Chapter 426: Yesterday's Cause, Today's Result

In fact, Shanhe owed Marco Mueller a favor.

The fact that "Moon" won an extra Grand Jury Award in Venice was the result of this old man's manipulation.

And this Venice Film Festival Grand Jury Award was the first film award Shanhe won.

Shanhe and his family warmly welcomed the guests.

After a polite greeting, Shanhe used tea art to entertain Marco Mueller who came from afar.

Zhang Yi and Jiang Wen did not come to join in, and continued to chat with a few old people and tease the little bear.

We accompanied Marco Mueller to his house because of favors. As for how you chat and what results you get, it is none of our business!

Marco Mueller was no stranger to the Chinese hospitality. He took the teacup handed over by Shanhe and praised it in Chinese style.

"This is the best tea art I have ever seen. It is not only pleasing to the eye, but also fragrant!"

"You are too flattering!"

Shanhe gestured to the guest to invite him for tea.

"Marco, this is my favorite rock tea from my hometown. Try it!"

After two rounds of tea and a few words about tea art, Marco Mueller turned the topic to movies.

"I haven't been to China for more than four years since 2008. This time, I was really eye-opening. The capital has changed too fast, and China's film market has also developed too fast!"

Shanhe added tea to the guest and responded with a smile:

"Marco, you have been in China for more than ten years. You shouldn't be too surprised by these. China's rise is an inevitable result of the times!"

"You are right!"

Marco Mueller nodded in agreement and sighed.

"I told my European colleagues more than ten years ago. However, China has an extraordinary historical heritage, with unparalleled potential and cultural identity in the West. I know that China and Chinese films will eventually rise, but all this happened too fast, beyond my cognition, especially your sudden appearance, which is really incredible! "

"Really?"

Shanhe smiled and responded,

"I am just an insignificant lucky person in this great era!"

"Qiu, you are too modest. There are always some incredible geniuses in your Chinese history, and you are not the first!"

Marko Mueller did not beat around the bush and directly stated his purpose,

"Qiu, you should know why I came. The purpose of my coming to China is to invite you to bring "Youth Yi" to the Venice Film Festival!"

"Marco, I am willing to attend the Venice Film Festival. It is my first award-winning place, but the film schedule is not something I can decide alone!"

Marco was amused by Shanhe's answer,

"come on! Qiu, your answer is too fake, everyone in the world knows that you are the one who decides your project! "

Shanhe also laughed,

"Okay, I do have a certain say, but Marco, there are rules in the industry, I don't want to be a rule breaker, I rarely participated in the distribution of movies in the past, and I don't want to intervene too much this time, you should convince Bruckheimer and Disney!"

Marco was obviously well prepared and did not give up,

"Qiu, you and Disney are just partners, Chuhe Film and Chinese Film are your position, I still have some connections in the European film circle, Disney Ni may not care, but it should still be of some help to Chuhe Film and Television's European distribution! "

Marco stopped to drink a sip of tea, looked at Shanhe who was thoughtful and continued:

"Besides, you have already won the Cannes Golden Palm and the Berlin Golden Bear, why not take the Venice Golden Lion into your arms? The European Film Festival Grand Slam is an honor and title that is enough to be recorded in the history of global film. It will also become a landmark event for Chinese films and has a huge driving force for the global promotion of Chinese-language films!"

Shanhe looked at the eloquent old man. His words did make some sense, but with a lot of exaggeration.

Although the title of the Grand Slam of the three major European film festivals is full of gimmicks, it is actually not worth much.

Maybe it has some effect in the art film circle, but it doesn't have much bonus for commercial films. For Shanhe, there is no difference between one more Golden Lion Award and one more Golden Rooster Award.

What Shanhe is more interested in is what he said about helping Chuhe Film and Television to distribute and promote Chinese-language films in Europe. This is worth talking about!

"Marco, I can't give you a definite answer now. How about this? I'll talk to Zhong and Bruckheimer, and you can talk to them about the details?"

Marco Mueller understood what Shanhe meant:

Shanhe agreed to the exchange of interests, but he was not responsible for the negotiations.

"OK! Believe me, Qiu, I am a friend of China, and I hope to see Chinese-language films have a greater voice in the world!"

Shanhe nodded and thanked him for his help in Chinese-language films in the past.

