Chapter 1699

A new week arrived.

Xiao Yu, who had played to her heart's content, left satisfied. She lifted Wang Yan's chin and said she was very satisfied with Wang Yan's service and companionship, and would look for him again next time.

It was also on this day that Lu Qiaochuan, Yu Hao, and the others who had gone out to film returned. They handed all the finished products to Lu Qiaochuan, who would perform the final editing.

"Old Wang, I've discovered that it's still more comfortable going out filming with you. We were completely a makeshift troupe."

That evening, Yu Hao wandered into Wang Yan's dormitory with a face mask on, complaining.

"You don't know, we originally went to the place near Xiao Haiyang's uncle's house, but we ended up going in the opposite direction. In the end, we could only make the best of a bad situation and found a vacation villa there, barely filming our stuff.

And filming was a complete mess. Everyone was laughing and playing, not filming seriously at all. From start to finish, we were just playing, and the stuff we filmed is simply too painful to look at..."

Yu Hao talked on and on about this filming trip, full of complaints and quite dissatisfied.

Jiang Yunming gloated on the side: "You all had nothing better to do than run so far and toss about outside for two days."

"You had nothing better to do? You filmed well? Let me see what earth-shattering masterpiece you filmed?"

"I filmed interviews with passersby, asking them if they were happy." Jiang Yunming said, "This was still a hint Old Wang gave us. Otherwise, we would have thought about writing scripts and filming plots ourselves; how could filming interviews be as easy as that?"

Ma Jun nodded in agreement: "That's right. I filmed a taxi driver's lunch."

"I filmed five minutes in the emergency room." Chubby Luan Mengyu giggled on the side.

"Ma Ye's is average. What's there to film about a driver eating lunch? You'd have to have family members send him food for it to be worth filming. Five minutes in the emergency room is actually okay, filming the doctors' hurried rescue, showing the doctors' healing the wounded and rescuing the dying, well-trained, and also conveying the terror between life and death. But Old Jiang, you went to the street to ask others if they were happy—did no one really hit you?"

"At most, they just ignored me and waved their hands impatiently. In fact, I met a big brother who was willing to talk, and he chatted with me for twenty minutes straight. I edited out five minutes, which is enough to hand in the assignment."

Jiang Yunming looked at Yu Hao triumphantly, "I want to see what you guys can actually make after tossing about for so long and even asking for a half-day leave today."

"I'll scare you to death when the time comes." Yu Hao rolled his eyes, "Oh, by the way, Old Wang, the documentary you filmed should be going online tonight, right?"

"Eight o'clock." Wang Yan nodded.

"Isn't it already 7:30? I'll go shake people up for you right now, let everyone watch the film you made and increase some views for you."

"That's not necessary. Even if we count the whole school, it doesn't count for much relative to the volume of the online platform. And the platform gave a small recommendation, so there's traffic guidance. At the same time, there's a guaranteed contract, so we won't lose money no matter what."

From 2010 to 2020, it was an era of chaotic warfare in the mobile internet. In 2016, food delivery, group buying, the sharing economy, streaming platforms, etc., were still fighting fiercely.

Even if it wasn't this time, streaming platforms all wanted to expand their film libraries, but they might not have had a choice, and the prices were pressed very low. Unlike now, where everyone was snatching from each other and destroying each other. So the conditions Wang Yan negotiated were relatively quite good.

In the blink of an eye, it was eight o'clock. With another refresh, Wang Yan's "A Hundred Flavors of Life" documentary series finally refreshed. There was only one video, which was the day of the sanitation worker filmed earlier.

It is truly extremely difficult for a documentary to become popular. "A Bite of China" is not an ordinary warrior. Influenced by many factors such as subject matter, content, and level, it is truly too difficult to cause a certain stir.

However, if hyped properly, it can also be successful. The key is to raise the value and form a hot wave. The so-called wind rises at the end of the green duckweed, and the waves form between the tiny ripples.

If one can market it to the point where people who don't have the ability to appreciate it, don't understand the content, don't know what's going on, but just want to prove that they have considerable connotation, prove that they are in the trendy hot spot, and give people self-satisfaction and mutual recognition with others—making these people become voluntary promoters who tell everyone it's good, even though they don't actually know how it's good—then the thing is done.

In fact, if one has such marketing ability, using it to market a documentary is somewhat like using a cannon to hit a mosquito...

A few minutes passed, and Wang Yan's phone began to ring with message notifications, forcing him to mute the phone and then patiently reply to everyone.

