independent filmmaker

January 2003, Beijing.

Outside the window, the sun is flowing like honey, golden, thick, fragrant and sweet, and the whole Beijing is wrapped in honey, which makes people a little intoxicated and a little lazy.

Xie Lansheng was sleeping on the bed. 33 years old, the skin is still the same as white porcelain.He was lying on his side with his legs crossed and his hands clasped like a cat.

Xin Ye made breakfast for two, went upstairs and walked into the room gently, seeing that Xie Lansheng was still asleep, he couldn't bear to wake him up.

He looked down at Xie Lansheng's body curve under the brocade quilt, looked at it for a while, couldn't hold back, stretched out his right hand, with three fingertips across the quilt, along the outline, slowly slid across Xie Lansheng's ribs, waist,... …, thighs, breathing heavily, and stopped after a while, and kissed Xie Lansheng very lightly on the ear.

Xie Lansheng let out a "huh", his eyelashes trembled, then opened them, saw Xinye, and smiled.

With a magnetic voice, Xinye put his hands on the edge of the bed, leaned over, teased Xie Lansheng, and said, "Director Xie, are you awake?"

"Well," Xie Lansheng curled his mouth and called his lover, "Good morning, Mr. Xin."

The two of them sometimes called each other "Lan Sheng" and "Xin Ye", sometimes they called each other "Xie Dao" and "Xin Zong", and sometimes, following the sayings in the circle, they called each other "Xie Teacher" and "Xin Teacher".

Xinye stared at the other person's face and asked, "Get up and eat, huh?"

Xie Lansheng closed his eyes again, nodded, and replied, "Okay."

Although he said yes, he didn't move.

I want to move.

He had another night of indulgence yesterday.At first it was papa papa, then puff puff puff later, it was tossed like a rag doll, and I didn't want to move a single finger.

Xie Lansheng and Xinye have been together for seven and a half years.Now, Xin Ye is familiar with everything about him, and he is more mature and powerful. He can stare into his eyes and see his distraught appearance, while teasing him with ease. On, or on the fingers pinching the bend of his leg tightly, or on vigorous movements, knowing that the other party is still excited, so he always cooperates.

Xin Ye said that even after all these years, occasionally, he still has some doubts that he is dreaming, just like in those four years, he was dreaming.Xie Lansheng really loved him.

Seeing that Xie Lansheng closed his eyes and did not move, Xinye curled his lips dotingly again: "Do you want to be carried to eat?"

Xie Lansheng opened his eyes, laughed hahaha, turned over and turned to lie on his back: "This idea sounds good?" He originally just wanted to squint for a while.

Xinye sighed, put Xie Lansheng on his pajama pants, put on his pajamas, buttoned up the other party, lifted the quilt, and with a little force on his forearms, he hugged Xie Lansheng horizontally.He went out sideways at the door, passed the corridor, and walked down the stairs, step by step steadily.Xie Lansheng's two arms gently wrapped around the opponent's neck, and Bai Bai's feet swayed.

At the small restaurant on the first floor, Xin Ye asked Xie Lansheng to sit, brought him a pair of slippers, and helped him rinse his mouth, and then put milk, toast, grilled sausage, fried eggs, etc. on the table.

Xinye's mouth was quite light.He was born and raised in the United States, and he can't accept the salty and spicy Chinese food, but he has gotten used to it in the past few years, and his taste is close to that of Xie Lansheng.

The two of them ate breakfast while talking.Xin Ye is more expensive. To eat fried eggs, you have to cut the fried eggs from the middle with a table knife to let the sticky core come out, and then cut the protein into several small pieces, and use a fork to dip them in one by one. Egg yolk to eat.Xie Lansheng prefers fully cooked, fried on both sides, dipped in soy sauce to eat.

After eating, the two of them went back upstairs.

In the washroom, Lan Sheng and Xin Ye washed up separately, and Xin Ye finished her hair and was ready to change clothes and go out.

Seeing that Xinye had cleaned up, Xie Lansheng leaned over again and sniffed at the crack between Xinye's lips like a cat.He sniffed and made a little noise, asking, "Did you change the toothpaste? It's mint flavored."

Xinye's eyes moved, and he pinched Lan Sheng's chin with one hand and dragged him towards him, and wrapped his other hand around his lower back, and kissed him thoughtlessly.The two of them kept rubbing each other, Xinye's tongue tightly circled Xie Lansheng's, absorbing the taste, and there was some mint fragrance in his mouth.

After the kiss was over, Xie Lansheng pushed Xin Ye: "Okay, Mr. Xin, let's go to work."

Xinye still couldn't bear him, and said, "Yeah." I couldn't see him for another eleven hours.

"Send a text message if you need anything."

"Ah."

In fact, during the day, the two of them would text each other every two hours, ask what they were doing and what happened, and talk about it in detail at night.

