Hualiu Director

Chapter 30 Watching the Screening of Crying Wang Bo

Many things can become popular not necessarily because of excellence, sometimes because of publicity, star effect, or even the promotion of a certain event.

But if it can become a classic, it is definitely because it is good enough and can conform to the universal values ​​and aesthetics of the public.

"Walking in a Cool Way" could become a classic in Lin Hong's previous life. In this world with the same national conditions, culture and aesthetics, there is no reason why it should not be accepted and loved by the public.So once the song was released, it took only two days for "Walking in Style" to reach the top of the new song list.

"This is a rare good song in the Chinese music scene in recent years, and "Let's Go Back" can become a classic!"--Da Ke, a famous music critic.

"The perfect combination of Chinese and Western music, good songs covering all age groups, I have added a new song that will always be kept in my playlist." - Zhang Dong, a famous music producer.

"It's nice, it's nice, my Aying can still sing such a nice song, I love it!" - kk music user I lost a golden axe.

"I beg all the uncles and aunts to let go of "Let's Walk Smartly". This song is not worthy of appearing in the square dance scene, just let it stay in my player."--The pride of Xinlan netizen 18cm.

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"Let's Go Back" became a hit. Countless music critics expressed their opinions, and almost all of them were positive. The few critics accused Guo Ying's singing skills of not being perfect enough.

Ordinary netizens are not as harsh as music critics, they just think the song is good, and that's enough.

"Walking in a Cool Way" has gained a lot of attention, and the number of related comments has been rising steadily, and major short video platforms have begun to follow up. Seeing this situation, kk music officials stepped up the promotional efforts of Guo Ying and "Walking in Style", and the number of auditions and downloads of this song soared.

Lin Hong gave this song to Guo Ying before, but Guo Ying thought it was too precious, so he exchanged the copyright for the song by refusing to accept the remuneration of "Don't Stop the Camera".In fact, Lin Hong still made money if he counted it.

Guo Ying's agent, Sister Li, has been busy discussing copyright issues with major platforms these days, which made her feel for the first time that A Ying and that little prop master seemed to be fine together.

Although Guo Ying has been active in the mainland for the past few years, her fame and influence are not that great. This time, she is not used to the sudden popularity of her love affair and a song.However, as she expressed on Weibo, she is a very sober person and knows where these changes come from. After expressing her gratitude to Lin Hong, he and Li Zimin returned to the Wuxi studio, holding hands along the way. .

Ordinary people will pay attention to the original singing of a good song, or the cover singing. Few people care about who wrote the lyrics and who composed the music.But the musicians in the circle are different. They are interested in Lin Hong, who has not published any works before, but they don't like to use human flesh to find people like netizens. Naturally, it was slow.

Wang Bo also liked this song "Walking in a Cool Way". When he saw that the lyrics and music were all written by Lin Hong, he couldn't help but have doubts in his heart. Could it be that Lin Hong is a fake director and his real identity is a musician?

On May 5, Wang Bo finally recorded the final version of "A Love Letter to Filmmakers" in the recording studio. Originally, he only needed to send it to Lin Hong, or ask the studio assistant to send it to him. Don't go and see that young director, it just so happens that a movie he prepared by himself doesn't have a theme song, maybe he will cooperate with him!

After several consecutive days of overtime work, the post-production of "Don't Stop the Camera" finally had to put the theme song to the end.

The six members of 409 seldom had a meal together in the cafeteria recently. Graduation was approaching, and they suddenly felt that the fish heads outside were no longer delicious. Instead, it was the pot-wrapped pork in the second canteen and the braised eggplant in the first canteen that made them nostalgic.Try not to go out if you can not go out to eat, this seems to be the stubbornness that all students have before graduation.

"Three Monks" has now become an auxiliary teaching material for the Beijing Film and Television Department and the Directing Department, and the public screening room will also be screened irregularly. In addition, in the past week, they are always accompanied by two penguin logos. staff and cameras.Therefore, the six members of 409 are now considered celebrities on campus, especially Lin Hong. These days, girls from the acting department can always be seen walking past him, either enchantingly or purely, and those who are bolder even directly ask Lin Hong for WeChat.It's just that Lin Hong was disappointed that no one wrote love letters. It seems that young people nowadays don't like to write with a pen. This is not a good habit.

There was a commotion at the entrance of the cafeteria. Lin Hong and others who were sitting on the second floor did not go to check. They were discussing the post-production of the film while eating.

"Bo Ge said that someone will send it in the afternoon. The song is 53 minutes and [-] seconds in total. I plan to start playing it when everyone falls down and laughs at the end, but our previous post didn't last that long, so you have to work hard, Zhang Wentong. For a moment, the final credits should be as detailed as possible, the scrolling speed should be slowed down, and the movie should end with the end of the music."

