When I open the chat software, there are all kinds of congratulatory messages.
Zhu Xiaoce and others even took a short video of the scene and sent it over. It was a mess, and there seemed to be a lot of people shouting and cheering.
Pei Qian was silent for a moment and decided to clarify the most basic question first.
What is the Jury Prize?
Although Pei Qian also watches movies, he has almost no involvement in these professional award ceremonies. At most, he only knows about Oscar statuettes.
At this time, we can only turn to Qiandu for help.
Two minutes later, Pei Qian understood.
There are many awards at the Cannes Film Festival, the most important of which is the Palme d'Or. Like the Golden Bear and Golden Lion at the other two film festivals, it is the highest international award in the film field. Awards.
The last time a domestic film won the Palme d'Or was in 1993, and that was the only time.
The Jury Prize is considered the second highest award.
The last time a domestic film won this award was back in 2000, so the headline of the news read "Winning the award again after 11 years."
After reading the popular science on Qiandu, Pei Qian didn’t know whether he should feel sad or happy.
Fortunately, it’s not the Palme d’Or, just second place.
Pei Qian is afraid that his European Emperor's physique will come into play again. If he really wins the Palme d'Or, then this matter will be really big!
This is not completely impossible. After all, the more professional a film critic is, the easier it is for him to make up his mind. Who knows what European and American film critics will come up with when they see a subject like "A Better Tomorrow" Something is coming!
However, the current situation is enough to leave Pei Qian speechless.
Although it is second place, it is difficult to get it!
Domestic films have been working hard for eleven years, and they go to Cannes almost every year to send their films for premiere. In the end, most of them are sidekicks, and it is impossible to win second place.
In the end, I made a film. I just wanted to give the audience a drug and lose a little money. But it turned out that the domestic box office exploded, and it actually won an award at a film festival?
There must be something wrong with this world...
...
Pei Qian got up silently, washed up, and came to the company.
On the 16th floor of Shenhua Deluxe, all employees are working seriously, creating a quiet and peaceful scene.
Pei Qian let out a sigh of relief and couldn't help but secretly rejoice. Fortunately, he had arranged for Feihuang Studio to go into shock. Otherwise, all the employees of Feihuang Studio would have blocked the door of his office today to say congratulations to him. So who can withstand it?
At least it ensures that the spring water in your home is safe.
However, as soon as Pei Qian stepped into the office, he heard a "bang" and the cork of the champagne bottle flew into the sky!
At the same time, the sounds of various fireworks and ribbons alsoOne after another, the entire office area became lively in an instant.
"SURPRISE!!"
"Congratulations, Mr. Pei!"
""Beautiful Tomorrow" won the award, and Director Zhu Xiaoce specially thanked you! Interview "How do you feel now?"
Everyone stood up from their seats, some holding fireworks and ribbons, some applauding, and some pouring champagne.
Pei Qian looked at Assistant Xin with a confused expression: "This..."
Assistant Xin explained with a smile: "Mr. Pei, please consider the employees of Feihuang Studio We are all on vacation, and the main creative team of the film are also abroad, so we prepared this celebration ceremony for them."
"After all, how could something worth celebrating be ignored?"< /p>
Pei Qian: "..."
You are so thoughtful.
But I don’t need this kind of celebration, damn it!
Someone nearby served champagne, and everyone present had a share.
Pei Qian could only silently pick up the glass and drink it down in one gulp.
Hao Yun, who was standing aside, was a little confused and said doubtfully: "Uh, Mr. Pei, shouldn't I say a few words first?"
Pei Qian put the wine glass on the table next to him. Previous play: "It's all in the past, what's there to talk about. Okay, let's get to work!"
Still celebrating?
Celebrate once now, and Huang Sibo and the others come back to celebrate again. Do they want me to suffer twice?
There are no doors!
When Mr. Pei entered his office and closed the door, Assistant Xin smiled slightly and said to everyone: "Ms. Pei's character has always been like this. Okay, let's start working. Let's celebrate when Huang Sibo and the others come back. It’s not too late.”
Wu Bin was on the side, writing down quickly in a small notebook.
"Sure enough, after such a long time, Mr. Pei's character has not changed."
"I heard that Mr. Pei was a success in "Sea Fortress" before. In this way, I just took a symbolic sip of champagne to celebrate, and immediately devoted myself to the next work."
"When I heard about it from Bao Xu, I thought it was just an art. Exaggeration."
"After all, even if those successful people don't rest on their past achievements, they can't even skip a short celebration, right?"
"Now? It seems that this is true and is not an exaggeration at all. Mr. Pei is such a person."
"Well...it seems that this paragraph can be written into the annotation of Tengda Spirit and sent to Cui Geng. Let him consider how this material should be used."
...
In the office, Pei Qian took out his phone and started looking through the 99+ unread messages.
Most of the contents were congratulations, and the contents were all the same, so Pei Qian silently ignored them.
You can’t come back at all, and if you do, the other party will take advantage of it again.Starting a chat and praising "Better Tomorrow", isn't that a secondary injury to Mr. Pei?
So, Pei Qian considered posting to Moments later and said thank you very much, but there were too many messages to reply to them all. He blocked new messages in Moments, and that was it. It's over.
After flipping through the pages, Pei Qian suddenly stopped.
His eyes stayed on a message sent by Lin Chang.
"Mr. Pei! Congratulations! When you go to Jingzhou in a while, you have to treat me to a drink! Although the award is due to the quality of the film itself, I will find a way to select the film for you. Going to Cannes should give me some credit, right?"
