China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

Chapter 361 TV series conferred god, the silence is deafening

Many Chinese people at the scene heard the expectations in Wu Baige's words.

This was exactly the line he originally spoke in the Hong Kong drama "A Better Tomorrow", and this time, he adapted it to express his support for Guan Ling.

After that, there was applause that lasted for several minutes. Wu Baige, Guan Ling and Quentin laughed and joked with each other. Quentin claimed that he was a loyal fan of both Wu Baige and Guan, and joked that he might also watch animated movies in the future. This also allowed Venice to take advantage of Guan Ling's popularity.

“In fact, I have some words that have always been in my mind, and today during this award-winning process, I would like to say a few more words.”

Holding the trophy, Wu Baige's eyes were already filled with tears.

"I filmed the movie A Better Tomorrow with Tsui Hark. It was a summer night in 1986. On the rooftop of a bar, he and I made a bold statement.

Let’s change world cinema together.”

At this moment, Wu Baige's face had a warm smile on it, and his wrinkles were all wrinkled.

As two absolute heavyweights in Hong Kong films, Wu Baige's words were full of pride, but at this moment they were on the awards ceremony stage in Venice.

But there is a hint of loneliness and desolation.

Although as a master of violent aesthetics, he won the Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement.

He became the first Chinese winner of the award since its establishment. Mark Muller even joked that this day would be "John Woo Day".

But his glory finally came to an end.

Whether it has changed world cinema can only be judged by others, because Wu Baige is already old.

Moreover, he has returned to the Chinese entertainment industry, and his influence is no longer comparable to that of the past.

His ambitions were unfulfilled and he had no movies to shoot. Although he is still the godfather of violent aesthetics in Hong Kong and even the world, everything turned into a dream over a long period of time.

Although Tsui Hark became one of the leaders of China's new martial arts movies with "Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame", the achievement also belongs to Guan Ling.

Two good friends for many years, one won the trophy from Guan Ling, and the other regained the peak under Guan Ling.

It does have a special meaning.

“But perhaps, neither of us did.”

Wu Baige didn't mind expressing his dissatisfaction with himself. His original ambition to change the world of cinema now seemed like an impossible dream.

"But you can."

Wu Baige recalled the films he had made throughout his life, some of which were heroic, some were materialistic, some were loyal and righteous, some were elegies for idealism.
In those places where people and the world exist, there is morality, blood, promises fulfilled with death, worldly madness, and masculinity.

But his belief in movies has never wavered.

Ever since Wu Baige met Guan Ling in "The Visitor", he had some things in his heart. Later, "2012" broke his record of the global box office for Chinese directors in "Mission Impossible". After encountering Guan Ling's movies in "Red Cliff", Wu Baige could not even compete with Guan Ling in the slightest.

Now, Guan Ling has surpassed Chen Kai and Zhang Yimou, becoming the symbol of Chinese cinema that no one can surpass.

Wu Baige was completely convinced.

Wu Baige was naturally aware of the recent news about Guan Ling's animated film, but he didn't understand it, so he didn't want to say too much.

But at this awards ceremony, Wu Baige's words seemed to announce to the world that the number one Chinese director was standing right here.

"Director Guan, go change world cinema."

The scene caused a sensation.

Just like a torch of destiny, a connection was made at this moment. Guan Ling gave Wu Baige the award, but took away Wu Baige's dream of becoming a famous Hollywood director.

Many people even had tears in their eyes. This sense of fatalism is rare in the film industry.

……

At the subsequent Venice Awards Ceremony, Chinese-language films won nothing, just as predicted.

But this cannot affect the popularity of China News at all.

In mainland China and Hong Kong, the news that Wu Baige won the Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement instantly made the front pages of all media outlets and became the biggest news in the entertainment industry!
All major Internet media, Weibo, forums, and web pages were instantly covered by the news!
"Wu Baige won the first Venice Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement for a Chinese director. The organizing committee commented that Wu Baige is an innovator of contemporary film language, and his violent aesthetics are extremely creative and romantic."

"After 40 years in the film industry, Wu Baige has won honors at the world's three major international film festivals for the first time, finally achieving a breakthrough from zero!"

"Guan Ling is the award presenter, and Wu Baige becomes China's first winner of the Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement!"

"Wu Baige burst into tears during his acceptance speech, saying that he once wanted to change world cinema, and now perhaps only Guan Ling can accomplish all this."

