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

Chapter 428: Difficult Birth Movie

Chen Linfeng nodded calmly, "Well, you heard about it too?"

Qin Hao was quite sensitive to this and asked in surprise, "There is such a thing?"

Wang Qianyuan said, "I heard it from a friend, but I didn't expect it to be true."

He turned to look at Chen Linfeng, and then asked tentatively, "Director Chen, Director Zhang Meng of The Piano in a Factory, let me ask you if you are interested in visiting the crew."

Chen Linfeng asked curiously, "It's been prepared for a long time, but it's not finished yet?"

Wang Qianyuan sighed, "I did finish the filming, but I ran into a lot of things and temporarily stopped post-production."

Then he talked about what happened during the filming of this movie, which was so tragic.

I won’t mention the bad weather and scene changes that occurred during the filming.

The key crew had little start-up capital, and halfway through filming, their funding chain was cut off, so they had to raise funds.

The director even mortgaged his house for this, and Wang Qianyuan also put in some money, but when it came to post-production, there was still not enough money.

Qin Hao was stunned when he heard this. "So miserable?"

He was referring to Wang Qianyuan. If you come across a crowd-funded movie, most of the time it won't be a good movie.

Chen Linfeng was also a little surprised. In his previous life, he had heard that the process of making "The Piano in a Factory" was a bit tortuous.

I didn't expect it to be so difficult.

He knew the outcome and certainly didn't think "The Piano in a Factory" would be a bad movie.

The same goes for Wang Qianyuan, who experienced the entire filming process and was very convinced of the director's talent.

I think this movie must be a good one anyway, otherwise I wouldn't agree to subsidize it.

In other words, Wang Qianyuan took on the role in Chen Linfeng's "Police Incident", became famous, and had sufficient money, otherwise it would not have been his turn to pay.

He said to Qin Hao seriously, "It sounds like this is a makeshift team, but the film is actually really good, otherwise I wouldn't have the nerve to mention this to Director Chen."

Chen Linfeng nodded in approval.

It was he who initially introduced Wang Qianyuan to the film because he thought it was a good film.

However, I never expected that the crew was so poor that the actors had to pay for their work.

Chen Linfeng recalled carefully and it seemed that it was the heroine Qin Hailu who paid for it in his previous life.

He was a little speechless. They really raised funds to make a movie.

Wang Qianyuan is the same, he became the producer of a movie.

Chen Linfeng asked directly, "We don't need to pretend to have such a good relationship. Director Zhang asked me to come over here because he wants to get investment?"

Wang Qianyuan refilled the drink in the cup in front of Chen Linfeng and said with a smile, "That's probably what you mean."

Chen Linfeng did not comment. "You mentioned the Venice Film Festival at the beginning. What do you think?"

"No, this is just gossip. Besides, I just want to start with something so that I can talk about the rest."

Wang Qianyuan first shook his head in confusion, not knowing how he got back to this topic.

Then he was suddenly startled and asked uncertainly, "Director Chen, do you mean that The Piano in a Factory can try to be screened in Venice?"

This actually made it difficult for Chen Linfeng to deal with it.

The news that he would serve as a judge at the Venice Film Festival had already spread within the circle.

Many people have called to ask about this recently.

When I heard Wang Qianyuan mention it just now, I thought he also wanted to ask if there was any chance.

I didn't expect it to be such a misunderstanding.

Ok?
It doesn’t seem to be a mistake.

Chen Linfeng thought, it doesn't matter who I vote for, wouldn't it be better to vote for a movie I like?

There are already quite a few films signed up for the exhibition next year, so it would be nice to have one more, "The Piano in a Factory".

He was silent for a moment, trying to understand the logic behind it, and then said, "I think it's okay. It's never a bad thing to try it."

There are no promises. Everything will be decided after the film selection.

"But in this case, I can't invest in your film."

This is the correct principle, otherwise it would be difficult to explain.

However, the people around were not stupid. They all knew what Chen Linfeng had just said and what it meant.

Qin Hao coughed and said, "Yuan'er, if you need investment, come find me. I happen to have some spare money."

"Didn't you just think that Yuan'er's film crew was a makeshift team?"

Lei Jiayin smiled at Wang Qianyuan and said, "As for money, I have it too, brother. I dare not say how much, but tens of millions or even hundreds of millions is no problem."

Shi Xiaolong said a little embarrassedly, "I think it's not easy for both of them to make money, so we should not let them fill the hole."

Seeing the contemptuous looks from Qin Hao and Lei Jiayin, he straightened his back and said as confidently as possible,
"Don't think you can just finish the post-production and forget about it. When we get to Venice, we still need to pay for public relations and publicity. It's not that simple."

When Chen Linfeng first participated in the Venice Film Festival, Shi Xiaolong went with him.

He also heard about the tricks involved in several subsequent film festivals, so he actually knew a lot of inside information.

Wang Qianyuan, Qin Hao, Lei Jiayin and others just remembered this.

Yes, going to a film festival for reference will cost more money. It is not enough to just pay for post-production. It may not even be enough.

