Lu Yao was deeply moved by Lin Chaoyang's support. He regarded him as a close confidant and was extremely excited.
Since the first part of "The Ordinary World" came out, except for some voices of support within the Shaanxi literary circle, most writers, critics, and screenwriters have given negative feedback to this novel.
Yesterday he went to Lin Chaoyang's house, and the two chatted for a long time, but more about the creative process and some ideas.
Lu Yao even deliberately avoided asking Lin Chaoyang what he thought of the first part of "The Ordinary World" because he was afraid that Lin Chaoyang's evaluation would be the same as those people's. Lin Chaoyang's speech today really made him feel
It was unexpected and surprising, especially when facing such fierce public opinion, his support is even more valuable.
When Lu Yao was moved, the critics present had different expressions after thinking about it.
They are all professionals with superb literacy and experience in the field of literary criticism, and they have their own judgment on whether a work is good or bad.
Some people with a moderate attitude think that Lin Chaoyang's words are reasonable. For a huge work like "The Ordinary World", it would be too arbitrary to deny the whole thing in only one third of the content.
Some people believe that whether a novel is good or not is not only related to the completeness of the story, but also directly related to the creative techniques. "The Ordinary World" has lagged behind the times in terms of technique, and it will not be as good as two more novels.
any difference.
But no matter what, Lin Chaoyang, the absolute protagonist of the seminar, said something like this, and it is impossible for everyone to criticize "The Ordinary World" again. If that were the case, today's meeting would not be a seminar, but a seminar.
He came here to make enemies with Lu Yao.
"Let me talk about Parasite.
Comrade Chaoyang just talked about "The Truman Show". In fact, both novels are set in the capitalist society of Hong Kong, but the reading experience is completely different.
"The Truman" is absurd and ironic based on fantasy. The first thing it brings to readers is a complete and highly readable story, which is how Truman ran towards freedom.
Under this layer of "sugar-coating" are the themes it wants to express: such as the excessive control and manipulation of media in capitalist society, the distortion of human nature, the entertainment of other people's suffering, etc.
"Parasite" is different. It constructs the most basic contradictory unit of capitalist society and shrinks this society into two families.
The complexity and struggle of human nature are nakedly displayed in front of readers. Whether it is the creation of characters or the arrangement of plot contradictions, they are extremely delicate and natural. It is this delicate and natural processing method that makes the story logically impeccable.
And very watchable..."
After Lin Chaoyang, the critics continued to speak, and everyone tacitly agreed not to comment on the first part of "The Ordinary World" again. They still focused on "Parasite" as the topic of discussion, and the meeting went back to the old way.
Faced with this situation, Li Shifei and Wang Yu, as hosts, were helpless.
Their original intention was to use this seminar to restore some reputation for the first part of "The Ordinary World", but now it seems that this idea is simply a delusion. On the contrary, because of the foil of "Parasite", "The Ordinary World"
The World Part 1 became even more unpopular.
Now Lu Yao could only sit there with a bitter look on his face. Every minute of the seminar was like sitting on pins and needles for him.
By the end of the day's seminar, Lu Yao was like a laborer who had been drained of energy, full of despair, but he still maintained his apparent strength and politely bid farewell to the critics.
Before going out, the critic He Zhenbang who attended the meeting told Lin Chaoyang that he wanted to visit his home tomorrow. Lin Chaoyang knew that the other party must have something to ask for, so he nodded and agreed.
On the way back to Xiaoliubukou, Lin Chaoyang drove and Lu Yao sat in the passenger seat, drowsy.
After arriving at the place, he said something to Lin Chaoyang, then walked into the yard and did not come out again. It was not until the next morning that he came to say hello to Lin Chaoyang in high spirits.
Seeing him carrying his luggage, Lin Chaoyang was slightly surprised, "What are you...
"I'm back. I haven't finished writing the second part of "The Ordinary World" yet. I have to hurry up." Lu Yao said. There was a stubborn light in his eyes, which was a firm belief that he tried his best to prove himself.
Lin Chaoyang also knew that yesterday's meeting gave Lu Yao a lot of stimulation, so he patted Lu Yao on the shoulder.
"I won't say anything else. I hope you will finish "The Ordinary World" as soon as possible!" Lu Yao's eyes were determined and he nodded solemnly.
"I believe that day will not be too far away!"
Lin Chaoyang drove Lu Yao to the Capital Airport to take a flight. When he returned home, He Zhenbang had been waiting for a long time. In addition to him, there was another guest at home, Tang Yin, who had known Lin Chaoyang for several years.
