I become a big star after I sleep

Chapter 201
Late at night, the hotel room was filled with smoke, Jiang Wen lowered his head to smoke, and the ashtray was already full of cigarette butts.

After finishing another cigarette, he reached out to touch the cigarette case, but found it was empty.

"Any more?" Jiang Wen's voice was hoarse.

"No, just buy two packs."

Qin Muchu stood by the window, breathing the fresh air outside.

"How can you just buy two packs when you are riding a horse? Two packs, two packs for riding a horse are enough for a horse to do!"

Jiang Wen patted the table repeatedly, making the table crackle.

Very angry.

But Qin Muchu knew that this "anger" was not directed at him.

Cheng Zuming was arrested.

As soon as he left the exhibition hall of the film festival, he was taken away by the local police in Venice on the grounds that someone reported him as a drug dealer.

This is still the police considering the significant influence of the Venice Film Festival. Instead of directly arresting people in the progress hall, they notified the film festival officials.

As soon as the official heard that he was from the Celestial Dynasty and an actor participating in the film festival, he thought of Zhang Yimou, the chairman of the judging committee, and asked him to negotiate.

That's what Zhang Yimou told Jiang Wen at the time.

……

The smell of smoke in the room dissipated a little, Qin Muchu looked at Jiang Wen who had calmed down after venting:

"Would you like some cigars?"

"If you don't smoke, that stuff won't relieve your worries, and you have to smoke horses." Jiang Wen responded in a muffled voice.

Then he leaned on the sofa, pinching his sore eyes:

"What is this horse riding called? I came to a film festival and the actors were arrested. This horse riding is also a record."

Seeing Jiang Wen's distressed look, Qin Muchu thought differently from him.

"I'm glad."

"Happy?"

Jiang Wen sat up "squeaking" and stared:

"You translate for me, what kind of luck is riding a horse!"

Qin Muchu was just about to speak, when there was a knock on the door, he went to open the door first.

The person who came was very familiar, it was Zhang Yimou.

"I'll come and see Jiang Wen."

Qin Muchu led Zhang Yimou into the room, and seeing Lao Mouzi coming, Jiang Wen just said hello, not showing any good looks.

Zhang Yimou could also understand and didn't care.

No director can stand such a bad thing happening to the crew.

"The case is still under investigation, and the details are not clear, so don't worry too much."

Zhang Yimou comforted him:

"If you think about it from another angle, you should actually be lucky."

Happy?

Hearing this word again, Jiang Wen couldn't hold back anymore:
"Both of you say you're lucky, I really don't know what to be lucky about, who can explain it to me!"

Zhang Yimou was stunned for a moment, then asked:
"Anyone else said it?"

Jiang Wen glanced at Qin Muchu, and Zhang Yimou immediately understood.

"Xiao Qin, you also said that you are lucky? What are you lucky about?"

Qin Muchu didn't give a damn, sat on the sofa and said:
"I'm glad the police didn't directly arrest people in the exhibition hall. That's really a record, a world record! The whole world knows it! At least it's still under control now."

Zhang Yimou nodded, Qin Muchu thought the same as him.

If the police really directly entered the scene to arrest people, it would not only affect the "Sun" crew, but also damage the country's image.

After all, when they came to Venice, they represented Chinese filmmakers.

Fortunately, at present, only he, the company, Jiang Wen, and Qin Muchu know about this matter.

Naturally, the few of them will not go out and talk nonsense, and Venice officials will not take the initiative to expose this matter, not to mention the benefits. The actors participating in the film festival are suspected of breaking the law, which is also a scandal for them.

Jiang Wen's mind also turned this corner. He was just confused before, and didn't think so deeply.

Calm down now, and understand why both Qin Muchu and Lao Mouzi said they were lucky.

He sighed:
"Let's wait for the results of the investigation. A lawyer has also been hired. Smoking is not sure. The trafficker should not be possible. His family will not do this kind of thing. If it's just smoking, then it's no big deal."

In fact, this is true in foreign countries. Smoking D is not a serious crime, and foreign countries do not strictly control it.

Even in China, ordinary people who smoke are only detained and fined, and forced to quit.

But the nature of d-trafficking is different, which is a serious illegal act in any country.

……

As expected, Cheng Zuming just smoked, didn't sell it, spent some money, was locked up all night, and was released this morning.

And his father, Fang Long, also arrived in Venice early this morning, and when they met, he was a big pushover, and then brought him to Jiang Wen to apologize.

"Kneel down! Kowtow!"

Fang Long yelled loudly, and with a "snap", Cheng Zuming knelt on the ground, kowtowed his head again and again, each time there was a "dong dong" sound, and he exerted all his strength.

But Jiang Wen, the person he kowtowed to, dodged directly, with a cold face:
"Brother, this is your family business. It's inappropriate for your son to kowtow to me, and I can't stand it!"

Fang Long bowed his waist and smiled:

"I'll settle the family matters with him when I go back, but this incident must have caused you a lot of trouble, and he should apologize.

It's not only him, I should also apologize to you for the son's failure to teach and the father's fault. "

As he said that, Fang Long bowed at ninety degrees to Jiang Wen.

Seeing Fang Long's humble appearance, Jiang Wen's anger also dissipated.

They are all fathers who worry about their children.

So he held up Fang Long, and this time his attitude was much better.

The two talked for a long time, and they didn't know what they said, but in the afternoon, Fang Long left the hotel directly with Cheng Zuming.

After Fang Long left with Cheng Zuming, Qin Muchu walked into Jiang Wen's room with a laptop.

"Are they...returning to the country?"

Jiang Wen nodded: "I've returned to China, it's good to bring it back to China, so I won't have a headache when I'm on the horse..."

