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Chapter 272 The backbone of Chinese filmmakers!

This is Beiying!
When Chen Xi sat in the car and looked at everything outside, she could feel the many lights of this school...

In this season, many things in the capital already have the atmosphere of autumn. Autumn leaves are spinning in the sky and falling to the ground. A cold autumn wind blows through, which can make people feel the ground dancing with the wind. those things.

There are too many luxury cars parked outside the gate of Beiying's yellow and white bricks. I don't know what these luxury cars are for, and indeed I don't know why they are here.

Chen Xihe leaned on the back seat, looking at this former palace of dreams... This is indeed a place in the hearts of many people, and there are too many desires hidden here, including Chen Xi's.

The era when Beiying dominated the Chinese film industry and even almost completely monopolized it is basically gone forever. The rise of too many Yeluzi film directors has made this kind of thing happen less and less frequently. Now The era of Chinese film is indeed not that kind of institutional era. In the era when the market economy determines many things, there are indeed too many changes... At least the confrontation between Chen Xi and the old directors is one of them.

Chen Xi didn't know what the students from Beijing Film Academy would think of her. After all, Zhuang Guofei was also a senior student from Beijing Film Academy. To Zhuang Guofei and the people from Beijing Film Academy, Chen Xi was just an outsider...

Chen Xi's car was passing through the road, and then Chen Xi stopped. In the campus of Beijing Film Academy, there will occasionally appear a lot of stars here. Such stars include a variety of types, including fame and so on. It is all-encompassing, but it does not attract the attention of the people inside. After all, no matter how many people in Beiying will develop in the future, at least, the experience in Beiying is enough for them to see a lot of things, and it can also enable them to have a better life. They can also look at these things with a higher perspective, and they are not surprised by these stars.

This is indeed the case in the age of scholarly business... It is not until they graduate that they will see the cruelty of this society again, and see again how difficult it is to get ahead in a place with a strict hierarchy in the entertainment industry... They also know that You will really see things that you have not seen before being protected in the ivory tower...

At that time, they will gradually find that the world is not as beautiful as they imagined...

Especially actresses...

Many people will see the people around them become famous one by one, but they are still the same, year after year, and those who can't keep up will eventually embark on some irresistible roads.

If the career of an actress has not improved at the age of 28... most of them will be like that in this life. They are not like male actors, and there are many examples of late bloomers.

...But these are all Chen Xi's divergent thinking.

Chen Xi wanted to wander around the campus aimlessly, to take a good look at what was on the campus and what kind of scenery he saw.

But it's actually pretty much the same...

Although Chen Xi's school is not a first-tier school, of course it is not as good as Beijing Film Academy, but it is definitely not a pheasant university, and it is itself a book.

But now that I see the interior of Beijing Film Academy and see the high-spirited people walking around, I really feel a little bit envious in my heart, envious that this group of people can survive in the Chinese Film Training Center.

Someone in the middle also recognized Chen Xi. I didn't expect Chen Xi to be more popular than some big stars, but this group of people didn't come to ask for autographs.

Some want to have a little contact with Chen Xi for the sake of future and opportunities, which is actually relatively normal, but some just want to discuss his previous movies with Chen Xi... There are such people like Chen Xi Thank you for being insensitive... This group of people really has a lot of blood and loyalty... But this is of no use. In fact, they can really be talented at this time, and they can really shoot with Chen Xi. The genius of people who have made so many movies to debate these things is really hard to come by, even with a population of more than one billion in China...

So when Chen Xi meets this kind of people, he casually deals with them and leaves. He really doesn't want to spend too much time with them... After there are more people like this, Chen Xi himself gradually becomes a little annoying, and he doesn't bother to talk to them. Do stop here.

Chen Xi hurried to another direction. At this moment, he felt someone slapped his back. He quickly turned around and saw nothing.

"Fuck! Did you run into a ghost during the day?"

Chen Xi said something intentionally, then turned her head quickly, and saw Liu Yifei's proud face, Liu Yifei really thought that Chen Xi was frightened just now, and now she is secretly happy, unexpectedly Chen Xi suddenly turned her head and saw her , but took her by surprise.

"Hey! You...are you scared by me!" Liu Yifei glared at Chen Xi. A girl like her would not hit Chen Xi directly with her hands, but that kind of coquettish and angry feeling, superimposed with those delicate facial features, is indeed Don't have a flavor.

Chen Xi spread her hands: "Do you think I will be scared so easily?"

Liu Yifei wrinkled her face, raised her slightly rounded fleshy face, blinked her left eye slightly, and said, "Okay, you are vigilant! You are the only one to be vigilant."

Seeing her appearance, Chen Xi smiled helplessly: "Well, actually... ah ah ah ah... I'm so scared! I was frightened by you."

Liu Yifei couldn't help but slapped her face: "Chen Laoshi, can you be more fake?"

Chen Xi had a laugh, and then said: "Forget it, I don't have time to chat with you here, I'm busy, there are tens of thousands of people every minute, what's the matter with a girl acting here with you, goodbye .”

Liu Yifei said, "Isn't there still two hours left for your symposium?"

Chen Ximi leaned at her: "Teacher Liu cares about me so much, but I'm flattered!"

Liu Yifei glared at him, and a little red cloud appeared on her face: "How can I... I really just met you, I came back today to visit a teacher..."

Chen Xi said, "Okay then, since I've said that, I'll walk with you."

Liu Yifei was about to be laughed out of anger, but she didn't argue with Chen Xi anymore or anything, but walked with Chen Xi for a while. After all, she is also from Beijing Film Academy. Liu Yifei knows a lot about many places, so she It's still good to say it.

