I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

Chapter 168 166. A type of unit

"Rarely, three generations of girls competing for beauty in the same frame!" 》

"Yang Mi is green, Zhang Ziyi is stunning, and Gong Li is as gorgeous as ever"

"Three generations of seeking girls have failed, and the "Zhang Yimou" style has been collectively ignored"

"The first Asian Film Awards has come to an end, and all the stars on the red carpet appeared together!" 》

On the 21st, Xu Xin saw the news early in the morning.

I also saw the girlfriends of the so-called third-generation "girlfriends" in the same room.

Youthful?

Nonsence.

A bunch of dog media! Blinded your eyes!

She is obviously the most beautiful!

After reading the news, I dialed my girlfriend’s phone number directly.

"Dudu, hello, is this Miss Mou Yang Mi herself?"

"Goose goose goose~"

On the other end of the phone, the girl who had driven to the parking lot near the school laughed like a goose. She didn't seem to be disappointed at all last night, but instead looked full of energy:

"Yes, sir, are you looking for sei?"

"I'm looking for Qian... Thousand-Year Ghost Princess...?"

"You're still a thousand-year-old bastard!"

Seeing that her boyfriend couldn't fully explain her new identity, she rolled her eyes:

"When do you get off work? Where are you?"

"I'm in Shenmu."

"...?"

Yang Mi paused and said in surprise:

"Sacred tree?"

"Yes, I came back yesterday."

"Why did you go back to Shenmu?...Why didn't you tell me? When I went home last night, I saw you weren't there, so I thought you were sleeping in the unit again."

"Well, I was in a hurry yesterday. I came here to choose a venue..."

After briefly talking about the matter to the girl, Xu Xin added:

"But I can go back in these two days. I just took Director Fan to meet with the leaders of our county last night. My dad also came back in the evening and invited many people to have dinner together. Now we are waiting for the construction plan. I may have to travel both ways frequently in the future."

"Well... I'm busy."

The girl expressed her support for her boyfriend’s work:

"I'm going to be busy here soon."

"...Isn't it just a drama? It's also called busy?"

"I have to ask Sister Zeng to help me continue to look for dramas. And I'm not an idler. I'm very popular, and Yang Bancheng of Yanjing is here!"

"Yanjing...what the hell?"

Xu Xin was stunned.

"Yang Bancheng?... Are you so loud?"

"Hehe~"

The girl laughed happily, obviously very satisfied with the joke that came to her mind, and then said:

"Brother, let's wait until you come back, okay? I have to go to class here."

"Well, okay, we'll talk about it then. I'll hang up first."

The phone was hung up and the girl walked into the school gate.

Because it was almost time for class, there were still people running into the teaching building from time to time in Beiying's school.

But she walked slowly and leisurely, and even felt as if she was in a trance...it turned out that the inside of the school and the outside of the school were really two different worlds.

Compared with this tree-lined road, yesterday's red carpet seemed like a world away.

Step by step, she suddenly heard footsteps behind her.

Turning around, he saw it was Bao Wenjing.

Bao Wenjing, with disheveled hair that looked like she had just woken up, was running here panting.

Yang Mi saw her, and she naturally saw Yang Mi too.

So Bao Wenjing stopped running and came to her side. While adjusting her breathing with a wheeze, she said:

"Today is Lao Cui's class, why don't you hurry up?"

"Just a minute or two late..."

Yang Mi shook her head, looked her up and down, and asked in confusion:

"What are you doing? You act like a madman."

"...I slept outside last night, and I woke up at this time. If it hadn't been for Lao Cui's class today, I wouldn't have come here."

As soon as she heard Bao Wenjing's words, Yang Mi understood.

No need to ask, since there is a dormitory and I want to go out to sleep, I must be sleeping in a hotel.

So, she handed over the rubber band on her wrist:

"Here, tie your hair up. Your image is too easy for people to see that you are staying up all night."

"Uh... um."

Bao Wenjing took the rubber band and began to twist her head while saying:

"Hey, I saw the photo of you walking on the red carpet last night... your black skirt is so beautiful. How does it feel? It's your first time walking on the red carpet. How does it feel?"

"Well...it's pretty good."

The girl smiles like a flower:

"It feels good to see the real "entertainment circle"."

She bites off the word "entertainment circle" very well.

Unfortunately, Bao Wenjing didn't hear it.

