China Entertainment: Director’s happiness is so simple

Landed in Beijing and took a taxi home.

"Hurry up and use the nunchucks, haha ​​hayi... zzzzzz... you hurt me and you laughed it off..."

Singing came from the car radio.

When he heard "Nunchuck", the driver frowned slightly and changed the channel, complaining: Is this considered a song?

Then when "Passed by a Laugh" started to sing, he said again: This is not bad. . .

As the car drove along, Lu Pingping also noticed some changes in the capital.

This year’s National Day seems to have a lot more people than last year.

There are national flags everywhere on the street, and there are many Olympic slogans.

There are also many more buildings under construction on the road, and there are fewer bicycles on both sides of the road.

National power, amid this slow change, shocked the world more than ten years later.

When I got home and put down my luggage, it was already 5 o'clock.

Lu Ping'an drove to visit two fried chicken restaurants. The traffic volume during the National Day was not bad, and then went to his uncle's house.

This year's National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival are on the same day, and Lao Lu's family is having a dinner together. This is not easy to recommend, so Lu Ping'an went to his uncle's house in Chaoyang District for dinner that night, and his aunt, aunt, and other family members all came.

Lu Ping An's arrival was warmly welcomed by the whole family. Compared with before, Lu Ping An has adapted a lot.

And now Lu Ping'an's changes are not surprising to everyone. His health has gotten better, his fame has become bigger, his courage will naturally become much greater, and his person has become much calmer. This is a good thing, so this also makes everyone more aware. Be happy, after all, this is better than being arrogant or even turning your back on others once you become famous.

The uncle's family had dinner early, and it was only half past six in the evening. After the meal, my cousin suggested going shopping at the Guomao Mall.

Guomao Mall is located in Chaoyang District. It used to be called Guomao Mall. It debuted in May 2000 and was officially renamed Guomao Mall. During the National Day, Guomao Mall has many discounts. There is no online shopping these days, so shopping is all about visiting the mall. This is a rare opportunity. Discounts can attract customers.

Lu Ping'an was a little sensitive to the word Chaoyang District, but he didn't refuse because he also wanted to buy some clothes. Winter was coming. Now, after more than half a year of exercise, he has become stronger and his weight has reached 72 kilograms. In addition, I have become much taller and the winter clothes I used to wear are no longer easy to wear, so I decided to go together.

Then a family of eight people walked there.

When we arrived at Guomao Mall, there was already a lot of people inside, and there were activities everywhere. And I heard that around 8 o'clock tonight, there would be celebrities coming to the platform, which is the acupuncture show in the circle. The person who came was said to be Xiao Yanzi.

His aunt's daughter, Lu Ping'an's 22-year-old cousin, asked him excitedly: "Ping'an, do you recognize Xiao Yanzi?"

Xiao Yanzi's popularity in this era is terrifying, especially in the eyes of a group of young people, she is the top figure at the moment.

Obviously, my cousin wants to rely on her cousin's fame to get autographs, take photos with idols, meet or even have dinner to become good friends.

But Lu Pingping knew that this person was not approachable.

At this time, her military flag incident has not completely exploded, but it is about to happen.

So he immediately took all his relatives and ran away.

"Go quickly, go quickly."

The relatives were very puzzled, and my cousin was even more gossipy: "No, Ping An, are you really with her..."

"Fuck her. This person is going to be in trouble. I don't want to get involved with her. Let's go quickly."

When the relatives saw Lu Ping'an's serious face, they all realized the seriousness of the matter.

Lu Pingan is a member of the industry and is the most qualified director. If he said this, then the matter must be fine. Even if it wasn't, they didn't want to cause trouble to Lu Pingan, so everyone followed Lu Pingan out without much hesitation. mall.

When walking out of the mall, Lu Ping'an also met two reporters. It seemed that they were here to stay at Xiaoyanzi's business performance.

They were very surprised to see Lu Pingan. After all, Lu Pingan was also a celebrity, so they immediately raised their cameras.

One of them was brave enough to come up and ask, "Is Director Lu waiting for Little Swallow here?"

This is what I fear most.

Fortunately, Lu Ping An has already thought of a countermeasure: "Which media do you belong to?"

"Sohu."

"Do you have a business card?"

"some."

The reporter handed over his business card, and Lu Pingan also politely gave him his own business card.

As a latecomer, he knows that it is still important to have good dealings with reporters and paparazzi.

In the future, camera equipment will be everywhere and he will be photographed on the street at any time. He is not single now, and at the same time, his reputation is getting bigger and bigger. It is inevitable that a lot of trouble will come to his door in the future.

Having a few journalist friends can sometimes get a lot of things done.

He also has a plan, and the best thing is to achieve the level of Ren Xianqi, so that if the paparazzi accidentally take a picture of him, he will come up to apologize.

Naturally, getting paparazzi to apologize does not rely on oppression, but on character.

Lu Ping'an didn't know if he could do it, but at least he would be right to play the role of a paparazzi.

He didn't have time to deal with this kind of mess.

Of course, if the paparazzi don't accept their kindness, he won't be afraid. After all, he is a direct descendant of the Beijing circle.

After exchanging business cards, Lu Pingan answered the question: "She and I are not familiar with each other. We have never met each other. Today I just went out for a walk with my family to eat. I will go back now. By the way, these are all mine. My family, please pay attention."

"Understood, don't worry, Director Lu, we have professional ethics."

