Entertainment 1998

Chapter 743 Chapter 742, I regret it.

A student from the Central Academy of Drama was able to secure a role as a special guest actor in some domestic film and television crews by showing a photo of himself...

This is the first time Jiang Feng has heard of this!
But after hearing about it, I felt a little scared.

Jiang Feng was afraid that he would become an accomplice of some scammers who would use their photos with him to defraud people everywhere.

Look, the world-renowned film director Jiang Feng is my good brother, so you guys have to invest some money in my project? !
You don't trust me, so you can't trust my good brother Jiang Feng? !

Therefore, Jiang Feng immediately agreed to Huang Xiaolei's request for a photo, because he knew this carefree mountain city beauty.

But when asked to take a photo with the undergraduate students of the 99 acting department, Jiang Feng chose to decline.

"Sorry, I have something to do in the teaching building!
How about this, let's take a group photo to thank everyone for their kindness to me."

Seeing Jiang Feng's refusal, Big Mouth Yao Chen, Du Chun and others were helpless.

It was only under the organization of Huang Xiaolei that I took a group photo with Jiang Feng beside the flower bed in front of the teaching building of Beijing Film Academy!

After the group photo was taken, Huang Xiaolei immediately patted her chest and said, "Brother Jiang Feng, I will send the photos to your home in the Beijing Film Academy community as soon as they are developed."

“Well, no need!

Just leave it with Teacher Cui Xinqin, because I will be joining the crew to film tomorrow."

"Oh, that's how it is."

Huang Xiaolei was a little disappointed, but she rolled her eyes and pulled Jiang Feng aside, whispering:
"Brother Jiang Feng..."

"Ok?"

"Can I do something with this photo of me and you?"

"What's the matter?" Jiang Feng frowned.

“A small matter!
Well, I fell in love with a boy who is in a band. He admires you very much and said that he met you once at the Formosa Golden Melody Awards.

So, I want to use you to get close to him, um, actually to pursue him." At this point, even the carefree Huang Xiaolei became a little shy.

"Do you like Da Zhang Wei?"

"Ah, how do you know it's Da Zhang Wei?" Huang Xiaolei was so surprised that she was speechless.

Just now, I didn't say anything.

“Isn’t this simple?

You have just given me two conditions, one is to meet me at the Formosa Province Golden Melody Awards; the other is to be in a band.

These two conditions combined make it Da Zhang Wei. "

"Ah, Senior Brother Jiang Feng, it seems that you have paid attention to him?"

"Yes, Da Zhang Wei is quite talented and has a good personality."

Jiang Feng smiled, turned around and walked away.

It's not okay to use your friends' photos to cheat, but if she uses the photos to pursue a boy, I would still be very happy to see it.

After all, in a sense, I was passively acting as a matchmaker.

...

Beijing Film Academy
The master's graduation ceremony and the undergraduate graduation ceremony are held together.

Regarding the graduation ceremony, Jiang Feng had experienced it once three years ago. Therefore, Jiang Feng was very experienced in the graduation ceremony held today.

I walked into the venue with ease, sat quietly in the front row and listened to the leaders' speeches and speeches by outstanding graduates, and then went on stage with everyone to participate in the tassel-cutting ceremony...

Speaking of the speeches by outstanding graduates, at the beginning, Teacher Cui Xinqin sought Jiang Feng's opinion, hoping that he could talk about his struggle in front of all the teachers and students in the school, especially the part about winning the Oscar for Best Director.

Jiang Feng refused without thinking.

In Jiang Feng's opinion, saying those things on the stage was not to motivate his fellow juniors to move forward bravely, but to show off!

Come and see how awesome I am!

He won the Oscar for Best Director before he even graduated with his master's degree.

Regarding Jiang Feng's refusal, neither Cui Xinqin nor the school leaders forced him to obey the arrangement.

First, because Jiang Feng is currently so famous, he has a lot of freedom in doing things. Sometimes it is the school that needs Jiang Feng, not Jiang Feng that needs the school.
The second reason is that Jiang Feng’s current status is too big, and asking him to give a speech as an outstanding graduate seems to lose some meaning. This is equivalent to having a group of sheep sitting in the audience, but letting an elephant stand on the stage and brag to them, "I can lift two tons of wood at a time."

Well, there is really no point!
The graduation ceremony started at 9:00 in the morning. Although the process was a bit long, the whole process was completed at 11:30 in the afternoon.

After the meeting, undergraduate students from various departments gathered by class at various restaurants on Xingtan Road. This was a farewell dinner for everyone and a final farewell to their student life.

