Chapter 479: Yandian's Past

The three of them did not use transportation. Each of them carried a lunch box and wandered to the Yanjing Cinema.

Zhou Yan often eats at Yanjing Factory, so he keeps a lunch box in the director's office. The lunch box he brought today is a few years old, and he brought it when he was filming "Farewell My Concubine".

It's lunch time now, and there are quite a lot of people in the cafeteria of Yanjing Film Academy.

Seeing the chaos in the cafeteria, Xiao Can frowned and said, "Lao Huo, is meal time really a good time to come to the actors? Why not contact the director of the acting department and directly bring the students together to have a look."

Huo Jianqi laughed and said, "That's so boring. I think it's very important to observe an actor and see them in their most natural state."

Zhou Yan curled his lips. Huo Jianqi's words sounded reasonable at first, but in fact they were pure nonsense.

According to Zhou Yan's observation, it is impossible to tell how well an actor performs from his usual state.

Many actors are in completely two states when they are acting and in normal times.

Some people look confused at ordinary times, but when they are acting they are in good condition and look like they are acting. There are also some people who usually seem quite smart, but when it comes to acting, they look like 250-year-olds.

Therefore, if you want to observe an actor, it is best to pass an audition. Like them now, you can only see an image.

A few people grabbed some food and found an empty table to sit down at.

Not to mention, the food in Yandian canteen is quite good. Although Zhou Yan is unwilling to admit it, it is better than Yangyin's canteen.

Of course, it can't be compared with Zhou Yan's studio cafeteria.

During this period, the food in the university cafeteria was pretty good, at least there was a lot of meat.

Huo Jianqi raised his head and looked around in the cafeteria, and then said to Zhou Yan and Xiao Can, "Look at my eleven o'clock direction. How many students are there? Are they not bad?"

Xiao Can glanced in the direction he was talking about, rolled his eyes and said, "Do those people look like they are from your art department?"

As he spoke, Xiao Can explained to Zhou Yan, "The students in their art department have a very obvious characteristic, that is, they are dirty."

Zhou Yan nodded. Xiao Can was right. Although these students were wearing very fashionable clothes, their clothes were dirty and had various paints and inks on them.

Huo Jianqi is an art major himself, so he doesn't refute it because it is an objective fact. Their art department deals with various paints and inks every day, so it is impossible for their clothes to be clean.

If someone's clothes are clean every day, it only means that this person is not very good at his homework.

He said with a smile, "I didn't say that actors must be from the acting department. It's not impossible to find suitable ones from other departments. There are many students from other majors who become actors."

This is the case in film school. The major you study does not mean that you will do this after graduation.

Those who study art become directors, those who study directing become actors, and those who study acting become directors... Except for the art department and the photography department, which are difficult for others to enter, the barriers to other departments are not high.

"Let's eat first, and then go out for a walk after dinner. You can't see anything in the cafeteria. You have to eat quickly today, otherwise the food will be cold. I have to say that your school cafeteria is not bad. Unlike our school, Last time I went back to school, I still couldn't see any meat." Xiao Can said.

"It's not enough to be in a show." Zhou Yan said strangely.

Xiao Can graduated from Shanghai Theater Academy. After all, Shanghai is a big city, and the school's living standard should not be bad.

Huo Jianqi laughed and said, "When we were in school, everyone was basically the same, and no one was better than anyone else. At that time, our art, directing, recording, and photography departments were all on the Zhuxinzhuang campus, and only the performance department was on the campus. Xiao Xitian had classes here. At that time, there was only one dish in the canteen of Zhuxinzhuang Campus. The price is between 5 cents and 10 cents, and there is basically no meat. The main thing is radish beans - soybeans, diced pork rinds and diced carrots stewed together. There is basically no oil in boiling cabbage, and now I can’t even eat it.”

When talking about the past, Huo Jian couldn't stop talking, "At that time, material life was very poor. In order to eat enough, we stole cabbage, apples, chickens from fellow villagers and teachers, and went to the fields at night. I got some edamame. When I came back, I didn’t have a pot, so I used a basin to cook it..."

Zhou Yan rolled his eyes, remembering the time when Yu Hua and the others stole cucumbers.