After finishing speaking, Xin Ye went to the cloakroom to change into a suit, and went to work.He was wearing a dark black shirt, a light black suit, and a silver-gray tie. He was tall and big, with broad shoulders and a broad chest. Among the Chinese, Xie Lansheng had only seen Xin Ye, who could make his suit bulge.Because he is already in his 30s, Xin Ye is mature and steady, with an amazing bearing.

Xie Lansheng watched the whole process, feeling empty in his heart.

That's weird.We have been together for seven and a half years, and we have been saying goodbye every day for seven and a half years. At this moment, I still feel empty.

…………

Xinye drove all the way to the company "Deep Blue Films".Deep Blue Pictures has the name of Xinye and Lansheng, but the two words can be formed into a word, and they all have homonyms, so no one will think about it.

Deep Blue Pictures is on the top three floors of a certain building.

Xinye stepped out of the executive elevator, walked into Deep Blue Pictures, nodded to the girls who stood up to say hello in the more general "office" outside the general manager's office, and entered the room.The large office now includes secretarial, internal publicity and other departments.

As soon as Xinye's door was closed, the two girls became nympho.

One of them said: "Mr. Xin's face is so handsome! His aura is too strong! Based on this, I will never resign for the rest of my life!"

Another said: "I still like to go to work at nine o'clock... Mr. Xin's management is more westernized. He goes to work late and gets off work late, and he can't take a lunch break during the day to sleep."

前面那个小姑娘回：“九点上班我也喜欢！我之前的那个公司硬性规定08:30到，我们老总竟然天天自动自觉06:30去！”这时北京的各公司还没开始错峰上班，九点算晚的，差不多有60%的单位是07:30或八点开工，还有30%是七点或08:30。

"Oh," said the little girl behind, "Mr. Xin often works overtime, but he almost never arrives early." She has older experience in the company and knows a little more.

"Hahahaha, are you a night owl?"

"No." The latter was suddenly mysterious, "An old sister who joined 'Deep Blue Films' in the early days said that Mr. Xin once explained to everyone why he couldn't arrive early unless there was an emergency."

"why?"

"Tut tsk tsk," the little girl said, "President Xin's wife is engaged in creation, her brain is hyperactive, and she doesn't sleep well. Xin Ye said that his wife can be calmer and sleep well when his wife is in his arms. No, the original words seem to be Yes, his lover can be calmer and sleep well when he is by his side. The two of them always go to bed at a fixed time and get up at a certain time, and don’t break this rule, unless the other party goes out to work.”

"..." The secretary in front was startled, "No, Mr. Xin is married? How old is he? 31? 32? Mr. Xin seems to be 71 years old?"

"That should be over..."

"........."

At this time, the vice president of Shenlan's office who was in charge of secretarial work arrived, and the two girls stopped gossiping and devoted themselves to handling their own work.

…………

On the other side, after getting up, Xie Lansheng went to the study to turn on the computer and looked at the two movie forums he created, Tianxia Movies and Youth Movies.

The two forums are getting hotter and hotter.Fans are surprised to find that there are still so many people who like the same movie, the same director, and the same industry as themselves across the space. Some people discuss Hollywood movies and Hong Kong movies, and some people discuss Truffaut and Godard, etc. .People are serious and serious. Xie Lansheng is also very happy to see the masters and research masters on the forum. Many fans just started watching the United States and Hong Kong, but now they are also watching literary films.

Xie Lansheng once again discovered that the small moderators are very responsible, and the essence of several long articles last night has been added.Now, his two favorite moderators are young teachers from Nortel, who manage two sections respectively. He himself is quite free, and only writes two recommended articles on literary films every week.

After watching the forum, Xie Lansheng made preparations for the new "Director's Gathering".The film selection staff he invited had confirmed the next film list, and Xie Lansheng asked Xiaohong and Xiaolu to inform the directors of the time and place.This activity is held once a month, and its purpose is to help the young "DV generation" to progress, improve and become more professional.

At noon, Xie Lansheng warmed up the pork ribs that Xin Ye made yesterday, had a good meal, washed the dishes, and wrote new stories in front of the computer.

There are not many words in the movie script, only about [-] to [-] words, but it needs to be carefully polished, thought and revised repeatedly.

After writing for about two hours, Xie Lansheng's brain became dizzy, he turned off the computer, put on his coat, and went to the book city for a stroll.

He went to the "Zhongguancun Book Building" which opened in October.Because it has been opened for less than a month, the book building has crazy promotions, and the first to fourth floors are crowded with people who come to buy books everywhere.Many people were standing and reading, and some people actually sat on the ground.

a bit messy...

Xie Lansheng browsed around the bookshelf of "Literary Theory".Then, walking around, he found that the profile of the person next to him looked familiar. He stared carefully for a while, and finally recognized the person: "Hey...!"

