80-90s.

Almost all mainland Chinese films are in a state of monopoly.

Only the family members of the National Film Factory, as well as those born in the academy, can get mixed with the resources and opportunities for film shooting.

Among many directors of the fifth generation, the previous generation has ended, and they rely on their qualifications to take their place to make movies.

For example, Shen Changwei, Chen Kai, Li Beihong, Zhou Yilin and others have been grinding in the position of assistant director until they are about to vomit blood, and only after the age of thirty-five, they finally directed a movie alone under the care of the older generation, and finally had the opportunity to appear on the stage of history and show the film world in their hearts.

The five generations of directors are basically middle-aged uncles over forty years old now.

Of course, there are surprises.

Such as......

Wang Shuai, as the crown prince in the Beijing circle, Wang Shuai became famous before the age of thirty, and now he is only thirty-six years old, and he belongs to the fifth generation of directors who are the least like the five generations of directors.

Late 90's ......

Some sixth-generation directors began to gradually make their mark in this circle.

The six generations of directors have a very hard time, although most of them are academics, but most of the resources have been firmly controlled in the hands of the five generations of directors, if they want to make movies, either they belong to the inheritance faction of the five generations of directors and follow them to make movies with mixed qualifications, or they try every means to make themselves famous and prove their commercial value to win the favor of the market and capital, or take the international route, win awards and brush up on qualifications, so that the people above can see it......

The first path needs to depend on your background and your connections in the academy, and the second is to test your sensitivity to the market, and how to make the first pot of gold, some people believe that you can invest money in you, probably, for many directors who have no connections, no money, and even wild roads are born but talented, the third is a little more reliable......

Smashing the pot and selling iron to make a movie, like gambling with the movie and rushing to overseas films, no matter whether you can win the award, even if you can be shortlisted, you can win full applause, after returning to China, some resources and money will automatically come to the door, if you can get lucky to be shortlisted for the three major European film festivals, tsk, then you are awesome, you can enter the faction of the five generations of directors if you can't do it, enjoy the shade of their resources, and officially gain a firm foothold in this circle......

Under such circumstances, the Chinese movies in this world have entered a very cheating existence.

Most of the six generations of directors who have no connections and no funds have tried every means to make all kinds of shortlisted films that expose the current situation of society, and they are desperate to sign up for various international film festivals of all sizes, and the fanaticism of the three major European film festivals is even more crazy to the extreme, and they all dream of walking on the red carpet of the three major film festivals.

The reality is very sad, but there is no way, the current living environment is very bad, you want to get ahead, you want to get ahead and make your own movie, they can only rely on this way.

…………………………

October 16th.

Yanjing.

Departments on the elevator.

"Hey...... We, the sixth-generation directors, are known as the generation that lacks the sun's rays, especially many directors who were born in the wild, even if they have their own representative works, they are still not recognized. ”

Zhou Yang met Feng Kai, who he hadn't seen for many days.

Since leaving Huaxing, Zhou Yang saw that Feng Kai had obviously lost a lot of weight, and at the same time he had grown a mustache, looking quite haggard.

Feng Kai is serving as an independent director of a movie called "Jin Yiwei", which was introduced by Wang Shuai.

It stands to reason that the current Feng Kai should be in high spirits, but Zhou Yang found that this was not the case at all.

Not to mention Zhou Yang's high-spirited appearance when he saw Feng Kai for the first time, even if it was Feng Kai who met for the last time, he was more energetic than Feng Kai now.

The first time he saw Zhou Yang, he said this, and after saying it, he sighed, and his emotions were full of a little sense of loss.

Zhou Yang didn't know how to describe him, whether to describe him as mature, or to describe him as being bruised by life?

Director Feng ...... Okay? Zhou Yang looked at Feng Kai's appearance and couldn't help but ask.

"It's fine." Feng Kai smiled and shook his head: "It's just that we don't have too much hope for this meeting, this is the status quo of the entire Huaxia director faction, after several generations of inheritance, it has been deeply rooted, even if the relevant departments want to come forward, it is difficult to change the ......"

"Let's go check it out first." Zhou Yang nodded.

The two chatted about the current situation of filming, when they saw Zhou Yang being beaten and bruised all over his body, the muscles on Feng Kai's face twitched, as if he was shocked, and then his mood was very gloomy, and he seemed to become more lost, and after the elevator exit, Feng Kai sighed faintly: "It would be nice if you came to be the leading actor." ”

"What's wrong?" Zhou Yang is no longer the Zhou Yang of a year ago, and he is more or less sensitive to people's emotions at this moment.

"Although the investment in "Jinyiwei" is only seven million, the leading actor is the person stuffed in by the investor, like a ......" Feng Kai looked around, and after seeing that no one was looking at him, he sighed faintly: "Like an embroidered pillow...... I can't even recite a few lines, so I specially use 1234 instead, preparing for post-dubbing, some action scenes, and even more ...... In short, I, the director, don't have as much say in the crew as I imagined, and I can only do my best to make this movie......"

After finishing speaking, Feng Kai was silent.

Zhou Yang patted Feng Kai's shoulder, and could feel his helplessness deep into the bone marrow.

