Entertaining Children

  Chapter 1051 UNEP Goodwill Ambassador

   When Xiao Yao returned from overseas promotion of parkour movies, it was already March. At this time, all colleges and universities have opened classes, and the last semester of Xiao Yao University's undergraduate has begun.

  For acting students, the next semester of the senior year will have two main tasks: one is to rehearse the graduation show, and the other is to defend the graduation thesis. If you are out for filming and time is not allowed, you can even take time off for the graduation drama, but you must participate in the graduation thesis defense.

  However, arranging a graduation drama does not take a semester, and writing a graduation thesis is also a long-term process. After Xiao Yao came back, he didn't plunge into the school to do these two things. Instead, he pulled a group of people out of the school together with Lin Qisan and started planning a new project.

  The film and television colleges are different from ordinary colleges and universities, and practice takes up a large proportion. Ordinary colleges and universities usually have internship time and arrangements only in the senior year, but for film and television colleges, especially students of the acting department, it basically starts from the third year.

  Performance is a very practical subject. It is very important for students of the acting department to get in touch with the actual crew as early as possible and accumulate more experience.

  Students who study acting, whether they are purely an actor or a star, almost no one will refuse to be famous and be well-known by the audience. Of course, the sooner you become famous, the better. If you can become famous during the student period, the future of acting will undoubtedly be a lot easier. Therefore, many students are also very keen to get the opportunity to go out for "internships" in the crew during the school.

  Some of the acting students of some schools, only the freshman stayed in the school for a year. Since the sophomore year, they have looked for various opportunities to enter the film crew for "internship". Yandian, Shenxi and other famous film and television academies that value student foundations stipulate that performance students are not allowed to go out for filming in the freshman and sophomore years, but there are no restrictions in this regard during the junior and senior years.

  Within the time allowed by the school, teachers in many film and television schools do not object to students going out to film more. Many of the teachers in the film and television school are also people in the entertainment industry. If given the opportunity, they will even recommend their students to the crew. However, this kind of situation is relatively rare, and more often, it is still up to the students to find and fight for it.

  Currently in Shen Opera, the most popular and famous star student must be Xiao Yao, but Xiao Yao is not the only star student in Shen Opera. In addition to Lin Qisan and Nina Aiguli, some students also acted in some film and television dramas during their college years and became famous star actors.

  In the entertainment industry, it’s not that the higher the level of business and the better the acting, the more popular the actors, the easier it is to receive roles and find jobs. The same is true for students who are still in school. It is not that the better the academic performance, the better the acting skills, the easier it is for students to get roles and get the opportunity to enter the group internship. In addition to your own business capabilities, background, resources, and even luck have a lot to do.

Among the classmates of Shen Opera, in addition to Lin Qisan, his best friend and his girlfriend Nina Ayiguli, Xiao Yao’s best relationship classmates are Qin Hao and Xu Liang, and the monitor Wang Zhi and the girls Tang Xiaoling has a good relationship with Xiao Yao.

  Qin Hao and Xu Liang's family conditions are fairly good, and their lives are worry-free, but they are not rich and wealthy, nor do they have any personal connections in the entertainment industry. The relationship between the two of them and Xiao Yao has been good over the past few years, but they have never asked Xiao Yao for help, asking Xiao Yao to help them recommend or win roles in some crews, but only relying on the fact that they have won some talents in some crews. The role, in the entertainment circle, is still purely two small transparent.

These two former roommates are Xiao Yao’s closest classmates in the class. When they asked for leave and missed classes in the first two years, it was mainly because they helped Xiao Yao to record the class and make up classes. The final exams of each semester did not miss this. The two help. Although the two of them have never troubled Xiao Yao because of work matters in the past few years, Xiao Yao still cares about their career development.

Xiao Yao has never used his personal connections and resources to help them fight for any role. In the first two years, because of the school’s regulations, their grades were not as good as Xiao Yao’s. It was not necessarily good for them to go out too early to film. In the junior year, because they were too busy, they never came to find themselves, nor did they take care of it. In the last semester, it was because Xiao Yao felt that instead of recommending them to other crews, he was better prepared to help them open a project. This is also the origin of Xiao Yao’s idea of ​​starting a film and television production company last year when he discussed with Lin Qisan, Zhao Rui and others.

  When it comes to starting a film and television production company, last year's discussion was a partnership between five small partners that year. This time, the five young people are still going to set aside their elders and use their money to invest in the establishment of this company. However, with the exception of Xiao Yao, the money on hand of the remaining four is basically invested in the parkour movie. To actually register and establish a company, at least it will have to wait until the box office revenue of the parkour movie is received.

