China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

Chapter 207: Caught in shit!

At the closing banquet, everyone wanted to cry.

Especially Zhou Xun, when she was filming the scene in the police station, she was completely immersed in the role of the characters in the play.

"Does it mean that after giving birth to a child, one automatically becomes a mother? The person who gives birth to the child is not qualified to be a mother."

Guan Ling was very good at this scene.

And Zhou Xun's acting skills also completely exploded in this section, and Liu Yifei standing on his feet while watching.

Generally, movie shooting announcements are made according to what is most convenient.

This can avoid cost waste.

But Guan Ling was filming in front this time to reduce costs, and Guan Ling deliberately picked out the last few people's clips.

This makes it possible to take the final warm picture.

Everyone can feel the feeling of ending the song.

A stolen family, a family destroyed, everything is so logical.

But it makes people have to consider an issue carefully.

Is stolen family love considered family love?

Grandma Wu Yanshu was still unable to block the invasion of the cold air. She caught a cold and spent the wedding banquet in the hospital.

This made Guan Ling a little embarrassed.

But Wu Yanshu also said that it was her honor to be able to participate in this movie.

"I'm a little lucky now," Zhou Xun raised his wine glass to Guan Ling at the closing banquet. "If you hadn't chosen me, Director Guan, maybe I would have really missed out on this script."

After a glass of wine, Zhou Xun drank it directly.

Terminating the contract with Huayi was too much of a gamble for her, but the filming of this movie made Zhou Xun only feel happy in her heart.

"Sister Xun, don't call me when you're drinking." Huang Bo blinked and came over, "Don't say anything anymore, I'll do it too."

This fool didn't say anything and drank a glass of wine.

"Guan Hu has now signed a contract with Lingyun Media. Your next focus is to shoot a series of his movies." Guan Ling looked at Huang Bo.

"Okay, Mr. Guan, I will hit wherever you point."

Huang Bo was a little impatient with his drink, so he smashed it in his mouth and agreed in a hurry.

At night, inside the hotel, Liu Yifei tilted her little head.

Continue playing brain teasers with Guan Ling.

"I'm not convinced, come again." Liu Yifei felt that her IQ had plummeted recently, and she was shocked. She couldn't be pregnant, right?

"Okay, let's use an idiom for a woman to give birth to a child."

After Liu Yifei said a lot of four-letter words like she was in pain, she narrowly escaped death, and her mother and son were safe, Guan Ling said nothing wrong and was just blaming others.

I can't fix it for Liu Yifei.

Later, we talked about five hundred women running around naked and playing sports.

After Liu Yifei knew the answer, she completely admitted that she really couldn't beat Guan Ling.

What kind of god could come up with the answer to five hundred women running around naked and putting a shot put?

If you lose the brainteaser competition, you have no choice but to admit defeat.

Guan Ling enjoyed a wave of luxurious services that night.

The next day, I returned to the company.

I contacted the staff who worked on the soundtrack and finished the film, and Guan Ling, the editor of "Shoplifters," had to watch it in person, which he estimated would take about a month.

Just in time.

"Shoplifters" has always been watched by the industry, and Guan Ling has just finished filming.

The news spread to the Internet.

And it was directly pinned to the top of major portal websites.

"Guan Ling's "Shoplifters" movie has been completed, and China's second Palme d'Or movie is about to be released?"

""Shoplifters" stars Zhou Xun, Huang Bo, Liu Yifei, and Wu Yanshu. With these four people alone, it may be difficult for people to associate this movie with the Cannes Film Festival, but after all, the director is Guan Ling, so maybe we can look forward to it. .”

Brother Chen Kai was interviewed by relevant news reporters.

"Director Chen, Director Guan Lingguan's new film has been completed and is aiming for the Cannes Palme d'Or. Do you think there is a chance?"

"Guan Ling is the strongest commercial film director in China, slightly better than me.

In the field of literary films, he is still a newcomer after all, but because Director Guan has created so many miracles, I am indeed optimistic that this film can win the Palme d'Or.

I hope all Chinese-language films can have the same confidence as Director Guan.

Palme d'Or needs more Chinese-speaking blood, and cannot just let "Farewell My Concubine" become an orphan in mainland China. "

These words were very high-level. They praised Guan Ling and himself. They also expressed their optimism and affirmed Guan Ling's self-confidence.

What's a bit embarrassing is that some behind-the-scenes footage of Brother Chen Kai was also posted online.

Backstage, industry insiders asked Chen Kaige if he really believed that another Chinese-language film could win the Palme d'Or?

Brother Chen Kai shook his head, "Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Poet Chen used his two-sided speech to suppress all the gossip in the entertainment industry in an instant.

