Started as an independent producer in 1988

Chapter 264 Is Chen Shiping’s myth shattered?

In the Literary Department of Beijing Film Studio, all the young editors and screenwriters gathered together.

On the first day of work, Chen Shiping called them together.

They have a task today, which is to watch Westward Journey and write a review after watching it.

"I still have a book I haven't written yet. Why did you ask me to come over and write a movie review?"

"Well, I also have a press release that I haven't finished yet."

"The factory director probably has his own intentions. Let's take a look first and then talk about it. He just happened to be lazy."

"I heard that Westward Journey was not very good at the box office in Hong Kong, and its reputation was not good either."

"My classmates at Xiying Studio said that the filming was extremely poor, a nonsensical farce, and cultural garbage!"

"This evaluation is a bit harsh, so why does the factory director want us to see it?"

This group of young people looked at each other and couldn't understand why. They couldn't understand the meaning of Chen Shiping letting himself watch bad movies.

"It can't be that the movie is so enigmatic that everyone can't understand it."

"That's definitely not the case, but there should be something special about it. Let's see it first before talking about it."

Soon the movie started, and a group of people were holding pens and papers in hand, ready to pull the film.

At this time, in Chen Shiping's office, he was chatting with people from the distribution department about the release of Westward Journey.

It must be released, and theaters are not allowed to release it privately.

The film schedule can be reduced, but screenings are not allowed and must be shown for a full month.

People in the distribution department also couldn’t figure out why Chen Shiping would make a bad movie.

But just do it when the task is arranged.

The people from the distribution department took the order and left.

Chen Shiping looked at the film review he had written and put it aside to publish it after the movie was released.

But we still need to hold a lecture to trick more college students into discussing and analyzing this film review.

At the same time, we have to say hello to magazines and newspapers and create a column specifically for these college students to express their opinions and discussions.

Otherwise, how could it arouse everyone’s curiosity and discussion.

It's all just for marketing.

But the quality of the movie itself is worth the price of admission, and at least there are so many beauties who aren't.

After Chen Shiping arranged all the work, he called Zhou Xingxing.

Let him bring the cast and crew to the mainland next month for promotion.

At this time, the literature department had finished watching the first part of Journey to the West, but everyone was confused.

What a story this tells!

Is this fucking Journey to the West? !

Some of the more excited young people wanted to scold Zhou Xingxing and Liu Zhenwei.

Did you just make blind changes to a famous book? !
And changed it to this!
This is no longer a big lie! This is nonsense!
"I won't watch it anymore! What's so good about this kind of movie!"

"Talk about love in Journey to the West? That's nonsense!"

"What kind of Supreme Treasure is there to reincarnate Sun Wukong? Isn't this nonsense?"

"It's just a story written blindly under the guise of Journey to the West!"

Most of the people in the literature department are top students from literature departments in various universities. Even students who graduated from the screenwriting major are a little bit intolerable now.

This movie really has no highlights.

There are indeed many nonsensical jokes, but the story is too hilarious.

Can't see any clue.

"Don't watch the next one, it's a waste of time."

"Look, maybe there's something different behind it, otherwise it wouldn't be easy for the factory director to explain."

When it came to Chen Shiping's name, they could only hold back their temper and continue to read, but they were already prepared for a large number of special approvals.

The director asked them to watch the movie and write a review, but he didn't tell them that they had to praise it.

If you don’t take good photos, you won’t tell people the truth!

In the literature club, we continue to read the second part.

After more than an hour, they felt something was wrong.

There seems to be something in here, but it feels weird!

"There seems to be a connection between this ending and the part about putting on the tight band."

"Yes, many points inside look scattered, but there is a faint feeling that there is a thread connecting them."

"Are you kidding me? Why didn't I see anything?"

"I only saw nonsense and farce, vulgar and boring!"

"No, the relationship between Supreme Treasure, Bai Jingjing and Zixia is also very interesting. I feel there is something else in it."

After everyone whispered to each other for a while, they all decided to watch it again.

When they watched it the second time, they noticed many details that they had not noticed the first time.

It started to feel interesting, so after reading it I went back and watched it again.

In the Literature Department, Jiang Huaiyan looked at the clock on the wall, frowned and muttered why those boys hadn't come back yet.

It’s been a day, and it doesn’t take that long to watch a movie and write a review.

Forget it, ignore them, go home for dinner after get off work!

Chen Shiping was also preparing to get off work at this time.

