Huayu started as a substitute director

Chapter 12: Detour Strategy
The sun is shining, spring is here and flowers are blooming. The sunlight shining on the two of them brings some warmth and peace.

The environment was beautiful, but the atmosphere between the two people was not very good.

Liu Tianxian rolled her eyes at the man opposite her and said, "Give me your bank account number and I'll transfer it to you at any time."

Fang Hong was satisfied, and he pushed the IOU over and said, "Keep it, don't lose it. If you lose it, I won't pay you back."

"Don't worry, even if I lose it, I won't lose the IOU." Liu Tianxian said.

Fang Hong smiled. This girl was actually quite cute. He then said, "Will you play the female lead? If not, I'll find someone else."

"Who is the male lead in this play?" Liu Tianxian asked.

"It's far away in the sky and yet it's right in front of you." Fang Hong said.

He doesn't have to pay anyone if he's acting, so he can save money to the maximum extent. He's also of the right age and his acting skills are okay.

The main thing is that with Liu Tianxian, there is no need to look for any other well-known actresses, this girl has her own popularity.

"You?!" Liu Tianxian looked at him and asked doubtfully, "Can you do it?"

"Can you please stop criticizing me and give me more encouragement?" Fang Hong said helplessly.

"My fault."

Liu Tianxian smiled embarrassedly.

She didn't know why she always wanted to criticize this man. Maybe she saw that he was too capable, so she wanted to criticize him. She then said, "I have a drama to shoot in the second half of the year. How long will it take for you to shoot this drama?"

She was talking about "A Chinese Ghost Story"!
"It will take at most two months. It won't interfere with your filming of other dramas." Fang Hong said.

In fact, if we’re fast, we can finish the filming in a month, as long as the team works well together.

I don’t think so, so the time can’t be set too rigidly.

Liu Tianxian thought about it. It is April now, and it will be June in two months. "A Chinese Ghost Story" will be filmed in July, so the time can be staggered.

"Okay, since you're so sincere, I'll accept it." She agreed.

I don't know how this girl could tell that Fang Hong was sincere. He was ready to just pick anyone from Beijing Film Academy to act in the film.

Now that the male and female protagonists have been confirmed, the crew of "Those Years" is basically complete.

Fang Hong also re-budgeted the drama, with a total investment of six million, and now there is only a gap of two million left.

In fact, we could have started filming with this money, but the follow-up funds have not been secured yet, so we dare not start filming rashly.

The only way to fill this gap is to seek support from the school; other options are difficult to find.

After all, they are students, and April and May are the time when college students are about to graduate, so this young director entrepreneurship support fund is very targeted.

But Yu Xian came over and said that the Youth League Committee teacher thought the application was too ambitious and did not approve it.

The meaning is simple, students making a movie, isn’t this a joke!
This was the reason I rejected before!

Fang Hong followed Yu Xian to the office building and stopped in front of an office door. He looked at the nameplate hanging outside the door, which had the position information on it: Xu Jiandong, Deputy Secretary of the Youth League Committee of Beijing Film Academy.

"Boom boom boom!"

Entering the office, Yu first glanced at Fang Hong. Seeing that he didn't say anything, he had to greet him himself: "Teacher Xu, I'm sorry to bother you again."

The reason why Fang Hong didn't speak was that he was silently observing everything here.

The room is a single office. It is not very spacious and is decorated with green plants. There are filing cabinets lined up against one wall, filled with documents.

The green plants are a little withered and the filing cabinets are dusty.

The desk was quite clean, with some office supplies placed on it. There was an ashtray in the corner of the desk, which was full of stubbed cigarette butts.

"Why are you still here? Didn't I tell you that your application is not in compliance with the regulations and the application process? You are too ambitious. Learn to be down-to-earth before you come back."

Xu Jiandong only looked up and continued to write his work, not taking the two seriously at all. Most students start by making short films or low-budget art films, but they started with a commercial film about youth campus.

It was done quite professionally, even the shooting plan was so detailed. I don’t know which adult in the family was trying to force the issue.

He didn't think that this shooting plan was something that students could come up with. Some things couldn't be taught in school at all, so where could they learn them?

Only those old hands who have been in the crew for many years know the details.

For example, the shooting content, time, location, props, equipment, etc., some of which students have never seen before, so how can they recognize them all?

Too detailed, too detailed to be true!
Fang Hong took a look at the man, who looked to be in his 40s and wore a pair of black-framed glasses. Perhaps because he had been facing students for a long time, he had a sense of authority.

He looked at the teacher's right hand again and saw that his index finger was yellowing, obviously he was a heavy smoker.

"Teacher Xu, we are very serious about starting a business and making movies. We are definitely not doing it perfunctorily. Students from other departments are also participating. We are not as ambitious as you say." Yu Xian explained.

Xu Jiandong seemed not to have heard it, and said without raising his head: "I know, the school has its own rules and regulations. It's not something that can be passed just by your words and the participation of many students. We must follow the rules."

It's the rules again. Yu Xian was a little discouraged. He followed Fang Hong's instructions, wrote the application, and found a supervisor, but he was stuck here.

And it's still such a bland attitude.

Before I even left school, I felt the fickleness of human nature and the difficulties of the world.

Fang Hong put his hand on Yu Xian's shoulder to comfort him, and said to Xu Jiandong: "Secretary Xu, thank you for your help. We will leave first."

"Hey, this"

Yu Xian wanted to say more, but Fang Hong pulled him out and closed the door. The other person just ignored him, so what else was there to say?

However, just as the two men were leaving, Xu Jiandong raised his head and looked in the direction they were leaving.

It was just because the words "Secretary Xu" just now made him feel comfortable and touched his heart.

Normally, those students only know to call him "teacher". They are blind and cannot see the two big words "secretary".

In the corridor, Yu Xian was a little confused: "You want money, so why are you giving up like this?"

"Who said I gave up? It's just that we can't just do that. We need to adopt a roundabout strategy." Fang Hong said.

"What strategy?" Yu Xian was puzzled.

"Catering to his tastes." Fang Hong said.

"What? Do you want a bribe?" This is what Yu Xian heard.

In this era, in their eyes, all the people in power are corrupt.

"What bribe? If we bribe, both of us will die more miserably." Fang Hong said.

You have no connection with the teacher, but you just want to bribe him. Do you dare to give it to the teacher? Will the teacher dare to accept it?
Although this is not the era of self-media, the Internet is not strictly controlled and being exposed will still damage one's reputation.

Who would ruin their future for such a small thing?
If they rashly give gifts, Fang Hong can guarantee that at the very least they will be educated, at the worst they will be directly punished, and the teacher will still be left with a great and glorious image.

It wasn't a bribe, so Yu Xian was very curious and asked, "Then how are you going to do it?"

"Don't worry about it yet. I don't know if it will work."

Fang Hong stretched out his hand and said, "Give me the application materials, and I'll try my method first."

Yu first handed the information to him.

"Go take a look at the storyboard I gave you. I'll let you know if there's any progress."

After Fang Hong finished speaking, he ignored him and quickly went downstairs and headed straight for the store outside the school.

(End of this chapter)