China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

Chapter 503: Flirting in front of her husband, this fellow is so hot and plump!

"Boy, your roommate is a genius!"

The filming site of "Uncharted".

Watching the live broadcast replay on the media, Cheng Long was a little surprised.

I saw him shaking his duangduang hair and sighing slightly.

Zhu Yawen narrowed his eyes and joked, "Brother, our relationship has changed a long time ago. We are no longer roommates, but godfathers."

"We are each other's godfathers?" Cheng Long joked with Zhu Yawen.

"How dare I?" Zhu Yawen was shocked. Now, even if he was teasing Guan Ling, he didn't dare to say the word "mutual". He could only smile and respond, "No, he is my father."

After saying this, Cheng Long laughed so hard that tears almost came out.

And then fell into silence.

After a moment, he continued, "That's not wrong. If he hadn't supported you, he would have had too many people to choose from."

Zhu Yawen touched his nose and was speechless for a moment.

Then, he looked at the live broadcast replay again. Guan Ling won the Annie Award for Best Animated Feature Film, and the winning declaration was like a declaration of war, sweeping across the United States.

In the comments, some people said Guan has a violent aura.

Some people say that Guan has patriotic feelings.

Zhu Yawen didn't care. People have many sides, and Guan Ling was the most multifaceted person he had ever seen!
It can even be said to be comprehensive.

Abbreviated as Almighty Dad!
No matter what such a person does, it is difficult to cause too much emotional upheaval.

He just wanted to make the movie "Uncharted" well, at least not to embarrass his father.

……

An Annie Award acceptance speech caused a huge sensation in the industry!
All media outlets got involved. Even during the New Year holidays, the Internet was full of information about Guan Ling's movies. "Even If the Wind Rises" was like a sharp thorn, piercing the hearts of Japanese movie fans.

Similarly, with a connection that almost breaks the dimensional wall, it has created a series of dream linkages with the previous Annie Award for Best Animated Feature Film!

But Guan Ling was exhausted and was about to rush to the next scene.

Because the Berlin Film Festival is about to begin.

……

Before leaving, Guan Ling finally met Lee Unkrich.

Coffee shop on the corner.

Lee Unkrich ordered two cups of cappuccino, lowered his eyebrows,

"You said you wanted to see me, but I was about to catch a plane and you showed up. This doesn't mean you want to see me."

Guan Ling won the Annie Award and was in high spirits, her words were quite domineering.

"Face."

Lee Unkrich was neither humble nor arrogant, and he did not say anything bad. He just expressed some dissatisfaction with Guan Ling's attitude. "I helped you before, and the news has been passed to Guy Naot, but I didn't see you want to meet with me."

"I forgot." Guan Ling said.

Lee Unkrich couldn't help but roll his eyes at him.

Guan Ling seemed a little innocent. He really forgot that he had been going to Wushan with Fan Bingbing and Zhang Ziyi every day in the past few days.

He was so confused that he was overwhelmed.

Even Fan and Zhang were confused.

I don’t know what adjective to use to describe it, I can only say that it is quite confusing.

In addition, I am also busy with interviews, publicity, film sales, award ceremonies and other work.

I really have completely forgotten about Lee Unkrich.

And "The Wind Rises" lived up to expectations, with copyright sales revenue reaching $2790 million at the Annie Awards alone.

This is a discounted price, which is a significant return.

"I've resigned from Pixar," Lee Unkrich said with thunderous news. "Pixar Animation Studios will make an official announcement soon."

"what reason?"

Guan Ling looked up in astonishment and looked at Lee Unkrich.

Then he pointed at himself.

"me?"

"Because you helped me contact a director before?"

In Guan Ling's mind, if it weren't for this, it would be difficult for the other party to find him.

"You're not that impressive yet."

Li Unkrich glanced at Guan Ling and sneered, "At least in my opinion, you don't have such great resources."

Guan Ling was even more confused by what he said. It has nothing to do with me, why are you looking for me?
The next moment, Li Angkrich explained, "I can't say more about the specifics because we have a confidentiality agreement. But you can probably think of it as a topic of overachieving and shocking the master."

Guan Ling narrowed his eyes.

The four words "the other party's achievements are so great that they threaten his master" are enough to explain the whole problem.

Because in the entire Pixar Animation Studios, there are five tigers. The number one person, Lasseter, is a pioneer in 3D animation and is approaching retirement age. The number two person, Stanciu, is a screenwriter and opinion master, and stands firmly on Lasseter's side.

The other two tigers posed no threat.

Only Lee Unkrich, a young director, is the most threatening variable.

In the adult world, there is always a lot of blood and swords. Guan Ling is now in Lingyun Media. Except for professional executives, anyone who is close to him is his own person.

It’s about feeling safe.

