I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

To be honest, although everyone has a little expectation of winning the award after coming here... After all, this thing is like buying a lottery ticket. You know that there are some twists and turns in it that you can't grasp, but you still want to Want to gain a chance to get rich overnight.

   flock to it.

  But when this surprise really hit their heads, everyone's heads still went blank for a while.

At once…

   You won an award?

  Although it is the opening award...

Can…

   This is Cannes!

  One of the Big Three!

  The Golden Camera Award is not a pheasant award...

  Each director of this thing only has one chance to win the award, okay?

   debut!

  What a debut! ?

  The most precious debut work that you will never go back to once you become popular!

  Just... take it like this?

   I don’t know if it’s because I haven’t entered the state, or because...the awards ceremony in Cannes is different from the ones they participated in in China.

  In short, everyone is dumbfounded, with a feeling of paradox.

  However, Li Pingdong is still experienced. After hearing what Pawe Logan said again, he urged:

   "Hurry up, come on stage, hurry up!"

"Well…"

   Jay Chou woke up like a dream, and immediately looked at Yang Mi.

  Yang Mi is also awake...

   instinctively looked at him.

  You go?

   No, you go.

   Didn't it be agreed that you will go?

  I haven't prepared anything...

  Let's go together?

  Let's go together!

  In an instant, the two who had completed all eye contact stood up amidst the applause that hadn't disappeared.

   Step by step towards the top of the stage.

   And seeing the two walking on the stage, Pawee Logan and the actress went to greet them.

   Then there is the standard face-to-face gift for Westerners.

  Yang Mi didn’t get the powder stuck on the actress’s face...

And Pawee Logan doesn't seem to know that Jay Chou is not Xu Xin... Maybe he didn't remember clearly the photo of Xu Xin on the submitted materials, shook hands with Jay Chou, and sent a congratulatory message mixed in English and Russian :

   "congratulations, товарищ."

   Congratulations, Davarish.

   Congratulations, comrade.

  Big Brother bestows respect and blessings from the Soviet Union to the new generation of Chinese filmmakers in front of us.

   It's just a pity...

  Brother, you have the wrong person.

   Jay Chou was a little at a loss.

  Because he doesn't know Russian, he can't understand the following words.

   But Lao Pa didn’t know the problem. After the congratulations, he said into the microphone:

   "We sincerely hope that young directors can continue to bring us more exciting works and amazing director styles. Congratulations."

   Then, he stepped back to get out of the way.

  Give up the stage to the two of them.

   And Zhou Jielun glanced at Yang Mi, nodded slightly, took a step forward, and said in Chinese:

"Thank you to the Cannes jury for awarding this honor to us. It's a great honor...uh...and thank you to the people who supported this film, thank you! Unfortunately, my friend Xu Xin couldn't be there because of some things, but... Ah Xin, You are awesome! Thank you!"

  After giving a thumbs up to the camera at the end, the foreigner with an unclear face couldn’t understand what he said, but the Chinese “Hello, thank you” is almost a universal language in the world.

  So, after hearing Jay Chou's words, everyone still gave polite applause.

   Then, he took a step back.

  Yang Mi, who had been thinking about what she was going to say just now, took a deep breath and took a step forward.

  The opening is the old British imperial accent.

   also represents her efforts behind the scenes.

  Except for Xu Xin...or maybe even Xu Xin didn't know what his girlfriend was doing when they were parting from him.

  She is studying acting, practicing martial arts, beating acting skills, and learning English at the same time.

  Although she and Xu Xin seemed to always be so lively, playful and innocent during their time together, the hard work behind them never stopped.

  Boyfriend said, "You need to read more books to broaden your horizons." Well, she followed suit.

  Director Zhang said "You have aura, but you need more effort", okay, no problem.

  Dad said "Daughter, you can't be inflated, you have to be down-to-earth", um, I understand.

  She will listen to everyone's opinions, absorb the good ones, ignore the bad ones, and transform them into her own things. Through the accumulation day after day, she will turn them into fertile soil that nourishes the ever-changing soul deep in an actor's heart.

