Throughout the movie, the students watched with their mouths open, unable to close their mouths at all, and were stunned the whole time.
Mixed with constant exclamations and applause.
Because it’s so shocking!
When the movie ended, the students cried again.
Because the final parting was so touching.
The robot imitated the human smile and wiped away the human tears.
“I know now why you cry, but that is something I will never be able to do!”
The robot finally sank into the boiling molten steel furnace and stretched out its cocked Thumbs up hand.
The cold robot has learned human emotions, how can it not make people burst into tears.
Then, there was thunderous applause.
Yang Ye stood up amidst the applause and walked towards the podium.
Behind me are the students’ enthusiastic and respectful eyes!
Even Yang Jianxun, who felt like he had green grass growing on his head because Gong Li and Yang Ye appeared together, temporarily forgot about it.
After Yang Ye came on stage, he bowed first.
This is his habit. He is an actor and he should bow to the audience.
In the past, when his movies were released and he took the creative team to road shows, he had to bow to the audience.
This is a very common thing, no big deal.
However, the students in the auditorium were extremely excited when they saw his move.
She is an international superstar, but to be so humble and polite is really... amazing.
Under Yang Ye’s repeated gestures, the applause finally stopped.
Yang Ye cleared his throat and said into the microphone: "Hello everyone, leaders, teachers, classmates, and students from Beijing Film Academy. I am very happy to be here today and exchange film art with you. .”
“Pah, pah, pah, pah!”
As soon as Yang Ye finished speaking, there was another burst of applause.
As soon as Yang Ye came on stage, he bowed and talked about communication. Everyone felt more and more that this big star was humble and polite, with no airs at all. In addition to admiration for him, they also loved him.
Celebrities are like this, they have their own aura.
"Seven years ago, I came to Beijing for the first time. I went to the Beijing Film Academy to communicate with the students at that time, and brought a film "Terminator".
This time I came to China Theater to communicate with you, and I also brought a film I was very happy because I didn’t come empty-handed.
When we communicated with the students of that year, we used a road show. What is a road show? br>
After the movie is released, the main creative staff of the movie go to the cinema to meet with the audience, have face-to-face communication,
talk about the film creation process, and also answer questions and get closer to the audience on the spot. distance from the audience
In Hong Kong, during the release of a movie, we probably have to go to nearly 50 road shows and communicate closely with tens of thousands of audiences.
Sometimes they even travel to Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, and even Europe and the United States, covering tens of thousands of kilometers.
Why do this? Because our movies are made for the audience, we need to understand the audience's opinions in a timely manner in order to make more popular movies.
In Chairman Mao’s words, that is...from the masses, to the masses! "
" Bang bang bang bang! ”
It’s so down-to-earth that a Hong Kong director can actually quote Chairman Mao’s words.
The students felt that Yang Ye was very kind, and the distance between them became closer, and they all raised their hands to speak enthusiastically.
Yang Ye said casually, "This classmate, come on!"
That person was the famous director Cao Baoping in later generations. He stood up and said: "Hello, Director Yang, My intuitive impression of your "Terminator 2" is that the technology is so advanced that it's breathtaking.
Especially when the T1000 gets up from the floor, turns into a person exactly like a security guard, and then kills him. It was so realistic that I couldn’t believe my eyes
Of course, the consideration of human nature in the movie and the warning for the future of mankind are enough to make people think deeply. My question is, how do you strike a balance between art and commerce? "
Yang Ye said: "Actually, it's not that exaggerated. What you call realistic is because... I found a pair of twins to shoot this scene. "
"Huh? "
Everyone present was dumbfounded. They were previously amazed by the superb computer special effects technology embodied in this shot. They did not expect that the truth behind it was so simple and crude.
Yang Ye said: “Actually, this movie only uses computer special effects in more than 30 shots, and the rest were shot by our production team using various whimsical ideas.
For me, the process of making a movie is a process of constantly encountering difficulties and solving them. If you feel that the conditions are limited and don't do it, then you will never make it. "
Wow, the students quickly wrote down Yang Ye's chicken soup sentence.
"As for how to strike a balance between art and business, to me, it doesn't matter. balance, there is no so-called choice.
More than seventy years ago, Giotto Canudo published the famous "Manifesto of the Seventh Art". Since then, film has entered the mainstream and been recognized as an art.
But we must understand that there are essential differences between movies and the six major arts of architecture, music, painting, sculpture, poetry, and dance.
