Chapter 254: I can see darkness and I can also see light

"Let's set a small goal first, to make 100 million."

Bai Youlou on the stage shared his "secrets of success" with the help of the beautiful female host.

Regarding this aspect, he was not deliberately bragging, it was mainly because the average educational level of the people sitting in the audience was too high.

If he really talked about success seriously, it would be too easy for people to find a lot of loopholes in his speech, and he would probably be in trouble when asked questions later.

Just use plain language and talk nonsense.

Don’t ask, the answer is just to feel it. Don’t ask what the feeling is, it’s the feeling of success.

The world of geniuses is different from that of ordinary people.

Dude can just succeed easily.

The fun is coming!
When Bai Youlou said this, his brain waves actually corresponded with those talented people in the audience.

Yes! The world of geniuses is different from that of ordinary people!

What we want is abstraction and unreasonableness.

The more Bai Youlou doesn't speak human language, the more the proud children of heaven feel that they are human beings~
You know what, those who speak seriously are not as interesting as Bai Youlou who talks nonsense.

It's like a talk show.

Oh, no, Bai Youlou also has a female host, and the two of them working together should be called crosstalk.

By the way, what is the difference between stand-up comedy and talk show?
In the final stage of the interview, Bai Youlou restrained himself a lot.

It even started to gain altitude.

There's no way around it. After all, this isn't a real talk show. Even if it were, there's nothing wrong with elevating the tone a bit at the end.

“Making money is not a skill. At least in my opinion, if a director or songwriter is only thinking about making money before creating a work, then he has lost his original intention.”

This one sentence made the female host, who had just been pulled to the point of dizziness, see stars in her eyes again.

Even the talented young people in the audience quickly sat up straight, thinking that Bai Youlou might be about to say something real.

The female host looked at Bai Youlou with greedy eyes and asked tenderly, "So the reason why you are successful, Director Bai, is because your purpose before making a movie is not to make money? Just like "Dying to Survive", many people say that this movie is not just a commercial movie, it carries more meaning."

Good supporting role!
If Bai Youlou's company didn't do artist management, he really wanted to have someone sign this girl back.

At this time, he did not forget to help Bai Youlou advertise "Dying to Survive".

In other words, this is Bai Youlou's main purpose of coming here this time.

However, in response to her question, Bai Youlou shook his head and said, "I didn't think of giving this movie a different meaning at the beginning. A movie is just a movie."

"I've seen many people online doing all kinds of analysis on 'Dying to Survive', all about metaphors and the director's personal opinions. You are all top students, and you have all done analysis on articles in Chinese exams. Can you confidently say that the author's meaning in the standard answer is really the author's own meaning?"

"Hahaha"

There was a sudden burst of laughter from the audience.

In a place where everyone is an expert test-taker, it would be really fun to talk to them about test-taking.

Many students also found Bai Youlou’s explanation quite interesting.

The hostess' face turned redder. Ah? Patting her chest? Are we shooting now?

Bai Youlou took a look and thought, at such a young age, what did he eat to grow up like this? It was so heavy.

“There are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people. For me, the work I made is just a movie. When the work is finished, I have said everything I want to say. There is no other meaning.”

He smiled and looked at everyone, "You gave it to me!"

"The attention of all of you has given the film a higher level of popularity, allowing it to be seen and known by more people. This will amplify what we want to say and allow more people to hear it."

A single spark can start a prairie fire. Bai Youlou will never take credit for the "credit" for medical insurance.

He distributed it generously to everyone.

As a director, all you have to do is shoot the movie, but the audience has a lot to consider.

To be honest, college students are a group of people who are really clear-headed and "stupid", and they are easy to fool.

Look, there are quite a few people in the audience who are really excited.

Take on social responsibility!
Read for the rise of China!
Bai Youlou is such a good person~
Unlike some idiots who would just say they are small town test takers.

The female host looked at Bai Youlou with a flushed face and asked the last question of the interview: "So Director Bai, when you chose to shoot this subject, did you want to say something through the movie?"

