Chapter Eleven The Seventeenth Spanish Goya Awards
After all the actors were in place, the filming of Suning's first movie "Elevator" began. The crew was a temporary crew introduced by Huang Lei.
Although everyone's experience is seriously insufficient, after a period of running in, they gradually become more capable.
The hard work is definitely hard work. Although Suning did not expect to become famous or make a lot of money with "Elevator", she still did not want to mess up the first movie, so Suning had no intention of relaxing.
The reason why horror movies are scary is because of the suspense of the story and the post-production special effects and dubbing. In fact, the real set is still very "ghostly".
After a period of getting used to each other, everyone integrated into this young group and gradually relaxed. Faced with scenes such as the male protagonist Lu Fangsheng drinking blood and urine in the elevator, the creative staff felt a little happy.
It doesn't feel as scary as everyone thinks.
Today is a very important scene, which is a taboo office scene between the black-hearted boss Zhu Yawen and the wife of another partner, Jiang Yan, the heroine of "Elevator".
In order to be able to be released normally in China, Suning had people prepare a pool table on the set, and then arranged for the heroine Jiang Yan to put on a cheongsam and do as many body-prominent movements as possible. The specific plot can only be figured out by the audience later.
Of course, in the other foreign version, there was not so much consideration. Suning asked the crew to clear the scene, leaving only himself as the director and three other actors.
Seeing that he failed to meet his own standards after trying several times, either Zhu Yawen was too nervous or his movements felt very stiff.
"Zhu Yawen, what on earth did you do?
When the next semester starts after the summer vacation, we will be sophomore students from Nortel!
Don’t you even know how to behave at this basic level?”
"I...I..." Zhu Yawen did not answer Suning directly, but kept looking at Suning and Jiang Yan with sneaky eyes.
Noticing Zhu Yawen's intriguing eyes, how could Suning not guess what he was thinking? She suddenly felt speechless. Could it be that she and Jiang Yan couldn't get along?
"Jiang Yan, please explain our relationship clearly to Zhu Yawen!"
"Ah?" Jiang Yan quickly understood why Zhu Yawen couldn't let go. She must have thought that Suning and Jiang Yan would rekindle their old relationship.
Thinking of this, Jiang Yan showed a fleeting and complicated expression, and then explained with a forced smile, "Zhu Yawen, we are all professional actors!
You don’t need to worry about too much!
Besides, Suning and I are already in the past, so you don’t need to worry too much about our relationship!”
"..." The parties involved explained clearly, Zhu Yawen stopped being pretentious, and slowly relaxed his mind.
Seeing that Zhu Yawen no longer struggled with his relationship with Jiang Yan and that the subsequent filming was proceeding in an orderly manner, Suning breathed a sigh of relief.
Realizing that an ex-girlfriend is already so troublesome, I suddenly felt lucky that Gao Dayuan didn't take the role of "Elevator", otherwise I wouldn't have known what trouble these bad friends of mine would cause.
Another important scene is the various survival methods used by the male protagonist Lu Fangsheng in the elevator. Although according to the plan of the black-hearted boss Zhu Yawen and his colleague Luo Jin, they did not want to kill Lu Fangsheng, but just wanted to warn Lu Fangsheng as much as possible, and
Lu Fangsheng lost the opportunity for promotion, but to some extent the male protagonist Lu Fangsheng was already dead.
Moreover, the male protagonist Lu Fangsheng does not know the thoughts of the black-hearted boss Zhu Yawen and his colleague Luo Jin. After a day or two of anxious waiting and random thinking, the male protagonist Lu Fangsheng has entered the extreme of survival, so the next highlight of the movie is
key.
The male protagonist Lu Fangsheng's actions in the elevator were very explosive and bloody. Anyway, in order to avoid causing nausea and discomfort to the main creative staff, Suning still decided to clear the scene when filming the foreign version.
"Oh! Do you think there is something wrong with our little director?
Why are you clearing the place again!"
"Haha, who knows!
We are just working!
Just use the money to do things, don’t worry too much!”
"Hey, you are right!
