To save the music festival, winning the championship is not too much.

April NO.18.

The Western European International Film Festival opens today, which is also the day of awards.

When chatting with Pierre Cardin, the other party told Xu Xuan that there was no need to be mentally burdened because the film was quickly selected because of the hard work of the royal family.

But whether to win or not still requires the votes of the judges.

Although there is public relations involved in any film festival awards, if the film is really not good, it will be in vain.

Xu Xuan naturally has no psychological burden.

Xu Xuan knows exactly what "Princess Holiday" is like.

The fact that it was liked by the Oscar judges back then proved that its plot was good and that it was quite popular with Westerners.

but!

If you really think that a movie can win awards just by relying on the plot and the acting skills of the actors, then you are too naive.

Otherwise, in the original time and space, why was "The Shawshank Redemption" canceled?

Don't you think "Shawshank" is not exciting and classic?

Furthermore, why was "Avatar" not liked by the Oscars?

In fact, there are many factors for a movie to win an award.

Factors such as public relations, subject matter, and the personal preferences of the current judges are all combined to produce so many classic awards.

Because "Princess Holiday" was selected through the back door, there was no red carpet or anything like that.

But Pierre Cardin is very famous here, so Xu Xuan can just follow him with Xiaoyu.

However, when entering the venue, an Asian in his thirties suddenly shouted in Chinese: "Director Xu."

Xu Xuan and Xiaoyu turned around in surprise.

This Western European International Film Festival is neither taken seriously nor well-known in China.

Because it is impossible for domestic films to be selected.

So it is very rare to meet Chinese people here.

"you are?"

The other party looked very energetic, with short hair and a suit and leather shoes. After he came over, he stretched out his hand: "My name is Zhang Zhinan, Zhang Kaigang's son. Although I really don't want to introduce myself like this, but if I don't say it like this, Director Xu probably won't hold back."

Xu Xuan smiled when he heard this.

After shaking hands with Zhang Zhinan, he stood aside and asked in a low voice: "Why are you here? Director Zhang is here too?"

"No, my father asked me to come here. He said you were here and with Pierre Cardin, so I came."

Xu Xuan was stunned when he heard this.

Zhang Kaigang's status has a certain influence in the world, so Xu Xuan is not surprised if he knows Pierre Cardin.

Surprisingly, Zhang Kaigang actually asked his son to find him.

The two entered the venue while chatting.

Zhang Zhinan followed Xu Xuan into the award ceremony and explained: "My father knew you were here through Pierre Cardin. He heard that one of your films was selected for competition, so he asked me to come over and have a closer look. Director Xu doesn't mind. Bar?"

Xu Xuan smiled and said thank you.

I am really grateful to Zhang Kaigang.

He must know that Xu Xuan has never participated in this kind of award, so he is afraid that he will make mistakes at the international film festival, and then asking his son to come over to assist him can be regarded as the care of the younger generation from the senior.

Speaking of which, we have to compare the gap between Wang Shuo and others and Zhang Kaigang.

What is a senior? Zhang Kaigang is the real senior.

Because the award ceremony hadn't started yet, there were many people standing outside in the lobby chatting. Xu Xuan followed Zhang Zhinan and chatted about domestic matters.

Then Xu Xuancai was surprised to learn that Zhang Zhinan had not yet filmed his first movie.

In Zhang Kaigang's words, Zhang Zhinan is not qualified yet, or his skills are not yet fully mastered.

So Zhang Zhinan has always been doing odd jobs with Zhang Kaigang's crew, or working as an assistant director.

When Xu Xuan heard this, his thoughts changed slightly: "Zhinan, do you want to come to Future Entertainment for a period of time? I have a few books, and I will definitely not be able to finish them all by myself."

Zhang Zhinan's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Is it true?"

Xu Xuan looked at the man in front of him who was many years older than him and smiled slightly: "Of course, but this requires Director Zhang's consent."

"No! I can promise you now. My father won't care where I go. You know, no entertainment company dares to take me in like this." Zhang Zhinan laughed softly.

Xu Xuan understands!

Zhang Kaigang's status is so high that he can be said to be the top being in China.

How could his son be 'activated' by an ordinary entertainment company?

You want to let Zhang Zhinan be the chief director, but Zhang Zhinan has no experience. If the movie is messed up, is it your company's problem or Zhang Zhinan's problem?

But to ask Zhang Zhinan to shoot a low-budget film first would be a bit unfair to his status, right?

Therefore, over the years, few film and television companies and entertainment companies have approached Zhang Zhinan to make movies, and then fewer and fewer people took this idea.

Although Zhang Kaigang has such a high status, he is definitely one of the poorer directors in China.

It’s not that Zhang Kaigang’s movies don’t make money, but the companies he works with are a bit weird. They often give Zhang Kaigang director’s fees instead of profit sharing.

This was a settlement method in the early days of Hua Guo Entertainment and continues to this day.

So you said you want to use his own money to make a movie for Zhang Zhinan?

Zhang Kaigang couldn't do it either because he had no money.

But if Zhang Kai just says a word, hundreds of millions or even hundreds of millions of investment funds will be given to Zhang Zhinan immediately.

But is the money so easy to spend?

People are investing in your son because of Zhang Kaigang's name. It's fine if you lose money, but do you, Zhang Kaigang, want to make a movie for them and make money back?

Therefore, the higher one is at Zhang Kaigang's level, the less likely he is to accept investment easily.

Then Xu Xuan extended an olive branch, and Zhang Zhinan immediately agreed. Because Xu Xuan is a leader among young directors and a capital investor, hiring Zhang Zhinan will not embarrass Zhang Kaigang.

This is also the purpose of Zhang Zhinan coming to find Xu Xuan.

Then Xu Xuan told Zhang Zhinan the outline of the story of "Crazy Stone".

Zhang Zhinan is also interested in comedy movies, so the two sides chatted very speculatively.

When talking about multi-line narrative, Zhang Zhinan was extremely surprised.

This style was extremely surprising to the director circle in the original time and space, let alone in this time and space.

So Zhang Zhinan had the urge to read the script right away.

In fact, Xu Xuan also probably knows Zhang Zhinan. After all, he is the son of the most powerful director in this time and space. It is impossible for Xu Xuan not to pay attention to him.

It is well known that he likes comedy, so Xu Xuan came up with comedy movies.

Not only stones, Xu Xuan also wants to shoot the "囧" series for Zhang Zhinan in the future.

Just when the two were chatting in a more interesting way, a man's voice suddenly came from behind: "Are you having a good time?"

Xu Xuan turned his head in surprise.

After seeing this man, Xu Xuan instinctively looked for Xiaoyu.

At this time, Xiaoyu naturally noticed Xu Xuan, and they both looked at the man who spoke.

The expression is a bit wonderful.