It is the seventh art that combines the six major arts. When we create a movie, we must gather the wisdom of everyone. It cannot be completed by the director alone.
This determines that if you want to complete a movie in your mind, its cost will be very expensive, unlike writing a poem, painting a painting, or composing a piece of music.
So when we make a movie, we often need an investor, and we filmmakers need to be responsible to the investor.
He invested money in your movie to help you realize your dream. Morally, you have to be responsible for him. You can't cheat him or make him lose money, right? "
Cao Baoping nodded and said: "That's right, so you think the business of movies is greater than art? ”
Yang Ye shook his head: "It depends on your definition of art. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, poetry was very prosperous. In the Song Dynasty, Liu Ci was sung everywhere in the wells, which shows the mass base at that time.
But after As it continued to develop, poetry became more and more niche and was only circulated among literati, so the storybook began to flourish
The storybook continued to evolve, and many people participated. By the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, the novel was able to flourish. Prosperity, the four great masterpieces that we regard as national cultural treasures today were all born during that period.
However, we cannot even determine the author of the four great masterpieces. Wu Chengen, the author of "Journey to the West," however. It was attached by Lu Xun, Hu Shizhi and others
Whether the author of "A Dream of Red Mansions" is Cao Xueqin is also a mystery, and who knows who Lan Ling Xiaoxiaosheng of "The Golden Lotus" is. ?
It can be seen that the author at that time did not regard writing novels as such an elegant thing. Otherwise, how could he not show his real name to others?
But it is precisely because works like this have grown among the masses that they have infinite vitality and can be passed down to this day.
Today there are many literary masters in China. To be honest, a hundred years from now, their masterpieces will be lost in history and no one will mention them again.
On the contrary, the martial arts novels of Jin Yong and Gu Long will be passed down because they are popular enough and have a broad mass base.
If art is separated from the masses, it will lose its vitality and will die quickly. The best ending is just to enter a museum.
If an artist feels that he is superior and that ordinary people are not worthy of appreciating his art, then I will give him a poem.
Some people carve their names into stones in the hope of immortality... Those who carve their names into stones will rot earlier than their corpses! "
Yang Ye recited the modern poem "Someone" in memory of Lu Xun on the spot.
The students were very surprised. Yang Ye, a Hong Konger, not only knew Chairman Mao's words, but also knew about Zang Ke's family His poems are too knowledgeable, right?
And he speaks Mandarin so well, is he a fake Hong Konger?
...
Yang Ye then mentioned mainland movies, which have won some awards since the rise of the fifth generation of directors.
“Especially Director Chen’s "Yellow Earth" and "King of Children", but no one paid attention to these two films after they were released in China, and the audience did not like to watch them.
Not only It's just that the audience didn't like to watch it. When "The King of Children" was exhibited in Cannes,
our deputy general manager of Baiyang Film Company, the famous actor Xu Feng, and the famous Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien all went to see it.
The consensus was...I couldn't understand it.
Even senior people in the film industry said they couldn't understand it, and you can imagine the impression it gave the ordinary people.
Of course, I am not denying Director Chen's talent. In fact, Xu Feng was not impressed after watching it. He admired Director Chen very much and said that he must cooperate with Director Chen in the future. My question is, who is your movie for? Only for people who understand?
Oh, I don’t know what it means. Although I don’t understand what you want to express, I feel like it is very powerful. ”
"Hahaha..."
The audience burst into laughter, amused by Yang Ye's explanation of the novel four-letter abbreviation.
But Yang Ye’s words also made many people at the scene very confused.
To be honest, the film talents trained by the mainland’s education system look down on commercial films.
For example, Zhang Yimou said directly in the early days that he looked down on commercial movies and thought they were not art.
Later, he and Gong Li went to Hong Kong to develop, and agreed to Cheng Xiaodong to take over the filming of "Ancient and Modern War between Qin Terracotta Warriors".
In fact, he didn't like this movie at all, he was just looking for an opportunity to have an affair with Gong Li.
In addition, he also considered that Gong Li was an actress and needed to develop in Hong Kong, so he was willing to help her.
Despite this, the artistic level of this film has been greatly improved because of Zhang Yimou's participation.
The scene where Gong Li is dressed in red, suddenly turns around, and then leaps into the sea of fire without hesitation, paired with Ye Qianwen's "Burn the Heart with Fire", is a god among gods. With Cheng Xiaodong's level, it will never be possible. .
Yang Ye's words subverted some students' perceptions, and to some extent, even returned to the old path of decades ago.
