Chapter 580: Busan
In the past, Zhang Ran didn't like actors like Tang Yan very much, and he simply had a physiological dislike for actors who were not serious about acting, but now Dongyang fans and Liu Tianxian have become his students, and they have no prejudices against Western Tang Yan; And he feels more and more that this is not just a problem for actors, but a problem for the entire industry. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Zhang Ran looked at the young Tang Yan and smiled, "I'm glad to see you." There are a lot of beautiful girls and handsome guys in our country, but there are too few opportunities, and it's a good thing to be able to come out and walk more!" He noticed a middle-aged man with glasses standing next to Gao Hang and Tang Yan, so he stretched out his hand and said, "Director Zhang Jiarui, hello!"
Zhang Jiarui shook hands with Zhang Ran: "Director Zhang, hello, I didn't expect to meet you on the plane." This is going to the Asian Film Academy Awards, right?"
Zhang Ran smiled: "Yes, although the South Korean side is in charge this time, you must come over to take a look, you are here to participate in the exhibition, right?"
Zhang Jiarui nodded: "Take "Aromatic Journey" to participate in the screening of the Asian Wind unit. Mr. Kim Dong-ho, the chairman of the film festival, liked this movie very much, so we pushed off other film festivals and came here. ”
Hearing "Aromatic Journey" Zhang Ran smiled, he remembered that in the previous life, Zhang Jingchu seemed to have won the Cairo Film Festival with this movie, but now the protagonist has been replaced by Jiang Yan, I don't know if I can still win the award.
But fate is really wonderful, in the previous life, Zhang Jingchu pressed on it, Jiang Yan did almost nothing in the movie, and in this life, she first became a hit because of "Peacock", and then participated in films such as "Seven Swords" and "Flower Waist Bride", and now her momentum is not inferior to Fan Binbin.
Zhang Ran said: "I have read the script of "Aromatic Journey", it is a civilian epic, Jingchu originally wanted to act, but unfortunately there is no schedule. When the film is screened, as long as there is no other arrangement, I will definitely support it. He asked again: "Why did you cooperate with Gao Hang, this kid, and Tang Yan in the future?"
Zhang Jiarui smiled and waved his hand: "I recommended them to participate in the Asian Rising Star Promotion Activity of the Busan Film Festival, the two of them have great potential among domestic newcomers, their image and temperament are very outstanding, and they are recommended to the mainstream Korean film market, which can reflect the strength of my country's new generation of actors." ”
Zhang Ran has always felt that Nortel has many good seedlings in Chinese opera, which is much stronger than that of Korean plastic surgery, but it lacks a stage and the necessary packaging, and it is a good thing to be able to push them out. He suddenly remembered that there was no Best Newcomer at this Asian Film Awards, and felt that this award could be increased next year and more opportunities for young people: "We should push our own actors outward, South Korea works hard to promote their stars, the entire Korean Wave is actually driven by the government behind it!" He looked at Gao Hang and Tang Yan and said: "If you don't have any activities in the past two days, just mix with me, I'll take you to get to know more people!"
Tang Yan was overjoyed when he heard this, Zhang Ran knew all the big directors and big producers, and he was introduced, but it was a good opportunity to expand his contacts, so he hurriedly bowed down to express his gratitude. Gao Hang took Zhang Ran's arm and said, "Teacher Zhang, I am very sorry that I didn't perform "Tangshan Earthquake" this time, you must take me next time!"
Zhang Ran is definitely willing to give his students a chance: "If there is a suitable role, it will definitely be brought!"
After a brief chat, Zhang Jiarui and the others went back to their places, while Zhang Ran closed his eyes and rested.
At 11 o'clock in the morning, the plane landed at Busan Airport, and Zhang Ran and his party got off the plane and walked forward.
At this time, at the exit of the hall on the first floor, a large number of fans who came to support the news formed a phalanx, surrounding the entire Busan Airport, a group of excited young people chattering, hearing the flight notice on the radio, many people immediately took out pens and notebooks from their pockets, and looked into the hall for a while.
When Zhang Ran and the others came out, the crowd suddenly erupted into a loud and uniform shout: "Zhang Ran! Zhang Ran!"
Three or four hundred people lined up in a neat phalanx, shouting in unison, almost like an army about to go on an expedition.
Tang Yan was simply stupid: "You Teacher Zhang are so popular, such a welcome to him is completely the treatment of a big star!"
Gao Hang was also taken aback: "This situation is really scary, but it's not surprising, Teacher Zhang has a good image and money, if I am a girl, I will also fan him!"
Zhang Ran looked at the hundreds of fans who shouted their names loudly, and was quite surprised in his heart, Korean fans are indeed professional, not to mention the decibel size of the shouts, just looking at that set of routines is enough. Everyone has a balloon, a cheering card with Zhang Ran's name written on it, a movie poster, etc., this set of outfits is lit up, and you can immediately judge who is cheering for you.
In the face of such enthusiastic fans, Zhang Ran was quite moved, walked up, shook hands with fans, took pictures, and thanked everyone for their support. After tossing for nearly half an hour, he walked into the VIP tunnel and got into the car sent by the film festival.
The Busan Film Festival is a B-category film festival and is a competition film festival dedicated to Asian films. The original purpose of the event was to promote the development of the Korean film industry, to discover new talents and new works, and to provide a broader platform for Asian films to go global. However, with the rapid rise of Korean cinema in recent years, the Busan Film Festival has become more and more influential.
This year, there are a lot of Chinese films participating in the Busan Film Festival, and there are 11 Chinese films screened in the Asian Cinema Window section, and even more with other promotional films.
However, Zhang Ran didn't have the idea of meeting with anyone or talking to anyone, except for Xu Anhua, the level of other directors was like that, and he was not interested in talking at all. Of course, he just didn't have time to talk to someone, and as soon as he settled down, Park Chan-wook came knocking on the door.
