Chapter 265: Cost of Early Recovery

At 9:30 in the evening, the award ceremony officially ended.

The best film winner was the one that the audience had predicted from the beginning, "Shoplifters," which won the Palme d'Or and set the highest box office record for art films!
After receiving this award, Chen An was completely relieved.

After the previous events, the significance of giving this award to myself is self-evident.

After the award ceremony, the crowd began to leave.

The outside was already surrounded by reporters who had been waiting for a long time.

"What? Of course I'm happy. I've been happy since the beginning of the filming, not to mention winning the award now."

"Of course, as I said in the film, I decided to learn photography after watching To Live. This time, I found Gong Li and Ge You to shoot with me, which can be regarded as a dream come true."

"Wow, please don't talk nonsense. I have a good relationship with Senior Brother Zhang. Please don't spread rumors here. Those words were not said by him. Why should I care?"

"There's nothing much to say about what happened before. They have their own pursuits, and I have mine. The two are unrelated. I have nothing to say about Lou Ye and the others' remarks."

"Development, I think future development must follow the development of the market, commercialization must be promoted, the market is expanding, especially to build a commercial system to resist the attack of Hollywood, first preserve the local market and then expand abroad."

"I am not denying their path. I support diversified development. It's just that people with different ideals cannot work together and insist on different paths."

"Golden Horses? They sent me an invitation, and I want to attend. It's my first time to attend."

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Facing the besieged reporters, Chen An also answered some questions.

This is also the first time that we have responded to related questions after previous incidents.

Yesterday, November 4th, the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards announced the shortlist.

Chen An's work "Shoplifters" was shortlisted for several major awards, and it was also the first time that Chen An's work participated in the Golden Horse Awards.

So many people are curious.

'The biggest winners of the 23rd Golden Rooster Awards are Shoplifters and Chen An! '

The next day, news about this year's Golden Rooster Awards was quickly reported to major media outlets.

The news that the film won the Best Picture and Best Actor and Best Actress awards spread quickly.

What’s more, the speeches made by several people one after another went viral on the Internet.

The name of the director called "Photography School" appeared on the Internet.

Those who are looking for fun have the same opinion. They are divided into groups and believe that directors from the photography school are the best in the country!
The simple argument is that only directors graduating from the Photography Department of Beijing Film Academy have achieved the Grand Slam in the international film industry!

With all the three major European awards and the Oscar in his pocket, he is now the top director in the domestic field!
Of course, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is a joke.

There are only a few directors who graduated from the Photography Department of Beijing Film Academy, and the honors mentioned here are simply for Chen An and Zhang Yimou.

But he didn't care, instead he joined in and made his name more and more famous!

It's so interesting to fool people. Besides, it's not all fake. At least the international film grand slam is real.

Chen An pinched his chin silently as he looked at these provocative comments. After some thought, he decided to join in and have a look together.

"Dong Dong~"

"Who?"

Chen An, who was typing in the office, suddenly heard a knock on the door and asked directly.

The door was pushed open and Zhang Guorong, who had not been seen for a long time, walked in.

"Mr. Zhang, what a rare visitor, how did you find me?" Chen An said with a happy smile, feeling for the first time that someone waited for him to speak before pushing the door open. "Something happened." Zhang Guorong sat in front of him while smoking and said, "Amei is sick, this time it's a bit serious, I want to go over and lie down but I'm worried about the film production."

His face looked a little heavy. He took his first movie very seriously, and the script Chen An gave him was very good and he was worried. Although Ah Mei called him before and said that the situation was fine, he still had a bad feeling and was worried.

"So you want me to come? In fact, you can rest assured if you hand it over to the people in the company or slow down the process. I'm not in a hurry." Chen An roughly understood what he meant.

In fact, the post-production company’s capabilities are quite good, but the other party wanted to do it all by themselves just like when they just started filming, so they were involved all the time.

"I don't want to delay. I can't rest easy after spending so much money of yours." Zhang Guorong didn't want to delay. Chen An entrusted tens of millions of investment to him so confidently, so he must do a good job.

Chen An touched his nose and didn't know how to start. In fact, I feel relieved if you let the company do the post-production, but he still said:
"Let it go for now. There's no need to rush. You need to take your time."

"Besides, the money has already been recouped. The advertising investment and overseas distribution rights have already been sold and recouped. Don't worry about that."

Although he is the director and has the final say in filming, he doesn't know much else.

He directed the film, starring Yu Jinghong and Chen Kun, and wrote his own script and was credited as the producer. Before filming was completed, the overseas distribution rights to East Asia were sold and the investment was recovered.

Plus they made some money from the product placement during filming. With an investment of over 30 million, they had already recovered their costs and made a fortune before the production was even finished!
Upon hearing the news, Zhang Guorong blinked his eyes, feeling a little confused and a little unbelievable.

Suddenly he laughed again, "I'm overthinking it. I'll take a leave first."

"No problem, go ahead." Chen An said, "Take care of it first and come back. I originally wanted to ask you to accompany me to the Golden Horse Awards."

"You're such a big shot, do you still need me to accompany you?" Zhang Guorong said with a smile as he put out his cigarette in the ashtray on the table.

Chen An spread his hands and said helplessly: "I can't help it. The first thing I have to do is to face the Hong Kong movie savior. It's so famous that I can't not go."

"Yeah, that's not a good place."

Zhang Guorong nodded with deep understanding, and he didn't have a good impression of the Golden Horse Awards.

"Then I'll leave first and won't stay."

"no problem."

Chen An waved his hand and saw the other person off.

However, I also know that this time the other party can only see his old friend for the last time, but it is still a change.

It allows two good friends to say goodbye properly.

On April Fool's Day this year, the other party did not jump from a high altitude and play a life-threatening joke on everyone.

I hope that seeing my friend leave won't affect him now that his situation has improved.

Chen An, sitting in the chair, stretched, turned off the computer, put on his coat and walked out the door.

Unexpectedly, he ran into Chen Wei as soon as he went out and had to go back.

"Where are you going? Never mind. Just take a look at this guy first. I watched some movies nominated for the Golden Horse Awards today, and I think the protagonist of one of them is very suitable for the script you gave me."

Chen Wei, who saw the door open by itself before he pushed it open, saw Chen An standing at the door and hurriedly took the photo in his hand and showed it to Chen An while talking.

"Spring Lost?"

"Yes, it is this script. I found that I am quite suitable for it."

Chen Wei handed over the photo in his hand.

Chen An took it and took a look. He looked silly and stupid. Isn't this Wang Baoqiang?
"How is it? It's OK, right? When I watched the nominated movie "Blind Shaft", I was attracted to it at first sight. It seems to be tailor-made for me!"

Looking at Chen An who was a little surprised, Chen Wei who was standing in front said excitedly.

I am so lucky that I met such a suitable person while watching a movie!
(End of this chapter)