Chapter 250 Brother Jiang, I’m going to beat you up this time
Chen Linfeng and the others set off relatively late, and the opening ceremony will start in two days.
The members of the Chinese Legion have arrived early.
Sister Mei and other members of the "Breaking Drummer" crew also left early for Venice.
At this time in the evening, when Sister Mei welcomed them to the hotel.
There were already several people waiting at the door.
Han Shanping took the lead, with Jiang Wen and Yu Dong standing next to him.
Chen Linfeng hugged several people.
Han Shanping greeted him with a smile, "Xiao Chen, you have really stole the show this summer. You must quickly join the big screen. I am very hungry for talents."
" So I’m just going to attend Venice with my film, and my focus will gradually be on films in the future.”
"That's good."
Han Shanping patted him on the shoulder, then looked at his beloved general and said.
"Jiang Wen is also participating in this session. Let me say it first. Let's compete. No matter what the final result is, we can't be unhappy."
Jiang Wen grinned. , "That won't happen. I've always liked Xiao Chen. It's his first time to come here with a feature film. I hope he can achieve good results."
He does have a good impression of Chen Linfeng, but he also wants to In my heart, I don't think Xiao Chen is a threat this time.
After all, he is still less than twenty years old. If this allows him to win the highest award, it will be too shocking.
Chen Linfeng was unwilling to let the other party see him like this.
Even if you don’t talk about Zhang Yimou’s previous promises, the level of "Explosive Drummer" in its previous life was not bad. It was nominated for 6 Oscars, including the Best Picture nomination, and won the Best Supporting Actor, Editing and Three awards for audio.
It shows that it is a movie above the standard, and then it depends on the judges’ preferences and luck.
And "The Sun Also Rises" was too ostentatious and the meaning was too hidden. In the previous life, there was really nothing gained in Venice.
If Jiang Wen is allowed to keep thinking this way and his subsequent awards are higher than his, the scene will not look good and future meetings will be embarrassing.
Thinking of this, Chen Linfeng said seriously, "Brother Jiang, I have confidence in my work. I am not here to see the world. Be careful when the time comes and I will overwhelm you."
From his Benxin said that he did not dare to think about the Golden Lion Award, after all, he was too young.
But for other important awards, with Zhang Yimou as the promoter, the chances are still very high. It is really not difficult to beat "The Sun".
When Jiang Wen heard this, he wanted to laugh a little.
But he recalled the other party's experience, and the Oscar for Best Screenplay suddenly came to mind.
At least in terms of script, Xiao Chen is still top notch.
In addition, I won the Silver Lion in 2005, and I am already a member of Venice. Maybe I will have a chance to win a good award.
It seems you can’t say too much.
Although he is confident, he is not someone who looks down on others casually. At this time, he also restrained his extroverted emotions and became a little more serious.
"Of course I know what you are capable of, Xiao Chen. Don't worry, when the time comes you really win the grand prize. I will only be happy for you, brother."
"That's good. I don't know how to take care of Jiang in the future. It’s my brother’s face.”
Han Shanping laughed. He likes to see the confident posture of the younger generation of filmmakers. In the past, there was Jiang Wen, and now there is Xiao Chen.
Yu Dong teased from the side, "A strong enemy has appeared, Director Jiang will be on the wax this time."
Jiang Wen said in a bad mood, "I said you are fat and you are breathless. I really thought you, Brother Jiang, were vegetarian.”
Just let this matter pass.
Yu Dong is the publisher and promoter of "The Sun Also Rises" this time.
Before, they talked about Zhang Yimou and Zhang Weiping. Yu Dong also wanted to hook up with a big domestic leader, and his target was Jiang Wen.
I wanted to use this "Sun" to show off my abilities, but who knew that I became lonely and the two of them had no follow-up.
Chen Linfeng took this opportunity to introduce Liu Qianqian to everyone.
"This is Sissi, my heroine. I hope you can help me more in the future."
This description and this gesture are a bit obvious.
Han Shanping smiled at Qian Qian to save his face.
"As for An Qian from "Star You", not many people in China know her now. Will she be transferred to the big screen in the future?"
Liu Qianqian nodded and replied, " Xiaofeng said that the TV series has almost developed, and it would be better to switch to movies, maybe next year or the year after.”
"It's good to have a plan. You are now the leading female star in the country. It's not a bad thing to be steady."
At this time, Sister Mei reminded, "We have been standing outside for a while, how about you Let’s go in first, isn’t there a welcome party?”
Han Shanping slapped his head, “Yes, I almost forgot, let’s go in and chat.”
He chatted while walking. "Everyone from our country who came to Venice this time, except for Zhang Yimou, has basically arrived. It just so happens that you are here to hold a welcome meeting and let everyone communicate together."
Chen Linfeng asked, "Director Zhang is still very Busy?”
"Yeah, he has to prepare for the Olympics, and the time has been very tight. If he hadn't agreed earlier, he might not show up at all this time.
But this is just before the opening of the film festival. , so we won’t wait for him.”
A few people arrived in a large private room.
As expected, there are already many people in the room.
A lot of Chinese crew came to Venice this time.
Except for the two great directors Li An and Jiang Wen.
Jia Zhangke's "Useless" is a documentary.
"Help Me, God of Love" by Li Kangsheng;
"The Detective" by Du Qifeng;
Lu Le's "Novel", Chen Yili's "Heaven's Mouth", etc., are all Either be shortlisted for each unit or participate in the screening.
Speaking of which, in this era, there are quite a lot of people from China participating in the three major film festivals.
Especially in Venice, because the film festival chairman Marco Muller is closer to China, there are even more people participating.
