During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 621: The Master and the Disciple Rebellious (The God-conferring Series)

With the increasing prosperity of the film and television industry, more and more students apply to art schools every year.

Especially in the past two years, the general skyrocketing of film pay and the unlimited glory of celebrities have attracted countless young people to continue to take the exam, and the number of applicants every year is breaking records.

So even though there are still ten days left before registration for the art exam, the entire capital city has been filled with parents and art exam candidates who have come to inquire about the news in advance, because the competition is too fierce!
Originally, the number of applicants to the Central Academy of Drama has always ranked first in China.

After all, it has a long history, is an institution directly under the Ministry of Education, and has excellent teaching quality. It has produced many powerful actors who are well-known in the circle.

But in the past two years, with the rise of Shanhe Media, Wei Jin, Wu Ershan, Lu Yang, Cao Baoping, Xue Xiaolu and others have been conquering the film market, and the reputation of Beijing Film Academy has become increasingly greater.

Therefore, last year the number of applicants to Beijing Film Academy exceeded that of the Central Academy of Drama for the first time, which made the school very proud.

This year, Beijing Film Academy can be said to be in the lead because its achievements are so dazzling!
Whether it was the third highest box office performance in global film history set by Gravity at the beginning of the year;

Just a few months ago, Wei Jin was crowned the fourth Grand Slam winner in film history;
Or the achievements of many directors of Beijing Film Academy this year: "Big Shot", "One Man's Martial Arts", "Time Traveler", "Dear", "Suspect".
One by one, they are all the school’s medals of honor. They are now posted on the school’s official website and in the brochure.

It can be predicted that the number of students applying for Beijing Film Academy will increase significantly this year.

Wei Jin was a little relieved that at the beginning of the month he had decisively declined the invitation to take the arts exam sent by Teacher Tian Zhuangzhuang on behalf of the school's performance department.

However, without Wei Jin, Beijing Film Academy still has a lot of "cards" in the entertainment industry that it can show off. As long as some people participate in it, it can hold up the scene!
But Wei Jin never expected that even though he had refused the art exam, he would participate in it in another way.

The preparation process, which was submitted in May, took more than half a year and finally completed the entire review process.

Beijing Film Academy immediately posted Wei Jin’s “new identity” and his “super luxurious” resume at the top of the school’s official website.

“From now on: Wei Jin, an outstanding graduate of our school who graduated from the undergraduate class of the Department of Directing in 02 and the graduate class of the Department of Directing in 06, will serve as a professor in the second-level department of our school.

In principle, Professor Wei will participate in the teaching work in 2014. The specific work arrangements and teaching matters will be notified later.

Professor Wei Jin's honors and resume include but are not limited to:
Golden Bear and Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival; Palme d'Or at the Cannes International Film Festival; Golden Lion and Silver Lion at the Venice International Film Festival;

Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Director, and domestic film box office record holder."

The announcement by Beijing Film Academy was like a hurricane, sweeping across the entire film and television industry.

Of course everyone knows that Wei Jin will not be a full-time employee, at most he will just be a temporary position.

Just like many actors in the circle nowadays, he teaches classes during his free time. There are only a few classes in a semester or even a school year, which does not affect his normal work at all.

Or like Jiang Wen did some time ago, he promised to give lectures at the Central Academy of Drama when he is free, which does not even count as a temporary position.

But Wei Jin is neither an actor nor a famous director. He is also the head of the largest entertainment group in the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong.

At such a young age, instead of thinking about developing his career and making it bigger and stronger, he actually agreed to return to work at Beijing Film Academy?
Even if he is a professor, what does that mean? How much can he earn in a year?

When it comes to giving back to your alma mater, isn’t this too much?
In the eyes of many of his peers, Wei Jin was simply squandering his youth and energy, and wasting his career.
In short, most people in the industry cannot understand it!

However, for most students, this news is extremely good.

