Chapter 504 Shortlisted for the Berlin Film Festival (4000+ chapters~)
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China Entertainment started in 198o. Chapter 504 of the text volume was shortlisted for the Berlin Film Festival. The call was quickly answered.
After chatting with the other party for a few words and hanging up the phone, Ma Weidu looked at Wu Jianye helplessly, "I was deceived. That person is not the comrade of my comrade-in-arms' brother at all, but the comrade-in-arms of my comrade-in-arms' brother's comrade-in-arms..."
....."
Although the relationship was very messy, Wu Jianye miraculously found that he actually understood it.
You say it's magical or not.
Wu Jianye patted Ma Weidu on the shoulder and said: "Every time you learn something, you will gain wisdom. You were the one who missed the antiques before, but now it seems that you have come back."
In this matter, even if Wu Jianye wanted to help, he might not be able to find the other party. Eighty thousand yuan is not a small amount nowadays. The other party can take this money and take root anywhere in the country and want to find him.
It’s as hard as winning the five million lottery ticket…
Ma Weidu had a drooped face. Anyone who lost 80,000 yuan would not be in a good mood. Wu Jianye understood this mood very well. He once lost 800 yuan, and he didn't sleep well that night. He even dreamed
When it comes to catching the bastard who picked up his own money...
Several people got into the car. After a while, Ma Weidu raised his head and looked at Wu Jianye seriously: "Old Wu..."
"I won't borrow money, and I won't risk my life!" Wu Jianye said quickly.
Ma Weidu: "..."
"What I mean is, can you not tell others about this, especially Wang Shuo and the others!" Ma Weidu stressed.
Wu Jianye: "Okay, then what good do I do! If they know about such a fun thing, it will definitely be more fun!"
Ma Weidu is considered one of the smartest people in this circle, but now he has suffered such a big fall, which will obviously make many people happy.
"I'm like this, and you still have the heart to joke?" Ma Weidu looked frustrated.
Wu Jianye said generously: "Okay, although 80,000 yuan is not much, it is definitely not at the stage of breaking your muscles and bones. Why don't you just tell Wang Shuo and the others? No problem!"
Seeing that Wu Jianye agreed, Ma Weidu breathed a sigh of relief, and then couldn't help but cursed: "Don't let me catch this bastard, or you have to show me..."
"How many eyes does Prince Ma have?" Wu Jianye continued.
Ma Weidu nodded sharply.
On their way back, Wu Jianye continued to joke: "Those three ducks are not cheap. They cost 20,000 yuan. To be honest, I have never eaten such expensive ducks."
Ma Weidu agreed helplessly: "I haven't eaten it either..."
Seeing the evil smile on Wu Jianye's face, Ma Weidu always felt that Wu Jianye was a bit unreliable at this time.
"Are you lying to me? Tell Wang Shuo and the others when I get off the car and turn around?" Ma Weidu looked at Wu Jianye with a little distrust.
"What are you talking about? Am I that kind of person? Who don't you believe?" Wu Jianye immediately retorted.
"Okay." Ma Weidu nodded and said nothing more.
The two of them returned to Yanjing like this. They first returned to Wu Jianye's courtyard. Wu Jianye walked into the courtyard, took out Ma Weidu's duck worth 20,000 yuan, and handed it to Ma Weidu.
, and then asked the driver to take Ma Weidu back home.
Wu Jianye stood at the door of the courtyard, watching the car Ma Weidu was riding in getting further and further away, then he smiled and picked up the phone in his hand and dialed a phone number.
"Hey, who are you? I don't have time to drink, so I'm writing something." Wang Shuo's generous voice came from the other side of the phone.
"Write whatever you want, get up and be happy!" Wu Jianye said with a happy smile.
Wang Shuo recognized Wu Jianye's voice and muttered: "What's wrong, so happy?"
Wu Jianye said: "Let me tell you a happy story..."
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The next day!
Although he will return to his hometown tomorrow, Wu Jianye still came to Tangting Culture today. He called Li Xiaowan, Hu Mei, Zhao Fei and others, mainly to discuss the shooting of "The Legend of White Snake" after the holiday.
Wu Jianye didn't have a holiday here, nor did other cultural companies. Even during the Chinese New Year, he was not in a good mood.
For example, Shi Hongwei of Dafeng Culture.
At this time, Shi Hongwei was sitting in his office chair and asked with a gloomy face: "After working hard for several months, you tell me that Xie Jin does not agree to join our Dafeng Culture?"
