Chapter 636: Discussion
The national team won the World Cup, and the whole of China was boiling, and all kinds of flowers and applause flew towards the national team.
At this moment, various media and television stations are not lagging behind, producing various programs and news reports to celebrate the World Cup victory.
Among these programs, many programs have repeatedly mentioned the prayer action that Yang Ming did in the finals at that time, as well as the "flying" interpreted by the guò lip language expert.
Of course, for Yang Ming's behavior at that time, no one thought that the opponent's penalty kick in the game was completely because of Yang Ming.
After all, this is too much nonsense.
But now that the national team has won the World Cup and become the focus of the world, and the whole country celebrates together, at this moment, no matter what happens, even if you know that it is just a coincidence, it will be talked about by everyone, and it will be analyzed and commented on from time to time.
To put it bluntly, this is a kind of happy venting after winning the championship.
Whatever the phenomenon, it will be seen as a sign that the national team will finally be able to win the championship.
Yang Ming also happened to encounter this opportunity, so he was considered by the media to be the lucky god of the national team, although everyone knew that it was just a coincidence.
He didn't take this matter to heart, and what the media said must not be taken seriously.
After the World Cup, colleges and universities across the country are about to go on summer vacation, and Yenching Film Academy is no exception.
At this time, Yang Ming was called back to the academy by the old dean.
Flowers and trees, fragrant grass and greenery, the old dean has his own independent courtyard in the film academy, and he and his wife usually live here, and their children have their own careers, unless it is a New Year's holiday, it is basically impossible to come back.
In the shade of a tree in the courtyard, two bamboo chairs, a coffee table, Yang Ming and the old dean sat opposite each other, talking about things.
"I didn't expect it! Everyone didn't expect it! It's a miracle that you have made such a big name in the film industry in just one year!" said the old dean with emotion.
As the student who interviewed for the art examination in person and decided to admit him, and was also his most optimistic student, the old dean naturally paid attention to Yang Ming's development.
All of Yang Ming's achievements were seen by the old dean.
"Hehe, I'm just lucky, and I also want to thank the school for its support from all aspects!" replied modestly.
"Don't be so modest!" the old dean waved his hand, disagreeing with Yang Ming's opinion, "What kind of luck is good? Strength is strength, if you don't have this strength, relying on luck alone, you can succeed once, succeed twice, but it is impossible to be so successful every time, besides, the academy's support for you is not out of line, basically every class of directors who graduate, as long as they have something to ask for the academy, the academy is basically the same!"
For Yang Ming's modesty, the old dean with a straightforward personality obviously disagreed.
When Yang Ming heard this, he smiled embarrassedly, but he didn't say anything, and he didn't know what he should say at this moment.
- Knock
The old dean put down the teacup in his hand, made a slight noise, and then pondered for a moment, and said to Yang Ming with a thoughtful look: "I have watched all three movies you made in Hollywood, not only I have watched them, but most of the teachers in the academy have watched them, and now there is a lot of controversy in the academy about the movies you made, what do you think?"
Yang Ming's expression sank slightly when he heard this, he really didn't expect that he had tried his best to avoid the disputes between commercial films and art films in the academy, but he didn't expect that in the end, he still couldn't avoid it.
The Huaxia of this life is indeed powerful compared to the previous life, but it also has something completely different from the previous life, such as the so-called tradition!
In the previous life, after the reform and opening up, China's economic development was extremely rapid, and the national strength was greatly enhanced, but the excessive pursuit of money made countless people lost in the materialistic flow of the real society, unable to extricate themselves, and money became their only belief.
This belief also permeates every corner of China, and the film industry is no exception.
In today's world, China is a country unparalleled, and it is undoubtedly a powerful country in the world, and even Lao Mi is slightly inferior to China.
Due to the changes in history, China has not experienced the devastation of war, so that the tradition of every aspect of China is deeply rooted compared with the previous life.
The film industry is still no exception.
"Hehe, I'm still the same sentence!" Yang Ming said calmly.
"If the audience thinks it's a good movie, it's a good movie!" The old dean didn't wait for Yang Ming to finish speaking, and continued Yang Ming's words.
After Yang Ming was forced to give a speech, his argument became one of the controversies within the academy.
"Not bad!" Yang Ming nodded calmly, to be honest, he has a very clear understanding of the development of the film industry in the future, or he is very clear about the development trend of the film industry in the future, and he is not very fond of the traditional strength in the academy and the film industry, of course, the so-called commercial film faction, he also does not like it.
It seems that the old dean called himself to his home today, and it must be because those people in the academy put a lot of pressure on the old dean.
As soon as he thought of this, a wave of irritability rose in Yang Ming's heart, this time, he was not ready to endure it anymore.
"Old dean, in my opinion, the so-called dispute between commerce and art is a ridiculous thing. Therefore, for movies, it is impossible to classify them with simple business and art, and I always believe that movies are not made for a small number of people who enjoy them behind closed doors, movies are made for the public, rather than evaluating the quality of movies from a small point of view, their behavior is actually the same as the knowledge of the family in the past, and it is the same reason that the children of the poor family were blocked, and the foolish people were their biggest purpose!"