After asking, "Have you met a lot of big stars?", Yang Mi responded with a somewhat insincere nod, and then said:

"It's great...you have become a big star...we are still just little kids. I saw the photos of you, Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi last night, and I was like..."

"……Um."

After Yang Mi was silent for a while, she responded and then asked:

"What about you? I see you've been running out a lot lately. What's your plan?"

"Hey, what can I plan? Just my husband..."

"Oh, my husband has called me?"

"Hey hey hey~"

Listening to Yang Mi's joke, Bao Wenjing was quite happy, nodded and continued:

"My husband goes to work for the crew, going from one crew to another, and then... if there is a shortage of extras, I will join in. Two days ago, I even went to a crew, and I saw Wang Zhiwen in it, and I also wanted to join the cast. I asked for an autograph...Hey, how many autographs did you ask for on the red carpet last night?"

"……ah?"

Yang Mi was stunned for a moment, seeming a little unresponsive:

"Want an autograph? Ask...them?"

"Yes, they are all big stars. How many autographs do you want?"

"Well……"

Yang Mi blinked again and said with a smile:

"I didn't have time. Everyone has their own procedures. I can't go around asking for autographs with a book. It makes me look bad, right?"

Bao Wenjing nodded as if she felt the same:

"That's true, but it's still a pity... there are so many big names."

Yang Mi paused.

Then he returned to normal in an instant, and responded with a smile:

"Yes... I'm going to the toilet, you go up first."

"Well, okay, then I'll leave first. You should hurry up. If Lao Cui is going after taking the roll, you'll be late."

"Uh-huh."

The two separated on the first floor of the teaching building.

Yang Mi walked directly to the toilet. As she walked, she took out her mobile phone and sent a message to Zeng Jia:

"Sister Zeng, you said last time about those magazines, advertisements, etc., please contact them. Then see if there are any TV series in the past few months. I will go and audition."

After sending it, the phone was set to silent.

She didn't go to the bathroom, but stood in front of the mirror specially prepared for the women's bathroom and looked at herself in the mirror.

Gradually he narrowed his eyes.

…

Xu Xin stayed in Shenmu for a total of three days.

Three days later, he returned to Yanjing and immediately applied for visas for Japan and South Korea.

The top priority of the "Test Field" plan is these LED screens.

For the Olympic team, these LED screens are not like TVs, just hang them over there and it's done. First of all, it works under outdoor conditions. At the same time, it must have a series of functions such as stepping, defense, shockproof, etc., and has very high requirements for hardware.

As I said before, the matter of LED screens was actually put on the plan as early as last year, but it was as a "Guernica" plan at that time. If the leaders believed that there were safety risks, they would not allow the use of open flames as a substitute. Taste.

But the team members are used to planning ahead, so after the director approved the idea of ​​"Guernica", they already started looking for this kind of screen.

There are only four companies in the world that can produce it.

Samsung, LG, Panasonic, Sharp.

Just these four.

People from the team want to go see it, and Xu Xin is one of them.

If nothing else happens, he may leave in the next few days, as long as he waits for the contact to be successful.

Driven by the power of the country, within two days, Xu Xin and Jiang Haoyang and several of their "apprentices" Yu Luping, who was assigned to be one of the top domestic aerospace engineering technology leaders and was responsible for all technical problems in public relations for the Olympics. ".

At the same time, there were several security personnel sent from unknown places by the organizing committee.

Don't get me wrong, it's not to protect Xu Xin or Jiang Haoyang, but to protect the apprentices like Yu Gong.

Yu Gong definitely cannot go abroad. Although it is for the Olympics, what he represents is China Aerospace.

This identity... is so important.

But someone has to come and understand the hardness and resistance of the material, right? Therefore, Yu Gong sent out his buddies, whom Xu Xin nicknamed the "Four King Kong". But the identities of these people are also affiliated with aerospace engineering, and overseas... it's too confusing.

Therefore, it must be protected by someone, and the schedule is very mechanical.

Throughout the entire process, the Olympic team had to listen to the instructions and arrangements of a few buddies whose names they didn't even know were true or false.

What time to visit, what time to take a break, what route to take, etc... it all goes the same way. This is the first time he has truly seen... what high-level security is.

That’s a lot of experience.

The time to go abroad has also been decided. I will leave on the 28th and go to Japan first. Stay in Japan for four days, two days with Sharp, two days with Panasonic, and then go to South Korea for another four days, a total of eight days.

Xu Xin has not seen his girlfriend in the past few days.

