This is a problem. Directors generally have the habit of regularly paying attention to the works of their peers to prevent themselves from being too outdated, and to promote young newcomers. When Fang Yi was still making micro-films, Chen Kaige already knew him. Now it is his turn to rise up
, started to be a senior who promoted new people.
He has shown the image of a "technical" idealist to the outside world, and since he has no shortage of money, many people are interested in him.
However, 2011 was an extremely busy year for Fang Yi. With his filming speed of one film a year, he had no time to pay attention to Lu Yang for the time being.
Fang Yi's Kuai Zi was meddling with the two steamed dumplings that were served, and deliberately made some noise, which seemed like he was a little impatient:
"You let me get to know you for a while...The most important thing is of course your current movie and other works in your career, including those you shot in college."
Lu Yang nodded, not feeling slighted, "It's best if you understand, Director Fang. I believe you must have some ideas for me. If you have anything to offer, please feel free to contact me at any time."
I took two bites of the buns.
Fang Yi observed Lu Yang's expression with his peripheral vision and found that he was not angry. He initially judged that it was okay.
He continued:
"Let me be honest, your father is Lu Tianming, my current director, he is influential, and Zong Ju can also speak with him - it is impossible not to consider Teacher Lu at all, you should know... I haven't
I’ll watch your film, but your award will make your subsequent films impossible without Teacher Lu’s influence. So you might think that my refusal was uninteresting and that my words were not tactful enough.”
Lu Yang smiled and said, "Of course not. Director Fang," he smacked his lips and thought for a second or two, "You didn't agree immediately, which means you are serious about my career development. I should be happy."
yes."
"Well, you really don't have the temper of a young master... I'm worried about getting along with someone like the King of Sunglasses. As a director, you still need to have basic emotional intelligence, even if you're just pretending."
"Now to the next question," Fang Yi finished eating a steamed bun and called the boss for another bowl of soy milk.
"Okay - do you want to pack it or take it away soon?"
"Just eat here." He asked Lu Yang, "What about you?"
"I'll have a bowl too."
Two bowls of hot soy milk were served, but neither of them drank much.
Lu Yang realized that his interview had actually begun, because after passing the first level, Fang Yi had time to find excuses to continue talking.
Although his father, Lu Tianming, is a well-known senior, 99% of the entertainment industry is dominated by laozi, dragon, son, and worms. Fang Yi may have had a bad impression of people like him in advance.
The Golden Rooster Awards got a lot of limelight. Lu Yang won the award twice for "Best Small and Medium Budget Film" and "Best New Director", which might have made Fang Yi dislike him even more.
"Let me introduce my studio. Now I have only signed one person, that is the assistant director who often follows me, Guo Fan. He is your junior brother. The reason why he joined me is because he can more easily contact the mainland.
The most advanced group of special effects people in the industry - you may not know much about doing special effects. The hardest thing about doing special effects is not thinking, but the gap between thinking and doing. Therefore, the director must understand the current production level and control it.
His own 'imagination' is like giving himself a reality valve, and Guo Fan knows that the biggest valve he can turn is at base."
"So, you want to come to my studio? What's the reason?"
Fang Yi dragged his chin with half of his hand and looked at Lu Yang.
Lu Yang suddenly realized, "Industrialization you are talking about? Is it the one mentioned in the speech? In fact, I also like stunts, but I may... I like props more at the moment. I am a fan of costume swords and martial arts, and now in China
There are not many elaborate props...except for Director Fang's new film, which is the miniature model of Times Square. I feel like others are in the lake alley, and you have already started running..."
Fang Yi didn't know whether Lu Yang's words were true or not, because every applicant said that they liked some aspect of his studio. So he listened patiently to what Lu Yang had to say, and Fang Yi asked him:
"Another problem is that I may not be able to give you too many resources right away. To be honest, the relationship between me and Guo Fan is not exactly that of a boss and an employee, but that of a partner. It's just that I am more developed now and have more exposure than him.
, I will help him first... Correspondingly, Guo Fan has been working hard for me for several years, and several films have been successful. Now he has the opportunity to invest in what he wants, and the speed is actually not as fast as yours."
Fang Yi said: "You have already achieved success and fame. You have worked hard on your own, or your father has introduced you to the path. So it is a gamble for you to come to me, and it may not be as good as your old path."
Lu Yang's focus was not on his kind reminder, but on the word "partner". He was surprised: "You and Guo Fan are partners?"
"Yes, there may be a film company that he has equity in, called... How about the Republic Era? Guo Fan took it himself."
"Why not let him sign a five- to ten-year contract, and then he must make as many films as he wants within that number of years... I remember that Huayi Film and Television is doing this with Feng Dapao now. It is a new form of tying up directors."
Fang Yi shook his head: "That is a new type of contract of betrayal. No matter how high the money is, it is still a contract of betrayal... Literary and artistic creation is not about stepping on a sewing machine. Just whipping around to catch up with the progress will not work."