The classmates in the master's program were not very familiar with each other and did not have very deep feelings for each other. After coming out of the experimental theater where the graduation ceremony was held, everyone stood at the door, smiled, took photos together, and then went their separate ways.

Some students went back to the dormitory to pack their bags; some students went out to celebrate with their girlfriends; of course, there were also students who were wandering around the campus alone and didn’t know what they were doing…

Well, the classmate who was strolling alone on campus was called Jiang Feng!
Before the graduation ceremony, Jiang Feng had already greeted Xie Xiaojing, the head of the directing department.

"Director Xie, I have decided that in the next three years, I will study very seriously with you, Professor Tian Zhuangzhuang, and Professor Xie Fei to pursue a doctorate degree."

Seeing that Jiang Feng gave a positive answer, before Director Xie Fei and Director Xie Xiaojing could do anything, Teacher Tian Zhuangzhuang made a bold statement on the spot.

"Jiang Feng, aren't you going back to your hometown Cao County to film a movie tomorrow? My old classmate Zhang Yimou is still your actor. Well, take me with you. I will guide you on the set.

Well, that is to say, from now on, you are the first doctoral student in our film school."

It was a pleasant surprise to bring Tian Zhuangzhuang back to his hometown Cao County to film a movie, because in Jiang Feng's opinion, Tian Zhuangzhuang was not only a good director, but also a good actor, just like Zhang Yimou, who won the Best Actor Award at the Tokyo Film Festival.

Jiang Feng decided that he had to design a suitable role for him no matter what.

As for what Tian Zhuangzhuang said, you have to guide yourself during the shooting...

Well, just listen to it, because the style of the films directed by this mentor is characterized by vague narrative, sharp shots, and an overall philosophical meaning, which is completely different from the style of the film "Hidden in the Dust" that I am about to shoot.

Of course, if Tian Zhuangzhuang is willing to limit his guidance to me on directing techniques, I would still welcome him very much.

In this way, Jiang Feng strolled around while thinking about his own things. After about 10 minutes, he unknowingly arrived at the door of a cafeteria of Beijing Film Academy.

After the graduation ceremony, the classmates all went to a party.

There weren't too many people coming to the cafeteria to eat today, so Jiang Feng planned to try a whole bowl of wontons. He hadn't eaten at school for a long time, so today he had to reminisce about his school life.

However, as soon as Jiang Feng arrived at the cafeteria door, he was stopped by someone.

"Jiang Feng..."

"Jiang Feng..."

Hearing the voice, Jiang Feng turned around and immediately saw a beautiful woman in a black dress standing by the flower bed in front of the cafeteria, waving at him.

"Sister Gong Li, why are you here?"

Jiang Feng was still very curious about seeing this international film queen here.

“I know you’re graduating today, so I came to see you.

How is it? Did you get your diploma?"

"Of course!" "Well, Jiang Feng, congratulations on your successful graduation. Of course, congratulations on winning the Oscars for Best Director and Best Picture, although I voted for you in all the Oscars this year.

But I never expected that you would win these two awards in succession."

"haha, thank you!"

In response to Gong Li's praise, Jiang Feng waved his hand modestly.

But at this moment, Jiang Feng heard Gong Li suddenly say, "Jiang Feng, I regret this. Can I still play the role in the movie "Hidden in the Dust"?"

"Uh…"

"Jiang Feng, don't be surprised or confused. I'm telling the truth. I believe you know about my past with Yimou, so it's not difficult for us to play husband and wife.

In addition, I spent a lot of time in the countryside to film Qiu Ju's lawsuit and Red Sorghum, and I can handle all kinds of farm work in the countryside..."

Gong Li was talking, rapidly listing her strengths.

However, before she could finish her words, Jiang Feng smiled and shook his head.

"I'm sorry, Sister Gong Li, I have already found the heroine for the movie Into the Dust, and she has been experiencing life in my hometown for a long time."

Cao County, Sunlaojia Town

About two miles east of Sunlaojiadong Village, where the town government of Sunlaojia Town is located, there is a small village called Zhuzhuang. The village is not big, with only about forty households.

If we calculate the total population, it is only about 200 people.

There are few people in the village, so people are united.

No matter what happens in the village, the whole village will come out together to help in various ways.

At 10 o'clock last night, Heihai, an old man who lived in the west end of the village, died.

When someone dies, according to village rules, the body must be kept at home for three days before a coffin is prepared for burial.

But it's hot now, let alone three days of burial, the stench would fill the entire village in just one day.

Under such circumstances, Lao Liu, who was in charge of the village affairs, with the consent of the host family, commanded the men, women and children of the village to take action that night.

A group of people went to buy coffins. Coffins were available in the town, and there were all kinds of them. As long as they brought money, the Tian family who ran the coffin shop would even deliver the coffins to their door.

