China Entertainment: Director’s happiness is so simple

The dinner lasted until early morning.

When we returned to the hotel, everyone was still so excited that they couldn't sleep at all.

Yan Danchen, who had been waiting in the hotel, was already impatient. When they came back safely, they took the trophy and touched it again and again.

Then everyone took a group photo at the hotel and continued chatting until it was almost one o'clock before Hu Qingquan ordered him to go to bed early.

They went back to their rooms, and Lu Pingping sneaked into Yan Danchen's room.

When the two met, they kissed passionately, taking off their clothes while kissing, however. . .

"Aunt..."

Depend on! ! !

The evil aunt!

Lu Ping'an softened instantly.

However, this was not over yet. Yan Danchen said with an apologetic look: "It will take at least two months before we can go back."

"Why?"

"Because I just received a call and I will join the team when I get back."

"It's time to act, what kind of play is it?"

"I don't know yet. The factory picked it up for me. Teacher Tang Guoqiang will be the protagonist."

That is "The Romance of the Tang Dynasty".

Lu Pingan was very sorry, but he still endured it: "Then it will be fine in two months. This is the first time for everyone, so we can't take it easy."

"Xiao Ping An, you are so kind."

Yan Danchen said and kissed her.

"No, I'm afraid that if I can't bear it anymore, a hungry tiger will pounce on me."

"Come on, hahaha."

"Wow, I didn't expect you to be so bad!"

"I just found out now, it's too late."

"Xiao Chenchen, please spare your life, don't catch me..."

The two played around on the bed for a while, and then had another deep kiss. It wasn't until several minutes later that Lu Ping'an endured all the reluctance to get dressed and sneak back to his room.

Yan Danchen looked at Lu Ping'an ducking away and smiled happily, his face full of happiness, and then he began to daydream about what would happen two months later, so his whole face became hot again and he couldn't even get rid of it. kind of.

. . . . . . . .

Yan Danchen returned to China at noon the next day. She was not the main creator of "Black Hole", so the crew was pressing hard and she had no reason to stay.

After sending off Yan Danchen, the main creative team of "Black Hole" split into two groups. Lu Pingan, Zhang Songwen, and Ning Hao handled interviews, while Hu Qingquan negotiated with the film producers on behalf of Lu Pingan and people from China Film.

After Lu Ping An's situation is resolved, he will come over and get to know the film producers.

In the end, within three days, the copyright was basically settled.

"Black Hole" took advantage of the Palme d'Or and sold global screening rights for US$120,000.

In addition, the adaptation rights of "Black Hole" were sold to Summit Entertainment for US$300,000.

This price is the limit given by Summit Entertainment, and the reason is also very strong, saying that the current financial budget is still ready to buy your big movie.

Lu Pingan was a little helpless, but still accepted it, because "Black Hole" itself did not have a big movie template, and it didn't matter how much the adaptation rights were sold.

In addition, except for Summit Entertainment, other film producers did not offer this high price, so they had no choice but to sell it to him.

In this way, the income was only 420,000, which was less than the "Tuner" short film. But fortunately, on the third day, a printer company suddenly came to visit.

"We want to buy the advertising in your film."

The other party got straight to the point and directly stated his intention.

It turned out that this was from Hewlett-Packard, and the requirements were very simple. He only needed Lu Ping'an to go back and reprocess the film, and put the HP logo on the printer in the film.

Of course you have to accept this, if you don’t make money, you won’t make it in vain.

"How much do you guys pay?"

"$100,000."

"I'll find another company."

"Please tell me the number."

Lu Pingan said directly: "This short film is only more than two minutes long. It is not much longer than an advertisement. It is very suitable for broadcast on TV. Moreover, it is a Palme d'Or award-winning work and will be broadcast on countless TV stations around the world. What do you think? Is this ad really worth only 100,000?"

The other party didn't insist anymore, and it took him half a day to negotiate a deal of US$350,000.

As a result, the total revenue of "Black Hole" has reached 770,000 US dollars. After tax, Lu Pingping can get a little less than 500,000 US dollars, which is about 4 million yuan.

Compared with the cost of "Black Hole" which was less than RMB 10,000, the profit reached an astonishing 400 times!

Plus there's a Palme d'Or.

Oh, and the 100,000 euros in dress advertising fees earned from my face.

Lu Ping An once again made money in Cannes!

After the copyright and advertising were negotiated, Lu Ping'an and his party returned to China the next day.

On the morning of May 25, everyone landed in the capital.

After landing, Lu Ping'an turned on the phone, and text messages and phone calls started coming in one after another.

Gao Yuanyuan: Congratulations on winning the award again, remember to treat us.

Chen Kun: Congratulations on winning the award. Let me know when the celebration party will be.

Jiang Wenli: Congratulations. . .

Then there were some classmates, teachers, relatives, and some unfamiliar numbers.

Among them, Che Xiao also sent a text message: I'm glad to see you win the grand prize. Remember to sign your name to your old classmate when you come back, Che Xiao.

Lu Ping'an shook his head slightly. It turned out that it was mainly because he knew that Che Xiao took the initiative to send him a text message. He was probably so happy that he was so happy on the spot. Unfortunately, he was not the original owner.

Just as I was thinking about it, the call came in, and I saw it was the sister-in-law of the original owner.

Lu Pingan answered the phone. He knew that relatives were relatives after all, so there was no way he could hide for a lifetime.

