Chapter 115: A major event that shocked the director circle, "Departures" received another
Chapter 115: A big event that shocked the director circle, "Departures" has another wave of nominations
On November 11, the Golden Horse Awards announced the shortlist, which attracted great attention in the circle.
Zhou Qing's "Departures" was also nominated by China Film Group, and he also checked the shortlist.
Just like at the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards, "Departures" also received many nominations at the Golden Horse Awards.
In fact, Zhou Qing was not surprised by this kind of thing.
After all, "Departures" is a movie that won the Golden Bear Award.
If even a film like this, which has won the three top honors in Europe, does not receive a decent nomination at the Golden Horse Awards, the credibility of the Golden Horse Awards will be greatly questioned.
Of course, being shortlisted is just being shortlisted, but whether you can actually win the award is another matter.
Nomination does not represent the final award.
Anyway, judging from the nominations, "Departures" is pretty good.
There are five awards in total: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Except for the Best Adapted Screenplay, all the others can be said to be important awards.
"Why did Liu Dehua win the Best Supporting Actor award instead of me? Am I not also an important supporting actor?"
Huang Bo couldn't help but run to Zhou Qing to complain.
Of course, it's mostly a joke.
His supporting roles cannot compare to Liu Dehua's in terms of either screen time or importance.
"It's more like giving you the award for the most shameless person."
Zhou Qing smiled and retorted to Huang Bo.
But I was sighing in my heart that Liu Dehua is really having a great time this year.
Although the box office of "House of Flying Daggers" was far below expectations and was even widely criticized, the box office of 1.5 million is real.
It is still the second film to break the 100 million mark after "Hero", standing out from the crowd.
At the end of the year, "A World Without Thieves" also broke the 100 million mark.
This means that out of the only three movies that grossed over 100 million yuan this year, Liu Dehua alone accounted for two.
This result is really outstanding.
So what about winning awards?
The same is true.
At the Academy Awards that ended in April this year, Andy Lau won the Best Actor award for "Big Brother".
In the blink of an eye, he was nominated for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor at the Golden Horse Awards.
In the original time and space, Andy Lau indeed won the Best Actor award at this year's Golden Horse Awards.
With his wonderful performance in "Infernal Affairs 3", he defeated Liang Chaowei, who had defeated him last time, and successfully won the Best Actor award!
In other words, two Best Actor awards and two billion-dollar movies in one year, that's quite an honor.
I just wonder if Liu Dehua can still keep his original title of Best Actor with the intrusion of "Departures"?
Zhou Qing was still quite curious about this.
"Well, do you think I should go or not?"
Huang Bo's voice sounded beside him again, and the other person's face looked extremely conflicted.
The movie "The World" starring him was also nominated, but only for the Best Original Film Music Award.
It's so embarrassing.
"You're just thinking too much. Let's see if you want to go there first."
Zhou Qing shook his head, but if it were him, he would probably attend if nothing unexpected happened.
The last Golden Horse Award gave him the Best Director award.
The Berlin Film Festival also sent Zhou Qing an invitation once again, inviting Zhou Qing to participate in the 2th Berlin Film Festival in February next year.
It’s a pity that Zhou Qing, who has already won the Golden Bear, has no intention of participating in the Berlin Film Festival for the time being.
Firstly, Zhou Qing hasn’t decided what movie to make next.
Secondly, even if Zhou Qing still makes award-winning films, they will be shot in Cannes or Venice.
As for Berlin, I probably won’t go in the recent few sessions.
"A World Without Thieves" will be released in a month, and the publicity and promotion efforts have begun to intensify.
Wang Baoqiang also became busy, following the crew around to promote the show every day.
Although he is only the third male lead in "A World Without Thieves", to be honest, he still has a lot of scenes.
If we don't consider fame and status, it would be hard to say who is the second and third between Uncle Li played by Ge You.
Knowing that Wang Baoqiang was an artist under Zhou Qing, both the male lead Liu Dehua and the supporting female role Li Bingbing were very caring towards Wang Baoqiang.
So even though he was just a newcomer, Wang Baoqiang was treated quite well in the crew.
"Director Zhou, let me tell you, Sister Bingbing and Brother Hua are both very kind to me. They take good care of me and they are not arrogant at all."
"He also asked me to bring it to you on their behalf."
Wang Baoqiang said this many times in front of Zhou Qing.
"The higher-ups have changed their minds and decided not to designate a director anymore, but to conduct a global search instead."
