China Entertainment: Director’s happiness is so simple

Starting from the next day, the filming of "Those Years" officially began.

Like "Broken Love", Lu Ping'an will also serve as the producer, and everything has been carefully discussed before filming begins.

Director Guo Fan also devoted great concentration to this "turnaround".

I believe that such hard work will definitely get the rewards it deserves.

Lu Pingan then stayed in Wanwan for five days, working on the set during the day and attending social events at night.

He has multiple businesses such as cinemas, video websites, and Burger King in Wanwan, as well as a group of people like Ling Chiling who are looking for resources, so these five days have been quite busy.

On the sixth day, Lu Ping An temporarily ended his work, and a preliminary intention was reached regarding cooperation with Ling Chiling.

Ling Chiling is currently the number one actress in Wanwan, and Lu Ping'an has come to Wanwan. It is a rare opportunity. The main reason for her money is that she failed to reach any cooperation with Lu Ping'an, and they are the ones who lose face.

Therefore, Ling Chiling's offensive has been very rapid in the past few days.

Lu Ping'an was actually interested in asking her to cooperate.

In the past, she used domestic stars and Hong Kong and Taiwan superstars to praise herself.

This time Lu Ping An also has this need, such as Zhu Yilong.

Zhu Yilong's popularity exploded after "Star You". In less than three months from the premiere of "Star You" to now, Zhu Yilong's various announcements and business cooperation have created more than 200 million for the company. Profits are expected to reach 500 million this year, which is very strong.

But in terms of celebrity status, strictly speaking he is still a TV celebrity, and there is still a gap between him and the domestic first-line stars.

This is still the current standard. When the popularity of "Star You" dissipates in the second half of the year, and Zhu Yilong loses the popularity blessing at the beginning of the year, the overall popularity will drop further.

By then, if he doesn't have a decent work plan to support him, Zhu Yilong will easily be forgotten by everyone.

Although there are currently many projects for Zhu Yilong, none of them are reliable so far.

So we still have to rely on the company to protect us.

Now is a good opportunity, if Zhu Yilong can collaborate with an actress like Ling Chiling in a movie.

Zhu Yilong's popularity will be further consolidated, and his status will be promoted to a movie celebrity.

Because although Ling Chiling does not have any outstanding works, due to her own unique advantages, all the male stars she collaborates with are big names. The earliest Chaowei Takeshi Kaneshiro, after "Red Cliff", she also collaborated with Jay Chou, Kimura Takuya, Sun Honglei, and Chen Kun They have cooperated with each other, and they even appeared on the Spring Festival Gala and received various top endorsement resources.

It can be said that at the moment she is the undisputed first-line actress of China Entertainment, and she is one of the top ones. Zhu Yilong is actually more profitable if he can cooperate with her.

What's more important is the Golden Horse Award she represents behind her.

Lu Ping'an doesn't value such awards, but artists are different.

Again, as long as there is no other award that can surpass China Entertainment, and the Golden Horse does not commit suicide, it will still have to win.

After finalizing the cooperation, Lu Pingan released "When a Man Falls in Love".

This movie will be a good test for Zhu Yilong's acting skills. When acting, he can follow the original version of Time and Space Bay, which is enough to win awards.

Of course, it’s definitely not Lu Ping’an who is directing.

Because Ling Chiling did not give him enough leverage to direct it himself.

The other party's theaters, TV stations and other industries are not allowed to invest in it. Just eating and sleeping is nothing. Director Lu Da does not have a stamp collecting habit, not to mention Liu Qianqian is still staring at it, and the 37-year-old Ling Chiling is nothing to him. Attractive.

So in the end, things were finalized in this way, and the movie is scheduled to start shooting at the end of the year, aiming to release it on Chinese Valentine's Day next year.

If she cooperates well, she can let other people in the company breastfeed her again.

For example, Huang Bo and Ling Chiling collaborated on "101 Proposals".

At that time, Huang Bo had already won the best actor award, and his celebrity status was higher than that of Ling Chiling.

But in the eyes of the public, Huang Bo still takes advantage, after all, he is too ugly

After the great beauties like Huang Bo and Ling Chiling fell in love in the movie, many fashion resources who had not looked for him before found him, which made his commercial value increase even more than when he won the Best Actor Award earlier. .

Therefore, the commercial value management of actors cannot be defined solely by indicators such as works, awards, and acting skills. It is also necessary to consider the perceptions of the public, fans, and partners.

