The next day, the film academy's grand screening room.
He Tianran appeared in front of Cai Jueming, who was also exhausted, with dark circles under his eyes and disheveled hair.
Not only them, but also the more than fifty candidates from the directing department and photography department present were in a sluggish state of mind. It seemed that the exam yesterday was really exhausting for these people.
The two nodded to each other as a greeting and found a seat in the screening room to sit down.
The professors who were invigilating the examination entered the hall one by one. He Tianran raised his eyes and saw, oh, they are all famous people——
Among them were Professor Xie Fei, the former dean of the fourth generation of directors and winner of two Silver Bear Awards at the Berlin Film Festival. Accompanying him were Zhang Guoshi’s mentor, the famous photographer Professor Zheng Guoen, the current director of the Directing Department Professor Xie Xiaojing, and Zeng Guoshi. Lin Hao, who we met once in the second trial!
Among this group of people, Lin Hao, who is known for his dark humor, is obviously just a younger brother!
Seeing the appearance of this group of heavyweights, all the candidates in the audience were so excited that they dared not breathe. This lineup was so luxurious that even Master Zhang had to bow before he could sit down obediently.
Several professors took their seats, and the candidates below were called up one by one by a graduate student who looked like a clerk. They first showed the film taken yesterday, and then asked questions. Some of them were so sweaty in the winter that they were even asked. I spent a long time hesitating and hesitating to express whatever I wanted to express in the film I made.
He Tianran couldn't afford to get up. He had to play the films one after another. He was too sleepy. He didn't finish editing the film last night until six o'clock this morning. He almost didn't sleep. Although he was shocked by the presence of several interviewers in person. , but after thinking about it, his eyelids still couldn't resist and sank heavily.
Soon after, a round of applause seemed to ring in his ears, and Cai Jueming next to him touched him with his elbow. He Tianran opened his eyes, and in the haze, he saw Li Wang retreating from the projection stage.
"What's wrong?" He Tianran asked in a deep voice.
"Aren't you asleep? Are you pretending to be asleep?" Cai Jueming saw that he was awake, and it didn't look like he had just woken up.
"Ah, I sleep lightly." He Tianran didn't bother to explain this habit.
"Then you've missed a good show. The number one in your department is probably Li Wang. The filming was great, and the beautiful actress from the acting department did a great job. I almost cried." Cai Jueming is still unfinished. .
He Tianran straightened his back, shook his neck that was stiff from sleep, made two "click" sounds, and asked:
"What's the number?"
"It's your turn soon."
Sure enough, after Li Wang stepped down, He Tianran was called up.
Professor Xie Fei raised his eyes and looked at him without saying anything. Lin Hao smiled and said, "Are you He Tianran?"
"Well, it's me."
He Tianran tried hard to overcome the nervousness in his heart. Nonsense, who wouldn't be nervous in front of these giants? Since He Tianran chose to take the film school entrance examination, the names of these people have already become famous. Now that he has met real people, it would be good if he could straighten his tongue.
"My name is He Tianran, a native of Hong Kong City. This year..."
"Are you asking this?" Xie Fei snorted coldly and said, "I heard that you encouraged many candidates from the acting department to complete short films with you yesterday, which made some students from the directing department unable to even take the exam."
"ah?"
"Isn't it? One person and about thirty people took up almost the entire theater building. This thing has reached my ears. You are so majestic!"
He Tianran finally came to his senses and quickly made up for it: "Professor Xie, I didn't expect what happened yesterday to be such a big deal, and those rehearsal halls were given out as soon as we used them. Those students who don't have actors, I will I also asked people from our group to help with the show, so that everyone would have more opportunities. I..."
Lin Hao smiled happily and said in a tone of voice: "I can see that this kid is rotten! He is the bad guy, and he is also the good guy. Look, what a loss~"
He Tianran was about to cry but had no tears. He wanted to explain a few words, but Xie Fei interrupted:
"It's useless to talk more. Let's see what you took when you made such a big noise!"
Following his order, the entire theater dimmed again. On the big screen, the first video of He Tianran's life appeared before his eyes - King of killers.
What a top-notch name. Some people in the audience started to laugh, thinking, in just one day, is it possible that a Hollywood blockbuster can be made?
But here, Cai Jueming is the only one with bright eyes.
After a brief blackout, the film begins. A killer in black with a crew cut leans on the sofa and tells his own story in a voice-over.
"I'm a killer and I love my career, but I'm not as good as before recently.
The company organizes experts to assess our majors. By September, we will receive a big job. It can be said that in the next four years, we will have no worries about food and drink.
Examiner A: "You have four tasks. Those who fail to complete each round will be eliminated."
Elimination means——
Bang, a man suddenly had a gun pointed at his head and fell to the ground. "
Seeing the "killers" standing in a row like candidates falling to the ground one after another, the people in the audience understood that this video was actually a metaphor for themselves! What He Tianran took was this art exam!
“Actually, killing people is like making movies, it also has genres.
