I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

Chapter 181 179. Crazy July

As Cannes ends and begins in mid-May, it seems that there is only one voice left in the entire film and television industry.

That is "The Secret That Cannot Be Told", which will be released on July 31st.

The three trailers were also interpreted as three completely different stories, and a group of people speculated on what they were about.

Fortunately, the quality of netizens is still high. The Chinese people who watched this film in Cannes did not spoil it. They just told them that "it is beautifully shot and looks great. I highly recommend it."

Time just slipped away inadvertently. Even the day before, I was anxiously waiting for summer vacation, hoping that "The Secret That Cannot Be Telled" would come soon. But one second later...

Another year of college entrance examination is over, and in a blink of an eye... it's time for summer vacation.

On the last day of the vacation, Yang Mi made a rare trip back to the dormitory.

In recent months, she has been taking classes during the day and making up classes at night. Her boyfriend is no longer around. She has devoted her limited energy to the skills necessary for an actor, practicing diligently, whether it is English or martial arts. Or dance, and sweat it out in the gym.

But now it's holiday. Although she doesn't live in the dormitory much this semester, she still has to take the quilt back to wash and dry it.

Sun Ting was not allowed to come in, she did it herself.

After stuffing all the quilts and clothes into the suitcase, the first roommate in the dormitory came back.

"Ah, I was shocked..."

Zhang Xiaofei covered his heart and said speechlessly:

"There is suddenly an extra person on your bed, which scares me to death."

Yang Mi bared her teeth:

"Why don't you welcome me back?"

"No way, it's too late for me to be happy when the big star comes back. Come on, come on, come on, sign your name for me..."

"EMMM, okay, bring me the bra."

"Go to hell!"

Zhang Xiaofei rolled his eyes speechlessly and put all the books and textbooks for this semester on his desk when Yang Mi's phone rang.

Because she was packing her things, she connected the phone and turned on the speakerphone, put it on her bedside table, and then continued to stack things.

"Hey, Tingting, what's wrong?"

"Sister, do you still remember Editor Liu of Lido Magazine?"

Yang Mi was stunned...

After thinking for a while, he said:

"Remember, we had dinner together last month, right?"

"Yes, she wants to take a set of photos and cover photos with you."

"Well, I remembered... Didn't Sister Zeng reject her last time? She even asked me to wear a bikini in the middle of winter. I thought it was nothing to do so I photographed her..."

"She refused, but she suddenly called me just now and asked if you were in Yanjing and wanted to ask you out for dinner in the evening."

"Not going."

Yang Mi refused without even thinking:

"Please reply to her and ask her to find Sister Zeng if she needs anything."

"okay."

"Hang up."

Following the girl's words, Sun Ting on the other side hung up the phone.

Zhang Xiaofei, who had listened to the whole thing there, sighed first... He could even recommend the magazine cover to his roommate...

Although he hasn't graduated yet, he will start working on film crews outside in the next semester. Zhang Xiaofei, who has gained experience, is naturally not a fool.

"Lido", although it is not as good as that big magazine, its audience is not small.

If the cover says push it, push it...

That is the space that many young actors dream of...

Is Mimi so powerful now?

But this was just emotion. She thought about it and asked curiously:

"Mimi, why did you refuse so simply? "Lido" is not a small magazine, right?"

"Well……"

After hearing this, Yang Mi thought for a while and told her in a very sincere tone:

"Because it's against the rules."

"……What's the meaning?"

"After you sign the contract, the company will send you an agent, and your affairs must be connected through the agent."

"Why? Isn't it more convenient for her to find you directly?"

"Because the agent wants a commission."

Yang Mi shook her head. Seeing that she didn't seem to understand, she simply said more:

"Indeed, actors also need connections... Xiaofei, you have to do the same in the future. Even if you sign a contract with a company, your connections cannot completely fall into the hands of your agent. You have to find a way to transform the connections your agent has into your own." The connections that your agent doesn’t have, you have to keep them in your own hands and don’t let them go out. Because if you don’t do this, you may not be able to carry out your work without an agent, and you will be greatly restricted at that time. You don’t have the capital to talk to others, do you understand?”

