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

Chapter 167 Two Good News for the New Year
After watching the Spring Festival Gala, it was already early morning.

Lu Pingan sent relatives to stay in the hotel, and then began to reply text messages and phone calls from friends.

"Just saw you on TV, and you laughed so silly!"

This is what Yan Danchen said, and he laughed out loud after he finished speaking.

"There are three shots in the whole scene, your hands are swollen, right? Haha..."

This is Zeng Li, also laughing.

Lu Ping'an also felt that he was quite stupid, wouldn't it be fine to watch TV?

But fortunately, my friends only said that they saw him, and Lu Pingan didn't do anything weird, so it was just a mere audience, and it didn't attract much attention.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year's Day, Lu Ping'an accompanied his relatives to visit the capital and climb the Great Wall while taking advantage of the good weather.

In the second day of junior high school, the matriarchal side flew back to Shanghai, and Lu Pingan also started a New Year's greetings trip.

It's still the same process. This year several companies are here, and Hu Qingquan is also in China. Now his task is to watch the domestic studios. He will return to Laomei with Lu Pingan to continue watching the crew on the eighth day of the lunar new year.

Secretary Dong has also returned to Beijing. When Lu Pingan went to pay New Year's greetings, he obviously felt that his house was much more lively than before.

In the past, there were people who went to pay New Year's greetings at the same time, but not many, and occasionally met one or two.

Now it is also the fourth day of the new year, and the room is full of people, and Secretary Dong is pouring tea for people with arrogance.

But these people also know the rules, put down the gifts, and leave after drinking tea.

Only Lu Pingan was left to eat together.

At the dinner table, he said that it is not certain where he will be promoted in the future, because there is still half a year of experience time, but it should not be bad.

Lu Pingan didn't ask too much. Having the thigh of a high official may not be a good thing in fact.

So with a normal heart, just treat it according to the usual relationship.

In the evening, Lu Ping'an paid New Year's greetings to Jiang Wen, and it was the first time he had returned to Jiang Wen's home in so many years.

There is nothing unusual about the decoration of his house, except for a few tattered cameras that look a bit artistic.

At the dinner table, the two drank wine and chatted about the plans for the next movie.

Jiang Wen said: "I don't plan to act this year, this year, I'm exhausted!"

03 was a very busy year for Jiang Wen.

Lu Ping'an's "Hunger Platform", Xu Cainv's "My Father and Me", and "Jasmine Blossoms" co-operated with International Zhang, and the maddening "Barber".

In the four plays, except for "The Hunger Platform", which didn't take much effort, all the rest had quarrels.

Jiang Wen was tired, and so were the others.

Lu Pingan took advantage of the situation and asked, "Are you ready to start filming?"

"Yes, polish the script and start filming in 05. Don't avoid me then."

His "ban" is about to expire, and "The Sun Also Rises" is coming out.

The film cost about 5000 million RMB, which is a huge loss from the box office point of view.

However, this film was nominated for the Venice Golden Lion Award. Including the sale of the copyright, the loss was actually not much, which was within the acceptable range.

Lu Pingan didn't hesitate: "Of course, just say as much as you want."

Jiang Wen was very happy to hear that, but immediately asked again: "Your Batman, did you vote yourself, how much did you vote for?"

"You don't have to worry about it. Anyway, if you have the money to invest in you, it's right. The premise is that you don't want to make a big production worth tens of millions of dollars. Then I really can't afford it."

Jiang Wen let go of his heart and poured out the wine proudly: "Haha, you want to hire me? If I don't have that chance, I will tell you how many people want to vote for me. I will give you [-]% at most."

Lu Pingan pouted: "Stingy!"

Jiang Wen laughed aloud: "It's not that I don't want to give you more, you understand human accidents, and the companies that have cooperated in these years have to take care of them."

"Okay, okay, then the lower part, you have to give me more."

"no problem!"

Lu Pingan smiled and toasted him, feeling very satisfied in his heart.

Thirty percent is just right.

The less you invest, the less you lose.

Human relations and business can be taken care of, perfect.

In fact, Lu Pingan would be more than happy to ask him to pack 5000 million.

The two are also teachers and friends, and Jiang Wen has helped him a lot over the years, which is worth the price.

And anyway, it won't lose too much, and the next part of "Let the Bullets Fly" will make a profit.

It's just a practical limitation, things can't be done that way.

So that's fine for now.

Then the two chatted about "The Hunger Platform".

"Today is the 25th, and there will probably be news about the finalists tomorrow. I don't think there is a big problem with being shortlisted."

Jiang Wen analyzed it.

"The Hunger Platform" is strong in imagination and explicitness, but in his opinion, it is still lacking in film artistry.

