The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 588 There are distinguished guests everywhere

The crew of "Three Billboards" settled down in Amphawa. Three days later, there was an open recruitment for talents who could speak Chinese, Thai and English as translators.

Wang Haomin saw the notice and immediately went over with swollen eyes.

Dapeng, who was in charge of recruitment, saw Wang Haomin and asked in confusion: "Brother, what's going on? Are you being beaten?"

Wang Haomin nodded, "Yesterday I met some drunkards who were riding horses and littering. I couldn't help but said a few words and gave them a beating."

"You...do you want to take a break? Can you work like this?"

Wang Haomin opened his eyes as wide as possible. Even though it hurt, he still said: "It's nothing, man, this injury is nothing."

"Where's your B&B?"

When it comes to B&Bs, Wang Haomin is a little sad. Mainland tourists are more generous and there are a lot of people, but they usually stay in hotels and very few stay in B&Bs.

Some old white men, European and American poor people like to stay in B&Bs.

These people are very frugal. They can't wait to spend every penny of a dollar. They even steal toothbrushes and slippers to seduce their wives.

After a month, I can barely make ends meet in a B&B. I can't make a lot of money even if I save a few thousand yuan.

If Wanwan hadn't owed millions, he would have left here long ago.

Bitter things flooded into my heart, tears fell down unconsciously, and my swollen eyes hurt even more.

Damn Dapeng, why are you bringing this up?

Dapeng didn't know Wang Haomin's thoughts and was very sympathetic when he saw this, "Brother, it's okay. We know you are a talent. The crew of "Three Billboards" has agreed for you to be a translator. Come on, sign the contract."

After signing the contract, Dapeng asked Wang Haomin to wait. Soon five people arrived, three boys and two girls, all of whom were talented people who could speak Chinese, Thai and English.

Dapeng then said: "There are three jobs now. One is to follow our director and be his personal translator, which requires one person.

The second is in the crew, responsible for communicating with local extras, which requires four people.

The third is to help the crew move around Bangkok. We need to apply for some filming permits and contact local government agencies. We need one person.

What do you think? You can tell me. "

Wang Haomin's eyes rolled.

Following Li Shengyao, I should be the busiest. Not only do I have to shout on the set, but I also need to have some social activities.

As a Wanwan man, he hated Chinese entertainment very much, thinking it was feudal dross.

He didn't want to drink to some random people.

It's quite free to move around in Bangkok, but it can't take care of the B&B business.

It would be better to work as a translator on the crew, direct the local extras, and maybe even make money as a middleman.

So Wang Haomin stood up and said, "I want to stay on the crew and work."

Dapeng lamented that Wang Haomin was a good man. He worked despite being injured and was willing to help. He blinked and said, "Have you thought about it clearly?"

Wang Haomin's eyes were swollen and his vision was not very clear. He squinted for a long time and then realized that Dapeng was blinking at him.

What do you mean? Does it imply that you choose other positions?
He thought about it and thought of the Wanwan variety show that often appeared to remind simple villagers to be careful of the fake kindness in the mainland, so he ignored it and chose to ignore it.

So one girl became Li Shengyao's personal translator, another girl chose to go to Bangkok to deal with the permit issues, and four boys worked on the set to contact local extras.

After the distribution, Dapeng gave Wang Haomin a cigarette, "Brother, I just gave you a wink, didn't you see it?"

"No, I thought your eyes were uncomfortable."

Wang Haomin engaged in phone scams when he was in Wanwan. When he lied, not a hair on his body moved.

Naturally, Dapeng couldn't tell and nodded, "It's definitely better to follow my master as a personal translator. You can learn a lot of knowledge."

Bullshit, who wants to learn knowledge?

It turned out to be a fake kindness, Lao Gong was not very kind-hearted.

Wang Haomin happily became the translator in the crew. The crew of "Three Billboards" quickly recruited Tyrande to perform as extras. A total of 80 people were recruited. The four of them were translators, and each of them was in charge of 20 people.

