Zhang Ran combined with the story of Gu Hye-sun to explain in detail the structure of the Hollywood script, the midpoint of the story, the approaching villain, and the dark night of the soul. He spoke in great detail www.biquge.info and used many Hollywood and Korean movies as examples to analyze them, which fascinated the audience.

The auditorium was very quiet, everyone was listening carefully, and even the teachers from Dongxi University were attracted by Zhang Ran's explanation. Zhang Ran is not talking about esoteric theories, but practical skills, which are compared with the movies that everyone usually watches, which makes people feel suddenly enlightened.

An hour and a half passed quickly, and Zhang Ran began to conclude: "That's all for the structure of identity contrast movies, I hope it can be helpful to everyone." There are many Hollywood movie structures, for example, horror movies are often haunted house structures, and road movies are Golden Fleece types, if you are interested, you can come down and study it yourself. That's the end of today's lecture!"

Zhang Ran looked at the time, then at the audience below, and said with a smile: "There is still a little time, everyone can ask if there is anything they want to ask!"

A boy with glasses stood up and asked, "Mr. Zhang Ran, I like your movies very much, and I also hope to be a director like you, may I ask, what do you think is the most important thing for a new director?"

Zhang Ran looked at the boy and said, "There is a store that sells discs outside our Nortel, and there are all kinds of discs in it, and many discs that are not usually bought can be bought here." The owner of the shop, a student who repeatedly failed the directing exam, is said to have not scored enough in the culture class, so he gave up the exam and started a DVD business opposite the school, saying that when he saved enough money, he would make his own movie. I used to buy discs there, and I got to know him well, and I admired his spirit, so I said to him, "Do you have a script?" Show me the script you wrote. He told me that he wanted to write a great story, but he didn't have an idea that satisfied him right now. After a while, I asked him again, has the script been written, and he told me that he was still working on it. After that, I stopped asking. I say this story just to tell you that if you want to make a movie, do it. If you have a camera, shoot it. If not, then write the script and go to the storyboard. If you don't do anything, it's always just a pipe dream!

Also, I don't think you should be in a hurry as a director, and don't think about what my first film is going to be. For the profession of director, accumulation is particularly important, don't think about becoming fat in one bite. Many directors who became famous at a young age often have poor follow-up development, which lies in the lack of accumulation. Not to mention others, even I myself have encountered a bottleneck now, and one of the important reasons for my participation in the Olympics is that I feel that I can accumulate a lot of things. I think the growth and maturity of a director is a natural thing, don't be too eager for quick success, many things can't be successful at once. ”

Next, a student got up and asked: "The South Korean government recently reduced the protective quota for domestic films to be shown in South Korean theaters to meet the needs of the South Korea-US free trade agreement, which was opposed by many people in the Korean film industry, I don't know what you think?"

Zhang Ran admires the fighting spirit of Korean filmmakers, and the rapid rise of Korean films in recent years is separate from this fighting spirit: "Films belong to the cultural industry, and the protection of films is the protection of culture, which is definitely necessary, and the whole of Europe, like France and Spain, have their own film protection policies, and I don't think there is any problem with filmmakers asking for the protection of local films." The real question is how much quota is good for the film industry? I think the existence of a certain number of Hollywood films in the market is good for the development of the film industry. We all know that Hollywood is powerful, and the audience loves to watch Hollywood blockbusters, and if you want to win back the audience from Hollywood, then filmmakers must rack their brains and do their best to make the movie a good one. If there are no Hollywood movies, or there are fewer Hollywood movies, then the pressure of competition will be much less, and for many filmmakers, they can make money by making a movie casually, then they will definitely not make movies with their hearts, so the entire film market will be flooded with bad movies. China's film market is now flooded with bad films, and this is one of the reasons!

I spent eight years in the United States, grew up watching American films, and saw the power of their pop culture. However, the cultural differences between the East and the West are also very large, our Oriental people have their own feelings and ways of expression, although Hollywood movies are powerful, they are always separated from us, it is impossible to reflect the emotions of our Oriental people, it is impossible to reflect our joys, sorrows and sorrows, even if Hollywood movies can suppress us for a while, but they can't suppress us for a lifetime. So, I think we should have confidence in ourselves, in our oriental culture, in our films!"

A Chinese student stood up and asked, "What do you think is the biggest problem with Chinese cinema right now?"

Regarding the problem of Chinese films, Zhang Ran thought deeply: "Yesterday, I chatted with director Park Chan-wook, and he told me that Korean films are in trouble now. He told me that with the recovery of the Korean economy and the promotion of the government, in 2000, the number of local films in South Korea reached 59, basically returning to the scale before the financial crisis, and there were phenomenal blockbusters such as "Common Alert Zone". The huge commercial success of the Common Alert Zone has spurred the participation of venture capitalists with a keen sense of smell. Due to the influx of hot money, the market has boomed, and Korean films have developed particularly rapidly in recent years. However, with the box office failure of several big-budget films in 2002, external capital began to withdraw from the film industry, and many production companies went bankrupt. In the first half of this year, more than 50 films were released in South Korea, but the average production cost of these 50 films reached an all-time high, but the return on capital was negative 24.5%, which is a very high loss. Director Park Chan-wook believes that there will be more capital withdrawals next, and with the large-scale withdrawal of capital, Korean films are likely to enter a trough next.

