Chapter 356 Admission
The place where Xu Kun and Ning Hao parked was at the back door of the two-story building.
The staff guarding the door seemed to recognize Xu Kun and Ning Hao, and without asking any questions, he directly invited them to go in.
There was a small theater inside, and the two were taken through the empty backstage dressing room and directly to the stage.
I saw that the area below the stage was empty, and it was obviously not time for the students to enter yet.
There were more than a dozen mahogany armchairs placed in an "eight" shape on the stage, and at this moment, there were only three people sitting on the chairs. One of them was Jia Zhangke, who had just been ridiculed by Liu Haibo, and the other was Lu Chuan, who was often used as a negative example.
As for the one in the middle...
"The one in the middle is Guan Hu."
Ning Hao reminded him quietly, and trotted forward, calling him "Senior Brother" and "Senior Brother".
When Jia Zhangke faced his junior fellow apprentice, there was an obvious bitterness on his face. In fact, his movie "Still Life" did not lose money. He even made a profit by selling the copyright abroad.
But the total domestic box office of 30 really made him lose face.
The thin Lu Chuan squinted his eyes and looked at Xu Kun behind Ning Hao. He had obviously recognized Xu Kun, but he still raised his chin slightly towards Xu Kun and asked, "Haozi, your friend?"
"Uh~"
Ning Hao turned around and glanced at Xu Kun, rubbing his big gold chain and smiling, "This is Director Xu Kun, the one who filmed Lost on Journey - when Crazy Stone was released, Director Xu helped promote it, and that's how we got to know each other."
This is also the reason why Ning Hao took the initiative to invite Xu Kun even though he knew that coming in with him might cause unnecessary trouble.
Hearing this, Lu Chuan let out an exaggerated "Oh", then looked at Guan Hu and Jia Zhangke beside him.
Guan Hu is the oldest among the three in terms of age and seniority, but he acts as if it has nothing to do with him and turns a deaf ear to Lu Chuan's obvious provocation.
He has been focusing on TV dramas in recent years, and has achieved pretty good results. He is an outlier among the sixth generation of directors, so he is not that averse to Xu Kun.
But Jia Zhangke could not pretend to be deaf and dumb. Although the initiator of this symposium was Beijing Film Academy, he was also drafted in to be in charge of liaison and coordination, and was considered half the host.
Now that an outlier like Xu Kun suddenly appeared at the symposium, Jia Zhangke naturally couldn't ignore it.
So he cleared his throat and said with a smile: "It turns out to be Director Xu. I wonder if Director Xu has come to give you some advice, or..."
"Don't dare to take it seriously."
Xu Kun kept a low profile: "I came here because I was invited. I mainly want to learn a lot from you seniors. After all, I am not a professional, so I am definitely lacking in this area."
His idea was to use courtesy before force. If everyone was harmonious, he would just be a spectator; but if someone took the initiative to provoke him, then it would not be his fault that Xu had to surrender.
At this point, it seemed that Lu Chuan was clearly hostile towards him.
As for the reason...
Maybe it was because his appearance and experience were somewhat similar to Jiang Wen's, which triggered his painful memories of that year?
After hearing what Xu Kun said, Jia Zhangke could only curse the school inwardly for being unfair and secretly bringing trouble upon himself.
As for continuing to ask who invited him, Jia Zhangke is not stupid enough to that extent.
So he simply asked Xu Kun to sit down.
Lu Chuan was very dissatisfied with Jia Zhangke's weak attitude, but he wanted him to take the lead...
Taking a quick glance at Xu Kun's burly figure, Lu Chuan felt that as an intellectual, it would be better for him not to get angry with such a rude person.
As a result, the entire stage fell into an awkward atmosphere, with only Ning Hao and Guan Hu occasionally exchanging a few words.
