Late February, train station.

At present, it is still the peak of the return journey of the Spring Festival, and Qingdao, as a big city, has a particularly large number of return passengers at the railway station at this time.

"Hey, Haozi!

He Xin found the guy who was wearing a mask but was still as eye-catching as a fat-headed fish from the bustling crowd at a glance.

"Ah Xin!"

Ning Hao ran over and asked, "Is Director Guan here?"

"I just arrived yesterday, and I asked about our film, saying that the registration will be closed at the end of the month. ”

"Ha, that's just right!" Ning Hao said excitedly, in fact, he was also most worried about not being able to catch up with the Hong Kong International Film Festival this time.

The two walked out of the crowded train, and the goods took off the mask covering their faces, took a deep breath of fresh air, and sighed: "The air is still fresh here, I can smell the breath of the sea!"

He Xin smiled and pointed to the south: "A hundred meters ahead is the beach, of course you can smell the sea!"

"Really?"

This is the first time Ning Hao has come to Qingdao, and it is also the first time he has heard that there is actually a railway station built by the sea, especially in a big city like Qingdao.

"Of course it's true, it's blocked off by houses, and if you go a few steps further you can see the sea. In front of that building is the Zhanqiao Beach, and Qingdao's famous Huilan Pavilion and Zhanqiao are all there. ”

He Xin is now half of Qingdao.

"Let's go, let's see!" Ning Hao pulled him to the beach, and his mouth was still nagging: "Children like us who were born on the high slopes of the loess have a natural yearning for the sea. ”

It may be an exaggeration to say that 100 meters is a bit exaggerated, but it is true that it takes less than five minutes to walk from the railway station square to the seaside, and the Zhanqiao Beach is the most representative landscape of Qingdao, there is no one.

A semi-circular bay with two corners of the small Qingdao on one side and the Bada Gorge on the other, and a long trestle bridge in the middle extends to the center of the bay.

"It's so beautiful! And the air is good, it's not like in the capital, the air is all smelly!" Ning Hao leaned on the railing and looked at the beautiful scenery, his nose still sniffing like a dog.

He Xin smiled: "Then you can move here to live." ”

"That's not good, I like it here, it doesn't mean I can move here, just like I like to paint, I don't have to do it, because it doesn't support me. In fact, life is like this, you don't necessarily have to choose what you like the most. ”

Yo!

I didn't expect this thing to be able to say such a very philosophical thing, which made He Xin immediately look at him.

Then I saw him pointing to the distance and excitedly shouting, "Hey, there are warships there!"

He Xin didn't need to look to know that there were several decommissioned small warships parked in an artificial harbor next to Xiaoqing. Then he said casually: "There is the Naval Museum." ”

"So you can still go up?" Ning Hao hurriedly said.

"Since it's a museum, it's probably okay, right?"

It should be said that the equipment of our country's navy is still relatively backward in these years, unlike those 052D shield ships more than ten years later, including aircraft carriers, 055 large drives, nuclear submarines and other big killer weapons, like dumplings.

Therefore, he was not at all interested in the small boats such as a few hundred tons of submarine hunting or old frigates of more than a thousand tons parked on the docks of the Naval Museum.

However, Ning Hao is different, this may be the first time he has seen a warship with his own eyes, he is very excited, and he is shocked and said: "Someone! I saw someone on the warship, you can go up and visit, let's take a walk, let's go over and have a look." ”

It was still early for He Xin to see the time, and it was estimated that Guan Jinpeng was still on the set at this time, so he simply made a cameo appearance as a temporary tour guide and took Ning Hao to the Naval Museum and the small Qingdao Park next to it.

When the two of them wandered around and came to the Huiquan Dynasty, this turtle looked at the five-star sign without blinking, and said with envy: "After all, the crew from Hong Kong is rich enough!

He Xin glanced at him and said, "It's Director Guan who lives here!" However, when you are filming in two years, you may be able to live in a five-star hotel." ”

The head shook like a rattle, and said, "I don't dare to think about this, as long as I can eat in this industry." ”

Also, at this time, Ning Hao may never have dreamed that he would be able to mix in the position of a first-line director in China in the future, and his bad monkey 72 change plan has single-handedly made himself the godfather of the director.

The process sounds like you're looking at the big golden retriever next door.

"Director, this is the director of "Incense", Ning Hao!"

"Oh, Director Ning, hello!"

Seeing Guan Jinpeng take the initiative to stretch out his hand to himself, Ning Hao, who was already a little cramped, hurriedly smiled all over his face, bent over, held the other party's hand with both hands, and said: "Director Guan, hello! I don't dare to call the director in front of you, just call me Xiao Ning!"

Although He Xin had already introduced Ning Hao to Guan Jinpeng before, he was still a little surprised by the young director with a simple and somewhat flattering smile when he met him for the first time.

In fact, from beginning to end, he looked at He Xin's face, as an old-school director, he has never seen movies made with DV, and film is king.

He doesn't care about the quality of this movie, but is more looking forward to what kind of performance He Xinhui will contribute to playing a monk in this DV movie.

"Did you bring the film?"

