Chapter 1036 Why can’t I sit at the table? (asking for monthly tickets)
Some people not only thought about it in their hearts, but even said it out loud.

There was a short break in the middle, waiting for the first heavyweight director to come on stage and talk about movies with everyone.

This is also a time for communication.

But most people are building their own network of contacts.

Not many people actually talk about movies.

Du Qifeng was chatting with people from the General Administration, and he kept praising Hao Yun, saying that he had changed the “pattern” of Chinese-language films.

The leaders of the General Administration were stunned by what they had done.

They already had a very good impression of Hao Yun. The China-US film exchange event is held annually and has been successfully held twice.

It is especially popular among young film directors.

The credit must definitely go to them, after all, it was under their guidance that this success was achieved.

This time, so many great directors from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong and Macau gathered together.

It even attracted the attention of foreign media, and related reports were published one after another.

More than one awesome Japanese director called and asked if they could participate in such an exchange meeting.

You can’t close your country to the outside world.

If we want to communicate, we can do so. Hao Yun has earned so much money from our movie box office, so why can’t he sit at the same table and eat with us?

This makes the leaders feel very proud.

Therefore, when Du Qifeng praised Hao Yun, they felt a sense of pride that their child had made progress.

After praising Hao Yun, Du Qifeng began to lament the lack of young talents in the film industry.

This is not about pointing at the monk and calling him bald.

This is not referring to the entire Chinese-language film industry, nor is it referring to the booming mainland film market.

Du Qifeng was mainly talking about Hong Kong. No matter how everyone tries to whitewash the situation, some Hong Kong film people have accepted the reality that Hong Kong films are not doing well now.

By the way, I would like to praise the emergence of many talented people in the mainland.

Wear it a thousand times, but flattery never wears it.

Although Du Qifeng is clumsy in speaking, it is precisely because of this that his words appear to be sincere.

How could an honest person lie?

Du Qifeng didn’t say anything else, as saying anything more would be counterproductive.

After a while, Xu Ke came on stage to share his film ideas.

Everyone thought he would talk about his latest film “Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame”, but unexpectedly, the movie poster of “Manchester by the Sea” appeared on the big screen behind him.

“I’m going to Venice tomorrow, so I’ll be the first to speak to you all and throw out some ideas. Maybe what I say isn’t particularly good, but the movie itself is very good and will definitely go down in world cinema history.” Xu Ke started with a very humorous tone.

The leader next to Du Qifeng touched his chin.

Is this Hao Yun so “terrifying”? The top directors in Hong Kong all praise Hao Yun so much.

Xu Ke is not a simple director.

This guy has a bad temper, and some people even say that he has killed someone.

Not many people who worked with him praised him. Most people said that he was arrogant and looked down on ordinary people.

Xu Ke is qualified because he has so many classic works.

If he were to speak out about the topic of “martial arts”, there would be absolutely no one who could compete with him today.

People like Wang Jiawei (Ashes of Time) and Li An (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) are not suitable.

There is a huge gap, at least they are not in the same league on this subject.

Xu Ke is the undisputed number one martial arts director.

Unless King Hu is resurrected.

Hao Yun’s seat was not close to the front. In fact, he gave up his seat to Wu Yushen.

Wu Yushen originally said he couldn’t come, but he came anyway.

It is very difficult to make temporary arrangements for a famous director like him who once made a name for himself in the international film scene.

You must change your position.

The problem is no matter who you replace it with, no matter who you replace it with, it will not be suitable in the end.

Hao Yun simply gave up his seat. He was destined to be in the limelight today anyway, so no matter where he sat, it would not affect his awesomeness.

Of course, Hao Yun would definitely not go to the last row.

There are many directors who decide not to come at the last minute and have seats already arranged for them. They can just find a seat and sit down.

Xu Ke took out Hao Yun’s new movie that had not yet been released, which immediately aroused everyone’s curiosity.

Xu Ke actually watched the movie.

I don’t know why he went to Miguo. It is highly unlikely that he went there just to watch a movie.

