Beijing, Nortel.

Early in the morning, Yang Mi and his classmates gathered in the flow of people and went to school.

The college career has begun, and everything is so new.

As the most famous student in the class, Yang Mi was surrounded all the way.

The boys who love to show off have instilled a lot of college knowledge in Yang Mi and others these days.

Yang Mi didn't speak, but said "Ah, yes, yes, yes".

Before the start of school, the family had already told me.

Although Yang Mi and Lu Ping'an are close, this is not a capital to show off.

You have to study hard, and strive not to make people think that you are getting mixed up by relying on relationships when you act in Lu Ping An movies in the future.

Of course, Yang Mi knew this.

So far, even if it is her own company, Rong Xinda, doesn't know that she still has such a brother.

The company doesn't know, and the students don't know.

So if you hear your classmates say good things about Lu Ping'an, you fantasize about when you will become a "Ann girl" or "An boy".

Yang Mi, who was hidden in the dark, had a dark feeling.

Of course, if you hear someone say bad things about Lu Ping'an, Yang Mi will also secretly write it down in a small notebook, and if you have a chance in the future, let my brother ban you!

Yang Mi made a small joke in his heart, and then amused himself, and apologized to himself in his heart, I am not this kind of person.

Just thinking about it, the topic of the male classmates around him talked about Lu Ping'an.

Yang Mi's ears suddenly stood up.

"Last night was supposed to be the Venice awards ceremony, did any of our school's works be shortlisted?"

"Of course there is, the road guide will enter the main competition unit."

"This is the fourth time that Lu Dao has been shortlisted for a European award, the big director is different, entering a circle is as simple as eating, and others who want to be shortlisted once have to worship the Buddha."

Yang Mi was very happy, but at this time, a boy said in a dissatisfied tone: "What's the use of being shortlisted?" I have to win the award, I don't win the award or anything, I think Lu Ping'an will come back with duck eggs this time. ”

Yang Mi on the side frowned slightly after hearing this.

What's this boy's name?

It's good-looking, but it's proud!

Go back and ask and make a note of him!

didn't wait to think about it, and someone chimed in: "I think so too, Director Lu has nothing to say about making commercial films, but if you want to talk about literary and artistic films, after the five generations of directors, Wang Xiaoshuai and Lu Chuan are amazing." ”

Soon a girl retorted: "Have you forgotten that the road guide also won the short film slam?" There is only one person in the world who can take this achievement, and Lu Chuan can compare with him? ”

When Yang Mi heard this, the corners of his mouth turned up, Zhang Xiaofei did a good job!

It's just that the boy at the beginning quickly retorted: "What reference significance can a short film have, Lu Ping'an's short film can win so many awards, it can only be said that the competition of short films is small, the gold content is low, and the importance of short film awards was overestimated in the past, which one of the short films in the world has not been directed by feature films?" ”

"That's right, I can also take the double hundred test in elementary school, which proves that I can also get a full score in high school?"

"Xiao Zhang, the strength of the road guide in terms of literary and artistic themes is generally a fact, and there is nothing to argue."

"It's just, hey, Lu Ping'an is actually not on the right path."

"A big director of commercial films, a movie can make hundreds of millions, in exchange for you're still willing to make literary films?"

"I'm not happy."

"That's it."

The boys were chatting, and Yang Mi couldn't help but roll his eyes after hearing it.

What a bunch of self-righteous little kids!

Zhang Xiaofei continued to be unconvinced after hearing this, and wanted to continue to fight with them, his own idol can't be said to be useless, but he just wanted to open his mouth but was pulled by Yang Mi:

"There's nothing to fight about, looking at their disgusted looks, I guess they only want to make literary films in the future, let's not stop them."

In a word, several boys were choked on the spot.

Indeed, who came to Nortel's acting class didn't go to be a star?

Commercial films and literary films, which one needs stars more, and which one needs actors more?

From this point of view, Lu Ping'an is the real thigh of the future.

