China Entertainment: Director’s happiness is so simple

June 12th, one week before the final exam.

Lu Ping'an returned to Beijing from the Magic City Film Festival, and then came to school with the Silver Bear and the Palme d'Or trophies. He met Hu Qingquan first, but was caught by several teachers in the office.

This semester he won the Palme d'Or, so he didn't have to take the test for some subjects. It was considered a benefit, but there were also losses and gains. The requirements for other subjects became very high. The teacher who caught him said directly, "You are The facade is to take the lead. Are you embarrassed to score 20 or 30 points again? It has to be sixty or seventy anyway, right?

Lu Pingping hid his face and started studying after preparing for the exchange meeting.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, the exchange meeting of university directing departments began. The people who came were mainly students from the directing departments of China Theater, China Film, Shanghai Theater and other colleges, as well as young directors who graduated.

This exchange meeting was held by Beijing Film Academy. The school invited poet Chen Da to attend. He is also a graduate of Beijing Film Academy and he likes to express himself very much.

"I'm very happy to see that there are so many young talents in our country, and some have even achieved very good results. This reminds me of when I was young, when we were high-spirited and would shoot whatever came to mind..."

So he was talking almost throughout the exchange meeting.

Everyone also likes to ask him questions. After all, he is a great director and his current reputation is even higher than that of Lao Mouzi.

This makes Lu Pingan very happy. After all, today's theme is to discuss short films, so theoretically he is the protagonist, but this role is too hot to be played, and Lu Pingan doesn't like to do it. Fortunately, Poet Chen is here, and now he is relaxed, so Great poet, just say more if you can, and don’t stop!

Listen to "Teaching" and applaud poet Chen's frivolous youth like everyone else.

Lu Ping'an focused at least half of his attention on the two familiar faces who came this time.

Tang Wei from the Chinese Theater Director Department, Bao Li from the Theater Department, who will be Guo Jingfei’s future wife, and Guo Fan, a social figure, he seems to have been brought here by a friend.

Tang Wei looked a little bit earthy at this time, far from the temperament he had later, but it could already be seen that this person had a good foundation.

Guo Fan is just a lackey now, and there are still more than ten years before he shoots "The Wandering Earth". Lu Ping'an is more curious about how he will develop if "The Wandering Earth" is won by him in the future.

Baoli wasn't very familiar with her, and Lu Ping'an only remembered who it was when she heard her name.

While thinking, Tang Wei spoke. She looked at Lu Ping'an and said, "Classmate Lu, may I ask you what skills you have to win two awards in a row in half a year?"

As soon as this question came up, everyone was very interested.

Lu Pingan has won the Silver Bear and Golden Palm, which is a record in the domestic film industry. Although it is a short film, it is still a great achievement. Now many people talk about the name of a famous domestic director. The number of times Lu Pingan has been mentioned recently More than many famous directors.

This is fame, and the benefits are even more desirable.

Especially students. It was mentioned in the news that two short films made ten times the profit. Who doesn’t want to hear about making money?

Of course, some people are a little unhappy, such as Poet Chen.

What I said is very good. How do you mention him when you ask?

Poet Chen didn't dislike Lu Ping'an, but if Lu Ping'an spoke loudly, he would naturally give some advice.

But Lu Ping'an was very modest. He just said: "I think that on the premise of ensuring the quality of the work, luck plays a large part in winning or not winning. The judging mechanism of Cannes Berlin determines that personal emotional impact will be great, unless everyone The unanimous approval of particularly excellent films, such as "Farewell My Concubine", the jury voted unanimously for the first time for two films to win the award at the same time. This is a truly good film, but other situations are different, and the judges will quarrel. "Black Hole" won the Palme d'Or. I didn't expect it, because the competitors at the time were indeed excellent, so I think it is right for everyone not to focus on the awards, but to make the work itself better first."

Wow.

Everyone applauded.

"Well said!"

Poet Chen also applauded, "You should read more of your own works. Awards are not the purpose. Everyone knows this."

The crowd applauded again.

The great poet was delighted.

I feel that this little guy Lu Ping'an is a great talent.

Lu Pingan continues to be the shy, humble and studious artist with great potential. After all, the great British director Ken Loach said so!

As for flattering poet Chen?

What he evaluates is not people, but works.

"Farewell My Concubine" is indeed worthy of respect and cannot be over-produced.

And does the work have anything to do with people?

Lu Pingan felt that at this point, Poet Chen and himself might be on the same page.

My work is not mine, you seem. . . At least you have been proving this for so many years.

Well, these words are not original to me!

Lu Ping'an swore in his heart.

. . . . . . .

The exchange meeting lasted until the afternoon, and Poet Chen left after eating in the school cafeteria at noon.

Before leaving, Poet Chen specially chatted with Lu Pingan for a few words.

"Xiaolu, do you want to hold a premiere for your big movie?"

Currently, premieres are not the norm for domestic movie releases.

