China Entertainment 2000.

Chapter 205 I don’t have any “lofty ambitions”

"Woof woof, woof woof!"

"Hey, I'm back, I'm back, don't rush over me."

After rubbing the warm and soft dog's head, Jiang Liu decisively pushed Dahuang away who was so excited to see him.

"Hey, brother, you are really back."

"What's this? Why is someone spreading false news about me?"

He went to Cannes, and Li Xing was on a business trip in Taiwan. The task of feeding the family's rhubarb and several thrushes was handed over to Zhao Wenhong.

"I thought the company was joking with me. Fortunately you are back, otherwise Brother Yan Liang and Director Du Haibin would have said I was lying."

After Zhao Wenhong finished speaking, Yan Liang and Du Haibin walked out of the second floor and into the courtyard.

Both of them had dark faces and looked dusty and unkempt.

Yan Liang smiled and said: "The house is quite nice. It is hidden in a busy city and is quiet and far-reaching."

Du Haibin: "Mr. Jiang, Yan Liang and I are here to trouble you again. The second season of "Qingliang Ancient Road" is about to be filmed. We submitted the filming plan to the Yixin Investment Committee and it was rejected."

Jiang Liu didn't know about this, but he recognized the investment committee's approach.

"The Yixin Investment Committee prioritizes the company's interests when selecting projects and will definitely veto them."

"But I watched "Qingliang Ancient Road" and you guys did a good job. I personally paid for you to continue filming."

Jiang Liu patted Yan Liang's shoulder and said with a smile: "We are no longer what we used to be. We spent one to two million yuan to make a documentary without having to go down and pray to God in a low voice."

"You'd better think more about it. Don't force certain things!"

Jiang Liu looked at Yan Liang's eyes and said doubtfully, "Do you believe in Buddhism?"

A person's temperament will change with age and life experience.

The eyes are the windows to the soul. Through a person's eyes, you can see whether a person's heart is pure or full of desires.

Yan Liang's eyes looked extremely clean.

Completely different from the old classmates in Jiang Liu's memory, Yan Liang actually had a very hot temper.

When the two of them first came to the capital in 2000, Jiang Liu and Yan Liang made a small fortune by reselling concert tickets.

Yan Liangcai had some money, so he hurriedly went to Zhongguancun to buy the camera he had wanted for a long time.

As soon as he got the camera, he took Jiang Liu to Yongzhou overnight to shoot the documentary "Along the Railway" on New Year's Eve.

After that, he left the crew of "Marrying the Right Man in the Wrong Sedan Chair" without hesitation and took the documentary to compete abroad. From then on, he and Jiang Liu parted ways in their careers.

Yan Liang has a very impatient personality.

But during this meeting, he was extremely calm. Even when Yixin cut off the funding for his documentary, he didn't show any panic. Instead, he evaluated Jiang Liu's house first.

Yan Liang smiled and shook his head: "I don't really believe in Buddhism. Maybe I have gained some insights after following a group of masters for a long time."

Jiang Liu nodded noncommittally and said, "I'll put my luggage away and we'll have a casual meal together later. Don't worry about the funds for the shooting. Just give me your account."

"Brother, I won't eat. I have something to do." Zhao Wenhong refused.

"What can happen to you? You won't even eat?"

"If something happens, it will happen." Zhao Wenhong lowered his head slightly and said sheepishly.

"Wen Hong, go ahead and treat me well." Yan Liang said with a smile.

Zhao Wenhong was exposed to Yan Liang's little secret, and Saya ran away. Jiang Liu scratched his head: "This is the person we're talking to. Why don't you follow and take care of the eyes?"

"More than four years later, he is now 4 years old, and it's time to make the decision for his own life."

Yan Liang watched Zhao Wenhong disappear with a look of relief, then turned around and said to Jiang Liu sincerely: "Thanks to you, I was too impulsive back then and insisted on bringing the four of them to the capital where it was more difficult to establish a foothold, and almost killed them. "

"Chu, don't talk nonsense."

After putting away their luggage, Jiang Liu, Yan Liang, and Du Haibin found a small restaurant for lunch near Jiang's house.

At the banquet, he listened to Yan Liang and the others talking about many unrecorded deeds in "Qingliang Ancient Road".

For example, a woman who has been a Buddhist for many years accidentally encountered the masters begging for food in the Sangha. She repeatedly asked the masters to accept 100 yuan of incense money but failed, so she sat on the dirt road and cried loudly.

