Xu Wangqiu walked into the standard screening hall of Beijing Film Studio and found that except for Chen Kaige and their classmates who were assigned to Beijing Film Studio, other students who stayed in Beiping also arrived. Liu Lin and the others sat in their seats chatting, Li Shaohong and the others had a good relationship with Brother Chen Kai, and they were chatting and laughing with Brother Chen Kai.

When everyone saw Xu Wangqiu coming, they all stepped forward to greet him and joked with him.

"Wangqiu, I've seen you for most of the year, and we thought you were abducted by the girl over there in Xiangjiang?"

"Yes, we thought you were fascinated by the capitalist world of flowers and didn't want to come back!"

"What does it feel like to make a movie on the other side of Xiangjiang, and is there any difference between it and ours?"

"Have you ever encountered a sugar-coated cannonball of capitalism, some beauty trick or something?"

Xu Wangqiu saw that everyone was very interested in the Xiangjiang film industry, so he briefly said his opinion. He thinks that the biggest advantage of Xiangjiang films is that they do not have too many restrictions, they are relatively free in creation, and they can shoot anything, but the disadvantage is that they are rough in production and blindly seek speed, and they can shoot forty or fifty shots a day. In recent years, with the beginning of the new wave of Hong Kong films, a large number of new directors, especially directors with study abroad experience like Tsui Hark, have poured into the industry, and the production level of Hong Kong films has improved a lot. They are very good at absorbing advanced things from Europe and the United States, and this is very worth learning.

Brother Chen Kai couldn't help but feel a little depressed when he saw that everyone was hugging Xu Wangqiu and chatting non-stop, and that he was like an outsider. He squeezed in front of Xu Wangqiu and said coldly: "Xu Wangqiu, you can watch it well for a while, and tell me your opinion after reading it." ”

Xu Wangqiu smiled: "Of course. If it doesn't go well, I'm not welcome. ”

It didn't take long for the lights in the screening room to go out and the film officially began.

"One and Eight" is adapted from Guo Xiaochuan's long poem of the same name, and the plot of the movie is relatively simple. Wang Jin, a framed instructor of the Eighth Route Army, and eight prisoners were tied to a large rope and marched with the army. Due to an ambush by Japanese troops on the way, the team was scattered. So Wang Jin resolutely decided to untie the rope and let the prisoners fight the enemy together.

Compared with the previous life's "One and Eight", Chen Kaige's version of "One and Eight" is much inferior, and the photography is especially far behind. Xiao Feng, the cinematographer of this movie, is also from the 78-level photography department, but his level cannot be compared with Zhang Yimou. The style of the movie is not the pure art film style of "The Child King" and "Singing While Walking", but more like Chen Kaige's later works, like a pot of raw rice, giving people the feeling of watching "Wuji".

Xu Wangqiu realized that Brother Chen Kai was crooked by himself, just like being crooked by "Farewell My Concubine".

In later generations, many people often asked a question, why Chen Kaige could no longer make a movie of the level of "Farewell My Concubine"? Some people say that Chen Kaige is floating; some people say that Chen Kaige did not marry a good wife; some people say that Chen Kaige is confused; and there is even a special second saying that "Farewell My Concubine" was filmed by Chen Kaige's father.

In Xu Wangqiu's view, "Farewell My Concubine" has achieved and destroyed Chen Kaige.

In fact, many people in the industry don't think that "Farewell My Concubine" is Chen Kaige's best movie, but think that "Yellow Earth" is. They think that Chen Kaige's filming of "Farewell My Concubine" is the beginning of the evil road, and "Farewell My Concubine" has destroyed the seed of a master. If Chen Kaige continues to follow his own style, it is entirely possible to become a master of art films like Hou Xiaoxian.

Before "Farewell My Concubine", Chen Kaige was a pure art film director, basically not considering the audience, but these art films did not bring Chen Kaige too much decent honor. "The Child King" and "Singing While Walking" were shortlisted for Cannes, but Chen Kaige was humiliated twice in Cannes. Because the film was so boring, it was twice rated as the most tiresome film by reporters and awarded the "Golden Alarm Clock Award". It means that the movie is so stuffy that everyone is asleep, and you have to get an alarm clock to wake everyone up.

"Farewell My Concubine" is a blockbuster film with an investment of 30 million, and because the cost is too high, Chen Kaige has to consider the problem of recovering the cost, so he can only shoot according to the number of commercial films. Of course, he did not give up artistic thinking, although "Farewell My Concubine" is a standard commercial film, but the artistry is not as weak as it is at all, and it is a model of the combination of business and art. The film was also an unprecedented success, not only winning the Palme d'Or at Cannes, but also setting off a whirlwind around the world, winning dozens of awards.

If the world of cinema is a house, the vast majority of directors can only wander around the courtyard for the rest of their lives, unable to enter the room. Only masters such as Tarkovsky, Fellini, Akira Kurosawa and Buñuel were able to move freely through it. If Brother Chen Kai followed the original pace and walked forward step by step, it would be possible to walk into the room and walk through the room like a master.

"Farewell My Concubine" was an accident, but this accident brought Chen Kaige into the room and brought Chen Kaige supreme glory. Chen Kaige thought that he had found a way to enter the room, thinking that he had made a mistake in the past, so he abandoned the path of past exploration and attacked the room again and again according to the model of "Farewell My Concubine". But Brother Chen Kai was wrong, "The article is natural, and the magic hand is even good", the success of "Farewell My Concubine" is not inevitable, but just an accident.

Chen Kaige wants to find a balance between business and art, and is creating brilliance, but he has not received training in commercial genre film techniques, and he can't look down on Hollywood commercial films, so it is impossible to devote himself to research. Chen Kaige is lost in business and art, so his later films always feel twisted, like a pot of raw rice.

