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

Chapter 202
"Brokeback Mountain" is filming steadily, and there are occasional news from the domestic side.

On September 9, 19 days after the shooting of "Brokeback Mountain", the total box office of "Wonderful Night" officially reached 8 million, breaking the box office record of "Titanic".

As soon as the news of "Wonderful Night" broke the record, it became the headline of domestic entertainment again without any surprise.

Most of the opinions on the Internet about this matter are relatively positive.

After all, a country's box office record is finally no longer a foreign film, and that's something to be happy about.

In addition, this will also greatly stimulate the industry. It is said that there are already many film projects approved.

I don't know anything else, anyway, Lu Pingan thinks that next year his movie theater should be able to usher in a wave of big growth.

However, there are also many people who have a negative attitude.

There are many reasons.

The quality of the two films "Wonderful Night" and "Titanic" cannot be compared.

The film market in 04 and 98 is also incomparable.

So by comparison, "A Night of Wonders" has nothing to be proud of.

Some even thought it was a "shame".

There are radical media shouting there, saying that a country's box office record film is largely a reflection of a country's film level.

It is a disgrace to the entire industry that a comedy film with little connotation like "Wonderful Night" can become the number one
These views are only a minority in the market.

Even if they are in the majority, Lu Pingan or other insiders will basically just listen to them.

Not even listening.

If filmmaking was all about talk, domestic films would have already been number one in the world.

But it also illustrates a fact.

That means Lu Ping An will be under even greater pressure in the future.

In China, it is difficult to be the boss.

Fortunately, in some people's eyes, Lu Pingan knows how to "hide clumsiness", so he is a good boy.

For example, at the awards ceremony of the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival on the 19th, Hu Qingquan was asked several times, "Why didn't Lu Pingan come?"

This time the Golden Rooster Award Lu Pingan was absent because he was going to make a movie.

Hu Qingquan came over to replace Lu Pingan.

In case "Fantastic Night" won an award, or "The Hunger Platform" won an award, he had to show up to accept it.

Second, Hu Qingquan himself was also nominated.

This time he won a best producer nomination.

The newly established award of the film festival.

It's very fresh, but it's basically impossible to get it, because the candidate still has Mr. Yang from China Film Group.

But you still have to come.

Facing the old antiques' questions, Hu Qingquan's answer was always the same: "Film in Laomei, a literary film."

"What subject?"

"Same-sex ethics film."

"Oh~~~"

Everyone's reaction is similar.

Same-sex ethics film.

There isn't much market for this kind of film.

Even if flowers are photographed, they are useless commercially.

But in the "mainstream" literary world, this is more useful.

So most of the "old school" nodded and praised: "You can keep your mind steady, Lao Hu, you are doing a good job as a teacher."

Then the topic changed: "The investment of Brother Kai and Mr. Xu's films next year will not be low, and the number of movie theaters next year will definitely be more than this year. How can the box office be worse? You can get more than 3 million, and they can get it, so The box office is only temporary, you are right to do this, you really have to keep a low profile, literary and artistic films are good, and you can talk about it anytime you need it.”

Some people also said: "Now that the great directors of Xiangjiang are starting to enter the mainland, the old Hu Ni of Xiangjiang Films also knows it. It's hard to say how high the artistry is, but they are indeed better than us in business. That's right, they are decades earlier. I started playing before, so I still need to learn a lot in the future, the road back is safe and empty, let’s form a game.”

Others said: "It's right to make a literary film. Show me after the film is finished. Foreign awards are not easy to win, so let's take the domestic ones first."

Hu Qingquan chatted with a group of people one by one with a smile.

There is contempt in my heart, and I feel that these people are too self-righteous.

Of course there are also worries.

Unlike Lu Pingan, he knows the future development of the industry, and he also knows that Hong Kong filmmakers will not be acclimatized in the mainland in the future.

So Hu Qingquan is indeed worried that these people will pose a great threat to Lu Pingan and mainland filmmakers.

But he still believed in Lu Ping'an's ability.

I believe in what Lu Pingan said, that commercial films will definitely be the mainstream in the future, and compared to the box office of a single film, the film industry is the magic weapon for success in the future.

So for these old antiques, Hu Qingquan didn't bother to argue with them.

After chatting with the old antiques, what is left is a group of other industry insiders who look up to him and even wish to squeeze him dry tonight.

As Lu Ping'an's teacher, Hu Qingquan's current status in the industry is already somewhat difficult to estimate.

In the eyes of the old school, Hu Qingquan, like Lu Pingan, is still a bit of an outlier at present, and can only be regarded as half of his own. After all, everyone is engaged in art, and you are engaged in the box office. After you have done something in the "mainstream", you will really be considered. own people.

