For business, Lu Ping'an showed a tough and slick side.

But Han Sanpin naturally doesn't really think that Lu Ping'an did this entirely because of that "contradiction".

It's just that in this way, Han Sanpin's mood will not be much better.

"Wuji", is it really so unbearable in Lu Ping'an's opinion?

When he returned to Lu Ping'an's office and sat down at the tea table, Han Sanpin asked questions.

Lu Ping'an shook his head when he heard this: "I'm not qualified to evaluate this film, even if it is, it may be right now, and it may be wrong after a while." ”

Han Sanpin couldn't help laughing and scolding after hearing this: "Now you are hiding the two of us?" ”

"It's not that I want to hide, it's just that this kind of thing has not produced results, or it has not been baptized by time, and it is really hard to say whether it is right or wrong."

"Then you can tell me briefly, I promise to bring only ears."

Han Sanpin put down the teacup and made a deaf look.

In his opinion, Lu Ping'an in front of him is actually fully qualified to let all those who want to develop in the field of commercial films in the mainland sit here and listen to the lectures.

The domestic film box office has set a cliff-like record, with a total global box office of more than 8 billion yuan, and he is the only mainland director who has achieved positive success in Hollywood.

Ignoring the "seniority", Lu Ping'an can indeed teach great poets and Lao Mouzi and others in the field of commercial films.

It's just that "seniority" is not so easy to ignore.

The relationship between the great poet and Lu Ping'an has developed to what it is today, and this is the fundamental reason.

But for the great poets, they can't do it, but for Han Sanpin, it's no problem.

He's not Lu Ping'an's competitor or anything.

As the soon-to-be-become the leader of China Film, from the standpoint of the development of Chinese films, it is difficult to say, as long as the advice is pertinent and practical, it doesn't matter if he kneels down and listens to the teachings with an open mind, of course, this is a very exaggerated statement.

Lu Ping'an actually knows this, he knows what Han Sanpin did during his tenure, and he also recognizes it, otherwise he would not have used the form of painting a pie to get closer to Han Sanpin when he first met, and basically had no reservations about him in many things in the later time.

So now that Han Sanpin has asked, he just took advantage of this time to talk about it briefly.

It's definitely not okay to say more, and he doesn't know all the details, but it's okay to give some inspiration and indicate where he stands.

So he asked rhetorically: "Do you think "Wu Ji" is a commercial movie? ”

"You don't think so?"

"From what I know so far, it's not."

"Why?"

What else.

Because this is the collective commonality of the "costume commercial blockbusters" of the fifth generation of Chinese directors at the beginning of the 21st century.

In this day and age, investors, directors, audiences, and critics all think that big investment, movie stars, and action scenes mean "business".

Whether the commerciality is strong or not depends on whether the investment is large, whether the star is top, and whether the scene is magnificent.

Among them in terms of big investments.

Hollywood and the current domestic directors are treated in a completely different way.

Hollywood sees big investments as elaborate budget tables and formulaic script writing that tightly controls the mood of the audience.

The "fifth generation" directors who are new to commercial film production see it as an opportunity and a means to amplify their own authorial style characteristics a hundredfold or a thousand times.

To put it mildly, Hollywood will strive to make a wider audience "cool" according to the size of the investment.

The five generations of directors used a series of elements such as big productions and big scenes brought by big investments to light up the icon of "commercial blockbusters" and satisfy the audience before the release, which is considered to have completed the task.

Then he went on to realize the director's personal "dream".

However, this can indeed attract countless audiences to the theater.

But when it came out, everyone was basically green-faced.

"Hero" is half counted, and after "Hero", "Ambush on All Sides", "Seven Swords", "Night Banquet", "Wuji" and so on.

That's pretty much it.

The difference is.

Two of them represent the great poet and the old Mouzi.

Lao Mouzi may be subjectively trying to suppress his own authorial style, trying to explore the correct shooting mode of Chinese commercial films.

Great poets are more likely to use commercial investment to actively realize their authorial style.

So the team behind "Boundless" is strong everywhere.

But the script pulled the crotch.

Domino effect.

So the whole crotch was pulled.

The rest of the directors also mostly hovered before the two.

Of course, that doesn't really mean they're doing something wrong.

After all, the limitations of the times are here, and all the things that all the big domestic directors have done at the moment are worthy of affirmation.

Everyone is trying to explain to the world an image of China that is going international from their own authors' perspectives.

Among them, Lao Mouzi and the great poet represent two different paths.

In the face of the key issue of how to present the oriental culture and image of the orient to the world.

