China Entertainment: Director’s happiness is so simple

"It's not bad for you. With mountains and rivers at your back, far away from the hustle and bustle, it's a good place to retire."

After visiting the Bashu Production Center, Han Sanpin sat down to drink tea and commented like this.

"Mainly to get closer to the pandas."

Lu Ping'an poured him water, and Han Sanpin asked again, "What about in the future, will they all be here too?"

"That won't happen. The preliminary work will be completed here, and probably next year, we will move back to the capital."

"How much are you planning to invest in this panda project?"

"It will definitely cost tens of millions. Animation is different from other things."

"That's true. The 2D version of "Baolian Lantern" in 1999 cost 12 million. I'm afraid your 3D version will cost hundreds of millions."

“Actually, 3D will be much cheaper in the future.”

The two chatted about Kung Fu Panda for a while, then earned a Venice short film.

Today is April 5th. The Venice short film is about 90% complete and the film is basically in shape.

After watching it, Han Sanpin exclaimed: "If it really wins the award in Venice, it will be one of the four major short film Grand Slams in the world."

"I'm more open-minded. The top three European awards are different from the Oscars."

"You are already very good. Now you have three of the top four. There are few in the world. The superiors appreciate you very much."

"How to say?"

Lu Ping'an asked immediately.

He knew that Han Sanpin would not say that for no reason.

However, Han Sanpin's expression remained calm: "In the past few days, we have been recruiting directors for the 8-minute BJB at the Athens Olympics. You are on the list."

After hearing this, Lu Ping'an's expression calmed down.

There is no chance of winning the position of chief director of the BJ 8-minute closing ceremony in Athens next year.

Most likely it's all determined by default.

Only after Lao Mouzi "messed up" for 8 minutes did domestic criticism abound from top to bottom, and then the whole society began to recruit the chief director of the 2008 Olympics.

Lu Ping'an was actually thinking that maybe the so-called recruitment at that time was also an internal decision.

In other words, Poet Chen's poetry is not arrogance, but a cry and a struggle?

Shaking his head, Lu Pingping didn't think about this.

Sure enough, Han Sanpin then said: "Don't have any hope, there is no guarantee for this kind of thing."

Han Sanpin said that there are many people on the list this time.

In addition to film directors, there are also many directors who have experience in various parties.

But who he would choose in the end, he estimated that the higher-ups already had an idea.

Han Sanpin felt that Lao Mouzi had the highest probability.

After all, Lao Mouzi has the strongest qualifications among domestic directors in all aspects, especially in terms of reputation abroad.

Lu Pingan nodded in approval.

He doesn't like many of Lao Mouzi's later films, but the current Lao Mouzi is indeed not comparable to him.

In addition to people's grasp of traditional culture and the artistry of film and television works.

Talking about awards alone, Lu Ping An won three top short film awards from the top four in the world, and was the first in China to win an Oscar, but it was still not enough for him.

Lao Mouzi won Grand Slam Jury Awards at the three major European film festivals (the Jury Award is equivalent to the second best film of the year): "Raise the Red Lantern" in Venice in 1991, "Alive" in Cannes in 1994, and "Me" in Berlin in 2000 "Fathers and Mothers".

There are also three highest awards: the Berlin Golden Bear for "Red Sorghum" in 1988, the Venice Golden Lion for "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit" in 1992 and "No One Less" in 1999.

In addition, they have also won many more magical awards from the three major domestic awards.

How does this compare?

Than box office?

In front of such a national event, box office is nothing! It might even have the opposite effect.

Of course, Lu Ping'an also wants to be a "national master" Dangdang and become an Olympic director, even though he can brag about his skills for a lifetime.

But the current Lu Pingan is not qualified, unless Lu Pingan can win all four awards within two years, achieve a reputation that exceeds almost everyone's expectations, and catch up with the general director election in the first half of 2005.

But now it seems that this is unlikely

After chatting briefly for a while, it was almost time. Lu Pingan greeted Guorong and went to Xiangjiang with Han Sanpin to attend this year's Academy Awards.

