But as Li Xiaole's understanding of movies became deeper and deeper, he began to feel that the "film art" he understood had a deviation. Those art films seemed to be really tricky. He felt that those unpopular movies that won awards were really good, but the problem arose. He just "feels" that knew that the art film was good, but he couldn't tell the trick...

Just like this "Slumdog Millionaire", he felt that he could definitely shoot one by one according to the original version, but he would definitely not surpass Danny Boyle, because he could feel the invisible atmosphere in the original movie, which was that inexplicable atmosphere, which made him feel his shortcomings. Something was missing in his movie language...

For the first time, he felt that his directorial ability had reached a limit. If he wanted to go up, there would be an invisible force that blocked him below. Simply put, he encountered a bottleneck period of director...

After understanding this point, Li Xiaole also understood the problem. He now needs a "art director". What he needs is someone with much richer experience and film insights than him to guide him and let him overcome this bottleneck.

His first reaction was to find Old Charlie, hoping that this friendly British gentleman could serve as his art director. To his surprise, Old Charlie actually rejected him, the reason was: "Lee, the best art director in the UK is indeed on the Drama Council, but it was not me, but Fred. No one in the world knows better about everything about film art than him."

The old-fashioned British man who has a stern face every day, like everyone owes him a million pounds? Li Xiaole felt a little headache just by thinking about it, but after careful consideration, he decided to put movie first and bite the bullet and invite the president of the Drama Council to join the crew of "The Millionaire in the Slums".

He believed that Fred would not refuse, because after watching this script, he would know that this movie would be amazing and would definitely be shortlisted for many awards. Everyone would understand that the great film honors of joining the crew will be within their reach, so Li Xiaole never thought that anyone would reject this work, and Fred was no exception.

But what he had never expected was that after hearing this, Fred refused him without hesitation, and the reason for his rejection also made him very sad: "If you make this movie, you will definitely get a lot of nominations, but you can only win some technical awards at most. You will definitely not get the Best Director and Best Film."

This Fred not only saw his purpose, but also directly concluded that he would not do what he wanted. This made Li Xiaole feel a little embarrassed. When he asked about this old-fashioned, he pretended to be deep and didn't want to say anything... Damn... This British just likes to keep it in hiding.

Fred's words also made Li Xiaole in trouble these two days, so he immediately agreed when he received the invitation from Cambridge. In addition to being able to meet Peter Jackson, the more important thing is to relieve the tension during this period.

After the security guards evacuated the crowd, Li Xiaole finished his tour at Cambridge University. After lunch break and dinner, they came to the multi-purpose hall of the Theatre Academy in the afternoon to attend the speeches and seminars of film and drama. The director he talked to was Peter Jackson, the great director of New Zealand.

Peter Jackson's director experience is the same as Li Xiaole. It is very legendary in the eyes of others. This New Zealander, who has not received any professional film education, worked as a reporter for a magazine after graduating from school. Then, with the savings of 100,000 pounds accumulated over five years and subsidies from the New Zealand government, he and his friends used the weekend time to shoot a movie called "The Strange Man of the Universe" in more than four years.

An unspoken Peter Jackson, who was holding his own self-written, directed and acted by himself, rushed to Cannes alone and participated in the screening, selling millions of dollars. From then on, he embarked on the path of a professional director.

After he founded Vita Digital with several New Zealand filmmakers in 1993, he developed the New Zealand film industry bit by bit. It was not until he entered the United States to shoot "The Lord of the Rings" that he truly entered the ranks of the world's top directors and became a great director admired by the world.

In fact, when filming "Sedekbarre", Li Xiaole developed a lot of Maya's special effects plug-ins. He met Peter Jackson very early and talked a lot on the phone. Peter Jackson gave him the impression of a very crazy and energetic person. He could talk endlessly no matter what aspects of the movie were talking about. He was a good interlocutor.

In front of the multi-functional hall is a stage covered with red carpets, and there are pleasant flower pot plants. The two of them are sitting on a mahogany chair in the center of the stage, holding a microphone, and mineral water is placed on the ground next to it. The spacious hall below the stage is full, and there are media reporters who are invited to come happily. Behind them are young students of the Cambridge Academy of Arts and Drama, Department of Film Art, Department of Fine Arts, and Department of Screenwriters...

