I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

Chapter 898 894. Taobao?

There was no such thing as a post-viewing meeting. After applause was given to everyone, along with the arrangements of the theater, everyone waved to the audience respectively, expressed their support and gratitude for the movie, and left the screening through the back door. hall.

"Jesse, what is the "level" of the audience's reaction in your experience?"

In the passage, Xu Xin asked Jasmine.

"What do you think?"

Jasmine was also looking happy at this moment.

"Xu, although there are many of your compatriots here today,... Italians are still very picky. If a movie is not good, they will applaud politely at most... But more often than not, after the movie is over, they will not be happy to go on stage. The director and actors left without even looking at it. Not every movie deserves their applause!"

After receiving her explanation, Xu Xin nodded slightly, knowing it well.

But unfortunately, due to the premiere time, the first-day box office on the 3rd basically showed nothing.

If he could have a whole day, or even half a day's data, and collected the box office, he could intuitively feel how everyone evaluated the film.

But there is definitely no way out now.

The film received applause, but more intuitive box office results will only come out tomorrow, or even the day after tomorrow.

But, for everyone, "Perfect Strangers" can come to an end.

Of course, this is for Italy.

In a few days, everyone will go to Tianchao together.

…

After saying goodbye to their friends, Xu Xin and Liu Yifei returned to the hotel together.

It was already three or four o'clock in the morning in China. If he wanted to share it with others, he would have to wait until he woke up tomorrow.

After sending Yang Mi a message that many domestic audiences came to the premiere of the movie and received a lot of applause, he took a shower and planned to go to bed.

And at this moment, he heard movement outside his window...

Someone spoke.

?

Xu Xin was stunned, wrapped her bathrobe tightly, walked to the balcony and took a look outside, and saw Liu Yifei, who hadn't even changed her clothes yet, holding up a phone.

After thinking for a while, he opened the balcony door and walked out.

"……What's the matter?"

…

"Hey, Mom, why aren't you sleeping yet?"

"Mom, wake up."

Liu Xiaoli's voice was full of relaxation.

"Mom is getting older, so she doesn't sleep so much anymore. Plus today is the premiere of your movie, so I came here because of the jet lag. I just woke up now...how is it? My precious daughter, is the movie a success?"

"Hey... for sure. When the movie ended, everyone stood up and applauded us. Even Jesse said that they would only applaud like this when everyone approved of the movie. So... it can be considered a success. "

As she spoke, she felt that the air was a bit stuffy, so she opened the door to the hotel balcony and walked out.

That's what's good about Rome.

Many hotels prefer historic old houses to modern buildings.

And this kind of room with a balcony is very comfortable to live in.

There's a sense of déjà vu... like stepping into an old era.

"Then you are going back to the hotel now? No need to hold a press conference?"

"We don't pay much attention to press conferences here. It's etiquette when we go on stage. After thanking the audience, everyone left the stage."

"Where's Xu Xin?"

"He? He's next door to me. He must be tired too..."

As Liu Yifei was talking, she heard the sound of the door next to her opening.

Turning around, she saw that Xu Xin, who had just finished taking a shower, was looking at her and asking:

"What's the matter?"

"It's okay, I'm on the phone with my mother. Are you still not sleeping?"

"I was about to go to bed... Did Aunt Liu stay up so late?"

"No, my mother has already woken up, um... do you two chat?"

Hearing this, Xu Xin waved his hand:

"Farewell, my image... If anyone looks up at me when passing by, I'm afraid they'll call me a gangster and call the police."

After rejecting the other party's invitation by pointing to his bathrobe, he smiled and said:

"Okay, then you two can talk, I'll watch the news and then go to bed."

"...News? Where are you watching the news in the middle of the night?"

"On Twitter, let's see what everyone thinks of our movie."

With that said, he retreated into the house:

"good night."

"Ok, bye."

After Xu Xin left, Liu Xiaoli asked:

"Xu Xin lives next door to you?"

"Yeah, what?"

"Uh... no. It's nothing. Where is Mimi?"

"Mimi has returned to China."

