Chapter 164: Him!

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After he slipped back to his seat and sat down, that is, after saying a few words to Fu Xuelong and Qin Jingjing, the movie was over.

On the big screen, the screen is full of blood-red colors, and a childish voice is singing the ballad.

"Mother, mother, on the southwest, wide road, long treasure ship......"

Even, Li Qian had time to see his stunned appearance on the blood-red screen.

Looking back now, I will feel that I was at that time, because of the deliberate exercise and makeup, when I was naked, I really looked so majestic!

The drums sounded, and in the blood red of the eclipse, the sorghum that had been swallowed up by the red swayed in the wind.

Suona up.

On the screen, sorghum swayed, suona sounded mournfully, and subtitles scrolled.

The premiere of "Red Sorghum" is over.

Qin Jingjing subconsciously turned her head and glanced at the audience in the back row.

The audience didn't react much.

She shrank back, a little apprehensive, a little worried.

But as it turned out, her worries were completely unnecessary.

Because soon, when the suona stopped, the big screen completely darkened, almost only a second or two seconds between the dark, and then, applause rang out.

And, louder and louder.

At this time, Li Qian also half-turned around and glanced behind.

It was pitch black, and nothing could be seen.

Half a minute later, the applause was still ringing and the lights were on.

John Days came from the second row, grabbed Li Qian, his eyes behind his glasses sparkled, grabbed him, and whispered: "Stand up, Qian, you should stand up and accept the applause!"

Li Qian was stunned for a moment, stood up, subconsciously clasped his hands, and nodded to the audience.

Beside him, Qin Jingjing and Fu Xuelong, the two main creators, were slightly stunned for a moment, and then they all stood up, followed Li Qian's example, stood on both sides of him, and smiled and nodded to the audience.

Many people know that Li Qian is the home of the four major beauty bands, but there are also many people who don't know in advance, but at this moment, everyone just watched the movie, of course, they all know that he is the stout man in the movie.

Suddenly, the applause was much more enthusiastic.

It may seem like a long story, but it's really just a matter of a minute or two.

In China, Li Qian, as a film director, after all, with the two blockbuster films "My Sassy Girlfriend" and "Huang Feihong", he should be regarded as a very important director, but in Europe, as a director, he is not a fart, so he will not have any treatment as a big-name director.

The film seems to be good, and the audience is quite satisfied with such a somewhat peculiar, but full of strong oriental style and peculiar and magnificent use of color, but, applauding, continue to applaud after getting up, and see the hero and heroine in the movie appear in the front row, the applause is even more enthusiastic...... That's all.

Everyone quickly left the venue.

Zhang Zifang's face was full of sincerity and appreciation, and said: "Li Qian, you have made a particularly good movie! Congratulations!"

Some important film critics and reporters, John Days saw them off with laughter and laughter, and when they walked to the door, they shook hands with Li Qian, and most of them would say with a serious face, "Congratulations, you made a great movie!" Moreover, your performance is excellent, and this beautiful young lady!"

Then, it's over.

When the people were almost gone, John Days said: "Qian, you surprise me! I can't even believe that a film of this style could be made by you! I thought you were a mature commercial director, but I didn't expect you to make such a literary film! However, this film is quite amazing! Believe me, you will surprise the Berlinale!"

Li Qian shrugged.

When he walked away, Qin Jingjing came over and asked, "Is this ...... Is it good?"

Listening to what she said, it meant a little lost.

Li Qian turned his head to look at her, "That's good! It's basically a standing ovation from the audience." As for the rest, let's wait and see how the next few shows will be and tomorrow's attendance, and then we'll see what these European filmmakers will say...... Take it easy, don't think too much! As I said beforehand, we just came here to get acquainted with each other, and we weren't ready to win the prize!"

Qin Jingjing took a deep breath and nodded.

Next is an exclusive interview.

Originally, Li Qian didn't want it, but after all, it was shortlisted for the Berlin Film Festival, Qi Jie was resentful in her heart, and finally waited for the opportunity, she repeatedly persuaded Li Qian to accept an interview, and in the end, Li Qian had to agree to let her help choose a newspaper, and then everyone made an appointment, and when the film premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, the people over there had seen the movie, and then they could find a place to have an exclusive interview with him.

Of course, in addition to that, Qin Jingjing had more tasks than him.

Although it is not the most topical one of the films, as the heroine of the film, she is naturally one of the focuses of publicity, so although there was no noise before the release of the movie, but when the movie was released, her arrangements began - John Days helped her make an appointment with several local German newspapers and magazines, plus the media sent by China to cover the Berlin Film Festival also made appointments for photos and interviews, basically the premiere here is over, and she will start working non-stop for two or three days.

