independent filmmaker

Because Luo Dajing and Zhang Jixian left the filming of "Rooting" together, Xie Lansheng, as the director, had to find another partner.

While researching the photographer Xin Ye said, he searched for a more suitable sound engineer.He is a graduate of Nortel, and he has classmates or senior brothers in 16 state-owned studios. Xie Lansheng asked one by one who might "betray the past."

Finally, one of his 84-level seniors at Xi'an Film Studio (Xi'an Film Studio) named Cen Chen.This Cen Chen was assigned to Xiying from Beiguang two years ago. He is relatively young, 24 years old.However, his life is very aggrieved, and it's a bit difficult.

First of all, the three of them have been living next to the toilet for those years, and they are still close to the urinal. The water from the next door seeps in continuously all day long, and maps are drawn on the wall. Cen Chen feels super disgusted , protested to Xiying Studio several times, but was ignored.Xiying Studio said: "If you always have to change the room today, you will have to change the room tomorrow, and you can't arrange the dormitory." It is conceivable how troublesome Cen Chen is looking at the "map" every day.In addition, it is said that because the relevant department did not get the employment approval, Cen Chen's salary for more than a year was "loaned from him" by the factory, not paid by the factory, which made him worry all day long.

Secondly, the final results of the three films he participated in were very miserable.The first one was about war, but because it emphasized the cruel side of war, it was regarded as a negative attitude and was shot.This film was produced by a company in Beijing in the later stage, so the content spread early, and people in the capital's film circle were whispering behind their backs. Xiying felt disturbed by this, and withdrew the team back to Xi'an, and ordered the director to never continue. Spread this film and want to change it again.However, it was too late. After hearing the news, the film bureau asked Xiying to watch the film. After watching it, the film bureau officially announced that the copies would be sent to a film library in other provinces for permanent storage. .And Cen Chen, a super dumbass, burst into tears and applauded after watching the film at the review meeting of the Department of Culture, completely failing to notice that the atmosphere in the room was not right.

The second part was not killed, but the situation is similar.The factory meeting passed the script, and the Provincial Department of Culture and the Propaganda Department of the Provincial Party Committee also approved it. However, when it came to review, because it was a revenge theme and showed social conflicts, the Propaganda Department of the Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee, which was OK before, did not agree. A re-examination was carried out, but the Film Bureau thought it was okay, so they asked the Central Propaganda Department to review it because they didn't want to offend the local authorities. Finally, the Central Propaganda Department made a final decision: the Film Bureau has the right to make a decision, and if the local governments are not satisfied, they don't have to buy copies of it.However, even though the movie was released, after a lot of trouble, no one wants it anymore. Everyone knows that it has some political issues that depend on borders.None of the copies were sold, and it was no different from being killed.

When it came to the third part, because of a rush, we decided to shoot a "main theme", and Xiying Studio wanted to change the name of the new film to "Ah!My dear comrades! ", and then in order to cater to the market, they wanted to force "local witchcraft", and emphasized that Cen Chen and others should participate in the "song selection".

Xie Lansheng felt very good after listening to it, it was him.Rebellious, direct, daredevil, and above all, still in awe of the film after all it's been through.It is said that Cen Chen usually doesn't speak much, but once he hears noise, he will shout "cut" with great arrogance. "Rooting" does not have high technical requirements for the sound engineer, and a graduate from Beiguang is definitely enough.

"Brother," Xie Lansheng said, "can you help me out and connect the two of us? Uh, don't just say that I want to invite him to participate in the filming of an underground movie. Let's find a chance for the two of us to meet and talk face to face." Xie Lansheng felt that he had to rely on his sincerity to impress and win over the other party. If he directly said "Let's break the law together", he would scare people away. He must have a chance to state the pros and cons and outline the future.

"This... If you don't mention what you want to do, why do people meet you? It's too suspicious."

"'Meet by chance'." Xie Lansheng said, "call him to the dormitory for a chat, or call him out for dinner, and then I happened to be there too, didn't we just run into each other?" Surely we can't go up and talk about underground movies, people Well, the first reaction to the "big rebellion" would be to stay away. He has to be a "good friend" first, try it out, and then talk a little bit.

The senior said a little speechlessly: "I am not familiar with Cen Chen at all, not to that level at all. I only know who he is, and I have no personal contact."

Xie Lansheng said, as if asking the other party to eat a cabbage, "It's ripe."

Senior brother: "..."

