Perfect Life - v5 Chapter 129

On March 11, Li Qian set off for the United States.

And in the plan, he will go to the United States at least three or four times this year, and the goal of so many trips is actually only one, that is to hold talks with the American Cinema Alliance, and hope that the other party can make as much as possible before May or June next year. The addition of 3D and 3D-IMAX theater renovation.

To put it bluntly, Li Qian, as a businessman, went to promote his technology to the American Cinema Alliance.

In terms of influence, just relying on one “The Matrix”, Li Qian already has some face in the American Cinema Alliance, not to mention that he is the behind-the-scenes boss of Colombia, so here is a request for talks , The American Cinema Alliance quickly replied and agreed.

But, that’s about it.

Needless to say, Li Qian knew in his heart that the people he was going to meet were pure businessmen, they had nothing to do with art, they were just businessmen in charge of selling movies.

If they take a new movie and want them to show it, they will definitely chat with themselves enthusiastically about the scale of the drawing, the layout, etc., but when they run over with a new technology, I hope they can adopt their own When I developed the 3D technology to equip my cinema chain, I would not have any face – even if I told them clearly that my 3D movie with an investment of up to 250 million US dollars had already been filmed. And it will be released worldwide in June 2007, and the release of that movie will bring a lot of extra profits to every theater with 3D projection capability, which is useless.

In fact, 3D is not a brand-new technology, and it is not that Hollywood has never made 3D movies, but the past few experimental works have all lost miserably.

Therefore, Li Qian knows that no matter how hype he says, the effect will probably be limited. Only when they see the real interest will they rush to it.

However, in order to pave the way for the film’s market environment and screening conditions before the film’s release, in order to release as much box office harvesting power as possible for the film, Li Qian also hopes that they can Be more prepared.

This contradiction is simply irreconcilable.

But even so, Li Qian still had to make these several trips.

Although the effect may not be too great, at least it will never be like I did with the Minghu Cinema Line. It is enough to directly order and invest in the renovation. However, if you can win one more screening hall, the influence of “Avatar” will be expanded by one point. ——If Li Qian remembered correctly, James Cameron in the other time and space did the same. It turned out that as a bystander, when I talked about this incident, it was a joke. I felt that the truck driver was not doing his job, and he actually ran to be a salesman. But when it was his turn to sit in this position, Li Qian realized that he didn’t care about that time and space. James Cameron, still the self of this time and space, was actually apprehensive in his heart before the movie really became popular and 3D technology was really recognized and accepted.

Even if you know the development prospects of 3D technology in another time and space, but in this time and space, can your 3D technology work? Even if 3D technology will become popular in the future, can my “Avatar” start smoothly and become the initiator of 3D technology?

Too many unknowns.

Even Li Qian can only say that he will try his best!

Because other than that, he has absolutely no other way.

Now that Minghu Culture has acquired Columbia Pictures, according to the US anti-monopoly law, it is impossible for Li Qian to have his own theater chain in the United States.

Film production and cinema chains must be separated. No film company is allowed to hold shares in or open cinema chains, and vice versa.

Even if Minghu Culture is a Chinese company, if it dares to build a movie theater in the United States, it will immediately face prosecution by the relevant anti-monopoly authorities in the United States.

Therefore, the American theater chain business is a very unique existence.

Maybe when “Avatar” becomes a big hit, the American theater dealers who come to the door to ask for the technology authorization of Minghu Research Institute will break the threshold of Minghu culture, but at least now, Li Qian can only turn into a salesman and run to the United States Do business with the gang.

Of course, now that he’s gone to America, he still has a lot to deal with at the same time.

Therefore, not only Liao Liao, who had planned to end his vacation, but also Sun Yuting and his party who had to rush over to the United States on the same plane as him went to the United States.

Of course, there is also Qi Jie, who is going to attend an internal high-level meeting in Colombia.

However, when the plane just landed in Los Angeles, Li Qian learned from Du Yihua, who came to pick up the plane, a piece of news that made him stunned for a long time and couldn’t recover.

While they were still flying in midair, the Cannes Film Festival officially sent an invitation letter to Li Qian’s mailbox, inviting him to serve as the chairman of the jury at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

Hearing that Du Yihua couldn’t wait to tell the news the first time he received them, Qi Jie was first surprised and then surprised, Sun Yuting was first surprised and then ecstatic, and then looked at Li Qian with admiration.

