Chapter 355 Broad and Narrow Sense
The next evening, there was another dinner party.
This time, Xu Kun hosted a banquet for Du Liang, accompanied by Feng Xiaoning and Liu Heng. The purpose was naturally to hope that Du Liang would voluntarily withdraw from the screenwriter team.
To be honest, this is a difficult thing to say, because Du Liang agreed to join the screenwriter team not for the money, but purely to repay the favor he owed when he made "Blood Romance".
Now suddenly he is asked to quit...
That's why Xu Kun invited Liu Heng to accompany him. Liu Heng was an old friend of his and he could handle the situation well, so it was perfect for him to help pass on the message.
But no matter how appropriate it was, Liu Heng wanted to say it several times but couldn't open his mouth.
Du Liang was quite happy at first, but when he saw Liu Heng hesitate to speak, he gradually realized something was wrong. He slammed his wine glass on the table and said unhappily, "What's going on? Brother Liu, what is there to hide from me?"
Liu Heng smacked his lips and said helplessly, "Since you've seen it all, I'll tell you the truth. Xiao Xu's project was targeted by the higher-ups because it involved the Thai military government. You said you were going to write a script, so why are you saying so much nonsense?"
Du Liang was stunned for a moment, then he gulped down the wine in his glass and said with a sullen face: "What did I say? Is what I said not true? It was either what I experienced myself or what my old man experienced. I am being truthful. Even if I were to fall into the sea, I would still dare to say it!"
"But film and television works should ultimately guide people to do good." Feng Xiaoning shook his head in disapproval: "Besides, Xiao Xu is not following the old path. If we need to criticize, we should criticize the D owls in the Golden Triangle."
Liu Heng said, "Why don't you save your stuff about human nature being evil and bad people having their own reasons for publishing it as a physical book? Why do you have to put it in the script? Why don't you just write an online novel? I heard you can write anything you want on the Internet."
Prejudice, this is definitely prejudice.
However, in 07, the scale of online literature was indeed larger than that of many physical books, especially some small websites. Unfortunately, Wang Xiaoer's New Year's Day has become worse and worse since then.
Seeing Du Liang keeping silent, Xu Kun raised his glass again and said, "Old Yang, there's nothing more to say. I owe you this time, so I'll make it up with wine today. We can work together again if we have a chance in the future."
Du Liang did drink a glass, but then he shook his head dejectedly and said, "Forget about the cooperation. Director Feng is right. You are taking a new approach, which is different from the fifth and sixth generation directors. You really don't need a complaining screenwriter like me."
With his attitude, the wine was naturally tasteless.
To be honest, Xu Kun had heard and seen many times more dark sides than Du Liang, but the more so, the more he rejected films that deconstructed suffering and human nature.
Wait until you get home in the evening.
Jiang Yiyan and Tang Yan had disappeared, leaving only Qin Lan sitting on the sofa watching TV.
Seeing Xu Kun coming back from outside, Qin Lan stepped forward to help him take off his coat and said, "Chen Shu wants to see you to apologize for what happened that day."
"apologize?"
"She's going to join the Teddy Sisterhood soon."
"Oh~"
Now Xu Kun understood that joining the Teddy Sisters Group was not the goal, but to use this platform to gain more resources. As we all know, more than half of the resources of the Teddy Sisters Group were derived from Xu Kun.
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Two days later in the morning.
Xu Kun, who had just kneaded gluten all night, parked his car near a two-story building under the guidance of the security guard of the Film Academy.
He took out a box of the recently popular soft gold sand from the armrest box, said thank you after getting off the car, and handed the cigarette over.
At this time, a BMW X5 was seen parked on the side of the road, and then the window rolled down, revealing a big head wearing a gold chain.
"Director Xu~"
"Director Ning?"
The person who came was Ning Hao.
Ning Hao was very surprised to see Xu Kun. He pointed at the two-story building and asked, "Are you here to attend the symposium as well?" "Yes."
Xu Kun asked back: "Is there anything wrong?"
