After rebirth, she first killed the book thief, and she was busy writing articles to save people

Ji Zhengliu, 34 years old, unmarried.

As for the answer to this question, Jiang Baige could almost imagine that no matter how she expressed it, it would eventually be simplified to "a strong woman who prioritizes her career."

It would be best if she still lacks love and looks forward to love, and others still think of her as strong and difficult to approach.

If they add "sometimes I feel like she is like a man", it will be more in line with the image of a "female director" that they expect.

——The world is so lacking in imagination about the possibilities of women.

Those people cannot understand or believe that there are women who can survive independently of their families: because they are never the ones who truly need a family to rely on.

But they are not the ones who make the rules.

Therefore, Jiang Baige was not worried at all that Ji Zhengliu would "stop talking" because of this issue, otherwise she would have raised it when they were coordinating the outline.

In fact, as a female director, like any outstanding woman in the industry, I will be asked boring questions like how to balance family and career.

It is almost impossible to expect others not to focus on her gender.

If Jiang Baige didn't ask, the interview would seem incomplete, so someone would definitely add it for her.

And she, in her position, was not high enough to decide whether to add it or not. Just like Ji Zhengliu, she was not strong enough to refuse to answer this question that was added and made them both tired.

Because their "completeness" is defined.

This is also the point that Ji Zhengliu discussed in her first film: Why do we have to assume that women must have marriage and love to be complete?

Even without marriage, there must be love.

If there is no love, then you should also desire to be loved.

Because love is women’s highest “mission” and “pursuit”, and because it is closely linked to women’s “completeness” - so women themselves believe it.

But they think that what they get is the completeness of themselves as "human beings", but in fact, both "woman" and "completeness" are "given" and "constructed".

We have been blinded since childhood, so we have no chance to know that all this is just a scam to hunt us. We are still foolishly pursuing the supreme love, and are still heartbroken and self-doubting because we are not loved by men.

But those who hold the power of life and death over love are heading towards high positions in their careers and the pinnacle of power.

Because of "love", we gave up our living space as human beings, and finally lost our qualifications as human beings and the opportunity to obtain equal love.

What did we get? A handout.

If he is willing to love me, even if he loves all the female creatures in the world, as long as the three words "he loves me" are true, I am willing to die for him again.

but……

What is unexpected about Ji Zhengliu is that in her love movie, someone did die for love, but that person was a man.

After watching the movie that year, Jiang Baige felt that her heart was finally at ease, and a certain expectation was comforted and taken care of: this understanding, respect and tenderness between women made her a fan of Ji Zhengliu.

So, after answering this boring question, Jiang Baige brought the topic back to the question she really wanted to ask.

"In this industry, there is always a lack of female voices. So I was pleasantly surprised to see the diverse relationships between women in Director Ji's film. In the end, you didn't let any woman sacrifice herself for love - although they all said so, but the louder they shouted, the faster they ran."

After Jiang Baige finished speaking, she laughed, and Ji Zhengliu also laughed.

“You seem to understand my movies,” she said.

Jiang Baige wanted to tell her, "I became your fan because of this movie, and I also watched your other movies," but she could only say, "Maybe it's because I did a lot of homework for this interview."

"When I learned that it was a girl, a female creator, who came to interview me, I was very happy." Ji Zhengliu took over Jiang Baige's words, "Just like you said, there is a lack of female voices... Its essence is actually a lack of female existence: without existence, there can be no voice."

“But you did it.”

Jiang Baige's words are both flattering and sincere.

Ji Zhengliu did not say "yes" frankly.

"I am lucky to be here. Some people say it is because I worked hard or persisted, but in fact, my classmates who also have the same dream, don't they work hard? They just don't have the conditions to persist until the day when they see the results, so I am very lucky."

She graduated from the directing department of the Film Academy, but not many of her classmates continued to work in this field.

Because life is always moving forward, it is impossible for time to stop flowing just because a person has a dream.

As we grow older but our dreams remain elusive, the voices of doubt and demands from those around us will become louder and louder, drowning out the faint cries for help from our dreams.

When Ji Zhengliu got the investment from Buwan Entertainment, he had already thought of giving up.

At that time, in order to make money, she did a lot of odd jobs, but the effect of the works she shot during her student days was getting weaker and weaker. If she couldn't convince the investors, no matter how hard she tried to make money, she couldn't make a movie that satisfied herself in a crew that burned money as soon as it started filming.

"In the most difficult times, I would sell everything I could for money without hesitation."

Of course, she was not referring to the physical trade that everyone thinks of when talking about the entertainment industry.

But such a deal also cannot be made in front of the camera: How should she say that several popular scripts in the past few years, which were labeled "original scripts" by directors, were actually written by her?

Not even the director himself knows.

Because she was a low-level gunman, attached to the studio. And from the studio to the crew, she passed through several layers.

If she directly wrote the script under Ji Zhengliu's identity, the price would be much higher, but she couldn't afford to lose face.

She said to Jiang Baige, don’t think that I am joking with you now, I am actually a very twisted person.

And the makeup artist we just saw. Ji Zhengliu said, Xiao Ke has always been very good to me. For this play of mine, she was responsible for the makeup of the main character, and she was afraid that I would lose all my money, so she didn't even want to take my money.

"I can't say any more. If I say more, it will just be playing the victim. I'm willing to play the victim, but I'm afraid the audience won't buy it."

Ji Zhengliu downplayed all the hardships he had gone through.

But Jiang Baige knew that it would not be an easy ten years. But even so, Ji Zhengliu still thought that he was lucky.

As long as you stay and continue on the path you originally chose, you are lucky.

"Finally, the boss who doesn't work in the entertainment industry found me... yes, your boss." Ji Zhengliu's expression softened visibly. "Without her, I wouldn't be sitting in front of you and talking about my own movie."