that the box office sucks." Jiang Luoli said.

Norris has made many romantic films, most notably "Rainy Days in Italy," about a pair of childhood sweethearts who overcome obstacles to get together.

Norris's films do not have strong drama and conflicts, and the shots are very aesthetic. People who like his films like them very much, and they can't watch them for a few minutes without feeling.

Jiang Yan told Jiang Luoli the ins and outs of Xia Wanqing.

"This movie feels very strange to me. The actors' acting skills are fine, and the shooting technique is also in Norris' style as always, but the plot is unremarkable." Jiang Yan said.

The strange thing is, if the script is so ordinary, it can even be described as garbage, why did Norris insist on shooting it?

You must know that the filming of "Life is Like a Play" took a full three years, during which Norris repeatedly asked for an increase in the budget, abruptly increasing the investment from 5000 million US dollars to [-] million US dollars!
After spending so much energy, this is the result?

Jiang Yan didn't think there was a problem with Norris' vision for reading scripts. After all, he was a talented director who had created $5000, directed and acted in a movie with a total box office of $[-] million.

"You mean, what's wrong with this movie that caused the box office to be so low?" Jiang Luoli grasped the point.

"Yes."

Jiang Yan nodded.

"But what does this have to do with you? The matter is a foregone conclusion. Even if something goes wrong, it has nothing to do with you." Jiang Luoli said.

Whether a movie is good-looking or exciting depends on the audience. A high box office proves that the audience likes it, and a poor box office means a bad movie.

This is an eternal fact. "Life is Like a Play" was taken off the shelves on the second day after its premiere, which proves that it is a bad movie. The management of those theaters are not fools. If they can make money, they are crazier than anyone else.

"Maybe it has something to do with me."

Jiang Yan said with a smile.

"Tch, you're not the boss of Lion Entertainment." Jiang Luoli rolled her eyes.

However, she could imagine the mood of the boss of Lion Entertainment, and her heart is probably bleeding. This is an investment of [-] million US dollars, plus promotional fees, and she will never forget it until she dies.

"Going to bed." Jiang Luoli yawned.

Late at night, Jiang Yan lay on the bed looking at the ceiling, thinking about what happened today.

First of all, Xia Wanqing, as long as she wants tonight, she can go to the love hotel to fight the landlord with her, and let her experience her skills in fighting the landlord.

But this woman is very scheming, and she still doesn't know what her purpose is for approaching him.

The second is Norris's "Life is Like a Play". I really want to meet this internationally renowned director, and ask him what caused him to make this kind of movie.

Tomorrow, after Lao Xiujie sobers up, you can ask him if he knows Norris, and fall asleep thinking about Jiang Yan.

In the early morning of this day, Jiang Yan saw Lao Xiujie at the breakfast buffet.

"You came back so quickly last night, with such a good figure but such poor physical strength?"

Lao Xiujie joked.

He is very familiar with Jiang Yan now, and has reached the point where he can talk about everything.

"I'm not interested in Xia Wanqing." Jiang Yan picked up a piece of toast and spread butter on it.

"Director Lao, do you know Norris?"

Jiang Yan mentioned the business.

"I don't know." Lao Xiujie shook his head.

"However, I heard that Norris fell ill because of "Life is a Play", which hit him hard, and the death of an old friend."

"Old friend died?"

"Well, Norris and the vice president of Lion Entertainment have been friends for many years. The vice president passed away due to illness not long ago." Lao Xiujie said.

"I see."

Jiang Yan packed a breakfast and will bring it to Jiang Luoli who is still sleeping late.

Since there was no way to get to know Norris through Lao Xiujie, he could only think of other ways, and soon Jiang Yan saw the face of a half-race beauty in his mind.

It was Xia Wanqing!
(End of this chapter)