But after being choked up, they quickly stopped taking it seriously.

Anyway, no one will know, so what can I do?

So the conversation quickly moved on to something else.

Zhang Xiaofei on the side was still immersed in the topic just now, and she muttered: "It's best that the road guide can win a grand prize this time, choke them to death!" ”

Yang Mi smiled slightly, and wrote down this person named Zhang Xiaofei in his heart.

She felt that if it was necessary in the future, she could mention this little fan of his to Lu Ping'an.

Thinking so, the group arrived at the school gate.

At this time, someone in the crowd in front of him shouted: "Hey, hang the banner!" ”

With a voice, it attracted the attention of a group of old students at the school gate.

"Who's on the wall again?"

"It must be traditionally on the wall, Wang Xiaoshuai went on it once in the first half of the year."

"Look where it's hanging, if it's the main gate, it's terrible."

"I'll go, it's really possible, you look at the width of the banner, it has to be two meters."

"Damn, it can't be that the big leader is coming, right?"

“。。。”

The crowd was talking.

Among the freshmen, Yang Mi was the first to react, she knew what Nortel's tradition was.

And last night was the Venice awards ceremony, but she has been paying attention to it, but she didn't have time to go to the Internet café in the morning and didn't get the first-hand news.

Look at it now, the banner is so wide, it shouldn't be

Without thinking about it, several staff members who hung the banner had already unfurled the banner.

Yang Mi, who squeezed into the front row, and the others read out word by word.

"Congratulations to Lu Ping'an, an outstanding second-year graduate student of the Department of Directing of our school, for winning the best film at the 62nd Venice Film Festival. Gold. Lion. Prize! ”

Wow~

Before the banner was fully unfurled, the crowd burst into an uproar.

"I'll go! Golden Lion Award! ”

"I thought it was a small prize, but it turned out to be a direct king bomb!"

"Cow pen!"

"The road guide is too fierce!"

A group of students exclaimed on the spot.

Many old students are cheering:

"The road guide is finally on the wall again!"

"Tradition is back!"

"This is orthodoxy, see it, only those with the name of the road guide are called orthodox!"

"The familiar taste, like going back to freshman year."

"Road guide or road guide, cow pen!"

“。。。”

This cheer has the meaning of catharsis and revenge.

It's been two years, and Lu Ping'an hasn't been on the wall for two years.

Do you know how we old students got here?

At the beginning, as an undergraduate student, Lu Ping'an went to the wall five times in four years, swept the world's four major short film awards, and became the first person in the world to make short films.

Nortel was so beautiful at that time!

As a result, in the past two years, the road guide has been silent in the award.

This is the end of the glorious tradition.

As a result, last year's freshmen waited for a year and did not wait for the "traditional spectacle", and they were extremely disappointed.

The tradition is gone, so that this year's freshmen can express their disdain in public.

Some people even began to say that Lu Ping'an lost his money, Jiang Lang was exhausted, and he was a younger brother in the field of literary films!

There will never be such a tradition in the future.

Well, now, who would dare to say that we are liars?

So soon, the old students began to take the initiative to help:

"Master, I'll help you hold the ladder."

"And me, and me, and me."

“。。。”

The gate of Nortel School suddenly became lively.

Principal Zhang, who was watching from afar, smiled slightly, feeling that the banner was still a little smaller.

The school is lively, and the internet is even more lively.

"The Venice Film Festival came to an end, and Lu Ping'an's "Brokeback Mountain" unexpectedly won the championship"

"The Venice Film Festival ended in the early hours of yesterday morning, Lu Ping'an was unintentional and the Golden Lion was intentional"

""Brokeback Mountain" won the Golden Lion, and it was revealed that the judges were moved to win narrowly"

"Repeated defeats and battles, Lu Ping'an holds the Golden Lion Award to achieve a breakthrough of zero feature film awards"

"Hard work pays off, and the dream of Lu Ping'an's fourth battle finally comes true"

At four o'clock in the morning, the results of the awards came out, and various news were released in less than an hour.

