Those who can't escape will eventually have to face the media, so let's face it, it doesn't matter who you are.

Except for where he was, many filmmakers have never spoken out, and even if a reporter interviews them, most of them say, 'What is there to say about a movie that is good at the box office?' Similar remarks were prevaricated.

It's not that he wants to speak out, but that he is the most fierce person who shouts commercialization and industrialization, and the reporter will definitely not let him go.

The reporter left satisfied, and He Fang and his entourage got on a plane to Venice, and made a stop in Milan on the way.

"Where: [Transformers 3] It's a Good Thing to Have a Box Office Over One Billion"

"Where: [Pacific Rim] can definitely defeat [Transformers] and [Avatar]"

"Where to go: The three major directors must make more than three movies a year, and large companies also have to make blockbusters"

……

Just after the crew of "Scorching Sun" got on the plane, domestic reports about where to interview came out.

"Hey, where is the big tone, "Pacific Rim" can break the box office of "Transformers 3", I will eat Xiang live broadcast, and Hollywood blockbusters can beat it if they say it's defeated? Is there anything wrong with Hollywood blockbusters getting high box office in China? Chinese filmmakers are glass hearts, like a wronged little daughter-in-law, losing to Hollywood blockbusters is the honor of Chinese films, and in a few years, they will lose to Korean films. ”

"Upstairs, you're too licky, aren't you? Where is it wrong for people to have confidence? Shouldn't our filmmakers have that kind of confidence? Do we have to be grandchildren in the face of Hollywood blockbusters? People like you are just like what he said, you have to send a 'Best Licking Beauty Award'. ”

"I lick beauty? I am recognizing the reality and learning to admit the strength of others, why do you want to save face? Where is he so powerful, he has not won a prize from Europeans, not from Americans? Don't we have to be recognized by the United States and the West before we can recognize it? Say that I lick the beauty, why don't you say where to lick the West? Deceive oneself as well as others. ”

"You, very good, I took a screenshot, if the box office of "Pacific Rim" exceeds that of "Transformers 3" and you don't eat Xiang, he will go to you and beat you until you eat."

"Haha, where are you dreaming, want to surpass the box office of Hollywood blockbusters......"

"I used to think that He Fang's approach was a joke, but now I think he is really brave, Chinese movies Hollywood can't hold their heads up, no one dares to stand up, only He Fang dares to stand up and bluntly say that his movies can beat Hollywood blockbusters, and he is so confident. Why did he have faith? It is because he did the work of film commercialization early and made industrialized films. If "Pacific Rim" really defeats "Transformers 3" by then, I will definitely become a brainless fan of Whereever, and whoever dares to bite him. ”

"Upstairs, right? Whose dog is this? ”

"As for you, if you can beat a Hollywood movie, I'll be your dog."

"It's too much, it's too much, guys. One wants to eat Xiang, the other wants to be a dog, no, harmony, harmony, what does it matter who wins the high box office? Didn't he also say that it is a good thing that "Transformers 3" has a high box office, first, it proves that our box office has grown, and second, more new audiences have entered the cinema. ”

"Kind? It's not a matter of harmony. This time, we confessed and acquiesced in Hollywood's dominance, and since then we will always be cowardly in the face of Hollywood movies, and we will not dare to face it head-on. Just like football, how ridiculous is it that we are afraid of Korea after losing to South Korea? A large country with a population of more than a billion is afraid of a small country with a population of tens of millions, and this is a broken backbone. ”

"Is it necessary to rise to such a high level? And there's no shame in losing to Hollywood. You are brainless and patriotic, you don't recognize the gap in reality, and you can only be impotent and furious. ”

"Chinese films lag behind Hollywood by 50 years, and it is a joke to compete with Hollywood just by relying on the industrialization of the film industry of the Lake Film Group and Hefang. As I said a long time ago, the world only needs the United States to industrialize, and it makes no sense for others to do it. Now where is he still boasting about such a mouth, tsk, wait to see the joke. ”

"That's right, it's a bunch of patriotic thieves."

"I lost your mother, why did you become a thief if you were patriotic? Is it wrong for Lao Tzu to be patriotic? Your mother was bullied, is it wrong for you to take care of you? Is this logic? Then you tell me where your mom is, I'll bully it, and then you applaud next to me. ”

"Phew, you patriotic thief, you have to be rational and patriotic, and you have to learn to think independently......"

"Who's who? I don't know, I want to see Korean Oba right now. ”

"Alas, scolding again."

……

Although the Internet is very lively, no one else in the film industry has yet to speak out, probably because they think it's no big deal to be taken away by Hollywood blockbusters at the high box office, they have surrendered to Hollywood movies, and he completely surrendered and gave up resistance when he was "Avatar".