There were those telling Wang Yan they were watching, like Lin Luoxue and Li Shuci; other familiar people saying Wang Yan filmed well and had high technique; people from the video website telling him the documentary was online and to pay attention; and people like Xiao Yu who finished watching the whole film quickly and commented. There were also school teachers like Ye Jiping who were paying attention and chatting with Wang Yan to congratulate him.

Besides these people with daily interactions, there were some of Wang Yan's past clients who had had weddings filmed, some friends on WeChat who chatted well because of photography, and comments constantly refreshing on Weibo.

The documentary was over forty minutes long, and Wang Yan replied to messages for over forty minutes just like that.

He was plunged into huge liveliness, and it wasn't just the endless messages, but also constantly refreshing friend requests, as well as some related calls, such as people from several platforms, all paying attention to each other.

The quality of Wang Yan's documentary was visible to the naked eye, and the level was sufficient. It was a guaranteed small surprise. Not to mention how brilliant it was, it definitely wouldn't lose money...

The next day, in order to watch the film, Ye Jiping's professional class was held for an afternoon. In class, Ye Jiping played half an hour of the documentary, talking about his analysis and comments from a professional perspective. He really praised Wang Yan to the heavens and even said he wanted to send Wang Yan's work to participate in awards.

Various film and television-related awards basically all have documentary awards.

However, it is very difficult for the documentary Wang Yan filmed to win an award without operation, because of the content—big things were touched upon lightly, small things were not fully said, and the ideological core was not profound.

There are many excellent documentaries, such as those focusing on left-behind children, such as those focusing on rural women, "I would rather be in pain than be numb," what powerful words...

After analyzing Wang Yan's documentary, it was time to collectively watch the students' assignments, which was the "Eight Lives of Reincarnation" from the original play. It had a bit of a nonsensical style—no, it was a style without a head.

One could fully see how happily Yu Hao and the others played when filming.

Ren Yifan, as the lead actor, also skipped class to come here for class, sitting in the back watching the finished product with a look of despair...

Amidst laughter, the whole class's assignments were finally commented on, and it was already dusk outside the window.

Ye Jiping drank water exhaustedly, then turned to look at Wang Yan, who was sitting there reading comics.

"Wang Yan, you said you've already signed a guaranteed contract with a big platform. They must give you sufficient production funds, so you must also build a production team, right?"

Wang Yan put down the comic and nodded: "It was just posted before, and I'm currently recruiting."

"Look at this... as the saying goes, fat water doesn't flow into outsiders' fields. Our school's students, your seniors, although their studies aren't great, they can at least be considered passing. Not to mention anything else, at least the exposure is accurate, the composition is okay, and it's all passable.

You have good technique and can already independently produce the full process. I think you can solve all the problems that arise during the production process. You have such strong ability to back it up, and it's such an excellent project. Can you free up a few positions to let our school's students practice and learn, have some project practical experience, so their path will be much easier in the future..."

Yu Hao said: "Teacher Ye, is there some nepotism? How many people does it take to film a documentary? Old Wang is producing it episode by episode. Two camera positions, plus a sound recorder, a lighting assistant, editing counts as one, color grading counts as one, plus Old Wang himself, six people is the limit. It's enough to film in groups.

And later Old Wang still takes care of our class's classmates, taking a few people to participate in each period, and the manpower is already full. Why are you still stuffing people in for Old Wang? Whose young master is this, being so shameless?"

"This is completely you overthinking it, Classmate Yu Hao. It's just arranging an internship unit for students who are about to graduate. There aren't many people in our major, so arrange one here and two there. After all, this is our own project, so it must be better. Anyway, you have to film this project for several years. An intern camera operator won't have any influence. Wang Yan, what do you say?"

Wang Yan smiled and nodded: "Sure. Then I won't build a team. We are the Television Academy, and we have all kinds of majors. Let's just find them all in school. Change a batch every period, and everyone can come."

"Is this okay?" Ye Jiping was a bit embarrassed, "If it affects the project production, that wouldn't be good."

"Herding one sheep is herding, and herding a flock of sheep is also herding. You arrange it, Old Ye."

Wang Yan of course wouldn't care about these things. Having more manpower always made him more relaxed. It was nothing more than facing people who didn't know this or that when working, always having to ask him questions, and having to add their own understanding to do art here, and some being self-important, feeling that he, Wang Mou, just had good luck...

These were all small problems, just adding liveliness to a dull life. Being idle is also being idle, it's self-entertainment.

