Huayu: Enjoy Yourself

Chapter 5 has been completed and submitted for review.

A few days later, although he had watched the finished film dozens of times and thought it was good, Chen An was still a little nervous. 💥🎯 6➈şℍ𝓾ⓧ.ᑕᵒм 👣🍓

After all, this time we are inviting some school leaders to watch together.

Chen An wasn't sure how much he liked his own work, but he couldn't be sure if it would satisfy the bigwigs at the school.

Especially regarding the subject matter itself, although there are classic works being produced, it's really too early now.

I wonder if these bigwigs today would like it.

Chen An had been waiting in the screening room for more than half an hour with the finished film.

People arrived one after another and each found a chair to sit down.

Finally, Teacher Mu and Director Gan arrived with the other leaders, and everyone was present.

"Let's get ready to start the screening," Teacher Mu reminded them as she came over.

"good!"

After seeing that almost everyone had arrived, Chen An began the screening.

The title "Carrying the Burden" appeared in the film, along with its English title.

It was Chen An who revised "Father".

Directed by Chen An.

Then the film officially began, and the initially blurry and shaky footage started playing.

Many people started to frown. Although they knew you were a freshman, you were a photography major. Is this how you take pictures?

As the video played, his furrowed brows began to relax.

Everyone reacted differently to seeing their wives turn into zombies on screen.

Everyone knows this, but older generations aren't as receptive to it.

However, Gan Quan, who was sitting below, was all smiles, and Teacher Mu next to him was also very satisfied.

Ultimately, the male protagonist was shot and killed by a sniper in the distance, and the child behind him was discovered.

The woman held her child and looked into the distance, while the man behind her buried this great father.

The film has finally come to an end!

Gan Quan led the applause after watching, followed by Teacher Mu, but some people still shook their heads while sitting.

"Good, Xiao Chen, come here for a moment." Gan Quan, who was sitting in his seat, waved to Chen An.

"Coming!" Chen An immediately ran up to him.

"This is Dean Liu. If he's satisfied, you can ask him to help you send it abroad," Director Gan said with a smile, pointing to a man with slicked-back hair sitting next to him.

"Haha, Director Gan, you don't need to put me on such a pedestal. This short film is quite suitable for overseas audiences."

"Don't worry, Xiao Chen. I'll contact the Beijing Film Studio to help you get it sent abroad."

Dean Liu smiled and patted Chen An on the shoulder.

"After all, he's a promising young talent from my school. If I don't help, who will? Don't worry!"

"Thank you, Dean." Chen An quickly expressed his gratitude as well.

Dean Liu also stood up and said, "No problem, someone will contact you later."

"Although this short film is well made, you can't neglect your studies, after all, you're only a freshman."

"Of course, I'll do as you say."

After the two finished speaking, Dean Liu also led the way out of the screening room.

Only Teacher Mu remained standing to the side, watching Chen An's excited face.

"How are you? Happy?"

"Teacher Mu, you're not kidding, I'm so happy I could fly!"

"You're taking off so soon. What are you going to do when you make feature films? But I didn't expect your film to be so good. It might even get a chance to be sent abroad."

"Thank you for your kind words!"

Chen An smiled and expressed his gratitude.

Seeing his state, Teacher Mu had nothing more to say, but reminded him, "Don't wander off lately, and be ready to be called by me at any time. Don't blame me if you can't find me and things get messed up."

"Of course, we're your soldiers, ready to come whenever you call!" Chen An said, and then saluted with feigned seriousness.

"Get lost!"

Alright~

After the school broadcast ended, Chen An immediately went to find Boss Lin.

I showed him the short film and told him that it had already been shown at the school.

The decision was made to submit it for review abroad.

If he makes the shortlist, I will notify him and leave him a copy, reminding him not to leak it.

Boss Lin didn't say much, smoked a cigarette, and left with his things and people.

"That's it. Whether we make the cut or not is up to fate." Chen An, lying on the sofa, breathed a sigh of relief.

He lit a cigarette and started smoking: "The money for the filming and purchasing was all my own. Although it wasn't much, it still cost several hundred yuan. After deducting tuition fees and the money I had saved, I still had more than a thousand yuan left."

