China Entertainment: Director’s happiness is so simple

Landing in Venice, we got off Wattsberg's private plane safely.

Having known Wattsberg for so long, he finally invited Lu Pingan to fly.

Lu Pingan knew that after watching the edited version of "Death Anniversary", Watts had basically determined that Lu Pingan would become Summit's new partner.

So the closeness increases again.

Lu Ping'an also knew that this guy was still the heir of a big family.

Not only him, but the other two at the top are also heirs of big families.

To put it bluntly, they are just a few wealthy N generations who set up a film company for fun. At the same time, they also have good vision and really want to make the company bigger. Otherwise, they would not regard the company as "equal to the eight major production companies". creed.

But his personality and way of doing things are indeed a little bit different.

In short films, you buy only what you like and ignore what you don't like.

In stark contrast to them is Lionsgate.

People really come to the film festival just to shop.

It doesn’t matter what the movie is, as long as it can be evaluated, then buy it. After buying it, it will be released in 20 or 30 theaters first. If the effect is good, then expand it. If the effect is not good, just give up.

Over the past year, although there have been many failures, the number of successes has been several times that of the peak. In just a few years, the company's current valuation has exceeded three times the peak.

Fortunately, it was luck at the top because they met Lu Pingping

After leaving the airport, several people went to the hotel. On the way, Wattsberg asked again about Batman.

"Have you really decided to do this?"

"As long as the contract can be signed, I will do it."

"But this costs hundreds of millions!"

"Only hundreds of millions."

Lu Ping'an looked calm.

After hearing this, Wattsberg's view of Lu Ping An officially changed.

This is really a billionaire and one of our own!

"Are you confident?"

he asked next.

"No."

Lu Ping'an answered with a smile.

"Then you still do it?"

Lu Pingan shrugged: "The loss is only 100 million."

Hiss~

This tone!

How much money does Lu Ping’an have?

Wattsberg changed his attitude again.

Lu Ping'an added: "I'll make it back soon."

Wattsberg smiled: "That's right. After "Death Day" comes out, the profits will probably make people jealous again, especially "Chainsaw 2"!"

"So I joined as a shareholder. You are lucky."

"That's true."

Arrive at the hotel and put your luggage away.

Wattsberg and the other shareholders went to meet up.

Lu Ping'an met up with Hu Qingquan.

We met and had a brief chat.

Not much was said about the short film.

Everyone already knows the situation of the three major European countries.

Whether you can win or not depends on how the seven judges of this year's short film act.

Hu Qingquan said that four more films were nominated for the Feature Film Award this year, and the other seven judges in the main competition section were already very noisy.

Lu Pingan was not interested in this, but he was interested in the copyright of the short film and Ning Hao's "Incense".

Hu Qingquan is now handling the copyright for Ning Hao's films.

Hu Qingquan said that the current quotation is not high, it is not shortlisted, and it is only more than 200,000 US dollars. He will hang it for now and wait until it wins the prize before selling it. He has now registered it for the Tokyo Ginza Silver Show in November.

If he wins the award, the copyright price will at least double.

Lu Ping'an thought it was okay. The total cost of this film was only 50,000 yuan. Ning Hao asked him to invest 10,000 yuan. It would be good to make some money.

In comparison, Lu Pingan's short films are much more valuable than Ning Hao's feature films.

The current screening price is around US$800,000.

If I can win a prize, I will at least double it.

This is much higher than ordinary feature films.

Hu Qingquan said: "You are now a well-known figure in the short film industry, so the price cannot be lowered."

Lu Ping'an smiled and said: "It's a pity, this is the last time, otherwise we would have to wholesale dozens more."

The two laughed.

After talking about copyright, Hu Qingquan asked again: "When will you make your next domestic film?"

"Get ready when you get back."

"Ha, are you really planning to go after Lao Mouzi?"

Hu Qingquan knew what Lu Ping'an had planned as soon as he heard this.

But Lu Ping'an just reacted.

right.

Go back and start filming the project that you have been preparing for a long time. Once it is filmed and released, wouldn’t it be next year’s summer vacation?

Next summer there will be Lao Mouzi's "House of Flying Daggers".

Oh, isn't this a coincidence?

He swore that he really didn't expect this just now.

He just wants to finish the domestic film as soon as possible and then go to film Batman.

Hu Qingquan said with a smile: "Lao Mouzi's film will start shooting in a few days. This time the cast is very strong, including Andy Lau and Takeshi Kaneshiro. It is said that the scenes alone have been prepared for a year or two. It is coming in a big way."

Lu Ping'an also smiled and replied: "Don't worry, his film is very beautiful, but the plot will never be any better."

"So sure?"

"We'll see."

Lu Ping'an looked confident.

