Chinese Entertainment: Academic Director

Chapter 203 Premiere
On September 9, "Nine-Tailed Demon Fox" held a grand premiere.

Last year, when Cao Yang took Gao Yuanyuan to attend the premiere of "Infernal Affairs 3", Gao Yuanyuan envied that "Hero" and "Infernal Affairs 3" could premiere in the Great Hall of the People.

Cao Yang once joked to Gao Yuanyuan that he wanted to hold a premiere in the CPPCC auditorium.

He did it.

The premiere was held in the CPPCC Auditorium.

I just don’t know what choice the great poet Brother Kai will make next year.

Originally, his movie "The Promise", which will be released next year, will be the first to use the CPPCC Auditorium. I guess given Brother Kai's arrogant personality, he will most likely not choose the CPPCC Auditorium, right?

President Han once jokingly suggested, "Since our film has no pressure to make back the investment, why not spend a little more money, invite some big-name singers from home and abroad, and have a song and dance party that's even more lively than House of Flying Daggers?"

Cao Yang disagreed, saying that doing so would easily lead to criticism and was unnecessary.

"Nine-Tailed Demon Fox" is not lacking in popularity, so why bother doing things that attract attention.

Let's stick to tradition.

Mr. Han thought, if you don't want to attract attention, why did you choose to hold the premiere in the CPPCC auditorium? Since you want to follow tradition, why not choose a place like the Beijing Theater?

"Junior brother is right. We come from Beijing Film Academy, so we should respect tradition and not do messy gimmicks. On this point, I still admire you very much."

President Han is still very sincere. He now has a very good relationship with Cao Yang. Cao Yang always thinks of him no matter whether he is shooting a co-production or a domestic big production, which makes him very determined to maintain his relationship with Cao Yang.

In fact, President Han now has a sense of "With Cao Yang in hand, the world is mine".

Tian Zhuangzhuang arrived before the premiere officially started.

He pulled Cao Yang and couldn't help sighing, "The CPPCC auditorium is such a sacred place, and now it can also host movie premieres. It's really... Alas."

“Do you feel that this place has been tainted by worldly filmmakers?”

Cao Yang smiled on the surface, but he was setting a trap for Lao Tian in his words.

"Go away, I just feel a little emotional, as if I'm not a filmmaker."

Old Tian smiled and pretended to kick Cao Yang. Nowadays, there are very few people who dare to play and joke with Cao Yang like this.

"Brother, you are so mean. A while ago I saw you praising Lu Chuan's film "Kekexili" in front of the media. Oh, I haven't seen you praise my film in front of the media."

Cao Yang smiled and joked, he actually had another meaning.

Lao Tian wanted to make a biographical film about Go, which was an idea he had since he was young.

After the ban on directing was lifted, he had the idea of ​​making a biographical film again in the past year.

Cao Yang once advised him, and even said, "If you want to make a movie, I can write a script specifically for you."

Unfortunately, Lao Tian was too stubborn and only wanted to fulfill this wish.

Unfortunately, reality is really realistic.

Lao Tian has always been worried about funding, as few people are willing to invest in this kind of biographical film.

Of course, if Cao Yang said he wanted to make a biographical film, even if it was about Go, the line of people who wanted to invest would probably be very long.

this is the truth.

Later, when Cao Yang saw that Lao Tian insisted on filming, he said, "Don't worry, I'll invest in you."

But Old Tian refused to do so.

In his words, "I know what this biographical film will look like, so you don't have to worry about it. Just do what you need to do."

Well, you know not to cheat your own people.

If a biographical film like this doesn't win an award, it will be difficult to make a profit.

That's why Cao Yang pointed out to Lao Tian that he was too extravagant.

Old Tian pretended not to understand what Cao Yang said and laughed.

"Do you still need me to praise your movie? You are much more famous than me now. There is no point for me to praise you. You don't need to be recognized by others anymore."

Old Tian smiled and shook his head. "There's nothing I can do. Lu Chuan is Professor Jiang's graduate student. If Professor Jiang asks, I have to give him the honor."

After saying that, Lao Tian couldn't help laughing again.

"But that guy is really interesting. He insisted in front of the media that his movie is a commercial film. Teacher Jiang was dumbfounded and almost mad to death. He even refused to attend his premiere."

Cao Yang also laughed, probably because that guy didn't graduate from Beijing Film Academy and didn't have such a deep understanding of academic traditions.

Not to mention Lu Chuan, even when Zhang Yimou was making "Hero", he was secretive and said that he was making an industrial film, not a commercial film.

