In 2002, was the Chinese-language film industry still ruled by the Fifth Generation directors?
The nation’s director stunned the world with his use of color, while Chen Kaige was still dreaming of his old Consort Yang.
When Jiang Fan, a freshly graduated film student, was reborn with twenty years of memories from the future, he knew a new era of cinema was about to begin, one that belonged to him.
A low-budget art film won over the three major European film festivals. The media hailed him as “the poet of Eastern cinema,” and he took his Cannes trophy home to prop up a table leg.
Then he turned to commercial films, casually ushering in the “blockbuster era” of Chinese-language cinema. He broke his own box office records time and again, while Hollywood’s Big Six fought tooth and nail for the overseas distribution rights to his films.
Years later, when reporters asked the once-great directors what they thought of Jiang Fan, all they could do was smile wryly:
“Don’t ask. In his era, we’re still learning.”
From the beginning to now, the overall plot has been meticulously crafted. I initially wanted to call it rigorous, but then I realized that word doesn't suit me. Because I'm a layman, I don't understand it. Anyway, so far, I think the author is quite professional. I don't know if this book is good or not, but at least it makes me think the author is incredibly skilled in their field. How skilled?
This book is a pure romance novel. The female lead is Zeng Li. I searched on Baidu and found that Zeng Li has four ex-boyfriends (I don't know if there are any others that haven't been exposed). The author is a writer who is also a fan of celebrities.
Using AI, Liu Ye, who played the sound engineer, won Best Actor, and then suddenly became a cameo actor in the same film. However, the main storyline remains clear, making it a good way to pass the time.
It's good, very detailed, but the pacing is a bit slow, and the female lead is a bit childish 🤦.
The female lead, Zeng Li, is quite good; she's from Jingzhou too.
I'm giving it 4 stars. The main author has finally reached a million words in this Chinese entertainment director novel!