The two chatted and continued walking in Venice.

There was still half a day before the red carpet in the evening, so Lu Pingping simply took this time to take a cruise.

How can you go to Venice without taking a boat ride and eating pizza?

After playing around for a while, on the way back to the hotel, a female voice suddenly rang in my ears: "Hi, Lu!"

Lu Pingan turned around and saw the widowed sister.

The 19-year-old widowed sister's facial features look a bit immature, much softer than those in her later Black Widow period.

Now she is an artistic young woman, and the films she has taken are all kinds of artistic films.

This is probably one of the reasons why their company rejected Lu Ping'an's "Death Day" invitation.

"Hi Scarlett, see you again."

The two of them are not actually close, they just met at the Oscars last time and chatted on the phone for more than ten minutes a few days ago.

Now that we meet again, we are indeed a little unfamiliar.

But it’s better than having no foundation at all.

So the two met, and in this strange country, they quickly became familiar with each other.

The widowed sister asked: "Have you just arrived?"

"Yes, I arrived in the morning and played around for a while."

“The pizza here is pretty good.”

"Indeed, the fruity ones are great."

"Fruit flavor? Where did you eat fruit flavor?"

"I lied to you, I don't want to be beaten to death by the locals."

"Hahaha, it turns out you understand this too"

The widowed sister has a very generous personality, and Lu Ping'an didn't hesitate. We had a pleasant conversation when we met.

Then the widowed sister mentioned her previous refusal of "Death Day".

Lu Ping'an said not to worry, it's normal to have no schedule.

The widowed sister went on to wish Lu Ping An's short film will win the grand prize.

She knew that Lu Ping'an was just one prize short of achieving a grand slam.

This has been popularized before at the Oscars.

Now that Lu Ping An's short film has been shortlisted, it's appropriate to send some blessings.

Lu Pingan also congratulated her on the box office success of "Lost in Translation" and wished her the best actress tonight.

"Lost in Translation" was shortlisted for the countercurrent unit, and if I remember correctly, I did win the best actress in that unit.

After hearing this, the widow sister smiled and said: "Thank you, if I can get this, I will open champagne to celebrate tonight."

"Will you invite me?"

"Of course, if you also win the prize, I will open two bottles!"

"Then I hope we all get the prize!"

The two briefly chatted and sent blessings to each other, completing the task of greeting each other when they met by chance.

After a while, the widowed sister's companion came, and the two parties separated.

But what he didn't know at this time was that the judges were still quarreling where he couldn't see it.

This fight will determine which of the last two short films will win the top prize.

"Politics has no place in Venice!"

“Is there no political element in ‘Oil’?”

“We shouldn’t be discussing politics, we should be talking about artistry!”

"Is animation not art?"

"..."

This quarrel, with no one giving in to the other, has actually been going on for many days.

Fortunately, this is the last time.

If Lu Pingan knew, he would be very grateful to these pure judges.

At least in comparison, this is really much better than Oscar.

But the resulting uncertainty can indeed be frustrating.

In the end, the judges quarreled until the end and resorted to the last resort, which they also used several times.

"Vote."

This time, one of the seven people who had always abstained voted.

In the evening the red carpet begins.

Among the yellow people among the guests, only Lu Ping'an was still Chinese, and the rest were either Japanese or South Korean.

The two feature films still failed to receive invitations, which means they did not receive awards.

But there are many domestic reporters.

After walking on the red carpet, a group of domestic reporters came up to interview.

The questions were all about the four major short story majors in the world.

Lu Pingan's mentality is very relaxed: "Whether I win the award or not, this is my last short film. I will be very happy if I get it. It doesn't matter if I don't get it. After all, the short film is just an appetizer before the feature film. You don’t need to take it too seriously.”

After saying that, he walked into the venue.

It’s the fourth time I’ve come to Europe’s top three, and this time Ping An has calmed down too much.

He was like an audience watching a movie. After sitting down, he didn't look around. He just stared in front of him in a daze, occasionally reviewing the winning words, and occasionally taking some candy from the bag to eat.

The widow's dress tonight was a bit conservative. After coming in, Lu Ping'an took one look and stopped paying attention.

After a while, the award ceremony began.

Like the other two film festivals, short films will be awarded first.

The first is the Best European Short Film Award, which has nothing to do with him.

Then there is the Special Attention Award in the short film section.

When the award presenter read out the long list of names of the winner, Andres Crane.

Lu Pingan and Hu Qingquan beside him began to feel nervous.

The tension at this time is also very funny.

There were only three awards for short films, and only three production teams came.

Now that the two awards are over, the rest of the road is safe.

The two looked at each other and then smiled.

The short film is over, and now it’s time to officially enter the feature film competition for awards and box office!