But before I get off work, I have to go to the distribution department to ask about the attendance and film schedule of The Bourne Supremacy.

You need to pay attention to this stuff every day.

In the distribution department, they are also calling various theaters to understand the situation.

By the time Chen Shiping arrived at the distribution department, they had just finished counting all the data.

"Director, we just finished the statistics. Compared with yesterday, the attendance rate has declined, but it is within the normal range. Some countries and regions have lowered the film schedule, but overall it remains around 30%."

Chen Shiping took it and glanced at it quickly, feeling relieved.

The style of The Bourne Supremacy is very novel, which is both a highlight and a problem-prone point.

If you don't keep an eye on the box office every day, it's hard to judge the subsequent box office trend.

If it suddenly collapses one day, they can do marketing in time to save it.

Fortunately, the current audience is relatively receptive to new things.

The Bourne Supremacy is currently doing well at the box office, but there's no way to compare it to True Lies .

At present, the box office in Asia as a whole is only over 60 million US dollars.

According to the current trend, the final box office should be around 90 million US dollars.

In the evening, when Chen Shiping returned home, he remembered that he had assigned tasks to the Literature Department today.

I don’t know how well they wrote the movie review for Westward Journey.

No, it should be said that they have now found a different way to interpret this movie.

Strictly speaking, Westward Journey is not a very successful movie.

What is really good is the analysis and interpretation outside of the movie. Those things are beyond the movie itself.

The vast majority of Westward Journey fans love things other than the movie, not the movie itself.

When a movie becomes a cultural phenomenon and emotional symbol, it doesn't matter whether the movie itself is wonderful or not.

No one cares what the first thing is.

Sometimes this behavior is very religious.

It doesn’t matter who God is; what matters is that God exists.

The rest has nothing to do with God.

You are great and I am moved by you.

As long as you don't deny yourself, then everyone is happy and everyone has nothing to do with it!

In fact, the same thing happens with rice circles, but it’s a super crude version, just to make money. At this time, in a screening room of the Beijing Film Studio, the young people from the Literature Department had not yet gone home.

They all gathered together and talked happily about their past and love, and occasionally talked about their dreams.

As for the big talk about Journey to the West, it is no longer important.

Early the next morning, after Chen Shiping arrived at the factory, he received the film review submitted by the Literature Department.

The movie reviews are all wonderfully written, analyzing the plot, characters, and lines in the movie from all angles.

The most interesting thing is that these things are all connected with reality, trying to arouse readers' empathy and empathy as much as possible.

This is not a professional, calm analysis of the pros and cons of this movie.

It’s just that this movie tells everyone’s youth story.

Chen Shiping thinks this kind of film review is very good.

It’s completely enough to promote Westward Journey!

Let’s put aside the big talk about Journey to the West for now, wait until the Spring Festival is over, and then start preparing for the promotion work.

After Chen Shiping was busy for a while, he received a call from Berlin.

"Director, the organizers want to invite you to attend the award ceremony. It depends on what they want. If you don't come, they won't give the hearing girl the award."

Chen Shiping curled his lips and said, "Then don't do it. Just find an excuse to say I can't participate."

"do not want!"

Over in Berlin, Li Xiaoran took the phone and said pitifully: "They all said that I have a chance to win the Best Actress Award."

"I don't have time, and I might not be able to get it if I go."

Chen Shiping patiently reassured: "I will let the public relations team communicate with the organizer and try not to let my absence affect you."

After comforting the little girl for a few words, Chen Shiping hung up the phone.

The public relations team had no choice but to communicate with the organizer again.

The public relations team's statement to the organizer was that Chen Shiping was participating in a very important decision-making meeting in China, which would affect the future direction of China's film development.

The organizers of the Berlin Film Festival have no way to verify this news and can only assume that what he said is true.

But without a director, this award is indeed difficult to award.

Forget the grand prize, give me a silver medal!

Li Xiaoran almost wanted to cry because he finally made a movie that has a chance to win an award.

Why doesn't Chen Shiping have time to come?

Fans of Li Shaohong also have great hopes of winning the award this time, and they are actively working on public relations with the public relations team in recent days.

The jury really likes Pink. They all like this kind of movie with ugly elements.

It's not that I'm targeting anyone intentionally, I just think that this kind of movie is more artistic and real.

Art is criticism!
Art is not about singing praises, this is the idea of ​​many art people.

Therefore, in China, the main melody movies are not called art films, but are separately classified as main melody movies.

