Chapter 422: Becoming Famous by Stripping Off

After arriving at the hotel and settling in, Lu Pingan and Jiang Wen began to visit the film festival.

This time in Venice, Lu Pingan came not only to cheer for Jiang Wen, but was actually invited by the organizer.

He will go on stage as the award presenter the day after tomorrow.

I don’t know what award he will give, but Jiang Wen hopes that Lu Pingan can give it to him.

Lu Pingan also hopes so, and hopes that this time "The Sun Also Rises" will not fail to win an award like in the original time and space.

This time, the Chinese-language films in Venice are still shining.

Jiang Wen's "The Sun Also Rises", Li An's "Lust, Caution", Taiwan director Lee Kangsheng's "Help Me, Eros", and Hong Kong director Johnnie To's "Detective", a total of four Chinese-language films were shortlisted for the main competition unit.

Among them, the most watched are the films of Jiang Wen and Li An.

Overall, Li An is still the most watched.

Because this movie is indeed very avant-garde.

Speaking of "Lust, Caution", the two soon met the people of "Lust, Caution".

"Director Jiang, Director Lu."

A middle-aged man with a strange face came up to greet them, and then after introducing himself, I found out that he was from the publicity department of the "Lust, Caution" film company.

Then soon, Li An and Jiang Zhiqiang were called by him, followed by Tang Wei.

Tang Wei now is very different from a few years ago, and it should be considered that her appearance is at its peak.

The few people met, because Li An, Jiang Wen and Lu Ping'an are all familiar with each other.

With his introduction, everyone quickly became familiar with each other.

Then when introducing Tang Wei, Tang Wei said to Lu Ping'an: "Director Lu, long time no see."

Lu Ping'an pretended to be slightly stunned, and then suddenly said: "It's you."

Jiang Zhiqiang was very curious: "Do you know each other?"

Lu Ping'an explained: "I met him in 2001. At that time, my short film had just won an award, and I was in the school's directing department for an exchange."

After explaining, the suspicion of "old lovers" was eliminated, and everyone shouted "fate".

But Jiang Zhiqiang was still curious: "How come I haven't seen you work together if we both have numbers?"

Tang Wei said helplessly: "I was timid at that time, and then Director Lu became more and more famous, so I dared not contact him."

Jiang Zhiqiang laughed and said: "I am still thin-skinned, but it will be different after this time. Your business ability will definitely be able to catch Director Lu's eye."

As he said this, Jiang Zhiqiang invited Lu Ping'an to watch a movie.

When he said this, Lu Ping'an deliberately aimed his eyes at Tang Wei.

Tang Wei looked calm, but it was still possible to see that she was still a little unnatural.

As for whether to watch the movie or not, anyway, there was nothing to do, so it didn't hurt to watch it.

Then two hours later, everyone sat together and talked about movies.

One was Jiang Wen, one was Lu Ping'an, and one was Li An.

They were all movie masters, so of course they were quite professional when they talked.

Although Jiang Wen didn't like the story very much, he was still very concerned about the performance of the movie.

He even asked in an extremely professional and serious tone: "Is it a real-life shooting?"

Li An also answered in the same tone: "Yes, I didn't want to at first, but I always felt it was wrong."

Lu Ping'an also expressed his professional opinion: "It was handled very well. Who is the photographer?"

Tang Wei, who was standing by, had already found an excuse to go to the bathroom.

After a professional exchange, the topic of "Lust, Caution" ended.

Before everyone separated, Jiang Zhiqiang asked to have a cocktail party together in the evening. Jiang Wen did not refuse, but Lu Ping'an declined because he had other things to do.

Lu Ping'an had two things to do in Venice this time.

In addition to being an award presenter at the film festival, "Kung Fu Panda" was also released in Italy.

In the evening, Lu Ping'an met up with Cheng Long and others in Rome, hundreds of kilometers away.

Today is the premiere of "Kung Fu Panda" in Rome.

As a winner of the Golden Lion Award, Lu Ping'an already has a very high reputation here.

The same is true for him in Berlin.

So in this European trip to promote "Kung Fu Panda", in addition to Italy, he will also go to Berlin.

At the same time, "Peak 3" will be released in a few days, and Lu Pingan will also come to a few advance interviews with Cheng Long.

The premiere of "Kung Fu Panda" in Rome that night was very lively.

