Huayu: Enjoy Yourself

Chapter 91 Mr. Chen An's Tree

Ge You, who has finished filming, is relaxing at home. Meanwhile, Feng Xiaogang, who just finished filming his comedy trilogy, has moved on to making an art film but hasn't taken him along. 🐚🐠 ☞🐧

Despite being a graduate of art-house films, having collaborated with the other party on three movies, two of which have already been released, audiences now find themselves laughing whenever they see their own appearance.

Even though they say low-budget films can't afford them, it just means they think they're not good enough.

And then there's Xiao Chen, who's been saying for years he wants to cast me in a movie, but I've been waiting for the script for years and still haven't seen it.

Sitting idly in his own yard, Uncle Ge touched his bald head and wondered if he had really been typecast as a comedian.

As he was thinking, he looked up and saw that Chen An, whom he had been talking about, and his father had returned.

Chen An was also surprised to run into the inventor of Ge Daye's invention, Ge Daye's father, on his way here. He was the humorous old man who said that Ge Daye was the representative work of his life.

"Little Chen, we've arrived. My son is home right now. You can talk to him if you need anything." After leading Chen An into the room, Grandpa Ge Cunzhuang pointed to Ge You, who was lying on a chair.

After saying that, he turned to his son, who was lying on the chair, and said, "Get up quickly. Director Chen rarely comes over, so greet him." As he spoke, he waved his hand over the other man's head, almost slapping him.

"Okay, Dad, you go and rest, I'll take care of things." Grandpa Ge, who was lying on the chair, immediately stood up and said to his father.

Afterwards, Grandpa Ge Cunzhuang greeted Chen An before going inside to rest alone.

Uncle Ge pulled Chen An inside, asking, "Didn't you just get back from Hollywood? What brings you here today?"

"I heard that Uncle Ge is unemployed at home, so how could I waste this opportunity? I came here as soon as I finished writing the script, hehe."

Chen An chuckled as he pulled the script from his bag.

You've been clamoring for a script, haven't you? This time, I'll write one for you. I've been making comedies for several years, so I'll give you a taste of what's to come and prevent you from ruining your career by following in Feng Xiaogang's footsteps.

Grandpa Ge watched as Chen An pulled a thick stack of neatly bound scripts from his bag, took them into his hands, and saw the words "Hello! Mr. Tree" written on them.

"This is the script you told me about before, it's finally finished?"

"No, this is a different copy. The one you and Sister Gong Li have isn't this one, but it's pretty good too."

When will construction begin?

Without even looking at the script, Mr. Ge asked directly.

Chen An smiled and said, "Don't you want to take a look?"

"No need to look. We've waited so long for this, we definitely can't give it up. We're just sitting at home with nothing to do today, even the landlords don't have any surplus grain."

Uncle Ge stuffed the script into his pocket, put it away in his room, and then went downstairs to prepare tea for Chen An.

"Have you found any other actors?" Ge You asked, bowing his head as he poured tea for Chen An.

Chen An picked up a cookie and stuffed it into his mouth. "You're the first one. We haven't even started looking for the rest yet. I just finished writing and printing it out the day before yesterday, and I submitted it for review today before coming to you."

"You have the heaviest responsibility in this drama. I'll show it to you first so you can prepare in advance."

After saying that, he picked up the teacup, blew on the scalding hot tea, and took a small sip.

After pouring the tea, Uncle Ge sat down next to him, found a comfortable spot, and leaned his head back on the sofa. "Then I'll take a good look later and prepare in advance."

Chen An followed suit, lying down on the sofa. "You should take a good look at this. I'm planning to take it to Berlin next year."

"Then I'll take a closer look, I can't chat with you anymore." After Chen An said that, Uncle Ge could no longer resist his curiosity about reading the script.

He simply pushed himself up on the sofa with both hands, stood up, and strode upstairs without paying any attention to Chen An.

Chen An didn't mind what he saw, and instead smiled, hoping that the other party would like the script.

After lying down for a while, he finished the tea on the table, got up, and left.

After a long while, Uncle Ge hurriedly came downstairs, holding the script and muttering to himself, "Little Chen, my Director Chen, you really know how to write a script."

Looking up, he couldn't find Chen An anywhere, only the empty teacup on the table.

Chen An left the other party's house in Zhao Xiong's car.

They had now arrived at the building where Lightyear Media was located. After parking their car, the two went upstairs together.

After entering the company, Zhao Xiong returned to his office area, while Chen An went straight to Li Xiaoping's office.

"Sister Xiaoping, could you please contact Director Zhang of Xi'an Film Studio? He has a new movie about to start filming, and we'd like to discuss a collaboration," Chen An said bluntly as he entered the room.

When it comes to talent in Chinese-language films, whether it's directing, cinematography, lighting, or art direction, look to Xi'an Film Studio in Northwest China.

Li Xiaoping asked, "What about Factory Director Han?" She knew the relationship between the two; they were business partners all the way through.

"I'll talk to him about it. You should contact Director Zhang first. It's up to you whether you want a 5% share. It's for an award-winning film." Chen An's meaning was clear.

The share won't be too large; I'll eat it all myself. It's just an art film that's nominated for the three major awards, not a commercial film.

Even with Han Sanping's side, the main purpose this time was to cooperate with the other party, to use the talents under their command, and to see if they were willing to put their names on the list.

Jiang Wen's movie is probably almost finished filming, and then he can finally snatch Gu Changwei away.

"The company should also make preparations in advance, so that we can start filming as soon as the script is approved." Chen An placed the script on the table and asked the other party to take it.

First, prepare all the necessary props and set design, and handle all budget and investment matters.

Li Xiaoping took the script, glanced at it without looking at it closely, and said, "Director Chen, can we use any of the actors from our company for this role? Should we have them auditioned?"

Li Xiaoping first inquired about Chen An's situation, as he was the one who made the film arrangements and was also the boss.

"Send out interview invitations. I have some roles in mind, and I'll let you know when they're available," Chen An said after thinking for a moment.

Chen An already has ideas for several roles.

As for the female lead, she wanted to try out the legendary "talented monster," Zhou Xun, who starred in "Suzhou River" and "Palace of Desire" last year.

Now that they're famous, it would be a shame not to collaborate with them at least once.

There are no specific requirements for the other roles.

After finishing his business, Chen An, the hands-off manager, left the company again.

To be honest, he, the boss, is the one who comes here the least. Only Li Xiaoping treats this place like her home and works hard here.

I went downstairs with Zhao Xiong again, and we drove off again.

As the car slowly drove along, Chen An noticed that many of the male models lined up along the street had photos of Zeng Li or Yu Jinghong.

However, compared to Yu Jinghong, the original "An Girl," Zeng Li, who came out later, actually has fewer "GG" cards (meaning she didn't get the role).

Although Zeng Li has taken on many TV series since then, none of them have been released yet.

It's understandable that the other party attacked so violently.

Now Chen An is even less likely to go to her, and he's probably going to be even more ruthless. Faced with the tough confrontation with the foreigners, Chen An is a little intimidated by this fellow countrywoman.

After a while of random thoughts, the car arrived at its destination.

It's the Beijing Film Studio, which I used to visit often.

However, it has now been merged, but the appointment has not yet been officially issued, and Han Sanping's office is still located here.

Although he hadn't been there for several months, Chen An still found his office with ease.

There's no way around it; I know this road just as well as the road to school.

I watched it twice more, and I feel like I'm going crazy too.

(End of this chapter)