"Well, no interviews, all refusals. ...... of the Movie Channel You just tell them I'm in the US, huh? Are they also in the United States? Hiss...... Okay, then you can make an appointment with them. ”

Putting the phone aside, Qin Muchu leaned on the sofa, looked up at the unfamiliar ceiling of the hotel, closed his eyes, pinched the bridge of his nose, and was a little tired.

What are the implications after being nominated for an Oscar?

The domestic media promoted "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" like crazy, and all kinds of propaganda about this movie, as if he had bought off the entire media industry.

"You don't need kung fu movies to make it to the Oscars!"

"Nominate for five awards and win the Oscars!"

"After Li Eucalyptus's "Lust Caution" was rejected, the Celestial Empire still has "When Happiness Knocks on the Door"!"

“……”

Compared with the film when it was shortlisted for the main competition unit in Berlin, the media only briefly mentioned the "shabby", and the little golden bear cried and fainted in the toilet.

In addition to news reports, the media also looked for Qin Muchu everywhere and wanted to pick him up.

But only a few people know that Qin Muchu has slipped away to the United States.

One is to go through the Oscar process, and the nominees take a group photo or something; The second is to avoid the limelight and avoid the media.

And the movie channel, commonly known as "Six Princesses", I don't know where I knew that Qin Muchu was in the United States, and I actually chased it here for an interview.

Other media can not dump it, but the "six princesses" ......

Don't look at the face of the monk to see the face of the Buddha, or pick it.

……

After a while, the call came back.

"Director Qin, they said that the time is convenient for you, and they also said that they are in Hollywood now."

As soon as Qin Muchu heard this, he understood.

Looking at the time, it's four o'clock in the afternoon.

"Okay, then it's seven o'clock tonight, you tell them my hotel room and phone number."

At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside.

"That's it, contact me if you have any questions."

He hung up and went to open the door.

Standing outside the door was one of the photographers of the crew of "When Happiness Knocks on the Door".

Rubbing his hands together, he asked:

"Director Qin, do you have any arrangements for the evening? I heard that there is a show on the Avenue of Stars tonight, do you want to go shopping? ”

"Well, the show ......"

Qin Muchu actually wanted to go.

Hollywood shows are quite interesting, some are similar to the acrobatic performances of the Celestial Empire, and some are in the form of operas, and they have seen a few shows in Hollywood these days.

But there is an interview tonight, and I can only refuse:

"There's an interview on the movie channel in the evening, and I can't go."

"Movie Channel? Which movie channel? The photographer wondered.

"CCTV six."

"They came to the United States to do interviews? Gee. ”

The photographer sighed and said to Qin Muchu:

"Then we'll go, and if it's interesting, we'll take a picture and come back to show you."

After saying that, he waved his hand and wanted to leave.

But he was stopped by Qin Muchu:

"Won't you stay? Maybe I'll pick you up a couple of words. ”

"Hehe, people must be coming for you, what are you doing with me? And, tonight is a model show......"

The photographer raised his eyebrows, and his face in his forties showed that he could only have at least eighty years of skill.

……

At half past six, the doorbell of the hotel was ringed, and Qin Muchu opened the door.

"Director Qin, hello, I am the host of this interview, Li Mi."

A young girl, followed by a master carrying a camera, and a few others with lights and light shields.

Qin Muchu was stunned for a moment, is this here to make a movie? Why is it so well equipped?

Gently shook the girl's hand that reached out:

"Hello, please come in."

Qin Muchu led a few people to the living room of the hotel, where there was a large space and enough to place those props.

"Let's interview here, you can see how it is convenient."

He didn't see the camera or the lighting board and then he had an occupational illness and commanded others.

The photographer looked around, discussed with each other for a while, talked to the host Li Mi, pointed to a pair of adjacent sofas, and said to Qin Muchu:

"You sit here, Xiao Mi sit there, can you see it?"

"Okay."

Qin Muchu agreed, but did not immediately sit on the sofa, turned around and went to the kitchen to get a hot water kettle and a few empty cups, put them on the coffee table, and poured five cups of water.

It's just the sum of the number of people in the room.

Noticing Qin Muchu's actions, a hint of surprise flashed in Li Mi's eyes:

"Thank you."

"Nothing."

Qin Muchu sat on the sofa and glanced at the girl opposite, only then did he notice that the girl was a little too young, probably about the same age as him.

Some curious asked:

"What kind of show are you guys?"

"Forehead ......"

The girl hesitated,

"Because you were nominated for an Oscar this year, we were sent here by the station to shoot the scene.

This interview was decided on an ad hoc basis, as it wasn't clear if you would be interviewed, so the name of the show had not yet been decided. ”

"Oh, that's right......"

