Huayu: Are you even sitting up straight? You're going to be the director?

Chapter 140 is a smash hit upon release!

That night, the entertainment industry was shaken.

Fan Bingbing was also shaken.

Both indoors and outdoors, it was like a violent storm, deafening and devastating.

Cao Zhong had been keeping a low profile for too long, and his sudden acceptance of the interview was a direct counterattack to various media outlets, just like the barrage of attacks he launched at the victory celebration banquet.

This made Fan Bingbing clench her fists, feeling Cao Zhong's domineering aura.

In the early morning, Fan Bingbing woke up in Cao Zhong's arms, her eyes filled with Cao Zhong's handsome face.

Although Cao Zhong was still asleep, his sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, along with his youthful face full of collagen, exuded a strong aura of hormones.

Yesterday, she experienced Cao Zhong's masculinity.

Director Cao is indeed very capable; he gives people a strong sense of security.

"Director Cao, I saw you confronting the people around you yesterday."

At seven o'clock in the morning, Cao Zhong woke up on time. Fan Bingbing massaged Cao Zhong's shoulders with some concern.

"Aren't you worried? What if his movie doesn't have the problems you mentioned?"

Cao Zhong patted Fan Bingbing's pert buttocks and sneered, "You don't believe me?"

“I’m just worried,” Fan Bingbing sighed, “For example, the movie ‘Eighteen-Year-Old Bicycle’ before and after. Because Zhou Xun starred in it, I watched it several times before, but I really didn’t see where it fit the triple structure you mentioned.”

Fan Bingbing looked at Cao Zhong, pouted,
Beneath her fiery red lips lay an alluring figure.

"Director Cao, is it because that person is too stupid?"

Cao Zhong smiled. "That's what I said before; they were very subtle. Did you know that the funding for 'The Eighteen-Year-Old Bicycle' came from France and Taiwan?"

"I really don't know." Fan Bingbing's eyes were blank.

"This film is a pure creation of 'moral depravity'."

"What do you mean?" Fan Bingbing was full of questions.

"There have been rumors that this movie depicted many backward hutongs in Beijing, which affected the bid for the Olympics."

Cao Zhong laughed and said,

"Some people say that this film is a purely contemporary version of 'Camel Xiangzi,' which impacts the social structure and environment in both directions, but these are all wrong."

In fact, the biggest problem with this film is its moral values.

One of the male protagonists who stole money from his family to buy a car was driven by vanity and love. The other male protagonist, who came to pick up the car, was beaten and bullied.

The courier company manager I encountered during the car-finding process was cold and insensitive, and the residents were completely indifferent throughout.
After finding the bicycle, they were surrounded, beaten, and ostracized.

At the end of the movie, a group of urban youths beat up the protagonist who was looking for his car for no reason and smashed the bicycle that he regarded as his life.

Have you noticed that there is no good in the country depicted in this movie?

What he attempted to depict and portray was a distorted, violent society.

Fan Bingbing seemed lost in thought and remained silent for a while.

Cao Zhong didn't elaborate further with Fan Bingbing. He believed the reason this film had been stalled for over a decade was...

It's very similar to a later film that got stuck in the dust, "Hidden in the Dust".

While "Into the Dust" does depict poverty and suffering, the film is devoid of humanity.

The Chinese people's virtues of truth, goodness, and beauty are ingrained in their very being.

Even if we blindfold all the efforts made by many people to eliminate poverty, and pretend we can't see them.

There won't be a scene like in the movies where the younger brother is treated like a farmhand by his older brother, who is so stingy that he won't even throw a wedding banquet for him.
They don't treat their younger siblings like human beings.
The villagers couldn't recover their debts.
So, the scene of repeatedly selling blood and finally calmly drinking pesticide.

This is impossible in Chinese society.

Otherwise, the term "a hundred families' meal" wouldn't exist, nor would stories like Liu Qiangdong bringing eggs to university happen.

Suffering for the sake of suffering is bound to lead to getting stuck.

The people who made this kind of film didn't know that after entering the new century...
If one person starves to death in China, countless people will have to file reports, and countless others will be reprimanded or dismissed.

And this director, Cao Zhong, had no psychological burden whatsoever when he hit him.

Cao Zhong believes that the two directors are the same as the team leader.
She was selected after her first film, *Days of Fall*.
Moreover, it was the kind of surrender that happened voluntarily.

In fact, a few years later, director Zuo You also made a film called "You 11", which was shown in French art cinemas for half a year in 2012.

Although this film was not banned, it's best not to discuss it in detail.

The director's penchant for exposing his genitals in this film was completely unrestrained.

