Ning Hao got up early.

He had never felt so energetic, and when most people were still lazy in bed, he had already brushed his teeth and washed his face, polished his shoes, put on his white shirt and cheap suit, and tied the black bow tie that Chu Qing had given him very skillfully.

It is said that this is called a dress, also called the rules of Cannes, although he thinks it is funny that there is only a bow tie between the suit and the dress.

When Yiqiē was finished, he stood in front of the dressing mirror with an extremely solemn attitude, and carefully examined the face.

His facial features are obvious, but the distribution of bones and muscles is spread out to the sides, so that the whole face looks extraordinarily wide and three-dimensional. Coupled with the poor hairline and the majestic forehead, it really looks a bit like a fathead fish.

He has looked at this face for twenty-six years.

Ning Hao is a native of Shanxi Province, his family is ordinary, his father used to be a steelworker, and later became a businessman. The father really wanted to take his son to do business together, but on one way, the guy actually escaped halfway.

Because he likes art, he went to a professional school, and his bottom is very good, and then he went to the capital and transferred to photography and directing. In fact, he was not sure whether the path he chose was bright or not, and he often felt lost or panicked.

So he would wear a thick gold necklace around his neck, hinting at another form of existence that he might have been: a merchant.

The full-length mirror was large and clear, and the light of the sky outside the window mixed with the quiet darkness of the room was poured into the glass plane.

Ning Hao watched alone for a long time, and it wasn't until the clock turned to half past seven that he looked at the room where he had slept for almost ten days and unscrewed the doorknob.

As soon as he took a step, he saw the opposite door open at the same time, and Diao Yinan walked out slowly, emaciated.

……

On the morning of the 23rd, "Incense" premiered.

A kind of attention unit can't compare to the main competition, and the grade is inherently low. In addition to reporters from all over the world cheering for their own works, the big media that have nothing to do with them don't care at all, only the two magazines "Variety" and "Screen" will report responsibly.

Lou Ye didn't leave, after Wang Xiaoshuai's "Second Brother" was played, he also stayed and waited for the results, and the screening was more like an exchange meeting for domestic directors.

In terms of generation, Diao Yinan also belongs to the sixth generation, but Ning Hao is a very small generation. However, everyone is abroad, and they have Chu Qing's face, even if they didn't have any intersection before, they will get along very warmly.

There were a lot of reporters from the mainland, and they didn't make the Berlin Film Festival mistakes again, and finally asked Yuan Lei to brush up a special article that was enough to improve the level of the industry.

"Purple Butterfly" seems to be no play, but there is also Chu Qing, this person is too uncertain, and the ghost knows when he will go berserk.

In fact, when the brochures for "Incense" and "Uniform" were delivered to them, almost all the reporters were asking: Who are these two goods?

Diao Yinan has a small reputation, and he was quickly dug out of the old bottom, but what is Ning Hao doing?

Just like in '01, when they heard the news that "This Summer" was shortlisted for Cannes, their teeth haven't been brushed yet. If you are a system, you should be a person, and you can get some rookies who are not good at Mao Lao to save the zài sense!

Around ten o'clock, the premiere began.

Chu Qing sat in the front row with the four directors, it was not the first time he watched it, but in a formal environment, his mentality was different. If the movie is flesh and blood, then the film is a commodity, and they all aspire to it, but the nature is different.

Ning Hao was next to him, staring at the screen without blinking, his whole body was tense, this 26-year-old young man was experiencing the story of Chu Qing when he was 22 years old......

At the beginning of the film, there is a country road running through the frame, gray sky and snowy land, and a very abrupt dead tree with a crooked neck.

Then, a tricycle drove by, the driver singing a high-pitched folk tune. There was also a monk sitting in the car, wearing a torn cotton hat.

Now there is a common understanding in the domestic film industry: all the movies that Chu Qing intervenes in, the hardware must be very beautiful. The picture, sound, editing, and rhythm are clear and smooth, distinguishing them from those studio films that are blurry and can't even understand speech.

This one is no exception, with a few strokes at the beginning, it vividly expresses the barren and dilapidated countryside in Jinzhong.

"Is this really a DVD?"

Lou Ye looked at the effect of the picture and expressed great doubt.

"Yes, but it's hard work in the later stage, and the money is not spent, and it's about to catch up with the shooting cost." Chu Qingdao.

"Oh......"

He responded subtly, a little more balanced in his heart.

Now these directors don't have a DV, and film is king. You let "Purple Butterfly", which has been tossed for a year, compare it with "Incense", which can be done in half a month, and everyone is unhappy.

Nanxiaozhai Village is a village where every household raises sheep and kills sheep.

There is a dilapidated temple in the village, and there is a monk in the temple who is not very quiet, and he is not a very pure believer from the beginning. He smokes, eats instant noodles with oily meat, and jokes about women with the butcher who kills sheep.

However, monks believe in Buddhism. He repeatedly emphasized that the whole village was a sheep slaughterer, so there must be a temple, and he believed in karma, in his profession, and in the Buddha to protect his livelihood.

Then, the Buddha statue collapsed. The monk became uneasy and tried to restore the Buddha statue as much as possible to ensure his livelihood and faith.

