Chapter 864 Hit Him!

Li Qian came back slowly.

After he slipped back to his seat and sat down, he said a few words to Fu Xuelong and Qin Jingjing each, and the movie ended.

On the big screen, the screen was full of blood-red colors, and a childish voice was singing that ballad.

"Mother, mother, go to the southwest, the wide road, the long treasure ship..."

Even, Li Qian had time to see his dazed look on the blood-red screen.

Looking back now, I feel that at that time, because of deliberate exercise and makeup, when my upper body was bare, I really looked so majestic!

The drums sounded, and the sorghum swallowed by the red swayed in the wind amidst the blood red of the eclipse.

The suona sounded.

On the screen, the sorghum swayed, the suona sounded sadly, and the subtitles scrolled.

The premiere of "Red Sorghum" is over.

Qin Jingjing subconsciously turned her head and glanced at the auditorium in the back row.

There was little reaction from the audience.

She retracted her body, a little apprehensive, a little worried.

But it turned out that her worries were completely unnecessary.

Because soon, when the suona stopped, the big screen was completely darkened, there was almost only a one or two second interval of darkness, and then applause broke out.

And, it's getting louder.

At this time, Li Qian also half turned around and glanced behind him.

It was pitch black and nothing could be seen.

Half a minute later, the applause was still ringing, and the lights had already been turned on.

John Dyce came over from the second row and grabbed Li Qian. His eyes behind the glasses were shining. He grabbed him and whispered: "Stand up, Qian, you should stand up and accept the applause!"

Li Qian was stunned for a moment, stood up, put his hands together subconsciously, and nodded to the audience.

Beside him, the two main creators, Qin Jingjing and Fu Xuelong, were stunned for a moment, then they also stood up, imitating Li Qian, standing on both sides of him, smiling and nodding to the audience.

Many people know that Li Qian is the home of the Four Great Beauties, but there are also many people who don't know it beforehand. It's just that at this moment, everyone just watched the movie, and of course they all know that he is the burly guy in that movie.

The applause suddenly became much more enthusiastic.

It may sound like a long story, but it's actually just a matter of a minute or two.

In China, as a film director, Li Qian, after all, has two big-selling films "My Sassy Girlfriend" and "Once Upon a Time", he should be regarded as a very important director, but in Europe, as a director Well, he's not even a fart, so he won't be treated like a big-name director.

The film seems to be good, and the audience is quite satisfied with such an oriental film that is somewhat peculiar but full of strong oriental flavor and unique and magnificent use of colors. However, applaud, continue applauding after getting up, seeing The hero and heroine of the show appeared in the front row, and the applause was even more enthusiastic... that's all.

Everyone leaves quickly.

Zhang Zifang was full of sincerity and admiration, and said: "Li Qian, you made a really good movie! Congratulations!"

Some important film critics and reporters, including John Days, chatted and laughed to see them off. When they reached the door, they shook hands with Li Qian, and most of them would say with a serious face, "Congratulations, you made a great movie. !Also, your performance is excellent, and this beautiful lady!"

Then, it's over.

When the people were almost gone, John Dess said: "Qian, you surprised me! I can't even believe that a movie of this style is made by you! I thought you were a mature Commercial director, I didn’t expect you to make such a literary film! However, this film is quite amazing! Believe me, you will surprise the Berlin Film Festival!"

Li Qian shrugged.

When he walked away, Qin Jingjing came over and asked, "Is this... alright?"

Hearing what she said meant she was a little lost.

Li Qian turned to look at her, "It's not bad! Basically, the audience got a standing ovation. As for the rest, let's wait and see, see how the next few games and tomorrow's attendance rate are, and then, look at the crowd What would European filmmakers think about it!...Relax, don’t think too much! As I said beforehand, we’re just here to get acquainted, to gain experience, and we’re not going to win an award in the first place!”

Qin Jingjing took a deep breath and nodded.

Next is the interview.

Originally, Li Qian didn't want it, but after all, he was shortlisted for the Berlin Film Festival. Qi Jie felt resentful in her heart, and finally waited for the opportunity. She repeatedly persuaded Li Qian to accept an interview, but in the end, Li Qian had no choice but to agree. She helped to choose a newspaper, and then everyone made an appointment. After the premiere of the film at the Berlin Film Festival, the people there had seen the film, and then they could find a place to conduct an exclusive interview with him.

Of course, besides this, Qin Jingjing has more tasks than him.

Although it is not the most topical one in this movie, as the heroine of the movie, she is naturally one of the key points of publicity, so although there is no buzz before the movie is released, but when the movie is released, her arrangement begins ——John Deiss helped her make appointments with several local German newspapers and magazines, and the domestic media sent to report on the Berlin Film Festival also made appointments for photos and interviews. Basically, the premiere here is over, and she It will start non-stop for two or three days.

