At the beginning, Chen Jinyu didn't expect that things would develop to this extent.

Even if you don't have any hope for investment or something, you just use the money you have saved to fulfill your dreams.

Sending an invitation to Liu Baofeng is also the mentality of giving it a try.

But I didn't expect the other party to really agree.

doesn't care about the salary or anything, and even has his own plans to invest in him.

Although it was later discovered that his money was actually not very much, it seemed that the money needed for this movie was still not enough.

finally found the company he worked for, and it was also the director Chen Jinyu had always felt very far away from him, Xu Ji.

With a nervous mentality, I originally thought that Xu Ji should not agree.

In the end, not only did he agree, but he also successfully signed a contract with Tongji Entertainment, and got a new script that Xu Ji claimed to help revise, but it was completely different.

It was also through this incident that Chen Jinyu gained an understanding of Xu Ji's ability.

Obviously, it was only one day, but Xu Ji wrote such a story.

crushes his original script in all aspects, and the only thing that may be the same is the background and scene of the times.

It is equivalent to Xu Ji finding inspiration from himself, but it is only inspiration.

This made Chen Jinyu actually start to have self-doubts about himself, Xu Ji is a professional screenwriter, and there is really a big gap between him and him.

It wasn't until Liu Baofeng took the initiative to comfort him after finding out that Xu Ji was different from other screenwriters in the industry.

Many people in the entertainment industry use monsters to describe Xu Ji, and it's not for no reason.

God eats food, who knows how the other party's brain grows.

However, although he was relieved and planned to make this movie well, it was difficult for Chen Jinyu to add his name to the screenwriter column.

This story was written by Xu Ji, and it doesn't have much to do with him.

Although Xu Ji and others had no opinion on this, Chen Jinyu couldn't pass his own level.

Fortunately, he is still the director of this movie, and Xu Ji did not leave him alone.

Otherwise, there is really no need for him to make this movie, a director who has no directing experience and is a truck driver.

Later, when filming, with the people given by Tongji Entertainment, the formation of the crew was very smooth, although Chen Jinyu had no experience in many things, he did learn quite a lot of theories by himself.

And he does have some talent in directing the job, and the final shooting went quite smoothly.

It's just that the investment in this movie is not big, except for Liu Baofeng, the other actors are actually newcomers who don't have any fame.

Even some characters are not professional actors directly, and they are complete amateurs.

But in the movie, he is actually playing himself, but it doesn't seem very disobedient.

The editing in the later stage was also quite smooth, and according to the script and some storyboards given by Xu Ji, this small-budget movie that didn't even pay much attention to was born.

In the middle, Xu Ji, the screenwriter, actually didn't ask much about the filming process.

Chen Jinyu was also embarrassed to trouble Xu Ji, and he also wanted to prove himself, he was groping alone, or learning from the assistant director of the crew.

"Brother Chen, your clothes are not good!"

"Don't be afraid to spend money, buy something better!"

"When we go to the Shanghai International Film Festival this time, when we meet international friends or something, don't be looked down upon by others."

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Liu Baofeng and Chen Jinyu live in a hotel in Shanghai.

Although Liu Baofeng looks like a person who has come over, he actually has little experience.

He became popular because of the filming of "Soldier Assault" and directly became a front-line actor.

But in the final analysis, Liu Baofeng only said it when he was a group performer, when he heard others brag.

Although there were many program invitations in the follow-up, Liu Baofeng did not accept them.

It's not because he doesn't want to go, the appearance fee given by those variety shows is still very high, and Tongji Entertainment's commission is not much, and most of them can go into his pocket.

But because other actors under Tongji Entertainment disdain to take on these shows.

Even mentioned this incident by chance, Ji Yiyang still scoffed at these variety shows and looked down on them.

Saying that actors should think about acting well, participating in variety shows can take shortcuts, but it will not help their careers in any way, but it will affect the image of actors.

didn't mention money or anything, as if the matter of money was not in Ji Yiyang's consideration.

Of course, Liu Baofeng didn't know that Ji Yiyang was actually the son-in-law of Tianwu, one of the three major entertainments, so he was naturally not short of money.

On the contrary, it was Liu Baofeng, because he was still an amateur when he was in "Soldier Assault", although he was the leading actor, the salary he got was actually not very high. (In his own opinion, it was already astronomical.) ）

Therefore, the 2,000 yuan suit that Liu Baofeng himself wore was already quite a lot of money in his opinion.

