Entertainment: 1990

Chapter 292 Central Academy of Drama Results Announced
On March 10th, the Central Academy of Drama released its admission results.

Early in the morning, Zhu Yuanyuan dragged Li Naiwen and Tang Xu to watch the excitement, while Xin Boqing quietly followed behind.

The four of them formed a small clique in class. The first three were known as the Central Academy of Drama's Little Tigers, while Xin Boqing was an unofficial follower.

When they arrived at the place where the results were posted, they saw that the candidates and their parents were already surrounded by layers upon layers of people. Zhu Yuanyuan's eyes lit up, and she encouraged Li Naiwen, "Why don't you squeeze in and act out a scene of Fan Jin passing the imperial examination, so that the younger students can also broaden their horizons?"

"No, I'm afraid I'll get beaten to death."

Li Naiwen was shaking his head vigorously when Tang Xu suddenly nudged him and teased, "Look, your 'bingbing' is right inside!"

Ever since Li Naiwen sang "Give Me Some Love" to Li Bingbing, many people in the class have been convinced that Li Naiwen has taken a liking to Li Bingbing.

"Are you done yet?"

Li Naiwen rolled his eyes: "Our ancestors had a rule that people with the same surname cannot marry. Don't you know that?"

Actually, Li Naiwen was tempted, but Li Bingbing avoided him after that. He wasn't the kind of person who didn't know what was good for him, so he naturally chose to back down.

At this moment, Zhu Yuanyuan tiptoed and peeked inside, asking curiously, "What is Bingbing doing in there? Does she have a relative who wants to take the entrance exam for our school?"

Xin Boqing, who knew a bit more, immediately replied from behind, "It seems like she's collecting art exam materials. Didn't she sell them at the entrance before the New Year?"

Just then, the people from the academic affairs office came over with the list, followed by several senior students.

Upon seeing this, the people gathered in front of the bulletin board quickly made way for them.

With the help of two tall boys, the teacher from the academic affairs office stood on a stool and quickly posted the list.

Before he could even get off the stool, a huge crowd swarmed around him again.

Upon seeing this, the teachers from the academic affairs office quickly instructed the students they brought to maintain order to prevent the notice board from being damaged.

In the crowd, a plain-looking boy finally managed to squeeze to the second row and was standing on tiptoe to look at the list when the person in front of him suddenly turned around and cheered as he pushed his way out: "I passed! I passed!"

Suddenly, there was no one in front of him, but people behind him were still pushing forward. The unsophisticated boy lost his footing and stumbled towards the bulletin board.

Just as he was about to crash into it, someone suddenly grabbed his hand and pulled him back forcefully.

The boy, still shaken, steadied himself and looked closely. He realized that the person who had grabbed him was a pretty girl.

He said somewhat shyly, "Thank you, I... I just..."

"It's okay, I was really excited when I saw the list back then."

Tao Hong grinned, turned around, pointed to the list, and asked, "Quickly check if you're on the list."

The boy's heart pounded as she laughed, and it took him a while to look at the list absentmindedly.

Duan, Duan, Duan... Duan Yihong.

"Have it!"

Seeing his name ranked sixth, Duan Yihong jumped for joy. He instinctively wanted to squeeze out to tell his parents the good news, but he stopped abruptly and shyly asked Tao Hong, "Senior, what year are you in?"

"You're a sophomore, you'll be a junior when school starts."

Tao Hong replied in his busy schedule, and then said, "Go from the side, it's easier to squeeze out from there."

"Oh~"

Duan Yihong wanted to ask Tao Hong's name, but he was too embarrassed to ask. After thinking about it, he figured he would see her when school started anyway, so he followed Tao Hong's directions and squeezed out from the side.

The excitement surrounding the rankings came and went quickly.

By around 8:30, the number of people gathered in front of the bulletin board had decreased by more than half.

At this moment, Li Bingbing led two girls over and smiled at Tao Hong, saying, "Senior, are you being conscripted again this year?"

"Or what?"

