Chapter 271 Source Code is a big hit in Venice, Hollywood is going to remake Source Code

Chapter 271 Source Code is a big hit in Venice, Hollywood is going to remake Source Code

"1.5 million, the box office of "Maze" has reached 1.5 million!"

Needless to say, Director Lu Yang was so overjoyed that he couldn't even hide the smile in his eyebrows.

Director Zhou was right. This was his first shot into the entertainment industry.

The debut film grossed 1.5 million yuan at the box office, how amazing!

This was something Lu Yang had never dared to believe before.

Especially when I think back to the time when I was studying for my master's degree with Tian Zhuangzhuang, I went through a long period of confusion.

He even asked Tian Zhuangzhuang whether he was suitable to be a director.

However, in the blink of an eye, I have stepped into the billion-dollar directors club!

It really is like a dream.

"Congratulations, Director Lu, you will be a great director in the future!"

Wang Baoqiang had his signature simple smile on his face and kept congratulating Lu Yang.

"What big director? I don't dare to be one. Baoqiang, please don't talk nonsense!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Yang immediately waved his hands to decline, feeling a little nervous.

He just made a movie that grossed over 100 million yuan at the box office, how dare he put such a label on him?

What is a great director?

You can’t be called a great director just because one of his movies is a box office hit.

The only four directors in the mainland who are recognized as the best directors in the circle are Zhang, Zhou, Chen and Feng.

Lu Yang still has the potential to compete, but he is still far from it and has no qualifications at all.

“It’s a bit of a stretch to call ourselves a great director now, but we can work towards this goal.”

Zhou Qing smiled and patted Lu Yang on the shoulder, encouraging him.

"I will do my best, Director Zhou!"

Lu Yang immediately responded with a solemn oath.

I secretly made a decision in my heart that I must try my best to make the next "Hypnotist" well.

"I believe you...Okay, go and get busy. Don't just stand here."

Zhou Qing nodded and sent Lu Yang and his companions away.

After the few people left, Zhou Qing quickly opened his computer and posted a Weibo.

"Congratulations to Director Lu Yang for his "Maze of the Heart" which grossed 1.5 million yuan at the box office. The club of directors with over million yuan has added a new member!"

Although the old Sina Weibo has not been online for very long, it already has a very large number of users.

Moreover, due to the promotion strategy of the old Sina, there are many celebrities who have joined the old Sina Weibo.

As soon as Zhou Qing sent out this Weibo post, it immediately received crazy attention in the circle.

Fan Bingbing: "Congratulations to Zhou Qing Pictures for welcoming a director with a box office revenue of over 100 million yuan, and congratulations to Director Lu Yang for his box office success!"

Li Bingbing: "Congratulations to Director Zhou and Director Lu! The Labyrinth of the Heart is really good!"

Zhou Xun: "Congratulations! Director Lu, please consider me when you make another movie in the future."

Huang Xiaoming: "Another great director has been born. Congratulations to Director Zhou and Director Lu. When will the celebration party be held?"

All those A-list celebrities and stars came to comment and repost, it was so lively.

Zhou Qing couldn't help but nodded. That's right, Weibo is still interesting.

"Are all these people so idle?"

Liu Yifei leaned over to take a look and couldn't help but start complaining.

"What you said is that I am popular, okay?"

Zhou Qing refuted Liu Yifei righteously.

"How dare you say that? Your fans are only one-third of mine."

Liu Yifei couldn't help laughing out loud and hit Zhou Qing mercilessly.

After the girl registered on Weibo, her strong popularity and popularity were immediately revealed.

Thanks to several hit TV series and movies, Liu Yifei's number of fans is still very scary.

Looking at the entire entertainment industry, there are few actresses who can compare with Liu Yifei.

Although Zhou Qing is one of the top directors in the mainland and has starred in "Whiplash", he can't be compared with this girl after all.

"How can a small director like me compare with Goddess Sissi? Goddess Sissi, come and sign an autograph for me."

Zhou Qing deliberately acted like a fanatical fan, causing Liu Yifei to giggle.

"Then I'll reluctantly sign one for you...mua!"

The girl printed a special signature on Zhou Qing's face.

"How about this signature? Is it enough?"

Liu Yifei retracted her head, looked at the lip print on Zhou Qing's face and asked with a smile.

"Just one? I'm your mad fan, a really mad fan!"

"In that case...then sign another one."