   Without taking a single step, you can reach a thousand miles.

   These little efforts may not be visible on weekdays.

  But at this moment, when she needs to show her own level and show the dignity of her boyfriend.

  The accumulation of raising soldiers for a thousand days and using them for a while is finally revealed in this glimpse, like the beauty of the epiphyllum before it withers.

   Cannes officials did not prepare a Chinese translation in advance, so everyone did not understand what Jay Chou said before.

And just when even the translator thought that the beautiful actor in front of him could say some simple blessings, what he spoke with that English accent was the immortal poem from the famous French poet Romain Rolland, which is different from the slight Panting together:

   "Huh... Thank you, thank you Cannes jury, sorry, I am not director Xu Xin, nor is he..."

   "...?"

  The audience was a little dazed, and then Yang Mi continued to say:

   "Because the director is busy with the Olympic Games, he cannot be present today. Please allow me to express my sincerest apologies to the Cannes jury and ladies and gentlemen on behalf of the director."

  After explaining the reason, she nodded slightly, and then continued:

"But the director has entrusted me that if he does win the prize, he must say the exact words of his favorite poet Romain Rolland's "John Christophe": The way of every life is the natural world. A way of force."

  The simultaneous interpreter over there was obviously stunned for a moment, and then quickly translated the passage in French.

  The French people present, including the host, all stared in surprise.

   Listening to the actress' words from the simultaneous translation:

   "Some people's lives are like a still lake,

   Somewhat like the endless sky with white clouds floating,

  Something like a fertile plain,

   Somewhat like intermittent peaks.

  I think the life of the Cannes Film Festival is like a river. "

Wow.

   Some actors sighed in low voices.

  And some people with very strong artistic literacy shook their heads slightly.

  This translation... There are obviously a few sentences that are not translated correctly.

  Although the meaning is that, the original poem of Romain Rolland is not like this.

  The translation is blind...

  After reading this poem, the girl said:

   "It is a great honor that we have Cannes, a river that gathers the source of art, and it is my honor to be recognized by the jury."

   "..."

   "..."

   "..."

  Amidst the astonishment of the audience, after she finished her acceptance speech "in place of Xu Xin", she nodded politely:

"thank you all."

   "..."

   "..."

   "..."

  Accompanied by her retreat, after a moment of silence, the audience burst into the most enthusiastic applause and cheers since the opening.

   "Wow la la la la la..."

   "咻咻咻~"

   Applause, the guests on the first floor.

  Whistling and cheering are the audience on the second floor.

  As the French, they never thought that they would be able to let their own country's literature and art bloom in such an appropriate color on this occasion.

  Romain Rolland...

   Poets of our country!

   And now the award-winning "director" expressed his respect to France and Cannes in a French way.

  The words that we have Cannes, the river that gathers the source of art...

  Listen!

   Sure enough, the Chinese people can really understand our French romance!

  This...foreigners who give face to their own countrymen don’t applaud, don’t encourage, don’t pay tribute, what are you waiting for?

   So, the applause and cheers were very long.

  From the two of them stepping back, to taking pictures together with a box containing a golden camera trophy, to the two of them stepping off the stage, the applause never stopped!

   Salute to you.

  Director Xu Xin.

   Hats off to you too, beautiful...don't know her name yet.

   That's... It would be nice if you could speak French.

   But it doesn’t matter, now we don’t know who John Khan is, and we don’t know how bad the French Protection Association is...

  English is English.

   At least, our French poetry is extremely elegant, isn't it?

   Salute to you, ma’am.

  He stepped off the stage, and after being seated again amidst congratulations from a group of people, Jay Chou asked Yang Mi, whose face was a little pale:

   "When did Ah Xin prepare his acceptance speech?"

"He prepared a fart ... I saw the poem in Roman Roland last night, and I used it temporarily! ... Huh, I was nervous to death! I scared me ... Hey ... hehehehehehe ..."

  At the beginning, she still had fear on her face.

