Huayu: When the director changed his major

Chapter 191 Wife, I did it!

A month later, Cheng Xi returned to Yanjing and prepared to deal with the studio's affairs.

The crew temporarily asked Zhang Mingzhong to take the director team and Peng Damo to watch over it.

Filming has now become normalized and the tone has been set.

Zhang Mingzhong was basically the executive director, and Cheng Xi let Zhang Mingzhong make all the decisions for the subsequent days of filming.

There were no problems with the filming, so I felt relieved to leave it to him for a while.

There will be several big scenes later when he becomes emperor, and Cheng Xi will go there later.

The first thing I did after returning to Yenching was of course to report to my counselor Cao Jinnan, and to cancel my leave and then apply for another one.

"I guess you're going to be busier this semester than last semester?"

"Almost. After finishing filming The Empress of China, I'm going to take a break, attend classes, and recharge my batteries."

"You've always said that, and it's hard for me to believe you now."

"Hey, Lao Cao, please trust me for once. Besides, I'm doing this to bring honor to the school."

"You kid, do I have to give you an award for not attending class?"

I chatted with Teacher Cao for half an hour.

Cheng Xi went to visit Director Yu again with gifts, just to wish him a happy new year.

The third season of "Never Expected" has been completed and is now being broadcast on Youku. The response is much better than before.

Cheng Xi felt that his hard work was not in vain, and he really didn't want his first work to be published.

In the end, he ended up losing his reputation.

According to the schedule, the big movie will be completed in about a month, which is earlier than "The Empress of China".

"Silent Explosion" has completed post-production and is waiting for its release date in mid-March.

During this period, Zhang Fanfan also sent the finished film to Cheng Xi, who made some minor suggestions.

After watching this film, Cheng Xi felt that it was commercially better than the original.

The original work’s cold perspective and sudden outbursts are more artistically appealing, but the audience may not buy into it.

Zhang Fanfan's handling is more dramatic, with the outbreak of conflict interspersed throughout the film.

As expected of a director who has always been making suspense films, he is quite good at this aspect.

It is more commercial than the original, so it should do well at the box office.

Finally, I gave my script to the right person.

Reba and Nazha have both finished filming and returned to school.

So Cheng Xi also had dinner with Ermei.

Only then do I have time to go back to the studio to deal with work.

One is that there are many documents in the studio waiting for me to sign.

Second, the top 15 have been selected for the “Young Director Support Program”.

Finally, wait for Cheng Xi to come and select the person to sign the contract.

The top 15 directors have all come to Yanjing, waiting for the final interview.

Because it has always been reviewed and broadcast online, I have never seen the real person.

If you really want to make a decision, you must look at the person and verify the authenticity of his age and related materials.

You may even have to ask about the filming, to see if it is a proxy shoot or film purchase.

"Boss, this is the list of directors who will be interviewed tomorrow."

Deng Jie came to Cheng Xi's office and put a pile of documents that needed signatures behind the desk.

I specifically reported on the most important director interview tomorrow.

"The studio received a total of 5889 short film submissions, of which 2310 entered the first round of review and 332 entered the second round of review."

"Finally, the top 50 short films were selected and broadcast on Youku and Sohu."

"The five short films with the highest click rates are The Hangover, Mystery in Flower City, Diamond Sutra, Battle, and The Man in the Coffin."

"Among the ten short films recommended by the judges, one was a duplicate, one was a duplicate of the top five hits, and another was intercepted and signed by another entertainment company.

"So there are a total of 12 directors who will be interviewed tomorrow."

When Cheng Xi heard that someone had picked a peach in advance, he asked:

"Who was signed away?"

"We also got the news today. Bi Gan called us and said he had signed the contract."

When Cheng Xi heard it was Bi Gan, he was speechless.

His later work "Roadside Picnic" is a work that Cheng Ximan likes very much.

The story is very subtle, but after watching it, you will be touched or healed by the atmosphere of the film.

There is a 42-minute long shot in the film, which is considered an ambitious work.

“Which company intercepted it?”

"He is from a Hollywood agency. His entry, Diamond Sutra, was hailed as a masterpiece by many directors."

Wow, no wonder he looked down on Zuibai and had a 500 million support fund.

This is a direct step towards the world.

Cheng Xi could only give his blessing, after all, this was the "Young Director Support Program".

It was proven that it did work.

