Chapter 1208: Graduation Speech
Yang Ming's current reputation is undoubted, not to mention the teachers in the academy, even some respected old-timers in the film industry, they can't look at this young man with ordinary eyes.
Coupled with the fact that he has created a business legend from scratch in just a few years, the aura on his body is even more dazzling.
It can be said that Yang Ming is the most special one among all the graduates of Yenching Film Academy this year.
It is definitely unprecedented, and almost unprecedented.
It is completely impossible to graduate with such a student who is full of miraculous legends, and it is completely impossible to say that every student has no ideas.
It's excellent.
But Yang Ming only opened his mouth for the first sentence now, which attracted countless classmates to applaud excitedly, and instantly forgot the discomfort in his heart before.
There may be some people who are not used to seeing this lack of time during his time in school, but still won the favor of the college leaders and became the representative of the graduates to give a speech, and have unfair thoughts.
Now Yang Ming is standing on the stage, facing everyone, and calmly says the characteristics of Huaxia's 'be', without any pretentiousness, but derives a deeper meaning from the word 'be'.
His calm and wise words, as well as his casual temper of defiance of authority, immediately won the favor of most of his classmates.
No young person wants to be casually represented, willing to be casually preached.
Yang Ming stood in front of the podium, with a confident smile on his face, and with his sunny and handsome face, the whole person had an indescribable charm.
In the past few years, he has become an entrepreneurial myth in the business world from scratch, and his popularity has long spread throughout China and has a high reputation in the world.
After several years of training, Yang Ming has long been graceful and elegant, with a calm demeanor and elegant manners.
The senior leaders of the academy in the audience saw Yang Ming standing in front of the podium and looked at each other, and they couldn't help but remember that this student was not something they could control, and through this opening remark, the genius who had been treated like a signboard by the academy in the past few years was really not blown out.
Previously, the 'I am different' acceptance speech at the Golden Dragon Awards received high praise from the media industry.
There is no vanity under the fame!
Yang Ming's hands were pressed, and after everyone's applause gradually subsided, he said loudly into the microphone: "Everyone should be familiar with me, but I believe it should not be on campus, nor in class, the reason why you know me is probably more from the news reports of the media!"
- Haha!
Countless students in the audience laughed again, no one thought that Yang Ming would use such a self-deprecating tone to tell that his student life in the past few years was a bit unworthy of the name.
Yang Ming's true temperament once again infected everyone.
Speaking of this, he shrugged his shoulders and said, "If anyone notifies, I don't even know that I will graduate this year!"
His words once again caused laughter in the audience.
Even all the high-level students sitting in the audience shook their heads and smiled bitterly, and the old dean sat in the middle with a smile on his face, obviously not because he took Yang Ming's words to heart.
On the contrary, it makes the atmosphere very lively.
In the thunderous applause, Yang Ming's face gradually became solemn, his tone changed, and he said seriously and loudly: "Today we are about to graduate, to step into the society, a circle that we have not experienced since childhood, the cruel competition will make many students who are full of dreams today sink into the sand in the future realistic competition, and after a few years, they will be completely oblivious to everyone!"
"Students, are you really ready to graduate?"
Yang Ming's sudden increase in volume made everyone in the auditorium stunned, no one thought that Yang Ming would ask such a heavy question at such a moment today.
He didn't finish his words.
"Everyone sees the bright future of the vigorous development of the film industry, but do you know the cruel competition behind this industry?" Speaking of this, Yang Ming's serious eyes swept everyone in the audience, "I have a statistic here, last year, there were 210 domestic films in the country, and each one hired an average of 100 staff members (except for extras), even if each person only serves one film a year, the whole of China only needs to hire 25,000 professionals." How many people in China are eager or have entered the film industry?"
"It should be no less than 2.5 million, and everyone is within these 2.5 million. ”
"Then the chance of everyone being hired is 1%, which means that it takes 100 years to have a chance to be in front of or behind the scenes. ”
"Students, are you really ready to step out of the campus gate and step into the fiercely competitive film industry?"
