China Entertainment: Director’s happiness is so simple

After arriving at the hotel and settling in, Lu Pingan and Jiang Wen started visiting the film festival.

When Lu Pingan came to Venice this time, in addition to cheering for Jiang Wen, he was actually invited by the organizer.

The day after tomorrow he will be on stage as the award presenter.

I don’t know what award will be awarded, but Jiang Wen hopes that Lu Ping’an can award it to him.

Lu Pingan also hopes so, and hopes that "The Sun Also Rises" this time will not fail to win the award like the original time and space.

Chinese-language films in Venice still shine this time.

Jiang Wen's "The Sun Also Rises", Li An's "Lust, Caution", Wanwan director Lee Kang-sheng's "Help Me Love God", and Hong Kong director Johnnie To's "Detective", a total of four Chinese-language films were shortlisted for the main competition.

Among them, the most eye-catching ones are the films of Jiang Wen and Li An.

Overall, Li An still gets the most attention.

Because this movie is indeed pioneering.

Speaking of "Lust, Caution", the two soon met the people from "Lust, Caution".

"Director Jiang, Director Lu."

A middle-aged man with a strange face came up to say hello, and after introduction, I found out that he was from the publicity department of the production of "Lust, Caution".

Then soon, Li An and Jiang Zhiqiang were called over by him, followed by Tang Wei.

Tang Wei is very different now from a few years ago. It should be considered the time when her appearance was at its peak.

Several people met because Li An, Jiang Wen and Lu Ping'an were all familiar with each other.

After his introduction, everyone quickly became familiar with him.

Then when Tang Wei was introduced, Tang Wei said to Lu Pingan: "Director Lu, long time no see."

Lu Pingan first pretended to be slightly stunned, and then suddenly said: "It's you."

Jiang Zhiqiang was very curious: "Do you know each other?"

Lu Pingan explained: "We met in 2001. At that time, my short film had just won an award, and we were doing exchanges with the directing department of the school."

After some explanation, the suspicion of "old lover" was eliminated, and everyone shouted "fate".

But Jiang Zhiqiang is still curious: "I have a number, so why haven't I seen you work together?"

Tang Wei said helplessly: "I was timid at that time. Later, when Director Lu became more and more famous, I didn't even dare to contact him."

Jiang Zhiqiang laughed and said: "You are still thin-skinned, but it will be different after this time. Your business ability will definitely catch Director Lu's eyes."

With that said, Jiang Zhiqiang invited Lu Pingan to watch a movie.

When he said this, Lu Ping'an specifically aimed at Tang Wei from the corner of his eye.

Tang Wei looked calm, but it could still be seen that she was still a little unnatural.

As for whether or not to watch the movie, I have nothing to do anyway, so it doesn’t hurt to watch it.

Then two hours later, everyone sat together and talked about the movie.

One is Jiang Wen, one is Lu Pingping, and the other is Li An.

They are all film masters, so of course they are quite professional when talking.

Although Jiang Wen didn't like the story very much, he was still very concerned about the film's presentation techniques.

He even asked in an extremely professional and serious tone: "Is this actual shooting?"

Li An also answered in the same tone: "Yes, I didn't really want to at first, but it always felt wrong."

Lu Ping'an also expressed his professional opinion: "The processing is great, who is the photographer?"

Tang Wei on the side had already found an excuse to go to the bathroom.

After a professional exchange, the topic about "Lust, Caution" ended.

Before everyone left, Jiang Zhiqiang made an appointment for a cocktail party in the evening. Jiang Wen did not refuse, but Lu Pingan declined because he had other things to do.

When I come to Venice this time, I have two things to say about the safe journey.

In addition to being an award guest at the film festival, "Kung Fu Panda" was also released in Italy.

In the evening, Lu Pingping met up with Cheng Long and others in Rome, hundreds of kilometers away.

Today is the premiere of "Kung Fu Panda" in Rome.

As Lu Ping'an, who has won the Golden Lion Award, he is already very well-known here.

The same thing happened in Berlin.

Therefore, during this European trip to promote "Kung Fu Panda", in addition to Italy, he will also go to Berlin.

At the same time, "Peak 3" will be released in a few days, and Lu Pingan will also have some advance interviews with Cheng Long.

The premiere of "Kung Fu Panda" in Rome that night was very lively.

