After calling Gong Yin, Wu Jianye made a special call to Director Bai Chen. He had been nominated for the Venice Film Festival for "Under the Bridge" before. When Wu Jianye just became a teaching assistant at the academy, he did not follow.
Director Bai Chen went to Venice.
In fact, not only Wu Jianye, but also the female lead Gong Yin has no past. She only went to director Bai Chen and a leader of Shanghai Film Studio.
This time Wu Jianye was nominated for the Venice Film Festival again. Director Bai Chen naturally wanted to give Wu Jianye some advice.
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Lei Zi, I will go to Venice in two days, and I will leave all matters concerning Yanjing to you. Yanjing is our base camp, so you have to keep an eye on me! Wu Jianye called Zhao Lei to the courtyard and warned him:
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Zhao Lei nodded: Brother, don't worry, it's not the first time, I promise there will be no problem!
Well, I feel at ease when you do things. As for Zhao Lei, Wu Jianye is quite at ease. As Zhao Lei said, this is not the first time.
Brother, how long are you planning to go this time? Zhao Lei asked curiously.
It’ll take about a month!
Do you need to bring some cash with you?
It has always been a Chinese tradition for a poor family to become rich. We would rather suffer poverty at home than make ourselves look too shabby when we go out.
No need, when I get to Venice, if I need it, I will ask Linda to send it to me!
Most of Wu Jianye's domestic funds are in RMB. It would be too troublesome to exchange them for US dollars. If he needs money in Venice, it would be more convenient to ask Linda to send it there.
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After telling Zhao Lei, Wu Jianye became idle again.
The college hasn't started yet, and even if it does, it won't be Wu Jianye's turn. Their advanced training class won't officially enroll students until October.
Wu Jianye is still looking forward to this training class, because there will be two great masters in this training class.
One is the future head of China Film and Television, and the other is the future head of the China Film Directors Association!
Especially the first one, Wu Jianye remembered that he had seen a domestic award ceremony once, and forgot whether it was the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Award or the Huabiao Award. Although this person did not win, all kinds of big names, whether he was an actor or a director, came on stage to accept the award.
Whenever I receive an award, I will be the first to thank this person.
Han Heping!
Feng Pengteng was able to shoot the Lunar New Year episode only because of Han Heping's support.
At that time, Han Heping was still the director of Yan Film Studio, and Feng Pants was targeted by relevant leaders because of his cooperation with Wang Shuo. Basically, all the movies they produced would be shot down.
It was precisely because of this that Wang Shuo separated from him and went to the United States, while Feng Pengtong received a call from Han Heping to prepare for the first real Chinese New Year movie "Party A and Party B".
The good news is that the script of this movie had actually been written a long time ago. At that time, Wang Shuo's name was on it, and it was not reviewed at all. After Wang Shuo's name was removed, the movie not only passed the review smoothly, but also set a record
Amazing box office record!
From then on, during the Lunar New Year period, Feng Trousers began his journey of killing gods by blocking gods, and destroying Buddhas by blocking Buddhas...
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Jinmen and Yanjing are very close to each other. After spending a day dealing with the work of the unit, Li Xiaoli came to Yanjing the next day. After seeing Wu Jianye, she was naturally very excited.
She stayed at Fang Shu's home, and the two parties agreed that after Zhao Fei and others arrived in Yanjing, they would immediately set off for Venice.
At the same time, not only Wu Jianye and others went to Venice this time, but also Zhou Qiang, a leader of the production studio.
The Input-Import Company also sent a leader, but Wu Jianye was a little surprised. This leader turned out to be Sun Jiarui, who initially disagreed with "Raise the Red Lantern" participating in the Venice Film Festival.
Dean, isn't this a joke?
Wu Jianye found Cheng Yin and said with some dissatisfaction that Sun Jiarui himself did not agree with "Raise the Red Lantern" participating in the Venice Film Festival, but now he was sent as the leader of the entire team, Wu Jianye's villain
My concern is that this exhibition may cause some trouble.
To be honest, even if Wu Jianye is the director and screenwriter of this movie, he is not the leader of the overseas delegation, but Zhou Qiang and Sun Jiarui.
Fortunately, Zhou Qiang was sent by the acting studio. Although everyone was not familiar with it, he would give Wu Jianye some exposure, but this Sun Jiarui...
