Chapter 45: Meeting

"I don't know what time the meeting will last until tonight."

"I bet 10 o'clock. A meal."

"I bet 10:30, two meals."

"I also bet 10:30, anyone following?"

"I bet 12 o'clock! Whatever you guys bet, I'll take it all!"

"Ah!?" A group of Film Academy teachers were all shocked and wailed: "Wang Laoshi, no way, 12 o'clock? Why?"

That teacher Wang in his thirties nodded behind the crowd, "Look for yourselves."

The teachers turned their heads one after another, only to see Zheng Zhongjian, surrounded by a group of people, walking into the conference room.

"President Zheng is here, today he will definitely set the final list. 300+ students, you calculate it yourselves. Those who should call their husbands call their husbands, those who should ask for leave from their wives ask for leave, don't blame us for not reminding you." Wang Laoshi said leisurely, carrying his hands behind his back and pacing into the conference room.

Just as a group of young teachers were crying and calling home to report, Zheng Zhongjian sat down in the middle of the oval conference table with a smile, tilted his head and said to Zhang Tianyou: "It is said that this time, a few high scores came out?"

Zhang Tianyou said: "Just now I heard Teacher Tian and the others say, there are indeed a few girls with particularly good conditions."

Zheng Zhongjian nodded: "How about the boys?"

"There were none in the past few days, I had something to do today and didn't come, and didn't watch the recording, I don't know yet."

Zheng Zhongjian sighed and said: "I'm not worried about girls, in previous sessions our school has been quite outstanding, and there are good seedlings that can definitely come out in recent sessions, such as Liu Yifei in the 02 grade, her appearance is very good. However, boys, I feel it is our school's weakness, except for those in the 96 session, I haven't seen anyone who has the feeling of Chen Kun at the beginning in these nearly 10 years. Disconnection, this is a heart disease of mine. Can't let people mention the Film Academy in the future, saying we only know how to choose female stars, not male actors, this is so inappropriate."

Zhang Tianyou said with difficulty: "But I really didn't see anyone impressive in the past few days, of course, when we finally set the list, we will definitely consider the issue of gender ratio."

Zheng Zhongjian waved his hand and said: "No need to consider too much, still have to speak based on the examinees' abilities, professional courses, cultural courses must be chosen from the best, recruit whoever should be recruited, whether there is one is God's will, we just need to do our own work well."

Zhang Tianyou nodded: "That is, this is certain. Then President Zheng, I see people seem to be here, shall we start? Ah, Old Liu, you are here, sit here. You have worked hard these days, I thought you went back to rest."

Liu Zhaohong shook his head with a smile, "Originally I wanted to go back to rest, but, remembering something, I decided to come over and stand the last shift well."

February 19, 2005, 7:30 PM Beijing time, in the conference room on the third floor of the Film Academy office building, the 12th admissions meeting of the acting department officially began.

Several teachers started distributing the list one by one.

This is the list of more than 300 examinees arranged in order of the total scores given by the teachers in these few days. This time, there are not only exam numbers, but also basic information such as the examinees' names, ages, genders, and hometowns.

Zheng Zhongjian started looking.

First place, Yang Mi. Vocal, body, acting, appearance, etc., all aspects are close to full marks.

Second place, Yuan Shanshan, slightly worse than Yang Mi in major, but the total score is still very high.

Third place, Wang Meng.

Zheng Zhongjian looked all the way, sure enough, it was another year of yin flourishing and yang declining. I saw that from the first place Yang Mi to the ninth place, they were all girls.

And it wasn't until the tenth place that a boy named Chen Nuo appeared.

Chen Nuo, male, hometown Xichuan, height 179.5, birthday February 28, 1986, vocal 66, body 70, appearance 95, lines 75, acting 75... Zheng Zhongjian saw that the evaluation of his score was, standard, hey, when can the Film Academy meet a Chen Kun again?

Zheng Zhongjian felt slightly disappointed.

Afterwards, the discussion about the list began. Actually, the moment the name was revealed, this list was already a final list.

Then why is discussion needed? It's because after the name is revealed, many things can be put on the table to talk about, such as some star examinees who may need to be recruited with high scores, or some controversial students who need to be brought out for discussion, at least let the school know the risks that may exist on them.

The Film Academy claims to be anonymous to the outside world, but that is when scoring on the spot, at this final juncture, the name can be matched with the person.

Sometimes there are few discussions, such as that year there were no star examinees, and no one had corrupt parents.

Sometimes there are many discussions.

This time, it seems to be a time with few discussions.

At first, no one spoke.

Then Liu Zhaohong coughed: "Since you don't speak, then I will say it. But before I say it, please watch a video." Afterwards, he took out a videotape from his bag and handed it to a young teacher next to him, "Trouble you to play it on the TV."

The screen on the TV flashed a few snowflakes, and then started playing.

It was a clipped interview.

The time was very short, and it played quickly. Afterwards, the teachers in the conference room all whispered to each other with a bit of amusement.

Li Er's face suddenly darkened.

Liu Zhaohong said: "I saw this before, I specifically sent someone to Beijing TV to get it before the meeting. Can our Film Academy accept such a student? When I saw this interview at the beginning, I couldn't even eat. We often say, respect teachers and respect the way, what about this Wang Xiang?"

Zhang Tianyou coughed and said: "Deputy Director Liu, don't be excited."

Liu Zhaohong said: "Can I not be excited? This kind of person doesn't even have basic respect for our school and teachers."

Zhang Tianyou smiled like a smile, "My meaning is, Teacher Liu, there is no one named Wang Xiang on our list now, did you make a mistake."

Liu Zhaohong froze for a moment and said: "Impossible."

Zhang Tianyou smiled: "Director Liu, why don't you look at the list in your hand yourself."

How could it be impossible!

He took out the list and looked at the exam number carefully, and then he understood: "Dean Zhang, this Wang Xiang is Chen Nuo, I remember his exam number, 4! Teachers, look, this student even used a fake name to accept an interview, simply... this is simply unbelievable! It seems he had a premeditated plan!"

A group of teachers below were all looking like they wanted to laugh but didn't dare to.

Liu Zhaohong was anxious and wanted to say something else, Li Er interrupted him, "I'll say two sentences."

Everyone's eyes were focused, no one expected Li Er to interject.

Zhang Tianyou said: "Professor Li, please speak."

Li Er said lightly: "Say one thing, Zhang Yi's film, Chen Nuo is the male lead."

Suddenly the whole room was in an uproar.

This time the directing department released a satellite, everyone knew. Zhang Yi, a graduate student in the directing department, directed a film that was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Berlin Film Festival. This was absolutely a great happy event for the Film Academy.

Didn't expect, the male lead of the film was this boy?

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 46 =====