I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

Chapter 1113 1108. Foreigner

"oh!!!"

"Hua la la la la la..."

When the black screen lit up, with LUCY's words "I am everywhere", the film ended.

The lights come on.

Applause and cheers accompanied the crew on stage.

Bearded Luc Besson, starring Yang Mi, Cui Minzhi and others stood on the stage.

"Yang Mi!"

"Yang Mi!"

"Yang Mi!"

I don't know where it came from, but in the end, the shouts that flowed eastward overwhelmed the host's words to start the show and resounded in the screening hall.

With a polite and joyful smile on her face, Yang Mi squinted at the guests in the spotlight.

I scanned back and forth twice amidst the cheers, but I didn't see a single "one of my own".

Although his smile remained unchanged, he was already muttering in his heart.

OK OK.

My sister's movie premiered at a film festival, and none of you came, right?

OK OK.

Good, good, good.

While he was silently writing the assassination list in his mind, the cheers finally died down.

The host started his own hosting work at the right time.

In fact, for the film critics here, Yang Mi's film is far inferior to the previous film "Pacific Rim".

The logic is even weak in some places.

Of course, if we really want to take it seriously, this kind of thing is the fault of the director and the story, and has nothing to do with the actors.

But... when a work is completed and presented to the audience, even if some things have nothing to do with the actors, they become relevant.

The movie "Super Body"... is obviously the one with the worst storyline among Yang Mi's movies.

Of course, you have to explain yourself clearly.

This is definitely not a bad movie, but an obviously commercial and enjoyable movie with a female protagonist.

Everything that should be there is there.

Compared with others, this movie still has many advantages.

But the problem is... compared with Yang Mi herself, whether it's "Pacific Rim" or "The Grandmaster"... "Super Body" has quite a lot of flaws.

However, the feedback from the audience was very good.

Obviously everyone enjoyed watching it.

If the audience feels happy, then it’s qualified.

But for film critics, it's obviously not enough.

So, this question was naturally asked.

When it was their turn to ask questions, one of them bluntly said that the quality of this work was not as good as the previous ones.

For a while, the atmosphere was a little cold.

A group of people looked at this film critic, especially the Bee Harem group, and wanted to kill him.

But they forgot... One thing that is generally recognized in this circle is that Yang Mi carries the book "Emotional Intelligence" with her.

Facing the somewhat unsatisfactory expression of the work proposed by this person, Yang Mi held the microphone and smiled unchanged:

"Different works have different audiences. The uniqueness of art is that it is not universal. What's more, I hope that this movie will allow everyone to enjoy 2 hours of relaxing time in the theater. And this time, It is a pleasant leisure time for the director, crew and actors to entertain our own friends. We hope that our movie will do our best to bring two hours of relaxation and pleasure to more people. This is the original intention of creating this movie. . We will work hard for this goal, this is what we want.”

The implication: you don’t like it, that’s okay. You are not my audience.

Use a gun and a stick to divide a group of people and win over a group of people.

Nowadays, she is no longer the transparent person she used to be when facing the media in "Golden Armor".

Now she has the capital to ignore those who are looking for trouble.

After this little unpleasant incident passed, when it was the audience's turn to ask questions, one audience member asked something that many people were concerned about:

"Mimi, are you going to Hollywood next?"

But Yang Mi’s answer surprised many people:

"Probably not. Hollywood is just an attempt for me. I think actors only need to be moved by good stories. So I will still read the script and decide. You can rest assured... Besides, I still have children, and Husband. You can’t abandon your family and leave your father-in-law alone, right? I still have to accompany them.”

There was nothing wrong with her answer, and she made her position clear.

But Xu Xin was brought in again.

If my Mimi doesn't want to go to Hollywood, it must be because you, a bushy-eyed dog, won't let me go!

Xu dog! ! !

We are at odds with you! ! !

…

"Ah sneeze!"

After drinking for three rounds, Xu Xin sneezed and rubbed his nose.

Who scolded me?

…

It's around 10pm.

In a daze, Xu Xin heard the sound of the bedroom door being pushed open.

He was so drunk now that his consciousness was a little blurry.

He didn't know how long it took before he felt someone hug him from behind.

And then... nothing more.

When I woke up again, it was already bright.

The first day of the Silk Road Film Festival went smoothly.

A new day begins.

The first thing he did when he woke up in the morning was to go to the toilet and quickly turned on his mobile phone.

[The Fourth Silk Road Working Group] In the group.

The last message was at 6:43am.

It's an expression.

That expression of drawing ribbons.

After Xu Xin opened the group, he found that many people were following this expression.

As he glanced all the way up, he saw the reason.

