Chapter 540: The dispute between the chief disciples (6k for monthly tickets)
The small meeting was held later, and it was more similar to a chat meeting.
The focus of the topic is mainly around Chen Linfeng.
I mentioned earlier that this year's release plans are two movies: "The Joker" and "The Shocking Demons".
So someone asked, "I heard that Mr. Chen was shortlisted for the Berlin Film Festival. Do you have any plans to get the Golden Bear this time, and you can directly win the Grand Slam?"
Hearing this, everyone became interested.
This statement was not very popular in the past, but since Zhang Yimou won the Grand Slam, domestic media have marketed this concept many times.
The public also became concerned.
The media has also counted the winnings of other directors.
The closest to the Grand Slam are two directors, one Chen Linfeng and the other Li An.
With Zhang Yimou, these three people are also the three most recognized international directors by the Chinese.
The difference between Chen Lin and the Berlin Golden Bear, while the difference between Li An and the Golden Palme d'Or is the Cannes Palme d'Or.
In terms of difficulty, it is naturally a little easier to get the Berlin Golden Bear.
So, there have been discussions online about when Chen Linfeng will have an impact on the Berlin Film Festival.
Now, the shortlist is announced, and the company is also concerned about this matter.
Now that I meet someone asking, everyone is immediately excited.
Guo Fan took the lead, "The teacher must have planned all the plans. The Grand Slam of the Three Gold is here today."
Liu Yun nodded, "I think so, the Golden Bear Award is not that difficult. For Mr. Chen, it's a piece of cake."
Chen Linfeng was speechless, "It seems that as long as I plan, I can win the award."
"For others, it's not certain, for you, Mr. Chen, that's not accurate.
Who doesn’t know that you made two art films, and one was the Golden Lion and the other was the Golden Palme d’Or.
In the eyes of outsiders, isn’t it just a handful of pinching? "
This is a bit exaggerated, a bit of a sarcastic attitude.
Even several TV directors who haven't spoken much, come to join in the fun.
Qian Yanqiu's serious analysis, "The Berlin Film Festival is not as popular as before. Their attitude towards the country is OK, and I feel that there is really hope. ”
"There is another key," Kong Shengdao, "This year's jury chairman is Wang Jiawei."
At this point, he looked at Chen Linfeng, "Director Chen, you can try your best."
Before Chen Linfeng answered, Wei Jin interrupted, "This matter cannot be made to Mr. Chen take the initiative, especially not directly contact with the other party. If the situation is wrong, it will be difficult to recover."
"This makes sense," Zheng Zhihao agreed, "Mr. Chen should not express his opinion, but we can find a way."
He looked at everyone present and said, "I have been in the industry for so many years. You may not know Director Wang Jiawei directly, but there are always people who know his relatives and friends. After going back, they will think of a solution."
"Yes, this is the way."
"I really know you said this."
"Then I'll try it back and try it indirectly."
Everyone expressed their opinions.
Of course, what is really worthwhile is in the industry.
For example, Cheng Er, Cao Yu, Qian Yanqiu, Liu Yun and others do have corresponding channels to get out.
Seeing that the situation was a little wrong, Chen Linfeng immediately stopped it, "I have my own plans for everyone. I don't need everyone to help you for the time being."
He actually understood Fang Long and asked him to help me find someone to communicate.
The relationship between Fang Long and Wang Jiawei is not easy to say what is going on, but the two have a common friend, Chen Xunqi, and this is the intersection point.
And Liu Zhenwei, this is a well-known friend of Wang Jiawei.
Public relations are OK, but it’s better not to do it too much.
Maybe I understood what he meant, and everyone didn't mean to help.
…
Time passes quickly, and the New Year holiday is about to pass.
The media have focused on hyping up several movies during the Spring Festival.
The biggest winner of this New Year holiday is undoubtedly "Lost in Thailand", and Lu Yang's "Embroidered Spring Sword" also made a big splash.
Zhao Yanzi's "To Youth" was released almost at the same time as "The Embroidered Spring Sword". Faced with the dual competition between Xu Zheng and Lu Yang, it only won about 300 million yuan.
It can only be considered good, and it will never have a box office of 700 million yuan in the previous life, which will shock the industry.
I think that in the next few years, there should be relatively fewer vulgar youth films.
After all, role models are not that outstanding, and those who follow the trend will naturally depend on the situation.
In fact, the first recommended youth campus movie that is now praised in the industry is "Your Name".
Last May Day, the industry released several similar youth campus movies, with plots aimed at campus love scenes, but they were reviewed by the top leaders.
How can students fall in love?
There is no choice. Director Chen can take pictures, but others may not be able to do it.
And the person, Director Chen, specially sets that the male and female protagonists will only become a couple after graduation.
It wasn't called falling in love when I was a student.
In short, the right to interpret belongs to the above.