Liao Liao couldn’t help but hug him, kissed him directly, and said, “Yes, good news!”

However, Li Qian was stunned.

He couldn’t help but ask, “How is that possible? Why me?”

Du Yihua shrugged, “How do I know!”

When everyone got in the car, the group went to Liao Liao’s villa. Slowly, Li Qian probably understood what the organizer of the Cannes Film Festival meant.

There are hundreds of registered film festivals in the world. Although the three major film festivals in Europe have always held high the banner of art film and have great influence on a global scale, the three film festivals The competition between the festival and other film festivals, and even the competition among the three major film festivals, has always existed – and this competition is an all-round and comprehensive competition.

The competition for new directors, the competition for good movies, and even the competition for stars, the respective efforts for publicity and exposure, and so on.

And all this, in the end, boils down to one point, that is, the influence of the film festival.

Today, when the influence of the Oscar Film Awards in the United States is expanding globally, how to survive and continue to expand its influence is an urgent question even for the three major European film festivals— – Far from saying, they would never have considered inviting a filmmaker like themselves to be their jury president ten years ago.

This is not absolutely related to age, nor even to seniority. It has little to do with ability and talent. The main reason is that although I have also filmed a “Red Sorghum”, I also took one in Berlin. Grand Slam, but in the final analysis, I have always insisted on the commercial film route.

However, for the three major European film festivals, which were at the end of their lives and whose influence was less than one year, the global popularity and influence they gained because of their commercial films were exactly what they urgently needed.

And he is young enough and his qualifications are shallow enough to make himself the chairman of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival, which will be full of controversy in itself!

It is no exaggeration to say that once the news is announced, it will immediately attract countless attention from around the world.

Moreover, Cannes can also give a justifiable reason for this, because “Red Sorghum” once won a Grand Slam in Berlin, and has considerable popularity and reputation in Europe, saying that it is not qualified to judge art films, it is obviously a stand unstoppable.

It has to be said that in this regard, the contingency changes made by the three major European film festivals based on the actual situation are much more enjoyable than domestic ones-even today, whether it is an art film or a commercial film, Li Qian has already It has proved itself on a global scale, but the recognition of awards received in China is still limited.

At the beginning of 2004, Li Qian, Lu Lingxi, Qin Jingjing, Zhu Qiang, and Han Shunzhang made an appointment to go to the old principal’s house for New Year’s greetings. The old principal said that the Yangcheng Film Festival invited him to serve as the chairman of the jury again this year, but he declined. , and strongly recommended Li Qian, saying that these young, energetic and talented young people should be allowed to dominate the aesthetic taste of domestic film festivals, but in the end, this proposal was rejected.

I didn’t say that he was not good enough. The reason was that Li Qian was still too young, so I’ll talk about it a few years later.

Speaking of this, the old man looked regretful and helpless.

Of course, Li Qian felt that it didn’t matter. Anyway, at the Yangcheng Film Festival, Li Qian’s own films were too lazy to send them to participate. The chairman of the jury, it doesn’t matter if he does or not.

In fact, in addition to the fact that “Red Sorghum” went to Berlin to participate in the exhibition, and Jin Han once persistently pursued the recognition of art film awards, including Li Qian, but also the entire Minghu Culture, from the beginning of the film and television department, it has been It has always been firmly on the road of commercial films.

Because in Li Qian’s view, one knows honor and disgrace when one has enough food and clothing. If there is such a large film market in China, if it can’t make movies that the audience likes, it will open up the big market and let Hollywood occupy it. , that’s really the end of the game.

Occupy the film market first, cultivate the film market, and cultivate Chinese-language films. When the market is large, the audience’s aesthetic taste has begun to deviate from the excitement of watching commercial productions, and they are willing to pay for it. And after supporting some niche films with unique aesthetics, the real development opportunity for domestic literary films has come.

Saying anything else before this is useless.

Even if “Red Sorghum” swept across Berlin and returned to China with a high box office, it is just an example, not enough for reference, nor enough to follow.

So all along, from Li Qian, to the directors of Minghu Culture, and even the actors, they don’t actually value movie awards as much as the domestic atmosphere.

Not to mention domestic ones, Li Qian didn’t even care about the six Oscar nominations for “The Matrix”, and the best editing and best soundtrack he finally won.