Lin Chaoyang apologized, explained, and chatted with Tang Yin for a few words.
Only then did Lin Chaoyang know that after the establishment of the Lu Academy, Tang Yin was transferred from the "Literary News" to the Lu Academy as the dean, while He Zhenbang was only transferred to the Lu Academy as the deputy dean this year.
The office is engaged in literary criticism.
Lu Xun Literary Institute, the previous literary training center, was renamed in 1984. After a few pleasantries, Tang Yin explained his purpose.
"The new training class of our college will start this month, and we would like to ask you to give lectures to those students."
As early as 1980, when Lin Chaoyang had just won the second National Outstanding Short Story Award, he went to the Institute of Literature to give lectures to the fifth class of students. However, that time could only be regarded as a short exchange. This time Tang
Yin and He Zhenbang hoped to invite Lin Chaoyang to give a systematic lecture to the students. Tang Yin knew that Lin Chaoyang would be in Xiangjiang for a considerable period of the year, and said that Lin Chaoyang's course could be compressed into two weeks.
Lin Chaoyang pondered for a moment and then agreed. It was not difficult for him to take classes with the students. After all, it was an invitation from an acquaintance, so it was difficult to refuse.
The teaching time of this student class is from February to July. Lin Chaoyang discussed with Tang Yin and He Zhenbang, and finally set his teaching time in June. As time passed, the Lantern Festival had passed several days.
That night, Lin Chaoyang coaxed Yan Yan to sleep and began to count the days.
Tao Yushu has been away from home for more than half a month, and the West Berlin Film Festival should be closing now, right? I don’t know if "The King of Children" can win an award.
He reversed the later generation Chen Kaige's betrayal of faith and switched from West Berlin to Napoleon. He also supervised and controlled the script. He has done all he can. The rest depends on whether Hadern, the chairman of the film festival, is as he wants.
That said, let’s watch Chinese movies.
The biggest problem in this era is the inconvenience of communication, Lin Chaoyang complained inwardly.
The day after he complained, Lin Chaoyang suddenly received a call from Shi Fang from the Film Bureau at around 10 a.m. "Chaoyang, I won an award! "Kid King" won an award!"
Shi Fangyu's tone on the phone was excited and full of joy.
Lin Chaoyang was also excited when he heard this. He asked: "What award did you win? The Golden Bear Award?" Upon hearing Lin Chaoyang's question, Shi Fangyu's joy on the other end of the phone stopped.
Do you really dare to think that the highest award at the three major international film festivals in Europe is a cabbage? Can you win it casually? "No. It is the Silver Bear Award, the Silver Bear Award of the Jury Prize at the West Berlin Film Festival!"
When it came to the award, Shi Fangyu's tone could not hide his excitement.
The highest award of the West Berlin Film Festival is the Golden Bear, which is awarded by the Film Festival Bureau to reward the best film in the main competition unit of the film festival each year. There is only one award in each session.
But there can be many Silver Bear Awards. Unlike the Golden Bear Award, which is aimed at recognizing the comprehensiveness and integrity of the entire film production, it is used to reward the outstanding performance of a certain film in terms of script, director, actor performance, etc.
The awards for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Screenplay, and Best Director are all Silver Bear Awards.
For example, in 2014, Liao Fan participated in "Fireworks in the Day" directed by Diao Yinan and won the Silver Bear Award for Best Actor at the Berlin Film Festival. The Jury Award was the most valuable among the many Silver Bear Awards at the West Berlin Film Festival. Only
Second to the Golden Bear.
To sum it up in terms of image, she is probably equivalent to the queen of the feudal dynasty - below one person, above ten thousand people.
Shi Fangyu's excitement is understandable. "King of Children" won the Jury Prize at the West Berlin Film Festival. It can be said to have broken the history of Chinese films and became the first film to win the heavyweight award at the three major European international film festivals.
Award-winning domestic film.
At this time, "The Truman Show" could not be forgotten, because the film was registered for the quota in the Xiangjiang area. After being happy for a while, Shi Fangyu explained to Lin Chaoyang the specific circumstances of the film's award.
The opening of this West Berlin Film Festival was on February 10th. "Kids" participated in the film festival. In addition to Tao Yushu attending on behalf of the film crew, Chen Kaige and Xie Yuan attended on behalf of the crew. The film bureau also sent officials to the scene.
Just last night, at 7 o'clock local time in West Berlin and 2 o'clock midnight Beijing time, the film festival held an awards ceremony.
The Soviet film "Theme" won the Golden Bear Award for Best Film, and "The Kid" not only won the Jury Prize, but also won a FIPRESPI Award. The FIPRESCI Award is also called the International Film Critics Award and belongs to Europe.
