"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm late!"

At around 19 o'clock, Chu Qing walked into a conference room quickly, didn't care about anything else, and apologized again and again. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"It's okay, we've just arrived. Has Xiao Chu eaten? ”

"I ate on the way, and I just came from the screening."

The interviewer was a woman, in her 50s, wearing black-rimmed glasses. This is Su Xiaowei, deputy director of the Film Script Center of the General Administration, and her husband is Huo Jianqi. Two Huabiao, two Golden Roosters, and one Hundred Flowers, is one of the screenwriters who has won the most honors in China.

The man sitting next to her is called Xia Gang, who is also a very senior director, who has filmed "Half of the Flame, Half of the Sea", "The Great Satan", and Chu Qing's favorite film "Cheers to the Past". There is a little girl named Liu Yan inside, and the beauty is thrilling.

As for the two opposites, one is in the cultural world and the other is in the media world, and they are not familiar with each other at all. And these five people are members of the jury of the Youth Film Project.

Chu Qing came in in a hurry, he didn't pay attention at first, and after sitting down, he found this pattern: a long table, two people on the left and right, deliberately reserved for the main seat.

He was suddenly embarrassed, the room was full of seniors, what was the matter with himself? But it's not good to get up, your ass is down, and it's inevitable to let it out again.

While he was struggling, Gu Xiaowei seemed to be aware of it, and said with a smile: "We didn't discuss it before, but now that everyone is together, shall we start?" ”

“……”

As soon as he heard the tone of this inquiry, he knew the attitude of the crowd, so he was not pretentious: "Okay, then let's start." ”

"Then I'll talk about it first."

Xia Gang didn't take the information, so he said: "We received a total of 512 scripts, 208 in the primary selection, 37 in the secondary selection, and 10 in the third selection. In fact, everyone already has an idea, so I will throw bricks and make my final list. ”

He paused and continued: "The first, "The Trail of the Wako", by Xu Haofeng. The structure of the script is very ordinary, and the story has no highlights, but its concept and fight design about martial arts, I think it is different from traditional movies, and it can be called a founding school. ”

Starting a sect, these four words are not unserious. The other four were silent for a moment, and the buddy from the media industry nodded first: "Agreed!" ”

"Agreed!" Chu Qing continued.

"Agreed!" Su Xiaowei also responded.

"Agreed!"

As a result, the first quota "The Trail of the Wakos" was unanimously approved.

"The second, "Liu Rushi".

Xia Gang continued: "I won't say much about the script, everyone is looking at it, I just want to say that with today's market environment, it is too rare for such a serious movie to appear." ”

"Heh......"

Everyone chuckled, this "serious" is, of course, a compliment. However, Su Xiaowei remained cautious and said: "This film has long had a master, it is a project done by Xinying and Changshu, if we choose it, is it too political?" ”

Xinying, the common name of the Central News Film Documentary Studio, is also a high-level institution, but its sense of existence was completely exploded by China Film. The purpose of their election is obvious, that is, to use the power of the Beijing Film Festival to earn some gimmicks and market cooperation.

The question raised by Su Xiaowei was very real, and several people had concerns, and they all looked at the main seat.

Chu Qing thought for a while and said, "It's really a good story, and they're going to shoot on film, this is probably our last batch of film films, and we should support it." As for the rest, they are selected according to the rules, and we have no reason to refuse...... I'm in favor of being selected! ”

"Agreed!" Xia Gang said.

"Agreed!" Said the media buddy.

"Agreed!" Cultural buddy said.

Su Xiaowei hesitated for two seconds, and said, "Agreed!" ”

"Okay, Mr. Xia, go on." Chu Qingdao.

Immediately, Xia Gang proposed three more, but unfortunately there were big differences and none of them were selected. There are a total of 10 scripts, and the good and bad are in their hearts, but they just need to reach a consensus.

Followed by Su Xiaowei, she lifted her glasses and said, "I won't explain, just say the names "The Trail of the Widows", "Border Storm", "Grandson from the United States", "Dark Light", "Love at this time". ”

“……”

The four old men were silent in an instant, Sister Su, you are hiding deep enough!

"Dark Light" tells the same-sex love story of an Israeli and a Palestinian.

"Love at This Time" tells the story of a pair of same-sex lovers in the United States who fight against intolerance and social concepts and laws to fight for the custody of a boy with intellectual disabilities.

There is a topic, there is depth, and there is a background of the times, but your serious rotten girl expression makes us very weird!

"Ahem, ahem!"