Guan Jinpeng is very busy, not only to supervise Li Miaoxue's "The Scenery of Love", but also to prepare for the TV series "Painting Soul" in cooperation with CCTV, and has been shuttling almost everywhere in Hong Kong, Qingdao, Shanghai, and Suzhou during this time. For example, I will fly back to Hong Kong early tomorrow morning after two days in Qingdao.

So, after a little pleasantries, he went straight to the point.

"Brought. Ning Hao hurriedly took out an engraved disc from his bag.

Guan Jinpeng took it and looked at it, it was an ordinary DVD disc with the word "incense" written on it with a marker.

The moment he put the disc into the machine, Ning Hao, who was sitting on the side, leaned forward slightly, his eyes staring at the TV screen without blinking, and his whole body was already tense.

If it is a big test for him to be able to participate in the Asian DV Film Competition Unit of the Hong Kong International Film Festival, then it is a preliminary examination now, if he does not qualify, then he will not even have the opportunity to take the big test.

Not only was he nervous, but He Xin's mood at this time was also intertwined with nervousness and expectation. The scene filmed before the Spring Festival is still vivid, and he thinks that he has done his best, but he just doesn't know how it will be presented in the end.

At the beginning of the film, there is a country road running through the frame, gray sky and snowy land, and a very abrupt dead tree with a crooked neck.

Then, a tricycle drove by, the driver singing a high-pitched folk tune. There was also a monk sitting in the car, wearing a torn cotton hat.

Guan Jinpeng, who was originally sitting with Erlang's legs crossed and a relaxed expression, couldn't help but light up when he saw this picture, he was not an ordinary audience, but thought that a senior director had his unique understanding and aesthetics of the movie.

And the beginning of this film is a few strokes, and it vividly shows the barrenness and dilapidation in the countryside of northern Shanxi.

He subconsciously glanced at Ning Hao, who was nervous, and there was a hint of appreciation in his eyes.

Nanxiaozhai Village is a village where every household raises sheep and kills sheep.

There is a ruined temple in the village, and there is a monk in the temple who looks a little different. He is a little stumbling in his speech and seems religious, but he smokes, eats instant noodles with oily meat, and occasionally peeks dishonestly at the sister of the sheep butcher.

The monk believes in Buddhism, and he repeatedly emphasizes that the whole village is a sheep slaughter, so there must be a temple, he believes in karma, believes in his profession, and believes that the Buddha can protect his livelihood.

Then, the Buddha statue collapsed. The monk became uneasy and tried his best to restore the Buddha statue in order to ensure his livelihood and faith.

He first went to the religious department of the county's United Front Work Department, and the person in charge excused himself and said that there was no money, but there was no shortage of funds for the repair of the church, because the church gave gifts.

The monk went to the second cousin again, although the second cousin who ran the hair salon seemed to be a rich man, he didn't open his mouth to borrow it, because the hair salon was a not very serious place.

The monk remembered the developed senior brother again, the senior brother is in the big temple in the county, it is really magnificent, but the person is very stingy.

Then, the monk Huayuan was fundraising, was arrested by the police, and met a few young ladies who wanted to donate money for him, but he didn't ask for it, because he thought the money was not clean.

At this point, the monk finally degenerated, and he began to set up a stall to tell fortunes, but he was beaten by the gangsters.

By chance, he used a twelve-yuan stall Buddha statue to pretend to be a treasure of the Wutai Mountain monk, and finally deceived him of 3,000 yuan.

And when he cast a new golden Buddha and was full of ambition, the government told him that the temple must be demolished to build a road.

The design at the end of the film is very clever: in front of the temple wall with the word "demolition" painted on it. The monk stared into the distance, and chanting sounded through the loudspeaker. The picture gradually changes to a large long shot, which is an empty shot, not shooting people, but against the bleak yellow earth......

When the subtitles began to scroll on the TV screen, the room was silent. Ning Hao sat there in a worried mood, waiting for the final verdict, not daring to speak.

And He Xin was a little dazed, although most of the pictures in this ninety-minute film were familiar to him, but the feeling of watching the finished film at this time was the same as the feeling he felt when he watched "Bicycle", "Little Tailor", and even "Lan Yu"!

Could it be that Ning Hao's level at this time was already comparable to Wang Xiaoshuai, Dai Sijie, and Guan Jinpeng? He couldn't help but turn his head to look at Director Guan who was sitting beside him.

Seeing that Lao Guan's face was full of surprise at this time, he froze for about a few seconds, and actually stood up from the sofa while clapping his hands.

"Good, very good!"

Ning Hao, who stood up together, looked flattered, his hands seemed to have nowhere to put them, and he kept rubbing them, he had always been sharp-toothed, but he didn't know what to say at this time, but kept shouting in his mouth: "Director Guan, my film, uh, uh......"

Guan Jinpeng's gaze looked at him with surprise, shame, and even a hint of complexity. To be honest, he didn't look down on the other party much from the beginning, but at this moment he had to admit that the young man in front of him slapped himself in the face with his work.

He should be said to be very familiar with the works of the so-called fifth- and sixth-generation directors in the mainland, and Ning Hao's film, although it is still relatively young in some details, his unique aesthetics and storytelling methods are different from any fifth- or sixth-generation directors he knows, and it is completely a new narrative style and technique.

It would be an exaggeration to say that he is the seventh generation, but it is clear that the future of this young man is very much worth looking forward to!