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At the Beijing Airport, Wu Yuchen and Zhou Xun saw someone holding a big sign "Two of Us" at the exit. When he walked over, he saw a young man.

"Director Wu, you've finally arrived! Come on, I'll carry your luggage for you. Let's leave quickly. The leaders are waiting for you!"

"No need for mine, you go and help our movie queen carry it~" Wu Yuchen patted the driver Xiao Li who picked them up.

"okay!"

Zhou Xun smiled and handed the suitcase to the driver and followed the two of them.

An hour later, Wu Yuchen took Zhou Xun into the movie channel's office building again.

In a large conference room, dozens of movie channel staff who had already received the notice were chatting enthusiastically.

"Tsk tsk tsk, I didn't expect it! A small film with an investment of 300,000 yuan could actually win a Best Actress and a Grand Jury Prize from the Tokyo Film Festival."

"It's not one, the actress is two, double yolks!"

"Yes, yes, I mean the same thing. This time I think our leaders will go crazy with joy, as if we won the lottery~"

"I heard that this director is still a college student. He's really awesome! Now he can compare with Beijing Film Studio and Bayi Film Studio."

"To be honest, I haven't even watched this movie yet. I have to find time to catch up on it."

"Don't worry, our channel will probably want to show the next part every two weeks, if you have a chance to watch it."

While everyone was chatting, they saw a tall and handsome young man walking in at the door with a trophy in one hand and his head held high.

Director Gu laughed immediately when he saw this: "Come on, let's welcome our heroes, Director Wu Yuchen and Zhou Xun, who have returned with the award!"

The dozens of people in the conference room naturally clapped their hands immediately, and at the same time, their eyes were focused on the trophy in Wu Yuchen's hand.

Director Gu and several other leaders came over with a smile: "Director Wu, you have worked so hard! Congratulations!"

"It cannot be separated from the support of Movie Channel. Without Movie Channel, there would be no "Two of Us", and there would be no this award!"

Wu Yuchen also spoke this kind of cliché. At the same time, he handed the trophy in his hand to Director Gu on the opposite side. He understood that this thing was what he valued most.

Sure enough, Director Gu and several leaders were beaming with joy after seeing the trophy in their hands.

They don't care at all about how much the copyright is sold for, and it doesn't fall into their hands. But this award is different. Their movie channel was able to win the award just after it was established. Isn’t this a sign of good leadership?

Although movie channels can earn a large amount of advertising fees every year, they have no control over this money and have to hand it over. For example, this time I invested 2 million to shoot a TV movie in-house. I had to apply for a report and get approval.

But this time, the two awards "Two of Us" brought back from the Tokyo Film Festival proved its feasibility and success. Their subsequent TV movie plans will definitely be passed smoothly.

From now on, not to mention 2 million, but tenfold is the starting point. It is estimated that tens of millions of funds can be applied for every year, and a new TV and movie department can be added to specifically manage the production of domestic TV movies.

At this time, Wu Yuchen saw Jin Yaqin in the front row of the crowd, and hurriedly walked over with a smile:

"Grandma Jin, this time we arrived at Neon, and many people there praised you. Anyone who has watched the movie was moved to tears by you!"

At this time, Director Gu also came over and handed the trophy for Best Actress to Jin Yaqin:

"Old Mrs. Jin, your performance this time is great. This actress deserves the title, and she has also gone abroad to win glory for the country!"

Jin Yaqin was also smiling from ear to ear at this time, stroking the trophy in her hands back and forth. She didn't expect that after playing supporting roles all her life, she would get such a great honor by playing the leading role once in her old age!

After that, the leaders of the movie channel gave motivational and exciting speeches. At the same time, they also specially invited reporters from several newspapers to come over and take Wu Yuchen, Jin Yaqin and Zhou Xun together for a group photo. Of course, they held them together. Trophy!

The reporters who came were also very interested in the affairs of "The Two of Us" and inevitably asked all kinds of questions. It was not until after sunset that everyone left.

Three trophies, Zhou Xun and Jin Yaqin's best actress trophies were taken back by them, but the jury award was left on the movie channel to be offered. Originally, the movie was indeed considered someone else's, and this award was also awarded to the entire crew.

Wu Yuchen mentioned that he wanted to find a theater to show it in order to facilitate his participation in the Golden Rooster selection next year. Director Gu naturally took care of it, saying that even if they paid for it themselves, they would put the film into theaters as soon as possible.

