rising director

He is going to participate in the rehearsal for the opening ceremony of the film festival tomorrow. At this opening ceremony, the director will be introduced to the audience. The directors of the old generation and the new generation will all be on stage together.At the rehearsal site, Wan Xiaohu met directors of the older generation such as Xie Tieli, Xie Jin, Wu Yigong, Xie Fei, Yu Yang, Zheng Dongtian, and most of them are still professors at Nortel.

"Hello, directors." Wan Xiaohu hurriedly greeted the older generation of directors.

"Xiaohu, we were talking about you just now, come on, would you like me to introduce you?" Xie Jin saw Wan Xiaohu no matter how far away he was.

Wan Xiaohu walked over quickly and said, "I know everyone here, I grew up watching your movies."

"This guy can talk, haha." Wu Yigong said with a smile. He is the old director of Shanghai Film Bureau and graduated from Nortel.

In fact, most of the directors who continue to make movies in the whole country are basically graduated from Nortel.It is also very simple for the fourth and fifth generations to reject Feng Xiaogang. Feng Xiaogang did not graduate from Nortel.To put it bluntly, Chinese people are most particular about "students and old officials". He is also a director and a graduate of Nortel, so he is taken care of very much.

However, in recent years, Nortel has become more and more incompetent, and there are not many new directors.

Wan Xiaohu, as the only Nortel director who has shown potential in recent years, is naturally loved by the older generation, and his words reveal cordiality.

"When will you meet for that "Butterfly Effect" movie? I have agreed with them, your new movie meeting, some of us old guys, if we have time, we will go to support you." Xie Jin said.

Wan Xiaohu was overjoyed: "With the support of all seniors, I am confident. The day after tomorrow at four o'clock in the afternoon, it will be held in the auditorium of Xiguang University."

Director Yu Yang said: "Actually, this little tiger doesn't need us to be brave at all. I have seen news about him every day in the newspapers. I have already figured out the term butterfly effect. To make a science fiction film, you not only need to Excellent ability, but also excellent courage, this is the only young director."

"Don't dare to be, dare not be, I'm just a newborn calf not afraid of tigers." Wan Xiaohu hurriedly expressed humility.

Yu Yang is not a professional director, but the first batch of actors after liberation, the head of the repertory theater troupe of Beijing Film Studio, one of the "22 Great Movie Stars" in New China, and one of the fifty film artists with outstanding contributions in the country.A typical representative of acting and being excellent.

In the midst of these delightful compliments, the rehearsal began.

0100【Focus tonight】

On the night of October 2000, 10.

The Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival will hold an opening ceremony titled "Encounter Tonight" at Tonggutai, Qingxiu Mountain Scenic Area, and at the same time, there will be a supporting film fair.Wan Xiaohu and Li Xia, taking advantage of the fact that the opening ceremony has not yet started, are going to try their hand at the trade fair.

This time, there were more than 150 people from film distribution and projection companies from all over the country. Everyone gathered together and wanted the staff to take them to the fair.After a while, the staff called a few buses and asked them to get on the bus. Wan Xiaohu got on the bus in a daze along with the big team, thinking that Beining's service is quite considerate, and there will be a special bus to pick them up when they go to a trade fair.

In the car, all the issuers were busy greeting and exchanging business cards, having a great time.

I don't know how long it took, the car stopped, and a staff member gave each of them a beautifully printed admission ticket.

"2000 Beining International Folk Song Art Festival Gala" is impressively printed on the admission ticket. This time, Beining not only holds the Golden Rooster Festival, but also holds the Folk Song Festival.

"What's going on?" Monk Wan Xiaohuzhang Er was puzzled.

But they all came, so they had to follow the big team into the arena.

Not to mention, a lot of big-name celebrities came to this song and dance party. The queen Wang Fei was on stage just now, and Tengger is on stage now.

After watching for a few minutes, the phone rang and Wan Xiaohu connected.

"Hey, Xiaohu, where are you? The opening ceremony is about to start, and I can't find you!" Wang Zhonglei asked on the phone.

"I was at the stadium, and I was supposed to go to the film fair. Who knew that I was dragged here to watch the party with them."

"Drawn to the party?"

Wan Xiaohu was also depressed: "I was dragged here without saying anything beforehand. It's still early. I'll watch for a while and go back to attend the opening ceremony later."

"What's there to see, I'll drive to pick you up now. It will open in half an hour, so don't be late."

After Wang Zhonglei hung up the phone, he drove Wan Xiaohu to Tonggutai in a rented Da'ao not long after.After taking the venue, he found that Yao Chen was chatting with Chen Chong, Chen Kun, and Zhou Xun. Originally, Wan Xiaohu planned to sit with Zhou Xun and the others, but when he came, he was stopped by Zhang Yang on the way.

"Wan Xiaohu, this way."

Zhang Yang came here with "Bathing". During the rehearsal, he was one of the new generation of directors who joined Wan Xiaohu. Of course, Zhang Yang was ten years older than Wan Xiaohu.Next to Zhang Yang, there are two acting directors Lu Xuechang and Zhang Yuan.

"You guys came so early?" Wan Xiaohu sat down against Zhang Yang.

"Anyway, there's nothing to do in the hotel. Come over to watch the rehearsal and chat."