In order to catch up with Lin Hong's work, Zhang Wentong led two temporary workers to fight for several days and nights. After finishing the work with difficulty, he thought he could have a good rest, and then asked Liang Anni to go shopping, but Lin Hong suddenly came to add a theme song. Means he's going back to work.With a haggard face, Zhang Wentong resisted the urge to smash the dinner plate on Lin Hong's face. He picked up a piece of braised pork and chewed it vigorously, but in the end there was only one word that popped out of his mouth.

"it is good!"

Lin Hong doesn't think he needs to be polite with his brother. If this kind of thing is left to others, Zhang Wentong will go crazy. Don't look at him gnashing his teeth now. He will definitely not be less excited than Lin Hong after the film is produced. After all, this is his Directed the first feature-length film art work.

"Brothers have worked hard these past few days. I got news a few days ago that "Three Monks" has been shortlisted for the best short film competition of several film festivals. Once you are nominated, you will be invited. At that time, I will invite everyone to eat. Meal, eat Italian food, eat German sausage!"

Kong Xiao himself has been working very hard these days, but he knows that besides Lin Hong, he is the producer who will benefit the most from the production of the work, so he hurried out to appease everyone, but any fool can tell that he is showing off.

"Any news? Which film festivals?"

Kong Xiao is the producer, and the application for the best short film also left his phone number and email address, so he was the first to get the news.

"Cannes, Berlin, and Venice have all passed the primary elections, and those in Tokyo and Moscow are also submitting applications. Unfortunately, this year's Sundance has passed, and we are applying for next year. Several influential domestic applicants have applied. In addition to the Hong Kong Film Awards, our conditions are not enough to apply, and the Macau International Film Festival and Golden Horse have both applied.

At present, it seems that there are great opportunities in Greater China. After all, the advantages of aesthetic taste are great. It is hard to say that the top three in Europe and Sundance are hard to say. It can only be said that there are opportunities for nominations to enter the main competition unit. "

What Kong Xiao said was very objective. Many excellent Asian films are mediocre in the eyes of European and American judges, because they are more surprised by each other's values ​​and aesthetic tendencies.Therefore, in order to win awards, many Asian directors deliberately filmed what the European and American judges wanted to see, such as the poor and backward side of China. This is also an important factor why Lin Hong is not very cold about the national teacher, but admires Chen Ge more.

"Forget it, anyway, you will go to win the prize, and the trophy will belong to you, but if you really win the prize, you must treat yourself."

Xing Wei has no interest in winning awards, he just wants to compare the camera with Zeng Shuming, just like in "Don't Stop the Camera".

"Hey, you are so confident to win the award. What kind of movie is so good, let me watch it later!"

A familiar and unfamiliar voice sounded, and when they looked up, it turned out that Wang Bo was standing beside him with a dinner plate, followed by a group of students from Jingying with adoring faces.

"Boge, why are you here!"

Wang Bo didn't see anyone sitting at a table with several people. Without further ado, he picked up a piece of braised pork and ate it.

"I came to give you a song, but you were not at the post-production side, and some classmates said that you came to eat, and took the initiative to bring me over, otherwise, how would I recognize you when I saw you for the first time.

Well, this braised pork still tastes the same for decades, it hasn't changed at all, even my aunt's shaking hands have been inherited. "

Wang Bo's words brought everyone closer together, and he didn't have the airs of a big star at all.Lin Hong can only sigh with emotion, compared to Cai Yongkang's deliberate display of emotional intelligence, Wang Bo's life-like contact makes people feel more comfortable.

"By the way, what movie did you just mention winning the award?"

Wang Bo brought another shrimp, so he was a little vague when he spoke.It was not easy for Lin Hong to reply like that, so he quickly swallowed the food in his mouth.

"It's my graduation work "Three Monks". The school thought it was pretty good, so they helped me apply for some best short films in the film festival."

Wang Bo said in his heart, good guy, when did Jingying help the students to do a lot of publicity, let alone help apply for the film festival.

"After dinner, Lin Hong, you are going to work on the theme song of the new movie, and I will watch "Three Monks". Is there any inconvenience?"

Lin Hong thought that this is inconvenient, if you can help me make a publicity, that's what I wish for.

"Convenience, it's very convenient. Kong Xiao, you are in charge of accompanying Boge to the screening room in the afternoon, and the others can accompany Boge if they have nothing to do."

The producer Kong Xiao was delighted to be able to watch the film with Wang Bo, and it would not be too much to leave a phone call after watching it.The actor Li Xian was also a surprise. There are paparazzi around the school all year round. It is said that several rooms in the opposite building are occupied by paparazzi all year round. If the last entertainment news is not surprising, it is not surprising.