"That's not it. I made this movie to make money."

what? !

The female host's mouth subconsciously opened into an O shape. She was obviously a little confused at first and felt that Bai Youlou was being inconsistent.

But soon, her eyes lit up and she led the applause.

Clap clap clap clap!
I'm not interested in money; I make films to make money.

These are the two answers Bai Youlou gave at the beginning and end of the interview.

Which one is true and which one is false, this question will naturally be left for the audience to figure out slowly.

But everyone present was a “smart person”, at least they were good at doing the questions.

The teacher once taught that sometimes the answer to a question is actually hidden in the article.

Bai Youlou once said in the film: There are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people. He has already made the movie, and the meaning is given by the audience.

Just like this interview.

The applause lasted for several minutes.

Obviously, Bai Youlou's show-off in front of the chosen ones was successful this time.

He fooled people in a relatively sincere and humorous way, with a few jokes interspersed in between.

This is a fucking talk show.

But as long as the audience feels that they have gained something, it doesn’t matter whether it is a talk show or not.

If Bai Youlou wants to promote movies in colleges and universities again in the future, I guess it will be very popular.

Next, it’s time for the battle!

Under the direct gaze of the female host, Bai Youlou untied his tie, rolled up his sleeves, and even unbuttoned a few buttons of his shirt.

Looking secretly from the female host's perspective, you can actually see her pectoral muscles
This time I was completely excited!

"Director Bai, what are you doing?"

"The pleasant interview is over. Now we are going to have a fight. I'm ready!"

Bai Youlou answered with a smile and pushed up his gold-rimmed plain glasses.

This thing was made for him by Teacher Zhang, who said it was for promotion in universities, so that it would look more scholarly and refined.

Well. But Zhang Xiaorong probably didn’t expect Bai Youlou to enter “combat mode”.

Still quite polite.

It just has a bit more of a "scum" flavor. Quarrel? !
The female host was startled, frowned and glared at the students below.

Who?! Who wants to quarrel? I will kill you!
The students were actually quite innocent. Even some of the troublemakers among them were still wondering why Bai Youlou "had no interest in money" and "was doing it for the money".

This bastard's words were so ambiguous that it was difficult to find an angle to attack him right away.

Therefore, the students are not making any movement for the time being.

The beautiful female host's gaze was like a searchlight, and soon focused on those "professionals".

These people are suffering too!

Well, some of them were indeed planning to cause trouble for Bai Youlou.

But something is wrong with the situation now. The most wrong thing is Bai Youlou himself!
As we all know, Bai Youlou has a bad temper and is a notorious "madman".

Seeing him roll up his sleeves to reveal his muscular arm lines, we all wondered if this bastard would jump down and have a real-life PK if he got stumped by a question.

That arm looks so strong!

Bai Youlou: I've been working out for two and a half years and built up muscles. I can beat you bastards to death with one punch!
However, there is an old Chinese saying that comes~
Well, there was still a big internet celebrity who bravely stood up and launched the first round of attack on Bai Youlou.

Although he was the first one to come up, this guy was no small fry.

He first praised Bai Youlou and praised him highly.

But Bai Youlou was used to seeing people like this, so he didn't even smile, just waiting for this guy to change his attitude.

Sure enough~
The opponent's Yan State map is also very short.

After a few words, his true colors were revealed.

"Director Bai, can you tell me why you didn't further explore the subject matter of the movie 'Dying to Survive'?"

Bai Youlou looked at this guy and wondered whether he was a public intellectual who hated the country or he was trying to steer the topic towards censorship.

If one wants to attack him based on the movie "Dying to Survive", they will most likely start from these two aspects.

As for Bai Youlou himself, he certainly cannot complain about the censorship system at this time, even if those censors gave him a hard time and had to re-edit the film several times.

As for the former?
"Further digging into this, this is a commercial film. I just said that this film was made to make money. Next one."

You're riding a horse!