   But when she touched the box of the golden camera, she couldn't hide the smile anymore.

   smiled like a nympho.

"Well…"

  Listen to her...

  Not to mention Jay Chou, even the translator, Li Pingdong, Huang Junlang, and Gui Lunmei were stunned.

  Looking at the girl in front of me who is obsessed with the trophy...

   Eyes are... real colors in every sense, in all senses.

   At the press invitation table in Cannes, several faces of Chinese descent have quietly left the seat.

   Each has a look of great excitement on their faces!

   BIG NEWS!

   Big **** news!

"Secret"…

   I won a prize!

  …

  The news that ""The Unspeakable Secret" won the Cannes Golden Camera Award" was posted in the middle of the night.

  Because of the time difference.

  The draft was sent out at two o'clock in the morning.

   There is no excessive rhetoric, and even the media deliberately concealed the fact that this is essentially just a best debut award.

   But what does it matter?

  Tomorrow's news even many people have thought about it.

  People may not know about the Camcorder d'Or...that's ok, we'll educate you.

   Yes, it's just a Best Newcomer Award...but it's no less difficult to obtain than the others.

  Because there is only one per director.

  You are no longer qualified to shoot the second work.

   And being able to fight a **** way among so many new directors, from passing the review to being shortlisted...

  How difficult this road is, in fact, you don’t need to exaggerate it to win enough attention.

  If you are digging points such as how many works in Cannes this year are eligible for new directors, or how many works are shortlisted and not shortlisted, and so on.

  Behind this draft is a large piece of "to be developed" resources.

  But you have to eat one bite at a time to fully dig out the remaining value of the news that is enough to detonate the news section.

   But it's so...

   This draft alone is enough to make people who read this news...

   My spirit was shaken!

  …

"Jingle Bell…"

  At 3 o'clock in the morning, Xu Xin received a call in a daze.

   Without even opening his eyes, he picked up the phone and muttered:

"Hello."

   "Hahahahaha! Three gold medals! Three gold medals! Wow! Come out and drink! Drink!"

"climb!"

  After Xu Yang's voice mixed with the restlessness of the music reached Xu Xin's ears, the sleepy Xu Xin said something directly and hung up the phone.

   Then he managed to open one eye, and turned the phone to silent, to prevent these cowards who didn't sleep in the middle of the night and didn't know where to play with their big sister from continuing to harass him.

  Close your eyes and feel dawn.

  After waking up, he first looked at the watch on the wall, and then walked to the bathroom with his mobile phone.

  But just sitting on the toilet, I was stunned after seeing the dozens of text messages in the phone.

what's the situation?

   Then, he squatted on the toilet for half an hour.

   I squatted until my legs were numb before I came back to my senses.

   What the **** am I...

  Won an award?

  Looking straight at the news on the screen of the phone, "Young director Xu Xin won the Cannes Golden Camera Award" news...

   He didn't recover until the screen went dark.

  Walking out of the bedroom and going downstairs, I saw my father, elder brother and sister-in-law sitting in the living room, quietly staring at him...

   "..."

   "..."

   "..."

   Seeing Xu Xin coming down, the three of them looked at each other, Xu Daqiang said with a smile:

   "What do you want to eat today, dad will make it for you."

   "..."

  Xu Xin shook his head silently:

   "My brain is a little messed up, I don't want to eat anything..."

"Well…"

  Xu Daqiang didn't know what to say.

  Xu Miao didn't know what to say, and even speaking from his heart, he felt that his brother had changed a lot in the past year or so.

  It's so old that he almost doesn't know each other.

  Finally, Zhang Qianqian made a more constructive opinion:

   "Shall we make a trophy display stand..."

  Xu Daqiang's eyes lit up immediately.

   "Do, do, do! Make a wall!"

  Xu Xin's mouth twitched...

  Honestly speaking, he himself is in a dream-like state right now, and he doesn't understand why he suddenly won an award... It seems that it is very difficult to get an award that a person can only get once in a lifetime.

   But after hearing this, I still couldn't help but feel my scalp tingle.