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The interview was made at lunchtime, at a restaurant not far from the hotel where Li Qian and the others were staying.

The other party was already waiting there, and when he saw Li Qian arrive, he stood up to say hello, and introduced himself when shaking hands: "Hello Qianshao, I am a reporter from "Oriental Weekly", Lin Nansheng. ”

"I have admired the name for a long time! Brother Cao and I both have special respect for some of your comments!"

"Thank you!"

Everyone finished greeting and sat down.

Lin Nansheng should not be forty years old, wearing glasses, polite and polite, at first glance he looks like a person engaged in culture, but his face is ordinary, if he doesn't know, it is estimated that he will not be associated with the most famous freelance critic, writer and famous film critic in China at the moment.

The interview started after lunch, but the two of them called the waiter to order the meal, waiting for the food to come, Lin Nansheng looked like a chatter, but he had already begun to ask: "Actually, outside of the interview, in addition to all the questions prepared, there is something I have always been quite curious about, can you answer it for me?"

Li Qian smiled, made a "please" gesture, and said, "Let's talk about it." ”

Lin Nansheng asked: "You have been in the industry for many years, and you have always been very popular, but you have been a little strange over the years, I don't know if you have any feelings, you seem to have no good impression of the media! So, you basically never give interviews, and you never appear on any TV or radio programs, right?"

This question is a bit ruthless.

Li Qian smiled and said, "Brother Lin, let's talk about this topic before the interview, is it appropriate?"

Lin Nansheng was stunned for a moment, and then laughed.

This is in a restaurant, in public, if it is a private occasion, I am afraid that he will laugh.

Then, he said: "It's okay, just say whatever you want, even if I get angry, I will hold back until I finish the interview! This is your first media interview in years!"

Li Qian smiled when he heard this, thought seriously for a moment, and then replied: "I don't have a good feeling, in fact, I really can't talk about it! The main reason is that I think I'm particularly clumsy in words, plus I have a lot of flaws, and you are all quick to talk and knife quickly, so I am really reluctant to be interviewed under normal circumstances." ”

This is a frank statement.

Lin Nansheng hesitated when he heard this, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end, he still said: "I don't know if I belong to the type of reporter you think is quick to talk and knife, but today's interview is only for movies, so you can rest assured." ”

Li Qian nodded, "Okay!"

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"When I watched the film just now, I was thinking, this young man is really talented, almost every one of his works will change his style, and each style is so unique!"

"Thank you, it's over. ”

"When you come to Berlin to participate in the film festival, do you have any expectations for yourself and your "Red Sorghum"?"

"If you want to...... The main competition unit, of course, I must have thought about it, but I don't think about it or not, I don't think I need to be obsessed with it. ”

"So, I thought about whether I would win the award, but I basically didn't have any hope of winning, right?"

Li Qian smiled and nodded, "Almost! ”

Lin Nansheng laughed, "In fact, there are still good works of domestic films, but it is true that the three major film festivals in Europe are all under great competition pressure without exception. However, I am still very optimistic that "Red Sorghum" can gain something at the Berlin Film Festival. Any idea why?"

"Why?"

"Because your styling and performance in the movie is too groundbreaking for Chinese fans, movie fans, and European fans!"

Li Qian smiled, "Can I take this as a compliment to me?"

"Of course! That's a compliment!"

After a pause, Lin Nansheng added, "This is a performance I haven't seen in Sun Ce in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"! So I want to say, maybe everyone thinks that you are a good singer, a gold medal producer, and an excellent director, but in my opinion, you are also an excellent actor! I believe that when this movie is released in China, it will receive rave reviews!"

"Uh, thanks...... I'm sorry for you!"

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After eating for half an hour and interviewing for more than an hour, it was already half past two in the afternoon when this scene didn't seem to have any in-depth topic mining, but in fact, both sides understood why they wanted to stop at the end of the interview.

The two shook hands at the door of the restaurant and said goodbye, and then Li Qian turned back to the cinema.

As a result, as soon as he returned to the cinema, Fu Xuelong suddenly burst out, almost startling Li Qian.

Moreover, his expression is indeed quite scary!

"Brother, it's full!

Li Qian was stunned for a moment.

Fu Xuelong waved his arms excitedly, as if he didn't know how to vent his excitement, but just said over and over again, "It's full!

Speaking of this, he seemed to come back to his senses, pulled Li Qian up, walked to the ticket office next to him, pointed to the long queue there, and said, "See, it's all queuing up to buy our tickets!"

Li Qian turned his head and glanced at him, "They all bought our tickets?"

