Chapter 954: Declaring Sovereignty
The Chinese film finally won the Palme d'Or!
In addition to reporting this exciting news, domestic reporters came to Yanda to look for Zhang Chu and wanted to find a breakthrough from him.
Zhang Chu, as the screenwriter and author of the original book, must also be an important factor in the success of the movie, not to mention that this guy also won an award at the Cannes Film Festival.
This award is said to be small compared with the actors and actresses, and for the screenwriters, it is already the highest award.
There were a lot of media queuing up at the gate of Yan University to register and enter, and the security guards kept an eye on everyone carefully, confirming that they had all swiped their ID cards one by one, and resolutely did not allow unidentified people to sneak in.
"Comrade, you can't smoke on campus, please pay attention to your image. ”
Fu Zhiming hurriedly pressed the cigarette on his finger on the top of the trash can, "I'm sorry, I'm used to it." ”
He carried a camera bag on his body, and with that deep gaze, he really had the posture of a literary and artistic worker.
Not far away, there are colleagues who directly carry the camera on their shoulders, and they are recording the summer scenery of the campus of Yan University.
There are familiar and unfamiliar people, Fu Zhiming is a little uncomfortable with his smoking addiction, and it is extremely uncomfortable to be unable to smoke as an old smoking gun!
"Lao Fu, where are you getting rich now? I thought you wouldn't do this anymore. "A familiar person leaned over and threw him a betel nut, which was a big savior.
Fu Zhiming found out that this was actually his old partner Pang Wei when he worked at "Life Daily", he had not had much contact since he left a year ago, and he felt a feeling when he met again.
"Old Pang, I knew I was going to run into you today. Fu Zhiming threw the betel nut in his mouth and chewed it, "I am now working as an editor on Guangming.com, but there was no one on the reporter's side, so I was sent by the leader, saying that I had experience as an interviewer before." ”
Pang Weiren looked short and fat, and his face was very festive, "I thought there weren't many people coming, but so many people grabbed the news, how can this be exclusive!"
The media that can be called have all come here, and even many people from different departments of big media have come to join in the fun, just like the reporters from the entertainment and culture departments here at Phoenix.com, who are capricious in their big business.
"You still want to be exclusive, it's already good to be able to interview people, don't think about it so much. Fu Zhiming saw it very clearly, he didn't think he could grab the exclusive from so many people.
"The first Palme d'Or has completed the last piece of the puzzle for our Chinese films at the European Film Festival. In addition, actors, directors, and screenwriters are not ordinary people, so it is normal to have a high degree of attention. You see, CCTV's reporters are not over there, but also Mango Satellite TV and Yanjing Satellite TV. ”
In addition to the print media, the Internet media and TV media all came, and even some self-media, they all wanted to get first-hand information.
Of course, the university authorities would not allow so many reporters to wander around the campus, and one person in charge directed the media directly to a conference room: "Let's sit here for a while and take a break." Zhang Chu is still in class, please don't affect the normal order of the school. When he gets out of class, we'll try to get him to cooperate with your interview!"
Yan University has produced many leaders, scientists, economists, singers, and writers, so Zhang Chu is not a special case.
Of course, so many reporters can't get together to play with their mobile phones, but to communicate with each other, anyway, they are all part-time workers, who doesn't want to take it easy.
Ge Xiu, a reporter from Phoenix Entertainment, said mysteriously: "If we can't interview Zhang Chu later, we still have a chance at night." The Farewell My Concubine crew will hold a temporary celebration party tonight, and Xu Dao and they will go directly to the celebration party after getting off the plane. ”
"When is this news, why don't I know at all?" Pang Wei wondered, he was one of the reporters in charge of the entertainment section of Life Daily, and such a big news had to be known from his peers.
"Actually, our company also received an invitation letter. He Han of Xinlang Entertainment replied with a smile, "Maybe this celebration party didn't plan to invite too many media, after all, it was held in a hurry." ”
Fu Zhiming lowered his head and thought, how can he get that invitation?
"Tonight should be a grand event of Chinese films, and actors who have time in Yanjing will definitely go, after all, the Palme d'Or is very attractive, and Mr. Xu and Gong Li are also very valuable. ”
Although the reporters in the room are all peers, they are divided into small groups because of their different employers.