To be honest, compared with Zhang Yang and other acting directors, Wan Xiaohu is much younger and doesn't have much in common.However, except for Zhang Yang who is a director who graduated from drama, the other generations are all students of Nortel, so we can still chat.

"Hey, do you know about Feng Dapao's firing?" Zhang Yuan asked Wan Xiaohu holding a newspaper.

Wan Xiaohu was puzzled: "What fired?"

Feng Dapao is everyone's joking name for Feng Xiaogang. Feng Xiaogang has opened up Lunar New Year files in the past few years, and he has done very well in business. This makes the directors who have come out of the professional class, whether it is the fourth, fifth or third generation, a little jealous and unhappy.In addition, Feng Xiaogang speaks carelessly, is good at hype and other things, and is also very talkative, so he is called Feng Dapao.

Zhang Yuan handed over the newspaper: "You read it yourself."

Wan Xiaohu took over the newspaper, which was a copy of "Southern Metropolis Daily", which published an editorial titled "I am an outsider in the Chinese Film Palace", signed by Feng Xiaogang.

"Since the founding of Chinese film, through the hard work of the first three generations of directors, this treasure hall of Chinese film has been built. After the 'palace' was completed, a sentry came in, occupied this treasure hall, and locked the gate tightly. They created a genre, and if others want to make movies, they have to follow their way, but others will definitely not be able to shoot them according to this way. Representatives of this generation of directors include Xie Fei and others."

"Then, another group of people came to kill them. They didn't go through the gate, 'broke in through the window', and created a filming method by themselves. They are the fifth generation of directors, and their representatives include Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige. Like the fourth generation, the fifth-generation directors of the college's '78 class' as the main body closed the windows tightly after entering the National Film Palace. Safe day."

"But I never expected that the first-generation directors would also enter this treasure hall. They neither walked through the door nor through the windows, but came out of the ground. Representatives of the first-generation directors include Zhang Yuan and Zhang Yang. , maybe Wan Xiaohu is also considered."

"When I came here to take a look, not only could I not enter this treasure hall, even if I entered, there was no place for me to set foot. So, I simply built a side room next to the palace. Unexpectedly, through continuous development, I had a pretty good day. But when I looked into the palace again, it was too crowded, and I didn’t even want to go in if I wanted to go in. Now, the people in the palace see that I’m doing well, and they can’t bear it. I can’t help thinking about it, and someone has even poked their head out.”

After reading the newspaper, Wan Xiaohu didn't know how he felt.

He's been here since 2014 and knows the history.After more than ten years of hard work, Feng Xiaogang is as famous as the national teacher Zhang Yimou, and his fingerprints have been pressed to Hollywood. He is a generation of masters of Chinese movies.At that time, who dared to say that Feng Xiaogang's films were vulgar, and Feng's humor has also become a part of Chinese films.

But now, Feng Xiaogang's position is embarrassing and embarrassing.

A non-major student who abruptly joined the team of fifth-generation directors and has won the box office championship for several years in a row.

At the time when Zhang Yimou was going downhill year by year, unable to get rid of art films, and had not yet found a commercial film; at the time when Chen Kaige's "Farewell My Concubine" became a god, but these years were running around like headless chickens; Abandoned by the market, now that the acting director is still hiding underground.

Feng Xiaogang is a huge challenge to Keban, a brother from a poor family, a challenger to hit the gentry class in Chinese movies.As a palace built by the fourth and fifth generations, the Golden Rooster Award naturally excluded him.

But such a challenger is obviously not an obedient citizen.

Shooting is a must.

Feng Dapao joked that everyone was afraid of him.

As a student of Nortel, Wan Xiaohu is a member of this noble family with vested interests, so he can say nothing if he doesn't like it.But from the bottom of his heart, Wan Xiaohu admires Feng Xiaogang. The film has no distinction between internal and external. It is well done and the audience likes it. It speaks Chinese and tells stories about Chinese people. This is a good Chinese director.

"Actually, what Feng Xiaogang said is quite reasonable. This time, we are here to share the fruits." Wan Xiaohu smiled and tried to say in a nonchalant tone.

"We share the fruits, that's because we did well. Feng Dapao is always flattering the audience, and the films he made cannot be appreciated together. This is a matter of right and wrong." Zhang Yuan said affirmatively.

Wan Xiaohu frowned calmly: "You can't say that, China is about to enter the WTO, and it was clearly stated during the WTO negotiations last year. Before, 10 imported blockbuster films were divided into accounts, and after China's accession to the WTO next year, 20 accounts will be allocated. Blockbusters will be 3% blockbusters in 50 years. The impact of Hollywood will definitely have a huge impact on our film industry. Even now, most of the movie theaters are showing foreign blockbusters. We should indeed go commercial Movie line."

Zhang Yang nodded: "What Wan Xiaohu said is very reasonable, Zhang Yuan, you really have to figure it out. To be honest, we are ten steps behind Feng Dapao in terms of pace, and we are also a step behind in thinking. The movie still has to Focus more on business."

"Isn't there going to be an academic discussion tomorrow, which is to discuss how to make Chinese films survive under the pressure of imported blockbusters in the future. Do you have any good opinions?" Senior Lu asked.