It should have been in November 03, the leader of the Film Bureau took the initiative to call Wang Xiaoshuai and asked him to inform Jia Zhangke, Lou Ye and other famous independent directors at that time to sit down face-to-face and talk...

This symposium was later called by the media as the "Seven Gentlemen of Independent Film".

Two years earlier, China had just joined the World Trade Organization (WTO) and its quota for imported films had been increased from 10 to 20 films per year, which had been introduced in 1994.

At that time, imported blockbusters had already had an impact on the domestic film market: in 1995, "True Lies" won 102 million box office in China, plus films such as "Forrest Gump" and "Red Fan Zone", imported films accounted for 80% of the total box office; In 1998, the appearance of "Titanic" won a box office score of 360 million.

In order to resist the impact of Hollywood films, and at the same time enhance the artistic competitiveness of domestic films, it is of full significance to let this group of independent directors who continue to win awards overseas "turn positive".

But after turning positive, these people still haven't handed over commercial results...

Jia Zhangke filmed "The World", Wang Xiaoshuai has "Qinghong", Lou Ye "Purple Butterfly"...

The market doesn't buy it at all!

Even a bunch of people said that they had no aura after being recruited!

In fact, such a predicament was doomed many years ago.

Whether it is Lu Chuan, who entered the film academy at the same time as Jia Zhangke, or Zhang Yuan, Lou Ye, Wang Xiaoshuai, etc., who were earlier than him, these sixth-generation Chinese directors received a systematic European film education when they were students - film is a work of art rather than a commercial product!

Their works tend to present more personal and artistic aesthetics and expressions—but the public is more fond of ups and downs of stories and shocking visuals.

Fate mixed with the torrent of the times rolls in, at a certain moment, they represent the vanguard, but in the face of the times, they are nothing!

……

"How many scripts have you written this year?"

"I haven't counted this... There should be no more than ten. ”

"Then you do the math now!"

Shen Xudong nodded: "I wrote "All the People Witnessed" and "Tailor" to Mr. Chen Daoming, "Manslaughter" to Mr. Gong Li, and "Mobile Phone 2" to Director Feng Xiaogang... also wrote the scripts of two horror movies for Tang Ren's company, "The Fox Wife in the Mountain Village", "The Legend of the Hunter in Xing'anling"... In terms of movies, by the way, Xingmei also wants a horror genre script, and I'm writing a "Paper Man Returns"... That's all for now;

The TV series..."Sword of Fairy" has been filmed, "Condor" is still casting..."Beauty Scheming" has been launched... By the way, I also wrote a new book "Struggle"..."

Yang Lan was surprised: "Wow! So much... The new book "Struggle"? ”

Shen Xudong nodded: "Shen Haobo... My producer urged me, and I wrote..."

"What is 'Struggle' about?"

Shen Xudong was a little embarrassed: "I originally planned to write a story about the post-80s entrepreneurship, but as I wrote, I was deformed... But it should look good in a TV series... I was in contact with Director Bao Gang, and he finished his "What to Save You, My Love", and we saved the script together..."

Yang Lan nodded: "I'm looking forward to it!" ”

"Thank you..."

"Where did you get the time to write such a script?"

Shen Xudong smiled: "I will set a task for myself, write a little bit every day, generally speaking, the movie script will be almost released in two days, the TV series should be a little slower, and it will take twenty days for 30 episodes... A long story, almost finished in a month! ”

“… So how long do you write each day? ”

"About two hours!"

"And how many words can you write in an hour?"

"More than 3,000 words... I'm a computer codeword..."

Yang Lan finally asked a question: "Will you be a director?" ”

Shen Xudong thought for a while, and then said, "It depends on the situation..."

"What's the situation?"

"If I could find a director who could bring my ideas to life, I wouldn't have to make the film myself!"

"It's hard!"

Shen Xudong smiled: "It's okay, I'm only 20 years old, and it's still a long time." ”

……

"Interview with Yang Lan" is very short, about 30 minutes per issue.

Shen Xudong recorded for about an hour to watch, just two paragraphs, one to talk about works, and one to talk about film and television...

There is no mention of life or anything, "Dialogue" has already talked about it before.

From this point of view, Yang Lan is still a little more responsible than Lu Yu, at least she can prepare for classes, Lu Yu has dropped too much since "Lu Yu has an appointment" has become a daily broadcast...

Don't always black Yang Lan, in 01, Moscow about the 08 Olympic Games bid, her speech really amazed the world!

Therefore, she asked for Shen Xudong's contact information, and the latter did not refuse...

It doesn't mean anything else, it just feels that there is something worth learning from her!

Don't underestimate these media people, they deal with elites from all walks of life in politics and business all day long, they have a lot of resources, and the big river is full and the small river is murmuring.

I often do office work at the same time, and private affairs are also done.

Didn't you say that you found the key in the XX office?

In fact, those who engage in the media, see the luxury and exquisiteness of foreign countries and the West, and want to pursue it, but they ignore the objective law of development and want to take a shortcut...

Compared with hard work, the media itself has taken a shortcut and obtained wealth that should not belong to them, which makes them negate the value of hard work!

The more incompetent and well-fed people are, the more they think they deserve more...

At that time, there were too many backwards, and after seeing the prosperity, many people's backbones were completely broken, and even produced ridiculous remarks such as ethnography, thinking that we were destined to be backward than Europe and the United States...

……

"The Aviator... I don't want to sell it just yet..."

"I think it's a very romantic story, if it's going to be filmed... Who? Tian Zhuangzhuang? That... Can I meet with him? ”

received a call from Zhang Guoli, saying that someone wanted to buy the copyright of "The Aviator", but Shen Xudong politely declined...

He felt that "The Aviator" was not very suitable for Feng Xiaogang...

Then I heard Tian Zhuangzhuang's name.

Shen Xudong... I subconsciously wanted to agree, but I felt unreliable, because no one could understand what Tian Zhuangzhuang directed!

But Shen Xudong wants to express it commercially, and it is to stimulate public empathy...

Director Tian's film is too egoistic.

Zhang Guoli said: "He is going to meet with you and talk in detail..."

"That's okay... Wait until I get back from Venice..."

"Then I'll wait for you to return triumphantly!"

"Haha... Thank you, Uncle Zhang, for your blessings. ”

(End of chapter)