It’s fun to think about it, art is also defined.

What should have been the last thing to be defined was defined by a group of people.

This female boxing actually has different approaches but the same purpose.

This world is like a grassroots team, and everyone is playing a role according to the script.

A few days later, the Berlin Film Festival awards ceremony began.

Li Xiaoran's mind was racing and he wanted to make a live call to Chen Shiping.

I don’t know how much I spent on phone bills.

Chen Shiping was bored and put his cell phone on the table.

When the award ceremony started and the first award was given, Li Xiaoran dialed Chen Shiping's phone number.

Chen Shiping couldn't help smacking his lips as he listened to the acceptance speech coming from the other end of the receiver.

Everyone’s acceptance speeches were similar, thanking this, thanking that, and finally thanking the film festival and the jury.

After the award for Best Actress came, Li Xiaoran suddenly became nervous, holding the phone and couldn't help but whisper: "Director, did you say you would give me the award?"

"Probably, you performed very well." Chen Shiping comforted him with a smile.

As soon as Chen Shiping finished speaking, he heard the host's voice coming from the other end of the phone.

"Congratulations to the hearing girl Xiaoran Li for winning the Best Actress Award!"

"Yeah!! I won a prize!!"

Li Xiaoran's happy voice sounded in the receiver, and Chen Shiping could imagine how happy she looked now.

Soon Chen Shiping heard Li Xiaoran's stuttering acceptance speech.

They say thank you to Chen Shiping, thank you to those deaf-mute people, and say that this award should be given to those talents.

After she finished speaking, Chen Shiping hung up the phone.

Hearing girls should stop here. There is no hope for the Grand Jury Prize or the Gold Medal.

Half an hour later, Chen Shiping's phone rang again.

This time it was the PR team.

"Director, the hearing girl won the best actress, and the pink girl won the jury award!"

Chen Shiping smiled and praised a few words and was about to hang up the phone when Li Xiaoran's excited voice came from the other end.

"I'm a movie queen!"

"Yes, yes, the youngest actress."

"Still the youngest? Am I so powerful?!"

"I don't know, I'm just talking nonsense."

Li Xiaoran was immediately discouraged, but still said to Chen Shiping on the other end of the phone: "Thank you!"

"Then remember to buy a pen and give it back to me." Chen Shiping said and hung up the phone.

International long distance is so expensive!
Li Xiaoran on the other side was stunned. She could barely understand Chen Shiping's request for a gift. What did he mean by giving it back to him?

Did he know that he had stolen the pen? !
Li Xiaoran immediately covered his face and felt like a light on his back, and his toes were about to break through the soles of his shoes.

How can you have the face to meet people!
At this time, many domestic media have received news about the Berlin film.

Many people were extremely surprised that Chen Shiping did not win the award!
It doesn’t make sense!

In the past, Chen Shiping would win awards whenever he participated in film festivals!
Why did he only win one Best Actress award this time?
Chen Shiping's undefeated myth seems to have failed.

This makes many people feel uncomfortable. The Golden Bear Award is not that difficult to win.

Why didn't you get it?

Didn't even win the jury prize.

Li Shaohong's fans have already won the jury award. Is it possible that Chen Shiping's photography is even worse than hers?

For a while, the media and fans speculated whether Chen Shiping was used to shooting commercial films and no longer knew how to shoot literary films.

Chen Shiping didn't care much about this, but he could use it this time.

He wrote and drew on his own manuscript paper, and soon came up with a publicity plan for people in the factory to start public relations.

[Chen Shiping lost in Berlin! Hearing girls only accept one award for Best Actress! 】

[Can’t collect all the Grand Slams? Is the movie too bad or is Berlin deliberately obstructing it? 】

[Cheng Kaige declared that hearing girls definitely deserve the Golden Bear Award, and the Berlin Film Festival is unfair! 】

[The public relations team of Hearing Girls revealed that the reason why they did not win the award was because Chen Shiping was unable to attend! 】

[Is the film festival reviewing movies or human relationships? 】

[Analysis of the award-winning "secrets" of Europe's three major award-winning films! 】

[Why is there no authoritative international film festival in Asia? 】

As soon as these public opinions came out, they quickly aroused discussion in the country.

Chen Shiping will use this opportunity to link the film festival to the film exhibition, and then launch the Asian International Film Festival!

The long-awaited traveling film exhibition begins!
The opening ceremony of the first stop is in Beijing!
(End of this chapter)