In the eyes of the new generation of companies and actors, Hu Qingquan's status is lower than that of China Film, Shanghai Film and other leaders, but higher than the bosses of all domestic film and television companies.

After all, his student is Lu Pingan, and Hu Qingquan is the producer of almost all of Lu Pingan's films, including "Wonderful Night", which won the record this morning.

"Wonderful Night" won the first box office, and the bonus it brought to the actors is quite large.

Take the red carpet as an example, the main creative team who came here today also received a different courtesy than before.

For example, Zeng Li has gained far more flashes than other actresses.

This is the courtesy of the protagonist, and the rest of the small supporting roles have also gained a lot.

Some have already begun to add personal box office achievements to their resumes.

Personal box office of 3.6 million, and personal participation in a lot of unknown projects, which one is more eye-catching?It's obvious.

The crew of "Wonderful Night" is like this, and the main creative team of "Hunger Platform" coming tonight is similar.

They are all projects of Ping An Road. Compared with "Wonderful Night", "The Hunger Platform" is considered to be more award-winning in the industry.

This time "Hunger Platform" received three nominations at the Hundred Flowers Awards, although this year's film festival did not announce the list of winners in advance.

But "nomination" itself has a high value in the industry.

In this way, Lu Ping'an's movies can win awards and increase commercial value.

So

As soon as Hu Qingquan appeared on the stage, the eyes of the actors on the scene almost shone brighter than the flashlights outside the red carpet.

Then soon someone came up to chat.

"Teacher Hu, I'm Bingbing, why didn't the road guide come?"

"Mr. Hu, this is Zhang Jinchu, who just acted in a movie."

"Teacher Hu"

If Hu Qingquan is willing to let go tonight, he will probably be squeezed dry tonight.

Fortunately, Hu Qingquan knew it well.

The more this time, the more stable it is.

Lu Pingan didn't float, how could a teacher float?

At the end of the awards ceremony, "Wonderful Night", as expected, only won one best music.

Hu Qingquan's Best Producer Award was not unexpectedly lost, and Mr. Yang of China Film Group won the award.

Also this year's blockbuster "House of Flying Daggers" only won one Best Art Award.

The rest of the awards are still very positive.

In fact, if "Wonderful Night" really wants to win awards, it can win a lot.

For example, the best costume design and the best special effects, but the Golden Rooster Awards do not have these awards.

Furthermore, as a children's film, it can also win the Best Children's Film Award.

In addition, the best director can actually be won, after all, it has broken records, which is worth mentioning.

But the Golden Rooster Awards still carry on the glorious tradition.

However, while giving full play to the tradition, it is very twisted.

This year's Golden Rooster Award for Best Supporting Actress is actually vacant, and none of the 4 nominees gave it to you. Can you believe it?
The threshold for this year's film selection is a box office of 500 million, but the highest-grossing "Wonderful Night" can only be used as a supporting role.

This is very boring.

No wonder many media said after the award ceremony that this year's Golden Rooster seems to want to make itself unique and establish its authority, but in the end it makes itself very embarrassed.

In the subsequent Hundred Flowers Awards, Lu Pingan gained a lot.

"The Hunger Platform" won the excellent feature film, Duan Long and Li Youbin won the outstanding actor at the same time with "The Hunger Platform".

Neither of these two awards is the highest award, and there is "best" on top of "excellent".

So overall, it's probably a consolation prize.

In this regard, Lu Pingan's expression remained unchanged after learning the news.

Lao Hu on the other end of the phone was only disappointed that the Golden Rooster did not have a buffet this time.

So in his view, the golden rooster has increasingly become a "golden chicken rib".

Hu Qingquan didn't think much about this kind of award at all, so after talking about it unhappy, he then talked about happy things.

"Duan Long cried at the awards ceremony and said that he would have a drink with you when you come back."

"Hey, this is really ready to give up my life, okay, you tell him, I am also going to give up my life."

"Haha, Duan Long said to forget it."

The Little Hundred Flowers Award is naturally not uncommon for Lu Pingan to take a look at.

But it's different for actors like Duan Long.

Vanity Fair, the award is the symbol, it is difficult for any actor to dismiss it.

It is foreseeable that there will be a wave of text messages on Lupingan mobile phones tomorrow.

So after Lu Pingan and Hu Qingquan finished chatting, they turned off the phone and concentrated on filming.

Generally speaking, the movie "Brokeback Mountain" is much simpler than Lu Pingan's previous movies.

No car chases, jumping off buildings, special effects, explosions
In the whole film, you can't even find a shot of modern film.

This kind of movie is simply a nightmare for industrial movies.

There is no trace of industrialization, it is all original ecology and supernatural.

