I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

  From the end of Cannes in mid-May, it seems that there is only one voice left in the entire film and television industry.

   That is "The Unspeakable Secret", which will be released on July 31.

  The three trailers were also interpreted as three completely different stories, and a group of people guessed what was being told.

   Fortunately, the quality of netizens is still high. The Chinese people who watched this film in Cannes did not spoil it, but just told them that "it is beautifully shot, very good-looking, and I strongly recommend it."

  Time just slipped away inadvertently, and I was still anxiously waiting for the summer vacation the day before, hoping that "The Unspeakable Secret" would come soon. But in the next second...

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

   On the last day of the holiday, 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, and her boyfriend is no longer around. She puts her limited energy into the skills necessary for an actor, practicing diligently, whether it is English or martial arts, Or dancing, and sweating in the gym.

   But it's already a holiday now. Although she didn't live in the dormitory much this semester, she still used to take the quilt back to wash and dry it in the sun.

   Sun Ting was not allowed to come in, she came by herself.

   When all the quilts and clothes were stuffed into the suitcase, the first roommate in the dormitory came back.

   "Ah, I was taken aback..."

  Zhang Xiaofei covered his heart, and said quite speechlessly:

   "Suddenly there is another person in your bed, it scared me to death."

  Yang Mi bared her teeth:

   "Why, you don't welcome me back."

   "How can it be, I'm too happy for the big star to come back. Hurry up, sign me up..."

   "EMMM, okay, here's the bra."

"Go to hell!"

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

  Because she was packing her things, she turned on the speakerphone after connecting it, put it on her bedside table, and continued to fold things.

   "Hey, Tingting, what's the matter?"

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

  Yang Mi was taken aback...

   thought for a while, and said:

   "Remember, the one we had dinner with last month, right?"

   "Yes, she wants to ask you to take a set of photos + the one on the cover."

   "Well, I remembered... Didn't Sister Zeng reject her last time? She even made me wear a bikini in winter. I don't think I have anything to do. I'll take pictures of her..."

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

   "Not going."

  Yang Mi refused without thinking:

   "Call her back, let her find Sister Zeng if she has something to do."

"okay."

   "Hang up."

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

   And Zhang Xiaofei, who had listened to the whole process there, first sighed... the magazine cover, my roommate can push it...

  Although he hasn't graduated yet, he will have to go out to work in film crews one after another from the beginning of the next semester. Zhang Xiaofei, who has gained experience, is naturally not a stunned young man.

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

  The cover says to push it...

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

  Is Mimi so powerful now?

  But this is just emotion, she thought about it, and asked curiously:

   "Mimi, why did you reject it so simply, "Lido" is not a small magazine, is it?"

"Well…"

  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 also send you an agent, and your affairs must be connected through the agent."

   "Why? She came to you directly, isn't it more convenient?"

   "Because the agent wants to take a commission."

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

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

   "..."

  Seeing Zhang Xiaofei's puzzled expression, Yang Mi continued to explain patiently:

"But in the same way, it doesn't mean that you and your agent are at odds. You two are working partners, and you both prosper and lose the other. And you can't be stingy with your own people. This editor bypassed the agent to find me. I rejected her before because my manager didn't think of me as... selling meat, that's probably what I meant, so I rejected the southern-style photo shoot.

That's why she contacted me through Sun Ting this time, maybe she meant to communicate with me first, and when I agreed, she was communicating with the agent, communicating with my attitude...or even not communicating at all, I will go directly ...understand? But this is not okay, because it will make your agent have some bad thoughts, and you are not kind in this matter.

  That's why I told her that there are business matters and I asked her to talk to my agent. If you can talk, come and ask me, if you can't talk, I won't waste time. And everything has to be like this, 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 have to trust the character of your assistant and agent. As long as you can trust them, you can treat them well, 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 understand.

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

   means trust, but not all trust.

  Hide one hand, but not all.

  While it sounds like crap... and complicated, she instinctively told her that what her roommate said... must have a point.

  Can’t help but say another sentence:

   "How do you know so much. Leaving school... Is this how you train people? It feels like you are completely different from us."

   "We are all the same, but don't say that, it seems like something is wrong with me."

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

"It was an elder who taught me this. I didn't really understand it before. But he taught me a lot about it... It's okay. If you don't understand something at work or something, you can ask me But I would suggest you to ask your parents, because the advice you get from them, no matter right or wrong, must be really good advice for you. Anyway, think about it in many ways..."

   "...Okay, I remembered."

  Zhang Xiaofei nodded vigorously, keeping the "senior experience" from his roommate firmly in his heart.

   And Yang Mi was almost done tidying up, so she asked casually:

   "What's the ticket number? 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 the crew, and gain knowledge."

   "Hmm... OK."

  Yang Mi responded, rolled her eyes, and said:

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

"…what?"