By the morning, the industry was boiling.

For a time, the number of online news views reached a new high.

And everyone quickly learned more inside stories behind Lu Ping'an's award.

For example, it is not an exaggeration for European media to believe that "Brokeback Mountain" is the biggest upset of this Venice Film Festival.

First, many people think that Lu Ping'an has a lot of shortcomings in the field of art films.

Second, same-sex themes are currently difficult to dig deeper in both depth and breadth.

Third, Lu Ping'an said in an interview that the trip was mainly to promote his films, and he didn't think much about the Golden Lion Award at all.

But in the end, Lu Ping'an still used his unique oriental perspective to portray the homosexual love of this western cowboy movingly, conquering all the judges.

For another example, the day before the award, Lu Ping'an had already booked the latest flight back to China after the award ceremony, and had to cancel the flight after winning the award unexpectedly.

Also: The original guest who was scheduled to present the Golden Lion Award was Miyazaki, but in the end, it was the chairman of the film festival, Marco Muller, who personally presented it, Miyazaki said, "There are still regrets, but Lu Ping'an will definitely not come only this time, I hope that next time I can award it in person." ”

And: The rights offer for "Brokeback Mountain" skyrocketed to more than $15 million.

Hu Qingquan said that "Brokeback Mountain" is not ready to be released in the mainland.

This year's Best Short Film Award winner Wanwan director Lin Jianping: Director Lu Ping'an is my idol.

Scarlett Johansson, a popular Hollywood actress who contributed taboo shots and was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for "Brokeback Mountain", said that she is really happy to cooperate with Lu Ping'an, and I hope there will be a next time.

All sorts of news are flying around.

Various photos of the scene also flooded the Internet in a very short time.

One of the photos of Lu Ping'an holding the Golden Lion trophy and smiling has been widely circulated.

In addition to being handsome, it is also because of the media labeling: With this smile, Lu Ping'an won tens of millions of endorsements.

This made the great poet unhappy again.

But he quickly calmed down.

After all, the Golden Lion Award is not unusual, but the Palme d'Or is.

He is the only one who has won the Palme d'Or among the Chinese in the world!

The great poet is still arrogant.

But that's exactly what happened.

It is very surprising that Lu Ping'an won the Golden Lion Award, and this is also a big matter.

But he is only the fifth Golden Lion Award in the history of Chinese directors and the third for mainland directors.

But that's still a lot of weight.

Because in addition to Lao Mouzi, the mainland belongs to him.

The hype was not long in coming.

"This is yet another victory of oriental aesthetics!"

"When Lu Ping'an focused on literary films, his uncontrollable talent began to burst out."

"Lu Ping'an used Chinese-style martial arts to interpret "Batman", which made Batman successfully resurrected and achieved excellent box office results, and once again used Chinese-style subtlety and introverted interpretation of Western forbidden love, and successfully made "Brokeback Mountain" win the Golden Lion Award, I think Lu Ping'an's success has shown that Lu Ping'an has found a way to go to the top of the world, and at the same time tells all Chinese directors how to use Chinese aesthetics correctly."

There are blowing, and of course there are belittled.

"Lu Ping'an won, Asia lost."

When Lu Ping'an, who was holding the golden lion, was bombarded with a bright smile and a flash light, Guan Jinpeng and Park Chan-wook, who only received consolation prizes, had a smile, but they were not bright.

In fact, this year's Venice Film Festival has placed unprecedented emphasis on Asian cinema: "Seven Swords" opened, "If Love" closed, and the Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded to Hayao Miyazaki

On the red carpet, in addition to Hollywood stars, Asian stars are the most gorgeous, but the results and courtesies are not proportional.

Among the 19 films competing for the Golden Lion Award, only "Song of Long Hatred" and "Kind Gold" are from Asia, but none of them won the award.

If someone is frustrated, someone will be proud.

