1979: The child's mother is a celestial being.

Chapter 33 The Principal of Beijing Film Academy
The Beijing Film Academy, abbreviated as BFA, was not yet located near Jimen Bridge in 1980. Now its campus is located in Zhuxinzhuang, Changping District.

Today, a young, uninvited guest arrived at the Beijing Film Academy.

"Principal Cheng, there's a young man downstairs who claims to be from Emei Film Studio and wants to see you. Do you have time?"

The owner of this principal's office is named Cheng Ying. Does that name sound familiar?

That's right, he was one of the four great generals of the Beijing Film Studio.

Two years ago, the Beijing Film Academy resumed its college entrance examination admissions, and Cheng Ying was the vice principal at that time.

Two years later, he has removed the title of "Deputy" from his head and become the president of the Beijing Film Academy.

Although he is called the university president, compared with the presidents of other universities, he has fewer subordinates than a dean, because he only has about a hundred subordinates.

The reason there are so few is that the Beijing Film Academy only recruited one class of students through the college entrance examination in 1978, and then did not recruit any last year, nor this year. This year, they only plan to recruit one amateur performance class, but a class can only have thirty to fifty people at most.

But as the old saying goes, quality is more important than quantity in warfare.

The success rate of the two batches of students recruited by Beijing Film Academy is quite high.

For example, among those who later became famous from the Class of '78 were Zhang Yimou, Tian Zhuangzhuang, the Little Poet, Gu Changwei, Li Shaohong, Zhang Tielin, Zhang Fengyi, Xie Yuan, Zhang Jianya...

For example, this year's amateur performance class will include Li Chengru, Zhang Guangbei, Zhao Baogang, and Zhu Lin, the well-known Queen of the Women's Kingdom.

Returning to the present, Cheng Ying thought carefully and realized that he hadn't heard of any comrades from the Emei Film Studio coming to visit him recently. So he looked up and asked the young teacher who came to report, "What's their name?"

"I think his name is Han... Han something Ping."

"Han Sanping?"

"Yes, yes, that's the name. Principal Cheng, do you know him?"

"Last winter, the higher authorities selected some young cadres from major film studios across the country to come to Beijing for training. They asked me to give them two lectures, and Comrade Han Sanping was one of them. After class, he asked me a lot of questions, so I have a deep impression of him."

As she spoke, Cheng Ying stood up from behind her desk and added, "I don't know what this young comrade wants to see me for, but since he's already come all the way to the school, I can't very well refuse to see him."

Downstairs, Han Sanping was somewhat flattered to see Cheng Ying personally come down to greet him.

He quickly greeted her, "Teacher, how have you been these past few years? Your student, Han Sanping, has come to visit you."

In fact, their relationship could hardly be described as that of teacher and student.

But Han Sanping came here this time to ask for a favor, so of course he had to be a little thick-skinned.

Cheng Ying saw through Han Sanping's little scheme at a glance. Although he didn't know what the kid was up to, there was still a teacher-student relationship between them, so he didn't try to distance himself from it.

"Thank you for your concern, Comrade Xiao Han. I'm doing fine."

Cheng Ying then invited Han Sanping to the reception room. After serving tea, she got straight to the point and asked:

Is Comrade Xiao Han still at Emei Film Studio?

"Yes, teacher."

"So what brings you to Beijing this time?"

"I came here specifically to visit you." With that, Han Sanping took out the gift he had brought and said, "This is some local specialty I brought from Chengdu for you, teacher. I hope you won't mind."

Cheng Ying hadn't figured out Han Sanping's purpose yet, so he naturally dared not accept the gift.

"Why would I accept your gift, Comrade Xiao Han, for no reason? But what brings you here?"

Han Sanping sensed the wariness in Cheng Ying's words and knew it was time to get down to business.

"Teacher, could I take up two hours of your time to watch a movie?"

This request left Cheng Ying somewhat bewildered.

He asked, "What movie?"

"It was directed by students and is called 'Bullfight'."

"Bullfighting?" Cheng Ying was familiar with the name. He immediately asked, "Comrade Fusheng wrote a very popular novel earlier this year, also called 'Bullfighting.' What does it have to do with your movie?"