Qin Muchu had already felt the wayward aura of the "Six Princesses".

Li Mi was also a little embarrassed, the show didn't even have a name, it seemed that it didn't seem very professional.

So I turned to the interview process:

"Director Qin, let's just talk about a few of your works in a while, if you have a question you don't want to answer, just talk about it."

Qin Muchu nodded in understanding.

After a while, the staff came over and said that they were ready, and the interview officially began.

The camera's red light turned on, and Li Mi faced the camera with a standard smile:

"Hello everyone, I'm Li Mi. Now I am located in a hotel in Hollywood, and I interviewed Qin Duchu, an excellent young director of our Celestial Empire. ”

The camera turned to Qin Muchu's direction, and Qin Muchu also waved his hand at the camera at the right time:

"Hello everyone, I'm Qin Muchu."

"In 2006, a movie called "The Gift of Room 7" was born, which set the highest box office record for a film in my country in one fell swoop.

In the same year, a TV drama called "My Love from the Star" became popular all over Asia and became the ratings champion of almost all countries in Asia at that time.

And this movie and a TV series are all the works of Director Qin, and the audience is very curious about you, but except for TV series, you rarely appear in the public eye.

Can you tell us what you do on a typical day? ”

I'm salted fish, Qin Muchu thought to himself.

But you can't say that.

After pondering for a while, he said:

"It's basically filming.

As you just said, "The Gift of Room 7" and "My Love from the Stars" were both filmed and produced in 2006, and one movie and one TV series a year have already spent almost all the time. And in addition to these two, he also made a short film and participated in the Spring Festival Gala. ”

"Don't you even have time to participate in the promotion of movies and TV series? You don't seem to be seen very often. ”

"Uh......" Qin Muchu couldn't speak for a long time.

Li Mi also saw Qin Muchu's embarrassment and said:

"If it's not convenient to answer, we'll skip this question."

"No, well, I can answer it, it's actually my personal personality problem, I'm not used to sitting in front of the stage.

In my spare time from filming, I want to take a break and give myself a vacation.

I just need to shoot movies and TV series well, and then leave the rest to someone else to do, which is the most comfortable state for me. ”

"You don't want to get too much attention?" Li Mi extracted the meaning of Qin Muchu's words.

"Yes, I shoot things, and then the audience can watch them if they want to see them, and that's enough."

Qin Muchu paused, and then said:

"I can understand the audience's mood of chasing stars, because I used to chase stars, but I still hope everyone can distinguish the difference between actors and characters.

In fact, I don't have anything to know about myself, and the audience's impression of me may be the alien professor Qin Mingzhe in "Star You", but that is just a character I created, and the gap with me is still quite big. ”

Li Mi nodded.

There are not many directors and actors in the entertainment industry who don't like exposure, but most of them are middle-aged or elderly, and there are not many young people like Qin Muchu.

The topic was over, and Li Mi brought up another topic.

"Let's talk about your latest movie, When Happiness Knocks on the Door."

"Okay."

"Have you ever heard about the box office of When Happiness Knocks on the Door" in China and North America?"

"Well, I did. In China, it was released for a week until yesterday, and the box office was 96 million. The North American side grossed $28 million in the fourth week. ”

Although Li Mi had known this data for a long time, he couldn't help but have a look of shock in his eyes when he heard it again.

At home and abroad, the box office is close to 300 million yuan a week.

That's a terrifying number.

So much money, how can you spend it?

Thinking of this, her gaze at Qin Muchu was a little complicated.

But her professional ethics made her quickly adjust her mentality and ask again:

"I heard that the cost of this movie doesn't seem very high?"

"Yes, the production cost and the publicity and distribution cost are combined, about seven or eight million, less than ten million." Qin Muchu nodded.

"Suck ...... Whew......"

Li Mi took a deep breath and exhaled again.

Qin Muchu looked at her a little strangely, but he didn't ask what was wrong while recording.

However, Li Mi took the initiative to speak:

"Sorry, I just got angry, let's continue. Do you think the film will be able to break box office records at home and abroad? ”

After a pause, she explained:

"The domestic is your own Chinese film with the highest box office record, and abroad is the Chinese film with the highest box office record in North America "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

Qin Muchu thought seriously for a while, and finally shook his head:

"I don't know...... I really don't know, in fact, the performance of the movie is difficult to predict, and there are many factors that affect it.

Many movies sell well without knowing why, and they lose money without knowing why.

To be honest, I didn't expect the two movies I made to have such a high box office, in fact, I don't have any pursuit of the box office of the movie, as long as I don't lose money. ”

Nothing to pursue.

Just don't pay off.

Li Mi could barely control the expression on his face.