   "Sister-in-law, just a trophy, just put it anywhere...Dad, don't dare to build a wall! It's not embarrassing enough..."

   "What a shame!? This is an honor! You know it!"

   As he spoke, Xu Daqiang looked around.

   Then suddenly pointed to the wall in the house where the TV was placed:

   "This wall is demolished, it should be made of glass! Glass wall! There are trophies in it! Anyone who comes to watch TV at home can see the three gold trophies!"

   "Well, let's see..."

  Xu Miao also nodded.

  Xu Xin quickly waved his hands:

   "Don't, don't, it's a load-bearing wall! You can't beat it!"

   "Ah, that is very heavy-duty! Our house is a column! This is the only wall! ... Sanshui, call the engineering team, come to the house and see how it is done..."

"good!"

   "..."

  Xu Xin was speechless at once.

  A picture appeared in my mind.

  A large glass wall, inside which lies the ugly appearance of a trophy.

   Wave your hands quickly:

   "Dad, don't do it! Don't!"

   "Don't spread it! One is not ashamed, and it will always be full in the future!"

   "Full!?"

  Looking at the small wall of my 100-inch Sony home theater...

  My father.

   Are you going to be exhausted?

   What do you think of as a movie? Like farting, dragging your pants can pop out?

  Even if you can...there are at least two hundred trophies on this wall, right?

  Based on the fact that I get at least 4 awards for each movie, I have to make 50 movies?

  It looks like your own son, not like your enemy.

   Is it a donkey?

   "Oh, don't do it! It's ugly... let's go to the construction site."

   "Don't you eat?"

   "Don't eat!"

  The joy of winning the award was instantly shattered by his father's deadly plan to change the wall. He shook his head speechlessly, put on his shoes and walked out.

  The moment I went out, I saw the muddy car yesterday because I sent a few workers to the mine, and the sun shone on my face...

  No reason, he thinks the world is very beautiful.

  Extremely beautiful.

  …

   Xu Xin’s doubts basically disappeared under the photo of Jay Chou and Yang Mi, who won the trophy in "The Unspeakable Secret".

  Not even going to Cannes, but busy with the Olympics...

   What else can you say?

   Maybe there are still, but at least they won't appear in a short time.

  After Cannes ended, both Western Film Studios and Jay Chou's distribution company, including Rong Xinda, got busy quickly, and began to frantically hype the movie with the help of this enthusiasm.

  There seems to be only one voice in the entertainment industry in May, and that is to look forward to the release of "The Unspeakable Secret" on July 31.

  Even after Yang Mi and Jay Chou returned to China, they didn't have time to get together with Xu Xin.

   Jay Chou turned around in seconds, firstly to prepare Guo Caijie's album, secondly to step up promotion of the film, and thirdly to start filming the MV for his own album.

   Just look at him and he must be very busy.

  Yang Mi also got busy all of a sudden. She originally planned to share the joy of winning with her boyfriend after she came back, but she was detained by Zeng Jia when she got off the plane.

  Obviously, it's only May, and girls only have one job in September a year, so that's not okay.

   Zeng Jia has to use this time to find auditions and resources for her.

  She couldn't go to Shenmu, and Xu Xin couldn't go back to Yanjing because of the construction schedule.

  The two of them can only see each other.

  Like Cowherd and Weaver Girl.

   And Liu Momo has also successfully secured several theaters in Southeast Asia. After its premiere on July 31, "The Unspeakable Secret" will be available in South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and other places within the next ten days.

  Adding the theaters in Europe...

  In addition to the fact that Hollywood is not interested in this kind of subject matter, it actually actually produced a "hemispheric" screening.

  Although there are not many theaters in Europe.

  But after going around like this, and the investment in the film itself is also small, it is a matter of making money without losing money.

  Therefore, the overseas release of "The Unspeakable Secret" was officially entrusted to Headwind Entertainment.

   There is an extra income.

   Logically speaking, Liu Momo should be very happy...

  But this sister is not happy at all.

  Because "The Man From London" failed...

