You don't understand the happiness of the director

When "Rush Hour 3" was filmed last year, Wang Quan was already very impressive. However, just over a year later, the identity gap between the two has further widened. "The Twilight Saga" made him a world-class director. How could Zhang Jingchu not be greedy?

Although generally these cheesy commercial films are popular with male and female protagonists. Who can name the director of Harry Potter? However, Wang Quan is an Olympic Award winner due to his good looks and youth. The two protagonists are more eye-catching than the little werewolf in the first film.

Precisely because Wang Quan is a popular fried chicken director in Hollywood today, Cheng Long personally visited the "Twilight" crew and invited Wang Quan to attend.

Just to stop his refusal and let this little brother help him support the scene.

Although Li Lianjie, whom he had just worked with, was also invited by him, it was obviously more honorable to invite Wang Quan now.

At this time, King Quan's other screenwriter's work "Lucky Chuck" has successfully received $50 million at the box office in North America. Judging from the budget of that movie, it is considered a profit.

There are more than in the original time and space. I don’t know whether it is due to the influence of Wang Quan’s reputation or the changes brought about by the change of schedule. In short, Wang Quan’s reputation of never losing money has been established, and he is also invited to get good luck.

After entering the venue, Cheng Long hugged Wang Quan affectionately and just shook hands with his husky-like female companion.

Oh my god, he's older than Lizhi. Old Long glanced at Old Li, who was older than him, and said, "Tsk, tsk, he can't bear this kind of thing, and it has to be a young man like Xiao Wang."

Then he took Wang Quan's hand and whispered, in addition to thanking him for the support, he also talked about his upcoming work arrangements.

"After finishing the promotion, I will go to Neon to shoot "Shinjuku Incident". I will save the next schedule for "Zodiac". This time I plan to direct it myself."

Wang Quan said that it was no problem. He had basically completed the script. He also borrowed some high-risk actions from Tom Cruise's follow-up Mission: Impossible. While he could still move, he had to leave some highlight scenes.

As for "Shinjuku Incident", it will have to be filmed until next year. I will perfect it by then, as I have enough time.

The two chatted for a while, and Cheng Long went out to greet the guests who came to cheer him up. This time the guest who came in was the villain Zun Long in "Rush Hour 2".

What surprised Wang Quan was the lead actor's speech before the movie started. The other lead actor, Chris Tucker, repeatedly fucked the subprime mortgage crisis and the US government. Brother, how much did you lose? You hate it so much.

However, his diss received full applause from the audience. Obviously, these audiences felt the same way, and Wang Quan was increasingly able to personally feel the huge impact of the subprime mortgage crisis.

After the premiere, Wang Quan was invited to have dinner with Zhang Jingchu in private. She asked Wang Quan to choose, and Wang Quan chose the barbecue, which was lively.

Wang Quan also called Azu, who was also at the premiere, and he and she were old acquaintances.

She didn’t say anything. She mainly wanted to increase her impression in Wang Quan’s mind. Thinking about having the opportunity to collaborate, Zhang Jingchu really wanted to make a name for herself in Hollywood, but it was really difficult. She tried, but not everyone can do it. Zhang Ziyi is so lucky.

In addition, while Azu was going to the bathroom, she also hinted that she wanted to see what Wang Quan's home looked like.

Wang Quan said honestly, "My girlfriend is not allowed to bring girls home."

Zhang Jingchu immediately felt ashamed: He is so upright!

Wang Quan: Doing the math, Gadot’s role in 007 is probably about to be completed, and she might suddenly go home one day.

After the incident was over, Wang Quan returned to the set that night and prepared to continue working.

At this time, the "New Moon" part was basically completed, and part of "Eclipse" was also filmed. Both the vampire Edward and the little werewolf Jacob were very satisfied with the script of "Eclipse".

Edward is satisfied because there are no bloody parts that made him feel uncomfortable. Now it looks much more pleasing to the eye, but the story and twists have been greatly increased.

And the little werewolf is also very happy. His character is now so charming. He is affectionate and restrained, like an aggrieved big dog. There are many and exciting battle scenes, and many special effects are used on himself. This After two movies, my popularity will definitely increase!

Wang Quan was filming a movie, and Xu Zheng boarded a flight to Venice alone with a bald head. Xiao Taohong wanted to follow, but he didn't let him go. It would be disappointing to bring a woman with him in such a colorful world.

When he arrived, he also met director Zhang Yimou. He was the chairman of the jury of this year's main competition unit. It was not convenient for him to meet the filmmakers in the main competition unit, but the short film unit was not under his control, so it didn't matter.

