China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

Chapter 500: Crying in the Annie Awards Screening Hall!

"Leon Krich?" Guan Ling was slightly stunned. "Why did he see me?"

"I don't know about that," Gatnot smiled. "As far as I know, Pixar had some internal strife because of your news."

"Infighting?"

Hearing this, even Guan Ling couldn't help but feel a little surprised!
He doesn't think that making an animated film himself would cause internal strife within Disney's animation studio. He doesn't have that ability yet.

But he was also a little skeptical, because he didn't know that much about animation directors. Apart from Spielberg, the only person he had met at the Oscars before was Lee Unkrich.

I also asked Lee Unkrich about animation directors, and he gave me a recommendation.

Apart from this, there is no other intersection!
That’s it. What does the other party have to do that makes him have to find me?
Facing Guan Ling's questioning gaze, Guy Naot smiled and replied.

"I'm not sure about the details, because he told me that he only talked to you. But from what I can see, it's not a bad thing for Lee Unkrich to come to you, Guan. I think there may be some surprises in your animation development."

Fan Bingbing was completely clueless at first and didn't know who was who. But when she heard that Lee Unkrich was the director of "Finding Nemo" and "Toy Story 3", and that he wrote and directed both the films, she was stunned for a moment.

A tingling sensation rose up on her back!

Now even a director like this has to take the initiative to meet with Director Guan?
Just talking about "Toy Story 3", the global box office reached 10 billion US dollars!
What she didn't know was that Lee Unkrich was one of Pixar's most senior directors. Although he was still very young, only in his forties, he was definitely in the top five in the animation circle!

After chatting for a while, several people got into the car, and Guy Naot immediately sat in the passenger seat.

Guan Ling got into the back seat from the right door, and Fan Bingbing got in from the other side.

While he was hesitating, Zhang Ziyi suddenly appeared from the right door and pushed Guan Ling, "Director Guan, come in."

"......?" Guan Ling was stunned.

Fan Bingbing looked up slightly and was also surprised.

Zhang Ziyi couldn't suppress the smile that appeared on his face.

After staying in the United States for a few months, Zhang Ziyi didn't seem to read much domestic news. Instead, he became a little more mellow than before, and it seemed that he had also escaped from the overwhelming negative news that flooded the entire Internet.

Guan Ling subconsciously sat in the middle, and then Fan Bingbing on the left and Zhang Ziyi on the right placed him in the middle.

Then, Guan Ling felt a soft breath coming from both sides.

Fan Bingbing's amplitude is obviously larger, while Zhang Ziyi's occasionally leans on some harder positions. It is obvious that Zhang Ziyi must have several airplanes at home.

But even so, the two girls didn't care.

Guy Naot looked at the battle behind him through the rearview mirror and couldn't help wiping the sweat off his face.

"It's a good thing Crystal Liu didn't come, otherwise the scene would be exciting just thinking about it!"

In Vancouver before, Director Guan and himself had talked about the red light district. Why would they need it now? Guy Naot had no doubt that as long as Guan Ling nodded, the two of them would most likely go there together as the night deepened!
As the car was moving, it was sometimes bumpy and sometimes fast and slow. Guan Ling later let Zhang Ziyi and Fan Bingbing get closer to him. It didn't cause any harm to him.

There is no need to worry about Zhang Ziyi's poisonous boi.

If Guan Ling really wanted to take action against Zhang Ziyi, he was indeed a little afraid. However, from the perspective of the headline brother in his previous life, the other party was probably fine. But after all, it was rumored that the other party's ex-boyfriend had some kind of Aiyo or something like that.
It’s better to be careful.

But when he turned his head slightly, Guan Ling still saw Zhang Ziyi's affectionate eyes.

“Let’s talk about the Annie Awards.”

Guan Ling looked at Guy Naoto and asked.

"There are many competitors for this year's Annie Awards, but the biggest competitor is definitely DreamWorks' Kung Fu Panda 2, which received a total of 12 nominations, leading the field. In addition, Puss in Boots and Paramount's Rango received 9 nominations each, and Pixar Animation Studios' Cars 2 received 7 nominations."

