I'm the director, I'm not bad

Chapter 784. 781. Fake Kung Fu

(This chapter only has more than 3000 words and less than 12 words. There was a power outage. I was originally notified that there was a power outage at [-] o’clock, but it turned out to be an hour earlier and I didn’t finish writing. It’s embarrassing...but it’s okay, I finished a plot paragraph~ )

9:10 am on September 7th.

Xu Xin boarded the plane to Venice.

The entourage seemed very streamlined this time, just him, Su Meng, and Ai Qing who came here specially to act as an interpreter.

Just three people.

The plane looked surprisingly roomy.

The time difference between Venice and China is 6 hours.

The time when the plane arrives in Venice is about 8:9 p.m. to 2:3 p.m. in China, and around [-]:[-] p.m. to [-]:[-] p.m. in Venice.

The flight takes 13 hours.

And the crew finally ushered in a long-term vacation.

Starts on the 10th and continues until the 14th.

Leave it for 4 days.

Because the director will not be able to come back until the 14th.

Just yesterday, Xu Xin received a very official call.

An invitation from the Chinese embassy in Italy.

Invite him to participate in an important event of the Chinese Cultural Year on the 13th.And the reason to find him is also because this year’s Chinese Culture Year is jointly organized by Venice and China. The traditional Venetian rowing “gondola” carries two erhu envoys, and the symbols of the two ancient civilizations are fused together. It constitutes the traditional activities of the "Chinese Culture Year" in Italy.

On the 13th, the day after the film festival ends, a cultural performance of Sino-Italian friendship will be held at the Colosseum on the Roman side.

He was there as a guest.

If there is no rejection, Xu Xin will definitely not refuse.

Therefore, on the 13th, he will stay in Rome for one day and return home on the 14th.

But this time it was not an invitation from China, but Italy sent an invitation letter to the Chinese embassy to invite him over.

When Xu Xin received the news, he was actually in a daze.

Because he really couldn't figure out...how could eating a pizza by himself have so much stamina.

Is he really the son of an Italian grandma?
Inexplicably, he was "tied" to Italy.

It's fantastic.

……

At around 2 o'clock in the afternoon in Italy, Xu Xin walked out of Marco Polo Airport in Venice.

Not to mention... Although he feels that his relationship with Italy is very mysterious, looking at the buildings in his memory now, he really has a sense of returning to his "second hometown".

Quite strange.

With this feeling, he got into the vehicle sent by Volvo and rushed directly to the hotel where he was staying.

Along the way, Ai Qing was like a conscientious tour guide... Although she had taken Xu Xin around many places last time, she still kept introducing him to some of the unique sights of Venice.

It wasn't until he arrived at the hotel where he was staying that he immediately found the person in charge of the Venice Film Festival to report.

As the presenter of the Silver Lion Award for Best Director, as well as the winner of the previous session, the level of entertainment he received this time is obviously higher than last time.

Last time it was just the most common room.

But this time it was a large suite.

After arriving in the room and finishing all the things like tidying up the clothes, he took Su Meng and Ai Qing to a screening theater called "Sala Giardino" non-stop.

In fact, to be honest, it is different from the scale of multi-cinema joint screenings like Cannes.

Compared with Cannes, the Venice Film Festival is quite "small" in terms of the scale of the screening.

During the entire film festival, apart from projection halls like Sala Giardino, there are also some projection halls such as university auditoriums.

Among the screening halls, the largest ones must be the White Movie Palace and the Phoenix Opera House.A projection hall like Sala Giardino has only one hall, which shows non-competition films around the clock.

The main reason why Xu Xin was in such a hurry was that at 3:55 p.m., the movie "Traces of Japanese Bandits" would be screened here.

He hasn't contacted Lao Xu yet, and plans to watch the movie first.

When buying tickets, Ai Qing glanced at the program list and said to Xu Xin:

"Director Xu, after "Traces of Japanese Pirates", it's "Flower", directed by Lou Ye."

"Lou Ye?"

Xu Xin was taken aback.

After thinking about it, he nodded:

"buy it."

"it is good."

Ai Qing directly bought movie tickets for two consecutive shows, and then pointed to the pizza booth at the door:
"Director Xu, do you want to try it?"

"Walk."

Xu Xin nodded.

Now that you are here, you must give the face project that should be given.

So, at around 10 o'clock in the evening, Xu Xin updated his Weibo with a picture of him folding a 7-inch pizza in half, eating it, and giving the camera a thumbs-up with one arm in a big circle.

There is also a paragraph of text:
“Perfetto Margherita pizza! It’s so delicious, I want to eat it every day! The old Italian Margherita pizza is really authentic!”

Ai Qing helped him fight the first part of the sentence, and blushed when he finished the latter sentence.

Xin said that for the sake of Sino-Italian friendship, our old Xu can be regarded as sacrificing hue.

And after Weibo was posted, he didn't care anymore.

After finishing eating the delicious pizza at the door, the three of them walked into the screening room together.

Before the movie was about to start, he looked around.

Maybe it's because it's a Horizon unit movie.

Maybe it's because the festival is drawing to a close.

In short, the attendance rate is not particularly high.

At most one-third of the people are seated in a screening hall.

Sparse.

Soon, the lights dim and the movie begins.

There is only one dragon mark.

