Chapter 488 Film Academy
The Imperial Capital Film Academy is the most famous film academy in China.

Every year, countless young boys and girls come from all over the country to apply for admission to this school with great anticipation.

Among the celebrities who walked out of here, there is a large group of them around Shen Lang alone.

Not to mention the directors, screenwriters and other film-related professionals who came out of here!
Shen Lang personally drove the Coen brothers to Beijing Film Academy.

Just when they were about to tell the security guard their purpose, Shen Lang unexpectedly found a white-haired old man at the school gate.

He quickly got out of the car and helped him. The old man asked, "Uncle Kong, why are you here?"

It turns out that the old man is Kong Hui, the former president of the Imperial Capital Film Academy!
Kong Hui laughed, patted Shen Lang's shoulder and said, "You are getting more and more handsome, boy. Why don't you welcome Uncle Kong to watch your performance?"

"No way!" Shen Lang quickly invited Uncle Kong into the car and introduced the Coen brothers to Kong Jie.

Kong Jie is a veteran filmmaker, so he is naturally very familiar with the brothers. He had even met them before in Cannes, but at that time they were just acquaintances. He didn't expect that so many years later, they would meet by chance and end up sitting in the same car.

With Kong Jie by their side, Shen Lang and his party naturally had a smooth journey and drove the car directly to a place not far from the teaching building.

As soon as they got off the car, Shen Lang's tall and handsome appearance immediately attracted countless female classmates from the Film Academy.

When everyone found out that it was Shen Lang, there was a sudden sensation around them!

"It's Shen Lang! Ah? Am I seeing things correctly?"

“Don’t panic when you see a celebrity, just take out your phone and take a picture!”

"Brother Shen Lang, why did you come to our Diying?"

"Teacher Shen, can I take a photo with you?"

Shen Lang smiled and cooperated in taking photos and signing autographs.

Soon, someone recognized the two foreigners beside Shen Lang.

"Oh my god, these two people are not the Coen brothers, right?"

"Fuck, can you believe this? The homework my teacher assigned me yesterday was to write a review of The Man Who Wasn't There, directed by the Coen brothers! This is too magical!"

Immediately, someone said, "Teacher Shen, you are with the Coen brothers to do something... no, to build a career, right?" The words of a tall boy immediately caused a burst of laughter.

Shen Lang smiled slightly: "Keep it secret!"

After saying that, he waved to everyone, and quickly took the Coen brothers and the old dean away.

When they arrived at the agreed classroom, everyone, including the old dean, was stunned.

The rehearsal classroom of the Film Academy is not big, and there are usually not too many people in the class. There is space in the middle for the skit stage, and props are placed cluttered around it. The rest of the cramped space is where the students stay.

Kong Xie had never expected that the school would directly arrange a super large classroom for the small rehearsal room he had requested. Moreover, the narrow standing space for students was packed with students on three layers inside and outside!
There were even a few people dressed as college leaders and teachers standing in the front row and smiling at them.

Kong Xie frowned and said to the leader, "Hey, Xiao Tang, I asked you to arrange a small classroom, why did you make such a big scene?"

The leader surnamed Tang explained sheepishly, "I'm really sorry, Dean Kong. When we heard that Teacher Shen was coming to our film school, the teachers and students in the acting department were so excited that they all asked to participate in the rehearsal!"

"What nonsense! Shen Lang is filming a movie that has not yet been released. What if it is leaked?"

Leader Tang pulled out a stack of documents from behind his back like a magic trick and handed them to Kong Jie, saying, "We've prepared it a long time ago. We know the rules!"

When Kong Jie saw it, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. It turned out that the Film Academy often had crews coming to select actors, but in order to maintain confidentiality before the film was released, the actors participating in the selection and all the people present had to sign a confidentiality agreement.

If the information is leaked and the person who leaked it is found out, that person will be held legally responsible. Not only will his reputation be damaged, but he will also have to face a huge compensation. Therefore, this contract is called a "death contract" in the Imperial Capital Film Academy, and most people dare not cross this line easily!
The school has already done this. Kong Jie looked at Shen Lang with embarrassment: "This...Xiao Shen, look..."

After Shen Lang communicated with the Coen brothers, he smiled and said, "I'm sorry to bother the academy, so please just stay here!" Leader Tang was overjoyed: "Great, Mr. Shen, I'm Tang Yuzhi, the dean of the Film Academy, welcome to our academy!"

The students couldn't contain themselves any longer and were extremely excited to see Shen Lang and the Cohen brothers.

"Teacher Shen, I am your loyal fan!"

"No, Mr. Shen, he is your hater..."

"Hahaha!"

"Joel, I love your brother's Blood Simple. I've watched it more than ten times!"

"Ethan, your hair is so cool!"

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Among the Coen brothers, the older brother Joel studied film at New York University and taught at New York University after graduation. He had teaching experience himself. Seeing this familiar scene in a foreign country, he suddenly relaxed when facing so many strangers.

Dean Tang found three South African graduate students in the Department of Performance.

All three are white South Africans, and their spoken pronunciation is pretty good!

The Coen brothers asked the three people a few simple questions and were quite satisfied, so they asked Kong Jie to find a separate classroom and select performance clips for them.

After entering the house, Joel was responsible for giving everyone a brief introduction to the background of the story.

The story of "No Country for Old Men" is very simple. The gang encountered an accident while trading flour, and the large amount of US dollars they used for the transaction happened to be discovered by the hunter.

The hunter was a veteran of the special forces. When he saw so much money, he was tempted and took the money back home.

But his conscience made him decide to bring some water back to the scene and give the dying person a drink.

But when he came to the scene again, he was being watched.

The whereabouts of the US dollars are unknown, so the gang naturally wants to track them down. They send a killer named Anton to look for the lost money.

With the help of clues, Anton quickly identified the hunter.

Next, a dangerous chase began.

In the original book, the killer named Anton was very calm, and even a trace of human emotion could not be seen in his performance.

He killed people without mercy, but he was also very principled. He could kill insignificant people for a trivial matter.

But it is possible that the other person's life will be spared because of so-called principles.

Well, if these are all the things the movie wants to show, it would be an ordinary crime movie, with chases, gunfights, and it's very cliché.

But what’s interesting is that the original novel wants to express that accidents can happen at any time in a person’s life.

From young to old, no matter male or female, strong-willed or experienced and vicious, everyone thinks that they have mastered a set of behavioral logic for dealing with things. You think that these logics will allow you to understand and control your life.

But through this movie, the audience will find that what the author of the novel wants to express is that in the ocean of fate, life is just a small boat that may be overturned at any time, and whether it capsizes or not is not up to oneself.

Okay, time to select the clips.

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(End of this chapter)