234 Busy, runaway
"Lu Ping'an's Fourth Impact Feature Film Award"
"In the main competition unit of this year's Wesney Film Festival, Lu Ping'an's "Brokeback Mountain" and Guan Jinpeng's "Song of Long Hatred" were both shortlisted"
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News of the Venice Film Festival began to report.
At this Venice Film Festival, "Brokeback Mountain" was shortlisted without any surprise.
It's just a reaction, and it's not a big surprise.
Lu Ping'an has been defeated repeatedly, defeated again and again, and his spirit is commendable, but that's all.
Now the fourth impact, except for the encouragement of some old antiques in the literary and art world, as well as some fans of relatives and friends, the rest of the impact is very small.
Many people actually think that Lu Ping'an will miss the award again this time.
After all, he is now a recognized commercial director, and there is no one else in China for the time being.
But this does not mean that the literary genre is also unparalleled.
Two different fields that are really difficult to cross.
This has also been verified in Lu Ping'an's past works.
Interestingly, most of the netizens who pay attention to this piece on the Internet are curious about what the theme of "Brokeback Mountain" is.
How does the name sound like a thriller?
If it's a thriller, the award is probably gone.
But it's still okay to watch.
Lu Ping'an's suspense thriller movie is a must.
The media didn't quite know what this was for a while.
That didn't last long, though.
At noon the next day, someone finally sent out a report.
said that this is a same-sex romance movie, and it is a gay man, adapted from a foreign country.
What, what's that?!
Don't look at it, don't look at it.
That's what most people's first reaction is.
This kind of subject matter has not attracted much attention.
Of course, that's all there is to say about the woman.
Because women's movies are often accompanied by restrictive images.
Of course, we can't ignore that there are still many women who are looking forward to it.
In short, the news of Lu Ping'an's four European awards was just like a meteor across the night sky, fleeting, and soon silent.
Of course, Lu Ping'an doesn't care about this.
I don't even have time to pay attention to it.
Now he's busy.
Venice was shortlisted, and the specific matters will be handed over to Hu Qingquan and Dell's public relations team to deal with, this is the first stop on the road to the award of "Brokeback Mountain", and Hu Qingquan attaches great importance to it.
Lu Ping'an only needs to pass once when necessary.
Next, before starting to be busy, Lu Ping'an participated in the major events of domestic entertainment.
Fu Biao passed away, and many celebrities in the circle mourned.
Lu Ping'an also spoke a few words at the scene.
As a character in Lu Ping'an's first movie, Lu Ping'an expressed his deep nostalgia.
It seems that the sky feels something, and it has been rainy for more than a week after the memorial service, and the capital seems to have become Jiangnan.
Lu Ping'an doesn't like rainy days very much, but fortunately, he doesn't have to go out or film for the time being, so he can stay in the company and work with peace of mind.
First of all, it is the later stage of "Initial D".
In the later part of the movie, the most difficult thing for Lu Ping'an was the extra 15 minutes.
It was the first time to independently edit such a long original clip, and Lu Ping'an also experienced Ning Hao's original sense of entanglement.
But it's not a big problem, after all, it's just a simple drag racing scene, which won't particularly affect the plot, but will only affect the visual experience of the drag racing scene.
In the case of drag racing scenes, there are many movies with excellent editing that you can learn from.
Take a reference, maybe it will be said in the future, this is Lu Ping'an's style! You're paying tribute to him!
It's kind of interesting to think about.
The overall post-production is expected to be done in about a month and a half.
The efficiency is still relatively high, the main reason is that Jay has done most of the music.
In November, Jay's "Chopin in November" album will be released, and there will be a few songs from "Initial D".
At that time, the first wave of publicity for the film project will also begin.
is officially released, if you hurry up, catch up with the New Year, of course, it's best to be next summer.
On the 2nd, Uncle Dong called and said that he wanted to come to the company to have a look.
Of course, Lu Ping'an welcomes it, this is the first time Uncle Dong has come to his company.
That morning, Uncle Dong came alone, and Lu Ping'an took him to visit various departments of the company.