The dull atmosphere lasted for about ten minutes, and then another group of people came onto the stage from the backstage, talking and laughing. Lu Xuechang and Wang Quanan were in the lead, followed by Wang Xiaoshuai, Zhang Yang, and the unhappy Lou Ye. "Summer Palace" almost ruined everything for Hao Lei, but it didn't bring much benefit to Lou Ye. Instead, when the ban on the sixth generation of directors was lifted and the film was allowed to be released, Lou Ye was punished with a five-year ban on directing. It can be said to be a typical example of losing both the wife and the army.
However, if Xu Kun were to make an evaluation, it would make no difference whether he is banned from directing or not. It would just provide theaters with one more flop movie.
Seeing Jia Zhangke and others standing up to greet them, Xu Kun also stood up with the crowd. Later, seeing that Jia Zhangke and others had no intention of introducing themselves, he tactfully did not show his presence.
So it was not until he was about to sit down that Lou Ye, who was distracted, suddenly noticed Xu Kun's presence and asked in surprise: "Xu Kun, why are you here?"
When Hao Lei was filming "Summer Palace", Xu Kun went to visit the set and had a meal with the crew, so the two naturally knew each other.
When Wang Xiaoshuai, who was already sitting next to Ning Hao, heard Xu Kun's name, he immediately looked down in surprise. When he confirmed that the Xu Kun down there was the person he expected, his face suddenly became gloomy.
Wang Xiaoshuai subconsciously raised his buttocks, as if he was going to get up and leave, but he didn't know what he thought of, and soon sat back down.
The other people looked at each other in bewilderment, not understanding why the completely unrelated Xu Kun would show up at a symposium of the Sixth Generation Directors.
Seeing this, Jia Zhangke explained awkwardly, "Director Xu was invited by the school."
This sentence caused everyone to fall silent again.
After a while, Zhang Yang said sarcastically, "You have to say it's your Beijing Film Academy. Such a big director invited you just like that."
Among the people present, he was the only one who graduated from the Central Academy of Drama, so he fired the attack without hesitation.
Wang Quanan glanced at Xu Kun and smacked his lips and said, "Xiao Xu performed well in Blind Well. He was full of energy."
This is obviously a compliment, but what it means specifically is a matter of opinion.
Senior Lu also muttered, "What the hell is going on in this school? It's such a mess!"
But no matter what the school did, this group of "cultured people" would not just give up if it was difficult, and in the end they could only ignore Xu Kun.
However, this time they were more numerous, so instead of being silent like before, they enthusiastically discussed various movie-related topics.
Jia Zhangke always said "art needs soil", and said it would be best for China to learn from Europe and set up its own art theater.
Wang Xiaoshuai's every word is disparaging commercial films, but everyone can see that he actually cares a lot about the box office.
Lu Chuan talked a lot about human nature, and believed that the domestic analysis of the root causes of evildoers' evil deeds was not in-depth enough, and it would be better to pick some "special examples" to present to the audience.
At this time, although Ning Hao was the director with the best box office among the sixth generation of directors, he was also the weakest one among the group, and most of the time he pretended to listen attentively.
But if you pay attention to the way he rubs the big gold chain, you can see that he actually disagrees with some of the remarks.
Amid the heated discussion, four or five more sixth-generation directors arrived one after another and gradually filled the seats on the stage.
At this time, two more people came out from the backstage, but they were not the director, but two young people, a man and a woman.
Both of them looked extremely terrified, wishing they could bend over and crawl on the ground.
"Hello, directors and teachers."
Coming closer, the girl bowed and introduced herself: "We are the temporary hosts of this symposium. I am Yang Mi from the class of 05 of the School of Management."
The boy quickly followed suit and said, "I'm Bao Bei'er from the 04 class of the School of Watchmaking."
After introducing themselves, the two of them took out several process sheets from the folders they were holding and distributed them one by one.
When Yang Mi sent the message to Ning Hao, he suddenly saw a familiar figure next to him. He immediately widened his eyes and blurted out, "Director Xu? Why are you here?!"
(End of this chapter)
