Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 292 Just Say a Few Words
When the Beijing Film Festival invited Lu Chuan to participate, he declined.

Because he has been very busy recently, he is doing post-production of "The Banquet" and has other projects to promote.

But when he saw the news that his junior Li Qiutang was invited to serve as a judge in the main competition unit of this year's Cannes Film Festival, he decided to participate in the Beijing Film Festival.

The two had no grudges against each other, but people in the circle knew that they at least did not get along.

Lu Chuan said more than once at gatherings in the industry that he looked down on this junior: "He is just a product manager. Movies are what he sells. He does not have the authorial consciousness of a director."

Li Qiutang felt that his senior was just a half-baked person: "He became famous before he had learned all the skills, and he likes to show off everywhere."

Li Qiutang debuted much later than Lu Chuan, but her rapid development momentum was so rapid that no one could understand.

Li Qiutang won the Golden Globe Award for Best Director at the age of 27, and Lu Chuan was still writing the script for "Black Hole" at the age of 27, and he didn't know when his movie dream would come true.

Two or three years ago, he, Li Qiutang and Ning Hao were known as the three outstanding young directors, and they returned to the Film Academy as outstanding alumni to participate in activities.

But now, when the audience talks about young directors, Li Qiutang has been automatically excluded. His achievements are not suitable for sitting at the table of young directors. In addition to his young age and lack of experience, the audience and some industry experts have already put Li Qiutang at the table of Zhang Yimou and Li An.

Lu Chuan couldn't accept this even more!

Why did he get promoted? What ability does he have?
He watched In Time and admitted that the idea was good, the photography and the camera language were also good. But this has nothing to do with you as a director!

The story idea was written by the screenwriter! The photography is the work of Cao Dun!

Wouldn’t you just shout “click!”
He also felt that Li Qiutang's decision to film "In Time" as a war action film was a waste of the subject matter and such a good idea!
If it were him, he would definitely dig deep into the economic, political and social reasons behind it. That would be profound and timeless!

He even went to Cannes as a jury member!
In addition to work matters, he also hated Li Qiutang in his personal life.

Now that the Internet is well developed, many viewers know that Qin Lan and Li Qiutang knew each other a long time ago and had a good relationship.

There are those boring people who gave Li Qiutang the title of a sentimental prince. They said that Li Qiutang was single for so many years because he was waiting for Qin Lan, and that Li Qiutang had always liked Qin Lan, but Qin Lan became famous earlier than Li Qiutang, so Li Qiutang didn't dare to pursue her before. When Li Qiutang became famous, Qin Lan fell into Lu Chuan's arms.

What kind of story is this!
Lu Chuan was not a fool and he didn't believe this statement at first.

But the bad thing was that Li Qiutang gave "The Temptation to Go Home" to Qin Lan, and the drama was a huge hit. Qin Lan earned more than 30 million last year from this drama!

And no one knew which short-lived person told Lu Chuan that Li Qiutang told Qin Lan to keep an eye on her money.

What does he mean!
Can Lu Chuan tolerate this?
So he came to the Beijing Film Festival. He also participated in some venture capital roadshows as a senior in the industry and supported young directors.

After appearing on the stage for a certain movie, he was interviewed by a reporter and talked about the development of young directors. He said: "New directors need funds and channels. I just did some insignificant work. ..."

Talking about the dream of young directors, his focus is on the following: "I think it is better to support young directors in a practical way than to win this award or that award and become a judge somewhere. Personal honor is secondary. We should contribute to the entire industry."

The reporters who were more careful already knew that Lu Chuan was criticizing Li Qiutang without naming her, and immediately added fuel to the fire: "Being a judge and selecting good movies is also a contribution to the industry."

Lu Chuan said: "That's true, but the effect is not direct enough. I think we should still come to the roadshow to support like we are doing now. My personal strength is limited, but I heard that there is a project here. I don't even know their director, but I still came. I think no matter what, new directors have dreams, and we should support them."

Lu Chuan did not name anyone, but many people knew he was talking about Li Qiutang.

Li Qiutang only found out the next day that Lu Chuan criticized him for being unrealistic and not practical, but he didn't care. Didn't he want to be a judge of the Cannes main competition?

As a guest of the film festival today, he hosted an event called "International Famous Film Enterprise Summit Forum".

The forum mainly focused on Sino-foreign co-productions. Guests attending the forum included China Film Group Chairman Han, Autumn Pictures CEO Zhang Zhao, Fox CEO James Gianopulos and other Chinese and foreign film industry leaders.

Li Qiutang is well qualified to be the forum host.

Gianopulos expressed his strong enthusiasm for entering the Chinese market: "The potential of China's film market is huge, and as Cameron said, Chinese audiences have a strong desire to go to the cinema to watch movies, which is a good foundation. We believe that China's film production industry will be the most exciting and great market in the future, and we very much look forward to participating in the Chinese market."

As the host, Li Qiutang should not have said much, but she still talked about the difficulties of Sino-foreign co-production in the end: "Foreign companies want to come in, they only care about how much profit the mainland market can bring to them, but they don't think that cooperation is two-way. Our domestic film companies also want to borrow their boat to go overseas, but they don't want to provide us with channels."

Zhang Zhao, who is currently working on Pacific Rim, has a deep feeling about this, and added: "When we asked about the expected international revenue of Chinese films, their answers were very vague. I think this is a misunderstanding of Sino-foreign film cooperation.

"We look forward to deeper cooperation with you, rather than cooperation on a single film project. Currently, we can only sell copyrights to expand overseas. Whether the overseas box office makes more or less is none of our business. A Hollywood movie makes hundreds of millions in China, but our movie may only make a few hundred thousand overseas. This contrast is worth pondering. We should still do a good job in our own local films first."

A veteran like Gianopulos doesn't think this is a problem at all. The global distribution channels are in the hands of the United States. He came to China to make money. What does it have to do with him whether Chinese films are exported or not?

The guests did not reach any consensus on Sino-foreign cooperation, and basically everyone spoke their own words. Gianopulos did not respond to Zhang Zhao and Mr. Han's words, and did not say that he wanted to reach deeper global cooperation with Chinese film companies.

After leaving the forum, Li Qiutang was asked by a reporter about Lu Chuan's unnamed criticism: "Some people think that being a film festival judge is more practical without giving direct support to young directors. What do you think?"

Li Qiutang replied with a smile: "Being a judge and supporting newcomers do not conflict. If you are a judge, can you no longer support newcomers? If so, the director did not support newcomers when he was filming. We have to do our work one by one, and take our time."

Finally, Li Qiutang added a quip: "I feel very honored to be able to represent Chinese filmmakers and sit on the jury at Cannes. I have obtained the qualification to be a jury member, so I will say a few words, it doesn't matter."

The reporters who interviewed him all laughed.

(End of this chapter)