"Didn't you say that your two movies just happen to coincide with each other?"

"She has to go back to stay with Nuannuan and Yangyang."

"Oh...where's Qiqi?"

"I guess you're asleep too?...You're a little strange, what's wrong?"

"No, there's nothing strange about me... When do you plan to return to China?"

"It's coming soon, probably in two or three days."

"Well, that's okay... then get some rest quickly. Don't stay up late, it's not good for your skin. Don't run around, you know?"

"Where can I go? It depends on what you say."

Liu Yifei didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but she still responded:

"Then I'll rest."

"Yeah. Go to sleep quickly. Don't stay up late, and don't even think about going out to celebrate or anything. There is chaos abroad and there is no domestic security. Don't dare to mess around, you know?"

"I know~~~~"

After hanging up the phone, the expression on Liu Yifei's face was not as relaxed as her tone suggested.

On the contrary, I was a little speechless.

Of course she could understand what her mother meant.

But the strange thing is...she has never talked about this matter with her mother before.

How did you guess that?

And...it's a bit late.

Your daughter and I...have jumped out of the Three Realms a long time ago.

She put away her phone and went back to the house.

But he was in no hurry to rest.

Take a shower and remove makeup step by step.

Then, she opened her laptop and logged into WeChat.

Xu Xin just said that he wanted to see what everyone thought of the movie, and coincidentally, she wanted to do it too.

but……

He shouldn't be able to read Italian, right?

She opened the web version of Twitter, searched for news about "Perfect Strangers", and started browsing.

English, passing by.

I just look carefully when I encounter Italian.

After reading a few posts, she directly logged into WeChat using her computer. After finding Xu Xin's chat box, she looked at the text on a tweet and sent Xu Xin a message:

"Perfect rhythm, perfect composition, and perfect story. The name of this movie is worthy of the word "perfect". The whole story is very exciting, and Xu knows Italian culture too well. Even the scenes of eating and gatherings with friends are... Just like the Italians. And this story... is really wonderful. Worth 10 points! Recommend everyone to watch it! PS: And Liu, mother, she is really beautiful."

Press Enter and send.

A few seconds later:

"?What do you mean?"

Looking at the replies in the chat box, Liu Yifei took a screenshot of this tweet:

“What an Italian says. Haha!”

"Hahaha, take off!"

Looking at these five words, Liu Yifei did not continue to reply, but started browsing again.

Soon, there was another message:

"The quality of an oil painting. The beauty of Hsu's shots is undeniable, and this movie... to be honest, it is an authentic Italian film. It all started with a party and ended with an eclipse. Thank God, Hsu finally It wraps up all the dark side with a romantic ending. It was all a dream. The ending is great! "Perfect Strangers", I expected nothing wrong."

She was like a tireless translator, translating all the messages that she understood and the other party could not understand in her own words and sent them to Xu Xin.

After posting several positive comments in a row, she said:

“I’ll check it out on Rotten Tomatoes.”

"Do you have the URL of IMDB? Send it to me."

"good."

IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes are two very important indicators of European and American movies, and they basically monopolize the judging criteria for movies.

Unlike IMDB, which Xu Xin is accustomed to using, Rotten Tomatoes is more "harsh".

Xu Xin actually doesn’t have any feelings about Rotten Tomatoes. The main reason is its review mechanism, which uses two sets of reviews.

Rotten Tomatoes Index, Popcorn Index.

Among them, the Rotten Tomatoes Index is evaluated by professional film critics who have been reviewed by the website and have review qualifications. Using "freshness" as a measure, the higher the freshness, the more the judges recognize the film.

The popcorn index is entirely the audience's choice. The audience thinks the movie is good, and the higher the rating they give, the higher the popcorn index will be.

This is the reason why he likes IMDB and dislikes Rotten Tomatoes.

There is no specific score, only freshness, so he, who is used to using Douban, cannot get a specific measurement standard.

For example, two movies in the same period have a Rotten Tomatoes Index of 80% and a Popcorn Index of 80%. At this time, it is impossible to tell who is higher and who is lower. On the contrary, it is not as intuitive as IMDB's scoring criteria.