This is why many good-looking pop stars have more commercial value than professional actors.

Having said that, both parties are still very satisfied with this transaction.

Among them, Ling Chiling's impression of Lu Ping'an has also improved a lot. She feels that Director Lu Da is a gentleman and a clean figure in the entertainment industry. Of course, there are also a lot of regrets and envy for Yan Danchen. She feels extremely emotional for such a good man. It's a pity. It has no connection with myself.

After the matter in Wanwan was finalized, Lu Ping'an flew directly to Lao Mei to continue to accompany Li Zi and Gao Yuanyuan, the two expectant mothers. Both of their due dates are in June, which is very soon.

In the next two months, Lu Ping An launched the two-point-one-line model.

One week I spend time with women in North America, and one week I spend time with Yan Danchen and his son on various domestic film sets.

In the past two months, affairs of all parties have progressed very smoothly.

In mid-April, "The Legend of Zhen Huan" completed its casting and started shooting.

I thought that the outside world would not pay much attention to this, but in the end it was still on the hot search for two days. Sun Li also used the heroine of Xingchen's new drama to become popular before filming.

After all, this is Xingchen's new drama, and the influence of "Star You" is still there. Even if the new drama is not directed by Lu Pingan, Lu Pingan participates in the screenplay and is directed by Zheng Xiaolong, a big boss in the TV drama industry, so the media will not ignore it.

By late April, long-awaited news about road safety came from three major sources in Europe.

The fact that "District 9" was shortlisted for the main competition of the Cannes Film Festival has attracted the attention of movie fans around the world and domestic society.

The impact of this incident is actually greater than usual, because Cannes rarely allows science fiction films to be shortlisted for the main competition.

In addition, if Lu Pingan wins the Palme d'Or this time, he will have achieved a feature film Grand Slam at the three major European film festivals. This achievement is quite valuable and few in the world have achieved it so far.

This has also increased the attention of "District 9".

The media quickly discovered that "District 9" had been released by Lu Pingan as a short film as early as 2004.

And this is also Lu Pingan's last work in his short film career.

Everyone knows that Lu Pingan is the "King of Short Films". After many media and movie fans learned about this origin, their curiosity about "District 9" became even stronger.

Among these people, there is a celebrity: Han Han.

In May, Han Han, who seemed to have nothing to do with the film industry, actually went to Cannes to watch a movie.

Then after watching "District 9" live, Han Han quickly started to take advantage of it on Weibo.

"I was in Cannes and just finished watching "District 9." This is an excellent alien-themed movie, also called "Millions of Aliens in Slums." Its appearance makes the food chain run, and white people bully Yellow people, yellow people bully black people (in fact, white people directly bully black people, and yellow people like to bully each other), black people bully aliens, and aliens bully white people.

Cruel, naked, and totally un-sheep-like, it’s so fucking cool! This is the authentic road movie.

I gave it 9.5 points, and the extra 0.5 was given by fans of Director Lu's first short film. "

At this time, Han Han already had a huge fan base and already had great influence.

So when he said this, the movie review also became a hot search for the first time.

For Han Han himself, in general, these comments made more people know Han Han, and then they dug deeper and found that he was a writer with a very unique personality.

He exchanged various words with people from all sides, and even made outrageous comments such as "I am not missing a lackey who praises me".

Nowadays, in terms of movies, it is said that Lu Ping An's movies do not have the temperament of sheep. In other words, other movies have the temperament of sheep.

This has aroused more serious discussions among many of his fans and moviegoers.

This has also further increased the popularity of "District 9".

Regarding this matter, Lu Ping'an, who was far away in the United States, was actually a little puzzled.

He and this person had never interacted at all before, so why did they suddenly jump out to support him?

And the answer was soon revealed.

The next day, Xingchen's official WeChat account received a private message from Han Han, saying that he wanted to ask Lu Ping'an about movies.

The company has always attached great importance to celebrity private messages.

After Lu Pingan learned about it immediately, his doubts were completely resolved.

Han Han will also be a famous director in the future. He likes his film works, which are completely different from the films on the market.

Now it seems that he is preparing to start his debut film.

His debut film "The End of Time" was launched in January 2014, which is about two and a half years ago. What a coincidence.

Lu Ping'an smiled and asked the company to send him his number. He didn't mind investing and communicating.

