China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

Chapter 509: The backbone of Chinese animation! New movie layout! Han Sanpin's ignorance! Zhao Wenzhuo's excitement!
"The first Chinese animated film to win the Golden Bear! The story behind Mike Leigh and Director Guan is worth mentioning!"

"Guan Ling became the first Chinese director to win the Golden Bear for an animated film. Before that, that person was Hayao Miyazaki!"

"The 62nd Berlin International Film Festival came to an end yesterday. After 12 days of fierce competition, the Chinese animated film "When the Wind Rises" won the Golden Bear Award for Best Film! Guan Ling has created a miracle for Chinese animated films!"

The entire Chinese film and television industry was shocked by this news!

Not only Xie Fei,
Who wouldn’t feel numb if they hear this?

Chinese animated film, Berlin Golden Bear Award?

How did this get put together?!

Are these two the same thing?!
The president of Beijing Film Academy is numb!
Early in the morning, the president of Beijing Film Academy received a lot of calls.

Professor Li Jianping is now the vice president of the Beijing Film Academy and the dean of the School of Animation. In the morning, he blocked the door of the president's house.

"There's nothing to discuss about this. We have to let Guan Ling come to our animation academy as a professor, otherwise we won't be able to survive!"

The name Li Jianping sounds bland and doesn't seem very famous, but if we talk about "White Dragon Horse, Hoofs Facing West", everyone knows him.

This large-scale animated series "Journey to the West" was directed by Professor Li Jianping.

As for qualifications, he has them.

In terms of level, probably.

But in the current situation, if the whole of China is in surprise, the most panicked ones are the professors in their college.

Digging the ground with your toes!
A professional was outdone by a hobbyist?

Li Jianping did not sleep well that night. He was excited and uncomfortable at the same time. His emotions were extremely complicated.

It just so happened that the middle-aged man was old and couldn’t sleep at night, so he browsed the forum and saw a comment. This door really had to be blocked!

"A doctor is an expert in a certain field, but not a polymath. Therefore, a doctor should not be called a doctor, but a college degree!"

Although I just saw this comment by chance,

But Professor Li Jianping always felt that this sentence was an insult to him, without even using any swear words!

It's awkward!
Guan Ling's winning of this award made the entire Animation School of Beijing Film Academy extremely embarrassed.

Do they have awards? Yes. But they are small and trivial things.

Is there a box office? No.

Nothing. Compared to Guan Ling, a guerrilla, they were a little suspicious. Who is the professional? We are all college graduates, right?

……

A whole night passed and everyone in the circle was still in shock!

Various news and records have already been quickly sent to portal websites, igniting the entire film and television industry!

"Guan Ling became the fifth Chinese director to win the Golden Bear Award for Best Film at the Berlin International Film Festival!"

"The biggest winner of this year's Berlin Film Festival is "The Wind Rises"!"

"It has won the Annie Award for Best Animated Feature Film and the Berlin Film Golden Bear Award! Chinese animation finally has a backbone?!"

"A film that silenced the Japanese and brought tears to the Chinese. Congratulations to our famous director Guan Ling for winning the highest award in Berlin for his animated film!"

"The second animated film in the history of global cinema to win the Golden Bear! A new record for China! Guan Ling's pioneering attributes are still developing!"

I have to say, the circle is going crazy!
The next day, after more netizens saw the news, the popularity of the entire Chinese entertainment industry reached its highest point!

"Director Guan is amazing! He won the Annie Award first, then the Golden Bear Award, and he sets new records every time!"

"If you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have realized that this is Director Guan's first time winning the Golden Bear?! And for his first time with an animated film? How cruel!"

"I used to think that Chinese cartoons only had Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf, but now it seems that I was wrong about them."

"It's a pity that you didn't have a childhood. Lan Tu is dead now, I have no intention to explain right and wrong, I wish you a long life!"