A group of people are going to announce the death, that is, to inform all of Heihai's relatives that Heihai has passed away. The funeral will be held at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. I hope you can come to pay your respects on time.

A group of people went to make paper objects. Chinese people believe that death is life. They can live in a house and use a car here, and it is the same down there. The only difference is that the house and car down there are made of paper.

A group of people contacted a percussion instrument band, which was a group of folk artists who played suona and yu. During the funeral of the deceased, they used percussion instruments, mainly suona, to make the atmosphere more sad.

...

Zhang Yimou, who lives in a mud house at the west end of the village, goes to bed late, at 10 o'clock at night, but gets up early.

At 5 o'clock in the morning, Zhang Yimou came out of the room after getting dressed.

Learning from Jiang Feng, Zhang Yimou now exercises for an hour every morning, not running, but just brisk walking.

When he was in Beijing, Zhang Yimou used to brisk walk in the park, but when he came to southwest Shandong, he started exercising in the fields.

In fact, it is better to exercise in the fields. The air here is good, and the soil and water are better. Walking along the field paths for more than ten times will make your whole body and mind feel happy.

As usual, Zhang Yimou just came out of the room and saw actor Song Jia coming out of another house. Song Jia, wearing a black sportswear, was also going out for exercise.

"Good morning, director!"

"Morning, Song Jia!"

Zhang Yimou raised his hand and suddenly realized something was wrong.

"Song Jia, don't you like wearing red sportswear? Why did you change to black today?"

"Uh, Director, you don't know yet?

Yesterday morning, the old farmer Hei Hai who was chatting with you in the fields died. It was said to be a myocardial infarction. It happened very quickly. It took less than half an hour for him to die from the onset of the disease.

"what…"

Zhang Yimou, who was chatting with Song Jia and walking quickly along the village alley towards the fields, suddenly froze.

"true or false?"

"Of course it's true." Afraid that Zhang Yimou would not believe it, Song Jia looked around and immediately lowered his voice and said, "Director, the owner of the family I'm staying with is Heihai's nephew. He left at 9:00 last night and didn't come back all night.

It is said that he was helping to keep watch at Heihai's house. "

"Um... no."

Zhang Yimou, who originally wanted to go exercise, heard that Heihai, with whom he had a good relationship during this period of experience, had passed away. He had to go to pay his respects no matter what. But just when Zhang Yimou wanted to turn around and go back, he saw a group of people coming from the other end of the alley.

"Good morning, director!"

"Morning, Li Xing!"

Zhang Yimou became curious when he saw Li Xing and Jiang Feng's filming team.

Li Xing and his companions have been in Sunlaojia Town for three days, but during these three days, they have been living in the town and have never been to Zhuzhuang.

I don’t know why you came today?
However, before Zhang Yimou could even ask, Li Xing came over and explained in a low voice: "Director, I received a call from Brother Feng last night. He told me that there was a funeral in the village today, and he wanted me to coordinate with the host family to see if we can film the funeral process so that we can use it as material for our film "Hidden in the Dust."

"Ah, how do you know someone died here?" Before Zhang Yimou could speak, Song Jia was the first to be surprised.

What happened at 10 o'clock last night was only a little after 5 o'clock in the morning, but Jiang Feng's filming team had actually received the news.

"hehe…"

At this time, Zhang Yimou smiled.

“Song Jia, you may not know this yet, but Jiang Feng’s second brother-in-law Tian Liang is the owner of the largest coffin shop in Cao County, well, even in the entire southwest Shandong region.

As long as someone in a family has passed away, Jiang Feng’s second brother-in-law Tian Liang will know for sure.”

"Oh…"

After hearing this, Song Jia understood.

There has always been a rumor in the circle that the reason why Jiang Feng went to Xiao Rizi to film the movie "Departures" was actually to help his brother-in-law expand his coffin business in Xiao Rizi.

Now that the movie has been released, it has also won the Best Foreign Language Film Award in Hollywood. His brother-in-law is even more amazing. It is said that he alone monopolizes 40% of the coffins in Xiao Ri Zi.

Song Jia was thinking, when he suddenly heard Zhang Yimou ask: "Li Xing, then, when can Jiang Feng come over?"

"Well, it should be around 9 o'clock in the morning!" Li Xing looked at the watch.

"Brother Feng set off at 8 o'clock last night. He should be able to arrive at Sun's hometown around 6 o'clock, talk to his parents, have breakfast, and come here around 9 o'clock.

Oh, by the way, Director, among the people who came with Brother Feng, there are two people who are definitely people you would never have thought of."

(End of this chapter)