Chapter 356 Admission
The place where Xu Kun and Ning Hao parked their cars was at the back door of the two-story building.
The staff guarding the door seemed to recognize Xu Kun and Ning Hao, and directly greeted them to go inside without asking.
There was a small theater inside, and the two of them were led through the empty backstage dressing room and directly onto the stage.
I saw that the stage was empty, and it was obviously not yet time for the students to enter.
There were more than a dozen mahogany armchairs placed in a figure-eight shape on the stage. At this time, there were only three people sitting on the chairs. One of them was Jia Zhangke, who had just been ridiculed by Liu Haibo, and the other was Lu, who was often used as a negative example. Sichuan.
As for the one in the middle...
"The one in the middle is Guan Hu."
Ning Hao whispered a reminder and trotted forward, shouting "Senior Brother, Senior Brother" and "Senior Brother, Short Brother".
Jia Zhangke's face was obviously bitter when facing this junior brother. In fact, his "Three Gorges Good Man" did not lose any money. Counting the copyright sold abroad, he made a fortune.
But the total domestic box office of 300,000 yuan really made him lose face.
Lu Chuan, who was a little thin, squinted at Xu Kun behind Ning Hao. He had obviously recognized Xu Kun, but he still raised his chin slightly at Xu Kun and asked: "Haozi, what are you doing?" Friends?”
"Uh~"
Ning Hao turned around and looked at Xu Kun, rubbed the big gold chain and said with a smile: "This is Xu Kun, Director Xu, the same one who filmed "The Journey" - when "Crazy Stone" was released, Director Xu We also helped promote it, and we got to know each other after a while.”
This is why Ning Hao knew that coming in with Xu Kun might cause unnecessary trouble, but he still took the initiative to invite him.
When Lu Chuan heard this, he said an exaggerated "Oh", and then looked at Guan Hu and Jia Zhangke beside him.
Guan Hu was the eldest among the three in terms of age and seniority, but he acted as if the matter had nothing to do with him and turned a deaf ear to Lu Chuan's obvious provocation.
In recent years, he has mainly focused on TV dramas, and his results have been pretty good. He is an outlier among the sixth generation directors, so he is not that big of a fan of Xu Kun.
And Jia Zhangke couldn't pretend to be deaf and dumb. Although the organizer of this symposium was Beiying, he was also promoted to be a strong man and was responsible for liaison and dispatching. He was half the host.
Now that an alien like Xu Kun suddenly appeared at the symposium, Jia Zhangke naturally couldn't turn a blind eye.
So he cleared his throat and said with a smile: "It turns out to be Director Xu, but I don't know if Director Xu came here to teach me something, or..."
"I dare not take it seriously."
Xu Kun kept his attitude very low: "I came here after being invited. Mainly because I want to learn more from your seniors. After all, I am not from a major, so there must be something lacking in this."
His idea was to be polite before fighting. If everyone was in harmony, then he would just be a spectator on the stage; but if someone took the initiative to provoke, no wonder he, Xu, surrendered his name.
At present, it seems that Lu Chuan is obviously hostile to him.
As for the reason...
Maybe it was because his appearance experience was somewhat similar to Jiang Wen's, so it triggered his painful memories of that year?
And hearing what Xu Kun said, Jia Zhangke could only secretly scold the school for being unjust and sneaking up on him behind his back to stir things up.
As for continuing to ask who invited him, Jia Zhangke is not stupid enough.
So he dryly greeted Xu Kun to take a seat.
Lu Chuan was very dissatisfied with Jia Zhangke's weak attitude, but he had to put himself in front...
Taking a peek at Xu Kun's burly figure, Lu Chuan felt that as an intellectual, it was better not to get angry with rough people.
As a result, the entire stage fell into an awkward atmosphere, with only Ning Hao and Guan Hu occasionally talking to each other.
