novellhall Chapter 127 Tribeca's Two Fools
Chapter 127 Tribeca's Two Fools
Chapter 127 Tribeca's Two Fools
In the spring of April, Ye Qin and Lin Bin flew back to Yanjing.
Lin Bin went to the diplomatic apartment to report to Yang Man, while he, Zhang Yibai, and representatives from Xinghao Company met at the Capital International Airport, and the three boarded a flight to New York, USA.
It was Ye Qin's first time to go abroad by plane, obviously not the first time to fly by plane, but he was extremely nervous.
Glancing at Zhang Yibai, who was in his forties in the same row, his legs shook involuntarily, and he was more restless than himself.
No wonder, this is Zhang Yibai's dream overseas trip.
As one of the 7 directors of the sixth generation, Jia Kechang, Lou Ye, Wang Xiaoshuai, Zhang Yuan, and even Lu Chuan, a rising star, have won awards in various film festivals around the world. The title of "Godfather of Youth in Mainland China" is nothing.
This time, not to mention my own work, was hyped by the media as "the only Chinese-language film nominated for Tribeca". Can't you be excited!
"Director Zhang, how do you speak English?"
"Do you know why I passed the Chinese opera exam?" Zhang Yibai smiled wryly. "Because at that time, mathematics and foreign languages were not included in the grades."
wtf?
Ye Qin looked confused, Director, you are kidding me, my oral English level, according to Feng Yiyi, is the first level in China.
What level is this?
Junior high school student level!
"It's okay, I can barely handle it on a daily basis."
Zhang Yibai said confidently: "This time, we will mainly look at Representative Kong. He is the person in charge sent by President Wang to negotiate the business affairs of "Miguo"."
Ye Qin took a rough look at the elite from Xinghao Capital, and when he got on the plane, he took out all his equipment, pillows, neck pillows, and eye masks, and fell asleep on the seat immediately.
I don’t know what it’s called, but when I introduced it, I only said that my surname was “Kong” and my English name was “Jay”.
After more than ten hours of long-distance flight, the remnants of the plane meal in Ye Qin's stomach have been completely digested, and he is hungry. He can't wait to find a KFC and order a family bucket.
Then, sitting in the passenger seat of a yellow taxi, of course, he would never ask the driver Nige stupidly, do you want a chicken leg?
"Green Book" left him the impression that Neko likes to eat fried chicken, but unless he invites him, it's like offering watermelon, and they will immediately think of the two words engraved in their DNA: discrimination!
Ye Qin ate all the way, and looked at Manhattan through the car window. It is indeed a rich area in New York. At a glance, it is full of high-rise buildings, row upon row, big banks, exchanges, insurance companies, and group company headquarters in various foreign languages. .
In the distance, the Empire State Building in 88 stood there, which was once bought by Ben Ziguo.
Ye Qin rolled down the car window and sniffed lightly. The person who was reborn in 21 years said that the air here is neither fresh nor free, but the scenery of America is beautiful!
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The process of the film festival is similar, and the source of participation is that some of these films are registered by the film studios, and some are invited by the organizers.
From the opening ceremony to the closing ceremony, it lasts for 10 days. During this period, movies are shown freely in the theater for film critics, movie fans, and media people to watch.
This time at the Tribeca Film Festival, Zhang Yibai's "Music Fruit" entered the screening and competition section from more than 2000 films.
According to Zhang Yibai, Robert De Niro liked the movie very much after watching it.
It is said, after all, it is said.
On April 4, the Tribeca Film Festival officially opened, and the opening film was called "Justice Must Prevail".
As always, Ye Qin wore his only suit and tie. He only had washing powder and flooring endorsements from two small brands. The endorsement of top luxury goods.
Ye Qin, Zhang Yibai, and Representative Kong walked lonely on the red carpet.
With the back facing the white canvas, tribeca flim festival, three words on each line, where the "i" is connected into "I", which is concise and avant-garde.
However, after they finished their shapes, the foreign media reporters behind the railing almost tacitly lowered their cameras, only a few casually took a picture.
You can't even see people in China like the fox fox and penguins, hehe, you can't be like the female stars of the later generations rubbing the red carpet for 30 seconds with no skin or face, right?
The premiere of "Mi Fruit" was scheduled for the seventh day.
In the first three days, he used his knowledge and accompanied Representative Kong and Zhang Yibai to meet the crews who were also shortlisted, as well as film producers from America, Nordic, and Neon.
