In mid-July, there was an earthquake in Hong Kong Island’s entertainment industry.

"Operation Dancing Shadow" took away a large number of people, including the music emperor boss Yang and the artist director Ms. Huo.

As for the process, Cheng Yu'an didn't care, because the result was nothing.

Do you feel lonely when traveling alone?

Others may do it, but Cheng Yu'an doesn't.

There are too many places he wants to go but has not gone, too many delicacies he wants to eat but has not eaten, and there are too many strangers on the road whose stories he wants to hear.

This is the most free moment for a creator.

I was idle for a month, until at the end of July, I got a scolding call from Cheng Lingfeng:

"How long do you want to keep playing! I'm not in the company and neither are you. "Sniper Phone Booth" will be previewed in two days. Why don't you come back!"

Cheng Yu'an had no choice but to return to the capital in despair to apologize to Cheng Lingfeng.

After he came back, he was scolded by Cheng Lingfeng again, and then his anger subsided.

"Eighteen-Year-Old Sky" has been purchased by Dragon TV, and the filming is in the final stages.

There are not many actors in "Sniper Phone Booth". There are two male protagonists, two female protagonists, and a policeman. There are only five people. Plus the director, it is just right for six people to stand on the stage.

Nortel has a tradition that films made by students are usually previewed within the college to see the feedback from teachers and students.

Of course, there is usually nothing nice to say.

Today's teachers and students, who pride themselves on avant-garde art, sneer at commercial films, and most of the test screenings will be sprayed to pieces.

I heard that some directors were yelled at and cried on the spot.

Over time, teasing about movie previews has become a student’s exclusive privilege—it’s not easy for teachers to speak up.

Some students even secretly compared who could spray harder or better.

Cheng Yuan cautiously brought "Sniper Phone Booth" to the school theater.

Hou Kenming hosted the preview. Seeing Cheng Yuan sitting in the audience and not speaking, he smiled and said: "Are you nervous?"

"Yeah." Cheng Yu'an admitted honestly, "I just hope that the junior students will not scold him too harshly and be merciful."

"Are you still afraid of this? Why did you scold others at school before? This is back to you."

"Hehe." Cheng Yuan did this kind of thing during his school days.

It can only be said that things are changing.

"Sniper Phone Booth" is a very purely commercial film, it is just for the box office. Cheng Yu'an can already imagine how the students watching the film will complain about it.

Su Peng has always been the most dazzling presence in the 98-level director class. He comes from an artistic family, his parents are both famous writers and screenwriters, and his grandfather is Mr. Cao Yu.

It can be said that any director or screenwriter you can name has a relationship with his family.

After Su Peng graduated, he worked at CCTV as a spot reporter, screenwriter, and assistant director.

While accumulating experience, he is preparing for his own feature film.

Coming from a family of artists, Su Peng has good cultivation and a proud vision.

He is not the kind of person who hates seeing his classmates doing well. On the contrary, he is happy to see his classmates succeed.

Because to put it bluntly, the entertainment industry is still a circle, and the classmates get along well, and everyone can help each other with anything.

He still understands this clearly.

So he came to attend Cheng Yu'an's test screening. He wanted to see what the youngest classmate in the class would look like when he made the class's first feature film.

If the result of the film is good, I will certainly not hesitate to praise it, but if the result of the film is poor, I will definitely criticize it on the spot.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the 100-seat theater was full.

There are teachers and students from this college, as well as audiences from the society, and some friends from the media.

After the audience entered the venue, Hou Kerming came on stage to host, read the opening remarks, and then started playing the video.

The opening chapter made Su Peng nod his head. The relationships and personalities of the characters were clearly explained, fluently and not stiff.

The film continued to show, and Cheng Yuan was sitting in the front row, faintly hearing the audience's whispers.

After a while, there was a commotion from behind the theater.

"Why are you doing this! You are breaking the law!" Cheng Yu'an turned around and looked back, only to see a dispute between the security personnel and a man.

