Snap!
Under their dumbfounded gazes, Ding Ning gently snapped his fingers, and a dark purple flame was burning quietly on his fingertips.
"This … this is?"
Pan Yigang and the other two suddenly widened their eyes as if they had seen a ghost, and stammered.
Ding Ning waved his hand, and the flame suddenly disappeared. But this was not the end, but the beginning.
He gently grasped the air, and then spread out his hand. A seed sprouted and grew at a speed visible to the naked eye. In the blink of an eye, it grew into a three-foot-long sapling.
Then, buds quietly bloomed on the branches. The peach blossoms competed with each other for beauty, and the wonderful scenery made people feel as if they were in a dream.
The faint fragrance of the flowers was so pleasant that Pan Yigang and the others could not believe their eyes. They could not help but reach out their hands to pick a peach blossom each.
"It's true. It's true. It's definitely a peach blossom that has just bloomed. How can it be in this season? Even magic can't be so magical, right? "
The three of them played with the petals in their hands and murmured with dull faces. Because they knew very well that it was only January, and the peach blossoms would not bloom until March. The means that Ding Ning showed had far exceeded the scope of magic.
"Nothing is impossible. It's just that the habitual ideas and thinking have solidified your imagination. It's like you firmly believe that I can't act before the audition. It's unfair to me. You arbitrarily made a conclusion before thoroughly understanding the other party. Isn't this what you have always hated? But why do you still make such dogmatic mistakes when it's your turn? "
Ding Ning put away the peach blossom branch and said with slight sarcasm.
Ding Ning did not deny that Pan Yigang and Cheng Wenhai were both talented people, but he thought that they thought too highly of themselves, were too proud of their talent, and did not take anyone seriously at all.
Talking and laughing with great scholars, coming and going like a commoner, these were the words used to describe people like them who considered themselves to be virtuous. It was as if everyone else in this world was a group of stubborn and ignorant people who were not worthy of standing side by side with them.
However, because what they wanted to express conflicted with the national policy, and after repeated setbacks, they developed a sense of cynicism. That was why, under the banner of respecting art, they became independent and made films that they thought exposed the ugly reality of society. They went to international competitions to win awards to affirm the value of their lives.
As the saying goes, one should not wash one's dirty linen in public. In Ding Ning's opinion, their behavior was extremely irrational. To put it more seriously, they were selfishly betraying the reputation and interests of their motherland for their own reputation.
While they were still complacent about winning an international award, they didn't realize what kind of negative public opinion their actions had brought to the country.
After knowing that the director was Pan Yigang, Ding Ning specially investigated his information. He had to admit that Pan Yigang was indeed an admirable director.
His first international award-winning work was called Deep Well. It was a story about an illegal coal mining boss who colluded with government officials and businessmen to conceal a mine disaster.
In order to collect materials, he once risked his life to sneak into a small illegal private coal mine and worked as a miner for three months to experience life. He almost died in a mine collapse.
The second award-winning work was called Lawsuit. It was about a village official who ran amok in the village, preying on the people, bullying men and women, and committing all kinds of crimes. A family of bullied villagers was dissatisfied and wanted to sue, but the village official instructed hooligans to beat them, occupy their fields, and rape women. The police looked on indifferently and even helped the evildoer. Finally, the family of the villager was ruined. Only an old man persisted in suing for 17 years before he could get justice. In the film, the arrogance of the hooligans and bullies, the selfishness and indifference of the villagers for fear of getting into trouble, and the ugly faces of the police who accepted bribes were deeply portrayed.
The third award-winning work was called Nail Households. It was about a development in a small county in the 1980s and 1990s. In order to pay less compensation for the demolition, the developer instructed local hooligans to cut off water and electricity to the nail households who refused to move because they were dissatisfied with the compensation and refused to move. It was a story about a masked man who even broke into the house and committed suicide.
The fourth award-winning work was called Indifferent City. It was about a migrant worker who was owed wages by the foreman. He had no money to go home for the Spring Festival, so he went to the foreman to collect the debt. However, he was caught by the police, beaten by hooligans, and looked down upon by the people in the city. Finally, the migrant worker had no way to collect the debt. He was so desperate that he jumped from the tallest building in the city to commit suicide.
The fifth award-winning work …
The sixth award-winning work …
Over the past 20 years, Pan Yigang had shot a total of 11 films. Seven of them had won international awards, and nearly 10 Best Actors and Best Actresses had become popular. He had gained a lot in the international film circle.
His award-winning works were all about describing the sharp social contradictions in Shenzhou. From an artistic point of view, they vividly and vividly portrayed human nature and the ruthlessness of social reality. They were indeed rare fine works, and he deserved to win the award.
However, he did not realize, or perhaps he did not take it seriously, that these films were all based on vilifying the domestic environment. They vividly put a country that was ignorant, backward, absurd, poor, bureaucratic, and had no human rights in the eyes of the international audience, so that those who did not know Shenzhou would take it for granted that the films they saw were the current situation of Shenzhou, which seriously affected the international image of Shenzhou.
