China Entertainment: Director’s happiness is so simple

After returning from school, Lu Pingping went straight to the company.

Everyone in the company lined up to welcome him.

"Congratulations to the boss for winning the Golden Lion!"

A bunch of bastards are becoming more and more unruly.

Lu Ping'an smiled and clasped his fists in thanks, shouted "Add bonus" and then slapped his hands to chase people away.

Everyone left happily, leaving their friends to continue flattering.

Zhou Yiwei: "Okay, keep quiet and win the Golden Lion!"

Zhang Songwen: "Where is the trophy? Is it pure gold?"

Ning Hao leaned closer and whispered: "I am interested in the matter between you and Scarlett Johansson. Is there anything like that?"

"Go! Go! Go!"

Lu Ping'an raised his leg to kick, and everyone ran away making noise.

The acquaintances dispersed, leaving behind a familiar yet unfamiliar woman: Yang Lan.

"Hello, guide, you're here uninvited. How intrusive."

Yang Lan has a well-mannered manner, her signature voice is very steady, and her whole person exudes the dazzling light of a highly educated woman.

Of course, Lu Ping'an is no stranger to him.

At this time, she was famous.

One of the five Olympic bid ambassadors for the 2008 Olympic Games.

The top person in the hosting world is also an entrepreneur.

He owns many companies and has been on the rich list in recent years, with a net worth of billions.

Her interviews with Yang Lan are all high-end celebrities.

He is currently regarded as an idol by countless progressive young people who dream of becoming elites.

Yang Lan came here this time to interview Lu Ping'an.

Now that Lu Pingan has won the Golden Lion Award, his fame has reached its peak.

As long as this person's brain is not broken, he will indeed not miss him.

For most people, being able to appear on her show is a full reflection of social status.

There is a big difference between Bass Youyou and her.

Although Lu Ping'an didn't like this person very much, he felt that she had no horizons and was too strong-willed, but she showed disgust towards ordinary people.

But he is not averse to this kind of interview.

Everyone gets what they need.

There is currently some controversy in the market over Lu Pingan's filming of gay-themed films and the use of foreign films to win awards.

It just so happens that I can take this opportunity to explain.

"Hello Teacher Yang, you already greeted Teacher Hu yesterday, so it's not like you came uninvited. You're invited inside."

Lu Pingping responded politely.

Then they took their team to visit the company.

The camera follows.

As Yang Lan walked by, many young people in the company, especially women, looked at her sideways.

Understandable.

Yang Lan during this period was indeed not comparable to the stars in the general circle.

But Lu Pingping will not be like this.

He just regarded this person as an ordinary reporter.

Therefore, filming is not allowed in many sensitive areas in the company.

For example, the animation team, the "Pacific Rim" team, the Olympic team, etc.

The other party also understands that this is a company's secret. If you don't understand this, don't do this job.

After a brief visit, the two began the interview in the studio prepared by Xingchen himself.

When Yang Lan saw the studio, she knew that Xingchen Company had a solid foundation.

All kinds of equipment were professional and top-notch, which made the cameraman she brought with her stare at the equipment and almost drool.

The lighting and photography are both movie-level, and Yang Lan, who briefly experienced it, was also very pleased.

The feeling of being in front of a great director's camera is just different.

Of course, this also magnified the flaws on her face.

Fortunately, Xingchen’s makeup team is also very professional.

Within a few minutes, Yang Lan felt that she could actually act in movies.

But the makeup artist she brought with her felt a bit of a crisis.

After all, I had just met a colleague with Hollywood work experience, and now I felt a little self-inflicted.

After a set of combination punches, Lu Ping'an didn't know if Yang Lan would feel calmer next. He really didn't like Gao Zhi who was too refined.

But fortunately, Yang Lan is Yang Lan after all, and she still has professional standards.

Then the interview started. Even if she was Yang Lan, Lu Ping'an only had one and a half hours left for her.

Yang Lan still has no objection to this.

Lu Ping'an is now preparing to run for chief director. He is so busy that it is great to be able to spare some time for her.

So the next topic starts with running for chief director.

The chatty conversation was very natural, and the final program was broadcast through editing. Lu Pingan understood this.