Chu Qing coughed lightly, pulled back everyone's attention, and said: "I think "Border Storm" is great, there has always been a lack of real police and bandit genre films in China, whether it is literature or commerce, and some are just main theme movies. This is a good breakthrough, and I support it. ”

"What to say about "Sun Tzu from America", the content is very good, but it lacks the kind of appeal that stirs up. I propose to put it aside as an alternative. ”

"As for the last two, I think "Love at This Time" is smoother."

Since the fund is open to emerging filmmakers from all over the world, it has received a lot of overseas scripts. The five of them try to be fair and just, but to be honest, their hearts are still a little more biased towards Chinese films.

Chinese films and overseas films are about 6:4 ratio.

After Chu Qing finished saying his opinion, everyone had no objection to "Border Storm", but it took a long time to work on the two gay films. It's not because the subject matter is sensitive, the jury is responsible for selecting the films and then throwing them into the incubation market. If a foreign company invests, it will pick up a good movie in vain; If domestic companies invest, they also get the opportunity for international cooperation -- they have no hope of entering the mainland market at all.

And the five debated for a long time, and finally chose "Love at This Time".

So far, 9 of the 10 scripts have been unveiled. When the third person spoke, he naturally brought it out: "My list is "Liu Rushi", "Border Storm", "The Trace of the Japanese Invaders", "White Winter", and "The Return of the Great Sage". ”

"White Winter" is a Norwegian movie, as mentioned by Xia Gang before, "The Return of the Great Sage" is an animated film.

The older generation of filmmakers is usually very conservative and rejects this and that, but Chu Qing's jury is very open. So as soon as "The Return of the Great Sage" came out, everyone's discussion point was not "cartoon", but its operability.

"Tian Xiaopeng, I know, in the past, CCTV's animated version of "Journey to the West", he participated. After so many years of silence, it is estimated that this is the case. ”

The buddy in the media industry shrugged his shoulders and said, "Our animation industry is far behind, and the overall box office is also very poor, and even if we pass, it will be difficult to find investors." Animation is a black hole, there is no limit to those who have money, and those who don't have money can make do. I heard that Tian Xiaopeng was very miserable, and he used all his millions to fill in the holes, and he also borrowed money from his wife, father-in-law, and mother-in-law...... Well, I'm not optimistic about it anyway. ”

Xia Gang retorted euphemistically, saying: "I don't know much about cartoons, it can be shortlisted because of the freshness of the idea." I think modern people, especially young people, need such an interpretation of classical classics. ”

"Then we can't deliberately trick people!" That dude said.

"Our job is to present a story, investment is a company's business, they have their choice, how can they be called a pit man?"

"But we are responsible for the follow-up, and if none of the scripts we choose can be operated, then what's the point? You said you were going to shoot the Chinese version of "Avatar", you were going to shoot the Chinese version of "Star Wars", okay, your book was written in a big way, but we couldn't achieve it at all, it was just a castle in the air! ”

As he spoke, the atmosphere became more and more stiff, and there was even a tendency to quarrel.

One adheres to the supremacy of the movie, and the other pays attention to the actual environment, both are right. And after half a ring, it's still the old way, and I look at someone with a brush.

Chu Qingte thought about it seriously for a long time, and said slowly: "Film is a genre industry, animation is one of them, and the audience is huge. Just because we're not good now doesn't mean we're bad in the future. We can't stop working hard for the future just because the present is not good. To put it bluntly, we do this to help new people grow. If "The Return of the Great Sage" can't find investment, I'll be responsible for it to the end. ”

When the words fell, he raised his hand: "I am in favor of being selected!" ”

“……”

Gu Xiaowei paused, shook his head and said, "I abstain!" ”

"I'm against it!" That buddy insisted.

"I abstain!" Another buddy said.

Finally, Xia Gang, he was more insistent and said, "I agree!" ”

……

After several hours of discussion, all five places were filled: "The Trail of the Wako", "Liu Rushi", "Border Storm", "The Return of the Great Sage", and "Love at this Time".

Chu Qing also didn't forget "White Winter", "Grandson from America" and "Dark Light", and decided to help promote it. Five places are too small and too fixed, and he already plans to apply to the organizers to be flexible in the next edition, such as 5-7, or 5-10.

Today is the 24th, two days after the opening of the Beijing Film Festival.

The progress of the Youth Film Project will be announced on the 26th, when emerging filmmakers from home and abroad will come together. In this link, the organizer did not interfere in the whole process, that was his stage. (To be continued.) )