In 1971, a Dutchman named Hibert Bals founded the film festival in his hometown of Rotterdam. In 1988, when Baals died, the film festival established a fund under his name: hubertbalsfund, referred to as hbf.

The funds of hbf come from the government, sponsors and box office, and of course they are mainly the government. Because the Dutch used it as a cultural facade to make international impression points.

This fund only supports the film industry in developing countries. And compared with other European countries, such as France's Southern Fund and Germany's World Film Fund, HBF is the one with the least conditions, the lowest threshold, and the most charitable nature.

The first director in the world to receive funding from this fund was named Chen Kaige. Until more than 20 years later, it funded more than 600 projects. The influence of the Rotterdam Film Festival continued to increase, and it can be said that HBF played a considerable role.

Lou Ye knew about this fund, but he didn't know much. He had a friend who was preparing to make a movie and was worried about the money for a long time. When Ge Wen talked about it, he asked by the way.

"Of course not. We have two opportunities to apply a year, the first time is during the film festival." Ge Wen wiped his mouth and smiled: "If you want to apply, it's best to get it as soon as possible, because we're the day before the closing."

"What are the requirements for applying?" Lou Ye asked again.

Ge Wen ate very quickly, and the small handful of food piled up in front of him had been wiped out. Seeing that there was still a little time, he simply introduced him to him: "The conditions are very simple. You only need to provide a complete English script and shooting plan. If the review is passed, we will provide an auxiliary fund of 10,000 to 50,000 US dollars according to different production stages."

Lou Ye nodded, knowing it, and no longer asking.

Chu Qing didn't care at first, but when he heard that there were 50,000 US dollars, he immediately became excited and asked, "Well, can anyone apply?"

"Oh, of course, as long as your script is accurate enough," Ge Wen smiled and added: "If you have a script now, you can hand it over to me directly."

"Ah, thank you, there is not yet, I'll ask." Chu Qing blinked.

"Okay. It's time for me to leave, I'm having a great lunch with you. See you on the closing ceremony." Ge Wen settled the bill and picked up his bag.

Several people got up and gave it to him. When they watched him go out, Lou Ye said in a sensation: "What, Qingzi, do you want to change your career and become a director?" He knew this guy's virtue and always blocked things he was not interested in. He took the initiative to ask, and he must have some ideas.

"No, what kind of director I am, it's my girlfriend." Chu Qing hadn't forgotten to order another pancake. He said, "She just signed a movie, and the director was so poor. I don't know when I could get all the money. I'm going to make up the money. I'm going to make a plan, and the foreigner gave me free dollars. If I encounter it, she will try it. If it passes, she won't have to sell the house."

"What's the director's name?"

"Li Yu."

Lou Ye heard it a little familiar. He asked again: "What have she photographed?"

"I don't know, I used to say that I was filming a documentary on CCTV, so I quit my job."

"Oh, I remembered it." Lou Ye suddenly realized, and said, "I also watched one of her documentaries called "Sister". She is very delicate and powerful. Finally, she couldn't hold back."

Chu Qing was happy and said, "Why are your circle so small? You will know each other if I say something?"

"It's not a question of knowing each other, I've never met you, I've heard of it." Lou Ye cut a piece of cheese and ate three pieces, not afraid of becoming a fat man. He said, "Many of us are like this, I have only heard of it. I haven't seen Jia Zhangke, but I have long been famous."

"Daming has a yarn, small eyes, and a jealousy smell." Chu Qing did not give Lao Jia any face and smiled and said, "Why do I do something else and let me get together?"

"Okay, I'll call Zhang Yuan and the others too."

Lou Ye, Zhang Yuan, Wang Xiaoshuai, and Lu Xuechang are classmates, and they are both from the 1985th Beijing Film Academy. Jia Zhangke only met Wang Xiaoshuai once, but no one knew him.

Chu Qing was not the ignorant rookie at the time. He knew about their combat history and couldn't help but lick his lips. What if these people got together, plus Lu Le and the half-toned Li Yu, what would happen?

If you don’t get banned from making movies, you will die in the Stars?

Hang!

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Li Yu always felt that he was lucky enough.

She was able to work as a host at a municipal TV station at the age of sixteen. After a few years of experience, she didn't want to do it anymore. She went to Beijing by herself and did not encounter any major difficulties. Later, she joined CCTV, filmed documentaries, and won several awards, which was well-known in the industry.

Anyway, from childhood to adulthood, she can do whatever she wants. Until she habitually tortures and overturned her previous life and started to make movies.

At this point, it may be that her early character was consumed too much, and her luck seemed to have come to an end. This film has been preparing for the beginning of last year and has been running around for more than a year, with insufficient funds and insufficient actors, and nothing was done. It was simply a mess.

Although she is quite hard-working and doesn't even blink a blind eye for selling a house, she sometimes feels a little depressed and makes random thoughts. Maybe she really doesn't have the life to make a movie.

And all this is different from the time I bumped into Chu Qing.

Li Yu felt that the good luck was back. He first found his muse, and then the guy came from the Netherlands to apply for a fund. If he passed, he could get 50,000 US dollars.

