Today is the first day of classes in the new semester at Nortel.

Early in the morning, the students walked into the school and looked up to see the big banner "Welcome to the school of class 03" at the gate of the school, and the big banner was taken down and replaced with a new banner, and it was two.

Zhang Jiani, a freshman of class 03, walked with her classmates, raised her head, and read out the content of the banner:

"Congratulations to Lu Ping'an, an outstanding senior student of the Department of Directing, for winning the Best Short Film Award at the 60th Venice Film Festival!"

On top of it, there is another piece: "Congratulations to Lu Ping'an, an outstanding senior student of the directing department of our school, for achieving the grand slam of the short film unit of the world's four major film festivals!" ”

Two huge banners, dozens of meters long, and the font is also one size larger than before.

In particular, the words "Grand Slam of the Short Film Unit of the World's Four Major Film Festivals" in the second block are yellow fonts that distinguish them from the rest of the white ones, which makes people notice at a glance.

And the effect is naturally needless to say.

Zhang Jiani, like many other students, exclaimed in a low voice: "Grand Slam! ”

The rest of the students felt the same way:

"Director Lu is amazing!"

"The road guide is on the wall again!"

"I've brushed all the big four, and he's the only one in the world, right?"

"Isn't it, the road guide is now the most authentic scorpion poop in the world."

"I have to add homework to the appreciation class again!"

"Hey, I have to write about my impressions again."

“.”

While the students sighed, many new students were also taught that the road was safe.

"Our school's tradition is to go to the wall once a year!"

"Three academic years, five awards, I'm afraid this record is true and there is no one to come."

"Have you seen the guide? Of course! The real person is handsome. ”

"I've seen what's so great, and I've acted in his plays, just that "Source Code", I showed the back of my head"

When honor reaches unattainable heights, envy crushes jealousy.

A group of freshmen listened with a light in their eyes.

Zhang Jiani is the same, she can't help but whisper to the senior sister next to her: "Does Director Lu often come to school?" ”

"Not often."

"Oh."

Zhang Jiani couldn't help but be a little disappointed.

She, like all acting students, is a layman, who doesn't want to ascend to heaven like President Zhang Songwen.

At this time, someone not far away was a little unconvinced:

"It's just a short film, it's useless."

Of course, there are also jealousy and disdain.

Another person also agreed: "That is, a feature film is a real movie, what can a short film do if it wins an award, and can it make money?" ”

It's just that someone soon stood up and pointed at these two stunned young people:

"Bad pen, the copyright of the short film of the road guide can be sold for at least hundreds of thousands of dollars!"

"Yes, the copyright of the Venice short film is said to be more than a million dollars!"

1 million US dollars, more than 8 million yuan.

Now there is only how much is a house in the capital, and a good commercial house is less than 10,000 yuan per square meter.

Lu Ping'an's short film can buy 8 houses of more than 100 square meters!

How many people have to be envious of this!

After the two were stunned, one of them shouted directly on the spot: "Impossible!" ”

"Impossible?"

Zhu Yawen, who was level 02, smiled when he heard it, "Of course, it is impossible for ordinary directors to shoot award-winning short films, but Lu Dao is the king of short films, and the films of the king of short films can be sold cheaply?" That's not what I said, it's what the European media said. ”

"Yes, I also saw that Sina reposted the report in the morning, and some media in the United States said so."

Liu Qianqian, who came to class next to her, also added at this time.

On the other side, Zhou Yang continued to add: "It is said that there are international brands looking for road guides to shoot advertisements and bidding 2 million US dollars, and many domestic brands have quoted prices, and the highest ones are 5 million!" ”

Hiss~

Money is the thing that attracts the most attention.

After hearing this, the students were envious + jealous again, and then they started to associate with each other.

If only the road was safe

If only I made a short film, too

If I have a chance encounter with Lu Ping'an.

Under the dazzling two banners, a group of students with their brains spinning slowly walked by.

The banner doesn't speak, it just enjoys the attention of the waves.

Students enter their classrooms.

Sure enough, the teachers talked about the appreciation class that they expected tonight.

Especially the directing department:

"Appreciation class at 8 p.m., this time five short films together."

The students began to wail.

The appreciation class must bring additional homework.

After viewing, pulling film analysis and even script work.

I'm afraid I won't be able to write a few thousand words.

This time it's five again, and it's just an increase in volume without a price increase!

The point is that it doesn't work.

I wrote a script, or imitated it, or created it, but the school didn't shoot it, so it would be nice if the school could approve the money for every homework assignment and then complete it in the form of filming.

But this time, the teacher then added: "This time the school has allocated money, and everyone has the opportunity, regardless of grade, regardless of long or short films, as long as the script is passed, they can apply for funds to shoot." ”

"Really?!"

