"Boss, the hotel is asking whether it is He Fu's daughter or Cheng Tianding?"
"Of course the He family has a new baby and a full moon banquet. Do you even need to ask?"
"But Qijin's surname is Cheng?"
"..."
He Xin, who was holding the phone, suddenly had a dark look on his face and cursed in his heart: This damn girl did it on purpose.
Some time ago, he heard that He Lirong, the administrative director of his company, was actually very close to Baldy Xu. There were some things that he couldn't talk about, so he asked Xiao Douding to talk about it.
Baldy Xu's life style is indeed disorderly, and he usually likes to go out for food, but he does not allow his company's employees to get involved with that guy. After all, everyone has a good relationship with Xiao Taohong, and as a result, his employees
What's going on with cuckolding Xiao Taohong?
As a result, Xiao Douding replied afterwards, "People like fresh meat, and they don't care about old bacon like Xu Baldy. It's just Xu Baldy's unilateral idea. She was just acting on occasion and had two meals with him. What's the matter?"
None of it happened.
He said in a bad voice: "It doesn't matter if your surname is Cheng or not, of course my daughter is the first child of the He family!"
After saying that, he put down the phone.
It was said that his daughter was about to be one month old, so he and Cheng Hao didn't have a wedding ceremony, but it would definitely be unreasonable not to have a wedding ceremony when their daughter was one month old, especially Cheng's parents and Cheng's mother were very clear that the full moon wedding must be held. In other words, the child was too young, otherwise it would be best to follow their wishes.
It's back to Qingdao.
Finally, we agreed to book a banquet hall at the National Convention Center Hotel, not far from our community, to thank the relatives and friends who came to visit Cheng Hao during her pregnancy and childbirth.
"I'm sorry, Brother Song, let's continue chatting." At this moment, He Xin nodded and apologized to the short-haired, round-faced man sitting opposite him with a slightly happy face.
This Brother Song is not that Brother Song.
The surname Song is not common, but there are quite a few people with this surname in the industry, such as the chairman of Perfect World Culture Media, the chairman of Warner Wheatfield, the vice president of Bona (the man who lives with Xiao Douding), and Wang Baoqiang’s agent
Everyone's surname is Song.
The person in front of me is also named Song, and his name is Song Wen. He is a friend of Ning Hao, a once prolific advertising director, unsuccessful film director, and now the founder of the College Student Video Festival.
The so-called College Student Film Festival is a very niche film festival, mainly for the works of some college students or the debut works of young directors.
Although this college student film festival is niche, it is very unique. For example, the trophy of the film festival is a brick, and the intention is to encourage young films to make contributions and contribute to their work. Also, this film festival does not have any professional judges and directly decides the awards.
Give it to the young people.
Therefore, it caused quite a stir the year before last because the uncensored version of "The Glorious Fury" directed by Cao Baoping and starring Secretary Dakang was rated as the "most watched by college students" film and was criticized by the relevant departments.
It was ordered to be suspended for one year.
"Glorious Fury" is a bit similar to "Tengu" and the later popular "Young You", both of which are top-notch films that only need to be edited to be released.
The secret of pruning is that from extreme despair to sudden salvation, it completes an extremely blunt transition. It must be emphasized that evil does not prevail over good, and the unabridged version is too gray and is not good.
Now that Song Wen has learned well, he is ready to go big. While taking the international route, he has also reached a cooperation with Xining officials. He is planning to land in Xining starting next year and change the current college student film festival into the Western-style Xining FIRST Youth Film Festival.
The reason he came to see He Xin today was to ask him to serve as the promotion ambassador for the 5th FIRST Youth Film Festival to build momentum for the film festival to be held in Xining next year.
He Xin has actually always admired people like Song Wen, who truly love movies. Maybe he is a director with little talent, but that doesn't stop him from contributing to the film industry in another way.
But despite admiration, at his current status and identity, even if he wants to help, he must understand clearly. After all, as the boss of a medium-sized film company, many times he not only represents the individual, but also represents the company. After all, the company does so every year.
The projects are worth hundreds of millions, so don’t dare to step into the trap.
"Teacher He, Xining has given us great support. Although the name of our university film festival has been changed, the original intention of focusing on discovering and promoting young filmmakers will not change..."
