Chapter 250: Ten Points

There were twelve bursts of laughter from the audience, and there were many small laughs.

There were seven or eight applauses, and many people held back, afraid of noisy movies.

At the end of the film, more than 1,000 people in the audience stood up, all of them stood up, and applauded vigorously for a long time.

In the applause, Bai Yuhan took the microphone handed by the staff and walked to the big screen. Holding the microphone in his hand, he didn't say a word, he was silent for more than ten seconds, and suddenly bowed at a ninety-degree angle like Cheng Dongqing in the movie.

"Bang, la, la."

There was another deafening round of applause.

When the voice calmed down, Bai Yuhan held the microphone and slowly spoke: "I am a very proud person, or arrogant." From the time I made "Chinese Partner", I knew that this movie was a good film, and the test film meeting and Nortel exchange meeting were all such results, and they are still today. ”

"As a director, the most important thing is that you make a film that is recognized. Frankly speaking, I made this film with impulse, I rarely do pre-market research when making films, I thought of something, I made it with my heart, and I thought it could be successful. ”

"A lot of times it's hard for me to think rationally, and when you're irrational, you're arrogant, paranoid, and even nervous. And as a result, often you don't become a genius, you become a madman. By the way, I don't mean to praise myself as a genius. ”

There was a lot of laughter in the audience.

"It seems to me that this world is an evolution of another law of the jungle, where only paranoia can survive and succeed. But paranoia is not perfect, and paranoia is another name for neurosis. Whether it is Cheng Dongqing or Meng Xiaojun. Or Wang Yang, they all have a paranoid side, so they all have an imperfect side. ”

"When I was filming 'Chinese Partner', I kept thinking about the success of paranoia. Is it really successful. So I didn't give the three of us a happy ending, and I hope we can all think about it, what is the American dream? Offense and defense, which one do you prefer? ”

"The main theme should not be 1 plus 1 equals 2, but why 1 plus 1 equals 2, and "Chinese Partner" should be talking about why 1 plus 1 equals 2. Of course, as for whether the result is equal to 3 or equal to 4, wres (who cares)! ”

A round of nonsense that Bai Yuhan didn't understand by himself still won the applause of the audience.

Then. All the main creators of "Chinese Partner" took the stage one by one, and the three people of New Oriental, Yu Minhong, Xu Xiaoping and Wang Qiang, who were the prototypes of the characters, also took the stage to briefly share their viewing feelings.

Yu Minhong said bluntly: "This is probably not my story, I am not Cheng Dongqing, I am not so lonely, and I am not so dirty." But many of the stories I have experienced are too close for me to judge. I can't comment on it. ”

Xu: "The story of the post-6O and post-7O generations told in "Chinese Partner" has a tragic ending. But I think it can still ignite the dreams of the post-9o and post-9o generations. ”

Wang Qiang felt a little shy: "I'm not as handsome as Wang Yang." But like Wang Yang, I see it very openly. ”

Finally, at the request of the host of the premiere, everyone sang "The Story of Time" together as an end.

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"Bai Yuhan used an entrepreneurial biography to portray the dreams of people in the 80s, and "Chinese Partner" is a rare domestic film." -- Yangcheng Evening News.

"Tsinghua premiere. With a wave of applause, "Chinese Partner" made everyone overjoyed. -- China Youth Daily.

"Tsinghua watched the premiere of "The Chinese Partner". I cried like that, cried so sadly. Someone on the side was watching the comedy, and my tears flowed wildly, 'It's not us who changed the world, it's the world that changed us', but I didn't want to be changed too much. -- Zheng Nanyan, general manager of 7 Days Inn Hotel.

"A new domestic film genre, a stunning story, "Chinese Partner" is Bai Yuhan's real mature directorial work." -- Information Times.

"I have to admit it, but this is an epic, and it is not easy for a domestic film to appear in a film like "Chinese Partner". If I do it, even if it's against it, I can't shoot better. - Screenwriter Ning Caishen.

"Bai Swordsman wants to shoot the history of entrepreneurship "Chinese Partner", I am skeptical, he is the richest of directors, but he is also the youngest. The three partners of New Oriental are all from the sixties and seventies. Yesterday's Tsinghua premiere, I was suddenly shocked, the director eats by talent, some people can't enter the door for a lifetime, and some people are born to do this, and the white swordsman is undoubtedly born. I promise, I'm not touting it because of Deng Chao in the movie! - Writer and screenwriter Yu Baimei.

"After laughing, there are tears, "Chinese Partner" is the main theme and not the main theme, it is a commercial film and a literary film, a comedy and a tragedy film, an inspirational film and a satirical film, Bai Yuhan, as a director, successfully combined business and art to create a classic." -- Jianghuai Morning Post.

"The best movie Huang Xiaoming has acted in, and the best movie directed by Bai Yuhan." -- Wang Zhonglei.

