China Entertainment: The happiness of being a director is as simple as that

Chapter 40 Chaoyang paparazzi, the direction of the next film
After landing in the capital, take a taxi to go home.

"Hurry up and use the nunchuck, hehe romper... Zizz... You hurt me, and you laughed it off..."

There was singing on the car radio.

Hearing "Nunchaku", the driver frowned slightly and adjusted the channel, complaining: Is this a song?

Then when "Let's Smile and Pass" sang, he said again: This is not bad. . .

As the car drove all the way, Lu Pingan also noticed some changes in the capital.

This year's National Day seems to have a lot more people than last year.

There are national flags everywhere on the street, and there are many Olympic slogans.

There are also many more road buildings under construction, but there are fewer bicycles on both sides of the road.

National strength, just in this slow change, shocked the world more than ten years later.

When I got home and put down my luggage, it was already 5 o'clock.

Lu Pingan drove to inspect two fried chicken restaurants. The flow of people on the National Day was not bad, and then went to the uncle's house.

This year's National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival are on the same day, and the old Lu's family has a dinner party, which is not easy to push, so that night Lu Ping'an came to the uncle's house in Chaoyang District for dinner, and the aunts and sisters-in-law and the whole family came.

The arrival of Lu Ping An was warmly welcomed by the whole family. Compared with before, Lu Ping An has adapted a lot.

And now Lu Ping An's changes are not surprising to everyone. His health has improved and his reputation has grown. Naturally, he will become more courageous and calm. This is a good thing, so this also makes everyone more Be happy, after all, it's better than being arrogant or even turning your back on someone when you become famous.

The uncle’s family ate early, and it was only 06:30 in the evening after the meal. After the meal, the cousin proposed to go shopping in China World Mall.

China World Mall is located in Chaoyang District. It used to be called Guomao Mall. It was newly unveiled in May 2000 and officially changed its name to China World Mall. During the National Day of the 5th National Day, there were many discounts in China World Mall. There is no online shopping these days, and all shopping is in the mall, which is rare. Discounts are very attractive.

Lu Ping'an was a little sensitive to the words Chaoyang District, but he didn't refuse, because he also wanted to buy some clothes. Winter was coming, and now he has become stronger after more than half a year of exercise, and his weight has reached 72 kg. In addition, my height has grown a lot, and the winter clothes I used to wear are no longer easy to wear, so I just went together.

Then a family of 8 went on foot.

When we arrived at China World Mall, there was already a lot of people there, and there were activities everywhere, and I heard that there would be celebrities coming to the platform at around 8 o'clock tonight, that is, the commercial performances in the circle, and it was said that the person who came was Little Swallow.

The aunt's daughter, Lu Ping'an's 22-year-old cousin excitedly asked him, "Ping'an, do you recognize Little Swallow?"

The popularity of Little Swallow in this era is terrifying, especially in the eyes of a group of young people, she is the current top class.

Apparently, the cousin wants to rely on her cousin's fame to take photos with idols and even have dinner to become good friends.

It's just that Lu Pingan knows that this person cannot be approached.

At this time, her military flag incident has not completely thundered, but it will soon.

So he dragged all his relatives to run away.

"Hurry up and go."

The relatives were very puzzled, and the cousin was even gossiping: "No way, Ping An, you are really with her..."

"Fuck her, this person is going to be unlucky, I don't want to get involved with her, hurry up and go away."

Seeing Lu Ping'an's serious face, the relatives realized the seriousness of the matter.

Lu Pingan is a member of the circle, and he is the most compelling director. He said that, the matter must not be bad. Even if they were not, they didn't want to cause trouble for Lu Pingan, so everyone followed Lu Pingan out without much hesitation. mall.

When walking out of the shopping mall, Lu Ping'an also met two reporters. It seemed that they were here for the commercial performance of Little Swallow.

They were pleasantly surprised when they saw Lu Pingan. After all, Lu Pingan was also a celebrity, so they immediately raised their cameras.

One of the brave ones came up and asked, "Is the road guide waiting for Little Swallow here?"

The most feared is this.

Fortunately, Lu Pingan has already thought of a countermeasure: "Which media do you belong to?"

"Sohu."

"Do you have a business card?"

"some."

The reporter handed over his business card, and Lu Pingan politely gave him his own business card.

As a latecomer, he knows that it is still very important to deal well with reporters and paparazzi.

In the future, camera equipment will be everywhere, and he will be photographed on the street at any time. He is not single now, and at the same time, his fame is getting bigger and bigger. In the future, he will inevitably have many troubles coming to his door.

With a few journalist friends, sometimes a lot of things can be done.

He also has a plan, the best is to achieve the state of Ren Xianqi, and even if the paparazzi accidentally photographs him, he will come up and apologize.

And to get the paparazzi to apologize is naturally not by oppression, but by character.

Lu Pingan didn't know if he could do it, but at least it was right to play the role of the paparazzi if he didn't come up.

He doesn't have time for this kind of mess.

Of course, if the paparazzi don't accept their kindness, then he is not afraid, after all, he is a direct descendant in the Beijing circle.

After exchanging business cards, Lu Pingan answered the question: "I am not familiar with her, I have never met her before, today I just went out with my family for a walk to digest food, and I will go back now, by the way, these are my Family members, please pay attention."

"Understood, the road guide can rest assured that we have professional ethics."