While they were chatting, the bell came as scheduled.
Zhang Chu quickly packed all the things on the table and put them in his bag, just now Zhou Kang had already said on the phone, the driver was already waiting outside the teaching building, and now Chris their content is confirmed, and they only need to sign a contract.
However, a man in a light blue shirt walked into the classroom, "Hello Zhang Chu, I am a teacher from the school's propaganda department. Now there are more than 50 media outlets that want to interview you, and they all stay in the conference room for fear that they will affect the teaching order. So we're going to see what you think, would you like to be interviewed?"
The students in the classroom couldn't help but stop what they were doing, pricked up their ears, and then glanced at each other.
Fifty media outlets!
Everyone knew that Zhang Chu's film adaptation won the Palme d'Or, but they didn't expect it to be so popular that reporters chased it to the school.
"Since they're all here, we can't let them run for nothing, so I'll go down for an interview. ”
Every job is not easy, and it is a convenient thing for Zhang Chu to do, which may keep these reporters from working in vain.
Now he is just a little worried about his image, he knew that he shouldn't have been in bed this morning, his reputation would be ruined, and the burden of idols was a bit heavy.
The staff member led the way and said, "If you don't want to be interviewed, we respect your wishes. Congratulations, I'll definitely go to the cinema to support your excellent movie!"
"Thank you, teacher. ”
Before Zhang Churen arrived, the reporters in the conference room were already boiling, taking their cameras one by one, squeezing at the door and refusing to retreat.
He had just shown up and almost had a close encounter with the camera lens.
"I said don't get excited, you have to let me in, so that we can have a good exchange. You're blocking the door, are you telling me to leave?"
As soon as these words came out, the excited reporters all moved to the back, but the hand that pressed the shutter did not stop at all.
This conference room is a bit cramped, and it is really a little crowded after accommodating so many people, and there are many students watching the excitement at the front and back doors with their mobile phones recording the crazy posture of the reporters.
Zhang Chu smiled self-deprecatingly: "I stayed up late to watch the award ceremony yesterday, but I overslept this morning." If you want to post the news later, help me P a picture, can you make a beautiful face?"
"It's okay, you're still very handsome!" He Han praised and said: "Teacher Xiao Zhang, congratulations on winning the Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival." ”
"Thank you for this beauty. Zhang Chu said eloquently: "Because I had to write a book and attend classes, I couldn't stay with the crew until the end." I didn't even think that I might win the award, and I didn't even prepare the acceptance speech, so I relied on Director Xu to help receive the award. ”
Fu Zhiming asked loudly: "I heard that there is a celebration party tonight, will you participate?"
Zhang Chu nodded, "Yes, I'll dress up when the time comes." As a youth idol, I have a certain idol baggage, and at least I have to wash my hair and change my clothes. ”
He slyly looked at the flashing footage, and added, "Here, I can briefly reveal a little bit to you, and I will personally surprise you when the time comes." ”
"What surprise?"
"Can you tell us about that now?"
"Don't wait until tonight, let's talk about it now. ”
"Is it about the news that Farewell My Concubine is going to be released in English?
"Could it have something to do with the Lord of the Rings?"
Zhang Chu shook his head and said: "What is it, everyone will know at night, I'll sell it first." The matter of the English version of Farewell My Concubine was finalized on the opening day of the Cannes Film Festival. My editor, Blair, was very excited after seeing the film and said that he would definitely recommend this book to more people. In addition, the first drafts of the last two parts of "The Lord of the Rings" have been written, and they will be released after I have revised them. ”
"It's already written, it's so fast!"
"Is there any news about the film and television rights of "The Lord of the Rings"? Vanity Fair has reported that Paramount has approached you before, can you talk about this now?"
The contract had not yet been signed, and for the sake of confidentiality, he could not answer these questions.
There are still a lot of questions from the journalists, and it seems that everything they want to know is what they want to know.
However, it was good for Zhang Chu to take the initiative to reveal the news that the sequel to "The Lord of the Rings" was written, so after waving his hand, he said: "Everyone has worked hard, but I still have something to do, so I will go first." See you tonight!"
