Chapter 54
"Yes, yes, of course!" Qiao Yi Qiao answered immediately.
The Cannes Film Festival is arguably the most prestigious film festival in the world.
Qiao Yi Qiao just wanted to give it a try and submitted his film to the three major film festivals according to the standard procedure after each film is released. Unexpectedly, the first one to respond was the Cannes Film Festival.
It would be great if it could be screened at the Cannes Film Festival.
I didn't expect to be shortlisted for the main competition unit.
"Okay," Julian Robert quickly agreed, "We will send the official invitation letter to your email address.
This address?"
Qiao Yiqiao suppressed his inner excitement: "Yes."
"Okay," Julian Robert said again, "Please keep our conversation confidential until the official list is announced. I look forward to having you in Cannes, thank you."
Hang up the phone.
Qiao Yiqiao is also looking forward to going to Cannes.
After all, it was Cannes.
The Cannes Film Festival is the first of the three major film festivals in the world, one of the highest halls of global film, and the lifelong dream of countless filmmakers.
Most importantly, if you make a name for yourself in Cannes, you can be said to have obtained the ace pass for global distribution.
The price for the sale of global rights is likely to be outrageous.
Qiao Yiqiao was so excited about being shortlisted for the main competition that he realized only later that Zheng Mao was still by his side.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Zheng," Qiao Yiqiao immediately said with an apologetic look on his face, "It's Cannes calling."
Zheng Mao smiled and said, "It's shortlisted? The main competition or the International Film Critics Week?"
"It should be the main competition," Qiao Yiqiao said, "I really want to go to Cannes, Teacher Zheng."
"Very good, very good," Zheng Mao was also very happy, "Our Chinese films have finally gone abroad again!"
"Teacher Zheng, what about that compilation movie you just mentioned...?"
"There's no rush for this. I just want to ask you about your intentions. If you decide to do it, I won't look for anyone else," Zheng Mao said with a big wave of his hand. "Let's talk about it when you come back from abroad. I think you will definitely be shortlisted for more than just Cannes. Berlin may be a little bit risky, but Venice will definitely be no problem."
The Berlin Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival are also three major film festivals.
Compared with the two, the Venice Film Festival favors new directors, while the Berlin Film Festival prefers films with strong political colors.
The Cannes Film Festival has always been a weather vane for these two film festivals.
While it would be a little difficult for When the Walls Fell to go to Berlin, the chances of going to Venice are great.
If his second work can win one of the three major awards...
Qiao Yiqiao didn't dare to think further.
"Anyway, you should go to these film festivals first. Not only should you let the international community see our Chinese films, but you should also learn more about how other people make their films," Zheng Mao urged. "Enjoy yourself. There's no rush for my work. I'll deal with it when you come back!"
"Okay!" Qiao Yi Qiao agreed.
…
A month later, Qiao Yiqiao led more than 20 people to Cannes.
On the one hand, he wanted to bring this group of people a sense of honor, and on the other hand, he also hoped to take them on a trip to relax.
Most of the people in the Xi Cui Gang have never traveled abroad in their lives, and they were envious when they heard Xiao He talk about his last trip to Rotterdam.
So this time Qiao Yi Qiao brought the main creators and the backbones of most departments out.
Just think of it as team building.
The Cannes Film Festival officially begins in a week.
Thinking that Qiao Yiqiao and his friends would have little chance to play after the film festival started, they came a while early, and luckily the hotel was not expensive.
But Qiao Yiqiao never expected to meet an acquaintance on the second day of his trip to Cannes.
In a cafe on Seaside Boulevard, Qiao Yiqiao was drinking an Expresso when someone suddenly patted him on the shoulder.
Qiao Yiqiao turned around and saw a foreign man with a very friendly face.
"Williams?" Qiao Yiqiao smiled, "Why are you here?"
"For the same reason as you, the coffee here is the best, QYQ," Williams smiled and shook hands with Qiao Yiqiao and hugged him. "I haven't formally congratulated you yet. Congratulations on the success of your film Chaotic Campus."
Qiao Yiqiao smiled and said, "Thank you very much."
"The global broadcast volume of 'School of Chaos' has exceeded one billion now, right?" Williams pretended to cover his chest. "I regretted letting you go for a long time."
