Chapter 527 Let's Congratulate President Pei for Feihuang Studio
When I open the chat software, there are all kinds of congratulatory messages.
Zhu Xiaoce and others even took a short video of the scene and sent it over. It was a mess, and it seemed like a lot of people were shouting and cheering.
Pei Qian was silent for a moment and decided to clarify the most basic question first.
What is the Jury Prize?
Although Pei Qian usually watches movies, he has almost no involvement in these professional award ceremonies. At most, he only knows about Oscar statuettes.
At this time, we can only turn to Qiandu for help.
Two minutes later, Pei Qian understood.
There are many awards at the Cannes Film Festival, the most important of which is the Palme d'Or, which, like the Golden Bear and Golden Lion at the other two film festivals, is the highest international award in the film field.
The last time a domestic film won the Palme d'Or was in 1993, and that was the only time.
The Jury Prize is considered the second highest award.
The last time a domestic film won this award was back in 2000, so the headline of the news read "Winning the award again after 11 years."
After reading the popular science on Qiandu, Pei Qian didn't know whether he should feel sad or happy.
Fortunately, it's not the Palme d'Or, just second place.
Pei Qian was afraid that his European Emperor's physique would come into play again. If he really won the Palme d'Or, it would be a big deal!
This is not completely impossible. After all, the more professional a film critic is, the easier it is for him to make up his mind. Who knows what European and American film critics will come up with when they see a subject like "A Better Tomorrow"!
But the current situation is enough to leave Pei Qian speechless.
Although it is second place, it is still difficult to get it!
Domestic films have been working hard for eleven years, and they go to Cannes almost every year to send their films for premieres. However, most of them end up being sidekicks, and it is impossible to get second place.
In the end, I made a film. I just wanted to give the audience a drug and lose a little money. However, it ended up being a box office hit in China, and it actually won an award at a film festival?
There must be something wrong with this world...
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Pei Qian got up silently, washed up, and came to the company.
On the 16th floor of Shenhua Deluxe, all employees are working hard, creating a quiet and peaceful scene.
Pei Qian let out a sigh of relief and couldn't help but secretly rejoice. Fortunately, he arranged for Feihuang Studio to go into shock. Otherwise, all the employees of Feihuang Studio would directly block the door of his office today to say congratulations to him. Who could withstand it?
At least it ensures that your spring water is safe.
However, as soon as Pei Qian stepped into the office, he heard a "bang" and the champagne bottle cork flew into the sky!
At the same time, the sounds of various fireworks and ribbons also came and went, and the entire office area instantly became lively.
"surprise!!"
"Mr. Pei, congratulations!"
"'Beautiful Tomorrow' won the award. Director Zhu Xiaoce specially thanked you! Let me interview you. How do you feel at this moment?"
Everyone stood up from their seats, some holding fireworks and ribbons, some applauding, and some pouring champagne.
Pei Qian looked at Assistant Xin blankly: "This..."
Assistant Xin smiled and explained: "Mr. Pei, everyone has considered that the employees of Feihuang Studio are on vacation and the main creative team of the film are still abroad, so we have prepared this celebration ceremony for them."
"After all, how could something so worthy of celebration be ignored?"
Pei Qian: "..."
You guys are so thoughtful.
But I don’t need this kind of celebration, damn it!
Someone nearby served champagne, and everyone present had a share.
Pei Qian could only silently pick up the glass and drink it in one gulp.
Hao Yun, who was standing aside, was a little confused and said doubtfully: "Uh, Mr. Pei, shouldn't I say a few words first?"
Pei Qian put the wine glass on the table next to him: "It's all in the past, what's there to say? Okay, let's start working!"
Still celebrating?
Celebrate once now, and Huang Sibo and the others come back to celebrate again. Do they still want me to suffer twice?
There are no doors!
When Mr. Pei entered his office and closed the door, Assistant Xin smiled slightly and said to everyone: "Ms. Pei's character has always been like this. Okay, let's start working. It's not too late to celebrate when Huang Sibo and the others come back."
Wu Bin, on the other hand, was on the sidelines, quickly writing down notes in a small notebook.
"Sure enough, after all this time, Mr. Pei's character has not changed."
"I heard before that Mr. Pei was like this when "Sea Fortress" was a big success. He just took a symbolic sip of champagne to celebrate and immediately devoted himself to the next work."
"When I heard about it from Bao Xu, I thought it was just an artistic exaggeration."
"After all, even if those successful people don't rest on their past achievements, they can't even skip a short celebration, right?"
"Now it seems that this is true. It is not an exaggeration at all. Mr. Pei is such a person."
"Hmm... It seems that this paragraph can be written into the annotation of Tengda Spirit and sent to Cui Geng so that he can consider how this material should be used."
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In the office, Pei Qian took out his phone and started looking through the 99+ unread messages.
Most of the contents were congratulations, and the contents were all the same, so Pei Qian silently ignored them.
There is no way to come back, and if the other party takes the opportunity to start chatting and praise "Better Tomorrow" after returning, wouldn't that be a secondary injury to Mr. Pei?
Therefore, Pei Qian considered posting to Moments later and said thank you very much, but there were too many messages to reply to them one by one. After blocking new messages in Moments, the matter was over.
After flipping through the pages, Pei Qian suddenly stopped.
His eyes stayed on a message sent by Lin Chang.
"Mr. Pei! Congratulations! When you go to Jingzhou in a while, you have to treat me to a drink! Although the film itself can win the award because of its excellent quality, I will try to find a way to select the film for you and send it to Cannes. No matter what, it has to be a little bit
Credit, right?”