But I don't see it that way, I think the withdrawal of hot money is a good thing for the entire film industry, hot money can indeed drive the market, but at the same time, it will lead to a large number of shoddy movies in the market, leading to a flood of bad movies. Although the film market will fall into a trough after the hot money ebb out, it will also squeeze out the bubble of the entire industry. I think as long as there are people like Park Chan-wook who really love movies, as long as they can continue to come up with excellent works, Korean films will soon come out of the trough!

Chinese films are following the old path of South Korea, and now a lot of hot money is also beginning to pour into the film industry. These people don't love movies, and they don't think about running movies as an industry, they only have one purpose is to make money. The hot money coming in has led to a lot of bad tendencies, such as valuing stars over creation. More than half of the cost of many films is used to pay celebrities, and the funds invested in creation and production are very small, so the entire market is flooded with all kinds of shoddy films.

There is a big difference between the Chinese market and the South Korean market, that is, the Chinese market is very large, and it only took three or four years for South Korea to hit the ceiling of the market, and the hot money began to recede, while it took 10 to 15 years for China to hit the ceiling. During this period of time, the Chinese film market will inevitably be flooded with bad films, driven by hot money. If you endure it for four or five years, but for fifteen years, the audience's patience is limited, and after a long time, they will lose confidence in domestic films. If one day the audience mentions domestic movies and directly says that they are bad movies, and they don't go to the cinema to watch them, then the Chinese movie will be finished!

The purpose of our establishment of the Asian Film Academy is here, to cultivate a group of excellent genre film directors at a time when the film industry is flooded with hot money, to protect the ecology of Chinese films, and to maintain the audience's confidence in Chinese films. Let the audience know that although there are many bad domestic movies, there are still so many people who are still making movies with their hearts!"

The Chinese boy who asked the question was very moved after listening to Zhang Ran's words, and stood up and bowed deeply to Zhang Ran: "Director Zhang, I am studying film, and I am not qualified to represent anyone, just represent myself, a young man who also loves Chinese movies pays tribute to you!"

Zhang Ran smiled and waved his hand: "Since you are studying movies and love Chinese films, then make movies seriously, to maintain the vitality of Chinese films, we need the joint efforts of those of us who love Chinese films!"

Countless hands in the audience raised again, all waiting to ask Zhang Ran a question. The lecture was originally an hour and a half, but the students always dragged it out and refused to finish, and it took more than two hours to finish.

On the evening of October 19, the first award ceremony of the Asian Film Academy Awards was held in Haeundae, Busan.

The red carpet of the awards ceremony was star-studded!

Chinese actors Zhou Xun, Guo Fucheng, Liu Hua, etc., South Korean actors Song Kang-ho, Lee Young-ae, Jun Ji-hyun, etc., Japanese actors Miki Nakatani, Ken Watanabe, etc., may still be on the red carpet of the opening ceremony of the Busan Film Festival.

Korean actresses have always been bold on the red carpet, and in order to make headlines in the Korean media, various see-through outfits take turns, but the Korean actresses present this time are all big names, and they are not all dressed more formally for the headlines.

Zhang Ran discovered a strange phenomenon, Korean actresses don't wear jewelry, not only on their necks, but also on earrings. If it is a little star, it may not be sponsored, but Jun Ji-hyun and Lee Young-ae do not wear jewelry, it is estimated that there are other conventional reasons.

Zhang Ran walked on the red carpet alone, and did not bring a female companion, it was not suitable to find Zhou Xun or Tang Yan, so he walked on the red carpet alone.

Seeing Zhang Ran appearing on the stage, the reporters on both sides of the red carpet immediately turned their lenses, aimed at him with all their brushes, and pressed the shutter frantically.

"Zhang Ran! Zhang Ran" fans on both sides of the red carpet waved various cheering cards and let out bursts of screams.

Zhang Ran smiled and waved to the fans, which caused an even more high-pitched scream.

After entering the venue, Zhang Ran found his place, but he did not sit down, but greeted the guests and celebrities who came to cheer everywhere. Although the Asian Film Academy Awards are organized by the Korean side, as the dean of the Film Academy, Zhang Ran is also the host, and he must express his gratitude to the guests who came to cheer for the ceremony. Any film award is inseparable from the support of stars, without celebrities, there will be no attention, and the award will not be influential.

After a round of greetings, Zhang Ran returned to his position, on his left was Jia Niliang, who was nominated for Best Actor, and on his right was Chen Daoming, who was nominated for Best Supporting Actor. In the front is the crew of "Monster of the Han River" led by Bong Joon-ho, and in the back is the crew of "The Life of Disgusted Matsuko" led by Tetsuya Nakajima, and the three crews are also the three favorites of the award.

Seeing Zhang Ran sitting down, Jia Niliang showed a flattering smile and asked, "Teacher Zhang, do you think I have a chance to win the award?"

Zhang Ran looked at him and said lightly: "Do you think you have reached the level of winning awards?"

Jia Niliang also knew that he had almost no chance of winning the award, and being able to nominate was mainly due to the charm of the role, as well as Zhang Ran's grasp of the camera, and said with a sneer: "I will continue to work hard!"

The time soon reached 8 o'clock in the evening, and as the lights on the stage turned on, the first Asian Film Academy Awards officially kicked off.