So the matter was settled. Teachers of multiple majors for juniors and seniors all made schedules, with a batch of newcomers every period.

Wang Yan's production time was very generous, producing one episode a month. Of course, if he produced two episodes, people wouldn't have any opinions. One episode was just the guarantee...

In the blink of an eye, it was November. Wang Yan successfully produced another episode of the logistics courier video and prepared the comparison video between ride-hailing drivers and taxi drivers. This one was extra money, because the ride-hailing driver candidates were designated by the ride-hailing platform.

Because the successive two episodes of the documentary were successful and guided traffic to each other, some of the statements were edited and sent to the internet to perform some satire. So netizens would find the source, and after watching this one, they would naturally watch the other.

That was when the ride-hailing company came to the door to advertise...

This day, after finishing a public elective course, because the professional course teachers were collectively training and studying, everyone would have no professional courses for the next week, and the other few public elective courses could also be skipped. In short, everyone would get a week of vacation.

Some students didn't even attend today's public elective course and had long since bought tickets to go home.

"Wang Yan, what are you going to do these few days?" Li Shuci leaned over and asked actively.

Yu Hao said: "Shuci sister, you don't even need to ask. Now that the time is just right, Old Wang is definitely going to film the next episode's content. Old Wang, I won't go with you this week. I plan to go home; I've already bought the ticket."

"Okay." Wang Yan smiled and nodded, then looked at Li Shuci: "Do you have anything to do?"

"No, I just wanted to ask you."

"Then what are you going to do these few days?"

"Probably reading in the dormitory; I don't have anything to do."

"Then you can go film the documentary with Wang Yan, Shuci sister. You haven't been there yet, right? Anyway, you have nothing to do, it's good to go see with Old Wang." Yu Hao cut in to assist. He felt anxious for Li Shuci just looking at her clumsy appearance.

"Can I?" Li Shuci blinked her big eyes, looking at Wang Yan full of expectation.

"Of course." Wang Yan smiled and nodded: "Gather at five tomorrow morning."

The matter was settled, and Li Shuci left happily...

With an extra week of vacation, the students were very excited, and it became lively that very day. Drinking, playing cards, playing games, the entire sixth floor didn't quiet down. When the lights were turned off and the power was cut, Bi Shisan connected the power, and everyone played together.

It was the same on Wang Yan's side. He played games with Jiang Yunming and the other two until the second half of the night, and the little fatty played until he was nauseous and wanted to vomit.

However, these things had no influence on Wang Yan. He had only slept for two hours before he was in high spirits, going out to gather with the new team and Li Shuci and the others, setting off to film the day of a taxi driver.

This whole day, Li Shuci almost followed Wang Yan's side, learning while watching Wang Yan work seriously...

When Wang Yan returned to the school dormitory in the evening and passed by the 616 dormitory, he smelled a strong smell of hot pot.

He pushed the door open and entered, just seeing the four people in the room, plus the extra Ren Yifan, watching "Tiny Times" while eating hot pot.

"Why are you all so lifeless?"

Yu Hao said weakly: "We stayed up all night yesterday and slept for a day. We just got up not long ago."

"Weren't you going home?"

"I get allergies once I leave the inner ring; I don't want to move anymore."

Ren Yifan looked at Wang Yan pitifully: "Old Wang, save me, I feel like I've been assimilated by them. Can you believe it? I actually don't want women right now!"

"Terminal illness, can't be saved." Wang Yan waved his hand in disgust: "Enjoy your wonderful vacation, goodbye."

"No!"

Behind him, Ren Yifan wailed helplessly, "Take me away! Take me away!"

The dormitory door slowly closed, and Ren Yifan's outstretched hand fell helplessly, as if he had already been swallowed by the darkness...

The next day, they were still supposed to go out filming, but because of the heavy rain, the filming plan was suspended, and everyone rested for a day.

It wasn't that Wang Yan was pretentious and didn't want to film; the driver master didn't want to delay things either. After all, a rainy day is just the time when business is good. Wang Yan gave the lost-work fee, and the master also hoped to lose the work of ordinary times, not to lose such a good time.

Wang Yan received a WeChat message from Li Shuci, asking him if he wanted to go eat hot pot.

In the girls' dormitory, before dawn, Li Shuci was holding her phone, waiting for a reply from the other side. The light of the phone reflected on her expectant face.

Because when she was a freshman, Wang Yan had said that rainy days and hot pot go better together...

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