"Save some more so I can go home this year."

After thinking it over, Chen An finished his cigarette and didn't linger, heading back to school.

A few days later, Chen An received a notification from Teacher Mu that employees from the Beijing Film Studio had come to the school and needed to watch the short film.

The film will then be submitted to the Venice Film Festival for review.

Chen An didn't delay and immediately showed the two of them a short film.

They finished watching it in no time, and the two took the copy with them.

They packed it in a professional box, sealed it, and then left after having a smoke together.

Chen An didn't have many problems after that.

As usual, I look for odd jobs on film crews both at school and outside of school every day.

Not only do they attend classes in their own department, but they also audit classes in the directing department.

After auditing a directing class that day, I was caught by teacher Xie Xiaojing and sneaked away.

"Would you be interested in transferring to our directing department? I've been following you for a long time. Many times, I've assigned you an extra assignment. It must be yours."

Chen An scratched his head sheepishly: "You've been found out. Thank you for your guidance, teacher."

"Your assignments are all quite good, and your short film is excellent. Would you like to transfer from the photography department? I can talk to the school about it."

"No, I'm afraid Teacher Mu will chase me all over the school."

"If you're really not coming, I see you really want to be a director. Wouldn't it be better if you came to our directing department?"

Hearing Chen An's rejection, Xie Xiaojing wasn't angry: "Fine, you want to be Zhang Yimou, right? The great director from the photography department."

"How can you compare? Besides, we're all from the Beijing Film Academy, aren't we all the same? Although I'm not from the directing department, I'm still your student, aren't I? I learned directing from you."

"Forget it, if you don't want to come, then don't." Hearing Chen An's words, Xie Xiaojing didn't continue to persuade Chen An to come.

"Okay, I'll be going now. Take care."

Chen An was happy to see this happen, smiled, waved, and quickly left.

The filming of the short film seemed to be just a small part of his daily routine, and did not cause much of a stir.

As time passed, Chen An's university life came to a break, and he chose to stay on campus as usual.

However, this time I received a summons from Teacher Mu.

Chen An didn't dawdle and went straight there.

"Teacher Mu, is there anything you need?"

As Chen An entered the room, he asked Mu Deyuan, who was sitting at his desk.

"You're staying on campus even during your break this year, right?"

"That's right, it's a long way, I plan to go back for the Chinese New Year."

Upon hearing Chen An's reply, Teacher Mu took out a script and handed it to Chen An, saying, "That's perfect. I have a job for you to try out, learn from, and help out."

Chen An took the script from Teacher Mu and replied without even looking at it, "No problem, I was just about to look for one, I didn't expect you to have found it for me."

"Okay, you should save up more money so you can go home for the New Year. You should get ready to go tomorrow. I'll call you later."

"Also, pack your things tonight, we're going to the Northwest for filming, you'll be going with the crew."

"Alright, I'll go prepare right away and make sure I don't embarrass you," Chen An said, taking the script and thanking him.

"Alright, you can go now."

After saying that, Teacher Mu waved for people to leave.

Chen An also turned and went out, closing the door behind him.

On the way back, Chen An began to flip through the script, which had two large characters written on it: "Qin Song".

"Ode to Qin"?

Chen An tried to recall the name, but couldn't.

Back in his dorm, Chen An started packing up some things. Only after everything was packed did he begin reading the script.

Seeing that King Ying Zheng of Qin and Gao Jianli had grown up together from the same mother's milk, and that Gao Jianli's zither music helped Ying Zheng overcome his fear of death, Gao Jianli was abandoned halfway through the journey.

Chen An suddenly slapped his thigh and remembered: "The Emperor's Shadow, Jiang Wen and Ge You starred in it together! I remember now!"

"I'd be willing to work as an assistant on such an amazing show; Teacher Mu is truly incredible!"

In my past life, I was mainly focused on the iconic scenes and Xu Qian; I didn't remember her name at all!

I'm starting to regret it. The timeline is so long; it took me ages to find all the information.

(End of this chapter)