Chinese Showbiz: Making Film History from the Start

A novel dreamed up together with its readers... A web-film hack of a director is reborn. His original plan was to scrape by at the Beijing Film Academy, earn a degree, become an establishment filmmaker, and break into mainstream cinema. Then he’d make a low-budget commercial film as his debut and work his way forward, one steady step at a time. But things never go according to plan, and there’s always someone ready to trip you up as you walk. Then don’t blame me for playing dirty. I’ll bring out the big guns. For starters, I’ll win the Palme d’Or...