If in the previous life, Brother Chen Kai was taken crooked by "Farewell My Concubine", then now his brother is crooked by Xu Wangqiu. Xu Wangqiu took the route of making commercial films with the author's method, and his films were groundbreaking in artistic techniques, winning awards at the Berlin Film Festival, and at the same time, they were extremely ornamental and received rave reviews from the audience. Chen Kaige has been competing with Xu Wangqiu, he not only wants to surpass Xu Wangqiu in art, but also hopes to conquer the audience like Xu Wangqiu, and even win more audiences than Xu Wangqiu.

Chen Kaige did not receive training in genre film techniques, did not have the ability to control genre films, and did not have the help of a screenwriter who is proficient in genre films like Lu Wei, he failed to make "One and Eight" into a masterpiece of both commercial and artistic art like "Farewell My Concubine", but made it into a twisted movie like "Wuji", which is not dependent on both commercial and art.

"One and Eight" is not a bad movie, there are many commendable places in artistic techniques, and it is a good work among domestic movies. If it was filmed by other directors, it would be worth boasting, but Chen Kaige is a great talent in the 78-level director department, and everyone is too satisfied with this level of work.

But everyone is a classmate, and if someone kindly invites you to watch a movie, they must have said good things. Everyone said that "One and Eight" has made a great breakthrough in art, and the character creation is particularly excellent, changing the majestic and optimistic tone of past war films, and the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression is presented as a deep and tragic history that calls for humanity.

Chen Kaige saw that everyone praised "One and Eight" for making it well, and he was very proud and felt that his movie was a success. But what he cares about most is Xu Wangqiu, and he wants to listen to Xu Wangqiu's movies boasting about himself. He confessed to everyone and came to Xu Wangqiu: "Xu Wangqiu, after watching the movie, tell me what you think." ”

"To be honest, I'm very disappointed!" Xu Wangqiu said unceremoniously, "If you want to talk about quality, it's actually okay, but it's far below my expectations." I think if this film is sent to a third-rate film festival abroad, such as the Nantes Film Festival or something, it is still possible to win a few small awards. ”

Xu Wangqiu was telling the truth, but in Chen Kaige's ears, it was a naked insult, and he slapped himself in the face. You can all go to the three major film festivals, to Berlin and Venice, but I can only go to the third-rate film festival? Why! His face turned red and he said angrily: "I won't go to the third-rate film festival, I will only go to one film festival, and that is Cannes!"

Xu Wangqiu shrugged his shoulders: "If it's at this level, then I think you're delusional." ”

Brother Chen Kai glared at Xu Wangqiu, his gaze was almost like he was going to eat him raw.

Li Shaohong has a good relationship with Xu Wangqiu, and his relationship with Brother Chen Kai is also okay, seeing that they are tense, he was afraid that they would fight, so he hurriedly persuaded: "What are you two doing, you classmates, how can you act like enemies." ”

Xu Wangqiu said nonchalantly: "It was he who asked me how I felt, I just told the truth, I didn't expect him to be so vulnerable." Just say a few words, and his little heart can't stand it. I haven't said anything nasty yet. ”

"Shaohong, don't worry about this, let him continue. "Brother Chen Kai was so angry that he vomited blood, this bastard, as if he didn't have the slightest stomach for me. He glared at Xu Wangqiu and said loudly, "I'm not that fragile, you can tell me everything if the movie is bad." ”

"Since you have asked sincerely, then I will tell you with great mercy. As soon as Xu Wangqiu said this, Brother Chen Kai only felt that the three corpses were jumping wildly, and he really wanted to beat people. However, Xu Wangqiu didn't give him face at all, and said mercilessly, "I saw a lot of things in this movie, I saw your ambitions, and I saw your various ideas, but I didn't see yourself." ”

Brother Chen Kai's face sank like water: "What do you mean by this?"

Xu Wangqiu said unceremoniously: "Do you really like this story? Is this story what you really want to film? You stuff all kinds of thoughts and concepts into it, but you don't put your heart into it." ”

Brother Chen Kai looked at Xu Wangqiu dumbfounded, speechless.

Xu Wangqiu sighed slightly: "I'll tell you a story." Once upon a time, the mother chicken laid a nest of eggs. One of the eggs is different in color from the others. It was only after all the chicks came out of their shells that the strange egg cracked. Out comes an ugly chick with a strange color. No one played with the ugly chick, everyone thought it was weird and laughed at it. One day, the ugly chick and the other chicks saw an eagle flying by in the sky. It said enviously that I would like to be an eagle too. The other chicks said to the ugly chicks, you look so ugly and weird, you can never fly. Mother Chicken hears it and tells the ugly chicks, don't listen to them, you give it a try. So, the ugly chick practiced flying every day, fell countless times, got up and continued to practice. Finally one day it flies. When it spreads its wings and soars, the other chickens realize that it turned out to be an eagle.

I'm not telling you those things to hit you, but I feel that with your abilities you shouldn't be at this level. I thought you could be a flying eagle, but now all I see is a fighting that always wants to compete with others. You should go your own way, shoot according to what you really think, shoot what you really want to shoot and express in your heart, and you shouldn't think about competing with me. If you keep fighting with me, then you can only live in my shadow forever. If one day you make a movie that you really want to make, then you can ask me to watch it. If it's still at the current level, don't ask me to watch it, I really don't want to waste time. ”

After speaking, Xu Wangqiu didn't look at Brother Chen Kai, turned around and left.

Chen Kai looked at the back of Xu Wangqiu who was going away, his teeth were clenched, and he shouted angrily: "Xu Wangqiu, don't look down on people! I will definitely surpass you! I will surpass you one day!"