That year Huayu

"This "Mountains May Depart" seems to be the big screen drama movie directed by Jia Zhangke after nine years?"

In the box of a private restaurant, Ning Hao asked uncertainly while eating crab legs.

"Well, Director Jia's last theatrical drama movie was "Still Life" in 2006, which was also the Golden Lion Award movie of that year;

I remember that when it was released in China, he and Zhang Weiping had a verbal fight.

Zhang Dapao slandered Director Jia, saying that he had an improper transaction with the chairman of the jury of the main competition unit of the Venice International Film Festival, so he won the Golden Lion Award;

Director Jia denounced Zhang Weiping for bullying the market and forcing a large number of theaters to choose between the two, and could only schedule "Curse of the Golden Flower", thereby squeezing out "Still Life." "

Lin Nan recalled a little and then answered Ning Hao's question.

In the final analysis, the incident was because the movies of the two great directors collided in the same schedule, and Zhang Weiping chose to strike first and spread rumors and smear others' reputation.

Of course, the commercial blockbusters of New Picture have always occupied a great advantage in scheduling, but Zhang Dapao is still not satisfied and wants to kill them all and take them all.

"It's a pity for "A Touch of Sin", which has obtained the public screening permit, but was banned.

The relevant departments are really slapping themselves in the face in front of the entire industry, and there is no public explanation or explanation."

Xing Aina couldn't help but tease that "A Touch of Sin" is destined to enter the film history, because it is the only domestic film that was banned from public screening after obtaining the dragon mark.

"I was supposed to attend the premiere a few days ago, but in the end I was afraid of being surrounded by the media and others, so I didn't go temporarily. I heard that the film reviews are very good and healing."

Liu Yifei naturally picked up the peeled crab meat from Lin Nan's hand, dipped it in the sauce and put it into her mouth, with a satisfied and happy expression on her face.

"I always thought that Director Jia Zhangke has been active in the film industry, but when I think about it carefully, he has only made three feature films in the past ten years, and one of the transformation films was banned, while the rest are all short films and documentaries."

Lin Nan couldn't help shaking his head, and the next second, the vibration of his mobile phone attracted everyone's attention.

"Huh? This, this is really unexpected!" Looking at the caller ID, Lin Nan was quite surprised and sighed.

"What's wrong?" Ning Hao and Xing Aina asked hurriedly.

"It's Director Jia Zhangke!" Liu Yifei was also very surprised.

Lin Nan really didn't expect that the first person to find him after returning to Beijing was not the capital of the film and television industry, the financial industry, and the Internet industry, but Jia Zhangke? !

Although the two exchanged contact information a long time ago, to be honest, he and Jia Zhangke did not talk on the phone many times, and they could be counted on one hand.

After hesitating for a few seconds, Lin Nan answered the phone and joked, "Director Jia, you are well-informed. I just got off the plane for more than an hour."

"Hahaha, I have been eyeing you for a while and waiting for you to come back. If you are free tonight, I will host you. There is something... well, it has nothing to do with potatoes..."

"Well, okay." Lin Nan gave this face, thinking it should be something in the film industry.

After hanging up the phone, the four continued to eat and chat.

But just ten minutes later, Ning Hao answered Jia Zhangke's call while the others looked at each other in bewilderment.

"What is he doing?"

"We will know when we meet tonight. Can Director Jia cook a bowl of noodles for us?"

Lin Nan joked. Jia Zhangke is a famous noodle shop owner in the circle, and he only opened an ordinary noodle shop. He even cooks noodles for customers from time to time.

In his words, this is his fun and a way for him to integrate into life without being separated from life. His main job is a noodle shop owner, and his side job is a film director and screenwriter.

…

Potato.

On the desk in front of Wang Wei was the final announcement document sent by his secretary.

He signed and instructed: "After using the seal, seal it and announce it on time at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning."

"Mr. Wang, don't you need to notify Director Lin and Mr. Wang?"

"No, they all know."

While Wang Wei was talking, someone knocked on the door again.

"Mr. Wang, there are three more invitations. Please attend a private cocktail party in the evening."

"Any time is fine except today."

Wang Wei couldn't help but smile. What cocktail party? They are all for other purposes.

"Starting tomorrow, our Potato will officially embark on the 'broad road' of financing IPO."

…

The news of the closing ceremony and awards ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival came back in the afternoon.

Originally, this year's film festival did not receive much attention in China, but the news that Wu Yusen won the award instantly made it the headlines and hot searches in China's film and television industry.

"This afternoon, Director Wu Yusen won the Lifetime Achievement Samurai Award at the Tokyo International Film Festival. The film "The Crossing" received unanimous praise from many judges and film critics."

"At the award ceremony, Director Wu Yusen said frankly: I will never make a movie that pleases young people, and I am currently preparing for the next feature film to commemorate the famous actor Ken Takakura."

"Director Wu Yusen claimed in an interview with domestic media that he was disappointed with most moviegoers in China at this stage. The viewing environment has completely become impetuous, superficial, thoughtless, impatient, and fast-food... The audience's ability to appreciate art is shrinking and degenerating..."

Lin Nan felt that Wu Yusen was drifting off again. While preparing for a new movie, he was "scolding" the audience and fans. What was the difference between this and making a fuss over a meal? no difference!