The dull atmosphere lasted for almost ten minutes, when another group of people walked onto the stage chatting and laughing from the backstage, led by Senior Lu and Wang Quan'an, followed by Wang Xiaoshuai, Zhang Yang, and the depressed Lou Ye. "Summer Palace" almost ruined everything for Hao Lei, but it didn't bring much benefit to Lou Ye. Instead, when the sixth generation of directors collectively lifted the ban and allowed public release, he was punished with a five-year ban on directing. It can be said that he lost his wife. Another example of losing troops.
But when it comes to Xu Kun's evaluation, it doesn't make any difference if he can't help but direct it. It's just to provide theaters with one more blockbuster movie.
Seeing Jia Zhangke and others standing up to greet them, Xu Kun followed the crowd and stood up. Later, when he saw that Jia Zhangke and others did not take the initiative to introduce themselves, he wisely did not show his presence.
So it wasn't until he was about to sit down that the distracted Lou Ye suddenly discovered Xu Kun's presence and couldn't help but be surprised: "Xu Kun, why are you here?"
When Hao Lei was filming "The Summer Palace", Xu Kun went to visit the cast and even had a meal on the set, so the two naturally knew each other.
When he heard Xu Kun's name, Wang Xiaoshuai, who had already sat down next to Ning Hao, immediately looked at the next person in surprise. When he confirmed that Xu Kun was the person he expected, his face suddenly turned gloomy. Come down.
Wang Xiaoshuai subconsciously raised his buttocks, as if he was about to stand up and leave the table, but he didn't know what he thought of, and he quickly sat back down again.
Several other people also looked at each other in confusion, wondering how a completely unrelated Xu Kun could appear during a symposium held by sixth-generation directors.
When Jia Zhangke saw this, he explained awkwardly: "Director Xu was invited by the school."
One sentence silenced everyone again.
After a long while, Zhang Yang said in a strange tone: "It has to be said that it's your Nortel, you can invite such a great director whenever you ask."
Among the people present, he was the only one who came from a Chinese opera background, so he fired the map cannon without hesitation.
Wang Quan'an glanced at Xu Kun and said with a smile: "Xiao Xu did a good job in "The Blind Shaft", he was so energetic."
This is obviously a compliment, but what exactly it means is a matter of opinion.
Senior Lu also muttered: "What happened to the school? It's such a mess!"
But no matter what the school did, this group of "literary people" could not "just leave it alone if it is difficult to deal with", and in the end they could only adopt a ignoring attitude towards Xu Kun.
However, this time they were outnumbered, so they were not as silent as before. Instead, they had a heated discussion on various movie-related topics.
Jia Zhangke kept saying "art needs soil" and said that it would be best for China to learn from Europe and set up a separate art theater chain.
Wang Xiaoshuai always belittles commercial films, but everyone can see that he actually cares about the box office.
Lu Chuan, on the other hand, talked about human nature and believed that the root causes of evildoers in China were not sufficiently analyzed in a simple and in-depth way. It would be best to select some 'special models' to present to the audience.
At this time, Ning Hao, although he had the best box office among the sixth-generation directors, was also the weakest among them. Most of the time, he acted like he was listening.
But as long as you pay attention to his movements of rubbing the big gold chain, you can see that he actually disagrees with some remarks.
In the midst of the lively discussion, four or five more sixth-generation directors arrived one after another, gradually filling up the seats on the stage.
At this time, two more people came out from the background, but they were not the director, but two young people, a man and a woman.
Both of them looked frightened, wishing they could bend over and crawl to the ground.
"Hello, directors and teachers."
Coming closer, the girl bowed and introduced herself: "We are the temporary host of this symposium. I am Yang Mi, who is born in level 05."
The boy hurriedly followed suit: "I am Bao Beier, a grade 04 graduate of Ciao College."
After introducing themselves, the two of them took out several flow sheets from the folders they held and handed them out one by one.
When Yang Mifa arrived at Ning Hao's place, Leng Buding suddenly glanced at a familiar figure next to him. He immediately opened his eyes and blurted out: "Director Xu? Why are you here?!"
(End of chapter)