Zhang Yimou was teaching acting majors, but more than a hundred people came at once.
Zhang Xian specially arranged a large classroom to allow more students to participate, but it still could not accommodate the students who came to attend the class.
Looking at the classroom full of students, Zhang Xian smiled and said to Yu Dong beside him: "It's a pity that the class should be held in the small auditorium."
Yu Dong shook his head, "Putting it in a small auditorium will have no effect."
"Yes." Zhang Xian nodded, "But it would be better to have more of this person in the classroom in the future. Regardless of the level of lectures, there is still a celebrity effect. Look, these students usually appear listless in class. When they hear that Zhang Yimou is coming,
When I teach them, each one is more motivated than the other."
"It won't work if there are too many of these classes." Bi Feiyu on the side said: "Yu Dong is a ready-made example. At the beginning, students were very enthusiastic about taking his class. Over the past few years, their enthusiasm has dropped, so
A new student, I have never met Yu Dong before, so I am fresh and more motivated."
Zhang Xian smiled and said, "Isn't your situation the same?"
Bi Feiyu concluded, “These students are tired of us.”
Yu Dong listened to their chat and smiled.
In addition to "aesthetic fatigue", it is also related to the majors they teach.
After all, he and Bi Feiyu were not majored in film and television, and the content they taught was more literary.
These contents are definitely useful to these students, but the effect is subtle and difficult to see at the moment. Only after they have been exposed to it for a few years, really work, and then look back can they truly realize the impact of these literature courses.
their usefulness.
As for Zhang Yimou and Zhao Baogang, who have taken classes before, the things they teach are very practical and very close to the students' majors, making it easy for students to become interested.
For example, now, Zhang Yimou doesn't have to talk about anything professional on stage. He just talks to the students about some of the things he encountered in acting and filming before, and the students' eyes are already bright.
Zhang Yimou was very interesting. One class lasted more than two hours before it ended.
After the class ended, the students gathered around Zhang Yimou and asked questions for a while, but it was Yu Dong who came forward to "disperse" the students, and Zhang Yimou was able to escape.
After the students left, Zhang Yimou made an exaggerated gesture of wiping sweat and said to Yu Dong and others, "I have tried my best for your Jin Yi."
Yu Dong smiled and said: "You are not from Shi Enjiayi."
Zhang Yimou replied with a smile: "Then you are not an ungrateful person."
Zhang Xian said from the side, "Director Zhang, you can rest assured that Yu Dong has always been a person who repays kindness. If anything happens to you in the future, he will definitely be responsible."
"You are really good at business. You have been so kind to me, but you want me to repay you later." Yu Dong shook his head, "Forget it, blame me for my miserable life. The class is over. Let's go to eat. We won't go anywhere else at noon.
, just deal with it in the cafeteria."
He looked at Zhang Yimou and said, "I have something to discuss with you this afternoon. Let's go out to eat in the evening."
Zhang Yimou smiled and said: "You know me, eating is not a big deal."
Yu Dong nodded. Zhang Yimou really didn't pay much attention to eating. Generally speaking, Zhang Yimou's life was duller than Yu Dong's. He could even eat the same thing for a month and quit smoking.
.
Yu Hua said before that people like Zhang Yimou are terrible.
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At noon, Yu Dong and the others had a meal in the canteen, but it was quite sumptuous. After all, Zhang Yimou was also a celebrity and had some privileges, so Wu Changxin specially asked the canteen's back cook to "specially provide" the treasure of the Jinyi Canteen to Zhang Yimou and the others.
——Braised pork.
After dinner, Yu Dong took Zhang Yimou to his office.
Yu Dong was pouring tea for Zhang Yimou, and Zhang Yimou couldn't wait to ask: "Before dinner, you said you had something to discuss with me. Could it be that you have some clues about the script?"
"Indeed." Yu Dong walked over with a tea cup, "I have some ideas about the script of rural education."
It was a coincidence that Zhang Yimou came to see him yesterday, and this morning Yu Dong received news from the company. There was a reply from Shi Qiangsheng, saying that he had no plans for any works recently.
