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Chapter 264 The th Spanish Goya Awards
After all the actors were in place, Suning's first film "Elevator" began filming. The crew was a temporary crew introduced by Huang Lei.

Although everyone's experience was seriously insufficient, after a period of running-in, they gradually became more capable.

It was definitely hard work. Although Suning did not expect to become famous or make a lot of money with "Elevator", he still did not want to mess up his first movie, so Suning had no intention of relaxing.

The reason why horror movies are scary is because of the suspense of the story, the post-production special effects and dubbing. In fact, the real set is still very "ghostly".

After a period of adjustment, everyone integrated into this young group and gradually relaxed. When faced with scenes such as the male protagonist Lu Fangsheng drinking blood and urine in the elevator, the main creative staff felt a little happy, and it did not feel as scary as everyone thought.

Today is a very important scene, which is an office taboo scene between the black-hearted boss Zhu Yawen and the wife of another partner, Jiang Yan, the heroine of "Elevator".

In order to ensure a normal release in China, Suning had a pool table prepared on the set, and arranged for the heroine Jiang Yan to wear a cheongsam, and do as many actions as possible to highlight her figure. The specific plot can only be imagined by the audience later.

Of course, there were not so many considerations for the other foreign version. Suning asked the crew to clear the set, leaving only himself as the director and three other actors.

Seeing that he failed to reach his own standards after several attempts, it seemed that either Zhu Yawen was too nervous or his movements seemed very stiff.

"Zhu Yawen, what on earth did you do?

The next time school starts after the summer vacation, we will be sophomores at Beijing Film Academy!

Don’t you even have this basic moral integrity?”

"I, I." Zhu Yawen did not answer Su Ning directly, but kept looking at Su Ning and Jiang Yan with his cunning eyes.

Noticing Zhu Yawen's intriguing look, how could Su Ning not guess what he was thinking? He suddenly felt speechless. Could it be that he and Jiang Yan could no longer get along?

"Jiang Yan, explain our relationship to Zhu Yawen!"

"Ah?" Jiang Yan quickly understood why Zhu Yawen couldn't let go. He must have thought that Su Ning and Jiang Yan would rekindle their old love.

Thinking of this, Jiang Yan revealed a fleeting complex expression, then forced a smile and explained, "Zhu Yawen, we are all professional actors!
You don’t need to worry too much!

Besides, Suning and I are already in the past, so you don’t need to dwell too much on our relationship!"

"." After the parties involved explained everything clearly, Zhu Yawen stopped being pretentious and slowly relaxed his mindset.

Seeing that Zhu Yawen was no longer entangled in his relationship with Jiang Yan, and the subsequent filming was proceeding in an orderly manner, Suning finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Realizing that an ex-girlfriend is already so troublesome, I suddenly feel lucky that Gao Dayuan did not take the role in "Elevator", otherwise I don't know what kind of trouble these bad friends of his 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 harm Lu Fangsheng's life, they just wanted to warn Lu Fangsheng as much as possible and make Lu Fangsheng lose the opportunity for promotion, but to some extent, the male protagonist Lu Fangsheng is already dead.

Moreover, the male protagonist Lu Fangsheng has no idea what the black-hearted boss Zhu Yawen and his colleague Luo Jin are thinking. After a day or two of anxious waiting and wild thoughts, the male protagonist Lu Fangsheng has reached the extreme of survival, so the next highlight is the key to this movie.

The actions of the male protagonist Lu Fangsheng in the elevator were very explosive and bloody. 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 my! Do you think there's something wrong with our young director?
Why is the area cleared again? "

"Oh, who knows!

We are just working!
Just take the money and do the work, and don't worry too much!"

"Hey, you're right!

But I heard that the last passionate scene was cleared, and Zhu Yawen and Jiang Yan had a very exciting time! "

"Ah? Tell me the specific operation!
How come young people nowadays are so good at having fun? They’re already so excited after watching their first movie! "

"Hey, I can't tell you the details!
If you really want to know, just go abroad and watch the version!

It’s definitely restricted!”

"Yeah! I'm planning to go to Hong Kong during my break!

I want to see what tricks our young director is up to!"

Suning didn't care about the outside world's comments and kept a close eye on the shooting progress. As a result, he finished shooting before April 1st as he wished, 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 on Labor Day this year!"

"Ah? SARS is still raging now!
It's not a good decision to release the film at this time!"

"Teacher Huang, I'm not going to hide it from you!
I guess SARS will disappear after the weather warms up!
It just so happens that I, a newcomer who is not valued, can receive preferential treatment from the theater at this special time!"

"Haha, you kid!
This is totally the gambler's mentality!"

"Haha, I was so anxious to make my first movie because of the SARS epidemic!"

After two different versions of "Elevator" were edited, Suning finally breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the finished film. This movie perfectly expressed all his ideas.

After watching the foreign version of "Elevator", Suning was also glad that he chose Lu Fangsheng. His performance was really perfect. He transformed a passionate young man into a cruel executioner in a bloody way in the movie.

Considering the numerous film awards abroad, Suning chose the Spanish Goya Awards. Although the Goya Awards are not as famous as the Cannes Film Festival and the Berlin Film Festival, it is still the most suitable award for the horror film "Elevator".

After submitting "Elevator" to the Goya Awards, Suning no longer paid much attention to it and waited quietly for news in China. It was not until "Elevator" received five nominations that Suning flew to Spain alone.

Surrounded by a group of blond-haired and blue-eyed foreigners, Suning, a lone Oriental, was definitely the one being excluded, but he didn't care about other people's attitudes.

