The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 365

Backstage at The Director.

Thirty-five directors crowded together lively, communicating and discussing in groups of three or five. There were two or three directors in the corridor holding trophies in their hands, with smiles on their faces, as if they were being interviewed by reporters.

This is the last episode of "Director", which is different from the recording and broadcasting of the previous seven episodes. This time it adopts a form similar to live broadcast.

The reason why it is similar to a live broadcast is because there is a 2-minute delay. In case of any problems, the director team has time to deal with and edit them in time.

In the final round, three awards, gold, silver and bronze, will be selected based on the votes of the judges, the votes of the on-site professional photo appreciation team and the audience, and of course the results of online voting.

The awards have also been awarded, and now it is the intermission time. Of course, it can also be said to be the review time of the award-winning works and the long advertising time.

But the live broadcast is not over yet, and the grand finale has yet to be staged, which is Chen Jingxing's announcement of the director of "Black Mirror II".

Therefore, except for the three award-winning directors, others are still a little nervous.

Wen Zhian stood alone in the crowd, he is not the kind of person who is good at socializing, this is the main reason why his parents insisted that he go home and stop messing around in the film and television industry.

After graduating, he joined a film and television company and worked as a camera assistant on the crew. In fact, he was a miscellaneous crew assistant and his failure to improve for two years had something to do with his personality. It can't be said that it was all due to the suppression and exclusion of his cheap master. .

There are also newcomers who joined the company with him. Wen Zhian was recognized as a genius in the photography department when he was in school. Yes, even if the relationship is not so close, this kind of mutual help can still be done.

After all, who would have expected that who would be able to transform into a dragon in the face of a storm in the future?In the film and television industry, the relationship between classmates and fellow villagers is very important. If one wants to move forward, one must work hard on one's own and be supported by others.

People like Wen Zhian, who are not very good at things, will of course hit a wall once they enter the society. The saying that gold always shines is not absolute. In history, there are examples of talented artists who were poor during their lifetime and were discovered by the world after their death. There are too many.

Not to mention that photography and directing are careers that bring together the strengths of the masses. Without money and people, everything is useless. How many people like Chen Jingxing filmed his debut film and chatted in a room with eight people to create a sci-fi classic?

Moreover, the actors in Chen Jingxing's first film were all comedians who came from majors, and they could be recruited either because of face or money. Outsiders thought that the actors were moved by Chen Jingxing's talent and script, and only Chen Jingxing himself knew the main reason. Moved by money.

Wen Zhian is aware of his own shortcomings, but he also knows that it is not easy to change, and he has been subconsciously avoiding his own reasons, trying to attribute the reasons to his master's suppression. His parents did not fully support his dream, and the company has eyes. I don't know gold and jade.

But now, he can look at these directors who are competing with him and even have achieved great achievements, and feel some self-pity, in fact, it is because he has already sold a big step forward.

The broadcast volume and influence of "Director" are becoming more and more popular with each episode of the program, especially the collision and exchange of views among the competing directors, actors, judges and audiences in the program. The unique charm of variety shows.

There are dry goods, depth, drama and variety, which are the unanimous evaluation of most audiences. Even the official media also praised "letting more talented directors be seen" and "discovering new forces for the future of Huaguo's film and television industry. ", "A ray of fresh air for variety shows".

Although Wen Zhian did not win the "Star of Tomorrow" in their group, let alone the final award, the degree of exposure and discussion is real. Professionally, too.

He has already been contacted by film and television companies and advertising companies, and even his company has called him, saying that they can give him the position of assistant director or photographer in the next project.

It is obvious that the company is not so bold to let him directly be the director of a film and television drama. The directors in the show shoot short films, ten to twenty minutes long. film and television drama project.

Moreover, Wen Zhian's short stories were not the most popular among the audience, and he did not win any gold, silver or bronze awards.

But as the so-called Long Wangshu, Wen Zhian, who originally only wanted to be selected for the main competition and was satisfied, now had further expectations. Although the hope was slim, it was like a carrot hanging in front of him. It was difficult for him to be at peace with the situation, to be contented and happy, and the delusional thoughts in his heart seemed to be like a flame that not only did not go out with the award of the gold medal, but burned more and more vigorously.

DreamWorks was originally the top film company in the country, and its reputation was extremely strong. With "Gravity" and "Matrix" sweeping the Oscar nominations, it has shrouded in a dazzling brilliance.

To be selected by Chen Jingxing to direct "Black Mirror II" is a real leap forward in career, even if it is only this time of cooperating with DreamWorks, then he has the resume of a film director, and it is also a work of DreamWorks.

Among the 35 contestants competing on the same stage in this program, except for a few who have experience in directing online dramas independently, most of them are not genuine directors.

Compared with this opportunity, any gold and silver awards are small witches.

It would be even more perfect if after directing "Black Mirror II" he could still get the appreciation of Chen Jingxing and become the contracted director of DreamWorks.

Tian Xinye directed two online dramas that hit the street, and he almost threw himself into the street. After arriving at DreamWorks, he is now a theater film director. He not only has the performance of the hit drama "Signal", but also the sci-fi movie "Signal" with a box office of 10 billion. "A Mirage" seems to be a rising star of young domestic directors, and Chen Sicheng, Guo Fan and others are not allowed to get half of it.

It's just that the fire in Wen Zhian's heart burned hotter, and he became more aware of the bleakness of hope. After excluding the winners of the gold, silver and bronze awards, there are only two places left. Can he get his turn?
"Teachers! The recording time is up, stop the interview, your names are on the seats, please take your seats according to your names..."

The director came in and interrupted the elation of the winners and Wen Zhian's thoughts.

