Made in Hollywood

The sun shines on the stone road in the campus, and the two young people hurriedly walked along the boulevard. The speed was very fast.

One of them ran and complained, Jiang Qingfeng, it's all your fault, but you forgot where the documents were, I want to kill you now!

It's my fault, it's my fault!

This man named Jiang Qingfeng held a document bag tightly, and urged while walking quickly, Zuo Qiang, let's talk less, let's hurry up! Hurry up!

They ran towards the school hall.

Although it is not a speech by a politician or a well-known rich man, the speech by the best directors in the world also attracts them.

Moreover, Zuo Qiang and Jiang Qingfeng, both from the literature department, are particularly interested in movies, and they are especially prepared to ask the great director for advice in the interactive session.

Walking into the auditorium, the two turned their heads to look, and it was full of people. Fortunately, this kind of occasion is not open to the public. Those who can enter it have basically passed the review of the application and the college, and have been arranged earlier. The seat will only give a good impression of being full and not chaotic.

Zuo Qiang and Jiang Qingfeng's seats were closer to the front row. After squeezing in, they sat there quietly and waited for the speech to start.

There were people from the student union maintaining order at the scene. Although there was chatter in the auditorium, it was not cluttered.

After waiting for about ten minutes, a dozen people walked in from outside the auditorium. Zuo Qiang and Jiang Qingfeng's eyes immediately caught one of them.

The other party is about 185 centimeters tall, and his body is a little thin, but it gives people a feeling of strength. He wears simple and decent clothes, has a tough face, and has short dark brown hair standing on end. Appears very shrewd.

Without any special ceremony, the other party took a speech and walked directly to the podium.

Classmates, good afternoon, it's a pleasure to be here...

Although I have seen the interview with Yang Lan before, I have seen the Chinese level of the other party. But when they heard the words in their eloquent, slightly blunt Mandarin, Zuo Qiang and Jiang Qingfeng unconsciously developed a sense of intimacy and recognition.

A foreigner who can speak Chinese so fluently must have studied and practiced for a long time, and must have a good impression of this country in his heart.

Unlike those old foxes at the film festival, Duke is clear. These young people who have not yet been deeply involved in the world are more likely to be influenced. In fact, this is also the most suitable occasion to show Chinese.

In front of people such as Zuoshan Diao, even speaking Chinese is more standard than the announcer, and it is of no real use. But in front of ordinary people, they can often shorten the distance between them unconsciously.

In North America, in the tradition of college speaking, speakers are supposed to say something like 'chasing your dreams.'

stand on the podium. Duke looked at the seats in the auditorium, where there were hundreds of people. Just like his way of doing things, the speeches he prepared don't have so many ethereal things, but I don't want to say these, because I don't believe in this set. I believe that you have no shortage of dreams, no lack of determination to pursue them, and no I need to speak, and I think it's more important to grasp the reality.

It was quiet in the auditorium, except for Duke's voice drifting, I've had this feeling time and time again that, in a way, we're starting to see reality as dreaming of some miserable cousin, but I want to tell you guys. To convey such a concept, whether it is our dreams or the reality we feel, the abstract concepts around us that we are passionate about are subsets of reality, and these subsets are easier for us to grasp.”

Taking a final look at the manuscript, Duke began to speak unscripted.

Like I have worked in the film industry for more than ten years, the film is a dream machine, but the process of dream making is extremely realistic, and there is no romantic imagination. If you don't treat the film with a realistic attitude, you can only wait for the road of failure. .

This is a personal opinion, and it's my own experience. At the earliest stage of my career, I encountered a wall one after another. In order to shoot Speed ​​of Life, I went to all the film companies that Hollywood could call a name at the time, and found at least three Ten producers, peddling my dreams to them, but the dreams were not worth the reality, and there was no company or person willing to invest in my films until my mother came along.

There was a burst of laughter from below, and Duke laughed too, and then continued, I'm a lucky one, I never shy away from this, and the support of my family has saved me a lot of detours.