"Huh?"

"I see."

Chen Jinyu opened his mouth and agreed.

《hello！ The movie "Mr. Tree" itself is a literary film, not to mention whether it can be successfully screened, but even if it is released, it is estimated that it will not get a high box office.

Therefore, the best way to obtain recognition is now the major film festivals.

For example, these film festivals are actually a little different from the traditional three major film awards.

The three major film awards will consider more about the box office of the film itself, as well as the related impact.

But most of the film festivals are a paradise for literary films, and films with a slightly heavier commercial flavor may be eliminated.

For example, the film festival with the most influence in China at present, in addition to the international film festival in Shanghai, there is also the film festival in Hong Kong City.

Finally, the slightly weaker one is the Beijing Film Festival.

Others are relatively small in scale, in fact, there are not many people who pay attention, most of them are sponsored by some companies with a lot of money to entertain themselves.

And participating in this Shanghai International Film Festival is Liu Baofeng's idea.

Xu Ji didn't pay much attention to it, but he agreed directly after listening to it.

Although Liu Baofeng has not experienced a lot, he knows a lot of news in various circles when he performs in the group.

I also know how important it is to be able to win one or two awards at the Shanghai International Film Festival to make the film known.

However, Liu Baofeng himself actually has no bottom, after all, it seems to be a little difficult for him to win the award.

Not to mention Chen Jinyu, as a halfway director, he still needs certain achievements and achievements to help build confidence.

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Xu Ji actually received an invitation from the Shanghai International Film Festival, of course, it wasn't "Wushuang" that was shortlisted or anything.

Rather, he participated as one of the award presenters.

With his current popularity and achievements, it is indeed qualified to be a guest.

However, Xu declined, "Infernal Affairs" is in intense preparation, and filming is about to start, so I can't spare this time.

Chen Jinyu and Liu Baofeng can be invited, which actually means that "hello! Mr. Tree was shortlisted.

In addition to Best Director and Best Film, which represent one of the highest awards in the main competition, it was also shortlisted for two awards: Best Actor in a Media Channel and New Director.

The first three days are actually the screening of the movie.

Chen Jinyu and Liu Baofeng both stayed in the theater where their movies were screened, and went up to say a few words at the beginning and end of the film.

About three shows a day.

In terms of popularity, it is naturally not as good as the works of some other big directors at the film festival.

However, it is estimated that I saw Liu Baofeng on the poster, so there are not only a few audiences in each show.

But at most, it still failed to fill the theater, and it was only halfway through.

Even if it is a literary film, it still has a very loyal audience.

Many of these people work as film critics or simply hobbyists.

But the directors and actors of literary films in the circle are also relatively famous.

Chen Jinyu is obviously a rather unfamiliar name.

In terms of lack of popularity, it is obvious that Chen Jinyu doesn't care very much.

After each screening, he paid close attention to the audience's evaluation of the film.

What gave him some comfort was that until the end of the first day, it was basically all praise and no bad reviews were heard.

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Sang Shaolong: In previous years, the Shanghai Film Festival actually participated as an audience.

But this year is different, since he made the video of Xianjian Er, his number of fans has begun to soar, and now there is a vague trend of becoming the first brother in the film and television area of station G.

actually got one of the few self-media that can be invited to participate in the film festival.

Of course, Sang Shaolong didn't feel much.

Now he doesn't need to prove himself in such a way, and his father, who once opposed him being a full-time UP master, has now become fully supportive.

After all, the money he sent back to his family was real.

But it's a good opportunity for a water video.

Sang Shaolong is also actively trying to better do his own account.

Although there are still many things that he is not used to, he still picked up his camera and planned to record a vlog or something.

In addition, the biggest purpose of coming to the film festival is naturally to discover good movies.

Among the films shortlisted for the Shanghai Film Festival this time, Sang Shaolong is quite a lot interested.

In addition, Sang Shaolong also likes to wander around film festivals, and may be able to find some movies that surprise him.

"It's ...... Liu Baofeng? ”

Don't say it, Sang Shaolong really didn't notice Liu Baofeng's name in the shortlist he saw before.

After all, although they are shortlisted, the number of movies is still very large.

Among them, there are also a bunch of foreign film works.

At this time, he suddenly saw Liu Baofeng on the poster at the door of a certain theater, which made Sang Shaolong feel very surprised.

The ghost sent the gods, Sang Shaolong walked into the theater that was about to start the screening.