External awards often awarded at the three major film festivals or other international film festivals.
It is not affiliated with any film festival unit, but is awarded by the International Association of Film Critics and is recognized by professional film critics. It does not have high gold content, but it is very valued in the circle of film critics.
The fact that "The King of Children" won this award proves that international film critics are unanimously optimistic about the film.
After the award ceremony, the film bureau officials accompanying the film festival contacted China as soon as possible, but due to the time difference, they could not get in touch. It was not until this morning that they contacted the film bureau.
Shi Fangyu was naturally overjoyed when he got the news. After spreading the good news, he remembered that Lin Chaoyang might not have received the news due to the inconvenience of making international calls, so he called him specifically to inform him.
The two exchanged a few words of congratulations on the phone before Shi Fangyu hung up the phone.
"The King of Children" won the award. This was an achievement of the film bureau. He had to quickly contact several media to promote it.
Two hours after receiving the call from Shi Fangyu, Chen Huaikai took Jiang Huaiyan and ran to Lin Chaoyang's house. He was as happy as if Fan Jin had won the exam. "Haha! Chaoyang, I won the prize! I won the prize!"
Chen Huaikai's hearty laughter seemed to break through the roof, and he was full of high spirits. For him who has always been calm (lao) quiet (hu) and reserved (li), this kind of performance is really unusual.
But anyone who sees it will understand that they hope their children will become successful.
You must know that what Chen Kaige won is not an ordinary award. During "Yellow Earth", he traveled around Europe and won several awards. But those awards combined are not as good as the Silver Bear Award at the West Berlin Film Festival. This is Europe
The gold content of the three major film festivals!
When Chen Huaikai learned that "King of Children" had won the award, he immediately rushed to Xiaoliubukou Alley, dragging Jiang Huaiyan, who was the first to congratulate him, with him, without even bothering to deal with the congratulations from people in the factory.
He knew that without the help of Lin Chaoyang and his wife, Chen Kaige's road to winning the prize would never have gone so smoothly. "You must drink tonight! You will not come home until you are drunk today!" Chen Huaikai said proudly.
After he finished speaking, he went to buy groceries. At this time, two more people came to Lin Chaoyang's house, Zhang Yimou and Chen Jianyu.
After several months of creation last year, the script of "Red Sorghum" has been finalized. Zhang Yimou went to Shandong to scout locations two years ago and decided to shoot the film in Mo Yan's hometown of Gaomi, Shandong.
Recently, he is preparing for the crew and casting, and travels to major professional schools and theater troupes in Yanjing every day.
Today, he and Chen Jianyu were auditioning for actors at the Yanjing Film Academy, but before the audition was over, news was already circulating in the Yanjing Film School that "Kid King" won the West Berlin Award. After receiving this news, Zhang Yimou was sincerely happy for Chen Kaige
, at this time, he and Chen Kaige were still close classmates, colleagues, and friends.
After the audition was over, Zhang Yimou couldn't wait to come to Xiaoliubukou Alley and wanted to talk to Lin Chaoyang about winning the award for "Kid King".
After listening to Zhang Yimou's words, Lin Chaoyang was amazed in his heart. The news spread too fast. It's hard to imagine that this was the speed of communication in the 1980s. In just half a day, it spread even to Yan Ying.
While he was marveling at his skills, Tao Yucheng burst into laughter and ran into the yard. No need to ask, he must have heard the news about "The King of Kids" winning the award.
"Chaoyang, you two are so awesome now! One of you is going to win the Jury Prize at the Film Festival, and the other is going to win the Jury Prize at the West Berlin Film Festival. Your film company is on par with award-winning professionals."
Tao Yucheng's tone was full of excitement. Listening to his words, several other people present couldn't help but feel shocked.
After being reminded like this, everyone realized that "King of Children" was already the second film that Lin Chaoyang and his wife participated in to win an international award. You must know that before this, a Chinese film had never won an international award.
Such an influential award!
Now we have two at once, and the driving forces behind the scenes are Lin Chaoyang and his wife and their company Lin's Pictures. What an amazing achievement! Several people present looked at Lin Chaoyang and couldn't help but show admiration in their eyes.
color.
Lin Chaoyang said with a smile: "The success of the movie is not the fault of one person, everyone has contributed." But Chen Huaikai said at this time: "But you should take the first credit!"
Lin Chaoyang still wanted to be modest, but Chen Huaikai continued: "I didn't participate in "The Truman Show" and I don't know about it. Without your control, the script of "The Kid" would never be as good as it is now."
