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

Chapter 69 Los Angeles, Encounter
Early the next morning, after Lu Ping'an got up, he first went to Los Angeles for a walk, ate a super-sweet breakfast, panicked, and then continued to stroll, taking a look at the Staples Center from afar.

The Lakers didn't have a game today, but there were other games. Lu Pingan wasn't interested.

This year Dayao became the No. [-] pick in the NBA, and the popularity of the NBA will sweep the country in the future.

Lu Pingan thought about why he would have to come to the NBA to watch Dayao play live in this life. It would be even better if he could be on the same team as Kobe
I ate a big steak in the urban area, and after I finished eating, I walked around. From the perspective of Lu Pingan, everything here is very big.

The car is big, the house is big, and the supermarket is big.

North America is such a good place, why didn't the ancestors come to occupy it earlier.
After looking around, I went to Hollywood again, took a photo with those "Hollywood" on the mountain from a distance, and then went straight to the theater.

The currently selected theater for "Memory Building Blocks House" is called "Delby Cinema", which is a medium-sized theater with 6 halls.

When I arrived at the place, the time was only 7:7 in the afternoon. The screening of "Memories" was at [-]:[-] every night. There was only one screening a day. Today is the third day. That's it, the next thing is public relations.

Strictly speaking, for the road of theater screenings, the best screening time is before the Oscars close in the fall, because it is released early and the judges may forget.

But at that time, it was not easy to "schedule the film", and it cost a lot of money. Now it only costs 8000 US dollars a week, but by then it may cost 10 or more, because many Oscar films will focus on public relations at that time.

But Lu Ping'an is not afraid of spending money, so it's okay to come again when the time comes.

Secondly, Lu Pingan is now well-known in the short film industry.

Just like the posters currently at the theater entrance.

Lu Ping'an's photo is in the middle, and the three awards of "Cannes Golden Palm Award", "Berlin Golden Bear Award" and "Berlin Silver Bear Award" are placed in front.

There is a series of more than 30 awards in total that were collected from "Employment Life" and two other short films.

The winner of so many awards, "Lu Pingan"'s new work "Memories Building Blocks House", will be screened at 7 o'clock tonight!
Once the poster is posted here, Hu Qingquan spends some money to publish it in the newspaper, not to mention attracting the attention of the whole media, but it is certain to attract the attention of some people in the industry.

Lu Pingan is now in the short film industry, and he is already an important person!
He has become a strong contender for next year's Oscar.

The starting point is high.

In the most practical terms: it can save a lot of public relations fees.

Then after the short film has been exhibited in the rest of the Oscars Direct Film Festival, it will start in November, and then return to Laomei, and do activities under the arrangement of the public relations company. He will get more exposure opportunities than other contestants.

Taking a look at his signboard, Lu Ping'an went into the cinema to pass the time by watching movies, waiting for the evening entertainment.

This time is Laomei's summer vacation, and there are currently two blockbuster movies being released.

One is Tom Cruise's "Minority Report", one of Cruise's masterpieces. It was released in 3 days with a score of 3600 million US dollars and became the US box office champion in the summer of that year. With an investment of 3 million yuan, the box office exceeded [-] million yuan. There are dividends in this film, and they are earning money.The other is "Windtalker", which has been released for more than a week.

With an investment of 1.1 million yuan and a box office of more than 7000 million yuan, now the box office is far below expectations after a week, and John Woo is about to go home.

In fact, in Lu Ping'an's opinion, "Wind Talker" is pretty good, which may be the reason why he likes war movies, so after watching it, he thought about when he would make a war movie by himself.

There are very few civil war film and television dramas that have the lens taste of old beauty. In my impression, the lens used in Feng Dapao's "Assembly" is the most comfortable to watch.

Convincing Taoism, explosions, gunshot wounds, tactical actions, restoration of war scenes, etc., coupled with immersive camera tracking, it is very cool to watch, very real, without the sense of posing.

It's a pity that "Assembly Number" has a bad butt, otherwise its ranking would definitely go up a lot.

So we still have to squeeze out foreign films, foreign war films, and keep the themes in the films. This is not easy, after all, it is easy to acclimate.

Lu Pingan quickly thought of a movie that was very suitable for adaptation into a mainland theme. It was very warm and cruel, which was very suitable, but adaptation was a technical task.

He thinks that he can slowly change from now on, and after a year or two, his strength may be enough.

Making up his mind, Lu Pingan continued to go to the theater and started watching "Minority Report".

English is no problem for him to communicate normally, but it is still a bit difficult for him to watch movies.

