This director loves making friends.

Qin Keqing wrote down all the directors and films that had won awards in Europe that she could remember. However, this list was definitely not complete. Perhaps she would only remember the relevant films when something happened to trigger her.

Unfortunately, there are very few directors and films that can win awards at the three major European film festivals at present. Only Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige are truly outstanding. It will take another few years or even ten years before the so-called sixth generation of directors emerges.

It wasn't that Qin Keqing was arrogant, but he felt that if he still needed to worry about the points from the award-winning film ten years later, he would have wasted his life and lived in vain.

That's the logic.

But Qin Keqing will definitely try her best to get the points she can right now.

That day, when he overheard someone on set mentioning that a movie called "Woman Sesame Oil Maker" was in pre-production, he suddenly felt a little dazed, wondering how he could have forgotten about this movie.

Perhaps it's because "Woman Sesame Oil Maker" isn't very famous and is kept low-key.

Sometimes memory works like this: if you think about it alone, you can't recall anything related to it, but if you trigger a keyword, it seems to awaken some fragments of memory.

Therefore, Qin Keqing began to inquire about relevant information.

Although he's currently just an extra, he's already halfway into the film and television industry. Gathering information on set is quite easy for him, even with just a pack of cigarettes or a single cigarette.

After all, Beijing is only so big, and the number of movies that can be filmed is limited. When a movie is about to start filming, the first thing to do is to recruit people and find actors in the industry, and the news spreads quickly.

Qin Keqing learned that the director of "Woman Sesame Oil Maker" was Xie Fei, a teacher at the Beijing Film Academy. He had taught Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou, and others during their student days.

Qin Keqing knew all of this, but as he gathered more and more information, his thoughts changed.

Qin Keqing didn't know whether getting points for the award-winning film required only being an extra, or being a crew member, or both.

We'll find out next year; he only had a minor role in "Farewell My Concubine," he wasn't a crew member.

Since Xie Fei is a teacher at the academy and has a wide network of connections, and Qin Keqing wants to learn some filming techniques from him, as well as earn points and is also thinking about whether Xie Fei can recommend some movies to him...

Therefore, Qin Keqing finally decided to find a way to join the cast of "Woman of Fragrant Souls".

Having learned from his previous experience of getting to know Zhang Yimou, Qin Keqing was much "smarter" and bolder this time. He went directly to the Beijing Film Academy's residential compound to "ambush" Xie Fei.

In the 1980s and early 1990s, society was still very simple and honest. Most university staff quarters were managed by the units themselves and had no full-time security guards. They only had a gatehouse or duty officer. Their main responsibilities were to receive and send mail and open and lock doors. There were no patrols, no surveillance, and no professional security training.

When Qin Keqing tidied himself up and put on his gold-rimmed glasses, his scholarly air was so strong that the old man at the gatehouse simply ignored him and let him enter the residential compound.

Qin Keqing was lucky; around 8 p.m., he successfully caught up with Xie Fei under the streetlights in the residential compound.

"Hello, Teacher Xie, my name is Qin Keqing. I worked as a production assistant in Director Zhang's 'The Story of Qiu Ju'."

Qin Keqing didn't use his points for the time being; he wanted to save them if possible. He wanted to see if he could find a "job" on his own, so he introduced himself right away and brought out his only advantage.

Xie Fei is currently preparing for "Woman Sesame Oil Maker". As the director and screenwriter of this film, which is also a joint production of Changchun Film Studio and Tianjin Film Studio, he has to coordinate and balance the two, which has taken a lot of effort.

Being blocked in the road and immediately announcing his experience in a film recently nominated for the Venice Film Festival—what's he trying to do? He's definitely not here to ask for advice.

He's probably like those other people who approached him; they just want to get into the film crew and gain experience.

Seniority is a vague and inexplicable thing; sometimes it's nothing at all, but often it's extremely important.

He couldn't help but feel a little annoyed; he hated people who took shortcuts in investing the most.

Besides, even if we need to hire people, why not use our own students from the directing department instead of these complete outsiders?

So what if I worked as a production assistant in Zhang Yimou's "The Story of Qiu Ju"? So what if "The Story of Qiu Ju" was just selected for the main competition at the Venice Film Festival?

This is Zhang Yimou's good filming, what does it have to do with you, a mere errand runner?