You have to know that when Zhang Yimou was filming "Hero", he was definitely a successful man. He had won the three highest awards in Europe, including two Golden Lions and one Golden Bear.

Compared with Zhang Yimou's artistic achievements, Lu Chuan is nothing now. I guess teacher Jiang Shixiong wants to expel Lu Chuan from his school.

Even when Cao Yang was filming "Nine-Tailed Demon Fox", he was asked by his superiors to shoot and test the market. Even so, the school still held him back for a long time. If old Situ had not agreed, the school would have dared to continue holding him back.

If Cao Yang had proposed making a commercial film at that time, there would definitely be a lot of opposition from the school, and Old Situ might even have talked to Cao Yang about it.

"Isn't Ning Hao your graduate student now? How is he?"

Cao Yang asked casually.

Speaking of this, Lao Tian obviously became interested.

"That guy is good, he has a lot of ideas, and I agree with that viewpoint..."

"That's not what I asked."

Cao Yang interrupted Lao Tian and said, "I'm asking, how does he treat you?"

Old Tian frowned slightly, he understood what Cao Yang meant.

He looked at Cao Yang thoughtfully, then said, "Respect me very much. That boy is good, really good."

"Ah."

Cao Yang nodded, "It's almost time, I'll have someone take you in first."

Then, he added, "When I have some free time, I will write a script. You can direct it, or you can let Ning Hao direct it and you can be the producer. It's also okay for us to co-direct it. It's up to you when the time comes."

Alas, Lao Tian is in a miserable situation now. It is so difficult for him to find investment to make a movie. It’s time to improve his “value”.

Today's premiere was attended by many big names, including many celebrities.

There were two people here that surprised Cao Yang.

One is the old Situ. I didn’t expect him to come in person.

Cao Yang really didn't expect that Lao Situ would give such a face to a commercial film in his opinion. In Lao Situ's words, he asked Cao Yang to shoot this film, and Cao Yang took a different approach and made it into an experimental film. Of course he had to come to give Cao Yang a surprise.

Another person who surprised Cao Yang was Xiao Gangpao.

Everyone knows that Xiao Gangpao is from Huayi. Today, the movie "Kekexili" invested by Huayi also had its premiere. Logically, Xiao Gangpao should go there.

"Director Feng, you came to my place, aren't you afraid that the two Mr. Wangs will give you a hard time?"

Cao Yang hugged Little Cannon and walked towards the auditorium.

Li Xiaoran and Gao Yuanyuan stood on his left and right. Although they were both dressed beautifully and charmingly, they were fighting openly and secretly and ridiculing each other, which made him feel a little uncomfortable. He took the opportunity to leave this place of trouble.

Little Cannon waved his hand and said as he walked, "I don't like Lu Chuan. He's a fool. I get annoyed when I see him. I don't want to bother with him, so I came to you."

Then he looked around and whispered, "Don't take the media's words seriously. I didn't decide to make a film about humanistic concerns just because I watched your experimental film. I swear, I didn't learn it from you."

After saying that, he shook his head, sighed, and waved his hand again.

"Forget it, think whatever you want. I've already been defined by the media, and even the fucking recording has spread online. No matter how much I explain, it's useless. This is fucking irrefutable evidence, and I can't explain it even if I have a mouth..."

Along the way, Xiao Gangpao was just like a nagging woman, constantly complaining to Cao Yang.

Cao Yang knew about Xiao Gangpao's resentment. He was tricked by reporters and the incident was recorded. How could he explain it clearly?

Now, both the media and the Internet think that Xiao Gangpao is a staunch supporter of Cao Yang's new ideas, and he immediately shot a movie of this type to show his support.

The best support is to take action.

Even if the little cannon had a lot of mouths, he couldn't explain it clearly.

Looking at the little steel cannon who was still complaining, Cao Yang smiled and asked softly:

"Then why did you admit in front of the media that you thought my experimental films were very good, full of ideas, and daring to put them into practice, and that I was a pioneer of the times, and that you were deeply inspired by them, so you made this film, A World Without Thieves?"

"I……"

The little cannon's resentment was stuck in his throat and he didn't know how to say it.

Should I say, I see that your movie "Nine-Tailed Demon Fox" won the Venice Award and is very popular, and it just so happens that the movies we both make are a combination of commercial and art films.

So, I might as well go for broke and "borrow" your popularity to justify and pave the way for my "A World Without Thieves", which is also an excellent way of publicity.

At least it will make people no longer have a preconceived impression of me, and it can also add a "high-end" feeling to the movie.

