Although it is still in the summer vacation, Beiying is particularly lively today, with many students in Beijing flocking back, and the security guards are tightly guarding the school gates, blocking a large number of young fans and media reporters. The beautifully landscaped, modern campus, with clean roads and greenery, looks like a young university atmosphere that is perfect for studying.

On the campus road to the main teaching building, a large group of people surrounded a black-haired young man in a gray and black casual shirt and jeans, followed by two burly white men and a middle-aged white woman;

"Oh! Listening to Zhang Huijun's words, Wang Yang looked at this university environment with great interest, and responded from time to time that the university campus is a place full of beauty, full of youthful frivolity, and burning youth, and it is a holy place in the hearts of him and countless people. The beautiful North Shadow gives him a good feeling, but it's a pity that this is not the beginning of the semester, otherwise he can feel that unique vitality.

But he also felt a little strange in his heart, because it seemed that such a grand reception for personal tours should not have appeared, and he was more majestic than the president anyway. Suddenly noticing a huge pyramid building in the distance ahead, Wang Yang couldn't help but ask curiously, "Mr. Zhang, is that pyramid a symbol of the Northern Shadow?"

"Uh, that ......" Zhang Huijun, who had all the questions to answer, suddenly didn't know what to say, and several other school leaders quietly looked at each other, whether they chose to be vague and make up a new meaning, or was it true? What made them unable to hide was that this young big man walked towards the pyramid with an interested look on his face and asked: "It's a beautiful pyramid! Is there any story?

"This was supposed to be a pyramid academy award for our college. Zhang Huijun laughed softly as he walked, thinking of suitable words. In order to make the school have some spiritual traditions, the leaders of Beijing Film held a Pyramid Academy Award to select the films produced by alumni that year, and each award was selected by public voting by each department, and the Pyramid Award was awarded to outstanding alumni.

Then the trophy engraved with the name of the winner and the name of the movie is stored inside the pyramid, and a brick is also attached to the outside of the pyramid. So there was this pyramid building, with the first Pyramid Academy Award in 1992, the best film selected by the directing department was awarded to "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit" directed by Zhang Yimou, and then in 1993, all the awards of all departments were selected "Farewell My Concubine" directed by Chen Kaige.

It's just that the results of these awards have to be reported, and the above approval will be considered effective, and the above does not agree that "Farewell My Concubine" will be selected as the best film, on the grounds that there are also Cultural Revolution and gay film content! Beiying had to let the students vote again, and as a result, other departments changed the results, that is, the director department continued to choose "Farewell My Concubine" as the best film.

In this way, the second Pyramid Academy Award ended without a hitch. In 1994, Beiying wanted to continue this award, so he thought of a way to change it to a biennial session, and the second Academy Award of 93-94 began again, and most of the awards of other departments chose "Back to Back, Face to Face", but the group of directors chose "Farewell My Concubine".

And then until now, the second Academy Award has not been completed. The pyramid, which was originally expected to be a symbol of the North Shadow, has become a place for students to fall in love, laugh and play, and drunks to climb.

Thinking of these past events, Zhang Huijun also sighed helplessly, it is really difficult to engage in academic creation in this environment, he organized and said: "I originally planned to engrave the information of the awardees on the pyramid, but later encountered some difficulties, so I put it on hold for the time being. ”

"What's the matter?" Wang Yang was a little incomprehensible, he stopped and looked at the slippery pyramid in front of him, and couldn't find any information about the awards, and he encountered difficulties in getting school awards...... Universities need these. Why not?"

"Well, Mr. Wang. Zhang Huijun's face was embarrassed, and several other leaders of Beiying were speechless, he smiled to hide his embarrassment and said: "Our situation here is different, there is a result of one term, and there is no approval from above, so it ...... That's the end of it. ”

Wang Yang frowned suspiciously, what kind of selection process is it? It still needs to be approved "above"? What is it above...... He reacted suddenly, and couldn't help but exclaim: "OO, Ho-Could......" In a hurry, he blurted out an English sentence and swallowed back "hat-The-Hell!", he looked up at the pyramid a few times, angry in his heart, raised his eyebrows and sighed: "How can this be, I can't believe it, it's a pity...... It's a shame. ”

With that, he walked towards the school building, and suddenly felt that the beautiful environment around him seemed to be tied to a red shackle, and the whole world was full of fireflies.

He naturally knew what was going on for the university here after that year, but he didn't expect it to go to such an extent, and it was really sad that the pyramid went from sharp to sad.

The university is originally an independent and free autonomous paradise, with academic freedom and freedom of thought, and every professor and student can play to their heart's content, forming the atmosphere called a university...... Even if there is an award "above", how can it be a good education...... Or do you make a good movie? That's really ...... He wanted to hit the guy who didn't approve and break the damn guy's ribs.

