China Entertainment: Director’s happiness is so simple

Early in the morning, the gate of Nortel was crowded with people.

The annual art exam began, and thousands of students and parents gathered at the gate.

While everyone was waiting, a large banner dozens of meters long slowly rose up at the entrance of Nortel.

"Congratulations to Lu Ping'an, an outstanding sophomore student in the 00-level directing department of our school, for winning the Golden Bear Short Film Award at the 52nd Berlin International Film Festival!"

It was posted under "Welcome to apply for BJ Film Academy".

The huge red background banner was seen by all the candidates.

"The Berlin Golden Bear Award is amazing!"

"I'm only my sophomore year, are all the people at Nortel so good?"

"It's just a short film, nothing valuable."

"Go try it. Which Chinese director has won the Golden Bear?"

“Not only the Golden Bear, but also the Palme d’Or and the Silver Bear during my freshman year.”

"Isn't that a short film?"

"Do you think adult movies aren't great? Have you seen "The Tuner"?"

"...No!"

"Then you still want to take the Nortel exam?"

"Just a tough talk!"

"..."

A group of students and parents quickly started discussing it.

Some know it and some don’t.

Once the discussion started, most people knew each other.

In everyone's eyes, the label of "director" on Lu Ping'an is actually not as good as the label of "other people's children".

This is also the intention of Nortel, to highlight the "sophomore", narrow the age gap, and let everyone know the small achievements that we at Nortel have made.

By the time Lu Ping'an returned to China, the art exam had been going on for many days.

When I landed on the ground and turned on my phone, various text messages were buzzing.

In addition to those with notes, there are also many unknown numbers.

As the only one who won the Golden Bear short film, the influence is quite good.

After leaving the airport, there were many more reporters waiting than before.

The difference between winning one short film award and winning two short film supreme awards is not small.

Two of the top three European companies have swallowed up two, and there are not many people in the world who can do it.

So no matter how small the award is, it becomes a big achievement.

What do you think?

What's your mood?

How much did the copyright sell for?

Will he hit Venice and win the Grand Slam?

It is very easy to deal with these problems back and forth.

Of course, it’s no surprise that I’ll be asked, “When will you use your feature film to compete for awards?”

"As soon as next year."

Lu Ping'an revealed the plan directly, which was very domineering.

Last year, my personality was different from that of the original owner, and since I had just emerged, it was most appropriate to continue the original owner's shyness and introversion.

After more than a year, I have won so many honors and my qualifications have improved. No matter how shy I am, Lu Ping'an can't stand it anymore. It's too tiring, so it's time to be more domineering.

"Do you have a script?"

"What kind of subject is it?"

"When will the new movie start filming?"

"..."

As soon as next year, it will hit the top three major European films with feature films.

One sentence made the reporters excited.

Lu Pingan is now the representative of talented directors in China.

The short film has won awards in succession, and the feature film "The Tuner" has received excellent reviews at the box office. Many people have high hopes for him, thinking that once he decides to hit the top three major European films with his feature film, he will not surpass Lao Mouzi, the great poet or Hong Kong Taiwanese directors will at least become the leading directors after the fifth generation.

After dealing with reporters, Hu Qingquan sighed: "After the report comes out, my phone number will probably be blown up."

Lu Ping'an asked with a smile: "Why don't you come to be my agent?"

"Look for someone else. At my age, I still want to live a few more years."

The two chatted and laughed and got on the school minibus again.

All the way to school, Lu Pingping no longer felt excited when he saw the banner.

I'm more thinking about when I can remove the word "short film".

Winning prizes is really addictive.

When we arrived at the teachers' building, we were still greeted by Principal Wang, Secretary Dong, the Director of the Directing Department, and the teachers.

The rest include CCTV and other media.

A small commendation meeting, speeches were given, and a circle of thanks was given.

After taking a group photo, Principal Wang finally asked: "When will you make a feature film to compete for awards?"

Lu Ping An still said it would be next year.

There are actually plans for this year. For example, director Ken Dallo said that he would hit Venice with movies like "Comet".

But he wasn't going to say it.

Because I’m not sure, and those movies that are already winning awards will be made next year at the earliest, so this can be considered the truth.

It was already noon after the commendation meeting, and there were still some new students taking the art exam in the school.

More than a dozen or dozens of people were led by on-the-job teachers, who held classes outside.

When you pass by Lu Pingan, the teachers will say hello to Lu Pingan.

"You're back safely, congratulations."

"Yes, Teacher Wang."

"Yes, Teacher Li..."

Then the teachers will go back and popularize science with the new students. This is Lu Ping'an, a 00-level, well-known director, and one of the three frequent visitors in Europe. . .

The freshmen who had known each other for a long time and those who only knew now started discussing it.

"This is Director Lu Ping'an."

"So handsome, I thought he was a senior from the acting department."

"It turns out he is Director Lu."

"I wonder if Director Lu has a girlfriend..."

The discussion was not loud, and it became even quieter as we walked further away.

Those with good ears hear everything.

It's just that he thinks more about this year's stars.

This year’s class includes Zhu Yawen, Zhou Yang, Huang Bo, and Liu Yifei as undergraduates and higher vocational students.

There are so many talents.

The director of the directing department just asked him if he wanted to participate, that is, to watch the art exam, audit, etc.

Of course Lu Ping'an was interested, so he agreed and would wait until the re-examination or final examination.

After returning home, he put down his luggage, took a shower, and turned on his computer to sort out his gains.

The first step is to count the assets.

The copyright income from the short film "The Tuner" was 2.4 million, and 2 million was spent on the big movie. The remaining 400,000 was used to rent an office building and purchase equipment for special effects. Later, more than 100,000 was left.

