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

Chapter 46 Nominated for the second time, became the only seedling again

After entering December, the sky in the capital is shrouded in the chill of winter.

Entering winter again, the whole person feels stiff.

Lu Pingan's daily life has also become extremely regular.

Attend classes during the day and go to a burger joint at night.

The first store manager, Xiao Li, is very capable, and he manages the store in an orderly manner. On the contrary, the second store manager is not so good.

Lu Pingan simply asked Xiao Li to be the general manager of Burger King and manage two stores at the same time.

Star Films is also recruiting new people. The new employee is Wu Guohua, a senior from the management department who worked with the short film "Tuner" last year. He is applying for a management position.

This person is not bad, and his ability is not bad. Lu Pingan was impressed, so he was given a three-month trial period.

After Wu Guohua came in, Lu Ping'an asked him to continue recruiting, except for directors, for all film and television positions. For now, it's good to expand to 10 people.

Lu Ping'an is also considering changing the name of Xingchen Film and Television, but he has not thought about it now, and it will not be too late to say so after the project starts preparations.

Xiang Guoqiang is in charge of Akers' side. He has arranged it very well, so don't worry about it for the time being.

After the company's affairs are arranged, Lu Pingan spends the rest of the time studying hard and making progress every day, to be a good student.

During school study, Lu Pingan used foreign language learning booster cards.

Recite vocabulary and watch original soundtrack movies.

The effect of the ten-fold bonus is really strong. After only 20 days, he felt that his English vocabulary had increased a lot, and his spoken English was already relatively fluent.

He tried to find a foreign student from Nortel, who was very good, and he no longer stuttered.

He thinks that he can try to learn German after the end of this month. If the organizer of the Berlin International Film Festival in two months will save face, he would not mind speaking German on stage.

Ning Hao, Zhang Songwen and Zhou Yiwei saw Lu Pingan working so hard these days, and wondered if something happened to him.

After knowing that he just wanted to improve, their pressure suddenly increased, and then they also studied with Lu Pingan.

It's a pity.

"It depends on talent!"

The three of them curled their lips and returned to their original state the next day. Foreign languages ​​were really difficult for them.

time flies.

my country joined the WTO on December 12, but people who have not been in touch with relevant parties will not notice much change.

Lu Ping'an is similar, although he knows that the future will change a lot, but what to do is still what to do.

On December 12th, Feng Dapao's "Big Wrist" was released.

Lu Pingan also received an invitation to join him.

The scale of the screening was good this time, and it was with "BJ Youth Daily". They held a cultural event for lucky readers called "Winter of Beiqing", and many reporters came.

The premiere held at the Grand Theater of the National Palace was also full of stars. Zhou Xingxing, Liu Jialing, Chen Dapoet and his wife, Liu Huan, Wang Zhiwen, etc. stepped on the "Avenue of Stars" paved with red carpets.

Before the film started, Feng Dapao mentioned the piracy in an interview, saying, "The cost of 3000 million is still under pressure. If there is no piracy, I believe this film will have a box office of 5 million. If there is piracy, it will not even have 1000 million. Listen I think it’s really fast to say that there are already pirated VCDs in Northeast China. But I also tell you that we have kept a hand in order to prevent piracy, and the pirated and fake ones must be different from the ones we released.”

It’s okay to listen to the cost pressure, how can it be as much as 3000 million, and the advertising fee has already been earned back.

However, this also reminded Lu Pingan that there would be a Lala advertisement before the next movie starts shooting.

In addition, Zhang Yifan actually chatted with Feng Dapao about piracy.

Where did the source of piracy come from?
In a word: house thieves are hard to guard against.

So this time Ping An's "Comet" started to be copied, and it might be pirated.

In this regard, Lu Pingan felt that he should learn from it.

At the end of the red carpet, Lu Pingan finally had the opportunity to chat with Zhou Xingxing.

It's just that Zhou Xingxing actually knew him.

"Hello Director Zhou."

"Hello Road Guide."

"You know me?"

"Short film Palme d'Or, all the Chinese are taking their seats."

Master Xing smiled faintly, and continued to praise in a not-so-fluent Hong Kong pop, "You's "Tuner" is great, and now it has a box office of 1200 million in Xiangjiang."

"Tuner" was released in Xiangjiang at the end of November, and it was released by Yindu. It's a pity that the first film didn't have much right to speak. 11 million points is not as much as Lu Ping'an's here, but this time it has become famous, and it will definitely not be used next time mode too.

"Thank you, your movie is also very good, I am your fan."

Zhou Xingxing smiled and asked, "Why don't my fans make comedies?"

"Yes, I will try it later."

"Then I wish you success."

"Thank you."

After a few simple words, the premiere ceremony began soon.

Guan Zhilin is old and meaningless.

Uncle Ge is very thin, and there is still some time before "Uncle Li".

After more than an hour, "Big Wrist" ended with a round of applause.

The next day "Big Wrist" was officially released. Feng Dapao's appeal was as usual, and with Hong Kong stars such as Guan Zhilin in charge, it quickly exceeded 200 million in the first three days of its release. It was the second highest box office in the first three days of this year in Beijing. Pearl Harbor, and the third is Lu Ping'an's "Tuner".

So, by virtue of the light, Lu Ping'an's "Tuner" was also included in the media reports, but no one would compare him with Feng Dapao. After all, Feng Dapao and Lu Pingan are not at the same level in commercial films. In the big field, Lu Pingan and two short film awards, in the eyes of most people, the two are far behind.

