Located in the subtropical monsoon region, Hangzhou*zhou has four distinct seasons, the summer climate is hot and humid, known as a small stove, and the winter is cold and dry. ∮, only spring and autumn have a pleasant climate, which is the golden season for sightseeing.

It's April, and Hangzhou at this time is undoubtedly in full bloom, with a gentle breeze and a comfortable time.

April 10th is a very ordinary day, but just as every ordinary day has a special meaning for a special person, today is also of great significance to the Film Directors Guild, because today is the day when the second Film Directors Guild Commendation Conference is held.

According to the schedule, there will be director's seminars in the morning and afternoon, which will be attended by all directors from the Mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan, and will discuss specific topics during the seminars, and in the evening, there will be a commendation ceremony, which will be attended by not only directors, but also invited actors.

In fact, today is only the first seminar, and the second will be held tomorrow, but Lin Yuquan's time does not allow him to participate.

The venue of the seminar is the hotel conference hall where most of the directors stay, because it is not a unified management, the directors and the invited stars can choose their own hotels, and the reason why most of the directors stay in the same hotel is mainly because the directors of the directors association live here collectively, and under their influence, most of the directors and stars will naturally choose here.

Lin Yuquan didn't have the habit of sleeping lazy, so he came to the conference hall with Ning Hao and Xu Jinglei very early, because it was still early, there were not many people in the conference hall at this time, and there was no one he knew.

Attend a workshop. Lin Yuquan and the three of them did not dress up in disguise. Naturally, he was recognized lightly by the people present. Lin Yuquan and Xu Jinglei needless to say, although Ning Hao's exposure rate is not so high, he is now the most high-profile young director except for Lin Yuquan, and the limelight is even higher than Lu Chuan, ordinary people may not recognize him, but it is impossible for them not to know the people who are engaged in films.

Almost all of them are eye-catching. Among them, several young people who were busy with their eyes were shining, and they walked towards Lin Yuquan and the three of them with excitement on their faces.

"Hello Director Lin, hello Director Ning and Director Xu, all four of us are 05 master's students in the directing department of Kyoto Film Academy, I am Liu Hui, I am very happy to meet the three of you." One of them, a thin and tall young man wearing glasses, greeted Lin Yuquan and the three of them with great respect, and when he looked at Lin Yuquan, he had excitement in his eyes that could not be hidden.

"Oh, it's a junior!" Lin Yuquan, Ning Hao, and Xu Jinglei glanced at each other. smiled and shook Liu Hui's outstretched hand: "Hello." Junior, I'm glad to meet you. ”

Lin Yuquan's tone of calling his junior brother was extremely natural, although in terms of age, Liu Hui, who was a graduate student, was even older than him.

The others didn't think there was anything wrong with this, and they were treated kindly by Lin Yuquan, and the excitement on the face of the party Liu Hui was even greater.

"Hello, junior." Ning Hao smiled and shook Liu Hui's hand.

"Level 05, who's your mentor?" After shaking hands with Liu Hui, Xu Jinglei asked with a smile, she is now teaching in the directing department.

"My mentor is director Tian Zhuangzhuang." Liu Hui said straight.

"Yo, Director Tian, his graduate school is not so easy to get into, amazing." Xu Jinglei smiled and gave a thumbs up, making Liu Hui scratch his head embarrassedly.

"It's pretty impressive." Lin Yuquan also smiled, he knew a lot about Tian Zhuangzhuang's teaching at the Kyoto Film Academy, because Tian Zhuangzhuang's invitation to return to the Kyoto Film Academy as the director of the directing department happened to be his study at the Kyoto Film School in 03 years, and Tian Zhuangzhuang's main task was to take graduate students, and his first batch of graduate students were recruited from the second half of 03.

"Oh, isn't that a mentor with Zhao Wei?" Ning Hao said in surprise that although he usually pays little attention to entertainment news, he still heard about Zhao Wei, Huang Xiaoming, and Liu Zi, who were in a uproar last year, and returned to the film academy to study, and finally the dust settled, Zhao Wei, Liu Zishun lì Tong guò, Zhao Wei studied in the graduate class of the directing department, the tutor was Tian Zhuangzhuang, Liu Zi was admitted to the graduate school of the acting department, and Huang Xiaoming was off the list.