But Liu Yifei likes to use it.

After opening the Italian version of Rotten Tomatoes, she directly saw the name of "Perfect Strangers" on the list of films released today.

After clicking in, scroll down to see the results.

Rotten Tomatoes Index: 65%

Popcorn Index: 71%

Her eyes instantly burst into light and she sent the screenshot to Xu Xin.

As a movie that has just been released, it can achieve such results in its early stages, which shows that the vast majority of people recognize the results of this movie.

"Perfect Strangers"...succeeded!

Looking at the juxtaposed tomato and popcorn logos and numbers, she crackled a message to Xu Xin:

"You succeeded!"

And Xu Xin’s reply was also very quick:

"No, we succeeded."

…

"FULLSHOT said..."

"FULLSHOT is a magazine, right? I remember?"

"Yes, Youth Film Magazine. It said: "Perfect Strangers" is an impressive movie. Xu Wuwei is Zhang's disciple, and the lens style is impressive. Every frame looks like the poetry of the East A perfect combination with Italian flair! Our friends from the East have given us a film well worth watching in the first week of the New Year.”

After Liu Yifei finished reading the tweet on her phone, she smiled and said:

"Hey, really, they are basically all good reviews!"

"Um."

Xu Xin put down the coffee cup in his hand, responded, and handed over his mobile phone:

"I'm almost as good as Julius Caesar."

Liu Yifei, who was across the dining table, took a look and found that it was a domestic Weibo account.

# Xu Xin’s new work “Perfect Strangers” shocked Italy! #

# The new favorite of the Italian film industry! Xu Xin conquers Rome! #

# How perfect is "Perfect Strangers"? Let’s see what the Italians have to say. #

This is news from China early in the morning.

Because of the time difference, I woke up at around 8 o'clock in the morning in Italy, but it was already 2 o'clock in the afternoon in China.

The extremely high reviews on the premiere night of "Perfect Strangers" also spread back to China.

Although the box office on the first day has not yet come out, but... regardless of the results in Italy, in China, he has really become "VENI VIDI VICI" in the media's mouth.

It’s not a matter of praise or anything else.

Anyway, the topic is definitely quite popular.

It even made it into a hot search, and is currently listed on Hot Search 14.

The name is: # Xu Xin’s new movie shines in Italy #

Just... quite outrageous.

It was so outrageous that even though he was drinking Espresso at this moment, he felt that the coffee was not that bitter.

"Hehe~"

Listening to his words and looking at the discussions in these topics, Liu Yifei couldn't help laughing.

Although these topics are mostly flattering,...

The media reviews in Italy are always true. The movie "Perfect Strangers" has really good reputation and response.

Thinking of this, she refreshed her phone.

The Rotten Tomatoes index has risen to 75%, officially entering the category of "excellent film".

The popcorn index has reached 88%!

For a film that can be recognized by professional film critics and audiences, this achievement cannot be faked.

So……

"Next, let's look at the box office, right? ... By the way, what was the highest box office of a movie in Italy last year?"

"The local Italian film "What a Beautiful Day" seems to have taken... $59 million at the box office."

Xu Xin gave the answer without much thought.

But I immediately realized something was wrong:

"No, you're talking about 2012, right?"

"Well……"

Hearing this, Liu Yifei reacted for a while before remembering... Oh, yes, it's already 2013.

So he nodded:

"Yes, 2012."

"Who else could it be? Apart from that ship, who else could secure the top spot?"

Xu Xin said with some sigh:

"I have to say...it's really amazing. Changing a movie into a 3D version has cut a new wave of leeks around the world."

Liu Yifei knew that he was talking about "Titanic".

It was obviously a movie in 1997, but it was just a 3D version, and the box office ranked among the top five in the world last year, competing with "Avengers" and "Harry Potter"...

Thinking of this, she said:

"But... looking at it now, last year's movies are indeed about gods fighting. "Avengers", "The Amazing Spider-Man", "The Twilight Saga", including "Skyfall", "Skyfall", which were released just two days ago, The Hunger Games…all Hollywood movies.”

