Chapter 13

"By the way, are you and Shu Chang very close?"

"At that time, Changchang and I met in the 'The Story of a Noble Family' crew, we got along very well."

Hearing that Lin Nan joined the "Lotus Lantern" crew as a director, Liu girl sent a message specially; calling would be discovered by her mother.

The last matter, just mixed through like that, Lin Nan expressed it was very nice.

But recently heard gossip again, which girl next door was mixed up with a teacher.

Lin Nan was not surprised; at worst, just marry her, like Teacher Huang, wasn't the relationship with the student abnormal? Almost ready to get the certificate.

Can't be idle, Lin Nan started to prepare the second film script.

Big-budget commercial films, he couldn't play with them, and he didn't have the confidence and grasp yet.

This time, either do an art film or a drama film, anyway, the cost must be moderate.

He started searching in his mind.

Speaking of film scripts, some are adapted from novels, some are original scripts.

Lin Nan knew many films, but he really didn't pay much attention to which were adapted from novels. This must be valued; don't be accused of "plagiarism" when the time comes.

Thinking about it, he felt that if a director wants to mix well in this industry, your film must either win awards or sell well at the box office.

There are many high-box-office films, especially comedies that are easiest to stand out. Although the main theme of Lin Nan's "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" is love, there are also many funny components in it.

And if a film wants to win an award, I'm afraid it can't consider the box office; either art film or realistic subject matter, the latter is easier to win awards.

The final key point came to choosing the script type. What kind of mentality and purpose is he coming to do the second script?

Award-winning or box office?

The films in his memory flashed through his mind like turning pages.

"Wait until I have time, I will write down all the high-quality ones in these scripts, register and file them first," Lin Nan muttered.

There is a lot of stock of European and American films in his mind; Lin Nan has already made up his mind, the American Writers Guild is a good organization.

"Social reality issues? Not easy to handle, easy to be crushed. Brother Li was banned for five years; I can't go abroad to film for five years like him."

Lin Nan finally decided to slow down the award-winning matter and focus on box office films first.

Lin Nan opened the computer and started writing the script, "Back to Youth" (20 Once Again).

"Yes, I want to drag you to help me find people over there. What for? Help me register the script."

Lin Nan found Shanghai Film Group, asking them to help find an intermediary channel, mainly to continuously register scripts for Lin Nan at the American Writers Guild. The cost, of course, was borne by Lin Nan himself.

The other party was surprised, thinking Lin Nan was aiming too high and wanted to develop over there, and even advised him to stabilize for a few years before talking.

"If you look down on me, just say it, what is 'stabilize for a few years'?"

Lin Nan's mouth was quite hard, but he knew the other party was doing it for his own good.

Thinking for a long time, he confirmed this "Back to Youth."

Do it as soon as he says it, before going to Golden Horse at the end of the year, Lin Nan didn't prepare to do anything else, just write scripts, register, keep writing scripts, keep registering...

Sooner or later, the Hollywood Eight or independent film companies would come to find him.

"I don't believe that hundreds of film scripts can't make me a guest of honor?"

Such a crazy thing, Lin Nan got excited just thinking about it.

As for "Back to Youth," Lin Nan prepared to keep it secret first, wait until he came out of the "Lotus Lantern" crew to find investment, this time do it more exquisitely, with bigger actions.

Taking time to look at film information, Hong Kong films could still struggle for a few years, and there were quite a few Chinese-language films produced by Hollywood.

"Heavenly Hero" was also preparing to be released in August, starring the stubborn Jiang Wen, and there was also the talented woman Xu's "Me and My Father," but none of them would impact the box office of "Cell Phone."

In school, one could see many films that couldn't be released, Hong Kong's, European and American, for teaching, this reason was very sufficient.

Uncle Long was still in his prime, a high-yield period. "Rush Hour 2" from more than a year ago was still fresh in his memory, and here was another "The Medallion" about to come out. Although it couldn't get in, it was already on the students' menu.

"Lin Zi, what's wrong with you, your eye circles are so black," someone asked Lin Nan.

"Hmm, staying up late to write scripts."

Lin Nan was very sleepy. These two nights he was copying scripts, inspiration kept coming in his mind, the film was like playing in front of his eyes, couldn't stop.

A young body couldn't stay up until the third day, and he started dozing off in the film appreciation class.

Seemed to have slept for five minutes, how come class was over, Lin Nan muttered.

Didn't eat, returned to the dorm listlessly, covered himself with a quilt and slept, didn't want to think about whether there were classes in the afternoon.

Not two days later, Shanghai Film Group found the intermediary the latter needed for Lin Nan, a cultural broker with a small reputation in America.

Lin Nan even checked it specially, it was a proper one, the name was also easy to remember, Tom, a thirty-year-old man.

The rest was easy to handle, sign the contract, one spends money and one does things, establishing a long-term connection.

Recently, the news about films was just that, few domestic ones, and imports were strictly controlled.

On the contrary, there were many TV series. "Chinese Paladin" officially announced that it was selecting actors, the first game adaptation, the gimmick was not small. "Lotus Lantern" seemed to have selected the actor for Three Holy Mother, heard Erlang God contributed.

Bu Jingyun was also going to film "One Meter of Sunshine" with the future Huanhuan.

