Chapter 40: A Chance Encounter with a Famous Director
After resting for a long time, Chu Yuan went to the Kyoto Film Academy, and Chen Jiayao also wanted to go back to see his alma mater in his previous life, so he went with him, while the others either rested in the hotel or prepared to visit Kyoto, Fu Su volunteered to lead the team.
As a result, only Chu Yuan and Chen Jiayao went to the Kyoto Film Academy.
The current Kyoto College is much more dilapidated than later generations, and some buildings have never been seen by Chen Jiayao.
Chu Yuan knew some old acquaintances at school, and they used to chat, but as for Chen Jiayao, he asked some old professors and filmmakers to praise a few words, and then asked her to look around.
Chen Jiayao has this intention, in front of a group of old-timers, she is really uncomfortable.
Out of the office building, Chen Jiayao walked according to the teaching building of the directing department in her memory.
The shape of the road had changed, and there were not as many gardens, so she couldn't help but be stunned when she saw the three-story red brick buildings.
Walking to the entrance of the building, seeing the words photography and art hanging on the building, Chen Jiayao looked embarrassed, why did she forget it, how could the layout of the school be the same more than 20 years ago?
It's only April, and it's class time.
Chen Jiayao quietly walked upstairs, and from the side of the corridor, she saw several people in the room fiddling with ancient cameras, and when she reached the third floor, she saw some art students painting.
It's unusually quiet here, and the learning atmosphere here is undoubtedly much stronger than that of the impetuous 21st century.
After looking at it, Chen Jiayao went downstairs.
When he walked up, there was no one in the hallway, and when he walked down, he met two sloppy people who were talking as they walked, one was wearing a brown shirt, and the stains on his chin and lips looked very old-fashioned. The other was dressed in long sleeves, with hair covering his ears, somewhat disheveled, and holding a camera in his hand that looked like a down-and-out artist.
"I was assigned to Guangxi Film Studio, far away from home." It was the long-haired man who spoke.
"Since you have submitted the assignment of obedience, this is not up to us, I want to exchange with you, but you are a photographer of Guangxi Film Studio, and I can only be a film assistant in the film factory in your hometown." The short-sleeved man sighed, and then continued: "The others are still young, and they can break through without distribution, seeing that you are over three years old, and you have a sister-in-law and old parents to support, it is better to have a stable job than nothing, it is a big deal to stand firm, take your father and mother from Xi'an, I can help you take care of it when I go to work in Xi'an." ”
"That's all it can be."
Speaking of this, the two of them raised their heads when they heard the footsteps, and the short-sleeved man looked at it a few more times, and said strangely: "Classmate, you are not from the Department of Photography and the Department of Fine Arts, right?" ”
Chen Jiayao didn't look at it much, but now that this person was talking to her, she looked at it twice, how could she feel familiar when she looked at it seriously?
"Hello, I'm not a student here, but I'm on campus with Professor Yuan's permission, and I want to find the directing department, can you tell me how to go?"
Both of them relaxed when they heard this, and even had some mild feelings. The two also knew Professor Yuan, and they also went to attend classes.
The short-sleeved man thought about it, this director department was far away from here, so he said to the long-haired man next to him: "Lao Mouzi, you go up and send the camera yourself, and I will take this outsider to the director department." ”
When Chen Jiayao heard this, he hurriedly looked at the long-haired man, Lao Mouzi...... Lao Mouzi, the man she was familiar with finally coincided with the image of a person.
Zhang Yimou?
Chen Jiayao's breath is a little unstable, Zhang Yimou and Li Zhaoke are great Chinese directors, whether it is commercial or artistic, their films are called classics, and even won numerous domestic and foreign awards.
Especially as students of the directing department, these two are even more special in the eyes of these students.
Zhang Yimou nodded, and went up on his own without saying anything.
Chen Jiayao watched him leave, and began to think about the person in front of her, she also felt a little familiar, but she still couldn't recognize the person now.
"Hello, I'm Chen Jiayao, what's your name, are you a student of the Department of Photography?"
The short-sleeved man was a little wrong when Zhang Yimou left, he wanted to help before, but now that he was alone with a beautiful girl, he was not very comfortable, and he didn't know how to put his hands.
He shouldn't have asked Zhang Yimou to leave.
At this time, when I heard Chen Jiayao take the initiative to ask, I couldn't help but cry a little: "It's okay for you, my name is Gu Changwei, a fourth-year student in the photography department." ”
When Chen Jiayao heard it, she understood why she was so familiar and couldn't recognize it.
Gu Changwei, the husband of the famous actor Jiang Wenli, is also the most important photographer of Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige, has won many domestic and foreign photography awards, and later his directorial debut, "Peacock" starring Zhang Jingchu won the Silver Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival, and also became a successful director.
As a successful director, he is not as high-profile as Zhang Yimou and Ang Lee, and the reason why Chen Jiayao knows him is because he has their photos among the students.
Chen Jiayao couldn't help but sigh that the year of her rebirth was the accumulation time of many directors and actors in the mainland and the mainland, just waiting for a few years for a hundred flowers to bloom.
Gu Changwei stopped talking after answering, both because he was cramped and because he was not good at it.
Chen Jiayao is not embarrassed, this continent is not Xiangjiang, and she is avant-garde when she speaks.
As Gu Changwei turned left and turned, almost four intersections, and when she arrived at the door of the director's department, Chen Jiayao understood why Gu Changwei wanted to lead her over, if it was to use what she said, Chen Jiayao might not be able to find a place.
"It's not better than the photography department here, it's not easy to walk around, who are you looking for? I can help you ask. ”
Chen Jiayao shook her head: "I don't know anyone, by the way, I didn't tell you, I came from Xiangjiang, and the reason why I want to come to the directing department is because I want to listen to the class." ”
"Xiangjiang?" Gu Changwei looked a little surprised, and then said, "You speak Mandarin better than me." ”
Chen Jiayao smiled lightly, the Mandarin of this era is very different from that of later generations, the local accent is extremely strong, very non-standard, although Gu Changwei said it clearly, he still has some hometown accent.
Gu Changwei saw it, and hurriedly said, "Then you go in through the back door quietly." ”
Chen Jiayao nodded, thought about it, and took out a business card from her bag: "This is my business card, when you come to Xiangjiang in the future, I will be your tour guide." ”
Gu Changwei was a little flattered, and when he saw the introduction on the business card, he was surprised: "You are an actor?" ”
Chen Jiayao smiled: "Isn't it like? ”
Gu Changwei didn't speak, and Chen Jiayao continued: "Our crew will also go to Xi'an in a few days, and we may have to cooperate with Xi'an Studio at that time." ”
Gu Changwei's eyes lit up, and he thought of one thing, if Lao Mouzi was valued by the Xiangjiang crew before joining the company, and went to Xi'an together, in Hezuo, the people in Xi'an Studio might want Lao Mouzi's talent?