The little gangster really wants to break the prejudice of southerners against him. Who doesn't want to have more votes? The box office in the south is no lower than that in the north.

"I think your idea is very good. As a senior, it's okay for me to suffer a little injustice. I will just regard it as my support for you."

The little cannon grinned and spoke perfunctorily with an expression that said, "I'm doing this for your own good."

Cao Yang was a little amused by Xiao Gangpao's shamelessness. After thinking for a while, he said, "Director Feng, you are really wrong this time. My movie is just a commercial film. You publicly expressed your support for a commercial film. Are you disappointed?"

"Pfft..."

The little cannon just laughed out loud.

You are so good, Cao Yang. In order to attack me, you can even make up such nonsense. Do you really think I am a three-year-old child who can be deceived so easily?

Venice Film Festival What is that?
The hall of fame for art directors from all over the world, who wouldn’t want to win an award there?
Even just being nominated in the main competition unit is a remarkable achievement.

Are the Venice Film Festival stupid? If your film wasn't innovative and experimental, they would give you the Best Director award?
joke!

Didn’t you see that idiot Lu Chuan, who thought his "Kekexili" could be nominated for the main competition unit of Venice, and was shouting about it everywhere, wishing the whole world knew about it.

Although it was a joke, everyone just laughed at Lu Chuan for being too arrogant, not at Venice's lack of vision.

From this we can see the status of the Venice Film Festival in the hearts of domestic directors.

Cao Yang didn't expect Xiao Gangpao to come, but he came in public, which confirmed that he supported his "experimental film" and even shot such a film.

There is actually a way to arrange the seating for a hot hatchback.

After a brief consideration, Cao Yang let him sit next to him.

Since you want to make this matter a reality and want to benefit from it, then sit next to me. When others see you, they will definitely think that you are my staunch supporter.

Little Cannon didn't refuse and sat down.

Moreover, he also spoke when the creators talked about the movie.

We talked about shooting art films at the pace of commercial films, and jokingly said that he had experience shooting commercial films, and Director Cao had experience shooting art films. We can communicate with each other in different fields and stick to this concept together...

Xiao Gangpao is not stupid. With this in mind, it means that I am not following in your footsteps, Cao Yang, to shoot this kind of movie. I am not your fan. We are all equal.

In fact, people are sometimes very strange creatures. If there are no prompts, they may not feel anything, but with prompts or psychological hints, it will be different.

After completing a series of procedures, the little boy couldn't wait to watch the movie.

Since it is an experimental film, it must be considered an art film. Art films either reflect social reality or delve deeply into human nature.

In Xiao Gangpao's opinion, Cao Yang is using the skin of a fantasy movie, so he certainly cannot reflect social reality issues, so he can only dig deep into human nature.

So he began to look for "humanity" in movies.

It continued until the end, when Xiao Wei crushed her own demon pill without hesitation for the sake of Wang Sheng and died for him.

The little cannon slapped his thigh fiercely. This is human nature. Human nature is complex and subtle, and full of uncertainty.

At the beginning, Xiao Wei could kill people without hesitation and take their hearts. Is this a metaphor that human nature is evil at the beginning? Humans are born selfish.

She gradually developed human nature from an ignorant and pure little fox, and the more she understood society, the more complex her human nature became.

She wanted to be Wang Sheng's concubine from the beginning, and even promised Madam Wang that even if she died with Wang Sheng, she would not kill people to take their hearts to maintain the Painted Skin. Later, she wanted to frame Madam Wang and become Wang Sheng's legal wife...

Doesn’t this series of changes resemble the entire process of a person’s birth, growing up, and understanding and being assimilated into society?

This is the whole process of human nature changing!

This boy Cao Yang is really awesome!
It is worthy of being an experimental film that won the Best Director Award at the Venice Film Festival. It uses an entire movie to metaphorically describe the changes in human nature and to tell the story of a process from a "monster" to a "human".

Human nature is complex and subtle, and can show completely different sides in different environments.

Wang Sheng can die for Lady Wang. Xiao Wei has a complex personality. She has become selfish and "bad", but she can also die for Wang Sheng without hesitation.

Human nature, oh human nature, this is how fucking complex and changeable human nature is!

The little cannon looked at Cao Yang next to him with a complicated expression. As expected of Cao Yang, he explained human nature thoroughly.

Although overall the film has a brisk pace and is a little bit commercial, this is an experimental film, and it is remarkable that it can achieve this level.

Afterwards, he made up his mind that he must learn from his mistakes and tighten up the editing of his own film "A World Without Thieves".

(End of this chapter)