He first went to the religious department of the county government, and the person in charge excused himself and said that there was no money, but there was no shortage of funds for the repair of the church, because the church gave gifts.

The monk went to his second cousin again, and although the second cousin who ran the hair salon seemed to be a rich man, he didn't open his mouth to borrow it, because the hair salon was a place for prostitution.

The monk remembered the developed senior brother again, the senior brother is in the big temple in the county, it is really magnificent, but the person is very stingy.

Then, the monk turned into a fundraiser, was arrested by the police, met several prostitutes and girls who wanted to donate money for him, and was severely beaten by hooligans.

At this point, the monk finally fell, and he began to set up a stall to tell fortunes, using a dozen yuan of Buddha statues to open the light and pray for blessings, and finally earned 3,000 yuan.

And when he cast a new golden Buddha and was full of ambition, the government told him that the temple must be demolished to build a road.

The design of the ending of the film is very clever: in front of the temple wall with the word "demolition" painted with the word "demolition", the monk stares into the distance, and the sound of chanting is played on the loudspeaker. The picture gradually changes to a large long shot, which is an empty shot in the style of Hou Hsiao-hsien, not to shoot people, but to the bleak yellow earth.

"Whoa!"

The moment the film ended, the audience burst into applause.

This applause was accompanied by five points of surprise, five points of salute, a surprise for the discovery of a good film in a parallel unit, and a tribute to the unparalleled sincerity of the creator.

It is said that the quality of the works in Cannes this year is generally low, and it is full of self-congratulatory exaggeration, and there is even a perverted film like "Brown Rabbit", which has been collectively withdrawn and sprayed to death by all film critics.

So you can imagine how happy they are when they see a very sincere film.

"Don't be in a daze, hurry up!"

The host over there had already taken the microphone to introduce him, and Ning Hao was still at a loss where to sit, so Chu Qing pushed him hard.

"Huh? Good! ”

He nodded in a panic, walked up to the stage stiffly, and waved to the audience.

"Wow!"

Seeing the director appear, the people below became more and more cheerful, and they boiled with cheers.

Chu Qing didn't follow, it was funny to see him interacting with the audience unfamiliarly, and suddenly felt that this was not just a commodity, but also a wonderful sense of achievement.

“……”

Lou Ye and Wang Xiaoshuai stared at this junior quite complicatedly, to be honest, they didn't look down on Ning Hao very much. But at this moment, they have to admit that at least in terms of storytelling ability, the other party is far superior to themselves.

Not only these two, but also those domestic media were surprised: because it is too rare, he is young and aesthetically independent, unlike any of the sixth generation, it is completely a new narrative style and technique.

It would be an exaggeration to say that he created the seventh generation, but everyone admits that this young man is very much worth looking forward to.

……

"Hey Haozi, why don't I understand it?"

After the lively meeting, on the way back to the hotel for dinner, Chu Qing couldn't help but ask.

"Brother Qing, you tease me, you've watched it so many times, do you understand?" The other party thought it was a joke.

"I didn't tease you, just that ending, I used to think that monk was very sad, but today I feel that he doesn't care."

Chu Qing tasted his feelings, turned his head and asked Lou Ye again: "What do you say?" ”

"I feel that he should be a loss of faith, assimilated by the world." Corridor of the building.

"I think the monk is confused." Wang Xiaoshuai disagreed.

"No, no, he has learned a new means of making a living, and he will not worry about food and clothing, incense and money in the future, so he should not be confused." Lou Ye immediately retorted.

"It is impossible for a person to lose his faith and become alienated so quickly, there must be a process of confusion and panic." Wang Xiaoshuai didn't let it go at all.

"Okay, let's not make a noise!"

Chu Qing had a headache, hurriedly persuaded him, and gently kicked Ning Hao again.

The goods reacted and said: "When I wrote the script, I wrote that he was confused, but then I actually shot it and found that it was better to deal with it in another way." Well, in fact, according to the Buddhist saying, if you see him as alienation, he is alienation; You see that he is stubborn, that is, stubborn. ”

“……”

He was speechless, and couldn't help but roll his eyes, the most annoying thing for you people who have studied!

…………

In the afternoon, it was the turn of the screening of "The Uniform".

In contrast, Diao Yinan's repercussions were much weaker. Even though the cold killing style is very hanging, it still can't hide the weakness of the story.

The plot of "Uniform" is very simple, but it uses a lot of personal shots to fill the picture, stretching for 90 minutes, which is the biggest drawback.

What is Europa? The master walks all over the ground, and the classics are not as good as the dog's realm. In terms of consciousness, hands, and attitudes, the whole world is their grandchildren.

And after decades of high coldness, they have long been tinkering with those things, abandoning the outer packaging and paying attention to the restoration of the movie itself.

Play style, either play to the extreme, or appreciate the elegance and vulgarity, both of which "Uniform" has not done.

So it seems a bit floating in the eyes of film critics, and even deliberately sells its own style. What's more, there is a typical failure example in front of it, "Purple Butterfly".

However, Diao Yinan is really a strange character, and in the face of not too enthusiastic audience feedback, he is as calm as water. For him, being able to make a film is a fulfillment of his wish.

The difference between him and Ning Hao is that one is a true hermit and the other is a fake monk