First of all, I was very busy here. Because of the experimental field incident, everyone in the team started to hit the back of their heads.

The communication meeting with the urban construction department has changed from one meeting a day to two, three, and many meetings. Then go to the computer renderings based on "Thousands of Miles of Rivers and Mountains" to cover, design, conceive, etc.

From the day he came back on the 23rd, it was not until the night of the 27th that he left his rest room and returned home with a bag of dirty clothes.

And Yang Mi happened to leave for Dalian on this day.

Zeng Jia found a TV series for her called "Ugly Girl" for her to audition.

Shooting will start in the second half of the year.

Xu Xin was quite puzzled at first. Didn't the girl say that she would be busy competing for Lin Daiyu in "A Dream of Red Mansions" in the second half of the year?

As a result, Yang Mi dismissed her with "I'm busy, it's okay."

After the audition for "Ugly Girl", she is going to Shanghai.

After not shooting for a magazine for a long time, she returned to "Ruili" and agreed to shoot a set of covers.

At the same time, there is also "Harper's Bazaar" that I have been looking for her in. There is also a set of photos in it that, although not on the cover, take up at least four pages.

Fine……

Although Xu Xin didn't know why his girlfriend suddenly started "entering" the fashion world.

But he had no intention of interfering with the other party's career.

Director Zhang once said that you must not interfere with the other half's career in a condescending manner.

At that time, he was wondering whether this sentence had anything to do with Gong Li.

Although it has not been confirmed... Director Zhang... would never lie to himself, right?

So, do whatever you want.

…

France, Cannes.

Jasmine Trica, a leader among the new generation of Italian actors, walked into the small screening room step by step with a coffee cup in her hand.

"Good morning."

"Morning, beautiful Trica."

Hearing her greeting, a middle-aged white man who looked rather unkempt smiled and said hello.

Jasmine Trica responded with a smile:

"Morning, Kent."

Kent Jones is an American independent film director. Like her, he was a judge in the "Unique" section of the 60th Cannes Film Festival.

A unit, or a focus unit, is a competition section of the Cannes Film Festival that focuses on discovering new directors.

To put it in simpler terms...

Well……

Best new artist?

That’s almost the meaning, but to some extent, it is similar to the Camera d’Or, which is also the “Best Debut Film” award unit that focuses on newcomers, but it is different from the Camera d’Or that only focuses on the film itself.” "One kind of unit" also contains the personal attention of the best actor, actress, and director.

It's just that these selected best actors and actresses will not appear in the main unit competition, but will be announced in the form of a list. Only the winning films in "one type of unit" can go on stage to receive the award.

The five people present, including Jasmine and Kent Jones, and the famous French director Ms. Pascal Ferland as the chief judge, are the final jury for the "Unique Unit" at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

Before the shortlist was announced on the 13th, it was the five of them who selected the films that would be shortlisted for the "One Type" unit.

And with the arrival of Jasmine, five people arrived.

Ms. Phelan opened the box that was placed in front of the five people.

"These are the new shortlisted works sent by the internal jury today, shall we get started?"

Cannes has many invited judges, all of whom are filmmakers from various countries. Every year the film festival selects a group of people to serve as film judges in different aspects.

And these judges are equivalent to layers of filters. First, a huge number of exhibition works are sent through various channels. After they are sent, they first pass through the sieve, filter out some of them, and then enter the second round. The films reviewed are screened once, followed by the third round of review.

Just like this round after round of screening.

But if you ask about the internal judging rounds, that is Cannes’ secret and will not be announced. However, it can be said that the films that finally make it into this room are the films that the judges in charge of a certain unit are satisfied with.

The so-called Cannes trend actually comes from the rounds of internal reviews.

After Cannes announced the jury list, whether it was the main competition unit, one unit, or other units, everyone found that the majority of the judges were women or genre films of a certain style. Then the media can probably speculate about this year’s jury list. What kind of movies do the Cannes media like?

For example, this year, due to media speculation, the jury this year favored films with calm temperaments.

Because most of this year’s judges are not good at contradictions or have radical styles.

This is also true.

What everyone is discussing this year is actually a post-millennium aesthetic definition.

This was the theme that surrounded the judges.

Naturally, no one objected to Ms. Phelan's words. After all, this is their job.

Therefore, after watching Ms. Phelan take out a box of film, as a gentleman, Kent Jones directly replaced her, picked up the film box and walked to the projector.