After December, the final exams are approaching again.

This time, Lu Pingan did not deal with the matter as usual.

He found that the foreign language learning booster card also slightly enhanced the knowledge of other languages.

So this time in the final exam, his goal is to get a score of 70 or more, which is a shame!
On January 2002, 1, Lu Ping'an completed the final exam, and successfully entered the German language. The next thing is to go to Berlin to improve his oral English.

On January 1th, "Big Whistleblower" was released for a month, and the box office announced that it had exceeded 20 million, taking the first place of the year.

The media also quickly ranked the 01 box office list.

Among domestic films, "The Tuner" took second place with 3250 million.

Among Chinese-language films, "The Tuner" ranks third, second only to "The Big Bang" and "The Secret Service".

On the overall list, "The Tuner" ranked fifth, the top two were "Pearl Harbor" with 1.04 million, and "Charlie's Angels" with 7500 million.

As soon as the leaderboard came out, Lu Ping'an's reputation went up.

Many magazines came over again, and Lu Pingan chose a few to take pictures of their covers.

In the year 2001, Lu Pingan left a perfect debut in the film industry.

2002 is about to start.

And Lu Ping An's first shot in 2002 was still in Berlin.

On February 2, Hu Qingquan received two good news from Berlin.

And the media also reported for the first time:
"At the 2002 Berlin International Film Festival, Lu Ping'an's short film "Employment Life" was once again shortlisted for the Short Film Competition, and will soon compete for the Short Film Golden Bear Award!"

"It's good news that Ping An Lu's new film "The Night the Comet Came" was shortlisted for the Panorama Section of the Berlin Film Festival."

. . . . . .

"Hey sister, I'm in Berlin, what do I want to buy, oh yes."

"Hey uncle, I'm already in Berlin, okay..."

Hang up the phone, text messages pop.

Gao Yuanyuan: "Come on, I wish you success in winning the award."

Mr. Zhou: "It seems that only your work is shortlisted this year. Come on, you must win the award!"

Chen Kun: "The table has been set, and I'm waiting for you to come back."

Huang Lei: "Silver bears don't look good, bring back a golden bear."

Zhang Songwen: "Don't worry, I will burn incense every day, and the golden bear will definitely get it."

Ning Hao: "Bring some sausage."

Zhou Yiwei: "Put some rat poison in the sausage."

Ning Hao: "Don't listen to him."

Yan Danchen: "When you come back, there will be a surprise..."

Open roaming is not the same.

When I arrived in Berlin, I could still receive countless text messages and phone calls.

The relationship is far and near, and the content is also varied.

He heard a saying before, saying that if there is a blessing text message, it is best to reply, it will be very effective.

Lu Pingan didn't believe this, but he still replied one by one.

After sending the text message, the car also arrived at the hotel.

After resting for a while, he went straight to the venue.

Today is the third day of the Lunar New Year, the film festival has come to an end, and the closing ceremony is on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.

As early as the beginning of the film festival, Wu Guohua from Xingchen Film and Television had already brought 5 employees, and their task was to assist Hu Qingquan to promote the film at the film festival.

"Comet" was shortlisted for the film festival. Although the film festival does not participate in the awards, but at the Berlin Film Festival, the status of the film festival is similar to that of the main competition unit.

In other words, as long as it is shortlisted for the film festival, the value of the film will automatically increase.

Of course, it is also necessary to shout a few words and hand out leaflets during the period. This is the first important task for Wu Guohua and the others after entering the company.

So far things are looking good.

"Which movie is good?..."Spirited Away" is good..."Quantum Coherence" is not bad."

Arriving at the venue, Lu Ping'an's ears were sharp, and soon he heard some English and German mentions of "Comet".

The original English name of "Comet" is "Quantum Coherence", which means quantum coherence in parallel spaces.

The movie seems to be quite popular.

When they arrived at the place, Wu Guohua and others greeted Lu Pingan when they saw Lu Ping'an arrived.

"how is the situation?"

"At the beginning, the attendance rate was not very good, and then it got higher and higher. After I watched it, our movie can be ranked in the top ten. Some critics said that our movie is the best science fiction movie of this year."

Lu Ping'an also heaved a sigh of relief, the movie could be sold for a good price if it was popular, but he didn't know how much it could sell.

"Come on, Mr. Hu sold it for a good price, plus a bonus!"

"okay!"

Everyone happily returned to work.

This business trip to see the world is a very important experience for them, and the company's works have achieved good results, and the pride on the faces of a group of people can be seen with the naked eye.

Lu Ping'an continued to visit the exhibition, Hu Qingquan has Xiang Guoqiang to help, so you can rest assured.

Among the films exhibited this time, in addition to Lu Ping'an's "Comet", there are also Da Pao's "Big Wrist", Lao Mouzi's "Happy Time", Li Xin's "Fantasy Eyes", and Xu Anhua's "Men Forty".

Lu Pingan and these veteran directors were shortlisted for the film festival, which is a huge help for him and "Comet" in China.

In addition, in this year's Berlin Film Festival, there are still no Chinese-language films in the main competition unit, and the same is true for other units, except for Lu Ping'an's short film.

In other words, Lu Ping'an is the only seedling in this year's Berlin Film Festival, even among the Chinese.

If he can still win the award this time, in Hu Qingquan's words, his attention in China will explode again this time.

Lu Pingan doesn't care whether it's explosive or not, he only cares about whether he can win an award, and how much the movie can sell.

(End of this chapter)