China Entertainment: The happiness of being a director is as simple as that

Chapter 121 No.1, The Harvest
Today is the first day of classes in the new semester at Nortel.

Early in the morning, when the students entered the school, they looked up and saw that the large banner "Welcome 03 freshmen to the school" was removed from the school gate, and replaced with a new banner, which cost two yuan.

Zhang Jiani, a freshman in grade 03, walked with her classmates, raised her head, and read out the content of the banner:
"Warm congratulations to Lu Pingan, an outstanding senior student from the Directing Department of our school, for winning the No.60 Best Short Film Award at the [-]th Venice Film Festival!"

On top of it, there is another piece: "Warm congratulations to Lu Pingan, an outstanding senior student in the director department of our school, for achieving the grand slam in the short film unit of the world's four major film festivals!"

The two huge banners are tens of meters long, and the font is one size larger than before.

In particular, the words "Grand Slam of the Short Film Unit of the Four Major Film Festivals in the World" on the second block are in a yellow font that is different from the rest of the white, which can be noticed at a glance.

And the effect is naturally needless to say.

Like many other students, Zhang Jiani exclaimed in a low voice: "A grand slam!"

The rest of the students felt similarly:
"Director Lu is amazing!"

"The road guide is on the wall again!"

"I've checked the Big Four, so he's the only one in the whole world?"

"Isn't it? Lu guides the most authentic scorpion cake in the world."

"Appreciation class has to add homework again!"

"Hey, I have to write my impressions again."

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While the students were feeling emotional, many freshmen were also impressed by Lu Pingan.

"Our school's tradition is to go to the wall every year!"

"Three academic years, five awards, this record is probably truly unprecedented."

"Have you met the road guide? Of course! The real person is very handsome."

"I've seen what's so great, and I've even acted in his play. As for "Source Code", I showed the back of my head."

When honor reaches an unattainable height, envy crushes jealousy.

A group of freshmen listened with gleaming eyes.

The same is true for Zhang Jiani. She couldn't help but whispered to the senior sister beside her, "Will Director Lu come to school often?"

"Not often."

"Oh."

Zhang Jiani couldn't help being a little disappointed.

Like all acting students, she is an ordinary person, who wouldn't want to rise to heaven by herself like Zhang Songwen.

At this time, someone not far away said a little dissatisfied:
"It's just a short video, it's useless."

Of course there is jealousy and disdain.

Another person also echoed: "That's right, feature films are real movies, so what if short films win awards, can they make money?"

It's just that soon someone stood up and pointed at these two stunned young people:

"Shabi, the copyright of the short film of the road guide can be sold for at least hundreds of thousands of dollars!"

"Yes, the copyright of the Venice short film this time is said to have exceeded 100 million US dollars!"

100 US dollars, more than 800 million RMB.

Now the price of a house in the capital is only as low as [-] per square meter for a good commercial house.

You can buy 8 houses of more than 100 square meters in this short film of Lu Pingan!

How many people are envious of this!
After the two Lengtouqing heard this, one of them shouted directly on the spot: "Impossible!"

"impossible?"

Zhu Yawen of the 02 class laughed when he heard it, "Of course it is impossible for ordinary directors to make award-winning short films, but Lu Dao is the king of short films. Can the films of the king of short films be sold cheaply? This is not what I said, people from Europe What the media said."

"I saw it too. In the morning, Sina forwarded the report, and some American media also said the same thing."

Liu Qianqian, who came to class next to her, also added at this time.

Zhou Yang on the other side continued to add: "It is said that there is a big international brand looking for a road guide to shoot an advertisement, and the bid is 200 million US dollars. There are also many domestic brands who have quoted prices, and the highest is 500 million!"

hiss~
Money is the thing that attracts the most attention.

After hearing this, all the students were once again envious + jealous, and then started to think about it.

If I were Lu Ping An
If I also make a short film
If only I had a chance encounter with Lu Pingan.
Under the dazzling two banners, a group of students with their minds spinning around slowly walked by.

Banners can't talk, they can only enjoy wave after wave of attention.
Students enter their classrooms.

Sure enough, the teachers talked about the expected appreciation class tonight.

Especially the director department:

"Appreciation class at 8 p.m., this time five short films together."

The students immediately began to howl.

Appreciation class must bring additional homework.

Reviews, film analysis and even screenplay assignments.

I'm afraid I won't be able to write down a few thousand words.

This time there are five more, simply increase the quantity without increasing the price!

The point is that it's useless.

I wrote a script, or imitated it, or made it original, but the school didn’t allow it to be filmed. It would be great if the school could approve each assignment and then complete it in the form of filming.