Yang Ming said unceremoniously and sharply!
Actually, that's exactly what happened!
Whether in the past life, or in the present life, whether it is in China or other countries, the struggle for the right to speak is always unavoidable.
The controversy between commercial films and art films is, to put it bluntly, a struggle between emerging groups and traditional groups for the right to speak.
Yang Ming is very disgusted with this kind of competition for the so-called righteous name, and then narrow the righteous name and then characterize others.
Is it called an art film if it is made only that experts can understand it, and only experts can appreciate and understand it?
As for whether the public can understand it or not, it is none of their business, they can completely use the sentence 'you don't understand', you can avoid a question, is this the so-called art film?
Of course, the so-called commercial films in China in the past life and later cannot be regarded as commercial films.
The commercial films of the previous life have developed into a demon, and the domestic film market has been severely impacted by Hollywood, and many well-known directors have also fought back, using the so-called 'commercial blockbusters' to compete for box office market share.
But are the so-called commercial blockbusters they make really commercial blockbusters?
Wrong, not at all!
Those are the things they filmed to make money, to be honest, all the fancy gimmicks in the Hollywood film production in the previous life have been learned, but the real connotation, those people in China have not learned.
"I've watched all three of the movies you've made, and I found that you have a deep Hollywood style in these three movies, do you want to use razing to defeat you?"
When Yang Ming heard the old dean's question and answer, he didn't answer immediately, thought for a while, and asked, "Old dean, what do you say about the art films of those countries in South America?"
"Huh!" the old dean was stunned, he didn't expect Yang Ming to ask this question.
The art films of those countries in South America, and the art films of the Nordic countries, are the two major art film meccas in the world, and some of the art films they shoot that reflect the social reality have made countless people in the industry talk about it.
However, Yang Ming raised this question at this moment, obviously with a purpose in it.
"If you have a fart, let it go, don't sell it in front of my old man!" said the old dean with an eyebrow raised, pretending to be angry.
Yang Ming smiled when he heard this, he knew that the old dean was fake angry, but this question was really not easy for the old man to answer, Yang Ming continued: "No matter how lofty the so-called art films in South America are in the world cinema and how powerful their influence is, Hollywood accounts for 90% of the box office market share in South America!"
No matter how good your art film is, no one watches it, and the dismissive Hollywood commercial blockbusters have already taken over their box office market.
Can this be called a success?
If one day, even if the art films produced in China are recognized by everyone and win all the film awards in the world, the domestic film box office market share is occupied by foreign films.
Then no matter how many film awards the Chinese film industry wins, it will not help.
"It seems that you are still inclined to commercial movies!" said the old dean Zhengse, "but if all the commercial blockbusters in China are like the current type of fooling people, then it is better not to shoot them!"
"They can also be called commercial blockbusters?" Yang Ming said with disdain.
Whether in the past life or in the present life, in the face of the impact of Hollywood blockbusters, there are many powerful film companies, or famous directors with outstanding reputations, who also shoot commercial blockbusters to block Hollywood blockbusters.
But the so-called blockbusters they shot are simply selling dog meat on the head of a sheep, which is not a blockbuster at all in Yang Ming's eyes.
Even, in Yang Ming's view, whether in the past life or in the present life, those companies and directors who make commercial blockbusters have not really shot a blockbuster that belongs to China at all.
The success of Hollywood has attracted the attention of the Chinese film industry, and various successful elements have naturally become the imitation content of each family.
But they have only learned the fancy things on the surface of Hollywood, and as for the essence, they simply do not have the patience to study and ponder.
All kinds of revealing shots, seductive shots, hot beds in Hollywood blockbusters. plays, hot shots, they all learned very well.
However, the rigorous plot logic and refreshing creativity in the movie are fake, but there are not too many people who really imitate them.
Because, these take time and require a lot of money.
How could those people be willing to spend time doing this, it is better to use a routine, hang up the title of a blockbuster, and make money for the release as soon as possible.
Moreover, Yang Ming gradually discovered in this life that many film companies in the world have also begun to show signs of such shoddy production.
The old dean also noticed Yang Ming's disdain, smiled faintly, knocked on the armrest of the seat, and said, "Then you can analyze and analyze for me what is a real commercial blockbuster!"
Yang Ming's expression was calm and calm when he heard this, his eyes were clear, at this moment, he couldn't help but think of the three major elements that he had just discussed with Barber a few days ago, if it weren't for the fact that he was going to invite Barber to join, he had done a lot of preparations in advance, otherwise he might really be in a hurry when he heard the old dean's question now.
"There is no doubt that as we all know, Hollywood is the most successful commercial blockbuster at the moment!"
Hearing this, even the old dean had to admit it, and he nodded slightly, expressing his agreement with Yang Ming's opinion.
"In the past few years, Hollywood blockbusters have swept the world, in fact, to put it bluntly, it has grasped a few key points, big star lineup, big investment, big production, exciting plot, that's all!" Yang Ming said eloquently.
The old dean's eyes lit up, he raised his head and glanced deeply at the student opposite, he really didn't expect Yang Ming to know so much about the core of Hollywood blockbusters.