In that case, Hao Yun would suspect that he had a crush on her.

When Xu Ke was talking about the movie, many people turned around to look at Hao Yun, and were filled with admiration.

This thing has really become a big deal.

How could the big kid who used to call me uncle and senior and even took out small cards to ask questions suddenly become so awesome?

It is no exaggeration to say that Hao Yun grew up eating food from a hundred families.

Therefore, the director is more pleased and emotional, but less jealous.

And the young directors…

Hao Yun is becoming a legend in their minds.

The person sitting on the left of Hao Yun introduced himself as Jiaozi when Xu Ke’s lecture ended and everyone was taking a break. He said that he had acted in an animated film called “Hit, Hit a Big Watermelon”.

Then, something embarrassing happened.

Many years later, Jiaozi still remembers the scene.

Hao Yun chatted with him briefly and expressed that he liked his movie “Hit, Hit a Big Watermelon” very much.

It was praised as a very thoughtful animated film.

Jiaozi was very happy at first, but as they chatted he realized something was wrong.

You’re so polite…

This talented director, who had just been used as a textbook by Xu Ke to teach everyone with his works, was too polite to himself.

Like a complete stranger.

This is a matter of personal habit. No matter who Hao Yun meets, he will never put on airs or give a cold shoulder.

This has to do with his background and personal experience.

If he becomes arrogant now that he is so successful, he would be forgetting his original intention.

If you forget your original intention, you will drift away.

Hao Yun has a strong sense of crisis, so he will not be complacent no matter what.

Even when meeting a little-known director like this, he was very polite.

Little did he know that he had deeply hurt one of his admirers.

“Um… don’t you know…”

“Uh… know what?” Hao Yun didn’t understand and didn’t hide his puzzled expression at all.

Is there really something he doesn’t know?

“I’m from Black Bean Media!” Jiaozi said sadly.

He is now the deputy artistic director of October Digital Animation Studio and the second-in-command under Tian Xiaopeng.

The boss actually treated him like a stranger.

This made Jiaozi’s Taoism a little bit collapsed. He had thought he was a big shot.

I didn’t expect that the boss didn’t even know himself.

“Puchi~!” The person on Hao Yun’s right couldn’t help laughing out loud.

“Ahem~” Hao Yun looked at the person in front of him and tried hard to recall.

He has a very good memory. He can’t say that he has a photographic memory, but at least he can remember people he has worked with before.

Therefore, Jiaozi is definitely not part of this “Young Director Program”.

So……

“Oh, by the way, I remember now, you are from the animation studio, right?” Hao Yun slapped his thigh.

He has made animated films and claims to be from Black Bean Media.

That must be the person Tian Xiaopeng recruited into the company and then worked in the October Digital Animation Studio.

“Yes!” Jiaozi still felt a little aggrieved.

He worked very hard and often only slept two or three hours a day.

Moreover, his work and professional abilities are very strong in all aspects and he is Tian Xiaopeng’s right-hand man. Unfortunately, the boss still doesn’t know him.

“Your name is Jiaozi? This shouldn’t be your real name.” Hao Yun calmed down.

The man next to him almost laughed out loud again.

Damn, who the hell would name it “dumplings”? Why not call it wonton?

“My name is Yang Yu…” Jiaozi nodded.

Then he saw Hao Yong looking at him with a strange look, and there was even a hint of grievance in his eyes.

“What’s wrong?” Jiaozi asked.

“Your name is Yang Yu? But shouldn’t your name be Yang Yu? In your promotion process, Tian Xiaopeng wrote your name as Yang Yu!”

I told you! How could I not know that there is such a person in the company?

Don’t blame me at all.

“I…I…” Jiaozi was speechless.

He also knew that he had wronged his boss, but he couldn’t explain why he called himself dumplings instead of potatoes.

After all, his full name is Yang Yu, which sounds like “potato”.

He could only tilt his head slightly and look at the sky in silence so that his tears would not flow.

“It’s okay, I know now, your name is Dumpling!”

Hao Yun decided that if he had the chance he would give Tian Xiaopeng a lesson.