Cheng Kaiyan nodded uneasily and said: "Yes, we have been inviting Director Xie for the past few months. For this purpose, I specially sent someone to Shanghai, but no matter how we tried to persuade him, Director Xie did not agree.
Join our Dafeng Culture.”
Previously, when Shi Hongwei saw that Wu Jianye had won the first place among the top ten directors in the country, he wanted to invite a great director to Dafeng Culture. His first choice was naturally the current one.
Xie Jin is second only to Wu Jianye in domestic popularity.
Cheng Kaiyan thought for a while and suggested: "Why don't we try Zhang Yimou? I heard that because of his relationship with Gong Li, there is a very tense situation with Xiying Film Studio. Maybe we can try to fight for it. After all, we also have a relationship with him.
through a cooperative relationship.”
The cooperative relationship Cheng Kaiyan mentioned was actually "Codename Jaguar" directed by Zhang Yimou, which included investment from Dafeng Culture, and Shi Hongwei also met Zhang Yimou several times through this incident.
"Hmph, you still mentioned Zhang Yimou to me, did you forget about his previous filming of "Codename Jaguar"?" Shi Hongwei said with an unkind expression.
Shi Hongwei originally wanted to take advantage of Zhang Yimou's reputation as having just won the Golden Bear Award, invest in a Zhang Yimou movie, and then make a fortune. However, Zhang Yimou gave up the project halfway through the filming, and ended up making a messy "Codename America"
Leopard".
Cheng Kaiyan said: "Although "Codename Jaguar" failed, Zhang Yimou's reputation is still there. Should he be given another chance?"
Shi Hongwei didn't think so, and said: "I think it's better to forget it. This Zhang Yimou and Wu Jianye are college classmates. I heard that their relationship has always been good. Now I even suspect that he failed to make "Codename Jaguar".
It may be intentional, or it may be that this is his true level, this Zhang Yimou must have been exaggerated."
If future generations of national masters knew that they were being said to be average, they would not know how they would feel.
Cheng Kaiyan knew that what Shi Hongwei decided could not be changed by others, so he asked: "What about now?"
Shi Hongwei thought for a while and said: "I heard that Wu Jianye and Teng Xuese don't have a very good relationship. In this case, you contact Teng Xuese and find a way to invite him to our company!"
Although Teng Xuese was not selected into last year's top ten directors, he is still a well-known director in China. At the same time, Shi Hongwei already knew the importance of relationships in the country. He invited Teng Xuese this time because he actually wanted to use Teng Xuese's influence.
, to build relationships with domestic high-level officials.
Cheng Kaiyan nodded and said: "I understand."
Shi Hongwei continued: "According to Wu Jianye's filmmaking habits, there should be no films of his released this year. We must seize the domestic film market this year. Now the domestic film market has begun to develop toward marketization. Now
One step ahead will be a big step ahead in the future, and we must seize this opportunity this year!"
If Wu Jianye knew Shi Hongwei and knew about Shi Hongwei's decision, he would definitely give Shi Hongwei a thumbs up.
Cheng Kaiyan nodded and said: "Yes, Wu Jianye has no works released this year, which means that his domestic exposure will not be too high. This is indeed a good time for us to catch up!"
After following Shi Hongwei for such a long time, Cheng Kaiyan also learned a lot of new words, such as exposure, which is not available in China today.
Shi Hongwei then showed a faint smile: "Not bad."
Jingle Bell!
At this time, the phone on Shi Hongwei's desk rang.
Cheng Kaiyan answered the phone: "Hello, this is Dafeng Culture."
Then Cheng Kaiyan glanced at Shi Hongwei with a complicated expression, and at the same time handed the phone to Shi Hongwei.
"What's wrong?" Shi Hongwei took the call and looked at Cheng Kaiyan with some confusion.
"Weiwei, I just got the news that Wu Jianye's film "New Dragon Inn" has been shortlisted for the Golden Bear Award at this year's Berlin Film Festival!" News came over the phone that made Shi Hongwei extremely distressed.
The editing of "New Dragon Inn" was only completed in July last year. In addition, Wu Jianye focused mainly on contacting domestic companies, so it did not catch up with the three major European film festivals and domestic film festivals last year.
Film festival selection, even the latest Venice Film Festival.
However, this does not prevent the film from participating in the selection of the three major film festivals this year. After considering comprehensive issues, Wu Jianye decided to send "New Dragon Gate Inn" to the Berlin Film Festival.
This is more because the Berlin Film Festival is more tolerant of this type of film, especially martial arts films such as "New Dragon Inn". Although Wu Jianye firmly believes that this is a martial arts film, even if it involves
The court officials who arrived were only there to serve this film.