"Fuck, the classic lines of Rainbow Cat and Blue Rabbit made me cry! But when you think about it carefully, Director Guan and Rainbow Cat are no different. At the beginning, Japan said that Director Guan plagiarized, so Director Guan used an animation to make a comeback in Japan! Right or wrong, who cares?! Just get rid of them!"

"Does anyone still remember what Director Guan said at the press conference? Then I will make an animated film. Only in this way can they shut up. These are Director Guan's original words. The news at the time thought that Director Guan was crazy and insane, but now these news media have no trace anymore!!"

"Defeat them in the area where they are best! Director Guan really lived up to his original boast!"

"To those who are not awesome, this is called wild talk, nonsense, and bragging. To those who are awesome, it is not wild talk, nonsense, or bragging. It is called notification, not discussion."

"The description above is quite Zen-like, just like asking Buddha what Buddha is. People who don't understand Buddhism will tell you that Buddha is the Dharmakaya, the real person without a position, but people who do understand Buddhism will only tell you five big words - Buddha is a piece of dry shit!"

“Someone once said that Chinese animated films are just garbage compared to Japanese animated films.

I agree with this. Japanese anime are mostly for people of all ages, while Chinese cartoons are more targeted at children, mainly presenting educational content.

But luckily we had Guan Ling, who started to make things positive.

It was 1999, I was still a kid.

Shanghai Animation once had a big move in mind, called "The Lotus Lantern", which they wanted to catch up with the popularity of the hit "Mulan" that year.

My mother and I were at the Ulanqat Cinema and saw this movie.

At that time, I told my mother that the cartoon was really good.

My mother said to me, "Alas, silly child, cartoons are for children." I was stunned at the time, and this sentence has been imprinted in my mind.

But I have watched a lot of foreign animation and I know that this is not right.

But I didn't know how to argue with my parents.

Because of the lamp that the Three Holy Mothers held high at that time, I never thought it was the last ray of light of the old generation of Chinese animation.

As I grew up, I understood more and more deeply the long dark period. The older generation of animation artists were too old to continue fighting, while the new generation of talents was in a period of rapid development.

This also led to the fact that after "The Lotus Lantern", there was no longer any leading figure in Chinese animation.

The rise of a group of sheep made me feel a false prosperity, but it also seemed to have defended the last stronghold of Chinese animation.

There are few films that make it to theaters, and even fewer that are high-quality films. Even my definition of high-quality films has nothing to do with box office sales!
But I always remember the thought in my heart. Animation is not for children, it should be for everyone!
Until, "Even If the Wind Rises" appeared!
Especially the period, history, and characters chosen by Director Guan, which made me resonate deeply. When we were young, children always dreamed of flying into the sky and flying on big airplanes in the sky, but life will not always let you have everything you want. In this movie, it is the history that children need to understand clearly, and it is the best way for adults to educate children.

The clear blue sky, the whimpering and roaring fighter planes. He was powerless. It was difficult to break through the technical barriers by himself. In the final analysis, he was just an ordinary engineer. He witnessed the tragedy, was displaced, his wife passed away, and the years passed. He did not give up, and the lonely grave was still with him. The whole story is full of a kind of desolate and lost cry, which makes people feel pity.

Some people may say that the plot of this movie is thin, but the content is enough to make people laugh and cry. Gu Er's life is like a longing for his ideal, then the difficulty of realizing his ideal, then the setbacks in social environment and personal ability in his life, and finally his success, even though he is already gray-haired.

It is also the reason why every person and every child today has a life.

Gu Er in the movie, his perseverance, will surely move many people deeply.

This is the first time that I am particularly proud of not using the standard of "domestic film" to comment on this cartoon, because I think it is a world-class movie, especially when the proud fighter planes filled the sky at the end, the backbone of China was seen by the world.

Director Guan also showed the backbone of Chinese animation to everyone! It’s time for us to open the curtain on the development of animation!
Let me be a free navy again, and I hope our country will soar to the sky! "

The Internet is full of comments about this incident.

And a film review posted by an old man has attracted recognition from countless people.

