Chapter 503 Triennial
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It's noon.
Xu Kun originally wanted to ask Li Yu out alone and invite her in person to serve as the vice president of the Youth Guidance Association. Unexpectedly, Li Yu proposed that he would treat the guests and invite all the leading actors of "Lost in Beijing" to have a good gathering. gather.
"Lost in Beijing" is the original name of "Apple". The name was changed in order to pass the censorship and release in China. However, it never happened, so it was simply changed back to the original name.
This film was nominated for the Berlin Golden Bear Award at the beginning of the year, and won the New Wave Award at the Busan Film Festival in South Korea in October, which was quite an achievement for Li Yu.
Although it has never been released in the mainland due to some excessive editing, the overseas copyright sales have been pretty good. Not only has the filming cost been recovered, but there is also a slight surplus overall.
After Xu Kun won the Venice Best Actor and "Operation Kunpeng" came out, this movie with Xu Kun's largest performance gimmick also ushered in its second spring.
By selling the second round of rights, the film can't be said to have made a lot of money, but it also made several investors behind the scenes very happy.
So Li Yu proposed to get together with everyone at this time, and also had the idea of hosting a replacement celebration banquet.
Since she said so, Xu Kun naturally would not refuse.
After agreeing on a meeting place and leaving Ningjing's house, Xu Kun received another call from Cai Yinong. On the phone, the woman's attitude was very low, a bit like a maid meeting the master.
It’s no wonder she is like this. Tang Ren has been trying to squeeze into the film industry for a day or two, but she has never succeeded until she caught up with Xu Kun. She first invested in "To Youth" and then in "Operation Kunpeng". 》After taking part in it, you can gain a firm foothold.
Now, Cai Yinong not only admires Director Xu, but also highly respects him. All the reluctances in the past have turned into willingness.
This time she called Xu Kun, mainly because she wanted to ask for advice before the premiere of "Sword and Sword III", if she could stir up the scandal between Yang Mi and his director Xu Da.
Xu Kun didn't care about this. Anyway, his romantic affair was widely circulated in the circle. Even if the Tang people didn't hype it, people would talk about it in the media and on the Internet every day.
But...
"Is Yang Mi sure to sign with you Tangren?"
"Of course, Mi Mi and I are getting along very well now!"
"Okay, if you want to speculate, just speculate. Just pay attention to the scale."
Xu Kun was actually vaguely aware that Yang Mi had other ideas, but they knew each other well. Yang Mi was closer to Cai Yinong than Cai Yinong, so naturally he would not take the initiative to reveal Yang Mi's little thoughts.
Because it was still early, Xu Kun did not go directly to the agreed place, but went to Beijing Film Academy first.
Previously, the Film Bureau took the lead and planned to have the Youth Directors Association and the Youth Film Studio link up in order to revitalize the assets of the Beijing Film Studio, which is extremely famous but has become somewhat lifeless in recent years.
Now that the Youth Guidance Association has a preliminary structure and charter, it is natural to talk to Beijing Film Studio about co-managing the Youth Film Studio.
Principal Zhang of Beijing Film Academy personally received Xu Kun. Regarding the co-management of Qingying Film Studio, Principal Zhang admitted that there is a lot of controversy within the school.
Of course, the instructions of superior leaders must be implemented, but it will take a certain amount of time to make adjustments.
Xu Kun expressed his understanding of this and mentioned the short film variety show that he and Jia Zhangke, Liu Haibo and Ning Hao talked about yesterday, expressing the hope of getting active cooperation from the film academy.
Principal Zhang readily agreed to this. As the cost of filming is getting higher and higher, there are not many opportunities for directing students to show their talents. Even many students’ graduation short films are made with non-professional equipment. Made it.
"What I mean is that not only students from the directing department can participate in this activity, but other students on and behind the scenes can also participate.
In the second round of selection, the contestants can choose to bring their own teams, or they can choose to use the teams provided by the program team - I want to select these people from our Beijing Film and Television Films and China Theater.
When the time comes for the behind-the-scenes production, the program team will try to present it in an entertaining and educational way to ensure that everyone's sweat and shining points will not be buried.
In addition, the team of assistant actors is initially determined to be a one-to-four model, that is, a well-known actor in the industry is paired with four assistant actors who have graduated from majors or have not yet graduated..."
After listening to Xu Kun's description, Principal Zhang was really interested. To be honest, students from Beijing Film Academy didn't know how many competitions they had to participate in every year, so he didn't pay much attention to it at first.
But according to Xu Kun, this is not only an open selection of talents, but also a platform for participants to showcase themselves.
By then, not only the directing department, but any behind-the-scenes members and front-stage actors who perform well will have a certain degree of exposure, and may be able to take advantage of this opportunity to step onto a bigger stage.
Thinking that in addition to being a film director, Xu Kun has also produced popular variety shows such as "Seeing Words Like Faces" and "The King of Youth Singer", Principal Zhang felt that something was wrong.
