The three of them did not use transportation. Each of them carried a lunch box and wandered to the Yanjing Cinema.
Zhou Yan often eats at Yanjing Factory, so he keeps a lunch box in the director's office. The lunch box he brought today is a few years old, and he brought it when he was filming "Farewell My Concubine".
It's lunch time now, and there are quite a lot of people in the cafeteria of Yanjing Film Academy.
Seeing the mess in the cafeteria, Xiao Can frowned, "Lao Huo, is meal time really a good time to come to the actors? Why not contact the director of the acting department and directly bring the students together to have a look."
Huo Jianqi laughed and said, "That's so boring. I think it's very important to observe an actor and see them in their most natural state."
Zhou Yan curled his lips. Huo Jianqi's words sounded reasonable at first, but in fact they were pure nonsense.
According to Zhou Yan's observation, it's impossible to tell how well an actor performs from his usual state.
Many actors are in completely different states when they are acting than in normal times.
Some people usually look confused, but when they are acting, they are in good condition and act like they want. There are also some people who usually seem quite smart, but when it comes to acting, they look like 250-year-olds.
Therefore, if you want to observe an actor, it is best to pass an audition. As they are now, you can only see an image.
A few people grabbed some food and found an empty table to sit down at.
Not to mention, the food in Yandian canteen is quite good. Although Zhou Yan is unwilling to admit it, it is better than Yangyin's canteen.
Of course, it can't be compared with Zhou Yan's studio cafeteria.
During this period, the food in the university cafeteria was pretty good, at least there was a lot of meat.
Huo Jianqi raised his head and looked around in the cafeteria, then said to Zhou Yan and Xiao Can, "Look at my eleven o'clock direction. How many students are there? Are they not bad?"
Xiao Can glanced in the direction he was talking about, rolled his eyes and said, "Don't you think those few are from your art department?"
As he spoke, Xiao Can explained to Zhou Yan, "The students in their art department have a very obvious characteristic, that is, they are dirty."
Zhou Yan nodded. Xiao Can was right. Although these students were wearing very fashionable clothes, their clothes were dirty and had various paints and inks on them.
Huo Jianqi is an art major himself, so he doesn't refute it because it is an objective fact. Their art department deals with various paints and inks every day, so it is impossible for their clothes to be clean.
If someone's clothes are clean every day, it only means that this person is not very good at his homework.
He said with a smile, "I didn't say that actors must be from the acting department. It's not impossible to find suitable ones from other departments. There are many students from other majors who become actors."
This is the case in film school. The major you study does not mean that you will do this after graduation.
Those who study fine arts become directors, those who study directing become actors, and those who study acting become directors... Except for the fine arts department and the photography department, which are difficult for others to enter, the barriers to other departments are not high.
"Let's eat first, and then go out for a walk after dinner. You can't see anything in the cafeteria. You have to eat quickly today, otherwise the food will be cold. I have to say that your school cafeteria is not bad. Unlike our school, Last time I went back to school, I still couldn't see any meat." Xiao Can said.
"It's not enough to be in a show," Zhou Yan said curiously.
Xiao Can graduated from Shanghai Theater Academy. After all, Shanghai is a big city, and the school's living standard should not be bad.
Huo Jianqi laughed and said, "When we were in school, everyone was basically the same, and no one was better than anyone else. At that time, our art, directing, recording, and photography departments were all on the Zhuxinzhuang campus, and only the performance department was on the campus. Xiao Xitian was in class here. At that time, the price of a dish in the canteen of Zhuxinzhuang Campus was about 100,000 yuan. It costs between 5 cents and 10 cents, and there is basically no meat. The main thing is radish beans - soybeans, diced pork rinds and diced carrots stewed together. Basically there is no oil. Now I can’t even eat it.”
When talking about the past, Huo Jian couldn't stop talking, "At that time, material life was very poor. In order to eat enough, we stole cabbage, apples, chickens from fellow villagers and teachers, and went to the fields at night. I got some edamame. When I came back, I didn’t have a pot, so I used a basin to cook it..."
Zhou Yan rolled his eyes, remembering the time when Yu Hua and the others stole cucumbers.