Chen Linfeng glanced briefly and saw Li An, Jia Zhangke, Chen Chong, Liang Chaowei, Wang Lihong, Tang Wei, Yang Ziqiong and others. The main creators of "The Exploding Drummer", Li Xuejian, Zhou Jielun, and Ma Yue, have already arrived in advance.
Seeing Han Shanping and others coming in, the atmosphere in the event hall immediately became lively.
Everyone gathered around to chat.
"Director Xiao Chen, you are here. We have been waiting for you for a long time."
"Sissi, you guys are in the spotlight this time. The whole country is reporting on you and Director Xiao Chen. ."
"..."
Later, the welcome meeting officially began. Han Shanping had said well before that it was called a welcome meeting, and it was mainly an exchange of ideas.
As the leader of the team, he said something on the stage about unity and helping each other.
The people listening below applauded very much.
When this process is completed, it will be like a normal party, everyone will communicate with each other.
Han Shanping took Li An, Jiang Wen, Chen Linfeng, Jia Zhangke and others to chat.
Other actors scattered in twos and threes and gathered together to chat.
Because of her age, Liu Qianqian is not very familiar with some Hong Kong and Taiwan actors who are obviously seniors from the previous generation.
She is still among the main creators of "Exploding Drummer", chatting with seniors like Ma Yue and Li Xuejian.
The directors are here.
Although Li An and Xiao Chen were a little reluctant to deal with it at first, it has been two years and they don't care much anymore.
He asked about Xiao Chen’s movie.
Chen Linfeng introduced it truthfully.
Several directors frowned.
Jiang Wen thought to himself, no wonder this guy was confident. This kind of book involves educational issues, which is a common problem in the world and is likely to resonate with the group.
From this perspective, it has an advantage in subject matter compared to his own films.
Although Li An is a director who came from the beautiful Chinese education system, he has a very good feeling about this story.
At the same time, I can't help but feel that at Xiao Chen's age, he is still in school and really thinks about education issues more.
Coupled with the fact that he is familiar with the field of music, the young director has a different direction in selecting materials from the older generation.
Han Shanping is also a director himself, and what he is struggling with is the story itself.
“Why is the perspective of your story so strange? Isn’t it supposed to be that you are a genius? How can you stand from the perspective of ordinary people and consider the pain of ordinary people who want to go further?”
“ Ordinary people are the mainstream, and we should always make movies for the public to see," Chen Linfeng said matter-of-factly.
In his previous life, he was a completely ordinary person, and his mentality was more ordinary because of his own worries.
Jia Zhangke shook his head, "You shouldn't care what the public thinks. Movies are the author's own will. I think it would be better if you film yourself."
Jiang Wen disagreed, "The public I don’t understand, it takes time, you have to give them time, instead of just limiting yourself to your own inner world.”
Hearing this, Chen Linfeng couldn’t help but complain, “Brother Jiang, you have the nerve to say, Aren’t you the kind of author whose expression is more important than anything else?”
Jiang Wen said plausibly, “I know that I have this bad habit that I can’t change, so I want to advise those who come after me not to imitate me. ”
Chen Linfeng was speechless when he said this.
Li An supports Xiao Chen's approach. Although he makes more literary films, he always tries to add some commercial elements to his films to make them as good-looking as possible.
The invitation to a popular singing star like Wang Lihong in "Lust, Caution" is an example.
Several of them are people with firm beliefs, and no one can convince anyone.
But specifically speaking about Xiao Chen’s story itself, several directors rated it highly and felt that at least it did not fall into clichés.
As for the actual film, it still depends on the results.
A few people started talking about other people's movies. When it came to Li An's "Lust, Caution", Chen Linfeng still couldn't bear it.
“Everyone, I will go somewhere else for a stroll first while you chat.”
Li An smiled bitterly.
Jiang Wen poked his arm, "By the way, what was going on between the two of you back then? I looked at the conversation we had so well just now. Why did you just leave now when you mentioned your movie?"
Li An shook his head helplessly, "Screenwriter Xiao Chen didn't like my story. At the Vanity Fair party after the Oscars, he argued with me because of this. This time, he probably didn't want to think about the conflict, so he left early."
During such an episode, he stopped talking about the story of his movie. He only talked about some excerpts, talking about the lens language and shooting techniques.
Han Shanping knew the general content of "Lust, Caution" and thought that it was normal for Xiao Chen to dislike it. His tendency was clearly written in the book, and he would definitely not be happy to read a story about a woman falling in love with a traitor.
But he has been in the industry for a long time, and he has never met anyone or had any ideas. The industry is much more extreme than this.
And as the leader of Huaying and the leader of the team this time, I still need to be more comforting.
Han Shanping helped Xiao Chen explain, "That guy is young and energetic, and he usually doesn't care about the situation but the person. Don't mind."
Li An waved his hand, "It's okay, young people all have this experience. I understand."
Han Shanping smiled with satisfaction. That's what Li An is good at. He is really a good person and doesn't get angry easily.
After Chen Linfeng got up, he went to where several actors from "The Exploding Drummer" gathered.
Seeing that Li Xuejian was talking to Liu Qianqian, he asked curiously, "What are you talking about?"
Li Xuejian laughed and said, "I was telling her about the filming of "The World", but I didn't expect that young Sissi would also like such a movie."
"I didn't like it at first."
Liu Qianqian said separately, "Actually, what I didn't know at first was Xiaofeng who introduced it to me, and I fell in love with it after watching it."
"Indeed, I liked this movie very much. Several times."
Li Xuejian said cheerfully, "It seems like Xiao Chen's style."
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(End of this chapter)