Chapter 282: Shortlisted for the Film Festival, the hatred of peers
At the beginning, Chen Jinyu never expected that things would develop to this extent.
I don’t even have any hope of getting investment or anything, I just use my remaining money to fulfill my long-held dream.
When I extended the invitation to Liu Baofeng, I also had a try mentality.
But I didn’t expect that the other party actually agreed.
He doesn’t ask about remuneration or anything, and he even plans to invest in him himself.
Although it was later discovered that he didn’t actually have a lot of money, it seemed that the money needed for this movie was still not enough.
Finally, he found the company he worked for, and the director Chen Jinyu had always felt was very far away from him, Xu Ji.
With an uneasy mentality, I originally thought that Xu Ji would not agree.
In the end, not only did he agree, he also successfully signed a contract with Tongji Entertainment and got a new script that Xu Ji claimed to help revise, but it was completely different.
Chen Jinyu also gained an understanding of Xu Ji's abilities through this incident.
Xu Ji wrote such a story in just one day.
It crushes his original script in every aspect. The only thing that is the same is the background and setting.
It is equivalent to Xu Ji finding inspiration from himself, but it is just inspiration.
This made Chen Jinyu start to have self-doubt about himself. There is really a big gap between a professional screenwriter like Xu Ji and him.
Until Liu Baofeng found out and took the initiative to comfort him, Xu Ji was different from other screenwriters in the industry.
Many people in the entertainment industry use the term "monster" to describe Xu Ji. This is not without reason.
God gives you food, but who knows how the other person’s brain grew.
However, although he was relieved and planned to make this movie properly, it was difficult for Chen Jinyu to add his name to the screenwriter column.
This story was written by Xu Ji, and it has nothing to do with him.
Although Xu Ji and others had no objections to this, Chen Jinyu could not pass his own test.
Fortunately, he is still the director of this movie, so Xu Ji did not directly ignore him.
Otherwise, there is really no need for a director like him, who has no directing experience and whose original occupation was a truck driver, to make this movie.
During the subsequent filming, with the help of people from Tongji Entertainment, the formation of the crew went very smoothly. Although Chen Jinyu had no experience in many things, he had indeed taught himself a lot of theories.
And he does have some talent for the job of directing, and the final filming went quite smoothly.
It's just that the investment in this movie is not large, and except for Liu Baofeng, the other actors are actually newcomers with no reputation.
To the extent that some characters are not professional actors, they are complete amateurs.
But the person he plays in the movie is actually himself, so it doesn’t seem too inconsistent.
The later editing was also quite smooth. According to the script and some storyboards given by Xu Ji, this small-budget movie that not many people even paid attention to was born.
The screenwriter Xu Ji actually didn’t have much involvement in the filming process.
Chen Jinyu was too embarrassed to bother Xu Ji. He also wanted to prove himself, so he tried to figure it out alone, or learned from the assistant director of the crew or other exchanges.
"Brother Chen, your clothes are no good!"
"Don't be afraid of spending money, buy something better!"
"We are going to the Shanghai International Film Festival this time. We will meet international friends and so on. Don't be looked down upon by others."
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Liu Baofeng and Chen Jinyu lived in a hotel in Shanghai.
Although Liu Baofeng looks like someone who has come before, he actually has little experience himself.
He became popular after filming "Soldier Assault" and immediately became a first-line actor.
But in the final analysis, Liu Baofeng only heard others bragging when he was an extra.
Although there were many subsequent program invitations, Liu Baofeng did not accept them.
It’s not because he doesn’t want to go, the appearance fees for those variety shows are still very high, and Tongji Entertainment’s commission is not much, so most of it can go into his pocket.
But because other actors under Tongji Entertainment disdain to accept these programs.
Even when this matter was mentioned by chance, Ji Yiyang sneered at these variety shows and looked down upon them.
It is said that actors should think about acting carefully. Participating in variety shows can take shortcuts, but it will not help your career. On the contrary, it will affect the actor's image.
There was no mention of money or anything, as if money was not something Ji Yiyang considered in the first place.
Of course, Liu Baofeng certainly didn't know that Ji Yiyang was actually the son of Tianwu, one of the three major entertainment companies, so he was naturally not short of money.
On the contrary, it is Liu Baofeng, because he was still an amateur when "Soldier Assault" was made. Although he was the starring role, the salary he received was actually not very high. (In his own opinion, it was already an astronomical figure.)
