At noon the next day.

Twelve hours have passed since the release of the new album and three days before the start of the campus film festival.

The festival will take place three days later, on Thursday, for a total of ten days, until next weekend. Compared with the world's top film festival such as Cannes, the campus film festival of USC is much smaller and has a lot of brief links.

For example, the Cannes Film Festival has six or seven units, large and small, taking care of veteran directors and new directors, and the USC Film Festival has three units.

The first is the main competition unit: a total of fifteen films were selected to compete for the main awards.

The second is the short film unit: the selected films are all short films or micro-films, and they do not participate in the competition, which is considered a consolation prize.

The third is the parallel unit: all of them are feature-length films that were not selected for the main competition but were still watchable.

In the three units, the contestants are basically young rookie directors or college students, like Paul, who is already the "senior" in this batch of newcomers.

All shortlisted films will be screened in the USC Theatre, the Great Hall and the Film Institute's major screening halls.

As for the judges, there are a variety of directors, actors, screenwriters, film critics, soundtrack composers, etc., as well as professors from the USC Film School.

Liu Pian got the news from Zhou Mulan that there will also be some big-name filmmakers in Hollywood, such as Paul's father: Ronald, as well as famous movie stars and so on.

Liu Pian could think with his toes that Ronald was definitely here to support his son.

But he didn't care anymore.

He doesn't care about the awards at the film festival at all, it doesn't matter if he gets it or not, he only cares about the box office. It may be a bit arrogant and philistine to say this, but the USC Film Festival is really not great, and this is the first time it has been held.

And "Blair the Witch" is a movie that can't be more bizarre, if you want to say that it has any artistry, it is absolutely impossible to talk about it, so it is basically disqualified to compete for the final award.

But when it comes to attention and popularity, Liu Pian is completely true.

.....

On the 29th, the film festival officially began.

USC is now on vacation, but because of the film festival, it is much more lively than usual, and the campus is bustling and jubilant, and many students simply do not leave, waiting for the film festival to end and go home.

The film festival has a uniform admission certificate, that is, the ticket, which must be purchased for a certain amount of US dollars, but there is no restriction on the number of buyers.

As for the red carpet links, they are all omitted, just go through the motions.

At this moment, the opening ceremony of the film festival was held in the school auditorium, and Liu Pian, Zhou Mulan and others were all present.

The opening ceremony was hosted by the dean of the film school, and after Rory spoke at the same time, he announced the list of fifteen films in the main competition unit.

In addition to Paul's "Murderer", there is also "Blair the Witch" by Liu Pian and Zhou Mulan.

When the old dean read the word witch, there was a lot of commotion in the audience.

But apparently, people are interested in the film not because of the quality of the film itself, but because of the mysterious events behind it. In other words, people don't face this movie with the purpose of appreciating the movie at all, it is purely curiosity and fear of witches.

In addition, Liu Pian was stunned to hear the name of "Ghoul".

This movie actually broke into the main competition?

"Steven, this guy is awesome!" Liu Pian sighed.

"Who is Steven?" Liu Yi on the side said curiously.

"A madman. Zhou Mulan complained, "This guy is my senior, a very good Chinese student in the directing department, but his taste is more unique and he loves cult films." ”

"Cult films?" Liu Yi played, "Is it the kind of movie that is particularly erotic and exposed?"

Zhou Mulan: "Uh..."

Liu Pian smiled, "That's right, it's the kind of movie you have in mind, if you're interested, you can go and see this ghoul, it's particularly exposed, you can see anything." ”

And people have stripped them of their skins, and they can even see the inside of the human body.

But Liu Pian won't tell Liu Yi this.

But Liu Yi is not a fool, he said half-convinced, "You kid won't fool me, right? The name ghoul, no matter how I look at it, it doesn't look like a small movie." ”

"Don't you dare to take a look?" Liu Pian shrugged his shoulders and made a radical move.

Liu Yi also liked to eat this trick, and nodded hesitantly, "Okay, I'll take a look."

Mu Lan, do you want to be together?"

"No, no, no. Zhou Mulan shook her head decisively, "Go by yourself, I'm still busy with the broadcast of "Blair the Witch", so I don't have time." ”

Cruel horror movies are not in vain, they are extremely unfriendly to patients who faint from blood, and they can vomit everything they ate yesterday.

