I was just thinking about taking the arts exam and you said I've been playing supporting roles

Chapter 136 “You’re going to Venice?!!”

In the evening, Haidilao hotpot.

This meal was treated by Chen Jin. Although Guo Xun really wanted to pay, he had just finished filming a movie, so it was only right for him to treat the entire crew to a meal.

"I'm just leaving temporarily. We'll have a chance to work together next time!"

"Come on, come on, everyone cheers!"

Chen Jin held up a drink.

Drinking is very harmful to the throat, so many actors don't drink at all.

"Telephone!"

Zhu Yanmanzi watched the phone on the table ring, and Chen Jin hurriedly took the phone and walked out.

"Sister Pu Lun, what's the matter?"

"The release date of our film has been changed. It should be in September. We will know the exact date in two days!"

"what?"

So sudden?

"Why did they change the release date out of nowhere? Isn't the summer vacation a good time?"

Among the future autobiographical films, it seems that "The Hawthorn Tree" will also be released in September, but that's because Dou Xiao and Little Yellow Duck's filming progress is too slow, so it can't be released in the summer.

For this kind of romantic art film, the largest traffic comes during summer vacation and Valentine's Day.

"Director Zhang, I want to take you and Xiao Zhu to Venice!"

Chen Jin: “…”

"According to the rules of the three major film festivals, the premiere must be held at the festival, so it would be best if the schedules could be synchronized!"

"This is actually a good choice. Film festivals are very beneficial for publicity and promotion!"

This is true.

The film festival itself is a huge source of traffic, of course, the prerequisite is that you can win awards.

Once an award is won, all media in China will report it enthusiastically. In the past two years, the popularity of the three major film festivals has actually been quite good. It was not until after 2018, when the LGBT group became prevalent, that the three major film festivals began to produce various politically correct films.

The awards are not based on the quality of the films at all.

At present, if there are any successes at the three major international film festivals, the country will brag about it heavily.

As for scheduling a release date at the same time as the premiere at a film festival, this is also the practice and routine of many directors. For example, Gu Changwei's debut film "Peacock" was synchronized with the Berlin Film Festival.

It won the Grand Jury Prize in Berlin and was simultaneously released in China, where the box office took off immediately.

"So it has to be around the same time as the Venice premiere, or do we have to see if it can win an award?"

Chen Jin was asking.

"I don't know about that. It depends on the Film Bureau and the results of the negotiation between Director Zhang and Mr. Zhang!"

"All right!"

Fortunately, "The Hawthorn Tree" had only been scheduled and had done routine promotion, and the release date had not yet been announced to the public.

The promotional video was originally planned to be released in the next few days, but now it seems that it will have to be postponed.

"I'm telling you, be mentally prepared!"

"Ok!"

Chen Jin understood what Pu Lun meant, but thought about the future autobiographical movie.

"The Hawthorn Tree" seems to have participated in Berlin, and has not yet been shortlisted for the main competition unit.

This Venice...it should be difficult to be shortlisted, right?
In this case, there is no point in going, it can just be regarded as a pure publicity.

Moreover, this movie is different from Zhang Yimou's previous films. Movies like "The Hawthorn Tree" may not be liked by foreigners.

Unlike "To Live", foreigners like to watch the suffering of China.

If it's not for the awards, then it's to sell the overseas distribution rights.

The products can be sold in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia, but they are definitely in trouble in Europe and North America.

Chen Jin didn’t quite understand Zhang Yimou’s operation, but he actually had some understanding of it, and it was some knowledge he learned from his future autobiographical films.

"Then the release will have to be postponed for another month!"

"School will start by then..."

Chen Jin curled her lips, hung up the phone and walked into Haidilao.

"What's wrong? What did Sister Pu Lun tell you?"

Seeing Chen Jin looking thoughtful, Zhu Yanmanzi couldn't help but ask.

“The Hawthorn Tree is going to change its release date!”

"?"

Zhu Yanmanzi widened his eyes, obviously a little surprised.

But changing the release date is actually a very normal thing, and many movies have changed it.

"The Hawthorn Tree" was originally planned to be released during the Lunar New Year holiday, but later thought about the summer vacation schedule and now it has been changed to September.

"Also, we might have to go to Venice!"

Chen Jin suddenly added another sentence.

Zhu Yanmanzi didn't react yet, but the people chatting at the table all looked towards Chen Jin.

"What's wrong?"

"Venice? Film Festival?"

Wan Qian's voice was a little high-pitched, with a hint of envy on her face.

