fringe artist

Chapter 145 143. Chen Li'an: "My enthusiasm is very long-lasting! It's not just 3 minutes."

The pizza in Venice tastes very good, especially the seafood pizza. The smell of cheese and anchovies is very tempting.

Chen Li'an ate a twelve-inch pizza by himself, and also wiped out the two pieces that Bai Qing didn't finish eating.

"Satisfied." Chen Li'an patted his stomach, and lay comfortably on the sofa.

Bai Qing looked at the cheese sticking to the corner of Chen Li'an's mouth, handed over a piece of paper and asked, "Ji Fa will come over in a few days, are you going to pick her up?"

"What day exactly?" Chen Li'an wiped his mouth and asked.

Bai Qing tidied up the pizza box and threw it into the trash can, saying, "The day after tomorrow, the art exhibition will be awarding next week, and she has to come here in advance to find out about the situation."

"Well, I'm definitely going." Chen Li'an sat up straight and said, "I'll go back to China after the awards are over. If you want to play here, you can play for a few more days. There are still things to deal with in our country."

"Aren't you going to attend the closing ceremony of the film festival?" Bai Qing asked curiously.

Chen Li'an shook his head and said, "I don't have a chance to win an award, so why waste time here?"

"Why can't I win the award? Maybe there is a chance?" Bai Qing didn't know much about movies, and thought that Chen Li'an's performance was very good, so why didn't he have a chance at all.

"The competition is too strong. Film is a comprehensive art. If I act well, I won't be able to win an award." Chen Li'an explained and then said: "So I plan to return to China after winning the Golden Lion Award at the art exhibition."

"You are confident, so you are sure to win the prize?" Although Bai Qing was also very confident, he was not as sure as Chen Li'an.

Chen Li'an smiled and said, "Of course, this theme exhibition fits perfectly with our works."

The only pity is that the work has been sold ahead of time, otherwise the value will be even higher after winning the prize.

But there's no way around that. If it wasn't sold in advance, there wouldn't be so many people working hard on marketing, and Chen Li'an's chances of winning the prize would be much lower.

Generally speaking, Chen Li'an and Bai Qing are not at a disadvantage. After all, winning the award will be very helpful to their reputation, and their future works will appreciate in value.

The most important thing is that Chen Li'an feels that making money from painting is much easier than making money from filming. Even if it sells for 100 million, he will not lose money, not to mention the price is several 100 million.

The most important thing is that the production cost of painting is too low. A few bottles of paint and a piece of canvas will not exceed 1000 yuan, while the cost of a movie is hundreds of times, and it may not be sold in the end. million.

Just like the extreme cold, it is almost impossible to sell for a few million dollars, and it can sell for 30 million US dollars at most.

The news that Shu Qi and Wang Xiaoshuai brought back the next day confirmed Chen Li'an's guess.
"The film was sold for $20." Shu Qi said with a smile while sitting on the sofa, very satisfied with the price.

Converting 20 U.S. dollars into RMB, just over 200 million is a very good price. You must know that the production cost of this movie is less than 30. The seven-fold return rate is very exaggerated.

But half of it was for Tomson's film, and the post-production of this film cost 10,000+, and the remaining half was for Wang Xiaoshuai and Shu Qi.

"Why are you in such a hurry? If you don't wait until after the closing ceremony to sell it, you might really win the prize." Chen Li'an asked with a smile.

Wang Xiaoshuai and Shu Qi looked at each other, both showing bitter smiles. Before they came, they thought about the possibility of winning the prize, but after watching all the films in the competition section, they didn't have any hope in their hearts.

The extreme cold is good, but only good, and it is one or two golden rooster away from the Golden Lion.

Shu Qi and Wang Xiaoshuai did a simple calculation and said to Chen Li'an: "Here is 10% of your money, which is [-] yuan. Although it is not much, it is our intention."

Chen Li'an waved his hand and said, "Keep the 10 yuan for yourselves, and the two poor people will give me back the money, so keep it to improve your life."

Shu Qi: "." Who are you talking about poor?It doesn't matter which of us has money!

Wang Xiaoshuai: "." The poor said me!I am the poorest!
After skipping over this hurtful topic, Chen Li'an said: "I am not going to participate in the closing ceremony. I will go to Rotterdam next year when I can win an award."

"." Wang Xiaoshuai looked at Chen Li'an speechlessly and said, "Do you want to be so realistic?"

"It's not reality. I don't have time to spend here. I've been in Venice for almost two months. I still have a lot of things to do when I return to China." Chen Li'an explained casually, then turned to look at Shu Qi and asked, "Brother Is the Midnight Singing movie about to be released? I heard from director Yu Rentai that he didn’t make it in time for the summer vacation.”

Shu Qi nodded and said: "Well, I didn't keep up with it in the later stage, and there was not enough time for the announcement, so it was transferred to October."

However, there is no National Day in Xiangjiang at this time, and October is just an ordinary schedule. It is really hard to say how much the final box office will get.

However, with the film market in Xiangjiang and the film market in Wanwan, it is conservatively estimated that there should be a box office of more than 1000 million.

I just don’t know if Midnight Singing can enter the Wanwan market. Since Xiangjiang confirmed the return date, Wanwan has become more cautious in introducing Xiangjiang movies, and the number of introductions has also been limited.

But with Wu Qianlian as the heroine of Wanwan, it shouldn't be a big problem.

Those people at Wanwan Film Bureau are really narrow-minded!There are restrictions on the introduction of movies, which is not grand at all!
The mainland also invited artists from Wanwan to participate in the Spring Festival Gala!