Mua!

Another name signed.

“The Founding of a Republic is a 60th birthday gift to our motherland!”

"The National Day tribute film "The Founding of a Republic" is being preheated, and more than a hundred stars are dazzling."

"The Founding of a Republic, directed by Han Sanping, Chairman of China Film Group Corporation, has started screenings, taking you into that epic period."

As September began, the publicity for "The Founding of a Republic" became increasingly overwhelming.

Print media, online media, and even official media, in short, every conceivable platform has spared no effort to speak out for this movie.

There were also a lot of praises in the circle, and the movie was praised to the utmost.

With still two weeks to go before its release, "Founding of a Republic" has already dominated the screen.

That’s right, it dominates the screen, and that’s not an exaggeration at all.

In comparison, another blockbuster that was also a tribute seems slightly inferior.

"The Sound of Wind, co-produced by Zhou Qing Pictures and Huayi, is coming soon. See you on National Day."

"The spy film "The Sound of Wind" is a tribute to the motherland. Li Bingbing burst into tears at the screening."

"The countdown to the release of The Whistleblower is on, and Zhou Xun and Li Bingbing are competing for the top spot in Huayi."

There are also many reports related to "The Sound of Wind", and it is actually quite popular, and it has also received a lot of attention in the circle.

After all, this movie has a pretty luxurious cast from the front stage to the backstage.

From the very beginning of the project, it has attracted a lot of attention and whetted everyone's appetite, raising everyone's expectations.

It's just a pity, compared with ordinary movies.

Compared with the more popular "Founding of a Republic", "The Whistleblower" is still a level lower in all aspects.

“The Sound of Wind is a good movie, worth watching!”

As the main controller of "The Sound of Wind", Zhou Qing also promoted the movie on Weibo.

It contributed a wave of popularity and traffic to "The Sound of Wind".

As for other things, Zhou Qing doesn't have the time to do them.

Why?

Because Zhou Qing had another very important thing to do: go to the Venice Film Festival to sell the film.

This year's Venice Film Festival opened on September 9, but Zhou Qing did not rush there on the first day because he would not be participating in the award judging.

But now it’s September 9th in a blink of an eye, and even if we are not in a hurry, we have to set off.

"Xiao Liu!"

After communicating with the China Film Group team, Zhou Qing called his assistant over.

He ordered him to book a flight to Venice. "Director Zhou Qing appeared at the airport, and he was suspected to be flying to Venice to attend the 66th Venice Film Festival."

"It is reported that Director Zhou Qing's new film Source Code is expected to hit the Venice Film Festival this year."

“After Whiplash won the Grand Prix at Cannes, will Director Zhou Qing’s Source Code win another Grand Prix at Venice?”

Zhou Qingren was still in heaven when all kinds of messy reports about the domestic entertainment industry leaked out.

Although the shortlist for this year's Venice Film Festival was announced long ago, the name of "Source Code" was not on it at all.

Both Zhou Qing and Zhou Qing Pictures have clarified that "Source Code" will not compete for the three major awards.

But at this moment, there are still many media outlets hyping up "Source Code" for awards and so on.

Some media even analyzed the possibility of "Source Code" winning an award.

It captures the true essence of the word "hype".

Zhou Qing naturally didn't bother to pay attention to such things.

From another perspective, this may not be a bad thing.

"Source Code" will be released in three months. It's not a bad thing to make its presence felt in the circle, right?
Even after he got off the plane in Venice, he still dragged his tired body to accept a wave of interviews.

The purpose is to increase the popularity and lay a good foundation for selling the next film.

It was getting late, so Zhou Qing had to return to the hotel first.

The next day, after a simple packing, Zhou Qing appeared at the Venice venue in high spirits.

This year's Venice Film Festival, like Cannes, seemed extremely deserted.

Zhou Qing did not attend the opening ceremony, but it was said that there were not many big stars at all, and there was only Hollywood goddess Eva Mendes to support the event.

As for Chinese-language films, the lineup is pretty good, with two films shortlisted for the main competition unit.

They are "Accident" by Zheng Baorui and "Prince of Tears" by Yang Fan.

It’s just a pity that Zhou Qing, as a reborn person, knows that these two films ultimately failed to win any awards and were runners-up the whole time.

In addition, four films including Guan Hu's "Bullfighting" and the documentary "1428" were shortlisted for the Horizon unit.