"Thank you very much," Qiao Yiqiao helped Williams pull out a chair, "If it weren't for your initial offer, I wouldn't have been able to sell it at this price."
Williams sighed: "Netflix is coming on strong. In fact, they have been ready to take this step for a long time. Traditional distributors like us have been squeezed out by them.
”
"Yeah?"
Qiao Yi Qiao didn’t know much about the international situation, and Netflix had never been available in mainland China, so he didn’t have a deep understanding of the situation.
“Yes, the film distribution is going to be reshuffled, but—” Williams laughed again, “At least it won’t happen this year, so let’s talk about your movie, QYQ.”
"You know my movie?" Qiao Yi Qiao was a little surprised.
"Of course. Our colleagues in China have already reported the success of When the Walls Fall to the headquarters," Williams said proudly. "One of my missions in Cannes this time is to get your film."
Qiao Yiqiao jokingly asked: "Will you still let me change the lens?"
"Of course not," Williams said firmly, "I am determined to win this time. The subject matter of your film is very universal. The human rights and rehabilitation of prisoners have always been a concern of the Western world. What's more, there is the big element of earthquake. I can foresee that this film will be shown in theaters all over the world."
"Stop," Qiao Yiqiao made a pause gesture, "You are praising my film so much, aren't you just trying to get a lower price?"
"That was originally the plan," Williams said, writing down a number on a napkin. "We're planning to give this number for the global rights this time."
This cafe on the seaside boulevard is very famous.
Countless copyright deals are negotiated here. There is even a saying in Cannes that more deals are completed in cafes than in the film market.
Qiao Yiqiao looked at the tissue.
The number above is 8.
The unit after this should be "million", which means 8 million.
8 million US dollars, equivalent to about 60 million RMB.
Qiao Yi Qiao was a little surprised.
Of course, he still looks calm and composed on the outside.
Seeing that Qiao Yiqiao was unmoved, Williams thought that the price he offered was not high enough, so he added: "If you win any of the three major companies, our price will increase by this amount."
Williams wrote down the number 6.
6 million US dollars, equivalent to about 40 million RMB.
The total amount is exactly 100 million.
Although Qiao Yi Qiao no longer has any feelings about money.
But my heart still trembles when I think of the number 100 million.
“You can just wait and see.
, but we dare to make this offer at this time, which means we are fully confident," Williams said, "I hope to sign an agreement with you first. As long as you win the prize, you will give priority to selling to us, which is also a guarantee for us. How about it?"
Qiao Yi Qiao knew that Williams had invested a lot of money this time.
They even contacted him to purchase the global copyright before the screening, which is not something that an ordinary small company can do.
"No problem." Qiao Yi Qiao replied.
Then, the two discussed a series of details and finalized the general content of the contract.
…
The next few days were calm, but the streets of Cannes became more lively every day. Film crews from all over the world almost filled up all the hotels here, and different parties were held in every corner every day.
Qiao Yiqiao, however, was busy with other things.
The Cannes Film Festival organizing committee rejected his film again, with the same reason: the subtitles were wrong.
Although Qiao Yiqiao's English is good, his French is terrible. He doesn't understand why he has hired so many translation companies to do the subtitles but the results are always unsatisfactory.
Xiao He has already searched almost all the translation companies in France, but this time "When the Walls Fall" was still rejected by the organizing committee.
The two had no choice but to contact a domestic translation company and tried to pay extra money to have the company translate overnight.
When the domestic company heard that this was a film to be submitted to Cannes, they didn't even mention the question of adding money. They guaranteed to complete the task overnight, and hoped that they could win glory for the country.
Qiao Yi Qiao thanked the other party for a long time and added a credit at the end of the film, only then did he feel a little relieved.
There are always people in the world who say that French is the most rigorous language.
It was not until today that Qiao Yiqiao had a deep understanding of this statement.
The Cannes Film Festival begins in three days.
Qiao Yi Qiao didn't take this little episode of translation too seriously.
That day, he was strolling on the seaside boulevard when he received another call.
This time the caller ID read "Venice."
"Hello?" Qiao Yiqiao answered the phone. "I'm Qiao Yiqiao. What can I do for you?"
Although he was asking, Qiao Yi Qiao already knew what the other party was talking about.