Although Zhang Yimou couldn't contact those people, Xu Zheng could. Lao Mouzi introduced to him the situation of the Chinese filmmakers shortlisted this year and asked him to visit them when he had time. "Filmmakers from across the Taiwan Strait and the three places should have more exchanges." communicate."

Xu Zheng remembered it all, and looked for Zhang Ting's contact information later. He was such a good friend before, but he hadn't contacted him for a long time.

Xu Zheng was very touched. He didn't expect Director Zhang to be so approachable, said a lot of thoughtful words, and also told interesting stories about his past as an actor. Xu Zheng made up his mind that if he became a director in the future, he would definitely ask him to act.

There are quite a few Chinese-language films shortlisted for the main competition this year, with a total of four.

The first is Lust, Caution, a Sino-US co-production by Oscar-winning director Li Yin.

The first is "The Sun Also Rises" co-produced in Hong Kong, Mainland China, by Jiang Wen, a genius among geniuses.

One is Chunxiangjiang's To Qifeng's new work "Detective".

Another one is "Help Me Love God" directed by Li Kangsheng, the male lead of the famous director Cai Mingliang.

Although I don’t know if Jiang Wen slept with his wife when he was filming "Sunny Days", Xu Zheng looked at the three crew members and found that he was the most familiar with Jiang Wen, so he went to visit Jiang Wen first, and was warmly greeted by her. Lao Jiang took him to the premiere and watched the magnificent "The Sun Also Rises".

He felt that he understood it, but he felt that he didn't understand it. He felt that he had to watch it again, but if someone asked him, he would definitely say: This movie is full of words.

If this is the case for me, can those foreigners who don’t understand the history of China during that period understand it? Xu Zheng was a little worried about this movie. The investment in this movie will not be small. If it cannot be sold overseas, it will be a huge loss!

Later, Xu Zheng visited Li Kangsheng and was invited to watch his "Help Me Love God" together.

He couldn't help but sigh that Wanwan's creative freedom was really high. This kind of standard was something that was out of the question in the mainland. Even if it was filmed, it would only be distributed abroad.

He had just finished saying that "Help Me Cupid" was huge, but when he finished watching "Lust, Caution", he was dumbfounded and sweating while watching it. I heard that this movie has been censored in the Mainland and is scheduled to be released in November. , even if there are deletions, the scale is still appalling.

He now understands Wang Quan a little bit. Director Wang has been staying abroad to film movies, maybe not just to make money. Maybe the creative freedom like Li Yin is what he wants most.

If it were a mainland director, even Lao Mouzi wouldn't be able to get through!

On September 8th, Wang Quan was filming "Twilight" in Vancouver, and then he received a call from Xu Zheng.

"Director, hit!"

"What prize?"

"That's just one award, the Golden Lion Award for Best Short Film!" Xu Zheng was excited and ecstatic, because he was the one to receive the award on stage, and he showed his face in front of the whole world.

Sitting in the audience were world-famous directors such as Zhang Yimou, Catherine Breillat, Jane Campion and Gonzalez, as well as George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Owen Wilson, Keira Knightley, James McAvoy and other international stars.

This made Xu Zheng a little nervous, so he tried to shorten his speech as much as possible and did not rush to use English. In less than a minute, he walked off the stage holding the Golden Lion trophy.

Then Wang Quan asked about other awards, and it was exactly the same as what he had in mind, and there was no deviation.

In the domestic entertainment news of the day, the photos of Li Bian and Wang Quan made the headlines, which made Wang Quan a little embarrassed. Although they both won the Golden Lion Award, the gold content of a feature film and a short film is still quite different.

But the domestic media didn't care. There were endless reports about director Wang mentioning Golden Lion, and then netizens shouted when they can see "The Black Hole"!

Several domestic video websites have come to discuss cooperation. This time there will be no piracy, we will buy the copyright.

Wang Quan didn't take it seriously and let Chu Ling handle it on his own. It didn't matter whether it was money or not. What was important was that the fans could see it.

In addition, Dorothy was very happy when she found out about it and planned to send this short film to the Oscar for Best Short Film.

Wang Quan asked, "Is it in compliance with the rules? This is a Chinese short film."

Dorothy asked, "Do you have any lines? Just a Chinese short film."

Wang Quan was stunned, it was true!

After hanging up Dorothy's phone, Wang Quan received another call from Yu Feihong.

Wang Quan could hear relief in her tone.

"So is the movie finished?"

Yu Feihong said excitedly, "Yes, and it's not overspending!"

Just after filming the last scene of "Love Is Afterlife", Yu Feihong couldn't help but report the good news to Wang Quan.