But since he has intercepted my own Hollywood company, I will definitely deal with him if I have the chance in the future.

Cheng Xi looked through the final list of candidates, half of which were familiar and half were unfamiliar names.

But most of them are somewhat familiar.

Ke Wenli (Malaysia), Xin Shuang, Wen Muye, Wei Shujun, Xin Yukun, Bi Gan (signed), Liu Jiangjiang, Chen Yifu (Treasure Island), Shao Yihui (female), Fu Mingxuan
It can be seen that being a director is not something you can suddenly become, and these short films are basically written and directed by the authors themselves.

This is also what Cheng Xi wants most, a director who can write his own scripts.

Judging from their professional background, Wen Muye and Fu Mingxuan are both seniors in the directing department of the college.

Xin Yukun is a senior in the photography department.

Liu Jiangjiang and Xin Shuang studied law.

Seeing this, Cheng Xi suddenly felt that there were quite a few directors with a legal background.

My direct senior brother Guo Fan also studied law in college.

Does it mean that people with more rational thinking can make good movies? Or that they can better manage the crew and get the job done?

Cheng Xi was secretly puzzled about this.

The other nominees are either directors or graduates from art schools.

It can be seen that the professional relevance is still very high, especially for young directors.

The next day, the interview was held in Zuibai Studio.

Cheng Xi invited three of the ten judges, plus Deng Jie, who was in charge of this matter.

A five-member jury was formed.

But the other four people basically only have the right to make suggestions, and the decision-making power lies entirely with the studio.

That is in Cheng Xi's hands.

"Hello, Mr. Zuibai, and hello to all the judges. I'm Xin Shuang, and my entry is 'Five Advertisements.'"

"Your film is very interesting. The use of advertisements in the competition is eye-catching. Five seemingly unrelated advertisements are brought to a successful conclusion at the end."

"According to your resume, you studied law in college and played in a band after graduation. Why did you switch to commercials now?"

"Hello, teacher. Law is my real choice. In college, I found my interest, which is expression."

“At first, I used music to express myself, but I found that there was a distance between me and the music, and between the music and the public, so I chose a more direct way of expression, which is video.”

"Then tell me about the idea behind this short film."

"Five Advertisements is the result of my experience shooting commercials. The forms of expression can be diverse, and the transformation of audio-visual scenes fascinates me, so I made bold attempts in it."

Cheng Xi nodded when he heard this. Xin Shuang was indeed a very thoughtful director. The film turned out very well, especially the final twist and ending, which was very surprising.

Despite being so young, he has not restricted himself to a certain technique, and the band’s experience makes the music in his short film very appropriate.

They can write, compose music, and shoot. It can be seen that those who can make it to the final stage of this selection are very talented.

Of course, the shortcomings are also obvious, and it is hard to see how capable traditional storytelling is.

"Hello, Mr. Zuibai, hello to all the judges. I am Xin Yukun, and my short film for the competition is "The Man in the Coffin."

"Your film's imitation of multi-line narratives is very accurate and has received a lot of views. I'm very interested in whether this story is completely original or based on a previous story."

"Good teacher. This film is based on the true stories of a village in Henan that my parents told me. They gave me the initial impulse to express myself."

"Hello, Chen Yifu, you are from Taiwan. What do you think of the current cross-strait relations?"

"We are neighbors, share the same origin and race, and I firmly believe in one China. I hope we can communicate more on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and eliminate prejudice."

Cheng Xi attaches great importance to ideological issues and will never allow people with weak positions to sign with the studio.

".I'm Fu Mingxuan, Class of 09, Directing Department, Beijing Film Academy."

When Cheng Xi saw Fu Mingxuan introducing himself, he felt more and more familiar.

The last thing I remembered was that there was a time when he tried to flirt with Reba, and after being rejected, he went on to flirt with Nazha.

The results were all rejected with the reason of "no QQ".

I happened to see this scene nearby, so I went up to her and played some tricks on her, pretending to be the one striking up a conversation.

It seems that he is a relatively famous directing student among the college's students.

I didn't expect him to be shortlisted. His work is really good and he has some talent.

After the interview, Deng Jie reported all the results of the document verification.

Except for one interviewee whose age was questionable, all others were fine.

"If there's any doubt about their age, just eliminate them."

The selection is very difficult because those who make it to the final interview can be said to be good candidates.

But the studio does not have that many resources at the moment, and I am the director myself.

