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

Chapter 123 Making a fortune in silence, Huabiao newcomer
After dinner, several people sat in the clubhouse and chatted together.

Everyone talked about their experiences these days.

They're all doing well, Mr. Zhou and Chen Kun are going to be popular all the way.

Zhou Yiwei and Zhang Songwen have already graduated this year, and Zhou Yiwei followed Wang Jun. After the previous film is finished, it is said that the next film will be the leading actor of Hai Yan Opera.

Zhang Songwen's training class also continued, and he has another identity as a school teaching assistant.

Not to mention Yan Danchen, she has just finished "The Silent Witness" and the next play is about to begin.

During the period, everyone also chatted about Lu Pingan's plan for the next play.

This happened to be what Lu Pingan wanted to talk about.

His next film in the mainland is "Night at the Museum". The adaptation of the script has already started after the end of "Source Code". The shooting location has also been built, and the rest is to fill in some props.

The structure of this play will be similar to the original "Wonderful Night", which is divided into three acts, but after the adaptation, it will have very Chinese characteristics.

Lu Pingan thought it would be a tricky and successful adaptation.

And if you want to make this film, you have to find a lot of guest stars.

A commercial film must be blessed with various eye-catching elements, and stars are one of them.

So Lu Pingan sent out an invitation directly, let's come to play a guest role!

Everyone agreed one after another. As for what the movie was about, how much the production cost was, and so on, no one asked.

It's good to be able to participate anyway.

After chatting, the party ended and everyone left.

Yan Danchen left first, then circled around and returned to the courtyard.

The two haven't seen each other for half a year, and they miss each other very much.

After living a high-quality life, Yan Danchen talked about the next Huabiao Award.

At the Huabiao Awards Ceremony the day after tomorrow, Yan Danchen will be one of the award presenters.

In addition to him, there are 18 award presenters.

Most of them are the hottest new-generation stars at the moment, and there are three other star athletes.

The Huabiao Awards will also engage in these tricks.

That's good news for the stars.

Being able to show up on such an occasion is considered a stamp of approval.

Among them, Little Swallow was not excluded by accident, but Yan Danchen said that Little Swallow had no schedule, which was also what he said to the outside world later.

Lu Pingan was full of disdain, and told her to stay away from this person in the future.

After knowing the reason, Yan Danchen agreed on the spot.

It is rare for Lu Pingan to tell her what to do and what not to do so solemnly.

But as long as she said that, Yan Danchen would listen, she knew how to measure.

The next morning, Yan Danchen went to the Beijing Exhibition Hall, where the Huabiao Awards will be held this year, and she has to go to the rehearsal in advance.

Lu Ping'an continued to patrol.

The pre-shooting work of "Kung Fu Panda" in Bashu is in order, and the first phase of the task is expected to be completed in November.

After that, the whole team will move back to the capital, and then formal production will begin.

Guorong's elementary school is also arranged by a special person, and his team will take over the original production center park.

When it comes to buying land, Uncle Liao moved very quickly.

The main reason is that there is enough money, so the auction is expected to start in October. The location is good and the area is not small. Uncle Liao said that it may be won for up to 10 million yuan. Lu Pingan can't help thinking about the future configuration of his building again.

At noon, Lu Ping'an met with some old masters and experts in cultural relics, art, and history introduced by Principal Zhang.

Let's move to the set together.

The studio of "Wonderful Night" is located in Chaoyang Trade City.

When the film was actually shot, there was no need to actually build a museum.

When shooting the original version, we only set up a few main scenes, and then synthesized them with technology.

The cost of the original film was only $1200 million.

Now that Lu Ping'an is doing it, the landscaping is cheap, and the special effects technology doesn't cost money, so it's also not expensive.

Of course, there are still many places to spend money, such as models of various "cultural relics", "statues" and "wax figures". These all require money, are not cheap, and may not be able to produce good quality.

Fortunately, the masters introduced by Principal Zhang have solved the big problem for him.

With them, the next few wax figure protagonists can quickly make models after setting the angles.

Regarding the filming location of this movie, Lu Pingan originally wanted to find a film and television city to set up one.

But the person in charge of Chaoyang Trade City proposed cooperation after knowing about it.

They provided a place, and Lu Pingan set up the scene in it.

After the filming is finished, it will be decorated and the original scenes and props will be kept. In the future, the movie will be popular and tickets can be sold.

The flow of people is large, and the trade city also benefits.

Lu Ping'an felt that this plan was good, so they hit it off, and the trade city provided the venue, and they would get half of the tickets for the "museum" in the future.

The rent-free period of the museum is 3 years. If the movie is popular, the dividends will probably be reaped after three years. Whether it will be closed or continue to expand or change hands will be discussed at that time.

This work started at the end of May, and now the scene setting task has been completed, and the rest is to fill in various props.

Lu Pingan took a few masters to look at it and introduced the theme of the film. The masters praised the film's creativity, then made some suggestions, and agreed to join the crew in a few days to participate in the final preparations.

The Huabiao Awards Ceremony started the next day, and Lu Pingan arrived at the destination on time.

This year, due to the epidemic, the Shanghai Film Festival was suspended, so the Huabiao Award became the first blockbuster award in China this year.

In addition, the nature of the awards is different, so the number of people who came today is the most that Lu Pingan has ever seen for domestic awards.

When Lu Pingan arrived, many people greeted him.

As Lu Pingan, who has just won the Short Film Grand Slam, and has four awards shortlisted for Huabiao, Lu Pingan is one of the highlights of this field.

Lu Pingan dealt with them one by one, he was very used to this kind of scene.

