A professor's rebirth: I entered Tsinghua University in 1977.

To be honest, Liu Hongyi himself did not expect that Teacher Yi would be so efficient.

I originally thought that the preparation phase for shooting this promotional video would take at least one or two months.

It is not easy to get so many performing artists together.

Unexpectedly, he was still in Beidu and had not returned to Zhennan yet, so Teacher Yi called him at the Qinghua Hotel where he was staying.

Since Liu Hongyi came to Beidu, he must maintain some of his "connections" in Beidu. He must visit Qi Sen, the president of the National Academy of Sciences, Xin Anguo, Pan Chengyang, the president of Qinghua University, Zhao Yuanfang, the vice president, as well as Director Shen Xian and Director Mu Yuanping.

No matter what time it is, this is basic practice within the system.

In addition, he also has to visit the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League.

The Hope Project is mainly promoted by the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, so the filming of the promotional video must be reported to the responsible comrades of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League.

Liu Hongyi does not work in Beidu, so he does not have a pager. He left the phone number of the Qinghua Hotel for Teacher Yi.

"Haha, Secretary Hongyi, I've already made appointments with a few of the artists you're looking for. I've also made appointments with Director Jin and a screenwriter from the Central Academy of Drama. Do you have time tomorrow?"

"If we have time, let's get together at Teacher Jin's home. We are all very interested in this Hope Project."

Liu Hongyi was surprised and happy, and quickly agreed.

Teacher Yi is so awesome.

In Liu Hongyi's memory, the most famous director in the country in the early 80s was Mr. Jin.

However, Liu Hongyi never expected that to shoot such a promotional video, Teacher Yi would actually invite Teacher Jin.

As expected, everything should be left to professionals.

As for these famous artists, not to mention Liu Hongyi, even Comrade He Xiong, the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, might not be able to get them all together in such a short time.

Only big names in the literary and art circles like Teacher Yi can make their words count.

After hanging up the phone with Teacher Yi, Liu Hongyi immediately called Minister Chen of the Youth League Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League.

Minister Chen was Xu Wenxin's direct superior when she worked at the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League.

Fortunately, when the call was connected, Minister Chen was in the office.

After listening to Liu Hongyi's report, Minister Chen attached great importance to it. After a moment's hesitation, he said, "Comrade Hongyi, I will report to Secretary He Xiong right away. Please wait for my call."

Minister Chen cannot make decisions on such a major matter on his own.

But Liu Hongyi still had to call him first.

He took Xu Wenxin to see Teacher Yi, which could be said to be a private visit.

Now that we are formally discussing the filming of the promotional video, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League must have a clear attitude and appoint a responsible person with enough weight to contact literary and artistic bigwigs such as Teacher Jin and Teacher Yi.

At present, the Youth Foundation has not yet been established, and the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League has determined that the department responsible for the Hope Project is the Youth Federation Department.

Minister Chen is the person in charge of this work.

It wouldn't be impossible for Liu Hongyi to bypass him and report directly to He Xiong, but he would just offend Minister Chen without any reason. Why offend someone for no reason?

About twenty minutes later, Liu Hongyi received a call from Minister Chen.

"Comrade Hongyi, Secretary He Xiong wants you to come to his office immediately."

"Okay, Minister Chen, I'll be right there."

Soon, Liu Hongyi appeared in Comrade He Xiong's office.

"Comrade Hongyi is here, haha, please take a seat."

He Xiong was very polite to Liu Hongyi.

"Comrade Hongyi, Lao Chen has just given me a brief account of the situation. Please tell me in detail how it was done."

Because Xu Qidi firmly supports the Hope Project, He Xiong also attaches great importance to it. However, the issue of shooting a promotional video is still worth discussing.

Liu Hongyi then reported his plan.

"Haha, I heard that you went to visit Teacher Yi at the Chinese Folk Music Orchestra specifically for this matter. Now Teacher Yi has invited Director Jin and other performing artists over. Are you all going to work together to shoot this promotional video?"

Liu Hongyi smiled and said, "Yes, Secretary He Xiong, that's what I think. Since we're going to make a film, we have to do our best to make it good. After all, after the Hope Project pilot is completed, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League will be the main force in promoting this work. If the promotional film is not well made, it will be a shame to the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League and Secretary He Xiong for their strong support for this project."

He Xiong laughed and nodded at him.

You're the only one who knows how to flatter!

"Okay, in that case, Lao Chen will go with you tomorrow... Lao Chen, since this idea was proposed by Comrade Hongyi, we should listen to his opinions."

What this means is that you shouldn't make rash decisions. If you're allowed to go there, you'll just be a mascot.

Minister Chen naturally understood what he meant.

The next day, Liu Hongyi drove to the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League to pick up Minister Chen, then went to the folk music orchestra to pick up Teacher Shangyi, and went to Director Jin's house together.

In the car, Teacher Yi told him the reason why all those great artists were able to gather together so quickly. It was because they were in Beidu for rehearsal for the National Day Gala.

Although there is still more than a month to go before National Day, it is still necessary to come to Beidu for rehearsal some time in advance.

Moreover, most of them originally lived in Beidu, but they usually performed in various places, so it was rare for them to gather together.

At Director Jin's home, Liu Hongyi met these famous performing artists.

Everyone was amazed at Liu Hongyi's youth and achievements, and was also very interested in the Hope Project he mentioned. They all expressed their support and were willing to contribute their own efforts to such a good thing.

Liu Hongyi was not polite and immediately started to put forward his own demands.

"Director Jin, Teacher Yi, and everyone else, my idea is this. For this promotional video, the main feature should be shot to be fifty minutes long. That way, it can be screened as a separate film."

"At the same time, we need to leave room for editing. We need to be able to smoothly edit into films of various lengths, and each length must have a complete plot."

"For example, when showing extra films in cinemas, there should be three versions to choose from: 20 minutes, 15 minutes, and 10 minutes. This way, cinemas can flexibly choose the extra version based on the length of the main film."

"There is also a two- to three-minute condensed version, which can be broadcast on TV news channels and also be used in certain specific promotional contexts."

After hearing what he said, Director Jin couldn't help but laugh and said, "Secretary Liu, you have quite high requirements."

"But, I accept your challenge."

Liu Hongyi also laughed.

"I know that in the field of filmmaking, nothing can stump Director Jin!"