The sun shone on the stone pavement of the campus, and the two young men hurried across the boulevard, very fast, almost running, as if something particularly important was waiting for them in front of them.

One of them complained as he ran, "Jiang Qingfeng, it's all your fault, I forgot where the document was, I want to kill you now!" ”

"It's my fault, it's my fault!"

This person named Jiang Qingfeng hugged a document bag tightly, and urged as he walked quickly, "Zuo Qiang, let's say a few words, let's hurry up!" Hurry up! “

They ran towards the school's auditorium.

Although it is not a speech by a dignitary or a well-known tycoon, they are equally attracted by the speeches of the best directors in the world.

Moreover, Zuo Qiang and Jiang Qingfeng, both from the Department of Literature, are particularly interested in movies, and they are especially ready to ask the big director for advice in the interactive session.

Walking into the auditorium, the two turned their heads to look, it was full of people, fortunately, this kind of occasion is not open to the public, and those who can enter it have basically gone through the application and the college's review, and the seats have been arranged earlier, which will only give people a good impression of being full but not chaotic.

Zuo Qiang and Jiang Qingfeng's seats were relatively close to the front row, and after squeezing in, they sat there quietly and waited for the speech to begin.

There were people from the student union at the scene to maintain order, and although there was chatting in the auditorium, it was not chaotic.

After waiting for about ten minutes, more than a dozen people walked in from outside the door of the auditorium, and the eyes of Zuo Qiang and Jiang Qingfeng immediately caught one of them.

The other party is about 185 cm tall, a little thin, but gives people a sense of strength, he is dressed simply and decently, his face is hard, and his short dark brown hair stands on end. Appears to be extremely shrewd and capable.

Without any special ceremony, the other party took a copy of the speech and walked directly onto the podium.

"Good afternoon, students, it's a pleasure to be here at ......"

Although I have seen the interview with Yang Lan before, I have seen the other party's Chinese level. But when they heard this word in Mandarin that was a little stiff, Zuo Qiang and Jiang Qingfeng unconsciously had a sense of intimacy and identity.

A foreigner who can speak Chinese so fluently must have studied and practiced for a long time, and his heart must be full of good feelings for this country.

Unlike the old foxes at the festival, Duke is well aware that these young people who are not deeply involved in the world are more susceptible. In fact, this is also the most suitable occasion to show Chinese.

In front of these people, such as the mountain carving, even Chinese is more standard than the announcer, and there is no substantive use, but in front of ordinary people, they can often unconsciously close the distance between each other.

"In North America, according to the tradition of college presentations, the speaker should say something like 'chasing a dream.'"

Standing on the podium, Duke looked at the seats in the auditorium. There were hundreds of people sitting down there, just like his style of doing things. The speech he prepared didn't have so many ethereal things, "But I don't want to say this, because I don't believe in this, and I believe that you don't lack dreams, you don't lack the determination to pursue your dreams, and you don't need me to say it." And I think it's even more important to grasp the reality. ”

The auditorium was silent, except for Duke's voice, "I've felt this way over and over again, and in a way, we've come to see reality as dreaming of some miserable cousin. But I want to convey to you the idea that whether it is our dreams or the reality we feel, these abstract concepts that we are passionate about around us are all subsets of reality, and these subsets are relatively easy for us to grasp. ”

One last glance at the script, Duke began to give an unscripted speech.

"Just like the film industry where I have worked for more than ten years, movies are dream-making machines, but the process of dream-making is extremely realistic, and there is no romantic imagination.

"This is a personal point of view, it is my own experience, in the early days of my career, I had a succession of walls, in order to shoot "Life and Death", I went to all the studios in Hollywood that could be called famous at that time, found at least 30 producers, and sold my dreams to them, but the dreams did not match the reality, and no company and no person was willing to invest in my films until my mother appeared."

