Chinese Entertainment: Academic Director

Chapter 241 The defense is broken

Little Cannon watched Cao Yang talking with the big boss for nearly half an hour. Even many people who came to greet him could see that he was not interested.

In fact, it’s not the little cannon’s fault.

He also wants to be the chief director of the Olympics.

In his opinion, there are only a few people in the country who are qualified to be the chief directors of the Olympics.

The first one to bear the brunt must be this kid Cao Yang.

It is said that the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee also wanted to appoint him as the chief director at the beginning.

Helplessly, this boy "did not know the current situation" and actually declined!
In this case, if the selection is conducted domestically, only three or five people will be eligible.

If we eliminate them again, we should be able to remove Lao Mouzi.

The dark eight minutes at the closing ceremony in Athens not only dissatisfied the common people, but also the upper echelons were very dissatisfied with Zhang Yimou. In short, Zhang Yimou was badly criticized.

Under such circumstances, Xiao Gangpao felt that the higher-ups would not use Lao Mouzi, and he posed no threat.

Who else is left?
Xiao Gangpao thinks that Brother Chen Kai is one of them, and he himself, and at most one or two others who have experience in directing large-scale events, such as Chen Weiya, who served as the chief director of the opening ceremony of the 01 Beijing World University Summer Games.

My chances of winning are very high!
The more Xiao Gangpao thought about it, the more excited he became. As long as he could become the chief director of the Olympics, he would be able to get rid of the label of a commercial director in one leap. Then, if his movie wanted to win an award, he would not be treated differently by those bastards.

Xiao Gangpao was eager to know what the big leader, who was a powerful figure even in the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee, wanted to talk to Cao Yang about.

As soon as the big leader left, Little Cannon couldn't wait to rush to Cao Yang.

Although there was someone faster than him, an actress who saw the opportunity and wanted to go over and get to know Cao Yang, but who is Xiao Gangpao? When he gets naughty, he is still very domineering.

"Director Cao, I have something I want to discuss with you in private."

The little steel cannon started talking before the man arrived, and he emphasized the word "privately" very much, just to warn the actress not to be tactful.

The actress who was almost walking to Cao Yang felt a little aggrieved, but Xiao Gangpao was not someone she could offend, so she could only stop, smile at Cao Yang, then smile at Xiao Gangpao, and leave.

"Lao Cao, are you going to be the chief director of the Olympics? Don't get me wrong, I'm not a gossipy person, I'm just asking out of curiosity."

Little Cannon came to Cao Yang and asked in a low voice.

This is the crux of the problem. Xiao Gangpao doesn't know what the big boss talked about with Cao Yang just now. What if he was invited to be the chief director of the Olympics again?

If that were the case, he would have given up on that idea.

"Don't do it."

Cao Yang said straightforwardly that there was no need to explain to Xiao Gangpao why he didn't do it, just give him the answer directly.

The little cannon couldn't help but feel happy.

He pretended to ask casually: "Didn't that big boss invite you to be the chief director again?"

Cao Yang looked at Xiao Gangpao thoughtfully. It seemed that he already knew about his previous refusal.

Is this an idea?

"Well, the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee has decided to open up bidding for the chief director of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games, and they would like to invite me to participate."

"Want to join in?"

Xiao Gangpao was a little confused for a moment. Didn't you reject the director? What does it mean to invite you to participate?
"I just want to participate. I'm not running for director. I want to participate in the ideas and Lantu of the director's running. I want to provide some opinions to the members of the Olympic Organizing Committee and comment on the feasibility of the director's running plan..."

Worthy!

The little cannon's defense was broken, his eyes widened, and he found it a little difficult to accept for a moment.

“You joined the Olympic Committee?”

"Not really? I'm just a consultant, just providing them with reference opinions. It's no secret that my name might be put up on the official website tomorrow... Damn, why are you staring at me like that?"

The little steel cannon was startled, reacted, and hugged Cao Yang's shoulders, "Brother, you haven't had time to eat during this crappy film festival, right? I know a place, a time-honored private restaurant, let's go eat together?"

"Hehe, Gangzi, don't do these useless things. I heard that you have cursed me behind my back a lot." Cao Yang joked.

"Hey, brother, you can't wrongly accuse me, I have always admired you.

You have achieved such great success at such a young age, with awards and box office success. I am convinced. I have always told people that Cao Yang is the pride of our Chinese nation and a role model for all directors..."

"Alright, alright, stop being so mean."

Cao Yang quickly stopped Xiao Gangpao's flattery, thought for a moment and said directly: "Gangzi, I know what you mean, but there is something I am afraid you will not like to hear, forget it, I will not say it."

The little cannon's heart skipped a beat and he had a bad feeling.

He swallowed his saliva and pretended to be calm and said, "We are brothers. It doesn't matter whether you like to hear it or not. You are telling me this for my brother's good. Just say it. I will accept your kindness."

"It's well known that in the eyes of the public, you are a commercial film director. To put it bluntly, all the films you make are for the purpose of making money..."

Cao Yang glanced at the little cannon who was lost in thought, and then said:
"The Olympics is a large-scale public welfare event and a sports competition, at least on the surface. We host the Olympics to, first, enhance national self-confidence, second, showcase traditional culture and promote cultural exchanges, and third, enhance our international image..."

