China Entertainment: I just want to give my child a home

Chapter 7 Dongcheng Studio

"Xiaodong, I heard that you became a director? You also invited Jiang Wen to play the leading role..."

"Xiaodong, what's the name of your movie? Oh, yes, yes, "Buried Alive", my aunt saw it online last time."

"Xiaodong, is Jiang Wen the Wang Qiming in "Beijingers in New York"?"

"Xiaodong, your little cousin asked me to ask you if he can play a role in your movie..."

"Xiaodong..."

Good guy, ever since the seventh aunt and eighth aunt at home found out that Chen Dong had become a director, he was almost annoyed to death every day.

Finally, after the New Year, he bought a train ticket and left the small county on the first day of the new year.

What, visiting relatives?
  He visited all the elders who needed to be visited years ago.

In this day and age, traveling by car is also a time-consuming and labor-intensive task, especially since Chen Dong has to cross more than half of China.

Back in the capital, Chen Dong did not go back to Nortel directly because he knew that the dormitory building was also locked.

He rented a hotel, had a good sleep, and waited until he was full of energy the next day before he hired an agency to look at the house.

Chen Dong plans to rent a house instead of buying a house. Although housing prices in the capital are not expensive in this era, he still cannot afford it.

Because his requirements were not too high, and with the help of the agency, he settled on the third house when he saw it.

Near Nortel, two bedrooms and one living room, 1200/month, three mortgages and one mortgage.

Four months' rent is still affordable for Chen Dong, who just finished filming a movie and received a salary of 100,000 yuan.

Yes, this 100,000 yuan is his director's remuneration, not his personal profit. The former has already paid taxes, and the latter also needs to pay a high personal income tax.

Chen Dong needs to set up a company, oh no, a personal studio.

He came to the capital so early, putting aside his trivial thoughts of avoiding his seven aunts and eight aunts, one of his purposes was to prepare to apply for an individual business license.

This will make it easier for him to finish the post-production of "Buried Alive" so that he can sell the rights to European film festivals.

As for other purposes, preparing for the exam is one, after all, the threat from my old class is still fresh in my mind.

When it came to applying for a personal business license, Chen Dong paid for an attorney to help him. As for the name, he chose Dongcheng.

The meaning is very simple. East represents him - Chen Dong; sincerity represents credibility and indicates success.

Applying for a business license is not a matter of a day or two, and Chen Dong is not in a hurry. In addition to preparing for the exam, he also does one thing every day.

This thing is to write a script, and write out all the high-quality movie scripts he has seen in his previous life, whether they are domestic or foreign, even if it is just an outline.

Because of the enrichment, time passed quickly. Before he knew it, Chen Dongzhai had been living in the rental house for more than half a month.

He plans to go out today because his attorney called to inform him that the business license has been applied for and the delivery can be made.

This also heralded that Dongcheng Studio was officially established, although it didn't even have a facade.

It's a bit shabby, but Chen Dong is not in a hurry. He will perfect it one by one when needed later.

Entering March, this indicates that the start of school is not far away.

In order to focus on the post-production of "Buried Alive", Chen Dong returned to campus a few days early.

The house he rented was returned to him because he only stayed there for one month. According to the contract, he was only refunded the remaining two months' rent plus half a month's deposit.

Several of the seniors who worked on the post-production were all school students. Although their techniques were relatively unfamiliar, they were full of enthusiasm. Under Chen Dong's helm, the film was not bad at all.

school starts.

Chen Dong met Zhu Yawen, Luo Jin, Zhou Yang again... including Miss Liu, who was basically absent from school last semester. Circles are everywhere, even in a class.

Chen Dong, Liu Yifei, Zhu Yawen, Luo Jin, and Zhou Yang can be considered a small circle.

School had just started, and this small group of five people were having dinner together in Nortel's cafeteria.

"Dongzi, when will your movie "Buried Alive" be released?"

"It's early, we're still in the post-processing stage."

"I can't believe it. We are still in school eagerly looking for opportunities to debut, but Dongzi, you have already directed a movie."

"Haha, our Sissi also acted as the heroine in two TV series last year."

"No, I played the second female lead in "The Family", Yangyang, don't talk nonsense."

"Oh, it's a pity that we people don't even have a chance to debut... Director Chen, don't you think so?"

"Haha, Dongzi, Yawen ordered you."

Liu Yifei reached out and poked Chen Dong, smiling like a fool.

"It's easy to make a debut, but someone has to call daddy first to listen." Chen Dong joked half-jokingly.

Naturally, there was a "roll" in exchange.

The day before the make-up exam started, my old classmate called Chen Dong over.

After asking him a lot of professional knowledge, Chen Dong was confused.

At first, Chen Dong thought it was Teacher Wang who was concerned about his study situation, but after he left, the more he thought about it, the more something was wrong.

Suddenly, he realized.

This night, Chen Dong focused on reviewing the knowledge that Lao Ban asked him.

The next day, when the make-up exam papers were handed out and Chen Dong saw the test questions, he smiled.

After finishing all the test papers that needed to be retaken, Chen Dong secretly sighed in his heart: Thank you Laoban, he is a good teacher! Yes, he is a good teacher who takes great care of his students.

A few days later, the make-up test results came out and Chen Dong passed 80 points in every subject.

He went to Teacher Wang's office to express his gratitude, but he didn't say what he was grateful for. Everyone understood it tacitly.

"Hero" directed by director Zhang Yimou grossed 2.5 million at the domestic box office. Although two months have passed, it is still the talk of the campus.

Almost every teacher will naturally talk about this movie during class.

Liu Yifei was in class and 'disappeared' from Nortel's campus again.

It seemed that her mother had picked up a movie or an advertisement for her. Chen Dong was busy with the post-production of "Buried Alive" recently, so he didn't ask in detail.

In mid-April, the sample film of "Buried Alive" was finally released.

It took a long time, but there was no way. The seniors doing the post-production were all students at school, and they also needed to take classes. Moreover, Chen Dong was very strict and would ask for it to be redone even if there were some flaws in the color grading.

To be honest, the salary given to them was a bit low at first, but no one complained, because then again, for students like them, this is a rare opportunity to practice, and they can be directly written into their resumes in the future.

Of course, Chen Dong is not Zhou Papi. Previously, the crew still had 70,000 yuan left. After a finals banquet, there are still 20,000 yuan left, which can be used as a reward for a few senior brothers who are doing post-production work.

With the samples of "Buried Alive", Chen Dong walked into the door of China Film Studio again...

(End of this chapter)