"..."

Looking at Zhang Xiaofei's confused look, Yang Mi continued to explain patiently:

"But at the same time, it doesn't mean that you and your agent should be divorced. You two are working partners, and you will both prosper and suffer. And you can't be stingy with your own people. This editor bypassed the agent to find me, because he just thought that I was The reason why I rejected her before was because the manager’s positioning of me was not so... selling meat, that’s probably what I meant, so I rejected the southern style photo shoot.

Therefore, she only contacted me through Sun Ting this time, probably to communicate with me first, and after I agreed, she was communicating with the agent, communicating with my attitude...or even not communicating at all, I just said Go...get it? But this is not okay, because it will give your agent some bad ideas, and you will not do it kindly.

That's why I told her that she had some business matters and asked her to talk to my agent. If you can make a conversation, come and ask me. If you can't, I won't waste time. And everything has to be done this way, because your agent and assistant are the people closest to you. You can treat anyone badly, but you must not treat your own people badly.

The premise is that you must trust the character of your assistant and agent. As long as you can trust them, you can be nice to them, but don't trust them 100%. You must have your own opinions and ideas. understand? "

"...Is this...so complicated?"

Does Zhang Xiaofei understand?

Can't explain.

She couldn't even say she understood, but she got the general idea.

It's trust, but not full trust.

Hide some, but not all.

Although it sounded like nonsense...and very complicated, her intuition told her that what her roommate said...must make sense.

I couldn't help but said again:

"How do you know so much? Is this how you train people after leaving school? I feel like you are completely different from us."

"We are all the same, but don't say it like that, as if it's the same thing about me."

The girl slipped down the ladder with a smile, and Zhang Xiaofei also walked over to help her pull the box on the bed.

"An elder taught me this. I didn't really understand it before. But he taught me a lot of things in this area... It's okay. If you encounter something at work or something in the future, you can ask me if you don't understand. Me. But I suggest you ask your parents, because the advice you get from them, no matter whether it is right or wrong, must be really good advice for you. Anyway, consider multiple aspects..."

"...Okay, I remember."

Zhang Xiaofei nodded vigorously, keeping in mind the "predecessor experience" from his roommate.

And Yang Mi had almost finished cleaning up, and asked casually:

"What's the date of the ticket? When will you go back?"

"I won't go back. I want to take advantage of the summer vacation to work for others, run around on the set, and gain some exposure."

"Um...ok."

Yang Mi responded, rolled her eyes, and said:

"Then remember to spare some time on July 30th, and then... rent a beautiful skirt."

"……what?"

"On the evening of the 30th, the media premiere of "The Secret That Cannot Be Telln" will be held at Wanda. Some directors will go there. Everyone will wear formal clothes. It is a big event. You go there and I will make arrangements for you then. Maybe What opportunities can we get? Remember... I'm leaving first."

"Well……"

Zhang Xiaofei was confused at first, but then instinctively said:

"Then Shanshan, Xuanzi and the others..."

"..."

Yang Mi paused, then turned around and said with a very happy expression:

"We must be together. We are four golden flowers."

Then after seeing her roommate's "peaceful" expression, a trace of moderate regret flashed through her heart, and then she waved her hand:

"I am leaving."

"Hmm, can I help you carry the box?"

"No need, it's not heavy, let's go."

With that said, Yang Mi walked out of the dormitory.

Zhang Xiaofei in the room heard her warm greeting:

"Ah, Wen Jing, Wan Wan, you two have finally become one..."

…

"Sister, let me do it."

"Um."

After handing the suitcase to Sun Ting, Yang Mi said:

"When I go home later, you go and contact Mr. Qi's people and ask for... four... six... six invitations."

