A great director who grew up happily

As it turned out, Wang Yidi had guessed Su Ying's attitude correctly.

When Chen Jinnian returned home and expressed his thoughts, he was immediately met with strong opposition from Su Ying.

"I don't agree with you running away. You don't even have anyone to take care of you. Besides, you're going to start a company, not just buy a house to live in. How are you going to deal with those local monsters?"

Su Ying thought her son's idea was simply unrealistic. Running a business, especially a business worth hundreds of millions like her son's, without anyone to protect him, a group of ruffians could make it impossible for her son to continue.

She then continued, "If you want to move the company, I have no objection, but if you want to move, move to Shenzhen. With Didi's parents here, I'll feel more at ease."

"..."

Chen Jinnian fell silent. What's the difference between moving from Beijing to Shenzhen and transporting coal from Pingdingshan, Henan to Datong, Shanxi for sale?

After a moment, he said, "It's not that I don't have any acquaintances. Yang Yang's father is now the mayor of Zhonghai City. If I move there, he can provide preferential policies."

"Mayor?" Su Ying said with disdain, "What's the point of being called a mayor? Who would recognize him outside the office building? If you can say you have a connection with the local Public Security Bureau Director or the Industry and Commerce Bureau Director, then I can still agree to let you move your company there."

Su Ying's meaning was very clear. The county magistrate was not as good as the current manager. The mayor's position was very high, but the mayor was in office in another place and had no power in the local area.

Those who really have the final say in the city are actually the middle and lower-level leaders. Many of them are locals, and their parents, elders and relatives are likely to work in various agencies within the system.

"Why, do you think I'm joking? Let me tell you, the mayor can't get things done through the formal process, but if you show your appreciation to the junior leaders in the municipal government, they can get it done with just a word. If you don't believe me, ask your dad."

Seeing Su Ying mention him, Chen Ming quickly said vaguely: "Jinnian Didi is only a little old, why are you talking about these things with them?"

Chen Ming didn't want his son to be exposed to these shady human relationships. He had no choice at the time and had to do it in order to make the deal, but his son had a choice, and he didn't want his son to waste his energy on those people.

However, Chen Ming still advised earnestly, "If you move to expand your company, your parents won't object. But the reality is, it's not necessarily any cleaner than the entertainment industry. If you offend people in the entertainment industry, at most you won't make any money, but if you offend those local people, they really want you dead."

"So we don't agree with you moving your company to cities dominated by 'familiar people.' As an outsider, it would take too much energy. You can only go to cities with good business environments. Well, Hangzhou is okay. If you exclude Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, Hangzhou is definitely the first choice."

After Chen Ming finished speaking, Su Ying did not interrupt. She and Chen Ming had similar ideas. If her son insisted on moving the company, moving to Hangzhou was an acceptable option.

In addition, Wuhan, Nanjing and Suzhou are all acceptable, but it definitely cannot be China Overseas.

The lack of development in a local area cannot be solved by changing the mayor. If the internal organs are rotten, no doctor, no matter how skilled, can save them.

"Okay then. I just have a preliminary idea now. Let me think about it."

Chen Jinnian accepted his parents' advice.

He was not a rookie in school. As early as when he was communicating with Ji Shengli, he thought that the relocation work would be difficult and maintaining local relationships would be quite troublesome.

But he didn't expect his parents to oppose it so strongly, and even directly crossed out Zhonghai City from the list of candidates, as if they would not consider it at all. It seemed that he really arranged for someone to investigate it thoroughly.

After returning from Japan, Chen Jinnian never went out, but stayed with Wang Yidi until the start of the school year at Communication University of China.

He returned to school to arrange the leave process, and then returned to Shenzhen to prepare the crew, officially starting his first project after the new year.

"Zhou Chu" was jointly invested by Xingyao and China Film Group, with Chen Jinnian's Xingyao Huanian Company as the main controller. According to the old rules, it directly accounted for 70% of the total investment, while China Film Group contributed less, accounting for 25%.

The remaining 5% is equivalent to a commission, open to the distributor and the co-production company.

Chen Jinnian's films have never lost money so far. Investing in his films is like making money without doing anything. Even though only 5% of the investment share is open to the public, there are still many people who want to get on this train.

After all, by getting to know each other this time, maybe there will be a chance for cooperation next time.

The filming locations for "Zhou Chu" were Shenzhen and Taiwan. Some exterior scenes and street scenes were shot in Taiwan Province, and the rest were shot in Shenzhen.

He found two co-production companies to help him solve problems encountered during filming, and each of them took 1% of the investment share. The remaining 3% was taken by Maoyan and Alibaba.

The share may seem small, but considering the total investment of 60 million, it is actually a lot.

Of the total investment of 60 million, Chen Jinnian alone took away 30 million by starring, directing and writing the play.

If it were placed in an ordinary crew, Chen Jinnian's behavior would definitely be criticized by marketing accounts. What's the difference between him and those traffic stars?

But this is Chen Jinnian's crew, and his main investor, no matter how much he gets, it's just a transfer from one hand to the other, and he even has to pay tens of millions in taxes for it.

If he himself doesn't care, then others won't even be able to find a point to attack.

Wang Yidi did not return to Shenzhen with Chen Jinnian, but stayed in school to attend classes and was picked up and taken care of by Sister Lan on a daily basis.

Chen Jinnian promised to put together a crew for Wang Yidi, but he really had no interest in pure art films. He just glanced at the script sent in the system as a task.

If you don't have the artistic spirit, you really won't find the excitement in making art films.

So he planned to make a less pure art film. At present, the company has acquired the film and television adaptation rights of Yu Hua's "The Mistake by the River" and invited Yu Hua and Xing Aina to jointly write the script.

Xing Aina is Ning Hao's good wife and has participated in all of Ning Hao's film projects. She also participated in Huang Bo's "A Good Show".

Chen Jinnian was very confident in handing the script adaptation to him, as he was confident that the script's story would be told well and not become a completely stream-of-consciousness art film.

Only after the playwriting stage is completed will Wang Yidi take leave from school, and then, with the help of Chen Jinnian, start his first directorial work in his career.

However, she needs to stay in school to study until the script is completed.

Communication University of China has a directing major. After learning that Wang Yidi wanted to make a movie, the college specially modified her class schedule and allowed her to audit the directing major. She could also consult the college teachers at any time if she had any questions.

The main reason for such support is because of Chen Jinnian.

Chen Jinnian is currently the most famous student of Communication University of China. He even surpassed the long-established Central Academy of Drama and Beijing University of Arts. But the problem is that Chen Jinnian is self-taught and has only attended a few days of classes at the school. As a result, the academy is inevitably lacking confidence when promoting itself to the outside world.

Now Wang Yidi is taking classes in the school, and he is switching from acting to directing. If he can make a very good movie after completing his studies, wouldn’t it show that the teaching level of the college is high?

As for whether Wang Yidi will make a terrible movie, the academy can guarantee with certainty that it will not happen, absolutely not.