Students from almost all majors are looking forward to the day when Wei Jin returns to the school to take up his post!
Since graduating from graduate school, Wei Jin has returned to school only a few times. Most of the students at Beijing Film Academy call him "senior", but in fact they have no relationship at all.

But now, there is an opportunity to legitimately establish the "teacher-student relationship". Isn't it closer than being a "senior brother" who is not related at all?

This kind of opportunity is hard to come by, so we must seize it!

Female students, in particular, fantasize about having a "teacher-student love" that breaks through the mundane world and becoming a "rebellious disciple"!
Including the candidates who have not yet taken the art exam, they are also having all kinds of fantasies, and their enthusiasm for Beijing Film Academy's enrollment this time has instantly increased by several levels.

I can only say that the school’s purpose has been truly achieved.

Some people were still fantasizing, but some had already taken action. The door of the huge chairman's office had been locked.

Bao Tianqi, dressed in an office lady outfit, supported herself on the armrests of the boss chair, sat in Professor Wei's arms, and listened attentively.
The slender legs wrapped in black stockings, with the knees crossed and turned inward.

The class had only started for ten minutes, but Bao Tianqi's pretty face was already flushed.

Seeing that the class was about to be delayed, the newly appointed Professor Wei certainly could not tolerate it.

He stood up decisively and whispered in her ear.

Two minutes later, Bao Tianqi's voice of gratitude resounded in the office again.
"It's only been one day since the announcement. Do you know how many people have come to me to get information?"

Wei Jin was confused by Teacher Jiang’s call. The school had made it public, so could it be fake?

But before he could ask what information he wanted to find out, Teacher Jiang on the other end of the phone had already started to explain:
"Hey, these second-generation stars all want to know which secondary school you will teach in, so they can get the upper hand. Do you have any ideas?"

Hearing this, Wei Jin was even more confused. "No, Mr. Jiang, I'm a graduate of the directing department, a serious professional director. How can I choose this?"

"Others certainly can't choose you, but you are not only a director, but also a screenwriter, and an Oscar-winning screenwriter. The literature department will definitely not let you go. The photography and acting departments will definitely compete for you, after all... Haha, you know."

"Forehead"

Wei Jin was a little stuck for a moment, but he really couldn't deny Lao Jiang's statement, because the school and the department itself did not value his coaching ability!
I guess the school leaders are also having a headache right now, right?
"Okay, I'll think about it."

"Well, think about it earlier. I guess the school will talk to you once before the art exam begins."

On the other end of the phone, Jiang Wei said with some emotion: "I never thought that I would be a colleague with you one day. When you first entered the school, I thought you were in the wrong place."

"Hahaha, Teacher Jiang, doesn't it seem unreal when you think about it now? Among a bunch of ugly people, a handsome guy like me suddenly appeared. My classmates in that class must have felt very inferior, right?"

"You kid, what nonsense are you talking about, hahahaha"

After chatting with Lao Jiang for a while, Wei Jin hung up the phone. Just as he was about to check out some industry news, his assistant Chen Yuqi knocked on the door.

"Boss, Director Wu Ershan has arrived." As she spoke, Chen Yuqi looked at Wei Jin, feeling a strange feeling in her heart.

Last night, Bao Tianqi talked to her a lot about the excitement in the office, and she didn't know when it would be her turn.

"Okay, please let him in."

Although Wu Ershan was the company's contracted studio director, in reality, Wei Jin had only met him a limited number of times.

Because as a director, Wu Ershan spends most of his time either filming, resting, or doing post-production at Shanhe Shuimo.

It has been several months since the last time the two met.

However, perhaps because of the huge success of his transformational work "The Suspect", Wei Jin discovered that Wu Ershan had become more confident.

At least when facing myself, I am no longer as cautious as I used to be.

Wei Jin didn't care about this. As long as they could maintain basic respect, follow instructions, and make money for themselves, it would be fine.

