Feng Kai stared blankly at the ceiling and the lamp on the ceiling for a long time.
The cap of the antidepressant bottle on the table is opened and closed, and opened again every few minutes...
But in the end I didn’t eat anymore.
His emotions are very confused.
I was obviously very tired, every cell in my body was weak, but my spirit was extremely high. In the first half of the night, I kept using my laptop to watch the various positive comments about "The Golden Guard" from netizens. In the second half of the night, when the box office results came out,
That kind of excitement turned into worrying about gains and losses again. He reminded himself over and over again that it was time to go to sleep, but as soon as he closed his eyes, he thought of the ups and downs of "Jinyiwei" these days. Reason told him that he should take antidepressant drugs to block the pain.
Such an unbalanced emotion, but somehow after getting the medicine, I put it back...
The box office of "The Golden Guard" actually exceeded expectations.
It only takes half a day, and it’s not a big-name production, so I expected it to be around two million.
He couldn't even imagine a box office of five million before!
The total investment was only seven million, and five million was obtained in half a day. What else do you want for a bicycle?
But when he saw Django's seventeen million, the complicated emotions of loss arose spontaneously.
The sensitive emotions of depression are like a trembling kite string. Any disturbance can cause Feng Kai's mood to undergo earth-shaking changes. Later, in the earth-shaking changes, he will gradually think in worse and more extreme directions.
…
Django!
He is considered a leader among the younger generation of directors.
When Feng Kai graduated, Django had already become famous with several major productions.
He has representative works, became famous early, and joined the Directors Guild earlier. After a few films, his personal box office has already exceeded 100 million. Among the younger generation of directors, there are really not many directors who can do what he does.
When Feng Kai was at his most arrogant, he was not thinking about surpassing Django, but becoming a director as good as Django.
"Machine Man" is undoubtedly another hit work.
With the lineup of "Superman", the support of the Hollywood special effects team, and the protection of the fifth generation of Chinese directors, it is difficult for "Roboman" to hit the market.
in a sense……
There is indeed a gap between "Jinyiwei" and "Roboman".
I'm already pretty good!
It’s already great!
Moreover, it is only the first day of the premiere, so we may not know whether we will win or lose next time!
Time passed bit by bit.
Feng Kai heard the rain outside the window stop, and a meter of sunlight penetrated the curtains and shone.
A night of tossing and turning made Feng Kai feel dizzy.
He turned his head and felt the meter of sunlight, and his gloomy mood finally began to lighten up.
He finally got up from the bed, went to the bathroom, finished washing, and then looked at himself in the mirror.
Under those tired dark circles, there was still a sense of loss.
His cell phone rang.
His assistant Zhang Meiling sent him the latest news from the Directors Guild.
When he saw the latest news, his face changed slightly, and his originally depressed mood was stunned for a moment.
"Django becomes the vice president?"
"Didn't you say Zhou Yang before?"
"Didn't you swear to say Zhou Yang!"
"Why did you choose it secretly in the middle of the night!"
"What does it mean!"
He was breathing heavily, and his originally depressed mood instantly turned into rage, and he began to look ferocious in the mirror.
Then, he received a phone call.
The call came from the Chinese Directors Association, and the content was that as a member of the Chinese Directors Association, he must be present today to discuss the association's plans for the invasion of Hollywood blockbusters in the first half of 2007.
Feng Kai's face looked extremely gloomy after answering the phone.
It is said to be an arrangement, but who doesn’t know that this is to meet the new leader Jiang Ge?
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Eight in the morning.
In the conference room of the Chinese Directors Association at the Yanjing Hotel, a group of young people followed the older generation of directors and took their seats one by one.
The bright sunshine shone in the entire large conference room. Jiang Ge was dressed extraordinarily well today. He who usually kept his emotions to himself had a bright smile on his face.
"Is Zhou Yang here?"
"not yet……"
"What about the rest?"
"Basically everyone else is here, including Feng Kai."
"good!"
The assistant followed Jiang Ge in a low voice. Jiang Ge nodded after listening, then glanced in Feng Kai's direction, and faced Feng Kai with a smile on his face.
Feng Kai rarely attends meetings of the Chinese Directors Association.
In the early years, none of these people invited him, and he was not qualified to participate at all. Later, after he had a falling out with several people at the meeting, he was even stepped on the ground, unable to even struggle.
This time, the Directors Association was unusually harmonious. Jiang Ge shook hands with him with a smile on his face, and praised the filming of "The Golden Guard" for being particularly good. He was even able to skillfully tell the plot of the entire movie and some shooting details. Obviously,
Django has done his homework.
After Feng Kaipi dealt with Django without a smile, he found that other veteran directors who were at odds with him had also come over. Even Cao Bangguo and the others looked at him with smiles and said something about heroes emerging from youth.