Literary killers don't make money, but they kill with depth.
Commercial killers make a lot of money, but they also have many restrictions. Many people cannot and do not dare to kill.
Some people just don't understand this.
Examiner C: "It is a taboo for commercial killers to attack children and pets."
"Bang~" Another person fell.
I said, killing is like making a movie.
Every link must be precise because it can only be passed in one step.
"One shot, one shot, one shot, Action!"
After another segment, when the so-called difference between literature and art and business was mentioned, the film actually restored the film clips of Hitchcock and John Woo, and in the end, it even used a footage of the director on the set when the protagonist kills someone. The simulation caused laughter in the audience.
"The assessment has now reached its peak stage, but as I said, my condition is not as good as before.
Friend: "What happened later?"
The protagonist is handling the body of the deceased: "If you don't kill well in the early stage, it will be difficult in the later stage. How about you?"
Friend: "Me? I'm okay, number one."
He was first and I was last. I knew that as long as I dealt with him, I could get the first place, and this time we met together.
Examiner A: "In this draw, you two are lucky. Only one of you needs to die. Let's get started."
Everyone thinks that if we fight, I will lose.
"Bang~" There was a gunshot, and the friend fell in a pool of blood.
But that day, his gun was not as fast as mine.
Because he just died, and I have to win even if I die. "
Li Wang sat in the audience and watched the character he played die. His face was full of excitement. The design was so wonderful that he even complained that when he died, his body should take a twitch to make it appear real.
"Examiner A: "The final task is to kill anyone at will within twenty-four hours. I don't care how you kill or what method you use to kill. What matters is that we like it!" "
After I got off the gun, I realized how precious life is. For the first time, I didn’t know who to kill. I love my career, but someone is destined to die on this road.
Examiner A: "How are you doing?"
Killer A: "I want to kill my girlfriend, but I can't do it ~ woo woo ~"
Examiner A: "You have a conscience, I like it!"
Killer B, who was standing next to Killer A, took out his gun and put it against the former's chin: "I'll kill him! Bang~"
Examiner A: “You have an idea, I like it!”
At this time, Killer C suddenly raised his pistol and pointed at the superior Examiner A: "I'll kill you! Bang~"
Examiner A had a bloody hole between his eyebrows, his head was slumped on the table, and he muttered with difficulty: "You have courage... I like..."
The killers gradually merged into one mass, and only the protagonist stood in the middle of the picture, unmoving.
Examiner B: “What about you?”
Protagonist: "Haha, they can't kill me. They are playing creative and professional... I am risking my life!"
With the close-up of the two eyes, the protagonist resolutely swallowed the gun head into his mouth, bang~
The screen is dark.
Protagonist: "I said, I love my career, so I will win even if I die."
As the protagonist's last voice-over finished, Cai Jueming stood up excitedly. His hands kept flapping. In the huge screening room, he was the only one whose applause was loud and unusual.
But after a few seconds, all the candidates stood up. The applause became louder and louder, and the cheers started. Everyone was as excited as if they had been given a shot of blood. No one was as excited as they were about the profound meaning of this film. Understand, some people have tears in their eyes, and some people beat their chests and feet.
"You're so awesome!"
"This black humor is absolutely amazing!"
"No. 28! Counterattack! Comeback!"
"The King of Killers! Killed the first place!"
"The King of Killers! The King of Killers! The King of Killers..."
No one expected that the more than 50 people present would be able to overturn the high ceiling of the projection hall with their cheers and applause alone. They kept shouting "King of Killers" in unison, as if this movie The name is He Tianran's name.
The big shots at the examination table looked at each other.
Now, no one cares who they are, as if they have become the culprits who instigated the killers to kill each other in the film, and now, it is the carnival of this group of candidates.
Don’t look up to anyone, that’s the ethos of film school.
It took several minutes for the order at the scene to calm down.
"It's hard to believe that a candidate can produce such a highly completed work, and it only takes one day. Many senior students in film schools may not be able to do this."
Department chair Xie Xiaojing glanced at the candidates who had settled down in the audience, then looked at He Tianran and commented kindly.
Professor Adrian Zenz agreed slowly and logically: "Yes, although Xiao He is a little immature in the use of lenses, but looking at the whole film, every shot is meaningful and worth the money. In such a short time , it is indeed rare.”
Lin Hao, who is good at black humor, is the one who can best understand the tone of He Tianran's films. After watching the film, he was stunned for half a minute before he recovered. His evaluation was also very brief and direct:
"When I was his age, I couldn't make this film."
This sentence carries quite a heavy weight.
Now, everyone is waiting with bated breath for Xie Fei's evaluation.
The old man said calmly: "Go and sit down first."
Is this the end?
Everyone looked confused and disappointed. Among the twenty-eight videos, this was the one that received the most enthusiastic responses and was the best viewed by the candidates. But Mr. Xie Fei dismissed it with such a simple sentence?
