On the morning of August 24th, there was a party at Juxianzhuang Private Club. This time is an internal exchange meeting of the China Film Directors Association. It is mainly for gathering in private to contact people and share resources. Such meetings are usually held irregularly. Whenever there is an opportunity, such as this time's Huabiao Award, it will be held at Let's sit together and chat. Wan Xiaohu was admitted as a member of the China Film Directors Association after last year¡¯s Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival. The China Film Directors Association is actually just an industry association for mainland directors. There is the Hong Kong Film Directors Association in Hong Kong and the Taiwan Film Directors Association in Taiwan. They hold a cross-strait and Hong Kong film directors seminar every two years at the end of the year to discuss the future of Chinese films. This exchange meeting was initiated by President Huang Jianxin. Many directors came, including fourth, fifth, and sixth generations. Chen Kaige, Feng Xiaogang, and Zhang Yimou were all here. Directors with whom Wan Xiaohu was familiar, such as Zhang Yang, Zhang Yuan, Lu Xuechang, and Teng Huatao, were also present. . "How is it? How does it feel to go to Hong Kong to shoot a movie?" Feng Xiaogang asked Wan Xiaohu when the meeting was just chatting and sitting together in small groups. Wan Xiaohu smiled and said: "It's okay. It was a bit awkward at first, but then it got better. Is Mr. Feng's "Big Shots" going to be the main focus of the Lunar New Year show?" "Director Feng comes here every year, and the business The leader of movies." Zhang Yang held a cigarette in his mouth and soared into the clouds. Feng Xiaogang gave Zhang Yang a slap in the face: "You're quite addicted to smoking. Your "Bathing" did well in North America this year and made a lot of money, so you're just wagging your tail to show off Xiaohu, your "Butterfly Effect" hasn't been released yet, right? "No, the contract with New Line will be signed soon. I didn't pay much attention to it last time. It will be between September and October." "It seems that New Line has some hope for your movie. Ah, although September and October are said to be the off-season for movies there, blockbusters are avoided and all independent movies are released. As long as the quality of the movie is good, you might be able to break through." Feng Xiaogang was a little disappointed. He opened a new year in the mainland. However, when I went to North America, it failed to fire, which was terrible. Zhang Yang said: "Director Hu is better than us. I have wanted to call him and ask him for a long time Hu, your "My Sassy Girl" was really sold to Hollywood for adaptation. 3.5 million US dollars?" "That's right. "My dear, a real $3.5 million?" "Can I still deceive you?" Zhang Yang shouted: "In the end, you are the one who makes the most money. I sold the copyright for "Bathing", so I got 10." It¡¯s less than 100,000. Even if you split the account, it¡¯s only about 100,000. You don¡¯t even need to split the account. You can get it directly for $3.5 million. ¡°Xiaohu has a bright future,¡± Feng Xiaogang said. Looking at the smiling and coquettish Wan Xiaohu, I feel very uncomfortable. In the past, fourth-generation and fifth-generation directors disdained his company, and the older generation also scolded him as vulgar, but he still had box office pride. Ever since Wan Xiaohu appeared. As soon as he released a few films, he snatched away the championship of non-theme commercial films in the Mainland, and now he is also popular overseas. This gave Feng Xiaogang the feeling of falling from the clouds. After touching his pocket and seeing that he didn't bring any cigarette, Feng Xiaogang said to Zhang Yang: "Bring me a cigarette." "Didn't you say you quit smoking?" "Quitting smoking means not smoking anymore? You are creating second-hand smoke, I might as well smoke a cigarette myself." After giving Feng Xiaogang a cigarette, Zhang Yang asked Wan Xiaohu: "Smoking one?" "Have one, you'll want to smoke." Feng Xiaogang also encouraged: "What man doesn't smoke and hangs out in this circle? If you don't smoke, others will say you are weird." "How can you be weird if you don't smoke?" Before Wan Xiaohu could speak, another voice rushed to speak. Wan Xiaohu turned his head and saw Zhang Yimou walking over, and then sat down next to Wan Xiaohu: "Ignore them, try not to smoke if you can. I used to smoke too, but then I felt that my lungs were not good, so I quit. It¡¯s been 89 years now and I don¡¯t feel bad about my lungs. Don¡¯t get addicted to smoking now.¡± Wan Xiaohu said, ¡°Don¡¯t worry, Teacher Zhang. I firmly resist smoking.¡± Zhang Yang asked: ¡° Director Zhang, you have become darker and thinner recently, and you are not as handsome as before. I heard that you are filming in the Ramen Jinshan area, more than 4,000 meters above sea level, and a regiment of troops are filming the movie? " "You are very well-informed about "Hero" recently. "I'm filming the Qin Army's formation, and the training is quite hard." "Director Feng's "Big Shot" this year, next year director Zhang's "Hero", Xiaohu, your "Infernal Affairs" is also next year, right? I crushed you." Zhang Yimou laughed and said, "You underestimate Xiao Hu."