Chapter 51: Who Cares About That?

Wu Yuchen actually didn't value this edited MV that much, because the materials used were all from martial arts films; he was just an editing worker. Twenty years later, any enthusiast could operate this on their mobile phone; it just might not be as well-matched as his, or have such a silky effect.

When he was pulled into the room, Wu Yuchen was still thinking about just agreeing to it, treating it as doing a favor.

As a result, before he could speak, Tu Honggang reported the figure of 20,000, which really shocked him a bit. And the man even thoughtfully counted it as a lyric and music fee, solving his future worries. Were people nowadays all this particular?

Looking at Tu Honggang in front of him, Wu Yuchen couldn't help but recall the rumors about his several painful business failures.

Tu Honggang was a person who loved face, valued chivalry and loyalty, was generous with money, didn't urge people to pay back debts, and managed things with a "rivers and lakes" style. Doing business like this naturally led to failure every time. Later, after realizing he wasn't cut out for this, he honestly returned to his family.

But you have to admit, being friends with Old Tu, who was full of generosity and righteousness, was truly great!

"Teacher Tu..."

"Don't, call me Brother!" Tu Honggang waved his hand directly.

After being interrupted, Wu Yuchen changed his address:

"Brother, there is one thing I must remind you of. You should be able to see that these materials were all edited from films. It should be fine for us to put them in a documentary, but if you take them for commercial use, it may cause copyright disputes."

Although 20,000 yuan was tempting, he didn't agree directly, feeling it was better to make it clear in advance.

Upon hearing this, Tu Honggang laughed and patted Wu Yuchen on the shoulder, saying:

"Brother, you're too naive. Aren't they just Hong Kong and Taiwan films? Can they sue us here? Let me tell you, our mainland doesn't buy that!"

"Look at Na Ying. In her early years, she covered so many Hong Kong and Taiwan pop songs, and released quite a few compilation tapes. Didn't she get signed by Taiwan's Formosa Records the year before last? Who has ever sued her?"

What Tu Honggang didn't say was that he himself started by covering various Hong Kong and Taiwan male singers. Qi Qin, Dave Wang, Fei Yu-ching, etc., had all been covered by him. Performing and releasing tapes were all covers. At his peak, he participated in the recording of 40 to 50 compilations a year.

Everyone played like this; who had ever paid a penny in copyright fees? If you mentioned copyright to him, would he care about that?

Wu Yuchen also knew this was the logic. In this day and age, there was no company that would come to the mainland to pursue copyright liability. Not to mention whether they could win or not, even if they won, they couldn't get much money. Maybe they would just throw a few hundred yuan at you. After going through all that trouble and getting no benefit, they would just end up getting angrier the more they thought about it. It really wasn't worth it.

It could be said that the current mainland was in an era of barbaric growth, providing a hotbed for various pirated goods.

Therefore, these entertainment companies in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and even Europe and America simply chose to give up on copyright pursuit, treating it as cultivating potential customers. In fact, this strategy was correct to some extent. Twenty years later, many has-been Hong Kong and Taiwan stars could use various sentiments and filters to make money in the mainland. Wasn't that thanks to this?

Seeing that Tu Honggang himself didn't care, Wu Yuchen didn't say anything else. Anyway, he had already given the reminder. As for being asked about it in the future, he would only say that he edited it for the documentary. Whether Tu Honggang used it or not, didn't that require the consent of the production team?

Anyway, everyone was just kicking the ball to each other; it was tacitly understood.

After Wu Yuchen returned from the side hall, he heard the people in the room chatting happily.

Now that they had the theme song, and the documentary was basically finished, seeing that they were about to achieve success, wasn't it worth being happy?

"We have to give Little Wu credit for being able to make this film so quickly this time, otherwise I'm afraid we wouldn't even have a good New Year."

"Speak of the devil, and he appears. Little Wu, based on the effect you edited today, when you shoot a film in the future, I will definitely be the first batch of audience members!"

Upon hearing this, Wu Yuchen's heart stirred, and he replied directly: "Teacher Luo, actually, I have already shot a short film."

The people in the room were surprised upon hearing this and couldn't help but ask: "Little Wu, didn't you say you were just a freshman?"

"That's how it is..." Wu Yuchen told the whole process of shooting *Bus 44* before.

Everyone was suddenly enlightened upon hearing this, but there was a bit more admiration in their eyes when looking at Wu Yuchen. Although he spoke simply, they knew that for a freshman to lead a group of college students who were still in school to shoot a short film, they would encounter many difficulties.

Wu Yuchen not only did it, but he also succeeded. This at least proved that he possessed the talent for leadership, organization, and creative cooperation. For a director, this ability was sometimes more important than cultural and artistic attainments. And over the past month, they had also seen Wu Yuchen's talent and inspiration.

Adding these two aspects together, everyone was extremely optimistic about Wu Yuchen's future directing career.

"Little Wu, we are really interested in your short film. Bring it over next time and let us all appreciate it!"

"I wouldn't dare call it appreciation. I happen to have a videotape with me. How about I let the teachers watch it now?"

"Oh, isn't that a coincidence? Hurry up and take it out to open our eyes!" Everyone couldn't help but laugh.

This naturally wasn't a coincidence. Wu Yuchen had been here for over a month, and he had basically figured out the identities of the few older comrades; after all, they hadn't deliberately hidden anything.

Therefore, he had been carrying the videotape with him for the past few days, just wanting to find an opportunity to play *Bus 44* before the documentary production was finished, to see what kind of feedback everyone would have.

Wu Yuchen unobtrusively swept a glance at that Old Man He; his main target was him, after all, he was the former leader of the "Big Scissors."

Wu Yuchen put the videotape in, and everyone looked at the screen with interest, wanting to see what a short film shot by a freshman director leading a group of students would be like.

11 minutes later, the entire hall was silent.

This group of old comrades in their tens couldn't be as indignant as young people, but they were still shocked by this short film, especially that smile at the end, which was completely unexpected!

"Did you really shoot this?" Jia Leilei turned his head and asked directly, and the others also focused their attention on Wu Yuchen.

It wasn't that it wasn't shot well, but that it was too good. Was this something a freshman could shoot?

To be honest, if they hadn't witnessed Little Wu's talent during this period, if someone else had said it was shot by a freshman leading a group of students, they wouldn't believe it even if they were beaten to death!

Seeing Wu Yuchen nod in confirmation, everyone had to sigh in their hearts again that this kid was talented. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say he had the potential of Kaige!

"Little Wu, your short film is truly thought-provoking. Tell us..."

Next, naturally, there was an inevitable discussion about the content of the film, and Wu Yuchen handled it calmly. ===== CHAPTER 52 =====