"Oh, okay."

Sun Ting took out her mobile phone while dragging the box.

Seeing this, Yang Mi took the box and dragged it away, and continued:

"The names are Yuan Shanshan, Zhang Xiaofei, Zhang Xuan, Tang Wan, Bao Wenjing... Bao... Bao... Bao..."

After a few "bao" sentences in a row, the speechless girl said:

"What's the name of Bao Wenjing's boyfriend?"

Hearing this, Sun Ting quickly took out a small notepad from her bag, flipped it through and said:

"Bao Beier."

"Yes, Bao Beier... I want seven, and call Jiao Jiao up."

"Who is Jiaojiao?"

"Jiao Junyan is also my classmate. Let's decide on these seven people first. Then as for the positions... I told Mr. Qi to try to separate them as much as possible. Don't sit together. It would be good if they can be next to some people in the circle. Then we will arrange a group photo session... Well, That’s it, I’ll invite you to check the text messages in my address book later, and just send them messages one by one.”

"Yeah, I've written it down."

After Sun Ting took notes in her notebook, she took the box and the two of them continued walking outside the school gate.

After walking a few steps, Yang Mi suddenly said:

"Tingting."

"ah?"

"Do you think I've changed?"

"...?"

Seeing Sun Ting's confused look, the girl shook her head:

"I always feel like I'm always playing tricks on others..."

She seemed a little lost.

But if it were normal, Sun Ting would definitely remain silent.

But seeing the disappointed look in Sister Mimi's eyes, she turned her head a few times and realized what might be the reason, so she whispered:

"Sister, you are just more mature than them... They will all become different in the future, it's just a matter of time."

"Yeah...sigh."

The girl sighed again.

But immediately the spirit came:

"Come on, I'm hungry, let's go eat something delicious! Hey, did you buy that sexy dress I recommended to you last time? How does it feel? Is it useful?"

"..."

…

June 21st.

Wanwan female singer Guo Caijie made her official debut with the album "Invisible Superman".

When promoting the album for the first time, when a reporter asked how she got to know Jay Chou, who had evolved from "Little King" to "Dragon Jay", she held up the microphone and answered with a sweet voice:

"It was Director Xu Xin who discovered me. He thought my singing was good and brought me to Jay Chou. So... here I would like to thank Director Xu Xin for giving me this opportunity, and I also hope that "The Secret That Cannot Be Told" will be released. It’s a big hit, please support me a lot…”

On the day of the album's release, three love songs, "If You've Also Heard", "Little", and "Handwritten Love", landed on the Wanwan Music Chart: No. 2, No. 4, and No. 5 respectively.

The name "Guo Caijie" instantly burst into the fans' horizons.

The clear and sweet singing voice, the standard rhythm of Zhou's love songs, and the dreamlike and beautiful lyrics are a feast for Jay Chou's fans who have just had time to digest "Still Fantasy".

I instantly accepted the image of a girl who looks a bit girl-next-door in this MV and also speaks childishly.

And on the second day after the release of the new album, at the Wanwan Music Channel singing event, Jay Chou's personal piano accompaniment of "Handwritten Love" came out live, making the song "Handwritten Love" a hit on June 23. It went straight to the top of the Internet music charts, knocking out "Friendly Army" S.H.E's song "Chinese", and at the same time, it also set a record.

For the first time since the music chart was aired in 2001, a song from a new artist's new album topped the list in its first week.

But unfortunately, we just missed the record of "fastest to reach the top of the list".

And this record was created by Guo Caijie’s boss himself.

They are 17 hours of "In the Name of the Father", 11 hours of "Qili Xiang", 4 hours of "Nocturne" and 3 and a half hours of "The Seventh Chapter of the Night"...

But no matter what.

In front of Zhou's love songs, which have the potential of three songs praised by fans as "KTV's annual must-sing list TOP20", the name "Guo Caijie" is like an unreasonable bomb that exploded in the late June and summer of the entire dynasty. .