If Feng Kai hadn't been used to seeing too many ups and downs when he was at the bottom, he would have even felt that he was recognized by everyone.
Already.
Feng Kai looked around.
The meeting this time was very well attended, even some people who don't appear often, such as Wang Shuai and Shen Changwei, came...
The meeting starts soon!
The meeting focused on the introduction of Jiang Ge as the vice president of the Chinese Directors Association. After bursts of warm applause, Jiang Ge bowed to everyone, took out his schedule radiantly, and began to sit down.
The position next to the main seat tells the story of the arrangements from above and a series of severe conditions for imported blockbusters this year.
Feng Kai was absent-minded throughout the whole process, thinking about something all the time.
After Jiang Ge finished speaking, he looked at everyone with a smile on his face: "Today's protagonist was originally directed by Zhou Yang. It just so happened that he came back from the United States and could show us the Oscar style. I am very eager to communicate with Director Zhou.
We exchanged shooting experiences, but unfortunately, maybe Director Zhou was too tired and the phone was always turned off..."
After Jiang Ge finished speaking, Feng Kai saw an empty seat not far away, the only empty seat at the scene, with the word "Zhou Yang" written on it.
After staring for a while, he looked at Django who was talking in the main seat.
He felt nauseous and then stopped looking at him.
but……
He didn't want to look at Jiang Ge, but Jiang Ge wanted to mention Feng Kai.
Jiang Ge mentioned some of Feng Kai's past films, including "Brothers" and "Shocking Sea," two films independently directed by Feng Kai. Jiang Ge pulled them out and praised them fiercely.
There were waves of applause at the scene. In the applause, except for Shen Changwei and Wang Shuai, Feng Kai felt that everyone's attitude towards him was completely different from before...
He didn't know what exactly they were going to do.
"Director Feng, I sincerely invite you to serve as a director of the Chinese Film Association and contribute to the revitalization of Chinese films. What do you think?"
Feng Kai was stunned.
He couldn't believe it.
Django's expression was extremely sincere, without any pretense at all, and at the same time, his smile was very bright.
"The future situation is really too serious. Director Feng, let the past ups and downs disappear! No matter what, we are all members of the China Film Association. I hope everyone can put aside their past grudges and unite." , unanimously announced to the outside world! The era of Hollywood is ending!"
The sudden compliment made Feng Kai unbelievable.
He heard applause, very enthusiastic applause.
He was stunned for a long time, as if it was a dream.
Obviously this is a great thing. After becoming a director, he can participate in all matters of the China Film Association and fully express his opinions...
This is what all young Chinese directors dream of!
But for some reason, at this moment Feng Kai found that he did not feel any joy, or even any excitement, not even a trace of too much fluctuation.
He didn't know what was wrong with him.
Everyone is waiting for his reply.
However, he uncontrollably glanced at the empty position not far away, and he didn't know what was going on with him.
At this moment, a text message appeared on his phone.
He glanced down at the text message.
The text message was sent by Zhou Yang.
"Director Feng, where are you? Is it convenient to call me?"
When he read the text message, his complicated emotions instantly turned into a burst of unspeakable joy. He hesitated for a moment, and then glanced at Django.
"President Jiang, I'm going out to take a call."
"good!"
The meeting of the Chinese Directors Association has been open. The mood of this meeting was very high, and many young directors expressed bursts of excitement and gratitude.
Feng Kai stayed away from the conference room and walked to the bathroom. He called Zhou Yang back.
"Director Feng, there are some things in the information of the Chinese Young Directors Association that I don't know how to fill in... I don't understand a lot of professional terms. How about you help me look at it?"
"Mr. Zhou, what does the Young Directors Association mean?"
"Oh, it's an arrangement above. It probably gives me some power to set up a similar Young Directors Association on the basis of the Chinese Directors Association. It will be on the same level as the Chinese Directors Association. In the future, I can apply for some benefits a little faster. Some……"
"ah!"
……………………
Half an hour later.
Feng Kai walked into the conference room again.
The once complicated emotions began to become a little high.
He seemed to be covered with an inexplicable brilliance, and his steps became extremely light.
"Director Feng, what are your thoughts?"
"Director Jiang, I'm sorry, I have no interest in being a director of the Chinese Directors Association..."
"Oh, that's such a pity..." Jiang Ge was stunned for a moment, then showed a regretful smile.
"Director Jiang, President Zhou, President Feng, and all the seniors and colleagues, I hesitated and thought over and over again, and finally made a difficult decision. I feel that my abilities are limited, and I really have no face to be in the Chinese Directors Association again. I'm going to stay. This is my application for withdrawal. I hope the leaders will approve it!" Feng Kai didn't feel any regrets. He looked around at everyone, and finally fixed his eyes on the chairman's seat...
He looked at Feng Ruimin, President Feng.
Then...
Under everyone's stunned and disbelieving eyes, he submitted a withdrawal application form.