Backtracking to the Age of Literature and Art

Chapter 490 Still a Relationship Account
The filming of "The Martian" still has some time, so Spielberg didn't talk about this topic too much, and agreed with Cheng Yanqiu to contact her after the follow-up plan was launched.

After Cheng Yanqiu finished washing the dishes, the four of them sat on the sofa and chatted. Spielberg was about to ask Yu Dong what his new book was when he suddenly heard a voice from outside.

"Boom-bang!"

The sound was not small, Spielberg was taken aback, "What is this sound?"

Jimmy laughed and said, "Someone must be setting off firecrackers outside. Their buildings are very close together. As long as there is any sound, it will sound very loud."

After the sound, there was a burst of exclamation from children in the corridor, full of excitement.

As soon as Yu Dong heard the voice, he knew it was Yu Haiguo, a boy from Yu Hua's family. He heard someone who was setting off firecrackers outside, and he hurriedly wanted to play with him.

Afterwards, various sounds sounded in the corridor, including the sound of rushing down the stairs, the scolding sound of parents scolding their children, and the soothing sounds of other people helping their children. A teacher's apartment building was blown up.

It was Mo Yan who reprimanded the child, and it should be her daughter who set off the firecracker just now.

Mo Yan's daughter is in her teens, and she is an older child in this building. Little kids like Yu Haiguo and Feng Changdi hang out with her every day, and then they are disgusted by her.

Jimmy's focus was very special. After listening for a while, he said, "Feng Ming's dog is also awake."

Yu Dong smiled, it seems that Jimmy is still worried about being woken up early.

Spielberg heard Jimmy's complaints, he looked down at the floating tea leaves in the teacup, and ignored them at all.

Seeing that he ignored him, Jimmy smiled and said, "Steven, if you are free this afternoon, I will take you to investigate the future of the Chinese film industry?"

Spielberg looked away from the teacup, looked at Jimmy, and asked curiously, "The future of the Chinese film industry? How to investigate?"

"You will know in the afternoon."

"Okay." Spielberg nodded, anyway, he's fine this afternoon.

This time he is not in a hurry to go back, and tomorrow is New Year's Eve, a traditional Chinese festival, and he plans to spend the festival with Jimmy and the others here before leaving.

……

"Old Wu, you are really serious. Tomorrow is the Chinese New Year, and you still go to work today. It's fine if you go to work by yourself, and you have to pull Yu Dong and the others. Who was not busy a year ago? Especially Yu Dong, they deeply The airline company has just finished its annual meeting, and before taking a breath, it will be occupied by you again."

After lunch, Wu Changxin changed into his clothes and was about to go to school, but was caught by his lover for a while, complaining that he shouldn't drag Yu Dong and the others out to work overtime during the Chinese New Year.

Before Wu Changxin responded, his lover continued: "Ren Yudong is really good to Jin Yi. He is the boss of such a big company. He didn't fall behind in school because of his job, and he didn't shirk his job."

Speaking of the fact that Yu Dong is the boss of Deep Space Company, Wu Changxin also secretly sighed. He really didn't expect Yu Dong to hide such a big secret from them.

What his wife said was also reasonable, Jin Yi really owed Yu Dong a lot of favors, and sometimes he was really embarrassed.

But the school wants to develop, and it's useless for him to have this face.

"Okay, okay, I'll get rid of the matter as soon as possible, so as not to waste their time." Wu Changxin thought for a while, and then said, "Well, you are ready to prepare, and I will ask them to come home for dinner at night."

"That's fine. I have prepared a lot of food at home, so I don't have to go out again...I won't prepare it yet. You go tell them about the meal and see what they say. If you agree, you will call back."

"Good good."

……

When Wu Changxin rode his bicycle to the gate of the primary school, he happened to see Hu Changqing chatting with Uncle Zhou in the reception room.

"Old Zhou, it's a pity that you didn't show up yesterday. The scene was spectacular. There were a lot of onlookers, most of whom were locals. I just found out that I still have a lot of readers in Jinling. I heard people yelling, "Flooded, covered with water - there are too many people, in all directions, I can't take care of them."

Uncle Zhou smoked a cigarette and laughed straight: "That's right, Secretary Hu, you are a famous person now... Yo, the principal is here."

Wu Changxin walked over with a smile, "What are the two leaders talking about here?"

"Let's chat." Hu Changqing said with a smile.