After watching the name of this book, I listened to the somewhat confusing "Hello! Mr. Tree.

But Sang Shaolong didn't expect that the stamina of this movie would be so great, and after the film ended, his head was full of Liu Baofeng's face without much makeup and a plot that looked a little magical.

After walking out of the theater, Sang Shaolong remembered that he had just seen Xu Ji's name on the subtitles, and the beginning was also the company logo of Tongji Entertainment.

This work written by Xu Ji was unexpectedly shortlisted for the Shanghai Film Festival quietly.

Sang Shaolong had long thought that Xu Ji estimated that sooner or later he would get involved in the field of literary films.

But I didn't expect that the first movie written by the other party would be of this type.

Sang Shaolong planned to watch it again in the next show, and he realized that he didn't really understand the movie.

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The final day was the real awards session of the festival.

In fact, the main awards are also decided in advance by the jury.

In fact, the screening is to allow the audience to see the true appearance of each film in advance, and those media and audiences do not have the so-called voting rights.

The film festival is indeed a cluster of superstars, and in just a few minutes, Liu Baofeng saw at least three or four big directors that he admired.

There are even more actors, actresses, and actresses.

Some of the main creators of the entire crew came to participate in a group, which seemed to be on a grand scale.

On their side, it is relatively shabby, there are only three people, except for Chen Jinyu and him, the leading actor, and another female assistant director of the crew followed.

Some other people in the crew returned to Rongcheng, and then they were directly taken away by the crew of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" and "The Legend of the Withering Heroes" not long after.

However, when walking the red carpet, the two still attracted a lot of attention.

After all, Liu Baofeng is still very famous because of his role in Xu Sanduo.

It was recognized by many media and audiences at the scene.

However, Liu Baofeng's name is not very well-known, and most of the excited onlookers shouted Xu Sanduo's name.

Liu Baofeng showed a slightly honest smile while greeting the people on the red carpet.

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"Who is that person, and how can anyone come to the Shanghai Film Festival?"

"This is dressed up, and those who don't know think it's the old countryman who has entered the city."

Not far away, a middle-aged man spoke, causing a burst of laughter from the people around him.

Li Yuchang, a first-line director, is famous for his literary films with realistic themes, and is quite famous in the circle.

has won the best director of the Seoul Film Festival on Smecta's side, as well as the best director in the domestic port city, there are not many representative works, but the most famous "Bought Heart" is relatively famous and has a good reputation.

Does he really not know Liu Baofeng?

Of course not, and even he knows the name of the movie that the other party starred in this time.

I also secretly went to watch the "hello! Mr. Tree.

The main reason why I was able to say what I just said was because this movie was written by Xu Ji.

And from the director to the actors, they are all people from Xu Ji Company, and even the movie itself is invested by Tongji Entertainment.

Do you remember the two directors Xu Ji met at the Bonham Film Festival abroad?

Feng Caiyi and Bi Zhongmin, these two actually know Li Yuchang.

Even the relationship is quite good, and Feng Caiyi is a fellow countryman, and the other party is a junior who he helped to carry up.

At the beginning of Xu Ji and the two of them, Li Yuchang was still angry with yin and yang on Weite.

But later the movie "Northern Black Talk" was picked up, and Li Yuchang did not speak again in order to avoid harming himself, but silently deleted the micro special that supported Feng Caiyi before.

But the dislike for Xu Ji also began at that time.

This time, he was able to meet a film that was so closely related to Xu Ji at the film festival, and he naturally couldn't swallow this breath.

"You don't even know this person, Director Li?"

"There are so many of them!"

"It was old and hot."

"I just don't know how a 'big director' like Xu Ji would want to make a literary film?"

"Didn't you always look down on us before?"

As soon as Li Yuchang's words were finished, there were people around him who sang and harmonized.

Obviously, Xu Ji scolded on Weite at the beginning, offending not only the good relationship with Feng Caiyi and the two of them, but also offended many directors who made literary films.

Because of Xu Ji's relationship, Chen Jinyu and Liu Baofeng suffered a lot of white eyes at the film festival.

But neither of them knew the reason, and they felt that these directors at the film festival were so cold.

I stepped forward to say hello very enthusiastically, not to say how to respond, so I was a little polite.

Chen Jinyu doesn't understand it very well, and thinks that these people who are engaged in literary and artistic work are like this.

On the contrary, he, a halfway director, seems a little too worldly.

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