The Birth of the Best Director

Chapter 62 The Fourth Giant in the Film Industry (First Order Request)
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No matter what the real thoughts of the people present are.

At least at this moment, the smiles on everyone's faces were sincere.

The fact that top directors like Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou can attend such a private celebration banquet says it all.

If they don't want to come, no one can force them to come.

"Director Chen, Director Zhang, I offer a toast to both of you."

Facing the two great directors, Lu Zhiyuan showed great respect.

Although I have occasionally complained about their works in private, saying that they are not satisfactory, I have to say that these two are the real leaders in the current Chinese film industry.

Feng Xiaogang is slightly inferior to these two people.

"Congratulations."

The two great directors also gave enough face and clinked glasses with Lu Zhiyuan.

During the conversation just now, although they all expressed their admiration for Lu Zhiyuan, as an old senior, they still had to be reserved when meeting him in person.

A Palme d'Or will not give them any extra thoughts.

Let’s not talk about Chen Kaige for now.

Lao Mouzi is almost the Grand Slam winner of those European awards.

He is a man who truly stands at the pinnacle of Chinese film history.

Especially the movie "Not One Less", which had a dramatic story in Cannes.

Lu Zhiyuan once heard a rumor.

This movie has clearly been shortlisted for the main competition unit and has a high probability of winning the Palme d'Or.

However, he withdrew from the competition inexplicably later.

For this reason, Zhang Yimou also issued an open letter, which caused a sensation in the international film industry.

I heard that the then jury president, Luc Besson, was politically biased against some shots in the film, believing that it interpreted the film as political propaganda for China rather than pure art, and seemed to have asked Zhang Yimou to delete a certain shot.

Lao Mouzi disagreed and withdrew from the subsequent selection in anger.

Lu Zhiyuan didn't know much about these details and inside stories.

He just clearly remembered that he first watched this movie when he was in junior high school.

After the military training, the school gathered all the first-year junior high school students at the indoor basketball court and organized them to watch a movie.

The one I watched was "Not One Less".

At first, everyone was quite disgusted with it. What a tacky movie!

After watching it, all the girls in the class cried.

Lu Zhiyuan had almost forgotten the content of the movie, but the scene of all the girls in the class crying together left a deep impression in his mind even after more than 20 years.

This is Lao Mouzi.

Even if he abandoned gorgeous visuals, used handheld photography, natural lighting effects, and the roughest lenses, and there was not a single professional actor in the entire film, but only real villagers, teachers, and students... he could still create a groundbreaking classic.

According to Lu Zhiyuan's calculations, Lao Mouzi has at least four or five S-level talents!
"Amou, I told you he's from your faction. The way he looked at you just now was so bright and dazzling. It was like a newly minted young warrior staring at a long-established martial arts master, as if to say, 'He can replace him.'"

Chen Kaige made a joke.

Lao Mouzi smiled faintly and did not answer.

Chen Kaige is jealous of himself.

What wants to replace it?
This young man, Lu Zhiyuan, clearly worships himself.

After all, Chen Kaige's "Farewell My Concubine" is too far away for Lu Zhiyuan.

Moreover, the theme of that movie is too grand and the history is too heavy. Without a deep cultural background, it is impossible to understand it.

Children can't understand it at all.

The period when Lu Zhiyuan was growing up happened to be his peak.

When it comes to domestic films, who else but us?
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"Director Feng, thank you." Lu Zhiyuan had nothing to say about Feng Xiaogang.

He has a strong personal label, and he even found a friend to make a quasi-autobiographical movie for himself, called "Old Cannon".

Although this work was not directed by Feng Xiaogang, for some reason, one always feels that it is full of Feng Xiaogang's narrative characteristics.

In addition, perhaps it was the success of "Old Cannon" that made Feng Xiaogang addicted. Later, he could not bear the loneliness and made a real autobiography.

It’s called "Youth"!
Moreover, he found a handsome guy to play himself, beautifying himself at the same time.

It's quite annoying.

However, those domestic commercial films and New Year films that made a big splash with small investments were all developed and promoted by Feng Xiaogang.

The unique Yanjing urban culture in Feng Xiaogang's films is his unique cultural label.

Lu Zhiyuan didn’t know what others thought of the director’s level.

Anyway, in his opinion, having one's own unique label and narrative language means that even if one is a master, he at least has an S-level talent!
A genius like Ning Hao, who combines 80% of Guy Ritchie and 50% of Quentin, although the box office performance of his movies looks good.

However, there are not many things that belong to me.

His uniqueness lies in grafting the lens grammar of Guy Ritchie and Quentin Tarantino onto the soil of Chinese social reality.

However, this kind of copy ninja will most likely only receive an A-level rating in the system's evaluation system.

If Lu Zhiyuan wants to get S-level talent in China, he must keep an eye on [Chen Kaige], [Lao Mouzi], and [Feng Xiaogang] to snipe them.

As for Jiang Wen, who directed "Let the Bullets Fly", he is a genius and a freak, and he probably has S-level talent.

However, Jiang Wen has not been a director many times, and he certainly cannot surpass "Let the Bullets Fly". The next time, he will have to wait until "One Step Away".

too long.

It seems that we still have to focus on foreign countries.

Big genre film directors like Quentin are the ones who are most suitable for making money.

"The future life is to be feared."

Feng Xiaogang clinked glasses with Lu Zhiyuan and watched Lu Zhiyuan turn around and go to Fang Long.

Turning around, Feng Xiaogang found that Wang Baoqiang was next to him. He wanted to go up and say hello to Lu Zhiyuan, the new director, but felt a little embarrassed.

He couldn't help laughing and joked to Wang Baoqiang, "Baoqiang, do you also want to get close to him and make a splash in Hollywood?"

"Well, I just thought it wouldn't cost anything to ask."

Wang Baoqiang smiled innocently.

Just now, he had asked someone and found out that the movie "Upgrade" is nominally a science fiction film, but in fact it is an action film.

There will be many cyborg villains in it.

These cyborg villains are all very skilled and good at fighting.

It's tailor-made for him!
He studied martial arts in Shaolin Temple for many years and is quite good at fighting!
In a Hollywood blockbuster, he doesn't even seek to play the leading role, but playing an important villain should be fine, right?
Feng Xiaogang can also understand Wang Baoqiang's thoughts.

But he smiled, his tone tinged with sarcasm: "Don't even think about it. If you've ever seen his movies, you'll know he's the kind of person who's very particular about the image."

"If I'm not mistaken, the characters in his movies, whether protagonist or villain, are definitely handsome men and beautiful women. He definitely won't pick any ugly ones..."

People who study art will think over every scene in their minds over and over again, thousands of times, and only start to paint when they finally decide on the most perfect scene.

You asked Lu Zhiyuan to find an ugly woman or man, and then, over and over again in his mind, wanted to photograph them and turn them into a painting that would be passed down through the ages?
is it possible?

Just thinking about it in my head is disgusting enough.

Therefore, Feng Xiaogang was very sure that Lu Zhiyuan would not look for Wang Baoqiang.

"Don't underestimate him because he's young. He won the Palme d'Or, so he's a truly great director."

Although, Feng Xiaogang felt in his heart that Lu Zhiyuan was a junior and could not compare to him at the moment.

Not to mention Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou.

The three of them, the three giants, their positions, at least in the past few years, are unshakable! !
However, he also had to admit that Lu Zhiyuan had great luck and momentum...if the commercial project "Upgrade" was successful.

He is probably the undisputed fourth giant in the Chinese entertainment and film industry!

(End of this chapter)