Lu Yang's eyes lit up: "Then I want to come even more. Director Fang, you are indeed the director I admire."
Fang Yi's soy milk was cold, and he felt that he had finished asking all the questions he could verbally ask, so he stood up and prepared to leave: "We still had a good time talking, but we haven't agreed yet... Give me some time to understand your works."
Lu Yang immediately emphasized that he shot all his films by himself and never relied on anyone else to "take the exam" for him.
Then, he found that Fang Yi forgot to ask the boss to pack a new one, so he reminded him: "Director Fang, don't you have to bring hot soy milk to that Liu... I mean your friend?"
"Oh," Fang Yi's expression turned red visibly. He waited for about ten seconds, took the breakfast packed by the boss, and suddenly asked Lu Yang:
"Do you appreciate this form of partnership?"
"I appreciate it very much, not just me, I think other capable directors will appreciate it - you have provided a new path that is different from producers like Huayi and Enlight."
"It seems this is quite popular..." Fang Yidu muttered. After saying goodbye to Lu Yang, he returned to the hotel with a small amount of breakfast.
"Bang! Bang!"
No one opened the door.
Fang Yi thought Liu Tianxian was too deep in sleep, so he didn't pay attention, so he called Liu Tianxian. After a while, a ding-dong-dong sound came from the door, and there was a crack, and someone looked out through the peephole.
"Me." Fang Yi said, mentioning the breakfast in his hand.
The door opened slowly, Liu Tianxian looked unhappy, and his hair was disheveled, as if he had had a fight with his love rival in a dream.
Fang Yi was puzzled and put breakfast on the bedside table and said to her: "Did you have a bad dream? Or was it a good dream and I woke you up?"
Liu Tianxian did not agree to him. Instead, he frowned, cried, and punched his chest with his fist.
This is not just a small fist punch on your chest. Liu Tianxian has worked hard on his biceps and triceps, and has been beating women for a period of time. Bang Bang's two punches made a muffled sound in his chest.
Fang Yi was quite calm, and his words were intermittent due to some force: "Look, you have had a bad... uh, ahem, bad dream?"
"Yes! I dreamed that you had someone outside."
"No, I just left..." He looked down at Rolex, "You had a complete dream in more than thirty minutes?"
"It's a fragment, it's a fragment! Anyway, you betrayed me, Fang Yi!" She raised her head and looked fiercely. The soft flesh of her cheeks seemed to have been eaten by two apples. They were bulging on both sides, making her extremely angry.
But the tears are still flowing, pitifully.
His eyes were filled with tears, and then he released the flood like opening a floodgate.
Needless to say, Liu Tianxian's smile is far less beautiful than when she cries.
Fang Yi pinched her fleshy face and hugged her while repenting for his bad taste: "Who robbed Fang Yi? I mean Fang Yi in the dream, not Fang Yi in reality..."
"It's possible for anyone... Fang Yi, fortunately you are not like that in the dream."
She gradually calmed down, accepted Fang Yi's embrace, and buried her head in it.
After being silent for a while, maybe a few minutes, she pushed Fang Yi away and said, "I want to have breakfast."
Fang Yi said blankly: "So do you remember who it is?"
"I don't know. Anyway, you have to reflect on yourself. Thoroughly."
"Okay, I hereby solemnly apologize to you for Fang Yi in the dream."
It seemed that the minor disturbance had passed, but not long after:
"Wait, why don't you drink and eat with me? You dislike me!" She started to clench her fists again.
"A director invited me to dinner last night. I was busy studying philosophy with you last night and forgot to watch..."
Before he finished speaking, Director Fang was punched twice again, but this time it was a gentle and delicate fist, "Don't mention it, don't mention it! How can you say this verbally?"
After she finished her breakfast, the two brushed their teeth in front of the mirror and teased each other.
She said: "I also apologize to you..." and tapped Director Fang in the mirror with her hand, "It's the Fang Yi next to me in reality."
"What's wrong?"
"So it's delaying your business."
When she saw Fang Yi finish brushing his teeth, she stepped on her feet and kissed him, "I also gave him an apology."
"You really are one size fits all."
Liu Tianxian wrinkled his nose, "Yes, if you have someone, this is what I'll give you." He stretched out his fist, then opened it and put it against his lips, "On the other hand, this is what I'll give you."
Send a blowing kiss.
She seemed a little unusual today, but it's hard to guess what the woman was thinking. She might be trying to warn him, or she might just be having a trance.
Could Liu Tianxian be so smart?
Fang Yi nodded helplessly, indicating that he had received it.
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The 2011 Golden Horse Awards and the Golden Rooster Awards are about the same time, with only half a month between them. After returning to the capital, Fang Yi has to deal with a lot of things. His schedule is full every day, and various people will come to him.