……

February and March in the entertainment industry are the off-season for the entertainment industry.

The most noteworthy thing in February is that Pan Yueming and his wife Dong Jie are expecting a baby boy.

Guan Ling vaguely saw the news and was a little interested.

His impression of Pan Yueming is actually quite good. As for Dong Jie, the title of this "empty actress" is really correct.

Anyway, Guan Ling really couldn't imagine how this woman ended up having sex with a certain old Wang.

The bad guy complained first, saying that Pan Yueming was heavily in debt and gambling all the time.

It’s so hard to comment…

The 59th Berlin International Film Festival has come to an end. "Mei Lanfang" did not achieve enough box office in the mainland.

In Berlin, although it was successfully shortlisted for the Golden Bear Award, it did not win the Golden Bear Award.

This makes Poet Chen relatively calm recently and has not come out to bombard him.

Otherwise, the entertainment industry will definitely become lively.

But as the only Chinese-language film in Berlin this time, "Mei Lanfang" has obviously received a lot of heated discussions, and Zhang Ziyi was not affected by Beach Gate at all.

With her bright red makeup and strong mentality, all mainland celebrities have to admire her.

Only the absence of Wang Xueqi made Berlin lose some focus this time, because in this movie, the "Thirteen Swallows" played by Wang Xueqi became the focus of heated discussion.

Moreover, the nomination list of the third Asian Film Awards has been announced. Wang Xueqi was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his outstanding performance in this film.

On March 3, a private meeting between the director and the Film Bureau, China Film and Television was held in Beijing.

China Film Group originally planned to hold this meeting on March 3, but because Guan Ling's "Shoplifters" was about to wrap up, China Film Group had to wait for Guan Ling for three days.

Others didn't know this, but Han Sanpin watched helplessly as the radio and television approved the date.

Just to wait for Guan Ling.

This shows how high Guan Ling's status is now for Chinese movies.

The meeting mainly discussed the phenomenon of Chinese costume blockbusters dominating the box office in the past two years. Previously, both China Radio and Television and China Film Group suggested encouraging costume blockbusters to cultivate the market.

Now, last year's box office has exceeded 2008 billion, an increase of 240% compared to the same period in .

Lingyun Media accounts for nearly half of this data.

In the eyes of the Film Bureau and China Film Group, this blowout is too awesome. The historical function of costume blockbusters that they previously wanted to cultivate the market has basically achieved their goal.

In the future, we must encourage the emergence of various types of commercial films, encourage the development of major, medium and small films, and usher in the spring of Chinese movie audiences.

At the meeting, the director of the Film Bureau made it clear:

"In the past few years, the Chinese market was immature, and the heavy responsibility of developing box office fell on the shoulders of a limited number of big directors. Commercial pressure and artistic standards all depended on the directors, so the balance was not very good. "The Promise" has become a "blood bun", which is also worthy of vigilance.

But now, after completing the first phase of the goal, our goal is accomplished.

So now the film bureau allows major directors to take off the burden of box office.

Everyone can choose to shoot the movie they want.

As for investment, China Film Association will support it. Don't worry about this. "

The content of the meeting was relatively fast, and Guan Ling understood it clearly.

Probably because the film bureau has learned about the new film trends of major directors, so it wants to come out and make some fine-tuning of policies.

Zhang Yimou has been preparing a film about the Nanjing Massacre in addition to "Three Guns", and Chen Kaige has become a "Master of Chinese Culture" after "Mei Lanfang" and recently wants to prepare a Yuan drama about China. The first tragedy.

Teachers Tian Zhuangzhuang and Jia Zhangke also attended the meeting. They also made it clear that they may try more commercial elements in their new films in the future.

To put it simply, commercial directors think about art, and art directors think about business. This topic was known to the Film Bureau, and it was clarified and encouraged.

If you think about it carefully, Guan Ling himself made an art film.

So this meeting was really appropriate.

At the meeting, the Film Bureau clearly put forward ideas to encourage Chinese films to develop in a more mature direction.

A part of the film list was also shown at the meeting, which was different from the previous palaces, killings and power struggles on the big screen.

This time, many films have abandoned these traditional film contents, and instead encouraged Chinese filmmakers to start working on seizing traditional resources and making films with a good sense.

For example, Hong Kong is filming "Mulan", and the Mainland is filming the cultural celebrity film "Confucius"...

Guan Ling was regarded as a model and was named and praised at the meeting.

Whether it is cultural output or box-office strength, Guan Ling's performance in 2008 can be said to be inferior to all current directors.

