Chapter 357 Big Trouble
Xu Kun didn't expect to meet Yang Mi here.
Seeing her staring and exclaiming, attracting everyone's attention, he smiled and stretched out his hand and said, "Where's my share?"
Only then did Yang Mi realize that he had caused too much noise. He hurriedly took out a process sheet and handed it to Xu Kun with great trepidation.
Although it is early spring and the clothes are relatively formal, the true face of the mountain can still be revealed as long as the angle is right.
Xu Kun took a casual glance and was shocked by Yang Mi's rapid growth.
This is really a big deal!
And that chin...
This is not just a fine-tuning, it's clearly a complete transformation!
His gaze paused for a little longer and was immediately noticed by Yang Mi.
Yang Mi's first reaction was to stand up straight to cover her body, but then she thought of who was in front of her and stopped herself. She even secretly hated the inappropriate occasion, otherwise she would have to give Brother Kun an eye for an eye.
"Humph~"
Seeing this scene, some people said sarcastically: "The world is really going downhill!"
Because he was blocked by Yang Mi, Xu Kun didn't see clearly who was talking, but he still responded without hesitation: "Indeed, in the past, filming movies would not involve X workers, but now... oh, the world is really going downhill."
The appearance of X workers in the film is almost a standard feature of the sixth generation directors. When this stick was swept over, most people present changed their faces.
Some people who came later and had not noticed Xu Kun yet also asked about his identity at this time.
At this time, Jia Zhangke coughed dryly and asked Yang Mi and Bao Beier, "Are you two the only ones hosting the symposium? How did the school leaders arrange it?"
"This one……"
Yang Mi turned around and looked at Bao Bei'er. Bao Bei'er smiled awkwardly and said, "Well, Director Xie said that in order to allow everyone to speak freely, he and the school leaders will not be present this time. He also said..."
He hesitated for a long time before finally saying, "Director Xie also said that the stairs you want were built two years ago. It depends on the directors to decide whether to go up or go around in circles."
Before becoming the director of Qingdao Film Studio, Xie Xiaojing was the director of the directing department of Beijing Film Academy. In 05, when the ban on the sixth generation of directors was lifted and their films were allowed to be released, he contributed to it.
At the same time, Xie Xiaojing is a classmate of Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou and others from the class of 78. He has been teaching at the Beijing Film Academy since graduating in 82. It can be said that most of the people here are his students, or at least have listened to his classes.
Therefore, even though Xie Xiaojing's words were very impolite, everyone just looked unhappy and no one jumped out to protest.
At this time, Lu Chuan suddenly pointed to the process chart and asked, "How is the representative speech arranged? Who of you has been selected as a representative?"
Everyone looked at each other, and only Jia Zhangke stood up and said, "Teacher Xie asked me to write a speech in advance. I thought you all had written it."
Seeing that it was Jia Zhangke representing everyone, the directors had no objections. It was not because they were convinced by Jia, but mainly because Jia Zhangke had just suffered a big setback recently and everyone felt embarrassed to add insult to injury.
As a result, Bao Bei'er raised her hand again and said weakly: "Director Xie said that there are two representatives in total."
Two representatives?
Everyone looked at each other again, and finally fixed their eyes on Xu Kun.
The reason is simple. If someone among them is chosen to speak as a representative, there is no need to hide anything.
You really want to roast me on the fire!
Xu Kun cursed inwardly, but could only bite the bullet and said, "If there is no one else, then it should be me."
As he spoke, he took out the speech he had prepared from his chest, unwrapped it and placed it on the small coffee table next to him.
Although they had guessed this was the case, several directors were still shocked when they saw this scene.
"what happened?!"
Someone shouted: "It's fine to invite an outsider, but let him represent... who can he represent with his beardless mouth?!"
Someone sneered: "I have long said that we should be wary of the money worship in the literary and art circles, but I didn't expect it to be rotten to the core!"
Some even jumped off the stage and walked towards the door. "Hey, where are you going?!"
