A great director who grew up happily

In the general office of the Teaching Department, Chen Jinnian stood next to Li Meng, waiting for her to mark the papers.

When the other teachers saw it was him, they were not surprised. Even Pan Shuai, the Chinese teacher across the table, greeted him.

Apparently, he is a regular here.

"Chen Jinnian, I want to ask you, why didn't you answer the last multiple-choice question and the last question of the last big question?" Li Meng raised her head and asked.

"I won't."

After Chen Jinnian said this, the other teachers laughed out loud.

"Listen, not only me as your math teacher, but even the other teachers won't believe it." Li Meng pointed at the paper in his hand and slapped it twice. "I'll give you another chance to reorganize your words."

He thought about it, then said seriously, "Well, well, the early bird catches the worm. I think 140 is just right, not too much, not too little, and it saves time."

Hearing this, Li Meng was stunned. After a while, she reacted, picked up the test paper, rolled it twice, and then slapped Chen Jinnian. "I let you shoot the first bird to get shot, I let you get the worm by the early bird, and 140 is just right, what's good about it?"

Hitting someone with a test paper doesn't hurt at all, but the sound of it is a bit loud.

Pan Shuai, who was standing opposite him, stood up and cautiously reminded him, "Teacher Li, this is not a good influence. It may be corporal punishment of students."

"Sit down for me"

"Good."

Chen Jinnian was stunned. No, Teacher Pan, you slid to your knees so quickly.

Li Meng slapped him twice more, slammed the test paper on the table, took a deep breath, and was so angry every time Chen Jinnian opened his mouth to talk nonsense that he would explode. After calming down, he asked.

"Also, what on earth did you do on your leave this time?"

"Ah, didn't my dad ask for leave?"

"I did ask for leave, but your dad asked for leave because you were going to work and study. What's the matter? Did your family go bankrupt, or is someone fighting with you for the family property, forcing you, a young master, to go to work?" Li Meng glared at him fiercely with her big eyes.

She naturally knew the student's family situation.

Chen Jinnian's face turned bitter. What a lame excuse! Dad, you can just find another one that's better than this one.

I could only stammer and explain, "Well, I work part-time. Um, yes, someone is fighting with me for the family property because, because my mother is pregnant."

With a "puff" sound, Teacher Chen Qi sprayed out the water he had just drunk.

"cough cough"

"cough cough"

"I'm sorry, I just choked. You continue and don't worry about me." Teacher Chen Qi hurriedly took out a tissue and quickly wiped the water on the table and the monitor.

Li Meng turned around and glared at Teacher Chen Qi, then continued, "Is it really that serious? You can even come up with such an excuse. It's almost your senior year, you need to be serious. It's okay to be lazy normally, but now is a critical period. Whether you can get into Tsinghua University or Peking University depends on this year. If..."

"Teacher Li, excuse me," Chen Jinnian said weakly. "First, my mom is really pregnant. Second, I want to apply to the Beijing Film Academy, not Peking University or Tsinghua University."

After he said this, all the teachers stopped what they were doing and turned to look at him.

Li Meng was stunned for a moment, then said after a while, "Let's not talk about your mother for now. Do your family agree with you applying to the Beijing Film Academy? Being an actor isn't that easy."

"I'm planning to study directing. My family knows that. I wrote a movie script last year and this summer I asked my dad for money to film it. I just wrapped filming two days ago, and it should be available on Penguin Video in two months."

Chen Jinnian told them everything. Anyway, they would know about it when they were divided into classes and took the art exam.

Li Meng opened her mouth in surprise. Pan Shuai, who had just sat down, stood up again with a look of disbelief on his face. The other teachers also wondered if they had heard it wrong.

Is today’s news so explosive?

Are today's students so wild?

Pan Shuai reacted immediately and said, "Well, congratulations! Let me know when you're online. Our teacher will also support you."

"Yes, yes"

"Looking forward to seeing your masterpiece."

Other teachers also spoke up, and the general office suddenly became very lively.

Chen Jinnian pretended to press his hand, cleared his throat, and said, "Thank you all for your support, teachers. I am honored to be here with you all on this sunny summer afternoon to welcome this..."

"Be brief and get to the point." Li Meng suddenly yelled, scaring him and making him tremble.

Chen Jinnian quickly changed his slow pace and spoke rapidly, "The film's post-production hasn't been completed yet. It will take some time, probably October or November before it's released. I hope everyone can come and help promote it."

"Is there anything else?" Li Meng asked.

Chen Jinnian was a little confused. Didn't you ask me to come? But he didn't hesitate at all and said quickly, "No, then, head teacher, I'll leave first."

"Let's go, wear your school uniform to school tomorrow."

"No problem. I'll report to you as soon as I get off the plane today. You go ahead and do your work." After saying this, he rushed out of the office.

Only after he left did the general office become lively again.

"Teacher Li, congratulations, your class is going to produce a great director."

"That's right, that's right. I've been teaching at Chunfeng Middle School for so many years, and I've taught quite a few art exam candidates, but I've never even seen or heard of a student like this."

Li Meng also smiled, but still said with regret, "It's a pity. This kid was originally a potential student for Tsinghua or Peking University. He could have been admitted to the sprint class when the semester started."

As the grade leader, Li Meng plans to implement a dynamic class division system in the senior year of Chunfeng Middle School this year. The sprint class is the focus of the system. It is composed of the top 30 students in the grade and has only one goal: to sprint into the top universities in the country.

Students like art students and sports students will not be assigned to the sprint class. Firstly, their academic goals are different. Secondly, she has never thought that these students' grades can meet the standards. If students can really get such high scores, their parents will not let their children take the art exam route.

Teacher Chen Qi walked over, carrying a freshly filled teacup. "Teacher Li, this excessive modesty is just bragging. We have plenty of students from Peking University and Tsinghua University, and there are always new students emerging every year. But students who can become great directors are hard to find even with a lantern."

"Teacher Chen, you don't have to speak for him just because you all have the surname Chen. Is it so easy to make a movie? There are so many bad movies every year. I just hope he doesn't get scolded." Li Meng said with some concern. The comment section of the movies released on streaming media is really full of criticism.

"You're worrying too much. Chen Jinnian hasn't been the top student in the grade in Chinese since his sophomore year. There's no doubt that the script he wrote will be fine. It all depends on how he directs it. But overall, I'm still optimistic about him," Pan Shuai said confidently.

"Can this be a thing?" Li Meng said

"Of course not. Look at Han Han, isn't he also good at writing? He later became a writer and director. I thought last year's "No Regrets" was very good." Pan Shuai said.