The eyes of the students suddenly lit up.

The teacher didn't hide it, and explained directly: "Thank you Lu Ping'an senior, the achievement of the world's four short grand slams is unique in the world, this time he earned the above support for the school, a full 10 million, and the money is used to supplement your filming." ”

"Road guide cow pen!"

"The road guide is a real man!"

"The road guide is not single, I think I can"

The directing department is full of joy from top to bottom.

The head of the directing department was already smiling from ear to ear in front of Secretary Dong and President Zhang.

The top allocated 10 million to Nortel and supported the establishment of a special student film experiment fund, which is all owned by the director department!

Principal Zhang also smiled happily, and this money only accounted for a small part of the above reward.

The rest also has various dividends tilted towards the school leadership, the school itself.

These are the real achievements.

Principal Zhang thought about asking Lu Ping'an again after a while, and asked if he needed any more help.

When I called Lu Ping'an to congratulate him last night, I mentioned that I needed help even though I opened my mouth, Lu Ping'an said that he would let him find five or six cultural relics, art masters, and old experts to help make new movies, Principal Zhang felt that it was not enough, he felt that it was either directly to pull the master of the Forbidden City, and it was not too much, it was not a big problem to pull one or twenty of them, and Chen Danqing could also pull it over, this old boy had an okay relationship with his old classmates, if he refused to come, it was a big deal to pull down the bottom to tie up!

Secretary Dong smiled and looked at the state of these two people, and he was sincerely happy in his heart.

The Grand Slam comes from his tenure, and it is not a big problem for him to be promoted next year.

Of course, the most important thing is to be happy for Lu Ping'an.

In the past, one or two short film awards, or even Oscars, did not have a particularly big bonus for Lu Ping'an, especially in non-commercial.

It's a short film, after all.

But now that I've won a Grand Slam, it doesn't mean the same thing.

He received a notice early in the morning that a set of 7 p.m. news would be devoted to 15 seconds to report on the incident.

The Film Association, the Federation of Literary and Art Circles and other units also called him and wanted to invite Lu Ping'an to join.

These seem to be trivial things, but Secretary Dong knows that on the road to Lu Ping'an's future, many invisible stumbling blocks have begun to be swept away, provided that Lu Ping'an himself does not die.

Will Lu Ping'an die?

Secretary Dong felt that it was impossible, and "Dinner for a Few" was an example.

In the film, the rotten capitalism is severely criticized, and Lu Ping'an stepped on the G-spot.

This kid is smart!

A short film, full of flowers at home and abroad.

It's much better than those old bones who specialize in shooting domestic scars.

And even if Lu Ping'an dies in the future, Secretary Dong feels that he will go up to help.

Thinking of this, Secretary Dong couldn't help but blame himself a little, he still took less care of this little guy before

At 7 p.m., the news began.

The host reminded: "Today's show will take about 35 minutes"

This situation is very common, and there is nothing surprising to the audience.

Then the news continued.

In the middle of the period, Lu Ping'an appeared.

"At the Venice International Film Festival held yesterday evening, China's famous director Lu Ping'an won the silver lion of Venice short films with "Dinner for the Few", and after winning the award, Lu Ping'an has achieved the grand slam of short film awards at the world's four major film festivals, becoming the first person in the history of short films in the world."

In the picture, it was Lu Ping'an who stood on the podium to receive the trophy, and then edited the picture, and it was Lu Ping'an who made a speech to the CCTV camera on the spot:

"To achieve such an achievement, I would like to thank my great motherland for giving me the freedom to create, and also thank my alma mater, BJ Film School, for its support, and I will continue to work hard!"

The picture was cut again, and the host's voiceover reappeared: "At 9 o'clock tonight, six sets of this station will broadcast five award-winning short films of Lu Ping'an, please watch." ”

Fifteen seconds are over, and then the next news item continues.

It's just a simple broadcast.

But being able to get on one set is already the most significant significance.

At 9 o'clock in the following, after the five short films were broadcast, countless viewers remembered Lu Ping'an through this night.

Industry insiders have sighed that the short film can achieve the point of road safety, and it can really give him a thumbs up.

Of course, many people are thinking that a short film is a short film after all, and it will not be so smooth when Lu Ping'an hits the feature film award.

Lu Ping'an's two feature films did not win awards before, which is an example.

Therefore, some people think that Lu Ping'an's road to the award may end here.

Starting from the next day, Xingchen Film and Television Wu Guohua's phone ushered in another wave of call climax.

This time, unlike the others, this time it was mostly advertisers and music companies.

As soon as the news broadcast was released, domestic advertising brands of all sizes began to seek cooperation with Lu Ping An again.