In this comparison, Yu Hua and the others can be considered moral. At least they did not steal other people's chickens. The main thing is stealing chickens, which is much more serious than stealing cucumbers. If you are caught stealing cucumbers, you will get a few words at most. If you meet some generous people, you may have to give you a few cucumbers.
But stealing a chicken is different. If you are caught, you may be beaten half to death.
Huo Jianqi and Zhang Yimou were students of the same class, and both entered the school in 1978. At that time, eating meat was a very luxurious thing, because eating meat did not just require money, but was also provided by ticket.
Two boys sat next to them. After hearing what Huo Jianqi said, they were very interested and listened attentively.
Later, one of the boys couldn't help but ask, "Brother, how much was your monthly living expenses at that time?"
Huo Jianqi had known that the two boys were listening, so he was not surprised when he heard this question. He smiled and said, "It was about twenty to thirty yuan. Our student allowance at that time was only this much."
"Then if you just eat, it's more than enough."
According to Huo Jianqi, a dish in the canteen costs 5 cents to 10 cents, and the daily living expenses are only a few cents.
"You go to school now and just eat?"
"Well, that's definitely not the case."
"That's it. At that time, although there weren't many places to spend money, basically all the boys smoked. Better cigarettes cost 2.3 cents a pack, Xiangshan brand. Most students smoked Fighting brand cigarettes. Here in Yanjing It sells for two cents. Sometimes when a classmate from Tianjin goes home, we ask him to help bring some, because it sells for nine cents in Tianjin. A pack of cigarettes would save you a dime, and you could have a meal in the cafeteria. For those students who were heavy smokers, just smoking would cost about ten yuan. I remember that at that time, everyone really had no money, so they pooled their money to help the Uighurs. When my classmates go home, they buy Mohe tobacco and roll it up with "Reference News".
The two boys were amazed when they heard this, "Then you stole the chickens of the fellow villagers and the teacher. What was the result?"
"It's no problem if we don't get caught. At first, we stole the chickens from the fellow villagers. Later, the fellow villagers tightened their guard and we had no choice but to use air guns to shoot the teacher's chickens. In order to find the murderer, the teacher asked his children to come to our dormitory. Smell with your nose to see who is stewing chicken, but even if you see it and don't catch it, the teacher has nothing to do but give up with a few words of condemnation. In addition to eating chicken, our source of meat is also sparrows..."
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In addition to stealing chickens, Huo Jianqi and the others also hunted sparrows and fished for frogs.
In addition, Huo Jianqi also announced one of their crimes that year, which was drawing tickets.
Because students from the art department and photography department have art skills, they can draw tickets in their spare time. The so-called ticket drawing is to make fake tickets, and the types of tickets include and are not limited to movie tickets and tram and car monthly passes.
Huo Jianqi spoke loudly about such a disgraceful thing.
By the time he talked about drawing tickets to participate in the Spring Festival activities and the incident came to light, a dozen students had gathered next to him.
Seeing these students around him, Zhou Yan couldn't help but sigh, students really love to join in the fun.
He pulled up the scarf around his neck and covered his chin, trying not to be recognized.
"Senior brother, which class are you in?"
While Huo Jianqi was chatting, a girl asked curiously.
"I am from Class 78." When they heard that Huo Jianqi was from Class 78, the students all showed surprised expressions. In addition to surprise, many also showed a little reverence.
To these later students, the 1978 students of Yanjing Film Academy were very legendary.
Although it seems that the fifth generation directors are not old enough, to these students, these directors are already as great as deans.
Any student picked out at Level 78 is a heavyweight.
Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Zhang Jianya... when they are in class, the teachers will rarely mention the movies of these people.
Many students are targeting these people, and not just the directing department, but students from other departments as well.
The status of the students of Class 78 of Yanjing Film Academy in the school is similar to the golden generation of Class 77 and 78 of Yangyin Film Academy.
"Are you Senior Brother Huo Jianqi?"
Someone finally recognized Huo Jianqi.
Of course, the other party could recognize him not because of his famous face, but because he often walked around the school and some students always knew him.
When they heard Huo Jianqi's name, most of the students looked confused, but some also showed surprise expressions.