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The interview was scheduled for lunch, at a restaurant not far from the hotel where Li Qian and the others stayed.

The other party had already been waiting there, and seeing Li Qian arrived, he stood up and greeted him, and introduced himself while shaking hands: "Hello, Young Master Qian, I am Lin Nansheng, a reporter from Oriental Weekly."

"I have admired your name for a long time! Brother Cao and I, we both respect some of your comments!"

"Thanks!"

After exchanging greetings, sit down.

Lin Nansheng looks to be less than forty years old. He wears glasses and has a gentle manner. At first glance, he looks like a person engaged in culture, but he has an ordinary face. Freelance critics, writers and well-known film critics.

The appointment was to start the interview after lunch, but the two invited the waiter to order the food. While waiting for the food to arrive, Lin Nansheng had already started to ask, "Actually, outside of the interview, what preparations are you preparing?" In addition to all the questions, there is one thing I have always been curious about, can you answer it for me?"

Li Qian smiled, made a "please" gesture, and said, "Tell me."

Lin Nansheng asked: "You debuted for many years and have always been very popular, but you have been a little strange these years. I don't know if you feel it yourself. You seem to have a special dislike for the media! So, you basically never No interviews, never any TV or radio shows, right?"

This question is a bit harsh.

Li Qian smiled and said, "Brother Lin, is it appropriate for us to talk about this topic before the interview?"

Lin Nansheng was stunned for a moment, then he laughed.

This was in a restaurant, in public, if it was in private, I'm afraid he would have laughed out loud.

Then, he said: "It's okay, just say what you want, even if I get angry again, I will hold back until the interview is over! This is your first media interview in these years!"

Li Qian smiled when he heard the words, thought for a moment seriously, and then replied: "I don't like it, it's really not true! The main reason is that I think I'm very clumsy in words, and I have many flaws in my body. All of them are quick-talking, so I am really not willing to accept interviews under normal circumstances."

This is quite honest.

Lin Nansheng hesitated when he heard the words, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end, he said: "I don't know if I belong to the type of reporter you think is fast-talking, but today our interviews are only for movies. So, you can rest assured."

Li Qian nodded, "Okay!"

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"When I was watching the film just now, I was thinking, this young man is really talented. He changes the style of almost every work, and each style is so unique!"

"Thank you, I've won the prize."

"Come to Berlin to participate in the film festival, do you have any expectations for yourself and your "Red Sorghum"?"

"If you're looking forward to it...it's not even possible, right? As for the main competition unit, of course, I must have thought about what I should think about, but I don't think there is any need to be persistent about whether or not to win an award."

"So, I also thought about whether I would win the award, but I basically don't have any hope of winning the award, right?"

Li Qian smiled and nodded, "Almost! That's probably what it means."

Lin Nansheng laughed, "In fact, there are still some good domestic films, but it is true that the three major film festivals in Europe are under great pressure of competition without exception. However, I am still very optimistic that "Red Sorghum" can be held in Berlin. The film festival has gained something. Do you know why?"

"Why?"

"Because your appearance and performance in the film are too groundbreaking for Chinese fans, movie fans, and European movie fans!"

Li Qian smiled, "Can I take this as a compliment?"

"Of course! That's a compliment!"

After a pause, Lin Nansheng added, "This is a performance I have never seen on Sun Ce in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"! So I want to say, maybe everyone thinks you are a good singer and a gold medalist." The producer is an excellent director, but in my opinion, you are also an excellent actor! I believe that when this movie is released in China, it will receive rave reviews!"

"Uh, thank you! . . . Thank you for your good words!"

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We ate for half an hour, and interviewed for more than an hour. It seemed that there was no in-depth topic exploration in this scene, but in fact, both sides understood why the interview ended at 2:30 in the afternoon.

The two shook hands and said goodbye at the entrance of the restaurant, and then Li Qian turned back to the cinema.

As a result, he had just returned to the movie theater when Fu Xuelong jumped out suddenly, almost frightening Li Qian.

Moreover, his expression is indeed quite scary!

"Brother, it's full! It's full!"

Li Qian froze for a moment.

Fu Xuelong waved his arms excitedly, as if he didn't know how to vent his excitement, he just said over and over again, "It's full! Brother!"

Having said that, he seemed to come back to his senses, pulled Li Qian up, walked to the ticket office next to him, pointed to the long queue there, and said, "See, they are all queuing up to buy our tickets !"

Li Qian turned his head and glanced at him, "They all bought our tickets?"