Selling the film was the job of Representative Kong, while Zhang Yibai tried his best to find someone to promote it and add color to the premiere.
After all, the banner is "Robert De Niro's favorite shortlisted film".
However, the result was unsatisfactory. Representative Kong and Zhang Yibai split up into two groups and attacked one by one.
Ye Qin doesn't know foreign languages, so he can't add another one, so he stays in the hotel suite that Xing Hao takes care of.
I deliberately picked a book called "Justice Must Triumph".
The hero is a mildly autistic patient, and the new neighbor is a vampire. She is addicted to killing other people, but she has a strong desire to protect the hero.
There are no werewolves in the plot, and the police officers who arrested the vampire heroine tracked the two of them all the way, and the relationship between the two warmed up despite the danger.
But until the end, there is no base, friends are more than lovers, it is simply the friendship version of "Twilight".
Why does this movie feel more interesting than "Secret Shore"?
His meow is also shortlisted for the "World Drama" unit, a strong rival!
After the screening of the film, Ye Qin put his hands in his pockets and looked at the screening room. There were so many people, he couldn't help but envy, if there were so many people in the screening of "Secret Shore", how good it would be?
Walking back to the hotel where he was staying not far from the film festival, he could see Representative Kong opening the car door, and Zhang Yibai was holding his arm firmly.
"Wait a minute, Representative Kong, what does this mean?"
"Director Zhang asked the question clearly." Representative Kong held up his glasses.
Zhang Yibai anxiously said: "There are quite a few filmmakers here, why don't you try again."
"The fact is that the filmmakers of the Hong Kong International Film Festival have more sincerity than the final price. Then, my task is completed." Representative Kong shrugged.
"What if I win a prize?"
"Director Zhang, everyone is in this business, alas."
Representative Kong looked helpless, "You take these posters away, I hope you can achieve something at the award ceremony and win glory for the country. I'm leaving first."
Fortresses are the easiest to collapse from within.
Ye Qin raised his eyebrows, although he knew earlier, he had never even heard of "Secret Shore" in his previous life, if he won the award, wouldn't the media make a big deal of it?
But it's not that you can't even sell the film, right?
It was very unpleasant to experience this personally.
Zhang Yibai shouted on the street: "Representative Kong, the day after tomorrow is our premiere day, can't you even stay for these two days!"
"Hehe, Director Zhang, I'm just a part-time worker, so don't make things difficult for me."
With that said, Representative Kong got into the taxi and left.
Zhang Yibai stood alone on the street, at a loss under the light, with an expression of "who am I, where am I, and what should I do?"
"Director Zhang?"
"Qin Zi, I was abandoned by him, can you believe it?"
Ye Qin's expression was dignified, a small representative might not be so bold, there must be boss Xinghao's intentions behind it.
But he couldn't figure it out. During the audition, Wang Haifeng and Zhang Yibai had a very happy chat, like two brothers.
No wonder, Zhang Guoshi and Zhang Weiping, known as Shuang Zhang's golden partners, also broke up with each other.
Movies, before art, are commodities, and everything else is profit!
"Qin Zi, do you have any cigarettes?"
Zhang Yibai's eyebrows were twitched together, and his fat face was distorted unnaturally.
Ye Qin was silent for a moment, took out one from Huazi's cigarette case and held it in his mouth, lit it while protecting the fire, walked towards the street lamp, and handed over the cigarette case and lighter.
Crack, crack.
Crack, crack.
Zhang Yibai was biting his cigarette tightly, unable to light the pulley lighter, and suddenly cursed in a foreign land: "Fuck, your ancestor, I feel like I am a fool!"
call.
Wisps of smoke spewed out from his mouth, Ye Qin squinted his eyes, feeling annoyed in his heart, and so did he.
The evening wind in the eastern part of the United States is not cold. On the sidewalk in front of the hotel, black and white people are surging like a tide. The two yellow-skinned and black-haired people are like two stupid people who have just rushed into the "beautiful" Hollywood world. .
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The room was filled with smoke.
"Director Zhang, we have to try!"
Ye Qin took two puffs of cigarettes and refused to admit defeat. He couldn't just sit back and watch his debut work fall into the sand like this, turning a dead horse into a living horse doctor.
"How to try, him? The investor has given up, what can the two of us do?"
Zhang Yibai lay on the bed, depressed.
In the past few days, I have been attending other people's film festivals everywhere, begging for a visit, and recommending my own movies.
