Huayu: Are you even sitting up straight? You're going to be the director?

Chapter 6 Yang Mi's Shock, You Actually Made It Happen?
"This...is this really a script written by your student, Sister Cui?"

"Yes, his name is Cao Zhong. He works very hard, but he's just an ordinary student with no resources."

Cui Xinqin nodded.

Being handsome isn't an advantage at Beijing Film Academy.

Connections and resources are what truly matter.

For their classmates, just those three in their dorm room...

Qi Jiuzhou, father of a Golden Rooster Award-winning director; Wang Renjun, a wealthy man with a rice bowl.

Yang Mi, winner of the 2006 Newcomer Award.

Cao Zhong was really just an ordinary student.

She hopes to watch her children grow up healthily, but Cui Xinqin is also helpless about this innate thing.

Wang Hongwei was stunned.

"This is no ordinary student. This script... I think it's even more amazing than 'Crazy Stone'."

He carefully considered his words.
“Aside from the format, I can’t even correct a single word or sentence.”

Wang Hongwei's lips trembled slightly.

When did a monster emerge from the performing arts department?

As a seasoned teacher who has been teaching in the directing department for over a decade, he has read countless scripts written by students and countless storyboards drawn by them.

Although I haven't had much directing experience myself, I've only served as a producer for Ning Hao twice in the past two years.

But as a staff officer, he is absolutely qualified.

Just like the relationship between online novels and editors, some editors may not have written any wildly popular online novels themselves, but their eyes are the yardstick!

Even if you've never seen pork, you've definitely seen pigs run.

He had just finished reading the script, and his mind was filled with images because the script was written in great detail.

He even had a dreamlike feeling of reciting the poem "Farewell to Tianmu Mountain" in his sleep.

I felt like I had traveled back to Nanjing back then.

As a native of Nanjing, he deeply empathized with the emotions conveyed in the film.

In fact, he had been paying attention to certain current affairs news since 2001.

Jun Koizumi of Japan entered the Shinto toilet six times during his six-year term in office.

This has severely damaged political mutual trust between China and Japan, and has even led my country to postpone high-level meetings on multiple occasions.

Although he resigned in September, the damage he caused over the past few years, and the impact he had on right-wing forces after his departure, are still very destructive.

Seeing this kind of pure, straightforward, and commercially successful film that focuses on the narratives of the underprivileged is truly remarkable.

This blatant attitude.

"We were never friends."

"brute!"

The feelings that emerge after these emotional build-up are not dark humor, but rather straightforward and naked.

That was the struggle, humanity, awakening, and commemoration of people at the bottom of society during that time and space.

This is actually somewhat similar to "Crazy Stone". In "Crazy Stone", dark humor and humble life are integrated. The film has no optimistic and bright tone, only absurd and humorous chase scenes that make people laugh and feel sad at the same time.

Like Xie Xiaomeng, Dao Ge, Xiao Jun, and Hei Pi.

Everyone has their own mental struggles.

They were like a deserted island, struggling to survive, so humble that in the end they cried out,
"The world has changed, and there are no good people left?"

Compared to this already well-known low-budget milestone film, "Nanjing Photo Studio" may not have as many narrative lines, but it is definitely qualified and exquisite.

Furthermore, it explores various gray areas.

Various roles are used as pronouns.

Wang Guanghai is a traitor, Lin Yuxiu is a theatrical performer, Su Liuchang is objective, and the Jin family is ordinary.

They were all from that era, people whose lives no one cared about.

And all of this happened under the brutality of the Japanese army.

This is the biggest difference in background, and it's also the one that allows people to quickly immerse themselves in the story, etching itself into the hearts of every Chinese person.

In just a moment, he made his judgment.

This movie will definitely be even more explosive than "Crazy Stone"!

Not only in terms of subject matter, but even in the exquisite storytelling, these two scripts are equally impressive. For countless Chinese viewers, this angle of entry...
This non-elitist narrative,

It will surely ignite the passion of countless viewers.

Cui Xinqin was also stunned; her mouth opened wide enough to fit an egg inside.

Wang Hongwei's assessment was too harsh.

Cui Xinqin thought it was good, but she wasn't a directing major, so she didn't know how amazing it was.

She also knew how much Wang Hongwei valued Ning Hao, and even often boasted about it to Ning Hao's junior students in the directing class, telling them to learn from Director Ning Hao.

Now, Wang Hongwei says this script is even better than "Crazy Stone".

She was terrified.

"Really?"

“More real than real gold,” Wang Hongwei said, slightly off-key. “Does this student know how to draw storyboards? Do you need my help? I can arrange it anytime. Also, you should have him come and meet me as soon as possible.”

Do you think this investment will be successful?

Cui Xinqin asked.

“I will do my best, and if he doesn’t mind me showing it to others, I would like Ning Hao to study this script. Of course, you can rest assured about the script that Sister Cui brought; you don’t need to worry about any problems.”

Cui Xinqin was stunned.

"You're asking an up-and-coming director to study a script written by a second-year undergraduate acting student?"

"I have to learn." Wang Hongwei scratched his bald head. "Learning has no end."

……

As Cui Xinqin walked out of Wang Hongwei's office, her head was buzzing.

It's almost December, and the cold wind made Cui Xinqin instinctively shrink her neck.

But in my heart, it burned with passion.

"What exactly are my students?"

Cui Xinqin suddenly felt somewhat apprehensive.

He had previously thought that Cao Zhong's eyes were very similar to Chen Kun's—clean and hardworking!
At this moment, recalling Cao Zhong's eyes, Cui Xinqin felt that the child's eyes were truly bright and resolute!
……

And the cafeteria.

"Cao Zhong, what have you been doing all morning? Why didn't you attend class?"

"I went to see Teacher Cui."

"Are you serious?" Yang Mi was startled, a little frightened. She turned around and whispered, but her tone was clearly angry. "I just kissed you. If you don't like it, just say you don't like it. How old are you? Why are you telling the teacher?"

“It has nothing to do with you,” Cao Zhong said, standing behind Yang Mi in line. “I gave Teacher Cui a script.”

"script?"

Yang Mi turned her head and was taken aback. "You didn't tell me this morning either?"

“Didn’t I ask you yesterday if you wanted to invest? You didn’t?” Cao Zhong found it amusing. “And why should I even tell you?”

"So when you wrote this script, you never thought of giving me a role." Yang Mi wrinkled her nose.

“Look at this bowl of soup,” Cao Zhong said, clearly not a fan of Yang Mi. “Take a look in the mirror.”

Yang Mi was already used to this. The reason she actually liked Cao Zhong was because Cao Zhong treated her differently from other classmates. He didn't treat her like a celebrity, but just a classmate, and he was also handsome.

"This is really boring." Yang Mi smoothed her bangs. "It's a favor for me, the Rising Star, to want to act in your movie."

Cao Zhong rolled his eyes and offered some advice.

"If you were willing to give me your entire salary to invest, I could consider it a favor."

"You gave me my first kiss, and you still want my money? You're shameless!"

Yang Mi was so angry that she kept snorting.

I kissed Cao Zhong this morning, but he didn't reciprocate at all, and now he's asking for my pay.

I'll take anything else, except money.

No hope!

However, Yang Mi was genuinely shocked; this guy had said yesterday he was going to work on a movie.

It's all done today?

(End of this chapter)