This time, "Source Code" was produced by Eagle King, so it was able to participate in the Academy Awards, and was shortlisted for a total of 7 awards.

"Hero" is even more powerful, 12.

It seemed like a lot, but Lu Pingping didn't have any expectations.

After all, this is the Hong Kong Film Awards, and this is also the year of "Infernal Affairs."

If someone sets up a stage, how can he sing for others?

Given so many nominations, there is some suspicion of trying to show off.

What's more, "Source Code" is not as suspenseful as "Infernal Affairs" in Lu Ping'an's own opinion.

So he originally didn't want to go. He had already thought of the reasons. In the case of SARS, safety came first.

But Han Sanpin came over in person to see Lu Ping'an's animation project, and then went along with him.

As an official, Han Sanpin signed an agreement with the mainland this year and he will go.

Now that he has brought Ping An on the road, it is hard to stay away from Ping Ping on the road.

In fact, domestic practitioners are still very yearning for being able to go to the Academy Awards.

Although the country is currently experiencing a box office frenzy for blockbusters, the real box office frenzy will not come until next year.

Although the film market in Hong Kong seems to have weakened a lot, the mainland film industry as a whole still lags behind Hong Kong.

This is not only objectively speaking, but also subjectively.

When Hong Kong and Taiwan stars come to the mainland, their net worth is still higher than that of mainland stars. Various film and television dramas cannot attract much attention without Hong Kong and Taiwan stars. This is a clear example.

Whenever mainland celebrities have a chance, they will want to get involved with Hong Kong and gild themselves.

This situation will continue for nearly ten years!

It is indeed rare for people like Lu Ping'an who are not very interested in Xiangjiang to be like him now.

Afterwards, Lu Ping'an explained some things and the group set off.

That night, everyone landed in Xiangjiang, and Lu Pingping checked into the hotel arranged by Yindu.

At this time, Yan Danchen and other main creators were already at the hotel.

Yan Danchen and Yu Feihong were chatting together.

Lu Ping'an remained calm, as did the two women.

Neither the other party knows each other's identities, only Lu Ping'an knows. It's quite exciting to think about it.

Everyone greeted him, and then they were surprised by Guorong's changes.

The same emotion as Han Sanpin said in the morning: "I have lost weight, become darker, and my eyes are much brighter."

Then everyone ate together, and the Eagle King's family also came, along with Guan Xi, whom Lu Ping'an had known before.

A few months ago, Edison's new movie "A Thousand Years of Change" was released, and he will star in "Infernal Affairs 2" later.

During the dinner, Boss Yang of Yinghuang asked Lu Pingan about his next project: "If Director Lu has a plan, we can try to co-produce it."

In June this year, the mainland and Hong Kong will sign a relevant trade agreement, which will also sound the clarion call for Hong Kong's films and capital to enter the mainland market.

If you want to succeed in the mainland, or if a mainland director wants to increase your reputation, co-production between Hong Kong and the mainland is a good choice.

It's just that Lu Ping'an's answer was the same as Han Sanpin's answer on the road: "Currently, there is a script that is ready to be started. It will be used to win prizes at a small cost. We will talk about the co-production later."

There's no problem with the co-production. It's a movie like this, so he doesn't have any psychological burden.

but not now.

He is busy with things at hand now.

After dinner, Guorong went back to deal with his own affairs. The creators originally wanted to visit Xiangjiang, but now Xiangjiang is in the SARS period.

It is now April, SARS is becoming more and more serious in Hong Kong, and everyone is cherishing their lives.

China Film also distributed masks, thermometers, etc. to everyone. The intensity was naturally not comparable to that of the later mask era, but it also caused some panic among the creators.

When I was resting in the hotel in the evening, Yan Danchen sent a message: "Warm the quilt."

After a while, Yu Feihong's message also came: "Want to come over?"

Of course Lu Ping An chose Yan Danchen, her real girlfriend.

So he replied to Yu Feihong: "Let's talk about things when we get back to Beijing."

The other person quickly replied: "I want to go back to Shanghai."

"Then let's go to the United States in July. It's quite busy these days."

"good."