Ning Hao raised the question again: "But isn't this a symposium for the sixth generation of directors?"
Without waiting for Xu Kun to answer, the security guard gave up and leaned over the BMW door to ask, "Sir, can you park your car first before chatting? Otherwise, the car behind us won't be able to get in."
"Oh~"
Ning Hao quickly parked the car nearby, then pushed the door, got out, and walked to Xu Kun with a strange look on his face.
Xu Kun had already noticed something was wrong by then, and said with his hands spread out, "I also feel that I cannot be considered as a sixth-generation director, but some people say that since the seventh generation has not yet emerged, I should be considered as part of the sixth generation."
"Who said that?"
Ning Hao was speechless and said, "Isn't this nonsense? The fifth and sixth generation directors are academicians..."
"That's what Mr. Han Sanping said."
"Uh~"
Ning Hao opened his mouth wide and was stuck. After a long while, he said vaguely as if he was constipated: "If you speak in a broad sense, you can indeed be considered a sixth-generation director."
As he spoke, he pulled the gold chain around his neck uncomfortably, as if what he said was very shameless, and then he said, "Then let's go together, it's a good opportunity for each of us to have company."
As the two walked in side by side, Xu Kun curiously asked how the broad and narrow senses were calculated.
According to Ning Hao's explanation, the earliest and narrowest definition of the sixth generation of directors is a group of "young" directors who entered the Beijing Film Academy's directing department in the mid-to-late 80s and began to exert their efforts in the mid-to-late 90s.
Later, directors from other academies were gradually included - mainly from the Central Academy of Drama, such as Diao Yinan, who directed "Uniform" a few years ago [and later directed "Black Coal, Thin Ice"]; and Zhang Yang, the director of "Taking a Shower".
These academic directors who graduated from professional schools form the sixth generation of directors recognized in the industry.
As for the so-called broad definition, it is a random classification made by people outside the circle who are confused about the situation. All film directors who began to emerge after the 90s are classified as the sixth generation of directors.
This statement is actually not recognized in the circle.
But Han Sanping's insistence on classifying Xu Kun as one of the sixth generation of directors is not entirely without precedent.
The precedent is Feng Xiaogang. Feng Xiaogang officially "debuted" in 94, and he was not from a professional academic background. Logically speaking, it would not be appropriate to classify him as the fifth or sixth generation.
But his achievements cannot be ignored.
So in the end, Feng Xiaogang, who was in a dilemma, was still classified as one of the fifth-generation directors - although Feng Xiaogang himself did not admit it and this matter was controversial in the circle, but at least in public, he was assigned roles as a fifth-generation director.
As Xu Kun also came from a grassroots background and achieved outstanding results among his peers, if we refer to Feng Xiaogang's situation, Han Sanping's classification of Xu Kun as a sixth-generation director actually makes sense.
Of course, whether or not people in the circle recognize it is another matter.
After all, the sixth generation of directors are much more rebellious than the fifth generation, even though this was the division made by Han Sanping; even though Jia Zhangke and others were recruited in 05, Ning Hao was not optimistic that Xu Kun could integrate smoothly.
After listening to this, Xu Kun completely understood Han Sanping's intention. No wonder he and Director Xie encouraged him to speak freely. It turned out that they intended to treat him as an outlier who was causing trouble.
Take a guy like me, Xu, with his thick eyebrows and big eyes, for example. How could he be a sixth-generation director?
Xu Kun glanced at Ning Hao. Although this guy looked non-mainstream, he was a graduate of the Beijing Film Academy. In the beginning, he relied on his reputation by winning awards abroad. Putting aside the big-selling "Stone", he was actually a legitimate sixth-generation director.
Perhaps it was for this reason that Han Sanping deliberately pulled himself into the game, to prevent them from being in harmony among themselves, summarizing their experience of failure as experience of victory, and then selling their fringe ideas to the next generation.
So should I follow Han Sanping's wishes and be the first to speak out?
(End of this chapter)