He immediately said: "Director Xu, from now on we will run Qingying Film Studio together, that is, we will be a family without distinction between each other. I don't think there is any need to trouble outsiders. Our film school will take care of all the behind-the-scenes team, assistant actors and so on!"
Although he spoke so arrogantly, Xu Kun definitely couldn't let go of Zhongxi, otherwise the team would be all members of Beijing Film Academy, and there would be no room for maneuver if anything went wrong in the future.
So he also laughed and said: "Film school has always been the cradle of young directors. Our two families will definitely be closer in the future - don't worry, if those from our school join the program team, they will definitely get more training opportunities."
He did not directly answer Principal Zhang's suggestion. As for "more training opportunities", whether he has more opportunities than Chinese actors or more opportunities than when he was in school, it all depends on his thoughts.
Although Principal Zhang's idea of monopolizing resources was not realized, with the gimmick of selecting short film directors for variety shows, Principal Zhang's attitude became much more sincere.
He also implicitly revealed to Xu Kun some concerns about the joint management of the Film Academy and Qingying Film Studio.
In addition to common issues such as rights and interests, the leaders and some teachers of Qingying Film Studio are also worried that the intervention of the great director Xu Kun will change the consistent artistic style of Qingying Film Studio.
Although "Operation Kunpeng" was a great success, most of the academic teachers in the ivory tower are inclined to art films.
It is actually very simple to resolve their concerns. As long as Xu Kun announces that Jia Zhangke will be the co-manager of Qingying Film Studio, everything will be smooth sailing from now on.
But Xu Kun was not ordered to establish the Youth Directors Association just to carry the sedan chair for the sixth generation directors.
Therefore, he did not mention this issue at all, but firmly expressed his position: "Traditions should be maintained, but we should also follow the trend of the times and make some innovations. I found that most of the feature films and short films produced by Qingying Film Studio in recent years are youth feature films.
Of course, I’m not saying that youth feature films are bad, but as young people full of vigor, shouldn’t we be more ambitious?
In addition to the things around you and the things in front of you, can you also look at the world and imagine the stars and the sea? I know that due to lack of funds, there are many restrictions on everyone's creation, but on the other hand, can these restrictions also be regarded as an advantage? ”
Principal Zhang was a little confused when Xu Kun said: "Advantages? Director Xu, can you elaborate on it?"
"Since the short films shot by our students are usually just a practice work and will only be shown internally and have basically no commercial value, then why not just be bold and use ready-made film and television materials to do some mixed editing?
For example, you can combine a story you shot with the background of a Hollywood science fiction blockbuster to create a cruel or heartwarming scene after the world war.
This not only trains the students' editing and directing skills, but also broadens their horizons so that when they control industrial films in the future, they won't have any concepts at all. ”
"This..."
Principal Zhang smiled bitterly and shook his head after hearing this. He couldn't say that Xu Kun's suggestion was wrong, but as an official institution, the film school certainly couldn't openly encourage students to use other people's stuff and splice it into their own short films.
I'm afraid that a semi-official organization like the Youth Guidance Association is not suitable for doing such things publicly. "I didn't say I would advocate it publicly."
Xu Kun said innocently: "I just said that students can take the initiative to broaden their horizons. Nowadays, the functions of various software are much more powerful than before. The threshold for editing videos like this will definitely become lower and lower in the future.
Compared with the increasing cost of shooting, I think it should be a good way to train yourself with this kind of plug-in mixed editing.
No matter what, it's better than being limited to youth movies. After all, spring is full of colors. ”
Principal Zhang nodded slowly. If it was a 'spontaneous' behavior by the students, it would be acceptable. Moreover, this method has indeed solved the dilemma faced by the film school:
Faced with the increasingly high cost of filming, the school cannot afford to sponsor it, and ordinary students cannot afford to take pictures. In the end, the top students selected are basically second-generation people with backgrounds and connections.
Although no one could find fault with the whole process, Principal Zhang always felt that if things continued like this, it would not be a good thing for the school or society.
Although Xu Kun's proposal cannot fundamentally change this situation, it can always provide some relief.
When the two finally said goodbye in front of the office building, Principal Zhang said sincerely: "Director Xu, I believe that under your leadership, the Youth Guidance Association will definitely be able to successfully break into a new world."
"Then I'll lend you some good advice."
Xu Kun shook hands with Principal Zhang, and then drove slowly out of the Beijing Film Academy under the attention of countless people - I heard that Director Xu Da was here. It's hard to say about other departments, but the acting department is basically Out in full force.
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Principal Zhang looked at the students who were standing on tiptoe and eagerly watching Xu Kun go away. He waved his hand and said, "Everyone has left. Let's disperse. Let's disperse."
The students dispersed in twos and threes, but several department heads and senior professors gathered around and asked questions, all wanting to know what the two people had just discussed.
