Huayu: As a child star, I just want to be famous

Chapter 254 Thunderous Applause
One night, in an empty teaching building, a boy was practicing jazz drums.

He is Chen Yinjie, a freshman at the Yenching Conservatory of Contemporary Music.

Although Chen Yinjie is a freshman, he has good basic skills and is very passionate about jazz music, especially jazz drums.

At this point the camera moves in slowly, giving the feeling that someone else is watching and approaching.

The camera cuts again and it turns out to be a teacher who wants to listen to Chen Yinjie's rhythm.

Chen Yinjie did as he was told, and the teacher then asked him to swing at double the speed and gradually increase the tempo.

Chen Yinjie tried very hard, but it was obviously not enough to satisfy the other party. When he looked up again, the teacher had left.

This is the beginning of the film.

Catherine Breillat guessed the role of the teacher at the beginning. Based on her experience, this teacher was not the common type of teacher who taught and educated people.

This can be seen from the director's camera language.

Whether it is the voyeuristic advancement shot at the beginning, or the lighting when the teacher officially appears, they are all hints.

Although the details are unclear, there is no doubt that this person is an important character.

The next plot is a street scene at night.

In preparation for the Olympic Games, the streets of Yanjing were very clean and tidy. Even late at night, the streets were bustling with people and traffic.

Catherine was surprised by the modern urban scenery of Yanjing, which looked like a modern developed city.

At the same time, she was also guessing the style of the film. Judging from the title "Whiplash", it should be a musical.

However, the overall lighting is very cold, like an urban crime theme.

A famous genius like Chen would not make such low-level mistakes, so was this intentional?

Catherine guessed.

Chen Yinjie met his father in the cinema, and they had a conversation about what happened today.

His father told him to be more open-minded and that there are multiple choices in life, but Chen Yinjie did not agree.

The camera turns to the band where Chen Yinjie is.

This orchestra is not a large professional orchestra.

Chen Yinjie is a substitute in the orchestra, responsible for helping the main drummer Zhou Jie to turn the music scores.

While the music was playing, a person came in from outside.

It was the teacher who appeared before, Li Xuechang.

He was obviously of a higher rank than the orchestra's teacher, and he immediately took over the situation, directing the trumpet, trombone and other musicians in the orchestra, letting them play individually one by one.

The evaluation in the middle is noncommittal and does not look like approval.

Before leaving, Chen Yinjie was chosen to be taken away.

Chen Yinjie was very happy and went to see his girlfriend that day to tell her about his experience.

His girlfriend was very happy for him.

The new band was in stark contrast to the previous environment, and the atmosphere was much more serious.

As soon as it was nine o'clock, Li Xuechang showed up on time and the classroom suddenly became silent.

All students stand straight and at attention.

Li Xuechang took off his coat, looked around like an emperor, and then introduced the new substitute drummer Chen Yinjie.

Today's rehearsal music is "Whip", which has a strong and dynamic rhythm.

The first few bars were relatively slow, and Li Xuechang nodded frequently as if enjoying it.

He has very sharp ears and can directly hear which of the four trumpet players played the wrong note and point it out in time.

Chen Yinjie had been listening to the performances of his seniors, trying to keep up.

Suddenly, Li Xuechang stopped the rehearsal and said that a classmate's performance was missing and asked him to step forward.

Everyone fell silent.

"What's the point of playing jazz if you don't know you're out of tune?"

Li Xuechang asked the curly-haired trombonist, "Xiao Chen, do you think you're out of tune?"

Curly-haired Xiao Chen hesitated and admitted that he was out of tune.

Then he was severely insulted by the furious teacher and kicked out of the orchestra.

It was not until Xiao Chen left that Li Xuechang said casually,

"Let me be clear. Xiao Chen didn't sing out of tune just now. It was that piece of shit Li Kang who was singing out of tune. But if you can't even tell whether you were singing out of tune or not, you don't deserve to be here."

Catherine was really shocked when she saw this part.

This teacher seemed very kind, but suddenly he became furious and started swearing at people. It was like a thriller.

She began to get a rough idea of ​​the style of the film.

Sure enough, Li Xuechang later formally demonstrated his "strict teacher" style.

Chen Yinjie became the new "Xiao Chen".

When she was dissatisfied, she would actually throw a chair at him, but luckily he managed to dodge it.

In order to make Xiao Chen understand the rhythm, I slapped him repeatedly so that he would remember it.

Verbal attacks and insults are commonplace.

The Chinese language is rich in variety, and here it is really put to good use.

Catherine didn't quite understand this and couldn't quite understand it through translation.

Jiang Wen and Jia Zhangke felt that they had learned a lot. They didn't know that Chinese could say such dirty words.

I heard that the script was written by Xiao Chen. This guy is also a ruthless guy.

In fact, these were all materials that Chen Linfeng drew from netizens in later generations, a certain cesspool app, and the Zuan area of ​​a certain game, which gave him a lot of inspiration.

……

Under this high-pressure situation, Chen Yinjie had no choice but to practice harder.