At the same time, a certain Xiangjiang girl who had completed the college entrance examination and scored a super high score of "21 points" in the professional course officially signed a five-year artist contract with Jewel.

Effective January 1, 2008.

There is no other way. When the conservatory of music starts, Rong Jiawen hopes to give his daughter a few months of buffer period to familiarize herself with the university environment.

But little did she know that her daughter was looking straight at the album in her hand. Within a week, the sales of the album "Invisible Superman" had already surpassed that of SHE's "PLAY", and it set the record for the first week of album sales so far this year: 21,371 copies of the "Invisible Superman" album. His eyes were red.

Director Xu Xin once said that they are the only two artists in his company.

One is myself...the other is this senior...

Senior's grades are so good...

She was in a hurry.

The kind of anxiety that is almost killing me.

…

On July 15th, the summer movie market has started to get bustling.

Or……

A brutal fight began.

As early as 2004, the General Administration of China orally issued a notice asking all theaters across the country to support domestic films. From June 10 to July 10 (or July to August) every year, the introduction of overseas blockbusters was not encouraged. This period is also called "Domestic Film Protection Month" by the media.

To be honest, this time period is really awesome. In the rush for the summer season, all foreign blockbusters will be blocked and domestic movies will be released.

However, this rule is only verbal. Although everyone still abides by it, there are still loopholes in the verbal agreement before the approval is issued.

For example, the phrase "discourage" does not mean that it is not allowed. Therefore, during this period, a Disney masterpiece "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" suddenly came in on June 12th and began to sweep through domestic films during the protection month.

As a result, from June 10th to July 10th, the movie that protects the moon is whether it is "The Secret of the Treasure Calabash" by Zi Gongxiang, "Whenever Changes" by Yi Xun Chen and Qian Tak Yeung, "Tracking" by Tony Leung Ka-fai and Simon Yam. " and other movies, they were all killed and defeated.

The box office was a disaster.

Then, when Domestic Film Protection Month comes to an end, the real jackals...

coming.

The sudden death of "The Bourne Supremacy", "Harry Potter: Order of the Phoenix", the British comedy legend "Mr. Bean's Golden Week", "Shrek 3", "Doraemon - Nobita's Dinosaur" Enter and directly strangle all the endangered domestic films.

"The True Colors of a Man", "Heaven's Mouth", "Brothers' Alliance of Life and Death"...

These movies are simply so bad that you can no longer watch them.

But these movies have all become the foil of one movie.

"Transformers 1"...or "Transformers".

In 5 days, it was released in theaters on July 11th. By July 15th, the box office had exceeded 100 million.

It set a record of over 100 million in box office in the first week of China.

Before this record, there were 14 days for "King Kong", 12 days for "Spider-Man 3", and 10 days for Titanic.

"Transformers 1" only took 5 days...

This record was called a record myth that "cannot be broken within five years" by the media.

All the movies have become its foil. The moment Megan Fox’s waist and the partner of the mute Camaro sports car appear...

Tianchao Cinema Line only has one name left this month.

Finally, "Transformers" earned a box office record of 115 million in its first week, becoming a hot topic of discussion among the people.

Something like "Secrets That Cannot Be Told", at least within this week, there is basically no topic to be seen. Even, to put it bluntly... when they were increasingly busy promoting the movie, whether it was Jay Chou, Yang Mi, Gui Lunmei, etc., although they were asked about "Transformers 1", all the reporters were surprised The unity of...

No one ever asked:

"Are you confident that you can break the box office record of "Transformers 1"..."

Not one person.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows it's impossible, so why bother saying that?

However, as the release date approaches, the promotion of "The Untold Secret" has not fallen behind at all.

Moreover, more and more information about this movie has been revealed.

For example, its production cost is not high, and the entire film budget is less than 20 million, making it a "low-budget" movie.