Fu Xuelong nodded.

Li Qian was a little surprised - when he entered the door just now, he actually noticed the long queue over there, but he didn't think of himself at all at that time.

Ordinarily... the attendance rate and the response to the premiere are indeed pretty good, but the problem is that it's only three o'clock in the afternoon, and it's only a few hours before the premiere ends!

Even if you have a god-level word-of-mouth, in such a short amount of time, it is said that word-of-mouth would not have time to spread!

At this time, John Dyce suddenly appeared out of nowhere, saw Li Qian standing not far from the entrance of the ticket office, and ran over with a look of excitement, "Qian, I just received the news , Someone scanned our brochure and uploaded it on the Internet! Now, that post is very popular, it’s only been a few hours, and the hits have already exceeded 10,000!"

Li Qian was surprised.

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In another time and space, Zhang Guoshi won the award in 1988.

At that time, the Cold War had not yet ended, and the Berlin Film Festival held high the political topic and did not relax. China was trying hard to return to the global order and participate in global interaction with a positive attitude of reform and opening up.

Then, "Red Sorghum" was a big win at the Berlin Film Festival.

What now?

Now is another time and space, and the time is already 2003.

"Red Sorghum" is indeed a good movie, especially its strong artistic color, but Li Qian, who brought this movie to Berlin, does not think that this movie will become "hot" in Berlin!

But what was unexpected was that although the movie started off well, it got better and better after that!

On the day of the premiere, the word-of-mouth of the film was quickly fermented on the Internet because of the fans' attention to Li Qian, which quickly attracted those fans in the Berlin area who saw the post to come to buy tickets.

And until the next day, on the one hand, the word-of-mouth of the movie was still being fermented on the Internet; On the platform—then, all of a sudden, there was a line of more than one hundred and nearly two hundred people outside the "Red Sorghum" screening hall!

Generally, it has to be the top Hollywood star, or the participating works of a real master director who is well-known throughout Europe, in order to win this level of popularity at the film festival.

So for a while, I only brought a copy of the "Red Sorghum" crew, and I was a little caught off guard.

At this time, John Dess also brought back his public relations news: It is said that many of the judges of this year's film festival expressed their great love for the movie "Red Sorghum" from China!

What is particularly commendable is that one is the director's unique color aesthetic lens, which is "simply addictive", and the other is that Li Qian, as the lead singer of a band that has become popular in Europe with his handsome appearance and charming singing voice, dedicated his contribution in the film. A "serious and frank performance"!

Of course, John Days didn't think that "Red Sorghum" would win any amazing awards, but according to him, at least it should not return empty-handed, and as the film's reputation on the Internet began to ferment, Now, many filmmakers from various European countries have begun to pay attention to this movie. Even if it can only win some small awards, this movie should be sold in Europe.

Of course, what Li Qian didn't know at this time was that in a hotel in Berlin, Lin Nansheng, the chief reporter of "Oriental Weekly", was typing on the keyboard, writing down his impression and evaluation of Li Qian——

"He is actually a shy person. On the other hand, he is good at creation and artistic expression. He doesn't like talking very much. He is a little shy when he laughs... He is very honest. If you chat with him, you will find that he doesn't talk much. And almost every sentence is spoken after careful consideration, but they are all very frank..."

And it was at this time, it was more than eight o'clock in the evening in China.

Shuntianfu, Tianyi Film and Television Culture Company.

After Lu Ping finished handling the promotional project of the new movie, he looked back a few times and felt quite satisfied, so he turned off the computer and got up, ready to go home.

But before he could leave the office, there was a knock on the door.

After a while, Zhou Zhengyang opened the door and came in.

Then Gao Lanlan followed in.

From this posture, Lu Ping knew that something had happened at a glance.

But he was not in a hurry, he calmly sorted out the documents in his hands, put them away, and said, "What's the matter? Why did you come to the company again at this hour?"

Zhou Zhengyang is the boss of Tianyi Film and Television Culture Company, Lu Ping's financial backer for many years, and Gao Lanlan, as Lu Ping's discoverer and guide, has always been his most capable assistant and manager.

At this moment, both of them seemed to have some apprehension on their faces.

Zhou Zhengyang asked with a smile, "Have you finished the plan?"

Lu Ping nodded, "It's done."

Zhou Zhengyang smiled and said: "Actually, there are some people in the company who specialize in such things as publicity and planning. You give your ideas and let them do it for you. When you are done, you can modify it if it doesn't work. Why do you have to do it yourself? Do it!"

Lu Ping smiled and said calmly: "This time, I won't allow anything to go wrong. It's better to do it myself!" After a pause, his eyes passed Gao Lanlan and Zhou Zhengyang one by one, and said with a smile: "What happened? Alright, let’s talk about it! Could it be that “Red Sorghum” won the prize in Berlin?”

