It's reasonable for me, a stuntman, to live a crazy life, right?

Chapter 1209: Is the ending destined to be obscurity?
"On its first day of release, the Hollywood imported blockbuster "Godzilla 2: King of the Monsters" grossed 1.88 million yuan on the first day of release - Tao Piaopiao app."

"The love-themed movie "The Best of Us", jointly produced by China Film Group and Herui Films and starring Chen Feiyu and He Landou, held its premiere press conference for 'Our Graduation Ceremony' in the capital this morning.

The creators who had just finished their 18-city roadshow appeared together, leading the audience into the scene of 'the grandest farewell, the most beautiful goodbye', and reminiscing about the people and things in their youth that they were brooding over, regretful, or even brave about. "

"Yesterday, the 'Longteng Shengshi International Film Festival' was officially established with the support of the Central Propaganda Department, initiated and founded by Director Chen Fei, with Steven Spielberg as Chief Consultant and Jia Zhangke as Co-founder!
It is reported that the film festival will be held in Shanhe Film and Television City in Shanxi Province in October every year, mainly showing commercial and art films from all over the world.

"The Longteng Shengshi International Film Festival is the fifth international film festival officially approved by the state after the Shanghai International Film Festival, the Changchun International Film Festival, the Yanjing International Film Festival, and the Silk Road International Film Festival..."

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Many people in the industry never expected that such an explosive piece of news would break out on the first day of June!

Longteng Shengshi International Film Festival!
Feiyue Films applied for the project, the Central Propaganda Department supported it, Chen Fei initiated it, Steven Spielberg served as the chief consultant, and Shanxi Shanhe Film and Television City fully supported it...

Looking around, just one of these terms is enough to stay on the hot search list of major platforms for several days.

But today, these words are combined together and appear so vividly.

Looking around, the internet was in an uproar!

"Oh my god? What's going on? Longteng Shengshi International Film Festival? That's a pretty impressive name!"

"Feiyue Films applied for it? Director Chen Fei initiated it? The Central Propaganda Department supported it? Steven Spielberg was appointed as the chief consultant? Tsk tsk! That's quite interesting. It feels like it's going to cause a major earthquake in the industry."

"Let's not talk about anything else. I personally think that the awards at this film festival are absolutely amazing!"

"Feiyue Films only produces high-quality products! Longteng Shengshi only selects high-quality products!"

“Oh my god, even though not much information has been revealed yet, just from the five words ‘supported by the Central Propaganda Department’, I can already see how valuable this film festival is!”

There were constant heated discussions online, and at this time, major art schools in the country were already holding conferences.

In the large conference room of the Beijing Film Academy, the deans and directors of various departments such as directors, actors, screenwriters, and photographers gathered today, which was rare.

The person in charge of chairing the meeting was Yu Jianhong, the current vice president of Beijing Film Academy.

"Everyone's here, right?"

After looking around the conference room and glancing at the secretary to make sure everyone was present, Yu Jianhong read out the instructions:
"The higher-ups asked the Beijing Film Academy to support the establishment and development of the Longteng Shengshi International Film Festival. We need to select a 'strategic consultant' to be responsible for connecting with the film festival."

As soon as these words were spoken, there was a burst of heated discussion in the conference room.

"Why? This film festival has nothing to do with us. If they want to mess around, let them do it."

"That's right! So many students have been snatched away by the Shanxi Film Academy, and we have to support them in return? How can this be justified?"

"I'm not going anyway..."

It is obvious that Beijing Film Academy is completely unwilling to support the Longteng Shengshi International Film Festival.

Although they have many reasons, it all comes down to one thing - "no profit"!
If you participate in the Golden Rooster, Hundred Flowers, or Shanghai International Film Festivals, the benefits exchanged can be very lucrative.

But this Longteng Shengshi International Film Festival doesn't sound very good, so who would want to go?
"I emphasize again that this is a political task. Since no one is willing to go, we will rotate them one term at a time, starting with the directing department. Wang Rui, do you have any objection?"

When Wang Rui heard his leader suddenly call his name, although he was reluctant to go, he couldn't refuse.

After thinking for a while, he asked, "President Yu, what is the main job of this 'strategic consultant'? I'm a little worried that I won't be able to do it!"