Uncle Dong praised again and again.
Then drinking tea in the office, Uncle Dong talked about business.
Or for the Olympics.
Predictable.
Uncle Dong let Lu Ping'an take out the plan, and he will take a look at it.
Lu Ping'an did not refuse.
Then he called a mid-level officer in charge of the company.
September 20 is the first round of the election.
The people in the company are quite positive, and the glory of the ancestors is after all.
Lu Ping'an set the general direction of creativity, and let them do the rest.
Ning Hao also joined in this time, wanting to ascend to heaven by himself.
However, he actually understands that Lu Ping'an's chances of success in the election are very small.
But he doesn't care, he has nothing to do anyway, and he's busy with him.
Now Ning Hao's mental state is very full.
"Crazy Stone" was a box office hit, and he also made a lot of money.
Salary + dividend model, now he is several millionaires.
As for the next movie, in his words, it's just grinding slowly.
Lu Ping'an is not in a hurry, anyway, if he hasn't grinded it out yet, then make up for it forcibly, and then let him hurry up and start filming.
Having said that, a group of people set up the models and presentation documents in the large conference room.
Then Lu Ping'an came to a mock election in front of everyone.
The plan is good, of course, it is mature and feasible at present.
As for the effect, it is up to everyone, after all, this is not a real demonstration, most of it has to rely on imagination.
So while listening to Uncle Dong, he also began to associate with the bird's nest in his mind.
After the introduction, Uncle Dong applauded, praised the maturity of the plan, and then gave some opinions, correcting some obvious inappropriateness in the wording of the copy.
After the introduction, continue to drink tea.
Uncle Dong then talked about the current situation of Lu Ping'an.
In a word, if you want to say that Lu Ping'an has a big advantage, it is indeed not big.
Personal honor, ability, experience, etc. are not considered crane tails among the 13, but they are definitely not top-notch.
You must know that there are still many national players in the 13 families.
For example, Chen Weiya's National Song and Dance Troupe, CCTV and the joint team of Beiao Company, Zhang Jigang's People's Liberation Army team, China International Culture Group, and so on.
Lao Mouzi is looking for the Jack Morton team in charge of the opening ceremony of Athens this time.
There are also famous directors such as Kai Ge, French director Evans, and Li An, who have found teams with rich experience on the international stage.
Compared with these people, Lu Ping'an and his star team are of course difficult to stand out.
But the good news is that the first round is only more than creativity, and Lu Ping'an's creative plan is the highest among all teams.
Maturity, feasibility, and themes are deeply liked by a few leaders.
So in the end, Uncle Dong let Lu Ping'an calm and play normally, and the next round will be very promising.
In the next round, it is to fight for all aspects of quality, and Uncle Dong will naturally not be naΓ―ve about this.
But with a keen sense of smell in officialdom, he has already smelled that the atmosphere of this election campaign is different.
The perception of Lao Mouzi by the leaders above was not as strong as expected.
Lu Ping'an is rising, and the frequency of mentioning him is high.
So Uncle Dong secretly felt that this matter could make a difference.
It's just that it's still not clear, and Lu Ping'an's conditions do have obvious shortcomings.
But it does not prevent him from focusing on it step by step.
Again, that's the same sentence.
Do your best to obey the destiny of heaven.
And if the destiny is true, what if?
Uncle Dong felt that this kind of thing didn't seem to be so mysterious to Lu Ping'an.
After knowing that the next round of hope was great, Lu Ping'an continued to nod his head to show that he understood.
Then we chatted for a while, and briefly asked about "Brokeback Mountain", and after letting Lu Ping'an continue to be calm, Uncle Dong left the company, this time he just came to take advantage of the lunch break to take a look, things are busy over there, and he can't leave for too long.
After sending Uncle Dong off and returning to the company, Lu Ping'an was blocked by a group of people in the company.
"Boss, what do you say?"
"Lu Dao, do we have hope?"
"Boss"
One by one in the company, their eyes are glowing.
The allure of the glorious ancestors is indeed boundless.
