Chapter 556 554. Coincidence
Xu Xin’s words elevate the interview, which was originally only about movies, to the field of “civilization” or “culture”.
This interview has gone completely off track.
Other directors have said that compared to movies, he cares more about the inspiration he gets from coming here because of a thing that may seem nonsense to others.
Then the many questions Wang Minmin prepared next will not be needed.
In fact, she really wanted to talk about the behind-the-scenes of this movie, why Xu Xin chose such a subject when the project was approved, and how he improved in the face of so many excellent works after being shortlisted.
For this, she really prepared a lot.
But Xu Xin's words, after sublimating the entire interview, the content that followed... at least the content aimed at him, can be said to have collapsed as a whole.
How to ask?
People were still discussing culture with you just now, but now you are asking about gossip?
So what has become of our Southern Weekly?
What tabloid reporter?
So, as a last resort, Wang Minmin suppressed the speechlessness and helplessness in his heart, and began to shift the topic to Liu Yifei and Lin Yuxin.
The other directors have brought the director's perspective, and the things they are talking about are not unique to you at all.
How can we continue talking today?
And Wang Minmin also noticed it.
In fact, it’s not that people are crooked, but that everyone’s starting point is different from the beginning.
It is different from other directors and crews who come here to accept your interview just to promote the movie and make more money.
Xiying Studio... or Xu Xin himself, from the first contact with everyone, the core idea is not to make money, or how high the box office is.
That's all secondary.
What people value... Speaking of what Xu Xin values, Wang Minmin actually doesn't understand.
Because she is not a director.
I don't understand why in the director's world, I can see 36,000 insects even though I just watched a ladle of water.
But to be honest, based on her current "limited" experience as a reporter, she judged that people like Xu Xin should be born to be directors, and should be born to eat this kind of rice.
He thinks too much.
Even so much that she was a little jealous.
Because she is just an ordinary person, watching the sky to eat and working in the fields.
If an apple hits her head, she will ouch and eat the apple angrily.
But people like Xu Xin can get inspiration from this and come up with a law of universal gravitation.
This is an absolute gap in thinking.
Incomparable gap.
Makes people jealous.
Hate why I can't do it myself.
But it is even more desperation.
Because I really seem to be unable to do anything.
…
"Thank you three for accepting our interview. Finally, I also wish "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree" to achieve better results at the Venice Film Festival."
"Thank you, everyone, for your hard work."
The one-hour conversation was finally over. After Xu Xin thanked everyone politely, he waved to Su Meng:
"Get something to drink, the kind that quenches your thirst."
"OK."
Su Meng responded immediately, and went to order with Ai Qing, who had also been listening to her for an hour.
Start dismantling the device.
After the interview, Wang Minmin removed his identity as a reporter and said to Xu Xin with a smile:
"Next time I won't accept an interview with you, I'm too tired."
"Huh? Why?"
Xu Xin's eyes are full of doubts:
"I'm telling you what I know, okay?"
"It's because of this that I'm tired..."
Wang Minmin sighed helplessly.
went on to say:
"By the way, I just finished interviewing the crew of "Babel Empire" yesterday. Their movie is here on the 5th, and the domestic one is on September 26th. Although I haven't been to the internal preview, I have My friend went there. 100 media people, and finally gave a favorable rate of 72%. My friend said that it is the best martial arts suspense kung fu movie in recent years, and it is a rare and sophisticated commercial masterpiece. "Hawthorn If the schedule of "The Tree" has not been confirmed...I suggest you delay it."
After finishing speaking, she quickly added another sentence:
"It's not that I don't have confidence in you, it's just that it's unnecessary."
"I see."
Xu Xin nodded.
He understands Wang Minmin's position very well.
September is the day when these films that shined in Venice get together.
"Chen Zhen", "Sword Rain", and "Tongtian Empire" all started to air after September 20.
Obviously, their goal is to fully utilize the aftermath of Venice.
The theme of "The Hawthorn Tree" is essentially a film with a literary atmosphere. It is not flattering at the critical moment from late September to mid-October.
After all, from the factory's point of view, "The Hawthorn Tree" is more important than the right time and place.
So the general idea in the factory is to put it in December.
Because there is Christmas in December.
It was released on Christmas Eve, using the excellent word-of-mouth to ferment, and then began to usher in a period of rapid box office growth on the third day after the release, including New Year's Day.
This is the optimal solution to "The Hawthorn Tree".
November is led by "Harry Potter" and "Resident Evil 4". Looking at December so far, in addition to "Orphan of Zhao", there is only one Jiang Wen's "Let the Bullets Fly".
However, Jiang Wen was quite obsessed with this movie. He couldn't disclose any news, and he didn't even get a media preview, so he directly submitted it to the theater. No one knows what the quality of this film is.
But at present, the film pressure in December is still relatively small.
So, although Wang Minmin's news was already expected by the factory, the relationship is here.