Guan Ling was also asked to speak at the meeting, and many directors watched helplessly as Guan Ling talked about the theme of the meeting.

In fact, the content of the speech has no substance, and the support is enough.

This private meeting can be regarded as a survey and a notification. It is essentially telling all the great directors that you guys should film well and don't have to go on stage with a mission.

Guan Ling never went into battle with a box office mission, so it was quite easy.

Also named and praised was Hong Kong director Stephen Chow.

Just this month, a movie called "Dragon Ball" will be released in theaters.

In fact, this movie has some connection with Zhou Xingxing.

After "Kung Fu", Zhou Xingxing was once rumored to enter Hollywood. And will also become the producer of this film.

But whether it was the amount of investment or the suggestion of the opposite Chinese character, Zhou Xingxing was rejected by the other party.

He resigned from the position.

A while ago, there was news that Hollywood was going to remake "The Green Hornet", and Zhou Xingxing was invited by Hollywood again, but the recent news description feels that the deal has collapsed again.

Because Zhou Xingxing wanted to change the role of a Japanese assistant in it to a Chinese one.

The other party didn't agree, so the two parties parted ways.

I can't hide this. After hearing this, all the directors felt that Zhou Xingxing was quite upright.

Guan Ling was also wondering if there was any possibility of cooperation with Zhou Xingxing in the future.

Zhou Xingxing is definitely willing to enter Hollywood. For directors in Hong Kong, Hollywood can be said to be one of their ultimate dreams.

If you don’t want to join, you won’t accept the invitation in the first place.

But others will not give Zhou Xingxing enough rights, but Motian Lingyun can give it...

"Has the filming of "Shoplifters" been finished?" After the meeting, Tian Zhuangzhuang and Jiang Wen both came over to chat with Guan Ling.

"It has just been completed. The music and other work have been completed in advance, otherwise it would be a bit rushed."

"It won't take long to register for Cannes. The film list for each major section will probably be announced before the end of April. You have to hurry up." Tian Zhuangzhuang said, "This year's Chinese judges seem to have decided on Shu Qi."

"It's almost time, but I will definitely have to work overtime next." Guan Ling said.

……

The global box office of "Taken" still exceeded 3.4 million US dollars.

The long-tail effect of this movie is very long. When the report card was sent to the desk of Lionsgate Pictures, Gai Naote's email was also sent to Guan Ling.

"Lionsgate is about to start negotiations. Frank wants to know if you have any plans to go to the United States in the near future."

Guan Ling was not surprised by this result, but Guan Ling did not expect that Frank could wait until this time.

"Going to the United States will take at least May or June." Guan Ling thought for a while.

But that afternoon, Frank took the initiative to call Guan Ling.

"Congratulations, Guan, your results have successfully convinced me. I think we can start subsequent negotiations."

Frank went straight to the point.

"Frank, compared to three months ago, Ferris Lingyun's price is going to increase now. Are you ready?"

Guan Ling's words were also relatively direct.

"Of course. If I were you, I would also increase the price." Frank's mood was quite stable, and it seemed that all this was within his expectation.

"Then I hope our negotiations can achieve the best results." Guan Ling said, "My legal team will arrive in the United States in advance to negotiate with Lionsgate Film Company."

"I can't ask for it."

Guan Ling's inner thought about Lionsgate Film Company is that it would be best for him and the other party to hold shares in each other. In terms of share, Guan Ling certainly hopes that he can get more of the other party's shares.

But this negotiation will be quite difficult.

But this is not necessary for Guan Ling. Even if both parties hold the same shares of each other, it will not be a loss for Guan Ling.

After all, future Hollywood movies don’t necessarily have to be skyscrapers.

But for the specific details, Guan Ling only has a rough idea and needs to be negotiated by the legal team.

After all, the other party will also worry that after mutual shareholding, one company will no longer make new movies. This must be stipulated in the contract.

……

The publicity for "Xiu Chun Knife" has become increasingly popular.

But at this time, Lu Chuan's speech on the platform made Guan Ling feel a little sick.

""Nanjing Nanjing!" is about to be released. I am very grateful that director Guan Ling was able to discover an old actor like Fan Wei, so that Fan Wei can transform from a sketch actor into a movie actor who can convey more energy. .

My movie is very similar to the promotional copy Director Guan wrote a few days ago.

In "Xiuchundao", there are choices and development of small characters.

And "Nanjing Nanjing!" "In ", I am also planning to start from the small characters and restore the darkest page in that period of history.

Of course, I hope this movie can achieve the box office results of Director Guan, then I will be very happy.

Because that means that Chinese audiences can accept more movie types and movie impressions. "

(End of this chapter)