"Brokeback Mountain" does not play the American signboard, but it is permeated with American colors in its bones, based on American writers, it takes place in the western United States, starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal are both famous in Hollywood, it is difficult to say whether this is the pride of Chinese films"

The mainland network has become a mess.

Although there is some discord lurking behind the honor.

But it does not prevent Lu Ping'an from becoming the top all-round director in China from this moment on.

So all kinds of blessings and text messages crossed the country half the world, bombing the road safe.

At the scene in Venice, on the third day after the award ceremony, Lu Ping'an could finally be idle.

After regaining another piece of confidence, he lay down next to his widowed sister and enjoyed a massage.

The difference between winning the Golden Lion for Feature Film and the Golden Lion for Short Film is really big.

Mainstream and non-mainstream are really not just talking.

In Lao Hu's words, "Batman" has given Lu Ping'an a firm foothold in Hollywood, a name, and a firm foothold in the field of world commercial films.

And "Brokeback Mountain" gave him a firm foothold in Europe, the "Orthodox Heights of Cinema".

For now, Europe is slightly more important than Hollywood.

The analogy is the difference between a ruling party and an opposition party.

Lu Ping'an knows this, of course, he also knows that it will be different in a few years, but fortunately, Lu Ping'an is standing firm at the moment.

With this film, Lu Ping'an was able to officially sing his name in the world and become a famous figure in the history of world film.

At the same time, he has a strong ability to make commercial films.

So the fame boost brought to him this time is greater than expected.

So after the award ceremony, Lu Ping'an met with countless people and was interviewed by at least ten media from various countries.

Fortunately, he has a lot of energy, otherwise he really can't bear it.

Hu Qingquan just couldn't bear it, so he went back to the hotel and fell asleep.

Xiang Guoqiang is similar, fortunately, the issue of copyright negotiation has the assistance of Watzberg, Dale and the professionals at the summit, so that things can be smoothly smoothed out.

The current situation of copyright transactions has exceeded expectations.

Brokeback Mountain has a high price offer across Europe.

In the past, Lu Ping'an's movies were sold out at a price of more than $100,000 in European countries.

Then there are many places, and the overall accumulation is only tens of millions of dollars in quotations.

But now, in Hungary alone, the sell-out price is $550,000.

At present, except for North America, the overall sellout price has exceeded 16 million US dollars, and if you sell it now, you can directly return to the capital and make a small profit of several million.

Again, this excludes some regions that may not be able to be released.

After all, the subject matter is sensitive, not only in the mainland, but also in many parts of the world.

But in this way, the quotation still rushed to 16 million.

Once again, Watzberg cried out for pity.

I would have invested more if I had known, so why only have a 20% share now?

How to close the deal in the end will continue to be discussed.

Again, if you can divide the account, you can divide the account.

Then wait for the Oscar results to come out before trading.

The Oscar result is next February, and the film will be released in North America in December this year.

This does not affect.

Because it can be re-released after winning the Oscar, a large part of the box office of the original time and space is generated by the return to the pot.

The matter is decided, and the rest of the copyrights are left on the Venice side.

Very good.

Lu Ping'an has the Golden Lion Award by his side, and the copyrights of the rest of the films are also rising.

In the end, the Indian studio spent $1.1 million to buy the rights to adapt "The Tuner".

South Korea and Neon's offers for "Twenty Again" also rose to $1 million and $1.4 million, respectively.

When the Chinese version of "Twenty Years Old Again" is filmed, the copyright price will rise again.

In addition, other studios have also expressed interest.

The quotations are different, and Lu Ping'an didn't go to the statistics, and then call them over to talk about it after the film comes out.

And then there's the little gain this time: endorsement.

There are indeed offers in the tens of millions of dollars.

From several luxury brands such as Gucci.

But that's the total price.

Lu Ping'an didn't directly agree.

Let's chat first, keep in touch, and then the women can use it later.

The matter was settled, and the next day Hu Qingquan got up in good spirits, and then began to drive people away.

