This director needs to apologize

Chapter 125 The red eye circles are a big deal

The lights in the screening room turned on again, and the song "Never Forget" sang melodiously.

Liu Dongjun stared at the big screen without blinking, feeling an extremely complex feeling of pride, embarrassment, weirdness, joy and other intertwined emotions in his heart.

When I saw myself in the movie for the first time, I couldn't believe that Mu Xiaolin acted it out by himself. It was completely different from the image on the monitor.

Only at the end of the film, when he saw his real self on camera, did he find a little bit of familiarity.

The theme song had entered its second verse, but the auditorium was a little too quiet. He quietly turned his head and looked to the left.

The mother sitting next to him was wiping tears, but the expression on her face was smiling.

Dad's posture was a little weird, his eyes were looking at the sky, not knowing what he was looking for on the ceiling. He noticed Liu Dongjun's gaze, and as soon as he looked over, he turned his head away as if he was electrocuted.

Classmate Xiao Liu said to himself, Dad, please stop covering up, I can see the red circles under your eyes.

I thought I was doing a good job, but it turned out that my performance was so good that my parents were surprised.

Trying his best to suppress the excitement in his heart, Liu Dongjun turned his head and looked to the right. Sitting on this side was his master Duan Yining.

Old Duan pursed his lips and said nothing, staring blankly at the credits, as if searching for his name in it.

Liu Dongjun straightened up slightly, twisted his head and looked around, and found that the audience in the screening room were all similar to his parents and masters, and they were all "meditating" in their seats.

It wasn't until someone applauded from the center of the two rows in front of him that the "solemn" atmosphere in the screening room was finally broken.

The applause from one person to several people soon became a piece and formed a group.

Liu Dongjun also excitedly joined in by shooting continuously with both hands. He now feels that he is qualified to be a member of the crew, responsible for and enjoy the applause.

He even fell into some kind of longing, looking forward to receiving the same treatment as today after the movie is officially released.

The applause stopped after a long period of time, as if the barrier was broken. The next moment, the screening room returned to the rhythm before the movie was shown. People gathered in groups in twos and threes, waiting in tacit understanding to take turns to meet the core characters.

Warner Greater China Content Director Blevin Ratner was the one who led the applause. Now he is also at the forefront of the exchange between Chen Yiming and Ma Yunteng.

Blevins is tall and muscular, with short gray-white hair and a standard image of a nutty, elite white male.

Shen Pengfei did some popular science for the two brothers. Blevins is the superior of Warner China. Although he holds the title of content director, since the president of Warner Greater China is based in Southeast Asia and South Asia, Blevins is actually the director of China. The top person in charge of the region.

It can also be seen from this that Warner Brothers pays attention to and is optimistic about Chen Yiming.

Blevins speaks Chinese well, and his words have a bit of a translation accent, which matches his elegant behavior and makes him look like a gentleman.

"Chen, please allow me to express my congratulations to you in advance. You have achieved another success. "1951" will be a masterpiece that will leave its name in film history."

While shaking hands with the other party, Chen Yiming smiled and nodded in thanks, "Thank you for your compliment. This is my honor and the honor of all the production staff of "1951"."

After getting to know each other, Blevins became more casual and spoke more directly. Maybe this is the way foreigners behave.

"Chen, "Holiday" is a great win-win situation. You are a rare outstanding director in China with an international vision. We at Warner are very willing to continue our good cooperative relationship with you.

Perhaps knowing that there was a large group of people lining up behind him, Blevins chose to go straight in.

"Warner Bros. is still your best choice for overseas distribution of "1951," and I can confidently say that "1951" will be a strong contender for next year's Oscars. We have extensive experience in this area. You can trust me completely."

Chen Yiming nodded in agreement with his words, but did not make any substantive statement. Instead, he stretched out his right hand and pointed it to one side.

"Blevins, I personally look forward to further cooperation with Warner Bros. For specific distribution matters, you can talk to Jack next to me in detail. I think you two should be old friends."

Blevins did not feel dissatisfied that he had not achieved his goal, and laughed out loud in a sophisticated manner and passed the topic, "Of course, Jack is my good brother. Yesterday we went to the bar on Hengshan Road together."

The big and silky insertion came in, leading Blevins to the side.

Then came many theater chain representatives, the first of which were long-time acquaintances, Gong Yifan and Zhang Lili, the film viewing managers of Moying's two major theater chains, United Cinemas and New Film Alliance.

Lao Gong still looked like he was familiar with Maitreya Buddha, and he spoke with festive New Year greetings.

"I have never doubted Director Chen's courage and vigor. When people in the industry first knew that you were going to take one shot, they all said it was impossible and impossible. I was the only one who said it would definitely work. What is the result? Let me tell you. Already?

I heard that I am going to compete in Cannes, right?As long as the judges are not blind, there will be no problem in winning the prize! "Chen Yiming thought to himself that this fat man was quite kind. He only talked about winning the award and did not mention the Palme d'Or. He did not hang himself on the wall.

However, Gong Yifan's behavior of undermining his peers and promoting himself caused "public outrage", and the managers immediately started to stir up trouble.

