[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-academic-director-reborn-in-the-film-industr":3,"chapter-the-academic-director-reborn-in-the-film-industr-the-academic-director-reborn-in-the-film-industr-chapter-93":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Academic Director: Reborn in the Film Industry",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2297093,4493,"Chapter 93: If Not for Seeing It with My Own Eyes","the-academic-director-reborn-in-the-film-industr-chapter-93",93,"\u003Cp>On the tenth, Cao Yang met Hou Keming in his office. Cao Yang also brought him some local specialties from his hometown. He gave Cao Yang a box of black tea, saying it was \"Heavenly Red\" Keemun black tea, and told Cao Yang it had an excellent flavor and he should try it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After chatting for a while, they turned to work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How about having Yang Qian come to help you again this time?\" Hou Keming asked for Cao Yang's opinion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Yang still remembered Yang Qian; he was the one who came to help during the editing of *3-Iron*.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a man with his own ideas, yet capable of suppressing them to actively cooperate—a good choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No problem. As long as Teacher Yang is willing, I would certainly welcome him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hou Keming knew this meant it was settled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for whether Yang Qian would be willing—nonsense. Since *3-Iron* won the Golden Lion, Yang Qian, as one of the editors, had seen his fame skyrocket. He had taken on quite a few private jobs outside and was very popular.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for taking private jobs, as long as it didn't interfere with work at the Youth Film Studio, Hou Keming would just turn a blind eye. The Youth Film Studio only produced a few films a year; relying solely on that fixed salary wouldn't keep people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this era, for those working in state-owned enterprises, taking private jobs on the side was quite common.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, I'll find a few juniors and seniors to help you out with the manual labor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This kind of odd-job work had become one of the more sought-after features of the Beijing Film Academy. For students about to graduate, having assisted a Golden Lion-winning director was an important entry to have on their resume.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That works.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is there anything else you need the school to do?\" Hou Keming asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I need a symphony orchestra and a choir to record a version of 'The Internationale' as an insert song for the film.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Yang had originally planned to find a rock singer to record a version of 'The Internationale,' selecting a specific passage: \"There are no supreme saviors, neither God, nor Caesar, nor tribune. To create the happiness of humanity, we must rely on ourselves...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He intended to use this segment to replace the hymns in the church.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But thinking about it, if he wanted something truly shocking, a symphony orchestra combined with a choir would be genuinely powerful—far more expressive than a rock singer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, how much would it cost to hire a domestic symphony orchestra and choir? It was likely cheaper than hiring a first-tier rock singer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this era, the monthly salary for the principal of the National Symphony Orchestra was 2,700, as stated by the head of the Philharmonic Orchestra in a later interview.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No problem. The most famous symphony orchestras in the country right now are the China Symphony Orchestra, the Beijing Symphony Orchestra, and the China Philharmonic Orchestra, which was established in 2000 on the basis of the China Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra. They all have affiliated choirs. Which one would you like to hire?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hou Keming didn't hesitate at all; he only suggested state-level symphony orchestras, as if he didn't think much of the more ordinary ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was this a bit of overkill?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Yang hesitated for only a moment before saying, \"The school can decide. Record the version translated by Xiao San in 1939. I only have one requirement: have it recorded before I finish editing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No problem.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hou Keming nodded, quite confident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For these state-level symphony orchestras, 'The Internationale' was surely part of their standard repertoire; they might not even need to rehearse and could record it in an afternoon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hou Keming knew Cao Yang's habits. He had notified Yang Qian and the four student assistants before the New Year, so as soon as Cao Yang confirmed, he could have them in place immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, Cao Yang always felt that working with Hou Keming was a very pleasant experience; his logistical work was always spot-on, saving Cao Yang a lot of trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day, Yang Qian and the four students arrived to report for duty. Cao Yang didn't immediately dive into the post-production editing; instead, he took them all out for a meal and gave each of them a \"start-of-work\" red envelope for good luck before they began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Editing required reading through all the shot footage repeatedly, then carefully cutting and splicing. Although editing with Cao Yang was very relaxed and rarely required them to make decisions, Yang Qian maintained a diligent and responsible attitude, watching all the footage many times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Consequently, he discovered a problem—the number of retakes for the lead actress was pitifully small.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, because the lead actress's screen time was so significant this time, this issue appeared even more prominent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, when he helped Cao Yang edit *3-Iron* last time, he had also noticed this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that at the time, it wasn't only Yu Feihong who acted well, so he assumed she had been led into the performance by good actors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time it was clearly different. Looking at all the footage, if one didn't know in advance who the lead actress was, just by looking at the number of her shots compared to other directors' footage, one might think she had fewer shots than a supporting actress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Qian had been in the editing business for so many years; there was only one explanation for this phenomenon: the actress had nailed most of her shots on the first take! At most, they kept one backup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was truly unbelievable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If other directors did this, one could basically conclude the director was being sloppy, but this was the film of the country's youngest major director; how could he possibly sabotage his own reputation?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What's more, through reading the footage, Yang Qian discovered that the actress's interpretation of the character, as well as her restraint and explosive power in her emotions, was absolutely no worse than Li Xiaoran's!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Director Cao, who is this actress? I haven't heard of her before. Is she from the Central Academy of Drama?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Qian asked tentatively. He would rather believe that the Central Academy of Drama had produced another great lead actress than believe that this level of acting was coached.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were, that would be too astonishing—even more astonishing than Cao Yang winning another Golden Bear or Palme d'Or.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With acting like this, if she didn't win Best Actress, Yang Qian would dare to rant in front of the media that there was definitely a conspiracy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, her name is Gao Yuanyuan. She's not from a professional acting school; I think she debuted by shooting commercials.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Yang said casually while busy with his work: \"She has a mature look in the film, so you might not have recognized her. She has a very popular commercial—the 'Qingzui Girl'.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Qian opened his mouth, not knowing how to express himself for a moment. He knew the \"Kissing\" girl, but she had this kind of acting ability?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One had to be impressed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Qian couldn't help but sigh. No wonder it was rumored outside that the country's three major directors each had their own specialties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yimou for visuals, Chen Kaige for humanism, and Cao Yang for actors—or rather, Cao Yang's women. But saying it that way was prone to ambiguity, so it became \"Cao Yang's actors.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because looking at the two films Cao Yang had already released, their main themes were all from a female perspective; he only shot films with female themes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also helped Li Xiaoran and Yu Feihong win Best Actress awards at the \"Big Three\" festivals, so the saying that Cao Yang was good at filming women—shortened to \"Cao Yang's women\"—became one of Cao Yang's major trademarks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the editing was finished, all that remained was the music, dubbing, mixing, and the final master processing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long before the editing was even halfway through, Hou Keming had already completed the task Cao Yang had given him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He used the China Philharmonic Orchestra and its affiliated choir.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why use them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't that the China Philharmonic was better than the other two; it was mainly because the China Philharmonic was directly under the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, they were in the same system, so no issues there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1404,"2026-06-20T05:36:32.009Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","4bb8a14a811235dc9a8763deafb409af514e4209defb2b71daf62b85151e50ae","the-academic-director-reborn-in-the-film-industr-chapter-94","the-academic-director-reborn-in-the-film-industr-chapter-92",411,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-academic-director-reborn-in-the-film-industr-cover.jpg"]