"Are you stressed? You have always had such a high box office, if you make a movie that is not so high at the box office in the future, will you be a little unacceptable? ”

made a low-grossing movie......

Qin Muchu thought about it, and he really felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

As the saying goes, it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift.

When you reach a certain height and have honor, it is not easy to go on again.

Not only is it difficult to convince oneself, but the pressure of public opinion from the outside world is also huge.

"It's too fake to say that it is completely unaffected, and it will definitely be lost, as for how unacceptable it is......

Squalling? complaining that the audience doesn't know how to appreciate?

I don't know, if there is a day, I'll tell you then, haha. ”

Qin Muchu's frankness made Li Mi smile a little more, and at this time she felt that the person she was interviewing in front of her was her own peer.

"Let's talk about the awards, the film was shortlisted for the Berlin Film Festival and nominated for the Oscar, how do you feel?"

"Happy."

This time, Qin Muchu did not hesitate.

He recalls that when he made "The Gift of Room Seven", the film was almost entirely "on picture", and he only had a little bit of his own stuff.

So he said:

"I was a little confused when I filmed "The Gift of Room No. 7", because it was my first film, and when I made it, I only knew that it was good to shoot like this, but I didn't know why it was good, so I could only take the drawn storyboard and tell the photographer, the props, they, shoot like this.

Fortunately, the behind-the-scenes staff of the drama team are very good, and the actors are also very good, my second uncle Jiang Wu, Chen Daomin, and Zhang Shi...... They all helped me a lot, otherwise that drama might not have been filmed.

That movie was the most unconfident movie for me, and it became a hit, and it broke the box office record for some reason......"

Li Mi listened to it with relish, and even imagined in his mind the apprehension of an ignorant teenager when he became a director for the first time, the anxiety and dazedness when facing many things he didn't understand, and some sympathy in his heart.

But when she heard the back, she couldn't help but twitch the corners of her mouth.

The most unconfident?

Inexplicably broke the box office record?

Is this what people say?

What the hell was I sympathizing with just now!?

And Qin Muchu didn't notice her expression, and continued to say:

"When I got to "Star You", I learned a lot, and I gradually learned how to shoot the pictures I wanted, I could direct the lighting, photography, etc., and tell them how to do it, rather than just telling them the result and letting them shoot like that.

Later, when I was filming the short film "Li Qingzhao", I was already able to control the crew in great detail, the selection and placement of props, the production of costumes, the movement of actors, the use of lenses, and the adjustment of lighting...... I'll do it all.

That's when I felt like a director.

And "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" is my first work after "becoming a director", so I want to win the award to see if I really become a director.

It's like ...... It's like a student who has been half-guessing and getting a good score in the previous exam, and then he learns knowledge and relies on his strength to take the exam again.

Now that the test results are out, it's not bad, which proves that he has indeed learned......"

……

"Okay, Director Qin, then we'll go first, we'll show you when the video of the interview is edited back, if there's anything inappropriate, you tell us, and we'll change it."

"No, no, that's too troublesome, since I said it, there's nothing I can't post."

"That'...... Okay, listen to you, you stay. ”

At the door of the room, Qin Muchu shook hands with the photographer and sent away the personnel sent by the "Six Princesses" for interviews.

At the end of the interview, he learned that the leader of the group was not the host Li Mi, but the photographer.

Normally, when it comes out for an interview, it must be dominated by the host, and they don't know what the situation is.

However, the "six princesses" are normal to do things unusually.

……

On the other side, the "six princesses" who got out of the hotel got into their car and prepared to leave for back.

As soon as he got in the car, Li Mi asked the photographer:

"Brother Sun, do we respect the guests so much? Can guests still participate in program review? ”

She wanted to ask as soon as she went out, and she endured it until now.

During the interview, if the guest has a question that he doesn't want to answer, he chooses not to answer, and the program team generally allows it, after all, this is an interview, not a police inquiry.

But after the show is done, it will be shown to the guests and changed according to the guests' requirements, which is outrageous.

"How is that possible?"

The photographer subconsciously replied.

In the next second, he reacted to what Li Mi said.

Smiled, pinching his somewhat sore shoulder:

"Xiaomi, let me ask you, who is in charge of our Taiwan?"

Although Li Mi only entered the movie channel this year, she still knows this common sense, and replied without thinking:

"Zhongying."

Although the movie channel is CCTV six, it is not actually under the jurisdiction of CCTV, but just hangs a CCTV brand.

They are managed by the program production center of the movie channel under China Film, so it is not wrong to say that it is managed by China Film.

"Okay, I understand."

The photographer laughed, looked at it and seemed to understand something, Li Mi, who was silent and did not speak, patted the driver's seat:

"Lao Liu, let's go."

(End of chapter)