Soon afterwards, Lu Pingan received a call from overseas: "Hello, Director Lu, this is Han Han."

Since you want to make a movie, you should learn from the best. This is what Han Han said during the first half-hour exchange.

Lu Ping'an agreed, smart people would do this.

Of course, for Han Han, what he is most grateful for is not the movie, but the racing car.

During the second half of the phone call, Han Han verified one thing with Lu Ping An: I heard someone said that your driving skills are very good, Director Lu. Can we communicate some other time?

If he hadn't known that Han Han's biggest hobby was racing and that he had excellent driving skills, Lu Ping'an would have regarded him as a cover-up.

After the initial exchange, the two parties reached a certain tacit understanding of cooperation.

Later, the official Weibo of Domestic Stars also responded to Han Han: Director Lu said that he was grateful for Han Han's review, but the movie was not awesome enough, and there would be even more awesome things to come.

The interaction between Xingchen's official Weibo and Han Han made Han Han's fans very happy.

Of course, the ones who are happier are the movie fans.

"District 9" has just been shortlisted at Cannes, and thanks to Han Han's praise, fans are extremely curious about the film.

As a result, Director Lu now says that "District 9" is not awesome enough, and there is something even more awesome to come?

Now the movie fans couldn't sit still, and for a while, the number of comments on Xingchen's official WeChat account soared.

It's a pity that what should be said must be sold. If you want to know the answer, movie fans will have to wait slowly.

In mid-May, the Cannes Film Festival came to a close.

"District 9" did not win any awards. Although the society has regrets, it can accept it because the groundwork that needs to be done has been done long ago.

Lu Ping'an said himself that he was very satisfied to enter the main competition unit, and more awesome things are yet to come.

So this will not hinder much of everyone's curiosity about "District 9".

Immediately afterwards, fans began to look forward to the release of "District 9" in one and a half months.

Time passed quickly, and in early June, "Those Years" was finished.

After the film was completed, it quickly entered post-production. It was not a big problem to catch up with the Chinese Valentine's Day at the end of August, because the project had been delayed for too long, and the preparations that needed to be made had been made long ago. Even if there was no preparation, there was still Lu Ping'an. The sharp knife is here, so there is no need to worry.

After the film was completed, Guo Fan started working on "Wonderful Night 3" non-stop, and it is expected to start shooting in two months. By then, Lizi has completed production and recovered her body. It will not be a big problem to spend a few days filming.

The launch of "Wonderful Night 3" has once again caused some discussion in the industry.

For many netizens, this is a childhood memory.

For the industry, this is by far the most successful commercial series in the country.

Now that the series is coming to an end, it has sparked heated discussions online.

The most common question is why Lu Ping An wants to end this series. After all, this series has not gone downhill.

Lu Ping'an also responded to this. He said: A trilogy is the most suitable. Any more would be a waste of time, making the movies homogeneous and meaningless. There is another reason that will be explained in the movie. After the movie is released, everyone will Just know.

Regarding this explanation, some movie fans understand it and some do not understand it. Those who do not understand it certainly hope that Lu Ping An will be more watery. What's the point of homogenization, refrigerating, and repeating the same routine over and over again? It just needs to be lively and fun.

Those who understand feel that Lu Pingan is really responsible for the quality of movies, which is in line with Lu Pingan's style along the way.

But no matter how much the two sides argue, Lu Ping'an has made up his mind, and the "Wonderful Night" series will definitely come to an end.

So after the announcement, Lu Ping'an turned to other places and ignored it.

My eyes came to Laomei.

Entering June, "Source Code 2" was finally released in the United States.

This time, because it has an almost all-Chinese lineup, even Lu Pingan’s series has a limited number of theaters, only 1,230.

This is actually a good start, and others cannot do it, and if the box office performance is strong in the future, it can still increase the number of screenings like the first film.

As for box office expectations, Lu Ping An is actually very satisfied now.

"Source Code 2" has taken a global box office of US$356 million so far, and has completed its initial mission.

Therefore, as long as North America can recover the US$15 million cost of the announcement, it will be a big victory.

The current professional media's expectations for the film are around US$50 million.

So as long as "Source Code 2" doesn't have a huge upset, it will be a success this time.

In the next few days, Lu Ping'an, Guorong, and Liu Qianqian went to promote the movie, and then the movie was released. (End of chapter)