I was just thinking about taking the arts exam and you said I've been playing supporting roles

Chapter 156: System downtime Zhang Yimou!
"Teacher Su, this speech is really good!"

"You pointed it out?"

"It's really different from what other students say..."

“It’s much better than those motivational speeches!”

"..."

The teachers looked at Su Wanyu, who had tears in her eyes. Su Wanyu wiped her eyes and shook her head: "No, I didn't see the manuscript written by this child. I only knew that he was going to speak after asking him!"

“That’s really amazing!”

"Teacher Su's child has such great literary talent!

"Yes, I got full marks for the college entrance examination essay!"

Some of the teachers spoke from the heart, some just to flatter, but Su Wanyu accepted them all. At least from her perspective as a Chinese teacher, the speech was above standard.

The students from the acting department of the Central Academy of Drama who were watching the live broadcast were also quite impressed.

Anyway, they wouldn't be able to write it.

Some people were still grumbling, "Maybe the teacher from Beijing Film Academy wrote it for him?"

"He got full marks on his college entrance exam essay, but still needs a teacher to help him write it?"

Dilraba was the first one who was not convinced and retorted.

"Xiao Di..."

Zhu Yanmanzi’s eyes were red as he hurriedly pulled her down. Dilireba snorted, becoming even more unhappy. She said to the guy, “Am I wrong? Is it so difficult to admit that others are excellent?”

"I just think Chen Jin is amazing!"

Dilireba said bitterly: "It's just like what the media asked Mr. Huang Bo a few days ago. I think what he said is very good!"

"This era will not stop you from shining, but you can't cover anyone else's brilliance. We are just some juniors who continue to move forward, and we dare not make mistakes!"

"..."

Qin Junjie on the side raised his eyebrows. This girl from Xinjiang is quite brave!

But what you said is quite true.

"Alright, alright, what's there to argue about?"

"They quarreled like this over a Beijing Film Academy actor..."

"What's wrong with Beijing Film Academy actors? They're not actors?"

"I also think what Chen Jin said is quite good..."

"That's what you say, but how many people can do it?"

"At least they dare to say it!"

For a moment, the students of Class 1 of the Performance Department of the Central Academy of Drama were all discussing Chen Jin's speech.

At this time, Zhu Yanmanzi picked up his phone and sent a QQ message to Chen Jin: "You are my light, following you, I feel that is enough!"

Chen Jin didn't reply.

He was now focused by the live camera, so it was difficult for him to hold his phone. At this moment, a graduate student representative from the Management Department of Beijing Film Academy was making an awkward speech on the podium.

Her speech was a very formal one.

The atmosphere that had been mobilized by Chen Jin suddenly became drowsy. Fortunately, her speech was not long. After she stepped down from the stage, it was the turn of outstanding alumnus Zhang Yimou. As soon as he appeared, the whole audience cheered instantly.

Just as Chen Jin expected, the speaker for the outstanding alumni was Old Zhang, who had just won the award and was in great glory.

It was obvious that he was not preparing for his speech and just said a few random words.

At the end, he did not forget to joke that everyone should go and watch the recently popular movie "Under the Hawthorn Tree"!
"Director Zhang, you know how to advertise!"

Chen Jin was clapping his hands, and the opening ceremony finally came to an end.

Leaders and guests put the school badge of Beijing Film Academy on behalf of the freshmen. Of course, it was Zhang Yimou who put it on Chen Jin. However, all the freshmen of Class 2010 did not have this treatment. They faced the scorching sun, wore the badge on their chests, and officially became a glorious Beijing Film Academy student!
It is important to know that taking Yunzhi for a few days has been the best in the world.

At this point, the opening ceremony of the 2010 class of the Beijing Film Academy came to a successful conclusion.

What awaits them next will be a 15-day military training.

"It's just right. I can take advantage of this half month to experience the role and read the script!"

Huang Jianxin was smiling and introducing a few people around him to Chen Jin.

In fact, Chen Jin had met Lu Chuan and others at the previous press conference, but they had never chatted.

"You know Director Lu, right? He is mainly responsible for the filming of the May Fourth section, and I am responsible for the rest. The overseas director is Li Shaohong, and she will shoot the scenes where you are sending people off..."

"Hello, guide~~"

Chen Jin greeted Lu Chuan, but Lu Chuan did not dare to underestimate Chen Jin.

He ignored the previous press conference because Chen Jin was just a small fry at the time and Mou Nanlang didn't take him seriously.

But things are different now. He won the Best Newcomer Award at Venice Film Festival and his drama Under the Hawthorn Tree became a big hit. He is very popular on the Internet and even his reputation has turned around. It’s been more than a year since he released Jinling! Jinling! and he still didn’t dare to refute the criticism he received.

This guy definitely deserves it. Movies like this whitewash their daily lives. They are worse than animals.

Chen Jin had to think about how to kick this guy out of the crew.

What happened to the director?

It’s not like we can’t find other directors?
Maybe Chen Jin didn’t have this ability before, but now... he has to plan carefully.

The May Fourth section wasn't shot very well either.

The two of them were being polite and polite, and Zhang Yimou just happened to come over and said, "Haha, you have a way with your speeches, kid. Did you write them yourself?"

“Well, it took a day!”

"I thought the manuscript given to you by Beijing Film Academy would not be like this!"

"From now on, let the planners in the studio write this kind of thing. They are all writers and are better at this than you!"

Shit, why didn't I think of that?
But why did you say it, Lao Zhang?
Why didn’t you say it earlier? Why are you saying it now?