The big V who attacked Bai Youlou really didn't expect that the other party would just stick with him like this.

I just directly admitted that I made "Dying to Survive" for the purpose of making money. What can you do to me?

Fortunately, he has a lot of "teammates" today.

The next person did learn some lessons, but his method was still similar, except that this time the compliment he gave Bai Youlou was even more outrageous.

It was as if he had become the only conscience in the film and television industry, and he was the only one who could expose the darkness in the world.

He was still a performer, and he was so heartbroken, as if Bai Youlou had committed a great sin by not revealing more darkness in the movie.

This guy's ability to express emotions is pretty good. Some of the silly and cute college students around him who think they have independent thinking ability seem to have entered into "deep thought".

As the saying goes, if you are successful, you should help the world.

Since you, Bai Youlou, are so awesome, shouldn't you fulfill more of your obligations?

Who else but you can expose darkness and inequality?

Hmm. Flattery, flattery, moral kidnapping.
All familiar moves.

Bai Youlou rolled up his sleeves, his muscles slightly puffed up, and he smiled warmly.

At the same time, he said, why don’t you all come together and stop hiding it.

A few guys who had reached the PY deal at some point looked at each other.

it is good!
To deal with this kind of evil, there is no need to talk about chivalry, let's fight together!

After that, Bai Youlou started to criticize!

"So far, the rating of "Dying to Survive" is 9.4"

"Director Bai, it's increased to 9.5 again!" the female host reminded shyly.

"Oh, thank you. Nine point five. I think this should be a very high score. Obviously, this work has been recognized by quite a lot of people to some extent."

"However, from my personal point of view, it doesn't really deserve such a high score. In terms of story, script, editing, scheduling, narration, actors, music, and wit, if you look at it as a work, and evaluate it together with many other excellent movies, it should be a standard Douban movie with a score of 8 to 8.5."

“This is also what I expected when I first started filming this work.”

"So are the current ratings inflated? Yes and no."

"The extra score mainly depends on its 'value' and 'significance'."

"The value lies in the fact that the whole story can move the audience and make the general public understand it, no matter how old you are, what level of education you have, or how high your status is."

"You will feel that this is a good movie. At least it tells something that makes people think deeply."

"The significance lies in that it is a realistic film and it really talks about some social issues. In this respect, it takes advantage of the subject matter."

"But using the words of you public intellectuals, it seems that if the excavation is not thorough, it is the same as not excavating at all."

"Open mouth is meaning, closed mouth is connotation."

"But from the perspective of a director, no matter what a film wants to say or convey, the most important thing is for people to see it, and for more people to see it."

"Maybe the sound isn't sharp enough, but you can't say there is no sound. This is a spoof of the concept. I didn't put on a sack and beat you up when I got out of the house because I've been cultivating myself lately."

As he spoke, Bai Youlou's gangster aura still came out.

The above “criticism” is really okay for this group of public intellectuals.

After all, they are people who have talked back to others countless times online, so the pressure of being scolded is just a drizzle.

But Bai Youlou often doesn't play by the rules, and he seems to be crazy and doesn't care about anything when he gets mad.

Look, he seemed to be really thinking about the possibility of going out and finding a sack to beat them up.

The female host who was sitting closest to Bai Youlou clearly heard him mutter: "Damn it, I hate public intellectuals the most~"

Wow! Director Bai is so cool even when he scolds people!
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Bai Youlou finally remembered that he needed to be more restrained recently.

For the sake of money. After all, "Dying to Survive" is still in theaters.

So~
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I scolded them for five minutes with good reason.

There's no way. The microphone is in the female host's hand. If I don't give it to you, you won't be able to return the favor!

It was obvious that this female host had fallen into the trap of a beautiful man. She was completely on Bai Youlou's side and was biased.

Fortunately, at the end of the rant, Bai Youlou still said something “human” as a conclusion:

"What is the standard for judging whether a movie is good or bad?"

“Not only can you see the darkness, you can also see the light.”

(End of this chapter)