Therefore, Liu Baofeng's two-thousand-dollar suit was already quite a waste of money in his opinion.
"Ah?"
"I know."
Chen Jinyu agreed.
The movie "Hello! Mr. Tree" itself is a literary film. Let's not say whether it can successfully pass the censorship and release, but even if it is released, it is estimated that it will not get a high box office.
Therefore, the best way to gain recognition is through the major film festivals.
Film festivals like these are actually a little different from the traditional three major film awards.
The three major film awards will take more into consideration the box office of the film itself and its related impact.
However, most film festivals are a paradise for literary and artistic films, and films with a slightly more commercial flavor may be eliminated.
For example, the most influential film festivals in China are currently, in addition to the Shanghai International Film Festival, there is also the film festival in Hong Kong City.
Finally, the slightly weaker one is the Beijing Film Festival.
There are others that are relatively small in scale. In fact, not many people pay attention to them. Most of them are sponsored by some wealthy companies for their own entertainment.
It was Liu Baofeng’s idea to participate in this Shanghai International Film Festival.
Xu Ji didn't pay much attention, but he agreed directly after hearing it.
Although Liu Baofeng has not experienced much, he does know a lot of news from various circles when he was performing in groups.
I also know how important it is to win one or two awards at the Shanghai International Film Festival to build the reputation of the film.
However, Liu Baofeng himself has no idea. After all, it seems to him that it is difficult to win the award.
Not to mention Chen Jinyu, as a director who became a monk halfway, he still needs certain achievements and achievements to help build his confidence.
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Xu Ji actually received an invitation from the Shanghai International Film Festival. Of course, it wasn't "Wushuang" that was shortlisted or anything.
Instead, I participated as one of the award-giving guests.
With his current popularity and achievements, he is indeed qualified to be a guest.
However, Xu Ji declined. "Infernal Affairs" was in the midst of intense preparations and was about to start filming, so he couldn't spare the time.
Chen Jinyu and Liu Baofeng can be invited, which actually means that "Hello! Mr. Tree" has been shortlisted.
In addition to Best Director and Best Film, which represent one of the highest awards in the main competition unit, it was also shortlisted for Best Actor in Media Channels and Newcomer Director.
The first three days are actually the screening session of the movie.
Chen Jinyu and Liu Baofeng both stayed in the theater where their films were shown, and went up to say a few words at the beginning and end of the film.
There are about three shows every day.
In terms of popularity, it is naturally not as popular as the works of other major directors in the film festival.
But I guess I saw Liu Baofeng on the poster, so there weren’t only a few spectators at each show.
But most of the time, the auditorium is still not full, and it is only half filled.
Even if it is a literary film, it still has a very loyal audience.
Many of these people are engaged in jobs such as film critics, or they are simply fans.
But there are also quite famous directors and actors in literary and artistic films.
Chen Jinyu is obviously a quite unfamiliar name.
Obviously Chen Jinyu doesn’t care much about the lack of popularity.
After each screening, he is very concerned about the audience's evaluation of the movie.
What gave him some comfort was that until the end of the first day, most of the comments were compliments and no negative comments were heard.
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Sang Shaolong actually attended the Shanghai Film Festival as an audience member in previous years.
But this year is different. Since making the video of Sword and Sword II, his number of fans has begun to skyrocket, and now there is a vague trend of becoming the number one brother in the film and television area of G station.
I actually got one of the few self-media that can be invited to participate in the film festival.
Of course, Sang Shaolong didn't feel that much.
Now he no longer needs to prove himself in this way. His father, who once opposed his full-time role as an up owner, now fully supports him.
After all, the money he sent home was real money.
But this is a good opportunity for a water video.
Sang Shaolong is also actively trying how to better manage his account.
Although there are still many things he is not used to, he still picked up the camera and planned to record a vlog or something.
In addition, the biggest purpose of coming to the film festival is naturally to discover good movies.
Among the films shortlisted for this Shanghai Film Festival, Sang Shaolong is interested in quite a few.
In addition, Sang Shaolong also likes to wander around film festivals, maybe he can find some movies that surprise him.
"This is...Liu Baofeng?"
Don't tell me, Sang Shaolong didn't notice Liu Baofeng's name in the shortlist he saw before.
After all, even though they are shortlisted, there are still a lot of films.
There are also a lot of foreign film works.
At this time, Sang Shaolong was very surprised when he suddenly saw Liu Baofeng on a poster at the entrance of a movie theater.
