The hot summer day and the sultry weather made everyone feel irritable, but when they walked into the exhibition hall, they seemed to feel the cold wind blowing from the distant snow-capped mountains, which instantly dispersed all the heat in their hearts.

In the center of the exhibition hall, Chen Li'an is introducing the theme of the film festival to everyone.

"In the busy modern society, everyone is busy surviving, staggering forward under the coercion of the times, firewood, rice, oil and salt, fame and fortune are full of every corner of our lives, how long have we not stopped to examine our hearts, to see the poetry and distance in our hearts"

In the sound of the ethereal prayer wheel, Chen Li'an's words seemed to come from the pious chanting sound of the heavens. Chen Li'an's line ability has always been very good, and under his telling, everyone's hearts have become calm, and they have become peaceful and pure under the reflection of "Snow Mountain".

In the corner of the exhibition hall, Director Yang felt the coolness brought by the breeze, and couldn't help but smile when he looked at Chen Li'an's "magic stick" speech.

Artists are often no different from gods.

Li Dabai looked at Chen Li'an admiringly, turned his head to Director Yang and said, "Teacher Yang, is this film festival a success?" ”

Director Yang said with a smile: "Can it not be successful, the sight, hearing and touch have made this kid play thoroughly, I think, the future art will really become a variety of carriers and media." ”

Hearing Director Yang's words, Li Dabai couldn't help laughing, proud of Chen Li'an, and glad that he could be his assistant.

In the crowd in the exhibition hall, several reporters kept taking pictures of Chen Li'an with cameras to record the film exhibition.

Such a unique way of exhibition makes these journalists, who are accustomed to art exhibitions, feel new and unique.

It seems that every time Chen Li'an's new works are presented in a different way, he always walks in the forefront of artistic development and breaks the tradition again and again.

There are many people who feel the same way, and even many artists are thinking about Chen Li'an's new way.

The form and medium of art no longer seem to be a single color and canvas, nor is it a photograph, from Chen Li'an's award-winning oil paintings on the theme of Jiangnan, to the last installation art, these artists can see that he is breaking the traditional restrictions little by little.

Some people like this way, and some people don't like it, thinking that Chen Li'an is tricky.

However, such a voice is insignificant in the many recognitions and praises, and a typical representative of the restless young artists is needed, someone needs to guide this group of people, and a typical person is needed to break the demonization of art by the people.

In last year's Beijing last year, there were several high-impact performance art events, in which eleven naked young men and women used their bodies to add one meter to the unnamed peak.

This caused a great sensation at the time, and in addition, many domestic performance artists were influenced by the Western avant-garde, and the performance art they played became more and more perverted and excessive.

Naked bodies can no longer satisfy many radical artists, and they even begin to cut meat, eat people, feed people oil, play with corpses and other radical behaviors.

They constantly challenge the physical limits of artists, and also constantly impact the public's perception of art.

This is a very bad influence, because most people create for the purpose of attracting attention.

Especially after Chen Li'an and several artists did installation art this year, there was even a sentence in the circle.

"If you can't draw well, you can do installation, and if you can't do a good installation, you can do performance art."

It can be seen that its bad influence has reached the point where no one in the circle can tolerate it, let alone the public's opinion of it.

'96 was an extremely extraordinary year, with the TH crisis, nearly 2 million public order cases, the ensuing second strike hard, the promotion of the comprehensive gun ban bill, the failure of the Yangtze River space rocket, the migration of millions of people from the Three Gorges, the layoff of tens of millions of workers, and so on.

Almost every labor pain touches the nerves of some people, and the easiest ones to be touched are those who are engaged in art and literature.

The throes of social change have been bloodily uncovered this year, so much so that many people have developed confused and radical behaviors in such throes.

At such times, Chen Li'an's film festival is like a touch of warm sun in winter, which forms a strong contrast with those restless and radical performance art.

Who doesn't love such an artist.

The reporters in the exhibition hall recorded the significance of the film exhibition, and some artists who played video art even held up their cameras to record the film exhibition.

Perhaps, in a dozen years, Chen Li'an's series of artistic performances will become an important symbol of the development of Chinese contemporary art.

Of course, it takes time to verify, the development of art is always unpredictable, and it will give you a big turn when you don't expect it.

After the end of the festival, Chen Li'an was interviewed as usual to talk about his understanding of performance art.

Chen Li'an has always been cautious about his perception and speech about art, not afraid of saying anything deviant, but thinking that many of his understandings are shallow.

Art has a different understanding and cognition in everyone's heart, and Chen Li'an does not want to hype up his own ideas, nor does he want to shape himself into some kind of art master.

However, Chen Li'an's cautious speech still made these reporters like, there are too many young artists who are arrogant and radical, and they feel disgusted to look at it, and they prefer artists like Chen Li'an in comparison.

