This director is so innocent.

Chapter 158 Cannes Nomination and Filming Wrap-up

"Heh heh—do you dare?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Mi's expression froze for a moment, then she angrily waved her small fists and charged towards Su Jin.

Her full breasts swayed violently as she ran, almost making Su Jin dizzy.

"You scoundrel, behold my Pegasus Meteor Fist!"

Pegasus Meteor Fist, I think it's more like the thug's excitement punch.

Imagine a naked woman with a beautiful figure and impressive breasts yelling that she's going to hit you. What else could it be but an excited punch from a thug?

The instant Da Mimi rushed in front of Su Jin, his right hand swiftly reached out, tightly grabbed Da Mimi's wrist, and then executed a counter-grappling move.

At the same time, he slapped Yang Mi's buttocks with his left hand.

"Smack."

The crisp sound echoed throughout the room.

Yang Mi immediately felt a burning sensation on her buttocks and couldn't help but scream, "Su Jin, you're actually doing this!"

Su Jin just smiled, didn't answer Yang Mi's question, let go of her hand, and pushed her onto the bed.

Yang Mi got out of bed, glaring at Su Jin. She wanted to rush over and beat Su Jin up, but she didn't dare, afraid of being beaten again.

Suddenly, her gaze fell on Xiao Su, her eyes darting around as if she had come up with a good idea.

She smiled mischievously, her eyes gleaming, and slowly walked up to Su Jin, saying in a coquettish tone, "Su Jin, I recently learned a new position, let's try it again!"

After saying that, she deliberately winked, looking alluring and charming.

Su Jin was not tempted; instead, she shivered and refused without thinking, "It's too late, maybe next time."

After saying that, he took advantage of Yang Mi's momentary lapse in attention, stepped forward, grabbed her by the neck, and dragged her onto the bed despite her struggles.

Yang Mi struggled fiercely, like a pig waiting to be slaughtered during the Lunar New Year, constantly saying "Let her go."

Su Jin ignored Yang Mi, clamped Yang Mi's fidgeting legs between her own, and then turned off the light and went to sleep.

He saw Yang Mi's eyes darting around a lot just now; everyone knows she wasn't up to any good.

Yang Mi struggled in Su Jin's arms for a long time, but she was unable to break free.

In the end, she had no choice but to give up and obediently nestled in Su Jin's arms, thinking that she would launch a surprise attack when Su Jin relaxed.

But as I waited, I don't know when I fell asleep.

When he opened his eyes again, he found that it was already dawn, and Su Jin was no longer by his side.

Yang Mi sat up and saw Su Jin sitting at the table leisurely eating breakfast.

"You're awake. Go wash up quickly, or you'll miss your flight," Su Jin reminded her.

"What time is it?" Yang Mi stretched.

"Around 7:40."

"It's still early." Yang Mi threw off the covers, got out of bed, and went to the bathroom to wash up.

A short while later, Yang Mi came out.

She sat down in front of Su Jin, picked up a fried dough stick, and began to eat it slowly and deliberately.

"Su Jin, when will your movie 'You Are the Apple of My Eye' start filming?" Yang Mi asked casually.

"June." Su Jin finished her soy milk and took out a tissue to wipe her lips.

"The female lead has been confirmed? Who is it? It can't be Liu Yifei, can it?!" Yang Mi asked three questions in a row.

Su Jin countered, "Why do you think it's Liu Yifei?"

"In that Weibo poll, wasn't Liu Yifei in first place?" Yang Mi asked, puzzled.

To be honest, the tooth-shaped hair ornament is really popular!

In a Weibo poll for the male and female leads of "You Are the Apple of My Eye," Ya Huazi overwhelmingly outperformed ten popular young actresses.

Millions voted for her, while the rest were just a fraction of those who voted for her.

"It's not her; the female lead is a newcomer."

"Who is it!"

Even if I told you, you wouldn't know him.

"How do you know I don't know them if you don't tell me? Maybe I do."

"I'm not telling you, I'll just make you mad."

"you----"

"I'm not going to talk nonsense with you anymore. I have to go filming. Remember to close the door after you leave."

Time flew by and it was already April 23rd.

Today, the 61st Cannes International Film Festival announced the list of nominees for its main competition.

Unlike 2007, when North American directors dominated the field, only two North American directors were nominated for the competition this year.

These are Clint Eastwood's "The Switch" and Steven Soderbergh's four-hour-long "Symphony of New York".

A total of 20 films were shortlisted for the competition this year.

This includes Cannes regulars such as Canadian director Atom Egoyan, the Dardenne brothers, and Wim Wenders.

There are also many young and emerging directors, such as Israeli director Ari Forman, whose work is categorized as an "animated documentary" titled "Waltz with Bashir".

Two young Argentine directors, Lucrecia Martel and Pablo Tapino, directed "The Headless Woman" and "Lerina".

Of course, there's also "The Invisible Guest" by our genius director Su Jin.

Cannes already has plans to groom him as a protégé, and the festival's chairman, Jacob, personally called him to congratulate him.

