There are two things to look at when graduating from the directing department, one is a practical assignment and the other is a graduation thesis. During his three years at Nortel, Xu Wangqiu made two films, "Hoe Rape" and "Falcon", which caused huge repercussions, and it is not an exaggeration to give full marks to practical assignments; Xu Wangqiu's graduation thesis is forward-looking, has guiding significance for practical work, and is a good article. Let Xu Wangqiu graduate early, there is no problem at all.

Long before the defense, the school prepared Xu Wangqiu's graduation certificate. However, the school did not give it to him immediately after passing the thesis defense, but put it three days later.

On this morning, Dean Cheng Yin personally handed over the graduation certificate to Xu Wangqiu in the classroom of the directing department to show his attention to this outstanding student: "Xu Wangqiu, congratulations, you have officially graduated from Peking Film Academy, and you will have to go back to your alma mater more in the future." ”

Xu Wangqiu smiled brightly and said, "Thank you, Dean, I will always be proud of our Nortel." ”

Xu Wangqiu is a man of the year at Nortel, and he is the first student to graduate. After handing over the graduation certificate to Xu Wangqiu, Cheng Yin proposed that all the teachers of the directing department take a group photo with Xu Wangqiu, which received a warm response from the teachers. Xu Wangqiu felt that all the teachers present were there, and it was better for him to stand in the corner, but he was pulled to the middle by Cheng Yin.

After taking a group photo, Cheng Yin called Xu Wangqiu to the dean's office, beckoned him to sit down, and personally poured him a glass of water. Xu Wangqiu muttered in his heart, why is the dean so polite to me, there will be nothing wrong! Cheng Yin smiled and said: "Wangqiu, you are about to take up your post in the export company and serve as the director of the art center, then the next time we meet, I will call you Director Xu." ”

Xu Wangqiu was startled and hurriedly said, "Dean, don't make fun of me." Even if I am a hundred years old, I am still your student, and I am also a little Xu in front of you. ”

Cheng Yin laughed and said, "Wangqiu, if you cooperate with your export company, you can get a share of the box office, which is much better than a copy." The income of a movie is more than 4 million at most, and if it is shared, it is possible to earn tens of millions. You know the situation of our Nortel, poor as jingle. How about helping the school and working with us?"

Xu Wangqiu suddenly had a headache when he heard this, he knew Nortel very well, Nortel was really poor, and the annual teaching practice fee was 40,000 yuan, and now it was the dean who proposed cooperation, so he should agree.

The problem is that Nortel teachers can't make commercial films at all, and Nortel's films such as "Cherry" and "Lilies" in the past two years have a good reputation, but none of them have a box office at all. An export company is a company that makes commercial films, and it is to make money for the country. The reason why Wang Lanxi asked him to be the director of the art center is that the movies chosen by the original director are not good, and they can't sell at home and abroad. If he cooperates with Nortel to make an art film that no one cares about, then he can't explain it to Wang Lanxi at all.

Just when Xu Wangqiu was in a dilemma, he suddenly heard Liu Lin making noise outside, and his heart moved, how could I forget him, and said seriously: "Dean, most of the teachers and students in our school are deeply influenced by the French New Wave and Italian New Realism, and their film artistry is very good, but they lack commerciality, and our export company is engaged in film export, and if we want to earn foreign exchange for the country, we must make commercial films." Their films didn't meet our company's requirements, and I couldn't use them. ”

Cheng Yin knew that Xu Wangqiu was telling the truth, but Xu Wangqiu was a student of Nortel, and he had just obtained his graduation certificate, so he rejected his proposal as a dean, which was a little too unkind. He was a little unhappy in his heart, and his brows couldn't help frowning slightly.

Xu Wangqiu continued: "But there are also people who can make commercial films, that is, Liu Lin and Wu Zhiliu. The other day, they handed me the script they had written and asked me to read it for them. After reading it, I thought it was very good, and I was going to discuss it after I went to work in the company every few days. Now the dean proposes to do a co-production, and then I will submit Liu Lin's script to the company in the name of Nortel. What do you think?"

Cheng Yin glanced at Xu Wangqiu, thinking that this kid is a good person, first refuse the school teacher's art film and make his position clear, so that it will be difficult for the school to cooperate with him with art film in the future, and then bring Liu Lin out of their movie and give the school face, no wonder Wang Lanxi likes him so much, this kid is really cunning, he smiled and said: Of course you can, just do it!"

Xu Wangqiu said with a smile: "After the script is approved by the company, I will contact the school." ”

Coming out of the dean's office, Xu Wangqiu was going to go to the city for dinner. Liu Lin: They said that if you walk out of school, you will not be considered a Nortel student, and you should still have your last meal at school. Xu Wangqiu felt that it made sense, so he went back to the dormitory with Liu Lin and stayed for a while. It was about twelve o'clock when they went downstairs together to eat in the cafeteria.

Xu Wangqiu was stunned after being pulled into the small canteen by Liu Lin and them, there were four round tables in the small canteen, each table was placed with wine, and there was a circle of people sitting around, who were students of Class 78 of the Department of Directors and teachers of the Department of Directors. He wondered in his heart, what is this celebrating, the students and teachers of the directing department are there?

Zhang Ke saw Xu Wangqiu stunned, and said with a smile: "What kind of hair, this is what Liu Lin and they prepared for you!"

Xu Wangqiu's heart warmed, turned his head to look at Liu Lin and them, and said excitedly: "You guys?"

Wu Zhiliu explained with a smile: "How many times have you invited us to dinner since we entered Nortel; now that you are about to graduate, you have to celebrate no matter what! We don't need to say much, let's sit down quickly!"

