Chapter 642 Great Things (3rd Update!)

Chinese films, if divided by directors, can be divided into six eras.

That was from the beginning of the last century to the end of the 1920s. The entire Chinese society was in turmoil, feudalism and progress were intertwined, and many people were not satisfied with the art of writing and drama performance, and began to pursue another new form called "film". Most of the films they made were silent films, satirizing feudalism and social reality...

That group of directors are the founders of Chinese films worthy of respect.

Later...

Time came to the 1960s.

The fourth generation of directors...

They were basically graduates of the Beijing Film Academy in the 1960s. Most of the films they made were "throwing away the crutches of drama", pursuing a simple and natural style and open structure, and the countryside gradually became the central theme of their works...

The fifth generation of directors, they experienced some changes in China's era, and they also suffered a lot. They were educated youth and went to the countryside, and some even relied on selling blood to maintain their film art.

Because of the suffering, most of the things they shot carried some social obscurity, but this metaphor was more implicit, and the content of the performance began to combine Chinese and Western...

Then...

It was the sixth generation!

The sixth generation of directors in this world saw the invasion of European and American culture.

Most of them have studied abroad, seen the prosperity and splendor of overseas, and then returned to China for some reasons...

In the influence of European and American culture, in order to win awards, to have a position in the international arena, and to be the so-called "international great director", some directors unconsciously became underground directors who "satire China and expose scars", and then gradually turned ugliness into an art.

And internationally, some judges, I don't know if they are driven by mysterious forces, or they think this is art in their eyes...

Since the millennium, many Chinese movies that flatter foreigners have been hung in the hall and become templates...

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The sun penetrated the window and came in.

It shone on Zhang Sheng's desk.

Xin Xiaoqi's USB flash drive was placed on the table.

Zhang Sheng looked out the window.

After the earnest voice finished speaking, he closed his eyes.

Xin Xiaoqi looked at Zhang Sheng's back, feeling a little unwilling. For a moment, she suddenly felt very unfamiliar with Zhang Sheng.

She once thought that she knew Zhang Sheng very well, and she knew more about the [Southern California International Film Awards]...

She thought this was a means in Zhang Sheng's business layout, the advertising fees of brands, the movie screening fees of 10 million per show, the ubiquitous money-making methods, all [art], all [authority] are for the sake of money.

But, at this moment, it seems to be gradually different.

However, she is still unwilling.

"Mr. Zhang, I will obey your decision and arrangement unconditionally, but I don't think a movie is a cultural war!"

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"The essence of art is a kind of extreme, beauty to the extreme is an art, ugliness to the extreme is an art, and even badness to the extreme is also an art. Art itself is free, it needs more and more extensive ways of expression. Naturally, art has no borders and is a way of expression pursued by all mankind..."

"..."

Xin Xiaoqi looked at Zhang Sheng's back very seriously.

The movie "Red Corn" did not participate in the exhibition. At most, she felt a little regretful and felt that she was unworthy of the advice of her predecessors.

However, a dispute in thinking and ideas really made her unacceptable. She even felt that Zhang Sheng was feudal, closed and exaggerated.

"Have you been to Europe and the United States?"

"Yes..."

"How many places have you been to Europe and the United States?"

"A lot of places."

"Are they glamorous?"

"Very glamorous and very beautiful. At the same time, everyone is polite, like a gentleman..."

Hsin Xiaoqi saw Zhang Sheng turn his head and look at her indifferently.

Facing Zhang Sheng's eyes, Hsin Xiaoqi did not avoid it, because in her heart, everything she did was clear conscience, and it was the most correct thing in her cognition.

After saying that, she even added: "Mr. Zhang, if Chinese films want to rise, they should be more tolerant! I always feel that our [Southern California International Film Awards] is a more tolerant award... It tolerates differences, it is colorful, and even more brilliant, truly going international, so that more overseas filmmakers can recognize..."

"Where does the knowledge in your film school textbooks come from?" Zhang Sheng did not respond and suddenly asked.

"It originated from the West, and movies also originated from the West..." Hsin Xiaoqi answered.

