Huayu Entertainment: Who let him be the director!

Chapter 80: "Departures" is shortlisted for Berlin again

"Feng Xiaogang's latest masterpiece Cell Phone successfully held its premiere and is being screened in major theaters across the country."

"Director Zhou Qing attended the premiere of Cell Phone and predicted that the box office of Cell Phone would surpass Harry Potter."

"The most anticipated movie of 03, Cell Phone, is released, and tickets are hard to come by in major cinemas."

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"Cell Phone" was released under the attention of the public.

It has to be said that Feng Xiaogang's appeal is indeed not underestimated. He has indeed set off a wave of movie-watching craze.

At least half of the people coming in and out of the cinema were there to see "Cell Phone".

Feng Xiaogang + Ge Daye + Xu Fan + Fan Bingbing, how can you not watch this combination?
The first day box office came out quickly, 196 million.

Just a little bit away from 200 million.

As soon as they got the data, both Feng Xiaogang and Wang Zhongjun were very excited.

Stable.

This wave is stable.

What?
The first day box office of less than 200 million is not high?
Wrong, it’s actually very high.

Because "Cell Phone" did not premiere on the weekend, but on Thursday.

The non-weekend single-day box office of 196 million has already broken the record.

This is just the beginning. On Friday, "Cell Phone" broke a new box office record, reaching 212 million.

By Saturday and Sunday, the momentum was unstoppable, doubling to 380 million and 410 million respectively.

The box office in the first week broke through 2000 million.

I can only say it is fierce, it is really fierce.

The box office in just one week almost caught up with the total box office of "127 Hours".

Feng Xiaogang and Huayi are almost going crazy with joy. If this momentum continues, the box office of "Cell Phone" will surpass that of "Harry Potter". This is no mere talk.

"Isn't this cell phone too powerful? At this rate, the box office won't be over 50 million?"

Huang Bo was also very surprised by this. This momentum was indeed a bit unstoppable.

"There will be no problem breaking 50 million. Director Feng's box office appeal is still very strong."

Zhou Qing nodded in agreement.

On January 1, "Cell Phone" was taken off the screen, with a total box office of 18 million!
Just as Zhou Qing said at the beginning, it directly surpassed "Harry Potter" and ranked first in the annual box office in 03.

Feng Xiaogang was the talk of the town at the time, and Fan Bingbing, one of the important supporting actors, was even more proud.

"What's there to be proud of? The Undertaker hasn't even been released yet."

Looking at Fan Bingbing being sought after by everyone at Huayi, Li Bingbing snorted in his heart.

At the same time, she was more and more glad about her original decision, as she got the female lead in "Departures" for no pay.

Otherwise, he would be completely trampled under the feet of Fan Bingbing in Huayi.

But I don’t know if “Departures” is also that powerful?

Li Bingbing knows that "Departures" has registered for Berlin, and the shortlist should be announced in February, right?

This kind of thing is still a bit far away, but when I think about the fact that I will soon be attending the celebration banquet and seeing Fan Bingbing's smug face.

Li Bingbing couldn't help feeling a little nauseous.

"Director Zhou, an invitation to the celebration party for Cell Phone."

Zhou Qing also received an invitation to the celebration banquet.

However, Zhou Qing had no plans to go this time. After all, he was quite busy recently.

What are you busy with?

Final exam!
The filming of "Departures" delayed a lot of his studies, and he also had to attend various other social events.

In fact, Zhou Qing didn’t appear in school very often, only slightly better than Liu Yifei.

The exam is coming soon, so he has to do some cramming.

"I'll leave this skit to you, the great director."

Liu Yifei, who was filming "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", also took leave and returned to school to prepare for the final exams.

Just like the last final exam, Liu Yifei and Zhou Qing were rehearsing the skit together. "Don't worry, leave it to me."

Zhou Qing patted his chest confidently and made the promise.

With his current abilities, it was just a skit, nothing more than using an anti-aircraft gun to kill a mosquito.

On the contrary, Zhou Qing had to spend a lot of time on the cultural subjects.

He basically wasted all his energy on this.

Although Zhou Qing also knew that with his current reputation, it was almost impossible for him to fail a course.

After all, he is now, to be frank, the face of Beijing Film Academy.

As a result, he failed the exam. Isn't that a slap in the face of Beijing Film Academy?
But no matter what, Zhou Qing can't go too far.

First of all, you showed your attitude and really reviewed seriously.

Second, even if you do poorly on the exam, it can’t be too bad, right?

Zhou Qing did a relatively good job in this regard.

Anyway, the head teacher Wang Jinsong and other substitute teachers saw it all.

Throughout January and even before the exams in February, Zhou Qing's attitude was very serious.

So all the teachers are very respectful.

Not only did Zhou Qing not die, he even gave him a very good score.

In particular, the skit performed by Zhou Qing and Liu Yifei won the highest score.

This is not because the teachers favor Zhou Qing, but because Zhou Qing's sketches are indeed good.

Is this a joke, director?

"You're leaving right after the exam?"

"Yes, the crew is urging me to do this. I'm the leading actress."

Liu Yifei quickly returned to the "Legend of Sword and Fairy" crew to film.

Zhou Qing was much more relaxed. Apart from paying attention to the developments in Berlin, he had nothing else to do.

"Director Zhou, the Berlin finalists are out."

"Departures has been shortlisted, congratulations to Director Zhou."

On February 2, assistant Xiao Liu knocked on Zhou Qing's office door and told Zhou Qing the good news.

Zhou Qing was excited and immediately went to the official website of the Berlin Film Festival.

Quickly found the shortlist announcement.

It’s true: "Go Forward", "25 Degrees in Winter", "Kiss of Love"... "Departures"!
Zhou Qing's slightly anxious heart finally relaxed.

Although he has always been confident of being shortlisted, he can only feel at ease after seeing the list with his own eyes.

In addition to Zhou Qing's "Departures", Zhou Qing also saw another Chinese-language film.

From "20 30 40" by Aijia Chang.

But if you think about it carefully, this film did not win any prizes in Berlin.

Actually, it is true. Chinese-language films have never been that competitive in the three major European film studios.

Not everyone is Master Zhang.

Being shortlisted is already quite impressive.

"Sister Bingbing, "Departures" has been shortlisted for Berlin!"

At Huayi, Li Bingbing also learned the news first, and he immediately became extremely excited.

As expected, the big director’s actions are different. He started by being shortlisted in the three major competition units in Europe.

Apart from anything else, this is already the ceiling that many other directors cannot reach in their lifetime.

The same was true for Qin Hao on the other side.

Much more excited than Li Bingbing.

After all, Li Bingbing is a star who has been famous for many years and has many works.

But this is Qin Hao’s first real work.

(End of this chapter)