"Hello, Mr. Qiao," the other party said, "I am Sebastian, the chairman of the Venice Film Festival Organizing Committee. I would like to invite your film "When the Walls Fall Down" to enter the main competition unit of our Venice Film Festival. Are you willing to
"
Qiao Yiqiao smiled softly: "Of course I am willing."
"That's great," Sebastian said excitedly. "We are honored that your work can bring a touch of oriental charm to our film festival. We will send the details to your email. Thank you again and we look forward to seeing you."
"Thank you very much."
The phone call was hung up.
At the same time, Qiao Yi Qiao's cell phone rang again. It was an email.
And this email came from the Berlin Film Festival Organizing Committee.
The content is to invite his film to participate in the screening session.
Qiao Yiqiao thought to himself, what Director Zheng Mao said was indeed right.
The Venice Film Festival, known for its innovative and interesting stories, invited him to the main competition; while the Berlin Film Festival, which prefers politically charged films, only invited his film to be screened.
But no matter what, "When the Walls Fall Down" has now become an invited film for the world's three major film festivals.
This honor is already enough to make people feel emotional.
Qiao Yi Qiao fell asleep with this excitement.
But early in the morning, I received bad news again.
The new version of "When the Walls Collapse" still failed to pass the review of the organizing committee.
The reason became more specific this time, there were problems with the subtitles in the first and last scenes.
Qiao Yi Qiao opened the subtitle file on the spot and read it almost word for word using translation software, and found no problems.
Then he went downstairs and found a local hotel employee whose native language was French, and asked him to help look at it again. The other party also said that there was no problem and that the translation seemed quite authentic and even used a lot of colloquial expressions.
Qiao Yiqiao's heart was suddenly shrouded in gloom.
He hurriedly took Xiao He to the office of the organizing committee's film review committee.
It's quite quiet here.
Because the review process for most films has been completed, the film review committee is empty, with only a few employees on duty.
Qiao Yiqiao asked them what was wrong with his film.
But these people looked at it again for a long time, shook their heads, and said that there seemed to be no problem.
But soon a fat person in charge came out and told Qiao Yi Qiao that the film was suppressed by the Chairman.
This is not just a translation issue.
Qiao Yiqiao knew that the selection of films by the Cannes Film Festival Organizing Committee was decided by at least ten people, but only
There are either the film selection chairman or the general chairman.
But he had never heard of having been selected into the main competition unit and then being withheld.
Coincidentally, Chairman Julian Robert also came to the film review committee.
It was the first time that Qiao Yiqiao met this chairman.
The chairman was wearing a nice suit, a top hat, and holding a cane, looking very much like a gentleman from a French movie.
The moment he saw Qiao Yiqiao, he forced a smile and asked in English with a thick accent: "Hello, are you Qiao Yiqiao?"
Qiao Yiqiao nodded: "It's me."
Julian dismissed everyone else, and Qiao Yi Qiao also signaled Xiao He to wait for him outside.
Only two people were left in the room.
Qiao Yiqiao asked directly: "Excuse me, what is the problem with the subtitles of my film?"
Julian sat on the bench and did not answer directly. Instead, he asked Qiao Yiqiao: "Mr. Qiao, do you know how we invited "When the Walls Collapse" to enter our main competition?"
Qiao Yiqiao also sat down: "I don't know, please tell me."
"It was recommended by the selection chairman, who is one-eighth Chinese," Julian said. "I am very concerned about your film."
Qiao Yiqiao thought to himself that we were finally getting to the point.
So he asked, "What's the concern?"
Julian replied: "Your film opens with the Chinese flag, ends with the Chinese flag, and ends with everyone singing the national anthem... Don't you think this is propaganda for the government?"
Qiao Yiqiao: “…”
He was simply stunned by the big nose opposite him.
Qiao Yiqiao asked in return: "The scene in which Edith Piaf sang the French national anthem in France's national treasure-level movie La Vie en Rose was selected as one of the top 100 classic movie scenes in your country a while ago. Isn't this political propaganda?"
Julian's face instantly fell.
Without waiting for the other party to speak, Qiao Yiqiao asked again: "In the movie Air Force One, there is also a scene where everyone sings the national anthem together, and the singers are not soldiers. Isn't this naked political propaganda?"