With such a beautiful woman walking on campus by her side, Chen Xi almost returned to her college days for a while, the time when the future seemed to have infinite possibilities, when confusion and excitement existed together.

However, Chen Xi seemed to be in high spirits, and she kept joking with Liu Yifei. In fact, from this point of view, everything was more like college days.

Liu Yifei just talked to Chen Xi about something about her childhood. Chen Xi didn't think it was funny at all, but Liu Yifei seemed very funny so she could only laugh along with it. After laughing, Chen Xi said: "That's right...girl It is also a valuable experience passed down from the older generation! I have heard many friends say that when I was a child, my family always lied to him that he was very poor, and they wanted him to go to college to pay off his debts. It's to motivate them to say that... When I was a child, I always felt that my family was poor."

Liu Yifei looked at Chen Xi, waiting for him to tell a story. At this moment, Chen Xi continued: "After growing up, I realized that my family was really poor..."

"Pfft!" Liu Yifei's image of a lady is about to be ruined, this magical twist is really irresistible, and now she just accidentally laughed and felt that after all, Chen Xi was saying that her family was poor, so she quickly stopped laughing and felt a little embarrassed : "I'm sorry... I didn't mean to laugh."

Chen Xi looked at Liu Yifei laughing and thought about how she abruptly withdrew it. She felt a little regretful about her joke just now, and then said: "You really... don't think too much, I just said it casually. , just kidding."

...the two came to a place.

This is a place that many people don't know, but the students of Beijing Film Academy also know it, and it is also the pride of many Beijing Film Academy students. It is also buried in this place that belongs to them and some of their true backbone of Chinese filmmakers!

The two walked for a while, and when they came to the main teaching building, they were tired and sat down here. In front of them, there was a pyramid.

Chen Xi still knows these things about Beiying very well. After all, the Chen Xi in his soul memory is an authentic director with a professional background. Therefore, the current Chen Xi is full of emotions when he sees this pyramid.

Twenty years ago, Beijing Film Academy held an academy award called the Pyramid Award, which selected the best student films of the year.This award is voted by the students of each department, and it is fair and open. The names and movies of the winners are engraved on the medals and put into the pyramid, and then they are gone.Because during the election in 20, everyone voted for Chen Kaige's "Farewell My Concubine".

But then there was a problem...

Because I won the Pyramid Award, I have to report it, but the school is also afraid of it - "Farewell My Concubine" is a banned film... Of course it is not good to report a banned film, after all, Beijing Film is also in many places. Inside the frame.Therefore, the school can only do things for the students to vote for another movie...

Then, the official voting began, and the other departments followed the school's arrangement, only the director department still insisted on their ethics - vote for "Farewell My Concubine".

Now, the school has nothing to say and cannot report publicly, so the Pyramid Academy Award can only be let go.

It is because of this incident that Chen Xi and others, including many filmmakers, feel awe every time they come under this pyramid.

If Chinese filmmakers can always have this backbone, then why can't Chinese film rise?

As a native of Beiying, Liu Yifei of course knows this allusion. At this moment, she can also feel Chen Xi's seriousness, and she also feels a little proud in her heart... Being able to make someone like Chen Xi so serious, and Such a solemn place can indeed make people feel a sense of accomplishment.

Chen Xi waited for a while, and then said with emotion: "I don't know if Director Chen has been to this place after filming "The Promise", and did he remember the Pyramid Award...?"

Chen Kaige's filming of "The Promise" made many Chinese movie fans extremely disappointed in him, and Chen Kaige also reached the bottom of his life.In fact, for many years afterwards, everyone was called "Farewell My Concubine" by Chen Kaige, and there was no Chen Kaige... In fact, this is really unfair, after all, Chen Kaige's "Mei Lanfang" and "Search" are still good , of course not as amazing as "Farewell My Concubine", but it is also relatively good in Chinese movies...

Even the very bad "Taoist Down the Mountain" has a kind of cultural concern, it's just that he is too self-indulgent in some things...

And these things are also necessary. Since he has carried the attention and dividends of "Farewell My Concubine", he must live in the shadow of this movie.

At this moment, Chen Xi couldn't help but think. At that time, after "The Promise" and "The Taoist Descending the Mountain", if Chen Kaige came to this pyramid again, I thought of the time when the students of the directing department worked for his " With the hard work and support of Farewell My Concubine, and thinking about the bad reputation and accusations of my current movie, what kind of ups and downs will I feel?
But these things, only the parties know...

Chinese films used to have quite a glorious era, and they also had many cultural symbols of their own, including the literary films of the fifth generation directors and many films of that year... The Chinese film genes are actually imprinted in The above Chinese movies, including the first "Dingjun Mountain", including the martial arts film "Burning the Red Lotus Temple" and other things that were explored later, have the unique spiritual temperament of Chinese movies...

Later, in the era of high pressure and killing that people criticized, Chinese films still had unique emotional connotations. Many classic films were also produced in these eras, until the invasion of Hollywood, the commercialization reform of Chinese films, and the artistic expression of Chinese films. Things have fallen into a trough, and the self-destructive martial arts in some aspects have not brought out the splendor in other places...

When Chen Xi thought of these things, his heart was also ups and downs. This feeling of thinking of many things made him have more ideas about the next symposium.

...Chen Xi came to the site of the symposium. This is a rather large lecture hall. In this lecture hall, he also saw a lot of students from Beijing Film Academy. These students almost filled the lecture hall. !There are people everywhere, and now it looks really dark and full.

(End of this chapter)