After rebirth, she first killed the book thief, and she was busy writing articles to save people

The third "resignation dream" was shattered again.

Because as soon as she arrived at the company the next day, the team leader called her to the office and gave her a job that she could not refuse: to have an in-depth interview with the director of the new film that was about to be released and that was invested by the company.

Ji Zhengliu, a very young female director.

She was able to get the investment because she participated in the new director project sponsored by No Entertainment, and she was the only female director to receive investment.

This background is enough to show the weakness of women in this industry and her absolute excellence.

In her previous life, when Jiang Baige was alive, Ji Zhengliu made three movies. The movies focused on the lives of women of different ages and classes. Jiang Baige had watched all of them and liked them all very much.

Jiang Baige also followed Ji Zhengliu's microblog and read all the feminist books she recommended.

It can be said that she was inspired by Ji Zhengliu to start writing women's stories.

When she was preparing to write the article about the entertainment industry, the first thing that came to her mind was the image of Ji Zhengliu holding up the trophy on stage when he won the Best New Director Award at a well-known domestic film award for his first film. He had short blond hair, a black suit and sneakers.

But Ji Zhengliu is too low-key.

She seldom participates in interviews and attends social events. Even during the most active movie promotion period, she only talks about movies and rarely talks about herself.

Because she always said that everything she wanted to say was in her movies.

Occasionally sharing books and movies on social networks is one of her few other ways of expressing herself, but she does not do so frequently.

Jiang Baige never expected that in this life, instead of working in the entertainment industry, she would actually have the opportunity to talk face to face with Ji Zhengliu!

Moreover, when applying for the project, each director had to complete a questionnaire issued by the company and submit a very detailed portfolio, even works from his student days...

Jiang Baige can check these at will when making preliminary preparations.

It's like feeding writing materials into her mouth!

Is there any reason for her to spit it out?

There must be no such thing.

Jiang Baige entered the conference room with a face that looked as sad as if she had lost her parents, and walked out with a face that looked as happy as if she had been bathed in spring breeze.

Those who don’t know would think that she signed a contract that promised her immediate permanent employment and a monthly salary of 100,000 yuan.

But for her, the significance of this opportunity is priceless.

For this reason, what's the harm even if I have to work like a slave in this company for another month?

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After taking on the interview task with director Ji Zhengliu, Jiang Baige started a crazy working mode that was both painful and joyful.

Half a month later, although Jiang Baige was fully prepared, she was still a little nervous. She met Ji Zhengliu, who was wearing a neat suit and had a freshly cut haircut.

The first time we met was in the dressing room.

Because this conversation would be recorded in its entirety, and Ji Zhengliu would be on camera throughout to promote the film, he was ordered to put on makeup.

When Jiang Baige went in, Ji Zhengliu was arguing with the makeup artist, wanting to replace the exaggerated golden teardrop earrings with two pearl earrings.

But the makeup artist said, your hair is very short and your neck is very long. If you don’t use something to fill the distance from your ears to your shoulders, it will look very empty and will not look good on camera. You are the director, you know better than me.

Ji Zhengliu asked back, don’t you all like the swan neck effect?

The makeup artist seemed to be familiar with her and refused to give in: "Our swan necks are all exquisitely up-dos with haute couture gowns, what does that have to do with your flat head and casual suit?"

When the two were fighting back and forth, neither of them gave in, Ji Zhengliu saw Jiang Baige, who was almost bare-faced. His eyes lit up and he pointed at Jiang Baige and said, "Give me one like this!"

The makeup artist was so scared that she almost pushed Jiang Baige out.

Fortunately, Jiang Baige explained that since she would not be in the camera, she did not need to wear makeup.

Ji Zhengliu pursed her lips and pretended to be angry. She knew she couldn't escape. She could only comfort herself that everyone standing in front of the camera would inevitably embellish their looks, unless it was meant to be derogatory.

But she still fought for small earrings because she said that earrings were too heavy and would distract her from looking good and prevent her from fully concentrating on the interview.

The makeup artist was helpless: work is the most important thing.

Finally, the person sitting in front of Jiang Baige was a relaxed, amiable, but not someone who was easy to fool.

They had already discussed the interview outline before they met.

Because this movie is originally about several women of different ages and life situations discussing love, and then jumping out of love and returning to life, so their conversation is inseparable from this matter.

But Ji Zhengliu prefers not to say "love", she prefers to say "desire".

Ji Zhengliu now does not know as well as Jiang Baige does now, what kind of deeper female desires she will shoot in the next few years.

Although those two films lost support at the film festival because they went too deeply into women themselves and lacked male "participation".

But that does not prevent them from having great appeal to female audiences like Jiang Baige.

So the reputation is quite polarized.

At that time, Ji Zhengliu mentioned in an interview that she did not want to differentiate between the audience based on gender during the script writing and filming process, but the result of the filming was beyond her control.

She was just expressing her opinion.

Jiang Baige asked this question in advance: "Director Ji, have you considered the audience?"

Because he knew that Jiang Baige was also a novelist, Ji Zhengliu did not answer her immediately, but asked back: "What about you? When you write a novel, do you have a preconceived readership?"

"I will." Jiang Baige's expression was very direct, perhaps because she knew that her answer would not appear in the interview - she was bare-faced, so she was very safe. "My story is written for women, although many times, they don't accept it. But even so, I will not change."

"But I really don't." Ji Zhengliu was not led astray by Jiang Baige. "I don't want to make gender distinctions. Because I'm a female director, the movies I make can only be watched by female audiences? Then why can movies directed by male directors be watched by everyone?"

There was some dissatisfaction in the tone.

Jiang Baige really hopes that she can interview her again in a few years. She wonders what new opinions she will have by then.

But Ji Zhengliu added: "But I also know that even if I don't have a pre-set audience, my expression may have already been pre-set. I am a woman, so of course I can only see the world, express women's desires, and shape women with women's eyes... But if someone cannot accept a real woman who exists imperfectly in the form of a 'human', rather than a vase, a supporting role, a woman who is reconstructed and expected by men, then he may not be my audience."

Finally, the topic returned to gender.

Jiang Baige turned over a page and saw a line of bold red words added by someone else: "As a female director, how do you balance family and career?"