Huayu: When the director changed his major

Chapter 47: Get close to Reba

The next morning, Cheng Xi and Wang Ge arrived at the hotel.

They have already contacted their counselor and asked for a week's leave.

Secretary Hu arranged a business suite for Cheng Xi, and Cheng Xi asked Wang Ge to live in the same room with him, after all, they were roommates.

Everyone arrived before noon. Cheng Xi had a brief meeting with everyone in the hotel conference room, made some mobilization remarks, and mentioned a few key points.

Everyone is required to write today's manuscript and send it to their own email before 9 o'clock every night, and then hold a plot seminar in the conference room at 9 o'clock the next morning.

This cycle repeats itself for a week.

So starting from the afternoon, everyone began to retreat into their own rooms to write.

When Cheng Xi and Jin Chen opened the door one on the left and one on the right, they looked at each other in surprise at the door.

Cheng Xi thought:

What a coincidence, it must be Mr. Zeng’s idea. He is indeed destined to be a boss.

Jin Chen was still a little dazed because of what happened last night. Now that he met the real person, he felt even more guilty. He quickly opened the door and slipped in.

Cheng Xi smiled when he saw this. Why did he feel that Jin Chen was a little afraid of him?

Would I eat her again?
Really, who do you take me for?

In the afternoon, Cheng Xi continued to write some scenes that he still remembered in his room, and wrote several drafts based on his own understanding and some jokes that had not yet appeared.

Wang Ge sat next to him and wrote the manuscript with him, and the two discussed the plot from time to time.

Wang Ge does have some talent, but perhaps due to his experience, his writings are rather immature and have a bookish quality.

The idea is good, but it just lacks the feeling of being able to see it through to the end. I always feel that it is not yet mature and it is not quite right.

Cheng Xi suggested that he could go online to see what's popular recently, find some inspiration, and then enhance the dramatic conflict of the story. This might be more suitable for him now.

Time passed quickly, and Cheng Xi received a message from "I am your father" during the process.

Ask yourself if you’re free to go to the movies together tonight.

The recent "Let the Bullets Fly" and "If You Are the One 2" are extremely popular, and my classmates all say they are very good.

Brother, can you please watch it with me?

Cheng Xi then remembered that these past few days at school, he kept hearing students discussing these two movies in groups of three or five.

"Let the Bullets Fly" was released a week earlier than "If You Are the One 2". Now its first week box office has reached million, which is higher than the first week box office of "Avatar" released at the beginning of the year.

This made everyone in the film school very excited. You know, the 3D screening of "Avatar" really opened the eyes of filmmakers.

Especially for Chinese filmmakers, the shock is no different from using cold weapons to fight against the enemy's hot weapons.

Cheng Xi also clearly remembers the shock he felt when he watched "Avatar" for the first time. Those lifelike scenes, as if they were from the real world, can be said to be unforgettable for him.

So this is what a movie is!
The box office of "Avatar" also speaks for itself. The total box office in China was 13.78 billion yuan, and the global total box office was 27.9 billion US dollars. Based on the exchange rate of 6.77 at the time, the global total box office was 189 billion yuan.

The world has voted in favor of Cameron's new film.

You should know that in the whole year of 2010, China's box office has not yet exceeded 12 billion as of mid-December.

And their movie can earn twice as much as the total box office of all movies in your country.

How could the Chinese people not be shocked? That blue giant even made most filmmakers feel despair and became an unforgettable nightmare for many people.

At this time, the fact that "Let the Bullets Fly" had a higher box office than "Avatar" in its first week was a shot in the arm for all Chinese people, making everyone feel that Chinese films still have hope.

"If You Are the One 2" was released shortly after, with a first-day box office of over 3300 million yuan, more than 200 million yuan higher than "Let the Bullets Fly." This immediately made everyone even more excited, especially those in the film industry, who were having a brain orgasm and couldn't stop discussing it.

It seems that the "Avatar" that has been weighing on the hearts of Chinese filmmakers has the possibility of being lifted.

This is the first time Reba has asked me to go to the movies, and I will definitely go no matter how busy I am.

So I put the script work aside for the afternoon and finished writing a few chapters of "The Beginning" first.

In the evening, Cheng Xi said goodbye to Wang Ge and returned to the Film Academy, waiting for Reba at the west gate.

It didn't take long for Cheng Xi to see Reba. From a distance, she raised her hand high and waved to Cheng Xi.

She was bathed in the orange-red sunset, and she was like a happy little deer jumping towards Cheng Xi.

As soon as Cheng Xi saw Reba's cheerful smile, he felt that his recent fatigue was swept away, and he also smiled and waved to her.

Reba is wearing a camel coat today. As the weather in Yanjing is a bit cold now, she also wrapped herself in a scarf. With the setting sun shining on her body, she looks very elegant and warm overall.

She wore an orange knitted woolen hat on her head and a pair of black leather shoes with heels on her feet, which made her look a little naughty and cute.

The black stockings she wore on her lower body were covered to her ankles by her coat, and as Reba walked, she revealed a hint of subtle sexiness.

Cheng Xi stared at Reba's ankle, his eyes flashing.

It can be seen that Reba has dressed up carefully.

"Brother, I haven't seen you for a long time. I miss you so much."

"Hahaha, how long is a long time?"

"Well, let me do the math. Brother hasn't been out for two nights, which is equivalent to six autumns. Do you think it's been a long time?"

"That's quite a long time. So I'll spend more time with you today to pay you back for the debt we owed you two days ago."

"Hey, brother is so nice."

So Reba naturally took Cheng Xi's arm and skipped towards the cinema with Cheng Xi.

Maybe it was because she really felt that she hadn't seen Cheng Xi for a long time, Reba was particularly excited today.

We kept talking on the way. The classmates said they liked the movie very much after watching it, Director Jiang Wen was really amazing, when would our box office surpass "Avatar", which snacks on the way were the best, what interesting things happened in the class, what performances the teacher had arranged recently, etc.

All this made Cheng Xi quickly immersed in it, and he felt very comfortable.

Maybe this is what everyone later called emotional value.

Not long after, the two walked downstairs of the shopping mall. Reba took out a pink mask from somewhere and put it on.

Cheng Xi then realized that Reba was a small star after all. There were many people in the theater, and even if her image was slightly different from the one in the drama, someone would definitely recognize her.

Finally, the two chose the movie "If You Are the One 2" directed by Feng Xiaogang and starring Ge You and Shu Qi.

In Reba's words:
"Although everyone in our college supports Jiang Wen more, but..."

"Of course I have to watch If You Are the One with my brother, but I can watch Let the Bullets Fly with Sister Xue'er and the others~"

Look at the emotional value this gives!
After buying the tickets, Cheng Xi touched her head, and when the time came, he pulled her to the screening room.

After entering the screening room, Cheng Xi walked towards the last seat. He specially bought couple tickets for the two of them so that they could sit together.

I finally got out to watch a movie, so of course I had to spend some time with Reba.

(End of this chapter)