Everyone listened to this conversation with relish, especially the students in the film art department were very excited and focused on not allowing themselves to miss a sentence. If George Lucas and Spielberg influenced a wave of college students all over the world in the 1980s and 1990s, then Peter Jackson and Li Xiaole are the two of the young students who love the most directors in 2000 years later.

After a simple speech, the atmosphere in the hall became even more lively, and everyone finally entered the seminar dialogue session they had been waiting for for a long time.

Now the host has raised another sharp question: "Both are the best filmmakers in Asia and Oceania. How can we make our country's films more global and compete with Hollywood movies?"

Peter Jackson, who has lost more than 60 pounds, looks much more handsome than before. He held the microphone and said, "If you want your country's movies to be recognized worldwide, the first thing is to need excellent local movie actors."

"Movie actors are very important." Li Xiaole nodded. He deeply agreed with this point. He also said with a microphone: "Not to mention whether a movie is successful or not, at least it is to judge whether the movie belongs to England or China, or whether it is China. First of all, it is the actors from which country you use to play the leading role. Hollywood has filmed many Chinese-themed stories, but in fact they are just American movies."

"In this regard, I admit that the Commonwealth has advantages. We have a large number of excellent actors." Peter Jackson analyzed with a smile: "The countries such as France and Germany are relatively pitiful. They have too few actors. No matter how good the culture is, they cannot make world-class movies."

"So are there any necessary factors besides the actors?" the host continued to ask.

"I think there are two more conditions." Peter Jackson stretched out his two fingers and said:

"Secondly, if you want to make a world-class movie, you must have strong film industry support. No matter how extreme the art movies are, they will never affect popular culture. You must turn art into a story that the public understands stories. This involves huge investment in capital. For example, a scene can be freehand in an art film that can only be filmed in one street and one corner, and the main characters can be filmed in detail, because when a person who knows movies sees the actor's costumes, his conversations, and lines, he will roughly know the background of the story.

But if ordinary audiences need to understand it, at least you need a long shot to shoot the entire street or even a panoramic view of a city, so that he can see a complete world. Only through complete visual impact can he understand when and where the movie takes place. In this way, he must have a huge film industry to build a complete world, which is hard strength.

The third point is also the most important thing. A good world-class movie must have the cultural heritage of your country. The theme of the movie contains both traditions and world culture. The world must have a clear cultural impression of this country.

For example, "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy" and "Harry Potter" were originally loved by people from all over the world, so everyone knows that there is such a story in the UK, including magic, Middle-earth, wizards, dwarves, and elves. These things can only be filmed by British people, and American filmmakers will definitely not be filmed. This is the cultural heritage of our country, and this is also the core element of the difference between movies in other countries and Hollywood."

Speaking of this, Peter Jackson turned to Li Xiaole and smiled:

"There are not many countries in the world that have all three conditions at the same time. Apart from the United Kingdom, there are only India, Japan and China, so... I believe that director Li Xiaole will definitely be able to make world-class Chinese movies in the future. I think it will not exceed ten years at most."

"Well, I think China still needs time in this regard. After all, an industry also needs accumulation." Li Xiaole looked at the many faces in front of the audience and looked at him expectantly. He couldn't help but appear in a while, nodding and admitting:

"But no matter what, I will shoot my own movies like Director Peter. I hope one day, I can conquer the Oscar with pure Chinese films and win the Best Picture Award, just like Director Peter won the Oscar with "Lord of the Rings".

Some of the British students below the stage cheered after listening, while others disagreed. Many students even laughed at that, although "Lord of the Rings" is a British movie, it speaks English after all. A foreign language film that speaks Chinese wants to win the Oscar for the best film? This is simply impossible. Though Ang Lee, the peak of Chinese movies, was nominated for both the Best Picture and the Best Foreign Language Film, he finally won the Best Foreign Language Film...

During this talk, Li Xiaole listened to Peter Jackson's insights and felt like he had gained something in his heart. Yes, Chinese movies meet the conditions for being able to make top movies in the world, but the question is whether he can do it... It all depends on whether he can break through this bottleneck.

As soon as the talks ended, Li Xiaole received a call from Lei Ting, and the content was very surprised.
Chapter completed!