By some strange coincidence, Sang Shaolong walked into the theater where the screening was about to begin.
I watched the movie "Hello! Mr. Tree", whose title was a bit confusing.
But Sang Shaolong never expected that this movie would have such great potential. After the movie ended, his mind was filled with Liu Baofeng's face without much makeup and the seemingly magical plot.
After walking out of the theater, Sang Shaolong remembered that he had just seen Xu Ji's name on the subtitles, which also started with the company logo of Tongji Entertainment.
Unexpectedly, this work written by screenwriter Xu Ji was shortlisted for the Shanghai Film Festival without any fanfare.
Sang Shaolong has long thought that Xu Ji would get involved in the field of literary films sooner or later.
But I didn't expect that the first movie written by the other party would be of this type.
Sang Shaolong planned to watch it again next time, but he realized that he didn't really understand the movie.
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The last day is the real awards ceremony of the film festival.
In fact, the major awards are all decided in advance by the jury.
In fact, the purpose of screening is to allow the audience to see the true appearance of each film in advance. The media and audiences have no so-called voting rights.
The film festival is indeed full of superstars. In just a few minutes, Liu Baofeng saw at least three or four great directors whom he admired very much.
There are so many movie kings, movie queens and so on.
Some of the entire crew and creative staff came together as a group to participate, which seemed to be a grand event.
But their side is relatively shabby, with only three people. In addition to Chen Jinyu and him as the leading actor, there is also another female assistant director from the crew.
Some other members of the crew returned to Chengdu, and were taken away not long after by the crews of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" and "The Legend of the Withered Heroes".
However, when walking on the red carpet, the two still attracted a lot of attention.
After all, Liu Baofeng is still very famous because of his role as Xu Sanduo.
He was recognized by many media and audiences at the scene.
However, Liu Baofeng's name is not well known to others. Most of the excited onlookers shouted Xu Sanduo's name.
Liu Baofeng showed a slightly honest smile while greeting people on the edge of the red carpet.
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"Who is that person? How come anyone can come to the Shanghai Film Festival?"
"With this attire, people who don't know better would think it's a country bumpkin who has entered the city."
Not far away, a middle-aged man spoke, causing a burst of laughter from the people around him.
Li Yuchang, a first-line director, is famous for his literary films with realistic themes and is quite famous in the industry.
He won the Best Director at the Seoul Film Festival from Smecta and the Best Director in Hong Kong. He doesn't have many masterpieces, but the most famous one, "The Bought Heart", is relatively famous and has a good reputation.
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Does he really not know Liu Baofeng?
Of course not, he even knew the name of the movie the other party was starring in.
I also secretly went to watch the movie "Hello! Mr. Tree".
The main reason why I can say what I just said is because this movie is written by Xu Ji.
Moreover, everyone from the director to the actors is from Xuji Company, and even the movie itself was invested by Tongji Entertainment.
Do you still remember the two directors Xu Ji met at the Bonham Film Festival abroad?
Feng Caiyi and Bi Zhongmin actually knew Li Yuchang.
We even have a pretty good relationship. We are fellow villagers with Feng Caiyi, and he is considered a junior that he helped to support.
Back then, Li Yuchang was still having a weird time on Weibo about the incident between Xu Ji and the two of them.
But later the movie "Northern Black Talk" was exposed. In order to avoid hurting himself, Li Yuchang did not speak again, but silently deleted the tweet he had previously supported Feng Caiyi.
But my dislike of Xu Ji also started from that time.
This time he could encounter a film so closely related to Xu Ji at the film festival, which naturally made him unable to swallow his breath.
"You don't even know this person, Director Li?"
"There are so many more!"
"It was very popular at that time."
"I just don't know how a 'great director' like Xu Ji would want to make an art film?"
"Didn't you always look down on us people before?"
As soon as Li Yuchang finished speaking, there were people around him who started singing along and getting angry.
Obviously, when Xu Ji cursed on Weibo, he not only offended those who were close to Feng Caiyi and others, but also offended many directors who made literary films.
Because of Xu Ji's relationship, Chen Jinyu and Liu Baofeng often received the glares at film festivals.
But neither of them was quite sure why, and they thought the directors at the film festival were so aloof.
I went up to say hello very enthusiastically. I didn’t say how I wanted to respond, but I wanted to be a little more polite.
Chen Jinyu doesn't understand it very well, and thinks that this is what people who work in literature and art are like.
On the contrary, he, a director who has become a monk halfway, seems a bit too worldly.