"On the evening of the 30th, "Secrets That Can't Be Telled" will have its media premiere at Wanda. At that time, some directors will be there. Everyone will wear formal clothes, and the scale is not small. Go there, and then I will arrange it for you, maybe What chance can I get? Remember... I'll go first."

"Well…"

  Zhang Xiaofei was dumbfounded at first, but immediately said something instinctively:

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

   "..."

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

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

  After seeing the "peace of mind" expression of her roommate, a little bit of regret flashed in her heart, and then she waved her hand:

"I am leaving."

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

   "No, it doesn't sink, let's go."

   Saying that, Yang Mi walked out of the dormitory.

   Zhang Xiaofei in the room heard her warm greeting:

   "Ah, Wen Jing, Wan Wan, you two finally fit together..."

  …

   "Sister, let me come."

"Um."

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

   "After I get home in a while, go and contact Mr. Qi, and ask for... four... six... six, six invitation letters."

   "Oh, good."

  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 consecutive words of "package", the speechless girl said:

   "What is Bao Wenjing's boyfriend's name?"

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

   "Bao Beier."

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

   "Jiao Jiao is?"

"Jiao Junyan. I'm also a classmate. Let's decide on these seven people first. Then, as for the seats... Tell Mr. Qi, try to separate them, don't sit together, just be next to some people in the circle. Then arrange a group photo session... Well, that's it , Invite a text message for a while, you can check my address book, and just send a message one by one."

   "Yeah, I wrote it down."

   After Sun Ting took the notebook and wrote it down, she took the box and the two continued to walk 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 puzzled look, the girl shook her head:

   "I always feel that I am always playing tricks with others..."

  She seemed a little lost.

  But if it was normal, Sun Ting would definitely not say a word.

  But seeing Miss Mimi's eyes full of disappointment, she turned her mind a few times and realized what might be the reason, so she said in a low voice:

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

   "Yeah...ah."

  The girl sighed again.

  But immediately the spirit came:

   "Let's go, I'm hungry, go eat something delicious! Hey, have you bought the **** dress I recommended to you last time? How is it? Is it easy to use?"

   "..."

  …

  June 21st.

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

   When the reporter was asking how she became attached to Jay Chou, who has evolved from "Little Heavenly King" to "Jay Chou" when she was promoting the album for the first time, she held up the microphone and replied in a sweet voice:

"It was director Xu Xin who discovered me and thought I could sing very well, so he 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 release of "The Unspeakable Secret" will be great." Hot, please support us a lot..."

   On the day the album was released, the three love songs "If You Heard Too", "Little", and "Handwritten Love" were airborne on the music charts: No. 2, No. 4, and No. 5.

  The name "Guo Caijie" instantly caught the attention of fans.

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

  In an instant, I accepted the image of a girl who looks like a girl next door in this MV, and at the same time talks like a childish girl.

And on the second day after the release of the new album, at the singing scene of Wanwan Music Channel, Jay Chou personally played "Handwritten Love" with piano accompaniment live, making the song "Handwritten Love" available on June 23rd. Fengyun's Fengyun music list went straight to the top of the Internet, killing the song "Chinese" by "Friendly Army" S.H.E, and at the same time, also won a record.

  Since the premiere of the 2001 Music Billboard, this is the first time that a song from a newcomer's new album topped the chart in the first week.

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

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

   are 17 hours of "In the Name of the Father", 11 hours of "Qilixiang", 4 hours of "Nocturne" and 3 and a half hours of "Chapter Seven of the Night"...

   But anyway.

In front of three Zhou's love songs, which are praised by fans as "Top 20 of KTV's annual must-sing list" potential, the name "Guo Caijie" is like an unreasonable bomb, which exploded the entire Chinese dynasty at the end of June and summer. .

   At the same time, a certain Xiangjiang girl who had completed the entrance examination and got a super high score of "21 points" in professional courses officially signed a 5-year artist contract with Jewel.

  Effective on January 1, 2008.

  No way, when the Conservatory of Music starts, Rong Jiawen hopes to give her daughter a buffer period of a few months to get familiar with the university environment.

But I don’t know that my daughter stared at the album in her hand. Within a week, the sales of SHE’s "PLAY" album had been crushed, and she got the record for the first week of album release so far this year: 21,371 copies of the "Invisible Superman" album. Eyeballs are red.

  Director Xu Xin said that there are only two artists in his company.

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

  Senior's grades are so good...

  She is in a hurry.

  The kind of urgency that is about to die.

  …

  July 15th, the summer film market has already opened up.

Or…

   Started a tragic fight.

  As early as 2004, the General Administration issued a verbal notice to hope that all theaters across the country will support domestic films. During the period from June 10th to July 10th (or July to August) every year, the introduction of overseas blockbuster films is not encouraged. And this period is also called "domestic film protection month" by the media.

