The filming of "The Martian" will still take some time, so Spielberg did not talk much about this topic and agreed with Cheng Yanqiu that he would contact her after the follow-up plan was launched.
After Cheng Yanqiu finished washing the dishes, the four of them sat on the sofa and chatted. Spielberg was about to ask what Yu Dong's new book was when he suddenly heard a voice outside.
"Boom-bang!"
The sound was so loud that Spielberg was startled and asked, "What is this sound?"
Jimmy laughed and said, "It must be who is setting off the firecrackers outside. They are on the same floor so close together that any sound will be very loud."
After this sound, there was a burst of children's exclamations in the corridor, full of excitement.
As soon as Yu Dong heard the sound, he knew it was Yu Haiguo, a boy from Yu Hua's family. He was probably setting off firecrackers outside. He heard it and hurriedly wanted to play with him.
After that, various sounds came from the corridor, including the sound of people rushing downstairs, the scolding sounds of parents scolding their children, and the soothing sounds of other people helping their children. It was as if the sound of firecrackers had shaken them.
A building of teachers' apartments was blown alive.
It was Mo Yan who scolded the children, and it was probably her daughter who set off the firecrackers just now.
Mo Yan's daughter is a teenager and is the oldest child in this building. Little brats like Yu Haiguo and Feng Changdi hang out with her every day, and then they are disliked by her.
Jimmy's focus was very special. He listened for a while and then said, "Feng Ming's dog also woke up."
Yu Dong smiled. It seemed that Jimmy was still worried about being woken up early.
Spielberg heard Jimmy's complaint. He looked down at the tea leaves floating in the teacup and ignored it at all.
When Jimmy saw that he ignored him, he smiled and said, "Steven, if you have nothing to do this afternoon, I will take you to investigate the future of the Chinese film industry?"
Spielberg looked away from the tea cup, looked at Jimmy, and asked curiously, "The future of the Chinese film industry? How to examine it?"
"You'll find out in the afternoon."
"Okay." Spielberg nodded. He had nothing to do in the afternoon anyway.
He is not in a hurry to go back this time, and tomorrow is the Chinese traditional festival New Year's Eve. He plans to spend the festival with Jimmy and the others here before leaving.
…
"Old Wu, you are serious. It's the Chinese New Year tomorrow, but you still go to work today. Even if you go to work yourself, you also need to bring Yu Dong and the others with you. Who is not busy during the New Year? Especially Yu Dong, they are deeply
The empty company has just finished its annual meeting, and before I can take a breath, you have to take up my time again."
After lunch, Wu Changxin changed his clothes and prepared to go to school. He was caught by his lover and scolded him for a while, complaining that he should not have dragged Yu Dong and others out to work overtime during the Chinese New Year.
Before Wu Changxin responded, his lover continued: "Ren Yudong is really good to Jin Yi. He is the boss of such a big company. In school, he didn't miss out on the work that was his, and he didn't shirk the work that wasn't his."
Speaking of the fact that Yu Dong was the boss of Deep Space Company, Wu Changxin also sighed secretly. He really didn't expect that Yu Dong hid such a big secret from them.
What his lover said made sense. Jin Yi did owe Yu Dong a lot of favors, and sometimes he was indeed embarrassed.
But if the school wants to develop, it's useless for him to be so shameless.
"Okay, okay, I'll get rid of the matter as soon as possible without wasting their time." Wu Changxin thought for a while and then said, "Let's do it this way. You get ready, and I'll ask them to come home for dinner in the evening."
"That's okay. We have plenty of food prepared at home, so we don't have to go out anymore...I won't prepare it yet. You go tell them about the meal and see what they say. If they agree, you can call back."
"Okay, okay."
…
When Wu Changxin rode his bicycle to the gate of the primary school, he happened to see Hu Changqing chatting with Uncle Zhou in the communication room.
"Old Zhou, it's a pity that you weren't here yesterday. The scene was spectacular. There were many onlookers, most of them locals. I just realized that I have many local readers in Jinling. When I walked on the red carpet,
Listen to people shouting, cover the water, cover the water - there are too many people, they are coming from all directions, I can't even take care of them."
Uncle Zhou puffed on his cigarette and laughed: "That's right, Secretary Hu, you are a famous person now...hey, the principal is here."
Wu Changxin walked over with a smile, "What big thing are the two leaders talking about here?"