Guo Xun next to him even showed a little expression of admiration.

The beef in the sandwich didn't taste very fragrant.

“Just go spread the word!”

Chen Jin explained.

"Do you believe?"

"Director Zhang won two Golden Lions and one Silver Lion in Venice, and his new movie is coming out soon. Is he just going there to promote it?"

"What's the purpose?"

Guo Xun actually had the same doubts as Chen Jin.

If it’s just publicity, it’s definitely not cost-effective.

It's not like we're selling the movie to foreigners, so it does need to be promoted at the film festival.

For example, Huayi invested in Xu Ke’s “Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame” and Huayi wanted to sell it for a good price internationally.

They had already announced several months ago that they would be attending this year's Venice Film Festival.

"I've never been to a film festival, let alone Venice..."

Wan Qian on the side was talking, her eyes full of longing; probably many actors and stars have a high filter for the three major film festivals, and there are also many carpet stars who go there to take advantage of the popularity.

There is no way around it. The three major film festivals every year are grand events in the film industry, and media from all over the world are focused there.

Just showing your face and appearing on camera is like a global hot search and exposure marketing.

Many people want to get a taste of it, but they don't have the chance.

"Director Zhang should try to win an award!"

"It's even possible that it's to help you gain fame or awards!"

Although Guo Xun has not yet entered the circle and is not a student of the directing department of Beijing Film Academy, his management department is also related to film, and he also analyzes the marketing of film festivals.

"I heard a rumor from my senior classmate that Venice is the back garden of Beijing Film Academy!"

"We have our own people, and there are quite a few of them!"

Guo Xun was whispering that in fact, many students in the directing department of Beijing Film Academy knew about this.

"What you said is too mysterious!"

"Europe, do we still have connections?"

"Old Liu!"

Guo Xun called out to Liu Ying directly, "Come on, tell Junior Brother Chen, why does this guy still not believe in the strength of our Beijing Film Academy?"

“It’s not that I don’t believe it, I just think it’s a bit difficult for The Hawthorn Tree to be shortlisted!”

“Although it involves some politics, it’s ultimately just a love movie!”

Chen Jin based this analysis on the fact that "The Hawthorn Tree" was originally only shortlisted for the New Era section of the Berlin Film Festival.

"You don't understand this!"

"For film festivals, the film is not the most important thing. It also requires people and social skills. There are also such things in foreign countries!" Liu Ying said, "There is no bad movie that can be nominated. Let me tell you this. At some award ceremonies, there are five Best Actor nominees, and three of them are equally talented. Who do you give it to?"

"It doesn't matter who you give it to!"

"Yes, it doesn't matter who you give it to. Among those five people, one of them didn't perform well in this movie, but he has a lot of experience!"

"For example, Cheng Long, he finally won the Best Actor award. He squeezed out these three people. Do you think it is reasonable for him to win the award?"

“It’s unreasonable, but acceptable!”

Thumbs up!
Guo Xun and Liu Ying gave Chen Jin a thumbs up and said, "Congratulations, you can answer the questions quickly!"

"roll!"

“So, when Director Zhang wins an award, even if the movie is not good and many people are dissatisfied, the public can accept it because he is awesome!”

“Especially at the Venice Film Festival!”

"Is there any director with more experience than him? There are only four directors in the world who have won two Golden Lions, and he even has a Silver Lion!"

"Venice would love him to be there!"

"As for you two..."

Guo Xun chuckled and said, "It's not like there's no chance. Xia Yu was able to be crowned emperor directly back then. Brother Jin, you can do it too!"

"In my heart, you are much more awesome than Xia Yu!"

This is the truth.

Xia Yu is 18 years old. Although he has won the Venice Film Festival Best Actor Award, Guo Xun thinks Chen Jin's acting skills are no worse than his.

As for the others, Chen Jin is even stronger.

Of course, there was still a bit of bragging and flattery in it, so Chen Jin didn't believe his nonsense at all.

Xia Yu was crowned the best actor because he was the absolute leading male role in "Sunshine". Jiang Wen was making this autobiographical movie for himself, but he found Xia Yu who looked like him when he was young.

In "The Hawthorn Tree", Jingqiu has more scenes than Lao San.

Strictly speaking, Zhu Yanmanzi is the main character. The author is a woman, so it is definitely a female perspective.

The trophy should go to Zhu Yanmanzi, but her acting skills are not enough.

"Don't think so much!"

"It's worth going to Venice, even if you don't get anything!"

