Chapter 193 A Young Director Who Heard the News and Acted Quickly, "Love" Was Released

Chapter 193 The young director who is inspired by the news, "Love" is competing for the Oscars!

In a relatively dilapidated alley in Xicheng, Beijing, several courtyard houses have been cut into many single rooms and rented out by the owners.

In one of the small single rooms, which only covers an area of ​​seven or eight square meters, a young man in thin clothes was constantly talking on the phone.

"Mr. Li, my script is really good. As long as you invest money, I will definitely be able to film it well!"

"Stop talking nonsense, you didn't graduate from Nortel, and you didn't graduate from Chinese opera, or even Shanghai opera."

"A student from some crappy radio, film and television school still wants to make movies?"

"Do you believe that if I take the money and shout at the door of Nortel, there will be dozens of students from Nortel's directing department rushing to help me make a movie?"

"Do I need you?"

"Stop harassing me with phone calls!"

Listening to the abuse on the other end of the phone, Li Ruijun's expression did not change at all, and he just bit his lower lip.

It wasn't until there was a blind hang-up tone on the other end of the phone that he sighed and pulled out another cell phone number to call.

"Hey, Ganjun, let's assemble the crew as soon as possible."

"What?" A thick voice came from the other end of the phone, "Did you get investment?"

"No." Li Ruijun shook his head and said firmly: "I plan to go back to my hometown and sell the wedding house my parents prepared for me in the city!"

"With these hundreds of thousands, it's enough to make this movie."

Li Ruijun knew very well that as a little-known director from a small media college who was not even ranked first in the province, it would be difficult for him to attract investment by just talking.

I don’t know how many directors who graduated from the top three universities had to sell their houses and cars to get enough investment to make their debut films.

Not to mention him?

He can also do such things as burning a boat!

"Hey, Ruijun, don't be impulsive." On the other end of the phone, Li Ruijun's good friend Liu Qianjun, who was also his scheduled chief cameraman, repeatedly advised, "Don't sell the house yet."

"Have you seen the QQ group?"

"During the Light and Shadow era of director Wu Yuan, they established a support program for young directors. Directors under the age of 40 could submit scripts to their work email addresses."

“If the script passes the preliminary review, there will be an offline interview. If this interview also passes, it is possible to receive support from Light and Shadow Times.

"According to their promotional poster, Light and Shadow Times has prepared 30 million yuan this time and plans to support 5-6 directors. On average, each director can receive an investment of 5 to 6 million yuan!"

“Isn’t this more than what you got from selling your house?”

"If you are really confident in your script, then go to Light and Shadow Era and give it a try!"

"Those investors' vision is not good, but Director Wu's vision is always good, right?"

"If Director Wu thinks the script is not good, I think you really don't need to be tied to this movie and just make a new script."

"Is this happening?" Li Ruijun asked blankly, "Why didn't I know?"

"It just came out today."

"As long as posters of this youth support program are being circulated in film-related forums, forums, and QQ groups, it should be true."

Li Ruijun hung up the phone directly, picked up the most valuable thing in the room, an ASUS laptop, and quickly logged into his QQ.

Sure enough, among his college classmates, they were all chatting intensely about the youth support program of the Light and Shadow Era.

Continuously scrolling through the chat history, Li Ruijun soon found the promotional poster that had been spread all over the Internet.

“The Era of Light and Shadow—Young Director Support Program!”

The title is very simple, but the content is really exciting!

Just the 30 million yuan in real money, coupled with the qualification that only young directors under 40 years old can apply, made Li Ruijun's heart beat fast.

He undoubtedly meets this condition!

Quickly, he packaged and sent his resume and his original movie script "Summer Solstice" to the work email address posted on the poster.

"I hope I can be selected," Li Ruijun muttered to himself as he looked at the successful sending interface on the screen.

It's not just him.

Although there are no social platforms such as Weibo in this era, the speed of spreading information on the Internet is still very fast.

In the office of the literature department teacher at Beijing Film Academy, an undergraduate teacher was staring at the poster on the computer. In her hand was a movie script that she had written for many years and had not yet been completed.

On the cover of the script, there are four big characters written by her: Ocean Paradise.

Also in the capital, in an office building not far from the Huairou Film and Television Base, Cheng Er also looked at the poster on the computer and thought silently.

He is a graduate of the 1996 Directing Department of Beijing Film Academy and is Wu Yuan's direct senior brother.

Cheng Er rose to prominence with a number of experimental short films when he was a student.

In 1999, the year Cheng Er graduated, his graduation short film "Criminal" participated in the short film competition of six or seven film festivals and independent film exhibitions.

Although he didn't win any awards in the end, being shortlisted to participate is already something to be proud of for a new director who has just graduated.

However, the saying that graduation means unemployment really hit him.

From 1999 to 2005, Cheng Er never had the opportunity to independently direct a feature-length film.

He has prepared a feature-length film script, but the black thriller theme has repeatedly turned him down by investors.

No one is optimistic about Chinese black thriller films, and they think there is no market for such films in the mainland.

Facing this dilemma, Cheng Er was somewhat helpless.

Until his classmate sent him the Light and Shadow Times's youth director support plan.

Logically speaking, as Wu Yuan's direct senior, he should not be ashamed to accept financial support from his junior.

But Cheng Er looked at the poster on the screen with entanglement, and after hesitating for a long time, he still opened his email.

As long as he can make his first feature-length film, what's wrong with embarrassing himself?