"Get familiar with me." Xie Lansheng thought, you are a real director, is it not easy to get acquainted with the sound engineer?

The senior brother is from Heilongjiang, and he said, "How do you get familiar with this?" He actually didn't want to care about it.Xie Lansheng is not a friend either, he is not to the point where he can spend energy for the other party.

Xie Lansheng also heard it. He paused, remembering that his senior hadn't been able to make a film in Xiying Studio, and a thought came to his mind, and asked: "Brother, do you want to make a film in Xiying Studio as soon as possible? I actually have an idea."

"Oh?" The senior brother was indeed bewitched, "What's your idea?"

This idea was thought up by Xie Lansheng when he was in Xiaoxiang, just after "Children in Troubled Times" was destroyed by Chi Zhonghe, but then "Fortune and Prosperity" was killed, and Xiaoxiang's director Guan asked him to exercise After five years, it was not carried out again.

Xie Lansheng said: "All of us new graduates demand to start the film as soon as possible, but the studio doesn't agree. Not only the students in the directing department, but also the photography, art, recording, and acting. There are a lot of people."

The senior brother was a little puzzled and said: "Well. Xiying Studio said that you have to be a scene director three times and an assistant director three times to be qualified to be a 'director'. Other majors are similar, but even if you wait six years, there is a high probability that you won't be able to get the job." At present, photography is working as a photography assistant, recording is working as a recording assistant, and actors are playing male three-four-five and female three-four-five. Everyone has some dissatisfaction. It aroused opposition from a group of veteran directors, photographers, etc., so they could only suppress them all. Besides, it is also art to let newcomers on and not to let newcomers on.

"You can talk to the factory about organizing a 'youth group' and recruit the graduates of the past three years one by one. Then, if you have a good book, tell the factory that you want to shoot, and the 'youth group' will In this way, the "selected employees" will not be dissatisfied with anyone alone, because this is a film made by the factory to support young people, they would not be able to get it, and Xiying Film Studio is very likely For the sake of 'harmony', give a factory standard to appease all the dissatisfied high-educated graduates. Think about it, the first to enter the factory will be the main creator, and the second two years will be the deputy. Everyone will be able to skip at least one level, of course they will all be happy. If you are happy, the factory manager will be relaxed. When you don’t give bids, you will think about the project again. This so-called "youth group" can save the factory a lot of worry. At the same time, just in case, you also continue to As an assistant director, if the 'Youth Team' fails to get the factory label as expected, then the worst thing you can do is to stick to the original plan and work for another three years."

Senior Brother thinks about it, and thinks this is really a solution.

Lan Sheng hurriedly struck while the iron was hot: "Don't forget to call Cen Chen."

Brother: "... Got it." Xie Lansheng gave a solution, and he naturally wanted to repay the other party.

Xie Lansheng said, "Thank you, brother!"

"..."

"By the way," Xie Lansheng pushed forward again, "Can you also ask about this person's hobbies, family background and past experiences?"

"Where do I know where to go?"

"DMCIA." Xie Lansheng said, "Auntie Central Intelligence Agency."

The brother convinced Xie Lansheng, and said, "Okay, okay, I'll try it."

Xie Lansheng said again: "Thank you, brother!" He was very sweet and affectionate.

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A week later, the Nortel brother told Lan Sheng that the Xiying Studio had approved the plan of his "Youth Team".Whether the film can be released depends on the book, and he has already started preparing.

Xie Lansheng was very happy for him, and asked about Cen Chen. The senior brother said that in order to create opportunities for him, he planned one-on-one "study activities" for six days a week, and on Monday, Cen Chen would come to his dormitory. Starts at five and ends at six.

"Thank you, brother!" Xie Lansheng said sincerely.

Great.

He originally thought that if the senior brother's path fails, he must ask Wang Xianjin to introduce other senior brothers and sisters.With the teacher Wang Jinjin, the brothers and sisters will help him.

That's it, at 5:59 on Monday night, Xie Lansheng went to the brother's dormitory.There, he met his target—recording engineer Cen Chen without any accident.

In fact, Cen Chen looks fair and clean, and he can't tell that he is a simple, straight-forward type.

The senior's acting skills are also outstanding, and he introduced: "Ah, Cen Chen, this is Xie Lansheng, a junior of mine from Nortel. Lan Sheng, this is Cen Chen, our sound engineer at Xiying."

Xie Lansheng smiled and said, "Hello, hello."