Song Wen introduced the situation of the film festival that was being prepared to He Xin in detail, such as hiring professional judges, filing with relevant departments, etc.
In particular, he also talked about how he went to the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland with a study tour organized by Communication University this year. He felt the charm of the film festival from many angles, especially the fact that the film festival can cultivate a group of new directors, which made him feel deeply.
Finally, he said shyly and sincerely: "Of course, Mr. He, what I tell you is a bit of a trick. After all, you are very familiar with major international film festivals. What I want to say is that we really want to do our best for Chinese films.
Let's do our part to give those young directors a chance to show themselves. After exploring these years, although we have gone through some detours, we will definitely not make the same mistakes. Therefore, I especially hope that you can help us and let more
filmmakers and audiences can pay attention to us."
After hearing this, He Xin pondered for a moment, then nodded and said with a smile, "I'll take this job."
After all, with official endorsement, some minefields can be avoided to the greatest extent.
It's still the same saying, "If you are poor, you can be good for yourself; if you are rich, you can help the world." Although he still dare not say that he can help the world, he is still very happy to make some contributions to the film industry within his ability.
Song Wen was overjoyed and said quickly: "Thank you, Teacher He, thank you..."
He Xin waved his hand. Since he had accepted the job, he asked with concern: "How many films are currently registered for next year's film festival?"
"Well, our registration process has not started yet, but there are quite a few films that are interested in participating, and some of them are from abroad..."
After saying that, Song Wen hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Mr. He, I have a short film recommended to me now, and I am ready to sign up for next year's short film competition unit. The quality of this micro film is quite good, if
Are you interested in taking a look?"
"Are you taking it with you now?"
"Yes, it's in my mobile hard drive. You can plug it into your computer and watch it. The movie is not long, just over twenty minutes." Song Wen took out a mobile hard drive from his bag.
"Okay, let's take a look."
If He Xin wants to watch it, he naturally won't watch it on a computer. Now Xinhao Media already has a small screening room with everything from traditional film projectors to the latest digital projection systems.
The name of this short film is "Stone", which is of course not comparable to Ning Hao's "Crazy Stone". It is a story about a young man living in a shantytown and a Scottish shepherd named Shitou.
There has always been a saying in the film industry that children and animals are the most difficult to film. He Xin was very curious that a new director dared to film animal subjects.
At the beginning of the movie, the camera focused on a Scottish shepherd dog. Because I also own dogs myself and am a dog lover, especially I heard that Su Mu is the smartest dog, with an IQ that may reach the level of a six or seven-year-old child. He Xin
At first I was very interested in the Su Mu named Stone in the movie.
But as he watched, his attention shifted from the dog to the movie itself.
This story tells the story of an owner and his puppy Shi Shi who live in a shantytown. They moved into the city due to the demolition of the shanty town. However, Shi Shi who lived in the city suffered from urethritis and refused to pee, and his health condition became worse and worse.
In order to treat Shitou's illness, the owner often missed work and was fired by the insurance company; in the end, due to ineffective treatment, Shitou's illness seemed hopeless.
The owner decided to abandon the stone in the ruins of the shantytown where he used to live. However, when the owner was not paying attention, the stone suddenly started running, and the owner kept chasing after him. They passed through the shantytowns, and finally the stone ran to the place where he used to live.
Under the little poplar tree where he was peeing, he peed happily, and the owner who understood it was stunned on the spot...
The twenty-one-minute micro-movie ends abruptly here.
"call……"
He Xin breathed a long sigh of relief, turned around, and asked with a look of disbelief: "Brother Song, is this really just the debut of a young director?"
Before the movie was screened, Song Wen introduced to him that the screenwriter and director of this film were a young director named Wen Muye, who was from Northeast China. He graduated from the Radio and Television Directing Department of Northeast Normal University and was now preparing to apply for Nortel's directorship.
He holds a master's degree in the Department of Art. This "Stone" is his first work.
Of course He Xin knows Northeast Normal University. It is one of the few 985 universities in Northeast China, but what the hell is the Department of Radio and Television Directing?
