Central Academy of Drama.
Gong Li walked out of the teaching building gate nervously, and Yin Dawei beside her comforted him: "Don't worry, you performed well today and will definitely pass the exam."
In that era before Kang Jianfei traveled, applying for the Central Academy of Drama was basically the last winter vacation, and you could know whether you had any professional courses for the Central Academy of Drama before the college entrance examination. However, the current professional course exam was one or two months before the college entrance examination, and the college entrance examination was also held in mid-July. Gong Li just completed the last professional course exam for the Central Academy of Drama today.
"I'm not worried about professional courses, I'm afraid that I won't pass the cultural course next month's college entrance examination." Gong Li said worriedly. She has failed the exam for two consecutive years.
Yin Dawei smiled and said, "Don't worry, you almost scored in cultural courses. You performed very well in your professional courses."
Gong Li smiled and said, "I would like to thank you for your teachings by Teacher Yin."
Yin Dawei is Gong Li's performance enlightenment teacher, and Gong Li's first love boyfriend who was rumored in later generations. At this time, he was in his early thirties and was elegant.
Yin Dawei and Gong Li have been together for more than half a year and do have a good impression of each other, but they have not done anything to cross the line yet. After all, Yin Dawei is married and has a legitimate career - director of the JN Military Region Avant-garde Song and Dance Troupe.
Gong Li was able to learn performances with Yin Dawei because she had won her own efforts. She failed the college entrance examination twice in a row (both of which she applied for vocal music), and then she reviewed while working. Last year, Gong Li worked as an aunt in the Shandong University Kindergarten. She accidentally encountered the performance of the Military Region Avant-garde Song and Dance Troupe, so she boldly ran to the leader of the Song and Dance Troupe and said that she wanted to join the Song and Dance Troupe to learn from her.
Gong Li actually wanted to learn to sing, but the leader pointed at Yin Dawei who was coaching the party and said that the person was very good at teaching students.
The leader of the singing and dancing troupe was just annoyed and wanted to send Gong Li away casually, but Gong Li took it seriously. He quickly found out that Yin Dawei's residence and went straight to the door to become a disciple. He visited the door three times in a row. Gong Li's parents also went out twice. He just knelt down for Yin Dawei.
Yin Dawei was left with no choice but to accept Gong Li as a student, but he himself did not know how to vocal music, so he could only teach Gong Li how to perform.
When the two of them were in the first class, Yin Dawei was not standing well because Gong Li was crossing his legs, one of them was still shaking without stopping, and without saying a word, he whipped over. In addition to his strict requirements, it was not without the intention of Gong Li to retreat.
Gong Li was beaten inexplicably, so angry that he ran out of the door. As a result, he came to class again the next day, which made Yin Dawei have no choice but to teach the class honestly. Not long after, he found that Gong Li was very insightful and learned the teachings very quickly. Yin Dawei truly recognized this female disciple.
Some time ago, Gong Li came to Beijing to take the exam alone with 300 yuan. The money was stolen as soon as she left the train station. She could only call Yin Dawei to ask for help in tears. Yin Dawei happened to be on a business trip in Beijing, so she rushed to Beijing in advance to send money to Gong Li to help her, and accompanied her to take professional courses.
Yin Dawei looked at his watch and said, "It's almost twelve o'clock, go to the cafeteria of the Central Academy of Drama for a meal first. Then buy a ticket and go back to Ji. Nan."
Gong Li followed Yin Dawei to the cafeteria. While the two were queuing up, they listened to the students of the Central Academy of Drama and chattering:
"I heard that Kang Jianfei is coming to our school to give a speech in the afternoon."
"Who Kang Jianfei made "The Brave Policewoman" and "The Daoma Dan"?"
"Who else besides him?"
"It's true or false, he's a great international director."
"It's true. He gave a speech at Beijing Television this morning, and it's our turn in the afternoon."
"Yes, yes, yes, I heard that he also attended the Golden Rooster Awards ceremony yesterday."
"You should notify such important things in advance. Why didn't I see the notice?"
"It should have been a temporary decision. It has been posted this morning, you didn't pay attention."
“Where is the speech?”
"It starts at half past two, and it's in the auditorium."
"Oh, then hurry up and finish eating and take a seat."