Don't be emotional, this is an organizational arrangement! Cheng Yin was also a little helpless: You can think of it this way, this is also the trust of the organization in you, and a leader of the input and output company was sent to follow. If this movie is really in
If you win an award at the Venice Film Festival, someone needs to talk about selling the copyright!
I have already talked about the nature of the import and export company in China before, and also talked about the relationship between the studio and China Film.
The studio is actually only responsible for shooting movies. As for the release, that is China Film's business and has nothing to do with the studio. If domestic movies want to be sold abroad, it also has nothing to do with the studio. It is output and input.
The company is responsible.
Of course, part of the cost of selling the copyright must be paid to the studio.
In other words, even if this movie won an award at the Venice Film Festival and was favored by distributors in Europe and the United States, Wu Jianye was not qualified to negotiate with the other party if he wanted to purchase the copyright for overseas broadcasts. He could only rely on output and input.
Corporate Negotiations.....
Originally, Wu Jianye's idea was that he could negotiate the price with the other party first, and then let himself, the middleman, lead the two parties to get to know each other. Only in this way can the benefits of the film be maximized, but now Sun Jiarui follows...
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Wu Jianye was a little unconvinced that he could talk about this movie in terms of his own psychological value. Now he can only hope that Sun Jiarui will not sell the overseas broadcast rights of this movie at a bargain price!
As Zhao Fei and others arrived in Yanjing.
Wu Jianye formally made a request to Sun Jiarui and Zhou Qiang to go to Venice.
Why are you in a hurry? The film festival officially started on the 31st. It is only the 20th now. What are we going to do so early? Don’t you know how much money it costs for so many people to go there? What is the current development in the country?
Every place costs money, let’s save some if we can!
This was Sun Jiarui's reply, and his words were full of dissatisfaction.
Manager Sun, the Venice Film Festival is a grand event in the international film world. At this time, the hotels on Lido Island will be filled with filmmakers and distributors from all over the world. If you arrive late, you may not even have a place to stay!
Wu Jianye reminded.
In another time and space, as a film lover, he had naturally participated in many international film festivals. When he went there for the first time, he had no experience. When he arrived at the place, he discovered that it was already overcrowded and there were no rooms left in the hotel.
Room.
Accommodation is a very big issue!
And although the film festival officially starts on the 31st, we still have to go there in advance to discuss with the organizers about screening movies during the festival!
Sun Jiarui was sitting on the sofa with a steaming cup of tea in front of him. He was looking at an unknown document in his hand without raising his head.
This time we mainly went to learn film techniques from Europe and the United States. As a new director, don’t always think that your first film will win an award. That is unrealistic. You should be humble!
Wu Jianye suddenly felt angry in his heart, but he also knew that even if he got angry with the other party, it would be useless. After all, the status difference between the two parties was too big. If Wu Jianye really got angry with the other party, then
The only one who suffers is yourself.
Manager Sun, in fact, there is another advantage for us to go there in advance. We can get to know the foreign distributors in advance. After all, we are still planning to release this movie abroad!
In desperation, Wu Jianye had no choice but to use another trump card.
pity.......
Okay, you don’t have to worry about this matter. This is the matter of our input and output company. Just do your part!
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Wu Jianye was naturally angry after leaving the input and output company, but he couldn't do anything to Sun Jiarui.
This is China, not Xiangjiang, Wu Jianye reminded himself while breathing heavily.
The capital in hand is still not enough!
This is the first conclusion Wu Jianye has made for himself. If he had enough right to speak, he would not be angry with Sun Jiarui today.
After returning to the courtyard, Wu Jianye saw Wu Jianzhang who had not been seen for a long time.
Wu Jianzhang was lying on the recliner in the courtyard, holding red dates picked from the jujube tree in his hand and putting them into his mouth one by one. After seeing Wu Jianye, he stood up obediently.
elder brother!
Why are you here? Wu Jianye asked angrily.
Hehe! Wu Jianzhang rubbed his hands and showed an embarrassed expression.
Whoever made you angry, I will deal with him for you!
If you have something to say, you have to fart! Wu Jianye is in no mood to argue with him here now.
Brother, can you borrow some money? Wu Jianzhang didn't care about Wu Jianye's attitude and said with a smile.