Of course, the meaning and concept of winning and chasing awards by yourself, and being the chairman of the jury at a world-renowned film event like the Cannes Film Festival, responsible for evaluating awards and giving awards to others, are obviously not the same thing.

If Li Qian remembers correctly, up to now, among the domestic filmmakers, Qin Wei, who is currently the most powerful, has served as a member of the jury of the Venice Film Festival, a member of the jury of the Cannes Film Festival, and the other The chairman of the jury of a Tokyo Film Festival – this is the rank of the film masters recognized by Chinese filmmakers up to now.

It is no exaggeration to say that once Li Qian becomes the chairman of the jury of the Cannes Film Festival, his status in the global film industry, in the domestic film circle, and his subsequent appeal and influence will all be in the original position. On the basis, there is a qualitative level of elevation.

From then on, even in a country that pays attention to seniority rankings, no one is qualified to set up any obstacles for him in terms of public opinion or awards.

This is obviously of great benefit to Li Qian himself and to the future development of Minghu Culture in China.

So Qi Jie couldn’t help but say, “Go! Anyway, you don’t have to worry about the company’s side. In the later stage of “Avatar”, if you leave for a month, it won’t be affected too much.”

However, Li Qian hesitated.

It’s not that he is worried that this promise will put himself at the center of the controversy, and he doesn’t care about what other people question him. , but as the chairman of the jury, you have to watch a lot of those kinds of films every day!

Of course, there will be good art films, and good art films do give people a very high-level artistic enjoyment. Li Qian really hopes to see those good films that are very good and have special ideas.

However, he prefers to see the good films that have been selected, rather than being the person in charge of the selection – especially, he probably knows the rules of the Cannes Film Festival, and it is said that the jury will be more than a month before the opening of the film festival. I began to retreat and watch movies, watching all kinds of beautiful or tragic or wonderful movies that were sent to the exhibition from all over the world.

For more than a month, he did nothing and just watched the film over and over again. Li Qian felt that his current level of determination and patience was not up to that level.

So, in the face of Qi Jie and Sun Yuting’s expectant gazes, Li Qian hesitated again and again, but said, “I’ll write a letter to that side in person! I’m not going!”

Everyone looked disappointed.

But Li Qian just smiled and said, “It’s not a problem to be the chairman of the jury, but I don’t think it’s time yet.”

This time, Sun Yuting couldn’t help but say, “Everyone thinks you can do it, why are you humble? This is not like you! What are you afraid of, go! This is the honor of the entire Chinese literary film! The three major European film festivals, We Chinese filmmakers have not been the chairman of the jury once!”

But Li Qian said: “Wait a minute, I still have two films that I haven’t made yet, when I make them out, I will try to go to the Cannes and Venice Film Festivals respectively, and win all the awards that I deserve, and then It’s not too late to think about this!”

Everyone was surprised.

Qi Jie quickly thought about it, just nodded and said nothing more.

After Sun Yuting was surprised, she couldn’t help but asked again with some excitement, “You will still make literary and artistic films in the future, right? Like “Red Sorghum”?”

Li Qian smiled and said, “It must be different from “Red Sorghum”. If it is the same, why would I shoot it? If I want to shoot it, I will shoot something different!”

So Sun Yuting said at that time: “Then tell me in advance, assistant director, I have a reservation!”

Li Qian couldn’t help laughing when he heard this, but he still nodded and said, “Okay!”

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On the second day, Li Qian personally replied to the email of the organizer of the Cannes Film Festival, and declined the invitation of the other party. The reason was exactly the point he mentioned to Qi Jie and Sun Yuting—

“I haven’t won the Cannes Grand Prix yet, and I will definitely get it in the future! So I don’t want to be the chairman of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival yet!”

This reply is a bit arrogant.

However, after receiving the reply email, the organizer of the Cannes Film Festival expressed regret, but did not insist on the invitation. Instead, they repeatedly said in their reply, “I look forward to the day when your new film will be exhibited in Cannes!”

Again, the film festival is certainly a place for many directors to become famous, but good directors and good works, in turn, can add points to the film festival.

For directors like Li Qian who have “Red Sorghum” in art and “The Matrix” in business, the Cannes Film Festival is of course very happy to win over them.

