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Chapter 32 Mainstream Film Industry, Quotes

"Tuner" tells the story of Zhang Wen, a piano tuner who pretends to be blind, and encounters various unexpected experiences after he accidentally becomes a "witness" of a murder case.

The above is the basic introduction of the "Tuner" movie during the promotion, and it is also the information that the audience can get before watching the movie.

Combined with the short film "Tuner", as well as the label "suspense" and the usual routines of suspense movies, the audience and film critics probably guessed in their hearts when watching: this tuner pretending to be a blind person may expose his pretense. Blind facts, and in a dangerous situation, deal with the murderer, and then bring the murderer to justice.

Or in order to protect himself, the tuner continued to pretend to be a blind man while dealing with the murderer, and then brought the murderer to justice.

But in fact, as the film slowly unfolds, these speculations are too shallow.

Everyone finally realized that what Lu Pingan said about "full stamina" was not nonsense.

The plot of "The Tuner" is divided into four parts.

The first part: The genius pianist pretends to be blind for the sake of art, and gains career and love with his talent.

The second part: The genius pianist becomes a witness to the murder, and the murderer turns him into a real blind by pretending to be blind.

The third part: just escaped from the wolf's den, fell into the tiger's mouth again, reversed and reversed, the plot exceeded expectations.

The last is the fourth part: the big reversal, and the ending of extreme fear.

In the first two parts, the real and warm daily life, the protagonist Zhang Wen thought about whether to confess that he was blind after meeting love.

Then came across the murder scene, strong and calm escaped, full of suspense.

Then the protagonist went to report the crime, but found that the police chief was the murderer, so the crisis came again. The hostess and the police chief tried to see if he was blind. Building, so he was suspected again, and the protagonist was pushed to the edge of the cliff again, which made everyone in the theater watch with fear.

As of this time, this is still an ordinary suspense drama, which is similar to the expectations before watching the movie.

But in the third part, the plot began to exceed expectations.

Suspected again, blinded by poison, united with a trio to counter-kill and kidnap, counter-kill again, and reverse again. . .

Finally, in the fourth part, the protagonist came to London and met his girlfriend Sophie.

The protagonist told Sophie, and at the same time told the audience the "truth" of the story.

But actually, what is the truth?
There are countless puzzles in the hearts of the audience: If he is still blind, the doctor and the heroine are dead, and he has no other acquaintances, how did he come to London?Where did the money come from?His eyes are blind, how can he come alone?

After thinking about it, the scene at the end of the film gave the answer, but it brought more guesses.

In the ending scene, Zhang Wen, wearing sunglasses, separated from Sophie, but used a cane to knock a soda can in front of him flying!

It can be seen that he is not blind!His eyes are healed!And this soda can that was blown away also hit the hearts of movie viewers.

What a reversal, some serious film critics couldn't help shouting in their hearts an amazing output of the quintessence of China.

So, since the hero's eyes are cured, whose cornea is it?Where did the money for the cornea transplant come from?

In a series of doubts and deep thoughts and fears, the film ends.

. . . . . . .

The lights come on again.

Clap la la la.

Warm applause rang out.

The creators are on stage again.

Then there is still the interaction after watching the movie.

After a very high-quality work, Lu Pingan also felt the rapid increase in his attention before and after the screening.

If it is said that before the screening, reporters and movie fans came to cheer more for the guests who came and part of the curiosity of watching the movie.

So now most of the attention is on the movie itself and the director Lu Pingan.

"May I ask if the protagonist Zhang Wen is a good person?"

"Hello Director Lu, how did you come up with such a plot?"

"Director Ping An, why don't you act yourself?"

"Guide Lu, what are your expectations for the box office?"

"What are your expectations for the award?"

"Will it be released overseas?"

"Why do the police inside look like those from Southeast Asian countries..."

The interaction is very lively.

In addition to Lu Pingan being asked the most, the protagonists Zhang Songwen and Jiang Wenli were also asked many questions.

At this time, the atmosphere in the theater was much more lively than it was at the beginning.

The reason is naturally because the quality of the film has been affirmed by everyone.

So the premiere, of course, was a success.

Half an hour later, the premiere ended. The audience came and returned with great enthusiasm. The reporters and film critics received red envelopes and went back to write happily. The guests also moved to the nearby hotel to have dinner together.

Lu Ping'an's relatives didn't come together, they didn't intend to disturb Lu Ping'an's career, and they ate separately.

Before leaving, relatives and Lu Pingan gave a few instructions.

Uncle: "Remember to come to the hospital. Your cousin is also a doctor now. You two haven't seen each other for a long time and stopped by to have a chat."