"Five years equals a lifetime? Wu Baige's statement is shocking. It only took Guan Ling five years to go from a junior college student to a global movie with a box office of over $900 million. Can Inception break through $1 billion? Let's wait and see!"

"The Venice Awards Ceremony is a reincarnation, a fate."

Various news temporarily squeezed out the official announcement of Guan Ling’s animated film.

This award won by Wu Baige is definitely a honor for Chinese films!
Suddenly, public opinion was in an uproar.

Although Chinese-language films did not win any awards at the Venice Film Festival this year, no one had high expectations for them in the first place.

Wu Baige's lifelong achievements were definitely an unexpected surprise.

What's more, Guan Ling's official announcement in Venice also gave the industry ample room for discussion.

On one side is the honor brought by history;
On one side is the future that is about to be faced.

One old and one young, one morning and one evening, one before and one after, as time goes by, the development of Chinese films keeps moving forward!

This is hope.

It is the most gratifying thing for all filmmakers.

It is also a true and profound encouragement to all Chinese filmmakers.

Netizens are praising Mark Muller for being a loyal fan of Chinese-language films. In the few years he has been in the industry, he has won four Golden Lion Award-winning films and a Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement, and he has been involved in Chinese-language films every year.

At this time, Shandong TV and CCTV-1 TV simultaneously announced the premiere time of "Awakening Age".

9 month 14 day.

There are only three days left.

This time is actually quite urgent.

However, due to the overwhelming popularity of the TV series, no more money or time was spent on its promotion and marketing.

Countless netizens have also begun to turn their attention to this TV series.

As the TV series that currently sets the record for the cost of a single episode of a Chinese TV series, and is far ahead of the record, its popularity is of course beyond doubt.

……

The premiere of "Under the Hawthorn Tree" began to be promoted all over the Internet the day after the Venice International Film Festival awards ceremony.

In the Great Hall of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Zhang Yimou first held a grand premiere celebration and even held a grand evening party with the theme of pure love.

The audience and the guests of the cultural and artistic program were discussing the theme of pure love. This movie, which Zhang Yimou claimed to be the purest love story in history, is completely different from the previous "If You Are the One" in which the characters cried in a BMW and laughed on a bicycle.

In the first scene of the movie trailer, "Mou Girl" Zhou Dongyu is on a bicycle.

A simple, ordinary, yet touching love story from the 1970s is what Zhang Yimou claims is the best gift he can give to everyone.

At the premiere celebration, Zhang Yimou and Zhang Weiping led Zhou Dongyu, Dou Xiao, Li Xuejian, Xi Meijuan, Sarina and others to attend the celebration.

As a different model from using luxurious premiere celebrations to market Chinese blockbusters,
Zhang Yimou and Zhang Weiping acted out of character this time.
Previously, "Hero" walked the red carpet at the Great Hall of the People, "House of Flying Daggers" held a star-studded concert, "Curse of the Golden Flower" had a talk show by famous commentators from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong, and "Three Shots Surprise" developed an online game... They used all their tricks to promote the film, just to make it more popular.

There is greater development.

However, unlike Zhang Yimou’s previous high-profile premieres, this one was not that grand. Although it was grand, the overall style was clean and pure, and the atmosphere was warm.

No big-name stars, no lavish performances, no grand ceremonies.
The theme of the entire celebration is "Hawthorn flowers bloom, pure love is eternal", which clearly allows the audience and the creators to appreciate the beauty of pure love of "Under the Hawthorn Tree" together at the premiere ceremony.

In this movie, the male and female protagonists, as newcomers, are undoubtedly the focus of everyone's attention.

From the carefully selected casting to the high confidentiality maintained by the crew during filming, these two newcomers have already whetted the audience's appetite.

Even during the promotion period of the film, they never accepted any media interviews.

At the scene, the two finally made their first public appearance, fulfilling the dreams of many media outlets.

In an instant, Zhang Yimou's new work became the hottest topic in the entertainment industry.

……

In September, the weather is clear and cool.

The weather in Hollywood has also entered its most suitable stage.

But as time went on at night, it became a little colder.

Fan Bingbing, with red hair, wore a red cheongsam. Her beautiful red lips were full of domineering and aggressive colors. She put on her high heels in the hotel.

As one of the most beautiful female heroes in the Marvel Universe.