"This is the best." Lu Ping'an nodded, and then asked, "Then you are busy, do you need to take pictures, if not, I won't bother you."

"No, no, it's been filmed just now, you are busy with your work."

"OK, bye."

Lu Pingan smiled and waved, then walked away with his relatives.

And the Sohu reporter Feng Ke looked at Lu Ping'an's back and was a little surprised.

He didn't know much about Lu Ping'an, but he would have preconceived ideas that such a talented director would definitely be a little arrogant.

I didn't expect him to be so kind and down-to-earth. Now it seems that Lu Ping'an is no different from the pedestrians around him.

So he felt that Lu Ping'an was really special, and the brains of a genius were indeed not like ordinary stars.

At this time, the follower beside him suggested: "Do you want to write about him?"

"What to write? Write about him digesting after a meal? Who will read it?"

Feng Ke shook his head and carefully put away the business card in his hand.

This is the first star to call him, so why bother him?
On the other hand, the relatives also saw Lu Pingan's current "dangerous situation" and decided to pay more attention in the future.

And Lu Pingan kept thinking, why is the name Feng Ke so familiar?

Oh, it was him!

Zhuo Wei's future partner.

Looks like I did the right thing today.

But he still felt that it would be better to visit Chaoyang less often in the future.

. . . . . . .

After going shopping in another mall, Lu Pingan bought some things for his relatives, and the relatives also helped Lu Pingan choose a few sets of clothes. After returning home, he began to screen the second movie.

Since he is already an official director, the short films for the competition must not be shot.

He also decided not to shoot TV dramas for the time being. Although shooting the first TV series would definitely trigger an "achievement" and get a super reward, he still decided not to shoot TV dramas for the time being. After graduation, the company's business needs to be discussed.

So the next thing is to make a big movie.

What are you shooting?

Lu Pingan has already thought of two directions.

That is award-winning movies and commercial movies.

Both have advantages and disadvantages.

The first is the award-winning movie.

The advantage of this kind of movie is that the investment is not large. If it wins an award, it can earn two or three times the cost, and it can also gain honors and improve its reputation.

This matter is easy to say, but it is difficult in reality, because the most important thing here is "winning".

But for Lu Pingan, who has a golden finger, at least the script problem can be solved.

If the award-winning films are brought out, the probability of winning the award will be greatly increased.

But this involves the disadvantages of award-winning movies.

The biggest problem with filming award-winning films is "review".

Almost all literary films in China that have the potential to hit European awards are somewhat "dangerous". The greater the potential, the higher the risk factor.

Naturally, Lu Pingan didn't want to be banned for five years like Jiang Wen for an award, and Jiang Wen's "sentence" was five years, so it might not necessarily fall on him.

Of course, he can also collect Chinese-language art films that can be released in China in the future, but it is not the work of heroes to collect Chinese-language films. Similarly, it is difficult to pass foreign literary and artistic films because of the different standards.

So if you want to find a movie that has a low risk factor and can win awards, you have to look hard.

In addition to this, there is actually a big problem with award-winning films, and that is literary films, which have extremely high requirements for directors.

With the same script, King of Sunglasses can make the actors feel like they are dying, and then they can shoot with excellent results.

Can someone else do it?
Lu Pingan thinks he doesn't have this ability at the moment.

At that time, even if the award-winning film can get permission to shoot, he will not be able to shoot it. This is a waste of time.

Contrast that with commercial films.

The disadvantages of commercial films are also obvious.

After all, it is 2001 now, and it was only 2002 when the film was finished and released.

The domestic film market is not big. Domestic films cost 5000 to 2000 million yuan, which is still at the level of Feng Dapao. The rest of the directors can make more than 3000 million yuan. Ten thousand or so, more of a few million can't even be released.

Therefore, for a commercial film with great potential, for example, it will be a pure waste to make a film worth hundreds of millions or billions in a few years or ten years. It is better to wait for Lao Mouzi to open up the market and split the box office. Raise the ratio and shoot again.

Of course, Lu Pingan can also choose to attack the Hollywood market, but the time is not ripe for now, and we have to wait for the movement from the summit.

However, there are advantages as well as disadvantages.

It is true that the current movie market is not big, but as long as the cost is controlled well enough, and the theme and quality of the movie can attract enough attention, making money is actually very simple.

This is very suitable for the theme of the original time and space, which is strange. The box office performance in the original time and space is not good. There are only novel movies with good reputation. Lu Pingan knows too much about this kind of movie.

These movies did not show much commercial value in the future, but it is different in this era.

In addition, Lu Pingan has already accumulated some "brain hole" word-of-mouth with "The Tuner", that is, he has accumulated a wave of movie fans and has special effects technology in his hand, so if he moves these movies, the cost can be further reduced. As for the box office, maybe the "miracle" of "The Tuner" can really be reproduced. Even if it can't, the market is so big anyway, and it can't make much money. If the quality and quantity are guaranteed, it may not lose much.

The most important thing is that this kind of movie is very suitable for practice.

There is no pressure to win prizes, no risk of review, and the cost is not high, so it is not a pity to lose the auction.

So he quickly determined the direction, and then quickly determined the script.

Lu Pingan wanted to see what he could do without Jiang Wen.

After the training is over, try to compete for an award-winning literary film.

Five days later, he met Hu Qingquan with a restored script.

(End of this chapter)