In this comparison, Yu Hua and the others can be regarded as moral, at least they did not steal other people's chickens. The main thing is stealing chickens, which is much more serious than stealing cucumbers. If you are caught stealing cucumbers, you will get a few words at most. If you meet some generous people, you may have to give you a few cucumbers.

But stealing a chicken is different. If you are caught, you may be beaten half to death.

Huo Jianqi and Zhang Yimou were students of the same class, and both entered the school in 1978. At that time, eating meat was a very luxurious thing, because eating meat did not just require money, but was also provided by ticket.

Two boys sat next to them. After hearing what Huo Jianqi said, they were very interested and listened attentively.

Later, one of the boys couldn't help but ask, "Brother, how much was your monthly living expenses at that time?"

Huo Jianqi had known that the two boys were listening, so he was not surprised when he heard this question. He smiled and said, "It was about twenty to thirty yuan. At that time, our student allowance was only this much."

"Then if it's just for eating, it's more than enough."

According to Huo Jianqi, a dish in the cafeteria costs five to ten cents, and the daily living expenses are only a few cents.

"You go to school now, just to eat?"

"Well, that's definitely not the case."

"That's it. At that time, although there were not many places to spend money, basically all boys smoked. The better cigarettes cost two or three cents a box, Xiangshan brand. Most students smoked Zhandou brand cigarettes, which sold for two cents in Yanjing. Sometimes when students from Tianjin went home, we would ask them to help bring some, because Tianjin sold them for ten cents and nine cents, so a pack of cigarettes would save ten cents and be able to have a meal in the cafeteria. Students who were addicted to smoking would spend about ten yuan a month just on smoking. I remember that at that time, everyone was really broke, so they pooled money to let Uyghur students buy Mohe shredded tobacco when they went home, and then Then roll it up with "Reference News" and smoke it. "

The two boys were amazed, "What happened when you stole the chickens from your fellow villagers and teachers?"

"It's okay if you don't get caught. At first, we stole the chickens from our fellow villagers. Later, the fellow villagers were very cautious, so we could only use air guns to shoot the chickens from the teachers. In order to find the murderer, the teacher asked his children to run to our dormitory to smell who was stewing the chicken. However, even if they saw it, they were not caught in the act, so the teacher could do nothing but condemn it. In addition to eating chicken, our meat source also includes sparrows..."

At that time, Huo Jianqi and his friends would not only steal chickens, but also shoot sparrows and fish for frogs.

In addition, Huo Jianqi also announced one of their crimes that year, which was drawing tickets.

Because students in the Department of Fine Arts and the Department of Photography have a solid foundation in fine arts, they draw tickets in their spare time. The so-called drawing tickets means making fake tickets, and the types of tickets include but are not limited to movie tickets and tram and bus monthly tickets.

Huo Jianqi spoke loudly about such shameful things.

When he talked about drawing tickets to participate in the Spring Festival entertainment activities and then the incident was exposed, a dozen students had gathered nearby.

Seeing these students around him, Zhou Yan couldn't help but sigh that students really like to join in the fun.

He pulled the scarf around his neck up to cover his chin, trying not to be recognized.

"Brother, which class are you from?"

When Huo Jianqi was talking, a girl asked curiously.

"I'm from Class 78."

Hearing that Huo Jianqi was from Class 78, the students showed surprised expressions. In addition to surprise, many people also had a little respect.

For these later students, the students of Class 78 of Yenching Film Academy are very legendary.

Although overall, the fifth-generation directors do not seem to be old enough, but for these students, these directors are already masters.

Any student picked out of Class 78 is a heavyweight.

Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Zhang Jianya... When they were in class, the teachers would inevitably mention these people's movies.

Many students are targeting these people, and this is not just the case for students in the directing department, but also students in other departments.

The status of the students in Class 78 of the Yenching Film Academy in the school is similar to that of the golden generation of the 77th and 78th grades of the Central Conservatory of Music.

"Are you Brother Huo Jianqi?"

Someone finally recognized Huo Jianqi.

Of course, the other party was able to recognize him not because his face was so famous, but because he often visited the school before, and there were always some students who knew him.