If Lu Ping'an really wants to become the chief director, these people's homes will definitely set off firecrackers and praise the green smoke from the ancestral tomb.
Looking at them, at this moment, a wave of "wanting" emotions grew in Lu Ping'an's heart.
It's just that he still understands.
This kind of thing, I still can't think about it.
"I'm working, think less about what I don't have."
In a word, everyone scattered, but the mood was still excited.
continued to do things, and the next afternoon, Liu Qianqian came to the company to play, and happened to run into Cheng Long.
Cheng Long's "Myth" is about to be released, and mainland publicity has begun.
This time, in addition to talking about the "Myth" film schedule and 3D, he also talked about "Kung Fu Panda".
At two o'clock in the afternoon, Cheng Long and his party were surrounded into the company.
Lu Ping'an and he have long been familiar with each other, and they are not unfamiliar when they meet.
After a brief greeting, let's get down to business.
There is no need to talk much about film scheduling and 3D, the former is a one-sentence thing, and the latter is what they want to talk about finance.
After a brief chat, the two moved to the "Kung Fu Panda" production center, and Liu Qianqian also came.
After a round of visits, the two expressed considerable surprise without surprise.
Cheng Long sighed: "I didn't expect that domestic animation is almost the same as Hollywood. β
"It's okay, after all, it cost a lot of money."
Lu Ping'an was humble, and then asked, "Which one do you want to match?" β
"It's okay, you can arrange it."
Cheng Long was very polite, and Lu Ping'an also took the opportunity to introduce his plan.
If "Kung Fu Panda" wants to go international, in addition to the production aspect, the dubbing must also have an international lineup.
And the voice candidates are selected, Cheng Long, a Chinese business card, must not be ignored, as well as Lian Jie and Guorong are coming, and foreigners have Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman (the one who plays the rain man) and so on.
It's all on Lu Ping'an's list.
Hearing this, Liu Qianqian raised her hand: "I also want to match." β
"Okay!"
Lu Ping'an agreed directly, and then gave a sketch of a little rabbit and said, "You deserve this." β
"This is so cute, what kind of character is it in?"
"Oh, a very sweet little kid."
"Do you have a lot of lines?"
"It's still quite a lot, enough to have a sentence!"
"Just one sentence?"
"Work hard, and one day you will become a superstar and then let you play the leading role!"
"You're painting pies."
"yes, I don't like it, give me back the rabbit."
"No!"
Liu Qianqian put away the sketch and ran away, leaving the space to Cheng Long.
The rest went smoothly as well.
Cheng Long is naturally willing to give "Kung Fu Panda" a platform.
He even offered to invest.
Lu Ping'an also agreed that this film was originally going to be open to the outside world for investment, but the share would not be very large.
And Cheng Long is absolutely top-notch in the field of kung fu films, with him, the future of "Kung Fu Panda", which is now a domestic co-production, will be much more spacious.
Then continue to chat, and after chatting, the dubbing is an action scene.
At present, 70% of the literary and drama part of "Kung Fu Panda" has been completed, and the highlight is the action aspect.
This is one of the essences of the cartoon, which is much more difficult to produce than the literary drama.
In terms of action direction, Lu Ping'an's plan is to let Kou Zhanwen and his team join, through the cooperation of "Batman", Lu Ping'an feels that this person is still very good, and his understanding of action scenes is also quite deep.
Kou Zhanwen and Lu Ping'an are very compatible, quite able to understand Lu Ping'an's meaning, keep up with ideas, and work hard.
The point is that he is not busy, and it is cheap.
So there's nothing wrong with choosing him.
Cheng Long is also willing to join, but the biggest drawback of him and his family class is that he is too busy.
In the future, "Kung Fu Panda" will have to collect real-life parameters for at least three months in action scenes, and Cheng Long is probably too busy to accept it.
Cheng Long was very curious about why it took so long to collect parameters.
Lu Ping'an directly explained to him his new invention: the virtual photography system.
The camera can follow or monitor virtual characters created with "performance capture" technology and instantly composite them into a live performance environment.
This is a great help for making science fiction films and 3D animated films.