The meaning is quite clear: if you have any good movies in the future, feel free to send them to Cannes, and I'll promote them for you.

Director Jia's "Twenty-Four City Chronicle" was also shortlisted.

The list of nominees for the main competition at the Cannes Film Festival is certainly worth writing a report on.

"Can Su Jin win the Palme d'Or in Cannes again?"

"Analyzing Su Jin's probability of winning the Palme d'Or at Cannes based on 20 films."

"Shocking!! Su Jin is actually Cannes's biological son."

The director of The Forbidden Kingdom is Rob Minkoff.

He may not seem famous, but he is the director of "The Lion King".

Rob Minkoff was a big fan of Chinese martial arts, so he asked screenwriter John Fusco to create the script for The Forbidden Kingdom, which was inspired by The Lord of the Rings.

The background story is set in China, so naturally, the most famous Chinese star had to be chosen to play the role, and that's how Jet Li was selected.

After reading the script, Jet Li found it interesting and agreed to star in it. When Alan Mak heard that Jet Li had agreed, he also agreed.

John Fusco also has representative works, such as "Marco Polo" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

The content of a work written by a foreigner is predictable.

On April 18th, "The Forbidden Kingdom" premiered in North America, distributed by Lionsgate, and opened in 3151 theaters.

Jet Li and Jackie Chan still have considerable influence in North America, securing opening theaters in 3151 theaters and achieving impressive box office results in their opening weekend.

It grossed $2090 million, becoming the top-grossing film of the week.

The Forbidden Kingdom was released in mainland China on April 24.

The number of copies was 1228, consisting of 683 film copies and 545 digital copies, setting a record for the number of copies distributed in Chinese film history.

It grossed 1600 million yuan on its opening day, and its box office performance exploded at 8000 million yuan over the first four days.

It broke the opening weekend box office records of 70 million yuan for "Assembly" and 6276 million yuan for "CJ7" during last year's Lunar New Year season.

When the opening weekend box office results came out, Huayi was very excited, and the box office prediction changed from breaking 3 million to breaking the box office record of "Titanic".

Cinemas across the country are also acting quite erratically, with various films having their screenings shortened or being pulled from theaters.

"Iris Chang" has been temporarily taken off the shelves and will be re-released after a week.

The screenings of the two films, "Nightclub" and "Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon," were also reduced to about 10%.

Needless to say, the box office was only a few hundred thousand.

Despite its impressive box office performance, The Forbidden Kingdom did not receive good reviews.

It's fair to say that everyone is complaining about it.

The most liked comment said this.

"Putting Jet Li and Actor Fong in the same ring to fight, and then having Li Lianhua and Liu Yifei hold up signs, would be a million times more entertaining than this."

The main reason is that the hype was too high during the previous promotion, with all sorts of promotion for the action scenes between Jack and J.

Then, the audience was greatly disappointed when they entered the theater, finding that the action scenes were a pile of garbage and the plot was barely passable.

That's true. Both Jazz are middle-aged and elderly, over fifty years old, so they definitely can't play with the same ferocity and elegance as when they were young.

To accommodate the two elderly people, martial arts director Master Yuan had to have the two Js wear loose-fitting clothes in an attempt to express the power of kung fu.

Unfortunately, the audience didn't buy it. They were already used to fierce or elegant fight scenes, so how could they possibly appreciate this kind of action?

As the saying goes, the higher the expectations, the more severe the backlash.

The Douban rating dropped from 6.7 at the start to 5.8.

However, it has received positive reviews in North America, with a 68% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 7.2 rating on IMDb.

Famous film critic "I am Big Head You are Small Head" shared his insights on Weibo.

"Although it is an adaptation of the familiar Journey to the West story, it has to be said that it is a complete drastic change. Apart from the character names, it seems to have little to do with Journey to the West."

"It merely borrows a few iconic Eastern symbols and blends them with Lord of the Rings-style Western fantasy to construct the plot, which naturally seems abnormal and out of place to Chinese audiences."

"While The Forbidden Kingdom may seem abnormal and unconventional to Chinese audiences, it is, in the eyes of Westerners, the world of kung fu, which includes kung fu, big-name stars, fantasy, and comedy."

"These elements are enough. Rather than calling 'The Forbidden Kingdom' a Sino-US co-production, it's more accurate to call it a foreign blockbuster."

Feng Kuzi also showed no respect for his own side.

When he attended the centennial celebration of Chinese cinema in Los Angeles, he criticized the plot of "The Forbidden Kingdom" as a mess and a sign that it lowered people's IQ during an interview with the media.

Although "The Forbidden Kingdom" received poor reviews, it outperformed "Iron Man" during the May Day holiday.

On April 30th, "Iron Man" was first released in mainland China.

Perhaps because Paramount, the distributor, didn't have high hopes for "Iron Man," the film was released in mainland China before its North American release.

The North American release date is May 2nd.

The film grossed over 3000 million yuan in its opening weekend, while "The Forbidden Kingdom" grossed over 6000 million yuan, bringing its total box office to 1.5 million yuan.

