Chinese Entertainment: Academic Director

Chapter 68: Banner Again
Overall, Huang Lei's career is going very smoothly this year.

The TV series "The Oranges Are Red" which was just completed a while ago was directed by Li Shaohong, a famous director in the TV drama industry, and starred by Huang Lei and Xun Ge'er. This is definitely the best resource nowadays.

This is the second time Huang Lei has collaborated with Xun Ge'er. The first time was the hit drama "April in the World".

When Huang Lei went to do dubbing for the TV series yesterday, he was quite happy. Xun Ge'er obviously hadn't recovered from the blow in Venice. In addition, Xun Ge'er was emotionally invested in the filming and was easily immersed in the role, so it was obvious that he was a little attached to him.

In the past, Huang Lei didn't have much feeling - to be narcissistic, with his current status and image as an artistic youth, there are many girls who are attached to him.

What made him feel frustrated in the past few months was that Milk Tea Liu ignored him and his fourth relationship was about to fail, which made him doubt his status and charm.

Fortunately, when he saw Xun Ge'er yesterday, he was still the same as always, which helped him regain some confidence.

What's even more exciting is that Li Shaohong said that the drama has been almost discussed with CCTV. If nothing unexpected happens, it will be broadcast on CCTV's TV drama channel as the opening drama of the year. This means that there is basically no need to worry about the ratings.

The success in his career helped Huang Lei regain his confidence.

I returned to school early this morning and as soon as I entered the office, it seemed that a familiar plot was happening again.

A large group of teachers from the Department of Performance were chatting with Wang Jinsong, and voices of envy and congratulations were heard from time to time.

Huang Lei felt annoyed and his good mood was greatly reduced. He had a bad feeling in his heart.

Sure enough, as soon as Teacher Liu from next door came in, he started shouting and teasing Wang Jinsong.

"Lao Wang, you are so awesome now, you have won the Venice Golden Lion. You are also an actor with a Golden Lion award-winning movie."

Wang Jinsong waved his hands and smiled so hard that his mouth almost reached his ears.

"Well, what's the Golden Lion? I just played a small supporting role. Director Cao thinks highly of me, Old Wang, and always thinks of me when good things happen. Thank you, Director Cao, haha..."

"Golden Lion?!"

Huang Lei blurted out in shock. He was busy dubbing for a TV series until very late yesterday, so he didn't have time to pay attention to this.

Although Huang Lei knew that Cao Yang's "Empty Room" would stay in Venice for the closing ceremony, in his opinion, the best script award specially set up in Venice this year should be prepared for Cao Yang.

Golden Lion? This was obviously beyond his imagination.

Seeing someone looking at him, Huang Lei laughed and quickly tried to make amends.

"Golden Lion, hello Golden Lion, Golden Lion... Yes, treat us, Lao Wang wants to treat us, he must treat us."

Others followed suit.

"Old Wang must treat us."

"Yes, it's my treat."

Wang Jinsong smiled and waved his hands, "Well, you guys... please, it's my treat, tonight, let's go to the same place as last time, everyone come."

So, a group of people started talking nonsense again, but obviously, Wang Jinsong became the center of the topic.

Huang Lei was really envious of this, because that was one of the three major Golden Lions in Europe. If he wrote it in his resume, it would be much better than just a paper.

If you want to get ahead in the workplace, no matter how popular you are, it’s useless to get promoted. Either your papers are great enough, or you have won enough awards.

For example, Wang Jinsong, even if he is not a main actor, he only needs to write in his resume that he has participated in the Berlin Grand Jury Award-winning film "A Night Alone on the Beach" and the Venice Golden Lion Award-winning film "Empty Room"...

Whether it is promotion or professional title evaluation, it is a very important plus point.

Because this is Beijing Film Academy, this is the Department of Performance, what could be more convincing than these awards?

Huang Lei was depressed. The laughter in the office was so harsh. These people did not set an example for others at all. He was ashamed to be associated with them!

Go and relax.

As soon as I left the Performance Department, I saw a dozen student union cadres walking towards me, holding red cloths and talking to each other.