Xu Xin still expressed his thanks.
Everyone sat together and drank a cup of coffee. It was almost time. The three of them bid farewell to Southern Weekly and started to catch up with the agreement with Entertainment Star Broadcasting.
There are 5 interviews today, and this is the first one.
And busy.
…
It's almost 7 o'clock at night.
"Hoo..."
Xu Xin put down his fork, wiped his mouth with a tissue, and gave Ai Qing a thumbs up:
"tasty."
Several people ate in a tavern that only Venetian locals would patronize.
A table of delicacies that Xu Xin couldn't name, and a dish of stewed Italian tomato noodles that calmed Lao Shan's soul, which made him feel at ease.
The Italian girl smiled.
One day is enough for everyone to change from an employment relationship to a friend.
After finishing the meal, Xu Xin glanced at Liu Xiaoli, whose eyes were a little sunken, and said something concerned:
"Aunt Liu, why don't you go back to rest at night?"
"It's okay, I'm not tired."
Although she was very tired, Liu Xiaoli smiled and waved her hands:
"I still have to watch a movie."
But Liu Yifei shook his head:
"Xu Xin, isn't the event over? In the evening, my mother and I will go back to rest. At 9:30 tomorrow morning, there will be an early screening of "The Hawthorn Tree". I will take my mother to watch the movie."
"sure."
Xu Xin nodded.
Anyway, my English is good. The theaters at the Venice Film Festival are equipped with bilingual guides for this event. As long as you can speak either English or Italian, you will be fine.
"What about you, Lin Gou?"
"my words…"
Lin Juxin thought for a while, then waved his hand:
"I won't be with you anymore. I'm tired too. I'll go back to play games and sleep. Isn't there nothing to do tomorrow? Why don't we go together? When can't we watch the movie?"
"Then you can leave me alone. Let's go? See what you catch up with, okay?"
"OK."
Ai Qing nodded.
The itinerary was decided, and we parted ways.
Xu Xin, Su Meng, and Ai Qing came to the nearest Marbury Theater.
Ai Qing looked at the movie catalog and said:
"It's Road to Nowhere, directed by Monte Hellman."
"Okay, that's it."
Xu Xin nodded.
Soon, three people bought tickets and lined up to enter.
There are quite a lot of people in this scene, almost full.
Xu Xin holds the drink in his hand and waits for the movie to start with full expectation.
And then... a minute into the movie, he was speechless.
Because he found a problem.
He can not understand.
It’s not that I can’t understand the core of a movie or something… It’s just that I can’t understand it.
People speak English, and the subtitles below are Italian.
Xu Xin can only look at the picture, and then look at the picture of this man, a woman, another man, and another woman, listening to what they are talking about, sometimes the picture is gloomy, and sometimes it is a close-up of the actor's expression.
But it seems that if Ai Qing hadn't told him that this is a suspenseful story about a murder case, he would almost have watched it as a pantomime.
Besides, the movie theater was very quiet, so Xu Xin was too embarrassed to ask Ai Qing to translate for herself.
Not to mention anything else... just the simultaneous interpretation. After more than an hour, he estimated that Ai Qing's CPU would burn out.
Not to mention... Ai Qing watched with gusto.
Instead, it was Su Meng... Mengmeng felt as uncomfortable as herself.
But she was embarrassed to mention it.
"..."
"..."
The two looked at each other.
Xu Xin thought for a while, and leaned into Su Meng's ear:
"Why don't you sleep for a while?"
He opened his mouth, and Mengmeng began to think:
"Brother Xu...how about we go? Ask Ai Qing to find out what Chinese movies are available right now?"
The whispering between the two also attracted Ai Qing's attention.
She quickly asked what Su Meng was talking about.
After waiting for the answer, she froze for a while...
suddenly realized.
have to.
Among the three people, two are used to bilingual Chinese and English in cinemas in their own country, and one is a local who can speak both English and Italian...
This habit reminds everyone only now...
This is not the Celestial Dynasty.
Except for Chinese films, none of the Chinese characters can be typed on the screen.
"..."
"..."
"..."
In the Venetian water city in the evening breeze, Xu Xin looked at Ai Qing who was communicating with the conductor and asked about the Chinese film screenings, and said to Su Meng:
"You said if I go back to learn English this time, is it too late?"
"Are you learning from Ai Qing?"
Su Meng asked curiously.
Xu Xin was taken aback:
"Can she teach?"
"Yes, didn't she say that during the daytime meal? She teaches foreign languages in a bilingual school over there. She just returned to Venice after our summer vacation..."
Su Meng said, thought for a while, and asked tentatively:
"Brother Xu, how is your English foundation? Have you passed CET-4 or CET-6?"
"What a fart. Your Brother Xu and I escaped the Olympic Games in the fourth and sixth grades... Otherwise, I will still be admitted to graduate school? I will be fine if I don't squat."