So knowing the original film, the film solves 50% of the problems.

After finding Hao Yuanyuan, the movie solved another 40% of the problem.

The last 10% are uncontrollable elements in the rest of the shots, such as scenery.

Such as the color of the sky, the clouds in the sky, the visibility of the air today, the wind, the weather, and the flocks that are always unable to get together.

Many times, people have to follow these uncontrollable factors.

For example, the weather forecast says that it will snow within three days.

The entire crew can only try their best to solve the current scene within three days, otherwise they will be ruined.

Fortunately, the actors are very dedicated, and the strength of the two protagonists is also sufficient.

So although the next shoot will be overtime, everyone is still very happy.

Of course, as far as being happy, there is also shyness.

Like this one tonight.

In Lu Pingan's opinion, this was the most difficult scene in the whole movie.

The two protagonists will be in the tent, completing the first time.

"Brokeback Mountain" has some scenes and shots of desire flowing, such as the intimate encounter between Jack and Ennis in the tent in the mountain.

Li An revealed that she was actually very shy when filming this sex scene.

Therefore, he decided to make the shooting very technical, such as setting a complicated one-step shooting agreement, with 13 points for attention marked on it, so that the actors would not think about things other than filming.

He said that the first pass of this scene was very difficult, and it was not until the 13th pass that the final version was produced.

I took so many shots because I hope to make this scene real and convincing.

This time it was Lu Ping'an's turn to shoot.

For this kind of scene.

To be honest, it was also the first time that Lu Pingan met him.

Lu Pingan has never filmed a sex scene, let alone a same-sex one, even a heterosexual sex scene.

The sex scene in the short film "Tuner" is a joke, not counted.

So in the beginning, he was also very shy.

But who made him the director.

Director, in this case is the time to suppress the scene.

So Lu Pingan did not change his face, calm down, calm down and calm down again.

It's all about art!
"Get ready!"

With an order, the crew started filming.

Then after 18 times, I finally passed the level.

The two protagonists walked out of the tent, their cheeks flushed slightly, and they didn't know whether they were shy or tired.

Jack asked: "Director, how is it?"

Lu Pingan smiled and expressed the same emotion as Li An in the original time and space: "So gay!"

Everyone laughed, but Lu Pingan was complaining to Goldfinger in his heart.

This time TM has to give me an interesting reward to make up for it!
The artistic shots have been successfully completed, and the scene under "Brokeback Mountain" is coming to an end.

Lu Pingan continued to work overtime, and then filmed the several times the protagonist met after "Brokeback Mountain".

The two protagonists still performed bravely, and their performance was smooth from young to middle-aged.

The crew also rushed to end the battle before it really snowed.

Fortunately, the weather is beautiful, there will be no snow in the next three days, and the scenery under the entire Rocky Mountains still presents the beauty of autumn.

It wasn't until the crew packed up everything and was ready to leave after work was over that the snowflakes fell quietly. This also made everyone in the crew sigh "God bless", and Lu Pingan was also very emotional. Most of the scenes "like God's help" can give The film brings some different colors, and I hope this god-blessed celestial phenomenon can continue forever.

. . . . . . .

After filming in Canada, the crew of "Brokeback Mountain" diverted to the old America and New Australia.

The families of the two protagonists also join the story.

Among them, the widow sister plays Jack's wife.

The original role was played by Anne Hathaway.

Paramount wanted her too at first.

But unfortunately, Anne Hathaway has no schedule because the shooting was two months later than the original time and space.

This is already Lu Pingan's two unsuccessful invitations to her.

Lu Pingan didn't feel anything, this is the norm in the industry.

Anne Hathaway is quite good at being a person, she called Lu Pingan and said she would definitely do it next time.

No matter what she really thinks, anyway, the attitude is here.

Anne Hathaway couldn't come, so the widow sister succeeded as a substitute, and she took the initiative to call.

But Lu Pingan asked: "The one playing opposite you is Jake Gyllenhaal."

Some things need to be explained.

In Lu Ping'an's impression, the two had been together for a while.

However, the widow sister said that it doesn't matter, saying that they just met by chance and had no feelings for each other. The two were together last year and there was hype from the brokerage company.

That statement is pretty much the same as Jake Gyllenhaal's.

Lu Ping'an suddenly felt that the image of the widow sister as a tough boss is really worthless.

这姐们未来曾在13年的时间换了11个男友，准确来说是在2004年到2017年的13年时间里有过3段婚姻、8个绯闻男友，算是真正的能够组建“前男友（前夫）足球队”的彪悍大佬。

But now it seems that it feels a little watery.

But he didn't think too much about it. In the entertainment industry, it's too normal to be true or false.

