Huayu: As a child star, I just want to be famous

Chapter 250 Brother Jiang, I'm going to beat you up this time

Chen Linfeng and his team set out quite late as the opening ceremony would begin in two days.

The Chinese Legion had arrived ahead of time.

Sister Mei and other members of the "Whiplash" crew also set off early and arrived in Venice.

At this moment in the evening, when Sister Mei welcomed them to the hotel.

There were already a few people waiting at the door.

Han Shanping took the lead, with Jiang Wen and Yu Dong standing beside him.

Chen Linfeng hugged several people.

Han Shanping greeted him with a smile, "Xiao Chen, you have really been in the limelight this summer. You must quickly join the big screen. I am eager to recruit talented people."

"So we are bringing the film to Venice, and we will gradually focus on the film in the future."

"That's good."

Han Shanping patted him on the shoulder, then looked at his beloved general and said.

"Jiang Wen is also participating in this competition. Let me make it clear that we can compete but no matter what the final result is, we can't have any unpleasantness."

Jiang Wen grinned and said, "No, I have always been optimistic about Xiao Chen. This is his first time bringing a feature film here, and I hope he can achieve good results."

He did have a good impression of Chen Linfeng, but he also didn't think from the bottom of his heart that Xiao Chen was a threat this time.

After all, he is not even twenty years old yet. It would be too shocking if he were to win the highest award.

However, Chen Linfeng was unwilling to let the other party see him that way.

Even without mentioning Zhang Yimou's previous promise, the level of "Whiplash" in its previous life was not bad. It received 6 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, and won three awards for Best Supporting Actor, Editing and Sound.

This means it is a good movie, and from then on it depends on the judges' preferences and luck.

However, because "The Sun Also Rises" is too showy and its meaning is too deeply hidden, I really didn't gain much in Venice in my previous life.

If Jiang Wen keeps thinking like this and I win more awards than him later, it will become awkward and it will be embarrassing when we meet in the future.

Thinking of this, Chen Linfeng said seriously, "Brother Jiang, I am confident in my work. I am not here to show off. Be careful or I will beat you."

From his heart, he didn't dare to think about the Golden Lion Award, after all, he was too young.

But for other important awards, with Zhang Yimou as the promoter, the chances are still very high, and it is not difficult to surpass "The Sun".

When Jiang Wen heard this, he wanted to laugh.

But when he recalled the other person's experience, the Oscar for Best Screenplay suddenly came to his mind.

At least when it comes to scripts, Xiao Chen is still top-notch.

In addition, he won the Silver Lion in 05, so he is already a member of Venice. Maybe he will have a chance to win a good award.

It seems that we can't be too confident.

Although he was confident, he was not the kind of person who looked down on others. At this moment, he restrained his outward emotions and became more serious.

"Of course I know your ability, Xiao Chen. Don't worry, if you really win the grand prize, I will be happy for you."

"That's good. I just don't know how to save Jiang Ge's face in the future."

Han Shanping laughed out loud. He liked to see the confident attitude of younger filmmakers the most. Before, there was Jiang Wen, and now there is Xiao Chen.

Yu Dong joked, "A strong enemy has appeared. Director Jiang is in trouble this time."

Jiang Wen said unhappily, "You're out of breath when I tell you you're fat. Do you really think your brother Jiang is a vegetarian?"

Just skip over this matter.

This time, Yu Dong is the distributor and promoter of "The Sun Also Rises".

It was mentioned before that Zhang Yimou and Zhang Weiping, Yu Dong also wanted to hook up with a big domestic director, and his target was Jiang Wen.

They wanted to show off their abilities through "The Sun", but it turned out to be a waste of time, and the two of them never had a follow-up.

Chen Linfeng took this opportunity to introduce Liu Qianqian to everyone.

"This is Sissi, my heroine. I hope everyone can help me in the future."

This description, and this posture, are a bit obvious.

Han Shanping gave Xixi a smile to save face.

"Anxi from "My Love from the Star", there are not many people in China who don't know her now. Will she be able to appear on the big screen in the future?"

Liu Qianqian nodded and replied, "Xiaofeng said that he has developed enough in TV dramas, and it would be better to switch to movies, maybe next year or the year after."

"It's good to have a plan. You are now one of the top female celebrities in the country. It's not a bad thing to take a steady approach."

At this time, Sister Mei reminded, "We have been standing outside for a while. Why don't we go in first? Isn't there a welcome party?"

Han Shanping slapped his head and said, "Yes, I almost forgot. Let's go in and talk."

He chatted as he walked along the way, "Except for Zhang Yimou, almost all the people from our country who are coming to Venice this time have already arrived. It's a good opportunity for you to come and hold a welcome party so that we can all exchange ideas."

Chen Linfeng asked, "Director Zhang is still busy?"

“Yes, he has to prepare for the Olympics, and time has been very tight. If he hadn’t agreed to it earlier, he might not have shown up at all.

But he came just before the film festival opened, so we won’t wait for him.”

Several people went to a large private room.

There were indeed quite a few people in the room.

There are many Chinese film crews coming to Venice this time.

Except for the two great directors Li An and Jiang Wen.

Jia Zhangke's "Uselessness" is a documentary.

Lee Kang-sheng’s “Help Me, Eros”;
Johnnie To’s “The Detective”;
Lu Le's "Novel" and Chen Yili's "Heaven's Mouth" are all films that have either been shortlisted for various categories or participated in the screening.

To be honest, in this era, there are quite a few people from China participating in the three major film festivals.

Especially in Venice, because the president of the film festival, Marco Mueller, is close to China, there are even more people participating.

