In the evening, Hu Qingquan and Xiang Guoqiang returned.

Hu Qingquan's face is full of spring breeze, and there are good things at a glance.

"How can you say how much Comet can sell?"

Lu Ping'an asked as soon as possible.

Hu Qingquan made a "five" gesture.

"Half a million?"

"Yes!"

"That's not bad."

Lu Ping'an was a little surprised.

A film with a total cost of only more than 40,000 euros and cannot win awards can be sold for 500,000 euros.

That's a lot higher than he expected.

Hu Qingquan took it for granted: "The reputation and box office of "The Tuner" in Europe and the United States were very good before, the film company made money, and now you have a lot of fans in Europe and the United States, your works can naturally be at a premium." ”

"Yes, so I'm also a famous director?"

"Of course! You'll find out tomorrow when we go to the main venue. Hu Qingquan's face was full of pride, "There are also sci-fi films like "Comet", the audience is much better than ordinary literary films, which is actually the same all over the world, so this price is actually not high, a total of 48 countries, each with an average of more than 10,000 euros, very cheap, wait, wait for the results of your short film, maybe it can rise a lot." ”

Lu Ping'an asked again: "What about the adaptation rights, does anyone buy them?" ”

"Absolutely!" Hu Qingquan said with a smile, "But the price is not too high, the current price is about 100,000, I want to wait for the peak to come over." ”

"I'm holding a sheep wool."

"Who made them rich?"

Hu Qingquan smiled, and then talked about the next thing, "There may be a surprise in the copyright of "Hiring Life" this time. ”

"How?"

"There's a British filmmaker who likes this film very much, and his background is very interesting."

"What background?"

"Union's."

Lu Ping'an reacted when he heard it.

Is this tickling their flesh?

"Hired Life" does have a related "zzzz" meaning.

Europe and the United States about this piece is too magical, and it has always been magical, but then the filter was removed, and the interpretation was more intense, so it seemed so magical.

In this regard, Lu Ping'an just wanted to ask: "How much money do they pay?" ”

Hu Qingquan replied with a smile: "At present, 200,000 euros." ”

"It's time to catch up with 'The Tuner.'"

"Yes, it is estimated that it will rise a lot when the film wins the award."

Lu Ping'an smiled: "I hope they are really a landlord and an old man." ”

"How can the voice of the working class be the landlord's old wealth?"

Hu Qingquan retorted seriously, and then all three of them laughed.

Starting the next day, Lu Ping'an and his entourage went to the main venue.

As soon as he came over, as Hu Qingquan said, he is really famous in Europe now.

As soon as he arrived at the place, Lu Ping'an was quickly surrounded by many reporters.

"Lu, may I ask if this short film is shortlisted, are you confident that you will win the award?"

"Lu, where did the inspiration for Comet come from?"

"Hello Lu, Ling's "Tuner" is great, can you sign it...

There are reporters, six or seven, half of the reporters are domestic and half foreign, there are fans, five or six, all foreigners.

This scale is naturally not comparable to those stars, but it is already about the same as some well-known directors on the scene.

Lu Ping'an answered them one by one, it took more than ten minutes, and after the end, he continued to communicate with Hu Qingquan and the bigwigs.

The reason why "Comet" was shortlisted for the film festival was also known by Lu Ping'an from Hu Qingquan.

A small part is because of Lu Ping'an's "lineage", and those who have won awards here will be a little convenient, and Lu Ping'an has won the short film Silver Bear, and it is the first time to submit a feature film, and the organizers have released some goodwill.

In addition to this reason, the biggest reason is actually the film itself.

The first is the subject matter, science fiction films are not mainstream at the Berlin Film Festival, but science fiction films with humanity and a little realism are different.

The ending of "Comet" unexpectedly reveals human nature and directly sublimates the film, just by virtue of this, it can actually be seen by Berlin, and it is really not a problem to be shortlisted for a film festival.

The second is the structure of the film, the original "Comet" is low-cost, but the production level is high enough.

In the original words of the on-site house review: "Director Lu Ping'an is like a confident detective novelist, throwing out all the clues and openly challenging the audience to solve the mystery; He has the skills of a first-class magician, and by the time you stare at it and think a miracle is about to happen, he's done the trick. The scenes of the film are very carefully arranged, and each shot has some relevant information in an orderly manner, waiting to slowly spell out the truth, until the moment when human nature is nakedly revealed, less than 90 minutes long, no shot is superfluous. ”

That's a high rating, and Comet deserves it.

So being shortlisted for the Berlin Film Festival is indeed qualified.

It's just that at this point, Kendalo, the British director who pushed "Black Hole" at Cannes last time, said: "Lu, you should go to Venice for this film, they like this." ”

Venice prefers avant-garde films, and "Comet", which is a brain-hole sci-fi and a human nature, is actually not much in this era, and it will only be a few years before there will be more such films.

So if you really want to send Venice, maybe you can really be shortlisted.

However, Lu Ping'an is not sorry, he still has many films of this type in his hands, and it is too late to go back and shoot another one.

Then there is the member of the last jury introduced by Hu Qingquan in Berlin, the German director Fisakin, he first praised Lu Ping'an when he saw him, and then regretted together: "Lu, your "Quantum Coherence" is a little bit of a pity, more human nature, dig deeper, and you can be shortlisted for the main competition unit." ”

I can't dig it, the original film is like this, and I don't have any ability, how can I dig it?