This made Wang Haomin very proud and felt very majestic. It reminded him of the good times a few years ago when he was the leader of the Wanwan fraud team, pretending to be Hu Jian, and called people in the mainland to commit fraud.

Soon after, "Three Billboards" was officially launched, with Maggie Cheung, Simon Yam, Song Zuer, and William Chan present.

Zhang Manyu is the female lead.

There is no male protagonist in this movie. Simon Yam plays the chief of the small town police station, which is the most important supporting role.

Song Zuer and William Chan are both actors who joined the cast and played the heroine's son and daughter respectively.

Song Zuer's scene lasted only one minute, and William Chan's scene lasted about three minutes.

Wang Haomin knew Zhang Manyu and Simon Yam, but had no impression of Song Zuer and William Chan. He curled his lips and felt that this drama was not good. There was no Andy Lau and no Brigitte Lin.

He then craned his neck, waiting for Li Shengyao to hand out a red envelope for power-on.

After a burst of firecrackers, Wang Haomin received the power-on red envelope and found that there were 60 baht in it, about [-] yuan per person.

You are so stingy, you are so stingy. With a net worth of tens of billions of dollars, you give such a small red envelope.

Wang Haomin then asked about the red envelopes given by local extras, and found out that they were all [-] baht, which made him even more angry.

What kind of people are you talking about? If you don't give more to your own people, do you have any conscience?

Wang Haomin then noticed that Lee Sheng-yew was quite good at winning people's hearts and even chatted with local extras, and couldn't help but chuckle to himself.

"It's tiring to follow this cheapskate. Fortunately, I didn't choose to be his personal translator that day.

If you are as smart as me, there is no way you will suffer. "

After "Three Billboards" was launched, Wang Haomin's work became busy. Most of Tyrande's local extras came from Bangkok. They all had performance experience and were still qualified for the performance work.

The performance style of Thai drama is very exaggerated and exaggerated.

However, Tyrande's movies are a normal way of acting, and these extras can also be included.

Just as Wang Haomin predicted, Li Shengyao's personal translator was obviously busier than others. In addition to conveying Li Shengyao's words on the set, he was also responsible for receiving stars from Tyrande.

This morning, Tyrande star TAE, who had filmed TV series in Wanwan and Mainland China, came to the set to visit Lee Sheng-yew.

Wang Haomin thought this guy looked familiar, and then remembered that TAE had acted in TV series in Wanwan and Mainland China.

Before TAE left, they also presented gifts, not only to Lee Sung-yew, but also to Maggie Cheung, Simon Yam, several assistant directors, and the female translator.

The gift was placed in a gift bag, and I didn’t know what it was.

Wang Haomin felt it was so heavy that his eyes almost popped out.

One day later, Tyrande actress Pichaya Wattanamundiri came to the set of "Three Billboards", visited Lee Sung Yew and took a photo with him.

Another day later, Tyrande actress Kamani Yemikan came to the set of "Three Billboards" to visit the crew and have lunch with Lee Sung-Yew, Maggie Cheung and others.

During the following filming period, Tyrande's stars came to visit in an endless stream, at least one per day, and at most three or four per day. Tyrande's top actress Wanara Sonticha, the most popular male star Star Jesse Dabon Fuldi has come to visit.

Tyrande's kung fu star Tony Jaa also visited the set.

At first, Wang Haomin would curse in a low voice when he saw the graceful, charming and cute female stars.

"Would this bitch like Li Shengyao sleep with them? It would be so cool. Damn, I'm not as good as Li Shengyao."

Later, too many celebrities came over, and most of them brought small gifts. Wang Haomin's heart was completely filled with envy and jealousy.

The unknown female translator, who had a mediocre appearance and a useless figure, got a lot of gifts and photos with Li Shengyao.

Many fans bought these gifts at high prices on the Internet and took photos with them.