Principal Zhang was silent for a long time and then said: "Director Xu didn't say much about Qingying Film Factory. He is more concerned about cultivating more capable talents than co-managing Qingying Film Factory."
Having said this, he couldn't help but sigh: "Although Director Xu is young, he has a big heart. It's no wonder that the higher-ups selected him to form the Youth Guide Association."
Hearing this, a professor with Mediterranean hair was quite disapproving: "He was selected because he was filming a movie with the main theme? The higher-ups regard him as one of their own, of course..."
Halfway through, he was poked in the waist by the person next to him, and he took back those sour words.
Principal Zhang glanced sideways at Professor Mediterranean, said nothing, and turned directly into the office building.
What Xu Kun said today may not be considered very clever, but at least it proves that he is really thinking about how to guide the younger generation to become talents.
Instead of being like some people who talk sarcastically all day long as if they are ostracized by the whole world because of their talent, but when they really want him to take the lead, he backs off again.
Compared with the teachers who have different thoughts, the emotions of the students in the performance class are relatively unified.
Excited, excited, curious, eager to try...
After leaving the office building, everyone quickly gathered together in small groups, discussing the purpose of Xu Kun coming to the film school.
"Do you think Director Xu will be filming a new movie?!"
"It's possible, since "Operation Kunpeng" is so popular, he must keep up his efforts!"
“Senior Jiang Yiyan is from our Beijing Film Academy, so it’s normal for Director Xu to come to Beijing Film Academy for casting!”
"There should be female characters in this episode, right? Otherwise the newspapers should accuse him of discriminating against women."
In this discussion, Jing Tian, who had just finished showing off his signature, undoubtedly became the center of public opinion:
"Jing Tian, didn't you strike up a conversation with Director Xu? Didn't he reveal what movie he was going to make next?"
"This..."
Seeing that Jing Tian was hesitant to speak, she obviously had something to hide in her stomach, Zheng Shuang, who was in the same class, immediately stepped forward to protect her, looked around at the crowd and said, "Okay, okay, Jing Tian just wants an autograph. How could I know so much if I hadn’t joined the Teddy Sisters?”
Then he took the initiative to change the topic: "It's a pity that Senior Yang Mi is not at school recently, otherwise everything would be clear to her if I asked her about it."
Everyone thought that this was also the case. Xu Kun had held a book signing event before, and there were many people who got autographs. It was not necessarily that they had any in-depth contact with Xu Kun, so their attention gradually shifted away from Jing Tian. .
But at this time, Zheng Shuang quietly pulled Jing Tian aside and repeatedly asked Director Xu about his next move.
Because there had been a luxury car incident before, all the classmates in the class knew that Jing Tian had a background, so Zheng Shuang would never dare to treat Jing Tian like this - but now that it involves the latest developments of Director Xu, how much does Zheng Shuang have to do? Just a little bit of care will lead to chaos.
"So what if you ask?"
As a result, before Jingtian could speak, a frivolous and joking voice came from behind him.
Zheng Shuang looked back and saw that it was Zhang Ruoyun who was in the higher vocational class, because he knew that the other person had filmed a TV movie directed by Xu Kun, and his own father was also a well-known TV series director.
So even though he felt a little unhappy, Zheng Shuang still smiled and said: "No, even if it's not my turn to do this good thing, why don't I be allowed to fantasize about it?"
"Then you can stop fantasizing."
Zhang Ruoyun said with three points of contentment: "As far as I know, Director Xu has been busy with the 'Young Directors Association' recently, and it seems that he has no plans to make new films for the time being..."
"Inside~"
At this time, Jing Tian raised a hand and interrupted Zhang Ruoyun: "Actually, Director Xu has just taken over as the chief director of "The Founding of the People's Republic of China."
"Really or not?!"
As soon as he finished speaking, two people emerged from the bushes nearby. Upon closer inspection, they turned out to be Zhai Tianlin and Zhu Yilong from the previous term - obviously Zheng Shuang was not the only one who had just noticed that Jing Tian had something to offer.
Zhai Tianlin asked whether it was true or false, but his eyes were firmly fixed on Jing Tian.
Although he had long heard that this schoolgirl had an extraordinary background, but being able to get the news earlier than Zhang Ruoyun, a second-generation director, meant that it was not just as simple as having an extraordinary background.
This message is probably more important to these students than Xu Kun's leadership of "The Founding of the People's Republic of China".
The only problem is...
Is this Jingtian born with wealth, or has he blossomed halfway?
at the same time.
Zheng Shuang had another idea.
There is Jiang Yiyan in Level 02, Yang Mi in Level 05, and now Jing Tian has accurately revealed the latest news about Director Xu Da. Does this mean that the three-year Beijing Film Academy Concubine Selection has begun? !
No
I must seize this opportunity at all costs. After all, as long as I can join the 'Teddy Sisters', I will be guaranteed to start in the second tier in the future!
(End of chapter)