China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

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Guan Ling was in charge of the post-production of "Travel to Hong Kong".

Since preparations for "The Martian" were just beginning during this period, Guan Ling had some time to work on the post-production of other films.

For this reason, Guan Ling didn't even pay attention to the Berlin Film Festival and the Oscars.

But really, there's nothing to focus on.

The opening film of the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival is "The Grandmaster" by Wang Jiawei, who is also the chairman of the jury of this year's Berlin Film Festival.

The chairman brought his only child to the event, so there was no hope of winning a prize.

Therefore, naturally, not many media went there.

The noise caused was also very small, and the final Golden Bear Award was won by Romania's "Baby Style". The other film awards had nothing to do with Asia as a whole, so there was basically no discussion about it in the entire domestic film circle. It is not an exaggeration to say that it did not stir up any waves.

At the 85th Academy Awards, the most popular film was Ang Lee's "Life of Pi", and the film related to Guan Ling was "Gone Girl". With this film, Zhang Ziyi was nominated for the Best Actress at this year's Oscars, and was also nominated for the Best Adapted Screenplay.

Originally, she was quite high-profile, but Guan Ling was very low-key and basically did not accept any interviews, nor did she go to the Oscars to participate in the Oscars ceremony.

So although the media got up early, they came to nothing.

It was no surprise that "Gone Girl" won no Oscars.

Guan Ling was not surprised at all by these situations.

After winning the Venice Film Festival, an achievement never seen before at one of the three major European film festivals, Guan Ling's reputation is on the rise.

He also knew that in the recent period, his battlefield could only be in China.

Outside, no one likes him very much.

Guan Ling naturally didn't want to be too ostentatious.

Once he gets out, there’s no chance that he’ll be carried away by a sedan chair.

Guan Ling didn't know who was going to be carried in the sedan chair.

Guan Ling would never do such a thing as trying to please someone who doesn't like him.

So the final result was that Guan Ling did not go to Berlin and the Oscars, resulting in fewer people in China paying attention to these two award ceremonies.

At this time, the pre-heating for "Hong Kong Trip" was becoming more and more popular.

In March, the first warm-up stop of “Hong Kong Trip” started in Qingdao.

In the past, the first city to broadcast Guan Ling’s movies was Beijing, and the next choice would probably be Shanghai.

But in March, those who understand will understand.

Beijing does not allow large-scale premieres, so in order to hold an international film festival in Qingdao, it is no surprise that Guan Ling chose Qingdao as his first stop.

This news also makes the rumors that had been circulating before seem clearer.

At the same time, specific news was released.

"Hong Kong Trip" will be shown as the opening film at the 37th Hong Kong International Film Festival, but will not compete for any awards.

Because that would delay the release of "Journey to Hong Kong", and in terms of the timeline, "Journey to Hong Kong" would not be able to compete for this year's Hong Kong Film Awards. If it really competed, whether it won or not, the sensation it caused would not be small.

This is the first time that Guan Ling has participated in a Hong Kong film festival with her own work, which can be regarded as a warm-up of some note.

Because Guan Ling has been very low-key recently.

When the news came out, he hadn't attended a film festival since Venice for a long time, and hadn't promoted a premiere for a long time. He didn't attend "Lost in Thailand", just showed up in "Extreme Job", and didn't even participate in "Swordsman".

He himself knew very well that it was easy to dodge an open attack.

What I’m afraid of is the hidden arrows that are hard to guard against.

And now, there are too many hidden arrows around Guan Ling.

A lot of movements, extremely terrifying.

Many people in the circle are green-eyed.

Especially after Chen Kai won more than one billion, Zhang Yimou once again won the title of director with a box office of over one billion with the polarizing "The Legend of Sword and Fairy".

The entire Chinese film industry was in a panic.

It is as if Guan Ling is a gifted man. No matter how he uses his talent, he always becomes stronger and stronger, and his casual guidance to others creates a huge voice.

The key point is that this person once made bold statements that he would subvert the established structure of the film industry.

Who the hell isn’t panicking?

And he makes too much money.

After calculations by some interested people, it turns out that the period started from March last year and ended in March this year.

Guan Ling’s films include but are not limited to “Aquaman”, “Uncharted”, “Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds”, “Scarlet Witch”, “Perfect Stranger”, “Wild Tales”, “The Job”, “Lost in Thailand”, and “The Legend of Sword and Fairy”.

