director of the millennium

Chapter 26 Returning to school with honor!

After Wu Yuan returned to China, he really felt that his movie became popular.

Although no one recognized him as the director of "The Night the Comet Came" on the street, news about him and this movie can be seen everywhere in the newspapers.

The actors in the crew also became popular with the help of this movie.

Including Chen Kun and Zeng Li who have just returned to China, the eight leading actors of the movie have received a lot of announcements about activities and TV programs, and their schedules have become busy.

Wu Yuan only had time to have a celebration banquet with everyone, and everyone flew all over the country, leaving Wu Yuan alone in the capital.

However, the millennium is not after all a well-developed entertainment industry.

"The Night the Comet Came" became popular, but it did not bring more film appointments to the leading actors.

Nowadays, there are not many movies and not many TV series approved every year, and most of them have their actors finalized months in advance. It is still difficult for those who suddenly become popular to receive any good script invitations in the short term.

Chen Kun even pushed the program announcements and acupuncture activities that came to his door. He just wanted to spend time with his girlfriend.

Well, they are not in the capital either. The two of them have gone on a trip. Chen Kun's hobby of traveling may have been cultivated by this girlfriend.

At least Wu Yuan didn't hear Chen Kun say that he loves to travel before, and he didn't expect that he would go to Tibet by bike later.

As for Wu Yuan himself, after asking Director Han when the film payment will be credited, he returned to school with nothing to worry about.

The first semester of his junior year has already started for more than a month, and Wu Yuan hasn't been back to school since the film was cut!
I have to go back to school and sell the leave with the teachers, and bring the trophy back to school to show the teacher a look, at least it will make his next leave of absence more logical!
Film Academy, Honors Showcase.

All teachers in the entire directing department, including professors who do not teach classes, are all gathered here.

Even teachers from other departments such as the Performance Department and the Photography Department next door came.

The eyes of all the teachers were focused on a trophy in the corner of the honor room.

"Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival - Best Screenplay: Yuan Wu"

Hey, that's weird!
No domestic filmmaker has ever won any award at the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival!

Only Nie Xiaoqian from Hong Kong Island took it!
Mainland filmmakers working in the film industry now have some almost pathological pursuits of foreign awards.

After all, movies are imported products, and they are art created by foreigners.

Therefore, due to the lack of national pride, whether they are fifth or fourth generation filmmakers, they all hope to win foreign awards and prove that they are no worse than foreign filmmakers!
This phenomenon will have to wait until after 2010, when the box office market starts to rise, and when national pride rises, mainland filmmakers will become hardened, so they don't care about these foreign honors.

Now, if a directing student can win an award from a foreign film festival, that is definitely a big news worthy of causing a sensation in the entire film school!

As far as the teachers of the directing department of Beijing Film Academy are concerned, they have indeed won many foreign awards. There are more than a dozen awards in film festivals, large and small, all of which are placed in the honor room.

But in the honor showroom, there are no trophies from the three major fantasy film festivals.

Mainland filmmakers rarely make suspense, fantasy, and thriller movies.

Teachers are naturally very curious about this trophy.

"Hey, this is the trophy for the Sitges Film Festival?" Xie Xiaojing couldn't let go of the trophy that belonged to Wu Yuan, smiling so hard that she couldn't close her mouth.

"Let me take a look!" Hou Keming, who came specially from Beijing Film Studio, snatched the trophy and looked it up.

There are more teachers who want to come up to take a look and touch this trophy.

Wu Yuan, the winner, was pushed to the outside.

This enthusiasm lasted for an entire afternoon. First, teachers from the directing department, then teachers from other departments, and finally students from the film school. Most of them came to watch the trophy and Wu Yuan, the new legend of the film school. !

It was not until the evening that Wu Yuan finally got away and had time to talk to the department chair, Mr. Xie Xiaojing.

"Xiao Wu, this movie was shot well and it brought honor to our film school!"

Xie Xiaojing took a big sip from the thermos cup in her hand, spit out another mouthful of tea foam, covered the lid, and stretched out her hand to signal Wu Yuan to sit down and talk.

"I know what you want to say, about going to Hollywood to make a movie, right?"

"Han Sanping told me all about it."

Wu Yuan smiled and was about to explain that he didn't mean to say this.

I haven't even mentioned the matter of going to Hollywood yet, so why has it spread now?
It's as if he can go to Hollywood to make a movie if he wants to.

In fact, Wu Yuan just communicated briefly with John via email.

Although John admires Wu Yuan very much personally, if he wants to cooperate specifically, it depends on whether he can come up with a script that satisfies Fox Searchlight!
If you can't come up with a suitable script, there will be no follow-up to this matter.

At most, he just has a channel to deliver the script to Fox Searchlight, which is not as easy as Han Dong said!
Wu Yuan just wanted to sell Professor Xie a vacation!

But before his explanation could be uttered, Xie Xiaojing immediately said: "It's a good thing to go to Hollywood to make a movie!"

"It's not like the school doesn't know how to adapt."

"Although in principle, the college does not encourage students to go out to film, and focus on their studies."

"But you are different. Your film "The Night the Comet Came" was very good. Many seniors who have graduated are not at this level."

"You don't need to take rigid classes every day anymore."

"In this way, the department will approve a note for you. If you really have something to do in the future, you can miss class as appropriate."

"But I can't slack off in my studies, and I can't miss the knowledge I need to learn. I can learn by myself when I have time! I believe you have the ability!"

"However, you still have to take the final exam of each semester. If you can't make it in time, you can take the exam alone. It's okay to miss the exam!"

Upon hearing this, Wu Yuan swallowed the explanation again.

He really didn't think much about studying this.

In the past, it was planned that after the 02 World Cup, the first pot of gold would be obtained before starting to hold the film crew, so Wu Yuan mixed in the school, and the relationship between classmates became more harmonious.

But now, due to various circumstances, he has made his debut as a director, and his debut film has done very well, and he has widened the gap between him and his classmates.

Then there is no point in continuing this study.

Wu Yuan learned the knowledge that should be learned in his dream, and he will have no problem with the exam!
"Thank you teachers for your accommodation." Wu Yuan immediately stood up and thanked.

There is no reason not to agree to such a good thing!
"Well, go about your business." Xie Xiaojing looked at Wu Yuan with a smile: "Teacher is looking forward to your next movie."

"Hollywood, hey, it's amazing, our school has a director who can go to Hollywood to make a movie!"

"But Hollywood is not a harmonious place."

"The people over there look at everything in terms of profit. No matter how big the director is, as long as he makes two films that lose money at the box office in a row, he will never be able to attract investment or receive projects."

"Teacher's sincere blessings and hope that your new movie will also achieve good results in Hollywood!"

"Glory for our Huaxia director! Glory for the country!"

"Let the group of Americans with eyes above the top see and see, our Huaxia directors are no worse than Americans in making movies!"

　In fact, pursuing foreign awards and considering foreign awards is very important does not mean that it is an unpatriotic behavior.

　　At least the fifth-generation directors do this precisely because they are very patriotic (they are Zhang Yimou, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Xie Xiaojing and other teachers, Chen Kaige is hard to say), they want to prove to the world that Chinese films are not inferior to foreign countries, and Chinese directors can make them just as well. A good movie recognized by the world!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)