A great director who grew up happily

Chapter 319: Holding the beauty home

China's film industry is actually a cycle. Before the new millennium, movies were shot by film studios in various places according to the indicators issued. Without indicators, there would be no movies, so all the directors of that era were directors within the system.

After market-oriented reforms, especially joining the WTO, introducing private capital and opening up the domestic market to Hollywood films, state-owned film studios declined rapidly, ushering in the so-called era of commercial blockbusters, an era that was prosperous, barbaric, and even a bit deformed.

But it doesn’t matter. When the market size develops to a certain extent, there will still be national teams entering the market to promote the upgrading of the film industry, launch a series of films with huge investments, and gain cultural discourse power to counter the Western voices led by Hollywood.

Chen Jinnian is not worried at all that there will be no large-scale special effects movies in the future. He is only worried that the investment is not enough and the technology is not enough, so that when the meat is fed to his mouth, he does not have a big enough stomach to digest it.

"Okay, let's focus on the film itself," Dean Guan said, smoothing things over. "Since everyone agrees on the quality, can we submit it online?"

He still wanted to help Chen Jinnian gain the greatest benefit, not for money, but only so that Chen Jinnian's name could reach the ears of certain people, so that there would be fewer detours in future filming and review.

"Of course there is no problem. On the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the founding of the army, it is our duty as media professionals to promote mainstream films and showcase the spiritual outlook of the new generation of youth." Editor-in-Chief Yang gave an affirmative answer.

It is a fact that there is a lack of young directors in the film industry. The fifth generation of directors are old, the sixth generation of directors have ideological problems, and a considerable number of them have bent to cater to Western perspectives and show negative domestic situations. The seventh generation of directors that followed has collectively failed, unable to make commercial films and obsessed with various metaphors in art films.

Under such circumstances, a young director with achievements and abilities who is willing to stick to the mainstream theme cannot be turned away. Editor-in-Chief Yang can imagine how quickly his film's publicity plan will be passed after he submits it.

The editor-in-chief of People's Daily gave a positive response, and then others also expressed their opinions, including Communication University of China itself, which would use its relationship with CCTV to submit the film.

But for matters within the system like this, Chen Jinnian can only wait for news. It may be tomorrow, or it may be the day after tomorrow. He has no way of predicting whether it will be approved or when it will be approved.

Fortunately, this is no longer an era of complete monopoly of information channels. If he wants to send out information, he still has many options, such as streaming platforms, short video platforms, etc. The company is in contact with them. If there is no reply by the end of February, he will choose the time to go online on his own.

After coming out of the viewing room, he was called into the office by counselor Gao Xu, who focused on giving him instructions on exam issues.

Teachers can turn a blind eye to students asking for leave during normal classes, after all, most star students do that, but they have to take exams by themselves. If they still fail within the range set by the teacher, they can only wait for the make-up exam in the next semester.

"Teacher, don't worry. We're not just playing around in the crew. We've already made preparations in advance. Instead of worrying about us, you might as well worry about other students. Maybe they can give you a surprise."

"Oh, thank you." Song Xu raised his hand and kicked him out.

For those who can enter university through art examinations, the cultural subjects cannot be said to be burning books and burying scholars, but they can only be said to be better than nothing. If all the multiple-choice questions in the college entrance examination are changed to fill-in-the-blank questions, the art examination score line can be reduced by another 50 points. In this case, taking the exam is indeed no different from overcoming a tribulation.

If Song Xu enforces the rules strictly, a large number of students will fail the course. If he does not enforce the rules strictly, the average test scores will be higher than those of the top students in the School of Journalism.

He spends a lot of brain cells trying to find the right balance for every final exam.

Chen Jinnian came to the library and found Wang Yidi studying.

"How's it going? Is it done?"

"Of course, I'm not perfect yet, but the movie is no problem," he replied quietly. He then looked around. There were many desks in the reading room, but only a few boys were sitting there, looking a bit desolate. "Hey, the exam is coming up soon, why is no one here studying?"

"Today is the 31st, and tomorrow is New Year's Day. Who would come to study?" Wang Yidi looked at him with disdain. He didn't even remember the time.

"Ah, tomorrow is New Year's Day. No wonder none of them were there when I went to the dormitory."

Chen Jinnian suddenly realized that his three roommates had already found girlfriends, and some had even changed two or three times, faster than he could make a movie. At such an important time point tonight, they all naturally ran out to prepare for the New Year's Eve.

Then he thought of a more important problem. He had not prepared a gift for Wang Yidi yet. He was busy with Christmas a few days ago and forgot about it again tomorrow, which is New Year's Day. No matter how he explained it, it didn't make sense.

It’s not that Wang Yidi lacks his gifts. It’s mainly because after the two of them got together, Wang Yidi really gave more in terms of the relationship. All the clothes were bought by Wang Yidi on weekdays, and she also cleaned the house more diligently. She even learned how to cook through video chatting with Wang Qing.

Especially during the month of filming in Thailand, my cooking skills improved by leaps and bounds, and the dishes I made were all very presentable.

He turned his head slightly and looked at Wang Yidi who was still reciting the book. He put his hand on her slender waist and said, "Stop studying. Let's go out for a walk and get some classmates together."

"No, the exam is only a few days away."

Wang Yidi pushed his hand aside and continued reading.

"You've memorized everything in advance, so it's fine as long as you pass the exam. It doesn't matter if we get a high score in our major. Let's go, okay? Let's go buy clothes, bags, and shoes."

"No, I don't need it. But if you really want me to help, then please give me a bouquet of flowers." Wang Yidi smiled faintly. Just now, a boy came into the library and gave a girl a bouquet of flowers, which attracted everyone's attention.

There was still the fragrance of flowers in the air, so she wanted it too.

"No problem, wait, I'll be back soon." Chen Jinnian immediately put on a mask and ran out.

There are many flower shops near the school, and it didn't take too long for him to come back with a big bouquet of flowers, and he also thoughtfully brought back a cup of hot milk tea.

Wang Yidi had already packed the books into her bag. When she saw Chen Jinnian come in, she happily took the flowers and left together.

"Oh my god, he took that beauty away with just a bunch of tattered flowers and milk tea. How could he do that? If I had known, I would have gone to chat with her." A boy wearing glasses at the back said indignantly. They insisted on staying in the library area, not for studying of course, but because they were attracted by Wang Yidi's stunning looks and were waiting for the right opportunity to make a move.

"Just you, are you kidding? It would be almost the same if it were me."

Another boy took out a small mirror and looked at himself. His neck twitched habitually and he shook his head. His bangs looked exactly the same whether he shook them or not. But at that moment of twitching, he felt that he was the most handsome guy in the world.

"hehe."

The remaining boys quickly packed up and left. Each of them was very angry, thinking that they should be the chosen one to win the beauty.

After Chen Jinnian and Wang Yidi came out, they started to make phone calls.