Wu Changxin turned his head: "Changqing, you drank a lot last night, it's all over, why is there still the smell of alcohol. You look like this, didn't you just wake up at noon?"

"No, I had another drink at noon."

"A visitor at home?"

"No, I drank alone."

Hu Changxin clicked his tongue, "You really have a sense of elegance, all right, let's go in quickly, don't make Yu Dong wait in a hurry."

Hu Changqing nodded, pushed the car and followed Wu Changxin.

The reason why he drank some more at noon was because he was in a good mood, and the reason why he was in a good mood was because he got up early in the morning and turned on the computer to go to the deep space to watch the recording of the live post.

He doesn't look at other things, he only looks at the part where he appeared on the stage, good guy, those bunch of netizens praised him to the sky.

Although the website did not continue the live broadcast today, the residual heat has not dissipated. There are still many netizens discussing yesterday's events enthusiastically in the posts.

There are also some people who have not been on the website for the past two days and missed the live broadcast, so they can only watch it today.

Wu Changxin didn't get on the bike, and Hu Changqing was too embarrassed to ride, so he could only push the bike and follow behind. After walking for a while, Wu Changxin asked, "Changqing, do you have any new works recently?"

Hu Changqing raised his eyebrows, a little surprised. Although Wu Changxin never objected to their writing science fiction, he basically would not take the initiative to ask.

As for the current situation, President Wu probably didn't just ask casually, otherwise he wouldn't have deliberately stopped riding.

"During this period of time, I was busy with the Chinese New Year, so I didn't think about the new book. I had some ideas before, and I planned to wait until the Chinese New Year is over." Hu Changqing replied truthfully.

Wu Changxin nodded, then took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it again, "I think "Bring Her Eyes" was done well. Before, the students made good shots by themselves, and now they have been spotted by American directors."

"Da Liu's novel is really well written. With Deep Space Company, it's not surprising that it was picked up by foreign directors."

"right."

Wu Changxin suddenly stopped and turned to look at Hu Changqing, "Is there any hope that your novels can be turned into movies?"

He stopped suddenly and stunned Hu Changqing: "I can't judge this, I still have to look at the Deep Space Company."

"That's it." Wu Changxin nodded, and pushed the car forward again: "If there is such an opportunity, Changqing, you have to seize it. Our school is now making drastic reforms, and the film is the most important thing. Heavy, if your work can also be turned into a movie, it will be very morale-boosting. If you need anything, just talk to me. I can’t help Yu Dong if I want to help. As for your side, I’m sure Let's have some snacks."

"Principal, don't worry, I will definitely devote myself to Jin Yi, and I will die."

Wu Changxin smiled and shook his head, "Don't mess around with me, okay, let's go over there, last time Jimmy said he would come today if he has time, I don't know if he will come."

"It's already here." Hu Changqing said.

"Did you see him?" Wu Changxin asked unexpectedly.

"No, when I was chatting with Lao Zhou just now, he told me that Jimmy and Spielberg came early this morning."

"Then I don't know if they are at home or in the office... Let's get the equipment ready first and then contact them."

……

Before Wu Changxin contacted Yu Dong, Jimmy called him, saying that he wanted to bring someone to see the director of the examination together, and asked if it was convenient for him.Wu Changxin guessed it was Spielberg as soon as he heard it, and it was convenient to say it.

When the three of Yu Dong and the others arrived at the meeting room, Wu Changxin saw Spielberg and joked, "Hey, this is terrible. We, Mr. Jin Yi, can invite Spielberg here. In the future If the students are not serious, they will all be selected by the great director Spielberg."

"Principal Wu, you're joking. I'm just here to watch, and it won't affect your judgment."

Spielberg looked at Jimmy. He was tricked by Jimmy. Before he came, Jimmy told him that he was investigating the future of the Chinese film industry. Jimmy told him the truth after walking halfway.

But Jimmy was right. Aren't these freshmen the future of the Chinese film industry?

Wu Changxin didn't want to waste Yu Dong's time. The equipment had been prepared long ago, and he sent a copy of the student materials to each of them, and then began to play the video.

"The materials you have now are all students who we think are not bad after the preliminary screening. Some Director Cui even marked them with red, which is more recognized by her."

Yu Dong flipped through the information at random, and there were about sixty or seventy students in it.

There are a lot of Jinyi students taking the exam this year, which is said to be twice that of last year. However, after the preliminary screening, there are fewer students who were given a certificate than last year. It can be seen that the standards of Jinyi this year are much stricter than last year.