Xu Xin rolled his eyes, then summed up his English level in his heart, and told Su Meng the truth without hiding it:
"My English level is basically 24 letters back and forth, but the level of combining them is basically free...Is there any help?"
"...??"
Su Meng was taken aback.
A pair of cute eyes stared at Xu Xin:
"Brother Xu... isn't there 26?"
"What?"
"English alphabet."
"Get out of here, you think I'm an English idiot? I can still sing the 24 English alphabet songs, ABCDEFG..."
He began to shake his fingers while singing "Little Star".
Can blah blah blah...
When I sang "X", I found that my fingers had counted to 24...
His complexion changed instantly.
Su Meng has silently lowered her head.
No, this is my boss.
The person who pays my salary.
I can't laugh...
I laughed, maybe the year-end bonus will be gone...
"Cute."
"ah?"
"Your year-end bonus is gone."
“!!!∑(Дノ)ノ”
…
Bad news, all Chinese-language movies have passed the show time.
Good news, you can go back to sleep.
With a feeling of boredom, Xu Xin talked with Ai Qing all the way back and whether it was too late for him to learn English.
According to Ai Qing's words, it's definitely not too late to learn.
In fact, learning English doesn’t require as much attention as the exams in the Celestial Dynasty.
As long as you master the words in daily communication and the usage of the inverted sentences, you can combine them at will.
And she also told Xu Xin:
"Actually, we foreigners live in the Celestial Dynasty, and your understanding of us is similar to Director Xu. You can tolerate our inappropriate use of Chinese characters, and of course we can also tolerate your mistakes in English. To learn English is to learn the language. If you know more words, you will have no problem. If you memorize 20 words a day, you will still learn 7,000 words in a year. Xunzi said: Therefore, if you don’t accumulate small steps, you can’t reach thousands of miles. If you don’t accumulate small streams, you can’t make rivers and seas .It's definitely not too late~"
Do you think this foreigner is scary?
But it is true, Xu Xin thought about it carefully and found that this is the truth.
In my impression, when my sister was learning English, she didn’t have the past continuous tense, ongoing tense, and future continuous tense when she was in school.
It means taking time to memorize words every day, as if... that's it.
have to.
After agreeing to return to China, Ai Qing sent the two of them to the door of the hotel and bid farewell on her own bicycle.
Xu Xin said goodbye to her at the door, and took Su Meng to the hotel.
It's a coincidence...
"Director Xu?"
Hearing this, Xu Xin turned his head...
It's fun at once:
"Hahaha, Director Li!"
Li Pingdong was looking at him in surprise.
At the same time, there are two men and two women standing beside them, both of whom look young.
Seeing Xu Xin's arrival, the two men and women looked at him curiously.
Until Li Pingdong pointed to Xu Xin and murmured a few words in English.
"!"
Xu Xin instantly felt that something was wrong with the eyes of the two men and women.
The kind of hot eyes that were like fire rushed to his face.
"Director Li, what's going on?"
"Haha, let me introduce you to them... Ji Li Gu Lu, Xu Xin."
In the second half, after Li Pingdong finished speaking, he saw the two men and two women stand up straight at the same time, bowing politely to Xu Xin.
"The front wheel does not turn and the rear wheel turns..."
After speaking, the first young man stretched out his hand.
Xu Xin shook it politely.
Then there was another round of turning and turning, and the second girl with short hair stretched out her hand.
Followed by the third and fourth.
And when these four people looked at Xu Xin, they were unified and their eyes were full of scorching heat.
Unfortunately, Xu Xin couldn't understand what they said.
I can only ask for help from Li Pingdong, who is generally looking cheerful.
Then Li Pingdong said:
"Come on, let me introduce you, he is Kenichi Matsuyama."
This is the first man.
"Rinko Kikuchi."
Second woman.
"Kiko Mizuhara."
The third woman.
"Kengo Takara."
The fourth man.
"Hello."
Xu Xin nodded politely one by one.
Then I heard Li Pingdong say:
"These four people are all loyal fans of "Secret", the kind that can't be adulterated at all. No, I talked with them a lot when I was filming "Norwegian Wood". We talked about it yesterday. I can't meet you. After all, I've been busy these days, so it's hard for me to call you. I was calling you out after thinking about waiting for a few days... What a coincidence, I just met you. Haha~"
Li Pingdong smiled heartily.
Xu Xin looked at these four people...
A fan of "The Untold Secret"?
He thought for a while and asked:
"Which one of them likes Yang Mi?"
Li Pingdong translated a sentence, and Xu Xin understood the word "I just".
Then…
"Shua!"
The four people raised their hands at the same time, looking like elementary school students.
"..."
Xu Xin's mouth twitched...
It's okay for men, he can understand.
What's the matter with these two girls?
Li Pingdong said with a smile:
"We're going out for a drink, shall we? Together?"
Xu Xin, who was worrying about not having a good time tonight, his eyes lit up.
"Okay, let's go."
(end of this chapter)