Guy Naot had prepared the information long ago. When Guan Ling came over, he handed the information over first, and then continued,
“I asked someone to translate the information into Chinese, and it contains all the information.

The movies mentioned above are our biggest enemies because we were only nominated for 4 awards, so the chances of winning the big prize this time are very low.

But we are currently in the leading position in terms of Best Screenwriter and Best Character. After all, for animation, our protagonist GU has an absolute advantage in terms of 'human' compared to other animated films!

As for the Best Animated Feature Film and Best Director awards, although "The Wind Rises" is nominated, the chances of winning are slim."

Guan Ling listened to the other party's words silently, feeling neither sad nor happy.

Being nominated already met Guan Ling's expectations, and since it is an adapted movie, it is unrealistic for it to just win an award easily.

We also talked about the recent popular movies and TV series in the United States.

Guynort began to talk non-stop.

"Come to think of it, we actually have a TV series that's very popular recently."

"How to say?"

"Last year, no, it should be 2010, AMC launched the 'first American zombie-themed TV series in history'. It only had 6 episodes, but after the series was launched, it 'exploded' across North America. Last year, the series was renewed for the second season, which caused a huge sensation. People called it a god-level series!"

Zhang Ziyi echoed, “I watched the play and was a little scared.”

As she said this, she continued to push Guan Ling's elbow deliberately. Guan Ling glanced at her. At this point, the other party's meaning was self-evident.

"I've been in Hollywood for a few months, and now I want it?" Guan Ling thought.

But Guan Ling was moved by the American TV series "The Walking Dead".

"Are there any zombie movies in North America right now?"

"I haven't checked this yet," Guy Naot turned around and glanced at Guan Ling, "You wouldn't have another play like this, would you?"

"You can check it out. Regardless of how much this kind of movie makes at the box office, it's useful to promote the people."

After listening to Guan Ling's response, Guy Naot nodded.

He does whatever his boss tells him to do.

As for promoting people, if this kind of movie is made, it will indeed have a wide coverage. If it is a female star, she will most likely be remembered by many male audiences around the world.

Hearing this, Fan Bingbing and Zhang Ziyi held Guan Ling's arms even tighter.

After a while, Guan Ling felt his arms becoming softer and softer, and his throat became a little tight.

……

california.

As an animation award sponsored by the International Animation Association, the Annie Awards has a total of 35 awards covering film, television and other aspects.

"Even If the Wind Rises" took advantage of the time difference and submitted the first draft early.

By the time the nominations have been voted on and scored, the full version of the film will naturally have been reviewed by more judges.

But it's not surprising. No matter what, this movie will not be the first choice for the award in everyone's eyes. As the Annie Awards ceremony gradually heated up, the local animation atmosphere in California still made Guan Ling couldn't help but follow these animation colleagues and congratulate each other.

And "Even If the Wind Rises" was finally screened in the United States during this period.

The screening will be on February 2th at 6pm.

During this period, there were about five animated films screened locally. Among them, "Even if the Wind Rises" is certainly not the least famous one, but it is definitely not the first choice.

Rather than watching such a Chinese-language film, people would rather spend more time on films like "Rango", "The Adventures of Tintin", "A Cat in Paris", etc. Even if they watch "Kung Fu Panda 2" again, it will surely be more surprising than Chinese animation.

China has always been the main export market for Japanese and American animations.

But the other way around? People really aren’t that interested!

But even so, when the film was screened, the popularity of the venue was still overwhelming.

"These people are not here for the movie, they are here for you."

Guy Naot glanced at Guan Ling and said, "Guan, you have accumulated quite a few fans in the United States. They are obsessed with you. Compared to a certain type of movie, they think you are a changeable person. You never know when you will surprise others!"

Guan Ling said nothing when he heard this.

He could see that although there were some Chinese compatriots at the scene, two-thirds, or even more, were blond-haired and blue-eyed Americans.

Although it wasn't much, it was enough for Guan Ling.

This movie is definitely profitable in China, but even if it is not, Guan Ling's more important purpose with this movie is to announce to the world that China has animation, and that although China has suffered hardships, it will never give up!
This is even more important than making profits overseas!