"What's more, it is normal to raise the national flag and sing the national anthem in the early morning in prison. This is the real situation. You can go to your country's prisons and take a look to see if they also sing the national anthem."
"But..." Julian was silent, "I think the High
The political propaganda intention of the entire film "When the Walls Fell" is too obvious, and it is obviously praising the prison officers of China. "
Qiao Yiqiao was so angry when he heard this: "Every film praises something. The protagonist of the 1977 Cannes Film Festival award-winning film "My Father, My Lord" gained knowledge from a soldier when he joined the army, and returned home to fight against patriarchy. Isn't this praising the image of soldiers? Let's not talk about the distant past, let's talk about something close. The 2015 Cannes Film Festival award-winning film "The Wandering Pandey" tells the story of a family of three who came to France as refugees. Wasn't it also rescued by the police in the end? Isn't this praising the French police and their tolerance of refugees?"
"Some films praise love, some praise peace, and some praise suffering. You Westerners also have countless films praising God. Why can't I praise the Chinese prison guards and their kindness?"
"Mr. Robert, do you have any prejudice against China?"
All the examples cited by Qiao Yiqiao were real, and the last question was very powerful.
Julian Robert was silent for a long while, not daring to speak.
"I still don't want there to be too obvious political propaganda in the film."
Qiao Yiqiao asked again: "The funding for the Cannes Film Festival comes from the French National Film and Television Center. When you want to avoid politics, have you already brought political bias with you?"
Robert knew he couldn't win the argument with the young Chinese man in front of him, so he said coldly: "I don't want to change the content of "When the Walls Fall" or anything else. I just hope you can erase the last track of the national anthem, or replace it with another song, and shorten the shot of the national flag, that's all."
Qiao Yiqiao felt that the other party's request was ridiculous.
In the final scene, what can the people of their own country sing after overcoming such great difficulties?
Are they supposed to sing "Do you heart the people singing"?
It’s not that Qiao Yiqiao doesn’t understand that movies have great power and politics are complex.
But film is an art without borders after all.
Although Qiao Yi Qiao was praising the prison guards of China, the reform of prisoners is a global issue. Why couldn't Julian think that he was praising the kind prison guards and kind reform methods?
Besides, why is it that praising the country’s suffering and focusing on the people who are suffering is art and can win awards, while praising people’s kindness and praising them for overcoming difficulties is “political propaganda”?
To put it bluntly, you can only say bad things, not good things.
It's totally unreasonable.
Qiao Yiqiao finally asked a question: "Yes, even if I have the intention of political propaganda, do you think my intention affects the artistic quality of When the Walls Fall?"
Julian shook his head and quickly gave an answer: "I think When the Walls Fell is a very outstanding work. It would be a pity if it could not win the grand prize for some reason."
If Julian's words before were still kind.
This sentence can be said to be a breakup.
Qiao Yiqiao can only think of two words
--hypocritical.
So hypocritical.
They saw the success of "When the Walls Fall Down" in China and invited me to participate in the competition. Then they forced me to change the film because of so-called political issues.
For a moment, Qiao Yi Qiao couldn't imagine how he would explain to the domestic audience if the revised film really won an award.
Not to mention domestic audiences.
He himself couldn't get over this hurdle.
Qiao Yiqiao said: "If you say so, I am also sorry. When the Walls Fall will withdraw from the screening of the Cannes Film Festival and all competition units."
"Also, from now on, as long as you are the chairman, my works will no longer participate in any activities of the Cannes Film Festival. Goodbye."
He doesn't play anymore.
Julian obviously didn't expect the person in front of him to be such a tough guy.
"Director Qiao Yiqiao, we can still discuss..."
Qiao Yiqiao didn't even listen to the rest of his words.
Just walked out.
Xiao He just heard the argument inside and asked Qiao Yiqiao hurriedly: "Brother, what's wrong?"
Qiao Yiqiao said succinctly: "Xiao He, tell the brothers that we are going home."
…
On the return flight, Qiao Yi Qiao was still furious and started typing away.
After the plane landed at Yanjing International Airport, a "letter of withdrawal" was instantly posted on Qiao Yiqiao's personal Weibo.