Afterwards, the movie copyright and distribution rights of "The Tuner" earned 12.3 million, box office profit of 3 million, director and special effects income of 1 million, totaling about 13 million after tax.

"Black Hole" earned a total of 4.6 million in copyright and sponsorship income. 4 million was used to pay the down payment for the courtyard house, leaving 600,000.

Later "Comet" and "Life for Hire", the total after-tax income is 13.7 million, which will be paid in a few days.

Moutai stocks cost 3 million.

There are two other burger restaurants that currently have around one million in cash.

Among the remaining assets, he owns two courtyard houses, three houses left to him by his parents, two 240-square-meter facade houses, a car worth 500,000 yuan, the most advanced special effects software in the world, and a printer.

Then exclude some sundry expenses and other sporadic other income.

After doing the math now, Lu Ping'an found that he had as much as 25 million in available cash.

"Comet" will be released in a few days, and if it goes well, there will be a share of the box office share.

In other words, his assets have tripled in more than half a year.

Although most of it is lying in the company's accounts, taking it out and putting it in your pocket will cost you a knife, and there are still millions of loans to be repaid slowly, but Lu Ping'an is already very satisfied.

After the liquidation is completed, the next step is to prepare for the next movie.

Kendalo said that he would try his luck in Venice, and Lu Ping An thought it was feasible. Even if he couldn't win the prize or sell the copyright for much money, it didn't matter. Just think that spending hundreds of thousands to practice and get the reward would be worth the ticket price.

After shooting this, I will shoot a commercial film.

If you have money, you are so willful.

He quickly selected a few scripts, and after they were restored, Zhang Songwen also came to call for dinner, and he had dinner with his friends in the evening.

It was Lu Ping'an who still closed the stall, while Yan Danchen used his aunt as an excuse to not drink, so he helped close the stall.

Just wait until I get home at night, heh~

A hungry tiger devours a sheep, gulps and swallows. . .

The next day Yan Danchen asked for leave at home. The reason was that his throat was inflamed. Well, he could actually use another reason.

Lu Ping'an specially wore a high collar to block the traces of last night, and came to China Film and Television to confirm the matter of "Comet".

"Comet" will be released on March 1st, and promotion has begun.

This schedule is not a good one, but fortunately there are almost no competitors at the same time.

In addition, Dongfeng of the Golden Bear Award, Huang Lei, Zhou Gongzi and Chen Kun will all participate in the promotion, so there is no need to worry about the popularity.

Lu Ping An's requirements for box office are not high, just 10 million is enough.

From the next day, Lu Ping'an and Huang Lei, Mr. Zhou and others started to promote.

The Sixth Princess, newspapers and major portals in Beijing and other places, as well as the newly joined Enlight Media to participate in the publicity.

Ray is not involved in film production and distribution business yet, now they are focusing on promotion.

Wang Changtian is very good at business, and his programs are very popular and have air time on more than 100 TV stations across the country.

Among them, the flagship programs are the 30-minute "China Entertainment Report" and the 15-minute "World Entertainment Report", which are known as the "News Network" in the entertainment industry.

Last year, two programs were renamed "Entertainment Live" and "Overseas Entertainment Live".

When Lu Ping'an was in Berlin this time, Enlight's "Overseas Entertainment Scene" reported on him.

Come now, Lu Pingan and the main creators participated in these two flagship programs of Raytheon and other programs at once: "Entertainment Weekly" and "Celebrity Interviews".

The creators created a great sense of suspense during promotion.

Huang Lei: "I played about six of me!"

Mr. Zhou: "I don't remember how many I played. Director Lu said there were five million in theory, but there were definitely not that many in actual performances. What I know is that I have seen more than five Kuner."

Chen Kun: "At first I didn't think this script was very good, but after the performance, I can only say that there are not many scripts like this in the world."

Yan Danchen: "Really don't blink, every detail is crucial and very useful!"

Zhang Songwen: "This has more staying power than "The Tuner". I couldn't sleep for several days."

"..."

On television, the Rays' first round of overwhelming publicity was a huge boost to the promotion of "Comet."

In addition, newspapers and portals are also promoting it.

"Film shortlisted for Berlin screening"

"Golden Bear Award for Lu Ping An's New Work"

"The copyright has been snapped up by European film producers before it was released."

"Foreign Media: The best science fiction film this year"

"Continue to burn your brains, continue to have great stamina, Lu Ping'an is another masterpiece after "The Tuner"." . .

Not only that, the Sixth Princess spent 1 million to buy the broadcast rights for many years, and now she has also started to broadcast the movie "The Tuner".

In addition to the big movie, three short films are also starting to play.

As a result, more people know about Lu Ping'an, a "different" director.

Throughout the end of February, "Comet" became the most popular movie in China.

The cousin called me and said that many nurses in the hospital were discussing when to watch "Comet".

What I also want to see is Comrade Liu Qianxi, an American who took the art exam this year.

"Mom, the director of this movie is the director of "The Tuner"."

Comrade Liu Xiaoli was also surprised and said: "Is it the "The Tuner" that I saw in New York?"

"Yes, Lu Ping'an is the one who won the Golden Bear Award a few days ago and hung the banner at the school gate."

Liu Qianqian suggested, "How about we go see a movie in a few days."

Liu Xiaoli smiled and agreed: "You don't have to wait for the release. It will be released in a few days. It will be at Nortel. You can ask Teacher Liu for a good seat."

"That's great."

On February 27, "Comet" officially met the audience in the Nortel Screening Room.

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