The three major groups in Europe each have their own preferences, either emphasizing zzzq, or emphasizing reality, or emphasizing humanity.

But there is one thing in common, that is, film artistry is indispensable.

This is also the reason why Lu Pingan's two feature films were shortlisted but did not win the award.

At the same time, in the eyes of the outside world, Lu Pingan's shortcomings as a director were exposed.

But Jiang Wen also said: "Although "The Hunger Platform" has shortcomings, it also has great strengths. I have watched some movies this year, and yours is the most special. According to the rules of the film festival, it is hard to say that there will be unexpected surprise."

Lu Ping'an nodded. He has experienced so many times in the three majors in Europe, and he has long been familiar with the properties of the blind box.

So he didn't think about it, and just left everything to fate.

The original film "Platform Hunger" did not win any of the three major European awards, so as long as it is shortlisted this time, it will actually be considered a success.

There is a huge difference in copyright prices between being shortlisted and not being shortlisted.

On the fifth day of the lunar new year, Wu Jing arrived as scheduled, and when the two got along, the style of painting was different again.

After chatting for a few words, the two had sex in the boxing gym. After sweating profusely, they took a bath and rubbed their backs.

While taking a bath, Wu Jing talked about martial arts guidance.

He knew some people, but not all, the most familiar one was Yuan Heping.

Now that Yuan Heping has made his way in Hollywood, it is not difficult for Lu Pingan to invite his team, just spend money, but Lu Pingan has no such plan.

What he wants is a team that can experiment.

Stay if you can, end the cooperation if you can't.

The big-name martial arts team is obviously not good, and Xiangjiang people value this because it is a matter of face.

And Yuan Heping's team is actually not suitable, too "floating".

Wu Jing also knew this, he said: "In fact, if we really want to experiment, all big-name teams will have this problem."

"No way, this is an experiment."

"Do you want one from the mainland?"

"As long as the level is decent and willing to accept the conditions."

"I have a very good candidate, my senior brother and my best buddy, Kou Zhanwen."

Kou Zhanwen, "Er Niu (Houyi)" in "Brilliant Spring Pig Bajie", "Yu Chigong" in "Heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", and he also has another resume, that is the Chinese martial arts in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" guide.

This person is indeed very capable.

But Lu Pingan was also puzzled: "Can he do it?"

The style he wants is completely different from "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Wu Jing knows this.

But Wu Jing said: "He knows a lot. I think I can try it. He said he doesn't need money if he doesn't do it well."

"Okay, then let him."

Lu Pingan made a decision directly.

It's just an experiment, and the big-name team is not suitable, so it's just right for him to come, and the money will not be denied. Lu Ping'an still knows how to behave.

Then the two agreed to see each other in mid-February when the film was about to start, and the party ended.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, Lu Ping'an received a call from Jiang Wen and learned the first good news of the year: "The Hunger Platform" was successfully selected as the main competition unit of the 2004 Berlin Film Festival.

The media started reporting the next day.

"Lu Ping An's feature-length film hits the top three in Europe for the third time"

"Lu Ping An's feature film has been shortlisted three times in a row, will it win the award this time?"

"How far is Lu Pingan from the award"

All kinds of news were active on the entertainment page for a day.

There are good and bad.

The outside world was discussing heatedly, but Lu Pingan was relatively calm, because he had already made various preparations.

So he didn't care too much, he just sent a message to the film creators, asking them to apply for passports and go to Berlin when the time comes.

Whether you win an award or not, you still have to go.

In addition, since the film has been shortlisted, it can also be arranged for screening.

It doesn't matter what the box office is, the main profit of this kind of film is the copyright.

Compared with the movie being shortlisted, the news on the seventh day of the seventh day made Lu Pingan excited.

On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, Principal Zhang of Nortel called and gave Lu Pingan the second good news of the new year, and it was huge.

Lu Pingan, as an outstanding Nortel student and an internationally renowned director, was selected as one of the 148 torchbearers at the BJ station of the Athens Olympic torch relay as one of the domestic university student representatives and youth representatives.

This is the first time that the Olympic flame has come to the capital, which is of great significance.

Principal Zhang asked calmly on the phone: "Ping An, this opportunity is still good, do you want to go?"

Lu Pingan had to admit that he had pretended to be forced!

He happily replied: "Principal, you are so handsome!"

Principal Zhang laughed.

That night, Lu Ping'an started his second New Year's greeting at Principal Zhang's house and drank a lot of wine.

Only Principal Zhang was the only one who drank moxa, and with the help of alcohol, he insisted: "Peace, you must pass on the torch of Chinese movies in the future, and the torch of Nortel, and it will burn more and more vigorously, and burn all over the world!"

"Principal, you are drunk."

"Are you drunk? No, get a pen and let me show you a hand."

(End of this chapter)