Chapter 235: The Great Director’s Dialogue with the Great Director

Although it is still summer vacation, Beijing Film Academy is particularly lively today, with many students in Beijing coming back; and the security guards closely guard the school gate, blocking a large number of young movie fans and media reporters. In the beautiful modern campus, the roads are neat and surrounded by green trees, it looks like a young university atmosphere that is very suitable for learning.

On the way to the campus of the main teaching building, a large group of people surrounded a young man with a black haired man wearing a gray and black casual shirt and jeans, followed by two burly white men and a middle-aged white woman; walking in front were several leaders of Beijing Film Academy, led by a thin black suit, with a kind-eyed and fat middle-aged man Zhang Huijun, vice president of Beijing Film Academy. He guided the surroundings along the way and introduced something.

"Oh! Very good." Listening to Zhang Huijun's words, Wang Yang looked at the university environment with great enthusiasm, and occasionally responded that the university campus is a place full of beauty, youthful recklessness, and youth burning, and a holy place in his hearts and countless people. The beautiful Beijing Film Academy gave him a good feeling, but unfortunately this is not the beginning of the semester, otherwise you can feel that unique vitality.

But he also felt a little strange in his heart, because it seems that such a grand reception of personal tours should not appear. Anyway, he is more majestic than the president. Suddenly he noticed that there was a huge pyramid building in the distance ahead. Wang Yang couldn't help but ask curiously: "Mr. Zhang, is that pyramid a symbol of the Beiying?" It's like a bronze statue of Troy in the Large South Carolina?

"Uh..." Zhang Huijun, who had the questions and answers, didn't know what he should say. Several other school leaders looked at each other quietly, choosing to make up a new meaning or be true? What made them unable to escape was that this young big man walked towards the pyramid with interest and asked: "Very beautiful pyramid! Is there any story? The grudge between the school?"

"This was originally our college that held a pyramid college award." Zhang Huijun chuckled while walking, thinking about the appropriate words. In order to make the school have some spiritual traditions, the Beijing Film Academy leaders held a pyramid college award to select the films produced by alumni that year. Each award was publicly voted by various departments and awarded the pyramid award to outstanding alumni.

Then the trophy with the winner's name engraved with the name of the movie is stored in the pyramid, and a brick must be pasted outside the pyramid. So this pyramid building was found, and the first Pyramid Academy Award in 1992, and the best film selected by the director department was awarded to "Qiu Ju Fallen" directed by Zhang Yimou; then in 1993, all the awards in all departments were selected for "Farewell My Concubine" directed by Chen Kaige.

However, the results of these awards must be reported, and only if the above approved it will take effect. The above disagrees with the election of "Farewell My Concubine" as the best film, because there was another Cultural Revolution, and the content of homosexual films was not good! Beijing Film Academy had to ask students to vote again, but the other departments changed the result, that is, the director department continued to choose "Farewell My Concubine" as the best film.

In this way, the second Pyramid Academy Award ended in vain. In 1994, Beijing Film Academy wanted to continue this award, so it thought of a method, and changed it to a two-year period. The second Academy Award from 93-94 began again. Most of the awards from other departments chose "Back to Back, Face to Face", but the people from the director department chose "Farewell My Concubine".

Then until now, the second college award has not been completed. The pyramid, which originally hoped to become a symbol of the Northern Film Academy, has become a place for students to talk about love, laugh and fight, and drunks to climb.

Thinking of these past events, Zhang Huijun sighed helplessly. It was so difficult to do academic creation in this environment. He organized the organization: "I originally planned to carve the information of the winners on the pyramid, but later I encountered some difficulties and temporarily put them aside."

"What's wrong?" Wang Yang was a little incomprehensible. He stopped and looked at the pyramid in front of him. He couldn't find any award information even if he looked left and right. He encountered difficulties in getting school awards? Funding difficulties? Is it necessary? Is there a lot of money? He asked with a smile: "I think this idea is very good. If students later see this pyramid, you know that it will be very traditional, honored, and belonging... the university needs these. How could it not be done?"

"Where is this, Mr. Wang." Zhang Huijun looked embarrassed, and several other Beijing Film Academy leaders were speechless. He covered up his embarrassment with a smile: "The situation here is different. There was a result of one term. The superiors did not approve it, so... this matter was gone."

The above? Wang Yang frowned in confusion. What is the selection process? Is it necessary to approve it from the top? What is the above... He suddenly reacted and couldn't help but exclaim: "woo, how-could!" in a hurry, blurted out English and swallowed back "what-the-hell!". He looked up at the pyramid a few times, and felt angry in his heart. He raised his eyebrows and sighed: "How can this be done? I really can't believe it. It's such a pity."

After saying that, he walked towards the teaching building, and suddenly felt that the beautiful environment around him seemed to be tied to a red shackle, and the whole world was filled with fireflies.

He naturally knew what the university here suffered after that year, but he did not expect that it would go to this level. The pyramid went from sharp to sadness, which was really heartbreaking and regretful.