And it is obvious that what Lee Unkrich brings to some people is not a sense of security.

In fact, in his previous life, Lee Unkrich left Pixar Animation Studios at a very young age, but according to Guan Ling's impression, he had already directed "Coco" at that time, and had truly achieved the point of being so successful that it threatened his boss.

Probably five years later in the previous life.

Even when I leave, I can't go to other companies and can only stay at home with my family.

The restrictions are sufficient.

Now, it seems that the opponent is not strong enough to threaten the other party with all his strength, but the opponent's fangs are already showing.

It may take years to deal with one person.

Guan Ling couldn't help but feel a little chill in his heart.

All of this had been foreshadowed long ago.

"Then what do you mean?"

"They saw through my ambition. I want power." Lee Unkrich looked at Guan Ling, "Guan, I read the outlines of the animation scripts you registered in Hollywood. I think you are also an ambitious person, but you are not just a director.

So, I hope that Skyrim, or Skyrim's animation studio, will be handed over to me. I will use the resources that Disney had previously had to connect us with the Big Six for cooperation and even common development.

Then, if you need, I will make many mature animated films for you.

Make us money.”

The other party's words exploded in Guan Ling's ears without any concealment. It was like a call.

Guan Ling asked: "Then how much power do you want?"

"I want the animation department, and I have the final say." Lee Unkrich raised the price sky-high and waited for Guan Ling to pay him back.

Hearing this, Guan Ling was silent for a long time.

After a moment, he simply nodded.

"it is good."

Lee Unkrich is confused?
what's the situation?
Is this good?

I haven't even said the lines I prepared yet?!
Guan Ling patted Li Unkrich on the shoulder and added, "Motian Lingyun will split off the Motian Animation Studio for you. From now on, I will give you the real power. In the entire animation field, everything will be decided by you."

He looked into Lee Unkrich's eyes and spoke in a low voice.

"Except me, of course."

Then, he told Lee Unkrich, "The director I contacted you last time is going to make an animation called Frozen. You should take over first. I will only provide the script. You can take full control of all the details. If you need to make any changes, we can discuss it."

Lee Unkrich was a little confused at this time.

I haven't even signed a contract yet? And you're assigning me a task right now?

……

After Guan Ling met with Lee Unkrich, he arranged for the legal affairs of the United States and China to study the specific contract issues and informed Guy Naut that he had relieved some of the burden but would not reduce his salary.

It made Guyot burst into tears.

The matter was settled.

Then he boarded a plane and flew to Berlin.

At this year's Berlin Film Festival, "Even If the Wind Rises" was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Berlin Film Festival.

Also shortlisted for the main competition unit is "White Deer Plain" by domestic director Wang Quan'an.

Although Zhang Yimou's "The Flowers of War" also participated in the Berlin Film Festival, it was not shortlisted for the main competition because it had already been released in the United States. Zhang Yimou didn't care much about this, so it was in the screening unit, and its main purpose was to sell the film.

The biggest idea is to just participate in the exhibition without competing, do a good job of publicity and promotion, and promote overseas distribution.

In fact, the Berlin Film Festival has a rule, namely the requirement for international premieres, which means that films shortlisted for the main competition at the Berlin Film Festival must have only been released in the local country. Of course, the time limit is before the final nomination.

"The Flowers of War" missed the qualification to be shortlisted for the main competition unit because it was released in the United States on December 12, before the final nomination.

But in fact, this rule also depends on the mood of the jury. If they are willing, they can get it back for Zhang Yimou at any time.

But Zhang Yimou was not obsessed with the Golden Bear Award. His main goal was to sell films, so the matter was put on hold for the time being.

But for many Chinese movie fans, this is undoubtedly a pity.

But those who are familiar with the situation are of course aware that the Berlin Film Festival has been much less popular than Cannes and Venice in recent years. Perhaps it is because it is close to the Oscars, and the two sides are somewhat at odds with each other.

The films participating in the main competition unit in recent years have fallen far short in both quality and popularity.

The organizers of the film festival have long realized the secret and are no longer obsessed with competing with other film festivals for the premieres of masterpieces by masters. Instead, they are more determined to uphold their own youth and political concepts, and simply make the film festival younger and more independent, and more resolutely implement their own new talent strategy and market strategy.

The film festival may have received less attention, but it may be more meaningful for the future development of films.

Therefore, Zhang Yimou’s non-participation in the award is also a kind of interest exchange, which increases attention but does not share the pork, giving Berlin a good relationship.

Zhang Yimou's international status can still attract some film producers.

For the Berlin Film Festival, this can be said to be an ostrich mentality! It is a desperate struggle, but it is very effective.

However, it is still lacking in artistic value.

For example, last year the Iranian film "A Farewell" was the clear winner, winning three awards alone, which was the result of the lack of competitiveness of other participating films.