The other party is Zhang Xuewen, editor-in-chief of "Watching Movies" magazine. Before 1999, when "Watching Movies" was still called "Film Works", they knew each other.

Zhang Xuewen was also very surprised: "Hey! Thank you, Director!"

"Ah," Xie Lansheng said, "Editor Zhang, are you here on a business trip?" Xie Lansheng knew that the "Kan Movie" magazine was still in Harbin, and it was said that it would move to Shanghai soon.

"Yes." Zhang Xuewen said, "By the way, come over to read the new book."

"Ah."

The two exchanged pleasantries for a while, and the other party suddenly asked Xie Lansheng: "Director Xie, did the Film Bureau call you?"

Xie Lansheng said: "...No."

Xie Lansheng thought: Huh?What?still go?Was he dragged to give lectures again?In these ten days of big training and five days of small training, when will it be the head.He made another film last year and participated in the Toronto Film Festival, but he has already been called by the Film Bureau for training twice.

Hey, Xie Lansheng thought very tiredly, he's used to it, so let's do it, I don't know when he will be called.Forget it, anyway, he has a thick skin, and a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water.

There are copper walls and iron walls everywhere, and everywhere is heavily guarded. How can there be even a slight gap for him to survive.

Zhang Xuewen asked in surprise: "What? Not yet?"

When he said this, Xie Lansheng felt that something was wrong, that it was a little serious, and asked Zhang Xuewen boldly: "Is there something different in the training of the Film Bureau this time? Did something happen?"

"A lecture?" Zhang Xuewen was taken aback for a moment, and then said loudly: "It's not a lecture. Director Xie, have you really not heard of it? The Film Bureau is going to lift the ban on you!!!"

"...Unbanning???"

Suddenly hearing the word lifting the ban, Xie Lansheng, who was in his 30s, suddenly felt at a loss, like a person who stole books was caught by the administrator on the spot.

"Yes," Zhang Xuewen said, "Didn't you see Decree No. 20? Movies are completely market-oriented. Private companies don't need to buy factory labels from big studios, and they can apply for the "Film Production Permit" right away! Factory labels Canceled, the director wants to make a film, as long as there are funds, personnel, and the outline of the film has passed the review, it can be made! There is no limit! There is no need to compete with others for places, and there is no need for approval from the studio director. Anyone has an idea. Filming, everyone competes in the market to see if there are theaters to show up, and if there are audiences to buy tickets, like this." After a pause, he continued, "In the beginning, the film bureau controlled the opening of the film, and the director got the bid to release the film. .As long as the film is made, China Film will arrange for distribution, and now it has become like this step by step, and everyone will see the outcome in the market."

"Hmm..." Xie Lansheng said, "I saw Decree No. 20, saying that it will come into force on December 12."

"That's right!" Zhang Xuewen said, "So, you were all banned because you didn't have a studio label to film on your own. At that time, the film studio label was monopolized by big directors. But according to Order No. 20, you are not at fault. The process It’s changed, it’s moving forward. Now, the young director can prepare to shoot after submitting himself for review, as long as he can get funding. Therefore, before December 12st, the film bureau will lift the ban on you, including you, Sun Fengmao, Li Kai, Wang Feng ... There are a lot of people. This is to encourage you young directors, and it is also to let others see the strength of this reform."

Xie Lansheng was still dumbfounded.

He has been waiting for this day for too long, he has been waiting for this day for 13 years.

From being young and frivolous at the age of 20 to today's Gujing Wubo.

When this result really happened, Xie Lansheng couldn't believe it.

Xinye once told him that Xie Lansheng and the others would probably be lifted with the 20th order of the Bureau of Radio, Film and Television, but Xie Lansheng didn't count on it. He has been banning and banning filming for more than ten years.

"Director Xie," editor-in-chief Zhang Xuewen said again, "The news I heard is that because you are the leader of this generation, the film bureau will call you and ask you to call other people to go to the film bureau together."

Xie Lansheng opened his mouth, but couldn't speak.He tried again, and finally made a sound this time: "Thank you, Editor-in-Chief Zhang. I really don't know."

"Hey, just wait!"

"Okay," Xie Lansheng smiled, "If the ban can really be lifted, I will treat you to a big meal next time the two of us meet!"

"Hahahaha," Chief Editor Zhang said very heartily, "That's settled, I'll wait."

"Well, it's a deal. Thank you so much."

"Director Xie, congratulations." Editor-in-Chief Zhang's expression suddenly became serious again, and he said, "Finally, you don't need to be 'underground' anymore. In other words, this means that the country is going to 'rehabilitate' you."

The author has something to say:

In November 2003, most of the "six generations" directors were lifted, including Jia Zhangke, Wang Xiaoshuai, Lou Ye, He Jianjun, Li Yu and so on.