After all, the circles of documentaries and movies are different, especially her habit of enjoying happiness in the domestic system. If CCTV wants to shoot something, is still short of money?

She has never suffered from shortage of money at all. Now she just works alone, which is a bit confusing. The concept of overseas film funds is too strange and far away for her, and she never thought about taking this route.

So when Li Yu first received the call from Chu Qing, he was still very confused. After his repeated urging, he finally understood what he had to do immediately: get a copy of the English script within two days.

Li Yu went crazy after hearing this. She wanted to get the money more than anyone else, throwing away all the bad things at hand, and hurriedly devoted herself to this work. Her English is a bit bad, and it is even more difficult to translate texts, so she had to ask her colleagues from CCTV for help. Those who were scattered in foreign language channels were all great masters, and several people worked hard for a day and night. They translated one sentence after another three times, trying to be beautiful and rigorous on the basis of keeping them smooth.

She originally wanted to send international faxes, how much does it cost? Chu Qing was most disgraceful of this kind of prodigal behavior, so she registered two email addresses and communicated with each other.

By the way, most parts of the country are still in the original state of dial-up Internet access...

Her side is quite easy, but Chu Qing was very miserable. She went to the film festival venues and finally borrowed a computer. When she got the script, she was three days away from the end of the film festival, and she could barely have time.

At the same time, Lou Ye also sent a message to his friend, but unfortunately the guy was too unstable and could not match Li Yu's manly attributes, so he had given up filming.

She sent two Chinese and English scripts, and Lou Ye also took the opportunity to read them, saying that he had predicted that it would be a good movie.

The first film with the same-sex theme in China is Zhang Yuan's "East Palace and West Palace", but that is a man and a woman. Director Lou is not very interested in such themes, and he is more interested in the ambiguity between men and women. But it does not hinder his appreciation of this script.

Ge Wen was busy with the closing matter, and Chu Qing was embarrassed to disturb her private affairs, so she thought about following the normal procedure. Accompanied by Lou Ye and the translator, the three of them arrived at the office location of HBF. They were also in this small area, two rooms, and plain white walls. They looked like a public toilet from a distance.

The girl in charge of the reception was surprised. Some people came to deliver scripts so late. They usually just opened the film festival, or even handed it in a few days in advance. After all, the judges need to review one by one. If there are too many scripts, their energy will inevitably be limited. Submitting first is always an advantage over the ones that come later.

The little girl explained the materials she needed, and Chu Qing went to take photos and copy their identity information. To be honest, if it weren't for her girlfriend's performance, she would have quit. With his temperament that was too lazy to live, she would take the initiative to take on this matter when she was full.

In the front hall, Chu Qing was filling out an application form in English. Not only was he unable to understand it, but he was even more worried when writing. He translated one letter at a time, but in the end he felt really tired, so he simply pulled it over and brushed a few strokes to help him fill it out.

"Sorry, your information does not meet the standards, please write a copy again." The girl said with a smile.

“Which piece doesn’t fit?”

"Look at this, the applicant's name and contact name must be the same." She pointed to a place and said, "And you did not fill in the identity column."

"The applicant, contact person, photo and identity information must be the same person. In order to avoid the problem of defrauding funds, our staff will also follow up on the filming progress of the video at any time. If the actual situation and information are inconsistent, we have the right to recover the funds and hold them legally responsible." The girl further explained.

Chu Qing scratched his head, thinking about it, he was not stupid, he didn't even have an evaluation mechanism, and he would give you tens of thousands of dollars in vain.

The contact person's column is filled in Li Yu, because he didn't think he was a hero. Oh, I'll bring you money, so I have to do whatever I want. He just borrowed flowers to offer Buddha, and 50,000 or 100,000, and it won't fall into his hands. If you give favors, please give me happiness and don't be stingy.

After hearing what the girl said, Chu Qing was worried about it. It was easier to change the other ones, but the identity column. How to fill in it? The person who came to apply for either the director or the producer, what did he write, the actor's family?

Stop teasing!

There was no way, Chu Qing called Li Yu again to explain the situation.

Li Yu thought for a while and said, "Just write the producer."

"Ah?" This guy was really scared and asked unsurely: "You said me?"

"Yes, this is the money you have brought, and it's also worth being a producer." Li Yu said for granted.

Chu Qing hurriedly said, "No, no, I just took the lead. I didn't help me. Besides, I don't know if I can pass."

"Okay, if you don't write it, then the money will be even more out of the way. Don't apply. Anyway, you can do it. That's it, I'll die!" Li Yu didn't give him a chance to refuse, and disappeared quickly.

He forced his face to look at Lou Ye, and Lou Ye smiled and said, "What do you think I'm doing? You're so young and become a producer, with a bright future. Maybe I have to invest in filming in the future."

Chu Qing rolled his eyes and said, "Go to play with me." I have to pay a mortgage for a house and buy a yarn!"

Helplessly, I had to write the word "producer" in that column. In his eyes, this work had no idea at all. I knew it was in charge of logistics, which might be similar to the one who delivered lunch boxes...
Chapter completed!