"May our country soar into the sky" has become a hot topic and swept across China. On Weibo, major portals and forums, there are middle school boys everywhere posting this sentence!
But for themselves, this behavior is not childish.

It’s just expectation, hope, or maybe they have been holding it in for too long. They just want others to see that the things they like are not niche garbage.

Guan Ling was slowly waking up from his bed.

……

I drank a lot with Mike Leigh yesterday. Mike Leigh went against all odds and awarded the Golden Bear Award to Guan Ling. He felt pressured.

But compared to this, his main reason was that he saw the progress of Chinese animated films.

As the most famous improvisation master, Mike Leigh is also an anthropological observer, which makes his film improvisation method unique. He refines, generates and completes his works by observing the improvisation of actors. He often starts a project without a script, and his works often start with a simple concept.

In this animated film, Gu Er's behavior gave him a great shock.

"If the Xiongnu is not destroyed, how can we have a family?"

It was probably this emotion, but it seemed that in Gu Er's heart, this emotion was more complicated.

He will be more entangled, more troubled, more roundabout, and more complicated. Everything is so bleak.

But Gu Er did not give up.

This kind of thing very interested Mike Leigh, and he has decided to make a war-like movie.

In contrast, he believes that Guan Ling also deserves this award.

How could it not be a breakthrough in the art form to use animated films to record history and express anti-war sentiment, thereby allowing the film to penetrate deeper into the minds of more viewers?
From genre to idea, there is obviously no reason for such a good animated film to have regrets at the Berlin Film Festival.

At the dinner table, Guan Ling was deeply moved by Mike Lee's words.

Afterwards, what happened after Fan Bingbing and Zhang Ziyi helped Guan Ling back to the hotel made Guan Ling almost afraid to move.

In the dimness, it seemed as if I had entered into a beautiful dream of lovemaking.

After waking up, Guan Ling saw Fan Bingbing lying on his left.

The other person is very white, glowing white.

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The beautiful back is smooth and clean, without a trace of fat. When running fingers across it, one can even feel no friction at all. It is like a 37-degree ice surface, very smooth.

"It would be a shame if you don't cupping your beautiful back."

Guan Ling murmured,
At this moment, he felt that Zhang Ziyi was also leaning against him behind him.

Guan Ling turned his head.

Comparing the two backs, one high, one low, one is very fleshy and sexy, but very well-proportioned and without any excess fat.

One is petite and slender, so thin that you can't hold it in one hand. If you put your hands around her, you can probably pinch her waist, which is definitely an A4 size.

Zhang Ziyi turned around, his forehead was messy, probably because he washed his hair yesterday.

Guan Ling just took a glance.

Zhang Ziyi said ashamedly: "My hair is messed up. I washed my face and hair yesterday, but I didn't blow dry it."

Guan Ling suddenly realized.

But I have no memory of what happened yesterday.

Why are you still getting excited?

"The movie 'Gone Girl' will definitely be released this year. As for the awards, you can choose for yourself. You can either go to Cannes or Venice. But going to Venice is definitely not as good as going to the Oscars next year."

Guan Ling shook off the memories in his mind and no longer thought about whether he had done anything to the other person.

Then he looked at Zhang Ziyi.

"How about going to Cannes?" Zhang Ziyi said, "I want to go as soon as possible. The Oscars and Venice will take too long to wait."

Guan Ling understood the other party's desire to make a comeback and nodded.

My cell phone happened to be turned on, and it was beeping with messages.

Guan Ling didn't have time to read it, and before he could remember to discuss the next step, Han Sanpin called.

"Director Guan, I remember Hunan made a new animated film. Do you want to try harder and go to Cannes or Venice to build on your success?!"

From Han Sanpin's tone, Guan Ling always felt that he had something to say.

"Why are you thinking about the future now?"

"It's not just us who are considering it. Domestic public opinion has exploded. Countless people are calling for our country to soar into the sky. I just received news that the higher-ups attach great importance to the news of the Golden Bear award. In this regard, perhaps we need to increase investment."

