When Su Changqing was thinking about setting up a film festival for the capital to benefit future generations, he felt that his personality had been sublimated.

He had no descendants in his previous life and had no movement in his life, but he had this mind. What kind of spirit does he belong to?

"You want to spend money to hold a film festival for your country?"

Su Changqing and Takekikita sat in a tavern in Cannes and talked about this great cause. The Japanese were a little unable to grasp the key point: "Why?"

"Because I love that land and I love it deeply."

This is not a joke. Apart from saying this, there seems to be no more appropriate reason. You will see no benefits when doing this.

"Ha ha."

Takeshi Kitano thought he was talking and playing, but he talked about the Tokyo Film Festival.

"The Japanese economy has risen and is becoming ambitious again. I remember the first Tokyo Film Festival was in 1985. At that time, I was just getting involved in movies and was still playing some supporting roles."

"At that time, the film festival lacked popularity, and not many people knew what the Sakura Awards were, and even fewer people participated. The first one was silent and the second one was held two years later. The biggest winner was you Chinese."

Although the official title of the Tokyo Film Festival's grand prize is the Sakura Award, the outside world is actually more accustomed to calling it the Golden Kirin Award because the trophy is a golden Kirin.

Kirin is a Chinese divine beast. If it is borrowed like this, it will definitely be another cultural fight in more than 30 years, but no one is paying attention to these things now.

Su Changqing didn't understand why the Japanese trophy didn't make golden cherry blossoms or golden chrysanthemums like the Palme d'Or. chrysanthemums are symbols of their royal family and can add some quality to the film festival.

The winner of the second Sakura Awards was Wu Tianming's "Old Well", and Director Zhang won the Best Actor of the Tokyo Film Festival for this film.

It’s not easy for Su Changqing to become a movie star now. It really takes time to get everything up.

The film queen of the 4th Tokyo Film Festival was Mr. Zhao Lirong who later focused on sketches.

The 6th Sakura Awards were Tian Zhuangzhuang's "Blue Kite", and the actress was Lu Liping.

Then Brother Kai swept the Tokyo Film Festival with "Farewell My Concubine".

In short, by the end of the century, the Tokyo Film Festival was founded for fifteen years and held eleven sessions. I won’t list them one by one. The last film queen was Rene Liu, and you can feel the weight of the Chinese in this film festival.

So the film festival is about planting a sycamore tree to attract phoenixes. Trees cannot grow up in one or two years, and phoenixes are not willing to fly here so quickly. They have to invest their capital and endure loneliness.

"The Tokyo Film Festival is hosted by the Tokyo International Image Culture Revitalization Association. It is supported by the government and consortium, otherwise it will not be able to support it."

Takeshi Kitano's meaning is very clear. The film festival costs a lot. Although Su Changqing made several popular movies, he did not make a lot of money. It is difficult for him to do this with his own personal experience.

"And the situation in your country is different from that in Japan."

There are not necessarily many places to go, and Kitano Takeshi stops when he reaches the point, and there is no further explanation.

The phased problems of development are everywhere, and Su Changqing must consider another risk. Although many things are much better than the beginning of the reform, they are still not that reliable.

If the above approves the film festival project and gives a gust of policy wind, then even a pig can fly when standing at the vent.

But what if the wind suddenly stops?

I'm afraid the pig would be killed.

Su Changqing is not a pig. He has seen all kinds of possibilities. Of course, he knows that things must be steadily fixed. If it may eventually turn into a gust of wind, then just pretend that he is whimsical and nonsense today.

It can be seen from Director Han’s tone on the phone that he was interested in this matter.

The functions of the film festival overlap with his business, but there are also more extensions. This is something that can expand power and influence. Why not do it?

Since the 1980s, veteran film artists in Shanghai, Xie Jin, Bai Yang, Qin Yi and others have proposed to hold an international film festival in China.

This is a visionary suggestion, and it was really done in 1993.

The above did not favor one and the other, and paid great attention to balance. In the same year, the Beijing College Student Film Festival was approved, which was also very lively at one time.

Now six years have passed, the Shanghai Film Festival has become an international A-class film festival, getting better and better, and the college student film festival has become a party for filmmakers in the Beijing circle.

I can only say that the styles of filmmakers in the two places are really huge.

Now Su Changqing wants to start a new job and create another one outside the college student film festival, which is not easy.

However, Director Han also said that it is not impossible to have a world-class director like him come forward to make an initiative.

There are more than one world-class director in China. If you really get an initiative letter, can you ask Director Zhang, Brother Kai, Director Jiang and even Director Jia to sign like a Shanghai artist?

Su Changqing has no expectations for this. Judging from the nature of future development, Director Zhang, Brother Kai and Director Jiang will not be interested. However, Director Jia is most likely to agree, but he is still a newcomer now and has no say.

Speaking of Director Jia Zhangke, whom Takeshi Kitano has been supporting and training, he is Su Changqing's junior brother in Beijing Film Academy. He still admires this person quite well and does have great ambitions.

Eighteen years later, Director Jia advocated that some internationally renowned filmmakers such as Ang Lee and Mark Muller responded positively and quickly established the Pingyao Film Exhibition with approval.

Director Jia is from Shanxi and has in-depth cooperation with the local tourism industry to benefit his hometown. The Pingyao Film Festival is held every year as soon as it takes action, which makes it lively and lively.

Although the film exhibition is an exhibition, its content is similar to that of the film festival. In two or three years, it has surpassed the Changchun Film Festival.

It is difficult to start from scratch on the film festival by yourself, and international support is very important. Needless to say, Ang Lee has a strong supporter. Mark Muller has a special identity. He has been in charge of the Venice Film Festival for many years and served as the chairman of the organizing committee. Director Jia brought him as an art consultant, and of course it was also for the cooperation of the two film festivals.

Private relationships are very important wherever they go. Mark Muller once lived in China for a long time and was close to many filmmakers. Even his wife's Chinese name was Xie Jinqi, which is also a major reason why Chinese movies gather in Venice.

Su Changqing believes that Pingyao Film Festival has many reference points, and may be more suitable for the future domestic market than those established earlier.

The film exhibition adopts a government-driven and market operation model, and is operated specifically by Pingyao Film Exhibition Co., Ltd., which mainly displays films in Chinese, non-Western and developing countries. The goal is relatively small and realistic.

Su Changqing was particularly interested in their organizational form and established a third-party business-oriented institution with the support of the government, which was similar to the Tokyo Film Festival.

However, don’t be special when doing things in Beijing, you have to discuss them with Director Han.

In addition, you can also talk about this with Dongfang Ninghua. Everyone has made so much money, so it’s time to talk about their ideals.
Chapter completed!