I really don't want to make bad movies!

The next day, Xia Ming received the finished product from his senior.

The extremely short construction period meant that the giant wasp only had two movable joints, and could only raise its arms and look left and right.

With the strong support of the free resource library, every time the Big Hornet fires, it can launch the most classic explosive flames.

Its movement is accompanied by texture-like lightning, symbolizing its astonishing speed.

For a few seconds, it's unclear whether the rendering failed, but the giant wasp even seemed to leap out of the layer, as if it were about to ascend to Cybertron.

"..."

Xia Ming opened the editing software, aligned the keyframes to import the sound effects, and contacted several actors to re-record their lines.

I rubbed the color wheel in Da Vinci's film again, giving the whole film a touch of cinematic color.

As I examined the finished product, looking at the electronic waste I had personally directed, a sense of powerlessness welled up within me.

Maybe... I really can surpass Asylum Pictures?

The entire work is now complete.

Transformers 5: Megahorse

Xia Ming opened the Jinghai Film and Television Academy's campus website and found the summer topic.

Enter the name of your entry, attach the list of the main creative team, and click submit.

The short film competition will officially begin tomorrow.

The person with the highest cumulative number of views within three days will receive a prize of 10,000 yuan, and the school will help upload the finished video to a streaming website for the entire internet to enjoy.

Because the competition videos are uploaded to the school's website and require a student ID to log in, only students of the school can watch them.

Xia Ming picked up his phone and opened QQ Space, where he saw the campus wall promoting the short film event.

Ignite your creative passion and embrace a fresh start!

Below is a long promotional message, along with a link to register for the competition.

Looking at the profile picture on the campus wall, Xia Ming thought for a moment, then opened the chat interface on the campus wall and sent a message.

[Hello, I want to share one of my favorite works with you all: Transformers. I heard that some students have remade this series for the recent short film competition, I'm so excited!]

The campus wall replied with a "received".

A few hours later, Xia Ming saw that the campus wall had been updated.

Comments appeared quickly below.

[Am I seeing things? A remake of Transformers?]

[It seems to be true; I saw the promotional poster in the group yesterday.]

Send me the poster.

Wow, the female lead is so beautiful!

Do bumblebees really exist?

【…】

Many students don't have any other groups besides their class group, but they still add them to the school's online community.

Many of the students who follow the campus wall have seen the previous beauty pageant photos and must have a deep impression of Jiang Xixi.

If they can't add Jiang Xixi, they'll naturally think of other ways.

For example, go watch a movie starring your favorite actress and see if you can find an opportunity.

If it weren't for the fact that it's summer vacation, Xia Ming would have already dragged Wang Zhengchuan to visit and promote the message in various classrooms.

However, there are still places to promote during the summer vacation.

Xia Ming found the school's printing shop and made dozens of paper posters, which he then displayed in prominent places such as the cafeteria and dormitory entrances using acrylic standees.

……

Time quickly passed to the next day.

Zhou Yi, a teacher in the photography department of Jinghai Film and Television Academy, had just finished a meeting and was walking back to her office with her lesson plans in her arms.

"Isn't today the day the freshman short film event starts?"

Zhou Yi glanced at the time; the event had already been going on for two hours.

Two days ago, his student Zhang Jun called, saying that he had come across a very amazing film and insisted that he help him analyze it.

The entire film was shot using only an entry-level mirrorless camera, producing footage that rivals cinematic quality, including a ten-minute long single-shot sequence.

This made him very curious.

Zhou Yi himself is famous for shooting long takes.

In the last century, he followed his mentor Xie Fei and starred alongside Jiang Wen in a realistic film called "The Year of My Birth".

The film was made almost entirely in long takes and was nominated for the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, eventually winning the Silver Bear.

This also made Zhou Yi famous.

Out of respect for his mentor Xie Fei, he chose to stay at Jinghai Film and Television Academy.

Upon hearing that another promising talent might emerge, Zhou Yi barely listened to the rest of the meeting and rushed to his office as soon as it ended.

Pushing open the office door, Zhang Jun was already standing in front of his workstation, waiting.

"Teacher, you've finally arrived!"

Zhou Yi took off his coat, sat down at his desk, and leisurely turned on his computer, laughing, "Look how anxious you are! The person is right here at our school; they can't run away!"

Zhang Jun shook his head repeatedly, then turned on his phone's camera: "Teacher, you don't understand. I've been simulating that scene at home for the past few days, but I just can't get the feel of it right. I'm really anxious!"