Fu Xuelong nodded.

Li Qian was a little surprised-when he entered the door just now, he actually noticed the long queue over there, but he didn't think about himself at all.

Ordinarily...... Whether it's the attendance rate of the premiere or the response, it's really good, but the problem is that it's only three o'clock in the afternoon, and it's only a few hours before the premiere ends!

Even if you are a god-level word-of-mouth, after such a short period of time, it is said that word-of-mouth will not have time to spread out!

At this time, John Days suddenly appeared out of nowhere, and saw Li Qian standing not far from the door of the ticket office, so he ran over, also with an excited face, and said: "Qian, I just received the news that someone scanned our promotional brochure and uploaded it to the Internet! Now, that post is very popular, it has only been a few hours, and the number of clicks has exceeded 10,000!"

Li Qian was surprised.

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In another time and space, Zhang Guoshi won the award in 1988.

At that time, the Cold War had not yet ended, the Berlinale held up political topics without relaxation, and China was trying to return to the global order and participate in global interaction with a positive attitude of reform and opening up.

Then, "Red Sorghum" was a big win at the Berlin Film Festival.

What now?

It's another plane, and it's 2003.

"Red Sorghum" is indeed a good movie, especially its artistic color, which is very strong, but Li Qian, who came to Berlin with this movie, does not think that this movie will become "popular" in Berlin!

But surprisingly, although this movie started well, it got better and better!

On the day of the premiere, the film's word-of-mouth quickly fermented on the Internet because of fans' attention to Li Qian, which quickly attracted fans in the Berlin area who saw the post to buy tickets.

And the next day, on the one hand, the reputation of the movie was still fermenting on the Internet, and on the other hand, many articles by film critics who had seen the movie were driven out overnight and published in various newspapers or online platforms - so, for a while, there was a rare long queue of more than 100 close to 200 people outside the screening hall of "Red Sorghum"!

It usually has to be a top Hollywood star, or a truly European masterful director, to get this level of popularity at the festival.

So for a while, the crew of "Red Sorghum" who only brought a copy was taken by surprise.

At this time, John Days also brought back his public relations news: it is said that many judges of this year's film festival expressed their love for "Red Sorghum", a film from China!

What is particularly commendable is that the director's unique color aesthetic shots are "simply addictive", and the second is that Li Qian, as the lead singer of a band who became popular in Europe with his handsome appearance and charming singing voice, gave a "serious and frank performance" in the movie!

Of course, John Days doesn't think that "Red Sorghum" will win any amazing awards, but according to him, at least it should not be empty-handed, and as the film's reputation on the Internet begins to ferment, many studios in European countries have begun to pay attention to this movie, even if it can only win some small awards, the film should be able to sell in Europe.

Of course, what Li Qian didn't know at this time was that in a hotel in Berlin, Lin Nansheng, the chief reporter of "Oriental Weekly", was crackling on the keyboard and writing down his impressions and evaluations of Li Qian-

"He is actually a shy person, good at creation and artistic expression, on the other hand, he doesn't like to talk very much, and he is a little shy when he laughs...... He is very honest, and when you talk to him, you will find that he doesn't talk much, and almost every sentence is a deliberate one, but it is very frank......"

And it was at this time that it was more than eight o'clock in the evening in China.

Shuntianfu, Tianyi Film and Television Culture Company.

Lu Ping finished handling the publicity plan of the new movie, looked back a few times, and felt more satisfied, so he turned off the computer and got up, ready to go home.

But before he could leave the office, there was a knock on the door.

A moment later, Zhou Zhengyang pushed the door and came in.

Then Gao Lanlan also came in.

With this posture, Lu Ping knew at a glance that something was wrong.

However, he was not in a hurry, calmly sorted out the documents in his hand, put them away, and then said: "What's the matter? Why did you come to the company again?"

Zhou Zhengyang is the CEO of Tianyi Film and Television Culture Company, Lu Ping's financier for many years, and Gao Lanlan, as Lu Ping's discoverer and leader, has always been his most powerful assistant and agent.

At this moment, both of them seemed to have some apprehension on their faces.

Zhou Zhengyang smiled and asked, "Are the plans done?"

Lu Ping nodded, "It's done." ”

Zhou Zhengyang said with a smile: "In fact, there are special people in the company to do this kind of thing in publicity planning, you give ideas, let them do it for you, and if you do it, you can modify it if you can't see it, why do you have to do it yourself!"

Lu Ping smiled and said calmly: "This time, I can't afford to lose." It's better to do it yourself!" After a pause, his eyes swept over Gao Lanlan and Zhou Zhengyang one by one, and said with a smile: "What's wrong, let's talk about it! Will it be "Red Sorghum" that won the award in Berlin?"