Almost all of them were included in the top ten box office rankings last year.

The total box office is as high as 10 billion!
This does not include remakes, adaptations, overseas box office, and even the movie "Gone Girl" which was released in Hollywood but not in China.

The domestic box office alone is enough to make people feel suffocated.

Guan Ling's status improved visibly and reached its peak.

Old-school directors like Chen Kai and Zhang Yimou even became Guan Ling's left and right flanks, making it impossible for Guan Ling's enemies to launch a strong attack no matter what they wanted to say.

On the middle road, there are core players such as Ning Hao, Guo Fan, Wu Jing, Wen Muye, and Yang Qing guarding the middle road.

This made it difficult for Guan Ling to move forward or backward.

The only thing that is easy to talk about is his private life.

This guy is not married yet.

Even those women were unwilling to offend Guan Ling...

This is just too difficult to swallow.

Guan Ling is not a slippery loach, but a turtle shell, which seems to have no loopholes from front to back, left to right.

He has maintained the status of the number one in domestic film box office for many years and dominated the awards. He has the Midas touch that can turn a director's life around with just a flick of his finger.

Guan Ling's low profile was of no use, as it directly sent him to the most majestic throne.

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3 month 9 day.

Magic City. Chen Sicheng, who came from Hengdian, came to Magic City in a dusty state.

The day before yesterday, he received a call from Guan Ling.

At that time, he was filming a historical costume drama "Heroic Women" with Jiang Yiqing, Yuan Hong and others.

The filming of this TV series has entered the final stage, and Chen Sicheng just finished filming today.

When I received Guan Ling’s call.

Chen Sicheng once thought that he had been scammed online. It cannot be said that he and Guan Ling had no connection at all. Chen Sicheng had always watched him on TV, so he was very familiar with him.

But at least there is no familiarity.

But when Guan Ling called, no one in the entire circle could sit still.

So after finishing filming his last scene, Chen Sicheng quickly rushed to Shanghai.

Waited for the address sent by Guan Ling.

Chen Sicheng raised his head.

Chen Sicheng is very familiar with the urban development of Shanghai. The tall buildings are so high that when people look up, they always feel so small.

Perhaps I am the same in front of Guan Ling?

Chen Sicheng was actually quite surprised why Guan Ling contacted him suddenly.

But he had already reached the Demon City, and even if he was worried, he would not give up.

The phone call was made to his girlfriend.

Chen Sicheng breathed a sigh of relief.

"I need some encouragement." He said to Yaya opposite him.

"Don't think too much. The reason why Director Guan called you is that he has taken a fancy to you in some aspects." Yaya said, "You just need to tell the truth and don't pretend. No matter what he asks you to do, just listen first. We can discuss it together later and make plans. How about that? Don't be nervous. He is not a monster."

"I'm afraid if I say something, what if I offend Director Guan?"

"Then I will personally go to your house and apologize for you."

Yaya thought for a moment and said, "Although I don't have much face, I can ask the two XJ actresses under him to help me mediate. We are from the Western Regions and it's not easy to live on the eastern coast. I believe he won't blame us too much. We don't have anything that Director Guan would care about."

"What you said makes sense. We won't be fooled by Director Guan." Chen Sicheng gritted his teeth. "Then I'll go in."

"Come in. Don't hang up the phone yet. But don't wear headphones. I won't talk if you just keep the music on."

"Okay. But aren't you filming?"

"I happen to have some time now." Yaya said, "By the way, do you know who is the heroine in the glamorous movie "So Young" that I am currently filming? It is said that she is the second female lead in Director Guan's movie "Hong Kong Trip", her name is Li Yitong, she looks very young, but she has been telling us that Director Guan is very good, very good.

As long as you like someone, you don’t care whether he was popular before or not.

I think Director Guan must have taken a liking to you."

"Isn't it good to like you? It means you are awesome." Yaya teased.

"Then I will help you conquer Director Guan and let him help you."

"Get lost~" After being interrupted, Chen Sicheng laughed, "Be careful that Director Guan doesn't like me. We haven't made our relationship public yet, what if Director Guan wants to contact me for your contact information? Or he wants to make me famous, or give me a chance to be a director, and as a mentor, he wants me to give him the contact information of the heroine in "Beijing Love Story" when I was filming it. Should I refuse or not?"

There was a sudden silence on the other end of the phone.

Yaya thought for a while and said, "If I can really be good to you, I..."

