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Chapter 149 Tragedy or Comedy (asking for monthly ticket)

With the anesthesia of alcohol, Li Xuexue felt much better.

After three days of filming, this scene was finally completed. Not only Li Xuexue was tortured, but Qi Hao was too.

"I fucked your uncle!"

Wang Zhiwen rushed over and grabbed Commander Zhang who was about to shoot him from behind.

At this point, Takeda and Commander Zhang need to find someone to take the blame.

Who could be more suitable than Wang Tianxiang?

That’s right, you are Lao Qiang!
"Captain Takeda," he pleaded with Qi Hao, "Captain Takeda, I have always been... you know it well!"

Qi Hao fired a shot.

Then Wang Zhiwen was done for. This bastard was really annoying.

The character he played, Wang Tianxiang, was a dog of Takeda, but in the end he became the scapegoat.

As for whether I have always had a special liking for you or something else, it doesn’t matter anymore.

After Qi Hao finished filming this scene, the filming was completely complete.

A few days ago, he had actually finished filming his retirement scene. When he was about to return to Japan as a war criminal, Zhang Hanyu secretly slit his throat.

It is also very gratifying.

Gao Qunshu also gave him a red envelope.

Generally, when actors have to play a dead person or enter a coffin, the crew will give them red envelopes.

A sophisticated crew will even set off firecrackers after the performance. If they don’t, the assistant director or the head of extras will organize a few people to step on the red envelopes.

The amount of the red envelopes will not be too much. After all, playing a dead person is still a bad luck. Everyone is just looking for consolation.

In addition, the red envelopes sent must be spent on the same day.

With the red envelope of ten yuan, Qi Hao went out to eat skewers that night.

His scenes were arranged relatively intensively, starting from when he joined the crew in February, filming lasted until mid-March.

After the film was completed, Qi Hao left the crew.

When he left, Li Xuexue didn't have a good look towards him. It seemed that as soon as she saw him, she thought of the humiliation she had suffered.

This woman was a little crazy, and Qi Hao didn't want to repair the relationship, so he just ran away.

Gao Qunshu originally planned to arrange a wrap-up party for him, but he declined.

When Qi Hao returned to the company, in front of him was the edited version of "The Piano in a Factory".

This is his first work as a director.

In the conference room were Yang Liu, Gao Fei, Lao Tian, ​​Zhang Nan, Shi Feng, and Zhan Qi Leiden.

"If there are no problems, let's submit it for review." Qi Hao paused, then continued, "I want this movie to win an award. Do you have any suggestions?"

"I have confirmed this with Professor Zhang Meng, and his suggestion is to screen it at the Tokyo International Film Festival or the Venice International Film Festival."

Yang Liu adjusted her glasses and reported on her work.

She and Gao Fei are currently mainly following up on various projects, such as "The Piano in a Factory" which is about to be submitted for review, "Lost on Journey" which has already been reviewed, and "Let's See" which is ready to be released.

Even the "A Little Thing Called First Love" that is currently in preparation is all within their scope of work.

When the movie enters the promotion period, it will fall into Shi Feng's scope of work.

"I remember one of them was in September and the other was in October. It's a bit too late." Qi Hao was not very satisfied.

"Yes, it's March now, so it's only half a year until September."

Yang Liu didn't understand why Qi Hao was so anxious, as the production cycle of a movie could easily take more than one or two years.

Some directors are very slow and it may take several years.

"It's too late, is there any earlier?"

Qi Hao wants the movie to be released a little earlier.

This will increase your chances of winning the Best New Director Award.

Most importantly, he remembered that there was no such thing as a newcomer award at the Tokyo International Film Festival.

Although the Venice International Film Festival has the Best Newcomer/Debut Award, no Chinese has ever won this award since the award ceremony was founded in 1932.

Qi Hao even dared to bet on the Golden Lion Award, after all, seven Chinese people had already won it.

But I don't have the courage to bet on this rookie award.

What if I can’t get it?

It was already September then. Do I have to wait until the next year to get it?
According to Qi Hao's plan, he has to complete the main task before October 10 this year to facilitate the system to release new tasks.

A bird in the hand is worth a thousand in the bush!
Therefore, when chasing awards for this movie, don’t ask for cost-effectiveness; the most important thing is to get it as soon as possible.

It is not easy to win the Best Newcomer Award at overseas film festivals.

Because the Best Newcomer Award is mostly used as a "consolation prize" to encourage young local directors.

If you have the ability, they will give you a big prize.

Even if it's not the first prize, it can be the Jury Prize or Best Director, Best Actor or Best Actress. If you don't have the ability, then you can just be a supporting role. There's no need to arrange a so-called consolation prize for you.

People don't spoil you.

In order to win an award, Qi Hao’s requirement for “The Piano in a Factory” is to release it as soon as possible.

It is definitely too late to make it to the Beijing University Student Film Festival, and after submitting it for review, I have to go to the theaters to schedule it.

There is no Changchun Film Festival this year, but as long as Qi Hao can win the Best New Director award at one of the 12th Shanghai International Film Festival in June and the 18th China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival in September, he will have accomplished his mission.

Of course, it would be great if I could win the Best New Music Award.

The 16th Eastern Billboard Awards held in Shanghai in March had a newcomer award, which was divided into gold, silver and bronze awards.