This thing was invented by Cameron during the filming of "Avatar" in the primordial space, and it is a concentrated embodiment of the deep integration of Hollywood film industry and technology.
In other words, Cameron may or may not have invented it at the moment, but one thing is for sure, and that is that it has not yet been made public on the market.
After Lu Ping'an won the super reward "Full Set of Filming Technology" in "Wonderful Night", he also had this technology.
It's just that there are still several difficulties between technology and making finished products, all of which are related to industry.
After all, there is a gap between China and the United States in terms of technology and manufacturing level.
The good news is that the current first generation, which has been in production for nearly a year, is about to take shape, just in time for the action scenes of "Kung Fu Panda".
After hearing this, Cheng Long was surprised again.
He thought that Lu Ping'an was chasing Hollywood, but he didn't think that Lu Ping'an already had a trend of surpassing Hollywood in some aspects.
Cow man!
It's no wonder that such awesome achievements can be achieved at such a young age.
He decided to get closer to Lu Ping'an in the future.
He has seen that Xingchen Film and Television will definitely be far ahead in the future.
"When the time comes, I'll tell me, and I'll experience it myself."
"Of course."
Then the two chatted until dinner time, everyone ate together, and Lu Ping'an continued to work in the company after the end.
At the moment, most things in the company are going according to plan.
The largest investment in "Pacific Rim" is still about half a year small, and the main reason is still the construction of the studio and waiting for the virtual camera and system to come out.
Lu Ping'an is not in a hurry, industry, that is, rigorous, this thing is done, and a separate industry can be formed in the future.
So a little patience is a must.
At 9 o'clock, Lu Ping'an got off work and went to leave home.
Zeng Li is recently preparing for the role of "Pei Rong".
The interior of "Painted Skin" in Hengdian has been completed, the exterior of Yinchuan has also been completed, and Wu Jing has just finished the filming of "Slaying the Wolf", and he can join the group at any time.
Chen Kun was on call.
Now wait for Zhou Gongzi's schedule, it is expected to take another two weeks.
So the boot time is also two weeks later.
Zeng Li has been preparing for the role of Pei Rong for a long time.
She, like Yan Danchen, is under a lot of pressure.
Lu Ping'an had no choice but to sacrifice the same trick:
"If the performance is smashed, let me take care of the harem."
Zeng Li's reaction was different from Yan Danchen's, she replied with a smile: "Then you have to give me the power of life and death." β
There is a murderous aura!
Lu Ping'an continued: "Murder is a crime, but don't worry, I will definitely find a virtuous lady, and I will definitely not find a goblin like Xiao Wei." β
"If only the goblins were good, it's not illegal to kill animals."
"It's still edible, hey, do you think it's better to stir-fry fox meat or steam it?"
"How can you eat this, how sassy."
"If you don't say that it's not a family that doesn't enter the door, I like not to be sassy."
Lu Ping'an slowly approached, Lizi smiled and turned his head to refuse, but his body lay down obediently.
Spring soon came alive in the rental house.
The filming of "Painted Skin" has entered the countdown, and the countdown to "Twenty Years Old Again" has also begun.
Lu Ping'an chose the opportunity to start filming after preparing for the first round of the election.
A small-budget movie that is shot very quickly.
So now it's mainly about solving problems such as casting, framing, etc.
And in this regard, Lu Ping'an gave power to Yan Danchen to a limited extent.
Yan Danchen, who experienced the producer for the first time, was full of passion and felt that everything was very fresh.
For example, casting.
Who chooses the elderly version of the heroine, and who does Lao Li Tou choose, thinking about the trade-offs, the feeling of life and death makes her very comfortable.
The same is true for choosing songs, which is the best ready-made song, and who is not going to write it if it is not ready-made.
In the movie, whether to sing by yourself or find someone to replace it, etc.
After thinking about various issues, it feels like creation, and the praise of future fans begins to come to mind.
Of course, it's not always fun.
Especially when it comes to money.
A project, even if it is a small-budget movie, is in the millions.
The production budget of "Twenty Years Old Again" is 8 million, excluding Lu Ping'an's salary.
