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Chapter 32 Beiying’s hope! (Please read~)

"cheers!"

Chen Shiping raised his cup and shouted happily.

In a small restaurant near the Taipingzhuang shopping mall, everyone from Xu Sanguan's crew gathered here, drinking beer and celebrating the completion of the movie with great joy.

It took two months to finish filming a movie. Such intensity of work was simply too tiring for the people in the factory.

The shooting cycle of a movie in the factory has never been less than two months before. There is no time limit and there is naturally less pressure.

Tian Chongchuang had a drink with Chen Shiping and said with a smile: "Although the filming was a bit frustrating this time, it was finally finished."

"Have you ever fought such a rich battle? I'll shoot you fifteen times in one shot."

Chen Shiping couldn't help but roll his eyes at him. What's wrong with Tian Chongbang? When you shoot a movie for the factory, you will be shot dozens of times for the same shot?

There are limits to the film ratio for feature films in the factory. The film consumption ratio is generally 1:3.5. How could someone like Chen Shiping be so bold as to give him a ratio of 1:15?

Go ahead and laugh secretly while dreaming!

The money spent was not his own, and there were no restrictions from the factory. Tian Cangchang could be so "wasteful", and he still had the nerve to say he was aggrieved.

But Tian Bangcang is right, successfully finishing the movie is a kind of victory!

This timing is really good. The notice for the completion of the movie has also arrived, and I just go to Beijing Normal University for classes.

The seminar class at Lu Xun College of Literature is held together with Beijing Normal University. The class location is at Beijing Normal University. It is just across the road from Beijing Film Studio and you don’t have to travel far to go to school.

Such a close distance does not prevent Chen Shiping from working in the factory. This seminar itself is a seminar for on-the-job personnel.

It was perfect for Chen Shiping, as he could go to work and go to school at the same time.

But to a certain extent, it is also a kind of torture. Who can work and go to school at the same time, be a worker and a student gang at the same time?

After returning from the dinner party in the evening, Chen Shiping sat at his desk and looked at the admission notice. He smiled very happily. He would be a graduate student in the future.

After a good night's sleep, Chen Shiping immediately got into work as soon as he woke up the next morning. The completion of the movie doesn't mean there is no work to be busy with.

In the editing department, Chen Shiping accidentally bumped into Xie Tieli. Mr. Xie was also busy editing the Red Mansion. When he saw Chen Shiping coming alone, he asked curiously: "Where is Tian Cangchang? Why are you alone?"

Chen Shiping said helplessly: "This guy drank too much last night. I will send the tape for rough cutting first, and he will come back later."

Xie Tieli nodded, then put down the clip of Red Mansion and ran over to look at Xu Sanguan's tape.

There is a lot of film material, and a two-hour film has hundreds of hours of material. Fortunately, every shot and tape was marked during filming, so it was quite easy to sort it out.

After sorting out the tapes, Xie Tieli and Chen Shiping sat in the editing room of the editing department and started looking at the materials.

The editing room was very small, with no windows. It was extremely hot and stuffy as soon as they sat down, but neither Chen Shiping nor Xie Tieli cared.

Xu Sanguan's materials were played on a small projection cloth. It was also the first time for Chen Shiping to see the projected images, and he felt an inexplicable sense of accomplishment.

Xie Tieli looked at the picture and couldn't help but praise: "Zhao Fei's photography is incredible, Tian Cangchang's camera control is also very good, the picture is beautiful."

Chen Shiping smiled cheerfully. Zhao Fei was hired by Tian Cangcang, and he was the one who photographed the horse thief for Tian Cangcang. Hang the Red Lantern, Song of Life, and Let the Bullets Fly were all his works.

After watching for dozens of minutes, the editing room became extremely hot. Chen Shiping and Xie Tieli both came out to get some air.

"The materials are all good, and the finished film is a good one." Xie Tieli said, suddenly paused and looked at Chen Shiping and said, "Are you ready to participate in the film festival?"

Chen Shiping nodded and said, "Participate. It feels like a waste not to participate in this kind of film."

Xie Tieli also nodded, and after a while he said: "The past two years have not been very good in the factory. Xiying Studio has grown up too quickly. Wu Tianming still has the ability."

