Hualiu Director

Chapter 66 Recording "Ask the Director for Advice" ([-])

The Polish avant-garde female director Magozhata Szymowska with a shawl and long hair opened the envelope and raised her eyebrows when she saw the words on the envelope, which was exactly as she predicted.

"The winner of the best short film at this year's Cannes Film Festival is..."Three Monks"!"

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"Wow even……"

"Whatever I say, I'll just say "Three Monks"!"

"Great, Lin Hong, you are so great!"

Fanatical screams broke out in the box, and everyone danced excitedly.Lin Hong clenched his fists tightly and roared, this is the capital city thousands of miles away, there is no live camera, he doesn't need to pay attention to any gentleman's demeanor, he can vent his excitement to his heart's content.

"Cool!"

""Three Monks" is a graduation short film written and directed by the young director Lin Hong. Great success, and also the success of oriental culture..."

On TV, the beautiful host of CCTV Movie Channel praised "Three Monks" and director Lin Hong with full emotion, which is the glory of Chinese filmmakers.

"The one who took the stage to accept the award was Kong Xiao, the producer of "Three Monks", he is Lin Hong's college roommate and a student about to graduate from the Beijing Film Management Department.

In fact, it is not only the director Lin Hong and the producer Kong Xiao, we learned that the main creative team of "Three Monks" except the fat monk Jin Shan, the rest are senior students of Beijing Film Academy. Complete director Lin Hong's graduation project..."

On the TV, Kong Xiao adjusted his suit while walking, his hands were a little unnatural, and the people in 409 knew that he was nervous.

"Hahaha, look at Kong Xiao, he can't even laugh."

"Qixi, when I get the best photography..."

"Fuck off, what best photography you get as a lighting operator, that's my award."

Walking to the most central position on the stage, Kong Xiao's legs were still trembling a little. He took several deep breaths to adjust his state, and finally a smile appeared on his face.

The Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival has only two Palme d'Or trophies each year, one for the best film and the other for the best live-action short film. Handed it over to Kong Xiao, and hugged him at the same time.

"Congratulations to you young producer, you have done a great job, this is the best compliment for you!"

Because the other party spoke English, Kong Xiao understood the other party's congratulations. He kissed the female director's left and right cheeks, and then expressed his thanks.

"Thank you director, I hope to have the opportunity to work with you."

The female director regarded this as a polite remark, she laughed and didn't continue talking, she went backstage and gave the time to the winners.

Kong Xiao felt the weight of the trophy in his hand, and he always felt that all this was a bit illusory.He picked up the trophy as if to take a bite, but soon stopped.

"Sorry, this is my first time as a producer and also my first time winning an award, so I don't have much experience. I originally wanted to bite the medal like an athlete, but the Palme d'Or seems a bit... inconvenient."

Kong Xiao started his acceptance speech with a little humor, and the audience immediately burst into applause. Westerners have a rigid perception of Easterners, but this young man seems to be different.

"For this award, first of all, I would like to thank the director and screenwriter Lin Hong. He has completed the two most difficult tasks. He is the soul of our crew. His talent and charisma brought us together to complete this work.

Then I would like to thank the main creative team of the film crew, Li Xian, Teacher Jin Shan, and Zhang Shan. The performance of the three of you is perfect.

Zhang Wentong, Zeng Shuming, Xing Wei, your work is also impeccable, without you I would not be able to stand here.This time I won the award one step ahead, it's up to you to add it up.

Of course, I would also like to thank my master, Mr. Huang Li, who is also the producer of "Three Monks". He invested in us when everyone was not optimistic, which once again proved your unique vision.

Finally, I would also like to thank our alma mater, Beijing Film Academy, and our teachers. Without the help of this great school, we would not be able to do anything. "

Kong Xiao originally wanted to say something more, but when the staff next to him reminded him that it was time to speak, he could only speak faster.

"Finally, I want to make an advertisement. I came to Cannes with a mission. I have the rights to the remakes of several films directed by Lin Hong and the rights to two brand new scripts. If you are interested, you can talk to me after the awards show. I contacted, I promise this will be a good script, maybe it will be on the podium in Cannes next year.