"Please cooperate with our work." The security personnel did not have any physical contact with the man, but just stood up and surrounded him.

"Why are you searching me? You are invading my right to privacy." The man argued.

As the director of the directing department, Xie Xiaojing walked over and asked about the cause and effect of the incident.

The security guard said: "Director, we saw him secretly filming with a DV machine."

Piracy!

Xie Xiaojing then ordered: "Take him down, be polite, and let him go if he deletes the video. If he doesn't delete it, he will go through the legal process."

Xie Xiaojing sat back down and whispered into Cheng Yuan's ear. Cheng Yu'an nodded.

Piracy, let alone now, cannot be avoided in future generations, so we can only do our best to prevent it.

The film continues to be shown, and even though the main creators have watched it countless times, they are still extremely nervous.

Mainland release is the real big test they have to face.

"Sniper Phone Booth" only lasts 80 minutes, the pace is tense and fast, and the time passes quickly.

Polite applause came from the audience.

"Let us invite the director and starring actors of "Phone Booth" to come on stage." Hou Kerming came on stage.

"Garbage! Grandstanding!"

As soon as Cheng Yu'an and his group came on stage, they heard curses coming from the audience.

"Who?" Xie Xiaojing and Tian Zhuangzhuang asked as they sat in the audience.

During the preview screening at the academy, although it was criticized, it was not scolded.

There was a buzzing sound throughout the venue, and the audience looked forward, backward, and left, wondering who had said this.

Cheng Yu'an was very carefree on the stage. He held up the microphone and said with a smile: "I think the self-introduction step is skipped. Can the staff please pass the microphone to the classmate just now? If you have any questions, let's discuss it together."

This was a male classmate. The staff quickly found him. His face was red and furious. After taking the microphone, he said impatiently: "I am ashamed that our college has trained a director like you."

Cheng Yuan said: "Why did I embarrass the school?"

"Movies are art and should not be based on simple pleasure and sensory enjoyment. With all due respect, I can't see any thinking and expression in Director Cheng's film. Such a film could still be completed by another director.

It does not reflect the author's personality.

"If all the students taught by our college make such films, then our film education will undoubtedly be a failure."

Cheng Yu'an listened carefully to what the boy said and said, "Thank you, classmate, for your speech." He then looked away from this man, looked around at everyone present, and asked, "I think students who hold the same views should

Not a minority, right? Do you think I regard movies as commodities and I have become a movie businessman?"

"Yes!" A voice came from somewhere.

"This classmate said it well." Cheng Yu'an smiled and paused for a while, "Yes, I do regard movies as commodities."

The scene was a bit chaotic for a moment, and the audience was buzzing. Cheng Yu'an continued: "I won't talk about theoretical knowledge. We are all professional filmmakers and know as much as me. Let me talk about something else.

"Have you seen last year's "Spider-Man"? Do you know what its box office was? Domestic 43 million yuan, global 821 million US dollars. "Lord of the Rings 1", domestic 56 million, global 878 million US dollars. "Harry Potter"

"Special 1", with a domestic box office of 59 million and a global box office of 974 million US dollars.

"Then I have a question for everyone here. Faced with such large-scale investment and large-production foreign films, what should we fight against? Art films with an investment of two to three million? Just now you said, if the students taught by our college

If they all make films like mine, then our film education has failed. Let me tell you now, if all the students taught by our college go to make art films, our domestic films will definitely die!

"France, the home base of the new wave, has been conquered by Hollywood blockbusters. Have you paid attention to the terms of our accession to the WTO, one of which is to open up the film market. Our country's film market will gradually expand and open up to the outside world, and there will be more and more Hollywood films in the future.

Come on in, let’s just imagine, if all our screens are showing big-budget films like “The Lord of the Rings”, and our directors are still indulging in so-called artistic expression, what will happen to our film market? Our audience still has

Will you watch domestic movies again?

"So I am very happy that director Zhang Yimou made "Hero", which is a real domestic blockbuster with big investment, big production and star cast.
Chapter completed!