Chapter 358 Times have changed When Yang Mi walked to the edge of the stage and communicated with the staff, her heart was still beating wildly. As a student at the film academy, she had heard of most of the names of the directors on the stage. In terms of box office success, they were certainly not as good as Xu Kun, but in terms of status in the circle, there were several who were no less than Xu Kun. So when Xu Kun was attacked by a group of people just now, Yang Mi was so scared that his face turned pale, and he thought that Brother Kun was probably going to be driven away. Unexpectedly, Xu Kun was not afraid of the debate with Lu Chuan and left the great director Lu speechless. To be honest, although Yang Mi had made up her mind to hug Xu Kun's thick legs, it was all out of career considerations, and it was never because of Xu Kun's personal charm. But in the situation just now, she felt a different kind of throbbing. This strange feeling of excitement continued until a large number of students and teachers poured in, filling the theater that could accommodate 150 people, and was gradually replaced by a nervous mood. She and Bao Bei'er looked at each other, walked side by side to the center of the stage holding the microphone, and prepared to loudly speak out the opening remarks that had been prepared long ago. At this moment, Wang Xiaoshuai suddenly picked up the wireless microphone on the coffee table and shouted, "Wait a minute!" Yang Mi was startled by him, and Bao Beier next to him was even more shocked. They turned their heads and saw Wang Xiaoshuai standing up from the table, holding up the microphone and saying: "Before this symposium officially begins, please allow me to change seats first."
As he spoke, he pointed at Xu Kun and then at Ning Hao: "There are directors with a box office of 3700 million, and there are directors with a box office of over million. I don't think I should be associated with them." [Note: This paragraph has a prototype. I saw it before when I was looking for information. Now I can’t find it, but it should be what Wang Xiaoshuai said to Ning Hao and others.] It turned out that he was urging the show to start because he had been holding back a lot of anger! Wang Xiaoshuai is really hypocritical. Before 07, he was still shouting that we should not compromise with the box office, and criticized those sixth-generation directors who wanted to transform and insisted on upholding the bottom line of filmmakers. As a result, in 08, he suddenly made a bold statement: "If the box office of "Left and Right" is not good, I will ban myself" - this clearly means that he attaches great importance to the box office, which is completely opposite to his previous statements. Then, as expected, "Left and Right" flopped, and Wang Xiaoshuai unsurprisingly broke his promise. After Wang Xiaoshuai finished speaking, he walked to the center of the stage, looked around and said, "Who among you is willing to switch places with me?" After he did this, even if they didn't have such a big problem with Xu Kun, they would not take the initiative to change positions with him. Those who already had a lot of complaints against Xu Kun started to make a fuss: "No, no, I'm afraid of being suffocated by the smell of money!" "How can we be qualified to sit with a billionaire director?" at the same time. There was an uproar in the audience. Many students and teachers who had just entered the venue did not realize until then that Xu Kun was sitting in the corner. "Isn't this the Sixth Generation Directors Symposium? Why is Xu Kun here too?!" "Wow~ It's Cai Xukun!" "No, it should be Xu Kun, the domineering and unique dish in the past thirty years!" "You forgot to add 'the man behind K-Pop.'" Just as the stage and the audience were in chaos, Ning Hao suddenly pulled off the gold chain around his neck, slammed it on the coffee table, and then grabbed the microphone and yelled, "It's never going to end, right?! Is it a crime to have a big box office success?!" Ning Hao was born in 77, and like Chen Shu, he is 29 years old. He is still young and energetic. Moreover, he has achieved such great success. How could he not have any temper? He had felt uncomfortable with the sarcastic remarks of the old gang members before, and now Wang Xiaoshuai had directly dragged him into it, how could he endure it? ! Ning Hao's shout stunned everyone on and off the stage. Wang Xiaoshuai wanted to say something, but Guan Hu stood up from the table and said, "I'll switch with you." Then, regardless of whether Wang Xiaoshuai agreed or not, he moved to his seat, patted Ning Hao on the shoulder and said, "Haozi, don't mind it. He has such a bad temper. He blurts out anything when he gets anxious."
On the other side, Jia Zhangke also hurriedly dragged Wang Xiaoshuai to Guan Hu's seat. Wang Xiaoshuai stood up to target Xu Kun, and most people present were happy to see it happen. But you also dragged your own little brother into it, and did it in public, which was really too much. Seeing this scene, the audience began to talk again, and many people felt that they had come to the right place today - there were many opportunities to watch the seniors show off, but not many opportunities to watch them fight each other on the spot. After this episode, Yang Mi and Bao Bei'er's opening speeches were weak and full of mistakes, but fortunately no one cared about it. After finally finishing the basic introduction, Bao Beier said impatiently: "Next, let's give a warm round of applause to Director Jia Zhangke to speak as a representative." Perhaps because the audience was expecting a dog-eat-dog fight, the applause from the audience was not as enthusiastic as expected. Jia Zhangke came to the center of the stage amid applause and began his speech in the form of a report with great emotion. As a director who graduated from the Department of Literature, his writing skills are much better than Xu Kun. But when it comes to specific opinions, it’s actually the same old three things: art films need…art market…art theaters… Perhaps because he was hit hard in the normal market, he is now calling on "art theaters" to work especially hard, almost to the point of shouting at the top of his lungs and shedding tears. His words obviously resonated with the audience, and there was thunderous applause when he took his final bow. After all, those who can come here are basically active members of Beijing Film Academy and Central Academy of Drama, and at least half of them have the dream of becoming a director, so they can naturally empathize with what he said. After Jia Zhangke finished his speech and sat back in his seat, Yang Mi jumped out impatiently and announced that Xu Kun would speak next as a representative. Having witnessed Xu Kun's verbal battle with Lu Chuan just now, she couldn't wait to see what Xu Kun would come up with. The audience in the audience was in a similar mood, so the applause was particularly enthusiastic, and the main point was to just enjoy the fun. The performances of the directors on the stage were different. Some looked cold and indifferent, some were dismissive, some were indifferent, some were full of scrutiny, and some were as if they were facing a great enemy... Xu Kun calmly walked to the center of the stage, facing the gazes from the people in front and behind him, and said loudly: "When I was invited to participate in this symposium, I was a little flattered. I thought that there would be profound ideas from so many wise men gathered together. Who knew..." As he spoke, he shook his head slightly, then tore up his speech in front of the audience. This action and this set of words immediately caused an uproar on and off the stage again. Someone on the stage shouted "arrogance" and "sensationalism", but Xu Kun ignored them and raised his voice again: "Before refuting some people's unrealistic fantasies, I would like to ask everyone, and those born in the 80s like me, what era are we in now?!" When the audience heard his question, they immediately gave a variety of answers. And Xu Kun also got the result he wanted. After all, the answer was so obvious. "That's right, this is the Internet age, an unprecedented new era!" Xu Kun said loudly: "Each generation has its own way of thinking and living! If you insist on mechanically applying things from the last century, even if they are foreign gadgets made by Europe and the United States in the last century, they are decadent, outdated, and doomed to extinction!" At this point, he stopped and looked around the stage, then revealed his true intention: "Yes, what I want to talk about is the art theater chain that Director Jia just urged!" (End of this chapter)