Well, thank you all! "

After Kong Xiao finished speaking, he bowed to the audience and walked off the stage. The audience roared with laughter. No one expected that someone would advertise during the award acceptance speech in Cannes. It was so interesting. God bless him and hope the group The committee should not conduct a disciplinary investigation of this kid.

"Hahaha, it's really unexpected that Kong Xiao is advertising. But if he really has an original script directed by Lin Hong, then I'm really curious."

"That's right, Lin Hong's script creation ability is very strong, such as his "Don't Stop the Camera". Friends who have watched it will be amazed by the strong contrast and reversal before and after. Not only that, it is said that he is in an online variety show. Two low-cost feature films were filmed on the show, which are said to be very good, and the quality is no worse than "Don't Stop the Camera", but because of the recording time of the show, we haven't seen it yet."

"Yes, I am also chasing that variety show. To be honest, what I am most looking forward to is the work of director Lin Hong. He always catches people's eyes, and his works always give people unexpected surprises. And his The songs in the movie are really good too, I downloaded several of his songs..."

The host and guests were talking about Lin Hong on the TV screen, but Lin Hong couldn't hear these compliments, because almost everyone was drinking Lin Hong, and it was said that as long as he was drunk, he could sign the unequal treaty.

In a daze, Lin Hong didn't remember how many unequal treaties he signed in the end. He only remembered calling Xiao Heyun to Li Xian and Li Shiqing to Yang Zi when he was in a daze, as if he had promised Chen Yu and the others something.

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"Lin Hong, wake up, the plane is in Ningbo!"

Lin Hong shook his head vigorously, the feeling of dizziness not only did not lessen but became heavier.

In front of him was Huang Li's very unhappy face. If he didn't know what was going on, Lin Hong would have been taken aback by him.

"Uncle Huang, isn't it the best short film in Cannes, what about you?"

At the Cannes Film Festival Awards Ceremony last night, "Three Monks" finally won the best short film, and at the same time won the first prize in the film cornerstone unit.Although Huang Li had taken precautions in his heart before this result, he broke his defense the moment he saw Kong Xiao holding the Palme d'Or.

"Isn't it the best short film in Cannes? Do you know that it's the Palme d'Or in Cannes, which many people can only hope for in their lifetimes."

Huang Li's distressed appearance made Lin Hong a little dumbfounded. He said that he knew that today you still saved those tens of thousands of dollars, but now he knows that it is too late.

"Uncle Huang, don't get angry, Cannes is there, we can't escape, as long as we are still creating, there will always be opportunities."

Now that the matter has come to this, what else can Huang Li say, he can only hope that there will be opportunities in the future.

It may be that the honor of the best short film is not as good as the sensation of the best film and the best actor, so apart from the professional film media, other entertainment news only mentioned "Three Monks" as the best short film. Director Lin Hong's name was not mentioned, after all he did not appear on the podium to receive the award.

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Today is the recording of "Please Advise the Director". Unlike the past, this time the recording is divided into two places.

The Pacific Studios in Ningbo Pacific Department Store canceled all movie screenings today. Since early in the morning, staff have been making various arrangements in the movie theater.

The program "Ask the Director for Advice" played a new trick this time. They invited eight directors, four producers, and actors who participated in the film to the theater, and then asked them to fight for 400 random audiences on the street to watch the movie. Finally, the theater score is determined based on the number of audience members who leave the theater and the final score.

There are eight posters for eight movies, and the poster of Lin Hong's work "Just Listen to It, I Hear It Like This" is very exquisite.

The picture selected is a scene of eight people sitting around a villa. Everyone has different dynamic expressions. Leo stands in the middle as if he is about to walk out of the picture, which well reflects the sense of estrangement between him and everyone.

In addition to the picture and the name of the movie, there are other introductions in small print next to it.