After a round of polite greetings, Wei Jin took the tea prepared by the assistant, took a sip, and said:

"Director Wu Ershan, I asked you to come here for two reasons. The first is the celebration party for "Suspect".

Because it is the end of the year, President La and President Ye are busy with meetings, and the main creators also have their own schedules. I am thinking of not holding the celebration party this time. I hope you don’t mind. "

"Mr. Wei, you are too serious. No, no."

Wu Ershan quickly stopped. For an ordinary director, a celebration banquet is a good opportunity to become famous.

But for a billion-dollar director like him who has proven himself many times, it is nothing more than a dinner party and does not have much significance.

"Well, I'm glad you understand. Although we won't be holding a celebration party, we will still have everything we need. This is a little gift from our three major producers."

As he spoke, Wei Jin took out a check that he had prepared in advance from his pocket.

"Thank you, thank you Mr. Wei."

Wu Ershan looked at the five million on the check and expressed his gratitude repeatedly, but his heart was bleeding.

According to the contract signed with Shanhe Media, he has a 20% investment share in "The Suspect".

Unfortunately, because he was not very confident about his transitional work, he chose not to participate in the investment and only took a director's salary of 10 million.

But now, the movie has sold 6.51 million yuan. According to the bet with the theaters, the box office share that belongs to the producer is as high as 2.6 million yuan.

Taking into account the sale of copyrights, as well as miscellaneous income from patch ads, product placements, etc., even if the 1 million yuan in production and promotion costs are deducted, the net profit attributable to the producer is still around 2.2 million yuan.

In other words, if he had invested 20 million at the beginning, he could have made a net profit of more than 40 million.

After all this going back and forth, more than half of the money was lost. It was really a huge loss.

However, Wu Ershan quickly calmed down and asked, "Mr. Wei, what about the second thing?"

“The second thing is about the new projects for next year.”

Having said that, Wei Jin picked up the teacup, took a sip, and then told him his plan.

According to him, it has been two years since the release of "Mojin: The Last Dragon", and it is time to prepare for the second part.

If it were filmed next year, it would be released in 15. The four-year gap would just hit the audience's psychological mark.

Combined with the "Ghost Blows Out the Light" web drama series next year and the year after, it will be possible to attract fans of the original novel and the drama, and push the box office to a new height of 20 billion in one fell swoop!
But what I didn’t expect was that after listening to it, Wu Ershan actually looked hesitant.

"Hmm? Director Wu Ershan, do you have any other ideas?"

Facing Wei Jin's question, Wu Ershan considered it for a while and confirmed:
"Yes, Mr. Wei. After the filming of "Suspect" was finished last year, I started thinking about my next development direction, and I actually had some ideas."

"Well, tell me first."

Each director has his own style. For example, Lu Yang is obsessed with martial arts, while Guo Fan prefers science fiction, Cao Baoping likes realistic themes, and Xue Xiaolu is fond of female themes.
Therefore, Wei Jin did not object to Wu Ershan exploring his own path, but he had a bad feeling in his heart.

Sure enough, as soon as Wu Ershan opened his mouth, Wei Jin's heart skipped a beat.

"Mr. Wei, I loved reading the comic book of Investiture of the Gods when I was a kid. This year I read it again and I think it can be adapted for the big screen."

For the next ten minutes, Wu Ershan enthusiastically described the world of "Fengshen" in his mind, while Wei Jin frowned.

Wei Jin has to admit that many directors will pursue their inner creative impulses once they achieve financial freedom.

According to Wu Ershan's idea, he plans to use 8-10 years to film the huge "Fengshen" story into a trilogy.

That is, the adaptation is done in a way that uses three movies to tell a complete story, with each movie being an independent film.

"Director Wu Ershan, I roughly understand your idea. Are you trying to compete with Hollywood's "Lord of the Rings" series?"

"Correct."

Wu Ershan nodded. In fact, the development of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" basically follows this path, so he asked with some anticipation on his face:

"Boss Wei, what do you think?"

(End of this chapter)