The driver who arrived earlier hurriedly came from the door, helped Zhang Chu block the reporters, and then got in the car and left.
After Fu Zhiming saw Zhang Chu's car leave, he asked his old friend in great confusion: "What kind of surprise is there, isn't it a surprise after the Lord of the Rings are written?"
"Who knows! If he doesn't say it himself, no one can guess. ”
"It seems that tonight's celebration will have to go, otherwise you will miss Zhang Chu's surprise. ”
"You say, could it be that the film and television rights of the Lord of the Rings have been sold?"
He has won so many screenwriting awards, maybe he wants to prepare a brand new movie on his own. ”
"It feels like he didn't stay for five minutes, and the interview was too short. It's been a long time since anyone has made an appointment for an interview with him, and it's really difficult to interview such a person. ”
The reporters left one after another after the discussion was fruitless, and only a very few remained here, ready to interview Zhang Chu's classmates and teachers.
There's no way to interview me, but it's a good way to interview people around you.
More often than not, they are in a hurry to go back to deal with the news, and they can't be slower than others!
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While everyone was wondering what the surprise would be at tonight's celebration, a plane from Zurich landed slowly at the Capital International Airport.
When the creators of the Farewell My Concubine crew walked out of the exit, the fans and media who came to pick up the airport almost surrounded the pick-up entrance!
Although they were a little tired, they couldn't have a good rest, and they had to attend the celebration party later to prepare for the release of the film in China.
With the Palme d'Or, it is not a panacea, even if the overseas copyright transaction has recovered the cost, but who doesn't want to make the movie box office higher, so that there is face and inside.
Artists don't want to be poor for the rest of their lives, work hard now, and only laugh when they get box office dividends.
Although this celebration will be a bit hasty, the venue and layout are quite good, and the most important thing is that there are many guests.
The red carpet is indispensable, and the reporters are filming the star artists who keep appearing in the cool breeze of the evening, which is more than the guests present at a TV drama awards ceremony held not long ago, and the weight is also a lot heavier!
Peng Nan wore a suit and directly showed the invitation letter to enter the main venue of the hotel, he is the president of Paramount China, and he does not like to walk the red carpet.
Today, he is a drunkard who does not mean to drink, and he shoulders the heavy responsibility sent by the Hollywood headquarters, so he will talk to Zhang Chu about the copyright of the Lord of the Rings films.
Although Paramount was rejected by Zhang Chu, he still did not give up, especially when Zhang Chu's work won the Palme d'Or, which strengthened the company's desire to get Zhang Chu's film copyright.
And earlier today, when answering reporters' questions, Zhang Chu revealed that the Lord of the Rings trilogy has been written, and the reputation and book sales of "Lord of the Rings 1" are very high, and now that the latter two have come out, there is no reason not to get the adaptation rights of this book!
Peng Nan just came to play the vanguard, and the follow-up was handed over to the staff from Hollywood to discuss in detail, Paramount China does not have the ability to produce, just publicity and distribution.
However, he hadn't even taken two sips of this glass of champagne before he discovered the producers of Disney and several other companies.
None of them are the publishers of "Farewell My Concubine", and attending the celebration at this point in time is nothing more than the same thing, and that is "The Lord of the Rings"!
"It's too bad, it looks like we're a little late and we're going to have to compete with others. Peng Nan secretly said that it was not good in his heart, but on the surface, he walked over lightly to greet these existences who were also friends and enemies.
They both knew each other's thoughts, but they didn't say it, but were ready to rely on their own means.
"Listen, it should be Zhang Chu who has arrived. This kid's popularity is not low, reporters and viewers are calling him by name. ”
"That's not it, many celebrities are not as popular as him, it's a pity not to be an actor. ”
While he was talking, two figures walked over at the door, one was the familiar Zhang Chu, and the other was a big-bellied blonde bald foreign middle-aged man!
Peng Nan asked with some curiosity: "Who is this person, his agent?"
Wei Zhen, vice president of Warner Bros. Pictures China, instantly looked a little bad: "That's the producer of Universal." Damn, did they get the first shot? No wonder Universal hasn't made a public offer, and thought they weren't interested in the series, but I didn't expect them to be contacted secretly, and they came specifically to declare sovereignty!"
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