For many ordinary movie fans in the area, Cheng Long's arrival actually accounted for most of the publicity and promotion advantages.

So the premiere was very successful.

Lu Pingan paid special attention to the sales of peripherals.

Very good, the panda dolls sold very well.

If the IP can really achieve the influence of the original time and space.

If nothing else, Xingchen Toys can become a multinational company in an instant.

Not bad.

After the premiere, Lu Pingan and Cheng Long accepted another TV interview.

Then the two agreed to meet in Berlin the day after tomorrow, and Lu Pingan returned to Venice the next day.

That night was the award ceremony.

On the red carpet tonight, the unknown Hangzhou girl Tang Wei was even shy, and her lips trembled slightly with nervousness, but if the result does not change, she will become a new generation of domestic entertainment superstar in less than three hours.

The final result is also similar to the original time and space.

The Silver Lion Award for Best Director was presented by Lu Ping'an to Brian, the American director of "Revised Excerpts".

"Lust, Caution" won the Golden Lion Award and the Best Technical Contribution Award, and Li An, the film's cinematographer, and Tang Wei had their highlight moments.

"The Sun Also Rises" did not win any awards, just like the original time and space.

Jiang Wen was a little depressed.

But he just complained quietly, "What a bad luck," and then he regained his spirits.

After the award ceremony, Jiang Wen and Lu Pingan were interviewed by reporters. When asked what they thought about "Lust, Caution" winning the award, both of them just expressed "congratulations".

That's all I can say.

Neither of them wanted to talk more.

After all, neither of them really liked this kind of story.

Then Jiang Wen and Hu Qingquan started talking about the film company.

The film didn't win the award, and the most important thing next was the issue of money.

Jiang Wen said that he would try to make a one-time profit.

Lu Pingan still had the same attitude: money is not a problem. If I really lose money, I will be the protagonist and not pay me.

Jiang Wen laughed and joked, saying that this time I would lose a little.

After the film festival, Lu Pingan went to Berlin.

At this time, the film-related media around the world had already been dominated by "Lust, Caution".

Domestic media were reporting that Tang Wei became famous by stripping.

Various rumors were flying, such as "real knives and bullets", "unobstructed", and "blood-spurting", which made the fans quite excited.

Countless fans are also waiting for the movie to be released in November, wanting to see how she became famous by stripping off her clothes.

In addition to reporting on Tang Wei, many media also began to dig deep into the behind-the-scenes stories of "Lust, Caution".

Then soon, a media outlet broke the news that "Lust, Caution" had originally approached Jiang Wen and Lu Ping'an, but both refused.

The article revealed a sense of blindness between the two.

And Lu Ping'an's friends also asked about this.

Among them, Liu Xixi joked on the phone: "Why didn't you take it at that time? In this way, you can be the director and I can be the heroine, and we can dominate Venice."

The movie did approach Liu Xixi at that time.

Lu Ping'an directly retorted: "Real swords and real bullets, can you do it?"

Liu Xixi changed the topic at the speed of light, and then talked about Tang Wei's commercial influence. It is indeed explosive.

Many brands are waiting for Tang Wei to return to China to talk to her, which has affected other female stars. Several advertisements that Liu Xixi is currently negotiating have been shelved.

In terms of numbers, the most obvious thing is that before taking on the role of Lust, Caution, Tang Wei's advertising value was very low. Her advertising value at that time was one print and one film and television advertisement, which would last for two years, and the asking price was 50,000 yuan.

It is said that it has now jumped to more than 1.5 million yuan, ranking among the first-class domestic movie stars.

Among mainland female stars, only Xiaoyanzi after filming "My Fair Princess" and Liu Qianqian after filming "Pacific Rim" have seen such a surge in value.

Currently, mainland female stars whose advertising value has reached more than 5 million yuan include Zhang Ziyi and Gong Huang, while Zhou Gongzi and Fan Xiaopang are 2 million yuan. Xiaoyanzi's advertising value ranges from 1 million to 2 million yuan, and the same is true for Liu Qianqian.

Yan Danchen, who just won the Best Actress Award, has just entered the club of more than 1 million yuan.

Tang Wei can jump to 1.5 million yuan in one go, which is indeed a step up.

And this is just the beginning.

So almost everyone believes that Tang Wei's future will be limitless.

No one would believe that this was just a flash in the pan.