Beijing, a commercial rental house in the suburbs of the Fifth Ring Road.

Xin Yukun sat in front of the computer, looking at an unfinished commercial, frowning.

Although he stared intently at the screen, he was obviously a little distracted and absent-minded.

Xin Yukun, a rookie director who is barely in the directing industry, has a bumpy personal experience.

He has had a dream of directing since he was a child, and even when he was a sophomore in high school, he chose to drop out of school and applied for the Xi'an Film Training Institute under the West Film Group at his own expense, but soon dropped out of school and went to apply for the Beijing Film Academy.

However, in 2003, Xin Yukun, who applied for the Beijing Film Academy for the first time, was not admitted to the Department of Literature and the Department of Directing.

Later, he did business for a year, and heard that the film academy was going to recruit an audit class, Xin Yukun went to sign up again, but missed Nortel again.

Xin Yukun, who thought it was some kind of sales call, was about to scold a few words to vent the suppressed emotions in his heart, but the crisp figure on the other end of the phone made him tremble.

On the other side of the ocean, just when Xin Yukun was celebrating ecstasy with his wife, Wu Yuan also received an unexpected phone call.

However, Xin Yukun, who was full of expectations, finally got a failed result.

Looking at the unfamiliar caller number on his phone, he picked it up casually.

He still remembers that in a few years, Chief Jia will hold a Pingyao International Film Festival, and Marco Muller has been brought in as the art director.

After graduating from the advanced course, he stayed in Beijing and started to work in Beijing, making a living by shooting promotional videos and advertisements.

"Hello?"

I finally went to film school, and I could only take a refresher course in the photography department.

It was also in 2008 that he finally applied for the advanced course of the photography department of the film academy for one year.

"Wife, I'm shortlisted!"

When the Light and Shadow Era launched the first young director support program, he didn't catch up, so forget it.

But after receiving this call, Wu Yuan pondered again.

[The second phase of the Young Director Support Program of the Light and Shadow Era was specially shortlisted - Xin Yukun! ] 】

Xin Yukun made up his mind, if the project "Funeral Coffin" could not be successful, he felt that he might not have the life of the director, so he accepted his fate and quit.

It can be regarded as an opportunity to support newcomers, encourage newcomers, and most importantly, provide exposure and attention to newcomer directors.

It took twenty or thirty seconds for him to react, grabbed the mouse and keyboard violently, searched out the official website of the Age of Light and Shadow and clicked in.

Xin Yukun, who is two years younger than Wu Yuan, has a much more bumpy life experience than Wu Yuan.

This time the light and shadow era launched the second phase of the young director support plan, Xin Yukun naturally did not want to miss it.

If there is time, Wu Yuan actually doesn't mind naming this chairman, showing a contribution to the support and development of films directed by new domestic directors, and providing a blessing for fame.

"May I ask if it's director Xin Yukun, I'm the ...... of the light and shadow era"

Two minutes later, Xin Yukun hung up the phone in a daze, with a blank and sluggish look.

For Wu Yuan, it was easy to be admitted to the directing department of the film academy, but for Xin Yukun, it was a regret that he could never do it.

If a company or an individual can establish and develop a good film exhibition or film festival, it can leave a name in the history of the entire country's film history.

The domestic FIRST Youth Film Festival invited him to be the chairman of the film festival of next year's FIRST Youth Film Festival.

Rather than a solemn film festival and award ceremonies on major TV stations, this youth film festival is more of a platform to promote the works of young domestic directors.

Jingpiao has been drifting for almost three years, and he can only fight in the field of advertising and promotional films at the bottom of the director's line, and he often can't get the play, which can be regarded as having a meal but not a meal.

"Jingle Bell ......"

Like crazy, Xin Yukun stared for a long time, crying and laughing, shaking his hands, and made a phone call to his wife, who was still at work.

In the final analysis, I still love the director's profession in my heart, and I am reluctant to really let go of this dream that I have been working hard since I was a child.

is also because of this, Xin Yukun still admires Wu Yuan, a film academy graduate director who is only two years older than him, but is well-known all over the world.

"Well, this one."

The mobile phone on the computer desk rang suddenly, interrupting Xin Yukun's self-contemplation.

It's just that this pole will have to be supported until next year, and whether he will be free in July next year, it's really impossible to determine now.

"Invite me to be the chairman?"

The low-cost suspense "Funeral Coffin", adapted from a true story, was immediately submitted by Xin Yukun to the submission mailbox announced by the Light and Shadow Times, and a lot of advertisements and promotional videos shot by himself were attached to the attachment to show his directorial talent.

FIRST International Film Festival is a film festival service platform focusing on discovering and promoting young filmmakers and their works in China.

“……”

However, the chairman of the film festival does not need to review and judge, but only to stand on a stage for the film exhibition, that is, to provide support for his own fame and connections, but there is no work, and he only needs to show up at the beginning of the youth exhibition and stand on a stage.

Xin Yukun originally regarded the project "Funeral Coffin" as his last time.

Sure enough, on the official website of the minimalist light and shadow era, the cover push has been replaced with the latest information.

Now that the era of light and shadow is developing so well, it seems that it is time to hold a film festival or film exhibition of its own!

Wu Yuan had no choice but to verbally agree first, whether he could arrange the schedule at that time, and he didn't dare to pack tickets.

At that time, in order to write this script, he put down all his work, except for cooking at home every day, making a lunch box for his wife and sending her to work, and writing the script at home every other time.

But when this script really failed to be selected for the Young Director Support Program of the Light and Shadow Era, he was a little reluctant, feeling that although he hit a wall in the Light and Shadow Era, it didn't mean that it really failed, and maybe other film companies could see it.

During this time, after work, Xin Yukun was in a trance, and he kept doubting himself in his mind, is he really not suitable for the director's career?

He tried hard, and applied for the directing department of the film academy year after year, but he never got in.

Film exhibitions and film festivals, whether at home or abroad, represent high standards.

In 2005, Xin Yukun began to create column dramas for local TV stations in Xi'an, and by 2008, he had made dozens of column dramas.

"FIRST Youth Film Festival?"

"I know this."

Not to mention that he can achieve the level of the three major European and the three domestic golds, but as long as he can reach the level of the Pingyao International Film Festival, Wu Yuan can also say that he is "full of peach and plums" in China in the future.

His wife's colleagues laughed when they saw him and said, "Ang Lee is here."

After that, Xin Yukun started from scratch in Xi'an, from recording poles to field tea, and reading various theoretical books to enrich himself.

Because as long as the rookie director who participated in his film exhibition can be regarded as supported by him, he has to admit a little affection.

Jia Zhangke was able to have a very high reputation and status in all post-Chinese films with the highest box office results, and he did not fall behind like Wang Xiaoshuai, Lou Ye, Zhang Yuan, Lu Xuechang and others at the same time as him.

Pingyao International Film has shown great efforts! (End of chapter)