"How are the campaign preparations going now?"

"Everyone in the team is working hard, and the campaign will be able to provide a complete plan in three days."

“Can you reveal some creative direction?”

"Combine ancient and modern, there are too many to say."

“What’s the difference between this and conceiving a movie?”

"There are still some. For me, the movie will definitely be much simpler. In this case, we don't have much experience."

"You have said this many times."

"Have it?"

"Yes (laughing), I remember you said the same thing before filming "Night at the Museum," saying that you had no experience in comedy. As a result, it is now a box office record, so I can understand that you are hiding your clumsiness?"

"Of course not, I'm telling the truth."

"Then it means your talent is higher than you think. I have watched all your movies, including suspense, horror, science fiction and romance. You seem to be able to accurately capture the essence of various themes. I am very curious. What’s the trick in it?”

Yang Lan doesn't speak quickly and always smiles.

But the topic changes quickly and naturally.

Unconsciously, she controlled the rhythm of the interview.

Lu Pingan once again deeply felt that the level of top hosts was indeed extraordinary.

But in comparison, he still prefers Lao Guo.

It's true that the words won't make you fall to the ground, but they can make jokes and make the atmosphere very down-to-earth and cheerful.

Now, he is much more serious and impersonal, even though Yang Lan opposite him has been acting friendly.

However, Lu Ping'an is not someone who will be taken away easily.

Throughout the interview, he only had to grasp one point.

That is, just say the few words you want to say, and don’t expand too much on the rest.

"I don't have any hobbies. Making movies is my biggest hobby."

"Can you speak multiple languages, and can you also compose music? I will learn anything related to movies that will help the movie."

"I still have no expectations whether "Brokeback Mountain" can win an Oscar. It's a gain or loss."

"I don't care if I have to maintain a high-end attitude. As long as the idea is interesting, I will try to write the script. If I am satisfied, I will shoot. I won't have too many worries."

"Trying different themes will help individuals and the team grow. If I really want to win an award, I hope I can win it with the team next time."

"I hope my fans are not just one, but cover all ages and have different aesthetic preferences."

"Both Chinese and Western cultures have good and bad qualities. Putting aside politics, art has no borders, but politics cannot be put aside, so artists have borders. I hope that when everyone mentions me in the future, the first thing they think of is a director from China. ."

"Yes, we will indeed make movies about our Chinese culture in the future, and there will be more than one. We are already preparing for it. This is also the future focus of our Star Films."

"It can be revealed that one is a fantasy movie about life and family relationships, one is a youth campus movie about first love, and the other is a science fiction movie. The current investment in this science fiction movie is close to 500 million."

Done!

All that needs to be said has been said.

He would simply express his opinion on whatever Yang Lan said next.

In Yang Lan's view, Lu Ping'an is an artist whose mind is only about movies.

Of course, Yang Lan would not have any contempt for such people.

The Golden Lion Award is here after all.

Of course, she was also a little helpless. In the end, Lu Ping An was suspected of advertising.

But it’s harmless.

Today is still very satisfying.

By the end of the interview, she had already thought about the title of the interview.

"Lu Ping'an: I want to be a director who can work in the hall and in the kitchen"

. . . . . . .

The interview lasted for one and a half hours and ended on time.

Yang Lan's behavior was not sloppy at all, and she ended the interview naturally.

After the two were polite and stayed for dinner, Yang Lan calmly left without interrupting the preparations for the election.

To be honest, I quite like this kind of style.

But that's all.

Because it is really tiring to deal with this kind of people, even more tiring than talking to Liu Qianqian's father.

So when Yang Lan was sent away, Lu Ping An breathed a sigh of relief.

Once the task is completed, go straight to work.

The work reports of various departments have been waiting for a long time.

Busyness comes with it.

The first is the theater chain.

The number of planetary theaters finally exceeded 160.

With a total of 531 large screens and a market share of 19%, it is considered a huge scale.

However, it can also be seen from the ratio of the number of cinemas and screens that each cinema has an average of only 3.3 screens. In other words, many of these 160 cinemas are small cinemas.