10:48 last night.

Liu Licheng, the vice president of the executive committee at the same level as himself and in charge of this venture capital meeting, sent a message.

"As of the trading hours of today's Venture Capital Fair, a total of 22 transactions have been completed. The total transaction volume of the Venture Capital Fair on the first day: 2.183 billion."

"...?"

Xu Xin was stunned.

He rubbed his eyes subconsciously.

Seize less! ?

When his eyes focused, he looked at the number 21.83, and his breathing suddenly became a little heavier.

In the first year, the Silk Road Venture Capital Fair’s transaction volume was 150 million.

The next year, it was 350 million.

In the third year, the astonishing result of 812 million was achieved.

And in this fourth year...it's more than 2 billion in one day?

Are you sure the number is correct?

Not 200 million, but 2 billion?

Suddenly, he felt that what was sitting under his butt was not a toilet, but a rocket.

I can't wait to jump up...

The ecstasy in my heart started brewing in the bathroom early in the morning!

It’s not easy!

4 years, starting from scratch, step by step...

Finally, Xiao Silu, have you reached the height you are today?

He was gratified, happy, moved...even for no reason, he felt his nose was a little sore.

It's like watching a child grow up and become an adult.

2.1 billion.

Let’s assume it’s $300 million.

The total transaction volume of this year's Cannes Venture Capital Fair was US$1.2 billion.

And they took 11 days to create.

But the Silk Road Film Festival’s one-day turnover reached 2.1 billion!

Then after this film festival ends, will Cannes’ status as the film festival’s top film investment place...

Thinking of this, he was suddenly stunned.

Then he burst into laughter.

Although he hasn't asked yet, he already understands why this year's transaction volume will be so explosive.

Since last year, Xi Film has determined that it will be held in Fuzhou this year, and after the Silk Road Film Festival was directly affiliated to Radio and Television, it began to reduce its investment in all films.

Especially in the first half of this year, not a single movie was approved.

They also took the initiative to restrain other companies in the circle in order to add fuel to the fire of this film festival.

Although I don’t know how much investment is involved in these movies, but...

It is estimated that a large part of the 2.1 billion is due to Xiying...or the Northwest Circle, right?

Thinking of this, he sent a message to Qi Lei:

"Brother Qi, how much of the 2.1 billion transaction volume do we account for?"

While Xu Xin finished washing his face and brushing his teeth, Qi Lei replied:

"We sold 9 movies, and several other private investment companies submitted 10. The total number of movies sold that day was 24."

Next comes a picture.

After Xu Xin glanced at the name, he replied to Qi Lei:

"OK."

After calming down, he gradually recognized the reality.

Little Silk Road has indeed grown up.

But... it's still far from being directly comparable to Cannes.

There are no three major venture capital associations in Europe that are gathering together like Xiying, just for this day to add fuel to the fire.

Over there, everyone reads the script, looks at the source of the film, and finally decides whether to invest or introduce it.

In the flat environment of No. 1 Middle School, a billion-level film trading market has been built.

Moreover, even for the Silk Road Film Festival, the peak period of venture capital fairs is only after the third day of the film festival.

Because everyone needs time to criticize some good scripts and plays.

Xiying has been accumulating stuff for more than half a year, and it has indeed given Silk Road a good start.

Moreover, this achievement alone is worthy of a special mention.

But the Silk Road Film Festival cannot be over-promoted.

There will be no publicity about the trading volume on the first day, such as being on par with or surpassing the three majors.

no.

Because behind this kind of transaction volume, the traces of human operation are too obvious.

Especially if this level is not reached in the next few days, there will definitely be a gap in everyone's mind.

Therefore, the most suitable way is to publicize the popularity of the venture capital fair through the spring and autumn style of news, without talking about the transaction volume.

Promote the hot atmosphere until the end of the film festival, and finally reveal the specific numbers at the awards ceremony.

In this way, the 2.1 billion figure can be diluted evenly, and finally the "final transaction volume" figure will... stun the world!

Thinking of this, he looked at the time.

Less than 8 o'clock.

Although he didn't know the publicity plan below, he had to take insurance.

So, he called Liu Licheng directly.

…

"dad!"

"Shh!"

Nuan Nuan, who was sitting at the dining table having breakfast, saw her father coming out and immediately shouted.

But Yang Mi covered her mouth.

Because Xu Xin is on the phone.

"Yes, it would definitely not be appropriate to highlight the first day too much. Then there will be a gap, and people will know that we invested the wealth that we have worked hard to save for more than half a year..."

"Just flatten the deal and don't talk about the specific transaction amount."

"No, no, no, don't even mention it, just say that venture capital will be hot."