University is an independent and free autonomous paradise, with free academic and free thoughts, and every professor and student can express their feelings to create an atmosphere called university... Even if there is an award, how can you run a good education... or do a good movie? This is really... He wants to hit the disapproval person hard and break the damn guy's ribs.

After passing this pyramid, during the next tour, although the teaching building is beautiful, some film laboratories are very advanced, and Zhang Huijun and other Beijing Film Academy leaders are laughing and cheering, Wang Yang is not in a good mood and just keeps smiling. Anyway, he, a non-graduate from Southern California University, has no suggestions and will not work. However, the students are unfortunate, and they are devoted to studying but encounter such a university that is forced to lose their souls.

After swimming for a long time, he came out to the green campus road again. Wang Yang did not want to be hugged by a large group of people anymore, so he told the leaders of Beijing Film Academy that he wanted to take a walk by himself and had a bodyguard assistant to accompany him. Zhang Huijun naturally did not object, and there would be no surprises. This morning, the school only allowed school personnel and students to come in. They had already ordered that discipline be abide by.

"Wang Yang has been here for a long time just now! We practice morning exercises here every day, so I have to think of him every morning!", "Hahaha!", "Don't be idiot!", "I saw Wang Yang!! He was there, he seemed to look at us! He was laughing!", "Oh, is he coming? He seems to be coming! He is coming!", "My God!"...

After a while, I returned to the pyramid. I saw nearly ten girls standing next to the pyramid, pointing and laughing at something. Seeing a girl with long hair looking at her excitedly, Wang Yang smiled at her. These people should be students from Beijing Film Academy, right? Drama performance? Is anyone who learned to direct like Nancy? Seeing that they seemed very excited, Wang Yang walked over with a smile.

The young girls are all pretty and have a sense of image lens, with different temperaments, and their clothes are very fashionable and beautiful. Wang Yang thinks that they should all learn to perform. Seeing him approaching with bodyguards, the excited girls calmed down instead, very nervous and magical! He raised his hand and said hello and laughed, "Hi! Hello."

"Hi! Hello..." The girls who were a little confused suddenly responded, with different thoughts in their hearts, excited and nervous fan mentality, ready to ask for autographs, and thought about how to leave an impression in the heart of this super director, make a familiar face, maybe there will be a suitable role in the future, and then think of her?! How can you know him? Is it possible? And everyone's common mind is that there is a rare opportunity!

"Director Wang! I am a student in the performance department here...", "Mr. Wang, can I give me an autograph!", "Can I take a photo together?"...

The voice suddenly burst out, and the girls were almost talking excitedly, with only one or two smiling silent. Wang Yang, surrounded by various voices, nodded and smiled: "You can sign it! No problem." He took the signature pen from Susan McCarthy, and then took the signatures handed over by several girls. The girls introduced themselves: "Director Wang, my name is Zheng Luoxi!", "My name is Mu Tingting.", "Director Wang, I like your "Singing and Dance" the most."...

"Oh! Thank you everyone." Wang Yang lowered his head and signed the name. He glanced at the man when he heard the name. He originally wanted to talk about college life here, but he became a meeting with fans.

When they saw them asking for their autographs, the other girls who also liked him but were not keen on collecting autographs were immediately looking for something to hand it over. Will others have a good impression? If everyone wants it, she doesn't want it. Does it seem special or disrespectful? Just ask for it! When everyone handed over the autograph, they introduced their name contagiously: "My name is Zhao Ke."... "Hello Shenqiyang, my name is Wang Luodan."

"Oh!" Wang Yang held a pen and signed it on the notebook. Hearing the words, he looked up at the short-haired girl talking, and while writing "Wang Yang, youngwang", he smiled and said, "Is it the tiger king? Classmate, we don't know that it was a family hundreds of years ago!"

It was obviously not a joke, but the girls naturally chuckled. Many people envied Wang Luodan for getting this sentence, so he said this! Isn’t it an impression? I had known that he would have called him magical! Wang Luodan was not particularly happy when she smiled. In fact, she didn’t know what they were excited about, the youngest Oscar Best Director and their errand runners on the other side of the earth...

Don’t talk about Hollywood movies. She thinks she is so ugly, it would be great to be an actor in a TV series here!

"All signed! So goodbye!" Wang Yang turned his signature pen and grabbed it. He couldn't talk about college life in a noisy way, so he laughed and said goodbye. Amid the farewells of the girls, he turned around and left with Susan McCarthy.

After a long tour, they signed several batches of students during this period. The mood, which was not very high, was quickly exhausted. Wang Yang asked Susan McCarthy to call the school and left Beijing Film Academy by car and ended the morning sightseeing. After lunch break and dinner, they came to Beijing Film Academy again in the afternoon and attended the film seminar in the multi-purpose hall of Yifu Building. The interlocutors included Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang.