"You guys don't have classes in the afternoon, right?"
"How about you or not there are classes? Such an important speech cannot be missed."
“…”
From the students' discussions, Gong Li figured out the situation and asked Yin Dawei tentatively: "Teacher, why don't we go and listen to the afternoon speech too."
"Kang Jianfei's movie is indeed well made. Listening to his lectures will be good for you," Yin Dawei nodded and said. "But there will be events in the group tomorrow. I will go back to prepare for it tonight, so I won't be with you to listen to the speech."
Gong Li felt a little embarrassed, but she wanted to miss Kang Jianfei's speech, and finally buried her head in the meal, which was considered to be accustomed to Yin Dawei's arrangements.
...
After lunch, Gong Li sent Yin Dawei to the school gate, and then ran to the auditorium to grab a seat by asking for directions. As a result, the seats in the auditorium had been stolen long ago, and even the seats in the aisle were crowded everywhere.
Gong Li had to stand at the door and wait, for fear that she would even be snatched away by someone after walking away. After waiting for more than an hour, she finally heard someone shouting: "Come on, come on!"
The students around Gong Li stood on tiptoe and looked over, and she quickly stood on tiptoe to look over, but unfortunately a tall man in front completely blocked his vision.
"Students, please give in. Today we have the honor to invite internationally renowned director Mr. Kang Jianfeikang to give lectures to everyone. Please don't block the door..." The school leaders led the way in front, and the students made way, and then looked at the man behind the leader curiously.
"It's really Kang Jianfei, who looks like Mike in "The Brave Policewoman"."
"Hey, the one in front makes a move, you're blocking me."
"So young, it seems that he is only in his twenties. Did he really direct "Dao Ma Dan"?"
"You don't read the news? Others paid for the advance payment to make movies at the age of 18."
“…”
Due to those ten years of catastrophe, college students over the years were older. Xiang Zhang Yimou had only graduated from university for three years, but he was already in his thirties.
Among these Central Academy of Drama students watching through the streets, many of them were older than Kang Jianfei, so they naturally felt sad.
The vice principal took Kang Jianfei through the crowd and turned around and smiled sorryly: "Mr. Kang, you are famous, and these students want to see you."
Kang Jianfei had already experienced it once when he was at Beijing Film Academy in the morning. At this time, he could only smile and said, "I have already felt the enthusiasm of my classmates and I am very honored to be a speech at the Central Academy of Drama."
As soon as he finished speaking, suddenly the crowd was crowded, and the front row was so crowded that it was too crowded by the back row. Several people rushed directly at Kang Jianfei and Vice Principal.
Kang Jianfei barely withstood the squeeze and grabbed the vice principal who almost fell down in a mess. The vice principal held his glasses and shouted: "Don't squeeze, don't squeeze, everyone abide by the order!"
At this time, the school had no school police officers, so they could only rely on some school workers to maintain the scene, and they pushed and shoved them before they could calm down.
"Yes, I'm sorry!" Gong Li apologized in panic. Kang Jianfei's upper still had the footprints she stepped on.
"It's okay." Kang Jianfei looked at the panicked and pale face, and suddenly found that he was very familiar with him, and asked, "What's your name?"
"My name is Gong Li." After Gong Li said that, he suddenly squatted down and took out a handkerchief to wipe the marks on Kang Jianfei's upper.
In public, Kang Jianfei would not stand and ask a girl to shine his shoes. That would make him look very ungraceful.
"I'll do it." Kang Jianfei squatted down, grabbed the handkerchief from Gong Li's hand, wiped his shoes casually, and said in a low voice, "The handkerchief is dirty, I'll take it back and wash it. You come to Beijing Hotel on 1908 to find me tomorrow."
Kang Jianfei had already followed the vice principal into the auditorium. Gong Li was still standing there stupidly, thinking about the words Kang Jianfei had just said to her.
You come to Beijing Hotel on 1908 tomorrow and find me... You come to Beijing Hotel on 1908 tomorrow and find me... You come to Beijing Hotel on 1908 tomorrow and find me!
Gong Li seemed to be dreaming, that is, the international director Kang Jianfei. Since she decided to apply for the Central Academy of Drama, she has known how powerful Kang Jianfei is.