Because he emphasized Chairman Mao's words, "from the masses, to the masses."
This breaks the sense of superiority in some people's hearts and makes them feel unhappy.
But the problem is that in today's Chinese film industry, Yang Ye is definitely a leading figure.
If you compare him with the awards he has won at international film festivals, all the directors in China put together are not enough for him.
What qualifications do you have to talk to him about art? Let alone blame him.
......
Yang Ye Zai Zhong pretended to compete for a long time, and in the end, he blackmailed Brother Kai Zi and left in style.
Gong Li watched Yang Ye leave, feeling a little disappointed. Suddenly Yang Jianxun came over and asked coldly: "Xiao Li, where did you go this morning?"
Gong Li said: "Go. Meet Director Yang!”
"What did you see him for?"
"I received a play called "Red Sorghum," as you know. That play was invested by Director Yang's company."
" What does his company’s investment have to do with you going to see him?”
“He is coming to give a speech at China National Theater, and I happen to be a student of China National Opera, so I will show him the way.”< br>
"Are you kidding? He is such a big shot. When he comes to the school to give a speech, he will be received by the school leaders. He needs you, a student, to guide him around. I think he has ulterior motives!"
"What do you mean?"
"I heard that those big directors like to play with female college students. I'm just reminding you!"
"You don't believe me?" Gong Li's eyebrows rose. got up.
"It's not that I don't believe you, I don't believe that Yang Ye. You'd better stay away from him. Listen to what he said in school today. According to him, the movie is still Art? "
"Whether a movie is art or not, doesn't it matter to you? He is an internationally renowned director and star, what about you? "
"Yes, I can't compare to him, so you just climb a high tree and get close to others!"
"You bastard!"
"You are the fucking bastard!"
"Pah!" Yang Jianxun slapped Gong Li on the face with a big slap, and half of Gong Li's face was swollen.
Gong Li covered her face, stared at Yang Jianxun fiercely, and said coldly: "We are finished!"
After saying that, he turned around and left.
After Yang Jianxun hit Gong Li, he immediately regretted it. He stared at his hitting hand for a while, and then suddenly chased after him: "Xiao Li, I didn't mean to do it!"
"Get out of here! Open!" Gong Li threw Yang Jianxun away.
This was at school. When they made such a fuss, they immediately attracted many people to watch.
Yang Jianxun looked at Gong Li's murderous eyes and knew that it would not be a problem to continue to entangle her, so he had to sigh and turned around and left.
The two of them left separately, while the students who were watching the meal were whispering.
“Wow, isn’t it true that Gong Li has something to do with Director Yang?”
“How can it be false?”
“I heard that Gong Li received a film The movie is called "Red Sorghum" and it was directed by Yang Ye. "
"Isn't it said that the director's surname is Zhang? "
"The man named Zhang is the photographer. He shot this "Terminator 2". The director must be Yang Ye."
"Yes, Gong Li is also the heroine of "Red Sorghum". "
"That's right. Gong Li is a newcomer and she became the heroine of Director Yang's new film. Doesn't this make it clear that she has something to do with Director Yang? "
"Wow, Isn’t it true that Gong Li has grown up with Director Yang’s thick legs?”
“Is that necessary?”
"I never expected that Director Yang, who looks so sanctimonious, would also play tricks on female college students."
"You wish you were a female college student, right?"
"Get out!"
"Yang Jianxun is miserable. With this big cuckold on his head, he can't even pull it off!"
"Then he's not at a loss, he's Director Yang's senior!"< br>
"Hahahaha!"
The rumor quickly spread throughout the school. When Gong Li went out to get hot water at night, there were many people pointing fingers behind her.
After returning to the dormitory and hearing the whole story from her roommate Wu Yujuan, Gong Li felt infinitely aggrieved and cried loudly on the table.
On the other side, after Yang Ye left the drama, he took the time to find his "Peacock Princess".
Long time no see, I miss you so much. Now that I am in the capital, I naturally want to nourish myself.
Unexpectedly, I didn’t see anyone, and I went to perform abroad. Yang Liping is now a national treasure and often performs abroad.
Yang Ye was bored and called Liu Xiaoqing again and asked her to come over and vent her anger.
Unexpectedly, Liu Xiaoqing brought one more person over.
"Brother Ye, this is Fu Yiwei, an actor from our crew. She admires you very much and wants to get to know you."
Yang Ye was stunned... Damn it, you really are a madam. Son? (End of chapter)