   And most of the filmmakers are not optimistic about this kind of black-and-white film. They originally planned to release it at the end of this year, but because they were not satisfied with the schedule of the film and the method of sharing, etc., they did not agree, so they moved it to next year...

  …

   Anyway, the promotional work of "The Unspeakable Secret" has been carried out in full swing since it won the Golden Camera Award in Cannes.

  Even the big screen in the movie theater was looping the two trailers of "The Unspeakable Secret" over and over again.

Jay Chou began to frequently appear in variety shows in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan to promote his own movies. At the same time, as June was approaching, Guo Caijie, who had already confirmed the release of a new album on June 10, also began to be frequently led by him to appear in Wanwan. , to prepare for the new album.

  Everything is going step by step and on the right track.

   And on May 25th, finally, all LED screens were installed in Shenmu.

   afternoon, evening.

  Dongsheng Airport, a row of Rolls-Royce motorcade once again attracted the attention of many people.

   Xu Xin, who was standing in front, saw the Olympic team members coming out of the airport, smiled and waved.

  A total of nearly 40 people came this time, basically all who could come.

  Zhang Yimou also came, wearing a peaked cap and sunglasses, walking in the crowd very low-key.

  And Wei Lanfang, who was walking in the front with a hand-recorded DV, saw Xu Xin, and waved his hand happily, showing an expression that was not different from the people around him.

   This row of Rolls Royce...

   It looks really awesome.

  …

  In the car, Xu Xin sat next to Zhang Yimou, and handed the materials one by one to Zhang Yimou to read.

   This is the first meeting between the two since they came back from Yanjing last time.

  Xu Xin didn't say anything about Cannes, but directly started to report the progress:

"Director Zhang, look, this is the actual test result after booting up last night. Because there is no software to import, I can only use Gaosheng's own software. This is the approximate demo photo... I didn't adjust any exposure, just under natural light shot."

"Um…"

   Zhang Yimou looked at the somewhat exposed image in the photo and asked:

   "How is it? Are you feeling well?"

   "Let me tell you... definitely different!"

  Xu Xin's eyes are full of excitement:

"As long as you take a look, you will never think about other things. If we go from here to the other end, it will be almost dark. Just take a look at the effect and you will understand that there is absolutely no problem! But now there is a flaw, which is the wiring problem. I tried to turn it on for ten minutes yesterday, and two wires burned..."

   "...?"

  Zhang Yimou was taken aback for a moment, then frowned:

   "What's going on? Quality problem?"

   "You can say that, but it has nothing to do with them."

  Xu Xin waved his hand:

"It was all burned in the first batch of lines. In order to meet the deadline for the first batch of LED screens, people from Gaosheng and Panasonic have already told me that this batch of lines is for experimental use, and it will be changed at that time, otherwise there will be risks. I also agreed, and then I asked them to import a batch of thread in advance, which is on the side of Xiangjiang. It is the thread of Philips. The people from Philips came here specially before delivery. We talked about it and they sent it. Three batches of lines have arrived at the customs. After you finish reading today, I will go to Xiangjiang tomorrow to see which video line to choose. It will be replaced in time at that time... Fortunately, after experimenting, their special line production still has a cycle. It takes at least 20 to 25 days to ship from the original place. If this problem is discovered when it is installed in Yanjing, it will be a delay.”

   Zhang Yimou nodded and heaved a sigh of relief.

  This kind of large-scale project is actually like this, because there is not enough experience accumulated in the front, so although the various links are not enough to cross the river by feeling the stones, they are almost the same.

  So the venue of Shenmu is prepared for testing various links in advance.

Now it seems…

   "It has played a big role...if we decide on the LED solution."

  Xu Xin Yile:

   "Don't worry, I assure you, you only need to take a look. After one look, you will never change your mind!"

  …

   "How is it? Director Zhang, do you want to change your mind?"

  In the dark auditorium, His Majesty the great Emperor of the Empire, this time personally driving the conquest, looked at the Chaos Demon in front of him and asked questions from his soul.