Our motherland does have some unsatisfactory aspects, but Shenzhou is, after all, a country that has been rebuilt in the flames of war for less than a hundred years. Everything is moving forward in exploration, and it is inevitable that there will be some problems. This is a special period that a developing country must go through. The appropriate cover-up is also to avoid giving some countries that are determined to destroy us a reason to attack our motherland.
As a Shenzhou person, he should be soberly aware that our motherland is constantly changing and becoming stronger, is constantly exploring and revising in the reform, and is trying to eliminate those social evils and bad phenomena.
Fortunately, he was born in New Shenzhou and had won many international awards. The government did not take him seriously for the sake that he had fought for honor for the country. If he was born in an ancient feudal dynasty, his behavior of tarnishing the country's image would be enough to exterminate his whole family.
If that was the case, everyone had their own aspirations and could not be forced. In addition, he did have something worthy of respect, so Ding Ning would not have embarrassed him with such sarcasm.
However, from the moment they met, Pan Yigang showed an unquestionable domineering and opinionated arbitrariness, and his seemingly sincere request was actually overbearing, which made Ding Ning feel very uncomfortable. He had never been a very magnanimous person, so how could he not seize the opportunity to ridicule him?
Pan Yigang's face was burning hot, and he wanted to find a hole to hide in. Yes, he did not even give Ding Ning a chance to audition, but he flatly affirmed that he did not know how to act, and he even asked him to quit the show.
Although Ding Ning performed magical magic, it did not prove that he was proficient in acting, but in the films he shot, what he criticized the most was the unjust phenomenon of arbitrarily believing others without investigation. He portrayed the ugly faces of those dogmatic people with thick ink, which was one of the highlights of the film.
But now, the behavior that he hated the most happened to him, which was so ironic that it was tantamount to giving him a slap in the face. How could he not be ashamed?
Producer Wang was obviously a slick and slick character among the three. Seeing Ding Ning's unkind face, Pan Yigang was ashamed, and Cheng Wenhai also looked ashamed. He hurriedly smiled and said, "It's a misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding. Director Pan didn't expect that Mr. Ding was proficient in acting, so he made an arbitrary judgment. I didn't expect that Mr. Ding was not only proficient in medical skills, but also proficient in magic and acting."
"Did I say that I was proficient in acting? Producer Wang, you think too much. "
Ding Ning was unhappy, so he naturally would not give Producer Wang a good look, so he said faintly.
Producer Wang's smile instantly froze on his face, and he felt like crying but had no tears. "I just don't want to make the relationship too stiff, so I tried to smooth things over. Why do you embarrass me?"
However, Ding Ning was the leading actor designated by the company. He, Pan Yigang and Cheng Wenhai, persuaded him to quit, which was originally contrary to the company's position. Even if he was given ten thousand guts, he dared not to argue with Ding Ning. He could only hold back his anger and smile dryly, which was uglier than crying.
Pan Yigang's face brightened when he heard this. "Yes, although I made a subjective mistake, what Ding Ning showed is magic, not acting, which means that my opinion is not wrong."
Thinking of this, Pan Yigang immediately regained his composure and said very frankly, "Mr. Ding, I have to say that your criticism is right. I did make a dogmatic mistake. I am willing to apologize to you on this point, but …"
"But in fact, your judgment is still not wrong, right?"
Ding Ning said indifferently with a playful smile on the corner of his mouth.
"Ahem, that, indeed, Mr. Ding said yourself that you are not proficient in acting."
Pan Yigang's face turned red. As an internationally famous director, it was his limit to put down his pride and apologize to Ding Ning. With his proud and aloof character, he was very confident in his judgment and would not admit that he had made a mistake from the bottom of his heart.
"I just said that I didn't say that I was proficient in acting, but I didn't say that I don't know acting, right?"
A sly smile flashed across Ding Ning's eyes. He knew that with Pan Yigang's character, he could apologize, but he would never admit defeat easily, so he had been waiting for him.
"This …"
Pan Yigang was speechless. After thinking about it carefully, it seemed that it was true. Ding Ning did not say that he was proficient in acting, nor did he say that he was not proficient in acting. This made him surprised and doubtful. "If this guy is really proficient in acting, won't I be slapping myself in the face if I say anything?"
"So, Mr. Ding, are you proficient in acting or not?"
Cheng Wenhai's EQ was much lower than Pan Yigang's, so he said bluntly with a blank face.
Ding Ning secretly smiled bitterly. He respected Cheng Wenhai from the bottom of his heart. He could play word games with Pan Yigang, but he was not willing to do so with Cheng Wenhai. Immediately, he simply answered, "I'm not proficient in acting."
Before Pan Yigang breathed a sigh of relief, Ding Ning continued confidently, "I don't think it's important whether I'm proficient or not. What's important is that I need a chance to audition. Perhaps acting may be difficult for others, but as I said, all roads lead to the same destination. I am proficient in medicine and magic. If I don't try, how can I know whether I can act well or not? Maybe I will give you a surprise."
"Okay, since Mr. Ding wants to try, I can give you the script now. You can figure out the inner world of the character. Is 20 minutes enough? If it is, then we will find a place to start the audition in 20 minutes. "
Pan Yigang became spirited and said eagerly.
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