Such a famous person actually talked to her, a student who failed the college entrance examination, and asked her to go to the Beijing Hotel to find him. Gong Li was so excited that she was trembling all over.
Wait. It's about 190?
Gong Li suddenly found that she forgot the room number. She was so excited and regretful that she almost cried.
Kang Jianfei walked up to the podium, swept the densely packed students in the auditorium, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
There is a safe passage in the middle of the seat, which is used for emergency escape, and is now blocked by students. Once an earthquake, fire and other accidents occur, at least half of the people will not have time to escape.
But both the leaders of Beijing Film Academy and the Central Academy of Drama do not seem to take this seriously. It can only be said that the domestic security awareness is too poor now.
Kang Jianfei cleared his throat, held the microphone and said, "Hello everyone, I am Kang Jianfei. I am very happy to be able to stand here and communicate with everyone..."
Kang Jianfei's pretentious opening remark immediately won the favor of the students. The windows and doors outside were crowded with people. He stretched his head and looked inside. Some people sat outside and could only listen to the sound and could not see people.
"He speaks Mandarin really standard, and he can be an announcer."
"I heard that Mr. Kang is from mainland China and traveled to Hong Kong from the Special Administrative Region without enough food. Of course, Mandarin is standard."
"There is a Guangdong/Dongan person in our class who speaks Mandarin so badly. He bleated all day long, making him look like a professional breeder."
"So Director Kang is amazing. Not only is the movie well filmed, but he even speaks Mandarin so standard. He is also very modest. You see, people don't speak the speech, but they say they are communicating together."
“…”
In the whispers of the students, Kang Jianfei continued: "Your teacher teaches your professional knowledge, so there is no need to talk too much about this. Moreover, I became a monk halfway through movies. I definitely did not talk about theory well, so I will not mislead my children."
"Hahaha..." The students let out a kind laugh, and they all regarded Kang Jianfei's words as modesty. How could they think that what he said was the truth?
"You all here today include directors, acting, and screenwriters and photography. So today we have to talk about a common topic for everyone," Kang Jianfei crossed his legs, sitting very casually, "Let's talk about his dreams."
At this time, even those college students who are in their 30s who have no dreams?
The 1980s was an era of collective dream pursuit. The philosophy, poetry and books that could not be sold twenty years later were in short supply at this time.
Kang Jianfei chose a very pleasing speech topic. He casually asked a girl in the front row: "Student, what is your dream?"
The female classmate stood up generously and said, "My dream is to become a famous star like Liu Xiaoqing and contribute to the literary and artistic cause of the motherland."
Kang Jianfei thought to himself, your idol was very tired last night and I still don’t know if I can get up for lunch at noon.
After getting rid of the messy thoughts in his mind, Kang Jianfei asked another boy: "Student, what is your dream?"
The boy said, "My dream is to be a big director and make a good movie that is passed down from generation to generation."
Kang Jianfei continued to ask a few more questions, then nodded and smiled, "Very good. It seems that everyone has people who pursue and dream. I also have dreams. My dream once was to eat white rice every day..."
Speaking of this, some students laughed, but most of them were listening quietly.
Eating white rice every day was once the common dream of the Chinese people of this era.
"I think some classmates already know that I can't make it, so I travel to Hong Kong," Kang Jianfei ignored the vice principal's ugly face and continued, "I'm not asking everyone to learn from me to smuggle. This is an illegal or criminal matter. If you don't pay attention, you will lose your head. What I want to say is that if you want to realize your dream, you must fight without hesitation...
Some of you are about to leave the campus and get into society. At that time, you will find that there is a big gap between reality and ideals. It is possible that the life you live is a thousand miles apart from your dreams. How should you make a decision at this time... I don't want to say anything big, I just talk about my experience in Hong Kong."
After hearing this, whether it was the students or the teachers, everyone was waiting for Kang Jianfei to continue to speak. Although some newspapers have also reported Kang Jianfei's deeds, the content is very general, and there is no such thing as Kang Jianfei's own speech.
Of course, there are already various short stories about Kang Jianfei in "Reader's Digest". For example, Kang Jianfei wandered on the streets when he was in a downturn. One day, he met a beggar in Hong Kong. The beggar found Kang Jianfei reading books in the garbage dump, so he laughed at him and said: You can't even afford to eat. Why do you still do when reading books? Kang Jianfei replied contemptuously: So you are a beggar, and I am just a temporary homeless man!