While walking, I looked at the title on the movie box: "SECRET"

"Wow, I love secrets."

While he was speaking, Ms. Phelan also distributed a few lines of recommendations from the lower-level judges, as well as detailed information about the film.

First I saw the stills and nationality.

For face-blind Europeans and Americans, the photos of Jay Chou and Gui Lunmei cannot be said to be beautiful or ugly.

But Guilun Mei's temperament is very good and attracts attention.

However, since they can serve as Cannes judges, they will naturally not differentiate between good and bad based on beauty and ugliness like idols.

After taking a look, it naturally fell on the nationality: China.

EMMMM……

"When I saw the stills, I thought they were Japanese."

Jasmine pointed to Jay Chou's white shirt in the stills and said.

Everyone shrugged, obviously agreeing.

From the stills, they could probably tell that this was supposed to be a film about young people. Speaking of young people, the style of this still is a bit similar to that of young high school men and women in Japan. When talking about high school students and boys, they may not think of "Journey to the West", nor would they think that there will be a Sino-US co-production that only exists on the Internet and has not been filmed for several years...

But after seeing the first comment from the jury, many people raised their eyebrows:

"I thought I saw Zhang Yimou."

"oh?"

"open?"

"Aha?"

Coincidentally, several people expressed surprise and confusion.

Then comes the second reviewer’s comment:

"The script is clever and the rhythm is great. It's hard to imagine that this is the work of a newcomer."

Article 3:

"His script design is very interesting. All the different endings that the story clues lead to are perfectly hidden in the story. The lens style is surprising. If the information was covered, I would think this is what happened in Japan."

Article 4:

"Beautiful and moving, this is the most amazing work I have seen among new directors in the past few years."

The fifth:

"Different from the few Chinese directors we know who are exploring the contradictions of the times, the camera style is impressive. Except for the weak acting of the male protagonist, the whole film gives people an extremely comfortable viewing experience."

Article 6...

"It seems that other people think highly of this film."

At this time, Romanian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Kristi Puiu spoke first.

"Then let's take a look."

Ms. Phelan responded.

Kent Jones also turned off the lights in the room. On the small screen, the movie titled "SECRET" showed a distant view of a campus under the special effects of symphony and musical score full of European classical style.

soon.

Nearly 2 hours passed by in a flash.

When the elegant piano sound suddenly transformed into a rock-style ending song of electric guitar and drums, Kent Jones paused the movie.

I didn’t let Jay Chou sing the first line of the song “The Secret That Can’t Be Said”.

but……

No one cares.

Under normal circumstances, if you only watch a movie once, and the voting does not go through the second, third or fourth rounds after the discussion, it can almost be said that the movie has lost the possibility of moving forward. .

After each step of the movie is shown for the first time, it is also time for the judges to discuss it.

But no one spoke at first.

Each of the five people showed different thinking habits, recalling the theme, core, spirit, lens language, actors' acting skills and other aspects expressed in this movie.

After thinking for about three or four minutes, Kent Jones was the first to speak.

"It's a fun movie. Right? ... He's like showing off his skills? Showing off his control of the camera?"

This sentence can be regarded as the beginning of the movie discussion session.

After the words fell, Christi Puyou shook his head:

"No, Kent, this isn't a show off."

"..."

Kent shrugged, assuming a helpless posture, as if waiting for the other party to continue to express his opinion.

But Christi Puyou didn't say anything, but frowned.

In the silence, Jasmine suddenly spoke:

"I see three endings."

After finishing speaking, she suddenly paused...

After thinking for a while, he shook his head:

"No, there should be four types. The four types were carefully arranged and hidden in a seemingly reasonable closed loop of rationality, but in fact, in this hiding, they were quietly revealed to us. There are four endings that are not very descriptive, but the answers are already given through the pictures. Right?"

After saying that, she thought about it again and continued to add:

"It's a very interesting script. At first glance, the whole story seems to be a thread running through to the end, nothing more than this...Ye, this boy named Ye meets the girl from the past, and then through love, piano, Chopin...

Well, I'm very satisfied with the soundtrack in this movie. Especially paired with the piano room that looks full of classical style, he displays the aesthetic style through the movement of the camera, composition, and the subtle interaction between men and women. great. But here’s where it gets interesting… At first glance, it actually just tells a very mediocre story.

