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Back at Huanyu Entertainment, Liang Huan was already waiting for Jiang Cheng in the office.

Before Jiang Cheng entered the elevator, he was still thinking about whether to send a message to Shen Hengyu to say thank you. After all, Teacher Shen was cooking porridge and buying steamed buns. I am too impolite, but if I say it... I will feel too hypocritical and ambiguous.

Jiang Cheng thought about it and thought about it, and fell into a pit where there was no silver 300 taels, and he was almost unable to climb out.

It was not until the door of Liang Huan's office that he hurriedly took out his mobile phone to open WeChat, and hurriedly said thank you to Shen Hengyu, Teacher Shen.

After thinking about it, I added, Teacher Shen doesn't have to do this next time.Jiang Cheng felt that the tone was too mean and blunt, so he sent an emoji of the Teletubbies rolling, and added, "Mr. Shen should pay attention to everything abroad and take care of himself."

As soon as he got nervous about the word "foreign", he even made it out of the pot.

Jiang Cheng scratched his hair angrily, and immediately withdrew the message, but he didn't resend it, Xiao Chen had already pushed the door open, and was looking at him suspiciously.

Seeing Jiang Cheng come in, Liang Huan raised his head from the computer and pushed his glasses: "Are you back?"

Jiang Cheng sat on the small sofa next to him, squeezed his face with both hands, and forced a smile: "Sister Huan."

Liang Huan frowned: "What's your expression? The recording of the show didn't go well?"

Jiang Cheng shook his head: "No, it's just...a little tired."

Liang Huan looked at Jiang Cheng, and couldn't help but be a little cautious in his tone: "Is it... because I remembered the past?"

Jiang Cheng comforted Liang Huan with a busy smile, and said, "No, Sister Huan, the past is over, and I've recovered from it. Thank you for taking care of me these few years."

Liang Huan sighed: "Your mother and I have been friends for more than ten years. It is right to take care of you for her. You are fine and have always been fine."

The past events in Jiangcheng were more or less unpleasant.Liang Huan took off his glasses, rubbed his red eyes, sucked his nose, and put on the glasses again: "Come on, let's talk about your next work arrangement."

She deliberately raised her tone, and Jiang Cheng agreed with her.

Liang Huan flipped through the folder in his hand: "The film school led by director Xi Benming, the first salon tonight, the invitation letter is here, remember to go tonight. There must be many famous directors and actors at that time, you have prepared carefully Going further, it is good to be able to expand your network, and it doesn't matter if you can't, people in the film industry are high-spirited, but you actually don't have enough fame, it's all because of Shen Hengyu's face."

Hearing Shen Hengyu's name, Jiang Cheng blinked his eyes quickly. He lowered his head and raised his hand to scratch the bangs on his forehead: "Understood."

Liang Huan got up and handed the stack of documents in his hand to Jiang Cheng: "Fu Nan recently appeared on a singing show, and I would like to invite you to be his guest singer in the next episode. I agreed for you and made an appointment with him tomorrow. In the recording studio in the afternoon, you choose songs together, the program flow and script are here, you should take the time to go through them twice as soon as possible.”

Fu Nan was one of Jiang Cheng's few friends in the circle. He was a few years older than Jiang Cheng, but he was still a young man at heart. He met Jiang Cheng when they were recording variety shows together.

Unlike people like Jiang Cheng who took acting as their livelihood, Funan was born in a wealthy family, and his cousin Fu Yu also had some voice in the circle, and being in the circle was purely for fun.

Liang Huan was able to join Fu Yu's line back then, with Fu Nan's help to take the lead, but Fu Yu was really willing to agree to Liang Huan's move, in the end it was because of Shen Hengyu.

Jiang Cheng once secretly went to KTV to sing with Fu Nan. Both of them are Maiba, and they looked decent when they sang duet together. A: "OK."

Liang Huan continued: "The script of "Chang'an in the World" has also been sent over, and it will be launched on NO.12 next month. You should start reading the script now and try to figure out the characters. I hired a teacher for you, and I will start teaching you next week. How do you play the role of Song Yi, and I will join you in the group at that time, the drama "Chang'an in the World" is very important to you, you must take it seriously."

Jiang Cheng held the heavy scripts and scripts and nodded seriously.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Xiao Chen came to the door with the stylist who had made an appointment in advance, and Jiang Cheng yawned and began to do the styling.During this period, he looked at his mobile phone more than once, and there was a new message on WeChat, but there was no message he wanted to see.

Half an hour earlier, Jiang Cheng was sent by Xiao Chen to the salon of the film school.

Xi Benming and his friends are all very personal. The location of the first salon was an underground bar, with an obvious industrial loft style.The bar is a duplex structure with upper and lower floors, the space is tall and spacious, and the entrance of the gate is a tall cement pipe.

Xiao Chen sent Jiang Cheng to the door, made an appointment to pick him up at night, and left first.

Jiang Cheng unbuttoned the two buttons on his shirt collar, hunched over and got into the cement pipe.

He arrived early, and the lights in the bar were dim and muddy, reflecting the steel and concrete design, which made Jiang Cheng a little nervous.

Xi Benming was busy preparing drinks on the bar counter, when he turned his head, he saw a young man carefully walking down the steel-reinforced stairs. The height of each step of the stairs was different, and the young man who had just arrived was walking very hard. For fear of accidentally falling.

Xi Benming recognized Jiangcheng at a glance, and shouted, "Jiangcheng!"