This is also because Jin Yi has more confidence now, and is not too worried about too many students skipping tickets after being given the certificate.

Jimmy stared at the video very seriously, and he seemed unwilling to miss any details, and every time he watched a video, he would make some annotations on the corresponding student materials.

While watching the video, Yu Dong flipped through the documents.

In acting, he is not as professional as Jimmy and Spielberg, so he wants to see if there are any students in this year's batch that he is familiar with.

Not to mention, he really let him see a few, among which three are more famous, Hai Qing, Tong Dawei, and Chen Hao.

When the Haiqing video was played, Hu Changxin said: "I am very impressed with this Haiqing. She graduated from the Jiangxi Drama School. She has a background in dance and has been exposed to drama relatively early. She participated in the Taoli Cup Dance Competition in September this year. I am very excited to have won an award.”

Yu Dong looked down. On his information, Hai Qing's name was circled in red, which meant that Cui Xinqin also recognized her.

"She's high-spirited? Has she shown it?"

"That's not true, I heard what Teacher Chen said."

"Which Teacher Chen?" Yu Dong asked.

"Your mother-in-law."

"what?"

Hu Changxin laughed, "Haiqing works in the Provincial Song and Dance Theater, and I know Teacher Chen. Haiqing wanted to learn drama, and at first she went to Chinese opera. After Teacher Chen knew about it, she persuaded her to come to Jinyi to try."

Yu Dong was a little surprised, he didn't expect Hai Qing to know his mother-in-law.He looked down at Haiqing's profile again, and sure enough, this girl is from the Gulou District of Jinling, she entered the Provincial Song and Dance Theater at the age of 17, and stayed there for several years, and it's normal to know her mother-in-law.

Jimmy said with a smile, "Hey, she's still a relative, but she has a good foundation, but she doesn't look very photogenic."

Hu Changqing said strangely: "I think it's pretty..."

He didn't say anything halfway through, because he suddenly realized that Jimmy is an American, and he probably has a different aesthetic from the Chinese.

He didn't finish speaking, but Jimmy answered his question, "I didn't say that she is not beautiful, but her face is not suitable for the big screen, nor can she be a leading heroine."

Yu Dong looked at Jimmy: "Are you a bit subjective? She hasn't even learned acting, so you just use her face to decide whether she can be on the big screen?"

Although Yu Dong hadn't seen Hai Qing on the big screen much, he really couldn't understand how Jimmy could conclude that Hai Qing was not suitable for the big screen heroine after just watching one episode.

Jimmy shrugged, "You can say I am subjective, but which director is not subjective in choosing roles?"

"The director doesn't just look at one face, does he?"

Jimmy smiled and looked at Spielberg, "What do you think?"

Spielberg raised the corner of his mouth and said, "If it's not a scene that requires particularly high acting skills, I basically just look at the face, mainly to see how the actor feels. The acting skills are not too bad. The director can adjust it. For example Bill Smith, his acting skills are average, but we just liked his feelings, of course, fame is also part of the reason. After filming "Men in Black", his acting skills have improved a lot, and this is our credit."

After listening to Spielberg's words, Yu Dong was a little dazed. He always felt that for actors, acting skills always come first, but it seems that the director doesn't think so.

Jimmy patted Yu Dong on the shoulder, "Of course acting skills are important, but so is face. Some people may not be as good-looking as this Haiqing, but they are more suitable for making movies than her."

"Teachable." Yu Dong nodded, "Then you think there is no need to admit her?"

"That's not true. It can't be on the big screen, and the small screen is fine. Since I have the foundation, I will accept it first. Anyway, I can't give it to the Chinese opera."

Jimmy's words were a little selfish, but there was nothing wrong with their position now.

The others didn't say anything and continued to look down.

Yu Dong naturally wanted to accept Haiqing. Maybe it was just like what Jimmy said, Haiqing was not suitable to be a heroine on the big screen, but she could find a role that suited her, and she was a student with great potential.

After watching all the videos, Spielberg and the others agreed that Chen Hao was very good.

When Yu Dong saw Chen Hao, he thought of Liu Ye and "The Man That Mountain That Dog", both of them participated in this movie.

Perhaps, if Chen Hao can be recruited, he can let the two of them shoot "That Mountain, That Man, That Dog" first.

(End of this chapter)