"It's based on this novel. Besides, the novel's author is not only the screenwriter of the film, but also the male lead in it." Han Sanping threw out another hook.

Sure enough, he immediately saw a hint of interest in Cheng Ying's eyes.

"Alright, I'll take a look then." Although Cheng Ying was puzzled and confused that Han Sanping had come all this way to see a movie, he could tell that Han Sanping didn't want to explain it to him yet. Besides, he also liked "Cow," and had heard that the novel's author, Fu Sheng, not only adapted it himself but also starred in it, which piqued his curiosity. So he didn't mind giving Han Sanping face. "Thank you, thank you, teacher." Han Sanping then asked, "Teacher, does the school have a screening room?"

"Yes, you actually carry film reels with you?" Cheng Ying asked with some surprise when she saw Han Sanping take out film reels from his backpack. "Is this original film?"

"No, this is a backup; the original film is at the factory."

Even though Han Sanping was confident enough to bring the original film out, the factory was still worried, which is why they rushed to make a copy for him before he left.

Since Han Sanping used the school's screening room to invite Chengying to watch a movie, it was impossible to keep it a secret.

It quickly spread first among the teachers, and then among the students.

So, while Han Sanping was setting up the equipment in the projection room, he looked up and saw one curious head after another perched at the window, which almost startled him.

Cheng Ying also noticed this scene, and after thinking for a moment, she said to Han Sanping, "Comrade Han, would you mind inviting the teachers and students of our Beijing Film Academy to watch a movie together?"

"Of course I don't mind," Han Sanping replied readily, without the slightest reluctance or hesitation.

Because this is not the future, as long as the film reels are not stolen, there is no need to worry about the risk of leakage.

Han Sanping also wanted to see how the students at the Beijing Film Academy would react after watching the movie.

……

"Students, bring your chairs and let's go to the screening room to watch the movie."

"Hu Mei, don't spread rumors. We still have a class later."

"It's true, Principal Cheng personally gave the 'order'."

Does anyone know what movie we're watching?

"I heard from Wang Yan, a classmate in the photography class, that it seems to be a movie adapted from the very popular movie 'Cow' by Fusheng earlier this year."

"This novel has been made into a movie so quickly? I have to go and reserve a good spot."

"Hey, hey, wait for me!"

On the directing team's side, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Chen Kaige, Zhang Jianya, Li Shaohong, and others also carried stools into the screening room.

Li Shaohong pointed to Han Sanping standing next to the equipment and said, "That person looks like the director. He looks so young."

"How did you know he was a director?" the young poet asked.

"I heard it from their acting class teacher."

Tian Zhuangzhuang looked Han Sanping up and down, then nodded and said, "He is indeed quite young."

"Then I'll have to see for myself what kind of work this young director has made. I hope he doesn't ruin the blockbuster novel 'Cow'," the young poet said with a touch of arrogance.

In fact, many of the top students from Beijing Film Academy present at the scene shared similar thoughts with the young poet at that moment.

Han Sanping couldn't read minds, but he was confident in his film. After seeing that most of the people had arrived, he greeted the teacher in charge of coordinating with him. Once the teacher turned off the lights in the projection room, he officially projected the film onto the screen in front of him.

The first piece of information that came out was:

Bullfighting

— Adapted from the novel of the same name by Comrade Fusheng.

Director: Han Sanping
Screenwriter: Chen Fusheng
Starring: Chen Fusheng, Siqin Gaowa

Other actors: Wu Chao, Li Erniu...

The film also uses a combination of reverse chronological order and flashbacks. The opening scene shows Niu Er, the only survivor of the Japanese massacre, returning to the village and reacting.

The first shot is a close-up of Niu Er, which, to put it bluntly, is a close-up of his face.

This is a single-shot scene, lasting about ten seconds. In these short ten seconds, Niu Er, played by Chen Fusheng, displays a variety of emotions on his face, including fear, shock, confusion, helplessness, grief, repression, vigilance, and wariness.

At the same time, the film's opening sequence of just over ten seconds firmly captivated the attention of more than one hundred teachers and students from the Beijing Film Academy.

Those who had doubts before watching now stared intently at the screen, just like everyone else around them, their expressions filled with shock!
And this is just the beginning...

(End of this chapter)