The next day, Zhang Ziyi rushed into the dormitory holding a newspaper:

"Zeng Li, Lizi! Your boyfriend won the grand prize!"

She made such a noise that all the girls in the dormitory were alerted. It has been more than a month since she entered the school. After Zhang Ziyi and Qin Hailu's publicity, everyone already knew that Zeng Li had a handsome boyfriend. Zeng Li was no longer too lazy to defend himself.

All the girls gathered around Zhang Ziyi, and saw the headline on the front page of the "China Film News" in her hand:

"Chinese movies honor Tokyo!"

Then there is a striking photo, which is a group photo of Wu Yuchen, Zhou Xun and several leaders toasting together in the movie channel conference room.

There is also a detailed publication at the back of the newspaper:

"An old man and a young man both aspire to win the Best Actress Award in Tokyo!" 》

"The talented college student director thanks the movie channel for supporting him!" 》

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Several articles introduced the four awards won by "The Two of Us" and "Face/Off" at the Tokyo Film Festival, including the behind-the-scenes stories of the filming of "The Two of Us" and the sensation it caused at the Tokyo Film Festival. Detailed introduction.

That's right, most of the focus of the article was focused on "The Two of Us", and "Changing Faces" was only mentioned in passing.

You have to ask why, because the one behind "The Two of Us" is a movie channel, so of course it has to be a big brag!

If you don’t brag, how do you know that the leadership of this movie channel makes wise decisions, and how can you make progress!

"Is this it?"

"Yes, that's the boy smiling in the middle of the photo. It's unmistakable!" Zhang Ziyi pointed.

Mei Ting turned to Zeng Li and exclaimed: "Lizi, your boyfriend is so awesome! He's only 18 years old, and his first film won the Tokyo Film Festival Grand Prize! And he also won the Berlin Short Film Golden Bear before. What a genius!”

Hu Jing also yelled: "Lizi, it's so uninteresting. Such an awesome boyfriend has to be hidden! He has to be brought out for us to see~"

"That's right, Zeng Li, ask your boyfriend to tell us how to act!" the girls chattered.

It has been more than a month since these girls have been in Yangzhou Opera, and they all know what it means to win the grand prize. This may be something that many directors can't do in their lives, but Zeng Li's boyfriend has already been doing it continuously. Awarded.

Zeng Li actually knew about it a few days ago. Wu Yuchen told her when he called her to chat. But at this moment, looking at the amazed and envious expressions of the girls in the dormitory, Zeng Li was happy for her, but at the same time, she couldn't help but feel a sense of vanity that was beyond honor.

But Zeng Li thought about it and explained again: "We are really ordinary friends."

The girls looked at each other and wanted to continue making noise, but Mei Ting, the eldest sister, smiled and came over to hold Zeng Li's hand:

"Okay, okay, ordinary friend, then why don't you invite this ordinary friend of yours to have a meal with us? When we invite him, he will help us get to know the international director!"

All the girls reacted upon hearing this: "Yes, yes, yes, Lizi, tell him, and we'll invite him~"

Seeing that a group of roommates had said this, Zeng Li hesitated and said, "Okay, I'll mention it to him. I don't know if he will agree."

The girls all looked at each other and smiled when they heard this, finally getting Zeng Li to ask out his mysterious boyfriend.

In addition to professional newspapers such as "China Film News", there are also broad newspapers such as "China Youth Daily", as well as the film channel's own program "China Film News", which all praised "The Two of Us" for its success at the Tokyo Film Festival. Special book.

Unlike the last time "Che 44" won the Berlin Golden Bear but couldn't be promoted due to its subject matter, this time "The Two of Us" is a film with pure energy and didn't need to be promoted at all.

Thanks to the dual dissemination of print media and television, "Two of Us" took advantage of this to become famous among movie lovers, and the name of talented director Wu Yuchen has truly entered the public eye.

At this time, Wu Yuchen, a talented director, was in the office of Dean Hou Keming.

Hou Keming shook the script in his hand, then smiled and cursed at Wu Yuchen:

"You kid, I just finished praising you, but now you are starting to worry me again!