"Just chatting." Hu Changqing smiled.
Wu Changxin tilted his head: "Changqing, you drank a lot last night. You're already at this point. Why do you still smell of alcohol? You looked like this, didn't you just wake up at noon?"
"No, I drank some more at noon."
"Are there guests at home?"
"No, I was the only one drinking."
Hu Changxin clicked his tongue and said, "You are really elegant. Okay, let's go in quickly. Don't let Yu Dong wait in a hurry."
Hu Changqing nodded and pushed the cart behind Wu Changxin.
The reason why he drank some more at noon was because he was in a good mood, and the reason why he was in a good mood was because he got up early in the morning and turned on his computer and went to deep space to watch the live broadcast records.
He didn't look at anything else, just the part where he appeared. Good guy, a bunch of netizens praised him to the sky.
Although the website did not continue the live broadcast today, the residual heat has not dissipated. There are still many netizens enthusiastically discussing yesterday's events in posts.
There are also some people who have not been on the website in the past two days and missed the live broadcast, so they can only watch it today.
Wu Changxin did not ride on the bike, and Hu Changqing was too embarrassed to ride, so he could only push the bike behind him. After walking for a while, Wu Changxin said, "Changqing, have you published any new works recently?"
Hu Changqing raised his eyebrows, a little surprised. Although Wu Changxin had never objected to their writing science fiction novels, he basically would not take the initiative to ask.
And in the current situation, Principal Wu probably didn't ask casually, otherwise he wouldn't have deliberately stopped riding.
"I have been busy celebrating the New Year during this period and have not thought about the new book. I had some ideas before and planned to wait until after the New Year." Hu Changqing answered truthfully.
Wu Changxin nodded, took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it, "I think "Bring Her Eyes" did well. The students had done a good job filming it themselves before, and now it has been spotted by an American director."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Da Liu's novel is really well written. With the Deep Space Company here, it is not surprising that it was picked up by a foreign director."
"right."
Wu Changxin suddenly stopped and turned to look at Hu Changqing, "Is there any hope that your novels can be turned into movies?"
He stopped suddenly, leaving Hu Changqing stunned: "I can't judge this, we still have to look at the Deep Space Company."
"That's it." Wu Changxin nodded and pushed the car forward again: "If there is such an opportunity, Changqing, you must seize it. Our school is currently carrying out drastic reforms, and film is the top priority.
Seriously, if your work can be turned into a movie, it will be a great morale booster. If you need anything, just ask me. I can't help Yu Dong even if I want to help you. As for you, I'm sure
Want some snacks."
"Principal, don't worry, I will definitely work hard for our Jinyi even until my death."
Wu Changxin smiled and shook his head, "You and I should stop making trouble. Okay, let's go there. Last time Jimmy said he would come if he had time today. I don't know if he will come."
"Already here." Hu Changqing said.
"Did you see him?" Wu Changxin said unexpectedly.
"No, when I was chatting with Lao Zhou just now, he told me that Jimmy and Spielberg came early this morning."
"Then I don't know if they are at home or in the office... Let's get the equipment ready first and then contact them."
…
Before Wu Changxin contacted Yu Dong, Jimmy called him and said that he wanted to bring someone over to see the exam director and asked him if it was convenient. Wu Changxin guessed that it was Spielberg as soon as he heard it, and even said it was convenient.
When Yu Dong and the other three arrived at the conference room, Wu Changxin saw Spielberg and joked: "My dear, this is incredible. Mr. Jin Yi can invite Spielberg to come. From now on,
It’s impossible for the students not to be serious, because they were all selected by the great director Spielberg.”
"Principal Wu, you are joking. I am just here to observe. It will not affect your judgment."
Spielberg looked at Jimmy. He was tricked by Jimmy. Before he came, Jimmy told him that he was investigating the future of the Chinese film industry. Jimmy only told him the truth halfway through.
But Jimmy was right. Aren't these new students the future of the Chinese film industry?
Wu Changxin didn't want to waste Yu Dong's time. The equipment had been prepared long ago, and he sent each of them a copy of the student information, and then started playing the video.
"The information you have now are all students who we think are pretty good after preliminary screening. Some of them are marked red by Director Cui, who are more recognized by her."
Yu Dong flipped through the information at random. There were about sixty or seventy students in it.