Both are representatives of the fifth generation of Chinese film directors, and Chen Kaige is the "three kings" of mainland Chinese directors.

At the Oscars ceremony in March this year, Wang Yang met Zhang Yimou and talked a lot in the backstage that day. Zhang Yimou gave him the impression that he was a very cautious person, and he was very polite and polite no matter what he talked about. Of course, it was his first time to get in touch with Feng Xiaogang, but shortly after the discussion and dialogue began, he had already discovered that Feng Xiaogang spoke very straightforwardly and was a good interlocutor.

In front of the multi-functional hall is a stage covered with red carpets, and there are pleasant flower pot plants. The three of them sat on the mahogany chairs in the center of the stage, holding a microphone, and mineral water is placed on the ground next to it. The spacious hall below the stage is full of seats, with some leaders in the front row, and there are media reporters who are invited to come happily. The back is filled with young students from Beijing Film Academy, the director department, the art department, and the performance department...

Everyone listened to this conversation with relish, especially the students in the director department were very excited and focused on not allowing themselves to miss a sentence. If Kurosawa influenced all the fifth-generation directors such as Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang, as well as a generation of Western directors such as Spielberg, George Lucas, Martin Scorsese, etc., and influenced Wang Yang; then these "seventh-generation directors" who grew up watching European and American movies were influenced by Spielberg and also by Fantasy Yang of the same age.

Now the host has raised another sharp question: "What are Chinese movies missing compared to Hollywood movies?"

Zhang Yimou, wearing a black top and a buzz-haired hairstyle, smiled and didn't speak first; Feng Xiaogang, who was wearing a colored shirt next to him, twitched his mouth, lifted up the microphone and said, "We are much worse than film technology."

"Movie technology is very important." Wang Yang nodded. He has always watched movies from mainland China. For this discussion and dialogue, he also tutored a lot of images and materials. He said to the microphone: "Not to mention computer special effects, a movie without CGI special effects. As far as I know, Chinese movies do have great shortcomings in props, costumes, sets, makeup, etc. The director is not a god. A good movie depends on professionals from all aspects and the joint efforts of all departments."

He looked at Zhang Yimou, Feng Xiaogang, who was not speaking, and continued, "You must be very meticulous and make the temperament of the film, which requires artistic guidance and art design." He smiled and said, "If you want to make such a majestic blockbuster, you must do these aspects well, otherwise a piece of clothing that does not match the background of the story will look very funny."

"I don't know much about the situation in China. In Hollywood, like Drew Petrota, the prop artist in "The Ninth District", his family has been a prop artist industry. He has grown up in the prop pile since he was a child. He has been developing a lot of technical experience and aesthetic sense for many years. It's not a year or two. There are many such people in Hollywood. In fact, there are also producers, screenwriters, etc.."

For example, Jos Whedon is from a family of screenwriters. They naturally get more opportunities since childhood and are easier to succeed; however, those capable young people can also display their talents through low-cost independent films and get job opportunities to become a member of the behind-the-scenes team of mainstream blockbusters.

"I think this aspect needs to develop slowly. After all, an industry has age." Wang Yang looked at the many faces in front of the audience and accidentally saw several students asking for their autographs in the morning. Finally, he said: "No matter what, dedication, enthusiasm and patience are also very important."

"I just hope..." Feng Xiaogang turned his legs crossed, leaned against the chair and looked at the audience, saying, "I hope that young people nowadays will not be so impetuous, don't always want to be directors and producers. What we lack now are professionals such as props and costume designers! I hope that more young filmmakers can go to Hollywood to be apprentices and then come back to serve their own country."

The students below the stage were a little dissatisfied. Many students in the director department almost wanted to boast about this big man in the circle. What does this mean? Who are the young people nowadays? Some people muttered secretly: "Director Feng, you said so nicely, don't you learn? Who doesn't want to be a big director and a big producer? Who do you want to cheat?"

What are the positions of props and costume designers? Everyone knows Feng Xiaogang, who knows who is the props in "Party A and Party B" and "Big Name"? Who is the costume designer? Who is the set designer?

Okay, let’s not talk about this. Even if you are a “prop artist” in the circle, your salary may not be much higher. You should ask for it higher. In order to save money, no one will look for you. Do you care whether the props and costumes can be watched? Those movies without “prop artist” are not filmed well? These professionals have no soil for survival at all, and no one wants to work hard for the rest of their lives without a house.

You can go to Hollywood to be an apprentice, but you stay there after you finish your studies. Who will come back to be so angry? As for Shenqiyang, you are devoted to enthusiasm. Many times, your enthusiasm will be poured down by others with a basin of cold water. This is the impetuousness given by this impetuous environment. You want to be patient, but you cannot tolerate it.

This is the idea of ​​many art students and director students on the seat. They do short films and participate in projects. They already know that there are many people in this industry. It is also the reason why they want to swear Feng Xiaogang. They don’t feel pain when they stand and speak!
Chapter completed!