The jury lineup of the 5th Beijing International Film Festival is French director Luc Besson, Russian director Fedor Bondarchuk, Hong Kong director Chen Kexin, and mainland actor Zhou Xun.

Lu Lin's identity can also be mixed with the judges, but he really doesn't like to mix with these, so he only attends as a shortlisted director, and brings Di Lieba and Du Xiaorao to attend the show.

On the 16th, the opening ceremony of the film festival was held at the Yanqi Lake International Convention and Exhibition Center in Huairou City, and the circular Temple of Heaven building was very atmospheric. There are still a lot of Chinese movie stars who come to cheer, one depends on the organizer's face, and the other is mostly for the promotion of new dramas.

The opening red carpet is more atmospheric, about seven or eight meters wide and dozens of meters long. The first to walk on the red carpet was the 3D magic movie, the "Dare to Ask Where the Road Is" team.

The project was launched yesterday, and the four masters and apprentices of Zhang Monkey Wang, Ma Qihua, Chi Zongrui, and Liu Dagang reunited to join forces to co-produce with Paramount Pictures in the United States. The popular "Little Fresh Meat" Wu Yifan came to the scene to help, and the media said that he may join to play the role of Bailongma.

After the "Dare to Ask Where the Road Is" team went, the next ones to appear were Zhang Chaoyang and Yu Shasha. Dapeng, which has "Pancake Man" released this year, did not appear here.

After that, the crews and teams took turns to appear, most of the male stars were in black suits, and the female stars were in long skirts.

Lu Lin, Di Lieba, and Du Xiaorao waited for the arrival, and waited in the star preparation area first. At this time, there were already many crews going out on the red carpet, and those who stayed here were relatively large people.

For example, the female director Hu Mei who has filmed "The Emperor of the Han Dynasty" and "Yongzheng Dynasty", director Feng Xiaoning, who has filmed "Purple Sun", "Red River Valley" and "Yellow River Love", and Tang Jili who has filmed "Super Police" and "Red Fan District".

Feng Xiaoning and Tang Jili have felt a little left behind in recent years, and no good works have appeared. But Hu Mei is one of the few outstanding female directors in China.

"Yongzheng Dynasty", "Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty", "Qiao's Courtyard", etc., have created vivid characters and set off a frenzy of ratings again and again.

Although there have been no dramas that can cause a sensation in recent years, Lu Lin believes that if she is given a suitable script and financial support, director Hu Mei can still make good works that cause a ratings frenzy.

Thinking of this, he walked up to Director Hu Mei, stretched out his hand and said, "Director Hu, I grew up watching the works you directed!"

Hu Mei got up and shook hands with Lu Lin, and said with a smile: "Director Lu is polite!"

The so-called literati are light, and directors are also considered "literati", the "fifth generation" director Feng Xiaoning, and the senior Hong Kong director Tang Jili really don't have a good impression of Lu Lin. Without him, the results are too rebellious, and there is always some inexplicable pressure to stay together!

Lu Lin didn't care about anything else, and asked Hu Mei with a smile what she was busy with lately. The latter said: "In the preparation of "Empire Twilight", a TV series about Prince Gong's late reform and family, a press conference was just held a month ago!"

Lu Lin had no impression of this film, and when he asked, he realized that it was the work of Yu Yi's producer and screenwriter. In other words, Yu is still a little embarrassed by the romance of love and ancient costumes, and I am afraid that I have not watched the historical drama written by him.

But said: "Director Hu is an expert in historical dramas, this drama must be good!"

Hu Mei hurriedly said: "Xie Lu Dao Jiyan!" laughed a little reluctantly, the script of the film is not yet available, the investment has not arrived, the actor has not been decided, and only the actor Chen Xiao has been determined to play Prince Gong, and even the roles of Cixi and Empress Dowager Ci'an have not been decided.

It is said that since the palace fighting drama "Golden Branch Desire" was born in 04, the status of historical dramas has been challenged. In the mainland market, 11 to 13 years is the year of the outbreak of palace fighting dramas.

On the other hand, it is the decline of historical dramas from a male perspective, and the literary IPs created by male writers often hit the streets after adaptation.

This matter cannot be explained by the scale of investment: "Yanxi Raiders" has a total investment of 300 million, "Chosen Heaven" claims to be 400 million, and "The Twelve Hours of Chang'an" has an investment of 600 million, nearly ten times the investment of 70 million in "The Legend of Zhen Huan";

According to the "China Youth Daily" report, in 2014, "The Legend of Zhen Huan", which was rebroadcast several times, defeated the "Legend of Chu and Han" with an investment of 240 million yuan in ratings.

Popular film and television works often reflect the spiritual outlook of people in an era. For example, Jin Yong's typical setting is that the protagonist is looking for his father, and there are many protagonists who have two fathers, a biological father and an adoptive father. The protagonist is often in a dilemma, and the big hero Xiao Feng even called Shan Yu to break the arrow and commit suicide before the Yanmen Gate.

And the palace fighting drama replaces the historical drama, which obviously has its social roots.

A series of problems such as slowing economic growth, intensifying class solidification, and unattainable housing prices have greatly shrunk the ambitions of young people in the new era and lost their feelings for their family and country.

It is difficult for such things as "opening up the territory and expanding the territory" and "Yan Ran to make contributions" to resonate with the Chinese people who are worried about "buying a house", "rising class", "children's education" and other things. The scenes of fighting wits and fighting villains in palace fighting dramas have become an emotional outlet accumulated from daily trivialities.

Hu Mei's loss is because she is going against the tide of history, but she is still a good director.

"Director Hu, are you interested in joining our Longlin Pictures, our TV drama department has a lot of projects to open, and there is a lack of suitable directors!" Lu Lin invited directly.

Even though Feng Xiaoning and Tang Jili were all shocked when they heard this, they seemed to remember for a moment that this product was still a big boss!

Hu Mei said with a smile: "Okay, it is said that Director Lu has always been generous, but I am looking forward to cooperating with Longlin Pictures!"

She can now cooperate with Yu Yi, who has always made up nonsense and colluded to change history, which shows that she is already very embarrassed in her career development. What's even more embarrassing, "Empire Twilight" was not filmed in the end.

Lu Lin thought about it, and didn't remember the impression of the broadcast of "Empire Twilight", nor did he hear a little publicity and investment, so he simply continued to invite: "By the way, Director Hu is an expert in historical dramas, and the "Battle of the Deer" I am currently directing is also a historical drama. But I wanted to invite her to be an assistant director and help share her work.

Hu Mei was pleasantly surprised, saying that after the box office fiasco of "Confucius" starring Brother Zifa, she became more and more distrusted by investors, and the more difficult it was to turn over with limited resources. And joining the crew of "The Battle of the Deer", she also has a share of the credit for the box office success, and many things will be easy to say in the future.

Director Hu knew that he was in a bad situation at the moment, how could he dare to be as big as Zhuge Kongming, and he didn't dare to ask Lu Lin for "three invitations", so he hurriedly said: "Thanks to Director Lu, I have the opportunity to learn how to shoot special effects blockbusters, and maybe I will direct a historical special effects blockbuster in the future!"

Feng Xiaoning and Tang Jili were a little dumbfounded when they saw Lu Lin recruit Hu Mei under their command in a few words, and said secretly: "This is too fast, look at this posture is the first time I have seen it!"

Lu Lin glanced at Hu Mei in some surprise, and said in his heart: "Historical special effects blockbuster, do you still want to shoot "Mythical Three Kingdoms"?"

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