There are also some people who may not have the confidence to shout slogans like where they are.

It's weird, it's weird, other media people are discussing the impact of Hollywood blockbusters, and people in the film industry almost don't open their mouths, and the only ones who open their mouths are where to go.

He looks so different.

But the Chinese are like this, don't be vindictive, some people don't talk on the surface, but in private they want to fight for a breath.

It's not good, some directors and companies are plotting to make blockbusters, you "Transformers 3" get 1 billion box office, can I get 500 million?

But if I have a box office of 500 million, then I dare to invest 100 million in my movie, and 100 million investment is not a blockbuster in China, so what is a blockbuster?

What He Fang didn't expect was that he yelled in the media like this, and brought a lot of crew business to the Huying special effects department and the Huying base.

……

"Director, do you think I can make commercial films like this?"

After He Fang and his entourage got on the plane, he sat next door to Deng Chao, and then Deng Chao suddenly asked a question.

"You? Making a commercial film? Yes, you are a rare actor who kills TV dramas, literature and business, it is rare. He Fang nodded.

"Huh? Am I so good? Deng Chao was also surprised.

"Yes, it's just that you don't know, among the current Mesozoic actors, you, like Fan Bingbing, are actors who can adapt to a variety of shooting environments. The main thing is that your face and your performance methods can be movies, television, literature, business, and variety shows. ”

"Well, by the way, next time I'll do a variety show and invite you over." He Fang seemed to suddenly remember something.

"Huh? No, that, I still want to make some movies now. "Deng Chao is stupid.

"Haha, okay, just mentioning it, let's talk about it later."

……

Seven hours later, they arrived in Milan without any problems, and then immediately changed planes at Milan Airport and flew to Venice in a small plane.

This Venice International Film Festival is a bit like a Chinese film festival, because there are four Chinese films shortlisted, and if you count the horizon unit, there are five.

This Marco Mill really spared no effort, not only to bring Chinese films to the road of auteur films, but also for commercial interests, the greater the influence of Venice in China, the more money they will ask for from sponsors.

Look at which Chinese films have been shortlisted, and the main competition unit alone has been shortlisted for "Sister Peach", "Saidek Bale", "Killing Gold", and "Scorching Sun".

In addition, there is also a Chinese film in the Horizon unit, which is the film "The Trace of the Wako" by Xu Haofeng, a teacher at the film school.

At this time, five Chinese films came out, which doesn't feel like participating in a domestic film festival.

This is not counted, the judges also brought in Section Chief Jia to be the judge of the horizon unit.

Of course, He Fang suddenly remembered that there was another Chinese film in another time and space that came in halfway, and then won the Best Director Award, this movie is called "The Sea of People".

Why did he suddenly remember it? It's because he once did a film commentary series of Chinese films that won international film festivals in another time and space.

When he saw "Sister Peach", "Death Gold", "Sedek Bale", and "The Trail of the Wako", he suddenly remembered that he still had a film at that time.

He is particularly impressed by the two films on the mainland, "The Sea of People" and "The Trail of the Wolves" are the most sleepy.

Especially the damn long shot of "The Sea of People", which is so boring that there is almost no watchability, lacks details, and the logical lines are chaotic, and I can't understand it when I see it.

At that time, I wondered why this kind of film would win the award? How?

So he searched the Internet, mainly to know what this movie is about, otherwise how would he explain it? As a result, he found out the cause and effect of this movie.

On the fourth day of the Venice Film Festival, the film festival suddenly announced that "The Sea of People" was shortlisted for the main competition unit as a "surprise", and then won the Silver Lion Award-Best Director Award in one fell swoop.

This confused all the participating films at the time, this kind of operation has never been done before, and there are no ghosts behind it.

The three major film festivals, how can you play like this? It's been four days since the film festival opened, and you came in with the film and won the award, which is child's play.

Later, He Fang learned more and found that the reason why this movie was stuffed in was because the problem of passing the trial had not been passed, so it couldn't get out, and the content of this film was really ......

What is the story about? The story goes something like this:

After returning to his hometown from working in other places a few years ago, Tie Boss was reluctant to leave his hometown again, and he was determined to settle for the status quo and support his family in the depths of the vast mountains. He and his younger brother drove a motorcycle in a rural pass to make a basic living.

One afternoon, motorcycle drivers gathered at the pass to wait for passengers. Iron Boss didn't expect that this would be the last time he would see his brother. A long-haired young man riding his brother's motorcycle suddenly burst out on the quiet road, grabbed the car with a knife, killed his brother, and then fled by car.