If I can win this award, then my mission is guaranteed. "If you want to release it earlier, then it should be released in June. Let's See How It Happens will be released in May, so there will be no conflict between the two."

Yang Liu and Gao Fei looked at each other.

Obviously, although Gao Fei is the boss of Feiyang Media, the person who really calls the shots is Qi Hao.

There was no way Gao Fei would reject Qi Hao over such a trivial matter.

"Do you mean it will premiere at the Shanghai International Film Festival?" Qi Hao remembered that the Shanghai International Film Festival was in June.

Putting aside those fake awards, there are not many awards available in the country.

"I don't recommend it... This will cause the film's promotion to be affected by too many film festivals. Even if it doesn't premiere at a film festival, it won't affect the awards." Yang Liu shook her head and said.

"The Shanghai International Film Festival almost treats foreign films as their father. They are unlikely to give you an award, but their second-level unit Film Channel Media Award may be a possibility."

Janchi Leyden was not polite at all and almost said that Shanghai International Films was fawning on foreigners.

"They haven't figured out this kind of thing at home, but they're thinking about playing dirty international games. They won't be able to develop in another 10 years."

This time, Lao Tian agreed with what Janqi Leiden said.

He didn't understand why Qi Hao wanted to win an award for "The Piano in a Factory". Qi Hao had not been very enthusiastic about winning awards before.

There is a high probability that he is sick again.

"That's it. It will be released in early June. We'll win some domestic awards first, and then try to win the Tokyo International Film Festival or some other international awards."

Qi Hao combined everyone's opinions and made a final decision.

"The other one is A Little Thing Called First Love, which is scheduled to start filming in April, but there is a big problem with the script right now."

Yang Liu reported the second thing, and Gao Fei had already started dozing off beside her.

There was no way. This should be Boss Xiao Gao's nap time. Qi Hao came to hold a meeting after having a full meal, disturbing his rest.

"What's the problem?" Qi Hao read the script.

He felt that the script was very mature and was a rare good script.

Even if the film doesn't make much money, given Qi Hao and An Feng's popularity, it will most likely not lose money.

Well, even if there is a loss, it won’t be much.

After all, Anfeng will bear half of the cost.

"The screenwriter team we invited made a certain degree of localization adaptation to the script, but they thought the ending of the movie was a bit cliché."

Yang Liu is currently studying and working at the same time.

However, her academic qualifications were not good enough, and there were so many things she needed to learn, and she did not understand many of them.

Fortunately, she had a very good work attitude. She wrote down the suggestions from the screenwriter team and showed them directly to Qi Hao.

"The whole movie is cliché, not just the ending."

Qi Hao laughed, took it and read the suggestions from the screenwriter team, then frowned.

The screenwriters we found in China think:

In a sense, the reason why our first love is worth remembering is because we cannot get the love we want and because of regrets.

The best time in love is when it’s ambiguous.

When you are really together, many feelings will disappear.

Sometimes, the meeting and love between two people does not necessarily have a happy ending. Sometimes, missing each other may be their best choice.

Therefore, the screenwriters suggested that the ending of the movie, in which Xiaoshui and Aliang reunited and finally got together, destroyed the beauty of the movie.

Tragedy is often more powerful than comedy, and can better penetrate the vanity of the soul and make people reflect on themselves.

Just like the death of Fairy Zixia at the end of “A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella”, it is precisely because of this tragedy and this imperfection that people can cherish the existing beauty and think about the direction of life.

Human suffering is absolute, while happiness is relative.

"What do you think?" Qi Hao took a look and continued to solicit everyone's opinions.

As far as he is concerned, comic or tragic endings don't matter to him.

Anyway, his mission as the leading man has been accomplished.

The expectation for this movie now is to help him consolidate his fans so that they won’t be tormented by his behavior of playing ugly roles and villains.

You can abuse your fans, but you still have to give them some candy occasionally.

"Tengu", "The Message" and "Let's See" are examples of fan abuse, while "Chinese Paladin 3" and "A Little Thing Called First Love" are examples of fan retention.

As for "Lost on Journey", Qi Hao couldn't figure out what it was.

"I...I don't know either." Yang Liu told the truth.

"Of course I like a happy ending. Those screenwriters are too literary. The audience will definitely like a happy ending."

Gao Fei perked up. She didn't like watching tragedies.

Whenever she watched a tragedy, she always wanted to catch the director and bury him.

"I think it depends on the overall style of the script. If it's suitable for a happy ending, then go with a happy ending. There's no need to have a tragic ending. If a tragedy is better, there's no need to have them be together."

Shi Feng, who is in charge of the company's operations and film marketing, also expressed his opinions.

“In fact, many good endings do not make it obvious whether they are tragedies or comedies. People just feel that things can only be this way, and this ending is the most perfect and comfortable. Some characters can only die, such as in “Léon: The Professional”; some things can only disappear, such as in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”, but some things can actually be reborn after being put to death, such as “The Shawshank Redemption”.

Lao Tian has been in the industry for many years and has his own ideas about movies.

"Like in the Forest of Fireflies, Jin disappeared, but it gave people a very complete and comfortable feeling."

Surprisingly, Janchi Leyden didn't make any sarcastic remarks.

"You said it but it's the same as not saying it..."

(End of this chapter)