"How many people don't have this opportunity? You have achieved this in your first film..."

After Guo Xun finished speaking, he noticed Wan Qian's murderous eyes, and many people started laughing.

"Stop it, stop it!"

"No more talking, or I'll get mad at you!"

"Just, let's change the subject..."

"..."

Everyone was laughing and drinking until almost the early morning.

Of course Chen Jin didn't want to play with them, he still had to complete his daily tasks.

As for Venice and the like, he didn't think much about it. There must be a way when the car reaches the mountain, so just drive forward.

***
The next day, Chen Jin got up very early.

Wearing a hat and a mask, he prepared to go to the sports lottery center to claim his prize.

The World Cup has ended, and Chen Jin bought two games, but he won both times, one with odds of 2 times.

The other game was 2415 times, and both teams were from Germany.

Chen Jin was already very familiar with the prize redemption process, and he even changed to another prize redemption area. However, the prize money was too high, and there were group photos and photos. Fortunately, Chen Jin did not have to show his face.

But it’s actually okay to show your face.

The odds of getting the top scorer in the college entrance examination with full marks in mathematics are very reasonable.

So Chen Jin was not worried.

To be honest, looking at the 3744 million bonus on the card, Chen Jin was quite excited.

Accidentally became a multi-millionaire?
It was simply too easy to make money. If he didn't have aspirations in his heart, he would have given up long ago.

"Don't ever have such thoughts!"

“Being an actor is the right path!”

"There will be no shortage of money in the future, so the only thing left is the pursuit of life!"

Chen Jin took a taxi and returned to the rental house. She spent the next few days on the set of "Love Is Not Blind".

Although he had finished filming, he didn't have much to do, so he came to the crew to help out.

The driver and assistant were already in place, and the car was signed for a celebrity car promotion, an Audi A4L that had just been launched.

The driver looked very calm and his surname was Cheng.

Assistant Wang Yuanyuan is a little girl with a round face, about 1.6 meters tall, and looks... very cute.

Having just graduated from college, she was very excited to see Chen Jin because she had read about Chen Jin in the news and knew that he was not only the top scorer in the college entrance examination, but also a handsome man.

She didn't expect that the company she applied for was Zhang Yimou Studio.

And he was hired?

Xiao Zhu was so happy and hardworking on his first day at work that he felt like he was already unemployed.

She was not jealous, but the job of serving tea and water, which best reflected her value as a girlfriend at this stage, was directly replaced by someone else.

This is where she felt helpless.

"So I'm telling you, improve your business skills!"

“The jobs that everyone can do are easily replaced!”

Chen Jin spoke to the depressed classmate Xiao Zhu.

"..."

Zhu Yanmanzi sighed, her beautiful face full of despair: "I have improved, and I have been improving, but the gap between me and you is getting bigger and bigger!"

"Then you definitely can't compare yourself to me...you have to compare yourself to people of your own age!"

Heartbroken.

It's like you and I are not the same age.

Xiao Zhu just wanted to compete with Chen Jin, but this guy was too evil.

I learned directing from Guo Xun whenever I had nothing to do.

"Do you think our film can be selected for Venice Film Festival?"

To be honest, Zhu Yanmanzi is quite looking forward to this.

Who among those who study acting doesn’t want to show up at a film festival, especially since she is still so young.

"You ask me, how do I know?"

"I'm not even sure if The Hawthorn Tree was sent to Venice. I heard that Zhang Weiping and Zhang Yimou had a big fight!"

"Why?"

Zhu Yanmanzi didn't understand: "Going to Venice is a good thing, right? Why did he stop it?"

“It costs money!”

"If you win an award in Venice, you should have PR, and you have to spend money on the premiere at the film festival!"

“Air tickets and accommodation are trivial matters!”

Mainly because it's not cost-effective.

For a businessman, he certainly doesn’t want to do business at a loss, even if Venice can win a prize.

How much box office revenue can an art film get at most?

Zhang Yimou’s reputation is enough.

It would be better to shoot "The Flowers of War" earlier, that is the highlight.

Originally, among the autobiographical films in the future, Chen Jin felt that the reason why "The Hawthorn Tree" did not go to Venice was because the post-production of the film was not completed, and secondly, it was because of Zhang Weiping's obstruction.

drop!
At this moment, a text message suddenly appeared on Chen Jin's mobile phone.

"Come to the studio right now!"

Pu Lun's tone was very urgent: "Is Xiao Zhu next to you?"

"If you are here, come together and have a meeting!!!"

(End of this chapter)