Always break through in your own works, rather than breaking through the confinement and breaking the routine in your own words and behaviors.

After more than an hour of interviews, Chen Li'an and Li Dabai came out of the National Art Museum of China.

Looking at the sky that had darkened, Chen Li'an touched his stomach and said, "I'm hungry and want to eat lo mein." ”

"Go to Jinyang Restaurant?" Li Dabai looked at Chen Li'an and asked.

Chen Li'an shook his head and said, "I don't want to go out to eat." ”

Eat at home? That's to do it yourself, Li Dabai is not very confident in his craft, home-cooked food is okay, and he is really not good at lo mein.

Chen Li'an looked at Li Dabai's not very confident appearance and said, "You send me to Zhushikou, and I'll go to my master to eat." ”

"Oh, okay." Li Dabai breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably.

Ten minutes later, Chen Li'an returned to Zhushikou and returned to the miscellaneous courtyard where he grew up, greeted the uncles and aunts in the courtyard, and went straight to Uncle Qi's house.

"Master, your craft is getting better and better, I get hungry when I smell it." Chen Li'an walked in with a hippie smile, looked at Uncle Qi who was eating noodles, and unceremoniously took a bowl to the pot and fished out a bowl of noodles.

Uncle Qi didn't pay attention to him at him, and waited for Chen Li'an to pour the marinade on the noodles before asking, "Why did you have the kung fu to come back today?" ”

"I miss you." After eating a large mouthful of noodles, Chen Li'an licked his lips with satisfaction, looked at Uncle Qi and said, "I've been too busy lately, and I haven't had time to come over, so I'll come and see you today if I'm not busy." ”

Uncle Qi looked at Chen Li'an with a trace of tiredness between his eyebrows, and he didn't say anything, got up and went to order another pot of noodles.

Chen Li'an watched Bai Huahua's noodles go into the pot, laughed hehehe, and sped up the speed of eating noodles.

More than 20 minutes later, Chen Li'an, who had eaten three bowls of noodles, leaned back comfortably on his chair, looked at Uncle Qi, who was smoking, and said, "Master, what have you been busy with lately?" Is there any progress with Aunt Wang? ”

Uncle Qi glanced at Chen Li'an before saying, "Recently, the street said that the guns would be confiscated, and I have been helping to count them door-to-door in the past two days." ”

Chen Li'an snorted and suddenly sat up and said, "Master, I seem to have a dirt gun at home." ”

"I've handed it in."

"You're still reliable! There is an old family like a treasure! ”

"I'm really old, and I don't know when I'll be able to hold my grandson, and the grandson of Lao Li next door will play soy sauce."

"It's almost over, I'll bring you two back in a few months."

“.”

Uncle Qi looked at Chen Li'an speechless, his hand holding the cigarette pouch paused, looked at him and asked, "You won't make other people's little girl's belly bigger, will you, when are you going to get married?" Is it Bai Qing? ”

Chen Li'an coughed unnaturally, pretended to stand up and moved his waist and said, "What, I'm not ready to get married, I'll show you when I turn around and give birth to a child, I'll leave first if I still have something to do!" ”

After saying that, Chen Li'an ran away, and Uncle Qi was stunned in the house for a moment before he reacted, and couldn't help but scold: "Little rabbit cub!" Clean up this kind of unobtrusive thing, I have to arrest and shoot you before I put it aside! ”

It's a pity that Chen Li'an can't hear it when he runs out of the yard, but this year's crackdown is different from the last time, Chen Li'an's kind of support is a style problem, not illegal!

Chen Li'an, who was full of food and drink, wandered aimlessly in the night, and during this time, he was either busy filming or busy pulling and pulling with the girls, and he was really tired.

Chen Li'an hasn't been alone for a long time, and Chen Li'an's itinerary is full for a while, so there is not much time to be alone in this leisurely way.

After wandering in the night for more than half an hour, Chen Li'an returned to his home, took a shower and went to sleep.

In the days that followed, Chen's film festival continued, but his name once again became the focus of the art world.

There are very few artists like Chen Li'an who can frequently appear in magazines and newspapers, and even radical artists disdain Chen Li'an behind his back, thinking that he is a stinky foot.

It is unknown how much of this slander is envy, jealousy and hatred, and Chen Li'an has no time to fight with those people.

It's just that soon this voice subsided, and both Chinese photography and popular photography reported Chen Li'an's film festival, and the bigwigs of the photography association also praised Chen Li'an by name.

The chairman and vice chairman of the Regents Association all spoke, and those who chewed the root of their tongues didn't dare to squeak, even Chen Li'an, who was praised, didn't dare to squeak.