Ye Qin wiped his face, even they gave up treatment, what else can I do?
Simply, hide in the room and study "The Art of Dialogue".
When he was tired from studying, he sat quietly in the lobby, taking a breath, refreshing his mind, drinking free boiled water, and frequently getting the waiter's eyes.
If you drink coffee, you need to give money, and if you pay him back, you need to give a tip.
If he really didn't know where he would go if he turned right when he went out, he would have to drink a dozen Cokes to his heart's content.
Muttering in his heart, he saw a heroic figure floating on the sofa not far away.
"A glass of American-style unsweetened milk."
Seeing the beautiful green knife between his slender fingers, the waiter smiled and took the hand without forgetting to cast a contemptuous look at himself.
"whispering sound."
Ye Qin didn't take it seriously, took a sip of the cold drink, and cast his eyes on the wheat-colored woman, with thin eyebrows and small eyes, a well-shaped nose and thick lips, and an outline that made him feel like some star.
The waiter brought the coffee, and the woman took off her sunglasses to reveal her full face.
Ye Qin raised his eyebrows, he had a big heart cultivated by getting along with a group of movie stars, and his endurance was no longer to the point where he would be shocked and surprised when he met any actor at random.
In his mind, "The Naked Agent" immediately came to mind, the graceful and enchanting dance on the bed, it was his childhood educational film second only to "The Three Sisters with Cat's Eyes".
The woman knew the rules and tipped a few dollars, and she smiled when she got the "money" from the waiter, but under her eyes, there was disappointment.
Ye Qin took the initiative to step forward, "Hello, Maggie Q?"
Li Meiqi, a Vietnamese-American mixed-race, insisted on getting along with Huaxia. He also worked hard in Xiangjiang in his early years, and his reputation was comparable to that of Zhang Baizhi, the head of Yumen at that time, the male god harvester, Azu, Guanxi, and Tingfeng. Her pomegranate dress.
Afterwards, she traveled abroad and returned to the United States, where she starred in "Mission: Impossible", "Die Hard", Mai Shiranui in "The King of Fighters", and even the lead actress in the American drama "Nikita".
This treatment is not as good as that of International Zhang, Li Bailian, and Gong Huang, and it is appropriate to suppress other small stars.
If only she could be invited to the premiere...
"Are you from Xiangjiang?"
Li Meiqi was quite surprised.
This time, I was invited to attend the closing ceremony of Tribeca. I heard a Cantonese voice and saw a handsome young man with a Chinese face saying hello to myself.
Ye Qin worked as Fa Ge's temporary language teaching assistant, and had daily conversations for a month, and his Cantonese proficiency improved by leaps and bounds.
"I'm not. I'm from Huaxia. Xiangjiang belongs to China. It can be said that Xiangjiang people are my compatriots (Xiangjiang people are my compatriots)."
He tugged at the white blouse he bought from the street stall: "Can I have your autograph?"
"of course."
Li Meiqi raised a bright smile, the loss of not being recognized as a star dissipated, and happily signed: "Are you on vacation?"
Ye Qin spoke fluent Cantonese: "No, I'm here to participate in the exhibition (no, I'm here to participate in the exhibition)."
Li Meiqi was quite surprised, "Are you an actor?"
"That's right, my film is the only film nominated for Tribeca this year."
Ye Qin raised his chin, his face didn't blush when he spoke, he blushed like a ghost, isn't what I said the truth, it's the only one, I'm just proud!
"What's the name of your show (what's the name of your movie)?"
"Miguo, Lost Indulgence." Ye Qin spoke poorly in English.
Li Meiqi took out the Tribeca brochure from his bag, scanned it carefully, and said in surprise: "The award-winning doorman has appeared, so he is the protagonist (he is the protagonist)?"
Ye Qin hooked his lips, shook his head and said, "No, I am!"
Thanks to the book friend Shen Wuhuang for the 1500 starting point coin reward.
Thanks to lax—X, the starting point activities, the gods, the wind and rain at night, the ice blue maple leaves, silence, guarding v ghost vi, fascinated by the river, sitting on the bed, getting rid of primitive people, phoenix blood, God's will, ability Can't explode more slowly, 20171121190110737, Ma Yingjun, Xiaotaiye, and Xiaotaiye's monthly ticket support.
Note: This is a fact. After receiving the invitation, Zhang Yibai went to Tribeca, and then the publisher sent a few posters and then left, leaving him behind. It is really miserable.
(End of this chapter)