The cold data came out of Yang Ming's mouth slowly, everyone listened to it and their hearts were shaken, and everyone was taken aback by this cruel fact, Yang Ming revealed the cruel reality in the film industry in front of all his classmates with data statistics at this moment.
Some students who were not very strong in their hearts suddenly became very bad when they heard Yang Ming's words, and there was no lack of fear and worry in their eyes.
With such brutal industry competition, will they really be able to adapt?
The senior executives of the academy, who were still smiling, suddenly heard Yang Ming say such a heavy topic in his speech, and they couldn't help but sit still.
A high-level member sat next to the old dean, and when he saw that the old dean was also nodding with a serious and approving face, he couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Old dean, is it okay for Yang Ming to say this? After all, today is the graduation ceremony." ”
Hearing the words of the senior members of the academy beside him, the old dean glanced at the other party, and then continued: "Isn't it a big mess?"
A look of embarrassment flashed on the faces of the senior management of the academy when he heard this, and without waiting for him to answer, the old dean sighed leisurely and said seriously: "Everyone knows that many big-name directors and stars are from our Yenching Film Academy, but who knows how many students are on the road to success behind them, how many students who graduate every year, and how many of them are still engaged in related work in the film industry after five or six years?"
Although the old dean's voice was not loud, several high-level officials around him heard his words and showed thoughtful looks.
"The teaching philosophy of the college needs to be reformed, and the school's philosophy must also be reformed, and I don't want the students who go out of our college to be like people who come out of the ivory tower and don't eat grains, and they can't face the pressure brought by competition. ”
With the progress of society, the employment situation is getting bigger and bigger.
Even prestigious universities are no exception.
Yenching University's brand is loud enough, but many of their students who graduate every year can't find jobs, or even if they are successful, they are quickly eliminated in the fierce competition for jobs.
This kind of news is not uncommon for the senior management of the academy.
At this moment, when I heard what the old dean said, I was also deeply moved.
"After listening to this statistics, did everyone feel a lot of pressure in an instant, and suddenly felt that the future was dark?" Yang Ming said slowly with a smile.
It's just that his words were not greeted with applause, and the atmosphere in the auditorium was still quite solemn.
All the students' eyes were fixed on Yang Ming in front of the podium, hoping to get his answer.
Yang Ming put away his smile and said seriously: "There is no casual success in this world, and there is no easy success, all success comes from persistence, and all success comes from hard work!"
"Maybe you failed to apply for a job for a certain film crew today and were brushed off, this is normal, one crew can't do it, then go to another crew, even if all the film crews don't get the opportunity to get a job, it doesn't matter, there are still opportunities for the TV drama crew!"
"TV drama crews don't have a chance, there are variety shows, general TV columns, advertising production, micro films, non-theatrical films, online dramas, stage performances, and so on. ”
"To persevere, to be sure that the opportunity will appear has been difficult, but also to be ambitious, to believe that you can get ahead, every day waiting for the insistor, let everyone step by step forward, for the dream of hard work. ”
"In the process, there will be many people who have lost confidence halfway, their enthusiasm has gradually cooled, and they have stumbled out of the circle. ”
"It's never easy to stick with it. ”
Speaking of this, Yang Ming breathed a sigh of relief, and then seemed to recall one thing, with memories in his eyes: "I used to meet people who asked me for the secret of success during the filming of the crew; ”
"Everyone knows the bright future of the film industry, and whoever wants to become famous and rich, of course, must have great strength, but before success, perseverance is more important than strength. ”
Hearing Yang Ming's long words, the auditorium once again resounded with applause.
If Yang Ming used a set of cold data to pour cold water on all his classmates, making everyone realize what a cruel competitive career future they will usher in after graduation, but then he told everyone that the way to succeed, even if this road is full of thorns, there is still a way to go, giving everyone a glimmer of hope.
Of course, it cannot be denied that many of the students who are about to graduate on the scene have already found jobs, but most of the ordinary students are facing the future with longing and expectation.