Lu Ping'an replied with a smile in German: "Thank you Mr. Ajin for your recognition, I can only work hard next time." ”

"You speak great German."

Ah Jin looked surprised, and then asked happily, "Have you studied for a long time?" ”

"More than three months."

German is not learned for nothing in a month.

The tenfold increase is equivalent to almost a year of German learning for him, and with a foundation in English, it is indeed not difficult to get started.

Now that he has begun to prepare French, there are still more than 20 days left for the effect of the booster card, and I believe he can also enter the door.

"Then you are really a genius, I must have learned Chinese a long time ago with your talent."

"It's too late to learn."

"OK, I'll try, try to have a conversation in Chinese next time..."

Foreigners will also say kind words, but Lu Ping'an didn't take it seriously.

After a brief chat, Ah Jin praised "Hiring Life" again.

said that "Hire Life" is the most impactful short film he has seen so far, and there is a high probability of winning it.

Lu Ping'an expressed his gratitude, blessings, just accept it.

Continuing to walk, I didn't see Feng Cannon for the time being.

Also, they are only exhibiting, and the deal that should be negotiated may have been negotiated a long time ago, and they have not made it to the main competition unit, so there is no need to run over in person.

Not to mention Lao Mouzi, his "Hero" has not yet been completed, so he is busy.

In addition to these celebrities who didn't see it, Lu Ping'an didn't see Chinese stars in the entire film festival.

This year, as the domestic media said, "the Chinese films in the main competition unit were all wiped out".

chatted all afternoon, watched a few more films, and the next day, on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, BJ time, Lu Ping'an picked up a group of people from Shangmei Factory at the airport.

"Director Cao, Master Hao, here!"

At Berlin Airport, Lu Ping'an finally picked up the five-person team of Shangmei Factory, plus a director of Cao.

Seeing that Lu Ping'an was safe, Bao Qingqing greeted her as soon as possible.

"Ping, you're handsome again."

"Sister Baozi is thinking about it?"

"Don't, too handsome men can't keep it...

With a familiar person to pick them up, the five-person group relaxed a lot, and the eyes that had just gone abroad were a little at a loss.

It was their first time abroad and it was new to everything.

Lu Ping'an understands this feeling too well, and he is like this for the first time when he goes abroad, and he has to look at it everywhere.

It's just that unlike people of this era, he quickly lost his freshness at that time, and he felt that foreign countries were just like that.

Now it is different, the gap between China and Europe and the United States in 2002 is still huge.

So when the quintet got into the car, they all looked out the window.

"Look, they don't lock their bikes."

"The man just put the bag on the ground?"

"Tsk, it's all Mercedes-Benz BMW...

The freshness lasted until the next day.

Everyone came to the venue to watch the screening, and for the people of Shangmei Factory, the Berlin Film Festival they paid the most attention to Miyazaki's "Spirited Away", and this film is also the most concerned film of this film festival.

It is also a work of art, and Miyazaki seems to be already in another atmosphere, which makes the five-member mood very complicated.

Once upon a time, Shangmei Factory was also worshipped, and the main owner was Miyazaki, and now, Shangmei Factory has not appeared on such a top international stage for many years, but Miyazaki is already a recognized master.

"When are we going to make a film like this?"

After watching "Spirited Away", Bao Qingqing, that is, Sister Baozi, looked melancholy.

His father, Uncle Bao, glanced at Director Cao not far away, wanted to say something, and finally swallowed it back.

Another younger Xiao Wang was a little upright, and he was unconvinced: "We can also make this kind of film." ”

It's just that he won't say anything more.

Master Hao didn't speak, just beckoned everyone to continue watching the exhibition.

Soon everyone came to the short film unit, and after watching a round, everyone's mood turned cloudy.

There are no powerful works in this year's short film unit, and if there is no accident in "Hiring Life", the probability of winning the Golden Bear Award is very high.

Everyone smiled, and Bao Qingqing asked Lu Ping'an: "I really won the award this time, will you still use animated feature films to win the award in the future?" ”

Lu Ping'an shook his head: "I do have a plan to make a feature film animation, but I am not ready to win the award." ”

"Really?" Bao Qingqing's face was full of anticipation, "What kind of story?" When to start doing it? ”

"It may take a long time, we can't do it in China for the time being."

"You want to do Shrek?"

"Yes."

"Shrek" was released in China a few days ago, which is another dimensionality reduction blow to the domestic animation industry.

It's just that the domestic animation industry is used to it.,After all, the gap is too big.,Some people still think that this kind of animation is not an animation.,There's no need to compare.。

But Bao Qingqing is not that group of people, on the contrary, she yearns for this kind of animation, she wants to learn, but the real problem is that it's really hard to learn, there is no way, no conditions.

So after hearing Lu Ping'an's thoughts, she was very happy, but soon regretted: "You're right, you really can't do it in China." ”

Lu Ping'an didn't speak again.

Many animation IPs, such as "Kung Fu Panda", want to make it, hardware is one thing, and relevant talents are more important.

It's a pity that there are too few relevant talents in China now, but there must be many people like Bao Qingqing who want to learn.

Lu Ping'an felt that he could provide a platform to gather these people in the future.

It's just that the problem is still like that, its own strength is not enough, and this has to be considered in the long run.

Soon the time will come in the evening, and tomorrow will be the closing ceremony.

That night, Lu Ping'an, Hu Qingquan and the people from Shangmei Factory waited nervously for the call.

At 7 p.m., the phone rang.

Then the room burst into cheers.

It's time to win the prize again!