"It's not, I was originally going to take the Tian Dao exam last year, but I was too busy, but even if I took the exam, I might not be able to pass the exam, or you are a good junior." Xu Jinglei had a smile in her eyes.

Being said by the three of them, Liu Hui felt more and more embarrassed, but he was somewhat proud in his heart, in order to be admitted to Tian Zhuangzhuang's graduate school, he did not suffer less.

"You're self-aware." Lin Yuquan made a joke to Xu Jinglei, and glanced at the other three young people who had not yet spoken, and were looking at him eagerly, so he took the initiative to ask with a smile: "Senior brother, are you all graduate students led by Tian Dao?" ”

"Ah, no!" Liu Hui hurriedly said, and then glanced at the three of them.

In fact, there was no need for him to make a look, the three of them couldn't wait for a long time, but they were just suffering from interjecting, and now they naturally introduced themselves respectfully and excitedly.

"Director Lin, Director Xu, Director Ning, hello, I'm Sun Hao, my mentor is Director Zhang Ming, it's an honor to meet you." The boy who spoke was a flat head and looked particularly rustic.

"Hello, Director Lin, Director Xu, Director Ning, I am Liang Jianhan, my graduate supervisor is Director Wang Rui, I like the works of the three of you very much, and Mentor Wang Rui will always show us your films, saying that the three of you are the troika of young directors of our Kyoto Film Academy." This is a dark-skinned, unattractive young man.

"Director Lin, Director Ning, Senior Sister Xu, hello everyone, my name is Zhang Yue, and my tutor is also Director Tian Zhuangzhuang, Senior Sister, I have been to audit your class before!" A handsome young man said.

It's all the Kyoto Film Academy itself, which invisibly shortens the distance, otherwise a few people really don't have the courage to come up and say hello to the three of them, you must know that these three are all famous directors, and now they need to be able to stay up to the mountains, especially Lin Yuquan, he is the top director in China, maybe he is an obstacle in terms of qualifications and age, but his influence among young filmmakers has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and he is within the directing department of Kyoto Film Academy. After winning 4 Oscars, he is already regarded by students as the first director in China. It's the god they think of.

Lin Yuquan also greeted the three of them cordially. For him, although the time of studying at the Kyoto Film Academy was short, it was a very good time, a memory worth remembering, and he also regarded himself as a member of the Kyoto Film Academy from the bottom of his heart.

Xu Jinglei and Ning Haomo on the side are not like this.

"There are really a lot of graduate tutors in your class 05, and it seems that there should be quite a lot of graduate students recruited." After saying hello. Lin Yuquan said with a smile on his face.

"Well, we have a total of 19 master's students in the directing department, and six of them are women." Liu Hui nodded and replied.

"19!" Lin Yuquan sighed in his heart, not rejoicing at this number, but feeling heavy.

Different from other majors, due to the particularity of the directing major, the directing major is not the more students recruited the better, and now there are too few directing students who can stay in the director's position, mainly because there are too few opportunities for graduates to become directors.

It's not like learning acting, even if you can't be a starring actor. It's always no problem to play a supporting role, but the entertainment industry doesn't need second- and third-tier directors. At most, a crew has one or two assistant directors, and students who have just graduated have almost no chances, so graduation is equivalent to being unemployed.

As for boiling slowly, it will only be submerged by time, and those who learn the director's profession will either become famous early, or change careers early, and if they are not famous, they will not change their careers, and after ten years of waste, it is actually equivalent to being wasted.

And there is no way to do such a phenomenon, he used to be precise, before the acquisition of Shuguang Film Company, he only thought that investors did not give young directors a chance, and blindly trusted famous directors, but after he began to invest in the production of zuò films, he understood why investors did not give young directors a chance.

This is actually because of the particularity of the film and television industry, unlike many other jobs that allow employees to make mistakes in the process of growth, there is no such thing as making mistakes in the film industry.

With such a huge risk, who investor is willing to take it.

