I am a director, but I have the skills of an actor

Chapter 213 Devil
Wanqingshan has never been to the Cannes Film Festival.

Wan Qingshan has never been here, nor has Zhang Zhao, the crew of "Painted Skin" and China Film Group who came with him.

Although they had never been here, on the third day after everyone arrived, they had no interest in going out and were all making phone calls back home.

The natural disaster that occurred in China yesterday made them no longer interested in shopping in Cannes.

After Wan Qingshan called Chen Yumo and his family, he received a call from Jia Zhangke. Then he called Zhang Zhao, Wu Ershan, Fan Bayi, Zhou Xun, Chen Kun, and Yu Bo to go to Jia Zhangke's charity fund-raising event. site.

In the charity fundraising venue, there were many Chinese and international film stars making donations.

Before and after Wanqing Mountain, he took out the check he had prepared long ago and placed it in front of Jia Zhangke's desk.

Jia Zhangke glanced at the check on the table, which was 100 million. A trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.

"I won't say thank you to you, we all make money from the audience, and everything is given by the audience.

Especially you, a movie with a box office of [-] to [-] million, maybe a lot of your money comes from that place, so logically you should give more. "

"I can't afford to say thank you."

After Wan Qingshan finished speaking, he walked behind the table and started working together.

Chen Kun and others also handed over their checks one after another, and then began to help

This year's Cannes Film Festival, the only Chinese film shortlisted for the main competition is Jia Zhangke's "24 Cities", but many Chinese directors and stars came, and like Wan Qingshan, they came to hold screenings to sell their films.

Some of these people were helping before Wan Qingshan came to the charity fund-raising venue, and some came in one after another and started helping after donating money. Among them were people from Wu Yusen and Ying Huang.

They are here to sell the copyright of "Red Cliff". So far, the overseas copyright of "Red Cliff" has only been sold to Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia.

When Wu Yusen saw Wan Qingshan, his face suddenly darkened, but it was just a darkening.

He didn't dare to say anything inappropriate on this occasion, otherwise, if word spread, he would be cut off from the mainland market.

He just pretended not to see Wan Qingshan, sent Jia Zhangke a check, and started to help.

The charity fundraising lasted for three days and ended as soon as the closing ceremony of the film festival began.

After that, Wan Qingshan had nothing to do. He had to wait a few days for the screening of "Painted Skin", and the screening of "Huo Qubing" came after "Painted Skin".

As for the film festival, he was not interested in participating. When Cannes knew he would come, they invited him to be an award presenter, but he declined.

After a few days of boredom, I went to support Jia Zhangke's "24 Cities", and then the screening of "Painted Skin" began.

There were many film producers and foreign audiences who came to the screening, as well as many foreign reporters, but not a single domestic reporter.

Now, all the news has to make way for that incident. The reporters who came to Cannes before flew back urgently to report on that incident.

There were many people coming, but except for a few who were attracted by the fame of Fan Bayi and Zhou Xun, the rest all came for Wanqing Mountain.

For the screening of "Painted Skin", Zhang Zhao bought a prime promotional space for one day in the Cannes program, as well as a promotional space on the big movie wall.

Although the promotional poster posted was from the crew of "Painted Skin", the words "Investor Wan Qingshan" were placed in the most conspicuous place.

Although Wan Qingshan hasn't made a literary film in a few years, his reputation in Europe has not diminished. Both "Loyalty" and "Ip Man" sold well here. It can be said that his reputation has grown in recent years. The European side is even bigger, breaking through from the literary and artistic circles to the mainstream business circles.

"Painted Skin" has a fantasy theme, but the plot revolves around the love affair of three people, which is very popular with European audiences.

Therefore, after the movie was played, there was a lot of applause from the audience.

Then, when Chen Kun and other actors came on stage to answer questions from the audience and deal with reporters, many film producers took the initiative to exchange business cards with Zhang Zhao.

After the screening of "Painted Skin", a few days later came the screening of "Huo Qubing".

Wan Qingshan's reputation as an investor can attract many film producers and audiences, not to mention "Huo Qubing", which he directed and starred in.

Even though "The Promise" and "The Night Banquet" a few years ago, as well as "Red Cliff" two days ago, disappointed many film producers and audiences, they are still willing to watch Wan Qingshan's costume blockbuster "Huo Qubing".

There was still half an hour before the movie started, and there was already a long queue outside.