After a short time, the opening ceremony ended, everyone took a stand, and the next week or so was the time period for the film rounds of each unit, and the awards would be presented on the last day.

When Liu Pian and the others walked out of the auditorium, a group of people suddenly walked up to the side, led by a middle-aged man with gray hair, who was meticulously dressed, but there was an artistic beard at the corner of his mouth.

Beside him, followed by a handsome blonde young man, it was none other than the outstanding student of the film school: Paul.

"Miss Ariel, Mr. Liu. Paul greeted him with a polite smile.

"Hello. Liu Pian and Zhou Mulan nodded.

"This is my father, Ronald, and I'm sure you're all familiar with it. Paul introduces the middle-aged man around him.

Of course, Zhou Mulan is no stranger, in fact, Liu Pian is not a stranger, Ronald's films have been released in China more than once, and there are a group of Chinese fans.

Ronald knew Zhou Mulan, but he didn't have any impression of Liu Pian, he just smiled politely at Liu Pian and nodded, and then asked Zhou Mulan, "Didn't your father come today?"

"Here he is, but he's not with me, maybe you can find him at the organizers. ”

Ronald nodded, then said a few polite words in the tone of the elders caring for the juniors, and then turned to leave. Paul smiled playfully, "Ariel, what about your film? I didn't see your name, didn't I even make it to the main competition? Maybe I should go to the parallel unit to find it? If I don't find it in the parallel section, it will be disappointing to me, and I look forward to a fair fight with you." ”

Zhou Mulan gritted her teeth in anger, but thinking of the deception plan of "Blair the Witch", she couldn't help but mock Paul.

It's not time to reveal the director's identity.

Liu Pian took a step forward and said with a smile: "Do you feel very proud to have been selected for the main competition unit of an unpopular film festival?"

Since knowing that "Ghoul" can be selected for the main competition unit, Liu Pian no longer has much hope for the quality of this film festival.

Think about it, almost all of the contestants are students and newcomers, how many people can make their debut work a hit?

Hearing this, Paul's face was not good, and he said with a calm face: "What do you mean?

"No, no, no. Liu Pian shook her head, "I don't mean to look down on this film festival, it's just that your opponents are all students, and you should know how much strength your classmates have." They don't have any money, they don't have such a big investment as you, they don't have an excellent script, and they may not have such good results and strength as you. In fact, you know in your heart that it will be difficult for them to compete with you. ”

"Well, you know. ”

"But don't underestimate others either. Liu Pian smiled, "You should aim for the long term, not just the trophy of this film festival." For example, this film festival, the box office of certain films can surprise you. ”

"Compared to the box office?" Paul was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, "This is the most interesting thing I have heard, I admit that my film is not mature enough, maybe it can't compete with the excellent commercial films in the film market, but it can't beat the other films in the film festival?"

Liu Pian shrugged, "Time will tell." ”

Paul silently raised his middle finger in his heart, and glanced at Liu Pian and Zhou Mulan with disdain, "But so what? At least it has nothing to do with you, your movie is not even qualified to be shortlisted, haha, you can't even appear in your name." ”

Liu Pian's eyes narrowed slightly, but he didn't refute it.

Time will tell.

Time reveals the truth.

.....

The crowd parted unhappily at the door of the auditorium, and Paul left arrogantly, leaving behind a strange look on his face.

Liu Yi looked at Paul like a fool, "By the way, doesn't he know that the witch Blair was filmed by you?"

Not only did he not know, but not many people in the United States knew about it, and everyone thought that it was taken by the missing Jesse trio. Liu Pian smiled faintly, "So you kid keep your mouth tight, if the leak ruins our plan, Mu Lan and I will send you to the forbidden land in Maryland, if you have anything to say, you can explain to the witch." ”

Zhou Mulan also stared at Liu Yi with a warning gaze, "Don't tell anyone else!"

Liu Yi raised his hand innocently, "Am I the kind of person with a big mouth? But are you really sure you can beat that guy at the box office?"

"Not sure. Liu Pian shook her head.

"Huh?"

"Because I haven't seen Paul's films. Liu Pian said, "At least we know that we know each other, right?"

"Then go and see?" Zhou Mulan said curiously, "This afternoon, Paul's movie will be screened." ”

"Let's go. Liu Yi urged.

"Okay, let's take a look. Liu Pian nodded, "People who don't have strength don't dare to be arrogant, I hope he doesn't let us down." ”

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