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Chapter 38 You Be the Director

After waiting in Venice for another day, they found that they could not sell the goods. After contacting people in China, they flew back to China.

The plane landed in Beijing.

Huang Ze Baicheng and Jiao Hao returned along the same route.

The first thing Huang Ze did after returning to Shanghai was to go to Shanghai Film Studio to find the director Xu Shangchu.

You can see that his expression is conflicted.

I don’t know whether I should be happy or sad.

After seeing Huang Ze, he smiled. "I heard that the revenue of "The Spring of Underachievers" is over one million US dollars?"

"Yes, the total is 007." As a qualified , Huang Ze knew this number by heart. After he finished speaking, he immediately handed the small notebook to Director Xu, "It contains a detailed record of which country it was sold to and on which day, and how much it was sold for."

"You sit down first."

After making a gesture, Xu Shangchu began to carefully read the records in the small notebook.

At the same time, I added it in my heart.

By the end, he felt even more melancholy. He leaned back in his chair, looked up at the ceiling, and sighed, "Alas..."

"One million and two hundred thousand in foreign exchange! It has nothing to do with our factory, and we can't even get much of the honor."

After saying this, he was worried about affecting Huang Ze's mentality, so he hurriedly spoke.

"Hey, this shouldn't be said in front of you, don't worry about it."

"We were able to win an award in Venice this time, adding luster to our country's films, promoting the reputation of Shanghai Film Studio, and earning so much foreign exchange. Your contribution is huge. Both the studio and I are aware of this."

"I'm going to give you a task here. Write another notebook so that you can win a prize and earn foreign exchange."

"I've decided on this script. You'll be the director!" Xu Shangchu slammed the table and said domineeringly, "Write the script. Once it's approved, the project will start immediately! You'll be fully responsible."

He could imagine that there would be opposition within the factory.

But with the film "Spring of the Underachievers" which earned an extra 50,000 yuan from the soundtrack of He Zhongchang Nong and could also earn foreign currency, no one dared to oppose it too strongly before Huang Ze's new film failed.

You object because you don't want to earn foreign exchange.

Who doesn't know how to put a big hat on others?
As for the fact that the elderly are more confident, then you are confident, but why didn’t the films you made before win any awards?
In the new era, Xu Shangchu believes that he still has the right to decide whether to recruit new people.

"No problem!" Huang Ze was happy and nodded heavily, "I guarantee to complete the task!"

……

Finally I can be a director.

Huang Ze was in a very good mood, so he simply asked Gong Xing to go out for dinner at noon.

After sitting down, Huang Ze said, "You don't even want to congratulate me?"

"Congratulations! The work you wrote won an award in Venice, and everyone in the factory knows about it."

"Not this, congratulations on something else."

"What's the matter?" Gong Xing was puzzled. "Is there anything else you need to congratulate?"

"Director Xu has agreed. I will be the director of my next script!"

"What?" Gong Xing was surprised. "You're a director?"

"Replacement guaranteed."

"Congratulations!" Gong Wei saluted solemnly, then said with emotion, "If I remember correctly, those of you who were assigned to our studio in 78, even those from the directing department, have never filmed a movie for our studio, right?"

"You, a photography major, got there first."

"Who says that students from the photography department can't be directors?" Huang Ze curled his lips.

“Good directors tend to come from photography departments.”

If it weren't for me, in the next fifteen years, when people talk about the best director in the country, they will only blurt out the graduate of the Photography Department, Zhang Yimou, instead of so-and-so from the Directing Department.

Brother Chen Kai’s “Farewell My Concubine” is indeed good.

But compared with Zhang Yimou's three major awards and three second prizes at the three major film festivals, two fists are no match for four hands! What's more, there are so many hands.

Besides, with me here, who will own "Farewell My Concubine" is another matter. Maybe by then, the two photography departments will dominate the domestic film industry!
"Okay, respected Director Huang from the Photography Department, I was wrong." Seeing that Huang Ze was distracted, Gong Xing thought that Huang Ze was angry and hurriedly said nice things.

"That's pretty cool."

"Then will you give me a role?" Gong Wei blinked, "I haven't filmed a movie for a long time since Under the Bridge."

"This one……"

“I don’t even know what kind of script I’m going to shoot.”

"Let's wait until the script is written to see if there is a suitable role."

That being said, seeing Gong Xing's disappointed look, Huang Ze couldn't bear it anymore. "If this part doesn't work, there's still the next one. If it really doesn't work, then go to the next one."

"Anyway, I will definitely let you be the leading actress in my movie for once!"

"Hook."

"Wow, you're just a kid, you're still making pinky promises."

"Pull it or not?" Gong Xing stretched out his little finger.

"I really admire you."

"Hang yourself with a hook, and it won't change for a hundred years."

……

As soon as he got off work, Huang Ze returned home, went into the house, and started thinking about what he should shoot for his first film as director.

To be good at winning awards.

A large area of ​​yellow suddenly appeared in Huang Ze's mind.

The soil is yellow, and even the sky is gray.

This color is definitely worthy of a prize.

As for the plot.

It's also very easy to edit.

It tells the story of a middle-aged man who wanted to commit suicide and was driving a car (only a few people drove cars these days), or a motorcycle. He was on the Loess Plateau, looking for someone to help him commit suicide.

He said that he would dig a hole and lie in it to commit suicide. All the other party needed to do was to fill it up at the agreed time, and he would give him a large sum of money.

On the road, he met people of all kinds and from all walks of life.

Finally, he met an old man who had also wanted to commit suicide until he tasted cherries.

Red cherries appear in a world that seems to be all yellow.

The protagonist's mentality changes, and the world becomes colorful. In a long shot, he appears on a country road with wheat waves on both sides, carrying the old man.

The old man picked a handful of wild cherries with branches on the roadside, sat on the back seat of the motorcycle, held them with his arms, and took a long shot from behind.

Gee tut.

Just thinking about those shots makes me feel beautiful.

The only drawback is that such films have to be shot on the Loess Plateau. The same effects cannot be achieved in other places, so the cost goes up rapidly, and in order to save money, living conditions must be very poor.

Also, this is more like an author's film, and it's too risky to make it as your debut film!

It’s not just the quality of the finished film that’s at risk.

There is also the issue of the script. For a film like this, what can you tell just by reading the script?
The factory is not a place where Director Xu has the final say, so I'd better not add obstacles to myself as a director for the first time by doing something so difficult.

After much thought, I decided that the whole work should at least be in the same direction as "The Spring of the Underachievers", which would be the easiest way to overwhelm the opposing opinions.

“It’s a whole movie about education.”

With a direction, the plot comes immediately.

Huang Ze picked up his pen and started writing an outline.

This is a story about an unemployed young man who is actually a one-in-a-million mathematical genius.

(End of this chapter)