"So, with many subtle rules, we involuntarily leaned towards the West, thinking that everything in the West was the truth, and then, countless values ​​began to involuntarily lean towards the West. Gradually, some backbones that should have been straightened, in a subtle way, bent, and some knees knelt. [Berlin], [Cannes], [Oscar], [Venice], internationally renowned film festivals, under the ideology of the West, used awards to coerce the mainstream of Chinese films, so that Chinese films could only win awards if they were made according to their wishes..."

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"After Chinese films win awards, they are screened internationally and seen by countless people. After watching the films, many people feel that China is barbaric, poor, narrow-eyed, and broken... even countless people subconsciously I thought China was in the 1960s..."

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"You think that is art, and the ultimate is art. However, art can be diversified and does not necessarily have to show ugliness to be profound! To really make you feel that ugliness is profound, isn't it the subtle Western culture that deliberately uses various propaganda to Various awards, various cultural invasions, things that are imprinted in your minds? That is an ideology, an invisible invasion, a weapon more terrifying than swords and bullets..."

Zhang Sheng looked at Xin Xiaoqi, his voice was still calm.

However, every word in the voice seemed like a needle piercing Xin Xiaoqi's heart.

Xin Xiaoqi opened her mouth and wanted to refute, but after a long time, no refutation came out.

"Art has no borders, but artists have borders..."

Zhang Sheng then added another sentence.

Xin Xiaoqi was speechless. Since she has been making movies, many seniors in the screenwriting circle, the directing circle, and the film and television academy are very obsessed with Western culture and yearn for it.

In this environment, she was influenced by what she saw and heard, and gradually thought that that world was a real world.

"The goodness and beauty you see are all shrouded in a gorgeous coat. You have participated in the [Southern California International Film Awards], and you have also been to the slums of Rocinha and that slum. It's still huge, and the lives of many people haven't changed much. But have you noticed that in the days after you went there, you couldn't see the slums at all? Looking at the news and the economy, do you think everything is prosperous and prosperous?" Zhang Sheng stared at Xin Xiaoqi.

Xin Xiaoqi's face turned pale and she took a few steps back, as if she had been hit hard: "Mr. Zhang, you mean, we are all..."

"What you see is what someone asked you to see, what you think of is what someone asks you to think of, and what you praise is what someone asks you to praise..." Zhang Sheng pushed up his glasses. , continues to reveal part of the truth about this world.

Xin Xiaoqi's face turned even paler. The ideas and world view she had gained since childhood...

She was hit by an unprecedented shock at this moment. She suddenly felt so frightened that she didn't know how to speak.

"And in the darkness, all these hints, or accomplices, may be a movie, a TV series, a comic, a brand, an advertisement..."

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"This is a war. We live in a peaceful age, but this is only peace on the surface. The truly cruel, cold, and suffocating war has just begun..."

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"[Southern California International Film Awards] is an ordinary film festival, but it is a window, a window for many people in the world to see China...it may have messy things, but It’s not perfect, and may even be ugly at times, but the movies in it are never about belittling oneself and then kneeling down and kowtowing to those Western adults..."

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"The rules set by the West are still very tough, but one day we will break those rules..."

Xin Xiaoqi sat down on the sofa in the office.

There was no color left on her beautiful face.

She lowered her head, feeling a little lost in a trance, even ashamed of herself...

After Zhang Sheng said this, he drank some water and continued watching another movie.

I don't know how long it took before Xin Xiaoqi regained some of her color.

She suddenly felt that Zhang Sheng was doing something extremely great.

He looked up.

"what can I do?"

"You don't need to make movies that are deliberately flattering or derogatory. If you regard movies as art, then you need to make something profound, with profundity as the keynote and environment as the supplement. If you want to make commercial movies, then , you please the audience and shoot popular art... The higher a person stands, the further away he can see, but at the same time, it is more important to know his own position..."

"I...I know."

Xin Xiaoqi nodded.

Then, he left the office silently.

After Xin Xiaoqi left, Zhang Sheng sat back in his chair and continued watching the movie.

Just at this time……

His phone rang.

It was Xu Zhenghua from Hua Xia Bank who called.

"Ma Yunhua was in the news just now. He said that he was about to do something great. What do you think it is?"

"What's up?"

"His mobile phone [Zhilibao] APP will be launched early next year. Among them is [Yulibao], which has high interest rates and is ready to help everyone make a fortune..."

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