When the two walked into the corridor and came to the conference room next to the main hall, they saw a slender figure in uniform standing at the end with a document in his hand.

When he saw them, the cold figure showed a faint smile: "Director Zhou, Director Feng, you come with me ......"

When he saw An Xiao's figure, Feng Kai was not only amazed, but also touched in his heart......

No one could have imagined that during the time they left, everyone's identities would change.

Mr. An left the company and became one of the department members who managed this circle......

Zhou Yang has changed, from a humble little person under the mine to a director, actor, and singer.

It seems that only I am still standing still, which is not right, I should have taken a lot of steps back.

"Director Zhou, Director Feng, if you have any opinions, I hope you can put them forward...... There is no shortage of voices from veteran directors in this meeting, the most lacking is young directors, in a sense, the two of you are the representatives of this group of young directors......" An Xiao glanced at the two of them, and finally set his eyes on Zhou Yang.

"Hmm......" Zhou Yang nodded.

When the two of them arrived at the conference room, they found that the conference room was empty.

Except for a middle-aged man about 40 years old standing on the podium of the conference table with materials waiting for him, the seats with some director's names on them were empty......

It's eight o'clock soon, it's the start time of the meeting, and the directors who came to the meeting don't seem to be coming?

"Yo, Director Zhou, Director Feng is here? Hello ......."

"This is Zhang Jianguo, Section Chief Zhang......"

"Hello Section Chief Zhang."

After Zhang Jianguo saw the two, he walked over with a smile and shook hands with the two of them, looking very enthusiastic.

Then he personally led Zhou Yang and Feng Kai towards the position.

The position of the two of them was not good, they were in the far corner of the conference table, and the place where Feng Kai was sitting was closer to the door.

Zhou Yang is nothing, the first time he participated in this kind of meeting, he had a learning attitude, and he felt that his position was not bad, close to the window, and he could breathe in the air

But Feng Kai's face changed slightly, and he felt despised for it.

Zhang Jianguo then chatted with the two about the content of the movie, and said some expectations, saying that the future depends on you young people and other.

Feng Kai didn't listen to a word......

Zhou Yang just stared at the time, and saw that the time had come to 8:05, and the others still showed no signs of coming, and began to wonder if he had made a mistake.

Section Chief Zhang...... Why didn't the other directors come? Feng Kai finally couldn't help but say this.

"They said hello to me, it should be that the traffic jam on the road was delayed......"

"Everyone is delayed? Let's both wait for them here? Is this the theory of seniority? It seems that these days have been going very badly, plus he has seen too many disgusting things, Feng Kai feels like a dynamite barrel, and his whole body is holding his breath.

It was at this time.

"Hehe, young people just can't sit still, that's right, becoming famous so early must have a little temper, and it really lacks a little self-cultivation......"

The door opened.

A smiling figure walked in.

Zhou Yilin glanced at Feng Kai, then at Zhou Yang, and then sat down in his place.

When he saw Zhou Yilin, Feng Kai's face changed slightly, becoming red and blue, but in the end, he subconsciously stood up and greeted Zhou Yilin with a smile: "Director Zhou......"

"Well, Xiao Feng, the young man has restrained his emotions a little, and now his emotions can't be restrained, how can he do big things in the future?" Zhou Yilin continued to smile and nodded.

"Director Zhou, you're here...... Please sign it here. ”

"Well, Zhang Ke, is there any support policy for movies recently?"

"Yes, it depends on what opinions you have on the overall reform at this meeting......

"Huh."

Zhou Yang stood and watched this scene all the time......

Strictly speaking, when Zhou Yilin nodded at him, he also responded with a smile, and then looked at the parked vehicles outside the window.

As Zhou Yilin sat down, people from the entire conference room began to walk in one after another.

Feng Kai stood and greeted these directors one by one.

Except for a few directors and directors, everyone else just nodded, and they didn't look at Feng Kai.

Some of the directors walked into the conference room alone like Zhou Yilin, while some directors walked in with a few young directors.

These young directors are all sitting in front of Zhou Yang, Feng Kai and others, looking very conspicuous, constantly calling their uncles and uncles, and they look very affectionate......

In particular, a young director named Django sits in the middle of those five generations of directors, like a rising star.

Feng Kai stared at Django, a trace of anger arose in his heart, but in the end he had to lower his head.

finally said softly in Zhou Yang's ear.

"Ten years in Hedong, ten years in Hexi!"

"I'll definitely show these people in the future......"

“……”

Zhou Yang sometimes feels that Feng Kai is quite two-faced.

In front of people, they bow their heads as humble as dust, and behind them, they gnash their teeth in all kinds of ways, as if their pride has been trampled on the ground.

Zhou Yang looked at Feng Kai's appearance......

Somehow, I remembered a line in "Exaggeration".

Eighteen years old.

Alma mater ball.

Stand like a minion......

At that time, I tearfully swore that you must see me!

After everyone took their seats, Zhou Yang discovered one thing, Huang Jiacheng belonged to the faction on Hong Kong Island, and it was normal for him not to come when he was filming "The Grandmaster", but he found that Wang Shuai and Shen Changwei and others among the five generations of directors did not come......

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