Zhou Yi smiled, stuffed the lesson plan into the drawer, and slowly brewed a pot of tea: "Which class in the photography department is that freshman you mentioned in?"

Zhang Jun shook his head again: "No, he's from the directing department, his name is Xia Ming."

Zhou Yi's smile vanished abruptly, and she put down her water glass: "Directing major?"

Now he was getting a little anxious. What if a promising talent from the photography department appeared in the directing department? Wouldn't that be a huge loss?

As the computer at his workstation slowly booted up, Zhou Yi held the mouse for a moment, then followed his memory to open the school website and search for the entrance to the micro-film competition.

It's a short film competition for freshmen, and teachers don't participate in the judging. He hasn't clicked on this webpage in a long time.

The teachers at the film academy are very busy, which is why the rankings for the freshmen's short film competition are determined by the number of views.

Every year, there are dozens of entries, each lasting several tens of minutes. Teachers don't have time to watch so many new students' works.

Only after the competition ends will teachers select a few of the top-ranked films to see if any have potential.

However, after several attempts, I still couldn't access the short film competition page.

Zhou Yi frowned, thinking that his computer had crashed.

He walked over to his colleague and said, "Xiao Li, can I borrow your computer for a bit? Mine's stuck."

Xiao Li turned his head: "Old Zhou, mine's stuck too!"

Zhang Jun muttered "How is that possible?" and then turned his gaze to see that Xiao Li was also stuck on the micro-film competition interface.

"What's going on?" Zhang Jun asked in surprise.

After a moment's thought, Xiao Li realized that the current situation was very similar to the days when students were scrambling to take physical education classes in college.

The website set up by the school couldn't possibly handle so many people accessing it at the same time.

"Wait a minute, how many people watched the short film competitions before?"

Zhou Yi has been teaching at Jinghai Film Academy for seventeen years, and the competitions he has participated in each year have been lukewarm, with only freshmen paying attention to them.

The number of views for the top-ranked contestant in each year's competition never exceeds three to five hundred.

"Wow, this is really weird."

Xiao Li had never seen anything like this before. He frantically clicked refresh with the mouse, but the webpage remained unresponsive.

At this moment, the QQ icon in the lower right corner of the computer kept flashing. Xiao Li clicked on it and saw that it was students in the class group communicating.

Why can't I access the school website?

I also want to watch the short film that Jiang Xixi filmed.

Me too, but I can't get into the website.

I can get in.

The person who said this even took a screenshot.

Zhou Yi leaned over the table and gestured for Xiao Li to open the screenshot.

In the screenshot, the number one most viewed video is none other than "Transformers 5: Hornet".

Zhou Yi craned his neck, frowning as he carefully examined the view count.

"How much? 1200?!"

The short film competition has only been going on for half a day, how could the number of views have already jumped to 1,200?!

Looking further down, the second place didn't even reach a fraction of that!

In previous competitions, even on the last day, no entry could possibly break four figures in views!

"Hey, I'm definitely going to see what kind of masterpiece this kid made today."

Zhou Yi also became interested, returned to his seat, and frantically clicked refresh with the mouse.

Almost at the same time, all the students at Jinghai Film and Television Academy were doing the same thing—refreshing web pages.

College students are always the most enthusiastic when it comes to conforming.

Some people who were not originally interested in "The Big Hornet" saw that their friends were trying to watch it and joined in refreshing the webpage.

They weren't really interested in watching the short film; they were just curious why other people were doing it.

"Old Zhou! I'm going in!"

After some time, Xiao Li sat at his desk and shouted excitedly.

He was also very curious to see what kind of freshman movie had crashed the school's website.

"They're here!"

Zhang Jun followed Zhou Yi to Xiao Li's side, not forgetting to turn on his phone's camera.

With a crisp click of the mouse, the beautiful poster for "The Hornet" immediately came into view.

"Wow, that's quite impressive."

Xiao Li gave a compliment and pressed play.

The movie opens with a news broadcast clip that appears to have been stolen from somewhere.

The image quality, compressed after several transfers, made the host appear blurry, as if shrouded in the smoke of war on the front lines.

The host then pointed to the sky, where a UFO, clearly an image, was floating.

"Click".

Zhou Yi took the mouse, pressed pause, and zoomed out.

He manipulated the cursor, pressed and held the title of the selected movie, then scrolled down to view the cast and crew list, confirming that he saw Xia Ming's name.

Finally, he turned back to look at Zhang Jun.

"What do you mean?"