His words made Chen Jin feel as if he had missed out on hundreds of millions.

I felt like I was stabbed in the back by Zhang Yimou. His studio is actually full of talented people.

In addition to several casting directors, there are also literary planners and assistants responsible for coordinating with screenwriters. Zhang Yimou has said more than once that he is not good at screenwriting, so he hired several professionals to assist him in his screenwriting work.

Zhou Xiaofeng is one of them. She has won the Lu Xun Literature Award. She was previously a senior editor of October magazine and a talented woman in the Chinese Department.

She participated in the screenwriting of "Three Guns", "The Hawthorn Tree", and later "Jinling" and "The Return".

There is also Fang Xi, a master's degree holder in Chinese from Peking University, who is currently working on an autobiography for Zhang Yimou.

"It's not a big deal, you have to do it yourself!"

“Do what you are good at. For example, if you are an actor, just focus on studying acting!”

Zhang Yimou was really thinking about Chen Jin, but Chen Jin suddenly thought of something: "Director Zhang, can I ask the teachers in the studio to write the script? I have a story and I plan to ask Director Tian to help me shoot it. I've told him!"

"what?"

Zhang Yimou was just speaking casually, but he didn't expect Chen Jin to be so rude!
"Director Tian? Which Director Tian?"

"The director of the directing department, Tian Zhuangzhuang!"

Zhang Yimou: “…”

After five full seconds of silence, Zhang Yimou stared at Chen Jin and said in disbelief, "Can you hire him to direct a movie?"

"He said yes, if you don't believe me you can ask him!"

Zhang Yimou was a little amused: "No, how did you invite him?"

"Just my story!"

Chen Jin didn't say that he spent money on it, but said, "It's a bit similar to "Departures," which won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film last year. It's also about the domestic funeral industry, and the protagonist is also a coffin director. However, there is a growth process, from refusing at the beginning to slowly understanding the greatness of this profession in the end..."

"..."

Chen Jin gave a brief account of the plot.

You know what, you really don’t say it, Zhang Yimou in front of him widened his eyes and listened very carefully.

Niche track, unpopular boutique!
This is a favorite item of the film festival.

The fewer people pay attention to a group, the more likely it is to win awards, even if it is not at the three major film festivals, but also at domestic film festivals such as Tokyo.

Tian Zhuangzhuang has won the highest prize, Qilin, at the Tokyo Film Festival, and also produced a Tokyo Film Queen. The Tokyo International Film Festival is also an international A-level festival. In terms of its value in Asia, it is second only to the three major ones.

The Shanghai Film Festival, which is also classified as A, is much worse.

Even if he couldn't get into the top three, Tokyo was enough for Chen Jin to brag about.

"This...is the story you want?"

Zhang Yimou listened to the general idea and looked at Chen Jin with some sidelong glances. Chen Jin nodded and said, "I have thought about this story for a long time, but I have never been a screenwriter, so I need to find a teacher to polish it together. I have the overall storyline, plot, and gags, etc."

Just because you have a rough idea of the story doesn't mean you can write it out like a screenwriter.

Even if Chen Jin has strong writing skills, it won’t work.

A screenwriter is different from a writer. There is also a difference between being able to write a story and being able to write a novel.

But if you tell the story to a screenwriter and work together to write a complete script, that's definitely possible; and in the industry, this is called ghostwriting. Many directors hold the position of screenwriter, do you think they are really screenwriters?

Wrong, he just changed the original work or script, and it is very likely that although he said it was changed, it was someone else who was responsible for polishing it.

That is, these literary plans.

Just like the lines spoken by many anchors during live streaming sales in later generations, do you think he speaks eloquently?
That was also someone else's manuscript, which was read to him.

Professionals do professional things. Even if Chen Jin has the story of "Life Events" in his mind, he can write it into a script, but it is time-consuming and laborious, and may not be as fluent as others.

It’s not that he can’t write well, but with Chen Jin’s current level, it’s more cost-effective to find someone to write with him.

At that time, the screenwriter's name will still be Chen Jin.

This is how Zhang Yimou operates.

"Okay!"

"If you can really get Old Tian to come out and ask Xiao Zhou and the others to help you get the book, I'll go talk to them!"

"It'll be soon. After a while, they'll have to work with me on The Flowers of War, so they probably won't have the energy. You should know that!"

Zhang Yimou had no objection to this kind of thing.

The main reason is that he was quite interested in Chen Jin's book, which is much better than "Love Is Not Blind".

When Chen Jin heard this, he didn't hesitate at all: "Director Zhang, is it okay today?"

"I will tell Sister Zhou the whole story today, but... you have to say hello to me first!"

Zhang Yimou crashed again: "..."

This kid does things quite similar to me.

As soon as you think about it, it comes out.

Be resolute and decisive, and never drag your feet.

The main reason is that Chen Jin is very popular now and has a very high status in the studio, but people who work in writing are all arrogant. Unless Zhang Yimou gives the order, it is estimated that Chen Jin cannot be hired.

"Then let's go back together!"

"I was just talking to Xiao Zhou Fangxi and the others about this..."

Zhang Yimou said casually.

In fact, deep down, he also wanted to hear how the story of Chen Jin's version of "The Funeral Director" unfolds.

It would be boring if we just copy our daily life.

"Row!"

"Then I'll talk to the teacher. How about you go first, Director Zhang?"

"Wait for you, I just happened to be visiting the directing department!"

Zhang Yimou wanted to ask Tian Zhuangzhuang what magical powers Chen Jin had, or was it just that he had been the director for too long and wanted to try his luck again?
(End of this chapter)