  However, it is not yet time to set up a company, and some preparations can be done in advance. For example, look for candidates in the company's administrative, financial, and legal departments in advance, such as identifying the actors and behind-the-scenes staff for the company's first TV drama project in advance.

  Lin Qi started to do these things more than three and a half years ago, and many positions have long been shortlisted in his mind.

  In terms of film and television, there are two systems, the director-centered system and the director-centered system, with their respective biases. As far as Huaxia is concerned, the director-centered system is mostly used in movies, and the producer-centered system is mostly used in TV dramas. This time Xiao Yao and others want to make a TV series. They pay for the filming, rather than the director who asks them to invest in the script, so it is basically a producer-centric system. However, Xiao Yao invested in this TV series to give students a chance to show off their talents, and did not intend to intervene too much in the creative process.

  Filming a TV series is a long process and there is a lot of work to be done. First of all, the first item is to have a script.

The recent graduates are lacking in experience. By the time of filming, Xiao Yao still intends to ask some experienced veterans in the industry to help as consultants. However, in the previous stage of script creation, Xiao Yao had nothing to do. I intend to invite some well-known screenwriters or directors to participate, but I am planning to convene students from the Department of Directors of Shen Opera and the Department of Literature for collective creation.

  Although the company has not yet been established and the funds are not in place, there is no problem in creating scripts in advance. Xiao Yao said that he would start a project for script creation, and Lin Qisan immediately took out the list he had found.

  In terms of actors, Lin Qi's three criteria for selecting candidates are two, one is professional level, that is, acting as good as possible, and the other is not well-known, as far as possible in the entertainment circle. In terms of directors and screenwriters, there are very few people who can become famous during their student years. Lin Qisan is basically a talented person with good grades.

  With the current reputation of Xiao Yao and Lin Qisan and their influence among the students of Shenxi Opera, it is not a problem to gather a bunch of senior graduates from the Department of Literature and Directing to start the script creation first.

  On the basis of the box office of that animated movie, those students are not afraid that in the end, Xiao Yaobai can’t get money for work. There are even some students who feel that as long as the script they write can be turned into a TV series and appear on TV, they are willing to get paid. After all, they are all students who haven't graduated yet, and what they lack most is fame. As long as one's own name can appear under a certain screenwriting item on TV, the benefit to oneself can be much greater than the reward for writing the script.

  Xiao Yao does not intend to intervene too much in the creative process, nor does he completely ignore it. In the script creation stage, Xiao Yao will not care about the specific plots, but the type, theme, production budget and other conditions and restrictions related to the script creation of the TV series should be clearly explained to the directors and screenwriters, and let them be in this way. In a general framework, I will use my talents for specific creation.

As the chief planner and chief producer of this TV series, Xiao Yao will of course also review the scripts of each episode, but now there is still some time before the company is established and the crew is formed, and Xiao Yao also plans to follow the example of American dramas. The filming and broadcasting method did not urge these directors and screenwriters to write all the scripts for the first season of the TV series as soon as possible, but to leave enough time for them to create slowly.

After returning to China, Xiao Yao summoned those directors and screenwriters to a large conference room in his personal studio for a few days. After a period of brainstorming, he saw that these people’s creations were on the right track. Slowly let go of this matter.

  After Xiao Yao was busy with the formation of the screenwriting team and the guidance of the preliminary script creation, the time was approaching the "Golden Dragon Award" award ceremony.

The outside world generally believes that "Wali" won this year's "Golden Dragon Award" for the best animated feature film is a sure thing. However, on the red carpet of this year's "Golden Dragon Award", the media and fans on the sidelines were surprised to find the red Xiao Yao did not appear on the carpet show.

  Even as a guest performer at the awards ceremony, he can also walk on the red carpet, not to mention that Xiao Yao was originally the relevant person for the nominated work. Such a discovery also made the media and fans feel very surprised.

   "Why didn't you see Xiao Yao? Could it be that he was absent from the "Golden Dragon Award" ceremony this year?"

   "Yeah! Xiao Siqi and Ye Jiaying have passed by, and Sun Tingting, who was the guest performer, has also passed by. Now there is no Xiao Yao in the "Wali" crew. Isn't it true that he didn't come?"

   "It should have not come! No wonder the guest performer is Sun Tingting alone. If Xiao Yao comes, it should be performed with Sun Tingting."

