This director needs to apologize

Chapter 38: Fateful arrangements come one after another
On the evening of the 8th, Chen Yiming, Guyuehe, and Lily came to the Empire Theater again.

When it comes to creating scenes, Shen Pengfei is too professional than the organizer of the Film Festival.

There are rows of flower baskets and roll-up banners on both sides of the theater entrance, and there are signboards about ten meters apart in the passage.

Entering the lobby of the theater, there was an etiquette lady on each side, wearing a long-sleeved high-waisted skirt like the princess in the movie, with a banner of "PRINCESS HOLIDAY" hanging sideways. No matter whether they were here for "Holiday in Magic City", anyone who came in would Tuck in a booklet.

Chen Yiming took it and opened it. It contained an English synopsis of the movie, the resumes of the main creative staff, numerous "records" set during its release in China, and even media reports of the "stunning red carpet" performances of the two leading actors.

He couldn't help but feel ashamed secretly. Except for him, everyone in the brochure was famous. Even Lily's resume was half a page long. Only he, the director and screenwriter, was the shabbiest, with only one sentence.

It was a disgrace to "Holiday in the Magic City" and even thrown out of the country!

The three of them walked towards Shen Pengfei in the center of the lobby. As the real host of this screening, she naturally had to arrive early.

It was the first time that Sister Shen saw Chen Yiming dressed up, with big waves, red lips, sky-high hair, and an evening dress. She was chatting happily with a tall, thin, middle-aged man with a beard.

Seeing the three people coming, Shen Pengfei introduced them to both parties with a smile.

The bearded man is named Charles Charlotte, from Beacon Pictures. This time he flew to Montreal specially for "PRINCESS HOLIDAY".

Chen Yiming quickly expressed his thanks, but as soon as he finished his lame "MY PLEASURE", Charles unexpectedly responded with authentic Chinese Mandarin.

"Director Chen doesn't have to be modest. He was able to discover Lily's beauty before the entire Hollywood. This is enough proof of your vision."

Shen Pengfei explained with a smile, "Cha Cha is the overseas affairs manager of Lighthouse. He is proficient in Chinese, Japanese and Korean languages. In fact, he just returned from Asia a few days ago."

Charles continued to compliment, "I watched the Chinese version of "Holiday" in China and have always wanted to get to know Director Chen. I think you have shot a masterpiece, a film with a truly international perspective."

Chen Yiming could only humbly say "I dare not take it".

After praising Chen Yiming, Charles opened fire on Lily with all his strength, pouring out all kinds of beautiful words for free.

Is this foreigner okay? He works so hard to feed them the ecstasy soup. He doesn't look like a Party A at all!

It wasn't until another guest approached and Shen Pengfei apologized to Charles that the latter ended his fluent Chinese and entered the screening room first.

The newcomer is a middle-aged lady with short curly hair and a pair of glasses. She looks slightly younger than Shen Pengfei. She is not wearing a skirt but a formal trousers suit.

Shen Pengfei smiled and stepped forward to hug and exchange greetings, and then introduced to the three of them, Celia Pfeiffer, the business manager of Gaoya Company.

Ms. Celia did not understand Chinese and had not watched "Holiday in Magic City", so after chatting awkwardly with the three of them and nodding, she said goodbye to Shen Pengfei and entered on her own.

Only then did Chen Yiming have the opportunity to ask, "Sister Shen, what's going on with that second-in-command? I've seen the movie, why do you have to make a special trip here? I don't believe he's here to get to know me."

Shen Pengfei smiled slightly mysteriously and did not answer. Instead, she turned to ask Lily in English.

"Miss Colin, have many agents contacted you during this period?"

Lily-Collin replied without surprise, "That's true, but how did you know?"

Shen Pengfei turned to Chen Yiming and said, "A big event happened in the world last month. You should know about it. It's a big event."

Chen Yiming looked confused. What major international events should he know?They are already international, how can they have anything to do with a little guy like him?

This is not an occasion to show off, Shen Pengfei answered directly, "Just last month, Princess Margaret, sister of Queen Elizabeth of Britain, died of illness.

After the princess's funeral, the British royal family released Princess Margaret's diary during her lifetime, revealing for the first time the princess's love life that almost no one knew about before her marriage.

It is said that when the princess was 17 years old and visiting European countries on a tour, she had a brief but unforgettable first love with a colonel in the guard.