In recent years, the water in the traditional association of the literary and artistic circles is too deep, and there are too many bigwigs, whether it is the Artists Association, the Writers' Association, the Photography Association, or the Dramatists Association, there are many bigwigs, and many of them are old-timers among the old-timers.

In comparison, the Film Association is very classless, not of an order of magnitude at all.

Director Yang also fooled Chen Li'an to let him take this opportunity to join the Photography Association, but Chen Li'an refused without thinking about it.

It's almost the same to go to the Film Association as a gangster with my little arms and legs, so forget it when I go to the Film Association.

The vice chairman is too powerful, and a problematic young man like Chen Li'an, who has a problematic style, should not come to others.

However, after such an experience, Chen Li'an's domestic literary and artistic circles are like being stamped, focusing on a Miao Hong!

At this point, Chen Li'an is not counted, he can only be regarded as Miao Hong.

Chen Li'an has been very low-key these days, and he only shows his face every day at the film festival and runs away, and he is specially requested by Director Wang to enter the Art Association, and the Photography Association still forgets it.

Everywhere you go, someone calls Teacher Chen Li'an, if you are not young, someone will call you Master.

What made Chen Li'an feel helpless the most was that when he went to the Red River Valley crew, everyone looked at him differently.

used to be affectionately called Li'an, but now they are all called Mr. Chen, and even when they meet other colleagues who come to the crew to promote the movie, they are polite to meet Chen Li'an.

I don't know and think that Chen Li'an is a big man in the entertainment industry, Chen Li'an is really a little inexplicable, isn't he just being praised, as for being so exaggerated?

Chen Li'an felt like a literati who was favored by the royal family in ancient times, and his status was promoted a little too quickly.

Backstage in the cinema at the screening venue, Feng Xiaoning looked at Chen Li'an with envy and said, "You are still very good at art!" ”

"Director Feng, what I said, movies are also art." Chen Li'an said with a smile.

Feng Xiaoning shrugged his shoulders and said, "Come on, in the literary and art world, movies are ranked behind, and they don't have a high status of dancing and singing." ”

"That's it, it's not as exaggerated as you say." Chen Li'an looked at Feng Xiaoning and said, "It's just that the degree of attention above is different now, you can take a look in a few years." ”

Film and television do not have any cards in the literary and artistic world, but the future will be very important, which cannot be denied.

Feng Xiaoning lit a cigarette, looked at Chen Li'an and asked, "Why didn't you join the Photography Association?" The guy above likes your work, why don't you go to the mountain? ”

Chen Li'an shook his head and said: "There is no need for a little person like us, just do your own art honestly." ”

"You think about it, I don't know how many people envy you behind your back." Feng Xiaoning took a puff of cigarette and said, "I envy you." ”

Chen Li'an couldn't help but smile and said: "I still envy you, don't mention this stubble, continue to run publicity, I can wait for the movie to be released and become a hit." ”

Feng Xiaoning couldn't help but say, "You're not popular yet!" ”

"This red is not the same as that red." After Chen Li'an said casually, he took Feng Xiaoning to the screening venue to continue the promotion.

There are some things that don't go into depth, and you have to be content with a little skill, Chen Li'an wants to keep a low profile now, some things are false, and they will be broken when you poke them.

No matter what others say, Chen Li'an has never regarded himself as a master.

In the past few days, Chen Li'an has participated in two screenings, and then he doesn't show up much.

There are still two days before the release of the movie, and Chen Li'an is also idle, waiting for the premiere day to attend the premiere.

Downstairs at Chen Li'an's house, Li Dabai looked at Chen Li'an who came out of the unit building and asked, "Teacher Chen, why are you still living, there is still a villa empty." ”

"That was given to Gong Li, and she will return to China in two months." Chen Li'an explained casually, got in the car and said, "Hurry up, I'm in a hurry." ”

Li Dabai couldn't help but pouted secretly, why didn't you see you in a hurry before, but now you are in a hurry to see Liu Xiaoli, men are all duplicitous!

On the other side, Liu Xiaoli was practicing dancing in the dance room specially decorated for her by Chen Li'an at this time, and the Sissi next to her was holding hands with flowers, and her fleshy little arms looked a little funny.

Liu Xiaoli looked at herself in the mirror, it seemed that the years had not left too many traces on her face, her figure was still graceful, her skin was still firm, and the style between her eyebrows and eyes was moving enough.

After turning around in place, Liu Xiaoli gasped slightly and stopped practicing, Chen Li'an will come over tonight, and he has to prepare in advance.

After Liu Xiaoli ran to take a shower, she sat in the bedroom and looked at herself with wet hair in the mirror, she didn't know what she suddenly thought, her face was slightly red, and her eyes were full of anticipation.

Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.

(End of chapter)