"Yes, to whet their appetite..."

"Hmm...Okay, thank you for your hard work, Brother Liu."

"Okay, okay, hurry up and confirm. Let everyone review the press release carefully..."

"Well, I am now editing the group and telling them not to say anything."

"good……"

The phone hangs up.

Yang Micai asked:

"What's wrong?"

Xu Xin talked about the matter with porridge.

Yang Mi's eyes widened at first when she heard that the transaction volume on the first day reached more than 2.1 billion, but as her husband explained, she gradually understood the essence of the matter.

Nodding:

"Yeah, that makes sense. So what are you going to do today?"

"Do you have any activities?"

"No, there aren't any activities... Are you still busy?"

"I guess."

"Then go ahead and get busy. I'll take care of the kids these days, so you don't have to worry about anything."

"...Are you not going to promote your movie?"

"Promote it. It's still in time. Don't worry."

"Okay."

After a meal, the two of them finished the division of work. Just after 8 o'clock, the property management of the compound knocked on the door.

They came to give Xu Xin a new day's viewing guide.

Yang Mi and Xu Xin each got one.

After reading the entire manual, Xu Xin picked up WeChat and said to the microphone:

"Director Sun, tomorrow's viewing manual should still highlight the content of the works in the main competition unit and the Silk Road unit. The films screened, after all, are not shortlisted for the main competition unit. We can mention it and promote it, but we can't do it like today, with too much space... The specific content should be just 30% and 70%."

As he spoke, Yang Mi was looking at the column in the viewing manual that praised the films screened.

Whether it was "The Blade of the Assassin", "Heart Flower Road", or other...

Not to mention my husband's "John Wick".

The photos shown were photos of people queuing up at the scene.

It seems... there are really many people who want to watch his Hollywood blockbusters.

Even more people have finished watching them.

Thinking of this, she put down the manual and clicked on Weibo directly.

It was easy to find the topic of # John Wick # .

"I've finished watching the midnight show! So cool! # John Wick # "

"To me, # John Wick # doesn't have much substance, it's just a pure cool movie. Even the plot is a bit clichéd, similar to some movies I've seen before. But I have to admit that Xu Xin has a strong control over the camera, and the rhythm of the film is excellent, not dragged at all. It's a very qualified popcorn movie."

" # John Wick # is Xu's Hollywood debut, it's very good! I felt really good after watching it!"

One Weibo after another expressed their views on the movie.

After Yang Mi scanned it, she said to her lover:

"Your "John Wick" was very cool, but the plot was average."

"That's the truth."

Xu Xin also nodded:

"This story is indeed quite average."

"With a budget of 25 million, you can't do anything fancy, and your budget also includes Brother Ji's salary."

"Ha~"

He didn't care whether his wife was comforting him or something else.

Xu Xin shrugged, stood up and kissed his wife and children:

"Let's go."

"Yeah."

Yang Mi nodded.

"Goodbye, Dad~~~"

Amid the two children's babyish goodbyes, Xu Xin walked out of the house.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw the Audi A6 parked at the door.

...

The busyness of the Silk Road Film Festival made it a luxury for the brothers to get together whenever they had time.

There was no way, Xu Xin was really busy.

He thought he would be relaxed after the film festival started, but from the viewing manual on the 2nd to the tedious work such as the guidance of subsequent news publicity, it has been proved that... at least before the end of the film festival, he really has no capital to take a break.

And, in fact, Xi'an is also cursing.

They know how sufficient the funds approved by Fuzhou this time are.

Let alone... to build a 3A scenic spot specifically for the Maritime Silk Road Film Festival...

Good, good.

Not a human being, right?

Go to Guangdong and invite Guangdong people!

So, they also started to plan in advance.

The province has already started to scratch its head about what to do with the Silk Road Film Festival next year.

As for Liu Zhishi... she also started to promote with the crew of "Coming Home".

Others are similar.

After the screening of Lin Gou's "My Deskmate", some viewers gradually criticized Guo Fan's plot.

They felt that teenage abortion and so on... were not good.

Of course, apart from these, the plot was actually not bad.

The investors saw it and wanted to release it quickly by taking advantage of the popularity of Silk Road...

Jay Chou went directly to hold a concert.

Lang Lang was invited by NHK TV in Japan to record a program...

Everyone got busy.

Except for one person.

On the afternoon of the 3rd, the pig was tied to Yang Mi's side, feeling a little at a loss.

Originally, she had an excuse of "I want to promote the movie".

But... this movie was shot by Yang Mi's husband. When is the promotion period, Yang Mi knows everything.

What's more, you just acted in a photo of being visited by a grave, what kind of legend is it to promote?

