The National Preceptor still had some dignity; he looked calm when he saw Qi Hao.

Qi Hao was worried he might be hard to approach, so he deliberately walked alongside Jiang Wen, much like the tiger in the "The Fox Borrows the Tiger's Majesty" from the primary school textbook.

"Mr. Zhang and Mr. Jiang are both my idols. If there's a chance, let's grab a drink after the event."

Qi Hao first greeted them and then extended the invitation.

The candidates were three people.

He generally chose from the three filmmakers he had recently interacted with the most.

With so many people on the scene today, many would come to chat and bond with Qi Hao, and Zhang Yimou was not necessarily going to be selected.

"People used to call you 'bro,' why are you being so formal and calling him 'teacher' now?"

Jiang Wen sneered.

In the past, when watching the moon with me, you called me 'Sweetie'! Now the new replaces the old, calling me 'Madam Niu'!

What on earth did I do to deserve this, being on par with Zhang Yimou?

"Isn't it because you insisted on making me call you 'brother'?"

Qi Hao looked slightly embarrassed.

Claiming brotherhood is not something easily done, or otherwise, he would have to call Zhang Yimou 'big brother' too.

"There's nothing wrong with calling me 'brother', we aren't that much older."

Zhang Yimou grinned.

He really wasn't much to look at; Qi Hao found it pretty eye-searing when he saw him co-starring with Gong Li in Ancient and Modern War Between Qin Warriors and Terracotta Warriors.

However, talent attracts beauty.

Talented people are always more favored by beauties.

It is said that back in the day, Gong Li was single-mindedly wanting to marry him, but ultimately she didn't succeed.

Of course, there's nothing to regret about that.

As the saying goes, a forced melon is not sweet.

Gong Li took Red Sorghum from her senior sister and still wanted to take Zhang Yimou from his spouse; you can't have everything going for you.

Moreover, she was pursuing Zhang Yimou while she had a boyfriend.

Her boyfriend advised her, even beat her, trying to get her to break up with Zhang Yimou, but she just wouldn't agree.

As for why Zhang Yimou didn't marry Gong Li, it wasn't because Gong Li had a boyfriend.

In an interview, he said, "I did consider divorcing for Gong Li in the past, but that was because I loved her. Yet, I didn't want to marry her because I believe marriage is not only about love; it needs to consider other practical factors such as family, career, and responsibilities."

Clearly, Zhang Yimou needed a woman who fitted the role of a good wife and wise mother, and Gong Li obviously was not...

The older generation of stars actually had messier private lives.

It's just that people's tolerance was higher in the past, and information was not as widespread.

For Zhang Yimou, Qi Hao has only some filmmaking filters.

"It was all just joking; calling someone 'teacher' is better. Mr. Zhang indeed has many aspects we juniors can learn from."

There's no way Qi Hao would really call him 'brother'.

He often referred to Jiang Wen as a brother, but that was usually at the drinking table, when they were drunk.

Unless Qi Hao formally becomes a student of an elder, and has legitimate inheritance, it's better not to leave any room for gossip.

"You have the opportunity; you can learn about film systematically at school."

Zhang Yimou didn't feel Qi Hao was mocking him.

Although Jiong 2's box office was several times that of Jinling and Qi Hao had other films with global grosses over a billion including Those Years and Uncle, in Zhang Yimou's eyes, Qi Hao's films were still quite immature.

It's just that he was able to capitalize on his young brain and market trends, and with abundant energy, he kept churning out several films of the same genre, forming a market effect.

"Mr. Bao Guo'an also suggested the same to me, and I indeed have plans in this area. I even participated in a Beijing Film Academy self-study exam before."

The news of Qi Hao participating in the Beijing Film Academy's self-study exam was quite a buzz at the time.

It's just that people couldn't understand why he wanted to take this, not that it was useless, but it served no purpose at all.

"For the Beijing Film Academy, do you need me to recommend you?"

Zhang Yimou extended his kindness.

It's hard for Zhang Yimou not to be kind to someone like Qi Hao.

There's no benefit in offending him.

Say nothing else, if he releases two commercial films timed around your movie, surrounding you, would you still be able to have a good life?

Competing in box office receipts with Qi Hao?

You end up not eating the mushroom but still suffer the symptoms!

Facts proved that whether you're a new director or a veteran mega-director, trying to outshine Qi Hao in commercial terms is courting disaster.

Anyway, Zhang Yimou had made up his mind.

To always schedule his film releases to avoid conflicting with Qi Hao's.

He simply can't win.

Plus, the production costs of Qi Hao's movies are absurdly low.

Nowadays, people are often stirring up about production costs online.

Comparing Qi Hao's films with his, questioning where sixty million got spent.

Some freaks even analyze frame by frame.

Analyze the hell out of it.

Qi Hao is the boss, if production costs are high, he earns from that, if they're low, he profits from the takings.

Whereas Zhang Yimou can only scrape from a pitiful six hundred million.

The money was all made by that bastard Zhang Weiping.

Thus, he left Zhang Weiping.

LeTV is his new benefactor.

But he wouldn't mind having another basket to put his eggs in.

Youngsters like Qi Hao, who have financial backup and drive, are the best partners for collaboration, perhaps undertaking a ten-billion project wouldn't be far-fetched for him.

So, why would he refuse Qi Hao's invitation?

Indeed there are lots of people seeking out Qi Hao onsite.

He was much more popular than Zhang Yimou.

Some big directors originally planned to hold back a bit, observe the situation first, and then decide whether to bow down to capital.

Unexpectedly, in their hesitation, Zhang Yimou swiftly seized the opportunity.

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