But in this kind of time travel and future stories, his deep expression of the story in the script is not through the creation of characters, but through the different colors, backgrounds, and decorations of his own lens. Tell us different routes and different endings. Under the mediocrity, he took great pains to hide it, but this hiding was not in a very obscure way, but like... the chocolate beans hidden in the biscuits, which can only be found after eating. And once you find it, you will understand what it feels like to be a chocolate bean.

He is just hiding, but he is definitely not showing off his skills. It is just because the rhythm of his main story is very good and the continuity is very good, so we unconsciously ignore the short-lived, but very important thing he showed us. Other flashes of great plausibility... Well, personally, I enjoyed this story.

His shots are indeed very beautiful and comfortable. The combination of the piano music is perfect, and even every frame is beautiful... Although some of the paragraphs in it gave me a younger perception of the plot, such as the two sides People play the piano to win sheet music, a tribute to "The Pianist on the Sea" there. But if you think about it carefully, his story itself is a story that happened in school.

He even captured the style we had in school, because I also had these fantasies at that age, and he captured it and fully embodied it. Moreover, coupled with the story in the script...the completion of the entire film is the highest I have seen recently...it does not look like the work of a new director at all..."

Speaking of this, she paused for a moment, then nodded:

"It's a great story that makes me feel very happy, and even...pleased physically and mentally in the beautiful scenery."

"But the leading actor's acting skills are very poor."

Kent Jones expressed his opinion:

"I admit, this is a great story... and I don't know if you have noticed that every time the girl named Lu appears, as long as we are indoors, we can always see an... antique that looks very old. Desk lamp. And the story he shot is indeed as you said. His main line is expressed very completely, just like a dinner. And the other three hidden endings are like desserts after the meal. Only with enough patience and care , you can feel the subtle but extremely subtle differences, which is a great accessory. But...acting, my friend. The actor's acting is very poor, very unnatural, and even very stereotyped. Every time he appears, it will Take me away from where the story is going.”

"But the actress's acting skills are pretty good, right?"

After hearing Jasmine's words, Kristi Puyou suddenly spoke:

"Her acting skills lie in the temperament displayed by her appearance and clothing, rather than by interpreting the character itself."

At this time, the last Asian face who had been silent finally spoke.

His name is Ryder Qin, a French filmmaker of mixed Chinese and French descent.

"But being able to choose the right role is also an affirmation of the director's work."

Kent Jones asked:

"What about the male protagonist? Why did the male protagonist find this person? He completely destroyed the puzzle of the story. Let me first state that I also like this story very much. I agree with the conclusion of the beautiful Trika. But... the male protagonist's The acting skills are not up to par for me. It's too expressive and immature. If I could change the role, it would be a very complete work."

“It’s also a very finished piece now.”

Finally, Ms. Phelan spoke:

"For a new director with no previous filming experience, it is very complete. First of all, it can be seen that he has a very good taste in classical music, especially the opening scene where he enters the piano room building. Concertos from that time. I believe that he has a deep study of European classical music.

Secondly, for the entire movie, let’s temporarily ignore the issue of the male protagonist and the female protagonist. Just look at the three aspects of film shooting, expression and camera. Although his style is immature, it is still obvious. It grasps the most suitable tone for this film and uses a lot of slow shots to highlight the fast pace of little advancements and changes.

At the same time, ladies and gentlemen, I agree with this statement. "

Point on the information paper:

"His style is very similar to Zhang Yimou's. It's really similar... Although Zhang's lens color style is very strong, while his is deep and long, the two people's styles are very similar. They both like to use the color of the lens to render an image. The environmental tone and inner world of the film, and it gave us a highly completed work, regardless of the male and female protagonists, but this is also the main reason why I say his directorial style is outstanding.

Because even if all the protagonists of this movie are replaced, I think it will not affect the viewing experience. This movie is a very typical movie with a strong personal style of the director. He made a mistake that a newcomer would make, and that is the use of actors. , is too facial, but on the other hand, it is precisely because of this kind of facial expression that we are now discussing more about the actors' acting skills rather than the shortcomings of the movie itself. Therefore, I also feel that his degree of completion is very good. High, and..."

Speaking of this, Ms. Felan paused, organized her words, and then continued:

"It's very amazing... If you don't have any opinions, I suggest you watch the next film first, and then play the film again in the afternoon to decide whether it makes the final list. How about it?"

"certainly."

Jasmine was the first to express her stance.

Kent Jones shrugged.

Ryder Qin nodded in agreement.

Finally, there’s Christian Puyo.

"Okay, ma'am."

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