Huo Jianqi has only directed two films independently so far, and neither of them is particularly well-known. As for the films for which he served as art designer, although the films themselves are very famous, they have not brought him any fame outside the industry.
Normally, no one pays attention to who is the art designer of a movie.
If this was not the Yanjing Film Academy, but another ordinary school, probably no students would have heard of Huo Jianqi.
"Director Huo, your "Winner" was really well shot."
"Yeah, "Winner" made me cry."
Speaking of the movie "Winner", more people know who Huo Jianqi is.
Although the movie "Winner" is not a hit movie, it also won the Best Director's Debut Award at the Yanjing University Student Film Festival and the Best Director's Debut Award at the Golden Rooster Film Awards.
Film school students have more or less heard of the name of this movie.
Huo Jianqi responded with a smile, "Thank you for your support, junior brothers and sisters. The three of us came to school today just to find out if there are any actors suitable for our new movie."
When he said this, the scene exploded.
Soon, the number of people around them expanded from the original dozen to dozens.
"Director Huo, is this your new movie?" a student asked.
"I am the producer of the new movie, and the director is this director Xiao Canxiao."
Everyone followed Huo Jianqi's hand and looked at Xiao Can. Originally Xiao Can had his head half lowered like Zhou Yan, but now he could only raise his head with a smile on his face and say hello to everyone, "Hello everyone, I am Xiao Can."
The students who knew what was going on had already rushed to say hello, "Hello, Director Xiao."
Huo Jianqi continued, "Do you know about the recently released "Lovers of Space and Time"? Director Xiao is the assistant director. And the previous "Spring of the Cowherd Class", he was also the assistant director."
"Wow!"
Initially, everyone didn't know who Xiao Can was, but when they heard that he was the assistant director of "Space Traveler" and "Spring of the Cowherd Class", they suddenly exclaimed.
Although the assistant director is not as good as the director, it is not easy to be the assistant director in these two movies.
"Director Xiao, the new movie "Time Traveler" is really beautiful."
"Yes, yes, the music is good, the story is good, the shooting techniques...every aspect is very good."
"I went to see it a few days ago, but I haven't bought a ticket yet."
"Yeah, it was really hard to get tickets a few days ago, but it's getting better now."
Although he was praised by the students, Xiao Can was not happy at all because the director was sitting next to him.
Xiao Can asked Zhou Yan in a low voice, "Director Zhou, why don't you say hello to everyone?"
Zhou Yan also felt that there was no need to be secretive now, so he raised his head and said with a smile, "Thank you everyone for your support of "Time Traveler"."
The students were originally praising Xiao Can, but Xiao Can didn't say anything. Instead, the young man next to him suddenly raised his head and responded. Everyone was a little confused for a moment.
However, those with sharp eyes have recognized Zhou Yan and shouted loudly, "Zhou Yan!"
Zhou Yan simply stood up, pulled down the scarf around his neck, and said with a smile, "Hello, fellow Yandian students, I am Zhou Yan. The three of us are here today, mainly because we want to prepare for the new film directed by Xiao Can. The film inspects the actors, I hope it didn’t disturb you.”
As there were more and more people, Zhou Yan also saw some familiar faces, but these faces were still relatively young at this time and were somewhat different from how they would look in the future.
The most eye-catching one is Chen Kun, who is tall and thin, with long hair and a very cool look.
Although students in film schools are generally more fashionable than students in ordinary schools, Chen Kun is also very fashionable in film schools.
Another more conspicuous person was Yan Danchen. She stood slightly behind, but she was still recognized by Zhou Yan.
It's not that Yan Danchen is a peerless beauty, it's just that this girl is in very good condition. She has no makeup but a very fair complexion, which makes her stand out in the crowd.
In addition to these two, Zhou Yan also saw Fu Dalong.
The reason why he was able to recognize Fu Dalong was that Fu Dalong was a child actor and had not stopped acting for so many years.
It can be said that Zhou Yan roughly knows what Fu Dalong looked like at various stages after he was eight years old.
In addition to the three of them, Zhou Yan also saw some people who looked familiar, but he was not sure. (End of chapter)