After passing through this pyramid, in the next tour, although the teaching building is very beautiful, some film laboratories are very advanced, and Zhang Huijun and other Beiying leaders laughed and laughed, but Wang Yang was not in a good mood, he just kept smiling, anyway, with him, a non-graduate of USC, he had no suggestions, and if he did, it would not work. However, the students are unfortunate to be forced to lose their souls in such a university where they are forced to lose their souls.

After swimming in the building for a long time, he came out to the tree-lined campus road again, Wang Yang didn't want to be surrounded by a large group of people anymore, so he told the leaders of Beiying that he wanted to walk around casually, and he just had a bodyguard assistant to accompany him. Zhang Huijun naturally did not object, and there would be no surprises, only school personnel and students were allowed to come in this morning, and they had already been instructed to abide by discipline.

"Wang Yang stayed here for a long time just now! We practiced morning exercises here every day, and we were in trouble! I had to think of him every morning!", "Hahaha!", "Don't be an idiot!", "I saw Wang Yang!!, he was over there, he seemed to be looking at us! He was smiling!", "Oh, did he come over? He seems to be coming over!", "Hey, he's coming!", "My mother!"...... After touring for a while, I returned to the pyramid, only to see nearly ten girls standing next to the pyramid, pointing and laughing and talking about something, seeing a long-haired girl looking excitedly, Wang Yang smiled at her, these people should be students of Beiying, right? Drama performance? Is there anyone who studies directing like Nancy? Seeing that they seemed to be very excited, Wang Yang walked over with a smile.

The young girls are all very beautiful and have a sense of image lens, with different temperaments, and their clothes are very fashionable and beautiful. Wang Yang felt that they should all learn to act, and when he approached accompanied by bodyguards, the excited girls quieted down, very nervous, and wonderful! ”

"Hey, hello......" The girls who were a little at a loss suddenly responded, their hearts were spinning with different thoughts, there was an excited and nervous fan mentality, ready to ask for an autograph group photo;

"Director Wang, I'm a student of the acting department here...... "Mr. Wang, can you give me an autograph!", "Can you take a group photo?" ...... The voice suddenly burst out, and the girls were almost talking excitedly, only one or two were silent with a smile, and Wang Yang, who was surrounded by various voices, nodded and smiled: "You can sign it! He took the autograph pen from Susan McCarthy's hand, and then took the notebook handed by several girls to sign it, and the girls introduced themselves: "Director Wang, my name is Zheng Luoxi!", "My name is Mu Tingting." "Director Wang, I like your "Youth Singing and Dancing Youth" the most. ...... "Oh oh! Wang Yang lowered his head and signed his name, and when he heard the name, he glanced at the person, he originally wanted to talk about college life here, but it turned into a fan meeting.

Seeing them asking for autographs, a few other girls who also liked him, but were not keen on collecting autographs, immediately found something and handed it over, whether others would have an impression or not, if everyone asked for it, she didn't want it, did it seem special or disrespectful? Everyone handed over the autograph, and they were all contagious to introduce their names: "My name is Zhao Ke." ...... "Hello Miraculously, my name is Wang Luodan." ”

"OH!" WANG YANG TOOK THE PEN AND SIGNED IT IN THE NOTEBOOK, AND WHEN HE HEARD THIS, HE LOOKED UP AT THE SHORT-HAIRED GIRL WHO WAS TALKING, AND SAID WITH A SMILE WHILE WRITING "WANG YANG, YOUNGANG", AND SAID WITH A SMILE: "IT'S THE TIGER KING, RIGHT? CLASSMATE, WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT IT WAS A FAMILY HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO!"

Obviously it was not a joke, but the girls naturally chuckled, and many people were quite envious of Wang Luodan when he got this sentence, so he said such a sentence! Isn't it an impression? I knew that he was magically raised! Wang Luodan, who was smiling, was not particularly happy, in fact, she didn't know what they were excited about, the youngest Oscar Best Director and their group of errand students on the other side of the world...... Don't talk about Hollywood movies, she thinks she looks so ugly, it's good to be a TV actress here!

"It's all signed! goodbye then!" Wang Yang turned his signature pen and grabbed it, and he couldn't talk about college life in a noisy way, so he smiled and said goodbye, and in the farewell of all the girls, he turned around and left with Susan McCarthy.

After a long period of sightseeing, during which he signed several batches of students, the original not very high interest was quickly exhausted, Wang Yang asked Susan McCarthy to call the school to tell the school, and then left Beiying by car, ending the morning sightseeing. After a lunch break, they came to Beiying again in the afternoon to attend a film seminar and dialogue in the multi-purpose hall of Shaw Building, and the interlocutors were Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang.

Both are representatives of China's fifth generation of film directors, and Chen Kaige is the "Three Heavenly Kings" of Chinese mainland directors.