Does this story seem familiar? "

The three of them looked at each other and then looked at Shen Pengfei again. Chen Yiming asked, "So?"

Shen Pengfei explained with a smile, "The whole of Hollywood is eyeing Princess Margaret's first love. This is an excellent subject. Whoever shoots it will be popular and will definitely win awards.

However, it is not easy to get authorization to adapt the diary. I am afraid that only the seven major groups have this public relations strength.

Therefore, for second-tier companies such as Lighthouse and Gaoya, winning the remake rights of "Holiday" has become a shortcut to achieve big things with a small amount of money. "

Chen Yiming still doesn't quite understand, "If Hollywood wants to remake "Holiday," there's no need to buy the adaptation rights. Isn't it just a matter of changing the city and changing the setting? Can we still sue them?"

Shen Pengfei patted Chen Yiming on the shoulder, "Yiming, your luck is so good that it makes people jealous. Hollywood can indeed ignore "Holiday", but they can't ignore the British royal family.

At least not on the cusp of the princess' recent death.

It's better to have an excuse for a remake, and it's a remake of a popular Chinese movie, than to just do it shirtless.

Anyway, in their opinion, the right to remake a Chinese movie is just a small amount of money, right? "

Only then did Chen Yiming understand the ins and outs of the matter. He smiled crookedly at Shen Pengfei, "Sister Shen, for the passing of Her Royal Highness, I believe these companies will not be stingy with paying a small sum of money."

He added a less obvious pause to the word "small money."

Shen Pengfei also tilted her lips, and the two of them reached a tacit understanding.

……

Shen Pengfei's judgment was correct. As expected, it was not just the two companies that were interested in "Holiday in Magic City": Lighthouse and Gaoya.

Later, representatives from four more companies came over before the movie was released.

Among them is Humen Pictures, the leader of second-tier Hollywood studios.

Stan Brothers Pictures is an Oscar professional and the biggest liar in Hollywood.

A sub-label of Warner Bros., Signal Vision.

and October Studio, a Chinese film and television company established in Vancouver, Maple Leaf Country.

Chen Yiming thought that probably only the Chinese CEO named ERIC LEE who was the last to arrive was the one who actually came to watch the movie.

Gu Yuehe was obviously shocked. The people who came here were all well-known people in Hollywood, either managers or directors. Meeting one of them in China was enough to get a good reputation, but now three or five people took the initiative to get to know him.

It's just magical!

Lily is relatively calm and calm. After all, her father is a big boss in the nutty music industry, and he often takes her to similar occasions. However, this chance encounter has established a lot of connections, and her future acting career Much smoother.

Sitting in the dark movie theater, Chen Yiming couldn't help but feel that his fate was so wonderful.

Princess Margaret, the sister of Queen Elizabeth, is the prototype of the princess in the previous life "Roman Holiday".

When the princess was 17 years old, she fell in love with Colonel Townsend, the royal attaché. The latter was evaluated by the media as a man with a temperament similar to that of Hollywood gentleman Gregory Peck.

In June 1953, at her sister's coronation, the intimacy between the princess and the colonel was noticed by the media, and the romance was officially exposed, attracting opposition from all parties.

Two months later, "Roman Holiday" premiered in London, England (deliberately and unabashedly), and became popular all over the world through the princess's love affair.

In this time and space, Princess Margaret's first love ended silently and was never known to the outside world.

Pike and Hepburn never collaborated, so there was no "Roman Holiday" movie.

However, it seems that something is certain.

Chen Yiming, who traveled through time, "happily" produced a movie "Holiday in the Magic City" with a similar plot.

Princess Margaret, who died of illness in her previous life in 2002, "happened" to live until November 2009 before passing away.

What's even more "coincidental" is that the princess's first love became known to the world because of the publication of the diary.

The only pity is that Chen Yiming "accidentally" met Lily Colin, who looks exactly like the goddess Hepburn. In today's Hollywood, it is difficult to find a successor to the mantle of Parker.

Chen Yiming turned his head and looked at Guyuehe up and down by the light of the big screen.

After noticing, Lao Gu looked over with an inquiring look. Chen Yiming shook his head and straightened his gaze with a smile.

You boy is so lucky, Chen Yiming muttered in his heart.

Of course, my luck is also good!

(End of this chapter)