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In a hotel near Zhuozhou Film and Television City.

As the only film and television city in the suburbs of Beijing that is suitable for shooting costume dramas, the occupancy rate here is extremely high all year round, and there are endless streams of crews.

The door of a spacious guest room was open, and many people were crowded in the room, watching the variety show "The Birth of a Director" broadcast exclusively on Huanshi.com around the TV.

"Old Yu? Xiao Zhang? What are you doing? It's the last issue, and the final result is about to be announced. Come and see your apprentice!"

A middle-aged man sitting on the stool beside the bed stopped the two people who were passing by the door with sharp eyes.

Of the two people who were stopped, the crew's cameraman Yu Cheng was the first, and behind him was Zhang Zhengbao, one of the two camera assistants of the crew, who was also his fellow villager and apprentice.

Yu Chengdui smiled, his expression a little stiff: "Director Yan, just finished checking the equipment, and I'm going back to take a shower."

"When can't I wash it? It has to be this time? The result will be announced soon, come quickly and make room for Lao Yu." Yan Chen, the deputy director of the crew, was smoking a cigarette, beckoning the two of them to sit over.

"That's right, one of you is a master and the other is a brother, don't you care? This is also the golden phoenix flying out of our company." The head of the props team also echoed and ran on the two of them.

The props team leader knew how Yu Cheng suppressed his cheap apprentice, and he always felt a little disdainful about him. He didn't know how advanced his skills were, and he tried every day to become an assistant director, but his thinking was still extremely backward.

I knew that I would stick to the dross of the handicraft workshop era, let the talented young people who came from majors not support them, and treat the boys who graduated from the technical school from the same town and join him as treasures, form cliques, inbreeding, and carry out handicraft industry inheritance.

Those who don't know think this guy has learned cross talk, but can the film and television industry be the same as cross talk?The company calls every day to learn from DreamWorks and engage in industrialization. What kind of industrialization can this kind of people do if they don't clean up?

Facing the run-on by Lao Cheng, the leader of the props team, Yu Cheng smiled and said nothing, but his apprentice Zhang Zhengbao couldn't help but said: "Aren't the gold, silver, and bronze awards all awarded? I just watched it on my mobile phone, and Xiaowen didn't." Winning a prize? What else is there to see..."

Assistant director Yan Chen shook his head, with deep envy hidden in his eyes, even a little jealousy, and said with complicated emotions: "What bullshit gold and silver awards are all fake, the opportunities given by DreamWorks are real, if Saying that this show is a carp jumping over the dragon's gate, the candidate that director Chen will announce later will be the real dragon's gate."

"There are five places in total. Excluding the gold, silver and bronze awards, there are only two left. Can he get them?" Zhang Zhengbao whispered.

Just in time, the camera panned over Wen Zhian who was sitting in the front row of the stage.

"It's like an awards ceremony."

Director Yan let out a hey, and looked at Chen Jingxing who walked onto the stage. Would such a director take the gold, silver and bronze awards seriously?What weight do audience votes carry?

Chen Jingxing looked at the many eyes from the audience, and he was not nervous. He had been on the podium for the Golden Rooster Award and the Hundred Flowers Award many times, so these are really nothing.

However, when he thought that he would become one of the people eagerly looking forward to in the audience in the near future, a trace of absurd emotion arose in his heart.

It's only been four years since Chen Jingxing traveled so far, but he is now at the point where he can change the fate of many people with a single word. He secretly sighed that time flies by, and he didn't take out any envelopes or paper.

The five directors who will direct "Black Mirror II" were decided after a long discussion between him and Guo Fan and others. After all, it is related to DreamWorks' film and television works. He dare not be sloppy, and the names are already very familiar.

"Zhou Yaolong... Luo Ting... Ji Xuan... Cheng Kelin
...and Wen Zhian! "

Every time Chen Jingxing said a name, the noise of the audience in the audience became louder, and the expressions of many directors became more surprised.

Because except for the first Zhou Yaolong who was the silver award winner, the other four directors have not won any awards, and they are not even considered popular directors. This result is definitely beyond most directors and audiences, including the program group. Expected from the staff.

You must know that the final award was selected by four judges including Chen Jingxing, plus the on-site and online audience voted together, and the awards ceremony was also very grand. So it has nothing to do with being able to direct "Black Mirror II" in the end?
This made many viewers startled at first, and then even a little angry, as if they had been tricked.

Looking at Chen Jingxing with a calm expression on the TV screen, and then the camera turned to focus on the five lucky winners, Wen Zhian's expression of astonishment and ecstasy also made the crowd in front of the TV a little speechless.

The cigarette butt dangling from Director Yan's mouth fell to the ground. Although he was curious about who would eventually be qualified to direct "Black Mirror II", the name of Wen Zhi'an, who had worked as a photography assistant in the company for two years, came out of Chen Jingxing's mouth. Came out still unprepared.

After a long while, there were exclamations from the room. I don't know if it was happiness, envy or jealousy.

Of course, it stands to reason that most of them are happy in the end, after all, it is equivalent to having an extra network, especially those who ask themselves and Wen Zhian who have a good relationship feel that they have an extra channel to be promoted.

As for Wen Zhian's cheap master Yu Cheng, who is experienced and can still force a smile, the expression of his apprentice Zhang Zhengbao is indescribable.

Director Yan shook his head and sighed: "I didn't expect to be able to cross the Longmen. I thought I would need several assistant director colleagues. Now it seems that our company's small temple can't accommodate them."

After all, DreamWorks is not only a factory that creates dreams for audiences, but also a factory that creates dreams for movies.

(End of this chapter)