Chapter 26: Out of the oven

Dou Wei released a song last year, "Advanced Animal", using 48 words to interpret humans as this kind of "advanced animal".

Therefore, after he finished watching "Bus 44", he resonated and had inspiration, so he took the initiative to ask Wu Yuchen.

Hearing Dou Wei speak, Wu Yuchen was overjoyed. He hadn't forgotten what the purpose of this trip was, and immediately said:

"Starting from when the male lead is driven off the bus, I want a background music that is a bit evil. Don't be too complicated, try to be as simple as possible, but it must be powerful, the kind of cult. This movie itself is full of absurdity and irony from beginning to end, so I want to highlight..."

Wu Yuchen tried his best to describe the effect he wanted so that Dou Wei could understand his thoughts.

"I have a bit of a feeling. Come with me after you finish eating, I'll try it."

After Dou Wei finished speaking, he stuffed the remaining half of the fried dough stick in his hand into his mouth and chewed it vigorously.

This time Wu Yuchen was really overjoyed.

He didn't expect that this trip would attract Dou the Immortal to take action himself. Steady, steady!

After eating, Wu Yuchen followed the Dou brothers to a recording studio, and it was done in 1 hour. Dou the Immortal is truly worthy of the name!

When Wu Yuchen mentioned money, Dou Wei waved his hand directly, knowing that students were not easy, and only said to come and play often, and bring it to him to see next time if he filmed something interesting.

Wu Yuchen didn't be coy anymore and agreed directly.

To be honest, he didn't expect to see so many great gods when he came for the soundtrack today, and the soundtrack was unexpectedly smooth, and the effect went without saying.

Wu Yuchen, who overfulfilled the task, hurried back to the Youth Film Studio and joined the post-production.

This time, the whole film group participated. Everyone was very enthusiastic, working in shifts overnight. Subtitles, sound effects, mixing, they worked overtime on the weekend to finish all these.

Now there is only the last step left, making the master tape.

The master tape of this film is the highest quality among all versions. It must be made with special equipment, and the material is much better than ordinary copies. Generally, it is kept by the producer, and what everyone sees in theaters is actually copied from this master tape, and the quality is one level lower.

The price of making a movie copy on the market is between 10,000 and 12,000, while the price of making a master tape is 50,000 to 60,000 for ordinary ones, and even hundreds of thousands for high ones.

Fortunately, "Bus 44" is only a short film, 10 minutes long, but the final master tape production also cost 5,000 yuan.

Wu Yuchen calculated that the early filming cost 16,000, plus the master tape production and post-production, it reached this number. Adding them up, it was 32,000. Fortunately, there was 5,000 yuan from Huang Lei to cushion it.

He thought about it and spent another 1,000 yuan to ask for a copy to be made after the master tape was made. He wanted to keep the master tape. It is best to use a copy when playing it to the outside world. After all, every playback causes damage to the master tape.

A few days later, Thursday evening, Youth Film Studio.

When Wu Yuchen received the master tape and copy of "Bus 44" from the staff, he couldn't help but feel a little excited. After all, this was the first movie he filmed after his rebirth, and it was also the labor result he had been busy with for a while.

Not to mention Jia Zhangke on the side, who wanted to go over and take it from Wu Yuchen's hand and hold it, but didn't dare to reach out.

Wu Yuchen simply handed the copy to him, and Old Jia immediately hugged it, happy like a fool.

Fortunately, the short film "Bus 44" is only 10 minutes long, and the copy is not heavy. Old Jia has no burden holding it alone.

If it were a normal movie of more than 90 minutes, the copy alone would weigh more than 25 kilograms. Being a movie projectionist now is really a physical job, and women with weak bodies can't do it.

After they came out, the people in the film group gathered around one after another. Many people were staring at the master tape and copy they were holding, their eyes shining, shouting:

"Director Wu, hurry up and find a place to play it for everyone. If we can't see it tonight, no one will be able to sleep!"

"Yes! It finally came out after much anticipation!"

This movie was from nothing to something, from fundraising to production. They participated in the whole process, just like watching their own child being born, and they all wanted to see what the work they put sweat and heart into finally looked like.

Wu Yuchen raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then said:

"Everyone, I want to see it first more than any of you, but it's definitely too late to apply for a screening hall today.

I will go to apply for the school screening hall immediately. Tomorrow night at 7 o'clock, call your classmates and friends around you, and let's witness the birth of 'Bus 44' together!"

"Good!" Someone shouted loudly.

However, after a while, someone hesitated and said:

"Director, why don't we watch it behind closed doors first?

If we call everyone in the school and the effect is not good, then we will be really embarrassed..."

At this time, Old Jia stood out directly. He had seen the rough version of the video tape before, so he was full of confidence and patted his chest:

"I, Old Jia, put my words here. If the screening of 'Bus 44' tomorrow is not successful, I will run naked around the playground ten times!"

Old Jia's momentum suppressed many hesitant people, and the surroundings became quiet.

"Bah, Old Jia, who wants to see you run naked! Aren't you afraid of getting eye needles!" Qi Jing scolded with a smile.

Her sentence made everyone laugh, and the atmosphere relaxed.

Wu Yuchen also took a step forward and guaranteed to everyone:

"Don't worry, everyone, I have enough confidence in 'Bus 44'!

Tomorrow, I will not only call the students, but also call the teachers in the play!

Let them know that we didn't waste our time studying at the Film Academy!"

After this speech by Wu Yuchen and Old Jia, everyone made up their minds to start calling people to participate in tomorrow's screening meeting tonight.

And Wu Yuchen went straight to Huang Lei.

Huang Lei looked at the movie master tape and copy held by Wu Yuchen and Jia Zhangke, and couldn't hide the joy on his face.

As long as the movie "Bus 44" is made, the 5,000 yuan he invested will not be spent in vain!

After he heard Wu Yuchen's thoughts, Huang Lei asked:

"Are you sure you really want to call all the teachers?"

Wu Yuchen nodded confidently.

He understood very well that the school's treatment of ordinary students and genius students was completely different. At the very least, in terms of freedom, it was a world of difference.

If you are a genius, the school's teachers will give you great tolerance, especially since movies are artistic creation, which requires space and freedom.

Wu Yuchen just wanted to take this opportunity to prove himself in front of the school, put on the label of a genius director, and pave the way for the future. In this way, no matter what this genius director wants to do in the future, the school will open the back door for him.

Huang Lei saw that Wu Yuchen's attitude was firm: "Okay, come with me." ===== CHAPTER 27 =====