At this moment, everyone was very excited because of the award for "Kid King", and soon the conversation was in full swing. In the evening, Lin Chaoyang bought a table of wine and food, and everyone chatted while drinking.
Zhang Yimou was full of envy for Chen Kaige's award. Chen Huaikai encouraged him and said: "Yimou will become a director soon. You have talent in movies. It is only a matter of time before you win the award."
After listening to his words, Zhang Yimou quickly said humbly that it was his first time making a movie and he didn't dare to think about winning an award. He only hoped to make a good film. "If the film is good, the awards will naturally come, right?"
." Chen Huaikai joked.
Zhang Yimou echoed and laughed twice.
Seeing Zhang Yimou's lack of confidence, Lin Chaoyang was about to speak, but was called out by a phone call from the alley. When he came back, everyone was curious about what news there was, but Lin Chaoyang did not speak and opened the door to himself.
TV. "Chaoyang, what's wrong?" Tao Yucheng asked.
Lin Chaoyang showed a mysterious smile on his face, "You will know later." It was just past seven o'clock, and Lin Chaoyang broadcast the TV to CCTV. Luo Jing, who was wearing a gray suit and a green face, was facing
Tell the news through the camera.
Lin Chaoyang thought to himself, after all Ronaldinho is not fully evolved, how can he report news and still read manuscripts?
While he was watching TV, everyone was also looking at him. Seeing that his eyes were always on the TV, everyone had a premonition in their hearts. So, everyone just watched the TV quietly, and no one said anything.
When we went back to the wine and food, even the voices of chatting were lowered.
Ten minutes passed quickly, and we entered the last ten minutes of "Xinwen Lianbo", which usually reported international news.
Zhang Yimou was talking softly to Tao Yucheng. Tao Yucheng knew that he was casting for "Red Sorghum" recently and told him to go to the Central Theater Company.
In fact, even if Tao Yucheng hadn't said it, Zhang Yimou would not have missed the professional school of Chinese Opera, not to mention that there is a connection like Tao Yucheng in it. "I will go there tomorrow."
"Okay, I will arrange someone for you when the time comes." Tao Yucheng said cheerfully. At this time, Luo Jing on the TV was still broadcasting the news unhurriedly:
"According to our news, at the just-concluded 37th West Berlin Film Festival, the film "The Kid" directed by Chen Kaige won the jury award at the film festival. This is the first time that a Chinese film has won the grand prize at a well-known European film festival.
"
Luo Jing's oral broadcast was very brief, lasting only ten seconds, but it was a great honor for everyone involved in "Kid King". The winner of "Kid King" was even featured on "News Network"!
Chen Huaikai and others finally understood why Lin Chaoyang turned on the TV. They recalled the news broadcast of just ten seconds, and their hearts were filled with great joy and they cheered.
While everyone was celebrating joyfully, Lin Chaoyang's expression was very calm.
Later "Red Sorghum" won the golden bear in West Berlin in 1988. Zhang Yimou immediately appeared on CCTV after returning to China, and occupied nearly a minute. In contrast, "The King of Children" won a silver bear and appeared in more than ten
Seconds are also normal.
Lin Chaoyang patted Zhang Yimou on the shoulder.
"Yimou, this year it's Kege, next year it'll be you. West Berlin is our blessed place!"
Lin Chaoyang's tone and expression when he said this were meaningful, making Zhang Yimou's heart beat violently for no reason. "I will go all out!" Zhang Yimou said firmly.
Then his eyes turned to the screen. The news broadcast about "The King of Children" winning the award was over, but his ambition for the West Berlin Film Festival had just begun in his heart. The next morning, all major domestic heavyweight official media reported on "The King of Children"
King" won the Silver Bear Award at the West Berlin Film Festival.
Yesterday, the news that the film won the award was still spreading in the Yanjing film circle. Today, the news spread across the country through television and print media. Suddenly, the domestic film industry was shocked.
Around 1984, Chen Kaige and his class of 78 Yanying students made their film debuts, such as "One and Eight", "Yellow Earth", "Hunting Ground Zasa", etc.
These works shocked the film industry with their distinctive artistic style and unconventional image style. At the "New China 35th Anniversary Film Seminar" held in September of that year, the participating film critics put forward the concept of "fifth generation directors"
name.
Since "Yellow Earth", Chen Kaige has been regarded as a leader among the fifth generation directors.
Now with the blessing of such a heavyweight award as the Silver Bear Award at the West Berlin Film Festival, it has undoubtedly further consolidated Chen Kaige's status in the domestic film circle. It has made him far ahead of several directors of his generation who were once tied with him in the past few years.