Tao Hong said helplessly, "It's inconvenient for boys to stop girls, and most girls don't have that much strength, so they can only come to me." Actually, there was another reason, because she was the class monitor of the 92nd class.

Looking at the two girls beside her, Tao Hong asked curiously, "Who are these two...?"

"They are also this year's test takers. Because they didn't have their parents with them, they couldn't squeeze in earlier."

As they were talking, the two girls finished looking at the list, and one of them said dejectedly, "Qinqin, I really failed."

“My ranking isn’t high either, I’m almost at the bottom.” Jiang Qinqin shook her head and looked at Li Bingbing next to her, saying, “Maybe this senior is right, we are more suited to Beijing Film Academy.”

The companion didn't respond, thinking to herself that the senior was saying that you were suitable, not that I was.

At this moment, Li Bingbing pulled out a flyer from under the collected study materials and asked, "Senior, is this 'Dream Realization' campus recruitment event for graduates, or can current students like us also participate?"

"I haven't asked that."

Tao Hong hesitated and said, "But it probably won't work for freshmen and sophomores, since the school doesn't allow us to go out and film."

"That's it."

Li Bingbing was visibly disappointed, while the student who had failed the exam, seeing this, curiously leaned over and glanced at the list in her hand, asking in bewilderment, "Senior, what does this Dream Dream Film Company do? And what's with the campus recruitment?"

"Campus recruitment is recruitment directly on campus."

Out of consideration for their long-time customers, Li Bingbing explained to the two, "Many universities in Beijing no longer assign jobs. In the future, some companies will come directly to the schools to recruit and select the best candidates."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Qinqin asked curiously, "What kind of organization is this Yuanmeng Film Industry? I've never heard of it before?"

“Yuanmeng Pictures was one of the first private film companies in China—just like the film companies in Hong Kong.”

"Privately owned?"

Jiang Qinqin and her companion looked at each other in bewilderment. They used to work in local theater troupes, and their impression of private theater troupes could be summed up in four words: amateur troupes.

“Yuanmeng is different from other companies.”

Seeing that they were quite dismissive of Yuanmeng Film Industry, Tao Hong couldn't help but explain: "Yuanmeng is the largest private film and television company in China, as well as the largest record company. It has extensive connections in Tianjin and also has influence in the optoelectronics industry."

At the end of this month, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television will be leading eight major domestic film studios on a study tour to Hong Kong Island. The only private enterprise qualified to go is Yuanmeng Film Studio, and their team includes Gong Li.

"Gong Li?!"

Jiang Qinqin and her companions were stunned by Gong Li's reputation. Li Bingbing was also startled and hurriedly asked, "Senior, is Gong Li going to join the dream-fulfilling program too?!"

Tao Hong replied ambiguously, "Who knows? Anyway, Dream Company had three spots this time, and one of them was given to Gong Li."

When the teachers in the academic affairs office saw that there were no more people around, they asked the students who were maintaining order to leave.

Seeing this, Tao Hong greeted Li Bingbing and quickly followed.

Li Bingbing originally wanted to ask Tao Hong if they needed anyone to help with the campus recruitment tomorrow, but she didn't have a chance to ask.

Forget it, I'll ask my sister to go check it out with me tomorrow. Anyway, she definitely won't miss this opportunity to use her face.

At this moment, Jiang Qinqin asked curiously, "Senior, is this dream-fulfilling thing really that amazing?"

"Making a dream come true is certainly amazing."

Li Bingbing said seriously, "You'll understand once you're enrolled. Right now, many film studios and drama troupes are struggling to make ends meet. I estimate that after 97, it will be the era of television stations and private film companies."

Of course, Hong Kong and Taiwanese capital will definitely enter the mainland market, but they will mostly choose to cooperate with mainland private enterprises, since they themselves are private companies.

This statement was actually a third-hand, personal opinion. It was first said by Zhang Yan, and then passed on to her through Tao Hong.

Jiang Qinqin and her companions, however, found the information impressive but didn't quite understand it. They whispered among themselves and decided that since they still had to wait for the Beijing Film Academy results to be released, they might as well come and see what the excitement was like tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)