Sister Jiao!

In this noisy free market, He Xin coincidentally met Sister Jiao Xiongpin and Li Qiang, the screenwriter of "Peacock".

"Ah Xin, I was still telling Li Qiang just now, the wind and fire you played in "Seven Swords" is too scary. Jiao Xiongpin shook hands with him with a smile and said.

"There's me in the trailer?"

He Xin was a little surprised when he heard it, because the previous trailers of the European and American versions were mainly based on Li Min and Zhen Dan. Although "Seven Swords" is still in post-production, as a large production with an investment of more than 100 million, the distribution work began early.

He knew that the distribution agency of "Seven Swords" in Europe was handed over to a well-known Dutch film distribution company, and it was no surprise that it would definitely appear at the Berlin Film Festival, which attracted the attention of the whole world.

The three major festivals in Europe are not only the palace of literary films, but also the world's largest film trading market.

The so-called sixth generation of directors, many of their films could not be released in China at the beginning, but why can they still get investment to continue making films?

The reason for this is that there is a vast overseas market.

At present, due to the rampant piracy in China, the film market is recovering slowly, and domestic films are paying more and more attention to the development of overseas markets. In particular, the national teacher's "Hero" swept the box office of 140 million US dollars overseas that year, which shocked the Chinese people. This also stimulated director Kai Ge to use popular stars from Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong to start filming the big-scale "Wu Ji".

It is still unknown whether "Wu Ji" will succeed or not, after all, this movie has a lot of special effects shots and slow post-production.

But Feng Xiaogang, who has been making waves in the domestic film market, is ambitious, and when he was at the Venice Film Festival last year, he shouted all over the world with his new work "No Thieves in the World", but it was useless, and his works were destined to be bought only by domestic audiences, and almost no one cared about them internationally.

"It's still your brand that works here!" Sister Jiao gave him a small hand.

"Where!

Although He Xin is modest in words, he is still very useful in his heart.

Speaking of which, when he first filmed "Seven Swords", whether it was Li Min, Zhen Dan, Yang Caini, or Lu Yi, they all paid much higher than him. Although the first three are all big stars in Hong Kong, and Lu Yi is a popular student in the mainland, he may be stronger than him in terms of box office appeal, and he understands these truths, but his heart is still a little unbalanced.

"When are they coming?" He Xin asked.

"It's still unknown whether Director Gu can come over. ”

"What's wrong, what's wrong?"

He Xinyan was stunned for a moment, you must know that this time "Peacock" was shortlisted for the main competition unit of this film festival, and the domestic official has high hopes.

Sister Jiao was speechless and said, "I heard that I can't find my passport and air ticket." ”

“......”

He Xin was also speechless, how could there be such a thing? But thinking about Gu Changwei's Ma Daha character that was extremely inconsistent with his appearance, this kind of thing might not be possible.

Li Qiang explained: "The main reason is that Director Gu is too busy during this time, and "Peacock" on the 18th will be released here and in China at the same time, and there are too many things in all aspects. ”

"Alas, you said that it's easy to do if you lose your ticket, but you can't find your passport, there's no way to do this, and now it's the New Year, and there's nowhere to reissue it. Sister Jiao sighed.

If the director of the works shortlisted for the main competition unit does not appear, it will not only affect the awards, but also be a disadvantageous factor for the sale of films. Others may think that you don't care at all, so why should I give you an award or buy your film!

"Green Meadow" premiered on the 12th, if the organizers don't keep it by then, maybe on the 14th or 15th, they will leave for China, but now He Xin still has to stand for "Peacock", especially if Gu Changwei really can't come, then he still has to shoulder the role of the main force of publicity, and he can't say that he will have to stay until the closing of the film festival before returning to China.

chatted with Sister Jiao and Li Qiang for a while, then walked around the trading market, and when I returned to the hotel, it was almost noon.

As a result, as soon as he came back, Ning Hao yelled at him and Xiaodouding with a resentful face: "You guys are too inauthentic, just leave me alone in the hotel." It's not that you don't know that this is the first time I've come here, and the environment is unfamiliar and the language barrier makes me afraid to go out. ”

Without waiting for He Xin to speak, Xiao Douding immediately stopped selling his account and said: "Cut, who is to blame for this?" We knocked on the door in the morning, I don't know who it was, we slept like pigs, and we didn't even react at all, so we were embarrassed to say it!"

"Uh...... Then you won't knock for a while, or make a phone call!"

Seeing that the two of them were about to pinch up again, He Xin hurriedly said: "Okay, hurry up and pack up and eat, I have to go to the Youth Forum office in the afternoon." ”

They were shortlisted for the Youth Forum unit, so naturally they had to report to the Youth Forum office first.

The forum office is located in a building less than 200 meters next to the movie palace, the place is not big, it is very quiet, and the atmosphere is a bit like a café called Sculpture Time in Beijing. The surrounding walls are covered with movie posters shortlisted for the Youth Forum unit, and the poster of "Green Meadow" is actually pasted in the most eye-catching position.

"He, long time no see!"

