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Chapter 120 Venice, widow sister, complete

Landing in Venice, Lu Pingan disembarked from Wattsberg's private plane.

Having known Wattsberg for so long, he finally invited Lu Pingan to fly.

Lu Pingan knew that after watching the edited version of "The Day of Death", Watts had basically decided that Lu Pingan would become the new partner of the summit.

So the intimacy increased again.

Lu Pingan also knew that this guy was the heir of a big family.

Not only him, but the other two peaks are also heirs of big families.

To put it bluntly, a few wealthy N generations have set up a film company to play tickets. At the same time, they have a good vision. They really want to make the company bigger. creed.

But in terms of personality and way of doing things, it is indeed a bit salty.

In small films, only buy what you like, and ignore what you don’t like.

In stark contrast to them is Lionsgate.

People come to the film festival to sweep goods.

No matter what kind of film, as long as the evaluation is good, then buy it. After buying it back, set up [-] or [-] theaters to release it first. If the effect is good, it will be expanded.

Over the past year, although there have been many failures, the number of successes has been several times that of the peak. In just a few years, their valuation has now exceeded three times the peak.

But fortunately, Fengfeng was lucky, because they met Lu Pingan
After leaving the airport, several people went to the hotel. On the way, Wattsberg asked about Batman again.

"Are you really determined to do this?"

"As long as the contract can be signed, I will do it."

"But this cost hundreds of millions!"

"Only hundreds of millions."

Lu Ping'an looked calm.

After hearing this, Wattsberg officially changed his view of Lu Pingan.

This is really a billionaire, really one of his own!
"Are you confident?"

he asked next.

"No."

Lu Pingan answered with a smile.

"Then you still do it?"

Lu Pingan shrugged: "It's only [-] million if you lose."

hiss~
This breath!
How much money does Lu Pingan have?

Wattsberg changed his tune again.

Lu Pingan said again: "It will be earned back soon."

Wattsberg smiled: "That's right, after "Death Day" comes out, the profits will probably make people jealous again, and "Chain Saw 2" is even more so!"

"So I joined in as a shareholder, you are lucky."

"That's true."

When you arrive at the hotel, put your luggage away.

Wattsberg went to join the other shareholders.

Lu Pingan joined Hu Qingquan.

We met and had a brief chat.

Not much was said about the short film.

Everyone knows the situation of the three major European countries.

Whether it can win the award depends on how noisy the 7 judges of this year's short film are.

Hu Qingquan said that this year's feature film award has four other films with high voices, and the other seven judges in the main competition unit have already made a lot of noise.

Lu Pingan is not interested in this, but he is interested in the short film and Ning Hao's "Incense" copyright.

Ning Hao's film is now also Hu Qingquan's copyright matter.

Hu Qingquan said that the current price is not high, it is not shortlisted, only more than 20 US dollars, hang it first, and then sell it after winning the prize. He has already helped it apply for the Tokyo Ginza Silver Show in November.

If it wins an award, the copyright price can be doubled at least.

Lu Ping'an thought it was okay, the total cost of this film was 5, and Ning Hao asked him to invest [-], it would be good if he could make some money.

In contrast, Lu Ping'an's short films are much more valuable than Ning Hao's feature films.

The current screening offer is around $80.

If you can win a prize, at least double it.

This is much higher than the average feature film.

Hu Qingquan said: "You are now the number one figure in the short film industry, so the price can't be lowered naturally."

Lu Pingan smiled and said: "Unfortunately, this is the last time, otherwise we would have to wholesale dozens more."

The two laughed.

After chatting about copyright, Hu Qingquan asked again: "When will your next domestic film be shot?"

"Get ready when you go back."

"Ha, are you really planning to go after Lao Mouzi?"

As soon as Hu Qingquan heard it, he knew what Lu Pingan was planning.

But Lu Pingan just reacted.

right.

Go back and start filming the project that has been prepared for a long time, and if it is filmed and released, it will be next summer vacation.

Next summer, there will be "House of Flying Daggers" by Lao Mouzi.

Oh, isn't this a coincidence.

He swears, he really didn't think of this just now.

He just wanted to end the domestic film as soon as possible, and then go to shoot Batman.

Hu Qingquan said with a smile: "Lao Mouzi's film will be launched in a few days. This time the lineup is very strong. Hua Tsai and Takeshi Kaneshiro, it is said that the scenes alone have been prepared for a year or two, and they are very aggressive."

Lu Pingan also replied with a smile: "Don't worry, his movies are beautiful, but the plot will definitely not be any better."

"So sure?"

"Just wait and see."

Lu Pingan looked confident.