Lao Mouzi seeks to combine with Western modernism, and retell the essence of traditional Chinese culture with the constructive logic of Western art.

The great poet took a step back, and his discursive logic was "Asian", and he tried to reconstruct China in the 21st century as the East Asian cultural circle of the Tang Dynasty, realizing a regionalization of "internationalization" first.

Whether it is to join and surrender to internationalization with the attitude of Europe and the United States, or to take the regionalization of East Asia first, the two have to be swallowed up by aesthetic appeals in the narrative category, so that they choose to weaken the thinking and textual text, and appeal to the senses, emotions and postmodern "texts".

In this way, they gave their own interpretation of modern Chinese aesthetics.

But it also brought one "bad movie" hat after another.

The vast number of audiences who represent the general aesthetics can't understand it, or they don't watch it well, so they don't buy it, so what kind of "commercial blockbuster" can we talk about?

It's just like Lu Ping'an said.

It's really hard to say whether this "tears of the times" is right or wrong.

If you scoff at it now, you may be "rehabilitated" in the future.

After hearing this, Han Sanpin digested it for a while and asked, "What about Ling, what kind of perspective do you think you have?" ”

"Me?"

Lu Ping'an smiled after hearing this, "My perspective on commercial movies is actually very simple, that is, I never think that we are worse than anyone else, and I never think that East Asia or Europe and the United States are so good. ”

Lu Ping'an has a fart perspective.

He picks up wool.

But this explanation does hold water.

All the movies he has made so far, although they are basically foreign films.

But the cultural tendencies and aesthetic interpretations are neutral.

Suspense, science fiction, brain holes and other themes, it is neutral, and it can be passed within the four seas.

Then spend the money on the blade, make fans more "cool", and strive for a higher box office - the movies are basically the same - bad movies are not eligible to be killed.

Even if there is a Western-style aesthetic, then it has to be adapted, such as "Wonderful Night".

Or mix a little Chinese, such as "Batman" and "Brokeback Mountain", which are highly praised by domestic and foreign media people.

One is mixed with Chinese-style martial arts, and the other uses Chinese-style subtlety.

This is also recognized by the media and the critics.

Lu Ping'an also realized after watching the film review that his aesthetics did affect his film selection.

So what kind of perspective he has now, in fact, he can't tell himself, so after a general summary, he will go back to commercial movies.

"Business is profit, and if you satisfy the majority of fans, you will have profit! If you can't do it, let alone a commercial movie. ”

When Lu Ping'an said this, he couldn't help complaining: "So many of my movies have been successful commercially, the key is that the quality of the script is good, and the movies made make fans love to watch, what marketing, production, industry or something is just an auxiliary means, why don't they learn the key points?" ”

Han Sanpin sighed slightly after hearing this.

It's a frustrating question.

Lu Ping'an is special in China, and other directors of the fifth and sixth generations also have their own thinking patterns and pursuits, how can they be so easy to influence each other.

Lu Ping'an also knows this, the confusion period of the current five generations of directors is after all, so he also asked knowingly.

But he doesn't really feel that what he is doing is right, so he forcibly tries to change the status quo.

is still the same sentence, a product of the times, right or wrong, Lu Ping'an is not qualified to evaluate.

So in the end, Lu Ping'an was modest: "In fact, I have to learn from them, at present, my films rarely have obvious regional colors, and I can't show our own stories well, from a commercial and film point of view, it may be passable, but from the perspective of 'Chinese film', it is indeed lacking, and I will strive to go in this direction in the future, otherwise when others talk about me, they only think that I am a Hollywood director rather than a Chinese director, then I am really ashamed of my ancestors." ”

Hearing this, Han Sanpin was both relieved and amused.

To be modest is to be modest, but it seems that it is not completely humble.

Others wish they were being said to be Hollywood directors, but Lu Ping'an is good, and the other way around.

But that's what makes Lu Ping'an special, isn't it?

That's what he's happy about.

Lao Mouzi can't do it, and if the great poet can't do it, he still has a safe road to lay a foundation.

In other words, there is still hope for Chinese films.

Well, it seems that the answer has been that way for a few years now.

Thinking about it like this, Han Sanpin's mood improved.

"Wuji" was also temporarily left behind by him, and then he drank a sip of tea and said to Lu Ping'an, "How is your studio?" ”

"You just happened to come, the new equipment just arrived yesterday, walking, take you to open your eyes."

"It's not a small tone."

"You'll know when you see it"

The two ended the topic of "Wu Ji" and set off for the Xingchen Studio in Huairou.