   "But why didn't he come? Hasn't his overseas film promotion ended?"

   "I heard that he came back from Europe almost a week ago, and he is already in his senior year. School has not been the reason for his absence from activities. Is there anything he did?"

   "I haven't heard of any other film crew he has been in recently!"

  At the time of the red carpet show, many off-site reporters had already started to talk.

  The best way to answer this question is to ask Tong Luo, He Ying, and Huang Shi of the "Wali" crew, as well as Ye Jiaying and Xiao Siqi who were present as guests. However, during the red carpet show, these outfield reporters are basically photojournalists, and they can only shoot. The only person who can interview guests on the red carpet is the outfield host, and the outfield host apparently knew in advance that Xiao Yao would be absent, so he didn't even ask Tong Luo and others why Xiao Yao hadn't come. They can only keep this question in their hearts.

  Until the "Golden Dragon Award" awards ceremony awarded the award for the best animated feature film, when Tong Luo came to the stage to receive the award alone, the media reporters at the scene learned the reason for Xiao Yao's absence. As the most important creator of the animated film "Wali", Xiao Yao is the best candidate to receive this award. Regarding his absence, Tong Luo, the recipient of the award, not only revealed Xiao Yao's whereabouts and explained the reasons for Xiao Yao's absence in his acceptance speech, but also gave a speech of thanks on behalf of Xiao Yao.

  It turned out that the reason why Xiao Yao was absent from the "Golden Dragon Award" ceremony was because Xiao Yao went to the United States again. This time he went to the United States not because of any acting work, but was appointed by the United Nations Environment Program as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Environment Program, and was invited to New York to participate in the World Youth Forum organized by the United Nations.

   Xiao Yao’s appointment as a goodwill ambassador by the United Nations Environment Programme and his invitation to attend the World Youth Forum are a manifestation of Xiao Yao’s personal studio ability. Because his candidate was recommended to the headquarters by the staff of the United Nations Environment Programme's representative office in China. The representative office of the United Nations Environment Program in China will recommend Xiao Yao. In addition to Xiao Yao himself is very suitable, he also needs to do all kinds of work in his personal studio.

  However, Xiao Yao was able to be appointed as a goodwill ambassador by the United Nations Environment Programme and invited to attend the World Youth Forum. The bigger reason is that last year’s animated film "Wali".

  The United Nations Environment Programme has received a lot of nominations, and it’s not that there are more suitable personal images and reputations than Xiao Yao. They chose Xiao Yao because of the connection between Xiao Yao and environmental protection. The film "Walli" has the theme of environmental protection, and it has achieved outstanding results in the global box office and has a great influence. As the main creator of the movie, Xiao Yao is not only concerned about environmental protection in the eyes of UNEP people, but also a person who has made specific actions and great contributions to environmental protection. This is much stronger than other candidates, and it is only natural to choose him.

  At this year’s World Youth Forum, environmental protection is also a very important topic. Xiao Yao is a very young, well-known star in the world, and a very sunny and healthy image. An animated film with a global box office of more than one billion dollars is also a remarkable achievement, enough to become an excellent representative of the youth of the world. Since Xiao Yao has been chosen as the ambassador of the Link Planning Department, it is logical to invite him to participate in the World Youth Forum and give a speech.

  This news, in fact, Xiao Yao and his team knew about it a long time ago. However, Xiao Yao did not say on his personal Weibo, nor did he let the studio's official Weibo announce the news in advance, but left it to Tong Luo to help him announce it when he received the award at the award ceremony. Using his account to suddenly announce it like this, Xiao Yao felt that it meant showing off, and it was very boring. It would be more natural to say as a reason for his absence from the awards ceremony. After all, this is a fact, and it is indeed the real reason for his absence from the awards ceremony.

  United Nations goodwill ambassadors, it is not that there are no Chinese people who have served as goodwill ambassadors for several United Nations organizations. Not to mention other organizations such as UNICEF, it is the goodwill ambassador of UNEP. Before Xiao Yao, there were also two other Chinese artists in charge.

  However, someone who can serve as a goodwill ambassador of an organization of the United Nations at the age of twenty-two, let alone the Chinese, can't find another in this world. This means that Xiao Yao, a Chinese star, will become the youngest UN goodwill ambassador in the world, which is still very remarkable.

  Tong Luo’s explanation was given, the media reporters, guests and audiences were all taken aback at the scene, and then a burst of huge applause and cheers also rang out at the scene.

  (End of this chapter)