The withdrawal letter contains the following:
Dear President Julian Robbitt:
I solemnly decided to withdraw When the Walls Fall from the Cannes Film Festival and will no longer participate in any competition unit evaluation and screening at the Cannes Film Festival. Because you have a deep prejudice against my film and even China, I cannot accept this prejudice.
When the Walls Fell Down was not conceived around what you might call political intentions. He celebrated love.
The importance of kindness in prisoner reform is a compliment to the grassroots prison police officers. Globally, grassroots prison police officers are the main people who face prisoners, and how to reform prisoners and turn them into better people is a global problem. Grassroots prison police officers in China have done quite well in this regard. What I praise is their method and their hearts.
The Cannes Film Festival holds a very important position in my heart and in the hearts of directors around the world. As the president of this year, you have strong political or cultural biases - if you are not criticizing the government, then you are doing "political propaganda" for the government. This is extremely ridiculous. I don't know if you have this kind of bias towards works from other countries such as the UK, France, and the US.
I hope that the phenomenon of discrimination against Chinese films can be improved in the future. Otherwise, I believe the Cannes Film Festival will lose many excellent directors and works, which is extremely unfair to them.
Sincerely,
Qiaoyi Bridge.
This withdrawal letter was written entirely in Chinese.
As for the French translation...let Robert do it himself.
But he doesn't need to do it.
This news instantly ignited Weibo and also became popular on the Internet. Countless people left messages under Julian’s social media account, asking him whether the situation was true.
But Julian was slow to respond.
After posting on Weibo, Qiao Yiqiao finally felt much better.
The phone rang later that evening.
The caller was Williams.
Qiao Yi Qiao took a long sigh before he mustered up the courage to answer the phone.
I'm afraid the cooked duck in my mouth is about to fly away again?
"Hello, are you Director Qiao Yi Qiao?" Williams asked.
"It's me." Qiao Yiqiao decided to take the initiative. "If you are willing to terminate the contract and withdraw your previous intention to purchase global copyrights, I can understand it very well. But I also hope that you know that withdrawing from Cannes is my personal behavior and has nothing to do with other factors. I also hope that this will not affect your attention to other film and television works in our country..."
"Stop, stop," Williams finally interrupted, "Qiao Yiqiao, what are you talking about? The purpose of my call is to ask you to sell me the copyright of "When the Walls Fall Down"!"
Qiao Yiqiao: “Ah?”
What's going on.
"You know, there is one piece of news about a Cannes award every year, which may only increase the popularity of the film by 20%," Williams said excitedly.
"Nasser has withdrawn from the competition. This is huge news. Do you know how many people have come to me to ask for your contact information? Please don't answer their calls!"
"so……"
This was a method that Qiao Yi Qiao had never expected.
"Rebellion is the favorite topic of audiences all over the world! Now the Internet is discussing your withdrawal from the competition, and they are very curious about your film!" Williams cleared his throat, "I am willing to buy the copyright of "When the Walls Fall Down" from you for 12 million. If you win an award in Venice later, I am willing to add another 3 million! In a sense, Qiao Yiqiao, you are really a marketing genius!"
Qiao Yiqiao: "Thank you..."
He never expected that he would appear in the eyes of global audiences in this way.
"Anyway, you can go to Venice first, but I believe no one can offer higher than me!" Williams was determined to win. "I look forward to your good news!"
"good."
After hanging up the phone, Qiao Yi Qiao thought to himself, it is true that the crying child gets the milk.
If I just quietly withdraw from the competition when faced with injustice, I will never hear from you again.
But if you dare to face it head-on, you might get unexpected rewards.
…
A month later, the Venice International Film Festival.
As the oldest of the three major film festivals, the Venice International Film Festival has always been known as the "Father of Film Festivals".
This time, Qiao Yiqiao submitted the final subtitle version of the film early as usual.
When handing it in, Qiao Yi Qiao's heart skipped a beat, wondering if it would fail again.
But just one day later, Qiao Yi Qiao received a notification that the film had been approved.
At the same time, he also received another notice - "When the Walls Fall" was selected as the closing film of the Venice International Film Festival.
Logically speaking, the opening and closing films of a film festival should all be produced by well-known directors, after all, they are a means to attract audiences.
