Reborn as a landlord in Shanghai

Chapter 123, Week 1 Homework

"Xiaoyu, tomorrow's a holiday. A few of us classmates from the mainland want to get together and have some fun in Hong Kong, and maybe shoot some footage. Do you want to join us?"

On Saturday afternoon, during the first class, a boy wearing glasses behind Mao Xiaoyu whispered a question to her.

The boy wearing glasses is from Bao'an District, Shenzhen, China. His surname is Tian, ​​and his given name is Tian Fang. He is one year older than Mao Xiaoyu, and is 19 years old.

He was 20 years old and also studied television and film. Like Mao Xiaoyu, he was a student with special talents. As for what his special talents were, Mao Xiaoyu didn't ask.

As for why we didn't ask, the main reason is that there are over forty students in the class, more than thirty of whom are from mainland China. These thirty-odd mainland students are all students with special talents. From the number of students with special talents, we can see what special talents Mao Xiaoyu and her classmates have.

Mao Xiaoyu's class is a two-year junior college program. After two years, a small number of students will graduate, while the rest, like Mao Xiaoyu, will study for another two years to obtain a bachelor's degree.

As for what their TV and film department studies, it mainly focuses on creative and pre-production, as well as technology and post-production. Creative and pre-production typically involves roles such as creative producer, screenwriter, and director. Technology and post-production...

Generally, students study cinematography, editing, digital media design, and so on.

It sounds impressive, but it's really just that. Besides, Mao Xiaoyu's classmates are all junior college students, unlike undergraduates. They only learn the basics, so they can't even go to the film school base.

Right now, Mao Xiaoyu and her classmates can only learn things from books. They can only have practical experience when they are in their second year of vocational school, unlike undergraduate students who can apply for practical experience as soon as they are in their first year of undergraduate studies.

Mao Xiaoyu didn't care about this. After all, learning was learning no matter where you were, and even if you practiced earlier, it wouldn't really matter.

After all, no one is stupid. Very few of the college or university graduates from performing arts schools can actually become directors. Most of them work behind the scenes, and even if they do become directors, they are usually just directors of low-quality films.

Of course, if you get a master's or doctoral degree, you might actually become a TV series or film director, but the chances aren't very high. Out of hundreds of students in a year, only one or two might become talented, so the probability of getting your turn is extremely low.

The main reason is that Hong Kong's television and film industry has declined. Only a few movies and TV shows are produced each year. The older generation of directors can't even make a living, so there's no need for so many directors, let alone the new generation, who have the opportunity to make films.

Therefore, these people who came to study had a very humble attitude. Everyone was thinking of spending two or four years getting a college or university diploma, returning to China, and finding an easy job.

As for whether I can become a director, that's just a dream. If I can achieve it, great; if not, so be it. So the learning atmosphere is much better than in music or dance classes.

"Tomorrow is Sunday. If you're not going back, this place should be very close to your home. You should be able to make it back in time."

Mao Xiaoyu asked.

"Why would I go back? I finally escaped that sea of ​​suffering at home, of course I'm not going back. Besides, we're students, so our studies should be our priority."

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You should know that, based on the experience of our seniors, in our TV and film department, teachers usually ask us students to shoot some footage on Sundays and then edit it ourselves.

"We'll play them one by one on Tuesday and Wednesday, and then find out everyone's shortcomings. After all, no matter how much you learn from books in class, if you don't practice, you still won't know how to film," Tian Fang said.

"I didn't know that was true. Okay, since everyone's going out to find material, I'll count you in. By the way, how many people are in our group?"

Mao Xiaoyu felt she couldn't be a loner, especially since there was homework assigned by the teacher, so she agreed.

"There are only a few of us. We're just a few boys from the mainland in our class. We were originally planning to recruit girls, but they have their own groups and they don't hang out with us. So, on our side, it's just Dongdong, Xiongba, Tuoniao, Xiaoming, Sigua, and you, Xiaoyu, and Laotian. After I finish asking you, I'll ask around to see if anyone else wants to join us."