Isn't your popsicle stand very good? Why is it short of money? Wu Jianye gave him a puzzled look. This boy chose to sell popsicles. It's summer now, how can he be short of money?
How much money can you make from selling popsicles? How many cents per popsicle? If you sell them for a day, it’s not enough for you and your friends to have a drink! Wu Jianzhang said carelessly.
It turned out that two days ago, he saw that Wu Jianye was often visited by people. Seeing them drinking and delicacies in the yard every day, he naturally felt envious in his heart. Then he thought about it, it was not enough for him to go out selling popsicles every day from early in the morning to late at night.
When Wu saw the money for a day's drinks, he naturally had other thoughts in his mind.
No!
Wu Jianye glanced at Wu Jianzhang angrily.
After the brothers came to Yanjing, both Zhao Xiaoqiang and Wu Jianhu performed very well, especially Wu Jianhu. I heard from Zhao Lei that because Wu Jianhu could get clothes at a cheaper price from Zhao Lei, he even competed with those in Yanjing before.
The clothes sellers started a price war.
It's not that no one wants to bully him, a foreigner, but with Zhao Lei's help, nothing happened to him, and now he is one of the few clothes buyers in Yanjing.
Although Zhao Xiaoqiang does not have Wu Jianhu's ability, he is still working diligently and making steady progress.
Only Wu Jianzhang, who spent three days fishing and two days sunbathing for two months, didn't work at a stall for more than a month, and now he even came to borrow money from him. Wu Jianye naturally couldn't lend him money.
Brother, don’t say that. Just look at how much money you spend on drinks for one day. It’s enough for me to spend for several days. Just show it between your fingers and it’s enough for me!
Wu Jianzhang said shamelessly.
If you still have something to do, go back as soon as possible. I definitely don’t have any money to give you here. If you don’t want to make money, then go back to your hometown as soon as possible.
Naturally, Wu Jianye would not spoil Wu Jianzhang.
When Wu Jianye said this, Wu Jianzhang immediately lost his temper. It was so nice to be in Yanjing. He didn't have to work in the fields and could eat meat every day. He could get up at any time he wanted, and no one would bother him.
In the end, I had no choice but to go back angrily...
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August 25th!
Wu Jianye and others, led by Sun Jiarui and Zhou Qiang, finally boarded a plane to Venice.
Venice is a famous tourism and industrial city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. Because Venice has the reputation of being born from water, beautiful from water, and prosperous from water, it enjoys the reputation of a water city, a city on the water, and a hundred islands.
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However, since the Venice Film Festival was held on Lido Island in Venice, everyone did not stay in Venice too much after getting off the plane, but directly got on the bus to Lido Island.
Lido Island is a slender island about 12 kilometers long, running across the southeast of Venice. This island is a famous international health resort. On the beach of Lido Island, there is a hut featured in the movie "Death in Venice".
Tourists rest. Many beaches on the island are privately owned. On the east side of the island, there are also government-operated bathing beaches. There is an entertainment venue on the island with elegant taste and is open from April to September every year. The entertainment venue has casinos, restaurants and nightclubs.
Theaters, etc., provide services to tourists who come to the island for vacation.
The most prosperous street on the island is Santa Maria Elisabetta Street, which stretches across Lido from the shallow sea facing Venice to the Adriatic Seaside. There are many hotels, shops and restaurants for tourists on the street. Lido Island
There are many open-air cafes with elegant atmosphere, attracting many tourists and becoming a major local feature. Although it is not as good as the Florian Cafe facing St. Mark's Square, which is the oldest and most famous place in Venice, it still attracts many tourists.
Many tourists stopped to taste it.
After Wu Jianye and others arrived at Lido Island, Fang Shu and others were immediately attracted by the scenery of Lido Island.
At this time, Lido Island was already overcrowded. It no longer had the peace of the past, with elites in suits and leather shoes and gorgeous female stars from all over the world.
Now on the entire Lido Island, the Venice Film Festival is the largest festival.
Stop looking around. How unbecoming would it be for foreigners to see you? Sun Jiarui said dissatisfied.
Manager Sun, let’s find a hotel to stay first. There are so many people here. If we arrive late, there will be no room! Zhou Qiang reminded.