There is no way, Lu Ping'an is not Wanda King, he can't do the job of building houses, so he can only buy them everywhere.

As a result, theaters cannot really unify their styles.

So some places are in good locations, and some places are relatively remote.

These remote movie theaters will most likely be eliminated in the future.

But the good news is that most of these 160 properties are self-owned.

As housing prices rise or are demolished, they can be converted into cash flow in the future, and then they can invest in the booming cinema chain wave.

In this way, Planet Cinema can always maintain its right to speak.

At present, theaters are still quite profitable, with a summer sales of close to 100 million.

Thanks to the great development of the film market!

The overall box office performance of the summer season that just passed was pretty good.

"The Stone" has more than 100 million, "Batman" has 69 million, "Seven Swords" has 101 million, "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" has 61 million, and "War of the Worlds" has 52 million.

There are also many movies with a box office of 20 million, and the overall box office is a little more than last year.

And because there are so many blockbusters, more movie fans with different preferences are allowed to enter the theater.

The movie theaters made a lot of money.

Among them, "Seven Swords" made the most money for Planet Cinema.

70% of the 3D movie box office of "Seven Swords" was produced by Planet Cinema.

The lowest single ticket price is 40 yuan, which is slightly lower, but it is still more than ten yuan higher than ordinary tickets.

But the high ticket prices also brought more intense criticism.

But he wasn’t scolding 3D, he was scolding Mr. Xu.

"Seven Swords" is a bad movie, my money back!

Old Monster Xu is also helpless. His life has once again encountered Waterloo, and he is confused about the future.

Even if it wasn't enough, he was still very grateful to Lu Pingan. He knew that without the 3D version, the overall box office of "Seven Swords" would only be lower.

He was right. The mainland box office of "Seven Swords" in the original time and space was only a little over 80 million.

Now it can exceed 100 million, and 3D deserves the most credit.

With this film, Mr. Xu joined the Mainland's billion-dollar director club, which somewhat covered his failure.

But this fig leaf is not very tight.

According to media statistics, "Seven Swords" cost 150 million, and this time it is estimated that the compensation will be close to 100 million.

Lu Ping An's data shows that the loss is less than 50 million, because the copyright and land sales are okay.

Therefore, it has become a fact that Old Monster Xu has failed again since "The Legend of Shushan".

However, Xu's movie hit the streets and did not affect other blockbusters.

No one thinks that this kind of thing will happen to them. After all, the plot of "Seven Swords" is indeed a bit complicated, and the more you watch your own films, the better they get, such as The Great Poet.

Instead, many other producers turned their attention to 3D again. With the blessing of 3D, the box office surged, which was very tempting. Then, Lu Ping An's business inquiries surged again.

Lu Ping'an worried that if this trend continued, 3D would probably stink on the streets soon, right?

But he quickly looked away.

3D is a tool, and movie fans have a good sense of this tool. Even if they start to feel disgusted, they don't really rely on this thing to live.

And if others don't use it well, it will be beneficial to him.

When a movie that truly takes advantage of 3D appears, the audience will still be shocked, so just do your thing.

Then there is "Crazy Stone", which has been released in Hong Kong and has achieved good results, with 9 million.

As a purely mainland black humor film with no Cantonese dubbing, it is already an incredible achievement to achieve this result. It has temporarily ranked 8th in the annual ranking of Chinese-language films in the Hong Kong region.

There are still four months left in 2005, and there are still several more deceptions to come. It is expected that "Stone" will eventually be ranked among the top fifteen Chinese-language films.

Judging from this data, we have to say that the Hong Kong film market is really in a state of decline.

Because of this, Cheng Long's producer called again with one intention: to take care of the next "Myth" film schedule.

Of course Lu Ping'an agreed, but that was all.

His eyes returned to his own company.

The projects that have been released at present are basically coming to an end.

What’s next is what’s about to be produced.

In Hollywood, "Chainsaw 3" is preparing to start filming, and the director James Wan is the same as the original director.

Wen Ziren is full of confidence, and with the support of his big brother, he is energetic in everything he does.

Nolan is equally confident.

Nolan called him a few days ago and told him that he was going to make a movie called "The Prestige."