I think your film is a bit like a new wave avant-garde film. Do you have to shoot it like this? The similar "Westward Journey" has already failed at the box office. "

Wu Yuchen nodded: "Teacher Hou, if this is changed, it won't have the same taste. And isn't the school teaching us to be brave enough to explore? I want to give it a try."

Hou Keming looked at Wu Yuchen in front of him and thought, what a good boy, have you already started to take this step? In comparison, old filmmakers like them really have no ambitions.

Hou Keming looked at the script in his hand again and looked at "Run Lola Run" on the cover, thinking that he would help this student run for a while.

"It's not easy to shoot your movie in the Mainland. It's really going to Hong Kong Island or Macao. I have no contact with Yindu Agency Co., Ltd. over there. In this way, I'll call Han Sanping from Beijing Film Studio later. Both the factory and the bank have dealings.”

When Wu Yuchen heard the name of the future Chinese film star, he didn't expect to have to deal with him so soon.

"Thank you, Teacher Hou!"

The next film that Wu Yuchen plans to shoot is "Run Lola Run", which is known as the classic time loop movie.

"Run Lola Run" is a very famous movie, full of eclectic and unique style.

The story of the movie is actually very simple. In order to save her boyfriend, Lola must earn 100,000 marks in 20 minutes. She finally saved her boyfriend through the time loop three times. The entire movie revolves around these twenty minutes of life and death, showing three processes and three outcomes of Laura running, Laura finding money to rescue her boyfriend.

The logic of "Run Lola Run" is somewhat similar to that of "Westward Journey". Love is the theme, life-saving is the main line, time is the symbol, the phone and the money bag are transitions, and every call to the Moonlight Box is a very different process and ending.

The classic thing about this movie is not actually the content of the story itself, but its shooting techniques, editing, narrative structure and the themes it expresses.

In terms of narrative, it breaks Hollywood's emphasis on complete storytelling, closed endings, and the narrative structure of three-act or five-act dramas. Instead, it cleverly uses time loops to achieve a novel three-part narrative, which is completely opposite. A counterattack against Hollywood tradition.

"Run Lola Run" has a total duration of 81 minutes, of which 71 minutes are sports scenes. Although the film is short, it contains 1,581 shot transitions, with each shot taking an average of only 2.7 seconds, making it one of the "fastest films in film history."

At the same time, it is also known as a must-see movie for directors. Almost all film students will be led by their teachers to watch "Run Lola Run".

Of course, there is another reason why Wu Yuchen chose it. It is small and big. The total cost of the film is less than 2 million US dollars. It has a box office of nearly 10 million US dollars in North America. This may be okay, but it earned 110 million US dollars in Europe!

All of Europe went crazy for this movie, and even gave birth to a Lola wave and Lola phenomenon.

An avid fan in Germany was interviewed and said that he had watched it more than 80 times. He even bought a treadmill specifically for this purpose and followed the heroine on the treadmill while watching the movie. He was so obsessed!

Doesn’t Hollywood still look down on him now?

Wu Yuchen wants to use such a film that goes against the tradition of Hollywood, and after achieving results, Hollywood will invite him back.

At Beijing Film Studio, Han Sanping showed interest after hanging up the phone.

He knew this Wu Yuchen, but not because of "The Two of Us" or the previous Berlin short film "Golden Bear", but because of "The Night the Comet Came" which was currently showing in the cinema.

"Lesui, what is the specific situation of "The Night When the Comet Comes" that you mentioned costing over 10 million yuan?"

Standing in front of Han Sanping, Yu Dong smiled and introduced: "Director, this movie has been released for a month and a half, with 110 copies. The box office is now 12.3 million. I estimate the specific shooting cost is only 500,000."

Han Sanping puffed out his smoke: "Wu Yuchen, he made a movie with a box office of more than 10 million yuan with 500,000 yuan, and used 300,000 yuan to win two awards for the movie channel. What a talent!"

Yu Dong chuckled: "Director, if you like him, just invite him to our Beijing Film Studio. Our factory is the best way out for Beijing Film graduates."

Han Sanping smiled: "There may be an opportunity for cooperation soon. He is coming over in the afternoon. He happens to be your junior brother. Then you go to the door to pick him up and show him the way."

When Yu Dong heard this, he immediately patted his chest: "Director, I promise to bring him into our factory!"

"Hehe, you have the most powerful mouth in the whole body!" Han Sanping laughed.