It is worth mentioning that the leading actor of "Bullfighting" is no longer Huang Bo.

Director Guan Hu did approach Huang Bo, but Huang Bo had to turn it down reluctantly because he was busy filming "Maze of the Heart" at the time.

As for who the new lead actor of "Bullfighting" will be, Zhou Qing is not sure and he is not concerned about it.

In addition to these Chinese-language films, Chen Kue's "Chengdu, I Love You" was also selected as the closing ceremony film.

So if you think about it, the situation of Chinese-language films at this year's Venice Film Festival is pretty good.

Of course, Zhou Qing’s "Source Code" is even more indispensable.

Although "Source Code" was not shortlisted for any screening unit, it just rented a venue simply to sell the film.

But because of Zhou Qing's huge fame, "Source Code" has become the most watched Chinese-language film, without a doubt.

It is more eye-catching than the other two films shortlisted for the main competition unit besides "Accident".

Who said that this film was shot by Zhou Qing?
"Wesley."

"Thomas."

As usual, after arriving in Venice, Zhou Qing quickly started to get busy.

It’s nothing more than two things: meeting with the film producers and watching the films.

People from China Film Group also arrived, and Zhou Qing met with them during the visit. Both sides were pushing forward this matter at the same time.

As for Zhou Qing’s current signature work, although “Source Code” was not shortlisted, its market is also very hot.

The entire process of selling the film can be said to have gone extremely smoothly.

In just three days, those major film producers showed extremely positive attitudes and made very sincere offers.

"Director Zhou."

"Director Li."

Despite his busy schedule, Zhou Qing also took time out to meet with Li An.

That’s right, it’s Li An again.

Following the last Cannes Film Festival, Zhou Qing met this guy again at the Venice Film Festival.

It's really full of fate.

However, Li An did not submit any works for the competition this time; he was here to serve as the chairman of the jury.

"Chairman of the jury, Director Li is really impressive."

Zhou Qing was quite familiar with Li An, so he joked with him.

"Director Zhou is right. If you want to be one, all three will be vying for you."

Li An just laughed.

But it’s not an exaggeration. Zhou Qing’s impressive record in the three major films is unmatched by many filmmakers around the world.

Serving as the chairman of the jury of one of the three major organizations is definitely more than enough.

The only flaw may be his age. He is only 25 years old this year, which is indeed too young.

But if a few years pass, Li An believes that the three major organizations will definitely extend such an invitation to Zhou Qing.

"I'm just saying this casually. This seat isn't that comfortable."

Zhou Qing smiled and added some red wine to the glass in front of Li An.

"It's only been a few days, and I'm already overwhelmed."

Li An gave a bitter smile, not knowing whether it was a real headache or a fake one.

"Director Zhou, can't you really reconsider Life of Pi?"

After some nonsense, Li An mentioned this matter to Zhou Qing again without giving up.

"really!"

Zhou Qing's mind was as clear as a mirror.

He knew that Li An's request to ask him out again this time was definitely not that simple.

"Director Li, you are forcing me to do something that is out of my control."

Zhou Qing rejected Li An again.

Li An hit a wall again and realized that Zhou Qing really did not intend to sell.

Finally, I gave up completely and stopped talking about it.

"Smith."

“Brett.”

Afterwards, both parties went back to their respective homes. Li An continued to serve as the chairman of the jury, while Zhou Qing continued to sell his own films.

Nowadays, Zhou Qing has actually met almost all the big film producers, and many of them are his old customers.

After meeting with China Film Group and summarizing the situation on both sides, Zhou Qing felt that it was almost done.

It's time to "close the net".

Although there are still many film producers who have not met, both parties agree that there is no need to meet again.

After all, we have dealt with many international film producers, and both sides know that it is difficult for those people to make higher offers.

"Director Zhou, Source Code is so wonderful. I think we should have a good talk about the adaptation rights of this movie."

However, Vendome from Hollywood still brought Zhou Qing an unexpected surprise.

"We at Vendome are very optimistic about the market potential of this film. It's a great film and we plan to remake it."

"Director Zhou, don't worry. We, Vendome, are a subsidiary of Universal, with a strong foundation and a great reputation in Hollywood."

"We have enough confidence and strength to remake the movie Source Code."

The person in charge of Vendome seemed to be full of energy and started lobbying Zhou Qing incessantly.

It can be seen that they are indeed very optimistic about "Source Code". (End of this chapter)