Wang Quan was sincerely happy for her and made the movie with only 10 million. What a huge loss!

There should be no need to sell the house in the end~

Wang Quan, "Then is it going to be the later stage?"

Yu Feihong, "Not yet, I have to go to Spain."

"What are you doing, going to a bullfight?"

Yu Feihong chuckled, "Nothing is right. The San Sebastian International Film Festival is about to open. "Millennium Prayer" has been shortlisted for the main competition. Director Wang, I mean Director Wang Ying persuaded me to come over. He It is said that participating in more international film festivals like this will be good for new directors like me. Maybe "Love Is Afterlife" will also have the opportunity to travel overseas and sell overseas copyrights and so on."

Wang Quan chuckled, "What a coincidence, my company's "Li Mi's Conjecture" has also been shortlisted for the Holy Game, and we will be our competitors then."

There are more than a dozen international A-category film festivals, with Cannes being the most respected. Cannes, Venice, and Berlin are known as the three major ones in Europe, and their status far exceeds other A-category film festivals.

However, Category A also has distinctions between high and low, and there are many parallel imports. Among them, the Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland and the San Sebastian International Film Festival in Spain are the second largest world-class film festivals after the three major ones in Europe. Kano is slightly stronger.

Originally, "Li Mi's Conjecture" could not be shortlisted for the main competition unit, but because Wang Quan spoke up, it had the opportunity to be shortlisted for the main competition unit, which also made Teacher Cao's resume richer.

At that time, "Twilight" had not yet been released, and King Quan was still popular in Europe, so he took the opportunity to recommend Li Mi to the film selector in Shengse, who liked the story. Although Cao Baoping was unknown, But when I heard that he was director Wang Quan’s scriptwriting teacher, I didn’t dare to take him lightly.

It was originally planned to put Li Mi in the new director section, but for Wang Quan's sake, he was directly added to the main competition section.

International film festivals are like this. Putting aside the success of a film, you must have connections.

Otherwise, given Li Kangsheng's qualifications and the standard of his works, if it weren't for the fact that he is Cai Mingliang's only leading actor, and Cai Mingliang is a frequent visitor to the three major European films, how could he be allowed to enter the main competition section of the Venice Film Festival.

Yu Feihong was not worried after hearing this, but was very happy, "That's great. Teacher Cao is an old acquaintance. I also like Zhou Xun very much."

I forgot, he is probably a former colleague.

Wang Quan smiled and said, "Then I hope you can become a best actress by then."

Wang Quan continued filming. Because of the amazing performance of the crew members, the two films that were originally scheduled to be completed in October, Wang Quan felt that they could be completed before the end of September.

Of course, there will be more overtime pay, but it is worth the money. Wang Quan also hopes to be able to free up his hands early and focus more on the new movie. He plans to involve assistant director Catherine in the post-production work to reduce his workload.

Finally, on September 25, the two-part "Twilight" film, which took three months to shoot, was announced to have been completed!

This speed is very, very fast for a movie of this scale!

At the same time, as he was preparing to pack his things and return to Los Angeles, Wang Quan received a call from Yu Feihong, "Good news or better news, which one do you want to hear?"

"Let's hear the good news first~"

"Our movie "A Thousand Years of Prayer" won the Saint Seguin Shell! And Mr. Henry Au, who played my father, won the Best Actor!"

No Chinese-speaking filmmaker has ever won this award. Of course, "A Thousand Years of Prayer" is an English film and cannot be considered a Chinese-language film. It can only be said to tell Chinese stories.

"What about the better news?" Wang Quan asked.

"The better news is that your company's movie "Li Mi's Conjecture" won the Best Actress Award, and Zhou Xun won the award!"

This is indeed good news. Among Chinese filmmakers, only Ning Ning has won the Best Actress Award before. Then the talented Xu Jinglei won the Best Director Award ("Letter from a Strange Woman"), and Zhang Yang and Chen Kaige also won it. Best Director, Ms. Liu Peiqi won the Best Actor.

Now that Zhou Xun has won the Best Actress Award, although it is not as valuable as the top three, it is still helpful for publicity when it is released.

Then Wang Quan thought of Yu Feihong, "Then you didn't take anything~"

The male actors and works in the same group all won awards, and the actresses in the same crew also won awards. Wang Quan suddenly felt that his sister Fei Hong was a little pitiful.

"Maybe I am not very talented in acting, so I have to transform." Yu Feihong laughed at herself.

Wang Quan wanted to hug her, "Since you've gone abroad, why not come to Maple Leaf Country? I'm filming in Vancouver~"