Zhang Wentong was the hardest. He wanted to go, but he could only accompany Lin Hong to change the subtitles.Don't be angry, work makes me happy!

Two hours later, when the words "Director Lin Hong's works" were frozen on the screen for five seconds, the last piano sound stopped.

Lin Hong and Zhang Wentong clapped their hands together, this time it was really perfect, and it was finally over.

At the same time, in the No. [-] screening hall of Jingying, Wang Bo has watched "Three Monks" three times. He watched it very seriously, and every time he watched it, he had different opinions.

It's so good, is this really the work of a 23-year-old director who hasn't graduated yet?

Wang Bo's first directorial work, which he has been preparing for several years, will start shooting in the second half of the year. The script is written by him. The actors and crew are all his friends and colleagues for many years. In terms of funds, several big companies are rushing to invest.Originally he was full of confidence, but after watching the "Director Lin Hong's work" at the end of the film, Wang Bo hesitated a little. Can he really do it well?

Just at this moment, the screen of Kong Xiao's cell phone lit up, it was Lin Hong's message, and there was only a cheap smile on it, which meant buddy, I'm done, come and kneel and lick!

"Boge, Lin Hong has already finished everything!"

Wang Bo's thoughts returned to reality. He heard that Lin Hong had finished all the post-production, and he suddenly became interested again.

"Is this new movie convenient to watch?"

Although Kong Xiao was the producer, he had to ask Lin Hong, so he quickly called Lin Hong, and Lin Hong brought the copy to the third screening room without saying a word.

For the first trial screening of "Don't Stop the Camera", the audience was only the six people in dormitory 409 plus Wang Bo. Zhang Shan was supposed to be added, but he received a variety show notice to go to Changsha these days.

After the film started, Wang Bo regretted watching the film. He never imagined how a director who can make such an amazing work as "Three Monks" could produce such a bad film that smells worse than *.

Just when he was thinking of an excuse to leave, Lin Hong could see Wang Bo's impatience, so he had no choice but to say something in a low voice.

"Bogo, my material for this movie is only 110 minutes, and now the whole film has 93 minutes."

A layman would not understand Lin Hong's words, but Wang Bo has been immersed in the film world for many years, so he immediately understood Lin Hong's meaning.

110 minutes of material was cut into a 93-minute movie, the beginning and the end were trimmed and the meaningless content was cut out. There is a high probability that there is a flashback explanation, or a secondary creation of a play within a play.Flashbacks and play-within-play are not unusual things in the script, but it is very difficult to tell the story well. Lin Hong looks very confident, and other people are also watching very seriously. Is there really any way to save the front line? This pile of rubbish?

Wang Bo resisted his contempt, and he once again settled down to watch carefully, remembering all the unreasonable and inexplicable things in his heart.

At the 35th minute, when Xiaohua looked at the shaky camera with an ax in her hand, a credits list appeared on the big screen. Although the credits roll was fast, everyone would ask: Does the movie end here? ?

The screen went dark, and then switched to Zhang Shan's home, and at the same time, "five days ago" was written on the screen.

The movie finally entered the correct chronological sequence. With the big screen playing, Wang Bo finally knew what happened, and those unreasonable and inexplicable places were finally explained. The thread balls of the order are straightened out one by one by him. If you have an obsessive-compulsive disorder, you will definitely feel doubled.

The music played, and the screen showed everyone rolling together and clapping happily, followed by various tidbits during the filming, Wang Bo's slightly vicissitudes of voice sounded, and every word and tune seemed to be sung in everyone's heart.

Everyone finds their own memories in the music, the original intention to make a movie no matter what, and the persistence that I must become an excellent actor.

Wang Bo thought of wandering around various sets in those years in order to get a small supporting role, and thought of working as a construction worker on the construction site for half a month in order to play a migrant worker more realistically.He thought a lot, but he never forgot his dream of becoming a film actor.In the movie, those actors who were lazy at the beginning and had no fighting spirit can sincerely cooperate to complete the stacked arhat after experiencing various accidents. They are not afraid of failure. What is there to be afraid of, who always has a movie dream?

Put aside fame and fortune, put aside fear, and move forward bravely, even if you fail, it doesn't matter, at worst, come back next time.

At this moment, a raging flame rose in Wang Bo's heart, which still belongs to the light and heat of filmmakers.

The big screen ended all the screenings, the lights came on, everyone including Wang Bo had moist eyes, the movie was a success, and the theme song was also a success.

Within ten days, Lin Hong and his production team really did it, using 100 million yuan to shoot a full-length feature film!