Chapter 274: The Backbone of Chinese Filmmakers!
This is the North Shadow!
When Chen Xi sat in the car and looked at the qiē outside, he could feel the many lights carried by this school......
In this season, many things in the capital already have an autumn atmosphere, and the autumn leaves swirl in the sky and fall to the ground, and a cold autumn wind blows, and you can feel the things on the ground dancing with the wind.
There are too many luxury cars parked outside the yellow-white brick gate of the North Shadow, and I don't know what these luxury cars are for, and I really don't know what they are here for.
Chen Xihe leaned on the back seat and looked at this once dream palace...... This is indeed a place in the minds of many people, and there are too many hidden desires here, including Chen Xi's.
The current era of Beiying dominating the Chinese film industry and even almost completely monopolizing it is basically gone, and the rise of too many wild film directors has made this kind of thing happen less and less, and the current Chinese film era is indeed not that kind of institutional era, in the era when the market economy determines many things, there are indeed too many changes...... At least the confrontation between Chen Xi and the old directors is one of them.
Chen Xi didn't know what these Beiying students would think of themselves, after all, Zhuang Guofei was also the senior brother of Beiying, and for Zhuang Guofei and these Beiying people, Chen Xi was just an outsider......
Chen Xi's car passed through the road, and then Chen Xi stopped, in Beiying's campus, there are occasionally many stars here, such stars include a variety of types, fame and the like are also all-inclusive, but they don't attract the attention of people in it, after all, many people in Beiying don't care about how they develop in the future, but at least, the experience in Beiying is enough for them to see a lot of things, and it can also give them a better vision. can also look at these things with a higher vision, and they are not surprised by these stars.
In the era of the book business, this is indeed the case...... It will not be until they graduate that they will see the cruelty of this society again, and how difficult it is to get ahead in this hierarchical place of the entertainment industry...... They will also really see things that they have not seen before when they were protected in an ivory tower......
At that time, they will gradually realize that the world is not as beautiful as they imagined......
Especially actresses......
Many people will see the people around them become famous one by one, only they are still like that, stumbling year after year, and those who can't keep it will eventually embark on some irresistible paths.
The career of an actress has not improved if she has not improved at the age of 28...... That's how it is for the vast majority of people in this life. They are not like male actors, and there are many examples of late bloomers.
…… However, these are all divergent thinking that belongs to Chen Xi.
Chen Xi wandered around the campus aimlessly, taking a good look at what was there on this campus and what kind of scenery he saw.
But it's all pretty much the same......
Although Chen Xi's school is not a first-line school, of course, it is not as good as Beiying, but it is by no means a pheasant university, and it is also a book itself.
But now that I see the inside of Beiying and the high-spirited people walking around, I really feel a little envious in my heart. Envy this group of people to survive zài Chinese film training center.
There are also people in the middle who recognize Chen Xi, but I didn't expect Chen Xi to be more popular than some big stars, but this group of people didn't say that they wanted to sign it.
Some are for the sake of future and opportunities, and want to have a little contact with Chen Xi. This is actually relatively normal, but some of them simply want to discuss his previous movies with Chen Xi...... Such a person Chen Xi has some meaning of being insensitive to thanks...... This group of people really has a lot of enthusiasm and righteousness...... However, this is of no avail, in fact. It's really hard to be a genius who can really be talented at this time, and who can really debate these things with people like Chen Xi who have made so many movies. This is true even for China's more than one billion people......
So when Chen Xi met this kind of person, he just left after a few words, and he really didn't want to talk to them...... After there were more people like this, Chen Xi gradually began to become a little annoyed, and he didn't bother to stay here longer.
Chen Xi hurried to another direction, and at this time, he felt that he was being patted on the back, so he quickly turned around and found that he had seen nothing.
"! Hit a ghost during the day? ”
Chen Xi said deliberately, then turned his head at high speed, and saw Liu Yifei's smug face, Liu Yifei really thought that Chen Xi was scared just now, and now he was secretly happy, but he didn't expect Chen Xi to suddenly turn his head and see her, but she was startled.
"Hey! You...... Aren't you scared of me! Liu Yifei glared at Chen Xi, a girl like her would not directly hit Chen Xi with her hands, but that kind of delicate feeling, superimposed on the delicate facial features, has a unique flavor.
Chen Xi spread his hands: "Do you think I will be so easily scared?" ”
Liu Yifei wrinkled his face, raised his slightly round little fleshy face, blinked his left eye slightly, and said, "Okay, you are vigilant!" Just be vigilant about you. ”
Seeing her appearance, Chen Xi smiled helplessly: "Okay, actually...... Ahhhh......h I'm so scared! I'm scared by you. ”
Liu Yifei couldn't help but slap him at this moment: "Chen Laoshi, can you fake it again?" ”
Chen Xi was happy, and then said: "Forget it, I don't have time to talk to you here, I'm busy, tens of thousands of people every minute, what's the matter with you acting here, goodbye." ”
Liu Yifei said: "Isn't there still two hours left in that symposium of yours? ”
Chen Xiqi leaned at her: "Teacher Liu cares about me so much, but he is a little flattered!" ”
Liu Yifei glared at him, and a little red cloud appeared on his face: "How can there be...... I really happened to meet you, I was supposed to come back today to visit a teacher......"
Chen Xi sighed: "Okay, since I have said so, I will accompany you for a walk." ”
Liu Yifei was about to laugh angrily, but she didn't quarrel with Chen Xi or anything, but accompanied Chen Xi for a while, after all, she is also from Beiying, and Liu Yifei knows a lot about many places. So what she said was still good.