On the way back to school, he went to see Tian Zhuangzhuang, who revealed a piece of news to Zhou Qing.
That’s right, the Olympic organizing committee initially decided to directly appoint the chief director and then equip him with the best configuration.
It is worth mentioning that Master Zhang, who was scolded at the closing ceremony of the Athens Olympics, is actually among the candidates.
However, after much discussion, they felt that this was not a good idea, so they changed their minds and decided to hold a global audition.
"I'm afraid many directors will have trouble sleeping now, right?"
Zhou Qing chuckled.
Chief Director of the Olympics, what a great honor!
For the entire director circle, it was like dropping a bomb, shocking everyone.
I wonder how many directors would try their best to get in.
I have the impression that even some foreign directors came.
"Don't you have any ideas? If you have any, you should prepare a plan now."
Tian Zhuangzhuang glanced at Zhou Qing, then took a sip of the tea in the cup.
Although Zhou Qing is young, judging from the honors he has received, he is actually qualified strictly speaking.
"I won't join in the fun, right? I don't have the qualifications."
Zhou Qing smiled and waved his hand.
He still has that score. Even though he has the Silver Bear, the Golden Bear and the Silver Lion, he is indeed very capable judging by the awards.
Not to mention in China, there are few directors with such achievements in the world.
But how old are you now?
Unless the people above are crazy, they will not consider whether he is good or not.
"Do you really think so?"
Tian Zhuangzhuang glanced at Zhou Qing again.
"How can this be false? I have only made three movies, I still have a long way to go. I still have a lot to learn and improve."
Zhou Qing expressed his attitude again.
Tian Zhuangzhuang couldn't help but reveal a hint of approval in his eyes.
Not bad, not bad. Zhou Qing did not get carried away by the great honor.
He was actually a little afraid that Zhou Qing would just float away.
Now it seems that I was overthinking it. Zhou Qing's character is still relatively good.
“What’s your next movie going to be?”
Tian Zhuangzhuang didn't talk much about this, but changed the subject and asked curiously.
“I haven’t decided yet, but it shouldn’t be a purely commercial film.”
Zhou Qing told Tian Zhuangzhuang the answer.
Tian Zhuangzhuang understood instantly.
It is obvious that Zhou Qing is planning to make another award-winning movie.
However, the award-winning movies shot by Zhou Qing are different from most award-winning movies.
Because it is very different from ordinary art films, and it cannot even be classified as an art film.
But if you say it is a commercial film, it is not that pure, and it does have the tone of an art film.
Of course, if I have to classify it, I would still prefer to think it is a commercial film, but it is not a purely commercial film.
"Very good. Keep up the good work and try to bring back a gold trophy this time."
Tian Zhuangzhuang encouraged Zhou Qing a few words.
"By the way, the list of this year's guaranteed postgraduate students will be announced soon, right?"
The two talked about this issue again.
“It will be announced in the next two days.”
Tian Zhuangzhuang said so.
Of course, Zhou Qing cannot be on the list of students guaranteed admission to graduate school this year. He has just entered his third year and is not eligible.
However, by June or July next year, Zhou Qing will be eligible to apply for admission to graduate school.
The department already knew about Zhou Qingtian Zhuangzhuang's postgraduate study.
The acting and directing departments also reached an agreement.
This is a good thing for both parties.
The leaders of both sides also communicated with Zhou Qing specifically, and Zhou Qing will be able to apply for continued study next year.
Then he became a student of Tian Zhuangzhuang legitimately.
Zhou Qing naturally had no objection to this.
Anyway, when he gets along with Tian Zhuangzhuang now, he already regards himself as a student.
It's just a lack of status.
"Qingzi, Crazy Stone is about to start filming, you must come."
"Stone" was about to start filming, and Ning Hao didn't know how many times he had greeted himself.
"Don't worry, brother. I'm an investor. I care more about this than you do."
Zhou Qing replied to Ning Hao with a smile.
This was considered a reassurance to Ning Hao.
"Director Zhou, the people from China Film Group are here."
The publicity and promotion team of China Film also came to meet with Zhou Qing.
The main thing is the promotion of "La La Land".
The movie will be released on January 1th, so promotion should indeed be put on the agenda.
The two sides discussed in detail for more than half an hour and reached an agreement very happily.
With the foundation of "127 Hours" and "Departures", plus the honors achieved by "La La Land".
China Film Group is still optimistic about the box office results.