Lin Nan also intentionally paid attention to Zhou Yi's plays. These years were indeed abnormal, high-yield period, one to two plays every year. Last year, "Xiao Shilang" was premiered, this year produced "Water Moon Cave Sky" and brought "Young King" along.

Yin Tianxue was a pity, Bai Su was luckier than Tianxue.

Chatting with Liu Yifei, heard the role of the male lead Li Xiaoyao hadn't been decided yet, Tang Ren's boss was pushing his own newcomer, Dayu was a bit hesitant.

Previously thought Liu Yifei went there to be Zhao Linger, but it had been so long and it was actually the role of Anu, only recently had there been movement, wanting to change to the female lead.

"Believe me, you will definitely be Zhao Linger," Lin Nan cheered her up.

"Wait until filming starts, you come visit my set, hehe."

Lin Nan thought for a moment, "Maybe we can work together."

"What do you mean?"

Lin Nan let her guess for herself, but she got angry, hung up the phone, and even asked Lin Nan to reflect on his attitude on QQ.

"'Lotus Lantern' starts filming around the same time as your crew, both in Hengdian."

Lin Nan had to reply honestly.

"Really?" There was also a grinning expression.

"Fake," Lin Nan replied.

"Humph, I'll go ask Changchang myself," the avatar turned gray.

The freshman year passed by so quickly. College students in other schools might enjoy the summer vacation, but students in the Film Academy and Drama Academy couldn't.

Summer vacation is the time to find crews. Relying on the school's signboard, the starting point is much higher than those professional extras, and the competitiveness is also strong.

Poor Lin Nan was left behind, a theory course didn't reach the score required by the teacher.

"Seventy-five points, I wouldn't care about other students, you scored seventy-five, if it spreads, what will others say? You are also a director with a box office record..."

Didn't expect the director department teacher to be so ruthless, catching Lin Nan and criticizing him for half an hour, under the guise of having different requirements for excellent students.

"I passed you, but you still have to participate in the make-up exam before school starts. I will notify the office, you must get 90 points."

"Okay, teacher, I will definitely work hard during the vacation."

Just about to end, Lin Nan was ready to leave, but was stopped by Director Tian who came in, and after encouraging him a few more words, he let Lin Nan go.

"Good seedlings need to be cultivated with heart, there are many good directors, but not many can produce box office, this kid is not bad."

"Director Tian is right, this kid is smart, just too lazy, taking classes and exams as just getting by."

Director Tian smiled, their generations of directors were influenced by Europe, but film is art and also a commodity, the latter can drive the economy and stimulate the industry to flourish.

Lin Nan left the teachers' office area, and only then relaxed a bit, "Being a good student is not easy, and they don't let you mix through the days."

Before walking a few steps, he was called again, "Teacher Zhou, something up?"

"School starts early, let you go to welcome the newcomers together."

Lin Nan was stunned, I'm already in the director department, is it appropriate for you to order me around like this?

"By the way, there are also Zhu Yawen and others, your crew must all come," saying that, Teacher Zhou turned and left.

Alright, the feeling is this reason.

Lin Nan didn't prepare to return to his hometown; if he went back, his father would ask if he had a girlfriend again?

Can't say he has a crush on an underage girl.

Called, told his father he was preparing a script, and had to prepare to participate in the awards ceremony after school started, really had no time, all arranged until next year.

Comforting his father, Lin Nan felt relieved.

These two months he didn't prepare to go out and roam, strike while the iron is hot, write down all the scripts in his mind, and hand them to Tom to register.

Work hard for a while, happy for the rest of his life.

Went to his small company to see, recently the matter of splitting accounts with Shanghai Film Group and theater chains, all relied on two financial staff following, he had the meaning of being a hands-off boss.

Since he decided to do the company, no matter how many people there are, he still has to go around from time to time.

Lin Nan left after promising to double the bonus this year; he had to find a house.

Although he knew that buying a house here would definitely make money, Lin Nan was still not in a hurry, wait until next year to make some more money, and buy a big villa all at once.

As a Northwesterner, he was not interested in living in a courtyard house, but investment was fine.

Living in school during the summer vacation, he didn't have this mind, not far from school, rented a two-bedroom apartment nearby, and took root here for these two months, liver the script.

Except for sleeping, eating, and going to the bathroom, Lin Nan was in front of the computer the rest of the time.

Write during the day, write at night, sleep when sleepy, write when awake, eat when hungry, continue writing after eating...

This day Lin Nan was sleeping, the phone rang.

Touched for a long time with his eyes closed before finding it, "Hello, who is it?"

"Lin Nan?"

"It's me, old Zhu, is it you?"

"School is about to start, where did you run to? Welcoming newcomers, welcoming newcomers, did you forget?"

Zhu Yawen's roar made Lin Nan wake up a bit, looked at the computer, good guy, August 29, tomorrow is the registration for new students.

He was really confused these two months, fortunately, the results were fruitful.

Wash face and brush teeth, go out to eat and cut hair.

By the way, called the intermediary, there was still half a month of lease, let him come to accept and return the rent, he was leaving.

If he missed the welcoming newcomers, he would probably be sprayed to death by Teacher Zhou on the spot.

The intermediary was still conscientious, handled things cleanly and neatly, just wanted a group photo.