After entering the venue, Zhang Ran took Matt Damon and the others to the first row, beckoned them to sit down, and then got up to greet the leaders of the provinces, cities, and the General Administration. It is difficult to succeed in running a film festival in China without the support of government departments and the General Administration, so it is very important to have a good relationship with government departments.

When the leaders present saw Zhang Ran coming, they also got up and chatted with him.

Recently, the leak of the source of "Future Apocalypse" has caused a lot of uproar, and the leaders present are also very concerned about it. Someone asked: "The source of "Future Apocalypse" was leaked, and it is said that the damage caused was quite large, how is it handled now?"

When it comes to the leakage of film sources, Zhang Ran seems a little helpless: "The peak of the century is defending rights, and many film sources on the Internet have been deleted, but it still can't stop the spread of piracy. We don't have a good way to do it, so we can only wait for the end of the film festival and re-cut a new version. ”

Cai Fuchao was a little surprised when he heard that Zhang Ran was going to re-edit, "Future Apocalypse" is not a literary film, there are a lot of special effects, and it takes time to make special effects, so he said: "There is only one month left, and I still have to do special effects, is it too late?"

Zhang Ran exhaled and nodded: "In addition to the leaked version of "Future Apocalypse", there is also a director's cut version of more than 230 minutes, which was originally prepared to be DVD, and the special effects of this version are completed, but there is no need to redo the special effects. In terms of time, it can definitely be completed. ”

Cai Fuchao heard that the release would not be delayed, nodded, and then looked at Tong Gang, director of the Film Bureau, and said: "After Zhang Ran and them are resubmitted for review, the Film Bureau will arrange for reiteration as soon as possible and do not delay the release of the film." ”

The Film Bureau has a good relationship with Zhang Ran, even if Cai Fuchao doesn't speak, the Film Bureau will organize a retrial as soon as possible. However, the leaders have spoken, and Tong Gang must say something: "Cai Bureau, Zhang Ran, after they are submitted for trial, we will immediately organize a retrial!"

After chatting with the leaders, Zhang Ran walked to the other guests and bumped into Cameron without taking two steps.

After a brief greeting, Cameron also mentioned the leak of the film and comforted: "It's a tragedy. But you don't have to worry too much, many of those who watch pirated copies will not spend money to enter the cinema in the first place, and a good movie can attract the audience to enter the cinema many times, I believe that "Future Apocalypse" will be good at the box office!"

Zhang Ran nodded slightly and said: "I think so too, just like "Titanic" has been released in China for 14 years, and the recent re-release has achieved a box office of 1.2 billion, this is the charm of a good movie!"

When Cameron heard Zhang Ran mention the 3D version of "Titanic", he immediately hit the snake with a stick: "In addition to the movie itself, the 3D version of "Titanic" can be so successful in China, largely because of 3D. If Future Apocalypse were in 3D, it would be much better. Even if there are many people who watch pirated copies, watching 3D in the cinema and watching DVDs at home are completely two different effects, and they will still end up in the cinema. ”

The corners of Zhang Ran's mouth twitched, Lao Ka, Lao Ka, I thought you were here to comfort me, it turned out that it was just to promote 3D equipment.

After chatting with Cameron for a few words, Zhang Ran went to greet the other guests. There were too many acquaintances at the scene, Zhang Ran walked around twice, and the time was about the same.

The lights dimmed, and then the big screen on the stage lit up. What appeared on the screen was a moon with a human face, smiling slightly, and suddenly a cannonball hit the moon's left eye, and the moon's expression became aggrieved.

Many of the audience will smile, knowing that this is the shot of "A Journey to the Moon" filmed by Méliès in 1902, and it is also an eternal classic moment in film history. "A Journey to the Moon" is a 21-minute film that far exceeds other films of the same period and is also the world's first science fiction film.

After the footage of "Journey to the Moon", classic shots of science fiction and fantasy works such as "Northfaratu", "Metropolis" and "Doctor Incarnate" have appeared; In addition, Lin Zhengying's "Mr. Zombie", Tsui Hark's "The Legend of Shushan", "A Chinese Ghost Story" and other classic films of Hong Kong have also appeared.

The last film to appear on the big screen was Hugo, a film released last year as a work by Scorsese and his tribute to Méliès and his films.

After the footage of "Hugo", two Chinese characters "future" appear on the big screen, as well as a string of ellipses.

In the warm applause, the lights of the Dingjun Mountain Hall were lit up, and the hosts Dong Qing and Wu Dawei appeared on the stage.

After the opening remarks, Dong Qing introduced the leaders present today, and then said: "Next, I would like to invite Mr. Xu Liquan, Mayor of Lin'an City and Chairman of the Organizing Committee of Lin'an Fantasy Film Festival, to give us a welcome speech at the opening ceremony of this film festival. ”

In the applause, Xu Liquan slowly stepped onto the stage and said passionately: "Film is an important carrier of cultural exchanges between different countries and nationalities in the world, and the development of the film industry is inseparable from international exchanges and cooperation. ”

Immediately afterwards, Cai Fuchao took the stage to deliver a speech, in which he said: "Lin'an film is rich in creative resources, has a strong industrial foundation, and is very active in the market. The Lin'an Fantasy Film Festival has opened a window for the world to understand and appreciate Chinese film culture, and built a broad stage for exchanges and cooperation among filmmakers from all over the world. ”

After Cai Fuchao's speech, Dong Qing looked at the audience who came off the stage, smiled and raised his voice: "The next stage is a representative of Chinese cinema and the founder of the Lin'an Fantasy Film Festival, please invite the famous director Mr. Zhang Ran to deliver a speech!"