There are many students coming to Jinyi to take the exam this year, it is said that it is twice as many as last year. However, after the preliminary screening, there are fewer people who were given certificates than last year. It can be seen that the standards of Jinyi this year are much stricter than last year.
This is also because Jin Yi is more confident now and is not too worried about too many students skipping the exam after being given the certificate.
Jimmy stared at the video very carefully and seemed not to want to miss any detail. Every time he watched a video, he would make some annotations on the corresponding student information.
Yu Dong watched the video and flipped through the information.
When it comes to acting, he is not as professional as Jimmy and Spielberg, so he wants to see if there is anyone he is familiar with among this year's batch of students.
Not to mention, he actually saw a few, among which the three more famous ones were Hai Qing, Tong Dawei, and Chen Hao.
When it came to Hai Qing's video, Hu Changxin said: "I am very impressed by this Hai Qing. She graduated from Jiang Province Drama School. She has a background in dance and was exposed to drama relatively early. She participated in the Taoli Cup Dance Competition in September this year and also
I feel very happy after winning an award."
Yu Dong lowered his head and looked at it. On his document, Hai Qing's name was circled in red, which meant that Cui Xinqin also recognized her.
"She is very angry? Does it show?"
"That's not true. I heard what Teacher Chen said."
"Which Teacher Chen?" Yu Dong asked.
"Your mother-in-law."
"ah?"
Hu Changxin laughed and said, "Hai Qing works in the Provincial Song and Dance Theater and met Teacher Chen. Hai Qing wanted to study drama. At first, she went to the Central Theater Company. When Teacher Chen found out, she persuaded her to try Jinyi."
Yu Dong was a little surprised. He didn't expect Hai Qing to know his mother-in-law. He looked down at Hai Qing's information again. Sure enough, this girl was from Jinling Gulou District. She entered the Provincial Song and Dance Theater at the age of seventeen and also stayed there.
We have known each other for several years, and it is normal for him to know his mother-in-law.
Jimmy smiled and said, "Hey, she is still a well-connected person, but her basics are good, but her appearance is not very photogenic."
Hu Changqing said strangely: "I think it's quite beautiful..."
He stopped talking in the middle of the sentence because he suddenly realized that Jimmy was an American and his aesthetics probably were different from those of the Chinese.
Before he finished speaking, Jimmy answered his question, "I didn't say she wasn't beautiful, but her face is not suitable for the big screen, and she can't be a leading heroine."
Yu Dong looked at Jimmy: "Are you being a bit subjective? She hasn't even learned acting, so you just rely on her face to determine whether she can be on the big screen?"
Although it is true that Yu Dong has never seen Hai Qing on the big screen, he really can't understand how Jimmy can conclude that Hai Qing is not suitable for a big screen heroine just by looking at one episode.
Jimmy shrugged, "You can say I'm subjective, but which director doesn't choose roles subjectively?"
"The director doesn't just look at one face."
Jimmy smiled and looked at Spielberg, "What do you think?"
Spielberg raised the corner of his mouth and said: "If it's not a play that requires particularly high acting skills, I basically look at the actor's face, mainly to see how the actor feels. If the acting skills are not that bad, the director can improve them. For example, Wei Wei
Er Smith, his acting skills are very average, but we just liked his feeling. Of course, his fame is also part of the reason. After filming "Men in Black", his acting skills improved a lot, and this is our credit.
"
Yu Dong was a little dazed after hearing Spielberg's words. He has always felt that for actors, acting skills always come first, but it seems that the director does not think so.
Jimmy patted Yu Dong's shoulder, "Of course acting is important, but face is also important. Some people may not be as good-looking as Hai Qing, but they are more suitable for making movies than her."
"I have been taught." Yu Dong nodded, "Then you think there is no need to admit her?"
"That's not the case. It can't be shown on the big screen. It's fine on the small screen. Since I have the foundation, I'll accept it first. Anyway, it won't be a success."
Jimmy's words were a bit selfish, but from their current standpoint, there was nothing wrong with them.
The others didn't say anything and continued reading.
Yu Dong naturally wanted to take Hai Qing under his wing. Perhaps as Jimmy said, Hai Qing was not suitable to play a heroine on the big screen, but she could also find a role that suited her, and she was a student with great potential.
After watching all the videos, Spielberg and others agreed that Chen Hao was very good.
When Yu Dong saw Chen Hao, he thought of Liu Ye and "That Mountain That Man That Dog". Both of them participated in this movie.
Chapter completed!