Chapter 24 The packed screening!Amid the fierce applause, Chen An heard Gong Li say, "You really should have come to me. You can even lower your pay!" It was also the first time she saw this movie. The absolutely innovative structure and the one-woman show made her like it unconsciously. Chen An also replied happily: "Then I will find you when the time comes for the movie I told you about. You can't refuse." "No problem, I'll wait for you to come find me." Gong Li also nodded and agreed. Now she really wanted to work with this young director. After the chat, when the applause died down, Chen An also went on stage to be interviewed. He did not plan to leave right after the show like he did in Venice. After he came on stage, reporters in the audience rushed to ask questions. Chen An could only come one by one, and first selected a domestic reporter because he was one of his own. The reporter stood up and asked, "Director Chen, you are still a sophomore student at Beijing Film Academy, majoring in photography. This screening was very successful. How did you come up with the theme and structure of this story?" "That was because I had an idea when I was playing video games. I wondered if I could make a movie similar to the protagonist of the game, so Run Lola Run was created."
The reporters who heard Chen An's answer also sat down, and there were professional translators next to them to translate Chen An's answer. Everyone present also picked up a notebook and wrote down their answers. Afterwards, a European film critic stood up and asked, "I've seen your short film, it's excellent. Now I want to know if this film was influenced by the French New Wave and whether you created a completely new story structure to fight against the Hollywood industrial system?" "Thank you for liking my short film. This is my first time shooting a feature-length film. I am a new director in every sense of the word, including my age. I have no other ideas, but just want to shoot the fantasy stories that suddenly popped up in my mind, which has nothing to do with the French New Wave and Hollywood." After the translator's help, Chen An understood the film critic's question, answered it in his own Chinese, and gave it to the translator to translate. I am just a little Karami, so it is naturally impossible for me to make a final decision on this kind of question. The two factions are fighting each other and their brains are all out, so I'd better not get involved. Next, a female reporter stood up and asked, "Director, is Run Lola Run a representation of modern women and their future?" Upon hearing this question, Chen An immediately knew that the European feminists had arrived. After thinking for a while, she answered, "I am a feminist. What I express is reflected in the movie. Women can also save the people they love without having to rely entirely on men." As for whether she understood or not, that was up to the translator, but seeing her sit down happily, I knew she must have understood. There were still many questions after that, and Chen An could only answer them one by one slowly. His throat became dry from speaking on the stage, but he was still very happy. Because it also shows that the movie is popular. After that, the screenings of "Run Lola Run" were sold out. The questions raised in previous interviews were also published in reports. The first one to be affected is "A must-see movie for women, Run Lola Run!" Chen An knew at first glance that it was the newspaper published by the female reporter. She just briefly talked about the story and structure of the movie, and then changed the subject to all things about women's rights. The film's premiere was a great success, and numerous reports about the film were released, most of which were praising it. The newspaper and magazine that had the greatest influence was Cinéma Française. It directly wrote "A young director from China brought the epoch-making Run Lola Run!" 'The most eye-catching film at the 49th Cannes Film Festival is undoubtedly "Run Lola Run" directed by a young Chinese rising star director who won the Golden Lion Award for Best Short Film in Venice last year. This film is a strong attack on the traditional Hollywood narrative structure. It uses an unprecedented three-part narrative structure, three parallel clues, three stories, and three results.'
What follows is a lot of analysis of the story structure and editing, and of course, criticism of the Hollywood industrial system. Of course, Chen An won't admit it anyway. Others can say whatever they want. I'll admit the compliments, but won't say anything else. Chen An also liked reading these things. He asked the translator to translate them for him and felt happy after hearing the praise. During this period, there were domestic reporters interviewing and filming, and Han Sanping wanted to join in, so he called Chen An over as well. The two crews took a group photo, and then pulled Chen An, Gong Li and Zhang Guorong together to take a photo. Gong Li, wearing black pants and a white shirt, stood between the two. Chen An and Zhang Guorong became the left and right protectors, surrounding Gong Li in the middle, and took this photo. After the photo was taken, Han Sanping took everyone to a restaurant for dinner. Although the impact of "Feng Yue" did not meet expectations, the unexpected success of "Run Lola Run" made him particularly happy. He had originally signed the contract in person just because of a favor, but he did not expect it to be so successful. "Brother Chen, the newspaper ratings are coming out soon, and they will definitely not be low by then, hahahaha!" In the restaurant, Han Sanping put his arm around Chen An's shoulders and talked happily. However, Chen An did not want the score to be too high. After all, there are many films that receive high scores but receive nothing, and all major film festivals love to do this. "Brother Han, it's not good to have a score that's too high. After all, the judges ultimately decide the prize. If it's too high, they won't be happy about it. There's nothing we can do about it." "That's true, but your Run Lola Run is very popular. No matter what the result is, there will be a lot of copyright transactions in the end. Let's just have fun for now!" Han Sanping said happily without caring about these. Chen An didn't say much about the behavior of popping champagne at halftime. Anyway, the final result would not be decided by him. The works this time are not simple either. In addition to the two great domestic directors, the Coen brothers also brought their work "Fargo". These brothers once won the Cannes Best Film and Best Director awards with "Barton Fink". Few people can win both Best Picture and Best Director, two important awards, but these two brothers did it. It is common for the Oscars to award Best Director and Best Picture to the same film. the next day. The program score of "Run Lola Run" is out, points! It can be considered a high score anyway, after all, the total score is only 4 points. He was a little confused. He wasn't this tall in Venice in his previous life. What went wrong? Chen An had no choice but to accept it. He couldn't just run over and ask someone to change his score, otherwise he would chop you into pieces. Several actors in the crew were very happy. After all, in their eyes, the higher the better. Duan Long even ran over and asked, "High score, Director Chen, why don't you look very happy?" "Run Lola Run" is leading in the score, and he doesn't quite understand Chen An's feelings and why he looks so unhappy. Chen An also turned his head and grinned, revealing an ugly smile: "Am I unhappy?" After saying that, he left here and walked towards the hotel alone. He saw one or two tourists greeting him in the middle of the road. They talked to me for a long time but I couldn't quite understand them. However, I could still hear them talking a lot, probably saying they liked my movie. Chen An was also very grateful and said "thank you, thank you" in English to the audience who liked his movie.
Chen An has been very happy along the way. Although he may not win an award, there are still many audiences who like his work. On second thought, my original goal was just to be shortlisted for the main competition unit, which would be a success. The screening hasn't even ended yet, but I'm already thinking about this and that. Not long after returning to the hotel room, Lin Dajiang came over and said that someone had discussed with him the purchase of copyrights and he was a little unsure. So I came over to ask Chen An about the situation. Chen An immediately refused: "Brother Jiang, trust me, everything will be settled after the award ceremony. Now everything is still uncertain. I will go with you then." This time is different from the last time. This time I own 15% of the shares. It is impossible for Lin Dajiang to sell them by himself. If he loses, he will also lose money. After hearing Chen An's answer, Lin Dajiang nodded, chose to believe Chen An, and went to reject those copyright holders. ask for everything
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