"Uh," Cen Chen said, "Anyway, I'm done studying today, so I'll go back to the dormitory first, you guys talk, you guys talk."

"No, no, no!" The senior brother grabbed Cen Chen, "My junior brother is here to have fun, and we just happened to have dinner together. We are all in the same circle, so many friends have multiple paths. It's okay." The senior brother is from Heilongjiang, I love making friends.

Cen Chen: "Oh..."

Cen Chen originally refused to eat together, but it didn't take long for him to realize that he was wrong.

They were so congenial.

And the brother who knew that Xie Lansheng had studied Cen Chen carefully, his eyes jumped when he saw Xie Lansheng's excellent acting skills, and he couldn't look directly at him. Every time Cen Chen said a hobby, Xie Lansheng slapped his thigh and said, "Oh my god, I am too!" look.

Cen Chen likes football very much, especially AC Milan, the Dutch team, the "Three Musketeers" and Van Basten.

Xie Lansheng said that he also likes AC Milan, the Dutch team, the Three Musketeers, and Van Basten, and he knows everything: "Van Basten's zero-degree angle during the European Cup is really amazing!"

"Yeah, yeah, I'm crying, the Netherlands finally has a champion."

"In the past two years, Ajax has had a good player named Bergkamp."

"Yeah, this should be the successor. I think he is very spiritual. Hey, last year's World Cup was really a pity."

The two of them met each other so late, it was almost time for help, the senior brother couldn't get in the way at all, and he convinced Xie Lansheng again, and he didn't know who he asked to make up for him to become a football expert.

In the end, feeling the atmosphere warm up, Cen Chen's guard on the other side disappeared, and Xie Lansheng naturally transitioned the topic of the meeting to work.

"Lan Sheng," Cen Chen really asked, "Where do you work now?"

"Me?" Xie Lansheng's expression was bright, he stretched his head and lowered his voice, "I resigned from Xiaoxiang factory, and I'm making a film independently, and it will start on the [-]th of next month."

"Ah???" Cen Chen was stunned, "Filming independently? What do you mean?"

"To make an underground movie, you don't need a factory label." Xie Lansheng is like an underground party, "I raised 25 yuan and I'm shooting what I want! The heroine is pure and natural, and the hero is... the actor Xinye. Because The male protagonist has too many layers, so I tried to hire a professional..."

Cen Chen has always been straightforward, and he can even say that his EQ is not high. He called out: "Xin Ye? Why?"

"Actually, I don't really know..." Xie Lansheng really didn't know, "It should be because he likes the book...or thinks it might win an award? We plan to go to European and American film festivals after the filming is finished, sell the copyright, and recover the cost. If we are lucky , may still make a fortune. Do you know that some companies in Europe and the United States will spend millions of dollars to buy copyrights. Now I share the proceeds with investors 1:10. [-]/[-] of that, making them all rich and famous."

The other party did the math and stayed still again.

"In this way, the film no longer needs to be submitted for review, and it is impossible to be banned. It also has no administrative pressure, and the director can count on what he says. It only needs to consider art, and it will definitely be relatively pure. There is no leadership, no film bureau, and no province. The Bureau of Culture and the Propaganda Department of the Provincial Party Committee, everyone has only one goal and that is to make a good movie.” After speaking, Xie Lansheng talked about his experience in Xiaoxiang Factory, which was very similar to Cen Chen’s, and every sentence touched people’s hearts.

Cen Chen was silent, and after a while, he asked, "Aren't other people afraid? For example, photographers and sound engineers."

"Actually, the legal consequences will not be very serious. If something happens, I am the director, and I will take the lead." Xie Lansheng said, "Others can be deceived. For example, I promised to buy the factory. Biao, you will believe it naturally." He really intended to do so.

"Oh..." I was a little tempted.

"The cameraman is Luo Dajing who just retired from Hunan TV." Speaking of this, Xie Lansheng's heart was still stabbed severely. Zhang Jixian, they got double salary for filming this film with me, about 8 months. I plan to have a fixed team, one film per year, and use them all. You also know that the photographer and sound engineer are the best We have cooperated with each other. We play movies together, and we can do whatever is interesting."

"Oh..." For some reason, I was a little envious.

Do you want to play a movie together?

When the "friend" said yes, he felt better too.

Cen Chen thought of the movie that was killed, the movie that sold poorly, and "Ah!My dear comrades! ", and a urine map on the wall of the dormitory.