Tian Fang began announcing the number of people, and of course, he used everyone's code names when announcing the number of people.

"Have you decided where we're going to shoot footage? And what kind of footage?" Mao Xiaoyu asked.

"We'll have to wait for the teacher to assign some homework tonight. Only then will we know where to shoot. After all, if the teacher asks us to shoot landscape footage, you can't just shoot city footage, right?"

"But anyway, everyone should bring their digital cameras tomorrow to shoot whatever material they want, and then edit it into a two-minute short film according to the teacher's assignment. We'll see who shoots the best, and there might even be a prize at the end," Tian Fang said excitedly.

"Oh, there's a reward for taking this picture? Lao Tian, ​​tell me, what is the reward? Or who pays for it?" Mao Xiaoyu asked curiously.

"It must have come from the school. You know, every year we have a lot of senior students graduating. When these people are in school, they buy some camera equipment. When they graduate, the good camera equipment will be sold as second-hand goods by these senior students. Of course, those who don't want to sell can take it with them."

However, the broken filming equipment is either too time-consuming or not worth repairing, and too heavy to carry back, so it's usually donated to schools. But the schools don't really have much use for this equipment.

During regular classes, we might take out these devices and show them how to repair them, but more often than not, they just sit in the storage room collecting dust. The school wanted to make use of these broken filming devices and also to free up space.

Usually, when our homeroom teacher gives us a reward for making good films, they let us go to these warehouses to "treasure hunt" and find a filming device we like. Even if it's broken, you can fix it and it still works quite well.

Another important thing is that you can find filming equipment left behind by some famous senior students. If you get these senior students' filming equipment, you can use a certain filming equipment as a common topic when you meet them in the future.

"This will increase our seniors' goodwill towards us. If we can get promoted by these seniors at work, things might be much easier for us in society later on," Tian Fang said, tempted.

Hearing Tian Fang's words, Mao Xiaoyu was speechless. The so-called senior's promotion was just wishful thinking. The senior had thousands or even tens of thousands of juniors under him, how could he possibly promote you!

Besides, with such intense job competition these days, every industry wants to have one less competitor. Yet this guy wants his senior to bring his competitors into the industry. Only someone with a screw loose would do something like that.

Of course, Mao Xiaoyu didn't need to tell Tian Fang this, since Tian Fang was still in school and it was necessary for him to maintain a positive attitude towards society.

"Okay, count me in tomorrow. Write down my phone number. After the teacher assigns homework tonight, let me know where everyone is gathering tomorrow," Mao Xiaoyu agreed.

"Do you have QQ? We have a QQ group. You can join it. It's full of classmates we usually hang out with. We'll post where we're meeting tomorrow in the QQ group," Tian Fang asked.

Mao Xiaoyu slapped her forehead, realizing that QQ is now the largest chat tool in China, and everyone sends messages on QQ, so who would call?

So he took out his phone, added Tian Fang on QQ, and joined the group.

However, she still needed to remember the phone number. Sometimes, if she couldn't contact him via QQ, she could call him. So, Mao Xiaoyu gave Tian Fang her phone number.

"Okay." Tian Fang happily wrote down Mao Xiaoyu's phone number. After finishing writing down Mao Xiaoyu's phone number, he excitedly went to find someone else.

Seeing Tian Fang like this, Mao Xiaoyu smiled and looked at the book in her hand again. There was no other way; without a foundation, you need to read books to understand many things, otherwise you wouldn't even know what the name of each thing is.

Since paying back the money yesterday, Mao Xiaoyu's spirits have been lifted. After all, becoming a billionaire has made him more indifferent to everything. With so many Tencent stocks, Mao Xiaoyu will never have to worry about food and drink for the rest of his life.

Now, Mao Xiaoyu wants to find something she enjoys doing to cultivate a lifelong passion, unlike her previous life where she spent her entire life shaving heads until she was sick of it, but she still had to do it every day to make a living. So in this life, Mao Xiaoyu is prepared to walk a path she has never walked before.

