Middle age: leisurely life in the entertainment industry

Meili sent the email and received a reply within two seconds.

"The deadline for submission of works has expired, thank you for your support."

Fortunately, it is an automatic reply.

This gave Meili a false alarm.

But she didn't hold out much hope.

The other party's system may throw it into the trash as spam until it is finally deleted, without the mailbox owner even looking at it.

But what Mingmei didn't expect was that after the second class at noon the next day, her mobile phone MSN alerted that there was a new email.

It turned out to be a reply!

I personally think this "Leave Me" short film is very good. Please upload the video to the XXX website immediately, follow the procedures to register, and then wait for the good news.

At the end of the email, he said humorously that it would be best to include French subtitles. There are many old men like me who don’t understand Chinese on the jury.

Dominic.

ha!

Meili was a little anxious at the time, but she didn't expect a translation and sent it directly.

It seems that this Dominic is very interesting.

Of course Mingliang knows him, he is also a famous French director and film critic.

Meili didn't understand French, but it wasn't difficult. Soon she found a handsome guy with blond hair and blue eyes - his classmate Montpellier from Lyon, France.

"Hey Montpellier" Meiliang called the boy chatting with his classmates in front of the classroom.

"Hey Mingliang!" Montpellier smiled and ran over enthusiastically.

"What's up?"

"I'm in a bit of a hurry. Can you help me put a Chinese micro-film with French subtitles?"

"OK, no problem, but I don't understand Chinese."

“I translate into English and you translate into French.”

"OK! Let's go to the library."

In the library, Mingliang turned on her mobile phone and played it in a low voice while translating the Chinese on the screen into English and writing it on paper, which was then translated into French by Montpellier.

"Oh, my God, who made this film? The structure is so novel and ingenious! And you, Meimei's performance in the film is also very wonderful, so wonderful!" Montpellier couldn't help but be amazed after watching it again Call out.

This guy.

I believe you when you say that the result of this film is novel and clever, but what about the performances? It's obviously flattering.

How many scenes do I have in the movie?

"Shh, keep it down." Meimei looked at the students around her and reminded her quickly.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Montpellier apologized quickly and asked: "Meiliang, which famous director in your country filmed it?"

"It's my brother-in-law!" Meiliang looked proud.

"OH, is this the brother-in-law you mentioned who can write and sing songs? What a genius!"

"of course"

Meimei said, collecting the translated French, and then went back to post-production and add subtitles. This thing is very simple for him.

"Thank you, Montpellier. I'm going back to the dormitory. I have to finish the subtitles quickly." Meili stood up.

Montpellier also stood up and asked. “Is this film going to participate in the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival?”

"Yes, although the registration is a bit late, Mr. Dominic still agreed to run." Meiliang whispered as she walked.

"Director Dominic is such a good person. How could he bury this excellent film? There is also a wonderful performance by the beautiful Miss Mingming?"

Flattery again!

Mingliang pursed her lips and smiled, but said nothing.

"Military, do you have time tonight? May I invite you to watch a movie? This is the latest film made by the famous director Andrew!" Montpellier took the opportunity to say.

"I'm sorry, I have to review my homework in the evening." Meiliang refused: "But you helped me, should I treat you? How about buying you a cup of coffee in the afternoon?"

"Well then, drinking coffee is also a pleasant thing, but I'm treating you."

The Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in France kicked off on Labor Day, May 1. It is said that more than 160,000 viewers and 3,500 filmmakers participated this time, an unprecedented scale.

Of course, there are an astonishing more than 3,000 films participating, from more than 70 countries around the world, and the competition is fierce.

According to the festival selection regulations: all participating short films are divided into international competition unit, domestic competition unit (French local films), and experimental competition unit (the jury will select the films pre-selected by the international competition unit and domestic competition unit jury to participate in the experimental competition unit videos. No additional submission required) and Pop-Up units.

"Leave Me" from China will compete in the international competition section, in which about 120 selected films will compete for 20 awards.

Before participating in the film, the most popular ones were the famous American independent director Liam's film called "Children from Heaven" and the Lebanese director Kalam's short film "Oh, Lover" which reflected the war.

The former won the Best Film Award at the Manhattan Short Film Festival in the United States, while the latter won the Gold Award at the Tehran International Short Film Festival.

But soon, a piece of news spread at the film festival. The number of viewers of a short film from China was rising steadily. Like a dark horse, it entered the fray and was shortlisted for film festival awards.

The highest award of the film festival: It is still unclear who will win the film festival grand prize.

Meimei is anxiously waiting for the news and follows the latest developments of the film festival online every day.

She was not surprised to be shortlisted for the film festival. If her brother-in-law's short film was not shortlisted, it would only mean that the gentlemen on the jury were blind!

But she was not sure whether she could win the film festival gold medal, the highest award.

She had seen the other two most requested short films online, "Children from Heaven" and "Oh, My Love."

The former is a very touching story about an autistic child, while the latter is a tear-jerking story about a couple's separation in the face of war.

She shed tears for both short films.

Today is Friday, which is also the busiest day in the college. There are movies, dances, and music parts in the evening, and students who have been busy all week enjoy themselves.

Meili lay motionless on her bed.

"Meiliang, come dance with me. There are so many handsome guys." Elena said to Meili while putting on makeup.

"No!" Meili shook her head.

"Then what are you going to do? Is someone asking you out? That stupid guy from Montpellier?"

Montpellier is nearly 1.95 meters tall, and Arilian is only a little over 1.6 meters tall, so he is called a stupid big guy.

"He asked me out, but I refused."

"Yes, that silly big guy is not handsome or cute at all." Arilian said: "How about I introduce you to my fellow Italian Alessandro? He is handsome and has a rich family!"

"Then why don't you go after it? As we Chinese say, the one who is near the water first gets the moon." Meili replied.

"Too childish, too straightforward." Arilian shrugged: "I like mature, reserved men, oriental men like your brother-in-law. How about you introduce me to your brother-in-law? You said there is a man in London. Beautiful Italian women are waiting for him.”

"You?!" Mingliang angrily picked up the book in her hand as if to hit her.

Elena laughed.

"Okay. How could I compete with you and my good friend for a man? But don't worry, Meili, your brother-in-law's film will definitely win an award."

She knew what Mingli was worried about.

"I'd like to lend you some good words."

Elena left, leaving Meimei alone in the dormitory.

Thanks to Xicheng Snow Erlang for the reward, and to book friend 20171209133328642, Ke, Xi, book friend 16090811558309, and monthly ticket for drinking this cup of milk tea.