Chapter 112 The copyright of "La La Land" hits a new high, Director Zhou is included in th
Chapter 112 The copyright of "La La Land" hits a new high, Director Zhou is included in the Beijing Film Academy brochure
"Happy cooperation!"
"Happy cooperation!"
After talking with the Southeast Asian film producers for more than half an hour, both parties finally reached an agreement happily.
So far, Zhou Qing has sold all the copyrights of "La La Land" that can be sold.
Moreover, with the foundation of the two films "127 Hours" and "Departures", as well as the bonus of two important trophies won by "La La Land", "La La Land" set a new transaction record.
A full eight million US dollars!
This is $1.8 million more than the $6.2 million for the previous film "Departures".
If converted into RMB, it is about 60 million.
Of course, there is still a huge gap compared to the fact that the North American and European copyrights of "Hero" were sold for 2100 million US dollars.
But Zhou Qing was already very satisfied.
What is the situation of "Hero" and what is the situation of "La La Land"?
A movie with an investment of only 10 million RMB sold for 8 million US dollars. What else do you want?
Thinking about this trip to Venice, with two major awards in hand and generous copyright fees, it can be said that this trip was completely worthwhile.
Zhou Qing was very satisfied with this.
"It's time to go back!"
After returning to the hotel for a brief rest, Zhou Qing didn't waste any time and boarded the plane back to Beijing.
"Director Zhou!"
"Director Zhou!"
As expected, Zhou Qing, who had just got off the plane, was blocked by reporters again.
Having won two awards in Venice, he is undoubtedly the most popular topic in the entire Chinese entertainment industry at the moment.
"Director Zhou, your film La La Land did not win the Golden Lion Award, but only won the Best Director Award. Did this meet your expectations? Are you disappointed?"
"I'm very happy to win the Best Director Award. It's also a very nice trophy, isn't it?"
"La La Land won a Venice Film Festival Best Actress. This is the second Venice Film Festival Best Actress from mainland China after Gong Li. What is your response to this?"
"Zhou Xun is a very talented and excellent actress. She gave a wonderful performance in La La Land. She totally deserves the Best Actress award."
"Qin Hao once again starred in La La Land after Funeral Director, but he didn't win any awards, not even the best actor award in China. What do you want to say?"
"Qin Hao is also a very good actor. He is very talented and hardworking. His performance is also very good, but sometimes winning awards really depends on luck. I think he still lacks a bit of luck."
"Director Zhou, your film "Departures" won the Golden Bear Award in Berlin and was nominated for four awards at the Golden Rooster Awards, but in the end it won nothing. How do you feel?"
It's coming, it's coming.
Zhou Qing knew that the media would definitely not miss the Golden Rooster Awards, so he gave his answer after a moment of hesitation.
"We directors are only responsible for making the film. What happens afterwards has nothing to do with the director. Whether or not a film can win an award, and what award it wins, is the judges' business."
At least on the surface, there was nothing wrong with Zhou Qing's answer.
As for the fact that he has decided not to participate in the Golden Rooster Awards in the future, there is no need to bring this up at this time.
"Not only "Departures", but also Zhang Guoshi's "House of Flying Daggers" and Feng Xiaogang's "Cell Phone" also failed to win any Golden Rooster Awards. Mainland directors were completely wiped out at the Golden Rooster Awards. What do you think of this?"
"I've already said that how to judge the award is the judges' business and has nothing to do with the director."
Maybe it was because he didn't attend the Golden Rooster Awards ceremony and wasn't disgusted by the scene, so Zhou Qing is in a good mood now.
Especially with a heavy Silver Lion trophy in his pocket, Zhou Qing was even happier.
He really didn't take the failure of the Golden Rooster Awards seriously at all.
"Director Zhou Qing returned to Beijing from Venice and said in an interview that the failure of the Golden Rooster Awards had nothing to do with him, but was the fault of the film festival judges."
"Zhou Qing, the best director in Venice, returned to China in a low profile and praised Qin Hao highly, saying that Qin Hao just lacked a little luck."
"Silver Bear Director, Golden Bear Director, Director Zhou Qing has a new title: Silver Lion Director."
Ignoring the various reports flying around, Zhou Qing returned to the studio refreshed.
"Director Zhou, is this the Silver Lion trophy? It looks really nice."