Wang Haomin went home and checked. If the female translator was willing to sell all the photo gifts, she could earn at least US$[-].

Who would have thought that Lee Sung Yew would be so popular?
The same goes for these Tyrande stars, they are too admiring of China and foreigners!

Don't kneel, stand up, it's just two Golden Palms.

In an evening when the sky was filled with rays of light and birds were singing, Wang Haomin ignored his wife's flirting with an old white man, closed the door and hid in the toilet. He thought of the hints Dapeng had given him, but he did not cherish them, and he couldn't help but shed tears of regret.

……

One afternoon in late April, Li Shengyao was lying in the lounge. He didn't sleep, he just closed his eyes and thought about things.

His assistant received a call last night. Today, Apichatpong will come to visit the class. He just received a message from Apichatpong and will be here soon.

Apichatpong is Tyrande's most outstanding director and has won the Cannes Grand Jury Prize and the Palme d'Or.

Lee Sung-yew won the Palme d'Or at Cannes. The two of them had met in Cannes. They both now have labels and are considered to be film directors of the Cannes faction.

It makes sense that Apichatpong came to visit the class.

Lee Sheng Yew was not thinking about Apichatpong, he was thinking about another thing.

The Cannes Film Festival officially sent him an invitation letter, hoping that he would participate in this year's Cannes Film Festival and serve as the award guest for the Best Actress.

They were working on Three Billboards and things were going really well.

The actors did so well that he wasn't sure he would take time off to go to Cannes.

Just when Lee Sheng Yew was thinking, Apichatpong came over. He had studied abroad in a beautiful country and his English was very good. The two of them could communicate without the need for an interpreter.

"Lee, I'm so glad you came to Tyrande to film."

"When you have time, you must go to Bangkok. I will show you the fun places in Bangkok."

"I'm going to Cannes next month, will you go?"

Apichatpong is 43 years old. He doesn't care much about his appearance. He wears a pair of glasses, is thin, about 1.7 meters tall, and has some baldness.Watching his movies, you will feel that this person should be an image of a literary youth.

In fact, Apichatpong was very talkative and talked a lot. When he opened up his chatterbox, he was like a big girl from Yanjing who could chat for three days and three nights.

Lee Sheng Yew smiled and poured tea for Apichatpong, invited Apichatpong to take a seat, and then started chatting with him.

In addition to the two of them, assistants, translators, and assistant directors also came over.

Apichatpong is gay, and the media in Tyrande are also very gossipy. If Lee Sheng Yew meets Apichatpong alone, the scandal between the two people will appear in Tyrande newspapers the next day.

If someone else is there, it'll be fine.

Chatting with Apichatpong was very comfortable.

Apichatpong yearns for freedom. He has publicly stated that he hates the obedience of the Tyrandes. He has no good impression of the three countries in East Asia. After all, these three countries place more emphasis on dignity.

However, when Apichatpong was young, the movie "Wanwan" had a great influence on him.

He has publicly said that the No. 1 movie in his heart is Tsai Ming-liang's "Unbreakable", and the No. 2 movie is Yang Dechang's "Kulling Street Murders".

Lee Sing Yew and Apichatpong could spend an entire afternoon chatting about the good movie Wanwan.

They talked about the Cannes Film Festival next month, and Apichatpong made it clear that he would go there.

Li Shengyao expressed his thoughts, "I'm not sure, my movie is being filmed."

Apichatpong hesitated to speak. He was someone who couldn't hold back his words, and quickly said: "Lee, Tyrande's movie is so bad, I need to be on the top stage of world cinema.

In the past I have been obsessed with Cannes, and this year I will attend the Venice Film Festival.

I want to spread the word and tell people in other countries that Tyrande filmmakers are working hard to prevent the judges from thinking that Tyrande is a film desert.

Likewise, I want to give other Tyrande filmmakers an example and confidence.

I need to show up in Cannes, in Venice. "

Li Shengyao paused slightly, but he didn't expect Apichatpong to have such an idea.

