Entering the Chinese entertainment industry is like entering a deep sea

Chapter 3: Twenty Years Later, No One Came

University life is very busy, and my mother has already flown to Hainan.

I basically treat the school as my home.

He attended all the professional and basic courses.

Especially the basic courses on film art foundation, photo photography, movie special effects, and movie lens pictures.

He even went all out.

He was not idle in his spare time. In addition to writing scripts, he also bought several books on the basics of vocal music.

It's not greed, it's just a hobby.

Since I met Zhao Paner by chance on the first day of school, I haven't seen her again in the past three months.

Almost everyone in the school knew that the girl had joined the Tianlong crew.

The resources are really amazing.

She also played the classic character Fairy Sister.

However, it must be said that apart from her acting skills, Zhao Paner's Fairy Sister is unprecedented.

Twenty years later, no one came.
In the directing department, one of Li Chen’s classmates named He Yanjiang had joined the crew of Emperor Wu of Han in October.

I was appointed as a literary coordinator and participated in the script adaptation.

I also invited everyone in the QQ group to come to the crew to observe and learn as the filming will start in March next year.

Everyone responded politely with thanks.

I don’t know what others think, but Li Chen plans to go study after the New Year.

Huang Bo is another typical example. Although he joined a dubbing class, he never gave up his dream of becoming an actor.

As long as there is an opportunity, he would enjoy it even if it is just a supporting role without any lines.

He also keeps in touch with Li Chen from time to time, but in a way that doesn't make people feel offensive.

No wonder he was able to succeed in the future.

As December approaches, posters for "Hero" are everywhere.

Whether it is the big names like Jet Li, Zhang Manyu, and Liang Chaowei on the poster, or Zhang Yimou behind the scenes.

All of them encourage movie fans to go to the cinema.

Li Chen also made an appointment with Huang Bo to watch it together.

Lao Mouzi is just like Jet Li in Hero, who can kill people with just one move.

That is to say, Li Chen is viewed from the perspective of later generations.

Zhang Yimou's film Hero is worthy of the title of a blockbuster.

The grand production scenes are magnificent, the pictures are beautiful and shocking.

Li Chen guessed that Huang Bo beside him was fully engaged in the process.

At this moment, Huang Bo must have imagined himself as Wuming in "Hero".

After the results came out, Huang Bo refuted him seriously: "You are wrong. The Broken Sword is my dream."

Damn, I was careless, this is Huang Bo!

Jet Li is at most a martial arts star.

But Canjian is the best actor, and he has a best actress Feixue by his side.

The domestic box office of Hero finally settled at 2.5 million US dollars, and the overseas box office was 1.7 million US dollars.

This is the first major Chinese-language film production since China joined the WTO.

Lao Mouzi gained both fame and fortune and became a god with one battle.

And the butterfly effect it brings is that people's hearts are disturbed.

Wuji, the night banquet was full of people.

Unfortunately, there is only one Lao Mouzi.

The first half of the semester passed quickly, and during the winter break, Li Chen flew to Hainan to celebrate the Spring Festival with his parents.

During this period, I ignored the old couple's nagging and forced them to buy a few big items.

Vertical air conditioner, LCD TV, massage chair, plus a nanny.

Even when the old man complained that he was spending money recklessly, he didn't talk back.

Anyway, I should be able to ship everything back when the old man retires.

I’m really awesome. I just said, “You don’t know what’s good for you!”

The old man is completely silent!
After the Spring Festival, Li Chen did not stay long and returned to Beijing alone.

While there was still some time before school started, Li Chen began to conceive his first low-budget movie.

As the saying goes, if you don’t know how to drive, you will learn it after driving once.

I chose from several low-budget scripts that had already been written.

Finally I chose one: Lost on Journey.

The reason is simple. Before the Spring Festival, Blind Shaft was shortlisted for the 53rd Berlin Film Festival. Shagen was born!
The storyboards were drawn after the script was finished.

It will start after I come back from the crew of Emperor Wu of Han.

This kind of low-budget movie can be considered as a practice, and it will definitely not lose money.

After the Spring Festival holiday, Li Chen registered and established Rongchen Film Co., Ltd.

Since we are going to make a movie, let’s set up the company first.

Although the sparrow is small, it has all the organs.

Especially finance, which is even more important.

Then he submitted the script of Lost on Journey for review.

Immediately afterwards, Li Chen contacted Xu Zheng, who is currently in a confused period of transformation.

Although he came into the public eye because of the movie "Pigsy", he is still the real winner of the Magnolia Award for Best Actor.

But there hasn’t been a single big-screen production since the millennium.

If an actor wants to upgrade, he has to go to the big screen.

Otherwise, even if Xu Zheng made so many TV series, they would still not be very popular.

Xu was eager to receive Li Chen's invitation.

Wang Baoqiang even lamented that his luck had turned for the better, as he had just received an award for Blind Shaft and received another acting offer.

At that time, Soldiers Assault had not yet been filmed, and Sha Gen had been playing supporting roles for a long time before he came to prominence with Blind Well.

The remaining female characters.

Li Chen plans to dig for candidates in the two colleges, and if that doesn't work, look for ones outside the school.

Including photography, assistant director, and art are all recruited from school.

By this calculation, he is the director, screenwriter and producer, so these functions are not included in the cost.

We found China Film Group for the publicity and promotion, and the cost budget was roughly controlled at four million.

After the 15th, school starts.

Li Chen visited the crew of Emperor Wu of Han and found that the shooting techniques of TV series and movies are indeed different.

The TV series can be shot very quickly and the scenes can be assembled on site.

It's not like movies which need to be developed and edited.

When Li Chen returned to school in mid-March, he took the script to Teacher Li from the directing department.

The latter found it hard to accept it for a while.

"Are you serious?"

"Teacher, I have prepared the budget, contacted the main actors, and even registered the company."

Li Chen knew the latter's concerns, but as a freshman in the directing department, he actually got ready to do it.

Many students who graduated from the school's directing department several years ago have never made a short film.

The guy in front of me has actually set up a stage for a low-budget movie.

Several other teachers in the office chimed in with a smile.

"Haha, Teacher Li, this is the student with the highest score in cultural subjects in your department?"

"Uh, yes. This kid's academic performance was more than 50 points above the first-tier score line. Last semester, his scores in all professional and basic courses were among the best."

"Haha, not bad, not bad!"

Li Chen felt a little embarrassed. There were more than a dozen people in the director department, and half of them were foreigners.

Compared with him, the remaining few are just like the difference between a top student and a poor student.

He is even more unique in terms of hard work.

Li Chen, who never skips classes, has almost become a beautiful landscape in the directing department.

Teacher Li was worried and said, "Li Chen, please think it over carefully."

"Although I don't know your family's financial situation, I still have to explain it to you."

"Making movies is very risky and you may lose everything you put in."

Li Chen smiled and said, "Teacher, I am your student, don't I know this?"

"If you're worried, please help me find two experienced brothers to be assistant directors."

"From the moment I decided to shoot this film, I knew I would lose money."

"Besides, let alone a student like me, even those famous directors dare not say that every movie they make is profitable."

Teacher Li smiled bitterly and said, "Okay. I can help you contact China Film Group for the equipment."

"Except for the leading roles, you can look for other roles in the school. This will not only take care of our students, but also save you a lot of costs."

Li Chen smiled and said, "No problem, that's what I had planned."

(End of this chapter)