Yangxi Opera organized a meeting with various units and production companies for his classmates, that is, all the acting students in 2009, hoping to solve some of the employment problems. Among them, Fang Yi Studio is the target of many people
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Even on weekends, there is no free time. Several coaches are responsible for accompanying Fang Yi to practice racing, fighting, shooting... a series of high-volume sports. The new movie "Twelve Zodiac Signs" is scheduled to start filming in mid-December, and some people from the family class have already come.
Jingcheng and Fang Yi practiced tricks.
Fang Yi is not sure about how far this film can go. It is a popcorn movie, and it is difficult to get high ratings. The eldest brother Cheng is a superstar in Asia and even the world. Although there are concessions to him, the conditions are
Fang Yi also has to cooperate with his elder brother.
For example, the special effects team Fang Yi took over and revised the entire script's fighting scenes to create a dual-protagonist formation; while Fang Yi had to practice some Kung Fu comedy routines as a tribute to his eldest brother Cheng.
The eldest brother Cheng still has this reputation, and his contribution to the image of yellow people is infinitely higher than that of Chen Kaige and others.
Even if you go to Old Paris, which prides itself on being artistically accomplished, if you pick ten people at random, you will be hard-pressed to find anyone who has watched any of Chen Kaige's movies, and even if you find a dwarf nigger in the jungles of South America who has watched the DVD
, he may also recognize his eldest brother for his iconic big nose.
Okay, that's a bit far-fetched.
Fang Yi parked the kart beside the track.
"3,47."
The hired coach reports his performance.
The former is the shortest lap time, and the latter is the average time. Both times are close to the ceiling level of enthusiasts. The report card (transcript) has more detailed data, such as his fastest speed reaching 110 kilometers per hour.
, the slowest is 46 kilometers, and the specific results of each of the ten laps are "51", "50", "47", "3"... "49".
Shows a curve.
During the training, he relied on his excellent physical fitness and dynamic reflexes to quickly advance from the "leisure group" to the "professional group", and his kart was replaced by a competitive kart. The fastest speed of this kind of car can reach 130 kilometers per hour.
And because the chassis is extremely low (4 centimeters), the driver will feel that he is two or three times faster than on a normal racing car.
Tracks of this level already need to warm up the tires of the car. Generally, the speed starts slowly and reaches the peak after three laps. After that, the tires wear too much and the lap speed gradually drops.
Fang Yi has rented the track, and he is the only one running every Sunday afternoon from 2 to 4 pm. Some fans who know the news will come over to watch and spend huge sums of money to rent cars at the venue but do not practice.
To take a look at him.
If you are playing with other enthusiasts, the report card will also have everyone's results and corresponding rankings. Fang Yi took the time to participate three times and ranked first every time.
Now even if the coach comes on stage, he may not be able to catch up with him.
The coach kept staring at Fang Yi. When he saw him raising his head, he immediately concluded:
"Fang Yi, you are ready to start karting. I can't teach you anything. Later you need to get in touch with a real racing car and feel the speed on the asphalt road... You are a very physically gifted person. I believe you can do it.
Well done."
"Thanks."
Fang Yi got off the kart, and then started a scene that is more embarrassing every week. The one that female fans love to watch most is this one:
There were two coaches helping him take off his clothes, and they were close to each other. From a distance, it looked like they were touching him.
There were exclamations of "Wow" in the room.
The speed of professional go-karts is already very fast. Considering his safety, he has to wear professional-grade protective clothing worth hundreds of thousands of dollars every time. This type of clothing is very functional and was designed with various scenarios in mind and can be used in large areas.
Some accidents saved his life, but the most serious consequences were contusions.
Correspondingly, the protective clothing is very difficult to put on and requires help. It is almost impossible for a single person to do it independently.
Taking off his helmet, Fang Yi shook his sweat-stained hair, and someone handed him a towel from behind. Fang Yi instinctively refused, and then discovered that the person handing him the towel had an extraordinarily large and round arm...it was Zhen Sister.
He asked curiously: "Why are you here?"
"There's good news, there's bad news, and there's some good news."
"It's agreed."
"Your next car is a Mercedes-Benz 300SL Eurowing model. It was transferred to the capital from the Yangcheng Auto Show. It took a truck to transport it for a day and two nights and it just arrived last night."
Fang Yi noticed that Sister Zhen's expression seemed to be asking for credit, and smiled:
“We got a Mercedes-Benz endorsement?”
"No, it's just sponsorship... You've been practicing driving with great fanfare for so long, and they finally noticed it. I think this progress is pretty good, what do you think?"
Fang Yi nodded in agreement, "That's bad."
"The bad news is that you can only drive that Eurowing sports car to show off in front of the media. The real training car is a road version of AMG."
"Okay, that's how it should be, so what's the remaining news?"
"Liu Tianxian and I...her mother to be precise, had an unpleasant conversation, and your plan will eventually be used. Whatever they want, they will get it from you...Although you have told me in advance, I
I think I should remind you again, for example, to persuade her to make some concessions; I also hope that you will not be hostile to me because of this, because what I am doing is everyone's business, and business is business, you must understand..."