The two chatted and continued walking in Venice.

There was still half a day before the evening red carpet, so Lu Pingan decided to take a cruise at this time.

If you don’t come to Venice by boat, how can you eat pizza?

After playing around for a while, on the way back to the hotel, a female voice suddenly sounded in my ears: "Hi, Lu!"

Lu Pingan turned around and saw the widow sister.

The 19-year-old widow's facial features look a little immature, much softer than the later black widow period.

Now she is a literary and artistic young woman, and the films she accepts are all literary and artistic films.

It is estimated that this is one of the reasons why their company rejected the invitation of Lu Pingan's "Day of Death".

"Hi, Scarlett, see you again."

The two are actually not familiar, but they met last time at the Oscars, and talked on the phone for more than ten minutes a few days ago.

Now that we meet again, it is indeed a little strange.

But it's also better than having no foundation at all.

So when the two met, they were in this strange country again, and they quickly became acquainted.

The widow asked, "Did you just arrive?"

"Yes, I arrived in the morning and played around for a while."

“The pizza here is pretty good.”

"Indeed, the fruit tastes great."

"Fruit? Where did you get fruit?"

"I'm lying to you, I don't want to be beaten to death by the locals."

"Hahaha, so you know this too"

Widow sister has a very generous personality, and Lu Pingan didn't hold back. We had a pleasant chat when we met.

Then the widow mentioned the matter of declining "The Day of Death" before.

Lu Pingan said don't worry about it, it's normal to have no schedule.

The widow then wished Lu Ping'an's short film a big prize.

She knew that Lu Pingan was only one award short of the grand slam.

This has been popularized before the Oscars.

Now that Lu Ping'an's short film has been shortlisted, it is also appropriate to send some blessings.

Lu Pingan also congratulated her on the box office success of "Lost in Translation" and wished her the best actress tonight.

"Lost in Translation" was shortlisted for the countercurrent unit, and if I remember correctly, the widowed sister was indeed the best actress in this unit.

The widow smiled and said, "Thank you, if I can get this, I will celebrate with champagne tonight."

"Will you invite me?"

"Of course, if you win the prize too, I'll open two bottles!"

"Then wish us all the best!"

The two chatted briefly, and sent blessings to each other, which was considered to have completed the task of greeting each other when they met by chance.

After a while, the widow's companion came, and the two sides separated.

But what he didn't know at this time, where he couldn't see, the judges were still arguing.

This quarrel will determine which of the last two short films will win the top prize.

"Politics shouldn't be in Venice!"

"Is there no political element in Oil?"

"We shouldn't be discussing politics, but art!"

"Animation is not art?"

"..."

This kind of quarrel that no one will let anyone has actually lasted for many days.

Fortunately, this is the last time.

If Lu Pingan knew, he would be very grateful to these pure judges.

At least in comparison, this is really much better than Oscar.

But the resulting uncertainty can indeed be painful.

In the end, the judges quarreled until the end and offered the last one, and they used several methods.

"Vote."

This time, one of the seven people who had been abstaining voted.
In the evening began the red carpet.

Among the guests of yellow race, only Lu Ping'an was Chinese, and the rest were either Japanese or South Korean.

The two feature films still failed to get invitations, that is, no awards.

However, there are many domestic reporters.

After walking the red carpet, a group of domestic reporters came up to interview.

The questions are all about the four major short story Grand Slams in the world.

Lu Ping'an's mind was very relaxed: "Whether I win the award or not, this is my last short film work. I will be very happy if I get it. It doesn't matter if I don't get it. After all, the short film is just an appetizer before the feature film. You don't have to take it too seriously."

After speaking, he stepped into the arena.

This is the fourth time I have come to Europe's top three, and this trip has been calmed down too much.

He is like an audience watching a movie. After sitting down, he doesn't look left and right, but just stares in a daze, occasionally reviewing the winning words, and occasionally taking some candy from the bag to eat.

The widow's dress tonight was a bit conservative, after entering, Lu Pingan glanced at it and stopped paying attention.

After a while, the awards ceremony began.

Like the other two film festivals, short films are awarded first.

The first is the award for Best European Short Film, which has nothing to do with him.

Then there is the special attention award in the short film unit.

When the award presenter read out the long list of names of the winner, Andres Klein.

Lu Pingan and Hu Qingquan beside him began to feel nervous.

The tension at this time is also very funny.

There are only three awards for short films, and there are only three production teams.

After the two awards are over, isn't it just Lu Pingan left?

The two looked at each other, and then both smiled.
　The short film is over, and the next step is to officially enter the awards and box office of the feature film!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)