"You can look forward to the box office of "Chinese Partner", I said that it is not impossible to break the record of domestic films." -- Critic and writer Zhang Yiwu.

"Congratulations to Bai Yuhan, an excellent movie, "Chinese Partner"." -- Jia Zhangke.

On the second day of the premiere, the news in the media was full of praise for "Chinese Partner". There is also a crazy discussion about this movie on the Internet, and there are many bigwigs on Weibo at Station B, who have appeared and commented on the movie. There are stars, directors, screenwriters, entrepreneurs, film critics, media people, and others.

Ninety-nine percent of the reviews are positive.

If it is just media touting, it can also be said to be a water army hype, but so many business tycoons have stood up and shouted two voices, then it is difficult to say that it is a water army.

At this moment, even some viewers who are completely unloved for domestic films have begun to pay attention to this movie.

It's not okay if you don't pay attention, turn on the computer, turn on the phone. QQ group, B station Weibo, Renren.com, and the popular shake just now**, all friends are discussing "Chinese Partner", as if they have watched the movie one by one, and swear to tell you. It's definitely a good film.

Maybe some people will feel that it is counterproductive and resist it even more, but most of the audience must not be defeated by this propaganda formation and join the ranks of eager to try.

Full of praise and anticipation, Bai Yuhan can hide in the office with peace of mind. Waiting to count the banknotes to get cramps in my hands.

On May 15th, "Interview with Yang Lan", produced by Sunshine Satellite TV and broadcast by Beijing Satellite TV, broadcast an interview with Bai Yuhan.

"Dialogue with Bai Yuhan, from amateur to famous director's growth philosophy."

This episode. It is divided into two themes, four paragraphs. Theme 1 is the creative concept of "Chinese Partner", the origin of filming, the perception of this theme, and by extension, Bai Yuhan's understanding of film.

"Swordsman, in your understanding, how do Chinese directors achieve commercialization? We know a statistic that hundreds of films are shot in China every year. In the end, there were only about two dozen movies that made money, and many movies didn't even have the opportunity to enter the cinema. A lot of directors are complaining, saying that there is no chance. But your film is very profitable. What's going on with all this? Yang Lan asked.

Bai Yuhan replied easily: "The specific market is commercialized, and I don't want to talk about it." To put it simply, how to commercialize a movie, this commercialization can be a commercial film or a literary film. I understand. First of all, you have to tell the story well. Tell a story. It's not hard to say, but tell a good story. It's not simple. The cinematic lens language is segmented, it is made up of many discrete non-timeline shots, and you must combine these shots into a complete individual. You can't piece it together, the coherence is greater than the profundity of the details......"

The second topic is to talk about Bai Yuhan, how he grew from an ordinary person to a film director.

"You started shooting online videos."

"Yes."

"I found that your early works are very individual, such as "All in all", many people criticize it, some of them are heavy, very vulgar, and they say some trivial things, but it is difficult to hide that it has a unique structure and temperament."

"I was young at the time, and I had a bad temper, and all in all, I was the White Swordsman, and the White Swordsman was me. It can be said to be a mirror-like portrayal of my life, an absurd and uninhibited performance, all of which are my perceptions of this life, I have no reservations, it is all sharp. ”

"The next works will be much more restrained."

"Yes, it may be that you have evolved from a person who does not take the director as a profession to adapt to the identity of the director, and you have begun to be handy with the identity of the director, you understand that a director should not be grandstanding, but should cultivate one's self."

"So looking at your 7-Joy advertisement, there are six in total, and it is easy to find that the crossing at the beginning is mainly a spoof, and the later ones are more inspirational and caring. It's because you've grown, so your work has grown with it. ”

Bai Yuhan shook his head: "I have indeed grown up, I used to like to perform, a reporter interviewed me, I was very happy, and then the reporter interviewed, I couldn't go away, I hope to be quiet." But I think that my work may not have grown, but it tends to mature, and growth are two different concepts. ”

"How do you understand that?"

"Growth, it should be a gradual maturity, people can say that they have grown, and your ideological outlook on life and values are complete and fixed. But the work is different, the work is a burst of inspiration, you don't have to work after the age of 30, it has grown a lot more than the work you did when you were 20 years old, it may be mature, the structure, technique, expression, and criticism are more perfect, but you can't guarantee its creativity and talent. ”

"In that case, is there no way for the work to grow?"

"The work is not called growth, according to my understanding, the article is natural, and the magic hand is occasional, it is ups and downs. You might make an eight-point work, then you make a five-point work, and then you make another 10-point work. A lot of people call inspiration all day long, what is inspiration, this is inspiration! ”

"How much do you rate yourself for "Chinese Partner"?"

"Nine points, the best work I've made so far."

"When will the 10th work appear?"

"It won't appear until the day I retire, and when I retire, I'll pick one of the nine-point works and add one point to it." (To be continued)