"I'm here next, you go back, the Olympics are important."

What is the Golden Lion Award, how important is the Olympics.

Hu Qingquan thought so, Tian Zhuangzhuang also thought so, and he also wanted to go back as soon as possible.

Lu Ping'an won the Golden Lion Award, and as his graduate tutor, Tian Zhuangzhuang can be described as a chicken dog ascending to heaven.

He had to go back quickly, report to the school, and pretend to be with the students. Ahem, professor experience.

Lu Ping'an also directly agreed.

It's really not interesting to continue running the film festival, so it's better to go back.

Before leaving, Lu Ping'an had a small celebration banquet with the creators of "Brokeback Mountain".

On the way to the banquet, Ping An wrapped red envelopes for everyone with Chinese customs.

Everyone still feels fresh about this, and there was a package when it was finished, but the amount is not much, it is 88, in order to be auspicious.

Geely's statement has also been recognized by everyone.

The most recognized is Michelle, the supporting actress who plays Heath Ledger's wife in the film.

She said that she got pregnant not long after taking Geely's red envelope last time, so she hopes to win next year's Oscars this time.

As soon as she said this, the rest of the people also happily accepted the red envelope, and then wished that they would win the Golden Globe Awards and Oscars.

Everyone's confidence is very strong.

In fact, it doesn't have much to do with red envelopes.

is mainly because "Brokeback Mountain" went from not being optimistic at the beginning to rave reviews and then upset, which directly made everyone confident.

When confidence comes, everyone's courage will be released.

Some people say that they want the actor, and some people say that it is better to get seven or eight nominations.

seems to be affected by the atmosphere, and the widow sister that night was particularly bold

On the second day, the main creators and Hu Qingquan set off for Toronto.

Before leaving, the widow made a gesture on the phone: "If you can't see enough, call me." ”

Lu Ping'an smiled and nodded.

It's just that he has experienced a certain door, how could he make such a low-level mistake?

Yesterday's photo and video was just for show.

Actually, I didn't record it at all.

Now in his mobile phone, he is innocent!

。。。。。。

landed in the capital, and went out of customs with a group of Chinese people who recognized him on the plane, and then those Chinese people experienced the scene of star pick-up for the first time.

The sound of the shutter clattering continued, Lu Ping'an took off his mask, and the microphones of reporters from all sides slammed in.

"Thoughts? Very unexpected, very pleasantly surprised, and also, the trophy of the Golden Lion Award for feature films is much heavier than that of short films, haha. ”

"The first thing when you return home? Back to school report. ”

"What's next for the film? It will be officially announced in a few days, make an interesting low-budget movie and relax. ”

"Will you use domestic films to win awards in the future? Of course, I haven't always been like this, but this was an accident. ”

"And Scarlett? It's just a normal friend."

After dealing with reporters, Lu Ping'an went to the school's Toyota Coaster and went back to school directly.

When I came to the school, the car stopped in the teacher's building, and the familiar scene was reproduced.

Principal Zhang, the new Secretary Li and all the teachers greeted them.

The surrounding group of freshmen also secretly shouted, Director Lu in reality is really super handsome.

After a brief welcome, everyone moved to the exhibition hall.

Lu Ping'an took out the Golden Lion Award trophy and placed it on the booth in the presence of everyone.

There is no circulation, this is a big Golden Lion Award, not a mini small card.

In the future, the trophy will be kept at the school for a month.

It will then be replaced by a photo of Lu Ping'an holding the trophy, which will be placed after the other four short film award photos.

This comes in chronological order.

There is a lot of emptiness in the back, and I understand what I mean in seconds.

Then continue to take a group photo.

Then move on to the large conference room for a brief commendation.

Still as usual, CCTV, major portals, newspapers and TV stations are already there.

The question is straight, and Lu Ping'an's answer is still very straightforward, and there is nothing outstanding.