It's gone far.
Chen Linfeng is very suspicious whether the box office of "To Youth" is also affected by this factor.
The audience has eaten it well and then watch other youth films. With preconceived ideas, it is hard to say what reaction will be.
At least, after reading some comments on the Internet, many people criticized "To Youth" with "Youth", believing that the description in this movie is not like youth at all.
"Real youth should be like in "Your Name", where you study in class, fight after class, and at most, you should occasionally travel through time and space."
"The gods occasionally travel through time and space."
"I have to say that "Your Name" is indeed very campus-like. When you watch it, people always think of the youth era. Compared to "To Youth", tsk..."
"How can you say that abortion, scumbags and dim filters besides the dark filters beside this is not youth? (Dog head)"
"..."
At the end of the month, Zhang Yimou called, on the one hand, asking about the situation of the Berlin Film Festival, on the other hand...
"Director Zhang is going?"
"Well, the screening will be held in Berlin at that time."
"This time is a bit tight," Chen Linfeng said, silently calculating the time in his heart.
On New Year's Eve next month, the opening ceremony of this year's Berlin Film Festival will be on the 7th, almost all the way.
"Well, I have communicated with the organizing committee. It premiered in Berlin on the 8th and returned on the 9th, and held another premiere in China. It happened to be released on the 10th first day of the 10th."
"That's OK," Chen Linfeng asked, "I heard that Director Wang's "The Grandmaster" will also premiere in Berlin?"
"Well, it's still the opening film, and he, the chairman of the jury, wasn't in vain."
"Then the three directors of you in the Spring Festival, aren't Zhou Xingxing left?"
"Well, isn't the only three directors left?"
Zhang Yimou shook his head, "He is leaning against Huayi, and there is no shortage of publicity."
Yes, Zhou Xingxing's movies are easy to do marketing alone, not to mention Huayi's support.
You should know that before Chen Linfeng, Zhou Xingxing was undoubtedly the most famous and popular among the audience.
This guy was at the beginning at the low point in his production, and his reputation was basically very good in his works.
After all, it was not the time when "The New King of Comedy" came out in later generations.
Zhou Xingxing's experience in his previous life made Chen Linfeng very alert.
I made a lot of good movies, but in the end I got a bad one, which hurts the reputation.
Of course, the marketing term "owing xxx a movie ticket" and flaws in personality are also important factors that affect word of mouth.
Chen Linfeng is always paying attention to not having similar problems.
At the end of January, the Chinese New Year is approaching, and it is time to visit everywhere again.
It's just strange. He is obviously young and just celebrated his 25th birthday, but he has visited few families, and people often come to his house with things.
Not mentioning anything else, especially these students, they are very active.
At this time last year, he gave several people a new script, but this year he was not in a hurry.
Just asked Lu Yang what plans he had this year. "Teacher, I'm not as fast as you. I just finished filming, so I have to think about it first before I can determine what movie to shoot in the future."
After receiving help from the teacher, he didn't want to take the script again.
I have become famous in advance, so don't be so anxious. I have time to slowly polish the script.
He also wanted to work hard on the screenwriter.
Several students summarized the teacher's achievements, and felt that a large part of the reason was attributed to the teacher's understanding of the script.
As a director, it’s not all up to you to create it yourself, but at least you have to go deep into all aspects of script creation.
You must understand the key points of storytelling and know how to target it when shooting and editing.
In the private discussions of several of them, director Chen Kaige and director Zhang Yimou are both negative textbooks to some extent.
The so-called teaching by words and deeds, Chen Linfeng's creative philosophy has obviously affected several students.
However, for them, the change should not be large.
In the original world, these people also coexist with directors and screenwriters, and they attach great importance to scripts and screenwriters.
In Chen Linfeng's view, this is also a necessary quality for a certain director in the new era.
In the past, directors often distinguished the two identities of directors and screenwriters very well.
Chen Linfeng asked Shen Ao again, "When will you start working? The team should have been organized, right?"
Shen Ao quickly responded, "Well, you have already found a good person and will start working after the New Year.
Many of my team are excellent juniors recommended by Director Wang to me, and several teachers have also added in."
Chen Linfeng nodded, "It's similar to my original treatment, but you have to remember one thing. Although teachers should respect them, you are the director and take the initiative in your own hands."
"I understand," Shen Ao said very seriously, "Apart from Teacher Chen, other teachers joining the group, I only think they are employees."
"Uh, that's fine."
Then, without waiting for him to ask, Guo Fan took the initiative, "I will start work after the New Year."
Chen Linfeng nodded, "Okay, for most of this year, no one needs help, you can work hard on your own."
