Chapter 49: Who doesn't have a little secret?

The wrap party was much larger in scale than the previous dinner, and there was a constant stream of people coming to toast Cao Yang.

Under normal circumstances, it wouldn't be like this, with almost everyone coming to toast him.

In domestic drinking culture, not just anyone can go around offering toasts.

Like the crew members who carry various "Master" titles—such as cinematographers, lighting directors, stylists, and art directors—they would certainly come to have a drink with the director at the wrap party.

But for the various assistants and other lower-level staff on the crew, unless they were highly regarded by the director, coming over to toast would be a bit abrupt and might lead to making a fool of oneself.

Cao Yang's crew was different from a traditional crew; almost all the various assistants were students from the Beijing Film Academy, mostly juniors and seniors. Having this status, coming over to have a drink didn't seem out of place.

Furthermore, since they were able to intern on the crew, Cao Yang not only held their internship evaluations, but there was also a very important point: who wouldn't want to become part of a famous director's core team and take a shortcut?

Not to mention the actors; since they were in this line of work, who didn't want to become famous? How many truly aloof people could there really be?

Even though Cao Yang only took a symbolic sip each time, he still drank quite a bit.

He couldn't go on like this. Cao Yang felt that the next time he held a wrap party, he must set a rule: after everyone toasted together, he would find an excuse to state clearly that he wouldn't drink with anyone individually.

Seeing that there were still quite a few people eager to try, Cao Yang quickly used the "urination escape."

Seeing Cao Yang leave, Che Xiao's eyes not far away flickered. She drank a mouthful of tea without changing her expression—mainly to rinse her mouth—wiped her mouth with a tissue, and chewed a piece of gum before standing up.

"Xiao Xiao, where are you going?"

Dong Xuan, who was beside her, asked.

Che Xiao said softly, "I'm going to the restroom."

After saying this, she walked outside.

Wen Zhengrong, who was secretly taking a piece of gum, paused. She looked up and couldn't help but offer a polite greeting in her heart.

Little bitch!

"Xiao Xiao, wait for me, let's go together."

Wen Zhengrong also stood up, all smiles, and grabbed Che Xiao's arm, holding on tight. Hmph, who doesn't know your little secret? At such a young age, you're only thinking about good things.

Che Xiao's smile stiffened, and she was practically dragged to the restroom by Wen Zhengrong.

At the entrance of the restroom, they happened to run into Cao Yang coming out. Wen Zhengrong greeted him very enthusiastically, "What a coincidence, Junior! Are you alright?"

Che Xiao's carefully prepared plan was completely disrupted. Her mind was still a bit chaotic, and she followed up stiffly, "What a coincidence, Junior... no, Senior, did Senior come to use the restroom personally?"

Cao Yang smiled and nodded, "I'm fine. You two are girls, don't drink too much, stay safe."

Watching Cao Yang walk away, Che Xiao was furious. Just as she was about to shake off the arm Wen Zhengrong was holding, Wen Zhengrong let go first and walked toward the restroom without looking back.

Che Xiao stomped her feet in anger, gnashed her teeth for a while, and then left sullenly; she didn't even go to the restroom anymore.

Cao Yang decided to cut the Gordian knot. After returning, he picked up his glass, and once most people were looking over, he said, "Everyone, I am very happy that you could all come together today, especially Teacher Wu and Teacher Liao, who came all the way from Xiangjiang. Thank you, and thank you all again for your joint efforts these past few days.

Tomorrow I will begin post-production, so I'll be taking my leave first today. Eat well and drink well. If anyone wants to go sing karaoke later, let Teacher Cheng settle the bill together."

Not long after Cao Yang left, Yu Feihong also made an excuse and left.

After walking on the street for a while, Cao Yang found a place to sit down, took out his phone, and stared at the number "1206" in his text messages for a while, finally sighing.

Teacher Situ, I really didn't mean to go against your words, it's mainly because...

After thinking for a while, he couldn't come up with a reasonable excuse, so he simply muttered, "It's mainly because I'm young. It's normal for young people to be a bit impulsive. Which young person could withstand such temptation? Teacher Situ can understand, right?" At this moment, Cao Yang felt he understood Old Tian, the National Master, and Chen Kaige a bit. Like Chen Kaige's Sister Hong, if it were himself...

Pfft, he was a gentleman. What sister-in-law or not? He couldn't think about it, he couldn't think about it.

He drank too much, he drank too much. He would definitely quit drinking next time.

In room 1206, Yu Feihong transformed into a female knight, heroic and spirited. She looked down at Cao Yang, tilted her chin, and said with some urgency, "Quick, quick, tell me how my acting is."

Damn it!

Everyone has a little fetish, right?

"Very good, very good, compared to Li Xiaoran..."

The female knight let out an "ah," trembled for a long time, and fell off the horse.

The next day, Cao Yang arrived at the Qingying Studio and threw himself into post-production.

This time, the editing didn't have as many long takes; the shots filmed were much more fragmented than last time, so editing was relatively time-consuming and laborious.

The school provided three senior editing students as assistants, and the Qingying Studio also sent an editor over.

!

The editor's surname was Yang, called Yang Qian, in his forties.

"Teacher Yang, thank you for coming to help. For this film, I already have a rough finished product in my mind. If you have any suggestions during work, feel free to bring them up. If they are good, I will adopt them.

You might not know me very well, but I am quite stubborn at times, so if I don't adopt them, please don't take it to heart."

He gave a heads-up first. Since he had hired an editor, the person's job was to be responsible for "gluing" different shots together to form a coherent narrative.

When ordinary editors are editing, they hate it most when the director is blabbering on the side, clapping their hands every now and then to say this is wrong or that lacks a sense of power.

What do editors want?

The director should speak openly about their ideas, what theme the film wants to express, and what narrative structure the film wants. They can't just vaguely say this isn't "punchy" enough or that lacks the desired "feeling."

No one is a tapeworm in anyone else's stomach; who knows what your "punchy" and "feeling" mean? You have to be more specific.

For example, cut 6 frames from here and move them to which scene and which shot.

Only in this way can effective communication be carried out, arguments due to disagreements be avoided, and work efficiency be improved.

Cao Yang's meaning here was to tell the editor that he knew how to edit, but because the workload was heavy and the editor was here to help, they just needed to edit according to his meaning, so as to avoid everyone having different opinions and to avoid arguments.

Yang Qian nodded. Hou Ke Ming had already told him that Cao Yang's opinions were the priority and he only needed to provide support.

Since it was made clear, then let's get to work.

Yang Qian finally witnessed Cao Yang's difference. It seemed as if he really had the finished film in his mind. Many shots that looked good—if it were Yang Qian, he would definitely hesitate and try multiple times.

But Cao Yang was not like that. He just compared the previous and subsequent shots and knew how to choose. He didn't hesitate at all, and what should be discarded would be discarded without hesitation.

If it were other directors encountering this situation, Yang Qian would dare to bet his apprentice's happiness for the rest of his life that their first thought would definitely be to keep everything—this can't be discarded, and that can't be thrown away. 【60】 Finally, after a big argument with the editor, they might say, "Then let's edit two versions and keep them, and see which one is better later."

After a final, heated argument with the editor, he might even say, "Then let's cut two versions and keep them both; we'll see which one is better when the time comes and choose then."

As a result, they might not be able to use either, wasting time for nothing.

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