Finally, President Zhang concluded: Lu Ping'an's life is a big step and a big leap for Nortel, and I hope that Lu Ping'an can make persistent efforts and create more brilliance.

Whoa, everyone applauded.

After tossing for more than an hour, everyone moved to the school cafeteria to eat.

At the dinner table, everyone was much more relaxed.

Chirped and chatted about all kinds of interesting things.

After the end, I returned to Principal Zhang's office, and there were people from the six princesses who came with me.

Drinking tea, Principal Zhang talked about the next arrangement.

It is definitely not possible for "Brokeback Mountain" to be released publicly, but it can be shown to teachers and students as a learning material at Nortel, which is a small privilege of colleges and universities.

And the screening has already been agreed, Lu Ping'an does not charge money, and the screening is free for one day, which should be given to the school to support.

The screening time is after the first round of the Olympic director contest a week later.

When the time comes, Lu Ping'an will come to show his face and say a few words.

After the screening, Director Chu on the side of the six princesses said that the six princesses would arrange an appointment for Lu Ping'an in a few days.

It is definitely not possible to have an appointment with "Brokeback Mountain" for a good film, the six princesses are aiming at "Source Code", and the time is also the first Saturday after the first round of election, I hope Lu Ping'an will make an appearance if he is free.

Lu Ping'an did not refuse, the six princesses are under the umbrella of radio and television, and it is necessary to make friends.

Then, Principal Zhang talked about some things that need to be paid attention to.

"Peace, if you can, next time I will try to shoot an orthodox point"

The meaning is simple.

"Brokeback Mountain" won the award, which is worth celebrating.

But the controversy is not small.

Now there are some voices on the market that are not very good.

said that Lu Ping'an relied on foreign themes to win awards, and there was nothing to be proud of.

It is also said that the subject matter of the movie is sensitive and foreign, plus Hollywood Batman, Lu Ping'an is suspected of spreading culture for the West.

It is also said that "Brokeback Mountain" and "Batman", the two movies that made way for Ping An to establish the status of literature and Hollywood, are both ready-made scripts, or both have ready-made original comics, which cannot reflect the ability.

These voices are not loud, but they do exist.

In a word, even if you are renminbi, you can't make everyone like it.

Principal Zhang naturally understands this truth, so he said after making a suggestion: "Of course, this is just my personal suggestion, having a golden lion in hand is actually very successful, even if you say now that you will not make literary films in the future but specialize in commercial films, no one will say anything, although many old guys don't want to admit it, but the future is the world of commercial films." ”

Director Chu of the six princesses on the side also agreed: "There is still a big gap between our overall film market and the world, and I personally hope that Lu Dao can continue to create miracles in this regard." ”

Lu Ping'an expressed his gratitude after hearing this, and did not say anything.

Because he already had a plan.

That is, both hands should be hard.

"Brokeback Mountain" won the award, do you want to continue to make award-winning films?

Of course it is necessary to shoot!

In the life resume of director Lu Da, I can't stay in a foreign film in the award column.

Foreign films are a stepping stone for him.

Harvest copyright profits and box office profits, and harvest a wave of awards and honors along the way.

The harvest was successful, and the next thing was the "orthodox" film.

Count the past.

Several commercial films have established him as the head director of commercial films in the mainland.

Then, through Batman, he established himself as the most valuable director in Asia and a great director in Hollywood.

Now, he has made a real breakthrough in art, and has caught up with the gap with other directors in the mainland.

Next, it's time to truly transcend!

Commercially, to achieve jaw-dropping results at the box office, the few projects currently in hand can fully do this.

In terms of art, we must also start the road to winning awards for feature films!

As a traverser, he has the qualifications and confidence to stride forward!

He already has a goal.

And it's also an orthodox project that kills many birds with one stone.

What's the point of just swiping the prize yourself?

So next time.

Honor will no longer belong to Lu Ping'an personally!

It's just that before that, you have to wait for the Olympic campaign first, and then get the project in hand

(End of chapter)