In 1971, a Dutchman named Hibbert Bals founded the festival in his hometown of Rotterdam. In '88, when Bars died, the festival set up a fund in his name: Hubertba1sFund, or HBF for short.

HBF is funded by the government, sponsors, box office, and of course, the government. Because the Dutch use it as a cultural façade, to brush up on international impression scores.

This fund only supports the film industry in those countries where it is developing. Moreover, compared with other European funds, such as France's South Fund and Germany's World Film Fund, HBF is the one with the fewest conditions, the lowest threshold, and the most philanthropy.

The first director in the world to receive funding from this fund is called Chen Kaige. It was not until more than two decades that it funded more than 6oo projects, and the influence of the Rotterdam Film Festival continued to grow, and it can be said that HBF played a considerable role.

Lou Ye knew about this fund, but he didn't know much about it. He had a friend who was planning to make a movie and had been struggling for money for a long time, so he met Gewen when he talked about it, so he asked by the way.

"Of course not, we have two applications a year, the first time is during the festival." Ge Wen wiped his mouth and smiled: "If you want to apply, you'd better do your best, because we have until the day before closing." ”

"What are the requirements for the application?" Lou Ye asked again.

Ge Wen ate quickly, and the small handful of food in front of him had been wiped out, and seeing that there was still a little time, he simply gave him a general introduction: "The conditions are very simple, you only need to provide a complete English script and shooting plan." If the review is passed, we will provide a subsidy of 10,000 to 50,000 US dollars, depending on the stage of the system. ”

Lou Ye nodded, knowing in his heart, and stopped asking.

Chu Qing didn't care about it, but he heard that there were $50,000. Immediately excited, Baba asked, "That, can anyone apply?" ”

"Oh, of course, as long as your script is up to par." Ge Wen smiled and added: "If you have a script now, you can give it to me directly." ”

"Ah, thanks, not yet, I'll ask." Chu Qing blinked.

“ok。 It's time for me to go, it's nice to have lunch with you guys, and I'll see you on the closing day. Gwen settled the bill and picked up his purse.

Several people got up and sent him off, watching him go out, Lou Ye said curiously: "What's the matter, Qingzi, do you want to change your career to become a director?" "He knows the virtue of this goods, and he has always automatically blocked things that he is not interested in. I took the initiative to ask just now, and I must have some idea.

"No, what kind of director am I supposed to be, it's my girlfriend." Chu Qing hadn't forgotten to order another pancake. said: "She just signed a film, and the director is poor, and I don't know when I will be able to get together the money." I totaled the dollars that foreigners gave for nothing. If you encounter a good one, try it, in case you get through, she doesn't have to sell the house. ”

"And what's the director's name?"

"Li Yu."

Lou Ye sounded slightly familiar. And then asked, "What did she shoot?" ”

"I don't know, I used to say that I was filming a documentary on CCTV, but I quit my job."

"Oh, I remember." Lou Ye suddenly said: "I also watched one of her documentaries called "Sister", a very delicate and powerful person, and finally couldn't bear it." ”

Chu Qingle was happy and said, "Why is your circle so small?" I said one and you know each other? ”

"I can't talk about acquaintance, I haven't met, I've heard of it." Lou Ye cut another piece of small cheese, and after eating three pieces, she was not afraid of becoming a black fat man, and said: "Many of us are like this, I have only heard of it, like Jia Zhangke, I have never seen it, but I have admired the name for a long time." ”

"A big name with a wool, a small man with small eyes, and a smell of old vinegar." Chu Qing didn't save face for Lao Jia at all, and said with a smile: "Why don't you go to Zhang Luo Zhang Luo another day, let's get together?" ”

"That's good, I'll call Zhang Yuan and them too."

Lou Ye, Zhang Yuan, Wang Xiaoshuai, and Lu Xuechang are classmates, and they are all in the 85th class of Beiying. Jia Zhangke has only met Wang Xiaoshuai once, and no one else knows him.

Chu Qing was not an ignorant rookie at the beginning, he knew a little bit about their battle history, and couldn't help licking his lips. Good guys, if these people get together, plus Lu Le, and the half-tone Li Yu, what kind of situation will it be?

If you don't get banned from making movies, will you be a dead star conference?

Condole!

…………

Li Yu has always felt that his luck is good enough.

At the age of sixteen, she was able to work as a host on a municipal TV station, and after a few years of training, she didn't want to do it anymore, and she didn't encounter any major difficulties when she went to Beijing by herself. Later, he joined CCTV, made documentaries, and won several awards, which is well-known in the industry.

Anyway, from childhood to adulthood, she can do whatever she wants. It wasn't until she habitually tossed again, overturned her previous life, and started a movie.

At this point, it may be that the early character consumption is too great, and her luck seems to have come to an end. This film has been in preparation since the beginning of last year, and it has been running around for more than a year, with insufficient funds, not enough actors, and nothing has been completed, it is simply a mess.

Although she is quite hardworking, she doesn't even blink an eye when she sells the house, but sometimes she is a little depressed and thinks wildly, maybe she really doesn't have the life to make movies.

And this qiē, starting from hitting Chu Qing, is different again.

Li Yu felt that good luck had returned, first he found his muse, and then this guy came with news from the Netherlands, saying that he was going to apply for a fund, and if he passed Guò, he could get 50,000 US dollars.