“It’s okay actually. I have to thank my boss for giving me this opportunity. If it weren’t for Black Bean Media, I don’t know how miserable my life would be now.”

Jiaozi is a typical post-80s generation who has loved doodling on textbooks, drawing and reading comics since childhood. However, due to the influence of his parents, both of whom worked in hospitals, he thought that the job of a doctor was a stable job, so he applied for the West China University of Medical Sciences.

He plans to follow in his father’s footsteps and become a doctor after graduation.

However, his dream is animation, and he wants to make animation.

His parents supported his idea and even funded him to buy a high-end computer so that he could learn 3D animation by himself.

Giving up medicine and turning to comics was the first turning point in Jiaozi’s life.

The second turning point was giving up his well-paid job and concentrating on making his own animated film.

In the three years and eight months since he resigned, his father passed away, and he and his mother have been living on a monthly pension of only more than 1000 yuan.

All the efforts and sacrifices resulted in a 16-minute animated short film called “Hit, Hit a Big Watermelon”.

The honor has come, and the short film has won many awards, but Jiaozi’s goal of making his mother happy is still very far away. He even worries whether his mother can live long enough to see the day when he succeeds.

Until Tian Xiaopeng found him and brought him into the animation studio under Heidou Media.

However, he arrived a little late, as Tian Xiaopeng’s team had already made the “Those Years Animation”.

“Those Years Animated Version” is the first animated film in mainland China to truly exceed 100 million yuan in box office.

The reason why I say “really” is because the movie IP “Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf: The Bullish Spirit” has always boasted that they are the first animated film with a box office of over 100 million yuan.

But in fact, the box office of “Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf” was only 8621 million, which is still far from exceeding million.

Moreover, “Those Years” was a huge hit in Japan and South Korea.

Not only in mainland China, the box office in Japan and Bangbang also exceeded 100 million yuan.

There are also 20 million in Taiwan.

The live-action version of “Those Years” was already very popular in these places, and now the animated film is equally popular.

Because he missed the production of “Those Years”, Jiaozi did not get the largest share of the dividend.

He only participated in the post-production promotion of “Those Years” and led the team to produce a few simple promotional shorts.

Even so, he received a reward of 100,000 yuan.

Moreover, Tian Xiaopeng also applied for a promotion for him. As the deputy art director of October Digital Animation Studio, his monthly salary alone was several thousand yuan.

These days, several thousand is considered a high salary. After all, he has only been in the company for a short time.

“Work hard, and no one will ask about you for ten years. Then you will become famous overnight. Sooner or later, when people mention animated films, everyone will know you, Yang Yu… well, dumplings!”

Hao Yun is obviously much more sincere when treating his company’s employees.

“Thank you, boss! Thank you, Brother Hao!”

Jiaozi had heard this sentence countless times, but when it came from the boss’s mouth, it seemed to have a different kind of magic that filled him with strength.

“Aren’t you at Disney? Why are you back?” Hao Yun asked.

“There are a lot of things going on over there, and Brother Peng can’t get away, so he asked me to come back and participate in the event, and then talk about our animated film ‘Those Years’.”

“Those Years” and “Pleasant Goat” are both fan-oriented movies.

However, the animated film “Those Years” grossed over 100 million yuan and had a huge impact throughout Asia, even making Japan take a new look at China’s animation production capabilities. It is indeed qualified to give a lecture there.

“Come on!” Hao Yun continued to look up to this animation genius as mentioned by Tian Xiaopeng.

It seems that he cannot be simply regarded as a company employee.

He must be equated with people like Tian Xiaopeng, Lu Yang, and Guo Fan.

Hao Yun chatted with Jiaozi for a while, and also chatted with Chen Sicheng on the other side.

Chen Sicheng is actually an actor.

It is said that he was nominated for the Best Actor Award at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival last year for his role in the movie “Spring Breeze Drunken Night”.

But in fact, this statement is problematic.

The three major European film festivals do not have nominations for Best Actor or Best Actress. Their awards are based on films and are shortlisted for each film category.