Isn't it shameful to beg for investors and act like a grandson in front of investors?

On the other hand, Han Yan, who graduated from the Central Academy of Drama, also saw the posters posted on the Internet by Light and Shadow Times.

Compared with Cheng Er, who was unemployed after graduation, Han Yan's development is undoubtedly much smoother.

He directed his first film "Five Good, One Bad, One Good" in 2002, and then shot several short films one after another, winning the Best Short Film Director Award at the College Student Film Festival.

He has also been an executive director for other feature films, so he has a bright future.

However, after seeing the Light and Shadow Times's support plan for young directors, he also had some ideas.

He recently wanted to make a movie that uses nine short films with different characteristics to form a complete story, but he found a few investors, but none of them were very optimistic and were reluctant to invest.

Some investors even pessimistically believed that such a movie would not even be shown in theaters.

Now there is an opportunity to attract investment, and Han Yan must try it!

In this way, whether it is a frustrated or proud young director, or a film practitioner who is trying to develop into a director, after seeing the Light and Shadow Times's support plan for young directors, they all became eager to move.

Last year, Liu Dehua launched an Asian New Star Director Plan, but there was only one quota in the mainland, which was completely too much for too little.

Now that Light and Shadow Times has released 5-6 support quotas, everyone is thinking, this time it's my turn, right?

Nearly 100 movie scripts and director resumes were sent to the work mailbox of Light and Shadow Times.

The staff responsible for sending and receiving this mailbox quickly sorted and sorted these emails, waiting for the leader's review.

And what is the leader who should review these scripts, that is, Wu Yuan himself, doing at this moment?

Of course, he is picking up the plane at the airport!

On March 2, 2006, Wu Yuan took Liu Yifei to Los Angeles International Airport to pick up the main creators of the "Love" crew from China.

There are not many main creators who came to participate in the 78th Academy Awards with Wu Yuan this time, only You Benchang, Wu Yanshu, and Gong Li.

Including Liu Yifei and Wu Yuan, there are only five people.

After all, this time it was only nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film, and various technical awards were not nominated, so the behind-the-scenes main creators of the crew did not need to come.

There are not many people, so it is naturally easy to arrange.

Wu Yuan treated himself as a half-landlord and invited the three leading actors to live in his mansion in Beverly Hills.

The reason was also sufficient. Why waste money on a hotel when you have your own house?

And the hotel may not be as comfortable as Wu Yuan's mansion.

After hearing that Liu Yifei, who arrived earlier, had already moved in, You Benchang and the other two did not act pretentiously and also accepted Wu Yuan's invitation.

The next day, Wu Yuan's home also had a new guest, Zhang Ziyi, who arrived in Los Angeles with the crew of "Memoirs of a Geisha".

This year is the most ambitious year for Zhang Ziyi.

At the Golden Globe Awards, which just ended not long ago, Zhang Ziyi became the first Chinese actress to be nominated for the Golden Globe Best Actress with "Memoirs of a Geisha".

Although she was not nominated for the Best Actress in this Oscar, "Memoirs of a Geisha" was also nominated for some marginal awards.

Of course, she will also attend this Oscar.

Anyway, after walking the red carpet of the Oscars, her title of "International Zhang" is completely established.

However, International Zhang still knows who is the big and small king.

After arriving in Los Angeles and learning Wu Yuan's address through Gong Li (the two had worked together in "Memoirs of a Geisha", International Zhang came to visit him as soon as possible.

"Director Wu, congratulations!"

As soon as they met, International Zhang warmly hugged Wu Yuan and even gave him a kiss on the cheek, which made Liu Yifei, who came to greet her behind, puff her lips.

"I hope that "Love" can win the Best Foreign Language Film Award at this year's Oscars and fulfill the regret of our Chinese filmmakers." She sincerely wished.

Wu Yuan also smiled and nodded: "Then I'll borrow your good wishes. I also hope to win this award."

When "Hero" was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Award at the Oscars, but unfortunately missed this award, domestic filmmakers and fans became a little obsessed.

Before "Hero", in fact, most fans didn't know about Oscars or the Oscar Best Foreign Language Film Award.

But it was because of the crazy hype of "Hero" that this award became well-known in China.

As a result, Zhang Weiping hyped it up for a long time, but did not actually do any public relations for "Hero", and ended up not getting the award and returning home in disgrace.

Now, the expectations of domestic movie fans have been raised to the peak, and you tell me that you didn't get the award?

Since then, the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film has become the obsession of many mainland filmmakers, and has gradually become more and more famous among the people, even more famous than the three major European awards.

This is all thanks to Zhang Weiping!

His hype has raised this award to a position that does not belong to it.

Especially after several major directors failed to win the Oscar, this award has been covered with a veil of awesomeness.

In fact, the Oscar for Foreign Language Film is really just a less important award, similar to the Best Asian Film Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards.

In a North American regional award, a consolation prize given to foreign films, is it so unforgettable for hundreds of millions of domestic movie fans?

Wu Yuan brought "Love" to the Oscar this time, hoping to cut off the obsession of domestic movie fans for the Oscar for Foreign Language Film!

Let the attention of this award in China return to where it should be!

The previous chapter has been modified, you can refresh and read it again.

Basically, Wu Yuan did not return to China, and stayed in the United States with Liu Yifei, waiting for the Oscar ceremony to begin.

I don't know what happened, but I suddenly wrote Wu Yuan back to China.

I haven't participated in the Oscars yet.