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Chapter 12 New Movie
"Okay, get busy."

Xu Shangchu nodded with satisfaction, and until Huang Ze walked out and closed the door casually, his eyes showed a little more anticipation.

He was very willing to give Huang Ze a chance.

He even had a special talk with Bai Cheng about this and asked him to give Huang Ze more opportunities when filming "The Underachievers".

This is also the reason why he asked Bai Cheng, a director who had just finished filming a movie, to direct the new film.

He has worked with Huang Ze and they had a very pleasant collaboration.

Moreover, Bai Cheng was already in his early sixties and had experienced two ups and downs in his life, once in 57 and once in 68. Later on, he became a kinder person and not prone to fighting.

It is more likely to give Huang Ze a chance.

If you replace them with someone younger who has his own ideas, they may not necessarily give young people opportunities, or even listen to their suggestions.

"I hope you can give me a surprise." Xu Shangchu smiled and retracted his gaze.

……

At this time, Huang Ze turned and went to the Finance Department first.

"Aze, come and collect the money again!"

"If I write a few more songs, I'll almost have enough money for the bride price."

"Your song is so beautiful. Come, sign this tape for Auntie Wang. My daughter loves you so much that she kept crying and begging me to give her an autograph."

Dad’s colleagues, some of whom could be said to have watched Huang Ze grow up, all started teasing Huang Ze.

Huang Ze really couldn't bear it any longer, so he quickly signed, collected the money, and left!
He stuffed twenty big unity notes in his pocket and raised his own piggy bank to four figures.

Huang Ze's mind drifted to the movie.

The thought of being able to join the crew and film a movie again soon.

And he still has some decision-making power. If he is promoted one step further, he can become the director's assistant director.

The one who cooperated was Uncle Bai, who was good at accepting advice.

Huang Ze just felt in a good mood.

Looking up at the sky, the sun seems to be smiling.

"What are you looking at?" At this moment, a familiar voice sounded.

"Uncle Bai."

Huang Ze turned his head following the voice.

"Call me Director Bai!" Bai Cheng laughed, "In the future, when you're working, call me by my title, otherwise it will have a bad impact."

"Of course, now is a time when no one is around, you can call me whatever you want."

"What? It's a coincidence that we met. You're a screenwriter, so I guess you have a lot of ideas. Let's go to my office to talk about the new film?"

"Uncle Bai, please." The two came to the office and sat down. Bai Cheng said, "First, tell me what you think of the protagonist. What do you think of his general characteristics?"

"Around 40 or 50 years old, with an academic look, and also a kind look."

Huang Ze slightly changed the character design of the original film, so the appearance does not need to be so ordinary or even a little ugly.

In France at that time, culture was actually nothing.

But in China decades ago.

Not to mention decades ago, even a dozen years ago, having only primary school education was enough to be a teacher in a rural primary school.

Decades ago, knowing music and English...

Huang Ze felt that it was unnecessary to find a bald, fat actor.

"Um, are there any actors you're interested in?" Bai Cheng asked with a smile.

"It's up to you, Uncle Bai, to decide." Huang Ze scratched his head, "I think Jiao Huang, who worked with Pan Hong in our studio's "Desert Camel Bells" five years ago, is suitable."

"Him." Bai Cheng recalled, "His eyes are a little crooked, and he does have a kind feeling. He is in Shanghai, so we can ask him to try out for a role."

"Where are the other actors?"

"It would be enough to find a principal who is a bit fierce, but I don't have any preferred candidate. Director Bai, who do you think is suitable?" The most important people in this film are the teacher Zhou Shu and the child with great musical talent.

Huang Ze really didn't have much idea about the others.

There are still quite a few veteran actors in the Shanghai Film Studio, so Director Bai just needs to consider it.

"Let me see who has time. I think all of them can play the role of the principal."

"Do you know which character I'm most worried about?" "Mo Lang?" Huang Ze was talking about the talented singer who was discovered by the protagonist.

"That's right!"

Bai Cheng nodded slightly.

"Considering the audience's perception, the character should not be older than 14 years old. I don't need to mention that he should be very handsome, but he should be pleasing to the eye."

"The script says that he is a very talented singer with outstanding high notes. It would be best if he was before his voice change period and not older than twelve years old."

"Also, don't you want him to sing an English song? Then the actor you find must be good at English."

"At such an old age, he still wants to sing. It's not easy to find a voice actor. It's better for him to have real singing talent."

As he was talking, Bai Chengdu smiled, then pinched his brows and started to worry, "This role is what I've been worried about. If we want to start filming, it will be after the New Year at least. You and the other assistant director, Zhang Jianya, will be responsible for finding these young actors for me before the New Year so that I can take a look at them."

"no problem!"

Huang Ze agreed readily.

It’s easy to find other child actors because there are children’s choirs out there and you can find a large group of them. If that doesn’t work, you can look for them in schools.

The only memorable people in the entire school were the genius boy Moran, the gangster boy, and the little kid who left with the teacher at the end.

Once you have found these three, you can almost say that everything is fine.

And the most difficult one among them is Moran.

Age range: nine to twelve, with singing talent, good looks, and preferably the ability to speak English.

It’s not impossible to find it in the country. Huang Ze has a goal in mind, but it may take a little effort.

It should be possible.

"Okay! I'll assume you can do it!" Bai Cheng laughed, "If the young actors are not all there, I'll come to you."

"no problem."

"By the way, Uncle Bai, there is something I want to tell you." Huang Ze scratched his head embarrassedly, hesitating and waiting for Bai Cheng to speak.

"Haha." Bai Cheng laughed. "Tell me, kid. You're still shy. Whose family is this girl from?"

"Then I really said it!"

"speak."

"After writing the script, I also tried to draw the storyboards." Huang Ze gestured and drew a thick stack of them. "Can you take a look at it and see if there's anything I can use?"

"Oh?"

Bai Cheng was not angry. He said what Huang Ze was thinking, "You are meddling in my business by drawing storyboards for me. You are also telling me to do storyboards. I get angry when I see you!"

Instead, his eyes suddenly lit up.

Bai Cheng was really shocked this time.

It would take at least a thousand drawings to make a storyboard for a movie.

This kid is really patient.

He can draw storyboards, edit videos, and obviously can compose music as well. He also has a background in photography, so he's definitely a potential director!
"Okay, bring it here and let me see it."

"But I've already said in advance whether to use them and how many to use is up to me as the director."

“It’s even possible to not use any.”

"You have to be mentally prepared!"

"No problem, I'm just seeing if I can help you, Uncle Bai." Huang Ze knew that the other party was trying to lower his psychological expectations, so he didn't care too much.

Originally, this film did not have much innovation in its shooting techniques and could be said to be quite conventional.

How are you going to come up with something special without even using any storyboards?
"Okay, then bring it to me tomorrow when you go to work!"

"it is good."

……

When I returned home with joy from the bottom of my heart, I opened the door and found that there were guests at home.

Two middle-aged men.

When the two saw him, they stood up immediately.

(End of this chapter)