Qiao Yiqiao didn't expect that he would be chosen.
Of course, one of the main reasons was that the originally scheduled closing ceremony film was forced to withdraw due to technical reasons.
He was lucky enough to have found a loophole.
Only after arriving at this small town with flowing water did Qiao Yiqiao feel much calmer.
He watched 22 films during the entire film festival and wrote a lot of film reviews.
The reason why he didn't go to see more was not because Qiao Yiqiao didn't have enough energy or money.
The main reason is that he actually has international "fans".
Because the withdrawal from the Cannes Film Festival caused a sensation in the film industry, many young movie lovers remembered this rebellious Asian face.
Qiao Yiqiao is one of the easiest Asians to recognize, and he is often recognized and photographed with others on the streets of Venice.
A face with a message of "Keep Out", a strong rebellious spirit, and an overly cute abbreviation, the hashtag #QYQ# has become a hot trend on local social media.
It seems like coming to the film festival without checking in with QYQ would be a waste of time.
Qiao Yiqiao also knew that he actually benefited from the help of his motherland.
As the motherland grows stronger, many Western people have also realized that China is not always as poor and backward as portrayed by some Western media. They are all applauding Qiao Yiqiao's resistance to stereotypes and discrimination.
Qiao Yiqiao doesn't want to be a role model.
But since he had been given this position, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and serve as China's publicity ambassador. He quickly bought a box of brochures and cute panda dolls from China, and gave a set to anyone who asked to take a photo with him.
All three screenings of When the Walls Fell were sold out
——To say that the theater was packed was an understatement. The aisles of every show were filled with people, and Qiao Yi Qiao didn’t even know how they squeezed in.
The security guard who was supposed to be maintaining order walked into the scene and stopped talking. He found a good seat and started watching the movie.
Qiao Yiqiao screamed in his heart, this is clearly dereliction of duty! It is dereliction of duty!!!
However, after the screening, he received 7 minutes of encouraging applause from the audience.
To his surprise, when the national anthem was sung at the end, many blond-haired and blue-eyed foreigners also had tears in their eyes.
Perhaps this is the best interpretation of the phrase "art has no borders".
Anyway, the Venice Film Festival has come to its last day.
A grand awards ceremony.
It was the same routine as usual, with various chairmen and guests delivering speeches in a variety of languages, and Qiao Yi Qiao didn't understand much.
Afterwards, the awards were announced one by one.
The penultimate award is the Grand Jury Prize, the Silver Lion.
The award was won by a crew from Pakistan.
This was a big upset that no one expected.
However, the Venice Awards usually go to unpopular films.
I'm used to upsets.
Sabri was very excited.
I went to chat with them while the ceremony was still going on. The group of people talked and laughed in their own language.
Qiao Yi Qiao was also very happy watching this.
The most popular.
The Golden Lion Awards ceremony has arrived.
Qiao Yiqiao, Qi Siqi, Xiao He, Sabri...
Everyone looked at each other nervously.
These are the three major awards.
If you can get it, the value is self-evident.
What's more, we had a falling out with Cannes before, so we have to get back at it no matter what.
Even though they have each prepared themselves mentally.
When he heard the English words of "When the Walls Fall Down" coming out of the award presenter's mouth, Qiao Yiqiao couldn't help but clenched his fist and shouted, "Good!"
He stood on the podium.
This time, he did not use English, but Chinese, and spoke his acceptance speech in a clear and correct voice.
The comments about him from the Venice Golden Lion Award are also very intriguing.
“When the Walls Fall Down” focuses on the internal situation of a small prison, and outlines the changes in Chinese prisons through the transformation of several prisoners and prison guards. The earthquake event touched people's hearts, enough to make global audiences empathize with the cruelty of natural disasters, but the brilliance of human nature was also highlighted. The director eulogizes the kindness in people's hearts and the attitude of professionalism. This not only shows us another side of China, with its unique culture and humanistic colors, but also is enough to move global audiences.”
It is impossible to say that there is no sarcasm.
Qiao Yi Qiao ended his speech with “Nothing but love.” in English.
I hope everyone remembers who is spreading stereotypes and discrimination at any time.
And who is it that has been bringing love to everyone?
…
After returning from Venice, social media exploded again.