Release the movie as soon as it is released, do a good job of publicity in the early stage, and then just wait to see the box office and maintain public opinion.

Even the later main creators did not do much roadshows to theaters in various cities for promotion. At most, they only visited a few major cities.

The main reason is actually the problem of the film market. Current films are not so commercialized.

Box office performance is not the key to mainstream media coverage.

Only when "Hero" starts the era of commercial blockbusters at the end of next year will the film industry really move towards commercialization, and by then, there will be more and more promotional activities such as premieres.

However, as a latecomer, Lu Pingan naturally knew that if he wanted to make money, he had to do a good job in publicity.

So he nodded and said: "We have this plan. It will take a few days to decide where the premiere will be, but the scale should not be very big."

"It doesn't matter. Send me an invitation when the time comes."

"Of course it will be given to you and your wife."

At this time, the great poet is authority and traffic. How can he refuse when he takes the initiative to come to the platform? It is even more impossible to offend him.

The great poet then asked about the short film.

"Will you continue to make short films in the future?"

Lu Ping'an didn't hide anything: "I still have a few ideas in my mind. I want to try animation. I think animation is quite interesting."

"Do you need any help?"

"Thank you, Director Chen, but I already contacted Shanghai Film Studio when I went to the Shanghai Film Festival the day before yesterday, so there's no need to bother."

"Oh, it's a beauty factory. Let me contact you."

After saying that, regardless of Lu Ping'an's reaction, he directly picked up the phone and dialed.

"Hey, Lao Fan..."

A few minutes later, the great poet said: "Write down this number. He is the person in charge of Shangmei Factory. I told him the general situation. Just contact him later."

"Thank you, Director Chen."

Lu Ping'an kept a smile on his face and reluctantly wrote down the phone number of Teacher Fan from Shanghai Art Studio. He thought that he would have to explain it to Shangying later, otherwise he would be misunderstood and bet on both sides, which would make him a bad person.

After making the call, the great poet waved his hand magnanimously: "You're welcome. If you do a good job, winning an award is the best way to thank you."

"I try my best."

Lu Pingan felt helpless.

He has noticed that the great poet is in a good mood now. If he says he wants to help you, he will help you until now. It doesn’t matter whether you accept it or not, as long as he is happy.

So in fact, he may not particularly value himself. Value is only part of it. More of it is that he likes to give favors and enjoys the feeling of being grateful.

After the great poet left, he immediately told Hu Qingquan about it.

Hu Qingquan is now his serious teacher and his unnamed partner for the time being. He should know about this kind of thing and should be able to help handle it.

After hearing this, Hu Qingquan laughed and said: "He is just like this, pretending to be very nice, don't worry about him, you can go about your business, I will take care of it."

Hu Qingquan said this, and now he felt relieved that he would be safe on the road. At the same time, he also made up his mind not to treat Hu Qingquan badly in the future. Such good teachers are rare.

The afternoon exchange meeting ended at 3 o'clock. Among the people who came from all over the country, those from the capital went back. Guo Fan disappeared at some point, while the rest of the people from other places would stay in the capital for another day or two. Just treat it as travel.

Lu Ping'an was assigned a task as the host and took them on a tour of the capital with some senior students from Beijing Film Academy in the afternoon.

Tang Wei also came after the show. She was very direct and took the initiative to ask Lu Pingping if he could bring her with him to watch the next short film.

Tang Wei's directing department at China Film Academy is actually different from the directing department at Beijing Film Academy.

The directing department of Chinese drama focuses more on performance, which is different from Beijing Film and Television, which focuses on technique.

Therefore, the students in the Department of Directing of Chinese Drama are in good appearance.

After that, Tang Wei focused on acting, and directing was just a stepping stone to enter university.

So she said she was here to observe, and Lu Pingping naturally knew the actual purpose.

So he told the truth: "I have a short film plan, but this time I want to make an animation. If I want to make a feature film, I will let you know if someone is suitable."

"Thank you!" Tang Wei didn't expect that Lu Pingan would be so direct, and was very happy. After exchanging numbers, he took the initiative to help Lu Pingan take on the task of taking care of classmates from other places.

With Tang Wei sharing the pressure, Lu Ping'an's tour guide task became much easier.

After playing for a whole night, everyone had dinner at Quanjude in the capital, and then everyone went back to rest early, preparing to get up early the next day to watch the flag raising, when other teachers would lead the team.

Lu Pingan's mission ended here. He exchanged numbers with everyone and left with Tang Wei.

Driving Tang Wei to the Central Theater, Tang Wei confirmed again before getting off the car: "As promised, don't forget me next time you have plans."

"Don't worry, I will notify you."

Tang Wei is nice and warm-hearted. It’s not a big problem just to give him a chance.

A week passed quickly, and Lu Pingan completed the final exam of his freshman year.

Not long after, "The Tuner" finally had its premiere.