But this time the teacher added: "This time the school allocated funds, everyone has the opportunity, no matter the grade, no matter how long or short the film is, as long as the script passes the test, they can apply for funds to shoot."

"real?!"

The eyes of the students suddenly lit up.

The teacher didn't hide anything, and explained directly: "Thank you, senior Lu Ping'an, the achievement of the world's four major short story grand slams is unique in the world. This time he earned the support from above for the school. 1000 million, this money is used to make up for your filming."

"Road guide bullpen!"

"Guide Lu is a real man!"

"Is Lu Gui single, I think I can"

The director department is full of joy from top to bottom.

The director of the director department was already grinning from ear to ear in front of Secretary Dong and Principal Zhang.

The higher-ups allocated 1000 million yuan to Nortel and supported the establishment of a special student film experiment fund, all of which belonged to the director department!
Principal Zhang also smiled happily, this amount of money only accounted for a small part of the reward above.

In the rest, there are various bonuses for school leaders and the school itself.

These are real achievements.

Principal Zhang thought about it for a while and asked Lu Pingan if he needed any help.

Last night, when I called Lu Pingan to congratulate him, I mentioned that I needed help, just ask. Lu Pingan said that he asked him to find five or six cultural relics, art masters, and old experts to help make a new movie. Principal Zhang felt that it was not enough , he thinks it’s okay to directly bring over the old master from the Forbidden City, it doesn’t need to be too much, it’s not a big problem to pull ten or twenty, and Chen Danqing can also be pulled over, this old boy has a good relationship with his old classmates, if not If you are willing to come, the worst is to pull yourself down and tie her up!
Secretary Dong smiled and looked at the state of these two people, and was sincerely happy in his heart.

The Grand Slam comes from my tenure, and next year's promotion will not be a big problem.

Of course, the most important thing is to be happy for Lu Pingan.

In the past, one or two short film awards, or even an Oscar, actually didn't add much to Lu Pingan, especially in non-commercial aspects.

It's a short film after all.

But now that I have won a Grand Slam, the meaning is different.

He received a notice early in the morning, saying that there would be 7 seconds for a 15:[-] p.m. news set to report on this incident.

The Film Association, the Federation of Literary and Art Circles and other units also called him, wanting to invite Lu Pingan to join.

These seem to be trivial matters, but Secretary Dong knows that many invisible stumbling blocks on Lu Ping'an's future road have already begun to be removed, provided that Lu Ping An does not commit suicide himself.

Will Lu Pingan die?
Secretary Dong thinks it is impossible, and "Dinner for a Few People" is an example.

The film severely criticizes decadent capitalism, and Lu Pingan has stepped on the G-spot.

This kid is smart!

A short film, full bloom at home and abroad.

It is much better than those old bones who specialize in domestic scars.

And even if Lu Pingan died in the future, Secretary Dong felt that he would go up to help.

Thinking of this, Secretary Dong couldn't help blaming himself for taking care of this little guy less before.
At 7 p.m., the news begins.

The host reminded: "Today's show will take about 35 minutes"

This situation is very common, and the audience is not surprised.

Then the news continued.

During the middle period, Lu Pingan appeared.

"At the Venice International Film Festival held last night, the famous Chinese director Lu Pingan won the Venice Short Film Silver Lion Award for his "Dinner for a Few". , becoming No.1 in the history of short films in the world.”

In the screen, it was Lu Pingan standing on the podium to receive the trophy, and then edited the screen, it was Lu Pingan who gave a speech to the live CCTV camera:

"Being able to achieve such an achievement, I first want to thank the great motherland for giving me the freedom to create, and also thank my alma mater BJ Film Academy for its support. I will continue to work hard!"

The screen was cut again, and the host's voice-over reappeared: "At 9 o'clock tonight, our station will broadcast five award-winning short films of Lu Ping An in succession, please watch."

15 seconds over, and then the next piece of news.

It is simply broadcast.

But being able to get on a set is already the most important meaning.

At 9:[-], after the broadcast of five short films, countless viewers remembered Lu Pingan through this night.

People in the industry lamented that the short film can achieve Lu Ping An's level, and he can really give him a thumbs up.

Of course, many people are thinking that short films are short films after all, and it will not be so smooth when Lu Pingan hits the feature film award.

An example is the fact that Lu Ping An's two feature films did not win awards.

So some people felt that Lu Ping'an's road to winning prizes might come to an end here.

From the second day onwards, Wu Guohua from Star Movies and Television received another wave of incoming calls.

This time is different from other times, this time most of them are advertisers and music companies.

As soon as the news broadcast was broadcast, domestic advertising brands, large and small, began to seek cooperation with Road Ping An again.

