Huayu started as a substitute director

Chapter 315 Unhappy Author

"I heard the principal is coming, hurry up and get up to listen to his speech!"

"Let's go, let's go and watch the principal's speech."

"I hope the principal can take a closer look at me and remember me, so I can work less for many years."

"If you let him climb into your bed, you won't have to struggle."

"Hahaha."

A group of girls were talking and laughing on the road, bursting into laughter like silver bells that could be heard from far away.

She is very reserved in front of people and very unrestrained behind their backs.

"Yang Zi, why don't you go?"

Zhang Yifan saw that Yang Zi was moving slowly, so he patted Yang Zi's shoulder from behind.

"I'm not going, you go!" Yang Zi now just wants to be invisible and act like a transparent person.

Zhang Yifan looked at her carefully with his monkey face: "Is it because of that incident a few years ago? I guess the principal has forgotten it a long time ago."

Many people had heard about that incident, mainly because the rumor spread after the principal took office, which made Yang Zi very embarrassed.

"If you go, I won't go." Yang Zi pushed him.

"Don't worry about it. The principal is not that petty. Many artists have offended him over the years. Have you heard of anyone he has targeted?" Zhang Yifan pulled her back.

In another place, there were also a few pretty girls chattering: "Naza, I heard that you have met the principal. What kind of person is he?"

"He's a very nice guy, a gentleman."

"Ah?! Why did I hear that he is a scumbag and a cancer?"

"That's all hostile demonization. Have you ever seen a celebrity or someone behind the scenes say something bad about us ordinary people?"

Nazha now admires the principal very much and thinks he is a real man, so she pays attention to the news about the principal and checks his information.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, people began to enter the Beijing Film Academy auditorium one after another. Most of them were young male and female students, who entered the auditorium in groups of three or four, talking and laughing.

The auditorium can accommodate about 700 people, and there are nearly 4,000 students in various departments of Beijing Film Academy.

That is to say, if the seat is full, about one-fifth of the students will come to watch Fang Hong's speech.

This is mainly because the "Principal" is famous and well-known, and many people come here to see him. Naturally, many of them may enter Yutu or work at Yutu in the future.

It would be even better if I could be favored by the principal.

Aren’t Cai Wenjing, Nazha, and Li Xian all students in school who are valued by the principal? They either play the leading role or the supporting role, and have skipped the process of struggle.

Most of the behind-the-scenes photography, lighting, post-production, etc. have also been brought into Yutu, and some of them have gotten the hang of it without even having to be an apprentice.

Students were rushing around, and even reporters had set up their cameras at the back of the auditorium. People outside the circle also knew that the president was giving a speech at Beijing Film Academy.

At this time, Fang Hong was in the backstage and met the school leaders.

President Zhang Huijun, Vice President Sun Lijun, Vice Dean Xie Xiaojing, Secretary General Yu Jianhong, Director Tong Qiufu, Xu Jiandong and other school leaders were all present.

In the past, it was difficult for Fang Hong to even meet these leaders and professors at school. Now, whenever they hear of his name, they will come over to say hello and meet him to get to know him.

This is the reflection of Fang Hong’s current status.

"Hello, President, professors, and leaders." Fang Hong shook hands with them one by one.

"We are both principals. People outside know you as the principal, but they don't know me as the principal." Zhang Huijun said.

"I am the fake principal, and you are the real principal. The fake principal is praised by others, and the real principal is respected by others." Fang Hong said with a smile.

This was a compliment to Zhang Huijun, and also meant that he was called "Principal" by others, which was a compliment.

It's not as legitimate as Zhang Huijun's.

Everyone around laughed, and Xie Xiaojing said, "You are too modest."

"It's a good thing for young people to be humble and not arrogant or impatient," Zhang Huijun praised.

Everyone met here and chatted for a while, and time soon reached ten o'clock.

The auditorium was already packed with young men and women, but the scene was relatively quiet.

It was because on the meter-high stage in front, there was a female professor from the directing department, Yang Lin, who was presiding over the meeting.

“Please invite Mr. Fang Hong, Chairman of Yutu, who is also our Beijing Film Academy alumnus and former student of the Directing Department, to come on stage and share his story with us.”

"Clap clap clap!"

There was warm applause at the scene, and some of the students sat up straighter, looking expectant.

Yang Zi sat a little lower, trying his best to be invisible; Nazha straightened her back, clapped her hands, and looked at the stage with clear eyes.

"Hello, classmates, and professor." Fang Hong, wearing a headset, walked onto the stage amid applause and shook hands politely with Yang Lin.

"Look how enthusiastic your classmates are towards you since you came here." Yang Lin said with a smile.

"It proves that they all love learning. Their teachers will be pleased to see it." Fang Hong joked.

"Hahaha!" Laughter broke out from the audience.

Yang Lin smiled, thinking that this guy was quite humorous. Then she extended her hand and gestured to hand the stage to him.

Fang Hong faced the students in the auditorium and said, "Before we start, I would like to ask if there are any freshmen here. Please raise your hands."

After hearing this, people from all over the auditorium raised their hands, almost more than a hundred people.

"Are there any sophomores?" Fang Hong asked again.

Almost a hundred people raised their hands.

Fang Hong looked at it and asked again: "What about the juniors?"

More than a hundred people raised their hands, including Nazha. "What about the seniors?"

More than a hundred people raised their hands again. Zhang Yifan raised his hand, but Yang Zi did not.

“Are there any graduate students?”

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Fang Hong took a rough look and found that people from almost all grades were there, including those from non-vocational classes.