"Thank you for your support for Chinese-language films. You will always be a friend of Chinese filmmakers!"

After the business was over, Shanhe and his family prepared a hometown dinner for the guests who came from afar.

Marco Mueller had a great time eating, and he knew the Chinese drinking culture very well.

Several filmmakers drank very happily under the communication of Shanhe and the translator.

After sending away the staggering foreign old man, Zhang Yimou, Jiang Wen and Shanhe also arrived at six or seven o'clock.

The three of them sat around the coffee table and chatted about gossip.

"You are so awesome now. Even the European Film Festival has to beg you to participate. In the past, we were the ones who rushed to participate. Now Lao Ma has to come to China in person to invite you! Do yourself a favor!"

"That's right!"

Zhang Yimou drank until his face was red and he was a little drunk. He not only talked more than usual, but also had a lot of emotions.

"What was the attitude of the European film industry towards us Chinese filmmakers in the past? Don't think that we seem to be popular, but in fact, we are all shit. They all regard movies as a tool for political games, and the awards given to you are more like a kind of charity!

In 1999, I took "Not One Less" and "My Father" with great expectations Mother" to participate in the Cannes Film Festival. Do you know what the organizing committee of the shitty film festival asked me to do?

They asked me to cut the scenes of playing the national anthem and raising the national flag in the film, saying that I was doing political propaganda. The words were particularly harsh. I said, "Fuck it, this is an insult to China." I was furious at the time. I didn't care about the Palme d'Or. I directly sent them an open letter, saying that I would withdraw from the competition and never participate in the Cannes Film Festival!"

"Is there such a thing?"

It was the first time that Shanhe heard of such a thing. He remembered that "No One Less" and "My Father and Mother" both won European film awards!

"I know about this. It was suppressed in China at the time and not reported!"

Jiang Wen took a sip of tea and interrupted,

"Lao Mouzi, you did a great job on this. Later I heard that it was Lao Ma who helped you. Not only did he help you get through in Europe, but he also awarded the Golden Lion Award to "Not One Less"!"

"That's right!"

Zhang Yi nodded and replied,

"Marco did help me a lot. I am very grateful to him. I feel respected by him!"

"Lao Ma has lived in China for more than ten years. He is indeed different from others!"

Jiang Wen said to Shanhe who was thinking,

"If it is convenient for you, give Lao Ma some face , this old man helped us a lot in the past, we Chinese filmmakers owe him a favor. You are the representative of the new generation of Chinese filmmakers, you have to pay it back! "

Shanhe looked up at Jiang Wen and Zhang Yimou, nodded and responded:

"I know, I will arrange it!"

…

A week later, Disney and Chuhe Film and Television announced that Shanhe's eighth film "Young Yi" will be scheduled for early September 2013.

At the same time, the Venice Film Festival Organizing Committee also issued an announcement that "Young Yi's Fantasy Drifting" was selected for the main competition unit of the 70th Venice Film Festival and will become the opening film of the film festival.

These two news have a great impact on the European and American film market.

"Fast and Furious 6" and "Logan 2" originally scheduled for the end of August, and "Elysium" scheduled for early September have all begun to seek to change the release date.

Only a fool would compete with the "Mr. Billion" film at the same time, and his bottom line for the film is more than one billion US dollars!

What's more, "The Young Yi" has a phenomenal original book as its foundation. Book fans around the world have been looking forward to the movie for nearly two years. Since the filming of the movie started, it has been the most watched movie in the world this year.

Various news about the filming and production of the movie have been constantly promoted and reported in the media.

Before the filming of the movie was completed, a previously unknown Chinese-American mixed-race boy has become famous all over the world, no worse than a second-tier Hollywood star.

Hollywood professional box office analysis media even gave a box office forecast for "The Young Yi" in advance:

US$600 million in North America and US$1.5 billion in global box office.

This is simply cheating!

No one wants to face such a monster movie. It is simply seeking death to be released at the same time as it!

It would rather go against "Iron Man 3" than to collide with "The Young Yi"!

At the same time, this year's Venice Film Festival has also become lively with the participation of "The Young Yi", and filmmakers from all over the world have set their sights on the 70th Venice Film Festival.