It is mainly for short films. After all, the scope of application of short films is relatively narrow, and advertisements and MVs are the most suitable ones.

The reasons why everyone strives for road safety are also very similar.

Now Lu Pingan has been stamped on it, and the short film is No. 1 in the world.

If they can sign a cooperation agreement with him, the mere act of "signing a contract" is a powerful advertisement, and when the film is made, it will be another wave of powerful advertisements.

The same goes for the singers, the fact that the MV can cooperate with a famous director, needless to say the publicity effect it brings.

But obviously, this is just a fantasy. Who is he, a great director, who can fall in love with you?
Fortunately, Lu Pingan didn't have time to take care of these things now. He asked Wu Guohua to deal with it first, and wait until his side finished harvesting.

The first is copyright.

"Dinner for a Few" won the award, and at the same time, he himself is known as the first in the world to achieve the grand slam of the short film with four awards.

So the added value of the work came up.

In the end, the screening rights were 178 million US dollars.

This is not over yet.

Because of the Grand Slam, the five works can be made into a compilation, and the copyright of the disc was sold for 260 million US dollars.

After tax, you can get about 2300 million.

It is almost comparable to the income from the distribution rights of "Source Code".

In addition, there are several advertising quotations from international big names.

The first commercial directed by a grand slam winner is worth a lot.

Plus the summit was involved in the hype.

Hype is a bottomless pit.

If Lu Pingan really wants to take orders for business, it is estimated that they will be able to come up with a sky-high price.

But Lu Ping'an's attitude is the same, let's put it aside for now.

The most important thing for him now is to complete the harvest in Laomei.

The day after receiving the award, Lu Pingan returned to Santa Monica.

Xiang Guoqiang came to report on the third day.

The current holdings of NetEase stock have reached 2.62 million US dollars.

A little more than expected.

Lu Pingan asked him to clear it temporarily, because the stock price of NetEase will be lowered in the next period of time, so as not to lose in vain.

The "Batman" contract Lu Pingan does not come forward, if he does, it is not certain whether he can rent it or not.

Therefore, from the beginning to the end, Watts, the peak, negotiated in front.

At this point, the Watts family's face-saving ability has played a little role. This is what he said himself. Regardless of whether Lu Pingan is true or not, the matter is settled anyway, just thank him.

The contract was finally signed, with a one-time payment of 1600 million US dollars.

Lu Pingan and Warner were signed, but on the surface it was Summit and Warner.

The news will be released as soon as possible.

The old American people have great expectations for the restart of "Batman", after all, the previous work was really bad.

As for the cooperation between Warner and Summit, in fact, this contract seems to anyone that Warner is picking up cheap.

In the detailed contract, it is not the full copyright of Batman, but only the shooting rights and some movie distribution rights, and there is no derivative income for the rest of the peripherals except for the movie discs.

If the film is not turned on within one year, or if the production cost of a single film is less than 1600 million US dollars, the contract will be invalidated, and [-] million US dollars will not be refunded.

If the series is successful, Warner has the right to participate in the investment. If it is unsuccessful, Warner will take back the copyright.

This is equivalent to Warner using the peak to incubate eggs. If there are results, they can pick the fruits, and they can stop losses at any time.

From the perspective of Batman's full copyright, if the series is successful, Warner will indeed benefit the most.

So many people feel that the top is a bit silly.

Watts also felt that Lu Pingan was a little silly.

The real value of the Batman IP is not the movie, but the peripheral derivatives.

Of course, from the point of view of the series, if Lu Pingan can really succeed, it will indeed have a huge bonus for Lu Pingan, a non-copyright owner.

But can Lu Pingan succeed?

Lu Pingan didn't answer, but just said to Watts: "If someone volunteers to make "Batman", remember to tell me as soon as possible."

Watts was even more confused: "You don't want to shoot?"

Lu Ping'an smiled: "It's brainstorming."

The series can only be rewarded once, and his favorite of the "Batman trilogy" is the second one.

So if Nolan really wants to recommend himself, just shoot him the first film.

The box office of the first part is not too high, only less than 4 million US dollars, which is quite satisfactory and does not make much money, but it can also reach the terms of continued cooperation in the contract.

By the time the box office of the second film was over $10 billion, it was just right for him to come to collect the fruit.

Of course, if the first film is for Nolan, the idea of ​​the script has to come from himself.

Lu Pingan took Nolan to fly, this cannot be changed.

The matter was settled, three days later, "Happy Death Day" completed the post-production.

Scheduled for around November.

Come out sooner, make money sooner, and make more money for Batman.

The next day, Lu returned home safely.

　Do this today, make up tomorrow~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)