Chinese Entertainment: Academic Director

Chapter 20 Big Red Banner
Monday, April 2th.

Early in the morning, reluctant office workers rushed to catch the bus and started a new day's work routine.

"Is this true? Is it made up by the groom's entertainment? This is too exaggerated."

Wang Mei turned on the computer and looked at the news headlines pushed by the groom's entertainment on the web page and muttered to herself.

Click in, and a row of big titles will appear immediately:

"New director Cao Yang made a surprise visit to Berlin and won two awards"

"The 51st Berlin International Film Festival, Cao Yang becomes the biggest winner"

"Li Xiaoran wins Berlin Film Festival Best Actress award, becoming the first person from mainland China"

"Young director Cao Yang won the Jury Grand Prix"

"Alone on the beach at night, I captured two silver bears"

……

In the gap between the big title, there is another line of small characters:

"Wang Xiaoshuai won the Best Director Award at the Berlin Film Festival"

There are pictures and facts, as well as text descriptions. Wang Mei shouted in surprise: "Everyone, look, there is a young director named Cao Yang who was going crazy at the Berlin Film Festival yesterday."

When the girl next to him heard this, she immediately became alert and leaned over, shouting in shock: "Oh my God, someone died at the Berlin Film Festival?"

"Wow, this director is so awesome, he brought out a Berlin Film Festival winner."

"The Grand Jury Prize? What is that? I've never heard of it."

"I don't understand this, right? Zhang Yimou is amazing. He won the Jury Prize at the Berlin Film Festival last year."

"Wow, that's awesome."

"Who is Li Xiaoran? She doesn't seem to be famous."

"Best Actress, Berlin Film Festival winner, amazing! This is the first time someone from China has won the Berlin Film Festival winner, right?"

“First time in the Mainland.”

"Is the Berlin Film Festival great? How does it compare to Gingerbread?"

"This Berlin Film Festival winner is even more impressive. This is the first time for a mainland actress to win the Venice Film Festival award. Only Gong Li has won the Venice Film Festival award once, and the other one is Li Xiaoran."

"This sister is so beautiful. On the Beach at Night Alone, the movie name is a bit strange. Go watch it when it's released."

"Call me then."

"Go together."

……

Similar things happened all over the country. Xinlang Entertainment used big headlines and the most comprehensive exclusive reports to overwhelm other portals, and the click traffic soared.

Editor-in-Chief Hu was so happy that he didn't know what to do.

Huang Lei returned from a night out early in the morning. He had classes this morning and had to come back to teach.

When I walked to the gate of Beijing Film Academy, I saw several student union members busy hanging banners, and I couldn't help but feel curious.

"What day is today? Why are you hanging this?"

"Teacher Huang..."

“Teacher Huang…” “Teacher Huang…”

Several students hurriedly greeted him, and one of the officers smiled and explained, "Director Cao... Director Cao's film won two Silver Bears in Berlin, so the school asked us to hang it up early in the morning to celebrate."

Huang Lei was a little confused for a moment. How could Director Cao be so powerful that he allowed the school to hang a banner for him just because he had two Silver Bears?

Although winning two Silver Bears at once is impressive, it is not the Golden Bear, Golden Lion, or Palme d'Or. Even if you are an alumnus, there is no need to celebrate in such a big way, right?
Huang Lei thought about it for a moment. There weren't any famous directors with the last name Cao. Could it be that Cao Baoping was secretly making a movie? He hadn't heard any relevant news.

Besides, how could he have that ability? This was taking two Silver Bears at once.

Forget it, I can’t remember. Huang Lei was about to ask when he saw a large banner hung up.

Content: Warm congratulations to our school's directing student Director Cao Yang for winning the Silver Bear twice
Small print: The practice film "On the Beach Alone at Night" won the Jury Grand Prix and Best Actress Award at the 51st Berlin Film Festival.

Student? Cao Yang?
What the hell!

Huang Lei's mind suddenly became excited and he had an impression.

Cao Yang!

He remembered the junior student in the directing department who had a crazy idea to make a movie and even went to his office to ask him to invite Milk Tea Liu.

How could Milk Tea Liu possibly accept a student's practical film? But the other party seemed to be Situ's student, but he was Situ. He could ignore the student, but he had to give Situ face.

I seemed to have even gone to the directing department to explain to Situ that Milk Tea Liu had no schedule, and then ignored the matter.

Huang Lei slapped his thigh, thinking how stupid he was. Why didn't he think of replying the person at that time? Even just making a phone call to say something tactfully would have been fine.

It's over. I refused it on my own initiative at that time, and then told it to Milk Tea Liu as a joke. Milk Tea Liu just smiled and didn't take it seriously.

But the key is that she won the award. She is the Berlin Film Queen, which is rare in the entire Chinese-speaking world.

With Milk Tea Liu's current status, if she wins the Berlin Film Festival Best Actress award, she will immediately be like Gong Li and Zhang Manyu. Her status will be elevated and she will become one of the top few actors in the Chinese-speaking world.

Milk Tea Liu is going to hate himself to death.

Huang Lei regretted it so much. He had once had an opportunity in front of him, but he didn't cherish it. It was the temptation of the two silver bears...

No wonder they put up banners. They are students at school. Let alone two Silver Bears, even if there was only one, they would definitely put up banners.

A junior student won the Silver Bear, which was a great display of the school's teaching achievements. And for the school leaders...tsk tsk!
Huang Lei thought that the school was still too conservative and there were not enough banners. If he were the principal, he could hang banners all the way to the entrance of the Central Academy of Drama to show them what talent cultivation is!
Huang Lei felt depressed all the way and came to the acting department office. Unexpectedly, it was even more lively inside. A large group of acting department teachers were making a lot of noise and no one knew what they were doing.

Huang Lei rubbed his face with his hands, forced a smile, and walked into the office with a calm look.

"Teacher Huang is here. Tell me, should Lao Wang treat us? Two Silver Bears, what a great qualification."

"Ok?"

Huang Lei was stunned. Why were they talking about the two silver bears again? What kind of guests was Wang Jinsong inviting?

"Please, please. It's my treat. Let's find a nice place tonight. It's my treat! Teacher Huang, don't forget to come too."

Wang Jinsong couldn't suppress the smile on his face. He waved his hands and said, "It's nothing. I just played a supporting role. I didn't have many scenes. I contributed a little bit at most. The two Silver Bears have nothing to do with me. Director Cao is really great. He is young and promising. Haha..."

Huang Lei's eyes went dark, and the smile he had forced out froze on his face. He felt difficulty breathing and a slight discomfort in his heart.

He remembered that when Cao Yang came to the office, Wang Jinsong expressed his support right away and told Cao Yang that if the role was suitable, he must give priority to students from the school's acting department. He was also present, so he must have said the same thing.

Wang Jinsong, the old man, even joked that he could have a role as well. He almost asked for it, but he was afraid that Cao Yang would take advantage of him, so he didn't.

Who would have thought that Wang Jinsong actually went there? He is not a human being, not a human being!
Two Silver Bears. If I put this in my resume...

Huang Lei wanted to slap himself in the face. The opportunity he once had was before him again. Two silver bears were posing in front of him, but he still ignored them and didn't cherish them. That was a glorious resume that could be included in the file, and it would bring him promotion and salary increase. It was all very useful.

(End of this chapter)