When Park Chan-wook first arrived in Beiping, Zhang Ran arranged everything properly, and now that Zhang Ran is coming to South Korea, he must do his best to be a landlord, ready to take Zhang Ran around, and then take him to eat abalone banquet and taste Korean super abalone.
However, Zhang Ran has been making movies and participating in the work of the Olympic Games recently, and he is so busy that his bones are about to fall apart, and he has no interest in visiting at all, so it is recommended to find a place to sit down and chat.
Park Chan-wook took Zhang Ran to a nearby snack street. The success of the Busan Film Festival has led to the economic prosperity of Haeundae, and a special snack village has sprung up near the venue, where almost all the film crew, actors, and directors who come to participate in the Busan Film Festival enjoy eating and chatting about movies.
As soon as he entered the snack street, Zhang Ran smelled a strong aroma. Both sides of the street are lined with stalls selling squid, crab, octopus and other food, and many filmmakers sit on the roadside while eating and drinking.
Zhang Ran and Park Chan-wook chose a home casually, ordered some food, and then chatted while eating. Compared with a solemn drinking party, Zhang Ran prefers the feeling of this roadside stall, which makes him feel very relaxed.
was chatting, Zhang Ran felt that there were eyes watching him, and when he looked up, it was Zhou Xun. She was pretty and cute in a black jacket and black shorts, and she was surrounded by a chubby woman. He said with a straight face: "What, don't you know?"
Zhou Xun wanted to come over to say hello to Zhang Ran, but now Huayi is on the same page as the world's peak, and she is a Huayi person, so she is afraid that she will be bored if she comes. Now when she heard Zhang Ran say this, she knew that Zhang Ran didn't blame herself for this, so she laughed. She said hello to the woman next to her and walked over together.
After greetings, Zhang Ran learned that it was Ou Xueer, the director of "Mingming", who came with Zhou Xun, and she and Zhou Xun came to Busan to promote this movie. Zhang Ran hasn't seen "Mingming", but he still remembers the complaint about this movie in "The Tenth Screening Room", as a completely commercially failed film, it also set a new record of bad films artistically, if the sea level is used as the average level, then this film is a bottomless abyss.
After chatting for a while, Zhou Xun asked, "What about Jingchu, she didn't come with you?"
Zhang Ran said with a smile: "I didn't come, she has to prepare for "Tangshan Earthquake", and then her heavy scene is more difficult to film, and in her words, she must remain independent, so as not to follow me!" Then he reminded: "You must come to the award ceremony the night after tomorrow, otherwise I will turn my face!"
Only then did Zhou Xun find that Zhang Ran had not changed at all, and he still loved to joke like he did when he filmed "Time and Space Warrior", and admitted with a smile: "Promise Chairman Mao!"
Zhou Xun originally planned to attend, after all, "If Love" was nominated for Best Actress at the Asian Film Academy Awards, which is an opportunity to promote himself overseas, and this time the opponent is much stronger than the opponents of the Golden Rooster and Golden Horse Awards, and the best actress is selected from the whole of Asia, if she can win the award, it will be a huge honor.
In addition to Zhou Xun, the heroines of this Asian Film Academy Awards also include Kim Yaqin, the heroine of "The Two of Us", who won the Tokyo Film Festival and the Golden Rooster Awards, Jeon Do-yeon, the heroine of "You Are My Destiny", who was nominated for many nominations in South Korea and won the Film Daejong Award, Lee Young-ae, the heroine of "Kind Gold", who won the South Korean Blue Dragon Award, and Miki Nakatani, the heroine of "The Life of the Disgusted Matsuko". Each of these five performances has the strength to win awards.
Zhou Xun chatted with Ou Xueer for a while and left, Zhang Ran and Park Chan-wook chatted until six o'clock in the afternoon, then went back to the hotel, changed into a dress and went to the evening cocktail party.
Although the Busan Film Festival is not as exaggerated as the three major film festivals, there are no less than 100 receptions, but there are also various receptions during the period, including the official reception of the film festival, and the reception held by the film producer, which often has a relatively fixed name, "French Night", "Asian Night" and so on.
The evening reception was held at the Paradise Hotel, an Asian Film Night cocktail party organized by the Organizing Committee of the Film Festival, which hosted more than 100 filmmakers from all over the world. There are also many celebrities who come to cheer, among which there are many female stars, all dressed in fancy clothes, like groups of butterflies flying around in the crowd.
At eight o'clock in the evening, Kim Donghu, the chairman of the festival, rescued Zhang Ran from the encirclement of Korean actresses and told him that it was time to go on stage to accept the award. Zhang Ran said sorry and followed Jin Donghu to the stage.
Zhang Ran won the "2006 Asian Filmmaker Award", which annually selects filmmakers who have made outstanding contributions to the development of the Asian film industry and culture. Zhang Ran was awarded this year's Asian Filmmaker Award for funding and organizing the Asian Film Academy, which gave many young Asian filmmakers the opportunity to learn and get in touch with the Hollywood film industry.
When Zhang Ran received the trophy from Jin Donghu, many film practitioners in the audience collectively stood up and gave their applause.
Although he has won numerous awards, Zhang Ran is still very excited, at least this is an affirmation of his efforts. He took a breath and said: "I'm very happy to win this award, before today, I thought that I had won the award as a director, an actor, and a producer." But this time, I won the award as a school teacher, which has a special meaning for me. The Asian Film Academy could not be run without the support of many people, such as director Park Chan-wook of South Korea, and many others, although they did not stand here today like me and get applause, but now I applaud those of you who have worked the stage! Thank you!"
The audience applauded like thunder.