Every country has its own culture, and it is not easy for him to fully understand it, because he can only understand it in its entirety.

Combined with the above adaptation of the script, Lu Pingan felt that it was time to form a screenwriting team when he went back.

After the two films were finished, the time was almost 6:[-] in the evening.

At this time, the sun on the west coast has not yet set, and the streets of Laomei are still noisy.

When the time was almost up, Hu Qingquan led a group of people to arrive.

Lu Pingan saw Wattsberg's bright roof at a glance.

"Hey Lu, we meet again!"

Wattsberg was very enthusiastic when he saw Lu Pingan.

Lu Pingan also responded enthusiastically: "Mr. Wattsberg, hello."

"Just call me Watts, Lu, I didn't expect you to hit the Oscar so soon."

"Actually, I originally planned to come last year, but I missed the time. It's a pity."

"It's not necessarily good if you arrive early, and you may be lucky if you arrive late!"

Wattsberg is very good at saying good things, "Lu, what is the theme of this film?"

"It's related to memories. People who have stories may not be able to stop crying after reading it."

"Wow, that sounds interesting, good thing I have a handkerchief..."

After the two had a friendly chat, Wattsberg went into the cinema, and he understood everything after watching the short film.

Then, under the introduction of Hu Qingquan, Lu Ping'an and the others got to know each other one by one.

"Hi Lu, nice to meet you, your videos are great..."

"Lu, your video is amazing, what style will it be this time..."

"Lu, hello..."

There were a few people from the media who came, and the rest were more filmmakers and a few public relations representatives from Laomei's side.

The Oscar judges are invisible, and these lists will be kept secret, so maybe there will be judges today.

However, the list of Oscars is "public" in the eyes of some public relations companies.

As long as the team is confirmed, publicity and lobbying can be started afterwards. There is a set of mature business processes, such as the so-called public relations.

After some people came, Sashang, the previous judge, was an old man with white hair.

"Hi lu, your short films are very interesting, I hope you can succeed this time."

Kind words come.

Lu Pingan also responded with a click: "Thank you for your liking, it is my honor to have your support..."

Several people entered the venue led by Hu Qingquan, and some fans also entered the venue.

Short films are different from long films. There are not many people who watch short films. They only last ten minutes and you have to buy a ticket. Naturally, fewer people watch them.

But today it seems that people are not bad, seeing that there are about [-] people who have bought tickets in a short while.

Lu Pingan looked at it, and found that 5 dollars was expensive for a short film.

At this time, a familiar voice sounded behind him, speaking in Chinese.

"Safety?"

Lu Pingan turned his head and saw Yu Feihong.

"Sister Yu? What a coincidence!"

"Yeah, what a coincidence, I didn't expect to see you here."

Yu Feihong looked surprised, and pointed to Na Hai to report, "I saw the poster yesterday, but unfortunately I didn't have time, so I came to see you today and met you! When did you come here? Do you really have a short film to hit the Oscars?"

Yu Feihong asked a series of questions, and it was obvious that he was really surprised.

Lu Pingan explained with a smile.

After hearing this, Yu Feihong said with emotion: "I didn't expect you to start to hit the Oscars quietly."

Lu Ping'an's short films are still very strong, and are recognized domestically as strong.

The evaluation of the industry is that it was the emergence of Lu Ping An that this type of short film really entered the field of view of the industry and the public.

Who would have taken this kind of film seriously before?

But Lu Pingan won the big prize in a row, and the most fierce thing is that he still makes a lot of money, which is completely different.

In the eyes of many people, Lu Ping'an has even become the "founder of the mountain".

Yu Feihong would naturally look at these tunes with a rational eye, but she was really interested in Lu Ping'an's short film, but she didn't expect that it was really used for the Olympic Games. You can get the title of "No.1" again.

Lu Ping'an said modestly: "Fortunately, it's just a short film, and it's just for trying. How about you, Sister Yu, why are you here?"

"I'm here on vacation, I have my house here, I've lived here for a few years before."

"Aren't you acting? Sister Yu should have a lot of acting appointments, right?"

"I usually don't take summer dramas too much, it's too hot and I can't bear it."

"Okay, the time is almost up, have you bought a ticket yet?"

"Of course I bought it. I bought it in the morning. Your short film must be supported."

"Thank you!"

"I hope the quality is good, but not the scary one."

"You will be satisfied, just don't cry then."

"It's not really a scary movie, is it? The title doesn't look like it to me either."

"You'll know when the time comes."

"It's amazing to be a secret."

"Do suspense, this is my signature, it's not like you don't know..."

The two chatted and entered the venue.

(End of this chapter)