"This is best." Lu Ping'an nodded, and then asked, "You are busy, do you need to take pictures? If not, I won't disturb you."

"No, no, I just took the photo. You are busy with your work."

"OK, bye."

Lu Pingan smiled and waved, and then walked away with his relatives.

And Sohu reporter Feng Ke was slightly surprised when he looked at Lu Ping'an's back.

He didn't know much about Lu Pingan, but he had a preconception that such a talented director would be a little arrogant.

I didn't expect him to be so kind and down-to-earth. Now it seems that Lu Ping'an is no different from the pedestrians around him.

So he felt that Lu Ping'an was really special, and the genius' brain was indeed not like that of an ordinary star.

At this time, the follower next to him suggested: "Do you want to write about him?"

"What are you writing about him digesting food after a meal? Who will read it?"

Feng Ke shook his head and carefully put the business card in his hand.

This is the first celebrity to call him, so why bother him?

On the other side, relatives also saw Lu Ping'an's current "dangerous situation" and decided to pay more attention in the future.

Lu Ping'an kept thinking, why is a name like Feng Ke so familiar?

Oh, it turned out to be him!

Zhuo Wei's future partner.

It seems that I really did something right today.

But he still felt that it would be better to visit Chaoyang less often in the future.

. . . . . . .

After changing shopping malls for shopping, Lu Pingan helped his relatives buy some things, and their relatives also helped Lu Pingan choose a few sets of clothes. After returning home, he began to screen the second movie.

Now that he is an official director, he will definitely not make short films for competition.

As for TV series, he will not be filming for the time being. Although the filming of the first TV series will definitely trigger the "achievement" and get a super reward, he still decided not to film for the time being. He will wait until the company's business needs it after graduation.

So I still have to make a big movie next.

What to shoot?

Lu Ping'an has already thought of two directions.

Those are award-winning movies and commercial movies.

Both have advantages and disadvantages.

The first is the award-winning movie.

The advantage of this kind of movie is that it doesn't require much investment. If it wins an award, it can earn two or three times the cost. It can also gain honors and improve its quality.

This thing sounds simple, but is actually very difficult, because the most important thing here is "winning".

But for Lu Pingan, who has a golden finger, at least the script problem can be solved.

If you bring out award-winning films, wouldn’t the probability of winning be greatly increased?

But this involves the disadvantages of award-winning movies.

The biggest problem in making films that are destined for awards is "censorship."

Almost all domestic literary and artistic films that have the potential to win European awards have some "dangerous attributes". The greater the potential, the higher the risk factor.

Lu Ping'an naturally didn't want to get banned for five years like Jiang Wen for a prize, and Jiang Wen's "sentence period" was five years, so it would not necessarily fall on him.

Of course, he can also select Chinese-language art films that will be released in the country in the future, but selecting Chinese-language films is not what a hero would do. Similarly, if he selects foreign art films, it will be difficult to pass them domestically because the standards are different.

So if you want to find a film that has a low risk factor and can win awards, you have to look hard.

In addition, there is actually another big problem in collecting award-winning films, and that is literary and artistic films, which have extremely high requirements for directors.

With the same script, King of Sunglasses can make the actors ecstasy and then produce excellent results.

Can it be replaced by someone else?

Lu Ping'an believes that he currently does not have this ability.

Even if the award-winning film can get permission to shoot, he won't be able to make it, so it will be wasted.

In contrast, it is a commercial film.

The disadvantages of commercial films are also obvious.

After all, this is 2001, and it was only 2002 when the movie was filmed and released.

The domestic film market is not big. Domestic films can earn up to 40 to 50 million yuan. This is still at the level of Feng Dapao. The other directors can make more than 20 million yuan, which is already incredible. 30 million yuan can be enough for a year. Most of them are Around 10 million, and more than a few million won't even be released.

Therefore, commercial films with great potential, such as those that cost hundreds of millions or more in a few years or more and are now being made, would be a pure waste. It would be better to wait for Lao Mouzi to open up the market and divide the box office accounts. Once the ratio is raised, shoot again.

Of course, Lu Ping An can also choose to attack the Hollywood market, but the time is not ripe now, and we have to wait for there to be news from Summit.

However, there are naturally advantages as well as disadvantages.

It is a fact that the current film market is not big, but as long as the cost is controlled well enough and the theme and quality of the film can attract enough attention, making money is actually very simple.

This is very suitable for the theme of "Original Time and Space", which has a strange theme. The box office performance of "Original Time and Space" is not good, and there are only novel movies with good reputation. Lu Ping'an knows too much about this kind of movie.

These movies will not show much commercial value in the future, but it is different in this era.

In addition, Lu Ping'an has already accumulated some "imaginative" reputation through "The Tuner", which means he has accumulated a wave of movie fans, and he also has special effects technology, so if he transports these movies, the cost can be further reduced. As for the box office, maybe it can really recreate the "miracle" of "The Tuner". Even if it can't, the market is so big anyway, it won't make much, and if it maintains quality and quantity, it may not lose much.

The most important thing is that this kind of movie is very suitable for practicing.

There is no pressure to win prizes, no risk of review, the cost is not high, and it is not a pity if it fails.

So he quickly determined the direction and then quickly determined the script.

Lu Ping'an really wanted to see what he could do without Jiang Wen.

After you finish practicing, try to compete for award-winning literary films.

Five days later, he met Hu Qingquan with a restored script.