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Chapter 309 Choice is Greater Than Effort, What is Pioneer Spirit

Seeing that the students were lost in thought, He Fang spread his hands in satisfaction.

"I'm not saying that the United States is bad here. I think only those who have been to the United States will have a deep understanding of whether the United States is good or not. Some people who have never been to the United States and never know about it always regard the United States as the ideal shore of the Utopia. I have no intention To break your beautiful imagination, whatever you like to think.

What I want to say is that I returned to China with this reflection back then.Because I lived in the United States for eight years, what I saw and understood can only be described by a sentence from a certain TV series: 'If you love him, send him to America, because there is heaven.If you hate him, send him to America too, 'cause it's hell'.

How to understand this sentence, you will know when you go there. Sometimes a native American cannot convince someone who has never been to the United States. Maybe that person who has never been to the United States loves the United States more than a native American.

I stand here, and what I want to share with my classmates are some of my personal experiences and some thoughts on film culture.These experiences and thinking do not mean that it must be correct, but at least it proves that it has made me successful. Of course, it cannot make others succeed, because taking the path of others' success may not necessarily lead to success.When I introduce my path, I just want to give students a reference, so that they can think more.

As I said before, can I succeed in staying in the United States with my talent?Not necessarily, because the world is changing too fast. Maybe I have been silent in the United States for decades, and when the opportunity finally rises, the United States will decline?Did the opportunity suddenly disappear?Who knows?
Although some people will say that I am alarmist, do you dare to say that it is not a possibility?Therefore, instead of leaving your talent to explode when the opportunity comes, it is better to make a choice in advance.This is the first topic I want to tell you, under certain conditions: choose great efforts! "

He Fang's words immediately aroused a lot of discussion among the students in the audience, but He Fang pressed his hand to signal everyone to be calm.

"I won't give examples of this argument that choice is greater than effort. You can search the Internet to find countless cases and stories where choice is greater than effort. Therefore, I choose to do it when the distribution of benefits is completed, the industry chain is mature, and it is extremely unfriendly to newcomers. The friendly Hollywood dormantly waits for an opportunity? Or return to China, the wild land of film, and rely on your own talent to make a great career and become an important figure in the history of Chinese film?
Is this choice difficult?Difficult, not difficult.The American film industry chain is mature, and everything is standardized. This is friendly to newcomers looking for a job, because as long as you have the basic ability, it is basically not difficult to find a job to make ends meet.

But it is very difficult for newcomers to get ahead, because the class is solidified, and each level has a chain of interests. If you want to jump up, this road is extremely difficult.There are so many talented people in Hollywood, how can you beat everyone else to succeed?
And vice versa?What if I choose to go back to China?First of all, I am a returnee. In Hollywood, I am an unremarkable young man, but in China I may be a great talent of returnees.Secondly, if I want to make my own movie in the United States, I have to wait for the opportunity, maybe seven years like Ang Lee, or maybe not in my entire life.

But in China, I can immediately attract investment to start my first film journey, and I can use my thinking about the entire film industry in Hollywood to cooperate with Lake Film to make a career.

Facts have proved that my choice is correct.So, at the age of 30, I have achieved what many directors cannot achieve in their lifetime.Therefore, when you are at an important crossroads in your life, you must remember one sentence: choice is greater than effort.

Of course, the premise of this "choice is greater than effort" is that if you have enough talent, choice is greater than effort.Sometimes it's not necessarily the case if you're not talented enough.

Therefore, even if many people do not do well in the United States, they are unwilling to return to China to display their talents. I think this is not a good choice.That’s right, some people say that when they return to China, they have to face endless human relations. They are unwilling to face these problems when they are faced with people who are less talented than me but have higher administrative positions than me.

But, in fact, don't you face these things in the United States?face the same.Of course, it’s really not that complicated, because you don’t have the opportunity to come into contact with administrative procedures when you work in the United States, because the degree of privatization in the United States is extremely high, and the place where you work will always be a private company. In a private company, you have to come into contact with complicated things What about administrative matters?
If you get to the top in the United States, such as starting your own company to start a business, you will also face more complicated interpersonal relationships than in China.But there is only one reason for those who say that they have not faced these things, and that is that your level is not high enough to touch them.You are just a small researcher of a company, what qualifications do you have to get in touch with the distribution of interests at the top of the United States?
I didn't know it before, but I know it now.Because, when I go to the United States now, I want to deal with these people. Sophistication and sophistication are indispensable, and the interest exchanges are even more blatant.

So, if you just want to concentrate on research, then go to work in a private company, quietly, maybe the high-tech private companies in the United States are better developed and suitable for research.However, China is a blue ocean in this regard, and perhaps you have more opportunities.

Of course, some people compare China's environment and conditions with those of the United States, and complain that this is bad and that is bad.What I'm trying to say is that it's like comparing a mechanized farm to a wasteland.If the condition of this wasteland is as good as that of a mechanized farm, is this still called wasteland?That is to ask you to pick up money, right?
What is land reclamation?It is to slowly remove the stones, thorns, thatch, etc. in the wasteland while farming, and then plan this wasteland through everyone's efforts, and finally become a fertile land with abundant and gratifying yields.

This is the spirit and fun of opening up wasteland, and this is what talented people with adventurous and pioneering spirits do.For those who complain about the slightest difficulty, hate the unfair system, and complain that their talents cannot be displayed, I will give you a suggestion. You should recognize yourself. Maybe you are really not a pioneer who can take risks. Man, just a slightly talented researcher. "

When He Fang said this, there was thunderous applause from the audience. He Fang's speech really had a great impact on these young students, and they had new ideas in life planning or choice and development.

