Yu Jianhong had originally wanted to remind his student not to focus only on the negative, but to see the positive as well.
He had also wanted to take the opportunity to show his concern as a teacher.
All right, he was actually a little bitter about it.
Shen Shanden was clearly his inheritor, yet Han Sanping wanted to poach him? Fine, poach him if he wanted, but shouldn't he at least have given Yu Jianhong a heads-up?
Who would have thought Shen Shanden would remain as steady as a mountain, stay optimistic, remain completely unaffected by public opinion, and focus wholeheartedly on filming?
That mentality was incredible!
"Don't worry. As for professional academic disputes, I'll organize more people. I definitely won't let them bully you."
Yu Jianhong gave his full support.
Who said the Management Department couldn't go toe-to-toe with the Directing Department?
Forget Sixth Generation directors—even against the Fifth Generation, when it came to academics alone, he could smash them all with one hand.
Those academy-trained directors had all their thoughts on "technique." They were decent at composition, editing, color and lighting, the relationship between sound and image, and camera movement.
But when it came to "direction," they were a complete mess, not even as good as the Literature Department.
At least the Literature Department knew how to play with jargon, layering terminology over terminology, using the left foot to step on the right, enough to fool a few people.
But it was still only fooling people. They would first elevate things into the metaphysical realm. Those with a little sincerity would even coin terms that sounded plausible, like "commercial attributes," "intersubjectivity," and "discursive violence." The lazy ones simply copied existing theoretical terminology and frameworks.
By comparison, the Management Department could connect downward to film practice and upward