The film producers, through their previous interactions with Zhang Zhao, entered the venue early to chat with Wan Qingshan.

Film producers, in addition to European film producers, people from many Hollywood companies are here. The global box office of "Loyal Liver and Righteousness" is US$4000 million. Wan Qingshan directs and stars in the new film, and of course he does not want to miss it.

People from the six major Hollywood companies also came. Among them, people from Colombia rushed to tell Wan Qingshan that Hillier and China Film had already discussed the critical moment.

Wan Qingshan casually said a few perfunctory words, leaving the Colombian people to become anxious.

After chatting a few words with the film producers, and then chatting a few words with his old acquaintance Korevadang through a translator, Wan Qingshan arrived with the crew of "24 Cities" led by Jia Zhangke.

Then, after a while, the audience bought tickets one after another and entered.

Except for Wan Qingshan, no one from the cast of "Huo Qubing" came to Cannes.

Zeng Li did not come because she had few roles and she had a play to perform recently.

Duan Yihong went to act in the TV series "My Team Leader, My Team". He Bing and the others felt that they had few roles, so they didn't come.

A screening simply means showing the movie as soon as the time is up.

Halfway through the movie, when Huo Qubing killed the adjutant, many viewers screamed in surprise, but Chinese people like Jia Zhangke and Chen Kun frowned.

"Lao Jia, this movie..."

"This movie is made for foreigners. Many foreign audiences like to watch this kind of movie with an evil feel. Plus it is a war drama. Haha, I am afraid that foreign audiences will watch it as a fantasy film."

Jia Zhangke's words caused a flash of surprise on Zhao Tao's face.

"If Huo Qubing turned out like this, we should not criticize him in the country."

"So what, as long as the movie sells well abroad and the domestic box office is low, it doesn't matter."

Then, Jia Zhangke continued with pity in his eyes, "It would be better if the focus of this movie was shifted from the war to Huo Qubing.

In Huo Qubing, if we dig deeper into the duality of human nature, coupled with Wan Qingshan's acting skills, it will be another classic movie. "

"With an investment of more than 7 million, if a literary film is made, the investors will be so angry." Zhao Tao chuckled.

Jia Zhangke smiled and stopped talking.

After the movie is over.

clap clap!

,,,

,,,

,,,

Most of the audience stood up and applauded enthusiastically.

And when he came to power on Wanqing Mountain.

"Devil, I love you!"

A young female audience member shouted with excitement!
I love you, Wan Qingshan understood English, but the woman said it in French, Wan Qingshan didn't understand, but saw that the audience was very enthusiastic, so he smiled at her.

After waiting for the translator to translate the words, Wan Qingshan had an awkward smile on his face.

Not because I love you, but because I actually called him a devil!
Perhaps the words of this female audience member made many viewers feel the same way, so the screening room was filled with the screams of demons.

After the sound stopped, with the help of an interpreter, Wan Qingshan answered questions from reporters and the audience.

Wan Qingshan was a little distracted, so he answered perfunctorily, but in the mouth of the translator, he answered appropriately.

After stepping down, Wan Qingshan immediately stepped aside and called Han Sanping regardless of what time it was in the country.

When Han Sanping was asked to talk to Hillier, he made it clear to Hillier that there were two versions of "Huo Qubing". Asia and Southeast Asia were only suitable for the domestic version, while Europe and North America were suitable for the overseas version.

Wan Qingshan was distracted on stage just now because he thought that the overseas version is only suitable for places like Europe and the United States, and overseas Chinese will definitely not be able to accept Huo Qubing, who has become a devil.

Afterwards, Wan Qingshan took a few photos with some enthusiastic audiences. After the audience left, he chatted with Jia Zhangke.

As for the film producers who came to him to talk about the copyright of "Huo Qubing", Wan Qingshan asked them to talk to Zhang Zhao.

"Director Wan, congratulations, this movie should sell well."

"The cost is too high. If I can recoup my investment and prevent investors from losing money, I will be satisfied." Jia Zhangke smiled, changed the subject, and asked, "When will you return to China, Director Wan?"

"It's probably just these two days. I'm here to sell movies. After the screening, there won't be anything else to do. What, Director Jia, what's the matter?"

"Then it's inconvenient for you to go back earlier than me. I would like to trouble you to take the charity money back first.

More than 1000 million, many of which are checks from domestic banks, cannot be transferred here, and I don’t feel comfortable handing them over to others.