At this time, Zhou Zhengyang and Gao Lanlan laughed at Lu Ping's joke, and the nervousness just now eased a lot.

That's right, it's not about winning prizes!

At this time, Gao Lanlan said with a smile: "According to the news from over there, "Red Sorghum" is very popular in Berlin! According to the news sent back by several reporters and film critics who used to report, that movie is indeed The filming is very good! And it is said that Li Qian's starring role is also very hard! So... Mr. Zhou was a little worried, so he dragged me over to ask you, can we reconsider the release schedule? Doesn’t it have to be shown on their shoulders?”

Lu Ping smiled and lowered his head.

Although the fact that "Red Sorghum" was popular at the Berlin Film Festival still surprised him, but after thinking about it, Li Qian can be regarded as a major in the photography department of Shuntian Film Academy. It's too surprising - although he has been making commercial films for the past few years, it doesn't mean that he can't shoot literary films at all!

However, Zhou Zhengyang's lack of confidence in himself still made him extremely angry and dissatisfied!

Yes, in the last head-on confrontation, it was true that I lost, and I have nothing to say about the loser!

But even so, in fact, his last film still made a lot of money for the company! He, Zhou Zhengyang, vowed on weekdays that he would support his next film and then meet Li Qian. He must pick up the face that fell to the ground, but when the critical moment comes, "Red Sorghum" has not yet What's the matter, he's so frightened that he's dizzy!

But, after all, he is the investor of his new movie. At this time, there is anger, and with Lu Ping's current city and scheming at that time, he will never show it on his face.

At this moment, he smiled and said, "Come on, sit down, let's sit down and talk!"

When the three of them sat down, Lu Ping still had that faint but confident smile on his face, and asked Zhou Zhengyang very calmly, "Mr. Zhou, do you think "Red Sorghum" can win an award in Berlin?" ?”

Zhou Zhengyang was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and was about to say where I should guess, but after thinking about it, he shook his head, "It may not be impossible, but the possibility...is probably not great!"

After a pause, he said again: "Director Zhang Zifang has been there three times. There are rumors that even if it is a comfort this time, Director Zhang should be given a decent award. If this is the case, "Red Sorghum "The possibility of winning the prize is even lower!"

The fact is that there are many examples of Chinese films winning awards in Europe, but there is only one Qin Wei who has won important awards at the three major film festivals.

No matter how good Li Qian is, he should still be far behind Qin Wei when it comes to making literary films, right?

Therefore, it may be possible to get a good word of mouth, and even come back with a consoling small award, but the grand prize should be hopeless!

Lu Ping laughed when he heard this, and said, "Even if you win the prize, so what?"

Zhou Zhengyang was taken aback when he heard the words. At this time, Lu Ping did not wait for him to speak, and continued: "You all asked me before, why did you have to step on his tail and set the release date so close! Now, I Okay to answer you! Because, no matter how good Li Qian is, even if he is so good that he can win a big prize in Berlin, "Red Sorghum" is a literary film in the final analysis! Therefore, this is an extremely rare time to beat him at the box office. Stepping on his chance to take over! We must not miss it!"

Having said that, he waved his hand calmly, with a look of winning, and said with a smile: "We are a commercial film! We have invested nearly 40 million commercial films!"

These words are well-founded.

Zhou Zhengyang nodded slowly when he heard the words, and asked after a while, "Are you sure?"

Lu Ping nodded slowly, "This is the best opportunity!"

Zhou Zhengyang sighed, turned his head to look at Gao Lanlan, "You said...he shouldn't be able to win the award, right?"

Gao Lanlan laughed when she heard the words, "Unless he is better than Qin Wei! You know, Qin Wei was in his forties before he made "Red Light District" and won the Golden Lion Award in Venice!"

Zhou Zhengyang laughed when he heard this, "Yes, yes!"

At this time, I don't know what came to mind, Zhou Zhengyang suddenly looked proud, and said loudly: "That's right! He is a literary film, and we are a commercial blockbuster. What are you afraid of him doing! Never mind him! "

Lu Ping smiled and said, "Yes! Give him a shot!"

After all, the three looked at each other and smiled.

Everyone seems to have seen the good times when "Red Sorghum" was trampled under their feet by coincidence!

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I have written a lot, so it will be later.

At the end of the month, even though I have asked everyone to look through it several times, I still want everyone to look through it again to see if I can find another one and a half.... The recent plot, I am afraid that it will not be well written, and the pressure It's very big, Dao Yigeng urgently needs your monthly encouragement!