Chapter 26 Returning to School with Honors!

After Wu Yuan returned to China, he really felt that his movie was popular.

Although no one recognized him as the director of "The Night the Comet Came" on the street, news about him and the movie could be seen everywhere in the newspapers.

The actors in the crew also became popular with the help of this movie.

Including Chen Kun and Zeng Li who had just returned to China, the eight leading actors of the movie received many notices of activities and TV programs, and their schedules began to get busy.

Wu Yuan only had time to have a celebration banquet with everyone, and everyone flew all over the country, leaving Wu Yuan alone in Beijing.

However, the millennium is not the future with a developed entertainment industry after all.

"The Night the Comet Came" became popular, but it did not bring more film contracts to the leading actors.

Now there are few movies and TV series that are approved every year, and most of them have finalized the actors several months in advance. It is still difficult for the few who suddenly became popular to receive any good script invitations in the short term.

Chen Kun even rejected the program notices and sideline activities that came to him, just wanting to accompany his girlfriend.

Well, they were not in Beijing. The two of them went out to travel. Chen Kun's hobby of traveling might have been cultivated by this girlfriend.

At least Wu Yuan had never heard Chen Kun say that he loved traveling before. He didn't expect that he would go cycling to Tibet later.

As for Wu Yuan himself, after asking Mr. Han about when the movie revenue would be paid, he returned to school with nothing to do.

The first semester of his junior year has been in school for more than a month. Since he finished editing the film, Wu Yuan has not returned to school!

He must return to school to cancel his leave with the teachers, and bring the trophy back to school for the teachers to see, at least it will make his next leave more logical!

Film Academy, Honors Exhibition Room.

All the teachers in the entire directing department, including professors who don't teach classes, gathered here.

Even many teachers from other departments such as the acting department and photography department next door came.

All the teachers' eyes were focused on a trophy in a corner of the honor room.

"Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival - Best Screenplay: Yuan Wu"

Hey, this is rare!

No domestic filmmaker has ever won any award at the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival!

Only Nie Xiaoqian from Hong Kong has won it!

Now mainland filmmakers in the film industry have some almost pathological pursuit of foreign awards.

After all, movies are imported products, and they are art created by foreigners.

So because of the lack of national pride, whether it is the fifth generation or the fourth generation of filmmakers, they all hope to win foreign awards to prove that they are no worse than foreign filmmakers!

This phenomenon will not appear until after 2010, when the box office market has risen and national pride has risen. Mainland filmmakers have become more confident and do not care about these foreign honors.

Now, if a student in the directing department can win an award at a foreign film festival, it is definitely a big news that deserves a sensation for the entire film school!

As for the teachers in the directing department of Beijing Film Academy, they have indeed won many foreign awards. There are more than a dozen trophies from large and small film festivals that are placed in the honor room.

But there is no trophy from the three major fantasy film festivals in the honors display room.

Who said that mainland filmmakers rarely shoot suspense, fantasy, and thriller films.

The teachers are naturally very curious about this trophy.

"Wow, this is the trophy of the Sitges Film Festival?" Xie Xiaojing couldn't let go of the trophy belonging to Wu Yuan, and smiled so hard that her mouth couldn't close.

"Let me take a look!" Hou Keming, who came from the Beijing Film Studio, grabbed the trophy and looked at it.

There were more teachers who wanted to come up and take a look and touch the trophy.

Wu Yuan, the winner, was squeezed to the periphery.

This enthusiasm lasted for a whole afternoon. First, the teachers of the directing department, then the teachers of other departments, and finally the students of the Film Academy. Most people came to look at the trophy and Wu Yuan, the new legend of the Film Academy!

It was not until the evening that Wu Yuan finally got away and had time to talk with the department head Xie Xiaojing.

"Xiao Wu, this movie is well made, it brings honor to our film academy!"

Xie Xiaojing took a big sip from the thermos cup, spit out a mouthful of tea foam, closed the lid, and motioned Wu Yuan to sit down and talk.

"I know what you want to say, about going to Hollywood to make a movie, right?"

"Han Sanping told me."

Wu Yuan smiled awkwardly, and was about to explain that he was not talking about this.

The matter of going to Hollywood has not even started, how come it has spread now!

It seems that as long as he wants, he can go to Hollywood to make a movie immediately.

In fact, Wu Yuan just had a brief exchange with John via email.

Although John personally admires Wu Yuan, if he wants to cooperate specifically, it depends on whether he can come up with a script that satisfies Fox Searchlight!

If he can't come up with a suitable script, this matter will not be followed up.

At most, he has a channel to submit the script to Fox Searchlight, which is not as easy as Mr. Han said!

Wu Yuan just wanted to come to Professor Xie to cancel his leave!

But before he could finish his explanation, Xie Xiaojing immediately said: "Going to Hollywood to make a movie, it's a good thing!"

"The school is not incapable of making changes."

“Although in principle the college does not encourage students to go out to film, they should focus on their studies.”

“But you are different. You filmed “The Night the Comet Came” very well. Many seniors who have graduated are not as good as you.”

“You don’t need to take rigid courses every day.”

“In this way, the department will give you a note. If you really have something to do in the future, you can miss classes as appropriate.”

“But you can’t slack off in your studies. You can’t miss any knowledge you should learn. You can study on your own when you have time! I believe you have the ability!”

“But you still have to take the final exams of each semester. If you really can’t make it, you can take them separately. You can’t miss them!”

After hearing this, Wu Yuan swallowed the explanation in his mouth again.

He really didn’t want to go to school.

In the past, he planned to get his first pot of gold after the 2002 World Cup and then start to join the crew, so Wu Yuan stayed in school and got along well with his classmates.

But now, due to various reasons, he has made his debut as a director, and his debut work has achieved very good results, which has opened up a huge gap between him and his classmates.

Then there is no point in continuing this study.

Wu Yuan had already learned the knowledge he should learn in his dreams, and he would have no problem coping with the exam!

"Thank you teachers for your tolerance." Wu Yuan immediately stood up and thanked them.

There is no reason not to agree to such a good thing!

"Well, go and do your thing." Xie Xiaojing looked at Wu Yuan with a smile: "Teacher is looking forward to your next movie."

"Hollywood, hey, it's amazing, our school has also produced a director who can go to Hollywood to make movies!"

"But Hollywood is not a harmonious place."

"People there are all about profit. No matter how big a director is, as long as he makes two movies that lose money at the box office, he will never get investment or projects again."

"Teacher sincerely wishes and hopes that your new movie can also achieve good results in Hollywood!"

"Bring glory to our Chinese directors! Bring glory to the country!"

"Let those arrogant Americans see that our Chinese directors are no worse than Americans in making movies!"

In fact, pursuing foreign awards and considering foreign awards very important does not mean that it is unpatriotic.

At least the fifth generation directors did so precisely because they are very patriotic (I am talking about Zhang Yimou, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Xie Xiaojing and other teachers, it is hard to say about Chen Kaige). They want to prove to the world that Chinese films are no worse than foreign ones, and that Chinese directors can also make good films that are recognized by the world!