The Silver Lion trophy was placed in a suitable grid on the Wall of Honor, right next to his Silver Bear trophy.
Not to mention how eye-catching it is.
Wang Baoqiang stretched his head and looked at it intently, but he didn't feel envious. After all, this thing was still a little too far away from him.
Just grinning with joy.
"It is better looking than the Silver Bear."
Zhou Qing nodded in agreement.
"It would be even better if it was gold."
Wang Baoqiang added another sentence.
"Gold, isn't it just a matter of time?"
Huang Bo beside him had a face full of anticipation.
Given Qingzi's strength, would it be difficult for her to take back a golden lion?
Even Huang Bo is looking forward to the day when the three major European trophies are all filled.
That would have been spectacular.
"Okay, you two, you really want to suck up to me, so you should practice some more."
Zhou Qing waved his hands unmoved.
"Director Zhou."
After a brief rest, Director Chen knocked on Zhou Qing's office door.
Some relevant things that happened during Zhou Qing's nearly twenty days stay in Venice were synchronized.
Zhou Qing couldn't help but feel a little overwhelmed.
There were invitations and invitations everywhere, all kinds of invitations, but he was too lazy to pay attention to them all and left them all to Director Chen to handle.
However, the invitation to lectures from the Central Academy of Drama was naturally not among them.
The Central Academy of Drama is really cunning. They informed the school first before inviting me. Does this count as acting without prior approval?
"October 12th."
Zhou Qing paid attention to the date on the invitation letter and confirmed the itinerary with his assistant to make sure there were no problems.
He then instructed his assistant to reply to the invitation from the Central Academy of Drama and said that he would attend on time.
"You really never fail in your work. You won the Best Director award in Venice again."
When Ning Hao heard that Zhou Qing had returned, he also took some time to come over and meet him.
Looking at the new Silver Lion trophy on the Wall of Honor, I couldn't tell you how moved and impressed I was.
The strength of my junior brother is so terrifying.
Apart from anything else, the speed at which they win awards is second to none in the whole country.
"It's all just to make a living."
Zhou Qing brushed it off lightly.
I'm not just being pretentious. Winning awards has never been the goal.
Winning an award can double your worth, make it more valuable, and make money easier. This is the key.
Art?
This has never been Zhou Qing's pursuit.
Yes, he is such a vulgar person.
"Some media are already saying that you have surpassed Brother Chen Kai."
Ning Hao smiled at Zhou Qing again.
"Those media outlets really have no bottom line in order to attract attention. They only know how to pull people down."
Zhou Qing just shook his head. It was hard for him to comment on this matter. It was impossible for him to admit it anyway.
"You know what, there are actually quite a few people who support this view. After all, you do have more major trophies than Director Chen, and your box office results are also better than Director Chen's."
Ning Hao actually felt that there was some reason to do so.
Although Chen had been nominated for the top three European awards many times before, he didn't win the award, and being nominated didn't count. The only thing Chen could really use to compete with Zhou Qing was a Palme d'Or.
But Zhou Qing already has a golden bear, right?
Add a silver bear and a silver lion, is it still not possible to compare?
What's more, their box office results have decimated the great poet Chen.
"How can you compare like that, Senior Brother? Just keep this to yourself and don't spread it around outside."
Zhou Qing didn't take this matter to heart and just gave Ning Hao some instructions.
You have to know that the great poet Chen is not a very broad-minded person.
"Of course I know. I was just chatting with you."
Of course Ning Hao also has that ratio.
The two sides chatted for a while and then started talking about the serious matter of "Crazy Stone".
"All the roles have been decided. The protagonist Bao Shihong is played by Sun Honglei, and Dao Ge is played by Liu Hua..."
Ning Hao briefly introduced the cast of "Stone" to Zhou Qing, and the lineup was basically the same as Zhou Qing remembered.
Zhou Qing nodded, indicating that he understood what was going on.
"When do you plan to start it?"
Zhou Qing asked casually again.
"We are still in the preparation stage, and the preliminary estimate is mid-November."
Ning Hao gave such an answer, and Zhou Qing had an idea in mind.
"You have to come and support us when the filming starts. The final success of this movie depends entirely on you."
Before leaving, Ning Hao did not forget to give Zhou Qing many instructions.
"Do not worry."
Zhou Qing gave a very affirmative answer.
