China Entertainment: Director’s happiness is so simple

After eating and tidying up, Lu Ping An went out to meet Hu Qingquan. Today they were going to Yongcheng to participate in the Golden Rooster Awards.

While waiting for the flight at the airport, Hu Qingquan asked: "When will the film in Venice be produced?"

"Let's wait a few days. The style of the film is a bit special, so we have to do it slowly."

"Life for Hire" has won many awards in the original time and space, and it is the one with the greatest potential to impact Europe among the three short films he is currently planning.

Another film, "The House of Memories" has already been confirmed to compete for the Oscars in 2003, but it can only compete for the Oscars.

So according to the general strategy, the strongest film should be used to hit Venice.

Because he already has the Berlin Silver Bear and the Cannes Palme d'Or, but he is only missing a Venice Golden Lion.

However, the three major European films have their own preferences. Cannes is more artistic, showing more of the inner portrayal of the characters, which is a bit like literary discussion and research.

Venice is relatively avant-garde and has many experimental films, which are suitable for films with a unique style.

Berlin shows mostly historical and social themes, characterized by reflection and calmness and restraint, with a realism flavor.

"Hired Life" is clearly the best fit for Berlin.

Moreover, the Berlin Film Festival still prefers Chinese-language films in this era. At the same time, it also values ​​direct lineage as much as Cannes. Although it is not as strong as Cannes, Lu Pingan has won the Silver Bear and has a greater chance of winning in Berlin.

As for Venice, Lu Ping'an doesn't know whether the short film he prepared will win the award.

But he was confident that the film was indeed avant-garde and profound.

Of course, it doesn’t matter if you really can’t get it.

Anyway, the worst case scenario is already a Silver Bear and a Golden Palm. One more is a profit, so be content.

"That's okay. Just do it slowly and don't feel any pressure. It is said that Gong Li will be a judge at Venice next year. It's hard to say whether it will be beneficial to us. At least we can know more about the situation when the film is sent."

Hu Qingquan is very concerned about whether Lu Pingan can win the award.

After all, it doesn't matter if Lu Ping An wins one or two short film awards, but if he wins all three awards, this will be unique not only among Chinese people, but even in the world.

In addition, Oscar is also important, even more significant.

If Lu Pingan can really win an Oscar, even for a short film, he will create a history for mainland directors. This is of extremely great significance.

Hu Qingquan then asked: "It would be too late for "Comet" to be screened in Berlin. Or should it be screened in Cannes?"

Lu Ping'an thought for a while and said: "I will start the post-production work tomorrow. There are still about twenty days before the submission deadline. It should not be a big problem. I can submit it together with "Employment Life" by then."

The post-production of "Comet", or all the post-production of Lu Ping'an's films actually doesn't take much time.

He is not like other directors. No matter how the story is told, shooting is one level and editing is another level.

The goals here at Lu Ping'an are very clear. They are all ready-made and can be copied, so he expects that it will be enough in more than 20 days.

But even if the film can be delivered in time, he doesn't have much hope that "Comet" will be shortlisted in Berlin.

It's enough to be able to screen and sell the film.

The two of them chatted while the plane landed.

After settling in at the hotel, it was afternoon.

The two put on suits and dresses and went out, and started communicating with people in the circle who came to attend.

There is a rule at the closing ceremony of this year's Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Industry. Everyone attending the closing ceremony awards ceremony must wear a neat suit, otherwise they will not be admitted.

The formal things are done well, so particular, but as for the inside, Lu Ping'an thought to himself silently, I'm just here to open his eyes.

At 7:30 p.m., the closing award ceremony was grandly unveiled at the Yongcheng Gymnasium.

More than 40 celebrities including Xie Jin, Stephen Chow, Anita Yuen, Ning Jing, Chen Kaige, Liu Ruoying, Wu Bai, etc. were sent to the entrance of the stadium by a special "star motorcade" and stepped onto the "Avenue of Stars" paved with red carpets to enter the party.

Lu Pingan also had the opportunity to walk on the red carpet. His entry order was just in the middle. Behind him were all Hong Kong and Taiwan stars and various big names. In front of him were mostly mainland actors. Hu Qingquan said that this order It's almost the reflection of his coffee position, but the real coffee position depends on the seat after entering.

After entering, Lu Pingan's seat was in the fifth row of the square to the left of the center. There were directors on both sides. When asked, one was from the Emei Factory and the other was from the Bayi Factory. They were both in their forties or fifties. Lu Pingan was there. The feeling is the same as the juniors they brought.

After a few awkward exchanges, everyone continued to remain silent.

Some of the actors and stars are in the middle square, and some are on the far right. The positions of the celebrities are also from the first row down from high to low.

Some of them are walking around freely, and most of them are staying quietly.