He Tianran sat back down in despair, Cai Jueming comforted:
"Don't think too much, you can definitely do it. Although you didn't do well in the third test, you will have no problem getting into the top twelve this time!"
The boy smiled bitterly. Cai Jueming didn't know that if he was ranked twelfth, he wouldn't be able to go to film school.
Everything is fate, nothing is up to you.
The exam continued, and now it was the photography department's turn to answer questions. He Tianran was thinking about the future. He didn't even hear clearly what Cai Jueming answered later. He vaguely heard a few more applauses from the candidates.
If it weren't for the idea of having a beginning and an end, He Tianran would probably have gone home and fallen asleep with his head covered.
After finally getting to the end of the exam, He Tianran was ready to leave.
Unexpectedly, the graduate student finished registration and said: "Don't rush away after the other candidates leave. You have to take a physical examination in the afternoon. Go out and collect the form. Candidate He Tianran will keep it."
He Tianran was stunned. Cai Jueming patted his shoulder before leaving. Even Li Wang came over, smiled at him and said:
"We'll be waiting for you for your physical exam this afternoon."
"Well, you go first."
There were only a few examiners left in the screening room.
Xie Fei, who had always been cold to He Tianran, took a sip of tea:
"Boy, you are so brave. You dragged out several of our examiners with one piece of film. Is the film school sorry for you?"
He Tianran was silent. Originally he had no temper, but when he thought that this prestigious film school would secretly collude with his father, he suddenly became very angry.
"There's nothing I can't say I'm sorry for. If there's any offense, professors, I'd like to say sorry here."
He Tianran bowed deeply and continued: "Because I was really tired yesterday, can I leave first? I won't take part in the physical examination, because if I barely reach the film school's admission line, my father probably won't let me Come."
"Oh?" Professor Xie Fei laughed a few times and said, "You don't want to think about it anymore?"
"What?"
He Tianran understood the meaning in these words and raised his head.
"Your father is Mr. He, right?" Lin Hao asked with a smile.
"You...all know?"
He Tianran frowned.
Several people looked at the boy's expression and burst into laughter, especially Xie Fei, who had been taking the exam with a sullen face all morning. At this time, he laughed loudly and the wrinkles on his face relaxed.
"We have read the papers of your first test of drama and third test of director. It is true that someone is causing trouble. We can't do anything about your father. After all, we have seen many people who want to use the back door, so the focus of inspection has always been on high-scoring papers, but This is the first time we have encountered this situation between you and your son..."
Professor Xie Fei said seriously:
"If you hadn't made such a big fuss yesterday, we would have taken notice of you and investigated your results for the third test. We might still be in the dark about it now. Don't worry, Mr. He, we will take stock of your results." I will re-score and announce it to the whole school to clear your name!"
Department chair Xie Xiaojing on the side added:
"Actually, the old professor who interviewed you for the second exam told me that you are a good prospect. It was he who mentioned your results for the third exam to add fuel to the fire. We also found out your life experience from this time. Student He, stick to your own path. That's right, on your father's side, we will talk to your father in the name of the college and us seniors, and he will always give us some face."
He Tianran looked at the sincere elders and blushed for a moment. He wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl in. He held it in for a long time before saying:
"I...professors...teachers...I, I..."
Professor Xie Fei smiled and said warmly:
"Xiao He, I didn't say anything just now. Now I want to give you an evaluation - 'Innocent heart, dare to be the first'! I like your character very much. You have come here despite the pressure of your parents. It is really true. It’s not easy. In the future, when you embark on the path of movies, please stick to it.”
He Tianran was ashamed.
The younger Lin Hao rolled his eyes and joked:
"Professors, I suggest that this child ranks first in the professional examination. Coupled with his previous results, there should be no problem, right?"
The three old men were smiling.
"Okay," Xie Fei said, "Xiao He, you must go to school for a physical examination in the afternoon. After that, go home early and have a good rest. If you really want to come to the film school, review your cultural classes. See you in September!"
This is no longer a hint, it is simply stated!
He Tianran was so excited that he was at a loss. He nodded quickly, walked to the door, ran back and bowed to the four elders, and then ran out quickly.
Outside, a piece of coldness penetrated into the boy's neck. He looked around in shock. The snowflakes were flying like silver elves.
The first snow finally fell in Hong Kong City, which had not snowed for a long time.
And after this snow, spring is really here.
He wanted to share his joy and find someone to talk to about his excitement and happiness. For a moment, many names flashed through his mind, but when he picked up the phone, he dialed one without hesitation. telephone number.
Cao Aiqing.
No matter how much the boy thought about, he already had the answer in his heart.
He Tianran was also stunned by his subconscious action.
It turned out that without realizing it, that kind and beautiful girl had occupied such an important position in his heart.
Suddenly, the boy's wrist felt hot. He was startled and quickly took off the bracelet he was wearing. An eye-catching red mark was printed on his wrist.
how so?
"Hey, Natural!"
At this time, the girl's sweet voice came from the other end of the phone.
