Entertainment 1998

Chapter 792 Chapter 791, a unique lesson
"Ha ha…"

In the experimental theater, everyone was laughing.

But Zhang Yimou didn't laugh, because at this time Han Shanye, who was sitting on the right, suddenly leaned over.

"Yimou..."

"Boss Han, you say."

"What do you think Jiang Feng will talk about?"

“We’ll probably talk about issues related to filming, like the movie Get Out that Jiang Feng shot in the United States this time. There are many topics to talk about, such as the interesting things about directing Oscar-winning actors and actresses during filming.” Zhang Yimou said truthfully.

“Director, President Han, I don’t think Jiang Feng will talk about ‘Get Out.’” Zhang Ziyi, who was sitting on the left of Zhang Yimou, heard their conversation and interrupted with a smile.

"Because Jiang Feng is a special person. His brain seems to be different from that of ordinary people. Ordinary people pay attention to following the rules, but Jiang Feng often does not follow the ordinary path."

"Oh, Ziyi, what do you think Jiang Feng will talk about?" Zhang Yimou and Han Shanye looked at Zhang Ziyi at the same time.

“I think Jiang Feng will do a talk show on stage.

Because some time ago, when promoting "The Hunger Games", Jiang Feng had a back-and-forth fight with the famous American talk show host and comedian Stephen Colbert on the talk show stage. "

"Oh, is it so?"

Han Shanye and Zhang Yimou became interested.

"Zi Yi, tell me quickly, what topics did Jiang Feng talk about in his talk show?"

"The topic is very broad, starting with the US fake moon landing..."

"what!"

Zhang Ziyi had just mentioned a topic when Han Shanye opened his mouth in surprise.

"Will the relevant departments in the United States allow an American TV station to broadcast a public inquiry questioning whether the moon landing was faked?"

"of course can!"

Zhang Ziyi, who had spent quite a long time in Los Angeles, wanted to talk to Han Shanye and Zhang Yimou further about the degree of freedom of speech in the United States.

But at this time, they saw Jiang Feng standing on the stage and took out a bank card from his pocket.

“Dear students, teachers, and good friends in the circle, I believe that you have all attended many lectures and witnessed the brilliance of some great lecturers!

Not to mention anything else, just look at the people sitting in the audience area of ​​the Experimental Theater, there are many great lecturers out there.

Therefore, as a student at the Beijing Film Academy, I will not teach you how to do this.”

There was a slight pause when he said this, but the four or five hundred people sitting in the audience area fell into complete silence.

Because everyone was paying close attention to the bank card in Jiang Feng's hand.

Shit..., what is he doing with his bank card?
Are you trying to show off your wealth?
It is a fact that Jiang Feng is rich.

According to Hong Kong media reports, this guy's current assets rank 51st on the global rich list.

But even if you have money, you can't show it off, right? Don't you know what it means to keep your wealth within reach?
Just when everyone was confused, Jiang Feng, who was standing on the stage, took the initiative to reveal the answer.

"I have a bank card in my hand. The money in this bank card is not much, but it is 600 million RMB.

I took out this money not to share it equally with everyone..."

"Ha ha…"

Before Jiang Feng finished speaking, everyone burst into laughter.

When everyone's laughter died down, Jiang Feng continued, "I took out this money because I wanted to do one thing. Together with everyone present, I will use this afternoon to put together a movie script.

Then we will choose one person from among us to be the director, and this director will use the money to complete the film.

The actors, photographers, lighting technicians, prop masters, stage managers, makeup artists, etc. used in the film are basically all us.”

wipe…

Han Shanye, who was sitting in the first row of the audience area, almost swore in public.

What on earth is wrong with Jiang Feng's brain? How can he have so many messed up ideas?
He spent his own money to support the Film Academy, and supported a group of people at a time.

From actors to directors to photographers to lighting technicians to makeup artists and production managers, as long as you are a student at a film school, you will have the opportunity to participate in these jobs.

As a result, everyone in the Beijing Film Academy was grateful to him.

The school leaders were grateful to Jiang Feng because he brought honor to the school;
The teachers were grateful to Jiang Feng because he gave their students such a good internship opportunity before they even left school.
The students are grateful to Jiang Feng because being able to participate in the filming of Jiang Feng's movie is an impressive qualification in itself.

Feeling emotional, Han Shanye was about to talk about his feelings with Zhang Yimou beside him when he heard a sweet female voice speaking behind him.

"Brother Jiang Feng, can you explain what you just said about saving up scripts?"