"I, as a pioneer. How many difficulties did I face in China at that time? The first was the cynicism and criticism of me in the public opinion. Ladies and gentlemen, if you put yourself in your shoes, think about it. Complaining about this, complaining about that, then should I be thinking 'where did I come back with Hollywood's advanced film industry ideas, how could you do this to me'? Then I can wave my sleeves and go back to the United States?

If I were so fragile, then I would have fallen at the first hurdle of pioneering.In fact, I’m not that vulnerable, it’s just public opinion. No matter how cynical others are, I slap them in the face with excellent movies and the successful re-industrialization of Huying. Now, which public opinion dares to sneer at me? ? "

Pa, pa, pa... This kind of speech that spits out anger with strength can easily infect passionate young people, so they applaud enthusiastically.

"The second difficulty I had when I returned to China was that I wanted to reproduce American industrialized films, but found that no matter the production equipment, professional talents, or the film market that could pay back the cost, they were not enough to support my industrialized films. .

So what to do?Are those who love to complain will quit again?Do you want to complain again, the conditions are not good, there is no scientific research equipment, no scientific research academic environment, and then run away?In the end, I still have to scold "It's not that I'm not patriotic, it's because the country can't support my talent"?
what do i doThe four words are 'overcoming difficulties', introducing equipment, cultivating talents, building bases, formulating new processes...etc.Just now I used land reclamation as an example, which belongs to the process of picking up stones to remove thorns, building embankments, and reclaiming land in land reclamation.

Opening up wasteland, isn't it just turning a useless land into a rich and beautiful place?So, when I was doing this with the Lake Shadow Group.What resistance did you encounter at that time?In addition to the continued cynicism of public opinion, there was also a collective protest by the employees of Huying Group at that time that the group took money to accompany me, a newcomer, tossing around. They even thought that it was a few of us embezzling state-owned assets in the name of the project.

But what happened?We not only doubled the assets of Huying, but also rehired the employees of Huying who were suspended without pay, so that they could have higher and better income.If you can't stand such pressure, will this business succeed?

Do the complainers feel like their talents are limited?Do you feel that the country is not friendly to returnees like them?Are you going to quit and return to the United States again? "

Papapa... He Fang's words once again made the students applaud excitedly. What they saw was a He Fang who was facing difficulties, unyielding pressure, forging ahead firmly, and carrying the entire Chinese film industry alone.

He is more than a star, more than a director, he is a successful model and representative of entrepreneurial elites who return to China.

"Then do you think that I will have a smooth journey after facing this difficulty? No, there are still greater difficulties waiting for me. The third difficulty is that we have built a base, cultivated talents, and excellent filmmakers It came out. The problem is that the Chinese market can’t support it, and China’s industry can’t support the high investment in the Huying Base. What should I do? What should I do?”

The more than 2000 students in the audience were also silently thinking, yes, what should we do in this situation?There was almost no solution, and then everyone looked at He Fang on the stage, this young man who was not a few years older than them with a pioneering passion.

"In the end, we have no choice but two ways. One is to sell part of our profits in exchange for the cooperation of major Hollywood companies, and let them help us promote it internationally. The second is that we need to develop the domestic market. China has 14 billion people. How is it possible? Can’t support the cost recovery and profitability of a film? Obviously the market has not been developed.

However, the problem came again.If we want to reorganize the domestic market, we will have to overthrow the original domestic interest chain and the original domestic system and process.For the healthy development of the Chinese film market, we have to rebuild a new Chinese film structure.

How difficult is this?We were tossing about the industrialization of the Huying Group in Hunan, and others would at most sneer at it.However, if you want to change the entire industry, it will affect the interests of some people, so no one should work hard for you?

However, did you stop doing it because of difficulties?No, even if some people's lives are changed, we must continue this matter. Chinese movies cannot stagnate because of some people's obstruction. "

He Fang's sonorous and powerful voice burst out the passion of every student. Yes, this is the passionate deeds of the predecessors who have studied in the classrooms from elementary school to high school before their university to change China. I did not expect them to be in the present China still sees such passionate things happening.

However, why did they never hear such deeds again after entering the university?Instead, everyone is proud of criticizing the country?

"In fact, at the end of last year, through our efforts, we finally promulgated regulations on industry norms. Since then, Chinese films have officially started to go on the right track and move towards a high-speed development path.

So, students, you are all top talents in the country.I know that you are full of talents, and I, an international director, dare not talk about literature, philosophy, quantum physics, etc. in front of you, because I can't say enough about you, and some of you are far more talented than me.

Therefore, I dare not tell you about literature and technology. What I can share with you is some of my journey.I personally feel that my journey may serve as a guide for some students, because many students here may go to the road of studying abroad, and they will also experience the same choices as me.

When one day you can be naturalized in the United States or have major life decisions, you can refer to my journey.It is your freedom to stay in the United States, and it is also your freedom to return to China.As for the challenges, they're pretty much the same.It cannot be said that you have no challenges in the United States, but you have more challenges in the United States.

You may not have too many troubles at work in the United States, but your cultural and life challenges are a big problem. After all, everything from human relationship to food culture to public security is completely different.

For example, food culture is a need to overcome.Another example is nightlife. In the United States, there are no people on the streets at seven or eight in the evening, because the streets at night belong to gangsters and homeless people.Another example is that you can argue with the police in China, and you can even point at the police’s nose and curse, but when the police find you in the United States, you need to raise your hands immediately so that the police can see that you are not threatening him, otherwise They have the power to shoot you without breaking the law.

There are also racial, religious, and cultural challenges that permeate every aspect of your life, no less than the challenges of your work.In short, you will know when you go there, and you will understand whether the United States is the ideal shore. "

When He Fang said this, he basically completed his first task, telling the students about his mental journey.However, his speech can't just talk about his mental journey, he has to talk about something professional.

"So, the second big topic is my film aesthetics."

(End of this chapter)