After all, the circles of documentaries and movies are different, especially for her who is used to enjoying happiness in the domestic system, CCTV wants to make something, but she is still short of money?

She has never suffered from lack of money at all, and now she is doing it alone, which is really a bit blind. The concept of overseas film funds is too foreign and distant to her, and she has never thought of taking this route.

So when Li Yu first received Chu Qing's call, he was still very confused, and under his repeated urging, he finally understood what he had to do immediately: get an English script in two days.

Li Yu went crazy after hearing this, she wanted to get the money more than anyone else, threw away all the bad things at hand, and hurriedly devoted herself to this work. Her English is relatively scummy, and it is even more difficult to translate the text, so she has to ask her former CCTV colleagues for help. Those who are mixed in the foreign language channel are all great gods, and several people have worked hard for a day and a night. The translation of sentences and sentences was then sorted out three times, trying to be beautiful and rigorous on the basis of maintaining smoothness.

Originally, she wanted to fax internationally, how much did Nimana get! Chu Qing couldn't see this kind of loser behavior the most, so she registered two email addresses and exchanged ideas.

In other words, most areas of the country are still in the primitive state of dial-up Internet access......

It was quite easy on her side, but Chu Qing was very miserable and ran all over the film festival venues. I finally got a computer. When I got the script, there were still three days before the end of the film festival, and I barely had time.

At the same time, Lou Ye also brought the news to his friend, but unfortunately that buddy was too unresolute and could not compare to Li Yu's manly attributes, so he had already given up filming.

She sent over two scripts in Chinese and English, and Lou Ye also took the opportunity to flip through it, saying that she had foreseen that it would be a good movie.

The first film with a same-sex theme in China. It's Zhang Yuan's "East Palace and West Palace", but it's a man, and this one is a woman. Director Lou is not very keen on this kind of theme, he is more interested in the ambiguity between men and women. But that didn't stop him from appreciating the script.

Ge Wen was busy with the closing matter, and Chu Qing was embarrassed to disturb others for his private affairs, so he thought about following the normal procedure. Accompanied by Lou Ye and the translator, the two arrived at the HBF office. Also in this small area, there are two rooms with plain white walls. It's like a public toilet from a distance.

The girl in charge of the reception was very surprised, and there were still people who came to deliver the script so late, usually just after the opening of the film festival, or even a few days in advance, and handed it in. After all, the judges have to review them one by one, and if there are too many scripts, the energy will inevitably be limited, and it is always advantageous to submit them first than later.

The little girl explained the materials she still needed, and Chu Qing went to take photos and copy identity information. Seriously, if it weren't for his girlfriend's appearance, he would have quit doing it a long time ago, and with his kind of lazy personality that he didn't want to live, he would take the initiative to take this matter when he was full.

In the front hall, Chu Qing was grinding and chirping to fill out an application form, all in English, not only couldn't read it, but it was even more sad to write. Translate the teaching letter by letter, and in the end I really feel tired, so I simply pull it over and brush it a few times to help him fill it in.

"I'm sorry sir, your information does not meet the standards, please write a new one." The girl grinned.

"Which one doesn't match?"

"You see, the name of the applicant and the name of the contact person should be the same." She pointed to a place and said, "And you didn't fill in the identity column." ”

"The applicant, the contact person, the photo and the identity information are all the same person, in order to avoid the problem of fraudulent funds, our staff will also follow up the filming progress of the film at any time, if the reality and the information are inconsistent, we have the right to recover the funds and pursue legal responsibility." The girl explained further.

Chu Qing scratched his head, thinking about it, people are not stupid, they don't even have an evaluation mechanism, and they will give you tens of thousands of dollars casually.

In the contact column, Li Yu is filled, because he didn't think he was a hero, oh, I brought you money, what do I have to do. As soon as he borrowed flowers to offer Buddha, 50,000 or 100,000 yuan could not fall into his own hands.

Hearing what the girl said, Chu Qing was more worried, but it was easier to change anything else, it was the identity column, how to fill it in? People come to apply either as a director or a producer, what does he write, the actor's family?

Don't be funny!

There was no way, Chu Qing called Li Yu again and roughly explained the situation.

Li Yu thought for a while and said, "You can write the producer." ”

"Huh?" This thing was really frightened, and asked uncertainly, "You said me?" ”

"That's right, this is the money you brought in, and you should be a producer." Li Yu said as a matter of course.

Chu Qing hurriedly said: "No, no, I'm just piggybacking, I didn't help much, and I don't know if I can get through guò." ”

"Hey, okay, if you don't write it, then the money will be even more useless, so don't apply for it at all. Anyway, you can do it, that's it, I'm hanging! Li Yu didn't give him a chance to refuse at all, and Lisuo disappeared.

He forced a face and glanced at Lou Ye, Lou Ye smiled: "What do you think I'm doing?" You became a producer at such a young age, and your future is limitless, maybe I will have to ask you for investment in filming in the future. ”

Chu Qing rolled his eyes, let's play with eggs, I have to get a mortgage to buy a house, and I have to invest in wool!

I had no choice but to write the word producer in that column. In his eyes, he has no concept at all, and he knows that he is in charge of logistics, which may be similar to delivering a boxed lunch......

At this time, Li Yu, who was far away in the capital, was also very excited when he hung up the phone, of course, because the funds may have been settled. But more importantly, she has a hunch that tying these two people to her car and making sure that she doesn't lose money must be a good deal! (To be continued......)

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