Now Qin Hao and Lei Jiayin stopped talking.

Wang Qianyuan thought about it and realized that this was the truth, so he looked at Chen Linfeng and said, "Director Chen, what do you think?"

"You still have to pass the preliminary round before you can move on. But once you enter the main competition, if you want to achieve results, you really have to spend some money on public relations."

Chen Linfeng briefly talked about the routines of the film festival. Everyone had heard of these things vaguely.

But when it comes to such details, only someone like Director Chen, who has performed at all major film festivals, would know more clearly.

After hearing this, Wang Qianyuan thought more about it.

He looked at Shi Xiaolong and at the same time observed Chen Linfeng's expression, and said, "How about you, Xiaolong, go talk to Director Zhang first when you have time, and then make a decision?"

He said sincerely, "After all, we still have to take a closer look. After all, we have to be cautious when it comes to spending money."

"Okay, I'm quite interested in your movie."

That's how it was finally settled.

After talking about this, everyone started talking about next year's Venice Film Festival.

"I feel that the industry's attention to the European Film Festival has suddenly decreased in the past two years." Qin Hao felt this most deeply.

It just so happened that he had experienced both the film festivals before and after, and there were slight differences in both the public opinion environment and the film festival scene.

Lei Jiayin said, "Nowadays, everyone wants to make commercial films to get box office revenue, like Director Chen's Taken, which grossed $5 million worldwide. How much money can that make? Art films, no matter how well they sell copyrights, can never compare to that."

Wang Qianyuan said, "That makes sense. In the past, we focused on awards because we could make money. Now, we focus on box office sales, also to make money."

Shi Xiaolong asked back, "Is there no one who does it for art?"

He, who could only make commercial films in the beginning, actually has a strange longing for art films.

Especially since his younger brother kept winning awards, he felt that there should be many directors who make art films not for the money.

Others looked at Director Chen, who "didn't do it for the money," and wanted an answer.

Chen Linfeng took a sip of his drink calmly. "Why think so much? It's not like you can't have both."

"Except for the most famous ones, the other directors of the sixth generation are not famous enough, so naturally they get less attention. This is normal."

Chen Linfeng continued to analyze,

"The country is developing too fast now. Many themes from the past are not very suitable for the new era. The sixth generation of directors themselves have doubts and the number of films they produce has declined.

The new generation grew up in this environment but has not yet reached the stage of making a name for themselves, so there seems to be a lack of talent among art film directors.

There are fewer outstanding films, and fewer films are nominated.

If they don’t have their own business, the public will care even less, which is one of the reasons why the European Big Three are no longer so popular. "

Everyone nodded; they also had this feeling vaguely.

"It's not just because of these," Lei Jiayin pouted at Chen Linfeng and said with a smile.
"Director Chen's previous awards have raised the threshold of the media and the public too high. Other directors' films often don't win big awards, so they certainly don't take it so seriously."

"Indeed, I said this year's Big Three were bland, it turns out it was because Director Chen was missing."

Some people thought it made sense.

Qin Hao joked, "You round head can say something reliable sometimes, it's not in vain."

"Go, go, go. If you don't know how to speak, you don't have to say anything."

……

He usually writes novels at home. When he gets bored, he goes out for a walk. Chen Linfeng lives a pretty comfortable life.

He had tried fishing a few times recently, but despite the help of a novice, he was unable to catch many fish.

Didn't enjoy the sport at all.

Since the fisherman couldn't do it, Chen Linfeng returned to his otaku form, either writing novels or reading novels.

Unfortunately, he read too many novels in his previous life, so now he can only look for novels that he has not read, that is, novels that have appeared because of him.

The number is quite a lot.

In addition to participating in several commercial activities recently, Liu Xixi also signed several endorsement contracts.

The rest of the time, I spend most of my time at home with him.

Both of them are people who can stay at home forever. One plays with the cat, and the other reads novels. Occasionally, they can do something they love. Their life is very happy.

The fans are very anxious.

Liu Xixi is better off. She just satisfied her craving for "The Ugly Duckling" and she shows up from time to time.

However, Chen Linfeng has rarely appeared in film since the Oscars.

In recent works, the directors and screenwriters do not show their faces.

This made his fans very dissatisfied.

Especially recently, Chen Linfeng always posts some online novel recommendations on Weibo.

So you would rather read novels at home than come out to work, right?

Although these novels are quite good, those who like to read online novels will find them very enjoyable. Xiao Chen has a good taste.

But you can't be so depraved.

Every day, there are people urging Chen Linfeng to come out and do business under his Weibo.

I have never received any interview invitations from the media.

All this is due to the series of achievements during the summer season.

"Taken" finished with $9.3 million at the domestic box office and $5.4 million worldwide.

Currently ranked 2010th in the 6 global box office chart.
Among the films before it, "The Twilight Saga: Part Three" grossed $3 million and was produced by Chen Linfeng's company.

"Despicable Me" grossed $6.36 million and was written by Chen Linfeng.

Including "Taken", half of the top six movies in the global box office are related to him.

(End of this chapter)