The popularity of the Venice Film Festival, which only started in September, is even higher than the upcoming Cannes Film Festival.

Last year's Berlin Film Festival was an example. Shanhe's "Joker" made the entire film festival popular, and the film transaction volume and transaction amount were higher than expected.

The copyrights of all participating films were sold at prices much higher than expected.

Regardless of whether they won awards or not, it is worth going to Venice to sell films!

So, since the news that Shanhe and "Youth" participated in the Venice Film Festival came out, the number of participating and exhibited films at the Venice Film Festival has increased rapidly.

There are especially many Asian countries, and there are also many independent films from North America. It can be predicted that this film festival will bring a wave of recovery to the declining "Father of Film Festival".

This situation has excited the entire film festival organizing committee.

Marco was even more proud of his trip to China. If you want to compete with me in China, you are not good enough in Cannes.

Yesterday's cause, today's result!

After I visited Hua Xia Qiu, he personally visited me the next day and expressed his gratitude to me as a Chinese filmmaker.

His words touched Marco very much.

"We Chinese people will repay our gratitude. Thank you for your respect for Chinese filmmakers. Believe me, Venice will get more!"

With Hua Xia Qiu's behavior, it is hard to say whether he will participate in the Cannes Film Festival in the future!

After the release date of "Youth Easy", Shanhe left other distribution matters to Bruckheimer and Zhong Lifang, and put all his energy into writing "Room".

"Room" is the most delicate novel written by Shanhe.

In the previous writing process, Shanhe revised it several times.

At first, he planned to describe the whole story from the perspective of a child, but changed his mind halfway.

From the perspective of the child alone, the whole story will be very touching, but it is difficult to present the complexity of society and human nature.

So, he added another emotional line of the mother, advancing in two lines, presenting the whole story from the two intertwined story lines of the mother and the child.

Shanhe wants to bring readers not only touching and admiration, but also to create a contrast effect of "being in a desperate situation but not feeling" through this seemingly subjective narrative perspective.

Finally realize "the true value of telling a story of horror and crime".

Shanhe has no intention of sensationalism and tears, he just wants to write the purest family affection of human beings.

He wants Elizabeth and Tate to touch everyone's heart with everything they have experienced, so that although the story is set on the premise of evil, it still makes people feel the power of hope and love.

So as to bring more reflection to the public!

After May Day, the first draft of "Room" has been completed, with a total of more than 300,000 words.

Hathaway and her family became his first readers.

Since the Qiu family had lived in Amstetten for more than two months, they were very familiar with the experience of the Fritzler family and had a special liking for Rooney.

The whole family was moved by the interdependence of Elizabeth and Tate in the novel, and even the illiterate grandparents sighed repeatedly under Yu Zhengchong's narration:

"What a sin!"

"Is this how little Rooney grew up? What a poor child!"

Hathaway couldn't help herself and even cried bitterly while hugging her husband. She had brought herself into Elizabeth, into a mother who was desperate for everything.

Although he was praised and affirmed by the whole family, Shanhe did not send the manuscript directly to Qu Ling.

He calmed down, re-sorted the emotional line of the whole novel, refined the text of the novel, especially the plot after the mother and son were rescued, and he hoped that readers would think more after being moved.

At the same time, Shanhe is also adapting the novel into a script.

If possible, he wants to finish the production of this film within this year.

At the end of May, Qu Ling received a call from Shanhe. She put aside other work at hand, opened her computer mailbox immediately, and read the novel she had been looking forward to for a long time.

It took Qu Ling a whole day to finish reading all 280,000 words of "Room".

She sat blankly in the office chair, recalling her past of more than 20 years as a mother, letting tears fall on her collar.

This is a book written for all mothers and children in the world. The greatness of motherhood lies in that it transcends everything. Life, dignity, and even sin cannot shake this innate emotion.

To be a qualified mother, you are born great!

Qu Ling sat there for an hour before she came back to her senses. She picked up the phone and called the editor-in-chief of Scholar Publishing House.

Since Shanhe began to plan the new work, Curtis Carter, the editor-in-chief of Scholar Publishing House, has been waiting for this call for a full year.

The sensation and benefits brought by "Young Yi's Fantastic Drifting" once again appeared before his eyes.

Curtis Carter was full of expectations for Shanhe and his new work "Room".