Jiang Cheng was caught off guard by his name being called, and was so frightened that he almost stepped on the ground.He held on to the handrail of the stairs in fear, before he dared to follow the voice and look towards the bar: "Xi... Director Xi."

Xi Benming didn't wear his watermelon rind hat this time, but changed into a wide-brimmed cap with a metal chain and a skull: "Jiangcheng, come down quickly, come and help me prepare drinks together."

"Hey, good." Jiang Cheng smiled. He looked at the few remaining steps, leaned on the handrail, and flipped down neatly.

Someone from below whistled towards Jiangcheng: "It's cool."

Jiang Cheng raised his eyebrows and smiled, nodded at him as a greeting, then walked quickly towards Xi Benming: "Director Xi."

Xi Benming patted Jiang Cheng on the shoulder without seeing anything else, and told him to put the wine glasses away one by one, and when someone came over, he would help pass the wine.

Jiang Cheng got a job at hand, so he didn't feel nervous for a while, he smiled and agreed to Xi Benming, and transformed himself into a bartender.

Occasionally, a few acquaintances who knew him came and greeted Jiang Cheng in a friendly manner.

Jiang Cheng knew very well in his heart that on the surface it seemed that he was helping Xi Benming with his work, but in fact Xi Benming gave him the most convenient and natural way to get to know people.

When everyone arrived, the lights in the bar suddenly came on, Xi Benming was sitting in front of the bar with a wine glass, and Jiang Cheng stood behind him, picking a cheap C seat for nothing.

Xi Benming took off his non-mainstream peaked cap, showed his shiny bald head, and smiled kindly: "Thank you very much for giving me a face and coming to our film school. Although it is called a school, in my opinion, Each of us is a teacher as well as a student. Those who are here today include screenwriters, directors, and actors, and everyone is excellent. Everyone is welcome to exchange views on the film.”

A man nestled on a beanbag raised his glass to Xi Benming, and said loudly, "Director Xi, let's say a few words first."

Jiang Cheng's pupils dilated slightly. That man is a well-known pioneer director in the circle, and he has won several important trophies. Shen Hengyu's recent film "The Origin of the Yangtze River" is the work of this director.

Xi Benming smiled and said: "Since Lao Xu asked me to say a few words first, then I will say a few words. The reason why I want to run such a school is because I find that I don't understand the current era, and the aesthetics of the audience is constantly changing. , Cutting-edge media people refer to this era as the traffic era. Our standards for judging whether an actor is good or bad, or a movie is good or bad, have become a bunch of data.”

When Xi Benming said this, he sighed: "Sometimes I also read some comments on the Internet, and I find it even more strange. On the one hand, everyone is very tolerant, and they are willing to spend money to watch even the worst movies. Everyone is very strict, terribly picky about movies, actors, and directors, and even care about their private lives. It is not enough to criticize a person from the standpoint of artistic aesthetics, you have to stand on the moral high ground."

"This era is really strange. I think it's an era that lacks a sense of faith." Xi Benming took a sip of the wine in his glass slowly. He raised his head, faced the light, and squinted his eyes.

"What exactly is a movie? Have you ever thought about this question? When you picked up the pen, the script, and the camera, did you think about what you were doing? When I was very young, I went to Nongying The factory was an apprentice to a master craftsman. At the beginning, I was very lazy, and he didn’t teach me anything. But once, through the lens of the camera, I saw a purple vetch blooming in the lens, and there was wind. Those flowers swayed and swayed in the camera. For a moment, I was hit. It was like an electric shock, and my whole body was numb. I don’t know if others can understand, but the movie is true to me Yes, it’s really something in my blood.”

Jiang Cheng was very close, and he could see tears in Xi Benming's eyes, swirling in his sockets.Xi Benming is no longer young, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes are very deep, running across his face, like a deep valley eroded by the rushing of a great river.

Xi Benming smiled and raised his hand to wipe his eyes: "I haven't said these things to anyone. It's the first time I said this, because I know it's meaningless to say it. After all, the environment has changed, but no matter how it changes , From my heart, movies cannot be trampled on. I know what good things are, and I really want to express them-I can see the best things but can't make them, this is the most painful thing for me The same is true of Chinese films, which can be the best in the world, but in fact, Chinese films have never been able to do so. Such a large country, such a long period of history, such an ancient and splendid civilization, many excellent It’s really sad that the things that belonged to me are gone and have not been passed down.”

It was only after hearing Xi Benming's words that Jiang Cheng really understood why some film critics said that the works of the fifth generation of directors all have a strong poetic quality.

If Xi Benming felt numb all over when he saw Zi Yunying back then, then Jiangcheng felt the same when he saw Xi Benming talking about the movie today, his whole body was numb, and the trembling feeling went straight to his heart.

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Note: Some of the words about Xi Benming are quoted from the character's interview with director Tian Zhuangzhuang.

(But it doesn't mean to use director Tian Zhuangzhuang as the prototype. Director Tian Zhuangzhuang is really great.)

I was really touched when I saw some comments. I am very grateful to the little cute who is willing to support my article. You can rest assured that I will definitely not abandon the article. The update may not be stable. After all, there are many things to do in the three-dimensional work and study. There is no list, and the data is not good, it all depends on love to generate electricity.Many people advised me to open a new hole, but I still like Jiang Xiaocheng and the others very much, and I want to try my best to finish this story, so in fact, I don’t care much about those things, but I am still very touched that someone is watching and likes it.Bow again, thank you all~