Yan Danchen felt that it must be too much at first.
But in fact, she found that with her as a novice producer, she would only overspend.
Yan Danchen also knew that filming required money, but this was not a problem for him to consider before.
It's different now, the master only knows the truth that oil and rice are expensive, and soon let Yan Danchen know that Lu Ping'an can support such a big stall, and so many movies make money, how good it must be.
In addition to money, the most unhappy thing is when I think of the movie hitting the street.
This kind of thing can't be thought about too much, and ordinary people can't bear this kind of pressure.
Fortunately, Lu Ping'an will comfort people: "The film company has begun to consult the adaptation rights." β
"Really?"
"Of course, South Korea and Neon have come to ask."
"Twenty Years Old" and the South Korean film "Strange Her" are "twin sister" films developed by China and South Korea at the same time, and they are the first time that a South Korean company has tried the "one source for multiple purposes" model, that is, the same script, and the teams of the two countries have to shoot two films separately.
Later, a total of 7 versions of this story were sold in China, South Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, and India.
The rest is all purchased remake rights.
It is enough to show the super high acceptance of the story by the audience.
Lu Ping'an currently has a lot of film dealer resources in his hands, and after the relevant news leaked a few days ago, South Korea and Neon quickly came to consult.
The asking prices have come to $600,000 and $1 million, respectively.
This is only the first wave of offers, and it will be even higher when the movie comes out, and it is expected that it will be two or three times more problematic.
And this is also one of the purposes of Lu Ping'an's initial project.
There is also a movie called "Perfect Stranger" that is also ready to sell copyrights to make money, the original time and space film has been remade 9 times around the world in 3 years, and it is a fierce film with copyright brushing.
Having said that, after Yan Danchen knew that the copyright could basically be recouped if it was sold now, the whole person suddenly relaxed a lot.
However, Lu Ping'an quickly poured cold water on him again:
"Don't be too happy too soon, if your character pounces, then the situation will not be good."
Lu Ping'an smiled and pointed to the picture on the TV.
Yan Danchen looked at it, and it turned out that CCTV released the relevant trailer of "Baolian Lantern", and the official broadcast will be next month.
saw her Chang'e appearance flashing in the TV.
Yan Danchen suddenly smiled.
"It's impossible to pounce!"
"So confident?"
"Of course, I don't understand the movie, but the TV series, hum."
"Sister Chang'e is a little narcissistic."
"Isn't my Chang'e beautiful?"
"Hmm~~ I forgot."
"You wait, I have to remember you today!"
Yan Danchen's tone was vicious, but there was a wicked smile on his face, he got up and went back to the room, and turned out his costume
When he got up the next day, Lu Ping'an packed his luggage, and he was ready to go to the Venice Film Festival.
"Didn't you say you'd go back on the 8th?"
Yan Danchen helped clean up, and at the same time wondered.
The 10th of the Wisney Film Festival is the 11th BJ.
If you go, it's early to go on the 8th.
But today is the 6th.
There was Hu Qingquan staring at it again, and it seemed a little early for Lu Ping'an to go now.
Lu Ping'an smiled and said, "Help you talk about the film company." β
Yan Danchen's doubts suddenly disappeared.
This is a perfect answer for Yan Danchen.
Lu Ping'an breathed a sigh of relief.
In fact, with his current status, how can he negotiate with the film in person.
Just like the South Korean and neon studios in "Twenty Years Old", people are afraid that you won't meet them, so they are ready to come to the capital early in the morning.
However, Lu Ping'an strongly placed the meeting place in Venice.
Winning awards through "Brokeback Mountain" is one thing to raise your value.
More of it, or to run away.
Zeng Li and Yan Danchen are now in the capital, and both of them pushed all the announcements to concentrate on dealing with the movie.
If you don't run away, how do you sleep at night?
The mode of surprise calls will not work if you use it too much.
Therefore, before the situation is opened, you can only "get busy" first.
"I'm leaving."
"Stay safe and wait for your good news."
"A must!"
With a wave of his hand, Lu Ping'an went out the door. (End of chapter)