"Okay, who are you?" Jiang Feng asked.

"Brother Jiang Feng, I'm Liu Yifei from the 02 undergraduate class of the Performance Department!" The girl's voice seemed a little shy.

Of course, he was more grateful to Jiang Feng. Many famous directors came to the scene, and he could attract the attention of these famous directors by introducing himself here.

"Okay, Liu Yifei, please sit down!"

Jiang Feng gestured towards the audience, and pulled a whiteboard with a movable bracket underneath from one side to the center of the stage.

"When I came back from the United States, I was thinking of a story while sitting on the plane. We can set this story in South Korea."

"Brother Jiang Feng, why can't it be placed in China?" This is how it is in the Art Academy classes, where students are encouraged to speak actively.

Just like now, Jiang Feng had just started talking when someone interrupted him.

"This classmate, who are you?"

"Jia Nailiang, undergraduate student of the Performance Department of the Film Academy, Class of 2001."

"Student Jia Nailiang, let me explain to you that in this movie, most of the citizens of the entire country will lose their lives.

So, even if I’m making a movie, I want the story to take place in Korea or in daily life, you know what I mean?”

As soon as Jiang Feng finished speaking, warm applause broke out in the experimental theater.

"Okay, let me make it clear in advance that I don't want you to interrupt my thoughts while I'm talking. If you have any questions, please wait until I finish speaking, okay?"

"Okay!" everyone said in unison.

Seeing that everyone agreed, Jiang Feng continued: "In the quiet morning, the passengers all had their own reasons and boarded the KTX406 train to Busan.

There is Shi Yu, a fund manager who recently separated from his wife and prioritizes his work over his daughter.

On his daughter Xiu'an's birthday, Shi Yu, despite his busy schedule, brought back the same birthday gift as on Children's Day.

When Xiu An insisted on going to Busan to visit her mother, Shi Yu had no choice but to put aside all his work and board the train in the early morning so that he could return to the company by noon..."

It doesn’t take long, about 20 minutes.

Jiang Feng finished telling everyone the general plot of a movie. After finishing the story, he picked up a marker and wrote on the large whiteboard while saying:

“I’m going to call this zombie movie “Train to Busan” for now, but it can also be called “Train to Busan”. Now, let me write about the characters that appear in this movie.

The male lead is Shi Yu, the female lead is Sheng Jing, the male lead’s daughter Xiu An, then General Manager Jin, the wrestler Shang Hua, the high school student Rong Guo…”

Jiang Feng wrote down 73 names on the whiteboard in a fluent manner before he stopped. After he finished, he put the pen down and faced everyone again and said:

“I only gave a rough idea of ​​the characters, and the rest is up to you to flesh out.

The experiences, personalities, and occupations of the characters need to be fleshed out, and also, the plot details of the film need to be filled in.

Once everything is done, we can basically start shooting this movie.”

After saying this, Jiang Feng looked towards the audience.

"Now, you can ask questions."

"Brother Jiang Feng, I am Huang Bo from the undergraduate class of the 02 Performance Department.

Now what I want to ask is, if we students like a character in the movie, as long as we clearly conceive the character's personality, experience, and the charm he shows when encountering things, then anyone can play this role?"

"Yes!
We will select the best candidates, and whoever has the most complete character will be able to play that role." Jiang Feng replied.

"Brother Jiang Feng, I, Ning Hao, am from the Photography Department of the Film Academy, Class of 00. I really like your story outline, and I want to be the director of this film.

But I don’t know, what are the requirements for directors who want to compete for this film?”

"It's very simple, the script and storyboard, as well as your own understanding of the theme of the movie." Jiang Feng said.

"But there is not enough time, because you only have two or three hours to give a lecture." Ning Hao explained the actual situation.

"Then let's extend the timeline to one week. We will meet here again on Monday next week." Jiang Feng replied.

"Jiang Feng, I, Huang Lei, used to be the head teacher of the undergraduate class of the acting department of 97. Now I teach the lines class of the undergraduate class of the acting department of 02 and 03."

"Oh, hello, Teacher Huang!" Jiang Feng smiled and gestured to the teacher who was mocked by the crowd on the Internet for cooking garbage several years later, and continued.

"Jiang Feng, I just heard your story outline and I'm very interested in the role of the male protagonist Shi Yu. Can I talk to you about it now?"

"of course can!"

"Well, my understanding is that as the protagonist of this movie, Shi Yu's personality traits cannot be described in a straightforward manner, but must be designed with twists and turns.