When they arrived, a well-dressed middle-aged foreigner and a Chinese with long hair, unshaven beard, and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses greeted them from inside.

The middle-aged foreigner is Christopher Tersit, the chairman of the Youth Forum unit, this guy is actually not very old, only in his early forties, but the foreigner looks old, and he looks older than Wang Qingqiang, who is nearly 50 years old next to him.

"Mr. Tellsit, it's a good thing!"

He Xin smiled and shook hands with him, it was not the first time the two had met, when He Xin participated in the Cannes Film Festival the year before last, he met the chairman of the Youth Forum unit of the Berlin Film Festival through Lou Ye.

"This is Director Ning Hao. At the same time, he introduced Ning Hao beside him.

"Wow, Director Ning, I didn't expect you to be so young! It's hard to imagine that as a Chinese director, you can make such a beautiful Mongolian movie. ”

Ning Hao was completely flattered, he participated in the Venice Film Festival the year before last, although he won the special attention award of the unit against the current, but he was not treated as warmly welcomed by the chairman of the unit as he was today.

However, when He Xin heard the name of Mongolian film translated by Xiaodouding, he couldn't help frowning, and said to Tersit: "I'm sorry, Mr. Tersit, here I need to correct with you, "Mongolian Ping Pong" is a Chinese movie, not a Mongolian movie. China is very large, with 56 ethnic groups, and Mongolia is one of the relatively large ethnic groups. ”

"Oh, I'm very sorry, He! Please forgive me for my ignorance, in fact, after watching the movie, I was very confused, why the children would think of going to Beijing after picking up the table tennis balls, and you actually played the image of a Chinese policeman in it, and now everything is reasonable. But that doesn't stop it from being a good movie, isn't it?" Tellsit apologized frankly.

"Yes, it's a good movie. ”

In this regard, He Xin was very helpless. There are more opportunities to go abroad, and he found that in fact, many foreigners really know nothing about China. For example, most of the foreigners he has contacted have only heard of "Shanghai" and "Beijing", and knowledgeable foreigners will add a "Guangzhou", and overseen foreigners also know a "Xi Tibet".

Fortunately, Mr. Tellsit's attitude of changing his mistakes allowed their conversation to go on happily. And Ning Hao chatted with Wang Qingqiang.

Wang Qingqiang is a good friend of Guan Jinpeng and a film selector in the Asian region of the Berlin Film Festival.

However, He Xin and Ning Hao's relationship with him can be traced back to when "Incense" participated in the Hong Kong International Film Festival, because he was the chairman of the jury of the Asian DV Film Competition Unit at that time, and it was because of his support that "Incense" won the gold award.

In the original time and space, this Wang Qingqiang was Ning Hao's Bole, but now Ning Hao, who is growing in his wings, is no longer the down-and-out little director in the original time and space.

The Youth Forum unit is also a competition unit, and it is also the unit with the most shortlisted films, with 35 works shortlisted for this year's film festival.

There is a Chinese-language documentary film in the original time and space that was shortlisted for the Youth Forum unit together with "Green Meadow", but this documentary film called "Drowning" is a film with extremely incorrect three views by a self-proclaimed compassionate director, and it is simply harmonious.

After completing the check-in procedures, He Xin and Ning Hao stayed in the office for about half an hour before getting up and saying goodbye.

"Sir Wang just told me that Andy Lau has made an Asian Rising Star Guide Program and asked me if I am interested in joining. After going out, Ning Hao smiled casually with He Xin.

Hey?

He Xin's heart moved, he remembered that Ning Hao's "Stone" in his previous life seemed to be under the banner of Andy Lau when it was released, and he couldn't help but move in his heart and said, "What do you mean?"

"It's a plan to nurture new directors. Wang Sir said that Andy Lau will give the new director the most room to play and will not interfere with the specific creative process, but he must review the script, control the budget, and must also be a feature film. ”

Ning Hao explained, and then sighed: "You said that when we made "Incense", why didn't we encounter this kind of plan to support new directors?"

He Xin pondered for a moment, then asked coldly: "If there was such a plan at that time, can you be sure that you will definitely be able to get support?"

"Uh......"

Ning Hao was speechless for a moment, scratched his scalp, and said with a depressed face: "You don't have such a shocking face!"

But he had to admit that He Xin was telling the truth. At that time, he had no fame or works, and before he met He Xin, he also ran into a wall, why should people support a nobody like him.

He Xin asked again: "Then do you have any ideas for this plan?"

"What do you think? Of course I don't have an idea, we don't have a shortage of investment right now. ”

The successful finalist of "Green Meadow", Yu Dong has already booked the next time the two sides will cooperate again. It should be said that now Ning Hao is not short of investment in making movies, and now he and He Xin have set up their own studios, and he is also one of the bosses, so why bother to look up to others.

What's more important is that the current partner Bona is not only the father of the fund, but also has a strong distribution ability in China.

Andy Lau's new star plan, in addition to money, probably only Andy Lau himself, the signboard of a Hong Kong star, is obviously not valued by Ning Hao today.