However, Iron Man's opening weekend box office in North America was dazzling – $1.04 million.

Paramount publicly announced the start of plans for a sequel to Iron Man, which was expected to be released in 2010.

It grossed $2.01 million worldwide, with $9700 million in overseas theaters, in 7500 theaters across 57 countries.

Of these, England contributed $1030 million, Mexico $960 million, Korea $750 million, France $710 million, the bullfighters $620 million, and the Samba nation $600 million.

Many viewers found Liu Yifei's portrayal of Golden Swallow baffling, wondering why such a character was even created.

As a female knight-errant, all she did along the way was hold a pipa and keep playing it, while saying some meaningless and incomprehensible things.

Especially after Fangshilong was shot with an arrow and was recuperating in a temple, everyone was as anxious as ants on a hot pan, thinking about how to save Fangshilong.

When Liu Yifei was alone with Jason, she said the following: "I still remember the first time I met you at the inn. You were a panicked boy. Now, you can fight alongside us."

Then it floated away, leaving Jason looking completely bewildered, and the audience full of doubts.

Blackie's brother said, "The only purpose of Little Liu's existence is to deliver the jade hairpin to Skywalker. Actually, it would have been enough to arrange for her to appear at that time."

Because immortals cannot be killed by physical attacks; only a jade hairpin can kill them.

"Click, perfect."

Jiang Wei stood up, picked up a small megaphone, and announced, "I hereby declare 'Lurking' officially wrapped."

As soon as he finished speaking, thunderous applause and cheers erupted from the crew.

"Congratulations on wrapping up filming." Yan handed a bouquet of flowers to Su Jin.

"Thank you." Su Jin accepted the bouquet of flowers from Yan Ni, looked at the cheering crowd, and remained silent for a long time.

"Lurking" was the drama in which he devoted the most energy. In order to play Yu Zecheng well, he abstained from sex for almost two months.

Every day, I think about how to succeed before I start working, and I think about how to succeed after I finish working.

If there's anything I don't understand, I'll go to Secretary Dakang, Ni Dahong, and Uncle Dong for advice and guidance.

Of course, every effort will be rewarded.

He now dares to say that his acting skills are no less than those of top-tier technical stars, and can easily surpass those of Huang Xiaoming and Hu Ge.

"Su Jin, come over for the group photo."

"Okay."

Amidst laughter and chatter, everyone lined up. Su Jin stood in the middle, with Jiang Wei to her left and Yan Ni to her right.

In the front row were young girls from the film crew squatting down, and in the back row was a large banner that read "Congratulations to 'Lurking'!"

"Great success in wrapping up filming."

"eggplant."

Su Jin hired a photographer to take seven or eight individual photos, and then uploaded a group photo to Weibo.

"Filming has wrapped up. Remember to come and watch."

This Weibo post received over 10,000 likes in less than three minutes.

"My brother is so handsome."

"Brother, you're finally back in business! Learn from Huang Xiaoming next door! He posts on Weibo every other day."

"My brother looks really good in his Zhongshan suit. I'm going to recommend it to my boyfriend."

"My idol, when will 'Lurking' premiere?!"

"Su Jin, when are you going to release your song?!"

Having received a lot of compliments, Su Jin was in a good mood and picked out a few interesting comments to reply to.

"The broadcast date is currently unknown; it's estimated to be at the end of the year or early next spring."

"I'm ugly, so I'm embarrassed to work."

"The Zhongshan suit is selective, so it's best not to recommend it to just anyone, or you might accidentally become a doting father figure."

The young fan burst out laughing when she saw Su Jin's reply.

"Su Jin, are you in Versailles?"

What does Versailles mean?

"It's just Su Jin showing off, flaunting her looks, you get it!"

"Holy crap, thinking about it, that really makes sense. You're a genius."

Su Jin was stunned when she saw the comments from netizens. She didn't expect that a casual, pretentious remark would bring up the "Versailles meme" more than a decade ahead of schedule.

In the evening, there was a wrap party.

To avenge Su Jin's previous alterations to the play, Jiang Wei, along with several other key members of the production team, got Su Jin drunk.

Su Jin was also very unhappy, so she targeted Jiang Wei alone and made him surrender with his hands raised.

After getting drunk, Jiang Wei started talking nonsense and poured out all the grievances he had suffered over the past three months.

"Su Jin, do you know what I hate most about you?"

"What?"

"How domineering! They changed my script without my permission and even bossed around my cameraman!"

"I—I will never cooperate with you again. I would rather die than cooperate with you again."

hehe----

You won't have the chance to work with me anymore, even if you want to in the future.

After filming "My Love from the Star," Su Jin decided to stop filming television dramas.

Others pursue both film and television careers because they lack sufficient film resources.

He has made so many movies that he can't possibly finish them all.

Today is Yang Mi's 38th birthday. Happy birthday to her!

Interestingly, her "plastic sister" (a nickname for a friend) even sent Yang Mi a birthday greeting.

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