Chen Shiping smiled and said nothing. He was willing to go out of his way to make Xi Film Studio a success. When he saw Brother Chen Kai, Zhang Yimou, and Lu Wei making good films at Xi Film Studio, he immediately went to Guangxi Film Factory to recruit them. How much effort did the Guangxi factory put into making One, Eight and Yellow Earth? The old director was kicked off because of these two movies.

Then Wu Tianming went to steal the house and angrily scolded the newly appointed director of the Guangxi factory, calling Wu Tianming shameless and shameless.

Wu Tianming later gave strong support to the newcomers and helped Zhang Yimo and the others up.

In the past few years, Xi Film Studio's film copy distribution was at the lowest in the country. People from Xi Film Studio would put the words "Xi Film Studio" on them when they came to Beijing on business trips with their films, for fear of being embarrassed.

It's just that in the past few years, West Film Studio has completely grown up. Last year, "The Last Madness" won the box office championship, and this year, "Red Sorghum" won the Berlin Grand Prix. West Film Studio has become the most famous film studio.

As the big brother, Beijing Film Studio has no pressure, but the only good thing is that China Film Studio and Xiying Film Studio are not at odds with each other.

It's just that those things don't make it better than Xiying. If there are no good movies and no blockbuster movies, it's all nonsense.

After Chen Shiping chatted with Xie Tieli for a few words, he understood the meaning behind his words. He felt that Xu Sanguan had great potential and could try to compete with Red Sorghum.

As for blockbuster movies, the feature films produced by the studio today are basically genre films, and they can compete with Xi Film Studio in this regard!

To be honest, Chen Shiping was under pressure. He was not a director but just a name-dropper. He was not sure whether Xu Sanguan would win the same award as Red Sorghum after filming.

After two busy days of rough editing of the film, several leaders from the factory came.

The director of the factory, Hu Qiming, also came. He was also a producer in the factory and wanted to see what films Chen Shiping, an independent producer, had produced.

In the screening room, Chen Shiping sat next to Tian Cangbang and asked softly: "Old Tian, ​​are you confident?"

"Yes." Tian Cangbang said uncertainly.

Chen Shiping: "." You are also someone who has won several awards. Can you have some confidence?

With an uneasy feeling, Chen Shiping accompanied the leader to watch it. His right to speak in film art is no stronger than these people.

After two and a half hours, the rough cut was finished and the lights in the screening room came on. Chen Shiping stood up and opened the curtains and opened the window for some fresh air.

Hu Qiming sat on the chair and tapped the armrest with his hand a few times and said, "What a great movie!"

Hearing Hu Qiming say this, Chen Shiping breathed a sigh of relief.

Xie Tieli also said: "The filming was indeed good, Oda's skills are good, and Shi Ping's script is also good."

After several people in the screening room praised it, Hu Qiming thought for a while and said: "Berlin has started recruiting films, right? After editing, send it to Berlin."

"Berlin is good. Western Film has stolen the limelight this year. It's a pity that Xu Sanguan created it too late. Otherwise, we still don't know who will win this first domestic film."

"Xiying Film Studio has won one of the three major film festivals. Let's not mention Venice. Why don't we send it to Cannes to try it."

As soon as these words came out, the screening room suddenly became quiet. After thinking about it carefully, it was really a good suggestion.

Berlin was captured by Xiying Film Studio. Even if Xu Sanguan was sent there, it would be a piece of cake, and he could not be said to be overpowering Xiying Film Studio.

Hu Qiming pondered for a while, turned to look at Xie Tieli and asked, "Director Xie, what do you think? Is there any hope for Xu Sanguan?"

Xie Tieli said with a smile: "I think it's better to ask Shi Ping, after all, it is his work."

The people in the screening room immediately focused their attention on Chen Shiping, as if they had placed all their hopes of Beijing Film Studio over Xiying Film Studio on him.

Cannes, Chen Shiping is unsure. There is only one film that has won Cannes in China, Farewell My Concubine, and it will have to wait a few years for it to be released. Is there any hope of making it to Cannes now?

Chen Shiping gradually made up his mind under the expectant eyes of everyone and was not afraid of failure! If it doesn’t work this time, then try it again next year!

Fuck him!

For the Palme d'Or! In order to realize the small agreement with Chen Hong as soon as possible!

Chen Shiping's eyes became firm, he looked at everyone and said, "Attack on Cannes!"

(End of this chapter)