It seems that I am still very popular!
"I am very happy to have this exchange with my classmates. I also graduated from this school. In April, the flowers on earth are gone, and the peach blossoms in the mountain temple are in full bloom. Different places have different scenery, and so is life."

As Fang Hong spoke, he also recited poetry.

The audience was silent. They didn't expect that the principal was so cultured that he could recite a poem just by speaking a few words.

It is completely different from what they had heard before: “plagiarism”, “rogue” and “literary thief”!

They are cultured and have connotation.

Fang Hong has done his homework. It would be embarrassing to come here without any education. It is a preconceived notion.

"When I made my first film, it wasn't as smooth as people thought. At that time, I had no money, no people, no equipment, nothing. What could I do? I could only seek investment.

How? My partners and I visited all the major film and television companies, from Shanghai to Beijing, as long as they were well-known, but no company was willing to invest.

That’s fine, but people also call it: shit!”

When Fang Hong said this, there was a "wow" at the scene, with some people being surprised and astonished.

They didn't expect that even the principal had experienced all this. They thought that the principal had a smooth career.

"At that time, my partner, Chen Zhixi, had a mental breakdown and was devastated. He felt that this project could not be done and wanted to give up. I also had to doubt myself. Was my project really a piece of shit?"

Fang Hong's story was half true and half false, and it was too smooth sailing. What's the point of talking about his own experience? There must be some twists and turns.

The students from Beijing Film Academy listened attentively. Although they knew that the president's project was not "bullshit" and made money, they were still fascinated by it.

“Students, what I want to tell you is that any voice from the outside world may change your mind, but you must have perseverance. This is the factor that determines how far you can go, and it has nothing to do with intelligence.

Often smart people will calculate whether something is right or wrong, and calculate the input-output ratio. Once they find that something is impossible and the efficiency is very low, they will withdraw immediately.

So you will find that when a company or an organization encounters difficulties, the first to run away are the smart people, but it is often not the smart people who persevere to the end.

Cleverness is often the natural enemy of wisdom! Remember this sentence. "

"Clap clap clap!"

There was thunderous applause at the scene. Some people had admiration on their faces and worship in their eyes. It was a really great speech.

There was even a teacher standing at the highest point in the back listening.

“So after I figured this out, I started to change my mindset, encouraged my partner, gave her confidence, and sought help from all sides. Students must learn to be grateful. Only when you learn to be grateful will others be willing to help you.

To give a very simple example, some people help you not for money, because people who can pay millions for you are not short of money. They help you because they value you and think you will be grateful to them in the future.

For example, a big boss gives you money, introduces you to resources, and introduces you to connections. Is he after you because you are handsome and talented? No, what this world lacks the most is talented and handsome people, what it lacks is grateful people.

Besides, I’m not handsome, just a little bit handsome.”

"Hehehe!"

Fang Hong's last sentence made everyone at the scene laugh, but what he said at that level made a lot of sense.

People who can help you are usually not short of money and have connections. What they want from you is a grateful heart.

For example, Lu Dabo is very grateful to Fang Hong, and Fang Hong is also very grateful to those who have struggled with him.

At the same time, he was most grateful to Liu Tianxian for helping him selflessly when he was in such a difficult time.

People always say Fang Hong licks so hard that it kills him!

But then again, if it weren't for Liu Tianxian, his road to success would have been delayed by at least a few years, because "Those Years" would have been filmed in the second half of 10.

If there is no investment in the first half of the year, the film cannot be produced. If someone else produces the film, will Fang Hong have a share? Definitely not.

Not only that, the subsequent "Love Is Not Blind" will not be his. His life will change because of this, and Chen Zhixi may part ways with him.

This series of factors were all determined by Liu Tianxian's three million.

If there was no Liu Tianxian, Fang Hong today would be the Fang Hong of one or two years ago if things were going well. If not, he would still be in the difficult stage of starting a business and it would be very slow for him to get up.

This story Fang Hong tells is based on a true story, which is the story between Huang Zheng, Duan Yongping and Ding Lei.

At that time, Ding Lei had a technical problem that he couldn't solve, so he sought help from Huang Zheng. Huang Zheng helped him solve it, and Ding Lei introduced Duan Yongping to him.

Duan Yongping thought Huang Zheng was a good person, so he accepted him as his apprentice and took him with him when he invited Buffett to dinner.

He also advised him to work at Google, and after he gained work experience, he helped him to attract investment and start a business, and introduced his own connections to him.

At that time, Huang Zheng was just a student from a rural background. Why did Duan Yongping do that? It was because he saw that Huang Zheng was a grateful person.

If there was one person here who was not grateful, Huang Zheng’s life would have changed.

If Ding Lei did not introduce Duan Yongping, or if Duan Yongping looked down on Huang Zheng and thought that he was not a good person, Huang Zheng's life would change.

“Now that someone has given me money, the next step is to make the movie, which is when I feel the most pressure, because it is my first time making a movie, and the person who helps me make the movie is also a first-timer, so he has no experience.

I have no idea whether the film is good or not, whether it can be recognized by the audience, or whether it can make money after it is released, so I am in pain and anxiety every day.

Maybe movie directors, young people just starting their own business, or the bosses of online writing have all had this experience: it is very painful and very anxious.

But what I want to tell you is that anxiety is right, and pain is right.

Pain comes from your dissatisfaction with the status quo, and anxiety comes from your slow growth. Often unhappy people are more likely to achieve success. Although you are still on the road, please believe that unhappy poets will write poems that will be sung for thousands of years.

Unhappy authors write novels that are well received.”

(End of this chapter)