A great director who grew up happily

Chapter 409 Reading Comprehension

The three most important things for a commercial film are: completion of filming, a clear story, and the values ​​of young people.

These are the qualities that all commercial film directors must possess, among which the values ​​that keep pace with the times are the most important, because the age of film directors has been increasing, but the average age of the audience has always been around 22 years old.

In today's society, a ten-year age difference is already a clear generation gap, so it is quite difficult for commercial film directors to make young people feel that the story is not outdated.

Even without the current tax issues, Ning Hao is still not optimistic about the much-hyped mobile phone sequel. He does not think Feng Kuazi has Zhang Yimou's ability to still make commercial films that are accepted by young people at the age of 60.

Even Feng Kuazi no longer has the ability to shoot comedy films, and can only shoot art films and genre films with specific backgrounds and eras. He continues to shoot modern films, but each one he makes fails.

Ning Hao had a lot of thoughts in his mind, but his eyes never left the screen in front of him.

Half an hour later, when the hidden plot represented by the male protagonist began to unfold, he said to Guo Meng beside him, "This movie is a sure thing."

"Indeed." Guo Meng nodded seriously. He had seen Chen Jinnian's first two feature films, so he was impressed the most at the moment. "His progress has been tremendous. If his first film was a bit crude and his second was just okay, the filming techniques in this film are so mature they're almost showy."

Guo Xun is a technical person, and he and Ning Hao have different focuses.

But without exception, both of them highly recognized the film, and at the same time believed that Chen Jinnian had made the first masterpiece of his life. Perhaps due to the subject matter and the crew, the film is unlikely to win an award, but it is definitely the best quality commercial film this year.

The film is a movie with a strong female lead. The story lines all revolve around Lin, played by Wang Yidi. She is the main plot line of the story and fully adheres to the logic of commercial films. Even at the end of the story, there is a routine plot of surrender and repentance, which represents the hope of the film.

However, if that were all, it would just be an ordinary passable work. The hidden plot surrounding Chen Jinnian is even more heartbreaking.

Chen Jinnian missed the exam for a full scholarship, which made him see no hope of making a breakthrough. At the same time, his tight family life forced him to bear financial pressure and family responsibilities early on. Under such circumstances, he was dragged down step by step by the heroine until he was finally blackened.

It is difficult to say what Bank, played by Chen Jinnian, did wrong. He is upright and persistent. He even protected Lin after being caught cheating, and bore the consequences of losing his qualification to study abroad and being expelled from school alone.

After his future was shattered, he turned evil to threaten Lin, which made people hate him but also sympathize with him.

Anyone who has experienced the beatings of society knows very clearly which one is reality and which one is fiction, the obvious one or the hidden one.

So the trailer clearly advertised it as a thrilling film about cheating, but after watching the entire film, I felt inexplicably depressed, and the more ordinary people I was, the more mixed feelings I felt.

Although Chen Jinnian changed the background of the story, the saying that it is difficult for a poor family to produce a noble son appeared in everyone's mind.

After two hours of screening, the auditorium suddenly became bright as day. Amid the applause of the audience, the main creators of the crew took turns to come on stage and bowed to express their gratitude to everyone.

When Xiao Sa came on stage with a microphone and cue card, he accidentally fell to the ground, causing a burst of laughter.

Chen Jinnian, who was closest to him, quickly squatted on the ground to help pick up the items. Wang Yidi also wanted to help, but she was wearing an evening dress and couldn't squat at all. She could only stand beside Chen Jinnian and take the hand card that was handed to her.

After a few busy seconds, Xiao Sa stood up, straightened his wrinkled shirt, and said with a smile: "Fortunately, today is not the party at the station, otherwise my salary this month would not be enough to cover the deduction."

Then he continued the process calmly, "While everyone was watching the movie, we collected a lot of topics that everyone was interested in, including those from media friends and the audience. We hope Director Chen can help answer them."

Chen Jinnian took the microphone handed to him by the staff.

"Of course you can, but I want to tell you a true story first. I took the college entrance examination last year, and Zhejiang Province selected Teacher Aci's "College Entrance Examination Factory" as a reading comprehension question in the joint examination before the college entrance examination."

"One of the questions is, why did the author name the teacher in the passage Zhao Qinghua and the student Wang Dachui? What's the deep meaning behind this? Please explain. This question is difficult, Teacher Sa. Do you want to know the answer? Um, sorry, I forgot that someone like you who was admitted to Peking University might not know what a reading comprehension question is."

Facing Chen Jinnian's sudden teasing and the sudden booing from the audience, Xiao Sa said, "I had no choice. I didn't want to go to Peking University at the time, but after thinking about it carefully, Peking University seemed okay, so I went."

"Ah~"

Xiao Sa's boasting attracted a lot of boos, among which Mr. Yu Qian was the most active. He finally had the day to boo others, and Wu Jing next to him was so happy that his gums were showing.

"Indeed, I scored 700 points and ultimately chose Peking University."

Chen Jinnian’s words made Xiao Sa’s smile freeze. He had met his match in the world of showing off.

"Okay, let's put the Peking University question aside for a moment. Our president is still downstairs, so you should give us your answer first."

"Okay." Chen Jinnian nodded. "Since you're asking sincerely, I'll be merciful and tell you."

The young audience in the back row burst into laughter, leaving the people in the front row confused and wondering what Chen Jinnian had just said.

Wang Yidi, who understood immediately, raised his hand and patted Chen Jinnian, asking him to get down to business quickly, otherwise they would get off topic again.

"Zhao and Zao are homophones, and Qinghua represents Tsinghua University. The name Zhao Qinghua implies that teachers use the mechanical-like test-oriented education system to turn students into top students at Tsinghua. Wang signifies being unique and self-centered. The hammer represents the hope of ordinary students to break the shackles of the test-oriented education system and the spirit of daring to resist."

"Of course the answer is very long, I just briefly explained it. After seeing the answer, the students were dissatisfied, so they went online to ask Teacher Aci, and they got a completely opposite answer."

This time, Chen Jinnian did not chat with Xiao Sa and continued talking.

"Teacher Aci said she chose the name Qinghua because it sounds nice and easily reminds her of Tsinghua University. As for why the surname was Zhao, it was because Zhao is the first surname that came to mind among the five Chinese characters Zhao, Qian, Sun, and Li. She tried several names for the student but was not satisfied with any of them because they were difficult to remember. Then the name Wang Dachui suddenly popped into her mind. It's very grassroots and easy to remember. Moreover, Bai Ke's Wang Dachui is very famous and has a comedic tone, so she used it."

After listening to this, Xiao Sa understood why Chen Jinnian told this story.

"You want to tell everyone to focus on the story of the movie instead of over-interpreting it."

"That's not the case." Chen Jinnian shook his head.