Considering the fact that in recent years people have often complained about the Berlin Film Festival's lack of star power, the lack of entertaining topics, and even the fact that they have used the Oscars to gild themselves, the "emergence of new talents" has probably really become a kind of irony.

But for young talents, Berlin has absolute appeal!
Last year's best film at the Berlin Film Festival, "Nard & Westminster: A Separation," has now become the strongest contender for the Oscar for Foreign Language Film. This also seems to indicate that although Berlin is in decline, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse, and it is still one of the film festivals that people look up to.

This year's main competition unit also contains too many unfamiliar names in the shortlisted film schedule.

For example, Einegalese director Aaron Germs (Today), Danish director Nicolai Axel (A Royal Affair), Swiss emerging female director Ursula Maier (Sister), Greek director Sporos Staslopoulos (Mandeola), Portuguese director Miguel Gomes (Taboo), Indonesian director Adeen (Postcards from the Zoo), French director Frédéric Vidu (Going Home), Canadian director Kim Nygoyer (Rebel), etc.

Among all the films participating in the main competition unit, works by young directors account for the majority.

The name of this young director, of course, includes Guan Ling.

But whether for competitors or for the Berlin Film Festival, this name can no longer be treated the same as others!
As a director who has never participated in Berlin, the name Guan has been well-known for a long time.

How could the Berlin Film Festival ignore Zhang Yimou, who even surpassed Zhang Yimou in China? It's just that they had never had the opportunity to cooperate with him before.

Thousands of miles high in the sky, Guan Ling was flying to Germany.

Also saw various news reports on portal websites!
"Looking ahead to the 62nd Berlin Film Festival, can Chinese-language films win the Golden Bear again?"

"The 62nd Berlin Film Festival opens, and 10 Chinese films will be screened!"

"Guan Ling's animated film "Even if the Wind Rises" and Wang Quan'an's new work "White Deer Plain" were shortlisted for the Berlin Film Festival's main competition unit and competed for the Golden Bear Award, making up for the regret that no Chinese-language films were shortlisted for the competition unit at last year's Berlin Film Festival..."

"Zhang Yimou, Tsui Hark, and Hou Hsiao-hsien all went to Berlin. Will these three big directors who have worked with Guan Ling gather with Guan Ling on the red carpet?!"

"Zhang Yuqi, Ni Ni, Gui Lunmei, Huo Siyan and others have landed in Berlin. Chinese actresses are about to start their journey of competing for beauty!"

"A brief talk about this year's Berlin Film Festival. Big-name judges are mixed with young directors. Even veteran movie fans may not recognize more than half of the 18 films in the main competition. Except for Benoit Jacques, the director of the opening film "Goodbye, My Queen", the only directors shortlisted for the main competition unit are Italian directors, the Taviani brothers, who are over 60 years old and can be called masters. Perhaps Guan can also be remembered by many people, while the others are all newcomers who have just debuted or middle-aged directors who are striving. In terms of age composition, directors born in the s have become the backbone of the Berlin main competition unit..."

Just landed in Berlin.

The entourage arranged by the chairman of the Berlin Film Festival came personally to greet Guan Ling. Fan Bingbing had been accompanying them at this time. When the other party saw Fan Bingbing, he was startled. Then he saw Zhang Ziyi walking down behind Guan Ling, and he couldn't stop smiling on his face.

There are many Chinese female stars, but only a few of them can be remembered.

As a staff member of the film festival, he naturally recognized the faces of Fan Bingbing and Zhang Ziyi.

Guan came, and unexpectedly, he brought two Chinese superstars with them.

It really gives Berlin face!
Led Guan Ling all the way to the hotel where they were staying.

In the lobby, as soon as Guan Ling entered, the surrounding media began to take pictures frantically.

After entering, Guan Ling saw Wang Quanan.

The other party is extremely smart and bright.

"Director Guan." Wang Quan'an stretched out his hand. Guan Ling hesitated for a moment, but still stretched out his hand to shake it.

During that moment of hesitation, he was worried whether the other party would go to the red light district in Germany and whether he had washed his hands...

I'll definitely have to wash it later.

Guan Ling shook off the thought, but saw Zhang Yuqi next to Wang Quanan, dressed in gorgeous clothes, with eyes curved into crescents, and stretched out his hand to greet Guan Ling.

"Director Guan, I'm Yuqi, from Dezhou, Shandong Province."

Her voice was very clipped, as if she had coughed up phlegm. "We are from the same hometown. If we talk about Texas, we are all one family. I have to be Director Guan's godsister."

The other party didn't care at all whether he was familiar with her or not, and threw a flirtatious glance at him in front of Wang Quan'an.

Guan Ling even thought that if Wang Quanan wasn't here, she might come over and lick him...

Licking in the physical sense.

(End of this chapter)