Chapter 248 Closing Ceremony (34)

For Shen Xudong, no big or small director can compare to a director who is willing to cooperate with him!

Of course Du Qifeng is no exception...

Du Qifeng’s romance films are actually one of a kind!

There is an episode of "Screening Room 10" that complains about domestic romance films, asking, "Why will there always be a market for romance films around the world, and they will always have the same story but never go out of style?" ’

Because, in any era, any young person will experience love. At the same time, everyone’s expectations for romance movies are also the lowest. The purpose of watching romance movies is really too simple: they just need the director to tell them that even though life is trivial, every day After working nine to five repeatedly, experiencing several separated relationships, we no longer dare to fully engage with the things and people around us. However, we still feel that love is a very beautiful thing in our hearts. At this time, you only need to take pictures It is enough for a movie to tell us that love is the most anticipated and beautiful thing.

Why are domestic romance movies so low?

Nowadays, most directors don't even believe in love themselves, but they make romance movies.

You say something you don’t believe in your heart but you still want to film it to convince everyone?

is it possible?

Du Qifeng should still believe in love...

In "A Man and a Widow" and "Slimming Man and Woman", Johnnie To's scripts and team awareness are very stable. Almost every love scene can be filmed repeatedly with a different leading actor, but his values ​​will not change much.

His romance films are the same as Jin Yong's. The girl usually likes the hero first, but they are not conservative. They can heighten the atmosphere, poetic romance, and have a little humor that suits the situation.

It's a light love comedy!

Why did Shen Xudong encourage Du Qifeng to make a romantic movie?

Because...he really has several love scripts in his hands!

Love must be positive, bright, and warm like a spring breeze.

Even if it ends tragically, it is sweet and beautiful because of love.

For example, "Breaking up a man and a woman", "A man is talented and a woman is beautiful", etc...

Of course, it's not because these scripts are classic enough, but because they are suitable for Du Qifeng to film - after all, he has masterpieces such as "A Man and a Widow" and "Slimming Man and Woman".

If he comes to make these works, even if the box office cannot exceed 100 million, it is still foreseeable that it will exceed 40 million!

Of course, Shen Xudong would not give him the script rashly. If he took the script and filmed it himself, what could Shen Xudong do?

Sue him?

He is a great director!

Therefore, after returning to China, I still have to find my senior sister...

Contact via Chen Hao…

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Outstanding Citizen received an invitation to the closing ceremony…

In fact, this is to be expected, because before the closing ceremony, "Outstanding Citizen" won several off-screen awards, including the Most Innovative Film Award, the Film Future Award for Best Film, the Catholic Cultural Award, the International Film Press Association Award, and the Passinet Award. TI Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor...

Not only Shen Xudong couldn't figure out what these things were, but even Wang Qingqiang didn't quite understand...

There are dozens of similar awards during the film festival. People are too lazy to care about so many, just accept the ones that are available.

Although the off-site awards have little to do with the awards in the main competition unit, winning more off-site awards shows that the quality of the film is reliable, and the hope of winning the main competition unit awards is definitely greater than the hope of a film that does not win.

Moreover, these award presentation sites are all cocktail parties, the kind where you can eat and drink!

The crew didn't miss a beat...

By the way, the party was not held after all - it was too expensive. For any party, the venue usage fee starts at 30,000 euros per night. You can't just use the venue, you also have to prepare drinks, food, etc. At least it costs 200,000 euros!

Never mind, it's fine just like this.

It is officially provided by the hotel for a few people, and the hotel comes with two meals - it's just not that delicious!

So, a group of people didn’t actually spend much money.

Arriving at the closing ceremony, it was actually at the Cinema Palace - there was no closing ceremony red carpet this year...

——In order to prevent terrorist attacks, this Venice Film Festival canceled the red carpet event for celebrities and announced the winners in a deserted manner.

It was not deserted, there were quite a lot of people at the closing ceremony.

When Chen Daoming saw Shen Xudong, he immediately asked him, "Where have you been these days?"

Shen Xudong quickly explained: "I was talking about the script with Du Qifeng and Chen Kexin..."

"You...how do you know them?"

"...We just met and chatted for a while..."

Before Director Chen spoke, Liu Bei quickly asked: "...What script are we talking about?"

"Romance movie script..."

"Romance movie?"

Shen Xudong nodded: "Hong Kong directors go north to film, and romance movies are the best option..."

"Why do you say that?"

"Other types can easily hit a wall..."

"Have you discussed the script?"

"I know the script well. In the next few days, we will mainly analyze the themes and types that may be popular in the mainland, and then discuss the scale and so on..."

Director Chen suddenly said: "Don't you feel that they look down on the mainland?"

"I don't care whether they like it or not. Anyway, if they want to survive, they have to go north to film. In the end, the market will teach them how to face the mainland!"

"…Are you so confident?"

"Of course, the mainland market has huge potential. If you think about the movie "Shaolin Temple", the number of moviegoers exceeded one billion. What is this concept..."

One billion moviegoers, calculated based on the current ticket price of 20 yuan, is 20 billion...

Of course, Shen Xudong also knows that the number of moviegoers cannot grow indefinitely. "Wolf Warrior" is so popular, but the number of moviegoers is still stuck at 160 million...

But the market is here!

Shen Xudong suddenly pointed at Guan Xi: "Why doesn't the director say anything?"

Liu Bei interjected: "...He is nervous!"

Cao Xiwen leaned close to Shen Xudong's ear: "I saw the director reciting his acceptance speech yesterday!"

Shen Xudong waved to Cao Xiwen to come over. The latter didn't know why, and then asked Shen Xudong to say loudly: "...You can speak openly!"

Nowadays, "Outstanding Citizen" is so popular and the media is talking about it. Especially after arriving at the scene, a lot of people gave their blessings, making it look like it was you...

Moreover, the closing ceremony has not started yet at the scheduled time. It is said that the jury has just left the hotel, so there is no choice but to postpone it.

While waiting, perhaps the atmosphere at the scene was too solemn, which made everyone's moods rise unconsciously.

Guan Hu's nervous hands were trembling...

Director Chen couldn't stand it anymore: "Don't think about winning the award now. Gains and losses are already determined..."

Guan Hui smiled bitterly: "I understand...but I can't control it!"

"Look at Xudong, how calm he is!"

Guan Hu looked at Shen Xudong, who took out two pieces of chocolate from his pocket. He happened to notice Guan Hui looking at him, so he handed one over: "...Want to eat?"