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Chapter 387 Venice ([-])
The story of "Hunting" is actually very simple, and it can be summed up in eight words: All words make money, and good people are wronged.

The translation of the movie version is "The Brand of Lies", but Cheng Yu'an doesn't like this name, it is too straightforward and has no aesthetic feeling.

Back in the movie, the residents of the town seem to have forgiven Lucas. At the coming-of-age ceremony of their son Marcus, relatives and friends gathered together, sang and drank.

Lucas scanned the faces of his friends one by one, and they laughed and shouted and cheered.

But in this scene, Cheng Yu'an gave Lucas a few close-ups, making him feel awkward with the whole lively celebration scene, which made people uncomfortable.

Lucas gave his son the family's shotgun to congratulate him on stepping into the forest like a man, hunting with a shotgun to support and protect his family.

The next morning, as the sun rose, Lucas took his son into the forest and taught him how to hunt deer.

The audience thought the movie would end in a burst of warmth, including the media and judges who watched the movie.

"If Cheng chooses to end here, then the movie will be ruined." Many professional filmmakers have such thoughts, "See how he ends later."

Lucas stood in the forest with a calm but preoccupied face.

Suddenly, a gunshot!
Hitting a tree next to Lucas, Lucas was so scared that he fell to the ground.

He looked horrified at the high ground in the distance, standing there alone, the rising sun shone so that Lucas could not see his face clearly.

He stood there, gun raised, cocked again, and aimed at Lucas.

Lucas didn't dare to move, thinking that he was going to die.

But the man took aim for a while, turned around and left without firing a shot.

Lucas, who was still in shock, slumped on the ground, unable to calm down for a long time.

There are no lines, and the sound of Lucas's rough breathing is heard throughout the theater.

Lucas got up, with a close-up of his face, a look of bewilderment and confusion, and stared at the high ground where the sniper stood.

The music played slowly, shady.

Director: Cheng Yu'an.

The movie is over.

The projection hall was silent for a few seconds, and then burst into warm applause and cheers! !
"Bravo!!"

"Cheng! Cheng! Cheng!"

Cheers resounded throughout the movie palace.

The happiest person is not Cheng Yu'an, but Liu Yifei sitting next to him—my man!

The post-screening exchange meeting started with friendly compliments.

"Who fired the last shot?"

"It's not important." Cheng Yu'an said, "It might be you, or it might be some stranger we don't know at all. Compared with the truth, they care more about their own dignity and decency. Lucas was wronged, but They don't want to admit their mistakes. Instead of apologizing to Lucas, they hate him even more, why he is not the real murderer, and they don't accept the truth, preferring to let the truth disappear forever."

"Then why not kill Lucas, he can do it."

"Yeah, he could have killed Lucas, and we shot that ending, but it didn't work out."

"why?"

"Because killing Lucas is too cheap for him, he will continue to torture Lucas, you can think that he missed that shot on purpose, he used this shot to warn Lucas, as long as he doesn't leave the small town for a day Town, he will always have to face this cold gun in the back. Lucas will be threatened and hated by these moral giants standing on the high ground in the sun all his life."

"You are too cruel, Cheng."

Cheng Yu'an was very happy, and the reporters were basically asking him questions. Of course, Matthew's performance was also very good.

Cheng Yu'an was a bit selfish. If Matthew got the actor, he would get nothing.

The interview ended and the audience left.

"The core of the story is actually nothing new, but the director's grasp of emotion and rhythm is too precise, and the description of the psychology of group portraits is so real that the audience feels that Lucas' story is happening around him."

"The last shot was so fucking bad, it broke everything good, and the stagnant anger in my heart finally turned into a bone-chilling chill and fear."

"It's hard to imagine how the director of the film came up with this story when he was less than 30 years old."

"I didn't understand why the movie was called 'The Hunt' until the last shot was fired."

Cheng Yu'an returned to the hotel happily, and Liu Yifei specially ordered a meal to be delivered to the room at night, opened a bottle of good wine, and the two had a few drinks.

"Hey, what day is it today, and you still have wine?" Cheng Yu'an asked her with a smile.

"I'm not blind. The quality and media response of "Hunting" are all there. I wish you the award first."

"That's a little early." Cheng Yu'an was worried that the judges awarded Matthew the best actor, so he really didn't know whether to cry or laugh, "But it's true that most of the praises are good, so I should drink."

The two clink glasses.

Liu Yifei was inconvenient, and the two of them didn't bother at night. After a busy day at the premiere, they washed up and went to bed.

""Hunting" made a stunning debut in Water City. At 3 p.m. local time, the famous Chinese director Cheng Yu'an's new work "Hunting" held a premiere press conference in Venice. It has won praise from the audience and the media.”

"Movie Channel reported that Cheng Yu'an's first foreign language film "Hunting" premiered yesterday, and many friends gathered at the Movie Palace to help out."

"The program is 7.7. "The Hunt" premiered yesterday, and 20 media reporters gave it a high score of 7.7, ranking first with "Faust". It is the most powerful contender for the Golden Lion Award."

When they got up the next day, Cheng and Liu split up. The popularity of "Hunting" made Cheng Yu'an's schedule in Venice even more intense. There were countless activities and interviews to be done every day, and Liu Yifei would continue to stand for the brand.

"The copyright of "Hunting" will be suppressed first, and we will talk about it after the awards ceremony." The popularity of the movie made Cheng Yu'an more confident. Although such an art film may not sell at a high price, it is good to sell more.

"What's going on in the country now?"

"Everything is fine in China. "Painted Skin 2" will be released at the end of the month, and now the publicity has spread. Will "Painted Skin" continue?"

The box office of "Painted Skin 2" is definitely not bad.

"Do it. Just follow this line of thought and go down."

"But we can no longer afford to invite Mr. Zhou, Chen Kun and Zeng Li. The three of them have skyrocketed in the salary of "Painted Skin", so if they get together, it will not be worth the loss." The cost of "Painted Skin" has been controlled at 1 million to 1.5 million. If you really want to make a third film, the three leading actors will have to take away 5000-7000 million. No crew can afford their salary.

"I won't shoot Xiaowei and the others. I can shoot little fox demons, or other little monsters, as well as monster hunters. They share the same worldview as "Painted Skin". Let the three of them make cameo appearances in one or two shots later."

Cheng Yu'an just mentioned that, and the specific operation depends on how the company's screenwriters do it.

"There is one more thing." The producer on the other end of the phone said, "Guangxian made a film called "Painted Wall", which will be released simultaneously with "Painted Skin 2", and it will also be released on National Day."

"Wang Changtian is crazy. Doesn't he know that we are in the National Day file?"

"So he called the company every day these days to negotiate a schedule with us."

"If you want him to postpone or move up the file, "Painted Skin 2" will start on the National Day file, so whatever happens to him." Cheng Yu'an will not give in.

Cheng Yu'an checked the schedule for September: "We're on the 9th, so tell Wang Changtian to go to the 28rd and 23th."

"We told him the same thing, but he didn't want to compete with "The Revolution of [-]". This year, Shanghai Film Group puts a lot of emphasis on this film."

"He doesn't want to fight "The Revolution of 2", so he is not afraid of "Painted Skin 2"? "Xinhai" is not that good. It cost [-] million yuan. What is he afraid of?"

""Painted Skin 2" starts at 6 million, and it will definitely take all the National Day files. You let him think clearly."

(End of this chapter)