For many ordinary local movie fans, Cheng Long's arrival has actually accounted for most of the publicity advantage.

So the premiere was a success.

Lu Ping An paid special attention to the surrounding sales.

Very good, the panda dolls are selling very well.

If IP can really achieve the influence of original time and space.

If nothing else, Xingchen Toys can become a multinational company in no time.

not bad.

After the premiere, Lu Pingan and Cheng Long accepted another TV interview.

The two then agreed to meet in Berlin the day after tomorrow, and returned to Venice safely the next day.

That night was the awards ceremony.

On tonight's red carpet, Tang Wei, a little-known girl from Hangzhou, was even shy, and her lips were trembling slightly because of nervousness. But if the results remain unchanged, in less than three hours, she will become a new generation of domestic entertainment supernova.

The final result is similar to the original time and space.

The Silver Lion Award for Best Director was presented by Lu Pingan to Brian, the veteran American director of "Revised Excerpts".

"Lust, Caution" won the Golden Lion Award and the Best Technical Contribution Award. Li An, the film's cinematographer, and Tang Wei had their highlight moments.

"The Sun Also Rises", like The Originals, did not win any awards.

Jiang Wen was a little depressed.

But after just complaining in a low voice, "You're a little bit behind", the whole person regained his energy.

After the award ceremony, Jiang Wen and Lu Ping'an were interviewed by reporters. When asked what they thought of "Lust, Caution" winning the award, they both just expressed "congratulations."

That's all I can say.

Neither of them wanted to talk more.

After all, I don't really like this kind of story.

Then Jiang Wen and Hu Qingquan started talking about film producers.

The movie didn't win any awards, so the next most important thing is money.

Jiang Wen said he would try to get his money back in one go.

Lu Ping'an still has the same attitude: Money is not an issue. If I really want to lose money, I will be the protagonist again and won't be paid.

Jiang Wen laughed and joked, saying that he would lose some money no matter what this time.

After the film festival, we safely transferred to Berlin.

At this time, the world's film-related media had already been dominated by "Lust, Caution".

All domestic media are reporting on Tang Wei's rise to fame.

All kinds of rumors are flying about, such as "real swords and live ammunition", "unobstructed view" and "bloody blood", which makes the movie fans very excited.

Countless movie fans are also waiting for the movie to be released in November to see how she became famous.

In addition to reporting on Tang Wei, many media have also begun to delve into the behind-the-scenes stories of "Lust, Caution".

Then soon the media broke the news that "Lust, Caution" originally approached Jiang Wen and Lu Ping'an, but both of them rejected it.

There was a hint of blindness between the two of them both in and out of the article.

Lu Ping'an's friends also asked about it.

Among them, Liu Qianxi joked on the phone: "Why didn't you answer the call at that time? If you become the director and I become the heroine, we can dominate Venice."

At that time, the movie actually found Liu Qianqian.

Lu Ping'an responded directly: "Can you do it with real weapons and ammunition?"

Liu Qianqian changed the topic at the speed of light, and then mentioned that Tang Wei's commercial influence was indeed explosive.

Many brand owners are waiting for Tang Wei to return to China to chat with her, which has affected the other actresses. Several advertisements that Liu Qianqian is currently talking about have been put on hold.

In terms of numbers, the most obvious thing is that before taking over the filming of "Lust, Caution", Tang Wei's advertising value was very low. Her advertising value at that time was one print and one film and television commercial, and the asking price was 50,000 yuan for two years. .

It is said that it has now jumped to more than 1.5 million yuan, ranking among the first-class domestic movie stars.

Among mainland actresses, only Xiao Yanzi and Liu Qianqian had such a sharp increase in their net worth after filming "Huan Zhu Ge Ge" that year.

At present, the advertising value of mainland actresses is more than 5 million yuan, including International Zhang and Gong Huang, while the advertising value of Zhou Gongzi and Fan Xiaopang is 2 million yuan, and the advertising value of Xiao Yanzi is between 1 million yuan and 2 million yuan. , the same is true for Liu Qianqian.

Yan Danchen, who just won the Best Actress Award, has just entered the 1 million plus club.

Tang Wei can jump to 1.5 million with just one click, which is indeed a step to the sky.

And this is just the beginning.

So almost everyone believes that Tang Wei's future will be unlimited.

No one will believe that this is just a flash in the pan. (End of chapter)