A great director who grew up happily

After waking up on Saturday morning, Chen Jinnian checked the system as usual.

"Ding"

"Host has signed in for 736 consecutive days, today's experience +20"

After hearing the notification that the sign-in was completed, he got up from the bed with sleepy eyes and went to the bathroom to wash up.

He slept very late last night. After evening self-study, he returned to Shuxiang Yayuan and stayed up all night to check the finished effect of the movie.

The production company was quite fast and completed the post-production of the entire film in less than two weeks. He was quite satisfied after checking it. After all, the cost was there, and there was no point in making excessive demands on the post-production.

"Take My Brother Away" was broadcast through streaming channels and online video platforms. At that time in 2015, it did not require particularly complicated review procedures.

It will not be until the implementation of the "Film Industry Promotion Law" in 17 that regulatory review will be relatively strict.

However, for Chen Jinnian, there are still many things to deal with. The first thing is to finish recording the movie theme song "Growing Up With Me", then cut out two versions of the movie trailer, and submit these contents to Penguin Video. After the platform's internal review is passed, it can officially enter the release process.

As for why he chose Penguin Video instead of iQiyi, which has a higher market share, it was because Penguin offered him a more favorable contract.

Penguin is not short of money, but it is very short of content, especially in the field of online movies.

Now iQIYI is the only dominant player, so they are in urgent need of excellent online movies to increase their market share.

But the reality is that although online movies are popular, their quality is really terrible. 80% of the films have a production cost of less than 100 million yuan, with empty scripts, confusing logic, and poor acting.

Among the nearly one thousand online movies produced in a whole year, none of them had a Douban score above the passing line, and they were all masterpieces with a score of 3-4.

But if you think about it, it is understandable. If a movie is well made, it will be released in the theater market. How could it be thrown on the Internet platform and go through the streaming channel?

In this situation, an online movie project with a good script and an investment of 200 million yuan attracted the attention of Penguin Video.

The platform gave him a good offer, not a paid playback model, but a member profit-sharing model.

As long as a Penguin Video member watches his movies for more than 6 minutes in total, he will be given a share of the box office revenue of 3-5 yuan.

However, the prerequisite is that the movie needs to be rated. They will determine the price of a single member viewing based on the quality of the movie. If the movie quality is good, each valid viewing will be given 5 yuan, and if the movie quality is poor, each valid viewing will be given 3 yuan.

If the movie is really bad, then it can only be broadcast in a pay-per-view mode, commonly known as 6 yuan to watch a movie, and Chen Jinnian will only get a share of the money if someone pays.

After quickly finishing his breakfast and carrying the camera box, he hurried out. Today was the day he had agreed to record a song.

As he walked out of the gate of the community, he saw a red BMW mini parked on the side of the road. Wang Yidi was waving at him, "Here, here."

Chen Jinnian hurried over, opened the car door and squeezed himself into the back seat.

This is Wang Qing's car. As a full-time mother, she will go with them today. When she sees Chen Jinnian arrive, she starts the car and heads to the recording studio.

"I see you haven't woken up yet." Wang Yidi leaned over and asked with concern from the passenger seat.

"Well, I didn't sleep much last night. I was checking the films the whole time." Chen Jinnian said. It was already four in the morning when he went to bed, and he got up after just a short nap.

"Oh, this won't do. You can't stay up late in your senior year of high school. It will damage your memory." Wang Qing said while driving.

"There's no other way. The post-production of the film has just been completed. I can't sleep without checking it once." He said helplessly.

"Wow, your movie is finished. When can I see it?" Wang Yidi asked. She was still very curious about the movie because Chen Jinnian said he was making a comedy.

"The movie is on the computer in my room. If you're interested, you can come check it out there, or you can wait until next month. It should be available next month."

After saying this, he closed his eyes and rested because it was still a long way to the recording studio.

The place he found was outside the Fifth Ring Road, which was quite far away, mainly to save money. The owner of the recording studio was a member of a band in his early years and had released songs for more than ten years, but the sales were so poor that he changed his career later.

Now I mainly help people record songs and also take on some arranging work.

After finding a place, Chen Jinnian went up to the third floor and found Zheng Feng. "Brother Feng, how's the music for my song going?"

"The song is simple and was completed a long time ago. We'll be almost done recording the performance today." Zheng Feng has long hair and looks to be in his forties.

"Okay, I've found the singer, she's a young girl. If she doesn't sing right, please give me some pointers, but don't criticize me." Chen Jinnian made a special instruction. Although Zheng Feng looks quite artistic, he actually has a very bad temper.

"Oh, I know. Tell me, is this girl yours?" Zheng Feng asked.

"Not now, but she will be in the future. But don't say anything later, her mother is here too." Chen Jinnian replied.

After a while, Wang Yidi and Wang Qing came up. Zheng Feng only took a glance and knew that this was a sharp fruit. This kid really has a sharp eye and is good at picking.

The song "Growing Up With Me" is not difficult, but it was Wang Yidi's first time entering a recording studio, and it was also the theme song for a movie, so he was a little nervous. When he saw Chen Jinnian carrying a professional camera, he became even more nervous, and even his voice became unnatural.

Zheng Feng soon discovered the reason. He turned to Chen Jinnian and yelled, "Chen Jinnian, put down your camera and get out of here."

Wang Qing was startled by Zheng Feng's sudden anger.

Chen Jinnian looked up blankly. He had rented this camera specifically to film Wang Yidi, and he was still debugging it and hadn't started recording yet. "What's wrong, Brother Feng?"

"What's wrong? She got nervous after you took out the camera. Get out of here first. If you want to shoot any footage, you have to wait until I finish recording."

"Oh, Brother Feng, don't be angry, I'll go out right away." He quickly agreed and walked out.

In the recording studio, without Chen Jinnian's interference, Wang Yidi was finally able to perform normally. With Zheng Feng's suggestions and guidance, by the afternoon, the song had been recorded to Zheng Feng's satisfaction.

Wang Qing quickly unscrewed the thermos and let her daughter moisten her throat. She was really worried about her today, as she had to repeat a line of lyrics hundreds of times. If she didn't know a little about recording songs, she would have thought that Zheng Feng was deliberately making things difficult for her.

"You're actually in good shape, and your technique training is also okay, but you're just too unstable. When you get nervous, your vocal cords tighten, and your voice becomes off. You can't do this."

After Wang Yidi came out, Zheng Feng also gave a few suggestions.

"Teacher Zheng, is there any solution?" Wang Qing asked hurriedly.

"It's hard to say, but it's also easy to say. It's just that I don't have enough experience and have been through too little. When I have the nerve to be as thick-skinned as that kid, everything will be fine."

After Zheng Feng finished speaking, he glared at Chen Jinnian. The boy didn't treat himself as an outsider at all. He just took out his own tea and drank it.

"Ahem, come on Yidi, let's make up some more shots. Don't listen to Brother Feng's nonsense. I'm not thick-skinned at all."

Chen Jinnian picked up the camera and walked into the studio and began to adjust the lights in the studio.

He needs to record some singing materials and edit them into the promotional clip of the theme song to help Wang Yidi show his face and add some impression points during the art exam.

"Oh, no, I have to put on makeup again." Wang Yidi said

"No, this is beautiful enough. If I put on makeup, other people won't be able to survive."