In Xiying Studio, he never had a really happy day.During filming during the day, veteran directors, factory leaders, the Provincial Department of Culture and the Film Bureau all bored him, and at night he had to look at the map.The map itself is not that disgusting, but the factory culture of "you don't have more, you have less" hidden behind it is disgusting.He envied the person across from him to shoot his own film in such a cool way, and he also wanted to have a good time. In the end, if he really couldn't do it, he would go to shoot commercials, and he would never die of hunger.It may be worthwhile to have this kind of experience in life. A year of rebellion is equal to a lifetime of conformity.

There are already some very happy pictures in his mind.

Because it was just a "casual chat", Lan Sheng seemed to meet a confidant. He talked more and more, and the content was very seductive. Finally, he also said two things that he was worried about at present, one about Luo Dajing , and another about Zhang Jixian.

After hearing about the "hanging account", Cen Chen couldn't agree with it and said: "Such a person... is really bad."

"I know." Xie Lansheng let out a long sigh, and then smiled wryly, "I can't help it. I can't find suitable people for photographers and sound engineers. How can there be anyone who doesn't want to live in a state-owned factory with an iron job?" Speaking of this He shook his head, "I can't find it."

The brother was really inexplicably surprised, and felt that the person next to him should be the first Chinese actor of the "Big Three in Europe".

On the opposite side, Cen Chen stared and opened his mouth, but he still didn't make a sound.

Xie Lansheng saw that it was almost done, so he excused that he was full and followed his brother back to the dormitory.

He wanted to stop the topic here so that Cen Chen would not be attracted by other things.

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For the next two weeks, when Cen Chen saw senior brother Lan Sheng, he would always ask about Lan Sheng's situation, and the senior brother also said that there were all kinds of fun there, and Cen Chen would occasionally ask "When will Lan Sheng come back?" Say maybe, hanging each other.Cen Chen also inquired about it himself, and there is indeed no law that expressly states what will happen to him if he makes a film, only he will not have a job and he will not go to jail.

Then, on a rainy afternoon in Xi'an, the senior brother ran to the door of Cen Chen's room on the second floor of Xiying Dormitory, knocked on the door, and said, "Cen Chen, open the door! Cen Chen, open the door!"

Cen Chen immediately opened the door: "What's wrong?"

The senior brother seemed to be in a hurry, and felt that he had become an actor: "Do you still remember my senior brother, Xie Lansheng?!"

Cen Chen felt nervous and said, "I remember."

"Hi! The cameraman and sound engineer he invited all ran away!!!"

"……what???"

"I even stole the equipment! It took a lot of effort to get it back!"

"...Then what is he going to do?"

"Well, Cen Chen, don't say the following... Xie Lansheng just asked me to ask you if you would like to join them..."

Cen Chen's voice became hoarse: "I..."

"He said that he felt that he and Cen Chen were in perfect harmony. He hated seeing each other so late. He always regretted that he had directly settled on Zhang Jixian before. He always thought of you and couldn't forget it. He tossed and turned, and now he was a little happy to see him run away."

"I……"

"He's already on his way here, and wants to have a good chat with you."

"Ah?" Cen Chen looked out the window at the torrential rain, "Is he coming over to chat in this weather?"

"Well, yes, Xie Lansheng said he couldn't wait any longer, and finally had the possibility of pulling you away..."

Brother, I can't go on acting.He knew very well that Xie Lansheng chose this weather on purpose.One is to show sincerity, and the other is to appear pitiful.People will have a "compensation" mentality.If the other party saw him coming all the way in the rainstorm, it would be very difficult psychologically to refuse his plea.Xie Lansheng is lying to this fool.

Sure enough, Cen Chen's mood changed a bit: "Okay, okay, I'll wait for him." Xie Lansheng was coming over in the rain, of course Cen Chen couldn't refuse, no matter what, he would listen to Xie Lansheng face to face.

Before the senior brother left, he sighed again: "He really likes you." This time it's not all acting.

Cen Chen: "..."

Xie Luotangji, who deliberately didn't take an umbrella, quickly knocked on the door, still thinking in his heart that it was fortunate that he had thrown the movie king in Beijing, otherwise he would definitely be scolded again.The two times I came to see my senior brother, it was not suitable to take others with me. Xie Lansheng forced Xinye to get rid of him, although he was also very puzzled why the other party always followed him.During the time when he was riding the tractor, he could clearly feel that Xinye was in pain all the time - his arms rested on one side of the board, and his head was supported all the time, but he still insisted on following.