In other words, Shi Qiangsheng will not write "There is a Sun in the Sky" for the time being.
In this case, Yu Dong can do it himself.
Zhang Yimou took the tea cup and looked at Yu Dong with bright eyes: "Tell me about it."
Yu Dong nodded: "My idea is to make a movie that can not only reflect the difficulties of rural education, but also inspire grassroots educators and express their hope for improving the rural education environment."
"Be specific."
Yu Dong did not rush to express his thoughts, but asked instead: "What do you think the focus should be on to express such a theme?"
After hearing Yu Dong's question, Zhang Yimou frowned and thought about it.
After a long while, he mused, "I personally think that the focus should be on the teacher, and we can put more effort into shaping the image of the teacher. For example, this teacher gave up a lot of his own things for the selfless dedication of his students, and even
My body is broken.”
Before he could respond, Zhang Yimou shook his head and said, "No, this would fall into the trap of the stereotype, and the typical image of suffering may earn some viewers tears, but it cannot inspire other grassroots educators, nor can it inspire others."
It cannot express the hope of improving the education environment at the grassroots level well."
"That's right." Yu Dong nodded, "I agree with you that the focus of the story can be on the teacher, but the image of a typical selfless teacher is too ordinary and too visual. If nothing else,
, just from a dramatic perspective, it cannot live up to expectations.”
Zhang Yimou frowned, "Then what do you think?"
Yu Dong still didn't rush to tell Zhang Yimou what he thought, and continued to ask the question, "How much do you know about basic education? Have you ever gone to see the current situation of rural primary schools."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "I listened a lot and saw little, and what I heard the most was the story of the teacher's selfless dedication." Zhang Yimou said truthfully.
"I do know a volunteer teacher. She is a pen pal of mine. We have known each other for many years. Before that, she was a teacher at Jiangcheng University. She wrote to me a few years ago to tell me that she was going to support teaching, and she has been there for several years."
Zhang Yimou nodded and listened carefully to what Yu Dong said.
"The educational environment in rural areas is quite poor, not to mention the rudimentary infrastructure. It is difficult for many schools to secure even the most basic school buildings. Even when it is windy and rainy, they have to move their positions. But compared to school buildings, the most basic facilities are
What is lacking is teachers. Many villages are too poor and remote, and ordinary teachers are simply unwilling to go to places where birds do not lay eggs."
"That's right, so your pen pal is very admirable. She was originally a teacher at Jiangcheng University and had a bright future, but she still devoted herself to rural education without hesitation. This is something that most people simply can't do. And like this
People are indeed very suitable to be set as models and benchmarks.”
Yu Dong smiled and shook his head. He knew that Zhang Yimou probably thought that he wanted to write a story about his pen pal.
But that was not the case, he continued: "The school she was in had only three teachers when she went there. Later, one of the old teachers retired and another teacher left, leaving her alone.
Later, the school welcomed a substitute teacher. This substitute teacher was both a helper and a student. During the day, the substitute teacher helped take care of the students, and at night, my pen pal would take time out to give extra classes to the substitute teacher."
Zhang Yimou sighed: "It's not easy."
Only then did Yu Dong start to tell the story of "No One Should Be Less", "Actually, I think the movie can start from this type of substitute teacher who has little foundation."
Zhang Yimou blinked. Just as Yu Dong thought, he really thought that Yu Dong wanted to write about the pen pal at first, but he didn't expect that it would take a U-turn in the end.
"Substitute teacher...you continue."
"One advantage of introducing the story from the perspective of a substitute teacher is that it can be limited to a group of children, because such substitute teachers are not very old and are usually middle school students. In this way, it can ensure that the focus of the story is on the teacher.
, and can put more perspectives on students.”
Zhang Yimou understood somewhat, "In this case, the story is indeed more dramatic. And for such a substitute teacher, it is not surprising that anything happened."
Yu Dong smiled and said: "Let's take the school where my pen pal is as a model. If my pen pal encounters something and has to leave for a period of time, then the only teacher left in the school will be the substitute teacher."
