Chapter 758 Venice Finalists AnnouncedJust as Chen An was busy with his TikTok work, the film and television industry was bustling with activity as the summer season approached.
On June 6, the famous movie adaptation of "World of Warcraft", which represents the youth of a generation of gamers, was released!
Chen An didn't know much about it. He didn't like playing this game in his previous life, and he had no interest in watching this movie. He was too lazy to even understand it.
But the popularity was so high that I couldn't help but hear some news in this life.
It's hard not to notice the overwhelming abuse and criticism.
The box office revenue of million on the first day and over billion in the first five days proves its popularity.
The rapid drop in box office to 2108 million on the sixth day shows that the reputation of the movie could not be worse.
A well-known IP, it was a box office success but its reputation completely collapsed.
The box office grossed billion yuan in the first five days of the first week, and reached 14 billion yuan in the end.
The global box office amounted to 2 million US dollars, of which million were made domestically, and less than million were made in North America, which is quite outrageous.
The Hollywood big IP works are so rubbish that even North Americans can't stand them, but domestic audiences contribute half of the global box office.
"X-Men: Weathering" and "Now You See Me" are sweeping the box office like crazy!
Today, two-thirds of the summer box office is occupied by Hollywood blockbusters.
And the annual film mecca Venice has finally announced this time’s shortlist!
'Another Chinese-language film has been shortlisted for Venice, Chen An's new film "Parasite" has been shortlisted for the main competition unit of this year's Venice! '
Over the years, there has been a film shortlisted for the Venice Film Festival almost every year, but it has never won any big awards.
The last time was ten years ago, when Chen An and Section Chief Jia were together.
This year, there are obviously more films from the United States, with a total of 17 main competing films, seven of which are from Hollywood, the United States!
There are Chinese-language films shortlisted for both the Horizon unit and the Screening unit, but only one for each.
People in China had heard about Chen An's trip to Venice, but they didn't feel anything. They were not surprised to be shortlisted.
If you ask others, they will only reply: It's just a shortlisted one. After all, he is Chen An. It's not a big deal.
But foreign media rushed to report it. Venice had been prepared for it, but it was kept secret at first and has only now been exposed.
Chen An completed the last step of the Grand Slam unprecedented in film history, and naturally he was watched by countless media.
What kind of work would give Chen An the confidence to send it to Venice to complete this final step?
After all, it has been a long time since he last participated in the three major film festivals.
Lightyear Pictures.
Chen An looked up at the newcomer and smiled in surprise: "Brother Han, what a rare visitor!"
It’s a rare opportunity for Han Sanping to come to Light Year Pictures to find me.
"You are no longer in office. I can't ask you to go to the China Film Academy. You have to come in person."
"That's right. It's the same if I go to your house. The beautiful girl is here too."
Chen An said with a smile, looking at Han Jianu who was accompanying Han Sanping.
The little girl has grown up and is as tall as her father.
"Uncle Chen, you have to call me junior sister now." Han Jianu had neat short hair and smiled and blinked at Chen An, just like when she was a child.
A few years ago, she also graduated from the directing department of Beijing Film Academy with a master's degree.
Chen An said unhappily: "Brother Han brought you here specially just to take advantage of me?"
Han Sanping laughed: "I didn't say that."
Sitting on the sofa with his daughter, Chen An personally boiled water and made tea for him.
In the gap, he handed over a cigarette as before.
Mr. Han Sanping glanced at his daughter, then stretched out his hand to refuse, "I quit. I'm old now and I want to live a few more years."
Chen An couldn't help laughing when he looked at the father and daughter.
This kind of scene is really rare to see. The once high-spirited Zuoshandiao has to look at his daughter's mood before smoking.
The water boiled, Chen An started to make tea, and the few of them began to chat formally.
We started with a casual chat, talking about recent events.
Han Sanping is old now and he squints his eyes out of habit, which makes him look kind.
Since he stepped down from China Film Group, he has aged rapidly and gradually started to look like an ordinary old man.
"Is Venice sure?"
"Who knows? It won't be easy anyway. After all, there are too many people watching at this point."
Han Sanping: "I think you can do it. It has been like this for all these years."
He is very optimistic about whether Chen An can take over Venice this time.
Chen An smiled and shook his head, not answering the question, and changed the subject. After a moment, Han Sanping said seriously, "I want to trouble you with something."
"It's about Jia Nu, right?" Chen An said with a smile.
Given his personality, he wouldn't have come to me if it weren't for my daughter.
Han Sanping nodded and said, "You can talk to him yourself."
Let your daughter speak.
Chen An shifted his gaze over and waited for her to speak.
Han Jianu cleared her throat and quickly asked, "Brother, have you heard about the 'fake medicine' incident last year?"
“Chronic myeloid leukemia?”
"That's right, Uncle Chen, you really knew it." She nodded in surprise.
I started telling Chen An a story, which was just an outline of a story adapted from an event that made some news online last year.
For this purpose, she specially visited the protagonist of the incident, Mr. Lu Yong.
Chen An listened quietly. If he guessed correctly, the outline that the other party had just formed was probably the "Dying to Survive" that had caused so much public opinion.
It can be said to be well-known.
"It's a crude way of putting it, but what I'm going to say is not very filmable."
Chen An said frankly that it would definitely not be easy for a movie like this to pass review.
Han Sanping: "So I came to find you."
He would naturally find the best resources for his daughter's project.
Lightyear Pictures is undoubtedly the best target.
Chen An smiled helplessly: "Okay, you can write the script for Jia Nu together with the screenwriter of my company first."
"Thank you, Uncle Chen."
Han Jianu was very excited when she heard Chen An's agreement.
With a word from the other party, it can be basically confirmed that the project has been implemented.
As for the review, you can take your time.
With my own father and Chen An, there will definitely not be any problems.
Han Sanping was not in a hurry to be happy, but asked: "Who are you going to let direct?"
"Who?" Chen An sat with his horse and sword in his hand: "Me!"
He plans to direct this film himself.
"Really!" Han Jianu said excitedly!
She stood up and shook her hands. She was no longer a little girl, but she was so excited that she could hardly control herself.
Han Sanping was also very happy, but still looked as if he couldn't bear to watch: "This is just the beginning, is there any need to be so excited?"
"Okay, don't get too excited too soon. I'm very strict with the script."
Chen An interrupted Han Jianu's excitement.
But she didn't care at all and promised: "I will definitely satisfy you, Uncle Chen!"
She is determined to achieve this!
Han Sanping looked at his daughter and couldn't help but smile, then turned around and asked: "Can you handle it?"
"There are no overseas filming plans for now, so it's not too busy."
"Didn't you come up with something new recently? The Internet."
"No delay."
Chen An shook his head to indicate that it was not a big problem. The senior executives of Douyin were not there to do nothing and would not fail if he was not around for a while.
The two of them rarely see each other now, so they talked for a long time.
In the evening, Chen An hosted a meal, and of course, Han Jianu was the main eater.
Chen An and Han Sanping didn't eat much and mainly chatted about things.
"I heard about your new project. If it were me, I'd want at least 20%."
"Hahaha, Mr. Ren said the same thing. He really understands you."
Chen An laughed and sighed.
It turns out that the person who knows you best is your opponent.
(End of this chapter)