Pei Qian: "? ?"
He quickly typed and replied: "You chose the film?"
< p>Not long after, Lin Chang replied."Mr. Pei, why are you just replying to the message now? Were you too high and drunk last night?"
"Of course I found someone to send it to. Cannes has always only I prefer films that premiere at my own film festival. If I don’t have some connections, the judges won’t accept them at all.”
“But Mr. Pei, I’m not asking for credit. I’m very honest. I didn't expect "Better Tomorrow" to actually win an award. I just saw that the movie's box office performance abroad was too poor, so I wanted to help you a little."
"The main reason why "Better Tomorrow" will win an award is because of your film. The filming was good, and I completely conquered the jury. Otherwise, no matter how hard the relationship is, it will not work."
Pei Qian: "..."
We caught the dog!
It turns out you were the one behind it all!
Pei Qian seriously considered whether he could find a way to arrange Guan Shuisheng within the Shenhua Group?
For example, arrange to be in the office of the president of Shenhua Film and Television?
Things within the company have indeed been clarified, but things outside the company are still blind!
"That really betrays your good intentions. As far as I know, it seems that the overseas box office performance of "Better Tomorrow" is too poor, and it will be withdrawn soon, right?" Pei Qian said in black. Face typed back.
He is mainly worried about two points now. The first is the sharing contract signed with Ellie Island. As soon as the movie wins the award, there will definitely be a lot of new viewers watching it online, which is another huge sum. Income; secondly, foreign video websites may have to spend a lot of money to buy the overseas online copyright of "Better Tomorrow".
As for the overseas box office, "Better Tomorrow" was released at the beginning of the month. The film schedule is not high and the box office performance is not good. It is expected to be withdrawn soon.
Lin Chang: "Withdrawal? The latest news, after "Better Tomorrow" won the award, it has already hit the screens of overseas media! Major theaters have extended the schedule by one month, and the film scheduling rate has also been increased. . ”
“A film like this that won the Grand Jury Prize is commercially good, so how can it be withdrawn? The theaters want to take advantage of this popularity to make more money!”
Pei Qian: "..."
I am asking this question too muchWhat's the sentence for?
It is true that blessings never come in pairs, and misfortunes never come alone!
I originally thought that the overseas release of "Better Tomorrow" was a false alarm, but it turned out to be better now. After one film festival, the situation has completely changed!
Pei Qian felt extremely melancholy. This cycle has simply seen a sharp increase in pressure.
What about the money you promised to make a bad movie?
This movie will make money at home, abroad, in theaters, online... and the list goes on!
Pei Qian felt that this was his most failed investment.
Uh... No, it could also be the second failure.
The honor of first failure should always belong to "Lonely Desert Highway" and the 50,000 yuan.
Lin Chang continued: "Also, Mr. Pei, in two days, the second round of interpretation of your movie should begin. Are you ready to be photographed with a rainbow fart? ?"
Pei Qian: "?"
Lin Chang: "Sometimes, before a good thing goes abroad, everyone evaluates it. That’s another comment.”
“I’m very curious now. Many people thought that “A Better Tomorrow” was filmed in a nondescript manner, and Chinese people didn’t like it, and neither did foreigners. But now “A Better Tomorrow” is being released. What should I say after winning an award at Cannes?"
"Okay, Mr. Pei, keep having fun, and remember to treat me to a drink when I get to Jingzhou!"
Look! Pei Qian fell silent while reading the chat history with Lin Chang.
It’s so bald!
......
At the same time, Moyu Internet Cafe Handong University Store.
"Hello, I am Xiao Peng, the person in charge of Moyu Internet Cafe, who are you?"
Liang Qingfan shook hands with Xiao Peng: "My name is Liang Qingfan. He is the designer of Mr. Pei’s Sloth Apartment project.”
“Oh! Please take a seat.”
Xiao Peng and Liang Qingfan sat by the window in the coffee area. Next, the waiter brought two cups of coffee.
After the two exchanged a few words, Liang Qingfan revealed his purpose.
"Mr. Xiao, are you interested in changing the decoration style of Moyu Internet Cafe?"
Liang Qingfan has been in Beijing recently after completing the Sloth Apartment project. Zhou traveled around, collected inspiration, and waited for Mr. Pei's next instructions.
But after waiting for a long time with no news, he felt a little bored.
Then, Liang Qingfan decided to take a step first.
There are so many properties under Mr. Pei’s control, including Moyu Internet Cafe, Moyu Takeaway, Managed Gym, Sloth Apartment, etc., all of which need to be renovated.
If you can take over all these and design several well-known and popular cases, it will be very critical to improve your reputation.
What's more, he knows very well that Tenda's departments are not short of money, and they will definitely not suffer in terms of design fees.
So, todayThat day he strolled to Moyu Internet Cafe to meet Xiao Peng, planning to get to know him in advance so that it would be more convenient for him to cooperate in the future.
Xiao Peng thought for a while: "No need for the moment. Moyu Internet Cafe 1.0 and 2.0 are highly accepted by consumers, and it may be inappropriate to change the style rashly; Moyu Internet Cafe 3.0 is currently under renovation It’s won, and it’s not convenient to modify it for the time being.”
“Of course, if Moyu Internet Cafe 4.0 is launched in the future, I will definitely contact you as soon as possible.”
“However, I do know a place that needs help. How about you go to the Terror Hotel?"
"I'll give you the phone number of the person in charge there. Just contact him directly."