And his mentality has never changed, and he is even more hopeless than Director Chen. At least Director Chen is just arrogant and pretentious, and has not yet reached the point of "looking down" on the audience;

And Director Chen Da wants the audience to understand him, but he often can't help but "poetry-driven" and include private goods, so that the movie always ends in an anticlimactic end.

…

"Are you planning your next movie? There's a good chance it will be a hit!"

At eight o'clock in the evening, Lin Nan and Ning Hao went to the meeting as scheduled.

Speaking of the news during the day, Ning Hao laughed directly.

When Jia Zhangke talked about his affairs straight to the point, Lin Nan and Ning Hao were stunned; but Lin Nan was better than Ning Hao, and he only paused for a second.

"In the past month, I have talked to many great directors one after another, such as director Zhang Yimou, director Tian Zhuangzhuang, director Cao Baoping, director Chen Kaige...

All the great directors from our Nortel department basically agreed to sign my application documents in support. No, I just want to ask you two to help me today..."

"Director Jia, are you applying to establish the fifth international film festival in China?"

Ning Hao swallowed and was frightened.

"Yeah." Jia Zhangke nodded and spoke frankly.

Lin Nan sat on the edge and silently picked up the coffee.

There are currently four officially approved international film festivals, namely:

Shanghai International Film Festival, Changchun International Film Festival, Capital International Film Festival, and the newly launched Silk Road International Film Festival last year.

But among them, there is only one, the Magic City International Film Festival, which is the only Category A film festival recognized by the International Film Producers Association.

"In fact, there are many big directors in China who are qualified to apply to establish a film festival. In a few years, Lin Nan will have the best hope when he gets older."

Jia Zhangke looked at Lin Nan with a smile, he said what he meant.

"No, I am the one least likely to get approval from above." Lin Nan shook his head in denial, feeling a little helpless.

"Huh? Why do you say that?" Jia Zhangke and Ning Hao were both confused.

"Applying for a film festival is only suitable for directors who are purely interested in award-winning films, literary films, and realistic films, because of their purity. And I am also a big director of commercial films, and I am involved in many capital-related industries in the industry.

If I apply to host an international film festival, it can easily be tainted with the element of 'interest'. Even if I try to make it clean, it will still be a bit 'dirty' in the eyes of outsiders. Human nature, nothing more than that.

The above will definitely consider this, just in case, and they will definitely not approve it! So the most suitable person is not a great director like me, but Director Jia. "

After Lin Nan explained, the two people next to him became clearer.

"In other words, the most suitable candidate is a pure director like Director Jia who has no mountains and is not a mountain himself."

Ning Hao's words did not mean to belittle Jia Zhangke, but rather to praise him.

As for Section Chief Jia, Lin Nan and Ning Hao had no reason to refuse. Of course, they chose to sell their favors.

…

After returning home at around ten o'clock in the evening, after taking a shower, Director Lin eagerly picked up the fragrant Miss Liu... He had also been recharging his energy for more than half a month.

Toss...toss...still toss.

Our side is attacking the city and plundering the territory, but the opponent is abandoning his armor. His voice is gentle and low, with a hint of excitement and unwillingness;

After a long time, both sides were killing each other, and they were evenly matched;

But gradually the direction of the wind changed... Offense and defense changed, women were strong and men were weak, the hen was in the morning...

At the end, Director Lin Da found out that during the days when he was busy making movies, Producer Liu took time to work out at home every day...

The next morning, when the two hugged each other and were still sleeping sweetly, the outside world was already in chaos because of Tudou's announcement.

Not only was the whole network hotly debated, but the film and television industry, financial industry, and Internet industry were all in an uproar.

“At eight o’clock this morning, Tudou released the results of the first round of financing:

All shareholders of the company unanimously decided to accept Penguin as the company’s new shareholder after the first round of financing.

The latter will obtain 10% of the original shares of Tudou with 4 billion yuan in cash, and will provide corresponding resources in the development process of Tudou..."

…

"We were talking about 1 to 3 new shareholders at the dinner. This is just the Penguin family. Is it really just 1 new shareholder!?"

Wang Zhongjun, Wang Zhonglei, Yu Dong, Zhang Zhao, Qin Hong... Most of the capital in the film and television industry is mentally prepared;

Because compared with finance and Internet capital, we cannot provide other resources besides money, and in terms of capital scale, it is also not as good as the capital in the other two industries.

"They eliminated all state-owned enterprises, even Poly..."

This was La Peikang's first reaction after hearing the secretary's report, but fortunately, Shangying also failed.

In the financial industry, the major banks and investment banks that attended the financing dinner that night were not willing to give up. They immediately held a meeting to find countermeasures... recognized as top quality projects, for the wolves in the financial industry, they will never give up until the end.

"How could it be? We claimed 5 billion! How could they? They actually targeted us like this?!"

Alibaba Pictures, the management responsible for keeping an eye on Tudou immediately reported it to Zhang Qiang, with a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone.

"We have 1 billion more than Penguin, but they just ignored it?"

Zhang Qiang couldn't believe this fact. So far, Alibaba has acquired and invested in so many companies, and none of them has been unsuccessful, but this time...

"Report to the headquarters, the board of directors, and Mr. Ma immediately!"

"Okay, Mr. Zhang."

Weibo.

"Mr. Cao, we are not included in the announcement of Tudou's financing results?"

Cao Guowei stared at the news online in silence.

After more than ten seconds, he spoke, his tone was a little light, and he was a little confused: "Today, I will go to see Director Lin."