Not to mention others, the first thing he looks at when choosing a director is the other party's past works, and the director level of the other party is measured through guò works, unless it is a long-term relationship, knowing the roots, otherwise this is also the most effective way, for investors, where is the time to slowly examine a person's situation, only by proving that their director really has the level of director, in order to facilitate them to make decisions quickly.

In fact, this situation is not only in China, but also in any country, which is the common point of the director's profession.

According to the survey statistics of the graduation status of students at the Kyoto Film Academy in the past few years, the employment situation of graduates of the directing department is the most severe, only 5% of them can find a position as a director, and 19 master's students seem to be a lot, but according to the probability, only one of them can barely become a director, let alone become a famous director.

Like the four young people in front of him, it is very likely that none of them will become directors in the end.

Lin Yuquan had no intention of talking about this heavy topic, and after sighing, he said with a smile: "There are a lot of girls recruited, this is a good phenomenon, the current film industry is lacking female directors, by the way, are you new members of the Directors Association?" ”

"No, we were sent by our mentor to help." Zhang Yue said with a smile.

"Oh, so miserable! Lao Xu, do you hear that? You should be glad that you weren't admitted to graduate school last year, otherwise you would have been sent by Tian Dao to work as a coolie now. Lin Yuquan smiled, not surprising, because he had heard Feng Xiaogang say that the Directors Association is not a profit-making department, except for a secretary in the association, other people, such as Huang Jianxin, Feng Xiaogang and other presidents, vice presidents, and executive committee members are all unpaid, which is equivalent to free volunteers, and many directors in the association are tutors of major film academies, and sometimes the association engages in activities, and will mobilize some students and graduate students of the film academy's director department to help, and the four of them obviously belong to this situation.

"Hehe, indeed! It seems that it is better for me not to take the graduate school entrance examination. Xu Jinglei smiled.

"Actually, no, it's all voluntary, like all of us are very happy to come to the Directors Guild to help. You can meet many of your idols. Just like this time. We'll see you, Director Lin. Liu Hui smiled, and the other three also smiled.

After chatting with a few people, others came over later, especially with the increase in the number of directors who came to the conference hall one after another, and the number of people around Lin Yuquanquan was also increasing, one after another, and it became the most lively place in the venue.

Lin Yuquan is attending the gathering of the Directors Guild for the first time, and 182 directors other than him are here today. He had only seen a small number of them before, and was certainly happy to have the opportunity to get to know more of these outstanding peers.

Wang Zhonglei, Feng Xiaogang, Lu Chuan, and Teng Huatao walked into the conference hall and saw such a situation.

"Hehe, this guy is really the focus of attention everywhere!" Feng Xiaogang laughed.

"It's not surprising that he is the most influential domestic director today, in fact, I have long wanted to know him." Wang Zhonglei looked at the high-spirited young man in the middle of the crowd, and said with some emotion, as early as when "Huo Yuanjia" was released, he was full of appreciation for this young man, yes, appreciation. At that time, he felt that young people were good and had great potential. There is hope to become a big director like Feng Xiaogang, which is just filming. The young director of the female film is already a very high evaluation, but it turns out that he still underestimated this young man, it has only been two years, this young man has reached a height that even he needs to look up to, not only has he become a big director who has attracted much attention around the world, but he is also stronger than him when he starts a company, and his net worth is much more than that of him and his brother Wang Zhongjun.

"Yes, if this guy is treated coldly, it is not normal, he does have this capital, not to mention in our country, he is now the focus of attention everywhere, the last time I watched the Oscars, his situation on the red carpet show is no worse than now, countless Hollywood directors and actors surround him, hey, in comparison, Zhang Yi is relatively deserted." Feng Xiaogang smiled.

"Well, this is natural, his popularity in North America is very high, in fact, in addition to the weight of the Oscar is not as good as Li Yu, he is already the most influential Chinese director in the world, Li Yu and Wu Yusen are far from him, and Li Yu and Wu Yusen are not from our mainland after all, only he is the real glory for the mainland!" Wang Zhonglei smiled.

The others nodded.

"I'm going to say hello to him before the seminar starts, what about you?" Wang Zhonglei asked the three of them.