The more she spoke, the stronger the emotion in her eyes.

He muttered unconsciously:

"Tsk...Hollywood."

That tone was full of strange flavor.

Seeing this, Xu Xin asked:

"What? It's not like you've never made a movie before. Even though it's a big bad movie..."

"..."

The fairy sister's face instantly turned a little green.

It can even be called shameful and angry:

"Hey! Can you still have fun chatting and playing! Do you blame me for the bad movie? I'm not the director or the screenwriter..."

"By the way, you also offended Hua Yi..."

"Hello!!!!"

"Hahaha~"

Seeing her behavior of getting angry and swearing in the street, Xu Xin laughed out loud again.

And Liu Yifei also knew he was joking.

She's not the kind of person who can't take a joke either.

So, looking at Xu Xin laughing, she also started laughing for some reason.

"Hey hey hey..."

"Still not giving up? Do you still want to make a career in Hollywood?"

"You should ask which actor doesn't want to do it. Even Mimi is not immune."

"That's true……"

Almost all actors have a Hollywood dream, this is undeniable.

It's just... Frankly speaking, it's too difficult for Chinese people with yellow skin and black hair to have a good time in Hollywood.

The director was okay, but the actors were simply difficult.

But this is not what I want to say now, and there is no need to say it. Regarding his friend's wishes, his answer was simple:

"I hope our movie can send you to Hollywood."

And what was rare was that the fairy sister also got angry after hearing this:

"What? You want to send me off in person?"

"..."

Xu Xin was speechless for a while.

bad boy.

It’s Chinese New Year, what unlucky words are there to say?

And his expression was replaced by Liu Yifei's bright little gums.

…

January 5th.

It’s about 9 a.m. Italian time.

Xu Xin finally got the first-day and next-day box office of "Perfect Strangers".

And I don’t know where this mysterious thoughtfulness of the Italians comes from. When Xu Xin saw that the unit in front of the number was not the "" in euros, but "$", he realized that the Italians had already converted the data. became US dollars.

They really...

"Perfect Strangers" first-day box office: $370,000.

Considering that it only lasts 4 hours, this result is completely acceptable.

What’s really surprising is the box office the next day: $3.42 million.

Although the Italian film market is rated as "A-level" internationally, its actual annual volume is only 400 million to 500 million euros, which is about 600 million U.S. dollars.

Not too high.

And the movies that top the box office in Italy every year actually cost more than 50 million... usually around 60 million.

This is the surprise Xu Xin said.

4 hours on the first day, plus the whole day on the second day. "Perfect Strangers" grossed a total of $3.79 million!

What does this mean?

It shows that it actually has the qualifications to win the first place!

The most intuitive comparison is that last year's Italian box office champion "Titanic" had a box office of US$3.15 million on its first day!

But it premieres at 0 o'clock, all day long.

If converted into hours, the results of "Perfect Strangers" are actually almost the same!

When this result was given to Xu Xin by someone from the distribution company Medusa Distribuzione, the excitement on the other side of the phone was already palpable:

"Xu! This result is great! Based on the movie's current reputation, the box office estimate in two months is at least 55 million US dollars! It's unbelievable..."

As a director and investor representative, Xu Xin only had one feeling after seeing this result.

good.

In 2012...at least I gave a satisfying assignment to the audience who had been waiting for me.

Although it's a little late, but... I finally caught up.

…

# "Perfect Strangers" is a box office hit! The praises from Italy are endless! #

[How good is "Perfect Strangers", a movie hailed as a "New Year's gift" by the European media? 】

# What to watch in the box office showdown between "Perfect Strangers" and "The Grandmaster" #

[IMDB score 8.1, Rotten Tomatoes 79%, Xu Xin’s new work shines in Europe]

When the box office of "Perfect Strangers" returned to China, with the help of Xiying Film Studio, major media began to work hard to warm up for the domestic release on the 15th.

Although it is already a new year abroad, for China, this is the end of 2012.