Pei Qian: "???"
I quickly typed a reply: "Did you choose the film?"
Not long after, Lin Chang replied.
"Mr. Pei, why are you just replying to the message now? Were you too high and drunk last night?"
"Of course I found someone to send it to. Cannes always prefers films that premiere at its own film festival. If there is no way, the judges will not accept them at all."
"But Mr. Pei, I'm not asking for credit. To be honest, I didn't expect "A Better Tomorrow" to actually win the award. I just saw that this movie was very poor at the box office abroad, so I wanted to help out a little."
"The main reason why you can win the award is because, Mr. Pei, you shot the film well and completely conquered the jury. Otherwise, no matter how hard the relationship is, it will not work."
Pei Qian: "..."
Got the dog!
It turns out you were the one behind it all!
Pei Qian seriously considered whether he could find a way to arrange Guan Shuisheng within the Shenhua Group?
For example, arrange to go to the office of the president of Shenhua Film and Television?
Things within the company have indeed been clarified, but things outside the company are still blind!
"That really betrays your good intentions. As far as I know, it seems that the overseas box office performance of "Better Tomorrow" is too poor, and it will be withdrawn soon, right?" Pei Qian typed back with a dark face.
He is currently worried about two main points. The first is the sharing contract signed with Ellie Island. As soon as the movie wins the award, there will definitely be a lot of new viewers watching it online, which is another income; the second is that it might not work well.
Foreign video websites have to spend a lot of money to buy the overseas online copyright of "Better Tomorrow".
As for the overseas box office, "Better Tomorrow" was released at the beginning of the month. The film schedule was not high and the box office performance was not good either. It is expected to be withdrawn soon.
Lin Chang: "Withdrawal? The latest news is that "Better Tomorrow" has been all over the overseas media after winning the award! Major theaters have extended its schedule by one month, and the film scheduling rate has also been increased."
"How can a film like this, which won the Grand Jury Prize, be withdrawn due to its good commercial properties? Theaters also want to take advantage of this popularity to make more money!"
Pei Qian: "..."
Why am I asking this question so much?
It’s true that blessings come unparalleled and misfortunes never come alone!
I originally thought that the overseas release of "Better Tomorrow" was a false alarm, but it turned out to be better now. After one film festival, the situation has completely changed!
Pei Qian felt extremely melancholy. This cycle has simply seen a sharp increase in pressure.
What about the money you promised to make on a bad movie?
This movie will make a lot of money domestically, make a lot of money abroad, make a lot of money in theaters, make a lot of money online... and the list is endless!
Pei Qian felt that this was his most failed investment.
Uh... No, it could also be the second failure.
The honor of being the first failure should always belong to "Lonely Desert Highway" and the 50,000 yuan.
Lin Chang continued: "Also, Mr. Pei, in two days, the second round of interpretation of your movie should begin. Are you ready to be photographed with a rainbow fart?"
Pei Qian: "?"
Lin Chang: "Sometimes, before a good thing goes abroad, everyone gives it one evaluation. After it goes abroad, it gets another evaluation."
"I'm very curious now. Many people used to think that "Better Tomorrow" was filmed in a nondescript manner. Chinese people didn't like it, and foreigners didn't like it either. But now that "Better Tomorrow" won the award at Cannes, what should we say?"
"Okay, Mr. Pei, keep having fun, and remember to treat me to a drink when I arrive in Jingzhou!"
Looking at the chat history with Lin Chang, Pei Qian fell into silence.
It’s so bald!
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At the same time, Moyu Internet Cafe Handong University Store.
"Hello, I am Xiao Peng, the person in charge of Moyu Internet Cafe. Who are you?"
Liang Qingfan shook hands with Xiao Peng: "My name is Liang Qingfan, and I am the designer of Mr. Pei's sloth apartment project."
"Oh! Please sit down quickly."
Xiao Peng and Liang Qingfan sat down by the window in the coffee area, and the waiter brought two cups of coffee.
After the two exchanged some pleasantries, Liang Qingfan revealed the reason for his visit.
"Mr. Xiao, I wonder if you are interested in changing the decoration style of Moyu Internet Cafe?"
After completing the sloth apartment project, Liang Qingfan has recently been traveling around Jingzhou, collecting inspiration, and waiting for Mr. Pei's next instructions.
But after waiting for a long time without any news, he felt a little bored.
Then, Liang Qingfan decided to hit a spot first.
Mr. Pei has so many properties under his control, including Moyu Internet Cafe, Moyu Takeaway, Managed Gym, Sloth Apartment, etc., all of which need to be renovated.
If you can take over all these and design several well-known and popular cases, it will be very crucial to improve your reputation.
What's more, he knows very well that Tenda's departments are not short of money, and they will definitely not suffer in terms of design fees.
Therefore, today he strolled to Moyu Internet Cafe to meet Xiao Peng, intending to get to know him in advance so that it would be more convenient for him to cooperate in the future.
Xiao Peng thought for a while: "It's not necessary for the time being. Moyu Internet Cafe 1.0 and 2.0 are highly accepted by consumers, and it may be inappropriate to change the style rashly. Moyu Internet Cafe 3.0 is currently under renovation, and it is not convenient for the time being.
Revise."
"Of course, if Moyu Internet Cafe 4.0 is launched in the future, I will definitely contact you as soon as possible."
"However, I do know a place that needs help. How about you go to the Panic Hostel?"
"I'll give you the phone number of the person in charge there. His surname is Chen. Just contact him directly."