At the Oscars in March this year, Wang Yang knew Zhang Yimou, and he talked a lot backstage that day, Zhang Yimou gave him the impression that he was a very cautious person, no matter what he talked about, he was very polite and polite, and it was not interesting;

In front of the multi-purpose hall is a red-carpeted stage with pleasant plant-pot plants, and the three of them sit on mahogany chairs in the center of the stage, each holding a microphone and mineral water on the ground next to it. The wide hall under the stage was full, the front row was occupied by some leaders, as well as media reporters who were invited to come, and the back was full of young students from Beiying, the directing department, the art department, and the performance department...... If Kurosawa influenced all the fifth-generation directors such as Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang, as well as a generation of Western directors such as Spielberg, George Lucas, and Martin Scorsese, and influenced Wang Yang, then these "seventh-generation directors" who grew up watching European and American films were influenced by Spielberg and the magic of the same age.

And now the host has provoked a more acute question: "Compared with Hollywood movies, what do Chinese films lack?"

Zhang Yimou, who was wearing a black shirt and inch hairstyle, smiled and did not speak first, while Feng Xiaogang, who was wearing a colored shirt next to him, twitched his mouth, lifted the microphone and said: "In terms of film technology, we are much worse. ”

"Film technology is very important. Wang Yang nodded, he has always watched movies in Chinese mainland, and he also made up a lot of images and materials for this seminar and dialogue, he said to the microphone: "Let's not talk about computer special effects, a movie without CGI special effects." As far as I know, Chinese films do have great deficiencies in props, costumes, sets, makeup, etc., the director is not a god, and a good movie depends on the joint efforts of professionals and departments in all aspects. ”

He looked at Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang, who did not speak, and continued: "It must be very meticulous and make the temperament of the film, which requires art direction and art design." He smiled and said, "If you want to make that kind of majestic blockbuster, you have to do these things well, otherwise a dress that doesn't fit the background of the story will look funny." ”

"I don't know much about the situation in China, Hollywood, like the prop master of "District 9" Drew Petrota, his family has been a prop master for three generations, he grew up in the props pile since he was a child, and a lot of technical experience and aesthetic sense can only be cultivated over many years, not just one or two years, there are many, many such people in Hollywood. In fact, there are producers, screenwriters, etc. ”

Joss Wheddon, for example, comes from a family of screenwriters, so they are naturally given more opportunities and are more likely to succeed from a young age, but those who can afford it can also use their talents through low-budget independent films and get the opportunity to be part of the behind-the-scenes team of mainstream blockbusters.

"I think this aspect needs to be developed slowly, after all, an industry also has an age. Wang Yang looked at the many faces in front of the audience, inadvertently saw a few students asking for autographs in the morning, and finally said: "In any case, dedication, enthusiasm and patience are also very important. ”

"I just hope ......" Feng Xiaogang turned Erlang's legs, leaned on a chair and looked at the audience, and said: "I hope that young people nowadays will not be so impetuous, don't want to be directors and producers at every turn." What we lack now are prop masters, costume designers, and I hope that more young filmmakers will go to Hollywood as apprentices and come back to serve their country. ”

The students in the audience were a little unimpressed, and many students in the directing department were almost about to boo this big man in the circle, what did this mean? Who are the young people now? Some people secretly muttered: "Director Feng, you say so nicely, don't you want to study? Who doesn't want to be a big director and a big producer? Who do you want to deceive?"

What is the status of the positions of prop designer and costume designer? Everyone knows Feng Xiaogang, who knows who is the prop master of "Party A and Party B" and "Big Names"? Who is the costume designer? Who is the set designer?

Okay, let's not talk about this, even if you are a "prop master" in the circle, the salary is not necessarily high, you have higher requirements, in order to save money, no one directly looks for you, regardless of whether it can be seen in props and costumes, those movies without "props master's wrist" are not well made? Investors who are willing to spend that money will also directly find Hollywood people to do it, and then brand it as "Hollywood's top behind-the-scenes team" when publicizing.

These professionals simply don't have the soil to live in, and none of them want to be busy for the rest of their lives without even a house. It's okay to go to Hollywood as an apprentice, but after you finish your studies, you can stay there, and who will come back to be angry? As for the magic of Young, you will be enthusiastic, many times your enthusiasm will be poured down by others with a basin of cold water, this is the impetuousness given by this impetuous environment, you want to be patient, but you don't have a chance.

This is the idea of many art students and directing students on the seat, they do short films to participate in projects, and they already know a lot of this industry, and it is also the reason why they want to boo Feng Xiaogang, standing and talking without backache!

"So is it film technology? Is there anything else? Director Zhang, what do you think?" the male host in a black suit moved the conversation.

(To be continued)