"The main responsibility is to coordinate. If the film festival needs any help from Beijing Film Academy, this 'strategic consultant' will be the one to communicate."

"That's it?"

"Yes, that's it."

Wang Rui secretly breathed a sigh of relief. If it was just a matter of connection and communication, then it wouldn't be difficult.

If it can be done when the time comes, then do it. If it can’t be done, why not just find an excuse to postpone it?

Thinking of this, he casually responded: "Okay, then let's start the rotation from my side. I will be in charge of this year's first Longteng Shengshi International Film Festival."

"Then it's decided, let's break up the meeting."

Yu Jianhong was probably afraid that Wang Rui would go back on his word, so after confirming it, he immediately announced the end of the meeting.

As soon as he left, everyone in the meeting room stood up and prepared to leave.

Someone even joked, "President Wang, you've had a hard time this year. A newly established film festival will need help to promote it, and Beijing Film Academy will definitely be asked for help. You'll have to worry about it! Haha."

Wang Rui curled his lips when he heard this and said casually, "I saw on the list that our former Dean Tian of Beijing Film Academy is still an art consultant. Maybe he will have to come out to do business and recruit people."

Upon hearing this, many people around laughed out loud.

"Haha, among all the domestic film festivals, only the Shanghai International Film Festival is a bit popular. The others are almost dead now."

"Let's prepare for the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festivals at the end of the year. I think this Dragon and Star International Film Festival is just a flash in the pan."

"By then, there will probably be only a few people in the industry who will attend the film festival. And why is it held in October? During the National Day holiday, everyone is busy promoting their movies. How can they find the time to attend a film festival?"

"By the way, an old classmate of mine is planning to make a movie that will compete for the Golden Rooster Award for Best Small and Medium-budget Feature Film. I'd like to ask you to pay attention to it and give it a hand."

"Okay, no problem. We can all help each other out when it comes to awards. We have the final say on Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers awards anyway. It's fine as long as the quality of the film isn't too bad..."

A group of people talked and laughed, walked out of the conference room, and returned to their respective departments. They did not take the Longteng Shengshi International Film Festival seriously at all.

On the other hand, art schools such as the Central Academy of Drama, Shanghai Theatre Academy, and Communication University of China, although not as exaggerated as the Beijing Film Academy, are almost the same.

When it comes to selecting "strategic consultants", almost everyone is eager to complete the task.

There is only one reason.

If we include the Longteng Shengshi International Film Festival, there are now five officially recognized film festivals in the country.

But looking around, apart from the Shanghai International Film Festival, which is supported by the Shanghai government, other film festivals such as Changchun, Yanjing, and Silk Road are almost getting worse year by year. So, can this suddenly emerging "Longteng Shengshi International Film Festival" be successful?
In everyone's general perception, this film festival may be somewhat popular when it is held for the first time, but after being held for a few more sessions, it will definitely become dull.

What is there in Shanxi Province?
Apart from coal, the rest of the economy, international influence, cultural communication channels, etc. are almost not well-known.

Even its GDP ranks last in the country.

Well, how can the Longteng Shengshi International Film Festival develop under such conditions?

Yes, Chen Fei is indeed famous enough, but does he have the ability to invite all the well-known filmmakers and film manufacturers, copyright purchase and sales managers of large film and television companies, copyright dealers, etc. from all over the world?
You know, if a film festival wants to develop, it needs the support of copyright transaction rate!
Simply put, the copyright transaction rate is the "blood circulation system" of the film festival - it not only solves funding problems, but also screens high-quality content through market mechanisms, promoting the specialization and internationalization of the industry.

Film festivals that lack the support of copyright transactions can easily fall into a "self-entertainment" mode and find it difficult to achieve sustainable development.

For example, at the Yanjing International Film Festival that just concluded last month, the copyright transaction volume was pitifully small!
As for the foreign film manufacturers, copyright dealers, and film and television works of big directors that come from abroad to participate in the film festival, they are even fewer in number.

Under such circumstances, the film festival is even embarrassed to buy press releases for publicity, for fear of being laughed at.

Therefore, in the eyes of many people, the final result of this Longteng Shengshi International Film Festival is estimated to be not much different from other less popular film festivals in China.

So, naturally, they wouldn't take it too seriously.