Every film festival is a vanity fair for celebrities from all over the world. In order to attract publicity, many celebrities would rather shamelessly stay on the red carpet for a while until they are driven away by impatient staff.

Although his film "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 watch a few shows, but the few audiences always made Suning feel depressed. With the attitude of out of sight, out of mind, Suning simply stopped paying attention to the film festival and went out for a stroll instead.

However, seeing the strict epidemic prevention policy in Madrid, Suning lost the mood to continue shopping and thought about taking a taxi back to his hotel.

Although Suning does not speak Spanish, he has no problem using English, the international language. Wearing a mask, Suning told the driver, who was also wearing a mask, the address of the hotel, and the driver started the car with understanding.

Suddenly, a woman who was wrapped very tightly, opened the back door of the taxi and sat down without any courtesy.

Ignoring the surprised looks from Suning and the driver, the mysterious woman bluntly said to the driver, "Vincci The Mint!"

"OK!" Su Ning looked at Su Ning with a playful look on his face, because Su Ning was also going to the Mint Vinci Hotel. After the taxi started, the mysterious woman ignored Su Ning. After more than 20 minutes, the taxi finally arrived at the Mint Vinci Hotel. The mysterious woman took out a hundred-dollar bill and handed it to the driver, then got out directly.

“Oh! That’s great!

"Thank you, generous lady!" The driver thanked the mysterious woman with surprise.

When Suning was about to pay the fare, the driver refused directly, "Sir, you don't have to pay for the fare!"

"Oh? Then I'm so lucky today!" Suning was very happy to save a few dollars.

As soon as Suning, wearing a mask, walked into the hotel lobby, the mysterious woman turned around with an angry expression, "Damn it! How long are you going to follow me?"

"Huh? Miss, I think you misunderstood!
I am also a guest staying at this hotel!”

"Hey! Who are you kidding!

This is the Mintervinci Hotel, a famous four-star hotel in Madrid. Can a journalist like you afford to stay here?" The mysterious woman scoffed at Suning's explanation.

"Huh?" Suning speechlessly took out his room card and waved it in front of the mysterious woman.

“Oh my God!

This world is so crazy!

A journalist can even stay at the Mint Vincci Hotel!
Will your boss at the newspaper reimburse you?"

Seeing that the mysterious woman in front of him still thought he was a reporter taking secret photos, Suning realized that she was a silly woman, so he stopped explaining and walked past the silly woman in front of him and took the elevator back to his room.

"Shit!" The mysterious woman saw Suning's behavior as stalking.

Without paying any attention to this strange woman, Suning went straight back to his room and went to the bathroom to take a shower.

Just after coming out of the shower, he heard the doorbell, and then Su Ning went to open the door in a bathrobe, after all, Su Ning thought it was a waiter.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw the mysterious woman again. She was holding a bottle of red wine and two glasses. "Since you are so dedicated to your work, I will have a drink with you!"

"Huh? Miss, you really misunderstood!
I was actually a guest of this hotel and was attending this year’s Goya Awards!”

"Hush! I see you are an Oriental!

You Easterners have a saying that explanation is a cover-up!
You're really crazy!" The woman refused to believe Suning's explanation.

Looking at the silly woman in front of him who refused to listen to his explanation, Suning suddenly realized that he might have encountered the local "gangster", and the woman in front of him was most likely the "bait" released by the "gangster", so when the woman forced her way into Suning's room, Suning did not choose to close the door.

Turning around, she found that Suning was still standing at the door cautiously and had no intention of closing the door. The woman was surprised, then put down the red wine and wine glass in her hand, and finally took off her hat, sunglasses, and windbreaker that covered her tightly.

Looking at the woman's strange behavior, Suning became more certain of his guess. It seemed that he was really in trouble, but he couldn't figure out where he had seen this woman before.

"You who are you?"

"That's right! I'm the Cameron Diaci you wanted to secretly photograph!"

"What? You are Cameron?" Only then did Suning realize why he felt that the other person looked familiar. It turned out that the other person was a big star in Hollywood.

"Ahem! You are so dedicated!

But could you please stop pretending!
You spent so much money just to secretly take a few photos of me and do an interview! "

"I"

"I can satisfy your request!

But you also promised to take a nice picture of me, not like most candid photos where I look bloated and dark!"

"." Suning had never met such a stupid woman before, and he didn't know how to explain it for a moment.

Cameron Diaz seemed to have something on her mind. She didn't take Suning, a strange man, seriously and just drank alone.

Cameron has a really bad temper, but her alcohol tolerance is very low. She is already drunk before she finishes half a bottle of red wine.

Suning helped Cameron to his bedroom with a wry smile, and then he himself took on the role of "director", feeling that this was all a waste of time.

Early the next morning, Cameron woke up from his hangover and looked at the unfamiliar room in surprise. Then he remembered the madness of last night. He hurriedly checked his condition and found that he had not even taken off his high heels, proving that the "reporter" was really a gentleman.

Cameron came to the living room and saw Suning as the "director", and suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

"Sir, I'm so sorry!
I was too reckless last night!"

“Ms. Cameron, I’m 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 Diaz still had a face full of doubts, 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'm sorry to have caused you trouble!" Cameron actually bowed and apologized to Suning.

"Huh? Miss Cameron, just clear up the misunderstanding!
I won’t take it to heart!”

"Mr. Su, thank you for your understanding!
Can I know the name of the film you entered?"

"Haha, a horror movie! 'Elevator'!"

"Oh? A horror movie?

I love horror movies the most!
Can I go watch it with Mr. Su today?"

"Of course! It's my pleasure!"

(End of this chapter)