Chen Sicheng was stunned for a moment.

When he turned around, he realized that the girl was teasing him.

Because the other person laughed.

But Chen Sicheng was a little confused as to whether the other party was joking or hiding the truth in a joke.

But at this moment, these are no longer important.

They quickly reached the upper floor of the hotel. After knocking on the door, Chen Sicheng saw Guan Ling.

Guan Ling is not the same as on TV. In real life, his power seems to be much stronger than on TV.

"sit."

Guan Ling pointed to the sofa opposite and motioned Chen Sicheng to sit down.

Chen Sicheng nodded, said hello and sat down.

"I called you here this time mainly because of the TV series "Beijing Love Story". Lingyun Media intends to adapt this TV series into a movie, and I hope you can sell the copyright. I wonder if you can agree?"

"For this, I'm afraid I have to contact Xinli." Chen Sicheng suddenly realized why Guan Ling was looking for him.

"I'm just a screenwriter. Li Yaling and I did write the TV series script, but I don't own much of the copyright now."

"Then if you buy the copyright back yourself, wouldn't the price be lower?" Guan Ling also sat down and helped Chen Sicheng pour a glass of water.

This action made Chen Sicheng quite frightened.

He felt uneasy, thought for a moment and said, "How about Director Guan, you come straight to the point? To be honest, Director Guan, I feel a little scared when I look at you. I'm always afraid that I might say something wrong and offend Director Guan."

Yaya on the other end of the phone closed her eyes. She really didn't expect this idiot to speak like that.

But listening to the phone, Guan Ling didn't seem angry.

Guan Ling just smiled and said, "Then I'll be frank. I think your script is very suitable for adaptation into a movie, and since you were a TV series director, I think you are a director worth training, so I hope you can switch to Lingyun Media. In the future, I will let you continue to develop in the film industry. I wonder what Director Chen thinks?"

Suddenly, the room became extremely silent.

Chen Sicheng looked at Guan Ling with wide eyes.

Yaya on the other end of the phone also went offline instantly and was speechless for a moment.

Only Guan Ling poured the tea into his own teacup, blew on it, and took a sip.

Feel the fragrance of tea between your lips and teeth.

For Chen Sicheng, this was an absolute huge pie in the sky, falling on his head!
Guan Ling's voice continued, "Let's shoot this romance first. Later, I may set aside a category from my film genres and let you shoot it. And if you have time, I plan to let you be the assistant director of Pan Yueming's "Day and Night Chase". You can practice with him first, and then gradually hand over all the work to him."

Chen Sicheng swallowed his saliva and couldn't help asking, "Can I ask why it was me?"

Guan Ling said, "I have a list of directors I recommend, but I don't like most of them. As for your TV series and your transformation from an actor, I think you are a person with ideals and ambitions. So, it's okay to support domestic directors. And you know, it's much easier to vote for me now. Because many people regard me as an enemy."

"They are not worthy of being enemies." Chen Sicheng said, "So, I have no reason to hesitate."

Guan Ling shook Chen Sicheng's hand and said, "Is it settled, then?"

"I will go back and deal with my affairs quickly." He said, "Thank you Director Guan for your appreciation of me. I will come."

When Chen Sicheng was about to leave, he suddenly thought of something and asked, "Director Guan, don't you care about the news about me? Because of this TV series, I fell out with my brothers in the "Soldier Gang" and ignored the contributions of the creative team. They made me very embarrassed."

Guan Ling spread his hands, "What brotherhood? Do you think I care about it? And, did you really do that?"

"I did it for the quality of the creation. It was not my intention to cut scenes, but some of them didn't think so."

"If you were Wang Jiawei, would they dare to think so?" Guan Ling's words stunned Chen Sicheng. He already had the answer.

"If you're quick, I hope you can come with me to Hong Kong in a few days." Guan Ling said, "I'll introduce you to everyone then."

"Going to Hong Kong?" Chen Sicheng asked, "Hong Kong Film Awards?"

Guan Ling nodded and said, "Yes, I want you to go and have a look. This is the highest level of commercial films in Asia! I want you to experience the sensation that a zombie movie can bring. Are you interested?"

Chen Sicheng smiled and said, "Of course I want to see it. Thank you Director Guan."

At this moment, he knew that Director Guan was going to give him fame at the Academy Awards, and a huge wave of emotions surged in his heart~ (End of this chapter)