This is normal. The fact that the movie got to Venice shows that Lao Xu must also want to be recognized in Europe and the United States.There is no publisher's label, which means that the film has not been sold, and the film dealer can go to talk to him at that time.

Moreover, his film does not have a distributor.

Headwinds are just investing, but regardless of distribution.

This is the reason why she asked herself before whether she should release the film in Xiying Studio.

Put it in the factory, and the factory will naturally take over the issue.

But the problem is... When the film was first invested, Lao Xu and Yang Mi talked about the filming concept of this film.

He wants to restore a real martial arts to the audience.

There are no heroes flying over the roof and walls, and not all heroes are handsome and handsome.

The real martial arts forest is like one constructed in the green forest of bandits and bandits... an existence that is more acceptable to ordinary people.

If you say this person is a bandit, then he must not be a good person.

But if you say that this person is from the quack, and even has a so-called nickname... then he is not necessarily a good person.

That's it.

Therefore, he has no idea whether the film studio will release it or not.

After all, he still doesn't know if it looks good or not.

Just as he was thinking, a swamp of reeds appeared in the picture.

On the right side of the reeds are two people wearing bamboo hats and holding long sticks in their hands.

The picture is still, no wind and no waves.

For a moment, Xu Xin even thought the disc was stuck.

Until he heard footsteps.

On the left side of the screen, a group of people dressed in black and holding long knives appeared.

And these people appeared, one of them went forward and back with a long knife, and one of the two people on the right with a bamboo hat came up with a long stick.

The long knife is erected, and the long stick is blocked horizontally.

After the two sides meet together, there is no such thing as a traditional martial arts movie, which is the two moves of "huh, ha".

The man with the long knife was lying on the ground...

Seeing this, Xu Xin scratched his chin.

Not to mention...Old Xu really captured this "martial arts" style.

Speaking of which... the action director should be Yu Lao, right?
These two tricks seem simple...but they are quite new.

It's all the kind of posture that puts you down with one move.

All of a sudden, the smell that is different from traditional martial arts movies came out.

He nodded slightly.

It's okay, at least I can attract myself at the beginning.

but……

As time passed, he gradually frowned.

From the bottom of my heart revealed a trace of evaluation:
"It's nothing but playing games."

Yes, this film is full of a very twisted taste.

Very stiff and uncomfortable.

He could feel that Lao Xu seemed to want to express the tone of the film in a way similar to black humor.

For example, Qiu Dongyue, the world's number one master, is the old man played by Yu Lao. He is considered to be the world's number one master in martial arts, but he is knocked down by a dancer's mechanism stick.

The posture on the ground is quite funny.

Or maybe this number one master in the world can't control his concubine, who has an affair with someone else...

Also, although he is old, he puts on a scene of retiring to the mountains and forests, but he is afraid of being forgotten, so he secretly dyes his beard black, giving people the illusion of "not being old"...

Everything seems absurd.

If you really use a mature expression, that's okay.

The problem is... Old Xu wants too many things.

It was overstuffed, so nothing was done.

However, it has to be said.

This part of the martial arts scene... Maybe because he knew the "real martial arts" in advance, his acceptance was quite high.

Especially in the last paragraph, Qiu Dongyue and Liang Henlu's fighting scene is like dancing.

He looked at it with relish.

But that's all there is to it.

After the movie was over, the crowd began to leave one after another.

Sparse.

There was no applause or too much encouragement.

Of course, no booing.

Xu Xin sat still, because he still had a second match.

First, he turned his head and glanced at Su Meng, who was sleeping soundly next to him. He shook his head as if he hated iron and steel, and asked Ai Qing in a low voice:

"how do you feel?"

As a foreign friend, Ai Qing naturally has the right to speak.

It may even be more objective than the Celestial People who grew up watching these Kung Fu movies.

And her evaluation is...

"I... didn't understand it. I think it should involve some issues of the values ​​of the Chinese people, such as... the Seventh General, I don't know who he is. I don't understand why paper is used to make armor... ...Is it because the Ming Dynasty was very poor? Very corrupt?...Anyway, this movie has brought me a lot of doubts, and I think I need to take a Chinese history lesson. But... there is one thing, I feel it."

"what?"

Xu Xin thought she would say something like "the charm of Kung Fu".

But I heard a sentence:
"This male lead is a very sad man. I don't mean that he was defeated in the end, but...he inherited the last wish of the Seventh General, right? The Seventh General, is a general. It sounds like he is still fighting against Japan He is a human hero. And the martial arts and improved weapons created by this hero are all to protect his people. But everyone does not recognize him, and even in the end, the... legacy he left behind cannot be shared among those In the hands of fighters who continue to defend the people, he has to bow his head to civilian forces in order to pass on his legacy... This is a very sad thing."

"..."

Xu Xin was taken aback.

Then he showed a thoughtful look.

After thinking about it, he asked again:

"Then what do you think of the kung fu in it..."

"It's fake, isn't it?"

"..."

Hearing this, the corner of Xu Xin's mouth twitched.

I saw the yearning eyes of this foreigner:

"This is fake kung fu, isn't it, director! Real kung fu requires flying and walking on water! His kind of kung fu is fictional, right! It's not real kung fu!"

"Uh……"

For a moment, Xu Xin was speechless.

It's like I can't bear to puncture a "girl"'s dream of Huaichun.

After thinking about it, he nodded:

"Well, you're right."

(End of this chapter)