Xu Wangqiu didn't speak, and hugged Wu Zhiliu and the others on the shoulders hard. Xu Wangqiu originally planned to sit with Liu Lin and them, but Zhang Ke asked Xu Wangqiu to sit next to him, saying that he wanted to talk to him. Xu Wangqiu has great respect for Zhang Ke, and Zhang Ke has something to say, so he naturally listens to it, so he sits down next to Zhang Ke and listens to Zhang Ke's teachings.

After the dishes were served, Xu Wangqiu raised the cup in his hand, got up and said, "I'm a person who sometimes doesn't talk and do things with my brain, and in the past three years, I have caused a lot of trouble to our department and teachers." What you have taught me is the treasure of my life. Thank you very much! Here, I wish the teachers good health and all the best!" With that, he drank the wine from his cup.

The teacher who could drink drank drank it all, and the teacher who couldn't drink it all took a sip.

Situ Zhaodun looked at Xu Wangqiu and said with a smile: "We didn't teach you anything at all. When you entered Nortel, Mr. Zhong said that your level is enough to be a teacher at Nortel. ”

Several of the other teachers also said, "yes, we really didn't teach you anything." ”

"Yes, but you helped us a lot, the classmates in the class asked us about the film knowledge that our teacher didn't know, and we shouted directly, Xu Wangqiu, you get up and tell everyone. ”

"Actually, we all hope that you can stay in school, but it's a pity that Minister Wang ordered you. ”

Xu Wangqiu chatted with the teachers for a few words, stood up with a wine glass, looked at the students in the directing department, and said, "I have a few words that I want to talk to the classmates." I have heard people say that in addition to family and love, there are three kinds of feelings in life that people cherish, the friendship of classmates who have been in the same window together, the comradeship who has carried a gun together, and the love of the years when they have gone to the countryside together. We were able to be classmates for three years, attend classes in the same classroom, eat in a cafeteria, take a bus into the city together, and watch movies at the Film Archive, which is a kind of fate. Compared with this fate, the frictions, contradictions and conflicts in the past three years are nothing. It doesn't matter if it's 10 years, 20 years, or 30 years later, everyone will still be classmates. I propose that we all raise a toast to this fate!"

The students of Class 78 of the Department of Directing raised their glasses together and said in unison, "Cheers!"

After the collective toast, the students of the director department came over to Xu Wangqiu for a drink.

"Xu Wangqiu, to be honest, I really hate you, but I really admire you. Let's put it this way, out of Zhu Xinzhuang, I won't accept anyone, only you. When I watched "Hoe Rape" at Beijing Film Studio, I was really scared. I grew up in Beijing Film Studio, and I have been in contact with these big directors since I was a child, and I have watched a lot of domestic and foreign movies. But in front of you, I was completely defeated, and I didn't lose at all. But I don't admit defeat, although I am not as good as you now, I will definitely surpass you in the future! I'll have a drink with you!" Brother Chen Kai said with a slightly excited glass of wine.

The teachers and students present were surprised when they heard Brother Chen Kai's words, and no one expected him to say, "Out of Zhu Xinzhuang, I won't accept anyone, only you." This should be what he said in his heart, although he has always regarded Xu Wangqiu as the object of competition, he actually admires Xu Wangqiu very much in his heart, and he has a bit of sympathy.

"Brother Kai, you are a talented, talented, and thoughtful person, and your comprehensive quality should be the best among our classmates, and you can make that kind of in-depth commercial film, like "The Godfather". You can't watch commercial movies right now, but I'm sure you'll realize it in the future. If at that time, I was still in the export company, you could come to me!" Xu Wangqiu raised his glass and drank the wine.

"Xu Wangqiu, many people think that we have contradictions, and there are great contradictions, in fact, you should know that there is actually no contradiction between us, that is, we have different ideas and hobbies, and we can't play together. Brother Kai said Zhu Xinzhuang, he only serves you, I actually admire you a lot. Your "Hoe Rape" and "Falcon" are really amazing, I will never be able to shoot them in my life, and you will definitely be the most accomplished among our classmates in the future. I congratulate you on your bright future!" After Brother Chen Kai left, Tian Zhuangzhuang came over again.

"We really don't have any contradictions, we just can't play together. You are different from me and Brother Kai, you don't have so many messy ideas, and you are the purest of all your classmates. This purity is rare, you must persevere, even if one road goes to the dark. As long as you persevere, you will definitely be able to achieve great achievements!" Xu Wangqiu raised his wine glass and drank it all.

"Wangqiu, I have been eating in your bedroom for a few years; now you are about to become an official in the export company, and when the time comes, I will come to the export company to ask you to make a movie, and you should not turn me away! If you dare to refuse, I will shake out all kinds of troubles and make you lose face. Come and have a drink!" Li Shaohong looked at Xu Wangqiu and said with a smile.

"Absolutely no problem, I dare not give face to others, but Shaohong, I will definitely give your face. Xu Wangqiu slapped his chest with a bang. Li Shaohong has a good relationship with Xu Wangqiu, during the creation of "Falcon" and "Hoe Rape", she used to come over to join in the fun, she has mastered the basic knowledge of genre films, and she can make commercial films.

Xu Wangqiu was very arrogant, his classmates wanted to drink, and he did not refuse to come. At the end of the banquet, he sang Cheng Long's "Drunken Fist" in his mouth, pulled Liu Lin and them, and staggered around the campus to take group photos.

When taking a group photo at the school gate, Xu Wangqiu took off the school sign hanging at the school gate and tied with wire with the strength of wine. He stood the school sign upside down beside him to signify that his student career was over, that he had reached the end, and that he could finally be independent.

In the click, the picture freezes, and Xu Wangqiu's college career is over.