189. Chapter XXVIII
"Winnie? No, I don't know. "Everyone in the know knows that the matter of Cui Qi and Winnie is not "Double-Sided" for publicity and hype at all, on the contrary, "Double-Sided" is used to promote their scandal. Since it's not hype, then the paparazzi's conjecture can't help but be crooked, on the first night when he couldn't find Winnie, the old Matt called Cui Qi to ask him, and then Ben and the corner contacted Wilson and then contacted his publicity company, and what was even more surprising was that there was Winnie's agent.
Cui Qi was very depressed, he said more than once that he and Winnie had ended a long time ago, and now the relationship is so clear that it can't be clearer anymore, but not many people seem to believe him.
"I know, I know, Keeley," Winnie's agent said in plain detail, and then asked him, "You really don't know where Winnie went?" ”
"I don't know!" Cui Qi accent not.
"Keeley, if you know where Winnie went, please tell me, it's important, how can she leave without warning at such a time?!" Winnie's agent still doesn't believe it, and Cui Qi is about to go crazy.
"I really don't know, we broke up a long time ago, and now we don't have any, any contact," Cui Qi emphasized, changing her tone: "Why don't you ask her family?" ”
"Oh, sorry, Keeley, I just thought she might call you if something happened to her......" Winnie's agent was still babbling on the other end of the spectrum explaining, "You know what? She's not been in good health lately, she just went to the hospital a while ago, I'm just worried about her, if she contacts you I want you to give me a call, it's important! Very important! ”
"Okay, I'll sue you if she calls me, I promise," Cui replied casually, he just wanted to end the call sooner rather than later. Cui Qi didn't think that Winnie's disappearance would have anything to do with him at all, neither of them would say the word "love", he needed temperature, she needed companionship, and she was quickly tired of being lost and walking together for a while...... If you can, Cui Qi still wants to be with Winnie, this kind of being together may not be the only one that belongs to you, she is not Xie Sirong, Cui Qi clearly knows that he just thinks that now is the right time to have a wife and a home, just like the father and mother and princess in the previous life, respecting each other as harmoniously as Binqinse. But Winnie refused. Probably because of the difference in the way of thinking between China and the West? Cui Qi just regretted it for a moment, and did what he had to do.
"If you're lucky, "Life" may be able to start filming a few months early," at a celebrity dinner in Hollywood, ** met with Cui Qi to tell him the good news. In addition to the "Double-Faced" crew and Wilson, Cui Qi's award is also happy for Miss Robert and ** Servette. Cui Qi's fame means that "Life" will have more investment, there will be more audiences in the future, businessmen will be profitable, in Hollywood, this is common sense that no one needs to say, after Cui Qi received Spree's Silver Bear Award, "Life", which was intended to make a small-budget movie, suddenly received millions of dollars in investment, which is not much, this is just the beginning, and it is a good beginning.
"If we had more investment, maybe we could be a little more extravagant," Cui Qi, who has participated in many crews, deeply understands the reality that poor crews are more difficult than those who ask for food, and to tell the truth, he also likes blockbuster crews...... But this is too rare for literary films.
"Yes, I have a whole new idea, and we can shoot better." Needless to say, Cui Qi and ** smiled tacitly, there are some things that everyone understands, for example, at this dinner, Cui Qi and ** are also responsible for attracting investment. If it was still a few years ago, when Cui Qi encountered such a thing as pulling investment, he would have left without saying a word, he was tired of these, but now he will not, he is much more active, because he knows that low-cost movies are limited by funds and it is difficult to make good results, no matter how talented and excellent the director is, he is also helpless in the face of a poor crew when he encounters a shortage of funds, unless he has luck like Calvin, but even "Even Curse", which is said to have a shooting fund of only 30,000 US dollars, in the later stage, Miss Robert invested millions of dollars to ask the editor to do publicity...... In order to exaggerate the publicity and attract the audience, everyone wisely did not include these expenses, and of course, Miss Robert proved that the funds were well invested.
This is the first time Cui has attended a private celebrity dinner, and after winning the Spree Silver Bear Award, he won a ticket to Hollywood's top circles, although in the United States Auburns is the mainstream, but given that "Double Face" will participate in next year's Orbans competition, everyone does not mind opening the door to the top circle for him early, and everyone foresees his potential...... As for success? Sorry, Orbins isn't that friendly to the Oriental face, but for the sake of the Oriental market behind him, it's appropriate to give a nomination.