?, then I will have to avoid the schedule of "Infernal Affairs". " "Teacher Zhang, you are too modest. I came to shoot during the schedule of "Hero". I didn't plan to shoot it so early and prepare for it. When I heard that you invested 30 million US dollars and the filming would be completed within one year, I immediately According to calculations, it is estimated that Director Zhang will occupy the Lunar New Year slot next year, so he hastily started "Infernal Affairs" in advance and scheduled it to be released in the summer next year. "Wan Xiaohu said half-truth. ""Hero" later earned 250 million in China, ushering in the era of blockbusters in the mainland. Although Wan Xiaohu is more optimistic about "Infernal Affairs", he doesn't think it can compete with "Hero" and avoid it. The schedule is the best thing. By complimenting each other and talking about their respective filming stories, the purpose of this exchange meeting is achieved. After all, it is not a professional academic seminar. It can be said that the directors are in the literary and art circles. , the group of elites with the most say, even in this official-dominated country, as long as the directors get involved, they are on an equal footing with the officials. The entertainment industry is a large circle, and its status is higher than that of the general circle, maybe because of this. The reason why the Ministry of Culture has been unable to merge the Broadcasting and Television and establish the Ministry of Culture is because the Broadcasting and Television has a powerful weapon in the cultural circle and is too old. Naturally, many of them are young stars. Sleeping and drinking together are like playthings, but when they reach a certain level, like Cheng Long and Liu Dehua, their friends are wealthy people and provincial and ministerial level officials, and the director doesn't like them at all. There are not two levels higher than a star. Take Zhang Yimou, for example, his status is definitely at the level of a national treasure. I remember an interesting incident last year. Zhang Yimou¡¯s film "No One Less" was sent to the Cannes Film Festival, but the president of the film festival turned out to be the winner. Jacob said he didn¡¯t like the film and thought it was promoting the Chinese government. Zhang Yimou later sent another film, ¡°My Father and Mother,¡± and hoped that both films could be exhibited normally. Jacob said he liked ¡°My Father.¡± "Mother", but still hoped that Zhang Yimou would withdraw from "No One Less". Then Zhang Yimou was angry, withdrew both films, and wrote an open letter expressing his boycott of Cannes. Then, CCTV publicly supported Zhang Yimou, saying that Zhang Yimou is Chinese. "The Hero" is an open challenge and clear response by Chinese filmmakers to the "ideological bigotry" of some Westerners. The interesting result is that "No One Less" won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival, and "My Father" won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival. "Mother" won the Silver Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival, a master-level achievement. If this only shows that director Zhang Yimou's artistic achievements are worthy of recognition, then "Hero" premiered in the Great Hall of the People, which was Chi Guoguo's. It is a symbol of status. In 2002, the Great Hall of the People was the most sacred place in China. Unlike now, you can pay to attend meetings. The director¡¯s right to speak and the resources he enjoyed were no less than those in the officialdom. Officials exchange resources privately, and directors naturally have to exchange resources. When working in China, you can never avoid politics. Directors also serve politics. Wan Xiaohu is still young and has no access to the top, but sooner or later he will. One day I came across that it is necessary to serve the country and add some political propaganda content into the movie. Nowadays, the world is no longer interested in real-life wars, which are dominated by cultural invasion. After 911, the United States vigorously supports superhero movies. In fact, it is not a kind of cultural export for political needs, exporting the truth "the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility" to beautify one's identity as a world policeman. During the Iraq War, the United States made "Troy" to cover up its ambitions, and retreated from Somalia. The United States made "Black Hawk Down" to save face, stationed in the Persian Gulf, and made "300" to advocate justice. To a greater or lesser extent, these movies will have political intentions. The director¡¯s circle communicates for this kind of political intention in the future. After you come in, I will tell you what you need to do to become a qualified Chinese director. Or what can you do to arouse the recognition from above. No matter how bad it is, we just make rules together and plan how to improve the film environment. As for the exchange of scripts, ideas, and experiences, there is not much exchange. After a day of communication, in the evening, everyone left the club one after another and began to rush to the CCTV live broadcast hall. The Huabiao Award is a government award and is broadcast live on CCTV. There was a film exchange exhibition before, and Wan Xiaohu's "Butterfly Effect" and "My Sassy Girl" were both screened at the exhibition. At seven o'clock in the evening, the red carpet began to be walked. As the annual government commendation for film workers, big shots from all walks of life arrived one after another, making the red carpet particularly bright. Neither Zhang Yimou nor Wan Xiaohu brought the crew, and the exchange meeting was very pleasant, so the two walked on the red carpet together. ????????????????????????The leader of the fifth generation of directors, and the one who carries the banner of the sixth generation of directors. As soon as he stepped onto the red carpet, the flash couldn't stop, clicking, clicking, clicking. Many media outlets have even thought about the titles of the pictures when taking photos. "The collision of two eras, the intersection of the future and the present!" The red carpet of the Huabiao Awards is a bit long, and it turns a corner. It goes from the main road to the second gate. It is estimated to be as big as half a playground. Along the way, Zhang Yimou smiled miserably and refused to wave. Wan Xiaohu smiled brightly, but kept his thumbs in his pockets and did not wave. The large toad mirror was stuck on his face. He was handsome and cool, quite like a celebrity. ¡°Oh, oh.¡± Many spectators on both sides of the red carpet shouted in welcome. The seventh Huabiao Awards is about to begin.