After answering the phone, my sister-in-law expressed congratulations and then asked directly: "Ping An, when will your movie be released?"

"The short film will be broadcast on CCTV 6 in the next few days."

"No, I mean your sound engineer's big movie."

"You know all this?"

"I'm not an old timer. You'll always be mentioned in the newspapers after you win the award. Even if you don't know, you already know."

"Well, we are still working on the post-production, and it's still early to finalize the release date. I will let you know when the release date is finalized."

"Then come to my sister-in-law's place for dinner when you are free. I haven't seen you in almost a year."

"Okay...what about that, sister-in-law, I'm getting off the plane, let's talk back."

After hanging up the phone, Lu Pingan sighed slightly, still a little uncomfortable.

But he still decided to find time to go for a walk. Now that his appearance has changed dramatically, I believe they can understand the change in his personality.

At this time, Hu Qingquan came up and asked: "There are many reporters waiting outside, do you want to avoid them this time?"

"No, keep a high profile when it's time to be high-profile. Awen and the others also need to be exposed. It's not good to avoid them."

Lu Ping'an made a decision quickly.

After exiting the station, the group of people openly accepted interviews with airport reporters.

Among the journalists who came this time, the most famous ones were from CCTV.

Lu Ping'an looked serious, and his Mandarin became much more serious.

The content of the interview was also very simple, just a few sentences going back and forth.

What's your mood?

how do you feel?

In addition to these there are some questions about how much the copyright was sold for.

China Film Group once again promoted the copyright transaction, but still did not disclose the specific amount, only saying that it "has once again created a short film transaction record."

Lu Ping'an won the Silver Bear first and then the Palme d'Or. This was a huge leap in personal achievement.

It will have a very good publicity effect on his first movie.

If China Film didn't understand this kind of publicity trick, Xuanfa wouldn't have to do it.

And now many people are guessing how much they earn from copyright, and the media is also very interested. Money is the most vulgar thing, but it is also the most popular in this era.

In order to prevent people from guessing, Lu Ping'an revealed appropriately: "About more than 100,000 US dollars."

The amount is much less than 770,000, but it is indeed much more than the transaction amount of ordinary short films.

The most important thing is that the cost of the short film is very low. Lu Ping'an said, it is less than 50,000 yuan.

The cost of 50,000 yuan made nearly one million.

Reporters were surprised and took notes.

I believe it will be a big news by then.

After the interview, everyone got on the bus. This time was different from last time. This time, the school personally sent a minibus to pick them up.

"Oh, that's great. This is a minibus that can only be taken when the leader comes."

Ning Hao could tell the weight of the minibus at a glance.

This was also confirmed by Hu Qingquan.

"No, this is the Palme d'Or!"

Hu Qingquan was very proud, but also a little dissatisfied. Who didn't know that this car was specially used for leaders? So he felt that there should be a banner hanging in front of the minibus, such as "Congratulations to Ping An Lu for winning the Palme d'Or". As it is now, it is still low-key.

Soon the car stopped and everyone got on. The car arrived at the school more than an hour later.

As before, a big banner has been hung on the school gate.

"Congratulations to Lu Ping'an, an outstanding first-year student of our school's 00-level directing department, for winning the Palme d'Or for short films at the 54th Cannes International Film Festival with "Black Hole."

This time there is a banner in front of the school, saying "Safe Road".

We are all honored because we are all participants.

Especially Zhang Songwen, he is ready to accept being a teaching material again.

Then everyone came to the teachers' building. This time, in addition to Deputy Secretary Dong, Principal Wang also came to greet them.

After all, the gold content of the Golden Palm is different.

Everyone took a group photo in front of the teaching building and then moved to the large conference room.

Next is a commendation meeting.

Teachers from the directing department, acting department, and photography department all came.

In addition to those from the school, there are also those from China Film, CCTV, Sohu and other big portals. The advantages of higher education institutions like Beijing Film Studio are now reflected. Everyone accepts the school's arrangements and will not mess around.

Then came President Wang's speech, where he summarized some of the gains from Cannes and encouraged schools to learn more from Lu Ping An, encourage innovation, and encourage going abroad and going global. . .

Then there was Lu Ping'an's public interview with CCTV reporters.

This was just briefly mentioned at the meeting and will not go into depth. In-depth topics will have to be formally interviewed in a few days.

The commendation meeting lasted for half an hour. After the end, Lu Pingan, under the guidance of Hu Qingquan, straightened out the matters for the next few days.

In the afternoon there will be an interview with Princess Six, an interview with CCTV, an appreciation class in the evening, an interview with a certain newspaper, a certain portal starting tomorrow, etc.

These things will take about three to five days, and then he will go to the Shanghai Film Industry Association on June 9th. He is now the winner of the Palme d'Or. The day after he won the award, he was listed as one of the guests.

When he finally finished and was about to leave, the director of the directing department caught Lu Ping'an again and said, "Ping'an, last time you took the silver bear, you were originally going to hold an exchange meeting for the directing department of the university, but then you were rejected by the school because you were filming a film. There should be time this time, right?”

"Can I not use it? I still have to do the post-production of the film."

"No, you are the winner of the Palme d'Or. There are many things that you cannot refuse."

"Then please arrange it later. As you know, we are very busy these days."

"Don't worry, there's no rush."

Lu Pingan had no choice but to accept it. He knew that this was the price of becoming famous, and there would be many more in the future. He had to get used to it as soon as possible.