Now that they have heard Yang Ming's words, they probably understand the situation they will face in the future.
If you want to succeed, you have to pay!
Yang Ming's speech did not end, and then he shared some of his life experiences with all the students at the scene.
However, most of the experiences he shared are related to his junior high school and high school days, after all, he traveled to this world, and although there were many tribulations in the entertainment industry, they were quickly solved in front of his powerful golden finger, and there was no point in learning.
But Yang Ming still told all his classmates some unknown rules of the film industry.
"For the sake of the box office of the movie, many directors will compromise for the box office and make the movie more commercial, which I believe all students should know. ”
The topic of his speech returned to the movie, this topic not only aroused all the students, but also looked at Yang Ming, the senior management of the college was no exception, the battle between commercial art has never stopped, and they also wanted to hear Yang Ming's opinion.
"First of all, we need to be clear about the target audience for the future of the film, if your goal is at the box office, then you have to learn to compromise, but this compromise is only limited to the compromise of the film, not the compromise of being a human being. Yang Ming said with deep meaning, and many students smiled when they heard his words.
Everybody gets it.
The entertainment industry is originally a circle of fame and fortune, and the film school is a star-making base, although many of them will be engaged in behind-the-scenes production in the future, but they are no strangers to various unspoken rules and rumors in the entertainment industry.
Yang Ming passed by this topic and continued: "On the contrary, if your target audience is very small, then even if you only understand what you can see, it doesn't matter. ”
"Of course, there are more and more directors now, gradually expressing their demands on the basis of commercial films, there are successes and failures, but the pace of their pursuit has never stopped, to be honest, I admire them!"
Speaking of this, Yang Ming's expression became extremely serious again: "My personal advice: your time is limited, so don't live for others." Don't be limited by dogma, don't live in other people's ideas. Don't let other people's opinions sway your inner voice. Most importantly, be brave enough to follow your heart and intuition, only your heart and intuition know what you really think, everything else is secondary. Do not hesitate to do so, this is your life, you have absolute autonomy to decide how you want to live your life, and not be bound by what other people do. Give yourself a chance to nurture your creativity, don't be afraid, don't worry. Live the life you choose and be your own boss!"
These words, spoken eloquently from Yang Ming, immediately resonated with all the students.
Applause rang out again.
All the senior executives of the academy in the audience also applauded Yang Ming, if some people were not happy with Yang Ming's privileges in recent years, thinking that this student was not doing his job at all, but at this moment, after hearing such philosophical words from Yang Ming's mouth, they were all impressed by Yang Ming's talent.
The impression of Yang Ming's bad opinion in their minds has changed a lot.
At least, this student is indeed a talented and talented person.
Yang Ming's speech has come to an end.
"As I said at the beginning, we all have the potential to be remembered by the Academy, and trust me, it's not a joke. Our college has never lacked the shadow of our predecessors, and there is also the deposition of history, and it seems unattainable to be remembered by our alma mater, can our future surpass those predecessors of the college?"
"Believe me, as long as you put in the effort, your dreams can come true!"
"Maybe this dream seems to many students to be fantastical, but what if it comes true?"
"We don't like to be represented, 'employed', and 'strong', so please all of us straighten our backs, hold our chests up, fight for our dreams, be strong and brave to go out into society, and one day, we will be remembered by Yenching Film Academy." ”
The applause was thunderous, Yang Ming's words made all the students enthusiastic and encouraged, even if they knew that the future life was full of thorns, they were full of fighting spirit at the moment.
Yang Ming waved his hand to thank everyone, but when he was about to leave the podium, he couldn't help but say another sentence into the microphone: "The last word, really!"
- Haha!
Everyone was amused by Yang Ming's humorous and self-deprecating tone.
"What is your alma mater? It's the place where you scold him eight times a day and don't allow anyone else to scold him!"
When Yang Ming's words fell, screams and applause suddenly rang out in the auditorium, and many students stood up to cheer for Yang Ming.
Accompanied by applause, he walked off the stage.