Then...

Yangyang is like a koala, he won't get off her once he hangs on her.

That is to say, everyone has a bottom line for the news in the past two years, otherwise...how come there was such outrageous news that she was a transgender back then, and now there is news that she and a mysterious rich man gave birth to a child out of wedlock...

And Yangyang is the happiest.

Even if the pretty auntie is fat, she is still the pretty auntie.

She smells so good!

This is what Yangyang said.

Parenthesis: I told my daddy secretly.

As for how good it smells...

Xu Xin didn't dare to smell it or ask.

The two men could only secretly hook up and bury this "secret that cannot be told" deep in their hearts.

…

Morning of the 4th.

The transaction volume of the venture capital fair on the 3rd has come out.

It was not bad as Xu Xin expected.

There was only a turnover of 85 million yuan that day.

This is more or less normal.

After all, it was only the second day.

But... there is good news from the highway and railway departments.

In terms of trains and planes, passenger traffic continues to grow. The news was also confirmed by theaters and hotels.

Hotels throughout Fuzhou are almost full.

Especially for movie theaters in major shopping malls, there are long queues from the moment they open and last until the evening.

If nothing else, according to Wang Sicong, Wanda’s Haagen-Dazs is out of stock.

Even dessert shops like DQ downstairs had "sold out" signs.

All kinds of logistics trucks are rushing to Fuzhou like crazy.

A conservative estimate is that the number of customers received by the cinema has increased by 300% compared to July...

This shows how exaggerated this film festival is.

Not to mention all kinds of news about the Silk Road Film Festival on the Internet.

Starting from the next day, self-media began to exert its influence.

With all kinds of freshly released first-hand video news, or outdoor live broadcasts, or press releases... In short, the overwhelming news about the film festival flooded everyone's field of vision even more exaggeratedly than on the first day.

Along with the names of movies in screenings and competitions, the search index on Weibo and Baidu has also increased exponentially.

All departments in Fuzhou are busy.

The snack bar wanted to go on strike because they were too tired.

When the door is closed at the front, the city management comes to the door at the back.

What? Are you complaining about the poor service attitude of this company?

Come on, boss, please give the tourists some fun.

If you dare not be happy, then I will make you cry.

What? Can't find a parking space?

Come on, come on, stop on the side of the road.

Don't worry, we have people above us.

The traffic police don't post any stickers.

That must give face.

We are all guests here, you are God, you can do whatever you want...

Although there is no shortage of money, Fuzhou, which strives to use the Silk Road Film Festival as a business card, has learned from Xi'an's advanced experience and issued a death order from above.

During these ten days, the guest is the uncle.

The locals all made way for the guests.

You can eat noodles at any time, but foreigners can eat first!

You can watch movies whenever you want, but outsiders can take the lead in theater shopping malls!

Tired of out-of-towners?

Come on, we have Jintang Hot Spring here.

Open special buses.

Yongtai, Minhou, Minqing, Fuqing, Cangshan, Lianjiang... Let's go and take you to the hot springs.

Want to watch the fun?

Come on, come on, come on, get moving!

Out-of-town guests want to watch the fun!

Shiban performance, Houfu Bangu Parade, God of Wealth Parade, Xiniang performance!

Come on!

What’s the Chinese New Year but not the Chinese New Year… Let’s welcome guests from out of town first!

If people want to see you, come on!

Fuzhou seems to have suddenly become a city that even the locals feel is unfamiliar.

Some local netizens even complained:

"That's modern society. If this happened in ancient times, I would have been caught kneeling on both sides of the street to greet him."

"When guests from out of town came, my chicken that was in a bad mood and couldn't lay eggs was interviewed and did ideological work all afternoon. The yolks it laid looked like sunshine eggs."

"I went to line up to eat, but the city management told me that I was not allowed to compete with the guests for food...but I'm hungry too T_T"

"I feel like I've been robbed by super soldiers."

Throughout the duration of the Silk Road Film Festival.

Whether it’s the topicality or the open and welcoming attitude displayed by Fuzhou.

Or maybe it’s the elegance, human touch, and wonderful movies from various countries in this ancient city…

All of this made the topic of the Silk Road Film Festival the hottest topic in early August.

It can be said that [Silk Road Film Festival] is alive and well.

It is becoming a cultural phenomenon.

Everything has a sense of prosperity.

Of course...it's like one in ten thousand.

Underneath all perfection, there are always some imperfections.

For example, "The White-Haired Witch" will be released nationwide on August 5th...

It just so happens that this day is Chinese Valentine's Day.

