Time went back to 1978.
Zhang Yimou and Chen Kai had both entered the directing department of the Yanjing Film Academy. However, one of them was a country bumpkin from the Yellow Earth Plateau, while the other was a tall, rich, and handsome man who grew up in Yanjing.
This difference was obvious.
After graduation, their paths were completely different.
Zhang Yimou became a worker at the Yuexi Film Studio after graduating from university in 1982. At that time, he was a photographer.
Compared to Zhang Yimou, Chen Kai's life seemed to be much better. He had also graduated from university, but Chen Kai was assigned to the Beijing Film Studio after graduation. Then, he began to prepare to shoot a movie and became a director himself.
It was laughable.
But it was indeed reality.
However, at that time, the relationship between the two of them was still very good. Chen Kai was also willing to help his university classmate, who had a poor family environment and was a photographer in a remote area.
So two years later, the two of them had their first collaboration, which was the film " Yellow Earth."
" Yellow Earth " was Chen Kai's representative work and debut film. Chen Kai was also the director of this film, and Zhang Yimou was the cameraman of this film at that time.
After the movie " Yellow Earth " was released, the reaction was very strong. Many people liked the movie very much, so the movie also won many awards. The Best Cinematography Award at the 5th Golden Rooster Awards in 1985 and the Silver Leopard Award at the 38th Locarno International Film Festival in 1985.
The photography award meant a lot to Zhang Yimou. It was also a recognition of his work.
However, the person who benefited the most from the success of this movie was still Chen Kai. Because he was the director of this movie, Chen Kai's fame had overshadowed Zhang Yimou's by a lot.
In 1984, Chen Kai received the honor and success of his career as a director.
Zhang Yimou's glory and success in his career as a director had to start with his collaboration with Gong Huang on 'Red Sorghum'.
Although there was a difference of three years, Zhang Yimou still managed to catch up to his old classmate.
After that.
The two of them shone in their respective fields and achieved good results.
However, gradually, other than Chen Kai's " Farewell My Concubine ", which was suspected to be his grandfather's ghost-hunting movie, which made people look at him in a different light, the rest of Chen Kai's movies were basically good but not good.
Even though everyone had a high opinion of the artistic value of his movies, the box office results of his movies were relatively average.
And Zhang Yimou had already become the Imperial Advisor.
Chen Kai was naturally unhappy to see his former younger brother become a more famous and outstanding director than him.
That was why he had participated in the filming of the tribute film one after another.
His goal was naturally to raise his reputation to the next level.
He felt that he was the real number one director in China!
But now.
President He actually told him that he could not participate in the directing of the tribute film. This made Chen Kai extremely depressed.
"President He, what's going on?”
Chen Kai did not waste any time and asked President He directly.
"Director Chen, there's nothing we can do about this.”
President He slowly said," It's the higher-ups 'intention. We're also doing things according to their instructions. To be honest, the Beijing circle has been a little too smooth these years.”
After saying this, President He directly hung up the phone.
Although Chen Kai was a famous director, he didn't need to give him any face.
Holding the phone, Chen Kai remained silent for a long time.
"What's wrong?"
His wife, Chen Lan, came over and asked curiously when she saw her husband's serious expression.
Chen Kai did not say anything. He stood there for a long time before he slowly said,"Someone is causing trouble."
"What?"
Chen Lan was a little surprised.
"I said, someone is messing with the Beijing circle."
Chen Kai looked at his wife and said word by word,""President He just informed me that I'm not on the director list for the National Day tribute film.”
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Chen Kai's words made Chen Lan's expression change.
One had to know.
This list had already been announced. During the Spring Festival, the outside world had already reported it.
But now, Chen Kai was actually removed. What this meant was self-evident.
"What's going on? Why is this happening?”
Chen Lan frowned and asked directly.
She naturally understood the significance of this matter. After all, she had been in the industry for so many years.
"I told you, someone is stirring up trouble. The target is the entire Beijing circle!”
"Contact Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei immediately. I feel that something is wrong!" Chen Kai said slowly.”
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