Leaving behind him, he rode away from the dust.
On the third day of the closing of the West Berlin Film Festival, which was also the second day dominated by official media, Chen Kaige returned to China with great honors.
As soon as he got off the plane, he was surrounded by reporters at the Capital Airport who learned about his return to China. He was even more famous than movie stars. In the next few days, wherever Chen Kaige went, there were flowers and applause. A series of
Received interviews from many authoritative media.
As news reports spread, he not only became a popular figure in domestic film festivals, but also became a great director known to countless people. He was so proud of his horseshoe disease that he saw all the flowers in Chang'an in one day.
This ancient poem is the perfect way to describe Chen Kaige's mood and situation a few days after he won the award. Unfortunately, he was kicked out of the house by Chen Huaikai only a few days after he was happy. On the fourth day after returning to China, he was kicked out of the house.
"I've been back to China for three or four days. Don't you know how to stop by your Uncle Lin's house to express your gratitude?" "Don't think that winning an award is so great. Without everyone's help, how could you have won the award?"
Along the way, Chen Kaige recalled his father's lessons before he left home, and felt very unhappy.
He won the most important award at the West Berlin Film Festival, second only to the Golden Bear. Why can't he be happy? Besides, doesn't his contribution to the film winning the award be the greatest?
Thinking of this, Chen Kaige's inflated mentality suddenly shrank a lot, and the fear of being dominated by his father and Uncle Lin was recalled in his mind. Even if it is not the biggest, it is certainly not small.
He comforted himself and came to Xiaoliubukou Alley. When he saw Lin Chaoyang and his wife, he immediately showed a cute smile. "When will Aunt Lin come back?"
"Last night's flight."
Tao Yushu returned to China a few days later than Chen Kaige, mainly because he had to deal with the overseas copyright transaction for "Kids King". Chen Kaige quickly asked: "How is the copyright sale going?"
Participating in film festivals and winning awards are of course the key, but for most filmmakers, copyright transactions may be more important.
After all, making movies is a costly art.
When "The King of Children" first arrived in West Berlin, not many overseas film producers were optimistic about it.
Tao Yushu contacted several overseas film producers privately, and the buyout prices they offered were pitifully low, with the lowest being only ten or twenty thousand US dollars, and the highest not exceeding fifty thousand US dollars. Although Tao Yushu participated in the film festival for the first time, he was very familiar with the film festival.
The ecology is somewhat understood.
Film producers who were willing to give quotations in the first two days just wanted to take a gamble.
If the movie you buy wins an award, it will most likely create considerable profits. If the movie doesn't win an award, you will spend less money anyway and you won't lose much money.
After contacting several film producers in succession, Tao Yushu decided to pursue a copyright transaction and waited for the end of the film festival. According to feedback from Xiao Yu from China Film Festival, film festival chairman Harden was very optimistic about "The King of Children".
According to the unwritten rules of many film festivals, even if a film supported by a figure like Haddn cannot win the most important award, winning it is certainly not a problem.
Therefore, Tao Yushu thought it would be better to wait until everything settled. Although there was a risk of not getting anything, no matter how bad the outcome was, it would not be much worse than being picked up by those film producers. Facts have proved that Tao Yushu was right!
"The King of Children" won the Jury Prize at the film festival, and his net worth doubled overnight.
There was an endless stream of overseas film producers who came to bid, and the bids to buy out the copyrights were several times higher than at the beginning of the festival. For three consecutive days, Tao Yushu signed 19 copyright transaction contracts, with a total transaction volume of US$5.36 million.
.
This number is significantly different from the amount of copyright transactions after "The Truman Show" won the award at the Cannes Film Festival.
On the one hand, the reason is that France has been a powerful film power in Europe in the past two or three decades, and can even compete with Hollywood in the United States. Therefore, the copyright trading market at the Cannes Film Festival is much better than that in West Berlin.
On the other hand, in terms of content of the two movies, "The Truman Show" is obviously more popular with movie audiences in the Western world.
"King of Children" tells the story of China's contemporary social education issues, which is difficult to resonate with audiences in Western countries. Film producers also know this clearly. But in any case, the overseas copyright transaction amount of US$5.36 million is of great significance to Lin's Pictures
It's considered a great harvest.
According to the current exchange rate between RMB and US dollars, the amount of this copyright transaction exceeds 18 million RMB, and the return on investment of "King of Children" has reached an astonishing 1,500%. If making a movie is profitable, it is even more exaggerated than selling drugs!
Chapter completed!