But it is definitely better to take the money back as early as possible. If you use it early, you might be able to save a few more people. "

"No problem, I will take it back when the time comes, but Director Jia, which charity do you want me to give this money to?"

"I haven't thought about this yet. Charities are too deep now." Jia Zhangke replied hesitantly.

Wan Qingshan frowned and whispered, "In that case, I'll give the money to Han Hong. She has been doing charity for several years and has never had any problems."

"Han Hong?"

Jia Zhangke thought for a while, pulled Wan Qingshan aside, and said with an embarrassed look, "Director Wan, it's not that I don't trust people, it's just that everyone is in the film and television industry. Who am I? Who do I often deal with? very clear.

It can be said that people in the film and television industry have their own reasons for doing charity. If it is just for fame, then forget it. Are you afraid of the money? "

Wan Qingshan was silent for a moment and said, "Director Jia, I can understand your concerns.

As for me, haha, I may be more malicious than you, so I will think about certain things more maliciously.

I have even thought that anyone who does charity does not intend to do charity, but has his own purpose.

Just like when I donate money, it’s all for a good reputation.But as you said, Director Jia, it’s just a matter of fame. It’s nothing. You don’t care about your heart.

As for why Han Hong does charity, I don’t think there’s any need to worry about it. As long as the money is actually used for charity, that’s fine, right. "

Seeing Jia Zhangke nodded, Wan Qingshan continued to whisper, "In that case, I will take the money back and contact Han Hong first to ask her to record where she will use the more than 1000 million when doing charity. I can leave it to you to see.

If she doesn't agree, then I will hand over the money to the official organization. What do you think? "

Jia Zhangke thought for a while and nodded, "Director Wan, you are right. As long as the money is used for charity, it doesn't matter what the purpose is. Just do what you said."

That night, Jia Zhangke took the money and the list of donations to the hotel where Wan Qingshan was staying and handed them to Wan Qingshan.

Then, the day after tomorrow, Wan Qingshan and Chen Kun flew back to China. Zhang Zhao and the people from China Film continued to stay here, and they had to continue to be busy.

The overseas copyright of "Painted Skin" is only sold in Japan, South Korea and Europe, and the copyright in other regions is still under negotiation.

"Huo Qubing" was only brought here to let the film producers set a price. After roughly knowing the psychological price of several film producers, they left it alone.

After returning to China, Wan Qingshan called Han Hong to make sure she would keep records of where the money would be used. Then she handed the money and the roster to Han Hong, and then flew to find Chen Yumo. He had nothing to do during this period. It's not easy to do anything.

At this point in time, all launch conferences and interview activities that were originally scheduled to be held in the circle have been stopped.

There are only charity performances now, and no one dares to do anything at this time.

,,,,,,
No matter how great the grief is, only the person involved will always remember it, and the outside world will only care about it for a while, and then the horse will run and the dance will continue.

In early June, the entertainment industry became active again.

Then, the first news that came to life was, 'How much do celebrities donate? '

I don’t know which media listed the number of celebrities’ donations, and then many media saw the popularity and followed suit.

As a result, many celebrities were brought out for discussion by netizens.

Among them, Zhou Xingchi and Zhou Runfa, whose donation amounts were written with the word "unknown", were discussed the most.

Discussion, discussion, and discussion turned to directors such as Feng Xiaogang and his wife, Zhang Yimou, who only donated [-].

Compared to directors like Zhang Yimou, Wan Qingshan's 100 million is very conspicuous.

Netizens originally praised Wan Qingshan, but for some reason, someone suddenly said, 'Wan Qingshan is both a director and a boss. He invests in his own movies and earns hundreds of millions every year! '

Previously, someone from Li Jingqing's group worked with Wanqingshan to create the 07 Forbes celebrity list, with Wanqingshan occupying the top spot with more than 2 million.

Although the higher-ups took action later and deleted the news from the Internet, and re-released the Forbes list, removing Wanqingshan.

But people have memories, and many people still remember the news that Wanqingshan earned more than 06 million in 2.

More than 2 million a year, only 100 million donated?
After doubts were raised, many netizens said that Wan Qingshan did not even participate in previous charity performances, nor did he go to the disaster area to help like celebrities such as Li Lianjie and Huang Xiaoming. Therefore, the trend on the Internet immediately changed.