The short 21-minute movie is remarkable in terms of lens, composition, overall control and use of music. Especially the theme contained in the movie is not to say that the movie has been seen before, but it has a more profound meaning.
Think more.
The owner of the dog in the film had to move because of relocation and found a new job, so he had no nostalgia at all, but the dog missed his hometown. Then the owner of the dog had an indifferent relationship with the dog because of his job, and after the dog became sick, the owner also lost his love for the dog.
I lost my job because of the treatment.
In the transition between the old and the new, there is a strong sense of depression in the room, the sadness of the old house having to be demolished, and the depression of the changes in the relationship between humans and dogs.
People reflect.
The film's lens language, light, composition, and use of color are also very brilliant: the room area in the distant view not only explains the living environment of the people and dogs at the beginning of the picture, but the inconspicuous blue words below also vaguely explain the events, and subsequently.
The resulting picture is a panoramic view of the protagonist's living environment, with large words and a parked truck explaining the incident.
Before the protagonist moved, the pictures were all warm-toned. Elements such as loess bricks, red walls, and green plants mainly reflected a primitive and natural harmony. The dark room played an excessive role in the tone of the colors, and when it opened up
Starting from the curtains of the new home, the use of light positions in the mid-shot and backlight allows the protagonist to establish a connection with the new environment. It also has a sense of mystery of unknown life, and it is also a transition of cold colors.
Of course, the most typical thing in the film is the dog. In the scene where the dog is running on the road in his hometown, the camera pans to the distance as the dog moves in an overhead shot. The warm colors show the primitiveness of life, and it is full of vitality everywhere.
What follows is a panoramic view of the dog peeing on a telephone pole. This is the dog's first pee. This is instinct, and this is the primitiveness of life. And in the passage where the dog urinates for the second time after recovering from illness, under the panorama
The previous originality has been destroyed, and there is garbage all around. The dog raised its legs to urinate, which more expresses the relief of settling down and relocating, and is a reminder to the world.
At the same time, the bucket falling down and running water in the aisle and the misplaced connection between the drip and the protagonist are almost perfect. The misplacement of the drip makes people mistakenly think that the protagonist is the one who is sick, and the paragraphs of the bucket and the running water in the aisle are mutual interpretations. The one who is sick should be a human and a dog.
Just a reminder.
The same principle applies to dogs. The dog's resettlement is related to the indifference and ruthlessness of humans. As a dog, it should be at peace with its owner. Dogs should be "cold and ruthless". The same is true for dogs whether they are sick or not. Dogs are just
It's just a mirror that confronts people.
The confused young man and the dog obsessed with his hometown. One lost his job because he was worried about the dog's disease, and the other was a dog that became sick after leaving his hometown. The young man left his hometown precisely because he found a job in the city. The events are related to each other.
, causing each other, forming a closed loop of love and loss surrounding change.
With such a profound theme, if you said it was the work of Wang Xiaoshuai, Lou Ye, or Chief Jia, he would definitely believe it, but if you said it was the debut film of a young director who graduated from the Pheasant Major of 985 University, it would be really unbelievable to him.
If the only thing that made him believe it at all was that the name Wen Mino was very familiar to him, he always felt like he had heard this name in his previous life.
Song Wen said with a smile on his face: "Of course. I was also very surprised when I watched this film for the first time. The overall control is very sophisticated, the shots are accurate and rich, and the two shots of the dog in the hospital are quite amazing. Especially the theme of the film
, the director is more concerned about the destruction of traditional ethics in modern times, and it actually feels a bit like a hundred flowers."
Song Wen was obviously very proud of the incredible shock this micro-movie had caused to He Xin, but when he finished speaking, he saw He Xin sitting there shaking his head and sighing: "What a pity.
,pity……"
He couldn't help but said in surprise: "Teacher He, what's the pity?"
"What a pity, a film like this can definitely be registered for participation in the three major European festivals!"
"..."
Song Wen suddenly had the feeling of making a wedding dress for others. After a long silence, he said: "Teacher He, this film is going to participate in our FIRST Youth Film Festival..."
Of course, there is a subtext he didn’t say: Come on, boss, you have already agreed to be the promotion ambassador of the Youth Film Festival, how can you promote good works to others?