Lu Ping'an didn't like to walk around blindly, so it was good to be like this now. He greeted Mr. Zhou, Ning Jing and other acquaintances from a distance with his eyes. Then he looked at Master Xing in the third row of the square array in the middle, thinking to himself Is there any chance to cooperate with him in the future?

There was also a crew from "Get in the Car and Let's Go" present. Lu Pingan saw Gao Hu, but not Huang Bo, which was a pity.

After a while, Zhang Guoli and Cao Ying came on stage, and the Golden Rooster Awards ceremony officially began. . .

In the end, there was nothing much to say. It was highly praised and received nothing at the box office. "My Brothers and Sisters" is the treatment that commercial films now receive.

After it was over, Lu Ping'an chatted with a few acquaintances such as the great poet for a while, and congratulated Fu Biao for winning the Best Supporting Actor.

Then Lu Ping'an wanted to find a chance to chat with Master Xing, but unfortunately, he didn't see anyone after it was over.

He has no regrets, there will always be opportunities in the future.

Huayi's Wang Xiaowang found an opportunity to chat with Lu Ping'an and asked if there were any plans for the next movie.

Then Mr. Ren from Shanghai Film Studio also mentioned it.

Lu Ping'an's answer is always the same: "We'll talk about it when we have plans."

There is always a plan to gather it, now we just have to wait for the time to come.

After finishing the Golden Rooster Award, Lu Ping'an returned to the hotel. Lying on the bed, Lu Ping'an felt a little bored. For a Golden Rooster Award, it felt like he had never been here before, but he had to come. After all, they sent you an invitation letter.

As for competing for the Golden Rooster Award, forget it. Although this kind of award can reflect status, it is also magical enough.

It’s better not to have any expectations if you haven’t done well yet.

News about this year’s Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival appeared on the portal that night:

"The film Golden Rooster Award, which is selected by experts, can certainly downplay the box office performance and focus on the artistic innovation and breakthrough of the film, but it cannot ignore the opinions of the audience and the effect of the market. Many people ridicule the Golden Rooster Award-winning films as the film industry's "Karaoke movie". (Reviewed by "Liberation Daily")"

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Back in the capital, Lu Pingan started the post-production work non-stop.

Time was running out before the submission deadline in Berlin, so he had to act quickly.

The post-production this time is still at Beijing Film Studio, but old partner Zhang Yifan is not available. He wants to continue the fine editing of "Looking for the Gun" for his older partner Jiang Wen.

Lu Ping'an doesn't matter, the editing ideas are already there anyway, without Zhang Yifan it will just be less efficient.

After entering the post-production work, time is like day and night. It feels like it goes by very slowly, but in fact it goes by very quickly.

In the blink of an eye, November 1st has arrived, and the rough cut of "Comet" has been completed, and it is expected to be completed in about ten days.

During the break, news from Summit Entertainment came from North America.

Hu Qingquan said that after "The Tuner" was released in China in June, it will be released one after another around the world.

The box office performance was good, and the distributors made more or less profit.

Among them, the North American market that Lu Ping An is most concerned about is also a success.

However, Summit Entertainment’s strategy is to test the market with the Chinese version.

After buying the distribution rights for 250,000 yuan, they released it on 30 screens in early August, and later increased it to 60. They also received a box office of 1.02 million US dollars in three weeks, and the market prospects are very good.

So Summit Entertainment immediately decided to draw the Chinese version and then start filming the American version of "The Tuner".

The news coming this time is about the American version of "The Tuner".

"When will it be turned on?"

Lu Pingan asked Hu Qingquan.

As a result, Hu Qingquan replied: "It has been completed. The production cost is 25 million US dollars, which is not bad. It is now in post-production and is expected to be released in May next year."

"It's so fast."

"Of course you can make money quickly."

"Well, it seems they were sold low."

Lu Ping'an sighed with emotion, and then asked, "Who is the starring actor?"

"Jake Gyllenhaal."

Lu Ping'an fell into thinking, but he couldn't remember who it was just by hearing the name.

He asked: "Has this Jack ever acted in any movies?"

"I don't have any information about him here. I'll contact them later and ask them to send some information." Hu Qingquan said and started to complain, "Dingfeng is a bit stingy. It's obvious that a movie that can make money is not famous. big."

After hanging up the phone, Lu Pingan frowned slightly.

The actor's name still felt very familiar to him, but he couldn't remember who it was.

He didn't want to think about it. After resting for a while, he continued to work.

In the evening, Hu Qingquan came with the information.

When Lu Pingping saw it, he suddenly felt amazing: "It turns out to be him!"

"What, you know him?"

"Yeah, I've seen his movies." Lu Pingan nodded.

But it’s not about the past, but about the future.

"Brokeback Mountain" and "Source Code", he is the protagonist.

It seems that Dingfeng has a good vision and found someone with such potential right away.

Since there is such a fate, Lu Ping'an thinks that he can continue the fate when he goes to Hollywood in the future.