Fan Bingbing appears beautiful and generous in her role as Scarlet Witch. She is not only sexy but also sweet and lovely.

Instead, it gives people the feeling of reaching the ceiling of pure desire for the new generation.

In the past, this character did not have an independent movie, but Olsen, who played this role, is the most popular superhero among Marvel fans, comparable to Black Widow.

At least in terms of beauty, it makes people stiff.

As a new generation actress in the United States in her previous life, Olsen is a recognized sweet goddess.

But compared to her, Fan Bingbing's appearance is more coveted, half mature and half tender, half fire and half ice and snow, making Fan Bingbing's appearance completely natural.

At least with this outfit now, Guan Ling knows that as long as the filming of this movie is completed, Fan Bingbing will definitely become a superhero comparable to Black Widow.

He has a large number of fans in the Hollywood circle.

Starting with "Iron Man", the superhero movie series began to explode in size.

Guan Ling knew a lot of female heroes, but the most popular ones in his previous life were Black Widow, Mystique, Scarlet Witch and Captain Marvel.

And currently, Hollywood is only producing the Black Widow.

Guan Ling brought Fan Bingbing to Hollywood, but did not let Fan Bingbing play a vague supporting role in "X-Men". Instead, he created "Scarlet Witch" out of nothing, which gave Fan Bingbing a complete foundation for his career.

Of course, Guan Ling created the script of the movie by mixing the eight-episode storyline of the 2021 TV series "WandaVision", as well as some plots from "Avengers 2 and 3", and some settings from "Doctor Fantastic".

As a "female version of Thor", there is actually a lot of room for exploration of Scarlet Witch, but her life is indeed a little tragic. In the background setting of "Avengers 2", she and Quicksilver experienced the loss of their parents, were taken away by Hydra for experiments, etc. She finally became capable, but Quicksilver, who depended on her for life, died.

In "Avengers 3", Scarlet Witch finally found a boyfriend, Vision, but they didn't get to know each other for a few days. In "Infinity War", because of Thanos, Scarlet Witch had to deliver lunch boxes to her boyfriend herself. She had to watch Vision being resurrected in front of her eyes, and then Thanos hit her on the head and delivered lunch boxes again. After that, she had to experience another annihilation...

But that's not even worse. In Marvel comics, her life story is even worse than in the movie version! She even suffered all kinds of misfortunes since she was a child.

Although she has witchcraft blood, she was born away from her biological parents, which destined her to face a lonely childhood. And when she joined Magneto's Brotherhood, she was in a depressed and painful mental state because her kindness was incompatible with Magneto's wolfish ambitions. This created her unyielding and compassionate personality traits.

So in fact, her performance was also quite challenging for Fan Bingbing.

But it doesn't matter.

Because during the filming process, she and Guan Ling were able to relieve each other's stress.

Just like now.

Fan Bingbing, dressed as the Scarlet Witch from her previous life, opened her red lips...

……

When Guan Ling woke up refreshed, a phone call came in.

It’s Jin Liang.

The phone was answered.
Jin Liang's voice on the other side was excited.

"Director Guan, the reputation of Awakening Age has exploded."

After only two episodes were aired, both Shandong TV and CCTV-1 were completely shocked by the reviews generated by this TV series.

At first, people were wondering whether mainstream-theme movies, which had already created high box office sales, could satisfy the audience’s appetite for mainstream-theme TV series.

After all, after experiencing the bombardment of countless anti-Japanese dramas, many viewers have become familiar with the word "main theme".

There are many bugs and there is no basic logic.

For example, my grandfather was brutally murdered by the Japanese when he was nine years old.

But this time, the script of this TV series is Guan Ling. While it has attracted countless attention, the broadcast of the first two episodes has given many viewers reasons to watch it patiently.

A script directed by Guan.

These five words are enough.

From movies like "The Ming Dynasty", "The Suspect", "Inception" and "Father", everyone knows that Guan Ling's scripts require patience to read.

It doesn't matter if you don't see it.

After the two episodes were aired, Douban scored a high of nine points.

Word of mouth exploded!

Many people in the industry are just trying to chew on the two episodes of the TV series, but no matter how hard they try, they just can't get any flavor.

The story is thin.

The characters are complicated.

Why is there still a bit of the shadow of "The Ming Dynasty"?
That's it, why give it 9 points for two episodes?
(End of this chapter)