China Entertainment: Director’s happiness is so simple

After entering December, the sky in the capital was shrouded in the chill of winter.

Entering winter again, my whole body feels stiff.

Lu Ping'an's daily life has become extremely regular.

I went to class during the day and went to a burger restaurant at night.

The first store manager, Xiao Li, is very capable and he manages the store in an orderly manner. On the contrary, the second store manager is not so good. The hygiene in the store is always not up to standard, and the customer flow is not as good as the first store.

Lu Pingan simply asked Xiao Li to be the general manager of Burger King and manage two stores at the same time.

Xingchen Film and Television is now recruiting new people. The new employee is Wu Guohua, a management senior who collaborated on the short film "The Tuner" last year. He is applying for a management position.

This guy was pretty good and his abilities were pretty good. Lu Ping'an was impressed, so he gave him a three-month probationary period.

After Wu Guohua came in, Lu Ping'an asked him to continue recruiting people for all film and television positions except directors. For now, he would just expand to 10 people.

Lu Ping An is also considering changing the name of Xingchen Film and Television, but he has not thought about it now. It will not be too late to wait until the preparations for the project begin.

Xiang Guoqiang is in charge of Akers. He has made good arrangements and doesn't need to worry about it for the time being.

After arranging things in the company, Lu Pingping spends the rest of his time studying hard, making progress every day, and being a good student.

During his studies at school, Lu Pingan used foreign language learning enhancement cards.

Memorize words and watch original movies.

The effect of the ten-fold bonus is really strong. In just 20 days, he felt that his English vocabulary had improved a lot and his spoken English was more fluent.

He tried to find a foreign student from Nortel, who was very good and no longer stuttered when he spoke.

He thinks that when this month is over, he can start trying to learn German. If the organizers of the Berlin Film Festival in two months will give him face, he will not mind speaking German on stage.

Ning Hao, Zhang Songwen and Zhou Yiwei saw that Lu Pingan was working so hard these days and wondered if something had happened to him.

After finding out that he simply wanted to make progress, their pressure increased sharply, and they also studied with Lu Ping'an.

What a pity.

"It all depends on talent!"

The three of them pouted and returned to their original state the next day. Foreign languages ​​were really difficult for them.

time flies.

my country joined the WTO on December 11, but people who have not been exposed to relevant aspects will not notice much change.

Lu Ping'an is similar. Although he knows that the future will change dramatically, he still does what he should do.

On December 15th, Feng Dapao's "Big Shot" was released.

Lu Ping'an also received the invitation to come and support.

The scale of the screening this time was quite good, and it was co-organized with "BJ Youth Daily". They held a "Beiqing Winter" cultural event for lucky readers, and many reporters came.

The premiere held at the National Palace Grand Theater was also overflowing with stars. Zhou Xingxing, Carina Lau, Poet Chan and his wife, Liu Huan, Wang Zhiwen, etc. successively stepped onto the "Avenue of Stars" paved with red carpets.

Before the movie started, Feng Dapao mentioned piracy in an interview, saying, "The cost of 30 million is still stressful. If there was no piracy, I believe this film would have a box office of 500 million. If there was piracy, there would not even be 10 million. Listen. I think it's really fast to say that there are already pirated VCDs in the Northeast. But I also tell you that in order to prevent piracy, we have kept a secret, so that the pirated copies must be different from the ones we released."

Just listen to the fact that there is pressure on costs, there is no such thing as 30 million, and the advertising fees have already been earned back.

But this also reminded Lu Ping'an that he had to do a lesbian commercial before the next movie started shooting.

In addition, Zhang Yifan actually talked to him about piracy that Feng Dapao mentioned.

Where does the source of piracy come from?

In a word: It is difficult to guard against domestic thieves.

Therefore, "Comet", which is safe this time, may be pirated after it starts to be copied.

In this regard, Lu Ping'an felt that he should go and learn from it.

At the end of the red carpet, Lu Pingan finally had the opportunity to chat with Zhou Xingxing.

I just didn't expect that Zhou Xingxing actually knew him.

"Hello, Director Zhou."

"Hello road guide."

"You know me?"

"The short film Palme d'Or, the Chinese are all taking their seats."

Star Master smiled faintly and continued to praise in Hong Kong, which was not very fluent, "Your "The Tuner" is great. It has now grossed 12 million at the box office in Hong Kong."

"The Tuner" was released in Xiangjiang at the end of November and was distributed by Yindu. It's a pity that the first film didn't have much say. 12 million points is not much compared to Lu Ping'an's, but it has made a name for itself this time. I will definitely not use this kind of thing next time. pattern.

"Thank you. Your movies are also very good. I'm a fan of yours."

Zhou Xingxing smiled and asked: "Why don't my fans make comedies?"

"Yes, I will try it in the future."

"Then I wish you success."

"Thanks."

After a few simple words of conversation, the premiere ceremony soon began.

Guan Zhilin is old and not interesting.

Uncle Ge is very thin and there is still some time before he becomes "Uncle Li".

After more than an hour, "Big Shot" ended with a round of applause.

In the following days, "Big Shot" was officially released. Feng Dapao's appeal was as strong as ever, and with Hong Kong stars such as Rosamund Kwan on hand, it quickly exceeded 2 million in the first three days of its release, ranking second in the box office list in the first three days in Beijing this year. The first was " "Pearl Harbor", and the third one is "The Tuner" by Lu Ping'an.