  To tell you the truth, this time period is really good. In time for the summer holidays, all foreign blockbusters are lined up and domestic films are released.

  However, this regulation is only verbal. Although everyone is still abiding by it, there are still loopholes in the verbal agreement before a clear approval is issued.

  For example, the phrase "not encouraged" 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 12, and began to sweep domestic films in the protection month.

As a result, from June 10th to July 10th, whether it is the "Secret of the Gourd" that is specially provided by the special sub-supplier, "Whenever Changes" by Ethan Chan and Yang Qianzhen, "Tracking" by Liang Jiahui and Ren Dahua " and other movies were killed and defeated.

   The box office was dismal.

   Then, when Domestic Film Conservation Month ends, the real jackals…

coming.

"Bourne Shadow 3", "Harry Potter: Order of the Phoenix", British comedy legend "Mr. Bean's Golden Week", "Shrek 3", "Doraemon - Nobita's Dinosaur" sudden killing Intrusion, directly strangled the precarious 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’t see North.

  But these movies have become the foil of a movie.

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

   In 5 days, it landed in theaters on July 11, and by July 15, the box office had exceeded 100 million.

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

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

   "Transformers 1" only took 5 days...

   This record is called "unbreakable within five years" by the media.

  All the movies have become its foil, when the waist of Megan Fox, and the partner of the dumb Camaro sports car appeared for a moment...

  China only has one name left this month.

  Finally, "Transformers" won a box office record of 115 million in the first week, becoming a craze of national discussion.

  What about "The Unspeakable Secret" and the like, at least for this week, there are basically no topics to see. Even, to put it bluntly... During the increasingly busy promotion of the film, no matter Jay Chou, Yang Mi, Gui Lunmei, etc., although they were asked about "Transformers 1", all the reporters were surprised. Unite…

  No one asked such a sentence:

   "Do you have the confidence to break the box office record of "Transformers 1"..."

   Not one person.

   Anyone with a discerning eye knows that it is impossible, so why bother to say that?

  However, as the screening date approached, the promotion of "The Untold Secret" did not fall at all.

   Moreover, more and more news have revealed various news about the movie.

  For example, its production cost is not high, and the overall budget of the film is less than 20 million, which is a "low-cost" film.

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

  For example, Jay Chou contributed his first screen kiss in this drama, which has long been an old topic.

  The media picked it up and repeatedly fried it.

  Because with the popularity of "Transformers", all movies are being compressed and their living space is being compressed, and "The Unspeakable Secret" can't beat it, so they can only rely on these news to maintain their high popularity as much as possible.

   Who made "Transformers" so popular.

  Toys out of stock, Megan Fox name searches climb...

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

   Just imagine how popular this movie is.

  Compared with "Transformers", let alone this "secret".

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

   Of course, this is superficial.

  In fact, within Xiying Studio, the prospect of "The Unspeakable Secret" has become more and more optimistic.

  Because first of all, the two films are not comparable, one is an imported film and the other is a domestic film.

   properties are different.

  The quality of "The Unspeakable Secret" has been certified by Cannes and the audience of all internal previews.

   Everyone thinks that this movie is one of the rare movies in recent years that focuses on "first love", and the viewing experience is very pleasant.

   And the story is very good, there is nothing wrong with it.

   Not to mention acting skills.

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

   It can be said that its shortcomings are not obvious.

   And the strengths can be great.

   Jay Chou and Cannes won awards.

   As far as these two points are concerned, plus their fueling and hype 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 it can even be made up for by the identity of "Jay Chou". At the same time, it is a domestic film, it does not need to compare with Hollywood blockbusters...

   It’s not that boosting others’ aspirations destroys one’s prestige, but…

  Currently speaking, there is no comparison between Hollywood and Chinese movies.

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

   Whatever you say, as long as you have a little brains, you won't hype the two movies as "rivals".

  Xiying Studio will not allow it to be labeled as such.

  Because if it is really compared, "The Untold Secret" will definitely lose.

  So, at the beginning, their opponents were domestic films.

and…

   Say something that can't be said while standing.

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

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

   Without Zhang Yimou, without Feng Xiaogang...

  Domestic movies are really overwhelming.

   At this time, "The Unspeakable Secret" is released, at least for the opponents, these movies are not enough.

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

   That's fine.

  The strategic target point has been reached.

  China’s movies are on the rise, and "The Unspeakable Secret" can't be a battering ram, breaking open the closed door. But it can make one of the most solid tiptoe bricks.

   It is enough to do this.

  So.

  In the eyes of everyone, time is passing.

   July 30th finally arrived.

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

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

   He gnawed heavily on his mouth!

   "..."

  In silence, Xu Xin greeted Jay Chou who was rolling his eyes in the back seat.

  HI~

   Then, a certain melon woman turned him upside down just like a gastric tube was inserted...