That's why Guan Ling came to the Annie Awards, because he needed this first stop to increase the fame of his animated film!

Among the hundreds of spectators present.

Lisa is a loyal fan of Guan Ling. Ever since Guan starred in the first North American movie "The Hearing Girl", she has been crazy about Guan!
And of course she would not miss this first animated film shot by Guan.

She had searched for this movie countless times before and had a rough idea of ​​the plot from the trailer, but this did not affect her desire to watch the movie.

As the Chinese dragon logo lit up, the movie soon began to get going.

"A little boy who loves airplanes, a teenager who makes airplanes his profession."

To Lisa, Chinese people are very clean. Compared with many American teenagers she has met, Chinese people seem to be smarter and cleaner. Just like Gu in the movie, his ideal is so simple.

Just like in "The Hearing Girl", Lisa believes that he will definitely succeed, just like the fighter planes filling the sky in the trailer.

As the movie goes on, the love story is also very pure.

The blowing wind and the straw paper used by the boy to check his calculations made everything feel particularly warm.

Until, a bombing!
The United States is very strong, so in Lisa's memory, she has not experienced war. The occasional content she heard was that the country flew to the Middle East for the sake of world peace.

Then, after the Pearl Harbor incident, two little boys were given to Japan to keep Japan calm.

Lisa knew all this.

She likes Guan, but she still has only a vague understanding of Chinese history.

But she was extremely shocked by the little boy in the bombing! So much so that her emotions fluctuated greatly during the film watching process.

There was a hint of panic!
She looked around, and no one seemed to have expected Guan to make an animated film like this. As the plot gradually deepened, the whole story made people around exclaim!

Moreover, she could clearly hear what people around her were saying about the movie.

"Is this a Chinese animated film? Does China have such good character modeling capabilities?"

"What? These contents were drawn by Chinese people?"

"I kind of hate this movie. Gu is really miserable. He has no life and lacks love. His last smile, in my opinion, is a curse to those invaders!"

"Those invaders are Japanese, right? The Japanese are always like this! Invading other countries, the existence of such a country on this earth is a sin of the earth!"

"Let Japan be destroyed!"

Many people were talking, and Lisa's face was already covered with tears!
She loves Guan and also loves the characters written by Guan. In her impression, Gu is a very typical Chinese man.

She felt that in this movie, she could understand Gu's emotions throughout his life. When he was a child, he was full of imagination and fun, then he clenched his fists and had hope in his eyes, and then love and friendship weighed on his heart, making him move forward with a heavy burden, until... the road ahead seemed bleak.

After moving to many places, he could only do things within his ability, but not a fighter jet.

After Japan surrendered, he had no worries at all, and even seemed to have lost hope.

The night sky is long.

A lonely tomb!
This cartoon made Lisa feel the strong emotions in it! It almost made her collapse and lose control!
Then, she let out a cry of pain throughout the entire screening room!

The people around her looked at her, and soon, the same crying sound was heard!

Among the crowd, Guan Ling stood in front of the stage and bowed to everyone.

Guan Ling didn't care whether they could empathize with him or not, he only cared that the movie touched their hearts.

But at this moment, at the level of war,

Beautiful love, an unyielding country,

It will make everyone empathize.

Many times, it’s not that people can’t empathize, but that they can’t put themselves in other people’s shoes and consider things from their perspective.

This animation did it.

Even some American audiences, it seems, also have a deep hatred for those who started the war!

……

next day!

Before the Annie Awards ceremony, a hurricane was blowing through the animation forum in California.

US Weekly published a review: Guan's movie calms people down. He seems to have the same ability as the little boy left behind by the United States, which is to silence others!
The American magazine "Vanity Fair" directly concluded: "When the Wind Rises" must be the most successful Chinese film in 2012!
Although some American film critics righteously claimed that the film's script and images lacked innovation, it was soon discovered that he had an Asian face.

Then I found out that he was Japanese American.

Hey!
Every audience member couldn't help but laugh in their hearts!

(End of this chapter)