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

When Ji Zhengliu mentioned Yang Ziyu, the boss who was not in the entertainment industry, he always called her "Sister Yang" affectionately.

Because it was Yang Ziyu, who picked out her application from among the thousands of male directors' submissions and said, "Those so-called grand narratives are nothing more than men and horses, which are too boring. But this one, a big city, ordinary people, a group of women, discussing philosophy and life, is quite interesting. Ji Zhengliu, what do you think?"

No matter what others think, as long as Yang Ziyu thinks it's okay, then it's okay.

Ji Zhengliu got the opportunity to enter the project. Although there were several rounds of fierce competition in the middle, with Yang Ziyu's support, she finally made it to the end.

Now, the film has been completed and has been submitted to all major film festivals. The release date, theater scheduling, and intensive publicity have all started.

Jiang Baige also praised her boss: "Director Ji, I think you admire Boss Yang a little bit."

"Yes."

Ji Zhengliu made no secret of his love for Yang, and perhaps, it was also a kind of commercial flattery - Yang Ziyu has never been a person who is content to stay behind the scenes, and her goal is to establish herself as a person who does not play the entertainment industry.

Yang Ziyu never concealed her ambition, and Ji Zhengliu didn't mind either. He took advantage of the publicity opportunity provided by Yang Ziyu to show his support.

"I just said that I am not the first director to enter the film industry and focus on telling women's stories and feelings and expressing women. Before me, there have been many women who have made a lot of efforts, so I am in this position now and have the opportunity to tell stories."

Ji Zhengliu looked into Jiang Baige's eyes and said, "I have come here by standing on the shoulders of giants."

This "giant" of course includes Yang Ziyu.

Jiang Baige could hear it, so Yang Ziyu must understand it too. Not only does she need to understand it, but everyone needs to understand it: they will constantly emphasize this point when writing scripts and editing videos.

"But I don't deny it. In this industry, many women have been 'assimilated' by men. Sometimes, I hear some young girls say that they used to trust some female bosses, but they were tortured and made them feel that they were not as good as male leaders. This makes me very sad.

“What saddens me is why it is so difficult for women themselves to realize that we only associate the actions of female bosses with gender when criticizing them. Don’t they really know that these women who have become leaders have also followed the rules of a patriarchal world?

"But why is it that when the same harm is caused by men - even sexual harassment, everyone weakens the gender component of men and starts to 'discuss the matter at hand' and only talks about power oppression, rather than gendering it?"

Jiang Baige opened her mouth in surprise, and the interview almost came to a standstill.

Ji Zhengliu thought Jiang Baige was shocked by her shocking words, but he didn't know that Jiang Baige was surprised because "it turned out that Ji Zhengliu was already thinking about this issue at this time."

Ji Zhengliu's second film discusses this issue: relationships between women in the workplace.

When the movie was released, Jiang Baige was suffering from his two female leaders.

One of them, because her son, who was in the third year of high school, was disobedient, she would take her anger out on Jiang Baige every time she got angry with her son.

Another person Jiang Baige once thought might be her benefactor: an unmarried, childless, and strong female leader who met all her expectations.

But the other party always advocates that the best way for women to rise is to rely on different men. The leader is very capable and wants to bring Jiang Baige into that world.

But Jiang Baige didn't want to.

All these things made her terrified: Why is this happening?

Until she saw Ji Zhengliu's second movie.

Ji Zhengliu did not simplify those feelings into the word "misogyny" in the film, nor did he trace the complicated historical roots of these current situations.

She just talks about phenomena and handles one event after another in a "specialized" way.

Just like men in movies can create charming male villains; the female villains in her movies also have their own sadness, pity, and loveability.

The result is just as she said, that the moral evaluation in the movie is "de-gendered": good or bad or gray, they are all character and role, not gender.

After watching the movie, Jiang Baige did not feel that she had reconciled with the "leaders" who had hurt her.

She just remembered that, in fact, among the leaders she had experienced, there were male leaders who did PUA to her, male leaders who sexually harassed her with words, male leaders who were petty and sensitive and always felt that their subordinates were saying bad things about them behind their backs, male leaders who were stingy and loved to make empty promises, male leaders who relied on their wives to get promoted and found young girls...

However, when dealing with these people, she only thought that they were "bad leaders" and "very bad people", but she never thought that "male leaders are really not good."

Jiang Baige is not the only one who felt her worldview was shattered and reshaped after watching this movie.

So that movie also sparked a lot of controversy.

However, Ji Zhengliu, who was at the center of the vortex, disappeared after the publicity period.

It would take a few more years before she would return to the public eye with her third movie.

"You seem a little surprised?" Ji Zhengliu kindly helped Jiang Baige pick up the topic that fell on the ground. "This is a conversation. If you have a different opinion, I am also happy to listen."

Jiang Baige shook her head: "I was just thinking, maybe you have already thought of the theme of the second movie?"

There was a flash of surprise in Ji Zhengliu's eyes, but she quickly controlled herself.

She shrugged, indicating that Jiang Baige could move on to the next topic.

Although Jiang Baige had been trying to get rid of the shackles that the word "female" brought to female directors before the conversation, hoping that her movies were for everyone to watch, as Ji Zhengliu herself said, they always unconsciously brought the topic back.

They took a break during the trip, and Ji Zhengliu saw Jiang Baige's distress.

She smiled and patted Jiang Baige's shoulder.

“In a state of disempowerment or imbalance, talking about everything in a lump sum is itself unfair to the party with a weak voice. For example, everyone talks about ‘human rights’, but if ‘women’s rights’ are not emphasized, who will pay attention to women who have already lost their voices?

"So, of course we can continue to emphasize the existence of 'female'. I don't mind being labeled as a 'female director', but how to define this label is up to me."

The conversation lasted nearly an afternoon, and after it ended, Jiang Baige felt a kind of mental fatigue. But her spirit was very excited, and she returned to the dormitory and began to bury herself in writing, with the same enthusiasm as writing novels.

When they were preparing to post the interview on their official account for publicity, news came that Ji Zhengliu had won the Best New Director Award.

Jiang Baige sent a message to congratulate him, and Ji Zhengliu quickly replied: [Sister Yang showed me the manuscript you wrote, it's very well written.]