Chen Linfeng took a quick look and saw Li An, Jia Zhangke, Chen Chong, Liang Chaowei, Wang Lihong, Tang Wei, Yang Ziqiong and others. Several main creators of "Whiplash", Li Xuejian, Zhou Jielun and Ma Yue, had already arrived in advance.

When Han Shanping came in with his people, the atmosphere in the activity hall suddenly became lively.

Everyone gathered around to greet each other.

"Director Chen, you're here. We've been waiting for you for a long time."

"Xixi, you two have become a big hit this time. The whole country is reporting about you and Director Xiao Chen."

"..."

Later, the welcome party officially began. What Han Shanping said before was right. Although it was called a welcome party, it was mainly an exchange meeting to unify ideas.

As the leader of the team, he said some words on the stage calling for unity and mutual help.

The people listening below applauded out of respect.

After this process is completed, it will be like a normal party and everyone can communicate with each other.

Han Shanping chatted with Li An, Jiang Wen, Chen Linfeng, Jia Zhangke and others.

The other actors scattered into groups of three or four, gathering together to chat.

Because of her age, Liu Xixi is not very familiar with some Hong Kong and Taiwan actors who are obviously seniors of the previous generation.

She still mingles with the main creators of "Whiplash", chatting with senior colleagues like Ma Yue and Li Xuejian.

Directors here.

Although Li An and Xiao Chen had some conflicts in the beginning, it has been two years now and they don't really care about it anymore.

He asked about Xiao Chen's movie.

Chen Linfeng introduced it truthfully.

Several directors frowned.

Jiang Wen thought, no wonder this kid is so confident. This book involves education issues, which are common problems around the world and have the potential to resonate with the group.

From this perspective, the subject matter of this film is more advantageous than his own.

Although Li An is a director who graduated from the American education system, he has a good feeling about this story.

At the same time, I can't help but sigh that at Xiao Chen's age, he is still in school and does think about a lot of educational issues.

In addition to their familiarity with the field of music, young directors have a different approach to selecting materials from their older generation.

Han Shanping is also a director, and what he is concerned about is the story itself.

"Why is the perspective of your story a bit strange? Aren't you a genius? How can you stand from the perspective of ordinary people and consider the pain that ordinary people suffer from wanting to go further?"

"Ordinary people are the mainstream. We make movies for the public." Chen Linfeng said as a matter of course.

He was an ordinary person in his previous life, and because of his own problems, his mentality is more like that of an ordinary person.

Jia Zhangke shook his head and said, "You shouldn't care what the public thinks. The film is the author's own will. I think it would be better if you film yourself."

Jiang Wen disagreed, "The public doesn't understand, that takes time, you have to give them time, instead of just limiting yourself to your own inner world."

Hearing this, Chen Linfeng couldn't help but complain, "Brother Jiang, how dare you say that? Aren't you the kind of person who values ​​author expression above all else?"

Jiang Wen said confidently, "I know I have this bad habit and I can't change it, so I want to advise those who come after me not to learn from me."

Chen Linfeng was speechless after hearing this.

Li An supports Xiao Chen's approach. Although he has made more art films, he always tries to add some commercial elements to his films in order to make the films as good-looking as possible.

An example of this is the invitation of a popular music star like Wang Lihong to star in the movie "Lust, Caution".

All of them are people with firm beliefs, and no one can convince anyone else.

But specifically speaking of Xiao Chen's story itself, several directors gave it high praise, feeling that at least it did not fall into clichés.

As for how the actual film is, it depends on the effect of the shooting.

A few people started talking about other people's movies. When it came to Li An's "Lust, Caution", Chen Linfeng still couldn't help it.

"Everyone, I'm going to go hang out somewhere else first, you guys chat."

Li An smiled bitterly.

Jiang Wen poked his arm and said, "What happened between you two? I saw you were chatting happily just now, but why did you leave as soon as you talked about your movie?"

Li An shook his head helplessly. "Screenwriter Xiao Chen didn't like my story. He argued with me about it at the Vanity Fair party after the Oscars. This time, he probably didn't want to cause a conflict, so he left early."

There was such a little episode. He didn't talk about the story of his movie, but only talked about some clips, talking about the camera language and shooting techniques.

Han Shanping knew the general content of "Lust, Caution" and thought it was normal for Xiao Chen to dislike it. The author's inclinations were clearly written in the book, and he definitely wouldn't like to read a story about a woman falling in love with a traitor.

But he has been in the circle for a long time, he has seen all kinds of people, come into contact with all kinds of ideas, and there are many more extreme things in the industry than this.

Moreover, as the leader of Huaying and the team leader this time, he still needs to appease them more.

Han Shanping helped Xiao Chen explain, "That kid is young and hot-tempered, and he is mostly against the matter, not the person. Don't mind it."

Li An waved his hand and said, "It's okay. Young people all go through this. I understand."

Han Shanping smiled with satisfaction. This was the good thing about Li An. He was a really good guy and didn't get angry easily.

After Chen Linfeng stood up, he went to where several actors from "Whiplash" gathered.

He saw Li Xuejian and Liu Qianqian talking about something, so he asked curiously, "What are you talking about?"

Li Xuejian said with a smile, "I was just telling her the story of filming 'Out of the Blue'. I didn't expect that a young girl like Xixi would also like such a movie."

“It wasn’t like I liked it at first.”

Liu Qianqian said, "Actually, I didn't know it at first. It was Xiaofeng who introduced it to me. Then I watched it and fell in love with it."

"Indeed, I like this movie very much. I watched it several times."

Li Xuejian said cheerfully, "It seems to be the style that Xiao Chen likes."

"..."

(End of this chapter)