"Sorry, sorry, it's a little late!"

At around 19 o'clock, Chu Qing quickly walked into a conference room, without caring about anything else, and first apologized repeatedly.

"It's okay, we just arrived. Has Xiao Chu eaten?"

"I ate on the way and just came from the screening."

The person who asked about this question was a woman, who was in her 50s and wearing black-framed glasses. This is named Su Xiaowei, deputy director of the Film Script Center of the General Administration, and her husband is Huo Jianqi. She served two times in Huabiao, two times in Golden Rooster, and one time in Baihua. She is one of the screenwriters who have won the most honors in China.

The man sitting next to her is Xia Gang, who is also a very senior director. He has filmed "Half is Flame, Half is Sea Water", "Big Saba", and a film "Cheers to the Past" that Chu Qing likes very much. There is a little girl named Liu Yan, who is so beautiful that she is thrilling.

As for the two people on the other side, one is in the cultural world and the other is in the media world, they are not familiar with them at all. And these five people are members of the jury of the Youth Film Project.

Chu Qing hurried in and didn't pay attention at first. After sitting down, he realized this pattern: a long table with two people on the left and right, leaving the main seat.

He was immediately embarrassed. The room was full of seniors. What's wrong with him? But it was difficult to get up. Your butt fell down. It would be a prank to let him go.

While he was struggling, Gu Xiaowei seemed to have noticed something and smiled and said, "We didn't discuss it before. Now we have all the people. Should we start?"

“…”

When he heard this tone of consultation, he knew everyone's attitude, so he didn't feel pretentious: "Okay, let's start."

"Then I'll talk about it first."

Xia Gang didn't get the information, so he said, "We received a total of 512 scripts, 208 primary selections, 37 secondary selections, and 10 left in the third selections. In fact, everyone already has a concept, so I will throw in the bricks and introduce my final list."

He paused and continued: "The first one is "The Traces of Japanese Pirates", author Xu Haofeng. The script structure is very average and the story has no highlights, but I think its intention and fighting design on martial arts are different from traditional movies and can be called the founding of a school."

The four words of starting a sect are very serious. The other four were silent for a moment, and the buddy in the media industry nodded first: "Agree!"

"Agree!" Chu Qing continued.

"Agree!" Su Xiaowei also responded.

"agree!"

Therefore, the first place, "The Traces of Japanese Pirates", was passed unanimously.

"The second one, "Liu Rushi".

Xia Gang continued: "I won't say much about the script, everyone sees it. I just want to say one thing, with the current market environment, it's very rare to have such a serious movie."

"Oh……"

Everyone chuckled, "serious" is of course a compliment. However, Su Xiaowei remained cautious and said, "This movie has long been a mainstay. It is a project done by Xinying and Changshu. If we choose it, wouldn't it be too politicized?"

Xinying is commonly known as the Central News Film Recording Studio and is also a senior institution, but its presence has been greatly exaggerated by Zhongying. Their purpose of the election is very obvious, which is to use the power of the Beijing Film Festival to earn some gimmicks and market cooperation.

The questions raised by Su Xiaowei were very real. Everyone had concerns and looked at the main position together.

Chu Qing thought for a while and said, "It's indeed a good story, and they want to shoot it on film. This is probably our last batch of film movies and should support it. As for other things, they choose to send it according to the rules, so we have no reason to refuse... I agree to be selected!"

"Agree!" Xia Gang said.

"Agree!" said the media buddy.

"Agree!" said the buddy in the cultural circle.

Su Xiaowei hesitated for two seconds and said, "Agree!"

"Okay, Teacher Xia, you can continue." Chu Qing said.

Immediately, Xia Gang proposed three more movies, but unfortunately there were big differences and none of them were selected. There were 10 scripts in total, and the good and bad were in their own minds, but they just needed to reach a consensus.

It was Su Xiaowei who held her glasses and said, "I won't explain it, just say the names "The Traces of Japanese Pirates", "Border Storm", "The Grandson Comes from America", "Dark Light", and "Love Like This Time".

“…”

The four men were silent in an instant. Sister Su, you are hiding deeply enough!

"Dark Light" tells the story of a Israelite and a Palestinian.

"Love Like This Time" tells the story of a couple of Americans fighting against narrow social concepts and laws to fight for custody of a mentally retarded boy.

There are topics, depths, and backgrounds of the times, but your serious fujoshi expression makes us very weird!