This was already a well-known concept at the time of Yang Ming in the previous life, but in this life, it still makes people feel extremely novel, and even bright.
Many non-professional audiences like star effects, but they don't pay much attention to some important factors such as directors and screenwriters. Therefore, if a Hollywood blockbuster wants to make a wonderful profit, it must invite big-name stars to act. Of course, the director is not a loser, and will give all the filming funds to the actors, so there are not too many big names, one or two are enough.
Actors drive the box office of movies is one of the truths, and it is also an important reason for Hollywood's longevity.
Even in the previous life, the box office of Chinese movies has become the largest box office in Hollywood except for North America, in order to get a better box office in China, every blockbuster in Hollywood will add Chinese elements, and even invite Chinese stars to join in the show, although they are basically some insignificant roles.
But this has to say that Hollywood blockbusters' practice of pleasing Chinese audiences has indeed made Hollywood blockbusters hit new highs at the box office in China.
In fact, this method has been learned in a Chinese blockbuster, but the result is extremely painful!
This movie is the very famous "Wuji" in the previous life, and the setting of this actor is also more ingenious, Sanada Hiroyuki (Japanese movie star) guarantees the Japanese box office, Zhang Dongjian (Korean movie star) guarantees the Korean box office, Cecilia Cheung and Nicholas Tse (Hong Kong movie stars) guarantee the Chinese box office. Although the reviews of "Classless" are generally discrediting, the box office is indeed in the past.
In the early years, there were not many movies with a large investment of more than 100 million US dollars, and many viewers believed that the amount of money invested was directly proportional to the quality of the movie, because a large amount of money could produce large scenes such as explosions, and it could also vividly portray disaster pictures. The props can be more exquisite, and the scenery can be larger, which can make the movie go to the next level and make the eyes and ears more enjoyable.
When he said this, Yang Ming couldn't help but reveal his plan for the next movie to the old dean, "For the next movie, I am ready to invest 500 million Huaxia coins to shoot!"
When the old dean heard Yang Ming's words, his hands couldn't help shaking, and the whole person almost lost his voice.
500 million Chinese coins, more than 100 million rice dollars!
What kind of film requires such a big investment?
Even in the history of Yenching Film Academy, there has never been a director who has made a film with such a huge investment.
"Have you thought about it?" The old dean knew that Yang Ming had repeatedly made amazing moves, so he quickly returned to normal, without asking questions or criticizing!
"Hmm!" Yang Ming nodded, full of confidence.
"Okay, you can grasp it yourself, if there is anything to help from the academy, just ask, but when the time comes, I will arrange a few students to intern in your crew! Our academy has never had this kind of teaching materials for filming such a huge investment movie, just take this opportunity to let them study and summarize, it is estimated that there will be a few teachers who will come to work for you in the day!" the old dean said.
"Haha, I can't ask for it!" Yang Ming said with a hearty smile.
This is also a good thing for him, the production of 500 million Huaxia coins, the previous crew is definitely not enough, since the old dean is willing to arrange people to come over for internship, he must clap his hands and welcome.
"I've just said that, keep talking!" the old dean motioned for Yang Ming to continue with the topic of Hollywood blockbusters just now.
Yang Ming cleared his throat and said with a slightly solemn expression: "No matter how many stars Hollywood blockbusters invite to join, or how much money is spent to make movies, there is only one core point, that is, a gripping plot and novel ideas!"
Most of the audience came to the theater to get a thrill and make the mood play a roller coaster. Hollywood movies do just that, they choose themes that want to be disasters, heroes, and horrors. The plot must not drag on, otherwise it will lower the heart rate of the audience.
Basically, the plot of any Hollywood blockbuster is like a speeding train, from the beginning to the end, there is no chance to get off the train in the middle. The audience is led by the director, the clues are one after another, dizzying, and you have no chance to desert. By the time the final mystery was revealed, the audience was already intoxicated. Such a movie is a success!
The plot is confusing, and Hollywood blockbuster movies with a strong ending are easy to shine, and they are also a guarantee factor for the box office!
Speaking of which, Yang Ming unceremoniously pointed out that countless so-called commercial blockbusters in China now have the title of blockbusters, which are not only inviting stars to join, but also claiming to be a huge amount of money to the outside world, but after the actual screening, the plot is pale and weak, and it is simply a rotten street.
It's not that the technology doesn't work, it's not that there is no funding, it's actually a matter of attitude.
This phenomenon is not only in this life, but also in the past life, why when it comes to domestic movies, countless people shake their heads and say, what is so good about domestic films! Except for that set, there is no difference!
First-class publicity, a second-rate star lineup, a third-rate special effects system, and an unpopular plot, this is the so-called domestic blockbuster in the previous life!
Every time Yang Ming thinks of this, he feels heartbroken, and he feels panicked for those domestic blockbusters!
However, there was no way, in his previous life, he did not have any power to change this qiē!
However, in this world, he may not be able to influence the practices of other film companies, but he can set a benchmark for blockbusters and let people know that blockbusters can become blockbusters without fooling the audience!
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It's been too busy these days, and it will be better after 25, and I'll take the time to pay it back!