Chapter 954 Declaring Sovereignty
Chinese-language movies finally won the Palme d'Or!
The crew was also taking photos and interviewing in Cannes. In addition to reporting this exciting news, domestic reporters came to Yanda to find Zhang Chu, hoping to find a breakthrough from him.
As the screenwriter and original author of the movie, Zhang Chu is definitely an important factor in the success of the movie, not to mention that this guy also won an award at the Cannes Film Festival.
This award is compared with the best actors and actresses, but for screenwriters, it is already the highest award.
There are many media queuing up to register and enter at the gate of Yan University. The security guards are staring at everyone and confirming that they have swiped their ID cards one by one. They must not let unidentified people sneak in.
"Comrade, you can't smoke on campus, please pay attention to your image."
Fu Zhiming quickly pressed the cigarette on his finger to the trash can to extinguish it, "I'm sorry, I'm used to it."
He had a camera bag cross-body and his deep eyes were really like a literary worker.
Not far away, there were colleagues carrying the camera directly on their shoulders, and they were recording the summer scenery of Yan University campus.
There are familiar and unfamiliar people. Fu Zhiming is addicted to smoking and is extremely uncomfortable. It is extremely uncomfortable to not smoke as an old smoker!
"Lao Fu, where are you getting rich now? I thought you wouldn't do this anymore." A familiar person leaned over and threw him a betel nut. This was simply a savior.
Fu Zhiming found that this was his old partner Pang Wei when he was working in Life Daily. He had no contact with him after he changed jobs a year ago. He felt a sense of emotion when he met again.
"Old Pang! I knew I would meet you today." Fu Zhiming threw the betel nut in his mouth and chewed it. "I am now working as an editor on Guangming.com. As a result, there was no one on the reporter, so the leader sent me over and said that I had experience in interviewing people before."
Pang Weiren looked short and chunky, with a festive face, "I thought not many people came here, but so many people snatched the news, how can I do this exclusive!"
The media that can be called up have come here, and even many people from different departments of the big media have come to join in the fun, just like the reporters from the entertainment and cultural departments of Phoenix.com have come here, and their family is a big business, but they are willful.
"You still want to do exclusives. It's already great to be able to interview people, don't think so much." Fu Zhiming understood very clearly. He didn't think he could grab exclusives from so many people.
"The first Palme d'Or, which completed the last puzzle of our Chinese-language film at the European Film Festival. In addition, the actors, directors, and screenwriters are not ordinary people, so it is normal to pay more attention. Look, CCTV's reporters are not there, there are Mango TV and Yanjing TV."
In addition to print media, Internet media and TV media were all here, and there were even some self-media, and they all wanted first-hand news.
Of course, the school would not allow so many reporters to stumble around the school. A person in charge directly led these media to a conference room: "Everyone sit here for a while and have a rest. Zhang Chu is still in class now, please do not affect the normal order of the school. After he gets off, we will try our best to let him cooperate with your interview!"
Yanda has produced many leaders, scientists, economists, singers, and writers, so Zhang Chu is not an exception.
Of course, it is impossible for so many reporters to get together to play with their mobile phones, but to communicate with each other. Anyway, they are all working, so who doesn’t want to be more relaxed?
Ge Xiu, a reporter from Phoenix Entertainment, said mysteriously: "If you can't interview Zhang Chu later, we will have a chance tonight. The crew of Farewell My Concubine will hold a celebration party tonight. Director Xu and others will go directly to attend the celebration party after getting off the plane."
"Why don't I know the news at all?" Pang Wei was puzzled. He was one of the reporters in charge of the entertainment section of Life Daily. He had to know such a large amount of news from his colleagues.
"Actually, our company has also received an invitation letter." He Han from Xinlang Entertainment replied with a smile, "Maybe this celebration is not intended to invite too much media, after all, it was held in a hurry."
Fu Zhiming lowered his head and thought, how can he get the invitation letter?
"Tonight should be a grand event for Chinese-language movies. Actors who have time in Yanjing will definitely go there. After all, the Palme d'Or Award is very charming, and the face of Mr. Xu and Gong Li is also valuable."