"Cough, cough!"

Chu Qing coughed twice, pulled everyone's attention back and said, "I think "Border Storm" is great. There has always been a lack of real police and gangster films in China. Whether it is literature or business, there are only main theme movies. This movie is a good breakthrough, and I support it."

"How to say "The Grandson Comes From America" ​​is very good, but it lacks the infectiousness of being shocked. I suggest you put it aside first as an alternative."

"As for the last two movies, I think "Love Now" is smoother."

Since the fund is aimed at new filmmakers around the world, it has received a lot of overseas scripts. The five people try to be fair and just, but to be honest, they still prefer more Chinese-language films in their hearts.

The ratio of Chinese and overseas films is about 6:4.

After Chu Qing finished speaking his opinion, everyone had no objection to "Border Storm", but it took a long time to go on two gay films. It was not because of the sensitive subject matter, the jury was responsible for selecting the films and then throwing them into the incubation market. If a foreign company invests, it would be a good movie for nothing; if a domestic company invests, it would also get the opportunity for international cooperation and there was no hope of entering the mainland market at all.

The five people argued for a long time and finally chose "Love Now".

So far, 9 of the 10 scripts have been released. When the third person spoke, he naturally took it out: "My list is "Liu Rushi", "Border Storm", "Traces of Japanese Pirates", "White Winter", and "The Return of the Great Sage".

"White Winter" is a Norwegian movie. Xia Gang mentioned before, but "The Return of the Great Sage" is an animated film.

Older filmmakers are usually very conservative, rejecting this and that, but Chu Qing's jury is very open. So when "The Return of the Great Sage" comes out, everyone's discussion point is not "cartoons", but its operability.

"I know Tian Xiaopeng, he participated in the animation version of "Journey to the West" in CCTV. He has been destroyed for so many years, so I guess he is doing this."

The media buddy shrugged and said, "Our animation industry is far behind, and the overall box office is also very poor. Even if we pass, it is difficult to find investors. Animation is a black hole. Those with rich do not set limits, and those without money can make do with it. I heard that Tian Xiaopeng was very miserable. He used all his millions to fill the holes, and he also asked his wife, father-in-law and mother-in-law to borrow money... Well, I don't think so anyway."

Xia Gang retorted tactfully, saying: "I don't know much about cartoons. It can be shortlisted because of the freshness of the idea. I think modern people, especially young people, need such an interpretation of classical classics."

"Then we can't deliberately cheat people!" said the guy.

"Our job is to present stories, investment is the company's business, they have their choices, how is it called cheating?"

"But we have to be responsible for the follow-up. If the scripts we choose cannot be operated, what's the point? You said you want to shoot the Chinese version of "Avatar", and you shot the Chinese version of "Star Wars". Okay, your book is full of splendor, but we can't achieve it at all. It's just a castle in the air!"

As we talked, the atmosphere became more and more stiff, and there was even a tendency to quarrel.

It’s right for one to adhere to the movie first and the other to pay attention to the actual environment. After a while, it was still the old method, looking at someone in unison.

Chu Qingte thought seriously for a long time and said slowly: "Movies are a genre industry, animation is one of them, and the audience is huge. If we are not good now, it does not mean that we are not good in the future. We cannot work hard for the future because we are not good now. To put it bluntly, we are doing this to help newcomers grow. If "The Return of the Great Sage" cannot find investment, I will be responsible for it."

After saying that, he raised his hand: "I agree with being selected!"

“…”

Gu Xiaowei paused, shook his head and said, "I abstain from the right!"

"I object!" The guy insisted.

"I abstain from the right!" said another buddy.

Finally, it was Xia Gang, who insisted more and said, "I agree!"

...

After hours of discussion, all five places were filled: "The Traces of Japanese Pirates", "Liu Rushi", "Border Storm", "The Return of the Great Sage", and "Love Like This Time".

Chu Qing did not forget "White Winter", "The Grandson Comes From America" ​​and "Dark Light", and decided to help promote it. The five quotas are too few and too fixed. He has planned to apply to the organizer for flexibility and flexibility in the next session, such as 5-7, or 5-10.

Today is the 24th, two days after the opening of the Beijing Film Festival.

The progress of the Youth Film Plan will be early and will be announced on the 26th. At that time, new filmmakers at home and abroad will gather together. The organizer will not interfere in this whole process, and that is his stage. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!