This can be seen from the publicity and promotion plan formulated by the other party, and they really intend to make a big effort.
On November 11, "Crazy Stone" started filming, and Zhou Qing came to the crew of "Crazy Stone" as promised.
"Qingzi! I finally got you here."
Zhou Qing, who was picked up personally by director Ning Hao, looked extremely excited.
After preparing for so long, Ning Hao had already put in all his effort and now he can finally do something big.
"I can come here by myself. You are such a fool to come and pick me up in person."
Zhou Qing exchanged a few polite words with Ning Hao.
"You can't say that. You're the producer. Of course I have to treat you like a boss."
Ning Hao chuckled and started chatting and laughing with Zhou Qing.
"Director Zhou!"
"Director Zhou!"
When we arrived at the crew hotel, we found that the main creators of "Stone" had already arrived, and it was quite a big deal.
As soon as Zhou Qing followed Ning Hao into the hall, he was immediately surrounded by everyone.
Although Zhou Qing was the youngest, everyone was extremely polite in front of him, even a little reserved.
There's nothing we can do about it. Who says Zhou Qing is a great director on par with Zhang, Chen and Feng?
As for the actors in "Stone", except for Sun Honglei who starred in a TV series, the others are little-known actors.
Generally speaking, there is not much chance to interact with a big director like Zhou Qing.
Now that I can meet Zhou Qing in person, how can I not seize this great opportunity?
After all, it is well known that Director Zhou likes to use newcomers. What if he takes a fancy to one of them?
Everyone was secretly holding back on energy.
"Hello Director Zhou, I'm actor Sun Honglei. I've admired Director Zhou for a long time, and now I finally get to meet him in person."
Prince Yan Sun Honglei also ran over politely and shook hands with Zhou Qing.
"You're welcome. I've seen your film Conquest. You acted really well in it. I feel a little nervous to shake your hand now."
Zhou Qing also greeted Sun Honglei with a smile, and laughter immediately broke out around them.
It seems that Director Zhou is much more approachable than imagined, and everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"I still need more guidance from directors like Director Zhou. I hope I will have the opportunity one day in the future."
Sun Honglei also said something polite, and then calmly promoted himself to Zhou Qing.
"Let's see if there is a suitable role."
Zhou Qing still said the same thing.
In short, it is impossible to say something final directly, as that would be too embarrassing.
However, looking at Prince Yan's face, Zhou Qing couldn't help but think about one thing.
Should we produce the TV series "The Hidden Corner"?
After all, this TV series is so classic that it not only has high ratings but also has a great reputation.
Although it was not the ratings champion that year, in terms of influence, this drama is far beyond the reach of other TV dramas.
Not to mention anything else, just in the ten years from 09 to 19, "Lost" was rebroadcast 290 times!
On average, it is replayed more than twenty times every year.
This replay rate is already very scary, okay?
Even in the entire Chinese-language TV drama circle, "The Disguiser" is a benchmark in spy war dramas and will never go out of style.
"Hello Director Zhou, I'm Xu Zheng."
The super supporting actor Xu Zheng also came and greeted Zhou Qing politely.
In fact, for a major supporting actor like him who has few scenes, it’s okay for him not to attend the launch conference.
After all, Xu Zheng is already a star.
When it’s your turn to act, just act it out. Ning Hao won’t say much.
However, Xu Zheng still came.
Why?
Because Xu Zheng knew that this movie was produced exclusively by Zhou Qing.
Ning Hao had already revealed that Director Zhou would come to the stage to support the filming when it started.
The reason why Xu Zheng was so eager to please was just to meet Director Zhou in person.
This opportunity doesn't usually come available.
"Hello."
Zhou Qing also briefly greeted Xu Zheng.
Xu Zheng’s representative work, the囧 series, flashed through my mind involuntarily.
Needless to say, the box office of this series was not high. The first film "Lost on Journey" did not have a high box office of only 3700 million.
But don’t forget that the investment is also low, only 400 million.
Considering the cost, Lost on Journey was undoubtedly a huge success.
The second film, "Lost in Thailand", grossed over 12 billion yuan, ranking first in the box office that year.
The subsequent "Lost in Hong Kong" replaced Wang Baoqiang and had even worse reputation, but it still grossed 16 billion yuan.
If Zhou Qing was in charge, or Wang Baoqiang was the actor, and the script was better, the box office would undoubtedly be much higher!
(End of this chapter)