Guo Fan was dissatisfied, "Teacher, don't you ask how my team is? Is there a shortage of people?" Chen Linfeng glanced at him, "You are so shameless, I'm worried that no one will worry about you. Maybe you will come to me one day and ask me to work for you." Guo Fan was speechless for a moment, "What is my image in the teacher's heart?" Shen Ao joined in the fun, "That's right, I haven't said that. The students who were intern with us at the time must be the highest-level alumni, but most of them were pulled away by this kid." He patted his thighs and regretted, "I saw that he always pulled those people to eat together, but I didn't expect to wait here."
Guo Fan widened his eyes, "How can you be innocent from nothing? I am just like everyone's ambitions."
Song Yi sneered, "Haha, why are you pretending to be a teacher? The teacher has long seen your true face."
Shen Ao glanced at him, "Song Yi, you should be content. Guo Fan took most of the time, and the rest was in your hands. I thought I didn't know?" Chen Linfeng said, "Then why didn't you pull someone?"
Shen Ao immediately said nothing.
Lu Yang said, "After all, it's up to the juniors to follow them out for a while. They are crazy and want to play special effects such as science fiction and mythology. They don't watch genres that are important to dramas."
"Oh, that's it." Chen Linfeng understood.
In fact, this is also his original purpose. The old generation of domestic filmmakers, who have path dependence, mostly revolve around the past subjects.
Even if he made an example in front, when others follow the trend, they will unconsciously walk back to the old path.
Just like special effects, nowadays, there are still few directors in China who are willing to go in this regard.
To put it bluntly, fear of failure is also a heartfelt timid because I don’t understand.
To be specific, these older generation filmmakers may not have the same understanding of the operation of special effects movies and the specific details as the newcomers brought out by Chen Linfeng. "It's good. There are not many talents in China who know special effects and want to work hard in this regard. Shen Ao and Lu Yang, you two can always find the right ones when looking for other places. It's better to leave these people to Guo Fan and Song Yi."
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Lu Yang deeply agrees, "Indeed, if you really want to talk about it, there will be no special effects when filming "Embroidered Spring Sword". It is actually a bit waste to let the juniors come over."
Guo Fan felt something was wrong, why did Lu Yang keep saying that his junior brothers?
Ah, I understand.
This is a filming "Embroidered Spring Sword", and I am thinking about it, I am quite a senior brother.
Shen Ao and Song Yi also noticed it.
The three of them secretly glanced at Lu Yang, and the meaning was very clear.
You guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, don’t think that you will start to make big after making a movie "Embroidered Spring Sword".
Wait, let’s finish this round and then discuss the level.
Lu Yang looked at the three of them with scrutiny.
Haha, I was the first one to come here. If I don’t do it, I will, who else can do it?
The four of them winked in private and had a lot of fun.
Of course, Chen Linfeng noticed their little moves.
But he didn't know the ambitions of these disciples, and he didn't even understand what senior brother these people were competing for.
After all, when I became a teacher for the first time, I didn’t understand his current status in front of the public.
The identity of a chief disciple is also a very important capital.
Although these people are joking, it is also a joke to say that they don’t care about this title at all.
…
In early February, Chen Linfeng, Mei Jie, Xiao Chang and others boarded a plane to the Berlin International Film Festival.
Liu Qianqian, as usual, would go to Aimei to film "The Walking Dead" during the beginning of the year.
There is no scenes in "The Joker", so she is not with Chen Linfeng.
When at the airport, several people were surrounded by many media reporters.
Everyone knows that Chen Linfeng will attend the Berlin Film Festival these days, and as long as he is careful, he will always be blocked.
Zhang Yimou and Zhang Weiping, together with the crew of "The Battle of Song and Meng", were discovered by reporters yesterday and were about to set off for Berlin.
It should be necessary to communicate in advance about the premiere of the film festival.
Among Chen Linfeng and his group, Sister Mei and Xiao Chang are both well-known figures in the media, and they are easily discovered.
Faced with the sudden long spear and short cannon, Chen Linfeng was not panicked at all and had experienced too much.
"Director Chen is going to Berlin?" The reporter first asked knowingly.
"Yes, the media has not reported it every day recently, and it has been shortlisted for the Berlin Film Festival, so go and have a look."
The reporter asked again, "Does Director Chen have confidence in winning the award?"
"What award should I get."
"Golden Bear Award?"
"This is hard to say. I think so, but the film festival organizing committee also knows that I am just one Golden Bear short of a Grand Slam. Normally, I will get one."
The public opinion has been a bit overheated recently, and Chen Linfeng decisively poured a basin of cold water first. "Ah? There is still this statement?" The reporters were shocked. "This is also a kind of unspoken rule. Just look at Director Zhang. At the beginning, he was only one Palme d'Or. He always won the jury award, but there was no Palme d'Or."
This is about "Living".
Just look at the previous century-old classics in film history. The domestic evaluation of "Living" is very high, and I won many international awards that year, but there is no Palme d'Or.