Auntie: "The movie is very good, but next time I can make something festive, so that I can continue watching it when I buy the disc at home."

Sister-in-law: "Is there a girl you like? Don't be as silent as you were when you were a child. If you like it, you have to take the initiative. You know, I think that Yan Danchen is pretty good, do you want me to help you match..."

Lu Pingan smiled and laughed, sent off the relatives, and returned to the banquet. Lu Pingan was not unexpectedly taken care of.

Everyone has realized that the success of "The Tuner" is certain, and the only suspense is how successful it will be.

Therefore, it is certain that Lu Pingan will gain a firm foothold in the domestic entertainment and film industry from tonight.

And that leads to glass after glass of wine.

Fortunately, Lu Ping'an is now in excellent physical condition, and he can drink well.

He also knows the work on the wine table very well.

So everyone drank to their heart's content tonight.

The banquet lasted for more than two hours before it ended.

Lu Pingan sent everyone away one by one and returned to the hotel.

Yan Danchen and He Lin went home to live together. She will return to Xi'an early tomorrow morning. There is no chance.

Early the next morning, Lu Ping'an and Hu Qingquan started talking about things, first of all about copyright.

I bought a newspaper on the way, and it turned out that the front page of "The Tuner" was about the movie.

"A movie that doesn't know the ending until the last moment"

Here's a look at the premiere and what critics and audiences had to say about it.

In a word, very attractive.

The news of the premiere of the big movie "The Tuner" actually started to be reported on major portal websites last night.

"Chen Kaige praised Lu Ping'an, the sympathy between the directors of the Palme d'Or"

"Palm Palme director Lu Ping'an's new work, "The Tuner" is shocking"

"The Silver Bear Award work "The Tuner" is not a simple expansion of the plot"

"Reverse and then reverse, brain-burning, full of stamina, Lu Pingan did it"

""The Tuner", a magical movie that can't be seen enough"

"Most Stunning Feature Film Debut"

"..."

Lu Ping'an was very satisfied with the overwhelming reports, the hard work and the red envelopes were not in vain.

Soon, the two arrived at China Film Group, and the copyright negotiation officially began.

"The Tuner" cannot be screened at the Venice Film Festival in August, because even if it is screened, there are certain conditions, that is, films that have not been screened before. It's second-hand, they don't accept it.

Therefore, regarding the transaction of overseas copyrights, "The Tuner" can only be negotiated privately like most other films.

This will bring about a problem, that is, without the support of a platform such as a large film festival, there will be many fewer buyers, and the price will not be much higher.

Of course, Lu Pingan could also choose to wait for the Venice Film Festival to start before selling the film and showing it privately.

But in fact, these factors will not have a particularly large impact on "Tuner".

First of all, the short film of "Tuner" won the Silver Bear Award, which will have a certain bonus, especially in Europe, where the bonus of the three awards is not small.

In addition, Hu Qingquan has accumulated a lot of film business contacts during the two film festivals, and China Film also has his own contacts. At the same time, these people are more interested in the big movie "Tuner", so the film companies who came this time also have Quite a few, basically people from several major regions such as Europe, North America, and East Asia came.

In addition, not long after the Modu International Film Festival has just ended, many filmmakers who are interested in this upcoming big film adapted from the short film Silver Bear Berlin have not left, so in general, watch today There are not many overseas distributors of "Tuner", and the actual transaction price of the distribution rights is estimated to not be much lower.

After the first day of negotiations, the total distribution rights of "Tuner" in various countries and regions range from 100 million to 150 million US dollars.

This is a sellout. It doesn't matter how much Lu Ping An bought at the past box office, and it doesn't matter to him if he earns [-] million.

But now the price is more reasonable in Hu Qingquan's words.

Because the feature film "Tuner" didn't win the award, it just borrowed the light of the short film, and the price is not much different from the feature film that won the award.

In this regard, Lu Ping'an and the people in China Film Group are actually very satisfied, because the cost is only a few hundred thousand dollars, which is already a blood profit.

And this is not the final price. China Film Group has stabilized how much it can sell in the end. Let's see the box office first.

On the morning of the fourth day, the box office statistics of "Tuner" in BJ's first three days came out, 160 million!
The box office of BJ in this period is a big reference factor.

BJ's box office is multiplied by 3 to 4, which is probably the national box office.

Sure enough, the national box office gave the data, 530 million.

And BJ's three-day box office of 160 million is also the BJ's box office record for the first three days of this year's domestic movie box office.

So the media reported it again, and China Film Group also made the full box office statistics in the first time. It is estimated that the national box office may exceed 3000 million after the release!
This time, the quotations of overseas filmmakers have once again increased a lot.

(End of this chapter)