"In this way, the substitute teacher will face many problems that she may not be able to solve, and conflicts will naturally arise." Zhang Yimou also laughed. The more he listened, the more he understood: "First of all, she has many classes.
You can’t teach it.”
"This is not a problem. No one would expect a middle school student to teach students well. The biggest problem she faces is that students leave. This problem has always been there. Many students choose to drop out of school for various reasons.
I went out to work when I was young. To this end, my pen pal made a lot of efforts, including successfully retaining him, and also helplessly watching the students leave. When my pen pal leaves, the substitute teacher will have to bear all this alone."
"And it may get more serious."
Yu Dong nodded: "Yes, this is the key point I want to talk about."
At this point, Yu Dong stood up, found a pen and paper, and while drawing on the paper, he said to Zhang Yimou: "Let me tell you a little about this story..."
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When Yu Dong was telling Zhang Yimou the script of "No One Left Behind", Liu Cixin had just come out of Jinling Railway Station.
This time he came to Jinling for "Supernova Era". After several revisions, "Supernova Era" was very different from the first draft. After talking to Yuliang and others on the phone, Yuliang also felt that this book was acceptable.
It was published, so he rushed over with this manuscript.
After leaving the train station, Liu Cixin saw a young man holding a big sign with only two bold and black characters on it: Da Liu.
Seeing this sign, Liu Cixin couldn't help but laugh.
The nickname Da Liu was first given by Yu Dong. Later, other people followed Yu Dong's example and taught him Da Liu, and the nickname became popular.
After meeting up with the person who came to pick him up, Liu Cixin got into the car arranged by Shenzong and went to the company.
Along the way, Liu Cixin couldn't help feeling that signing a contract with Deep Space Company was indeed a blessing. They always arranged things properly and didn't let the authors worry too much.
When he arrived at the company, Liu Cixin first went to see Yuliang.
Yuliang has been very busy recently, because there are many plans going on recently, and he needs to keep an eye on them personally. But Liu Cixin is here, and he must make time to entertain him no matter what.
"Da Liu, the company is still relatively simple now, but our new building will be completed soon, and the environment will be much better by then."
Liu Cixin also heard about the Deep Space Building. This building took several years from planning to construction to capping. He heard that the building is currently being renovated internally.
In fact, there is more than one Deep Space Building. In addition to the building used for the Deep Space Company's offices, there are also other buildings such as the Science Fiction Theme Pavilion. The overall plan should not be completed until two thousand years later.
Liu Cixin looked around Yuliang's office and said with a smile, "The current environment is also very good, at least much better than our office."
Yuliang laughed and said, "If you think your own office is not enough, after the building is completed, I will apply to Mr. Ji to get an office for you in the building."
Liu Cixin waved his hands repeatedly, "No, no, no, no, I'm doing a pretty good job now, but I can't throw it away."
"It's okay. I'll prepare it for you when the time comes. I'll wait for you to come. We also discussed the matter of "Supernova Era" on the phone. For details, please contact Guan Xiangning from the library department. He will help you contact the publisher for discussion.
You don’t have to worry about publishing matters and other things.”
Liu Cixin nodded: "No problem, Mr. Guan and I also talked on the phone."
"That's no problem. If you finally come here this time, just stay a few more days. I'll have someone accompany you to have fun in Jinling. By the way, have you contacted Teacher Yu and Secretary Hu this time?
?”
"No, I don't ask for much leave. I can only stay in Jinling for a little more than a day. I have to go back after finishing the "Supernova Era" matter, so I won't disturb them." Liu Cixin said with a smile.
In fact, he also wanted to meet Yu Dong and the others, but he also had to deal with the "Supernova Era" matter with the library department, so he didn't necessarily have enough time to do serious work, and he didn't have time to go to Yu Dong and the others.
In this case, it's better not to bother.
Yuliang thought for a while and said, "It's better to tell them. After all, you are here and you should say hello. It's my fault, I thought you contacted them. If I knew you didn't contact them, I would
I told them in advance.”
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Chapter completed!