As get out of class was about to end in the evening, the teacher finally assigned homework, requiring all students to shoot a two-minute short film. The film had to be funny, and the number of people in the film could not exceed three.

Upon hearing the teacher's request, everyone fell silent for a moment. After all, they initially thought they were going to shoot some kind of footage, but now they were going to shoot a funny short film. Everyone was a little confused.

The teacher who assigned the homework didn't care what the students thought. After assigning the homework, the teacher left the classroom directly, and after the teacher left, the students all started talking at once.

"A comedy short film? There must be some mistake, right? How come our batch of freshmen made a comedy short film? This is too funny!" Xiong Ba, who was sitting in the back, shouted.

Xiong Ba is 18 years old this year. His surname is Xiong and his given name is Yong. He is from Pengcheng City. He doesn't like his own name very much. He prefers the character Xiong Ba from the movie "Wind and Cloud". So he likes to introduce himself as Xiong Ba when he meets people, so others call him Xiong Ba.

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"We were planning to go out and find a place to shoot footage tomorrow, but with this assignment, it seems we don't need to go out and shoot any footage. But the problem is, how are we going to shoot a funny short film? Are we just going to stand in front of the screen and say funny things?" A girl named Qiu Mingyue in the class couldn't help but complain.

"And the screen time is only two minutes, and it has to be funny. It's almost like a comedy sketch. The problem is, where can we find funny short films?" Another woman, Liu Meifang, sighed as well.

"And everyone's videos will definitely be a little different. If they're all the same, then it's no fun. But if everyone collaborates, it means we'll have to create several more funny short videos, which will make things even more difficult." Another woman doing Malay dance suddenly thought of something and couldn't help but say it.

The forty-odd students in the class, upon hearing about the Malay dance, all realized the same thing. They thought that it was too difficult for just three people to come up with three different comedic routines in only two minutes.

At this point, some students started looking at their classmates, thinking about which classmate would help with the performance, or if everyone could work together to come up with a funny short film.

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Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Some of the more astute students immediately took action, gathering in groups of three to five, or even six or seven, to form filming teams.

When Mao Xiaoyu saw the assignment given by the teacher, she also prepared to find people to form a filming team, otherwise, she definitely couldn't do it by herself.

So Mr. Mao looked around and then looked at Tian Fang.

"Old Tian, ​​how about we form a filming team of two?" Mao Xiaoyu asked as she approached Tian Fang.

"Xiaoyu, I'm sorry, I've already made plans with someone else, so I probably won't be able to team up with you." Tian Fang said apologetically upon hearing Mao Xiaoyu's words.

The main reason is that many people like to ask Tian Fang for help with collaborations, so Tian Fang had already received invitations before Mao Xiaoyu arrived, and now he can only refuse Mao Xiaoyu.

Seeing that Tian Fang had already found someone, Mao Xiaoyu felt a bit awkward. She didn't know many of the other classmates, and it would be difficult to talk to them if she went to find someone else now.

Thinking of this, Mao Xiaoyu could only raise her hand and shout, "Excuse me, does anyone not yet have a filming crew? Could you please form one for me?"

Upon hearing Mao Xiaoyu's words, some people didn't pay attention, since many had already started teaming up with people they knew. As for those who hadn't teamed up, they glanced at Mao Xiaoyu, hesitated for a moment, and then some walked towards her, while others simply ignored her.

Upon seeing the woman approaching, Mao Xiaoyu quickly said, "Hello, my name is Mao Xiaoyu. You must be Su Ning. How about we collaborate on a short film?"

Su Ning's appearance is alright, slightly more delicate than the average girl, not too ugly, but not too beautiful either. In Mao Xiaoyu's eyes, she's at most a 60 or 70 out of 100.

"Thank you then." Su Ning was rather quiet, and upon hearing Mao Xiaoyu's words, she nodded silently and said thank you.

After finding Suning, Mao Xiaoyu then found Xiaoming.

Now that the three-person group was formed, Mao Xiaoyu decided not to stay in the classroom any longer and left with Su Ning and Xiao Ming.