But I heard that the last passionate scene was cleared, and Zhu Yawen and Jiang Yan had such an exciting time!"
"Ah? Please tell me the specific operation!
Tell me, why are today’s young people so good at playing? The first scene made me excited!"
"Hey, I can't say the specifics!
If you really want to know, just go abroad and watch that version!
It’s definitely restricted!”
"Well! I'm going to go to Hong Kong while I'm resting!
I want to see what tricks our little director is up to!"
...
Suning didn't care about the comments from the outside world and kept nervously watching the filming progress. As a result, the filming was completed before April 1st as expected, and then immediately started the subsequent editing process.
"Suning, you are too impatient!" Huang Lei looked at Suning in front of him and felt a little surprised.
"Teacher Huang, I want to release it in time for Labor Day this year!"
"Ah? SARS is still raging now!
It’s not a good decision for you to release it at this time!”
"Teacher Huang, let me tell you the truth!
I guess SARS will disappear after the weather warms up!
It just so happens that I, a newcomer who is not taken seriously, can receive preferential treatment from the theater chain at this special point!"
"Haha, you kid!
This is completely a gambler’s mentality!”
"Haha, I also took note of the SARS epidemic and that's why I rushed to make my first movie!"
After two different versions of "Elevator" were cut out, Suning was relieved until he saw the finished film. This film perfectly expressed all his thoughts.
After seeing the foreign version of "Elevator", Suning felt lucky to have chosen Lu Fangsheng. His performance was so perfect. The transformation of a passionate young man into a heart-rending executioner was bloody and expressed in the movie.
Thinking of so many foreign film awards, Suning chose the Spanish film Goya Award. Although the Goya Award is not as famous as the Cannes Film Festival and the Berlin Film Festival, it is still the most suitable for this horror film "Elevator".
After sending "Elevator" to the Goya Award, Suning didn't pay much attention to it, and then quietly waited for news in China. It wasn't until "Elevator" had five nominations that Suning took a plane to fly to
Spain.
Among all the foreigners with blond hair and blue eyes, Suning, an Oriental who works alone, must be the one who is rejected, but Suning does not care about other people's attitudes.
Every film festival is a vanity fair for stars from all over the world. Many stars would rather shamelessly stay on the red carpet for a while for the sake of publicity, until they are kicked off by impatient staff.
Although his "Elevator" received five nominations for the Goya Awards, it was still screened in a corner, and there were very few interested viewers.
Suning also went to see a few films, but the few audiences always made Suning feel depressed. With an out-of-sight attitude, Suning simply stopped paying attention to the film festival and instead wandered outside.
However, looking at Madrid's tense epidemic prevention policy, Suning no longer had the mood to continue shopping, so she thought about taking a taxi back to her hotel.
Although Suning didn't speak Spanish, she still had no problem using English, a common international language. Suning, who was wearing a mask, told the driver who was also wearing a mask the address of the hotel, and then the driver started the car clearly.
Suddenly, a very tightly wrapped woman opened the back door of the taxi and sat down unceremoniously.
Ignoring the surprised looks from Suning and the driver, the mysterious woman said to the driver politely, "i the mint!"
"Okay!" Suning looked at Suning with a playful expression, because Suning was also going to Minte Vinci Hotel.
After the taxi started, the mysterious woman ignored Suning. After more than 20 minutes, the taxi finally arrived at the Minte Vinchi Hotel. The mysterious woman took out a hundred-yuan dollar bill and handed it to the driver, and then got out of the car.
.
"Oh! That's great!
Thank you! Generous young lady!” The driver thanked the mysterious woman’s back in surprise.
When Suning was about to pay the fare, the driver refused directly, "Sir, you don't have to pay your fare!"
"Oh? Then I'm so lucky today!" Suning was quite happy to be able to save a few dollars.
As soon as Suning, who was wearing a mask, entered the hotel lobby, the mysterious woman turned around with an angry expression, "Damn it! When are you going to follow me?"
"Huh? Miss, I think you have misunderstood!
I am also a guest staying at this hotel!”
"Humph! Who are you lying to?