Suddenly, he stopped talking, looked at Qin Muchu, and kept sizing up:

"No, it's wrong to be on a horse! Did you know something in advance, kid? That's why you always have that attitude towards Cheng Zuming."

Qin Muchu's expression froze. He did know that Cheng Zuming was addicted, but he didn't know that he was addicted now, and he didn't know why he was discovered now.

Did the aunts in Chaoyang District also travel to Venice?

Seeing that Jiang Wen became suspicious, he could only pretend to be calm:
"His father doesn't know about it, I know where to go. Besides, this shouldn't be what you care about now. "

He put the computer in front of Jiang Wen and clicked on a video. The quality of the video was very blurry, and it was difficult to see the faces clearly.

But Jiang Wen recognized the characters inside at a glance.

he himself!
And this video is exactly when he was dragged to persuade him to fight when he became famous yesterday.

"Where did this video come from?" Jiang Wen asked.

"It has gone crazy in China. An audience who came to participate in the film festival from the Celestial Dynasty originally wanted to take a sneak shot after seeing so many stars, but ended up recording such a segment."

Qin Muchu turned off the finished video, and called up pictures from the mailbox, all of which were from various domestic newspapers.

All the above are talking about this matter, and the heat completely crushes the other two Chinese films that were shortlisted for the main competition.

"Jiang Wen plays big names, playing actors"

"The crew of "The Sun" was full of conflicts, and the director angrily beat the actor"

Similar news was overwhelming, and most of them were condemning Jiang Wen. After all, from the video, it was indeed Jiang Wen who was wrong and beat someone.

"Fang Loon came again this morning and returned home with Cheng Zuming. I don't believe that no reporter caught it. This further confirms the authenticity of that video. The public opinion is very unfavorable to you... Besides, I am most worried now. It's not this."

Qin Muchu frowned:

"If no one pays attention to Cheng Zu's famous smoking, then it will be hidden.

But now that you two are getting so much attention, what if this matter is found out by the media?

If something like this happens to an actor, if "The Sun" wants to be screened in China, the actor's role must be deleted, otherwise it will definitely not be screened.

But can he still watch this movie after deleting him? "

Qin Muchu's words made Jiang Wen's eyebrows twitch.

Each of the four main characters in his movie has an important metaphor, and they are connected to each other, and there is no one less.

But just as Qin Muchu said, if the incident of Cheng Zuming explodes, it will be a disaster.

Thinking of these, Jiang Wen only felt that his addiction to cigarettes came up again.

Seeing Jiang Wen's sad face, Qin Muchu couldn't bear it.

So he stood up, took all the cups on the sofa to the small table on the other side, and after making room for the two of them, he said slowly;

"Actually, the box office of "The Sun" and the evaluation during its release are destined not to be very high. Even if "The Sun" is forced to be taken off the shelves at that time, your loss will not be as great as imagined."

"..."

Jiang Wen looked around, looking for something convenient.

"Don't look for it, I took it all away."

Qin Muchu patted Jiang Wen's hand gently, but Jiang Wen held it backhandedly, and then touched his waist with the other hand:

"If you can't say one, two, three today, I will definitely call you dad."

Can I call you daddy?
Qin Muchu swallowed, and condemned Jiang Wen's behavior of repaying kindness and ignorance of good people.

After trying to pull it out, he said seriously:

"You put a lot of effort into "The Sun", and almost every shot has its meaning in it, life, desire, history, personality, many of which I still flip through the book when I watch it.

The first time I read it, I just had a vague concept. After reading it several times, I felt that I understood it, but after reading it again, I didn’t seem to understand it...

This is a good film, and you have expressed your reasons, but... the lower limit is too high. I believe that the vast majority of viewers will be confused after watching it, not knowing what it is talking about. "

Jiang Wen's movie is composed of four short stories, which is a bit absurd and magical, and it seems a bit troublesome.

"It's shameful not to be able to understand "The Sun"! It's a gift from God, so they should read it again, several times, just like you." Jiang Wen's attitude was very firm.

Qin Muchu shook his head:
"I don't think so. A director is just a director, you can't ask anything from the audience.

Just like your attitude towards them is 'If you don't understand, watch more', then their attitude towards you can also be 'If you don't understand it, your movie is rubbish'.

I'm not saying that you have to cater to the audience and express your own attitude and ideas, but you also have to accept that they don't accept your attitude and ideas.

Audiences do not intend to like things with stronger stories, and this movie is more thoughtful than storytelling. "

Jiang Wen was silent.

This was what Qin Muchu said to him, and he would definitely be worried about changing someone else, and even had to scold him back.

After a long while, Jiang Wen said:
"What do you mean by story, and what is thought?"

"Well... in simple terms, do you make the story express the thought, or do you create the story for the thought.

Just like "Journey to the West", you don't need to understand what it says at its core, just read the story, and then slowly, you understand, you understand more and more, you feel that the story has more and more connotations, and even Many connotations are actually given to it by you, and the author may not have thought so much.

But you are right, because the connotation you think is put in the story is reasonable and makes sense.

This is a great story, and I think the movie is also like this.

The lower limit is very low, and ordinary people can be fascinated by it; the upper limit is high, and old pedants can watch it over and over again.

Both refined and popular. "

"Elegant and popular..."

Jiang Wen licked his lips.

"The Sun" is a little too elegant.

He let go of Qin Muchu's hand, went to the table, took a glass and poured himself a glass of water, and drank it in one gulp.

"Then let me do it again, the next part, the next part, I'll make it more real for what they want to see, and make it less real for what they don't want to see."

He looked at Qin Muchu and smiled:
"I'll get an award first."

(End of this chapter)