Many couples chose this movie as the best support for their Chinese Valentine's Day because of their trust in Xiying Studio.

result……

I can only say that fortunately the [Silk Road Film Festival] is popular enough.

Otherwise, the news that Xiying, Wanda and Happy Blue Ocean have released a bad movie may not be able to be suppressed.

On the day of the 6th, after Xu Xin saw all the news about "The White-Haired Witch", he just sighed helplessly.

no way.

Nothing can be done.

Even if the transaction volume on the fourth day exceeded 126 million, it would not bring him any joy.

Simply, he acted like a coward.

I won't read any news about "The White-Haired Witch".

It’s not a movie I directed anyway.

It is none of my business.

Every wrong has its owner, and every debt has its owner...Give me some face, that's my aunt, you guys can just sneer.

…

The penultimate BOSS before meeting Illidan in the Dark Temple, the Dark Mistress once had a famous line:

"Happy time is always so short."

For the Silk Road Film Festival, this is the perfect moment to appropriate this line.

8 days passed in a flash.

Day 9.

That is August 10.

The lively Silk Road Film Festival finally came to the last day.

Early in the morning, Liu Zhishi, Lin Gou, Baozi, Zhang Jiao... including Liu Yifei whose face was still a little swollen...

All the artists of Shuangwei gathered together.

A group of people sat in the car with a blank look on their faces, not knowing where to go...

In fact, the reason why Liu Yifei's face was swollen was because she couldn't resist hunger last night and secretly ordered an oyster omelet takeaway. Sitting in the Jinlong minibus, her face was a little pale.

Could it be that the landlord's wife saw that I was really fat... and dragged me to the slaughterhouse?

It doesn't make sense.

Even if she dragged me to the slaughterhouse, why did she bring so many people?

Let a group of people watch me?

No... not that bad, right?

I just ate an oyster omelet, it's not that big of a mistake, right?

She... shouldn't have brought a scale, right?

It shouldn't be that extreme, right?

The more she thought about it, the more frightened Liu Yifei was. She had already started to plan how she would jump out of the car.

The car came directly to the entrance of the Strait Olympic Sports Complex.

"Let's go, get off."

Yang Mi got off the car with a group of people.

At this moment, the entrance of the gymnasium was already covered with a red carpet. It was so long.

"Sister Mi, what are we going to do? Rehearsal?"

Zhang Jiao looked puzzled.

At this time, only she dared to ask.

Lin Gou didn't care.

Liu Zhishi didn't care.

What about Pang Di... she was so famous that she didn't dare to ask.

Zhao Liying was even simpler.

She was only curious about one thing now, that is, what the Chanel dress that Sister Mi prepared for her looked like.

It should be quite expensive...

Let's put it this way, a hundred kinds of people, a hundred kinds of ideas.

But except Zhang Jiao who asked this question, no one else spoke.

Facing Jiaojiao, Yang Mi just smiled mysteriously:

"Let's go."

Before she finished speaking, another business car came from behind.

"Big Mi."

Before the car stopped, Wang Sicong opened the door and shouted.

Soon, with his hair all messed up, he got out of the car with Wei Wei in confusion.

"What are you doing?"

"You'll know in a while?"

Yang Mi responded and walked along the red carpet.

A group of people could only follow.

After walking into the entrance hall of the Olympic Sports Center, everyone found... there were a lot of people inside.

In the true sense, there were a lot of people.

Including their respective assistants, makeup artists, styling teams, etc.

A group of people were there.

Xu Xin was there too.

However, at this moment, he was standing in front of a machine with a strange shape and a mechanical arm, doing something.

"Old Xu..."

Wang Sicong shouted.

Xu Xin turned his head, saw them, and raised his hand:

"Hurry up and put on makeup."

"???"

Everyone was confused.

Put on makeup so early?

What are you doing?

However, following Xu Xin's order, the makeup artists and others had already gathered around.

Liu Yifei took the facial massage chair from Wu Qiqi and rolled the roller against her cheeks frantically.

It looked like a wheel was pressing on her face.

Although she didn't know what to do...

But she had to quickly restore her skin to its natural state.

Otherwise...

Thinking of this, she glanced at Yang Mi again.

She was afraid that she would be thrown into the pool at the door and sink... It would be fine if she sank.

If she couldn't sink, it would be really bad!

Let me tell you, this book has a plot. He came to meet me the day before he published the book. We studied the title of the book from the moment we met him. We studied it for a full 5 hours. But in the end, Pei Tugou and Huoer got the bonus.

But no matter what, this book is really good! Really, I'm not lying! Especially the content about the plot that we talked about, I can only say that Yan Shen really put a lot of effort into this book, and it's a solid one! Highly recommended!