When hearing Huo Jianqi's name, most students looked confused, but some students also showed a look of sudden realization.

Huo Jianqi has only directed two films independently so far, and neither of them is particularly well-known. As for the films for which he served as art designer, although the films themselves are very famous, they did not bring him any fame outside the industry.

Normally, no one pays attention to who is the art designer of a movie.

If this was not the Yenching Film Academy, but other ordinary schools, I'm afraid no students would have heard of Huo Jianqi at all.

"Director Huo, your film "Winner" is really well shot."

"Yes, "Winner" made me cry."

Speaking of the movie "Winner", more people know who Huo Jianqi is.

Although the movie "Winner" is not a big hit, it also won the Best Director Debut Award at the Yanjing University Student Film Festival and the Best Director Debut Award at the Golden Rooster Awards.

Students of the Film Academy have heard of the name of this movie to some extent.

Huo Jianqi responded with a smile, "Thank you for the support of all the juniors. Today, the three of us came to school just to find out if there are any actors suitable for our new movie."

When he said this, the scene exploded.

Soon, the number of people around them expanded from a dozen to dozens.

"Director Huo, is it your new movie?" a student asked.

"I am the producer of the new movie, and the director is Director Xiao Can."

Everyone followed Huo Jianqi's hand and looked at Xiao Can. Originally, Xiao Can had half lowered his head like Zhou Yan, but now he could only raise his head, smile, and greet everyone, "Hello, everyone, I am Xiao Can."

The students who knew how to handle things had already greeted them first, "Hello, Director Xiao."

Huo Jianqi continued, "Do you know the recently popular "Time Traveler"? Director Xiao is the deputy director. And the previous "The Chorus", he was also the deputy director."

"Wow!"

Originally, everyone didn't know who Xiao Can was, but when they heard that he was the deputy director of "Time Traveler" and "The Chorus", they exclaimed.

Although the assistant director is not as good as the director, it is not easy to be the assistant director in these two movies.

"Director Xiao, the new movie "Time Traveler" is really beautiful."

"Yes, yes, the music is good, the story is good, the shooting techniques...every aspect is very good."

"I went to see it a few days ago, but I haven't bought a ticket yet."

"Yeah, it was really hard to get tickets a few days ago, but it's getting better now."

Although he was praised by the students, Xiao Can was not happy at all because the director was sitting next to him.

Xiao Can asked Zhou Yan in a low voice, "Director Zhou, why don't you say hello to everyone?"

Zhou Yan also felt that it was no longer necessary to be secretive, so he raised his head and said with a smile, "Thank you everyone for your support of "Time Traveler"."

The students were originally praising Xiao Can, but Xiao Can didn't say anything. Instead, the young man next to him suddenly raised his head and responded. Everyone was a little confused for a moment.

However, some sharp-eyed people recognized Zhou Yan and shouted loudly, "Zhou Yan!"

Zhou Yan simply stood up, pulled down the scarf around his neck, and said with a smile, "Hello, fellow Yandian students, I am Zhou Yan. The three of us are here today, mainly because we want to prepare for the new film directed by Xiao Can. The film inspects actors, I hope it doesn’t disturb you.”

As there were more and more people, Zhou Yan also saw some familiar faces, but these faces were still relatively young at this time and were somewhat different from how they would look in the future.

The most eye-catching one is Chen Kun, who is tall and thin, with long hair and a very cool look.

Although students in film schools are generally more fashionable than students in ordinary schools, Chen Kun is also very fashionable in film schools.

Another more conspicuous person was Yan Danchen. She stood slightly behind, but she was still recognized by Zhou Yan.

It's not that Yan Danchen is a peerless beauty, it's just that this girl is in very good condition. She has no makeup but a very fair complexion and stands out in the crowd.

In addition to these two, Zhou Yan also saw Fu Dalong.

The reason why he was able to recognize Fu Dalong was that Fu Dalong was a child actor and had not stopped acting for so many years.

It can be said that Zhou Yan roughly knows what Fu Dalong looked like at various stages after he was eight years old.

In addition to the three of them, Zhou Yan also saw some people who looked familiar, but he was not sure. (End of chapter)