A thin man with glasses standing side by side with Zhang Lili said, "Speaking of Lao Gong's vision, I have to go out and bear witness. I happened to be there at the time, and I really heard what he said."

After taking over the topic and grabbing everyone's attention, the man with glasses smiled and shook off his baggage, "There is a famous saying in the hospital circles: Lao Gong's money is reversed, and Lujiazui settles down.

The first thing Lao Gong said when he mentioned Director Chen was to laugh at himself when he misjudged "Holiday in the City". Director Chen, let me tell you, all of us were excited at that time.

The lights have already spoken, so what are you waiting for? Director Chen’s next work must SHOW HAND!
Director Chen, I dare say that eight out of ten colleagues who came to watch the film today came here because of Lao Gong. Facts have proved that our old brother Gong has a good vision. Director Chen is indeed this! "

As he spoke, the man with glasses made a thumbs up gesture.

Chen Yiming knew that the man with glasses was Wei Jinfang, the manager of Dadi Cinemas and a former colleague of Tang Xiaoniu.

The two got into a lot of fights when they were together. After Old Tang quit his job, he shook hands and made peace at the speed of light. During the third round of Ma Yunteng's theater tour, Wei Jinfang was the landlord in Suicheng's itinerary. At that time, the two of them were so good with each other. Both couples are the same.

Wei Jinfang opened the topic with a good-natured joke, which not only narrowed the distance between him and Chen Yiming, but also did not really offend Gong Yifan. He also left room for other colleagues to speak. He is worthy of being a first-class outsider.

Of course, the managers who gathered around him would not miss this opportunity and immediately showered him with praise. Some were moved to tears, some were shocked to the point of being stunned, and some were so excited that they were trembling. Chen Yiming was so praised that he could hardly stop laughing. .

While laughing, I was still muttering in my mind, you are noble representatives of the theater chain, do you need to compliment a director like this?

It's obvious that the director wants to rely on you for a living, but if you're not trying to pick him up, you should be picking on Da Zhuang, the second generation of the Demon Shadow. You praise me to the sky, do you get a penny of benefit from me?

As a time-travel writer, Chen Yiming has never felt that he is anything special, and he still considers himself a tool director.

However, in fact, his sudden rise has brought great shock to the Chinese film industry.

Due to his mystical painting style (dense fog), there is a huge gap between his own understanding of himself and the outside world's impression of him.

Since time travel, he has always stayed in his comfort zone. His team of collaborators are either buddies like Ma Yunteng and Fu Ruixiang, or they are sweepers from Magic Shadow Factory and Bayi Factory. They are all unknown people in the circle.

Including the actors used in "1951", they are all good at acting but not famous, and there is no so-called "box office guarantee".

This is actually very inconsistent with the convention of newcomers entering the circle. I know that you are a good brother of the second generation of Moying, but you don't worship at any pier after leaving the magic city. Isn't it too disrespectful of your seniors?
He has only made four public appearances since his debut, two interviews with Cheng Yu of the Shanghai Evening News, one interview with the Sixth Princess Yu Lan, and one seminar at the Imperial Film Academy.

In addition to the fact that Chen Yiming was so condescending throughout the seminar and it was not convenient for outsiders to make a fuss about it, the other three interviews did not have a positive impact on him.

In his first interview with Cheng Yu, Chen Yiming, under the guise of an ordinary audience, criticized the famous director Wu Kesen, and also took the Hong Kong director to task, asserting that they would definitely not be able to open up the box office ceiling of Chinese movies. .

In fact, Chen Yiming didn't even say a bad word about Wu Kesen. In a sense, he was praised a lot, but it was useless. After many rounds of reprints, quotes and headlines, the interview had become completely different, and it successfully helped Chen Yiming attract people in the film city of Hong Kong. A big circle of hatred.

This is the second interview with Cheng Yu. He is a new director, so he talks nonsense again, both from the mother's body and from the womb.

In the eyes of older filmmakers, their creative attitude is very unserious, and they are naturally unfavorable.

In the eyes of some seniors in the industry, this young man only talks about himself and says nothing about his mentorship, reference, or experience, as if all his abilities fell from the sky.

Of course, it won't have any impact on the day it was published. Chen Yiming was still a little transparent at that time.

However, when "Holiday" wins awards, sells copyrights, has a box office of over [-] million, and breaks records all the way to become the global champion of Chinese-language films, that interview will look very annoying if it is reprinted again and again.

The third interview with Yu Lan, this time it was more exaggerated and the main theme was adopted.

The film industry is obviously a place where the old are bullied but the young are not bullied. However, it is very divided based on seniority.

Chen Yiming felt that he was being pushed out of the market, so he was very humble during the interview and kept silent about the grand narrative, repeatedly emphasizing that what he wanted to shoot was just a small story.

However, he didn't know that in the eyes of the outside world, this matter was simply outrageous.

The twin bears of Jianghu God Shadow and Demon Shadow coexist, which means that Han Sanye's "The Founding of the People's Republic of China" and Chen Yiming's "1951" are equated.

Rounding it off a bit, doesn’t it mean that Mr. Han and Chen Yiming are tied?
One is the head of Imperial Movies, and the other is the "number one director" in China. In a sense, they really match each other, but the mentality of the seniors is completely broken.

(End of this chapter)