After the widow came, she was very enthusiastic when she saw Lu Pingan, and she was not embarrassed when she saw Jake Gyllenhaal, like an old friend.

Then enter the state.

Compared with other actors who were skeptical at the beginning, the widow is more confident in Lu Pingan's filming of "Brokeback Mountain".

After all, the two have known each other for a long time, in the words of the widow sister:

"I watched you create miracles all the way here."

For "Brokeback Mountain", the widow sister also gave her blessing: "I hope you can create miracles again."

can talk!
Give some more shots in a while, so that the goddess of literature and art can play well.

Her role is missing in the film.

The extremely professional Lu Pingan, with a professional attitude, naturally would not fool the past.

Of course, this must first be that the film is artistic enough.

Otherwise, if you want to let people miss some random movies, you will be blamed if people don't die.

And "Brokeback Mountain" obviously hit the widow's G-spot.

Dedicated to this kind of pure love art film, the goddess of literature and art likes it so much.

So the widow sister also showed a strong professionalism in this regard.

It's just that she couldn't help feeling afterward: "It would be great if you were my boyfriend, this will give you a bigger scale."

"It's a pity that you don't officially fall in love with men under the age of 30."

Lu Pingan answered with a smile.

This is the widow's bold words in front of the media this year.

After shouting this, she became the talk queen of Hollywood.

This will indeed help her career a lot.

It is said that she soon received a lot of resources, including "A Love Song for Bobby Long", through which she successfully won her second Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress.

There is another big production, Michael Bay's "Escape from Clone Island", which will start filming in October.

After the widow heard this, she looked at Lu Pingan and smiled affectionately and responded: "I do have this idea, but I will not reject a good man."

Lu Pingan replied immediately: "But a good man may reject you."

"Oh, so sad!"

The widow made a look of regret.

Lu Pingan threatened with a smile: "If you joke again, you will have to deduct your salary."

The widow immediately replied with a serious look: "You don't have this right."

"Then deduct the bonus."

"And the bonus?"

"Of course, but not now."

"No, I'm not kidding, I'm going to be professional"

The little joke is over.

The two also quickly eliminated the slight strangeness after not seeing each other for a long time.

This will be very useful for subsequent shoots.

There is no ambiguity in the atmosphere, only familiarity.

All topics revolve around movies.

The whole set is also full of artistic atmosphere.

For actors, facing the director and the camera can be more involved in the performance.

For the director, it can also communicate better with the actors.

So in the next sex scene.

The widow who missed something, under the command of Lu Pingan, completed a pretty good performance in front of the camera.

"How about it?"

After the performance, the widow sister, who was wrapped in a big blanket, watched the replay with Lu Pingan.

Lu Ping'an nodded, it's big enough, no, it's enough to invest.

“Very good, but could be better.”

It's really close.

Only 96%.

Now he is not only satisfied with passing the test.

What he wants is to be infinitely close to surpassing, and then strive for surpassing.

Jake Gyllenhaal on the side touched his nose and didn't speak.

The car shock scene just now was really exciting.

The widowed sister glanced at Lu Pingan sideways, and felt that Lu Pingan was doing it on purpose.

However, Lu Ping'an's reason is very strong: "You know that the emotional transformation is not strong enough, look here, the light in your eyes is still a little less."

The heroine was in the car, the heroine took the position, stepped on the brakes before starting, and asked the hero if everything was going too fast, should he step on the brakes.

The hero replied: It doesn't matter if it's fast or slow, as long as the direction is right.

So the virgin heroine finally broke through the shackles of family dogma, and took the initiative to take off her clothes and throw herself into her arms.

Lu Pingan looked serious and professional: "Jack behaved very well, you were almost there, your eyes should be more pure, you know, you are a virgin now."

The widow was a little embarrassed: "Am I not pure enough?"

Lu Ping'an continued: "Pure enough, but it can be more pure. Eyes should be full of brainless fantasies about love, and less sophistication that sees the end of feelings at a glance. Do you understand what I mean?"

The widow nodded thoughtfully, then hooked her fingers to Jack: "I see, Jack, come again!"

Jack was summoned by the boss, as if thinking of the fear of being dominated before, he immediately got up and followed suit.

Then the Che Zhen scene continued, and after three more times, Lu Pingan was finally satisfied:
"Now come and see, how do you feel?"

The widow wrapped herself in a blanket and watched her performance again.

Sure enough, there is a subtle difference.

The widow smiled and praised: "You will be a good director."

Lu Pingan: "Thank you, you will also be a good actor."

The widow asked again: "Will this paragraph be kept?"

"Yes, why, are you not mentally prepared?"

"It's done, but it still feels a little weird."

"Think about it."

"..."

　6000 words first, the status is still a little bit wrong, I will write it tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)