This is the Mintel Vinci Hotel, a famous four-star hotel in Madrid. Can you, a reporter, afford it?" The mysterious woman sneered at Suning's explanation.
"Huh?" Suning said nothing and took out his room card and waved it in front of the mysterious woman's eyes.
"Oh! My God!
This world is so crazy!
A reporter can stay at the Mint Vinci Hotel!
Will the boss of your newspaper reimburse you?"
Seeing the mysterious woman in front of him, he still thought he was a reporter taking candid photos. Suning realized that she was a silly woman, so she stopped explaining anything and directly passed the silly woman in front of her and took the elevator back to her room.
"Shit!" Suning's behavior was regarded as stalking by the mysterious woman.
Ignoring this incomprehensible woman, Suning went back to her room and went to the bathroom to take a shower.
As soon as I got out of the shower, I heard the doorbell, and then Suning, wearing a bathrobe, went over to open the door. After all, Suning thought it was a waiter.
As a result, as soon as I opened the door, I saw the mysterious woman again, and the woman was holding a bottle of red wine and two glasses. "It seems that you are so dedicated, I will have a drink with you!"
"Huh? Miss, you really misunderstood!
I am really a guest of this hotel, and I am participating in this Goya Award!”
"Shh! I see you are an Oriental!
There is a saying in the East that explanation is cover-up!
You are really crazy!" The woman firmly did not believe Suning's explanation.
Looking at the stupid woman in front of him who refused to listen to the explanation, Suning suddenly realized that he had met a local "gangster", and the woman in front of him was most likely a "bait" released by the "gangster", so the woman forced her way into Suning's room.
Suning did not choose to close its doors.
Looking back, she found that Suning was still standing at the door defensively, with no intention of closing the door. The woman began to be surprised, then put down the red wine and red wine glass in her hand, and finally took off her hat, sunglasses, and
The windbreaker that covered me tightly.
Suning looked at the woman's strange behavior and became more sure of his suspicion. It seemed that he was really in trouble, but he couldn't figure out where he had seen this woman.
"You...you are?"
"Yes! I am the Cameron Tiaci you want to secretly photograph!"
"What? Are you Cameron?" Suning then realized why she felt familiar. It turned out that the other person was a big star in Hollywood.
"Ahem! You are so dedicated!
But can you stop pretending!
Didn't you spend so much money just to secretly take a few photos of me and do an exclusive interview?"
"I......"
"I can fulfill your request!
But you also have to promise to make me look beautiful, not puffy and dark like most candid photos!"
"..." Suning had never met such a stupid woman, and she didn't know how to explain it for a moment.
Cameron Tiaci seemed to have something on his mind. He didn't take Suning, a strange man, seriously, but just kept to himself and started drinking.
Cameron has a really bad temper, but her drinking capacity is very low. She was completely drunk before she even drank half a bottle of red wine.
Suning smiled bitterly and helped Cameron to his bedroom, and then he became the "director" hard, wondering what all this was about.
Early the next morning, the hungover Cameron woke up and looked at the unfamiliar room in surprise. Only then did he remember the madness last night. He quickly checked his situation and found that he had not even taken off his high heels, which proved that
That "reporter" is truly a gentleman.
Cameron came to the living room and saw Suning, who was the "director", and suddenly felt a little embarrassed.
"Sir, I'm really sorry!
I was too reckless last night!"
"Ms. Cameron, I am Suning!
A director from Eastern China!
This time I came to Madrid to attend the 17th Goya Film Festival!"
"Ah? Director! So young!"
"Haha, so Miss Cameron, you really misunderstood!" Seeing that Cameron Tiaci still looked suspicious, Suning reluctantly took out his passport and short-term visa.
Cameron took Suning's ID in surprise. It took her a long time to realize that she had made a mistake yesterday, and she really started to blush.
"Mr. Su, I'm sorry!
I've caused you trouble!" Cameron bowed to Suning and apologized.
"Eh? Miss Cameron, just let go of the misunderstanding!"
I won’t take it to heart!”
"Mr. Su, thank you for your understanding!
Can I know the name of the movie you are participating in?"