"That's Mrs. Triross, she prefers to invest in romance films...... After a strange pause, the introduction of ** added: "The love of the rainbow flag," and then he introduced the next one: "Martha Green, she likes detective films, but the taste of investment is very mixed, she has a special investment team behind her, and next to her in a red dress is Elena Colin, she only likes handsome men and beautiful women, as long as she meets her eyes, she can ...... any film"
**And Cui Qi belongs to a rare race here, if there is no exclusion, in this regard,** expressed calmness, he introduced Cui Qi to several black movie stars, and introduced the characters in the banquet to tell him which can be the goal, Cui Qi was a little puzzled: "Why do you always introduce women?" ”
"I thought you were good at dealing with them?" Blinking and looking innocent.
Silently, Cui Qi gave up discussing this issue in depth, and he went straight to the point: "Who do you think would want to invest in Life?" ”
"Honestly?" **Ask.
Cui Qi nodded.
"If you are willing to spend a fantastic night...... Somebody's willing," he thought for a moment, embellishing himself with a lot of adjectives.
Cui Qi: "......" He kind of hates the truth of **.
"Have you done it?" He asked, raising an eyebrow, looking ill-willed.
Squeezed his eyebrows and winked: "Okay, I did it, you know, black people are always hard!" Seeing that ** has a tendency to show off his love history, Cui Qi wisely broke the topic: "The shooting was a few months in advance...... I've got to go home, and you'll have to let me know sooner if the shooting is confirmed. ”
"Back to the East?" **Ask.
"Yes, I haven't been home for two years," Cui Qi's face softened and a smile appeared on the topic. Last year, because he couldn't go back because of his passport, but this year he was busy receiving awards at major European film festivals, Cui Qi didn't go home for two years, and every time his aunt read it on the phone, she always hoped that he could go back to Wangdu.
"Okay, I'll let you know in advance," ** nodded, introducing the new wave, Cui Qi waved his hand, this wave he knew, Winnie and her aunt and cousin, I had only heard of it, Cui Qi was not familiar with them, and turned his head to consider who might invest in "Life". African-American directors and actors from the East, this combination is too novel, and few people can accept it among investment rationalists, which is why ** is more inclined to female investors, focusing on those ladies who are particularly emotional. It's just that...... Would they really be so generous?
Obviously, there is a big gap between the ideal and the reality. Taking advantage of the opportunity to serve the wine, Cui Qi and Miss Colin talked, but a few words were just the most polite greetings, seeing that the other party ** made Mrs. Triros laugh, Cui Qi had a sense of frustration, and took a sip of Rafe, he thought that maybe he could talk about some interesting topics, what does Miss Colin like? Handsome Men and Beautiful Women...... Then Cui Qi regretted very much that he brought up this topic, Miss Colin was so enthusiastic that he couldn't stand it, he kept lowering his head and sipping wine to hide his stiff smile, and he had to greet him from time to time and say "yes", "great" and "very good", Cui Qi was tired, and then he was bent on ending the topic and leaving early, fortunately this opportunity came soon, although the way he left the scene was really bad.
Cui Qi became famous again, was splashed with a glass of wine by Nina Black, and left in a mess, and Cui Qi was stunned during the whole process. He really didn't know where he had provoked Winnie's cousin, and without warning, just after he had agreed to Miss Colin's next meeting, Nina Black, who was standing in front of him to the left, suddenly turned around and poured a glass of red wine in her hand at her, her head raised, her chin slightly raised, and her posture very similar to that of Winnie.
"You're a jerk!" She scolded, and then turned away mercilessly, leaving behind a proud back.
Cui Qi: "......" flashed not anger and madness in an instant, but speechlessness, the American model? He couldn't understand the humor of the Americans at all, he was terrible about the wine banquet, he wiped the red wine off his face, he laughed, and when he entered the bathroom, he saw that the people in the mirror had dark eyes and expressionless faces, and he couldn't laugh at all. The sound of water in the faucet was "whooshing", Cui Qi put his whole head under the faucet, and the cold water flowed down his neck, stimulating the whole person.
A little homesick. Cui Xuan propped himself up on the washstand, closed his eyes, and suppressed the sourness that had risen for a while. Everyone at the banquet was watching him, curious and schadenfreude, and they whispered to each other, isolating themselves from a corner where stood their lone selves. For a moment, he felt very cold, maybe the air conditioner was turned on too much, maybe he drank too much, Cui Qi thought, he wanted to sleep now. He misses the sun-smelling quilt at home, and every time he comes home in the past, someone always prepares a soft quilt for him. Maybe next month we can look back and sleep well in his little narrow room, he thought, and couldn't help but smile, and then suddenly remembered that the house had been demolished, like a sledgehammer struck down and a hole in his heart.