Soon, Han Sanpin saw Lu Ping'an's new invention, which was the invention of the original space-time Cameron: the virtual camera.

"Uncle Han, you stand at this crosspoint, yes, just make a move, okay."

In the studio, Lu Ping'an let Han Sanpin experience a new toy in depth.

After Han Sanpin finished a few actions, he detoured behind the camera, looked at it, and immediately laughed: "Interesting, I've become a monster." ”

"Next time, I'll build you a model of the Buddha."

"Don't, I can't bear it."

"It's okay, I can carry everything with a machine gun in your hand."

"Hahaha"

Later, the two visited the studio, which cost 300 million to build.

He was also introduced to the heads of various departments.

Han Sanpin was amazed.

He knew that Lu Ping'an wanted to engage in the film industry, but what he actually saw was still different from what he imagined.

It's more advanced and efficient here.

And Lu Ping'an's image in his eyes has also been refreshed again.

"I can't see that you're still an inventor."

"It's not that I invented it, it's just that the technology has been integrated."

"That's also very good, how can anyone else have you like you."

Han Sanpin no longer knew what words to use to describe Lu Ping'an.

can only say that this is the person who really makes commercial films!

After a round trip, he asked, "When will the Pacific Rim be filmed?" ”

"Now it's actually ready to shoot."

The equipment was all in place yesterday, and after commissioning, it can already meet the demand.

So "Pacific Rim" can indeed be filmed now, and there is no need for the main creators to participate.

Because you can use a motion capture actor to shoot the process first.

Do a good job of fighting mechs and monsters.

The rest will be left to the post-production to make the corresponding special effects.

During the period, casting will be carried out and the rest of the scenes will be filmed.

The overall production time is expected to take at least half a year.

This is still under the advantage of Lu Ping'an's current special effects related personnel and leading contemporary special effects software.

Much slower than previously expected.

Of course, if you use the full body "X", you don't have to worry about it.

But Lu Ping'an was not prepared to do so.

You can't always choose to take shortcuts.

Since you decided to use this movie to run in the team, you have to be patient.

In addition, this kind of commercial blockbuster is not in a hurry, and now there are only so many big screens in the country, and there will be at least 500 more pieces a year later, and the corresponding box office capacity will be hundreds of millions more.

Therefore, the later it is, the more box office data can be played, and the cost of hundreds of millions of dollars will be smashed, and it is of course the best to make a little more.

Of course, it can't be too late.

We must do things that are in keeping with the times.

It's late, "Pacific Rim" may still be fresh at home, but not internationally.

So Lu Ping'an decided that it would be good to release the New Year file at the end of 06 or the summer file of 07.

Han Sanpin then asked: "When will the film financing start?" ”

"Let's go a few days, "Brokeback Mountain" will pass first."

"I heard that there are people in the United States who are boycotting this film now, will it have a big impact on the hedging Olympics?"

"You're a good guy."

"I can ignore Lao Mei's other things, and I can still leak your business?"

"Okay, but it doesn't matter, a few people resist it."

"Brokeback Mountain" is about to be released in North America, and like the original time and space, it has encountered resistance from some religious groups.

These are all expected, and there are already predetermined plans.

"Even if you really can't rush to the Olympics, it's okay, next time you can make a film with our own country as the background."

"Sounds like you've got an idea?"

"Yes, but it's still early."

"Well, it's good to take your time, do things one by one, don't rush."

Han Sanpin said, and asked again, "Can I make a cameo appearance in your film?" It doesn't matter what the scene is, just show your face. ”

"Then play a big leader?"

"I can't bear it, I can't bear it."

"It's okay, there are several big leaders together, both Chinese and foreign, put it in the middle for you, just appear for a few seconds."

"That's fine."

。。。。。。。

With the equipment in place, "Pacific Rim" will officially enter the production stage, and "Kung Fu Panda" will enter the martial arts stage like it.

Everything is carried out quietly, and there is no publicity.

In fact, "Interview with Yang Lan" has already revealed that "science fiction blockbusters, invest hundreds of millions", and just one sentence has also attracted great attention in the industry.

As for "Kung Fu Panda", except for the short film released last year, it has been covered so far.

But now it's all the same, so I won't publicize it much.

There is really no need to compete with "Wuji" for popularity.

It's better to let the popularity of "Wuji" soar freely.

In the following days, Lu Ping'an put himself to work.

Outside, the power of "Wuji" is also getting stronger and stronger, and several leading actors such as Zhang Dongjian and Zhang Baizhi have ushered in the peak of their lives, and many other actors in the industry are envious.