Speaking of this, Shu Qi came to her senses, looked at Chen Li'an and said, "So you have to go back to participate in the promotion."

Chen Li'an shook his head and said, "Maybe. Director Yu mentioned it to me, but he didn't say anything specifically. It doesn't really matter whether we go or not."

Mainland actors don't have any face-to-face in Xiangjiang, so it really doesn't matter whether Chen Li'an goes or not.

Wang Xiaoshuai also knew the beating nature of the Xiangjiang entertainment industry, so he patted Chen Li'an on the shoulder to express his sympathy and helplessness.

"You are so popular in the European art world, but you are not popular when you go to Xiangjiang. It's really interesting." Wang Xiaoshuai said with emotion.

Chen Li'an didn't have so many emotions, but as soon as his thoughts diverged, he thought of Captain Jia's classic quotations.

Liu Ye: Then you are neither Chinese nor Japanese, so who are you?
Jia Gui: I am nobody.

Sixth Master: Oh, you are not human.

Jia Gui: Damn it, you are not human.

Hey, that's really interesting.

Chen Li'an couldn't stop wanting to have fun, but he turned his head and saw Shu Qi still held back, this is a good comrade.

"Why do you have such a strange expression?" Shu Qi looked at Chen Li'an who was trying to hold back his smile, feeling that he was thinking of something strange.

"It's nothing...it's nothing, I just thought of a TV series." Chen Li'an fooled around, and then said: "I won't be at the film festival for a few days, and the art exhibition is about to award awards, so I have to go there and walk around."

"Walk around? Can you find a relationship?" Shu Qi asked curiously.

Chen Li'an rolled Shu Qi's eyes and said, "Where to find a relationship is to show your face."

"Oh...then you go, anyway, the film is sold."

For an underground film that has no hope of winning an award, once the film is sold, it is basically the end. The closing ceremony of the film festival and the awards ceremony are no longer important, and they will not win awards anyway.

The matter of the film festival came to an end, and Chen Li'an focused on the art exhibition.

Ji Fa took Chen Li'an to various gatherings, getting to know artists and critics from various countries, and Chen Li'an almost turned into a socialite in the art circle.

Bai Qing was most annoyed by this kind of thing, never participated in it, and maintained the sense of mystery very well. One of the two partners was lizi, and the other was both lizi and face.

Chen Li'an has endured too much alone. Fortunately, Ji Fa is with him, otherwise Chen Li'an would never be too lazy to participate in so many activities.

At around ten o'clock in the middle of the night, Chen Li'an and Ji Fa came out of a reception, a little bit drunk, and they woke up quite a bit after being blown by the summer evening wind.

"It's finally coming to an end, and I'm just now finding socializing to be such an annoying thing."

Chen Li'an unbuttoned his shirt, looked at Ji Fa who was blushing and asked, "Are you okay?"

"It's okay, it's just a little hot." Ji Fa breathed out, looked at Chen Li'an and said, "Walk with me, just to sober up."

Ji Fa, who was walking by the river, looked at the reflection in the water, and said leisurely: "This is the third time I have brought people to participate in the Venice Art Biennale, and you are the most likely to win the award."

Chen Li'an lit a cigarette and put it in his mouth, turned his head to look at Ji Fa and asked, "Which artists have you signed contracts with before?"

"Many, but most of them are not as talented as you, and many of them have given up." Ji Fa said, looking at the moon hidden behind the clock tower, and said: "Art creation is really difficult. You can’t create a great work.”

"It's okay, I feel quite relaxed." Chen Li'an said lightly.

Ji Fa couldn't help but turned her head and gave Chen Li'an a white look, and said, "You think everyone is you, didn't Bai Qing create a piece of work for several years ago?"

Chen Li'an scratched his hair, it was hard to understand the creative bottleneck of ordinary artists, because he had never encountered a bottleneck, the world was full of passion in his eyes, inspiration was like a faucet that couldn't be turned off, and it didn't come out all the time .

So there is an ocean in his heart.
"I heard from Bai Qing that you plan to try sculpture next time?" Ji Fa said with some headaches: "Do you know that every time you involve a different art type, you have to start all over again. You are very good at painting and photography. But that doesn't mean your sculptures will be popular."

Chen Li'an threw it on the side of the road without quality, and said after stamping it out with his feet: "That's not every piece of work has to be sold, I just collect it myself, I like to explore different things, I need freshness, Always drawing would turn me into a rusty machine."

"I know, you are also like this about feelings." Ji Fa has seen through Chen Li'an's character for a long time, and couldn't help but sighed and said: "Sometimes I feel like you are like a child, full of curiosity about everything, and only Can sustain short-lived enthusiasm."

"You call it 3-minute heat in your Chinese?" Ji Fa looked at Chen Li'an and asked.

Chen Li'an defended: "My enthusiasm is very long-lasting, not for 3 minutes! You will understand later, I am just always curious."

Ji Fa always felt that there was something in Chen Li'an's words, and some words would make people wonder. It would be good if this topic could continue to deepen the atmosphere tonight. It would be a pity that nothing happened under the romantic night.

Ji Fa turned around and looked at Chen Li'an couldn't help but pursed her lips. Just as she was about to reach out to hold him, she heard Chen Li'an's words that disrupted the atmosphere.

"Go back early, I'm sleepy, and I have to dress up tomorrow to prepare for my first trophy."

Ji Fa still said unwillingly: "Let's go shopping again, maybe I can have another drink, and I'm a bit hungry."

Chen Li'an watched Ji Fa licking her lips, and felt that she was very hungry.
(There are still two chapters, wait for the update, I went out to meet friends tonight, so I wasted time.)
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