I spend most of the day practicing, and occasionally meet up with my girlfriend to talk about jazz.

If my hands were rubbed, I would just put a Band-Aid on them and continue. I almost practiced drums in my dreams.

In the next important performance, Chen Yinjie helped keep the music score of the main drummer.

As the show was about to start, the music score was lost.

Li Xuechang scolded, "If you lose the music score, you can't go on stage to perform, what kind of drummer are you?"

Chen Yinjie volunteered and said he could do it.

The performance went smoothly.

In this way, Chen Yinjie officially became the main drummer.

Just when he was feeling proud of himself, Li Xuechang recruited a backup drummer.

It turned out to be Zhou Jie, the main drummer of Chen Yinjie's original band.

Zhou Jie was quickly recognized and took over the position of main drummer.

Chen Yinjie was stimulated. In order to practice drums, he felt that dating was a waste of time and even broke up with his girlfriend.

In a subsequent practice, Li Xuechang rarely showed weakness and even shed tears.

It turned out that his most popular disciple had died. He said he died in a car accident.

After a brief emotional moment.

As if to vent his emotions, Li Xuechang set high demands on the three drummers in the team, requiring them to play 400 beats per minute.

The three drummers' hands were bleeding from the beating, and they continued playing until late at night.

In the end, Chen Yinjie relied on his previous hard practice to meet the requirements and won back the position of main drummer.

This time he didn't dare to be complacent at all.

Another important performance.

Unexpectedly, when Chen Yinjie was rushing to the venue, the bus he was riding had a flat tire and could not move.

He hurried to change taxis, but he didn't notice that he had forgotten his drumsticks on the bus.

Li Xuechang rebuked, "Playing the drums without a drumstick is no different from taking an exam without a pen or going to the battlefield without a gun."

And announced that Chen Yinjie had lost his qualifications as an official drummer.

Chen Yinjie burst out and said loudly, "I am the best drummer here. I must participate in this performance and prove myself."

Li Xuechang gave him ten minutes to get the drumstick back. "I'll give you one chance, but if you hit one wrong note, I'll XXX (expletive) XXXX."

Chen Yinjie rushed back to the place where the incident occurred to retrieve his drumstick.

Fortunately, the bus was still there, but when he was returning, he got into a car accident because he was too anxious.

Chen Yinjie, covered in blood, climbed out of the car.

Instead of going to the hospital, he ran to the performance venue and finally arrived at the scene before the performance.

However, due to excessive blood loss and lack of physical strength, he found it difficult to sustain the second half.

The performance was naturally a mess. Li Xuechang went straight to the stage and announced coldly, "Now you can get out forever."

Unable to bear it any longer, Chen Yinjie knocked Li Xuechang to the ground and punched him hard.

Chen Yinjie was expelled from school for beating his teacher.

Before leaving, a teacher at the school told him that the proud student that Li Xuechang had mentioned earlier did not die in a car accident, but actually committed suicide due to excessive stress.

The teacher said that the school was also investigating Li Xuechang’s teaching problems, and hinted that Chen Yinjie could participate in reporting Li Xuechang. Everything would be anonymous and would not be known to the outside world or the person being reported.

In this way, Li Xuechang was also expelled.

A few years later.

Chen Yinjie accidentally walked into a bar and found that the person playing the piano inside was Li Xuechang.

The two sat down and had a drink.

Li Xuechang admitted that he didn't know which student reported him and he was no longer teaching at Yenching Conservatory of Music, but he was still working in the jazz field.

He acted like he was open-minded.

During the conversation, Li Xuechang expressed his educational philosophy.

"I am not only a conductor, I also have to squeeze the musicians to their limits. I have told you the story of Charlie Parker, right?"

"Joe Jones smashed a cymbal on his head."

"Yes, if Joe Jones had comforted him and thought he had done a good job, would there have been a Charlie Parker later?

"Almost" or "not bad" are the biggest lies and obstacles in art. Nothing is more harmful than the word "not bad."

Chen Yinjie asked, "Aren't you worried that doing this will drive away or crush a genius?"

“Those who are crushed by pressure are not geniuses. Geniuses will not give up because of this little pressure. Every successful person in history has proved this.

As the saying goes, one must be crazy to succeed, and musical geniuses are forced out. Unfortunately, I have never met such a genius. In any case, I don’t think that what I did was wrong.”

During this conversation, Li Xuechang indicated that the person he valued most was Chen Yinjie.

When recruiting a new drummer, I knew that Xiao Zhou was not as good as Xiao Chen, and I did this purely to motivate him.

Before leaving, Li Xuechang said that he had an important concert recently, and would play Xiao Chen's best songs, and invited him to be the drummer.

Chen Yinjie never gave up his musical dream and readily agreed.

Johnny Depp frowned and watched the scene in the bar. Chen seemed to agree with the coach's ideas. Was this a sign of reconciliation?
If so, it's a bit mediocre.

He actually quite liked the pace of the show at the beginning.

The devil teacher's performance was great, and even the ideas he just expounded in the bar were quite to his liking.

But if the ending was just a reconciliation, it would be a bit boring.