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Stop the jet lag and deal with the invitations to the Cannes Film Festival. After Qi Jie went to attend a high-level meeting in Colombia, Li Qian soon took Sun Yuting to the office building in Colombia. Here, Colombia dispatched The three producers and financial staff of the company made preliminary contact with Sun Yuting-because Du Yihua is also one of the two producers sent by Columbia, and her appearance can also communicate things very well, so after participating After this meeting, Li Qian felt a lot more relieved.

The film “Transformers” has a huge investment, and it is the first time Colombia has participated in the investment of a 3D film, and the director is a director who cannot be recognized within Colombia. Therefore, Grenshire represents Colombia. The statement is also quite cautious.

Li Qian, and John Days, who is Li Qian’s representative, have also become one of the producers of the crew, and together with the three producers from Colombia, led by Du Yihua, constitute the producers of the “Transformers” crew The meeting is also where the crew really has the final say.

And the director Sun Yuting is really just a paid director.

Inability to decide the script, inability to decide the actors, and even less likely to get the final editing rights.

However, she looked very excited.

In fact, from the beginning of organizing the script writing, the crew mainly focused on Li Qian, and under Li Qian’s push, the work of the entire crew moved forward quite quickly.

Therefore, when Li Qian ended a round of lobbying with the American Cinema Alliance, and only got a few empty promises, he could basically declare that the lobbying this time was fruitless, the preparation and promotion of “Transformers”, But it is delightful.

The script first passed the approval of the producer meeting, and then Li Qian decided to return to China.

Sun Yuting will stay, as his representative, to participate in the subsequent filming preparations and the actor’s audition.

The purpose of this is to allow Sun Yuting to reluctantly gain a bit of producer power—in fact, since October last year, several producers from Colombia, including Du Yihua, have already started pre-production for the film. Even when Li Qian and the others came over, several versions of the basic robot models needed for filming had been made for future directors to choose from. Therefore, Sun Yuting, the director and acting producer, can participate, in addition to script writing, mainly based on the setting of the script and the choice of movie actors.

After returning to China, Li Qian was also not easy.

Because Liu Chengzhang’s “Painted Skin” has already completed the script, and even started the preliminary preparations. The film, he plans to officially start shooting in May.

If there is no accident, the film will be completed in October and then transferred to the post-production stage.

At this time, the contract between Minghu Culture and Zhou Baoshan is getting closer and closer.

It is no exaggeration to say that Zhou Baoshan’s next move, as well as his possible whereabouts, is definitely something that everyone in the industry is watching.

The competition among major companies in the industry for the “Zhou Baoshan Studio” that will almost inevitably appear in the future has also completely entered a white-hot state.

But after participating in the filming ceremony of “Journey to the West: Lady Bone”, Li Qian just stared at the later stages of “Avatar” while watching all this with a cold eye.

At the end of April, he even suddenly decided to record a few songs.

It was an idea that came suddenly.

Then he went to record.

As a result, after hearing the news, except for Liao Liaoyuan who couldn’t come back from the United States, Zhou Ai, He Runqing, Xie Bing, and even the musicians and singers up and down the company came to “visit the class”. A look of curiosity and anticipation.

Because Li Qian hasn’t recorded a new song for a long time.

He is still writing songs one after another, but he himself has not even opened his voice for more than two years.

So everyone was wondering what kind of song he was going to record.

Of course, they were not disappointed.

After arranging and rehearsing the musicians, he went to the company’s recording studio intermittently within a week and recorded three songs successively.

Hearing these three songs, many people’s expressions were stunned at first, and then shook their heads, sighed, sighed, and worshipped.

And half a month later, when the song was uploaded to the Internet by Li Qian one after another, it soon caused a major earthquake in the entire Chinese pop music scene.

The first song is called “Blue and White Porcelain”.

The second song, called “Locked-Out-Of-Heaven”, is an English song.

The third song~www.mtlnovel.com~ is called “Thinking-Out-Loud”, which is also an English song.

After the three songs, there is a sentence: the album will not be released, download it and listen!

Three days later, when these three songs became popular in China, it was also reposted on many music websites in Europe and America, and was subsequently played frequently by many European and American music radio stations.

Within a week, through the Internet, but also through music stations around the world.

These three songs became popular all over China.

Two of the songs in English became popular all over the world.

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This chapter is a bit long, and it is estimated that many people will complain that it is too expensive.

Friends who follow it should also be able to feel that the plot is accelerating. That’s right, it’s really coming to an end, and the last bridge section remains.

Reluctantly, ah me!