Mainly for short films, after all, the scope of application of short films is relatively narrow, and advertisements and MVs are the most suitable.

And everyone's reasons for fighting for road safety are also very similar.

Now Lu Ping'an has been stamped on it, and he is the first person in the world in terms of short films.

If you can sign a cooperation agreement with him, the action of "signing" alone is a very strong advertisement, and when the film is made, it will be another wave of strong advertising.

It's the same for singers, and the MV can cooperate with famous directors, not to mention the publicity effect it brings.

But obviously, this is just a fantasy, who is the person, the big director, who can take a fancy to you?

Fortunately, Lu Ping'an didn't have time to take care of these now, he asked Wu Guohua to deal with it first, and wait for him to finish harvesting.

The first is copyright.

"Dinner for the Few" won the award, and he himself is known as the first person in the world to achieve the grand slam of the four major short film awards.

So the added value of the work comes up.

In the end, the screening rights were 1.78 million US dollars.

And that's not all.

Because of the Grand Slam, five works can be made into a compilation album, and the disc rights were sold for $2.6 million.

After tax, it can get about 23 million.

It's almost as good as the revenue from the distribution rights of Source Code.

In addition, there are also advertising offers from several international brands.

The first ad directed by a Grand Slam winner is worth a lot.

Plus the pinnacle is involved in the hype.

The hype is a bottomless pit.

Lu Ping'an really wants to take orders for business, and it is estimated that he can make a sky-high price.

However, Lu Ping'an's attitude is the same, so let's put it aside for the time being.

The most important thing for him now is to complete the harvest in Laomei.

The day after receiving the award, Lu returned to Santa Monica safely.

On the third day, Xiang Guoqiang came to report.

NetEase stock currently holds $262 million.

A little more than expected.

Lu Ping'an asked him to empty it temporarily, because NetEase's stock price will be lowered in the next period of time, so as not to lose in vain.

The contract road on the side of "Batman" will not come forward, and if he does, it is not certain whether he can actually rent it or not.

So from beginning to end, it was the summit Watts who negotiated in front.

At this point, the Watts family's face-bearing ability has played a little effect, this is what he said, Lu Ping'an doesn't care if it's true or not, anyway, it's done, thank him.

The contract was finally signed, and a one-time payment of $16 million was made.

It was Lu Ping'an and Warner who signed, but on the bright side it was Pinnacle and Warner.

The news was released as soon as possible.

The American people have great expectations for the reboot of "Batman", after all, the previous work was too bad.

As for the cooperation between Warner and Dingfeng, in fact, this contract seems to anyone to be Warner's bargain.

In the detailed contract, it is not the full copyright of Batman, but only the shooting rights and part of the film distribution rights, and the rest of the peripherals except for the movie discs produced have no derivative income.

If the machine is not turned on within a year and the production cost of a single film is less than 100 million US dollars, the contract will be invalidated, and 16 million will not be refunded.

If the series is successful, Warner has the right to participate in the investment, and if it is not successful, Warner will take back the copyright.

This is equivalent to Warner incubating eggs with the peak, and if there is a fruit, they can just pick the fruit, and they can stop the loss at any time.

From the perspective of Batman's full copyright, if the series is successful, Warner will indeed benefit the most.

So many people think that the summit is a bit silly.

Watts also felt that Lu Ping'an was a little silly.

The real value of the IP of Batman is not the movie, but the peripheral derivatives.

Of course, in terms of the series alone, if Lu Ping'an can really succeed, it will indeed be a huge bonus for Lu Ping'an, a non-copyright owner.

But can Lu Ping'an succeed?

Lu Ping'an didn't answer, but said to Watts: "If someone recommends himself and says that he wants to shoot "Batman", remember to tell me as soon as possible." ”

Watts was even more confused: "Why don't you shoot?" ”

Lu Ping'an smiled: "Brainstorming." ”

The series can only be rewarded once, and his favorite part of the Batman Trilogy is the second one.

So Nolan really wants to recommend himself, just shoot the first part for him.

The box office of the first part is not too high, only less than 400 million US dollars, which is decent and does not make much money, but it is completely possible to reach the terms of continued cooperation in the contract.

When it came to the box office of the second part, it was directly $1 billion, and he came to harvest the fruit, just right.

Of course, if the first part is filmed for Nolan, the script idea has to come from himself.

Lu Ping'an took Nolan Fei, this point cannot be changed.

The matter was done, and three days later, "Happy Death Day" was completed.

The schedule is set around November.

Released early, make money early, and make more money for Batman.

The next day, Lu returned to China safely.

Do this first today, and make up for it tomorrow~

(End of chapter)