For example, in the first half of the film, before boarding the train, most of the plot design can be used to show some of Shi Yu’s personality traits.

Starting from Shi Yu’s office, through showing Shi Yu talking on the phone and his office environment, we can create the impression that Shi Yu is a person who takes his work very seriously…”

Zhang Ziyi felt like she was going crazy.

Originally, she wanted to come to the Film Academy to meet Jiang Feng and say thank you to him. After all, the first bonus she received for participating in "The Hunger Games" had already arrived.

The amount of this bonus is higher than the total salary for several movies he had previously acted in.

There is no way. After nearly two months of screening, "The Hunger Games" has now grossed 9.6 million U.S. dollars worldwide.

It can be said that the movie box office breaking through the 10 billion US dollar mark is just around the corner.

As an actor, if the movie sells well, the bonus will naturally increase.

But I didn't expect that after arriving at the Beijing Film Academy, before I could even say thank you, I would encounter such a good thing.

In order to give back to the Beijing Film Academy for its training, Jiang Feng actually paid 600 million RMB to let the students and teachers of the school shoot a movie...

Of course, this is not the best thing. The best thing is the creativity of this movie, which has the potential to be a blockbuster right from the start.

In the movie, most of the Koreans were killed or injured, and even those who were not dead were almost turned into zombies.

In this case, as soon as the movie is released, I guarantee that it will immediately become the focus of public opinion, especially those Koreans, who will surely curse online, asking why you want to turn us Koreans into zombies?

And as long as there is criticism, the box office will immediately rise.

Thinking of this, Zhang Ziyi could no longer sit still. When Huang Lei, who had expressed his opinion, sat down, she stood up and said:

"Director Jiang, I have a question?"

"Say!"

"My name is Zhang Ziyi. I graduated from the 96 undergraduate class of the Performance Department of the Central Academy of Drama. What I want to ask now is, can a student like me who did not graduate from a film academy also participate in your event?"

"Didn't I just say it? It's everyone here."

"OK, thanks."

Zhang Ziyi smiled sweetly, then brushed her hair and said, "Director Jiang, this is my understanding of the role of Sheng Jing.

We can design her to be a perfect woman, who is helpful first. When she sees her accomplice being attacked, her choice is not to flee, but to bravely go up to help…”

……

According to the estimation of the leaders of the Film Academy, Jiang Feng will be invited to give lectures to all teachers and students in the school's experimental theater, and his colleagues in the film and television industry will also be invited to sit in. The total time will not exceed three hours.

Because some things, when you first hear them, sound really cool.

But after listening to it for a long time, it becomes boring. Isn't it just bragging in front of the whole school?
Jiang Feng, we don’t believe that you can blow for half the night!

In fact, Jiang Feng really blew for half the night. Everyone was so enthusiastic about speaking that they didn't even care about being hungry. They worked from 2:30 in the afternoon until 8 o'clock in the evening.

In the past, when meetings lasted too long, all the teachers and students in the school would complain. But this time, not only did the teachers and students not complain, they even complained that the time was too short.

How come it's already 8:00 pm so soon?!
In the end, Zhang Yimou and Han Shanye couldn't bear it anymore, so Han Shanye clapped his hands in the front row of the experimental theater.

"Jiang Feng..."

"Jiang Feng, let me say a few words."

"Okay, Mr. Han, you go ahead."

"You were on the plane early this morning. After flying for more than ten hours, you should take a rest. Don't take advantage of your youth and ignore your health.

In addition, everyone had a good chat just now, especially about the script of the movie "Train to Busan". Let's stop here today.

Let everyone go back and summarize and see if there are any better ideas. Then we can meet here next Sunday, and basically, the script for this movie will be completely finalized. "

"it is good!"

To be honest, Jiang Feng was also a little tired.

I originally thought that within three or four hours, these young students would be able to put together a rough outline of the script for this film under my inspiration, and then decide on the actors for the film.

But unexpectedly, Jiang Feng still underestimated everyone's enthusiasm. When they heard that "whoever can conceive the role perfectly will play the role", everyone raised their hands.

Fortunately, these older comrades could not endure it. As soon as Han Shanye finished speaking, Jiang Feng agreed.

Don't rush, wait until next Sunday.

But just as Jiang Feng was packing his things, the cell phone in his pocket began to vibrate violently, and the vibrations were frequent, one after another.

[Brother Feng, are you free tonight? Why don't we go to the hotel and talk about the script?]

(End of this chapter)