Although the reporters in the room were all in the same journey, they were divided into small groups because of the different units.
Just as they were chatting, the bell for the end of get out of class arrived as scheduled.
Zhang Chu quickly packed all the things on the desktop and put them in his bag. Zhou Kang had just said on the phone that the driver was waiting outside the teaching building. Now Chris and the others have confirmed the content, and just need to sign a contract.
However, a man wearing a light blue shirt walked into the classroom, "Hello, Zhang Chu, I am a teacher from the school's publicity department. Now there are more than 50 media want to interview you, because they are worried that they will affect the teaching order, so they all stay in the conference room and wait. So we plan to see what you think, would you like to accept an interview?"
The students in the classroom couldn't help but stop what was in their hands, pricked up their ears, and then looked at each other.
Fifty media outlets!
Everyone knows that Zhang Chu's movie adaptation won the Palme d'Or, but he didn't expect it to be so popular that the reporters chased him to the school.
"Since they are all here, I can't let them go for nothing. I'll go downstairs for an interview."
Every job is not easy, and it is a convenient thing for Zhang Chu, which may prevent these reporters from working in vain.
Now he was just a little worried about his image. He had known that he shouldn't have stayed in bed this morning, and his reputation would be ruined for a lifetime. His idol burden was a bit heavy.
The staff member guided the front and said, "If you don't want to be interviewed, we respect your wishes. Also, congratulations, I will definitely go to the cinema to support your excellent movie!"
"Thank you, teacher."
Before Zhang Churen arrived, the reporters in the conference room were already in anger. They took the cameras one by one, squeezed at the door and refused to retreat.
As soon as he showed up, he almost had an intimate contact with the camera lens.
"I said don't be excited for now. You have to let me in so that you can communicate well. Are you blocking the door and asking me to leave quickly?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the excited reporters moved back one after another, but the hand pressing the shutter did not stop at all.
This conference room is a bit small, and it is really crowded after accommodating so many people. There are many students watching the fun on the front and back doors holding their mobile phones, recording the crazy postures of the reporters.
Zhang Chu smiled self-deprecatingly: "I stayed up late last night to watch the award ceremony, but I went to bed this morning. If you want to post the news later, please help me read the picture. Can you be so beautiful?"
"It's okay, you're still handsome like this!" He Han praised: "Teacher Xiao Zhang, congratulations on winning the Best Screenwriter Award at the Cannes Film Festival."
"Thank you, this beauty." Zhang Chu said happily: "Because I wanted to write a book and class, I was unable to stay with the crew until the end. I didn't even expect that I would win the award. I was not even prepared for the award review. I rely on Director Xu to help me receive the award."
Fu Zhiming asked loudly: "I heard that there will be a celebration party tonight. Will you attend?"
Zhang Chu nodded, "Yes, I will dress up well then. As a young idol, I have a certain idol burden. At that time, at least I have to wash my hair and change my clothes."
He looked at the flash lights sly and added: "Here, I can reveal it to you a little bit, and I will personally give you a surprise."
"What surprise?"
"Can you disclose it now?"
"Don't wait until tonight, just talk about it now."
"Is it news about Farewell My Concubine going to send an English version? Random House has announced this matter!"
"Is it related to the Lord of the Ring?"
Zhang Chu shook his head and said, "What is it, you will know in the evening. I will keep it a secret first. The English version of Farewell My Concubine was finalized on the opening day of the Cannes Film Festival. After watching the movie, my editor Blair was very excited to recommend this book to more people. In addition, the first draft of the last two works of "The Lord of the Rings" has been written and will be launched after I have revised it."
"It's already written? It's so fast!"
"Is there any news about the copyright of the film and television of "The Lord of the Rings"? The American "Vanity Fair" reported that Paramount had contacted you. Can you talk about this now?"
The contract has not been signed yet, so he cannot answer these questions for confidentiality terms.
There are still many questions for the reporters, and it seems that everything is what they want to know.
However, it was already good that Zhang Chu took the initiative to reveal the news written by the Lord of the Rings, so he waved his hand and said, "Thank you all for your hard work, but I still have something to do, so let's see you tonight!"