"Hasn't it been added before?"

“Add more.”

Han Sanpin said: "As Japan's pillar industry, if we can scrape off a few layers of Japan's skin in it, it will be very beneficial to the development of our domestic industrial economy. It will also be of great significance to the great development of our culture and the spirit of great prosperity."

Guan Ling narrowed his eyes. He understood this matter, but why did the higher-ups make such a big decision so quickly? Guan Ling still had some doubts.

"Let me put it another way. This is a new blue ocean. We have arrived at a critical juncture."

Han Sanpin added, "In the past two years, the tone was actually set on the phone just now. This is a blue ocean for investment, an economic treasure that is waiting to be discovered, and the fastest growing industry in the world's cultural and entertainment market, with the strongest development momentum and the greatest investment potential."

Guan Ling said: "This is based on Japan's experience, right?"

"Experience and other things need to be learned, but the question is whether there are people and ability." Han Sanpin said, "You have provided confidence to the higher-ups. So if you have a new play, don't hesitate, you can have whatever you want."

Guan Ling hesitated for a moment and said, "I have both money and people. If you really want me to give you some immature advice, I really have something to say. I hope Mr. Han can convey it to me."

"You say." Han Sanpin looked solemn on the other end of the phone.

"I want them to make an exception." Guan Ling said.

"Are there any exceptions?" Han Sanpin was a little confused.

"I submitted Chen Kai's film Along with the Gods before, and I only found out afterwards that they hesitated for a long time before approving it, mainly because of the word 'god' in it. But the ancient Chinese mythology involves the underworld and heaven, so it's understandable.

But cartoons need to radiate, diverge, and be imaginative. If the various contents involved are restrained, they may be able to develop, but they will always lack speed. "

Guan Ling listened to Han Sanpin's silence and continued, "But I don't ask for any relaxation. I only ask for an exception, such as 20 or 10 films a year, and make concessions during the script review."

"You are here to ask for policy for animated films." Han Sanpin smiled, "I will discuss it, but it still depends on the specific content. For many things, my words don't count, you know."

“When you go, you can bring a case with you.”

"Case?"

"Yes, I will give you a script. When the time comes, Director Han can bring it up and you can discuss it together."

"Okay, that's settled then." Han Sanpin said, "Now that the vacation has just ended, everyone needs to wait a few days and decide later."

"Didn't I just say that we should press on to win? Then shouldn't we strike while the iron is hot?" Guan Ling said.

"Then we need to strike while the iron is hot. Don't we have to have something? First, we need to identify a script that has a high probability of being accepted by the board. Secondly, we need to make sure that the script does not meet our review requirements and leave the board. We also need to hold a collective meeting to discuss and then try to see if we should make some concessions.

This all takes time. How can a policy be decided on a whim? !
Let's just say it's settled. To put it simply, you have to bring the script over. Doesn't it take time to write the script?"

Han Sanpin complained a lot.

Fan Bingbing also woke up. He looked at Guan Ling with his big eyes and raised his ears to listen to what Han Sanpin was saying.

Zhang Ziyi was not willing to be outdone and attacked directly towards the position that was most suitable for her.

It was just that the phone was a little far away and she couldn't hear the sound.

After Han Sanpin finished speaking, he heard Guan Ling reply.

"It's ready."

Han Sanpin was stunned.

"what?"

……

After hanging up the phone with Han Sanpin, Guan Ling hated the actions of Fan Bingbing and Zhang Ziyi and punished them severely.

When I woke up again, it was already afternoon.

The next day, the three continued their journey together and were about to attend this year's Oscars ceremony.

After landing in Hollywood, Chen Kuo-fu called and informed him that he could try to cast and start filming "Ip Man 3".

Guan Ling nodded in confirmation.

That day, Heilongjiang, Harbin.

Zhao Wenzhuo received a call.

After a few words, his face was filled with shock and excitement, and he stood there in a daze.

(End of this chapter)