Peng Dama and Yan Fei are also being trained.

So in the end, Cheng Xi focused on professionalism and understanding of his own future.

The five candidates were finally selected based on auxiliary reference such as age structure, film genre, gender, region and their future plans.

Both Xin Yukun and the other director are more artistic in expression, but Xin Yukun is better at storytelling, so we chose Xin Yukun.

There are three people born in the 90s in terms of age distribution, namely Wei Shujun, Fu Mingxuan and Shao Yihui.

Shao Yihui is from the Film Academy and is a girl, so I chose Shao Yihui on the premise that their qualities were similar.

It can be said that there is a female director in the team.

Wen Muye was chosen for the feature film direction.

The suspense drama chose Xin Shuang, who has a legal background.

The fifth person chose Liu Jiangjiang, and "Life Events" was originally his work.

Since our films are of the same quality, choosing him can be considered as a compensation to him.

Finally, we considered that one was from Malaysia and the other was from Taiwan.

With the idea of ​​united front and conquering Taiwan, Cheng Xi made an exception and selected Chen Yifu from Taiwan.

Perhaps through his own deliberate cultivation, he can help himself to reversely input the movies he wants to express to Taiwan.

Then I have done my best.

Of course, you also need to conquer Taiwanese girls yourself.

Excluding the one whose age was questionable, five other directors were eliminated.

Cheng Xi also gave each of them a final shortlist bonus of 10 yuan to encourage them to continue to pursue their dream of becoming a director.

Originally, this was the "Young Director Support Program." I hope it can be helpful to talented directors who were not selected.

After all, even if they lost, they still got a lot of exposure this time and gained some material benefits.

It's not unfair to talented people.

After all the interviews were completed, Zuibai Entertainment Company completed the signing with them on the same day.

Since most of the directors are amateurs, the contracts signed are for newcomers with long-term contracts.

Cheng Xi made a lot of money from this.

But Cheng Xi also generously gave each person a signing fee of 30 yuan, as he knew that not every director started out well-off.

Especially during the interview, I got to know directors like Liu Jiangjiang and Xin Yukun.

"Congratulations, Yukun, I believe you can become the Li Ang of the new era!"

After signing the contract, Cheng Xi and Xin Yukun shook hands and exchanged greetings.

"Thank you, Mr. Zuibai. I'm so excited that I don't know what to say!"

"I was deeply moved after hearing your story. This is also the original intention of this director support program."

"Your wife should still be waiting for you outside, go share the good news with her."

"Thank you!"

Xin Yukun finally bowed to thank Cheng Xi.

He really didn't think he could be shortlisted.

Moreover, Cheng Xi has just promised that he has the idea of ​​turning "The Man in the Coffin" into a movie.

And seek theatrical release.

Now he really felt that all his persistence was worth it.

After Xin Yukun left, Cheng Xi called Li Wentao over.

"Wentao, take this contract and have the finance department transfer the signing fee as quickly as possible."

Li Wentao picked it up and saw that it was a contract with Xin Yukun.

You can tell at a glance that the boss values ​​him very much, otherwise there would be no need to explain him separately.

So he said:

"Okay, I'll do it now."

Maybe this signing fee is icing on the cake for others, but Cheng Xi knows that it is definitely a timely help for Xin Yukun.

Since he has signed the contract, he was promised to release the movie in theaters as soon as possible.

It would be better to make him happy all at once.

I believe that the moment he sees the signing fee arrives, he will be able to feel the warmth of the Zuibai family.

This is also Cheng Xi's method of controlling people.

Xin Yukun came to the lobby on the first floor of Cube Building.

His wife Cui Yuxia was anxiously waiting for him in the cafe.

Xin Yukun didn't want to inform his wife who supported him the most by just calling her, he wanted to share the good news with her in person.

When his wife saw Xin Yukun walk into the coffee shop, her face did not show joy.

I suddenly felt that there was no hope.

Because if he gets the news, he will definitely call me first.

So he stood up in a hurry and accidentally spilled his coffee.

But Cui Yuxia didn't care. She just walked up to Xin Yukun and hugged him gently:
"Hubby, it's okay, you're still the best director in my heart!"

Xin Yukun also hugged his wife tightly, feeling extremely proud and moved by his wife's tenderness.

Two opposite feelings intertwined in his heart.

Finally, he uttered a few words with difficulty:

"Wife, I did it."

(End of this chapter)