At this time, Lu Ping's joke made Zhou Zhengyang and Gao Lanlan laugh at once, and the nervous appearance just now was suddenly relieved a lot.

That's right, it's not a prize!

At this time, Gao Lanlan said with a smile: "According to the news from over there, "Red Sorghum" is very popular in Berlin! According to the news sent back by several reporters and film critics who have done reports in the past, that movie is indeed very well made! And it is said that Li Qian's own starring role is also very hard! So ...... Mr. Zhou was a little worried, so he pulled me over and asked you, can we think about the release schedule again?

Lu Ping smiled when he heard this, and lowered his head.

Although the popularity of "Red Sorghum" at the Berlin Film Festival still surprised him, but think about it again, Li Qian is also a professional from the photography department of Suncheon Film Academy, and he has two brushes, which is not too surprising - although he has been making commercial films in the past few years, it may not be that he is not good at making literary films at all!

However, Zhou Zhengyang's lack of confidence in himself still made him extremely angry and dissatisfied in his heart!

Yes, in the last head-to-head confrontation, it was true that I lost, and I had nothing to say about what I lost!

But even so, in fact, his last film still made a lot of money for the company! He Zhou Zhengyang swore on weekdays, saying that he would support his next film and touch Li Qian again, and he must pick up the face that fell to the ground, but once it came to the critical time, "Red Sorghum" was not good over there, and he was scared here!

However, after all, he is an investor in his new movie, and at this time, there is anger, and with Lu Ping's current city government and scheming at that time, he will definitely not show it on his face.

At this time, I saw him smile and said, "Come, sit, let's sit down and talk!"

When the three of them sat down, Lu Ping still had that faint but confident smile on his face, and asked Zhou Zhengyang very calmly, "Mr. Zhou, do you think "Red Sorghum" can win the award in Berlin?"

Zhou Zhengyang was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and just wanted to say where I would guess this, but after thinking about it, he shook his head, "It's not necessarily impossible, but it's possible...... Not a big estimate!"

After a pause, he said: "Zhang Zifang and Zhang Dao have been back and forth three times, and it is rumored that even if it is a comfort this time, it is time to give Zhang Dao a decent award, so in this way, the possibility of "Red Sorghum" winning the award is even lower!"

In fact, there are many examples of Chinese films winning awards in Europe, but there is only one Qin Wei who has won important awards at the three major film festivals.

No matter how powerful Li Qian is, there should still be a lot of distance from Qin Wei in making literary movies, right?

Therefore, it may be possible to mix up a good reputation, and even come back with a small consolation award, but the grand prize should not be very promising!

Lu Ping laughed when he heard this, and said, "Even if you win the award, what about it?"

Zhou Zhengyang was stunned when he heard this, and at this time, Lu Ping didn't wait for him to speak, and he had already continued: "You all asked me before, why do you have to step on his tail to release the release, and you have to set the release date so close! Now, I will answer you! Because, no matter how powerful Li Qian is, even if he is so powerful that he can win an award in Berlin, "Red Sorghum" is a literary film in the final analysis! Therefore, this is an incomparably rare opportunity to beat him at the box office and step on him to the top! We must not miss it!"

Speaking of this, he waved his hand calmly, looked like he was winning, and said with a smile: "We are a commercial film! A commercial film with an investment of nearly 40 million!"

These words are well-founded.

Zhou Zhengyang nodded slowly when he heard this, and after a while, he asked, "Are you really sure?"

Lu Ping nodded slowly, "This is the best opportunity!"

Zhou Zhengyang sighed and turned his head to look at Gao Lanlan, "You say...... He shouldn't be able to win the prize, right?"

Gao Lanlan laughed when she heard this, "Unless he is better than Qin Wei! You know, Qin Wei was also in his forties before filming "Red Light District" and winning the Golden Lion Award in Venice!"

Zhou Zhengyang laughed when he heard this, "Yes, yes!"

At this time, I don't know what I thought, Zhou Zhengyang suddenly looked arrogant, and said loudly: "That's right! He is a literary film, we are a commercial blockbuster, what are you afraid of him doing!

Lu Ping smiled: "Yes!

With that, the three of them looked at each other and smiled.

Everyone seems to have seen the good times when "Red Sorghum" was trampled under their feet!

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Write more, so later.

It's the end of the month, and although I've let everyone flip through the bag several times, I still want everyone to flip through it again to see if they can find another one and a half sheets,...... The recent plot,I'm afraid that the writing will not be good.,It's a lot of pressure.,Knife cultivation urgently needs your monthly ticket encouragement!