"I'm not going." Feng Xiaogang, who was already very familiar with Lin Yuquan, naturally didn't need to join in the fun at this time.

"I'll go too." Lu Chuan said with a smile.

"Me too, I also wanted to get to know our great director brother for a long time." Teng Huatao, who was also born at the Kyoto Film Academy.

Then the three of them walked towards Lin Yuquan.

"Hello, Director Lin." After waiting for a while, Wang Zhonglei, who was finally in the position, said with a smile on his face.

"Oh, hello, Mr. Wang, it's a pleasure to meet you." Lin Yuquan looked at Wang Zhonglei with some surprise, but he didn't expect the boss of Huayi Brothers to also come, in fact, he soon found that it was not only Wang Zhonglei, but also Han Shanping, the new chairman of China Film, Zhang Weiping, Zhang Weiping, Wang Changtian of Light Pictures, Li Ming, Pony Galloping, and Wu Kebo, the CEOs of several major domestic film companies of Orange Sky Film and Television.

What kind of style is this, Lin Yuquan, who participated in the director guild gathering for the first time, inevitably felt strange.

Until the start of the seminar, Lin Yuquan was not idle.

"Yo, our great director is really busy!" As soon as Lin Yuquan sat down, Xu Jinglei's strange voice sounded beside him.

"Senior sister, can you not talk about me? Besides, after you and Brother Hao left me, I noticed that there were a lot of people around you! Lin Yuquan smiled.

"It's a lot, but it's not as much as you!" Xu Jinglei smiled, she became famous very early, she knew a lot of directors on the scene, she was bold and free, of course there were many people who chatted with her just now, and although Ning Hao was not as well-connected as her, with "Crazy Stone" and "Love Call Transfer" two consecutive hit blockbuster comedy movies, he seems to be the best among young directors, and the directors who want to know and communicate with him are even more above her.

"By the way, senior sister, why are the bosses of film companies such as Wang Zhonglei, Han Shanping, and Zhang Weiping here." Lin Yuquan asked the doubts in his heart.

"You don't know?" Xu Jinglei looked at Lin Yuquan in surprise, and then held her forehead: "Haha, I forgot that you are here for the first time, and our Shuguang Film Company has no experience, not to mention the rest, it doesn't mean much to you, but there is one thing that has something to do with you. ”

"Well, there's this doorway." Lin Yuquan suddenly understood that the Directors Association is just a Qingshui Yamen, and the Association itself has no money, and the commendation conference and similar meetings are naturally indispensable for funds, of course, this fund cannot be paid by the directors participating in the meeting, otherwise, it will really become a party of eating, drinking and having fun, but the Directors Association has no money, the problem is here, what to do, naturally it depends on the sponsorship of people.

As for why the CEO of the film and television company is willing to sponsor, of course, it is not that people are stupid and willing to be the big boss, but it is really profitable, and the most important thing is to enhance their own influence.

"How much does that cost?" Lin Yuquan then asked.

"I don't know about this, but at least tens of thousands, especially you, a big tyrant, don't you have a hundred and eighty thousand, are you embarrassed to take it out?" Xu Jinglei looked at Lin Yuquan with a smile.

"Don't look at me, I don't know, I'm the first time I've attended a meeting in the film association like you, you might as well ask someone who clarifies the situation." Ning Hao smiled and shook his head.

"That's right." Lin Yuquan nodded, who to send it to, by the way, Chen Kaige and Feng Xiaogang are both vice presidents of the Film Association, they must be clear about this, his eyes lit up, and then immediately sent a text message to Chen Kaige, now that the seminar is about to start, it is inconvenient to ask him face-to-face.

"Huh." Chen Kaige smiled, turned his head to look at the seat where Lin Yuquan was, and suddenly saw Lin Yuquan waving at him, nodded, and then replied to the text message.

"Oh, is it usually 50,000 or 100,000?" Lin Yuquan smiled, and then began to wonder how much he would sponsor.

It didn't take long for the workshop to begin. (To be continued......)

PS: Because it's the first time I've written about the Film Association Commendation Conference, I'll write in detail.