Chapter 1098 Everyone Is Confused (44)

Shen Xudong hasn’t recorded a variety show for several years...

Mainly it's still inappropriate.

Suddenly he is not an artist and does not need the support of exposure.

In addition, he is not Ma Yun, he does not need to create a character, and he does not want to be a business leader. In a word: he has no need to appear in variety shows!

And...the popular reality shows at this stage are not suitable for him either...

As for interview variety shows…

He was too lazy to participate and agreed to "Thirteen Invitations" just because Xu Zhiyuan...

It’s not that I think Xu Zhiyuan is educated or that I admire him, I just want to chat!

In fact, what Xu Zhiyuan sells is anxiety, and many of the things he writes are misleading. For example, Xu Zhiyuan wrote "Xu Zhiyuan: Reimagining India" and "Xu Zhiyuan: Go to India!" ", the content inside is exactly the same as "Going to India to Learn Buddhist Scriptures" written by Lei Jun in 2001...

That’s right, it’s Xiaomi’s Lei Jun.

Has Lei Jun ever sold his intellectual persona?

As for Xu Zhiyuan's masterpiece "Those Sad Young People", it gives people the impression that Teacher Guo is looking at the sky at 45 degrees...

And it’s not as interesting as what Guo Jingming wrote!

Needless to say, Guo Jingming’s novels have gorgeous rhetoric, delicate writing, and twists and turns in their plots... Of course, the content is empty, but they are indeed very interesting. I recommend "Sadness Against the River"...

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When they met, Shen Xudong put on the headset and sat down.

The interview took place in the company’s rest area, near the balcony…

The sun was setting in the west, and behind them was dusk, which reflected the two people's faces lightly.

Xu Zhiyuan said first: "I have read your "The Long Season" and it is so well written!"

"Thank you," Shen Xudong smiled: "I wrote it after I had a feeling when I traveled to Northeast China."

"...I'm curious...thank you..."

The staff brought two cups of tea, Xu Zhiyuan took it, thanked him, and then asked Shen Xudong: "Don't you drink coffee?"

"I usually have a cup in the morning and tea in the afternoon..."

"Then...when did you start drinking tea?"

"During my freshman year... I didn't smoke. When I was writing, I used to keep a cup of green tea on hand..."

"I feel that the subjects you write cover too wide a range of subjects, such as martial arts, fairy tales, and then realism subjects..."

Shen Xudong said casually: "I was young then and had many ideas..."

"Among the three great writers born in the 1980s, you are the only one who still insists on writing..."

"It's best not to use the word 'persistence' when writing. I write because I like it... I just have the desire to express myself..."

"Making movies too?"

"Yes!" Shen Xudong nodded: "Film itself is also an expressive art. If I didn't have the desire to express myself, I wouldn't be able to make movies..."

"But most of the films you make are commercial films!"

“Because what I want to do requires a lot of investment, huge investment, and a lot of people involved.

This requires ensuring that the investment can be recovered and pursuing commercial value. "

"Then his artistic value..."

Shen Xudong waved his hand: "Then do you think the things I wrote have any artistic value? I don't think so, but they are all very popular..."

After a pause, Shen Xudong continued: "Most of the most valuable paintings in the global art market are famous paintings. This is true both at home and abroad. So these famous paintings are hung in the most powerful art museums. They are enough to be called works of art. Art Taste is naturally artistic, don't you object to this?"

"right!"

"Then, you can take a look at the prices of these famous paintings. Sky-high prices are not an exaggeration. Is the price a concrete manifestation of commerce? Are these works of art commercial? Are artistry and commerce contradictory and irreconcilable? Yes, irreconcilable?"

"Commercial films with high box office have certain artistic references... A film that combines sound, light, and electronics, and tens of thousands of people participate in it, no matter what type it is, how can it not be artistic?"

"Commercial films and literary and artistic films, commercial films, in my opinion, use fast and proven effective "routines" to quickly complete the transmission of values. To put it simply, there is not much of a reading threshold. Art films care more about the author's self-expression, and the reading threshold is relatively high. , of course, many so-called art films just don’t know how to tell stories and are mysterious..."

…

When communicating with Xu Zhiyuan, they will definitely talk about commercial films, literary films...

Shen Xudong no longer has this problem.

Film is a popular art.

Judging from the current environment, the commercial value of movies is more important!

Compared with artistic value, the commercial value of keeping a movie alive is obviously more important.

There is a type of people who just want to flaunt themselves by standards...

People can be proud and proud, and even those who are really capable have the right to be proud, but one thing is clear: those who laugh at others based on their own aesthetic rules, or even try to change others, will be crushed to death by the steel torrent of the people. Son.

Bringing it back, Xu Zhiyuan asked about the times - Xu Zhiyuan asked three questions in a row, "What do you think of the times?" ’, ‘What do you think of intellectuals? ’ and ‘What do you think of this circle? ’

Shen Xudong was stunned for a moment...

era?

This topic was too broad, and Shen Xudong didn't know how to answer it for a while.

After thinking for a while, he answered: "The general direction is that East and West are heading towards opposites..."

"opposition?"

"You don't know about the South China Sea?"

Xu Zhiyuan scratched his head in embarrassment...

Shen Xudong continued: "When I was about 20 years old, I also felt that our textbooks always used the West, especially the United States, as the imaginary enemy, intentionally or unintentionally deepening the sense of hostility. In the context of world peace, this is not conducive to the development of relations between countries.

Then as the world changes and the country develops, we can see the world over the wall. I can only say that the description of the general trend of the world in the textbook is correct. The problem is that it is too straightforward, unlike the West, which subtly makes you identify with it.

In fact, if Westerners were forced to endure what the West had done to the world in the past three hundred years again, Westerners would feel that it was a curse on them..."

"Do you think it will lead to confrontation?"

"Confrontation will definitely intensify...because we are facing major changes unseen in a century!"

The so-called "big changes unseen in a century" are actually an objective explanation of the changes in existing international forces.

This change exists objectively and is independent of human will.

Throughout human history, any change will inevitably mean a reshuffling of the existing international order. Some forces will inevitably lose certain interests, and some forces will inevitably gain certain interests, until a new strategic balance arrives.

"Today, China's comprehensive strength far exceeds that of the Soviet Union back then, but how much benefit does the Soviet Union match? China is still trapped in the first island chain... The strategic determination of China and the United States not to do anything to each other is based on other countries and regions The benefits come at a price.

By then, except for China and the United States, the economies of the world will still be decent, and other major economies will be in a mess. This is an inevitable law of development! "

This time Xu Zhiyuan was confused. What he wanted to ask was, 'What do you think of today's impetuous era?' Shen Xudong answered the international situation...

Aren’t you in the film and television industry?