A burst of laughter erupted below, and Duke smiled as well, before continuing, "I'm a lucky one, I never shy away from that, and the support of my family has saved me a lot of detours. ”

"The opportunity came, I took it, but it takes a lot of knowledge to turn the opportunity into success, and I always feel as if I have accumulated as much knowledge as a plate of brie cheese!" "But when I was directing the film, I realized that the knowledge accumulated over a decade or so was not enough, and the plate was more like Swiss cheese – those cognitive gaps were the problem, and the knowledge was important because even if you left here, you had to fill in the gaps in the cheese, and you didn't even know you had it, and you would make up for it with experience." ”

"During this period, your life and work will be very exciting and some very bad, but you will gradually learn more and more."

"What you have achieved here will help you through this, you have not just learned a set of knowledge; You're learning how to learn, you're learning the value of learning," Duke continued, "and most importantly, some of the gaps will be filled with the most important things in it all—new ideas, new ideas, and all the things that can change the world." ”

The audience erupted in applause, and Duke made a downward gesture and said, "People can implant ideas and believe in them from now on." ”

"As a person who has come before, I would like to remind you that when you go out of the campus, you should remember to move forward and never stop yourself when you encounter any obstacles."

Duke was very serious, and he still attached great importance to this speech, "When I saw you, I thought about the social injustice, the income inequality, the wars when I graduated from college -- I believe you all know what the world was like in the early nineties, and the reason you know is because, in fact, the world is still the way it is today." ”

Another burst of laughter rang out, and Duke shrugged his shoulders deliberately, "What have we done in the past twenty years?" The world is still a mess, it's not easy to succeed in this world, if you have both knowledge and real opportunities, then you need to remember one thing - never neglect teamwork! ”

"I've been asked a lot, 'Why do you keep succeeding?' Why do you have today's results? Why is it so beautiful? ”

Duke paused for a moment before saying, "I've won the Oscar for Best Director, and the box office of the films directed by me adds up to an astronomical amount, and it looks like it's all my personal honor, but in fact?" Behind me, there are countless people who support me, like Tina who is sitting among you? Miss Fei, for example, the film team that I have worked with for more than ten years, if I leave these people, I am confident that I will shoot "Life and Death" and "Death Island", but I will definitely not be able to complete the Lord of the Rings trilogy in a short time. ”

"I've learned a lot during my journey to make films. I learned not only about science, but also about leadership. Many people think that as a director, you must have a high level of leadership, but I learned how to lead a team from shooting. ”

He knows very well that even if he has a special experience, he would not have been able to get to where he is today without a team that works well together, "When making films, sometimes I ask myself, why am I here? Why continue to make films? What do I get out of it? ”

"For the sake of the challenge - the film is like the ocean and the mountains waiting for us to explore; For the sake of discovery; And also for a strange relationship - a tight-knit team. A dozen or so people at the core of my production team have been working together for many years, sometimes spending most of the year. The most important thing I found in this relationship was respect. I'm here for you, and you're here for me. Everyone does work that cannot be explained to others, and we have to build a relationship and build respect. ”

"When I started filming the Lord of the Rings trilogy, I tried to apply this principle of respectful leadership to the filmmaking, and that soon changed. During the filmmaking, I had a large team, working in uncharted territory and creating new worlds, which was very interesting and challenging. Over the course of a few years, we became a family, which completely changed the way I used to make films. ”

In fact, the speech is much the same, and in the end, you have to pull the topic to yourself.

"There are opinion pieces that say, Duke? Rosenberg's placement of some monsters on Earth is the reason for the success of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and for me, the basic rules of doing things and the process itself have brought about the results that we have today. ”

"Finally, let's talk about what I consider to be the key elements of my career success."

Duke held out his first finger, "Curiosity, it's the most important thing you have." ”

He held out a second finger, "The right imagination in line with reality is your most important strength." ”

As he spoke, the third finger stood up, "Respect for the team, this is a law that is more important than other laws in the world." ”

Walking to the podium, Duke moved closer to the young faces and said, "There are many young film directors who ask me about their successes, and I tell them - don't set boundaries for yourself, others will draw boundaries for you, but don't go yourself." You're going to go on an adventure. Failure is one of your options, but fear is not. There has never been a film that has been done with complete security, and you have to be willing to take those risks. ”

"Thank you!"

There was a round of applause in the auditorium, and although the speech was over, the event continued, followed by the indispensable interaction of celebrity speeches. (To be continued......)

PS: I'm getting married