But the Berlin Film Festival is good for this, so after comprehensive consideration, Wu Jianye decided to send "New Dragon Gate Inn" to the Berlin Film Festival.
And today happens to be the time when the Berlin Film Festival announces the shortlisted films.
This news has not spread to China yet, but Shi Hongwei relied on his experience of working overseas, so he also has some friends. This is what he specifically told his friends.
"ok, I know, thank you!"
At this time, Cheng Kaiyan didn't know how to comfort Shi Hongwei. He just said that Wu Jianye would not be exposed this year, but his film was shortlisted for the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival...
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Shi Hongwei has his own news channel, and Wu Jianye naturally has his own news channel, not to mention that Wu Jianye is no longer a nobody in Europe now. He is the winner of the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival and the Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival!
The addition of these two honors is enough for the Berlin Golden Bear to show its full sincerity to Wu Jianye.
Wu Jianye is now a favorite of the three major European film festivals. As mentioned before, the three major film festivals are also fighting openly and secretly, and they all want to increase their influence.
As for Wu Jianye, who has long been well-known in Europe, he is naturally the one they strive for.
After Wu Jianye's "New Dragon Inn" was shortlisted, Wu Jianye received a notice from the Berlin Film Festival Organizing Committee.
"Okay, I understand, thank you, thank Mr. Hader for me." Wu Jianye smiled and hung up the phone.
The Mr. Harder he was talking about was Moritz de Harder, the chairman of the Berlin Film Festival.
At this time, Li Xiaowan, Hu Mei, Zhao Fei and others were in Wu Jianye's office.
Zhao Fei asked: "What's wrong?"
Wu Jianye said with a smile: ""New Dragon Inn" has been shortlisted for the competition unit of the Berlin Film Festival."
"Really!" Zhao Fei stood up excitedly.
Wu Jianye nodded: "Yes, but according to the opening time of the Berlin Film Festival, I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up with the filming after the new year!"
The opening ceremony of the Berlin Film Festival this year is on February 10 and lasts for two weeks. If Wu Jianye goes to attend, he will definitely not be able to come back!
Then Wu Jianye looked at Hu Mei and said: "The subsequent filming of "The Legend of White Snake" will be left to you!"
Hu Mei first congratulated Wu Jianye, and then said with a smile: "Don't worry!"
In fact, Wu Jianye's mentality at this time was wry. His original plan was to celebrate the New Year at home, and then find a reason to fly to Xiangjiang to spend the Lantern Festival with Gong Yin.
But now it seems that it is definitely too late. When "New Dragon Inn" was sent to the Berlin Film Festival for exhibition, Wu Jianye indeed forgot about it. It seems that he will still have to call Gong Yin later.
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Wu Jianye hadn't called yet, but the phone in his office rang again.
Wu Jianye answered the phone and heard Chen Kaige's voice.
"Old Wu, I'm waiting for you in Berlin!"
Chen Kaige's voice was very excited. Of course, he had reason to be excited because he was one of the judges at this year's Berlin Film Festival...
Chen Kaige is not the first Chinese judge of the Berlin Film Festival. The first one was Mr. Huang Zangjiang, who served as a judge of the 33rd Berlin Film Festival.
However, as a new generation of directors in China, Chen Kaige is indeed the first to serve as a judge at the three major European film festivals. Naturally, he has reason to be happy.
This incident even allowed him to clear away the haze of winning the Golden Broom Award at the Cannes Film Festival for "The King of Children".
Wu Jianye smiled and said: "Okay, when we get to Berlin, you can treat me to dinner!"
Chen Kaige said: "No problem, when will you come over?"
Wu Jianye thought for a moment and said: "The film festival opens on the 10th. Let me and the actors of "New Dragon Gate Inn" fly there on the 9th!"
Chen Kaige said worriedly: "You came so late, maybe it's hard to book a room? How about I book it for you in advance?"
Chen Kaige received a lot of care from Phantom Entertainment in North America last year, and he is now reciprocating the favor.
Wu Jianye smiled and said: "No need, I will make arrangements here!"
"Well, I won't talk to you anymore. We'll talk about it when you come to Berlin!"
After hanging up the phone, Wu Jianye told Zhao Fei again: "Don't follow me this time. The filming of "The Legend of White Snake" cannot be done without you!"
Although Zhao Fei was a little disappointed, he also knew that there was nothing he could do about it, so he had to agree: "I know!"