Although the "Pulp Novel" back then was indeed very powerful, the factor of the two strong fighting for hegemony, which is the same unspoken rule, wouldn't it work. "Besides, Oscars have similar unwritten statements. Those who have won the award will increase the difficulty a little later. This is a kind of human nature." Chen Linfeng's expression was sincere and tried hard to cool down the award.
This is a reasonable and well-founded statement, and the reporters were a little convinced.
"Then Director Chen, you can only be a qualification this time to show your presence?"
A reporter accidentally said what he said in his heart. "It's not entirely true. You still have to watch the movie quality. This is not good. The probability of winning the prize is really not as high as you reported.
I hope that when you report, you will also explain to the public when you report that if you don't get the prize in the end, you will become a sinner."
After the words, the reporters agreed.
Success, the fooling is in place.
Chen Linfeng must have wanted to win the prize, and he is idle and has nothing to do to make fun of.
But the objective difficulty is indeed there, but it depends on luck. It depends on the quality of the movies in the same period, and whether Wang Jiawei can do it.
It’s not easy to win the award, and there are still many problems that the reporters have prepared.
"This year's Berlin Film Festival, only Director Chen, was shortlisted for the Chinese filmmaker. The same was true for Cannes and Venice last year. No Chinese director was shortlisted for the main competition unit.
Does this represent a certain decline of domestic films? "
"This topic is a bit big," Chen Linfeng thought for a moment, "In the past two years, everyone should be able to feel that the domestic film market is gradually turning to commercialization. What you are talking about may be a reflection of some kind. ”
”In your opinion, is this a good thing? "
"You can't turn it into good or bad. People have limited energy and attach importance to commercial movies, so you will naturally ignore art films without realizing it.
The market is developing very fast now. I believe that in a few years, when commercial films gradually become saturated, someone will return to art films. "
A reporter asked about other things, "Will Director Chen return to China to film? Since "Your Name", you have never made a domestic film again. "
"Yes, I'm writing a TV drama script during this period. Although I won't be a director at that time, I will serve as the producer. "
This is big news, and the reporters became interested in it instantly.
"What topic is it from? ”
"It's considered a historical, but it's different from conventional historical dramas."
I knew Director Chen would come up with some new tricks.
The reporters were even more excited when he said this.
"Can you reveal more?"
Chen Linfeng refused decisively, "It's a little early to release the news. If you don't ask, I don't plan to say it."
After finally getting Director Chen, everyone had a lot of problems. Someone asked, "The Joker is your second collaboration with Leonardo. Will you find other top Hollywood stars to cooperate in the future, such as Robert Downey Jr., or Tom Cruise, or the like?" "This depends on luck. On the one hand, I have a suitable script, and on the other hand, I have to be able to watch it." "Director Chen, will you also star in other Hollywood blockbusters in addition to "Infinite World"?" "Hollywood has fewer Asian characters, and if you have the chance, I will try it."
"..."
The reporter had to ask again, and Chen Linfeng interrupted, "The time is coming soon, let's talk again if we have the chance."
The interview ended.
The plane landed at Tegel Airport in Berlin.
As soon as he got off the plane, Chen Linfeng was surrounded by a group of foreign journalists again.
Passengers coming and going to the airport met the interview crowd and asked which star was surrounded.
This time was before the Berlin Film Festival, and everyone knows that there will be a lot of celebrity exchanges recently.
When I heard that it was Chen, many passengers also surrounded him.
"chen, I am your movie/book fan."
"chen, I love you!"
"..."
The reporters and fans in Europe and the United States are equally hungry, or even more hungry.
Although he rarely appears in China, he still has it.
And even more so abroad.
chen only has a few months in Hollywood a year, and he is often busy with work during his time in Hollywood.
Few attendances were attended and fewer interviews were received.
You can often see it once only when you promote the movie.
But he has a great reputation in the Western world, especially after the release of the new book "The Lord of Mysterious".
The two books combined have sales of nearly 15 million copies, which can be regarded as a new sales miracle after "Harry Potter".
There is also the visual wonders and suspense frenzy of "Inception" that nearly $1.3 billion in box office movies bringing to the world.
In the second half of last year, others were not in Hollywood, but the name of chen has been circulating in the European and American worlds. "chen, are there any new plans this year?"
"Sherlock 3 and "Infinite World 2."
"oh!" "wow! Finally, the sequel is going to be filmed." "What a good news."
Suddenly exclaimed in the crowd.
There are also chen's fans in the journalist group.
The reporter who just asked the question was very excited, but he quickly thought of a question. "Don't that mean there are no new plans this year?" Chen Linfeng spread his hands, "There is only so much time, I can't do anything about it."
It's broken, there's not enough chen!
For a moment, movie fans couldn't say whether this was good or bad news.
(This chapter ends)