And this January... it's a bit like a fight between gods.

Needless to say, "囧囧", its box office has begun to hit the billion mark, and without the need for Cloud Atlas application, all theaters began to actively negotiate to change the original 47 days of "囧囧" to 67 days.

Go straight to the top! It won’t be released until the Spring Festival!

When "囧囧" gained momentum, Hollywood movies including "007" did not give in too much.

On January 8, "The Grandmaster", in which Wang Jiawei has been sharpening his sword for ten years, and Xu Xin's daughter-in-law, Yang Mi, who can be called the number one young Huadan, plays the protagonist, will be released.

On the 15th, "Perfect Strangers", which has received rave reviews in Italy, premiered in China...

In addition, "League of Thieves" dominated Korea at the end of the year...

This January... is a bit interesting!

And just when China was excited about the upcoming movies in January, on January 7, "Perfect Strangers" achieved a good result of 4.91 million at the Italian box office on its third day.

This brought the film's total box office to $8.6 million.

More and more people are talking about this movie, and more and more film critics are recommending this movie.

Its Rotten Tomatoes index has soared to 88%, only 2% shy of being ranked as an absolutely excellent production. The audience’s popcorn index has exceeded the 90% mark!

The name Xu Xin has changed from the name of a director who "loves Italian culture" to something of a symbol.

According to netizens, it is really hard to imagine that this is an authentic Italian film made by a foreign director. Whether it is the topicality, the small details that only Italians would understand, or even the various slang terms and some customary traditions, there is nothing wrong with it.

Not to mention how exciting the story is.

Some film critics even commented on the film: "It has a textbook Italian aesthetic style."

The fact that conservative Italians can give such an evaluation shows how popular this movie is in Italy.

Naturally, the media will not let go of this kind of news that brings glory to the country.

The official news is relatively reserved, but the self-media on the Internet have simply grasped this golden key and mastered the traffic password.

The news that can be seen everywhere these days is the "translation of external comments on "Perfect Strangers"".

As long as there is this title, people will click in to see what the outside world is saying about this movie.

And the more they watch, the more itchy the hearts of the Chinese audience become.

no……

What's going on?

What on earth did Xu Xin take? Are these foreigners so "shocked"?

Could it be that...you really went to make porn films?

Although it's a joke, but...it doesn't even require Xiying Studio to go to public relations. After these self-media in order to capture traffic hold the golden key to the traffic code, the popularity of "Perfect Strangers" begins to be visible to the naked eye. speed increase.

It even once overshadowed "The Grandmaster" who was also busy.

But fortunately, whether it is "The Grandmaster" or "Perfect Strangers", the two movies are good for the couple and the audience. In fact, they are like the palm of the hand.

Anyone is fine.

it's the same.

In this way, the two movies officially started promotion on different tracks.

On the evening of January 7, Xu Xin was invited to attend the media premiere of "The Grandmaster", but this time he did not go with Yang Mi, but came as a guest of the "Perfect" crew.

Not only him, but also Liu Yifei.

In fact, Xu Xin didn't want to come. After all, the two movies were only a week apart, and if the box office response of "The Grandmaster" was average, that would be fine. But if the feedback is particularly good, then the release of "Perfect Strangers" will inevitably affect the film's scheduling rate.

It somewhat means "one's own people beat one's own people".

However, the factory insisted on arranging for him to come over.

Okay, let’s go then.

For "The Grandmaster", Wang Jiawei prepared four versions: a domestic version, a 3D version, a North American version, and a European version, which were used for premieres in various regions, including the Berlin Film Festival.

It can be regarded as a lot of thought.

On the day of the premiere, the way he came hand in hand with Liu Yifei not only did not let reporters distinguish that he was not coming as Yang Mi's husband, but as the director of the "Perfect" crew, it actually inspired this group of people. People's feelings of gossip.

"Director Xu, are you coming here with Miss Liu Yifei to give Yang Mi some authority?"

"Director Xu, does Miss Yang Mi know that you are in a platoon like this? Aren't you afraid that she will be unhappy?"