People who knew him were busy calling out from behind, but he said without even turning his head: "I'm going to go outside and see if this is still Beijing Film Academy. Did we come to the wrong place?"
Of course, not everyone is so excited. Most directors are relatively calm, and the most excited ones are those with less fame.
This is probably because apart from the title of "Sixth Generation Directors", they have nothing else to be proud of, so they cannot allow anyone to tarnish this private territory.
Amid the noise, Lao Jia stood up again and said, "Everyone, be quiet, be quiet, and listen to me! I think we should just cancel the session of representatives speaking. Anyway, the school leaders have said that they will not interfere with us and let us speak freely. There is no need to be too serious about this process sheet."
Hearing what he said, everyone nodded.
"Cancel, must cancel!"
“It’s time to cancel it!”
"This is just to annoy people. If it weren't for the cancellation, I wouldn't be attending this symposium!"
"Count me in!"
Just as everyone was agreeing, a voice suddenly said loudly: "I don't agree to cancel it."
There was a moment of silence on the stage, and everyone looked at Xu Kun again. He was the only one who had spoken just now.
Jia Zhangke frowned and asked, "You don't agree?"
Facing more than a dozen pairs of unfriendly eyes, Xu Kun said firmly: "I don't agree."
"Why do you disagree?"
Lu Chuan immediately questioned, pointing his finger at everyone and said, "This is everyone's voice. Everyone agrees. This proves that this matter itself is unreasonable and should be cancelled!"
He doesn't dare to fight a battle against the wind, but he still has the courage to bully others, and it is very big.
"Haha~"
Anyway, it was impossible for everyone to be harmonious today. Xu Kun immediately seized on his words and laughed, "If you say so, then most of the people present here should give up their controversial careers, right?"
As he spoke, he pointed at the stage under his feet and said, "You all said that you should speak for marginalized people, and right now on this stage, I am a marginalized person. Now you want to shut me up and say that the minority should obey the majority. Don't you think this is ridiculous?!"
"You are just quibbling and making trouble!"
Lu Chuan is no longer the same person who cried in anger as he did a few years ago. Facing Xu Kun's questioning, he immediately jumped up and retorted: "What kind of marginal figure are you? What kind of minority are you? You are just a minion and mouthpiece of some people, a puppet who exercises tyranny on behalf of GF!"
Lu Chuan's words expressed the thoughts of everyone. Xu Kun's identity as a commercial director with box office exceeding 100 million yuan was secondary. The reason why everyone rejected him was mainly because they regarded him as a minion and mouthpiece of the government.
But when it comes to talking, Xu Kun is not afraid of Lu Chuan, and sneered: "Hezhe, you are the only one who has the final say on whether to say the right or wrong thing? Not to mention that I came here only because I received an invitation. Even if your accusations are true, what about the spirit of resistance you just boasted about? What about the wealth and power that cannot corrupt you, and the might and power that cannot bend you?!
Just because there is someone who has a different background and different orientation from you, you panic, get confused, get angry, and want to block my mouth and stop me from speaking! Isn’t this also exercising the tyranny of the majority? Then according to your theory, whose puppet and whose minion are you? ! "
"you!"
Faced with Xu Kun's rebuttal, Lu Chuan was clearly at a disadvantage.
It's not that his debating skills are much worse than Xu Kun's, but mainly because he was caught in the middle of the conversation from the very beginning, so no matter what he said, there would be loopholes.
"All right!"
At this time, Zhang Yuan stood up and said in a deep voice: "Let him speak. I want to see what young people today can say that will shock the world."
"This……"
Lu Chuan was somewhat unwilling, but Zhang Yuan held a special position among the sixth generation directors. Although his achievements were not the highest, he was the first one to gain a reputation among the sixth generation directors, and he was also almost the oldest.
So Lu Chuan still had to give him some face.
When Lu Chuan sat back down in dismay, Wang Xiaoshuai suddenly slapped the coffee table and urged, "What are you waiting for? Invite the students in and let's get started!"
(End of this chapter)