In fact, Cao Zhong believes that the two directors have been providing propaganda materials for foreigners who are hostile to their country.

When he doesn't run into someone, Cao Zhong doesn't bother with them.

Since the release dates coincide,

And if the media wanted to hear it, he wouldn't mind slapping the two directors across the face, letting the netizens hear the sound. Since he had decided to fight, Cao Zhong punched his opponent in the spine.

In short, maternal love has been reduced to moral depravity, and even the most eloquent directors on both sides cannot refute this.

If Cao Zhong wants to demystify the Chinese audience, then he must personally dismantle the legitimacy of the three major European film studios one by one.

……

In the morning, Cao Zhong and Shen Ao discussed the precautions for having Shen Ao lead the main cast and crew, excluding Jing Tian, ​​on roadshows in various locations.

He then returned to the crew of "We Live in Nanjing".

Meanwhile, Cao Zhong's previous remarks were spreading like wildfire through the entertainment industry on portal websites.

And it's getting increasingly chaotic.

Zhang Huijun also received a call.

"Xiao Cao, after all, Director Zuo is your senior in the directing department," Zhang Huijun advised. "Give them some face."

“Zhang Xiao, there is no hierarchy in art. If Director Wang has any different opinions, why not just let him give a direct interview to the media? Why do we need Zhang Xiao to persuade him?”

Zhang Huijun was turned away and was speechless for a moment.

“I received some requests, and I had no choice but to make this call,” Zhang Huijun said. “I understand your attitude.”

“Principal Zhang, I know very well what I’m saying and doing. I don’t think you need to advise me on these kinds of things in the future. We’re on different paths and can’t work together. Besides, we’ll be rivals sooner or later, so why do you have to try to get me involved?”

"Yes, yes," Zhang Huijun said with a smile, "Are you really confident that the Olympic bid will break 100 million?"

"I can't guarantee that. Let's just let things take their course." Cao Zhong hung up the phone.

Beijing Film Academy, President's Office.

Looking out the window, Zhang Huijun had a feeling that the Beijing Film Academy was about to undergo a major transformation during his term.

Moreover, this dramatic transformation is far more intense, even devastating, than the epic battle between art films and commercial films of yesteryear.

It was a battle between the academic faction and Zhang Yimou, who was also a part of Chen Kaige.

Now, Cao Zhong, a young man, seems to have taken up the mantle.

Zhang Huijun suddenly smiled. No matter who wins or loses, it's not a bad thing for Beijing Film Academy.

……

Huayi,

The person who was happiest that day was Feng Xiaogang.

At noon, the sun shone brightly, casting dappled sunlight through the trees onto the sandalwood desk in the office.
The Wang brothers and Feng Xiaogang were smoking.

"Young people are really something else."

Feng Xiaogang's face was beaming with joy. "First the Venice Film Festival, now the Berlin Film Festival, I'm really looking forward to this year's Cannes Film Festival. I heard that Jia Zhangke has a film, I wonder if it will be selected for the main competition again."

"Twenty-Four Cities? Doesn't Jia Zhangke consider the impact?" Wang Zhongjun asked in surprise.

"What could be more important than money?" Feng Xiaogang asked calmly.

"Then Cao Zhong's work was all for nothing," Wang Zhonglei said, puzzled.

“How could it be all for nothing?” Feng Xiaogang said. “How many fans did Jia Zhangke have last year? This year, he’ll have less than 30% at most. If he goes again this year, he’ll have no place in the Chinese film industry in the future.”

"Most importantly, the harder Cao Zhong beats me, the higher my status will be. Before, I had to be behind Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige, but later they will know that I am the one with impeccable political connections."

"You seem quite gloating. Don't you have a good relationship with the two directors?"

"Fine, he invited me before, so I have to give him face. This is a good opportunity to go and see what's going on."

……

Han Sanpin of China Film Group had actually known about Cao Zhong's interview long before.
But he didn't call Cao Zhong.

Cao Zhong had his own ideas, and he didn't try to persuade him.

Although China Film Group also holds some distribution rights to "Left Right," for Han Sanpin, this film is not even worth a fraction of Cao Zhong's.

He had been waiting for the opening day box office results to be released.

On the morning of March 26, Han Sanpin was still extremely nervous, when suddenly...

Han Zheng knocked on the door and came in, holding the first day's box office figures that had already been tallied.

His eyes were filled with shock.

"Chairman Han, the first day's box office results are in. The national box office has exceeded 1700 million."

"It's a hit! It went viral right from the start!"

Han Zheng felt his whole body trembling.

Han Sanpin leaned back in his leather chair, breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, and instantly beamed with a smile.

(End of this chapter)