With such a beautiful woman walking on campus, Chen Xi almost returned to his college days for a while, the kind of time when the future seemed to have infinite possibilities, confusion and excitement to exist together.
However, Chen Xi seems to be in high spirits, and has been joking with Liu Yifei, in fact, from this point of view, Yiqiē is more like a college day.
Liu Yifei just talked to Chen Xi about some things when he was a child, Chen Xi didn't feel funny at all, but Liu Yifei seemed to be very funny, so he could only cooperate with the smile, after laughing. Chen Xi said: "That's right...... Girls are rich and boys are poor, which is also a valuable experience passed down from the older generation! I've heard a lot of buddies say before that when he was a child, his family lied to him that he was very poor and wanted him to go to college to pay off his debts, but later I learned that the family was trying to motivate them to say so...... When I was a child, I always felt that my family was poor. ”
Liu Yifei looked at Chen Xi, waiting for him to tell the story, and Chen Xi continued at this time: "I only found out when I grew up. My family turned out to be really poor......"
"Poof!" Liu Yifei's ladylike image is about to be ruined, this kind of divine turn is really hard to resist, and now she just accidentally laughed and felt that after all, Chen Xi was talking about her family's poverty, so she quickly stopped laughing and was a little embarrassed: "I'm sorry...... I didn't mean to laugh. ”
Chen Xi looked at Liu Yifei with a smile, and considered that he had taken it back. I regretted my joke a little bit, and then he said, "You're really ...... Don't overthink it, I'm just talking casually, just kidding. ”
…… The two walked to a place.
A lot of people don't know about it. But the place that the students of Beiying also know is also the pride of many Beiying students, and there are some real Chinese filmmakers buried in this place!
The two walked a little bit. When they came to the main teaching building, tired of walking, they sat down here, and in front of them, there was a pyramid.
Chen Xi still knows a lot about these things in Beiying, after all, the Chen Xi in his soul memory is an authentic director from a professional class, so the current Chen Xi is also full of emotion when he sees this pyramid.
Twenty years ago, Beiying held an academy award called the Pyramid Award, which selected the best student films of the year. The award was voted for by the students of each department, and it was fair and open, and the names and films of the winners were engraved on the medals and put into the pyramid, and then they were gone. Because during the election in 93, everyone voted for Chen Kaige's "Farewell My Concubine", which is not controversial at all, and the status of this film is there.
But then something went wrong......
Because I won this pyramid award, I had to report it, but when I got it, the school was also scared - "Farewell My Concubine" is a banned film...... It is of course not good to report a banned film, after all, Beiying is also within a lot of boxes. As a result, the school had no choice but to give the students a job and get them to vote for another movie......
Then, the official voting began, and the other departments came according to the school's arrangement, only the director department still adhered to their ethics - voting for "Farewell My Concubine".
At this moment, the school has nothing to say and cannot report publicly, so it can only let the Pyramid Academy Award finally fail.
It is because of this incident that Chen Xi and them, including many filmmakers, have a sense of awe every time they come to the bottom of this pyramid.
Chinese filmmakers, if they can always have this backbone, then why can't Chinese films rise?
Liu Yifei, as a native of Beiying, of course knows this allusion, and at this moment, she also feels Chen Xi's strictness, and she also feels a little proud in her heart...... A place that can make people like Chen Xi so strict and so solemn can indeed make people feel a sense of accomplishment.
Chen Xi waited for a while, and then said with emotion: "I don't know if Director Chen has been to this place after filming "Wuji", and has he remembered the Pyramid Award ...... in the past?" ”
Chen Kaige's filming of "Wu Ji" made many Chinese fans extremely disappointed in him, and Chen Kaige also reached a low point in his life. In fact, for many years after that, everyone was called "Farewell My Concubine" by Chen Kaige, and there was no Chen Kaige after that...... In fact, it is really unfair to say this, after all, Chen Kaige's "Mei Lanfang" and "Search" are still good, of course, they are not as amazing and gorgeous as "Farewell My Concubine", but they are also relatively good in Chinese movies......
Even the terrible "Taoist Priest Descending the Mountain" has a kind of cultural care, but there are some things that he is too self-conscious......
And these things are also necessary, since he carries the attention and dividends of "Farewell My Concubine", he must also live in the shadow of this movie.
At this moment, Chen Xi couldn't help but think, at that time, after "Wuji" and "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain", if Chen Kaige came to the bottom of this pyramid again, thinking of the hard support of the students of the directing department for his "Farewell My Concubine", and then thinking of the bad reputation of his current movie and the fingers of thousands of people, what kind of ups and downs would it be?
However, these things are only known to the parties......
Chinese films once had a very glorious era, and they also had a lot of their own cultural symbols, including the literary films of the fifth generation of directors and many films of the year...... In fact, China's film genes are also imprinted on Chinese films, including the very beginning of "Dingjun Mountain", including the martial arts film "Burning Red Lotus Temple" and other things that were explored later, and there is a unique spiritual temperament of Chinese films......
Later, in those high-pressure and murderous eras, Chinese films still have unique emotional connotations, and many classic movies were also produced in these eras, until the Hollywood invasion, the commercialization reform of Chinese films, and many other things such as artistic expression, Chinese films fell into a trough, and in some aspects, self-defeating martial arts did not bring brilliance in other places......
When Chen Xi thought of this, his heart was also fluctuating, and this feeling of thinking of a lot of things made him have more ideas for the next symposium.
…… Chen Xi came to the scene of the symposium, this is a rather large lecture hall, in this lecture hall, he also saw a lot of Beiying students who came, these students almost filled this lecture hall! There were people everywhere, and now it looked like it was really black and oppressive, and it was full. (To be continued......)