Facing the stormy applause, Zhang Ran stepped onto the stage. Facing the audience of filmmakers from all over the world, he was a little emotional, and said: "Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, friends: good evening! In recent months, people have often asked me, when did you come up with the idea of doing a fantasy film festival? In fact, the idea was first born in 02, when we went to Belgium to participate in the Brussels Fantastic Film Festival, and there were zombies, vampires, and Werewolves and the like can be seen everywhere, which is very fun, and I thought at the time that we would have a film festival like this in China. Of course, at that time, I just thought about it, after all, I was just a rookie director who had just debuted, and I didn't have any big ambitions. At that time, the biggest idea was to become a well-known director and make more money. ”

The audience chuckled, sounding like a philistine, but very real.

Zhang Ran lowered his head slightly, as if recalling: "The real idea of doing a fantasy film festival should be in 04, when the school's dean Zhang Huijun asked me to be in charge of the program of the Asian Film Academy. When I was making the plan, I thought of the industrial chain, the industrial base, then the film festival, and finally the fantasy film festival.

For a long time, I hope that through the Lin'an Fantasy Film Festival, Asian film students and young domestic commercial film directors will have a stage to show themselves, and at the same time, I also hope to change the contempt of domestic critics and academics for commercial films. Because the biggest problem of Chinese films is the problem of concept, the contempt for commercial films, and this problem is still serious.

However, the idea is still too small now, and now we hope to turn the Lin'an Film Festival into a platform for Chinese and foreign filmmakers to communicate and grow. Chinese films lack excellent commercial film directors and film technical talents, although Asia Film and Nortel are cultivating talents, but they are still too slow. Nortel has 3,400 students a year, and Asia Film has less than 100 students, while the shortage of Chinese film talents is more than 100,000.

And in Europe and the United States, especially in the United States, there is a surplus of film talent. For example, Ang Lee spent six years in the United States, but he never got a chance, and finally came back to Taiwan to stand out. Ang Lee finally came out, but there are still many filmmakers as good as Ang Lee who finally failed to come out and were buried. The same is true for film technicians, many good technicians don't get good jobs, and in addition, some good directors have a hard time getting a chance to make a film after a certain movie is smashed. We hope to attract these talents, including outstanding filmmakers from Asia, to China, and at the same time, we hope to discover more young Chinese and foreign directors through this platform and support them!"

When Cameron in the audience heard this, his body shook slightly.

Zhang Ran looked up at the guests in the audience and said with a bright smile: "Standing here now, I am very happy to see so many filmmakers from all over the world cheering, and I feel that my dream has come true." This is the first edition of the festival, and there are definitely shortcomings, but anyway we have a good start, and that's the most important thing! That's all I have to say, I wish you all good health and success in your work! Thank you!"

After a brief silence, Zhang Ran's students stood up, the filmmakers who were present stood up, the reporters who were present stood up, and finally even the leaders who were present stood up. They looked up at Zhang Ran on the stage, doing the same movement in their hands and clapping vigorously.

For Zhang Ran, you can dislike his films, disagree with his views, or even hate this person, but you can't disrespect him, because he has changed Chinese films through his own efforts, and he is also changing the pattern of world cinema.

While applauding, Cameron whispered to his partner Vince Pace: "The China headquarters of Cameron Pace Group is located in Lin'an!"

In order to shoot "Avatar", Cameron and Vince Pace developed a new digital photography system for the film, which cost tens of millions. In order to recoup their investment, Cameron and they went around promoting the system after the movie was released. Last year, Cameron and Pace co-founded the Cameron Pace Group and started a 3D business.

The popularity of "Avatar" and "Titanic" 3D in China made Cameron and Pace realize that China may be the most important 3D market in the world, so in addition to talking to Zhang Ran about co-producing "Avatar 2", another important purpose is to find partners in China and establish a joint venture company, so that Cameron Pace Group can settle in China.

Before Pace and Cameron came, they thought it would be better to cooperate with China Film Group and settle in or around Beiping, after all, China Film is the son of the General Administration, and Beiping is the center of Chinese film.

Now suddenly hearing that Cameron was going to let the group settle in Lin'an, Vince Pace couldn't help asking, "Are you sure?"

Cameron affirmed: "Hollywood's big six studios are now investing mainly in high-concept or superhero films with budgets of more than $100 million, resulting in a decline in the number of films actually being made, and many medium-sized films that are both artistic and commercial are being put on hold." China has money and a market, but there is a lack of good projects and talents, so these film projects, as well as many young directors who do not have the support of big companies or producers, will defect to the Chinese market. In the future, it will become another center of world cinema outside of Hollywood!"