This movie is his exclusive production, and all the box office revenue will be earned by Zhou Qing alone. Zhou Qing will definitely take it seriously without Ning Hao saying much.
"Here, look at it. I'm so envious."
When I returned to school for class, Zhu Yawen threw a booklet at me with a look of envy and jealousy on his face.
Zhou Qing flipped through it and found it was a school brochure of Beijing Film Academy.
Now is the new school season, and every new student has a copy of this brochure, which is distributed everywhere.
Zhou Qing didn't really understand what this thing had to do with him, but when he opened it and took a look, he couldn't help but feel proud.
The school actually printed him in the brochure.
"Famous director Zhou Qing, a 02 student of Beijing Film Academy's Performance Department. His representative works include "127 Hours", "Departures", and "La La Land."
"Among them, 127 Hours won the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, The Undertaker won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, and La La Land won the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival."
In the brochure, there is a whole section introducing Zhou Qing.
This level of coolness can be said to be completely maxed out.
No wonder Zhu Yawen had this reaction.
"What a shame, the school didn't even discuss this with me before putting me on the list without my permission."
Zhou Qing frowned deliberately and acted very cool in front of Zhu Yawen.
Zhu Yawen on the side could be heard rolling his eyes.
Listen, do people say it?
"In the blink of an eye, we are already juniors."
When talking about this, Zhu Yawen still felt very emotional.
Looking back to when they first entered Beijing Film Academy, they were just like the freshmen who are entering Beijing Film Academy now.
With my longing for Beijing Film Academy and infinite yearning for the future, I feel full of passion.
But now I have officially entered my junior year, but I haven't made any name for myself.
Although he has filmed some works and even played the second male lead in a TV series, Zhu Yawen's career has not improved at all.
Just like freshman year.
If there is one thing I gained, it might be that my roommate suddenly took off.
Otherwise, Zhu Yawen would really feel that his college years were wasted.
"Where does this feeling come from?"
Zhou Qing smiled and chatted with Zhu Yawen for a few words.
"By the way, I've taken on another play, 'Walking Through the Winter'."
Zhu Yawen then told Zhou Qing the news.
Going through the winter?
Zhou Qing searched his head but couldn't think of any information about this play. There was no doubt that it was a flop.
The kind that didn't even cause the slightest splash.
But anyway, this is also a kind of training for Zhu Yawen as a student.
It still makes sense.
If it weren't for those flops that didn't make a splash, Zhu Yawen probably wouldn't have been able to play Zhu Chuanwu well, right?
"Sure, Lao Zhu, what role?"
Zhou Qing asked some questions out of curiosity.
I just found out that this is a TV series and Zhu Yawen plays the leading role in it.
Frankly speaking, this situation is already very good, okay?
At least better than most of my classmates.
"Congratulations, you won another big prize in Venice."
Liu Yifei also came to Zhou Qing and congratulated him.
“It’s worth the trip.”
Zhou Qing smiled and exchanged a few words with Liu Yifei.
"The Silver Lion trophy is also very beautiful. When can you come to see it?"
As they were chatting, Zhou Qing also mentioned something to Liu Yifei.
"Okay, I want to see it too."
Liu Yifei readily agreed.
The two talked about "The Return of the Condor Heroes" again, and the casting that had been so much buzz for so long was finally settled.
Zhang Da Huzi finally announced the cast to the public, and the actor who plays Yang Guo is none other than Huang Xiaoming, one of the hot favorites.
"Nie Yuan is a bit too pitiful, isn't he? He didn't even get selected after having his bones shaved."
Liu Yifei couldn't help but sigh.
Zhou Qing secretly admired Nie Yuan's courage. This guy is really ruthless.
Zhang Da Huzi didn't even ask for his permission, but he resolutely underwent surgery on his face.
Unfortunately, he lost to Huang Xiaoming in the end.
"Is Cheng Long's New Police Story released today?"
As they were talking, they somehow got to this topic and Liu Yifei looked at Zhou Qing with blinking eyes.
"Indeed, Cheng Long's movies are pretty good. Xixi, let's go watch it together tonight?"
Zhou Qing took the opportunity to invite Liu Yifei.
Once the main atmosphere is created, the words will come out naturally.
"Okay!"
Liu Yifei also readily agreed, with a smile on her face.
This matter was agreed upon so happily, and Zhou Qing found himself in a good mood.
(End of this chapter)