The comments under Qiao Yiqiao's account are "Congratulations on winning the award!", "Qiao Yiqiao deserves it!", "Long live When the Walls Fall!", etc.
What’s even more explosive is Julian’s social media.
The following are all messages congratulating Qiao Yiqiao for winning the Golden Lion Award for his work.
It seems that netizens all over the world also understand the meaning of sarcasm.
However, Qiao Yi Qiao did not mention Cannes again. As he said, he did not like to kick someone when he was down.
Again
After that, the Berlin Film Festival was also lackluster, but Qiao Yiqiao’s film screenings were still packed, and When the Walls Fall Down still received rave reviews on the Internet.
It was only when Qiao Yiqiao participated in these three activities and returned to China that he felt everything became real.
He actually won the Golden Lion Award. He immediately brought the little lion with wings back to Yi Zheng campus and placed it in a place where it could be seen as soon as the entrance was entered.
He is not the kind of person who wants to establish himself as an artist and is indifferent to all awards.
He was very frank about how he liked money and winning awards.
So do your best to promote the movie, and take the awards when they are due.
There's nothing to be ashamed of.
After finishing the competition, "When the Walls Fall" also came to an end.
Zheng Mao also seemed to be on time and came to find Qiao Yiqiao, asking him to come to Yanjing for a detailed discussion.
Qiao Yi Qiao walked into the meeting room at the agreed time.
I saw six big guys already sitting inside.
Zheng Mao, Wang Yige...
There are also four movie moguls covering both the middle-aged and young generations.
Together, they make up 3/4 of the Chinese film directors.
Each of them has won numerous Golden Crane Awards, Golden Palms and Golden Lions.
Qiao Yiqiao is the youngest among them.
At this moment, it is inevitable that some students have the mentality of meeting their teachers.
"Everyone knows the details," Zheng Mao said. "Anyway, this compilation film is being made in major countries around the world, so we can't do a bad job, otherwise we'll be embarrassed internationally. Do you understand?"
Several bigwigs nodded.
Everyone knows how important this new compilation movie is.
"Then everyone pick a topic," Zheng Mao threw out a few cards, "If the people here are competing for seniority, we'll pick based on age. I'll pick one first."
The content on the cards is the seven major themes of the movie:
Action, adventure, comedy, fantasy, horror, romance, history.
What Zheng Mao took away was the "historical" subject matter.
Then, one director after another took over the genre they were familiar with.
When we got to Qiao Yiqiao, there was only one card left on the table.
Qiao Yi Qiao was very reluctant to face the two words on the card.
"fear".
He wants to make a twenty-minute horror film.
Seeing him like this, Zheng Mao comforted him, "Don't be too stressed.
The first is that not all horror directors in the world can make good horror films, and the third is that our compilation film will be a little easier to review, so you can be bold in your ideas.
Then, he paused and added: "Of course, if you don't want to, you can also withdraw and we will find someone else."
Qiao Yiqiao thought about it and said firmly: "I will shoot it."
He instinctively relishes a challenge.
Besides, even if you look in the Chinese film industry, there is no director who dares to say that he is good at the horror genre.
This type of film is a new field for the Chinese film and television market.
Zheng Mao then gave a few more instructions, asking everyone to submit their ideas in a month.
The group of bigwigs and Qiao Yiqiao then dispersed.
When we walked out of the meeting room, it was already dark, but Qiao Yi Qiao had already started thinking frantically.
His previous horror film idea was fine as a test film, but it would be a bit embarrassing to bring it to the international stage.
Just as I was thinking about it, the cell phone suddenly rang.
The text message shows [Dad].
His father returned from abroad today, but because he had to attend a meeting, Xiao He had to go to pick him up.
There is no major problem with my father's health anymore. As long as he is observed in a domestic nursing home for a period of time, he can live the life of a normal retired man.
Dad: [Son, I'm already at the nursing home. It's so remote here, and I can't sleep because of the jet lag. When will you come to see me?]
Qiao Yi Qiao looked at the time.
It is now 11:20 pm.
Qiao Yi Qiao thought about it and replied immediately.
[Don't sleep, I'll be there soon.]
Late night visit to the nursing home…
It can also be regarded as accumulating materials for my own horror film. !
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