The opportunity came and I took it, but it took a lot of knowledge to turn it into a success, and I always felt like I had accumulated as much knowledge as a plate of brie! he joked, but When I directed the film, I realized that the knowledge accumulated over ten years is far from enough. The plate is more like Swiss cheese. Those cognitive gaps are the problem. The reason why knowledge is important is that even if you leave here, you still have to Go and fill in the gaps in these cheeses that you didn't even know you had, and you'll fill them with experience.

In the meantime, your life and work, some are wonderful, some are very bad, but this way you will learn more slowly.

What you get here will help you get through, you don't just learn a set of knowledge; you learn how to learn, you learn the value of learning, Duke continued. , some of the gaps will be filled by the most important thing in it all - new ideas, new ideas, and all the things that can change the world.

There was a burst of applause in the audience, and Duke made a downward gesture and said, People can implant some ideas and believe in them from then on.

As a person who has come here, I want to remind you that when you walk out of the campus, you should keep in mind to move forward, and don't stop when you encounter any obstacles.

Duke said it very seriously, and he still attached great importance to this speech, Seeing you, I think of the social injustice, income inequality, and wars when I graduated from college. I believe everyone knows about the early 90s. What the world is like, and you know the reason because, in fact, the world is still that way today.

There was another burst of laughter, Duke shrugged his shoulders deliberately, What have we done in the past twenty years? The world is still a mess, and it is not easy to succeed in this world, if we say Now that you have the knowledge and the real opportunity, there is one more thing to remember - never neglect teamwork!

Many people have asked me, why do you keep succeeding? Why do you have today's achievements? Why are you so beautiful?

Duke paused for a while before saying, I have won the Oscar for Best Director, and the total box office of the films directed by individuals is astronomical. It seems that this is my personal honor, in fact? Behind my back, With the support of countless people, such as Miss Tina Fey who is sitting among you, such as the filming team I have worked with for more than ten years, if I leave these people, I have the confidence to shoot Speed ​​of Life and Brave Island. , but it is absolutely impossible to complete the Lord of the Rings trilogy in a short time.

I've learned a lot during the journey of making a film. I've learned not just science, but leadership. A lot of people think that being a director means leadership, but I learned it from filming. to how to lead the team.”

He knew very well that even if he had a special experience, he would not have gotten to where he is today without a team that cooperated tacitly. When making a movie, sometimes I ask myself, why am I here? Why should I continue? Making a film? What do I get out of it?”

“For the challenge—movies are like oceans and mountains waiting for us to explore; for discovery; and for a strange relationship—a tight-knit team. The core dozen of my production team worked together for many years. , sometimes spending most of the year together. The most important thing I find in this relationship is respect. I'm here for you and you're here for me. Everyone does a job that can't be explained to anyone else , we have to build a relationship, build respect.

When I started filming the Lord of the Rings trilogy, I tried to apply this principle of leadership of mutual respect to the filming, and things changed very quickly. During filming, my team was huge, Working in uncharted territories, creating new worlds, was fun and challenging. Over the course of a few years, we became a family and it completely changed the way I used to make movies.”

In fact, the speeches are similar, and in the end they have to bring the topic to themselves.

A review article said that Duke Rosenberg put some monsters on the earth was the reason for the success of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and for me, the basic laws of doing things and the process itself have brought about the results today. .

Finally, here are a few key elements of what I believe to be the success of my career.

Duke held out his first finger. Curiosity, that's the most important thing you have.

He stretched out a second finger again, A proper imagination that conforms to reality, this is your most important strength.

Speaking, the third finger stood up, Respect for the team, this is a law that is more important than other laws in the world.

Walking to the podium, Duke got closer to these young faces and said, There are many young film directors who have asked me for successful experience, and I told them - don't set boundaries for yourself, others will set boundaries for you, but you Don't do it yourself. You're going to take risks. Failure is one of your options, but fear is not. No film is ever made with complete safety and security, and you have to be willing to take those risks.

thanks!

There was warm applause in the auditorium. Although the speech was over, the event would continue, and there would be interactions that are essential for celebrity speeches. (To be continued ~^~)

PS:   is about to get married. . . .