   And in front of everyone, the scrolling map of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, after taking it out as the ultimate weapon for the empire to win... Zhang Wu was also speechless.

   Including a host of other big villains.

   Everyone looked at the picture of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains scrolling in front of them, and nodded unconsciously.

   Sure enough...

  The effect of this LED...

so good.

Although the two huge scrolling scrolls are not yet visible, because the Olympic team has already designed the animation effects on the screen, in the stadium that has been completely cleared of any idlers, and the Shenmu public security department is responsible for the security work, it belongs to After going through the animations and processes required for each link of the Olympic Games, the LED solution has been deeply imprinted in the hearts of all users.

until…

  The screen in one area suddenly began to flicker indefinitely, and then a distorted effect appeared, and the power of the entire screen was cut off. Several engineering specialists from Gaosheng stepped on the screen with a fire extinguisher and walked over quickly.

  After turning on the display screen in that area first, in the lights of the stadium, they waved to Xu Xin on the viewing platform, and their voices rang out from Xu Xin's walkie-talkie:

   "Director Xu, directors, the circuit is overheated, we have to wait a while before continuing the demonstration."

"receive."

   Xu Xin responded, looking at Zhang Wu's frown again, feeling a little embarrassed.

   I was showing off just now, but now there is a problem.

   hurriedly said:

   "I'm leaving for Xiangjiang tomorrow, don't worry, I'll replace the whole cable with Philips cables, and it will be fine. Domestic cables... are still of poor quality after all."

  No way, the foreigners hold the patent and don’t let it go, only let the Chinese side be the processing factory.

   He didn't do anything either.

   Zhang Wu is not ignorant of this matter, and after seeing the effect of the LED screen, he also expressed his understanding:

   "Well, if there are any problems here, they will all be resolved, and we will not be afraid of Yanjing."

  …

  So, after some anticlimactic on-screen demonstrations, the director team held a meeting in the hotel until almost 1:00 in the morning, and finally finalized the plan to use LEDs.

  Xu Xin's persistence has won the support of everyone.

  But the burden on him was even heavier.

  Heavy rain, high temperature, extreme cold, the reaction of the machine in various weathers, possible mistakes, etc., these workloads are all on him.

  He was not afraid, on the contrary, he was very excited.

   Then, on the morning of the 26th, I got on the plane from Dongsheng to Shenzhen.

After arriving in Xiangjiang at 11:00 noon, he went directly to the Hong Kong branch of Philips in Causeway Bay. After meeting with the people from Philips, he had a meeting lunch first, and then came to their simulation laboratory to start testing He needs video cables that are resistant to high temperature, aging, and extreme environments.

The test was carried out for one hour in three parts, from an environment with high temperature and high humidity exceeding 80% and a temperature exceeding 55 degrees, to an extremely cold transition of -1 degrees below zero within one minute, with ten minutes as the axis , repeated six times.

  Looking at the consistently stable TV screen, Xu Xin formally finalized their cooperation with the large LED screen in Shenmu County.

   And agreed on the size, the other party agreed to deliver the goods within one week and airlift them to Dongsheng Airport.

   They will be responsible for the cost.

  The cooperation negotiation was quite pleasant, and when it ended, it was already past 4 pm.

   After walking out, he separated the staff from Shenmu and called Jay Chou.

  He will come to Xiangjiang tomorrow to participate in an interview variety show to promote the movie.

   Originally, I could just come tomorrow, but when I heard that Xu Xin was coming to Xiangjiang today, I immediately flew over to have a gathering.

Then…

  In the food stall at night.

   "Woo~ Love comes too fast like a tornado~"...

  Looking at the girl singing standing in front of him, he winked at Xu Xin who was admiring.

   I'm going out with you for supper, Ah Xin!

  Why did you pick up a younger sister for me again...

  Amid the singing of the girl named "Deng Shiying", Jay Chou swallowed a sip of bitter beer.

  Before there was Guo Caijie.

  Now you say that this girl sings beautifully...

  A Xin...

  What are you... a human trafficker!