Catherine doesn't think that way, she thinks from a writer's perspective.

The story always has to give people surprises. If the beginning shows the intention of reconciliation, then the ending will definitely not be like this.

At least based on Chen's story-writing skills, it shouldn't be a clichéd reconciliation plot.

The plot continues to move forward.

Chen Yinjie is very excited about the new stage and feels that his future is bright again.

Before the performance announcement, Li Xuechang walked up to Chen Yinjie first.

"Do you think I'm a fool?"

"Ok?"

"I know that the person who reported it is you." Li Xuechang's eyes were full of hatred.

Under Chen Yinjie's shocked eyes, Li Xuechang walked to the center of the stage and announced the next performance song.

It was not the song that had been agreed upon before, and Li Xuechang did not give him any new music score.

This competitive performance is not an impromptu solo and must strictly follow the music score.

The consequences are predictable. Faced with the unfamiliar music, Chen Yinjie played terribly.

With such a terrible performance on such an important occasion, his career as a drummer is really over.

And this is Li Xuechang's purpose.

Chen Yinjie left the stage sadly, and his father greeted and comforted him backstage.

But he was not content with this.

There were only two options before him at this moment. One was to just disappear from the jazz stage.

The second is...

Chen Yinjie went on stage again and sat on the drum seat.

The band members and Li Xuechang looked at each other, not understanding what he was trying to do.

The drum beats started again, and it was the "Karawen" that Chen Yinjie knew so well.

His confidence motivated the musicians to follow the rhythm without waiting for the conductor's instructions.

Although Li Xuechang was dissatisfied, he could only follow the situation and give orders.

Chen Yinjie’s performance was perfect, he led the entire orchestra, and his rhythm and speed were impeccable.

Gradually, a smile appeared on Li Xuechang's face, and he temporarily forgot about revenge. The two of them seemed to be complementing each other and achieving each other.

After the song ended, Chen Yinjie did not stop. The lights in the venue dimmed, but the drum beats continued.

After a few seconds, the lights came on again, and Chen Yinjie officially entered a higher realm.

Although Li Xuechang has a bad temper, he is indeed knowledgeable. He was still questioning at the beginning, but gradually he could hear the subtlety of the other party.

Chen Yinjie was in a special state, his performance was getting better and better, and Li Xuechang really put aside other thoughts and focused on guiding him.

Worldly grudges are no longer important at this moment.

Finally, after an extremely wonderful prelude, applause broke out from the audience and the orchestra began another round of performance.

The whole film is over.

Johnny Depp was a little stunned.

Is this a settlement or not?
If we talk about reconciliation, the coach clearly wanted revenge. If we talk about no reconciliation, in the end the two of them seemed to have transcended worldly emotions and immersed themselves in the world of art.

It felt like this ending was the cliché ending he had predicted before.

But after really watching it, he felt that this ending was much better than he expected.

Catherine also found the ending unexpected.

She thought about the teacher's revenge, but did not expect the male protagonist's response.

Everything can be left to art, even if there are still quarrels and confrontations later, at least at this moment, art is supreme.

Such an open ending can be said to end exactly where it should end.

Jiang Wen and Jia Zhangke looked at each other and could both feel each other's surprise.

Even though I have heard this story before, I still felt deeply moved when I actually saw the full film.

The shots and lighting in the film are very sophisticated, and don't look like the work of a novice director at all.

Especially after Li Xuechang officially appeared later, warm light was used throughout, which formed a sharp contrast with the cold tones in the early stage.

But the sentiment is completely the opposite.

Normal warm colors usually give people a warm or relaxing feeling, but when Li Xuechang appears, his surroundings appear darker under the dim light, giving people a gloomy feeling.

There is plenty of light, but it doesn’t feel that way.

In the early stages as well, even though there was almost no light source, the relaxed atmosphere on the screen was very obvious.

Jiang Wen sighed in his heart, no wonder Xiao Chen dared to boast, although his work must be the best, but this kid is no pushover either.

Jia Zhangke was surprised by the subject matter of the work. The artistic feel of such an urban scene was not weak at all.

The two of them clapped at the same time.

The audience around seemed to be awakened and applauded.

The whole audience burst into thunderous applause that lasted for a long time.

Chen Linfeng immediately breathed a sigh of relief. The changes he made this time were actually not small.

Including the setting of the girlfriend, because Chinese people will not date or fall in love with someone for no reason just because of a single encounter, so Liu Qianqian was the girlfriend from the beginning.

In addition, the lines of all the characters have basically been adapted into Chinese, and Li Xuejian's swearing is completely localized.

In his previous band, except for the drummer who was very professional, the rest of the music was rather mediocre, and he made corrections this time.

A lot of changes have been made to the place where the protagonist lost his drumstick, the lighting and shots of some scenes, Li Xuechang's teaching philosophy, the protagonist's father's point of view, etc.

He is very worried whether these changes are correct, but based on the current feedback.

The effect should be pretty good, right?

　Because this chapter is mostly about movie content, I was worried about being criticized for being watered down, so I updated it to 9K words today.

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