There were many similar stories, and Jiang Liu really felt that his soul was purified after hearing them.

But his greedy and greedy mind is also indestructible.

After all, it has been hardened for decades and cannot be changed casually. Yan Liang and Du Haibin left and continued to film the monks begging for food, determined to make a documentary that would shock the world.

However, Jiang Liu saw that Yan Liang's attitude was not as firm as before. He now seemed to be turning from a bystander into a member of the monks.

"I heard you came back from France?"

"Well, I just came out from a restaurant near home."

"The Cannes promotion is in place. You did a great job. You postponed the dinner in the evening and left it to me."

"Okay, I don't have any dinner."

After hanging up the phone with Han Sanping, Jiang Liu went to Xiao Yang's alley. Sun Yizhen was not at home, so Jiang Liu went to the Nancheng construction site alone.

When I arrived a few years ago, the construction site in Nancheng was overgrown with weeds and in ruins.

Come back a few years later, a wall has been built at the Nancheng construction site, and yellow sand, gravel and other construction materials have piled up into hills.

"This will be my territory from now on."

On the roof of the car, you could see the river flowing in the distance. Just as your heart was racing, your cell phone rang again.

"Where are you? Come here now, I want to find out something from you."

"I'm in Daxing, where are you and Yu?"

"I've thought about it, it's better to go to your house. Anjing, you can go home directly. I'll have someone cook some dishes at the hotel and send them over."

"to make."

Putting his cell phone in his pocket, Jiang Liu jumped out of the car muttering "I can't help myself".

Arriving home at a lightning speed, Yu Chu and Han Sanping had already arrived. While Jiang Liu pressed the door code, he curiously asked: "Two leaders, what's the matter, so urgent?"

"Nothing in particular, I mainly want to hear you talk about the Cannes Film Festival." Yu Chu said in a playful tone.

"What's so interesting about the film festival? More than 2000 media from all over the world went to it, and more than 20 filmmakers and tourists came together, which is almost three times the population of the small town of Cannes."

"It will create economic value of several billion yuan for the local area. The specific amount depends on local news reports in France."

Han Sanping shouted on behalf of Yu Chu: "Isn't there nothing to talk about?"

"They have been doing this for decades and have formed a complete film industry chain. No matter how jealous we are, there is nothing we can do." Jiang Liu stepped aside to allow the two of them to advance.

After going to the leisure room and making tea, Jiang Liu figured out the purpose of their visit.

At the 57th Cannes Film Festival, excluding the Hong Kong film "2046", all domestic films were wiped out.

Total annihilation does not mean that no film won an award, but that no film entered the main competition.

As soon as the list of films in the main competition section of Cannes came out, the domestic media suddenly went into an uproar, pushing the General Administration to the forefront of public opinion.

The media these days, especially the unregulated online media, really dare to name and curse people, so they look for Jiang Liu everywhere to learn about the situation in Cannes.

The bureau has also decided to release the originally banned "Seventeen Years Old Bicycle" from the ban.

And for the first time, Jia Zhangke's script "The World" passed the review.

This attitude means nothing.

Jiang Liu knew what was going on and didn't say anything.

"China also has the Magic City International Film Festival, and in order to keep up with the pace of international film festivals, it deliberately changed the holding time from every two years to an annual one in 2001, but the effect is still not good. What do you think the problem is? "

Yu Chu frowned and asked.

Jiang Liu said in a perfunctory manner, "I don't know. I haven't signed up to participate either."

"The media are all denouncing the censorship issue. How are the grades divided? How risky are they? Who can guarantee that they will be effective and that supervision can be comprehensive? Will open-air screenings in mountains and rural areas be unreliable?"

Jiang Liu briefly interjected: "If nothing else, the classification is still useful."

"To give a simple example, the film market is like a reservoir, and the movie theme is like a faucet. A reservoir originally had 10 faucets for discharging water, but eight were closed due to various reasons, leaving only two faucets. The water in the reservoir is rising at a rate Naturally very slow.”

"I heard some leaders say that domestic directors are not capable enough and they blame this and that. But if they are capable enough, they can dance even while wearing shackles, and they can dance well."

"He actually doesn't understand the truth. There are only a few talented directors in the world, and most of our directors are just ordinary directors."

"Of course, I personally fully agree with all the decisions made by the bureau and Yu Chu. You and Mr. Han know me well. I don't have any big ambitions. As long as the audience likes to watch entertainment movies, I will make them. If the audience doesn't like them, I will retire." ”

(End of this chapter)