So by the light, the media also included Lu Pingan's "The Tuner" in their reports, but no one would compare him with Feng Dapao. After all, Feng Dapao and Lu Pingan are not on the same level in commercial films. Even if In the big field, Lu Ping'an plus two short film awards, in most people's eyes, the two are far apart.

After December, the final exam is getting closer.

This time Lu Ping'an didn't deal with the situation as usual.

He found that the foreign language learning amplification cards also slightly enhanced the knowledge of other languages.

So his goal for this final exam is to get a score of 70 or above, to avenge his shame!

On January 18, 2002, Lu Ping'an completed the final exam and successfully learned German. The next step was to go to Berlin to improve his spoken language.

On January 20, one month after "Big Shot" was released, the box office was announced to have exceeded 40 million, ranking first in the year.

The media also quickly ranked the box office list for 2001.

Among domestic films, "The Tuner" took second place with 32.5 million.

Among Chinese-language films, "The Tuner" ranked third, behind "The Big Shot" and "The Secret Agent."

On the overall list, "The Tuner" ranked fifth, followed by "Pearl Harbor" with 104 million and "Charlie's Angels" with 75 million.

As soon as the rankings came out, Lu Ping An's reputation rose steadily.

Many magazines came over again, and Lu Pingan chose a few to take pictures on their covers.

In the year 2001, Lu Pingan left a perfect first cry in the film industry.

2002 is about to begin.

Lu Ping An's first shot in 2002 was still in Berlin.

On February 1st, two pieces of good news came from Hu Qingquan in Berlin.

The media also reported immediately:

"At the 2002 Berlin International Film Festival, Lu Pingan's short film "Hired Life" was once again shortlisted for the Short Film Competition and will soon compete for the Golden Bear Short Film Award!"

"Good news before it is released, Lu Ping'an's new film "The Night the Comet Came" has been shortlisted for the Panorama section of the Berlin Film Festival."

. . . . . .

"Hey sister-in-law, I'm in Berlin. What do I want to buy? Okay."

"Hey uncle, I'm already in Berlin, okay, okay..."

After hanging up the phone, the text message rang.

Gao Yuanyuan: "Come on, I wish you success in winning the prize."

Mr. Zhou: "It seems that only your work is shortlisted this year. Come on, you must win the prize!"

Chen Kun: "The table has been set and I'm just waiting for you to come back."

Huang Lei: "The silver bear doesn't look good, so bring back a golden bear."

Zhang Songwen: "Don't worry, I will burn incense every day, and the golden bear will definitely get it."

Ning Hao: "Bring some sausage."

Zhou Yiwei: "Put some rat poison in the sausage."

Ning Hao: "Don't listen to him."

Yan Danchen: "There will be a surprise when you come back..."

It's different when roaming is enabled.

When I arrived in Berlin, I still received countless text messages and phone calls.

Relationships vary in distance and content.

He had heard a saying before, saying that if you receive a blessing text message, it is best to reply to it, it will be very effective.

Lu Pingan didn't believe this, but he still replied one by one.

After sending the text message, the car arrived at the hotel.

After resting for a while, he went straight to the venue.

Today is the third day of the Lunar New Year, the film festival has come to an end, and the closing ceremony is on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.

As early as the beginning of the film festival, Wu Guohua from Star Film and Television had already arrived with five employees. Their task was to assist Hu Qingquan in promoting the film at the film festival.

"Comet" was shortlisted for the film festival. Although the film festival does not participate in the awards, at the Berlin Film Festival, the status of the film festival is similar to that of the main competition unit.

In other words, as long as the film is shortlisted for the film festival, the film's value will automatically increase.

Of course, during this period, they also had to shout a few words and hand out leaflets. This was considered the first important task for Wu Guohua and others after entering the company.

Things look good now.

"Which movie is good?..."Spirited Away" is good..."Quantum Coherence" is not bad."

Arriving at the venue, Lu Ping'an had a keen ear and soon heard some references to "Comet" in English and German.

The original English name of "Comet" is "Quantum Coherence", which means quantum coherence in parallel space.

It seems that the film is quite popular.

When they arrived at the place, Wu Guohua and others saw Lu Ping'an arriving and greeted him.

"How is it going?"

"The attendance rate was not very good at first, but then it got higher and higher. I took a look and found that our movie was ranked in the top ten. Some critics said that our movie was the best science fiction movie this year."

Lu Ping'an was also relieved. If the film is popular, it will sell for a good price, but he doesn't know how much it can sell.

"Come on, Teacher Hu sold it at a good price, plus a bonus!"

"okay!"

Everyone returned to work happily.

This business trip to see the world is a very important experience for them, and the company's works have done well, and the pride on the faces of the people is visible to the naked eye.

Lu Pingping continued to visit the exhibition. Hu Qingquan had Xiang Guoqiang to help him, so he could rest assured.

Among the films participating in this exhibition, in addition to Lu Ping'an's "Comet", there are also Da Pao's "Big Shot", Lao Mouzi's "Happy Days", Li Xin's "Eye", and Xu Anhua's "Man 40".

Lu Pingan was shortlisted for the film festival together with these veteran directors, which was a huge help to him and "Comet" in China.

In addition, at this Berlin Film Festival, there is still no Chinese-language film shortlisted for the main competition section, and the same is true for other sections, except for Lu Ping'an's short film.

In other words, Lu Pingan is the only domestic and even Chinese film at this Berlin Film Festival.

If he can still win the award this time, in Hu Qingquan's words, his domestic attention will explode again this time.

Lu Ping'an doesn't care whether it's a hit or not, he only cares about whether he can win an award and how much the film can sell.