For example, the main competition unit.

When a film is shortlisted for the main competition unit, all actors involved will be automatically shortlisted, and there will be no distinction between leading and supporting roles.

“Labyrinth of the Heart” was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Berlin International Film Festival, which means that all the male characters in the movie are equivalent to being nominated for Best Actor, and all the female characters are equivalent to being nominated for Best Actress.

Even if it’s just a small supporting role.

This thing is just used to gild one’s self.

Similarly, Chen Sicheng participated in the TV series “Destiny”, in which he played Feng Ning and won the third prize for TV series at the 28th Feitian Awards.

Although it cannot be said that this award has nothing to do with him, it is an overall award and cannot be regarded as his personal honor.

As an actor, Chen Sicheng is sitting here naturally because he is unwilling to be just an actor.

Through chatting, Hao Yun learned that he was interested in developing into a director.

However, there was one thing Hao Yun did not guess correctly.

That is the company that Chen Sicheng signed with – Huayi, which is not optimistic about his directing ability.

Therefore, Chen Sicheng is currently looking for investment everywhere.

When talking to Hao Yun, his words and deeds hinted that Hao Yun could extend an olive branch to him.

arrogant……

This was the only thing Hao Yun could see from him.

I want to ask for help from others, but I can’t bend down to do it.

I have someone I want and I can actually laugh out loud when this person makes a fool of himself.

If it were Hao Yun, he wouldn’t laugh no matter how funny the thing was.

That’s not the attitude of asking for help.

However, this guy seems to be a second-generation, so it is not surprising that he is somewhat arrogant.

When others were enjoying a wealthy life since childhood, Hao Yun was still wearing crotchless pants and catching grasshoppers in the fields to feed chickens.

After a brief chat, Hao Yun did not promise anything.

The new lecture over there has started again.

The lectures at the Directors Association Conference last between half an hour and three hours per class. If you have a lot to say, you can apply for extra time.

Xu Ke only spoke for about an hour. After all, he was only analyzing a movie, not his own.

The next person to come on stage is Zhou Xingxing.

Zhou Xingxing probably doesn’t come every day, and it’s hard to say whether he will come in the future.

So we took advantage of his arrival and arranged for him to go on stage earlier.

“I don’t really have much to say. It was Hao Yun who came to me and said that the film industry cannot do without young people. If experience is not passed on, the industry will only go downhill. I think that’s right. We should pay more attention to young people, not only in Hong Kong, but also in the mainland…”

His speech was a bit fragmented and not very clear.

But he spoke very seriously.

This made the leaders of the General Administration sitting in the audience start to treat his words seriously.

Especially since the person who said this was a Hong Kong director.

These witnesses and record-setters of the glorious Hong Kong film market are in a better position to discuss the next generation of films.

Hong Kong Movies…

There is no next generation!

Zhou Xingxing first expressed his feelings, emphasized the importance of young people in the film industry, and then began his topic for today.

Zhou Xingxing tells comedies.

It was obvious that he had prepared the lesson well. He started with Chaplin, then talked about Buster Keaton, Rowan Atkinson, Jim Carrey… as well as people from the Chinese film industry such as Sam Hui, Ning Hao, Zhao Benshan, Feng Gong, etc.

He shared some of his thoughts on comedy.

He spoke for a full hour and a half before he said he had finished, and then made a supplement at the end.

“Someone asked me if I would still act in movies, and I told him that I couldn’t act anymore, I’m not young anymore. I’m glad that there are so many talented people in the Chinese film industry, and whether we are there or not will not affect its development. I just have some words to say to the young people…”

The audience was very quiet.

“Please cherish your talents, cherish the opportunity today, and cherish the leaders, associations, and Hao Yun who provided you with this opportunity…”

“thank you all!”

The two famous Hong Kong directors who took the stage seemed to be hinting at something in their words.

Some people who are more sensitive can already taste the flavor.

And what about Hao Yun?

He is smarter and more sensitive than most.

So, he had the illusion that someone was putting some clothes on him.

But this really wasn’t his intention.

(End of this chapter)