"Ms. Liu Yifei, which one of the two movies "The Grandmaster" or "Perfect Strangers" do you think will have a higher box office?"

The first two questions were answered by the two of them in a very relaxed tone outside the premiere.

The third question is the direct reason for ending this interview.

We are all obviously a family, why do you have to instigate this?

When Xu Xin entered the media premiere hall, he took a quick look and saw that there were many familiar faces.

But I didn't see my wife and the others.

You should be resting in the lounge right now, right?

He sat in the second row, holding 3D glasses in his hand, and sent a message to his wife:

"arrive."

"OK, sit down and sit still. Has anyone blocked you two for an interview?"

"Yes, someone asked me if I was afraid of going home and kneeling on the washboard. They also said that I was here to intimidate you."

"Hahaha~"

Three bursts of laughter represent the wife's joyful mood.

Then, he heard Liu Yifei ask:

"What are you talking about?"

"It's about the interview just now. Don't be late for tomorrow's show~"

"I know."

The fairy sister responded, looked around and said:

"There are a lot of people from the media... should we do this?"

"Don't do it."

Xu Xin shook his head calmly:

"It's not a blockbuster. We are a small production. The total is less than 30 million. It doesn't cost anything to hold a premiere?"

Hearing this, the corner of Liu Yifei's mouth twitched...

Fine.

Small production...

What you call a small production has already grossed more than 25 million US dollars at the Italian box office.

It is known as the biggest dark horse among Italian local small-budget films in recent years.

But from what you said, it sounds like this bean bag is not your family's dry food.

She shook her head speechlessly.

At this moment, someone walked over from the aisle on the other side of the empty seat next to the two of them.

A total of three people sat next to Liu Yifei.

Today's premiere must be attended by people invited through the crew or Yun Tu, who are all "inside the circle", so let alone Xu Xin, Liu Yifei herself is not worried that the people next to her are some fanatical fans who don't care about their demeanor. . After noticing that someone was sitting down, she turned around and glanced. When she saw three middle-aged people in suits and ties, she smiled politely and nodded in greeting.

"Hello, Miss Liu Yifei."

Sitting next to her, a short-haired man wearing glasses and looking to be in his thirties or forties first greeted Liu Yifei politely.

"Hello."

Although I don’t know who this person is, the person who can sit in the second row must be more than just a simple guest.

So she answered very thoughtfully.

Then there was no intention of chatting with the other party, everything seemed just right.

Xu Xin, on the other hand, was sending messages and chatting with Yang Mi, temporarily ignoring the situation here.

But out of the corner of her eye, Liu Yifei saw the man greeting her and extended her hand to the side.

They came together as three people. When the man stretched out his hand, the third, slightly younger man quickly handed something over to the man in the middle...

Liu Yifei didn't see what it was.

But soon, the answer was revealed:

"Director Xu, Miss Liu Yifei, this is my business card."

"Um?"

Xu Xin, who was looking down and his daughter -in -law who was discussing with Pharaoh, heard someone shouting himself and looked up subconsciously.

Looking at the business card handed over by the other party, he nodded and took it in a polite manner:

"Hey, hello."

The lighting in the theater is just right at the moment.

After taking the business card, he was suddenly stunned when he saw the other person's name and title...

"General Manager of Digital Entertainment Division of Alibaba Group - Li Jie"

Alibaba Group?

Taobao?

Please let me adjust. Today I went to a traditional Chinese medicine hospital with a physical examination form. I can’t take a lot of traditional Chinese medicine because the test results show that my liver function is impaired. I don’t know the specific condition yet. I need to rest + lose weight + exercise + try eating for a period of time and then review again. It’s not a big problem, but the work intensity needs to be reduced recently, and I happen to be going to Lu Hospital to study. During this period, I will slow down the update a little. When I come back from Lu Hospital, I will go to the hospital to check my liver function, and check what I eat during this period. After taking the medicine, I’ll tell you how the various body indicators have adjusted. I’ll tell you about the update then. Recently, six, seven, eight thousand have been coming in every day. Forgive me~