President Huayi came to say hello at this moment and asked, "Do you have any plans for the next movie?"

"I'm preparing, but I don't know when to do it."

After Lu Pingan answered, he asked back, "What about you?"

"Now "Mobile Phone" is about to be released, and the next one will be released after it is released."

"Okay, let me know when Director Feng's new movie is about to be approved."

The two sides have exchanged resources, Feng Dapao is "A World Without Thieves" after "Mobile Phone", it is time to harvest.

In fact, he also thought about cutting Hu "A World Without Thieves" earlier, but the original work of this film was targeted by Feng Dapao when it was released in 99, and then it was finally won after several twists and turns. The author Zhao Benfu also recognized Feng Dapao. He persisted for so long before he took the picture. If Lu Pingan had gone up at that time, he would have no chance of winning.

However, Lu Pingan didn't think it was a pity. There were so many movies in the world that could be picked up, and only a few of them could be picked up. If you miss every movie, you will feel regretful, and you will not be able to survive.

Mr. Wang then asked: "Director Lu has made a second movie in Hollywood?"

Lu Pingan was not surprised after hearing this.

As long as you pay attention to the news of the Hollywood film industry, you will definitely know something about "Happy Death Day" before.

So Lu Pingan didn't hide anything: "Yes, we just finished filming."

Mr. Wang said with emotion at this time: "The Yankees still look down on us too much. According to Hollywood rules, after one movie is successful, the next one will have a production cost of 5000 to [-] million U.S. dollars."

When Lu Pingan heard this, his expression was a little subtle.

This is a misunderstanding?
Mr. Wang continued: "It's okay, Bruce Lee was not valued as soon as he came up, he was also kicked out one by one, I believe Hollywood will really see your talent soon."

After hearing this, Lu Pingan suppressed his smile to express his gratitude.

No need to explain.

Misunderstood. Misunderstood.

If people find out the real situation, there will be troubles, and then I will come and ask them to participate.

It is possible to cooperate in China, but in Hollywood, I am the only one, can I vote for you?

So it's pretty good right now.

Then the chat continued, and things about Hollywood were brought up many times.

Mr. Yu from Bona wished Lu Pingan's second Hollywood film a hit, and let people see how good Chinese directors are.

Han Sanpin also comforted and said that if you have grievances, then use your talent to speak
In short, everyone is good on the surface.

Lu Ping'an also knew that maybe only Han Sanpin really cared about it, and the rest were gloating.

But Lu Pingan said it doesn't matter.

Making a fortune in silence is the kingly way.

Of course, if the timing is right, I still have to mention Han Sanpin.

He is now the second-in-command, and in the future, he needs political achievements very much. At the critical moment, Lu Ping'an has to flash a flash, and this thigh cannot be broken.

Then Han Sanpin brought Lu Pingan to meet a group of veterans.

After getting to know Lu Ping'an for a while, everyone praised Lu Ping'an, and said that the short film was well shot, and hoped to make persistent efforts for feature films in the future.

Lu Pingan expressed his gratitude.

At the same time, he probably knew his current position in the eyes of the so-called mainstream circle.

That is still a rookie in the film industry.

That's right, Lu Pingan doesn't have any important awards in China now.

Foreign awards are also short films.

As for domestic box office results?

Since the criteria for participating in the Huabiao Awards this year have just been added to the market benefit quantification standard, after entering the selection stage, the jury will strictly follow the requirements of the four "market standards" for the films that have been shortlisted, and specially invite statisticians from the Film Bureau to attend the meeting for details. Introduce the market situation of each film.

In other words, Lu Pingan only reached the threshold of domestic mainstream awards with "Source Code", and it was a good time.

If it was released before, theoretically speaking, he would still not be popular.

But fortunately, Lu Ping'an is still young and has unlimited potential, so the status may be a little bit low, but everyone will not ignore you. As for when you will really start to value you, it depends on your future achievements.

After continuing to chat, Sister Hua came to say hello, didn't say much, just made an appointment for dinner.

Lu Pingan did not refuse, and after a while, the award ceremony began.

This year's awards presenters are really just like what Yan Danchen said, a super star.

Shuang Bing, Ren Quan, Chen Kun, Yan Danchen, Xia Yu, Jiang Qinqin, etc.

There are also three athletes, Wang Tao in table tennis, Wang Junxia in long-distance running, and Liu Xuan who has just turned into the entertainment industry.

A pair of celebrity award presenters dazzled the eyes of the award ceremony, and they couldn't see the point. After the end, the media would definitely go crazy.

In the end, "Source Code" was nominated for four categories, Best Feature Film, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress and Best New Director.

Among them, only the last one was won, the best director newcomer award.

It was Mei Ting and Wang Xuebing who presented him with the award.

Lu Pingan delivered a well-regulated acceptance speech: "Thank you to the organizing committee"

Huabiao Award, it is better to be serious.

And he was not surprised by this result, Han Sanpin had already vaccinated him.

Sci-fi and commercial films are different from the feature films of this year's Yishui.

Check out the award-winning film.

"Grandpa Deng", "The Stormy Sea (about the flood)", "Premier Zhou's Trip to Bandung"

So it's not bad to win the Best Director Newcomer Award.

This is not deliberate suppression.

Han Sanpin's original words were: "You have entered the door."

Also entered the school like him, there is also the new generation of Xu Cainv, who won the Best Actress Newcomer Award.

Get started, get a small prize.

In the future, if we maintain the quality of the works and adjust the subject matter, we will be able to rank according to seniority, and the final prize can be expected.

Lu Pingan really didn't know whether he should be happy or not.
(End of this chapter)