Mainland movies don't need him to stand up. After all, there are many talents in Mainland movies, and they can win awards every now and then.

However, his frequent appearances can indeed give more impression points to the judges and the audience, which may be of some benefit to Chinese-language films in the future.

He looked at Apichatpong chatting and thought about his trip to Cannes next month.

……

The 2013 Cannes Film Festival was actually similar to previous years. Star directors from all over the world gathered here to walk on the red carpet and promote their films.

However, in the minds of mainland audiences, this year’s film festival was particularly lively.

In the past few years, with her Cannes red carpet photos, Yan Bingbing has surpassed all female stars in her beauty, and has been constantly hyped in the mainland, gaining extremely high topics and traffic.

There is no airtight wall in the world, and mainland actresses quickly learned the tricks that Pei Bingbing plays.

So more actresses went to Cannes to walk the red carpet.

At this year's Cannes Film Festival, China Entertainment's red carpet team is very grand, including Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi, Shu Qi, Tang Wei, Zhang Yuqi, Pi Bingbing, Bao Qiang, Ma Rong, Chen Kun, Li Yuxuan, Zhou Xun, Zhao Yanzi, and Da Mi Mi Wait for a group of people to pass by.

Among them, Zhang Yuqi was the first to take the lead. She wore a fruit green dress and claimed to be stunning in Cannes. She was the first to be shown off on the mainland's Internet.

When Li Shengyao took the plane to Cannes, he saw Zhang Yuqi's announcement. Looking at the two big basketballs exposed in the photo, Director Li was a little moved. This woman is a boxer, and she is indeed a good one.

Maggie Cheung will also attend this year's Cannes Film Festival awards show, and the two of them will fly on the same plane.

She had many friends in France, and she went to visit her friends as soon as she got off the plane.

She also invited Lee Sheng Yew, but he declined.

Li Shengyao got off the plane and went directly to the hotel he booked. As soon as he put his things away, he received a call from Da Mi Mi, and then the two met at the hotel restaurant.

Da Mi Mi usually doesn't wear long skirts, just a simple white shirt with cutouts, paired with light blue jeans and white sneakers. She is at the peak of her appearance at this time, and she looks very good-looking.

"Brother, why are you wearing a mask?"

When Li Shengyao went out, he subconsciously put on a mask.

He heard the disgusted tone in Da Mi Mi's voice, rolled his eyes and said, "You little rookie doesn't have any reputation overseas. I'm different. I have fans."

Da Mi Mi giggled.

"What kind of fame does it have? I would die laughing."

She has seen the influence of Chinese stars outside in Cannes these days. Except for Cheng Long and Jet Li, there are basically no others.

Zhang Yuqi and Bingbing competed for their beauty, but local movie fans and participating celebrity directors did not recognize them at all.

Li Shengyao smiled and said, "That is my charm that you have never seen before."

He then ordered two portions of rice, three dishes and one soup. Da Mi Mi sat down opposite Li Shengyao, and while eating, he told interesting stories about the past few days in Cannes, giggling from time to time.

I have to say that the stars of China Entertainment are really good, and it’s okay for Zhang Yuqi and Pi Bingbing to overpower each other.

Baoqiang and Ma Rong also wanted to share the heat. When they were walking on the red carpet, Baoqiang and Ma Rong suddenly stopped, then Baoqiang half-knelt on the ground, and Ma Rong smiled shyly and affectionately.

After Da Mi Mi said this, he laughed.

Li Shengyao picked up the bowl, took a sip of the soup, and then said: "It should be on the hot search, it is the task of the brand owner."

Da Mi Mi nodded, "Definitely."

She paused for a moment, with a hint of envy in her tone, "So many celebrities come here to be funny. Only Li Yuxuan is different. She came here with Lafayette. She has good fashion resources."

Li Yuxuan's fashion resources are indeed very good. Those in the fashion circle in Europe and the United States like this style and like neutral celebrities.