What do you need?

Xie Fei's tone was somewhat harsh. Young people should take things one step at a time and be down-to-earth, instead of thinking about trivial things all day long.

"Professor Xie, I heard you're preparing a new film. I really love movies and would like to learn from you. Could you...?"

Before Qin Keqing could finish speaking, Xie Fei reached out and stopped him from saying anything more.

Honestly, Xie Fei was genuinely afraid that this reckless young man might pull out something at any moment, especially in public... well, even though it was nighttime, this was still a family compound!

"cannot."

Xie Fei was a bit annoyed; every time he made a new movie, he would encounter many people like this.

These people are so annoying! It's not enough that they block me at school, now they're even blocking me at home!

This is so annoying!

After saying that, Xie Fei walked past Qin Keqing without even looking up.

"Just as I thought."

Qin Keqing sighed inwardly with some frustration, "The name 'Qin Keqing' still doesn't work very well; it ultimately can't save me any points."

"Let's be friends."

The system slowly unfolds.

After finishing "The Flower Sisters' Romantic Debt", Qin Keqing was lucky enough to get extra roles in two more movies, earning 2 more points. He currently has 35 points, of which 25 are available.

"Xie Fei."

Qin Keqing silently recited it.

The system found Xie Fei's name almost instantly.

Qin Keqing had tried searching, and only people in the film and television industry could be found in the system; those outside the industry couldn't find them at all.

If you can't find someone, it means you can't become "friends".

Otherwise, he would definitely have gone to Fujian Province to develop his career during this period, where there is much potential.

Looking at his pitiful 25 usable points, Qin Keqing felt a pang of resentment, but in order to "boost" his resume, to gain more points, to have better career prospects, and so on...

In the blink of an eye, the 25 available points were reduced to only 15.

In the Friends section, Xie Fei's name has been added to the list of casual acquaintances at the very bottom.

"Thank you, Teacher Xie..."

Qin Keqing called out.

Xie Fei was initially very impatient, and he subconsciously glanced back.

Perhaps it was Qin Keqing's strong scholarly air, perhaps it was the tenacity in his handsome face, or perhaps it was some other inexplicable reason, but Xie Fei suddenly felt a sense of familiarity with Qin Keqing, and soon a feeling of goodwill arose within him.

This feeling of goodwill is not based on understanding, but on a recognition at the level of the soul, as if in a vast sea of ​​people, one suddenly recognizes a long-lost friend.

"you……"

Xie Fei paused for a moment, then unconsciously walked back. "What did you say your name was?"

"Qin Keqing".

"Qin Keqing?"

Xie Fei was taken aback, then shook his head with a slight laugh, joking, "Not Qin Keqing from Dream of the Red Chamber, is she?"

"The Qin of the pre-Qin period, the Ke of wood, the Qing of youthful aspirations, Qin Ke Qing."

Qin Keqing corrected, "Many people who hear his name for the first time will subconsciously make a joke about it."

"Qin Keqing? Qin Keqing..."

Xie Fei silently recited it a few times, then slapped his thigh excitedly, "Great name, truly a great name! To establish oneself with rules (Ke), to strive for excellence with youth (Qing), to inherit the weight of history (Qin), and to create a brilliant future! Excellent! Excellent! Excellent!"

Now it was Qin Keqing's turn to fall silent.

Although he looks very scholarly.

He was wearing gold-rimmed glasses.

Although he was also a university graduate.

but……

Immediately, Qin Keqing almost slapped his thigh in frustration.

"Why didn't I think of that? When people ask my name, I stupidly give them Qin from the pre-Qin period, Mu Ke Zhi Ke, and Qing from Qingchun Zhiyuan..."

Bullshit!

"Upholding principles (Ke), striving for excellence with youthful vigor (Qing), inheriting the weight of history (Qin), and creating a brilliant future!"

"This is the original origin of my name!"

Qin Keqing firmly engraved these words in his mind.

"By the way, you just said you were a production assistant on 'The Story of Qiu Ju'? I know a bit about this movie. Yi Mou said that many scenes in it were filmed secretly. As a production assistant, you had to coordinate so many things. It must have been tough."

Qin Keqing was momentarily at a loss for words, and could only smile and say, "That's not what you just said."