Being a director starts with fighting domestic violence

Yu Lishu and the twins, together with Yan Hui, are filming a six-episode TV series "No Longer Silent", which is about women fighting against domestic violence.

This drama was also invested and filmed by Gao You's company.

Ever since Gao You made money from her last film "Factory Pianist", she began to sponsor her classmates to make films.

There are now several female students in the directing department who, with her funding, have shot several short films. One of the female students, Zhuo Qian, shot a documentary that was shortlisted for some international awards.

Gao You also sponsored several female students in the photography department and held photography exhibitions, which helped them gain fame and income and enabled them to engage in this industry more easily.

Since the further opening up at the end of last year to allow private production of TV dramas, Gao You’s company has now established a film and television production center.

They are preparing to invest in the filming of a TV series and cooperate with major TV stations. They will pay for the production, and the TV stations will approve, purchase and broadcast it, making it a win-win cooperation.

"No Longer Silent" is the first TV series written by Lu Xue.

During this period, she often came to the second cafeteria, chatted with Sister Han and others, collected a lot of materials, and created this drama.

"No Longer Silent" is based on women like Sister Han who have been subjected to domestic violence for many years. It tells the story of how they have the courage to resist in such an environment, and finally get rid of the shadow of domestic violence and live out their own lives.

Gao You has already reached a preliminary cooperation with Wang Tai. After reading the script, the provincial TV station was also very satisfied with the subject matter and is willing to purchase and broadcast the finished product after it comes out.

This method of deciding whether to purchase the finished product after it comes out reduces the financial pressure on the provincial station, and most leaders are still willing to try it.

Although Gao You bears the pressure of production costs, he also has greater creative freedom and can shoot what he wants. Both parties are very happy to promote cooperation.

In addition, Gao You’s company has also acquired a variety show, which will be broadcast on CCTV. It is about the National Games to be held in September this year.

After receiving the news that CCTV was going to produce a program to promote the National Games, Gao You set up a variety show production team and made a variety show plan.

With this planning proposal, Gao You defeated other competitors and won the opportunity to produce this promotional program.

The program is called "Supporting the National Games". Gao You rented a wasteland in a village and transformed it into an obstacle course park with various levels.

Each issue will accept applications from people from all over the country to participate in the challenge.

After successfully passing a level, you can choose to take away the reward, such as a TV, a refrigerator or a washing machine.

In the first episode, the one who successfully passed the level was a sixteen-year-old girl. She said she was participating on behalf of her village.

She wanted to bring back a washing machine for the only primary school teacher in her village.

After the first episode was broadcast, it attracted the attention of people all over the country. This kind of novel challenge program had never been seen before.

It sparked all kinds of discussions for a while, and some people were eager to try and participate in the challenge to win a TV or a refrigerator.

I was also impressed by the girl who ran and jumped like the wind in various levels and passed them smoothly.

Of course, there were also many people in the show who failed to pass the level, which created a lot of jokes.

Some people jumped into the water at the first level, some turned into frogs at the second level, and some failed at the last level and missed the reward regretfully.

All in all, the program was unique and very interesting. Everyone had a great time watching it, and many viewers requested a replay.

The beginning of the second episode is about the follow-up of the previous little girl getting the washing machine.

The program team sent the washing machine to the girl’s hometown and conducted follow-up filming.

It turned out that the girl’s elementary school teacher was a female teacher who had lost both arms.

In order to save a child, both of her hands were amputated, leaving only her right arm and a piece of her arm.

But even so, she did not give up being a teacher. Instead, she made a stick to hold the chalk, tied it to her arm, and continued to teach her students.

The girl hopes that this washing machine can reduce some of the burden in the teacher's life.

After the program was broadcast, it caused a huge response and touched many people. Viewers wrote to the TV station, hoping to improve the teacher's living conditions.

Starting from the second episode, the ratings continued to rise, and it suddenly became the most discussed program on CCTV.

The success of the show allowed Gao You to open up a new track. He received invitations from many TV stations to produce variety shows and earned a lot of money, which he used to support the production of TV and movies.

Of course, making movies is Gao You’s forte. These projects were handed over to Chai Manning and others to follow up, while Gao You himself was training and preparing for the movies.

The entire crew has assembled and arrived in Xinjiang Province by train with their filming equipment.

This script is a semi-biographical film, telling the story of Luo Feng's experience as a mountaineer who constantly challenges himself and scales higher peaks, so Gao You plans to follow in Duopan's footsteps and climb the mountains she has climbed.

The first stop is Kashgar Mountain in Xinjiang Province.

Zhou Can, who came to Xinjiang for the first time, was mesmerized by the scenery. He was like a mouse entering a rice jar. Every day he took his camera and went out to various places to collect folk songs and take pictures crazily.

Gao You was discussing mountain climbing with Du Shan and the local mountaineers they had invited.

After a few days of rest, everyone was ready and in the best physical condition, so they started climbing and filming.

The actors are all professional mountaineers, and Gao You and Zhou Can have also undergone training.

However, the road to the summit is not easy. The route is particularly long and there are many visible and dark cracks. If you are not careful, you may fall down.

Zhou Can, who was concentrating on filming, almost stepped on air. Fortunately, a coach who had been paying attention to the team members pulled Zhou Can up.

This saved Zhou Can's life.

Gao You was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat and walked even more carefully. Fortunately, he asked local professional coaches and athletes for help, otherwise it would have been too dangerous.

Gao You and Zhou Can were filming while climbing the mountain.

After a day, Zhou Can couldn't bear it anymore.

But she held on and persevered, gritting her teeth.

Gao You also suffered a lot. She was also carrying some supplies and filming equipment on her back, so her life was no easier than Zhou Can.

But she had a better foundation than Zhou Can and persisted.

When they finally reached the summit, Gao You recorded the truest side of Du Shan and the others.

Look at their excitement and excitement after reaching the summit.

Sometimes it’s hard to tell whether they are acting or their real reactions.

Dushan must be very excited.

She walked the same path her mother walked!

However, everyone still kept their filming tasks in mind and tried their best to cooperate with Gao You to complete the performance of this scene.

After descending the mountain, the entire team rested for a few days.

Gao You and Zhou Can looked at the filmed footage in the room to make sure there was enough content for editing. After all, it would be difficult to come back for reshoots.