Perhaps except for Maggie Cheung, other female stars in the Chinese entertainment industry do not have as many international brand endorsements as Li Yuxuan.

Like big power, little flowers like Liu Shishi have almost no luxury endorsements.

However, Li Shengyao knows that the post-[-] generation of young flowers is actually more or less the same.

In another ten years, those born in the [-]s and [-]s will be really miserable. Their endorsements will be even weaker. Walking on the red carpet in Cannes will be like little girls wearing their mother’s clothes. They all have no aura.

Da Mi Mi was talking and eating, but his feet were not honest and kept touching Li Shengyao's shoes.

He glanced at the big power, and then said: "Would you like to follow me around and see my influence."

"cut."

"You little rookie still doesn't believe it. Follow me around later and I will let you understand what a great international director is."

After a while, the two of them had dinner and went out together.

Li Shengyao took off his mask and said, "Just watch, fans will come to see you soon."

In the eyes of Da Mi Mi, in less than 5 minutes, some fans came up to ask if it was Lee Sheng Yew himself, and then asked him to sign an autograph and take a photo.

This was just the beginning. Soon actors and actresses from other countries recognized Lee Sheng-yew and came forward excitedly, saying that they were fans and hoped that Director Lee would remember them.

"Lee, I really like your movies. I'm from Sweden. My name is Susan Dorent. I'm an actor. Please remember me."

One starlet from Sweden was particularly excited.

Then they saw Lee Sheng Yew's photo on the big screen in the square in the center of Cannes, and on the scrolling electronic display, they saw the local TV station reporting the news of Lee Sheng Yew's arrival in Cannes.

Da Mi Mi was shocked, "Brother, why are you like a big star?"

"I told you I'm very popular, you still think you're joking?"

Da Mi Mi nodded and gave a thumbs up in admiration.

At this moment, there was a rush of footsteps behind the two people, but it was two strong men in suits and leather shoes who ran over.

Da Mi Mi was startled and shrank aside without daring to speak. She regretted not bringing her assistant out.

"Lee, can you wait a moment?"

These two strong men are the bodyguards of the British idol boy band One Direction. I heard that Lee Sung-Yao was here and hoped that Lee Sung-Yew would wait and let One Direction come over and take a photo with Lee Sung-Yew.

One Direction only debuted in 2010 and are very popular.

As far as Li Shengyao's aesthetics is concerned, he really doesn't think these guys are handsome. They are far different from the Backstreet Boys and Westlife Boys he listened to when he was a child.

But people are very popular, and they are very popular even in beautiful countries.

This is the case all over the world, aesthetic degradation.

Not long after, a few guys came running over. Seeing their sincerity with admiration on their faces and sweat on their foreheads, Lee Sheung-Yao took a photo with a few members of One Direction and signed autographs for them. Then he chatted for a while and patted the guys on the shoulder. , and then left with great power.

"Let me go, brother, you...why are you so popular? I feel like this group is more passionate than movie fans."

Li Shengyao smiled and said, "This group will last for six or seven years at most before disbanding. By then, maybe they will become actors and act in movies. Taking a photo with me can improve their appearance."

Moreover, the chief seal of the jury at Cannes this year is Spielberg. Lao Mouzi, Wong Kar-wai, and Ang Lee have all served as the chief seal of the film festival jury.

As long as I don't die early, I can be the chief seal of the jury sooner or later. This is power.

If you have never participated in a competition at the Cannes Film Festival, you cannot understand how difficult it is to win an award. Hundreds of new films that have never been released competed. Twenty films were selected for the final selection. You can count the winners on one hand. .

Think about Brother Kaizi, a Palme d'Or, who has been the second mainland director for 20 years. "

He paused, then smiled: "And now, after Lao Mouzi, I am the second mainland director."

Hearing this, Da Mi Mi smiled with fox eyes and blinked, thinking about whether he should give him some benefits and enjoy the glory of a great international director.

(End of this chapter)