Another example is that this script was actually written by Jay Chou and changed by Xu Xin.

Another example is that Jay Chou contributed to the clichéd topics of his first kiss on screen in this drama.

The media picked it up and speculated on it repeatedly.

Because with the popularity of "Transformers", all movies are being squeezed out of their living space, and "The Untold Secret" can't beat it. We can only rely on these news to maintain its popularity as much as possible.

Who made "Transformers" so popular?

Toys sold out, searches for Megan Fox's name on the rise...

Even in Chevrolet's 4S store, there are people waving banknotes every day, wanting to buy a Camaro.

Just think how popular this movie is.

Compared with "Transformers", let alone this "secret" cannot be told.

It's useless even if you shout with a loudspeaker.

Of course, this is superficial.

In fact, within Xiying Studio, people are becoming more and more optimistic about the prospects of "The Secret That Cannot Be Tellable."

Because first of all, the two films are incomparable. One is an imported film and the other is a domestic film.

The properties are different.

The finished film quality of "The Untold Secret" has been certified by audiences at Cannes and all internal preview screenings.

Everyone thinks that this movie is one of the rare movies in recent years that focuses on "first love", and it is very enjoyable to watch.

And the story is very good, without any flaws.

Not to mention the acting skills.

From the perspective of ordinary viewers, as long as there is no subjective bias, they can still give it a passing score.

It can be said that its shortcomings are not obvious.

And the advantages are huge.

Jay Chou won awards at Cannes.

These two points, coupled with their fueling and publicity in the past few months, it can be said that everyone knows it.

Based on the barrel effect, the shortcomings of this film are not obvious, and can even be made up for by his identity as "Jay Chou". At the same time, it is a domestic film, and it does not need to be compared with Hollywood blockbusters...

It’s not that you can inflate other people’s ambitions and destroy your own prestige, but...

At present, there is no comparison between Hollywood and Chinese movies.

From the beginning, the opponent of "The Untold Secret" was not "Transformers".

No matter how you say it, anyone with any brain would not hype the two movies as "rivals".

Xiying Studio will not allow it to be labeled like this.

Because if we really compare, "The Secret That Can't Be Told" will definitely lose.

Therefore, from the beginning, their opponents were domestic films.

and……

Let me tell you something that makes your back hurt while standing.

Whether it's "Change" or "Ha" or "Spy" or "Plus" this summer, the release of these movies directly highlights the decline of domestic movies...or, in other words, the "end" of Hong Kong and Taiwan movies.

The box office of all domestic movies is sluggish at this stage.

There is no Zhang Yimou, no Feng Xiaogang...

Domestic movies are really unbearable.

At this time, "The Untold Secret" was released, and at least in terms of rivals, these movies were a bit unsatisfactory.

Even the final conclusion of "basically winning" is not an exaggeration.

That's it.

The strategic target point has been reached.

Chinese movies are on the rise, and "The Secret That Cannot Be Tellable" cannot be used as a battering ram to break open the closed door. But it can be the most solid tiptoe brick.

That's enough.

then.

In the spotlight, time is passing.

July 30th is finally here.

At 9:30 in the morning, Xu Xin came out of the airport and got into a commercial car.

As soon as he got into the car and the door was barely closed, a hand was hooked around his neck.

He chewed hard on his mouth!

"..."

In silence, Xu Xin said hello to Jay Chou, who was sitting in the back row and rolled his eyes.

HI~

Then, a certain woman turned him upside down like a stomach tube...

I actually wrote two versions of this chapter. One is all kinds of detailed data. To be honest, I spent 3 hours looking up the information. But I wrote about 5,000 words, and when I was looking for the original data in an entertainment novel I had collected, I looked at all the boring words in that book... Suddenly I felt that this writing was a bit rough, so I deleted and revised it. 2500 words, all listed data, various box office records, how much money, attendance rate... I hope you all enjoyed reading. It’s the beginning of the month, please vote! !