When Cen Chen opened the door, he saw water droplets falling from Xie Lansheng's body, soaking the cement floor.Water was all over his hair, and it ran across his cheeks and neck. His clothes and pants were stuck to his body, and his figure was a little thin inside.

"Cen Chen," Xie Lansheng stood at the door, looked at the other party, his voice was tight, trembling because of the cold, "I want to ask you to be a sound engineer."

"you……"

"Cen Chen, you said that day that you like film art and you are obsessed with all kinds of sounds, right? You said that there are very few people who can realize how important sounds are, but they are as important to a movie as pictures , you also said that voices, footsteps, birds singing in the sky, sheep lowing on the ground, whistles in the distance, and the sound of streams and tides in the distance are all beautiful. After listening to these, I think you are very suitable for us , because the crew really needs someone who loves movies more than others."

"Lan Sheng..." This is the truth.He loves movies, but he is not good at explaining themes through pictures, but is better at using sound to create an atmosphere, and he is best at adding tiny background sounds.

Xie Lansheng was a little excited, and grabbed the other person's arms, ignoring the rain that was about to drip into his eyes: "Cen Chen, tell me, do you want to change your life? Do you want to change the way of making movies? Is it? If you come to the "Rooting" crew, you can directly be the chief recorder, and handle all the sounds as you like. Let's shoot "Rooting" together without any interference, without thinking about the Provincial Department of Culture or the Film Bureau. After filming, we will go to the film festival. I am confident and can promise - so many big and small film festivals can always participate in one or two. As for whether you can gain both fame and fortune... luck is quite important. I can give double salary, I will also insist on making movies, as long as there is still a day of freedom, it is impossible to give up movies, and it is said that there is no personal freedom...the last two years have not been enough, there is no law."

Cen Chen felt his throat tightening, looking straight at the man who was drenched like a drenched chicken but whose eyes were so bright that he couldn't believe it, and felt yearning for him.As an assistant, in three years at most, I can make one "Ah!My dear comrades! ", too little.Scenes in Xiying passed by like a revolving lantern, and at the same time, the "map" on the right wall kept pushing and shoving him. Finally, he seemed to be bewitched, and he gave up, and only answered one word: "I want to."

After speaking, I wanted to cry.

Xie Lansheng also wanted to cry.

He remembered a story Xin Ye told on the train:

When GE, a century-old enterprise, was founded, Edison had just invented the light bulb, but at that time the light bulb could only light up for about 2 minutes, and the filament inside would burn out quickly. Everyone in GE, from the boss to ordinary employees, had the same idea in mind: let Just keep the light bulb on for a while, make the world brighter.

So, yes, he was looking for like-minded partners.

"Discuss and discuss the specific work." Xie Lansheng thought about it, walked into Cen Chen's room, wrapped his wet elbows around the back of the other's neck, and brought him to the table with a sense of intimacy: "However, where is it?" I have to confess one thing before... Actually, Luo Dajing and Zhang Jixian ran away long ago."

Cen Chen: "?????!!!!!!"

Xie Lansheng smiled again: "I asked all the working sound engineers in 16 factories, and finally found that you always offend the leaders because of the film itself, and you are like-minded. It's not easy to ask directly about this kind of thing, you always have to test it first. I want to meet you who deliberately appeared in the dormitory. Even the 'Youth Group' was suggested by me and my brother, in order to let him appear in the film, and also to let the two of you have an intersection. To be honest, you are my only candidate .”

Cen Chen: "..."

Strangely, he wasn't terribly disgusted.

The other party has been candid enough.Everyone craves to be valued, especially those who engage in art.He hopes that someone will agree with him and appreciate him, instead of giving him the dormitory next to the toilet to live in for a long time, stating that "you are a lot less".He was a little bewitched at first, and he was hesitant deep in his heart, but at this moment he really went all out, thinking that it doesn't matter, at most, he shoots movies when there are movies, shoots commercials when there are no movies, waits for Xie Lansheng or others, no matter what , can always have a time enough to remember a lifetime.

The author has something to say: Xie Lansheng, you can really lie...

This paragraph is a bit similar to the previous article about digging the CTO of bg... I really can't figure it out, just this one, don't type... Of course, the previous article is more complicated, because the CTO is smarter than this one...

The story of GE was told by Jack Ma, if it is false, don't blame me...

In reality, only the director was fined for filming without a standard, and no one else was fined.