The Iron Boss decided to chase the murderer thousands of miles to avenge his younger brother. He rode a motorcycle from south to north, Guizhou, Chongqing, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi; Traces all the way, through betrayal, fraud, the sinister state of the world and the struggle of self-emotion, and finally finds the murderer in a black coal mine, but he also falls into a desperate situation.

Why has this story never passed the trial? Because the iron boss depicted in the movie chased the murderer all the way and encountered darkness all the way, under the director's depiction, I feel that the world is black, and this is a hopeless country.

Venice likes this very much, and feels that it is a reflection of the lack of judicial fairness for ordinary Chinese people.

So I stuffed the movie into it, and then it won an award.

This is the ...... He Fang remembered these things afterwards, and really regretted agreeing to come to Venice, but the nominations were announced, what could he do?

He felt badly that he had been tricked into coming to Venice.

I hope this time and space don't play this 'surprise' anymore, otherwise the gold content of this film festival will really plummet."

As soon as they arrived on Lido, Marco Muller and some of the members of the organizing committee came to the hotel to welcome them.

Everyone else was excited, but He Fang was in an average mood, no one knew why he was in an average mood, only he knew.

"Hi Director He, it's a pleasure to see you again, welcome to Venice." Muller was enthusiastic.

"Hello, Mr. Müller."

"It's been a hard journey, so you can settle down first, then rest and rest, there is still one day before the opening, you can get acquainted with Venice first." Mueller said.

"Okay, thanks to Mr. Müller's kindness, you go and get busy, we can take care of ourselves."

Sent Muller away, the crew of "Scorching Sun" rested first after moving in, He Fang also told them to let them move freely, He Fang also fell asleep, according to the domestic time, it is now early in the morning, plus he rushed all the way, he was a little unbearable.

The next day, most of the crew arrived, and then various visits and gatherings began.

He Fang is not familiar with many filmmakers, but he can't stand that although he is young but famous, it is not good not to give face when invited by others.

In this way, the 30th followed everyone to blow the cow for a day, and praised each other.

On this day, the last member of the crew of "Scorching Sun" also rushed over, that is, the nominal producer Wang Zhonglei, who came to rub off on the heat and advertise for Huayi, maybe the stock market can rise again.

Last time, "Single Zoo" rose because of a wave, maybe this time it will be okay.

"Director He, you are still brave, Haikou who dares to boast about the box office in front of the media, Director Feng said that he didn't dare, he had no confidence." Wang Zhonglei pulled him to chat.

"You have to give him confidence, don't you have the confidence to make blockbusters."

"Well, it's easy to say, that's why I'm late." Wang Zhonglei sighed.

"What's wrong?"

Wang Zhonglei spread his hands, "Find a blockbuster story, pick and choose, this is not good, that is not good." "Nineteen Forty-Two" is enough? Alas, we only want this film not to lose money now. ”

"Haha, Mr. Wang, it's impossible to lose money, put a hundred hearts. Why don't I make a bet? The profit part of "1942" after recovering the cost is mine, if I lose money, I will make up for the loss to you, what do you think? ”

He Fang smiled, why don't you fool Wang Zhonglei and make a profit from him?

"Huh? Director He, are you so confident? Do you think the story of "1942" will work? Wang Zhonglei looked at him suspiciously.

"Then how do I know, I haven't read that book, nor have I read Director Feng's script. I just have confidence in Director Feng's directing level, and I don't think I will lose money. I'm telling you the truth, I like this kind of bet, why don't we bet on one? He Fang raised his eyebrows after speaking.

Wang Zhonglei was stunned, and his eyes were cloudy for a while.

"There's no need to make a hasty decision about this, what I said is valid until the movie is released, I can bet with you, what I said is true." He Fang said very seriously.

"Hey, Director He, are you so confident?"

"Why not? A director who has never lost a movie for more than ten years, why is there no confidence? ”

"......" Wang Zhonglei had nothing to say for a while, he couldn't say that the people in his company didn't have the confidence of outsiders, right?

However, he can go back and discuss it with his eldest brother, after all, this is someone who is different.

It doesn't matter who you are, the day of the official opening of the 68th Venice International Film Festival the next day, so the daytime is a busy time for the filmmakers participating in the festival.

"Hey, who is the director, I'm Andy Lau, get to know me."

"Ah, Brother Hua, hello, hello, it's really nice to meet you. You just came here today? He Fang unexpectedly saw Andy Lau.

"Yes, I just arrived, so I came to meet you for the first time, and I haven't had a chance to get to know you." Andy Lau is very polite.

"Sister Peach" was shortlisted, and Andy Lau also wanted to participate.

"Ha, I want to know you more, you've been my idol since I was a child......"

Mutual praise begins......

(End of chapter)