The driver who arrived earlier quickly came from the door, helped Zhang Chu block the reporters, and then got in the car and left.
After watching Zhang Chu's car leave, Fu Zhiming asked his old friend in particular confusion: "What surprises are there? Isn't it a surprise after writing the Lord of the Ring?"
"Who knows this! No one can guess what he doesn't say."
"It seems that the celebration will be a must-go tonight, otherwise you will miss Zhang Chu's surprise."
"You said, could it be that the copyright of the Lord of the Rings was sold?"
"Can't it be announcing his official entry into the film and television industry? He has won so many screenwriter awards, maybe he wants to prepare a brand new movie by himself."
"I feel like he hasn't stayed for five minutes, and the interview time is too short. No one has ever asked for his interview for a long time. It's really hard to interview such a person."
These reporters left after the discussion was fruitless, and only a very small number of people remained here, preparing to interview Zhang Chu's classmates and teachers.
There is no way to interview me, but interviewing people around me is also a way.
More people are anxious to go back to deal with news, and they can’t be slower than others!
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While everyone was wondering what the surprise of the celebration was tonight, a plane from Zurich landed slowly at Capital International Airport.
When the main creators of the Farewell My Concubine crew came out of the exit, the fans and media who came to pick them up almost surrounded the pick-up port!
Although their group was a little tired, they had no way to rest well. They had to attend the celebration party later to prepare for the release of the movie in China.
It is not omnipotent to have the Palme d’Or. Even if the overseas copyright transaction has recovered the cost, no one wants to make the movie box office higher? This way, there is also a lot of money to gain face.
Artists will not want to be poor for the rest of their lives. Now they work harder and can only laugh when they get box office dividends.
Although this celebration will be a bit hasty, the venue and layout are quite good, and the most important thing is that there are many guests.
The red carpet session is essential. The reporters photographed the constantly appearing celebrity artists in the cool evening breeze. This is more than the guests present at a TV series awards ceremony held not long ago, and the weight is much heavier!
Peng Nan wore a suit and showed the invitation letter directly into the main venue of the hotel. He is the president of Paramount China and does not like to walk the red carpet.
Today, he is not drunk, and he is responsible for the heavy responsibility sent by the Hollywood headquarters. He first draws close to Zhang Chu and talks about the copyright of the Lord of the Rings movie.
Although Paramount was rejected by Zhang Chu, he still did not give up, especially when Zhang Chu won the Palme d'Or for his work, which further strengthened the company's desire to get the copyright of Zhang Chu's movies.
Moreover, earlier today, when answering a reporter's question, Zhang Chu revealed that the Lord of the Rings trilogy has been written. The reputation and book sales of "The Lord of the Rings 1" are very high. Now the last two have been released, so there is no reason not to get the adaptation rights of this book!
Peng Nan just came to play the pioneers, and then handed it over to the staff from Hollywood to discuss in detail. Paramount China does not have the ability to produce, it is just promotion and distribution.
However, before he even took a few sips of this glass of champagne, he discovered the producers of Disney and several other companies.
They are not the publisher of "Farewell My Concubine". At this time, they are just for the same thing, that is "The Lord of the Rings"!
"It's bad now. It seems that we are a little too late to start and we are going to compete with others." Peng Nan thought to himself that it was not good, but on the surface, he walked over calmly to greet these enemies and friends.
They all knew each other's thoughts, but they did not say it out loud, but were prepared to use their own means.
"Listen quickly, it must be Zhang Chu. This kid is very popular. The reporters and the audience are calling his name."
"That's not. Many celebrities are not as popular as him. It's a pity not to be an actor."
While talking, two figures came over at the door, one was the familiar Zhang Chu, and the other was a blond and bald foreign middle-aged man with a big belly!
Peng Nan asked curiously: "Who is this person? Is his agent?"
Wei Zhen, vice president of Warner Bros. Pictures China, looked a little bad in an instant: "That's the producer of Universal. Damn it, were they the first to make it? No wonder Universal has never made a public offer. He thought they were not interested in this series, but he didn't expect that they had contacted them secretly. This is here to declare sovereignty!"
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Chapter completed!