This kind of article that seems nonsense, but it can convince the Chinese people today, and it has brought a group of loyal fans to Kang Jianfei.
Kang Jianfei bragged and said without making a draft: "When I first went to Hong Kong, I was introduced by my cousin and worked on the set of Shaw Brothers Pictures, so I helped move props. I pretended to be dead bodies and pretended to be passers-by. When I was having dinner, I, the mainland boy I just went to, was also looked down upon by Hong Kong people, and basically couldn't find meat in the lunch box. My cousin meant that he asked me to learn kung fu with a master. In the future, I will make a living by being a Dragon and Tiger Martial Artist. You may not understand the beating villains in Cheng Long Kung fu movies, and the unseen substitutes you can't see. Behind the scenes, I made a lot of money.
, but after a few years of hard work, I was injured... I took the novel I wrote to the Ming Pao newspaper. They looked down on my manuscript, so I turned to the Oriental Daily. What was the result? My novel increased the sales of Oriental Daily by tens of thousands... I said I wanted to make a movie, and my friends advised me that you should use the little money to buy a house. If you lose money, you have to go to sleep on the road. When my movie started, Shaw Brothers's supporting roles and those who did odd jobs all laughed at me. What was the result? My debut work "Happy Ghost" became the first movie in Hong Kong with a box office of over 1,000..."
Kang Jianfei began to brag in an ignorant way, and often he was just showing off and running to the horizon with the content of the speech. The students below burst into amazement from time to time, because Kang Jianfei's story is a legend, which is always incredible.
"If you make a decision to accomplish something, no matter how many people question or laugh at me, as long as you think it is right and does not harm the interests of others, then you must persist. Persistence in doing it may not be successful, but if you don't persist, you will not succeed." Kang Jianfei, who did not talk about the great truth, began to talk about the great truth again, "You will definitely encounter setbacks, doubts and ridicule in the future after graduation from the Central Academy of Drama. If you want to overcome difficulties, if you want to succeed, you must be firm on your own. Success is not achieved overnight, success is the result, not the process, the process is persistence and drops of sweat..."
Kang Jianfei was nonsense for more than an hour, and during this period he didn't know how much water he drank when he was thirsty, he finally got to the questioning session of the students.
First of all, a girl asked many people’s doubts: “Mr. Kang, why are you so talented? You write songs and compose music, and you are also very good at making movies and writing novels.”
Kang Jianfei said bluntly: "It mainly depends on learning and accumulation, and it also requires a certain talent. Of course, you also need to have self-knowledge. For example, my writing style is very poor. The first novel was written by me, and my cousin wrote it. Finally, everyone will pay for the manuscript."
Kang Jianfei deliberately revealed the story of someone who asked someone to write for him, and also wanted to show his shortcomings, otherwise it would be suspicious if it was too perfect.
As expected, after he said this, many people felt balanced. It turned out that Kang Jianfei was not omnipotent.
Another boy asked: "Director Kang, my classmates went to see your "Dao Ma Dan" a few days ago. How did you deal with the boundaries between art and popular?"
Kang Jianfei said: "Film making in Hong Kong is different from here. Mainland directors make movies, as long as they make movies well, it doesn't matter whether the box office can make money. But Hong Kong is not possible. The directors there must be responsible for box office. You can also play art, but if you play without money, you may never have any movies to shoot in the future. So, when filming "The Dao Ma Dan", although I was making movies for my own company, I also had to abide by this principle, otherwise the company would go bankrupt and fail to get into trouble. Before filming, I would think about what the audience likes to watch.
It is the so-called popular part. Then I will think about how this movie perfectly expresses my views and how to better present those film techniques. This is the so-called art department. The combination of the two is a "Daoma Dan". If the middle art conflicts with popularism, I will abandon art and choose popularism. After all, I must guarantee the box office. And you can have different choices, that is the first part of the art, but popular people cannot lose it, because the films made do not like to watch. To a certain extent, this movie is a failed work."
"Thank you Director Kang for your answer." The boy said with satisfaction.
Chapter completed!