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Producer: He Lei

Director: Lin Hong (other director works: Cannes Film Festival Best Short Film "Three Monks", "Don't Stop the Camera", "Nightclub")

Leading Starring: Qin Hao (Best Actor at Macau International Film Festival) Huang Yan

Special guest star: Professor Qin Liu

Special starring: Ning Zi

Subversion of traditional science fiction films

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Compared with those star-studded short films next door, whether they are popular young meat or famous old actors, Lin Hong this time is finally not inferior at all.

Although Qin Hao's popularity is not that high, but with the blessing of the title of actor, and in the past two years, he has starred in several commercial films and gained a lot of presence. As the leading actor, he is not inferior to the leading actors of the other seven short films.

Although Huang Yan's popularity has declined severely in recent years, and his appearance is far from the peak, several of his works are the youthful memories of many people, and there are still some emotional points.

Professor Qin Liu may not know many people, but as long as he knows, he will automatically become his fan.

The special performance of Ning Zi has attracted a lot of young fans to the film, especially Ning Zi and Penguin have frequently appeared in the public eye after their conflicts were resolved. Recently, it is the stage of popularity recovery.

Of course, audiences who pay attention to the entertainment industry and the program "Please Director Advice" also have very high expectations for Lin Hong. In addition, "Three Monks" won the best short film in Cannes yesterday. It can be said that Lin Hong is now "Please Director" "Guide" is the most concerned participating director.

Qin Hao and Huang Yan both live in Shanghai, so they cooperated very much in recording the program, and Ning Zi also flew from BJ to Ningbo to cooperate with the promotion. It can be seen that she is very concerned about the Penguin program.

Three actors plus Lin Hong and He Lei who come to see from time to time, this kind of publicity lineup is not small. Logically speaking, there should be quite a few people who choose Hall 200 "I heard it as I heard it." Counting the more than 24 spectators who came in, there were only [-] people who entered Hall [-], which was just about average.

"Come and watch "Let's hear it, I'll hear it like this", I promise you won't be disappointed."

"Qin Hao, you can't shout like that. Look at Han Bing who has prepared small gifts, and other groups also have special means of attracting people."

Huang Yan felt that Qin Hao's promise not to disappoint the audience was unattractive. Although she had absolute confidence in her own film, the screening this time was only for one day, and there was no chance for everyone to promote it by word of mouth. The publicity at the entrance of each movie theater chooses which movie theater to enter.

Considering that Lin Hong's film is a feature-length film, and the number of people watching it may be relatively large, the program team specially arranged the largest hall No. [-] for them, but this actually added difficulties to Lin Hong virtually.Because the No. [-] hall is at the front, the audience always wonders whether there will be better ones later, or go and see what movies are there.So when they got to the back and saw all kinds of publicity methods, many viewers who were not so determined were snatched away.

"Then what to do, I didn't think about this problem here, and I didn't think about the propaganda method at all."

Lin Hong's eyes were also darkened. In his past and present lives, he had never had a real theater movie released. He had no experience in publicity work. Now he can only ask He Lei for advice.

"It's too late for you to learn about them giving small gifts, but you can still learn about asking actors to send autographed photos at the door or singing and dancing."

"I can sing and dance live, and I can also take a group photo!"

Ning Zi was very cooperative with He Lei's proposal, because she knew that it was He Lei who was calling her. After all, no one was watching Lin Hong and Qin Hao's singing and dancing.

So soon at the entrance of Hall No. [-], Ning Zi sang the theme song and dance when she participated in the women's group audition. Several people came back from the exhibition hall.

"Lin Hong, I just went inside and counted. There are already 47 people. It is not a problem to exceed the average."

There are 8 audiences for 400 works, with an average of 50 people. Lin Hong doesn't know what the final judging criteria will be, but as long as he has an audience progress hall that exceeds the average, he is confident to get a relatively high score.

"The effect of this kind of sudden publicity is not bad, but today is a working day, and there are not many people who come out purely to go shopping and watch movies. Many people come because they see the camera and think it is fun. I just observed that many people actually It's not that I'm not interested, but seeing that this is a feature film, I flinched when I thought it might be too late.

But we have an advantage. These viewers who know it is a feature film and choose to come in should have time. The quality of our film is absolutely excellent, so there should be very few people leaving the show after a while, and the rating will never be low. "