It only took a day for Wan Qingshan's reputation on the Internet to go from being praised by everyone to being scolded by everyone.

"Brother Cheng, what's the matter?"

In the villa bought by Chen Yumo, Wan Qingshan was lying on the sofa, watching TV, and answered the call from Li Yancheng.

"Qingzi, the reputation of you on the Internet has suddenly changed. Someone below me told me that this matter was done by someone. He knows several leaders of online trolls, and he knows that someone asked them to hack you online. "

Wan Qingshan also knew about what happened on the Internet. Han Hong even called him specifically and asked him if he wanted to speak for you, but he refused.

Netizens, for such a cute and fickle creature, with guidance later, they will support him again.

She might even support him even more out of guilt.

But if someone takes action, then Wan Qingshan will be very happy.

Now some people are leading netizens to scold him, so that’s good.The more people he scolds and the deeper the scolding, the better his popularity will be and the more people will watch his movies.

"Brother Cheng, you don't have to worry about this, I have my own plan."

On the other end of the phone, Li Yancheng was a little surprised, but since Wan Qingshan said so, he could only reply, "Then I don't care."

At this time, Wan Qingshan thought of what happened before and asked, "Well, by the way, the movie was shot like this?"

"It will take some time. The previous substitutions caused the crew to stop for a few days. Later, Xu Zheng, Xiao Yang, and Yan Ni took a few days off because of that incident, so the crew was a little slower."

"No hurry, take your time."

After saying that, Wan Qingshan's tone suddenly changed and he whispered, "Brother Cheng, in addition to keeping an eye on the crew, you also have to do one more thing. Communicate more with Xiao Yang and ask him if he is interested in selling his shares in the advertising company. Under the changes, I want to hold 30% of the shares. If I am willing, the company will invest in him to make a feature film within a year."

After waiting for a while, Li Yancheng's voice came from the phone, "Qingzi, have you decided to give up Lu Bing?"

"Well, he has jumped so far now that even you can't suppress him. Then, I'm afraid I won't be able to suppress him in the future.

Since he likes unspoken rules, let him go out and find other crews to play with unspoken rules. "Wan Qingshan replied calmly.

"Oh, I understand, then I will start contacting Xiao Yang."

After hanging up the phone, Wan Qingshan's eyes flashed with helplessness.

Before, two days after Wan Qingshan returned to Chen Yumo, something happened to the crew of "Charlotte Troubles". The matter was so difficult that Li Yancheng could not solve it, so he had to call Wan Qingshan.

Originally, when "The Richest Man in Xihong City" was a box office success, Lu Bing was still able to hold on to his conscience because he knew that the success of the movie was largely due to Li Yancheng's publicity.

But some female celebrities couldn't bear it and tried every means to please him for the sake of resources.

Lu Bing became more and more flattered, thinking that the success of "The Richest Man in Xihong City" was all due to him.

The crew started filming for a while, and he actually said that Dong Xuan was not suitable to play the second female lead, so he asked Li Yancheng to be replaced, and even named Li Xiaolu to be replaced.

No matter what Li Yancheng said, it was useless. On the contrary, Lu Bing said that he would stop filming if he didn't change people.

As a result, Li Yancheng had no choice. If it were another director, Li Yancheng could directly expel the director. But Lu Bing had been with Wan Qingshan for several years. He couldn't directly expel the director, so he called Wan Qingshan.

Wan Qingshan thought about it at the time, and now that the director was changing, he could not find a suitable person to take over for a while. In addition, he asked Li Yancheng and found out that Dong Xuan's scene had not been filmed yet, and Dong Xuan's scene would be filmed later.

So Wan Qingshan asked Li Yancheng to agree to Lu Bing's replacement, and told Dong Xuan that as compensation, he would give her a role in his next movie.

Wan Qingshan has experienced Lu Bing's situation before, but he is famous for the literary film "Selection". There are few female stars who seduce him, but sometimes he receives some messy text messages. Plus, he is not like Lu Bing. As a single guy, he can restrain himself if he has a girlfriend.

Later, I adjusted myself again and didn't do anything outrageous.

Because he had been here before, Wan Qingshan understood Lu Bing's current state.

But he understood, and he still couldn't accept that Lu Bing dared to escape.Since Lu Bing is no longer suitable, I will change the director in the future.

Xiao Yang, who happened to be recruited by Li Yancheng to play Yuan Hua, was quite suitable.

(End of this chapter)