In the living room, Lin Li, who was sitting on the sofa, saw Zhou Ya come out, and asked a little anxiously, "How is it, didn't you quarrel?" ”

"No, the two are chatting." Zhou Ya put the cigarette in her hand on the coffee table and said to her mother: "Xiaocheng is still smoking in front of my father, it seems that he has become more courageous." ”

Lin Li asked in surprise, "Your dad is not angry?" ”

Zhou Ya shook her head: "No, I see that they are chatting quite harmoniously." ”

Hearing that what she was worried about didn't happen, Lin Li relaxed and leaned back on the sofa: "I'm really worried that Xiaocheng will quarrel with your father again." ”

"Mom, do you feel that Xiaocheng has changed? It seems to be a lot more cheerful, and it is also mature. ”

"Changed? I guess I've grown up. Lin Li said with emotion.

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With Zhou Ya's interruption, the atmosphere in the study was much more relaxed. Zhou Cheng was about to find a comfortable posture, leaning on the rattan chair, but was glared at by Zhou Kezhi, and his conditioned reflex was general, and he immediately sat up straight. Zhou Cheng smiled awkwardly, reached out and picked up a lychee and put it in his mouth, it was very sweet.

Zhou Cheng's actions also made Zhou Kezhi smile, whether he was too harsh on this son before, so he had never been confident in front of him before, and he had always been submissive. And his cowardice contrasts with Zhou Ya's atmosphere, which makes Zhou Kezhi more strict with him, as if forming a dead circle.

Now seeing that Zhou Cheng can finally face his failures calmly, calmly show his gains, and confidently tell his future plans, this makes Zhou Kezhi feel a lot of relief, and this son has finally grown up.

Zhou Cheng put the lychee core in the ashtray where the cigarette had just been extinguished, and wiped the juice on his hands with a paper towel. Continuing with the topic just now: "Now I don't rush into the production of commercial films. The first is the lack of capital, and the second is the lack of experience. Otherwise, someone dug a pit and buried it, and he helped people count the money. So I'm going to join my classmates first, starting with small-budget films, accumulating experience and making a name for myself in the circle. ”

"The domestic film and television drama market is not too good." Zhou Kezhi was also peeling lychees, but he didn't eat them immediately, but peeled them and put them aside, and continued to peel one down.

Zhou Cheng was prepared in his heart: "As a propagandist, you should know very well that with the continuous improvement of our country's strength, the people's demand for entertainment in our country is also greatly increasing. Among them, the demand for film and television dramas is a step every year, which can also be seen from the box office growth every year. ”

Zhou Kezhi shook his head: "We have specific data for this, and the overall investment is growing positively. But the input-output ratio is not as high as you might think. In the past few years, whether it is "Wuji", "Heroes of Heaven and Earth" or "Night Banquet" and "Golden Armor", hundreds of millions of funds have been smashed into it one after another, and in the end, the box office is not even enough to protect the capital. Most of the box office growth you see comes from imported films from abroad, and the profits also go to China Film Group, which has little to do with private film companies. ”

Zhou Cheng disagreed with his father's opinion and retorted: "A temporary downturn cannot negate the entire Chinese market. At this stage, foreign films are impacting the domestic film market, but we can't give up the idea of making domestic films and let overseas films import our culture. This is not only irresponsible for the domestic film industry, but also irresponsible for our own culture. ”

"Cultural input?" This word touched Zhou Kezhi a little, but he just looked at Zhou Cheng, who was a little excited, and did not interrupt him, pushed the peeled lychee in front of him, waiting for him to continue to elaborate his thoughts.

"Thank you, Dad." Looking at the plate full of white lychee meat, Zhou Cheng was a little moved. This is what Zhou Kezhi often did in the past, he is always accustomed to inadvertently, sweeping away the difficulties that Zhou Cheng may encounter, but ignoring that some things still need children to do it themselves to get the joy and pleasure of success.

"You eat too." Zhou Cheng picked up a lychee and handed it to Zhou Kezhi, and then said: "The failure of the older generation of directors you just mentioned is normal in my opinion. The main thing about a good film is to tell a good story. Their fifth-generation directors are good at adapting other people's works, rather than telling their own stories. They are more obsessed with the works of those big writers and well-known screenwriters, but those people's works really can't keep up with the development of this era. ”

"What your school teachers teach?" Hearing his son's theory, Zhou Kezhi wanted to know how much of it was his own.

Zhou Cheng pouted: "Our teachers won't teach us to be so deviant, they are all people who believe in the classics, and they can't wait to invite Chen Zhongshi, Mo Yan and Liu Zhenyun to the school to teach us." ”

"Isn't it good to believe in the scriptures?"

"Dad, times are evolving, and people's access to knowledge is also changing." Zhou Cheng continued: "In addition to the four famous novels and the novels of the Ming and Qing dynasties such as the four famous novels and the foreign history of Confucianism, the novels you can see in the past are basically some foreign masterpieces, such as "Red and Black", "Sheep Fat Ball", "War and Peace". And now if you go to the bookstore, not to mention Wang Shuo and Haiyan, writers who are in the same era as you, even Han Han and Guo Jianming, who are the same age as me, can become best-selling authors. Not to mention the Internet, a platform that allows us to see more literary works. ”

"Most of these novels you're talking about are also fast food products that don't stand the test of time." Zhou Kezhi said disdainfully: "In another hundred years, "Dream of Red Mansions" and "War and Peace" will still be masterpieces, Cao Xueqin and Tolstoy will still be remembered by the world, and what kind of writers like Han Han and Guo Jianming you are talking about, it is estimated that after ten or twenty years, no one will remember." ”

"I admit what you say, but you can't deny the variability and uncertainty of modern youth. And you can't deny that the post-80s generation like us is gradually entering the society and slowly becoming the pillar of this society. ”

Zhou Cheng continued: "The same is true in the film and television industry, those post-75 and post-80s directors who graduated from our school are growing rapidly, and in a few years, they will replace the fifth generation of directors and become the pillars of the film and television industry." Just like Ning Hao, "Crazy Stone", which invested three million, received more than 10 million at the box office. Being able to get to know them and grow with them is my strength. I remember you telling me that the world is yours and ours, but in the end it is yours. ”

"This is a quote from a speech of the great man in 1957, I didn't expect you to remember."

Zhou Cheng was not complacent about Zhou Kezhi's praise, and then said: "In another ten years, we, the post-80s, will gradually control the direction of the economy, fashion and public opinion of this society." And I hope to use this decade to become the most outstanding one of our generation, or at least one of them. ”

After Zhou Cheng finished speaking, Zhou Kezhi did not make an evaluation, but signaled him to eat lychees.

"You eat too."

"You eat, I've been on fire recently, so I'm not going to eat it." Zhou Kezhi only ate one and pushed it to Zhou Cheng, then took out another cigarette and a lighter from the drawer, and lit one in Zhou Cheng's teasing gaze.

Zhou Cheng's changes, Zhou Kezhi was very pleased in his eyes. In his memory, Zhou Cheng was helplessly determined under his own pressure, "I want to be admitted to the High School Affiliated to the National People's Congress", "I want to be admitted to Peking University Tsinghua University" and other empty words. Now it seems that the son has really grown up and matured, and it seems that he can let go.