At the same time, when seeing major art schools in the country adopting such an attitude, all major associations were in a state of panic.

In particular, the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, the organizer of the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival, simply gave up after receiving instructions from above.

Because what they have always valued are the Golden Rooster and the Hundred Flowers, and only here do they have a say.

As for the Longteng Shengshi International Film Festival, it has nothing to do with them.

What's more, they were already very unhappy with Chen Fei and Feiyue Film and Television.

The higher-ups clearly issued instructions some time ago, requiring major domestic film and television companies to cooperate and pay attention to the Golden Rooster, Hundred Flowers and other awards.

But Feiyue Film and Television simply turned a deaf ear to this instruction!
As of now, the registration channels for the Golden Rooster Awards are almost closed, but there has been no movement from Feiyue Films, and they have no intention of registering their films for rating.

Under such circumstances, how could they possibly cooperate with the Longteng Shengshi International Film Festival founded by Chen Fei?

"Just ignore them and let them play by themselves and see what new tricks they can come up with."

"Haha, I guess it's just the beginning of this session that will be a little bit popular, and the next session will be over."

"Without the support of mainstream domestic associations, they can't stir up any waves."

"It's not that I look down on them. Compared to the Golden Rooster and the Hundred Flowers, they are still too young. What can a bunch of little kids do? Are they playing house with mud?"

"Hahaha, I agree with what Mr. Lu said. This evaluation is very pertinent."

"By the way, Mr. Lu, I heard that your son Lu Chuan is secretly planning to shoot an adventure, action, and fantasy film? Is it true?"

"What? Xiaochuan is filming a new movie? Why didn't I receive any news? She did such a good job of keeping it a secret?"

"It is true that there is such a thing, but because it involves a confidential unit, it is not convenient to disclose it to the public for the time being. I will not say more here, and I ask you to keep it confidential for me."

Lu Tianming said with a smile, his chin slightly raised, appearing very confident.

The film "Bureau 749" had actually been secretly planned and prepared in 17. After 20 months of preparation, it started filming in a low-key manner, and the confidentiality was strictly maintained during the period.

Last November, the film officially started shooting in the mountain city of Chongqing, and was filmed at Jiefangbei Pedestrian Street, the Yangtze River Cableway and other locations.

He also went to the crew at that time and saw with his own eyes that everyone in the crew signed a confidentiality agreement.

Then on January 1 this year, the Chongqing part of the film was officially completed, and recently it is being filmed at China's largest nuclear industrial base, and it is expected to be completed in another week.

And all of this is unknown!
When it comes to confidentiality, Lu Chuan has gone to extremes. Everyone who comes into contact with the project must sign an agreement and not disclose it to the outside world.

The reason is also very simple.

One is to create a sense of mystery so that it will be easier to carry out marketing and promotion after the movie is released.

As for the other reason, it was the fear of being ridiculed, deliberately targeted, and suppressed by people like Chen Fei and Jiang Wen.

Of course he knew that the film he shot, "Nanjing! Nanjing!", had offended many people.

Therefore, in order to make a comeback and re-enter the film and television industry, he had to take risky measures.

"Bureau 749", in which all crew members signed a confidentiality agreement and was filmed in secret without any leaks, is one of the routes he relies on to make a comeback!

As Lu Chuan's biological father, Lu Tianming naturally knew the inside story, but he would definitely not betray his son.

The topic of the association quickly shifted to other places, and at this time, Chen Fei, who was filming "Go Where the Wind Is", received several calls in a row.

Without exception, the purpose of these calls was all to convey messages to him.

At the very least, he has been in the industry for 17 years. If he doesn't even have some informants and spies, he would be a complete failure.

And the association members are not a monolithic group.

To put it bluntly, they are actually no different from a pile of loose sand.

After all, among a group of people entangled together for fame and fortune, how many of them can be sincere?
"Hahahahahaha, you still want to fool me? You want to trip me up? You want to laugh at me?" After hearing the news, Chen Fei couldn't help laughing out loud.

That group of people didn't even think about it. If he didn't have any preparation, how could he dare to stage such a big scene?

What's more, would the Central Propaganda Department just come out and "endorse" a film festival casually?

"Haha, you old ghosts! Just wait and see. Don't laugh your teeth and crutches off!"

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