"Stop, Lao Cao, you don't have to tell me this, I already understand what you mean."

The little cannon frowned and broke through the defense again.

He said somewhat depressedly, "That is to say, the higher-ups won't let a commercial film director who is obsessed with money be the chief director, right?"

After saying this, he laughed at himself and said, "Who made me a commercial film director?"

"Gangzi, is that the private restaurant you mentioned just now?" "Go away, there is no such thing as a private restaurant, how about a roadside stall?" The little cannon turned his face ruthless and said with his big teeth bared.

"You are the dog!"

In the end, Xiao Gangpao took Cao Yang with him, and called Li Xiaoran and Shou Bing to go to the private restaurant together.

Originally, Cao Yang wanted to bring Gao Yuanyuan with him, but he was afraid that she would have a fight with Li Xiaoran.

I might as well tell Gao Yuanyuan that I have something to discuss with Xiao Gangpao, and ask her to go back home in the evening, wash up and wait for me, so that I can celebrate her winning the Most Popular Actress Award among College Students.

Cao Yang could feel that Xiao Gangpao really wanted to invite Li Xiaoran to play the leading female role, so he created this opportunity to talk about it in private.

If Xiao Gangpao can impress Li Xiaoran, then he can go ahead and act. If he can't, then there's nothing I can do. I have already helped him.

After the meal, Xiao Gangpao was obviously not in a good mood, but he still told Li Xiaoran about his ideas and expectations for the movie. He boasted a lot, saying that he wanted to combine "Thunderstorm" to create the Chinese people's own Hamlet.

Li Xiaoran did not express her opinion, but only said that she would seriously consider it.

Shou Bing, who was trying his best to make his presence felt nearby, was deeply moved by what he heard.

Unfortunately, Xiao Gangpao had no intention of inviting her at all. The reason why he asked her to come along was probably because Cao Yang brought Li Xiaoran with him, so he couldn't come alone, right?
After the meal, Cao Yang took Li Xiaoran back, sat for a while, and talked about Xiao Gangpao's movie "Night Banquet".

Cao Yang told her that this movie might not have a very good reputation, but it would allow her to have another movie with a box office of over 100 million yuan under her name, and because she would be working with big directors, it would also consolidate her position in the film and television industry.

Just like her current endorsement fee may not be as high as Gao Yuanyuan's, but her offer for filming movies is higher than Gao Yuanyuan's.

After chatting for a while, Cao Yang left.

Li Xiaoran thought Cao Yang was going back to the crew, so she didn't ask any more questions and kissed him goodbye reluctantly.

The house Gao Yuanyuan bought is on the Third Ring Road, not far from Li Xiaoran.

Speaking of celebration, of course we should celebrate properly.

As soon as Cao Yang entered the room, she jumped on him like she did before.

Although she appears to be a female intellectual who is sensitive, soft, gentle and polite in public, she often shows her wild side in front of Cao Yang and likes to jump on Cao Yang when they are alone.

Of course, she was not so polite and gentle in front of Li Xiaoran.

However, although she is very wild in front of Cao Yang and sometimes likes to jump on Cao Yang without wearing any clothes, her fighting ability is really a bit weak.

Her coquettish voice coupled with her innocent school beauty face gives people a great sense of psychological satisfaction.

Especially at the beginning, he was full of energy and energy, but soon he shouted weakly:

"Cao Yang, I can't do it anymore..."

The next day, Cao Yang returned to the crew and continued filming.

Apart from the high requirements on details, the movie "Black Swan" is not complicated in terms of plot or scenes.

Plus, several important characters were added to the play experience, so the filming was really fast.

As an "old" actor, Pan Hong has filmed many movies and collaborated with many directors, even those from the third, fourth and fifth generation, but her career has never been so "smooth".

Just go with the flow.

Sometimes she felt like it was just a joke, which made her feel a little defensive.

Especially the scenes between her and Dong Xuan.

Because they both played mother and daughter, they had a lot of rival scenes.

Pan Hong sometimes felt that she was not well prepared. As soon as the two of them stood in front of the camera and they heard the shout “start”, they started performing as if instinctively. She didn’t even know what was going on before they heard the shout “cut”.

It’s not that they called a “cut” because the performance was bad, but almost every time what I heard was, “Very good, keep one more…”

"Protect one..."

Sometimes when she thought about it, Pan Hong wanted to laugh. She wanted to say, "Director, are you serious? We only shot one take, why do you want to keep it? Don't you want to shoot a few more times? Don't you want to try other ways of acting? No..."

"No!"

Pan Hong gave the answer herself.

She herself felt that perhaps there was no better way to perform than what she had just done.

I have never experienced anything like this. Since I first started acting in movies in 76, it has been nearly years now, and I have never felt so relaxed.

It really feels like playing, and I can perform the movie well while playing.

Very magical.

After she finishes acting, she sometimes wonders why this happens.

Is it just because of the drama talk for more than a month?

In the past, many directors would hold script readings before filming, where everyone could express their opinions. It was similar to discussing the play with the director, but it was just not as detailed and in-depth.

Combining her own situation, she had a vague guess.

That is, Director Cao is naturally infectious. When he talks about a play, he can make you listen to him deeply, understand his ideas, and "dig" into the script and feel the joys and sorrows of the characters in the script!

(End of this chapter)