This is a high-scoring film.

But the original time and space is losing money.

The cost was US$40 million and the box office was just over 100 million.

However, if Nolan shoots now, the cost will not be so high. Now Nolan does not have the blessing of "Batman", and the salary has also changed from more than 10 million to 2 million.

Therefore, in the future, this film is likely to make a flat profit or even make a small profit.

Lu Ping'an waved his hand, shoot!

He agreed to support whatever he wanted to film, and of course he had to keep his word.

Chinese people are very trustworthy.

"Death Day 2" has also started to be launched. The director is not well-known. Under the production center system, the director only needs to be a worker.

This is generally the case for Hollywood projects. There are still a few small-budget films left, and we will start after these are completed.

Then there are the mainland ones.

"Painted Skin" is ready to start.

Lizi went to Yinchuan yesterday, and it was a safe journey.

So I can spend the next time with Yan Danchen.

In the evening, Lu Pingan and his friends gathered for a private dinner. All his friends came and sat at a full table to celebrate Lu Pingan winning his first feature film award.

After a lively meal, they dispersed and returned to the courtyard. Yan Danchen had already cleansed himself.

After everything calmed down, the two of them sat on the sofa as usual.

The "Soul of the Chinese Army" on TV is very impressive, and the famous "Bright Sword" is finally on the air.

Today is the eighth episode. Li Yunlong was almost surrounded to death. Zhao Gang came to the rescue in time. The rescued Li Yunlong met Li Xiuqin.

Yan Danchen sighed: "The producer even came to me at that time."

"Really or not? Playing Xiuqin?"

Lu Ping'an's face was full of surprise.

"No, it's another character. I forgot his name. What's wrong?"

"Why didn't you go?"

"I was with you in the United States at that time, so how could I have free time?"

It turned out that in March last year, the two of them celebrated Yan Danchen's birthday in Laomei.

Yan Danchen asked: "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with this show?"

"No, hey, you should have told me. If I knew, I would definitely let you act."

"Why?"

"It's not easy. I think this film will definitely be a hit, a big hit."

"Oh, what a pity."

Yan Danchen sighed slightly, but there was no regret in his expression.

Sure enough, Yan Danchen hugged Lu Pingan and said, "Fortunately, I have you."

"If you say so, then it's unreasonable not to give you the title of a billion-dollar box office heroine."

"A box office of over 100 million is too much, haha."

Yan Danchen's joy has blossomed, the two episodes of TV have ended, and the topic has returned to "Twenty Again".

At present, all the work on "Twenty Again" has been basically completed, and there is only one casting issue left.

That is the "grandson" in the film.

The Mainland version of Original Time and Space was played by Lu Han, a traffic mascot that attracts box office.

Although Lu Pingan does not need such a traffic mascot to attract box office, he does not exclude the inclusion of a similar character.

After all, it is a commercial movie.

It’s just a question of who to find.

The actor should preferably be a young actor, must have a certain degree of popularity, have a good character, be the best at music, and must not be a dull actor in terms of performance.

It was really hard to find at this time in 2005.

But dedicated new producer Yan Danchen has overcome this problem.

She took out her notebook as if offering a treasure and said, "I'll show you a very interesting child."

Lu Ping'an looked curious.

Soon, an "old acquaintance" appeared on the computer.

In the video, the young man wearing a hairband answered the phone while dancing. The scene was very interesting.

Yan Danchen smiled and asked, "Isn't this kid interesting?"

Lu Pingan smiled and nodded, and then asked, "Who is he? Where did he find it?"

"My name is Joker Xue. He is one of the top four in this year's My Style Show. He sings very well. By coincidence, he is just right to be my grandson."

"Well, not bad."

Lu Pingan continued to smile.

Joker Xue is indeed okay.

"Have you invited him to audition?"

"We have made an appointment. You will come to the capital after the election. Do you want to audition together?"

"Of course, have you forgotten that I am the director?"

"I'm sorry, I've been in a drama these past few days, and I'm a little over the top."

"You have to be the heroine if you want to be in a drama. Hey, I really regret letting you guest star as a producer."

"Sorry, I won't do it next time. Come on, give me a kiss."