Chinese Entertainment: Academic Director

Chapter 46 I Can Do Anything

Cao Yang asked the coordinator to check it again. Because of the outstanding performance of Liu Ye and Yu Feihong, the progress was very fast and the shooting plan had to be adjusted several times.

It really proves the saying that plans cannot keep up with the speed of change.

After making sure there was no problem, Cao Yang picked up the loudspeaker and everyone looked at him quietly.

"I declare that the filming of 'Empty Room' has officially finished!"

"Wow……"

"It's finished!"

"Ha ha……"

After the actors in the crew finished filming their parts, except for the students from Beijing Film Academy, only the two main characters Liu Ye and Yu Feihong were left. In fact, Yu Feihong's scenes were finished yesterday and she did not leave.

Now, except for the initial staff, the crew is mainly composed of young people. There are interns from Beijing Film Academy in every position, and five actors from Beijing Film Academy also stayed until the end.

Since most of the people there are young people, it seems very lively.

After spending some time together, they no longer believed in the so-called rumors. In the crew, as long as they were filming, even Tian Zhuangzhuang had to listen to Cao Yang.

If anyone dares to say in front of them that Cao Yang is just a nominal director now, they will probably just sneer at you and ignore you.

But if anyone says that Cao Yang got the Silver Bear because he was lucky enough to meet Li Xiaoran, they will definitely spit in your face.

This is so shocking.

I watched with my own eyes the acting skills of Yu Feihong and Liu Ye, who went from making frequent mistakes to performing superbly under the guidance of Cao Yang.

Especially Yu Feihong. Everyone knows how good her acting skills are, but under Cao Yang's scolding and constant special training, she is completely transformed. You can't believe it unless you see it with your own eyes.

Cao Yang will shape the actors' images and leave an indelible mark in their hearts.

"We'll have dinner tonight and pay for it on the company's account."

Cao Yang added another sentence while holding the loudspeaker.

"Long live……"

"Director Cao is awesome."

"Director Cao, I love you."

Suddenly a female voice sounded in the crowd.

The crew was silent for a few seconds, then all burst into laughter.

Cao Yang then instructed assistant director Li Mingyi, "Let's hold the wrap-up banquet after we return to Beijing. Let's schedule it for the day after tomorrow. You can discuss it with Teacher Cheng later and notify all the actors and the standard can be higher."

After thinking for a while, he added, "Don't forget to inform Sony Classics and MK2. Tell them that I have finished shooting another movie and it may be included in the Venice Film Festival. If they are interested, they can come to the screening in about a month."

There will definitely be no real insiders like Xie Fei in the jury of the Venice Film Festival this time. The power of the school alone may be enough. After all, the national teacher has won the Golden Lion in Venice twice, so he has a lot of connections.

But why not add a double insurance? The glory and influence of art films will only last for a few years, so it would be wise to win more awards as soon as possible.

Brother Chen Kai can live off the Cannes Palme d'Or for the rest of his life. Who dares to say that he is not a top director?
Why is the national master the national master? Because he has a Berlin Golden Bear and two Venice Golden Lions.

In fact, the national teacher has a great hope of winning all three gold medals in the three major European competitions.

At that time, "No One Less" was first registered for the Cannes Film Festival. There was a school flag-raising ceremony at the beginning of the film. Cannes said that it was too political and asked Zhang Yimou to modify it.

Why did Cannes say this?
Because they wanted to give the Palme d'Or to Zhang Yimou, but were afraid of being attacked for promoting the Chinese government.

What they meant was that if you blur the flag-raising ceremony a little bit, as long as the five stars don't appear in the shot, the Palme d'Or will be yours. But Zhang Yimou was so stubborn. He wanted me to blur the national flag? You idiots, what the hell are you dreaming of!

I don’t want to play with you bunch of idiots anymore, remove the movie!

So a few days before the announcement of the main competition shortlist, the national director directly announced the withdrawal of the film and published an open letter to the Cannes International Film Festival to express his protest.

Then, he sent the film to the Venice Film Festival.

Then, Venice gave the Golden Lion Award to the national teacher for the second time.

In this way, the national teacher missed the triple gold grand slam.

Otherwise, with the three major European Grand Slams, the national master's status in film history would be much higher. There are only three people like him in history, and the national master almost became the fourth.

But even so, the national master still has one of the three major European Grand Slams - the Jury Prize!

In 1991, "Raise the Red Lantern" won the Jury Grand Prix in the main competition unit of the 48th Venice International Film Festival.

In 1994, "To Live" won the Jury Prize in the main competition unit of the 47th Cannes International Film Festival.

In 2000, "My Father and Mother" won the Jury Grand Prix in the main competition unit of the 50th Berlin International Film Festival.

One Berlin Golden Bear, two Venice Golden Lions, and three of the three major jury awards. How can domestic directors compare with such artistic achievements?
At the evening dinner, since there were mostly young people, we were a little restrained at the beginning.

Cao Yang took the lead in raising his glass. "Today is not a wrap-up party, but an internal gathering. We are all from Beijing Film Academy, and many of my seniors are here. You can just treat me as an ordinary junior. Don't be restrained. Eat and drink."

Liu Ye curled his lips and said, "Then I'll leave?"

Dong Xuan also curled his lips and thought you were just an ordinary junior student. Who would dare to...Huh? Damn, Che Xiao, what are you doing?
Che Xiao walked to Cao Yang with a cup in his hand, looked at Cao Yang straight, and straightened his eyes... well, not straightened out. His big watery eyes seemed to be able to speak, and his face was full of smiles.

"Thank you for giving me this rare opportunity, and thank you for taking care of me during this period. I hope you can think about me more and give me more opportunities. I'm willing to do anything. I'll drink this cup."

Pooh!
Dong Xuan snorted slightly.

Che Xiao, Che Xiao, I didn't expect you to be such a person. Don't think that when you clinked glasses with Cao Yang, you deliberately hooked the back of his hand with your little finger and no one saw it. I saw it clearly!

Look at Wen Zhengrong... Wen Zhengrong, what do you want to do?
Che Xiaogang left and Wen Zhengrong also walked over with a cup.

She also looked at Cao Yang with an undisguised smile, her expression was just like a fangirl seeing her idol, with tears in her eyes.

"Calling you Director Cao is a bit too formal. I'm Wen Zhengrong from the class of 97, one year older than you, and I'm graduating soon. I'm honored to meet you before graduation. Thank you for giving me this opportunity. From now on, if you have any instructions, just give me a call and I'll be there at your service."

She paused deliberately when she said "anything".

Dong Xuan gritted her teeth. Although she was only a freshman, she still knew the cruelty of the acting industry.

We are all equally young and have similar acting skills. Why should we choose you if there is no special bonus?

So what was it that got you this role?
Even if you are prettier than others, what will others choose between the beauty that is unattainable and the beauty that is attainable but not bad looking?
Therefore, in the acting industry, no one who can make it big is just a simple newbie.

Without much hesitation, Dong Xuan also took the wine glass and went to toast Cao Yang. She originally wanted to imitate Che Xiao and Wen Zhengrong and look at Cao Yang with admiration with her big, expressive eyes.

I can’t learn it, so I can only force myself to smile.

He raised the glass, his mind was blank, he tilted his head back and drank it directly, then he realized that he hadn't spoken yet, so he just gave up, smiling a little stiffly, "Senior, I've drank it, you can do whatever you want, I'm also fine with anything."

Then, he fled with somewhat stiff steps.

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