And the people around Lu Ping'an are actually similar.

After entering November, "Silent Witness" finally began to broadcast after more than a year of hiding.

In this TV series, Yan Danchen is the starring role.

In addition, the news of the heroine of the movie "Twenty Years Old Again" is still warm.

and now "Baolian Lantern" is beginning to end, and the ratings are record-breaking.

Chang'e has become a goddess in the hearts of countless men.

So the whole November seems to have become the most popular month in Yan Danchen's life.

I believe that the reputation of the two TV series will rise, her popularity will be consolidated again, and the prospects of "Back to Twenty" will get better and better.

Coincidentally, "Silent Witness" was broadcast, and the popularity of the second female Zeng Li also increased.

and Zeng Li's "Jinghua Smoke Cloud" was also broadcast in early November.

The popularity of this film is also good, and it belongs to the top level of popularity in the current TV drama circle.

It's just that the film's bonus to the heroine is not very big.

The heroine's popularity has declined since the military flag outfit, and it seems more difficult to recover than imagined.

However, the second female Zeng Li received a good evaluation.

In addition, Zeng Li has just been washed away by the Tang people's propaganda offensive recently.

In the unit of "New Liao Zhai Zhiwei: Painted Skin", Zeng Li participated in the performance, and then was seen by Lu Ping'an, and was directly introduced to the drama "Painted Skin" as the heroine.

As soon as this news came out, Zeng was not small from the heat.

In addition, her "Mulan" role is still popular.

This November seems to have become the reddest month in Zeng.

I believe that with the broadcast of Xinliaozhai in December, it is no problem to stabilize the bonus brought by the wonderful night and go further, and "Painted Skin" will once again gain a guarantee.

By mid-November, the men's harvest came.

On the 11th and 12th, Jay released a new album "Chopin in November".

"Chopin in November", alias "The Arrogance of November".

"Nocturne", "Hair Like Snow", "Maple" and so on.

There is also "All the Way North", which has the highest attention and topic.

In the song "All the Way North", the relevant picture of "Initial D" was revealed for the first time.

The release of the first trailer of the movie in the form of MV is also the first time for domestic entertainment.

And the tense and exciting drag racing scenes, the various characters that flashed by, and the high popularity of the song.

As soon as possible, the popularity of "Initial D" continued to rise.

It's just that fans and fans are more helpless that they have to wait half a year to see the movie, because "Initial D" is scheduled for the summer of June 2006.

The next to usher in a small outbreak were Ning Hao and Huang Bo.

At the Golden Horse Awards on November 13, "Crazy Stone" won the "Best Feature Film" and "Best Director".

Huang Bo also won the "Best Supporting Actor nomination" for this film.

And Huang Bo is also a supporting role in "Initial D".

For a while, Huang Bo's popularity in Wanwan increased a lot.

It's just that because of his image, his fan market is not big, even if the limit is drizzle, but Huang Bo is very open to this, after all, it is a big step in life now, and he has to know how to be content and grateful.

On November 18, Baoqiang and Zhang Songwen set off with Kang Honglei to start filming "Soldier Assault".

At this moment, Baoqiang only wants not to disappoint his eldest brother.

Little did he know that the gears of fate were already spinning wildly.

Sending away the company's mascot Baoqiang, the temperature in the capital suddenly cooled down.

It seems that because of the cooling down, the good news is bad news.

In November, the Cong Fei incident became a hot topic in society.

In 2005, singer Cong Fei suffered from stomach cancer, which cut off funding for 183 children, and some parents called and scolded: "Why don't you send 20,000 yuan?" Didn't you say that I want to send my child until I graduate from college? You really don't believe in your words. ”

The real-life version of the farmer and the snake is heartbreaking.

What's even more sad is that Cong Fei will leave in a few months, after his death, the white-eyed wolves still catch his wife and scold, the realistic version of the farmer and the snake has been staged again and again, and his wife will die in an unjustified disaster five years later, which makes people feel that good people really don't live long

Lu Ping'an turned off the news, doubting whether what he and Guorong were doing was meaningful.

He couldn't help but contact the fund as soon as possible to inquire if there was any special funding, what he was afraid of was that Guorong was too emotional.

The good news is that Guorong also understands, and there is also Han Hong on the side, and the entire fund is only dedicated to building schools, and nothing else.

Lu Ping'an also breathed a sigh of relief.

But he still decided to hide it if he could.

Do good deeds in a low-key manner, as if it didn't exist.

(End of chapter)