"Why are you going?"

Huang Lei's heart moved and he asked.

"Teacher Huang."

"Teacher Huang," the men greeted him, explaining, "Director Cao won the Golden Lion, bringing honor to the school. Dean Hou personally ordered us to hang up these banners."

Huang Lei's thoughts became clearer and clearer. Why did that old guy Wang Jinsong "get" two big prizes? It was because he had tried to please Cao Yang early on, and Cao Yang was willing to promote him.

I knew Cao Yang earlier, so why should that old guy named Wang take all the credit?
"Come on, I'll keep an eye on you. Director Cao was able to win this top award in his junior year... oh, he's a senior now. It's not only a reflection of his own ability, but also brings honor to the school. We must be serious when hanging the banner to show the school's attention."

Then, Huang Lei led a few students from the student union along the way, and whenever he saw someone he knew, he would say hello in advance.

"Ha, nothing much. Director Cao Yang from the Directing Department just won the Golden Lion Award, bringing honor to the school. Dean Hou values ​​talent and personally ordered a banner to be hung. I've known Director Cao for a long time, so I volunteered to participate..."

The school really took this event very seriously. When a student won the Golden Lion, all the school leaders were so happy that they didn’t know what to do.

Is it just talk that Beijing Film Academy can produce directors?

Didn’t you see that under the guidance of school leaders and the training of the directing department, a student could win the Golden Lion!

Looking across the country, not just the country, even looking across the world, such a young student director is unique.

What is the American Film Institute, what is the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California, what is the Australian Radio, Television and Film School, what is the Italian National Film School, what is the Munich University of Television and Film, what is the National Film and Television School of the United Kingdom...

All of you, get aside!
Where is this? This is the Beijing Film Academy, which trained me to win the Golden Lion when I was a student.

May I ask, who among you has the ability to train talents in this way?
Banners? Hang them up. Hang them all.

At the school gate? Hanging.

Don't forget to extend it a little bit and hang it on both sides of the road.

Playground? Hang on.

Dormitory? Hang it up.

Canteen? Hang it up.

Office building? Hang it up.

Teaching building? Hang it up.

Hang them all up.

Huang Lei couldn't help wanting to show off a little more, so he asked President Hou if he should extend it a little further forward, just to the entrance of the Central Academy of Drama.

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Dong Xuan stayed up late last night in front of the computer, constantly refreshing the three major portals, and occasionally checking Tianya Community. He also had a long conversation with a bastard called "The Big Boss in the Circle" for a long time.

When Liu Ye won the Best Newcomer award, she couldn't help but feel envious but not jealous. Apart from being a little weird, Liu Ye's acting skills were impeccable. He was worthy of being Zhang Ziyi's classmate.

The acting skills of the students in the Central Academy of Drama are still good, on par with those in the acting class of the Beijing Film Academy. The Beijing Film Academy is half a pound, while the Central Academy of Drama is eight taels.

Perhaps it should be the modern ten-liang scale.

When Yu Feihong won the Best Actress Award in Venice, Dong Xuan felt it was both unexpected and reasonable.

What is a ten-liang scale? It is obviously the sixteen-liang scale in ancient times, which means half a catty and eight liang.

Your Central Academy of Drama produced the Venice Film Festival winner Gong Li, and my Beijing Film Academy also produced the Venice Film Festival winner Yu Feihong!

She was someone who had witnessed Yu Feihong's explosive acting skills after being coached by Cao Yang. She felt that she would never be able to achieve that kind of acting skill that came naturally and effortlessly in her lifetime.

However, if Cao Yang could teach me some acting skills... it is not impossible for me to surpass the Central Academy of Drama.

In a word, Cao Yang is the real god, and Yu Feihong is the biggest beneficiary.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but envy Yu Feihong's luck.

Dong Xuan was jealous of Yu Feihong's luck, but she didn't know that she was also the object of jealousy of other students in the class, who thought she was the luckiest one.

The first movie I acted in as a freshman won the Venice Golden Lion. Even though it was just a minor supporting role, it was a high enough starting point.

(End of this chapter)