Zhou Yang, with his back on the pillow, sat on the bed in the single dormitory, put down the "Art of Photography" he brought back from the office, and took a brief look at the window.
He looked out the window and saw heavy snowflakes falling.
The heavy snow looks particularly beautiful under the street lights...
Not far away, a few girls shouted excitedly, even holding cameras, taking pictures of this and that under the street lights, and posing in various poses as if they had never seen the world before.
Zhou Yang couldn't understand why it was so exciting when it snowed.
He rubbed his dry eyes, and after looking at the time, he knew it was time to go to sleep.
Maybe it was because the girls outside were too noisy, or maybe it was because firecrackers sounded from time to time, but Zhou Yang turned off the lights and lay on the bed, but he couldn't fall asleep.
It’s almost Chinese New Year!
This idea suddenly popped into Zhou Yang's mind!
When this idea appeared, Zhou Yang thought of the Spring Festival Gala for no reason, of everyone gathering together to eat New Year's Eve dinner, and of New Year blessings...
Some pleasant scenes emerged in Zhou Yang's mind...
Finally, he turned on the light again and continued reading the book "The Art of Shooting Lenses".
As he watched, he finally felt sleepy, and then he put down the book in a daze and lay back on the bed.
……………………
Feng Kai left the company at four o'clock in the morning on January 28th.
As the New Year was approaching, he originally planned to go back to his villa in Yanjing to take an annual vacation after handling the situation in "The Bottom of the Mine".
The filming of "Mineral Bottom" really exhausted him.
He no longer wanted to do any work.
However, contrary to expectations, he did not wait for the annual vacation, but instead waited for an invitation from a crew called "The Crow".
The director of "The Crow" is Wang Shuai, one of the five generations of literary and artistic directors. He is considered to be one of the most veteran literary and artistic directors in the Beijing circle.
The full name of the Beijing Circle is actually the Yanjing Literature and Art Circle. It was first established by a group of cultural figures from the Yanjing Military Courtyard. They were also called the Brothers of the Courtyard. Each one of them had a very impressive background, and they were selected individually.
A being who can stomp his feet and shake three times.
Directors Zhou Yilin, Shen Changwei and others who are representatives of the Five Generations of Chinese directors are one of the famous directors in this circle...
Of course, if you have the ability to dig deeper, you will even surprisingly find that 80% of the celebrities who became popular from 2001 to 2006, the rising new directors, and those popular celebrities are more or less related to this circle.
Inextricably linked.
This circle represents resources, money, rights...
Although Feng Kai owns a villa in Yanjing, owns a fairly small listed company at home, and is well-known in the circle of cutting-edge directors, he is not a figure in the Beijing circle.
Over the years, he has been relying on his family's financial resources to smoothen his connections, visiting the docks to contact the big shot crews in the Beijing circle. He dreams of integrating into this circle and completing a gorgeous transformation.
Unfortunately, there are some things that you cannot blend in if you want to. Feng Kai has always been on the fringes of this circle and has never truly blended in.
And this time he suddenly received an invitation from the crew of "The Crow", which was really unexpected!
The surprise made him feel shocked, unbelievable, and almost crazy with excitement. He almost lost his mind and shouted at the door of Huaxing.
Of course, he had some doubts.
In his mind, he and Director Wang Shuai had only met at the Golden Horse Film Festival dinner a year ago. He and a group of people came together to toast Wang Shuai, and Wang Shuai nodded symbolically at him, not even knowing him.
It's all very reluctant, and there's no deep friendship at all.
Logically speaking, Wang Shuai doesn't know him at all.
Why would Wang Shuai invite him to join the crew of "The Crow" now?
Did my talent attract the attention of Wang Shuai and Wang Dao?
Although he was a little confused, it was a great thing after all. After receiving the invitation from the crew, he packed his luggage the next day, eagerly bought a ticket and ran towards the crew.
New Year?
It’s another Year of the Rooster!
But that’s it!
What is the editing and review work for "Under the Mine"?
He hesitated for a moment, suddenly feeling a little sorry for Zhou Yang, but then he felt that he couldn't have his cake and eat it too...
"Director Zhou, I will leave the post-review of "Mineral Bottom" to you. If you have any questions that you don't understand, you can call me at any time. However, there may not be a signal from the crew. Just send me a text message... I
When I see the text message, I will immediately find a place with signal to reply to you."
"I have already arranged the editing."
"Okay! Come on, Director Zhou!"
"..."
Six o'clock in the morning.
Zhou Yang received a call from Feng Kai.
On the phone, Feng Kai seemed extremely excited, and his words were high-spirited, as if he was about to take off.
Zhou Yang was a little confused after answering the phone.
After Feng Kai finished filming "The Bottom of the Mine", he said more than once that he wanted to take a break. At least until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, he would not do any film-related work.
He wants to have a good New Year...
But only one day has passed. Director Feng has joined a new crew and started a new journey?
Isn't this slap in the face too quick?
Zhou Yang shook his head and didn't really care.
After having breakfast in the company canteen, Zhou Yang walked towards the post-editing department of "Under the Mine" with his book under his arm.
For a good movie, shooting is one thing, and post-editing is another.
Many movies were shot perfectly during the filming period, but the outsourced editing was not handled well in the post-production period. After being released, they turned into some messy shit movies that made people’s heads hurt after watching them.
The registration deadline for the 2006 Berlin International Film Festival is around February 10th, so if "Under the Mine" wants to participate in the film festival, they must officially send the sample copy to Berlin before the 10th.
Although the editing and post-editing of the movie "Mineral Bottom" was not very difficult, the time was not particularly abundant either.
The person in charge of the post-editing project of "Under the Mine" is named Zhang Lei. Zhou Yang has seen his resume and he is considered one of the top post-processing personnel in the country. Feng Kai is full of praise for this person.
"Brother Zhang..."
"Oh, are you Director Zhou? Hello, Director Zhou..."
"Viagra, are you there too?"
"Well, Director Zhou, Director Zhou, please sit down..."
"..."
Zhou Yang walked into the editing room, greeted everyone very politely, and then looked at the dense computer equipment in the editing room and the post-processing tools that he couldn't name.
After seeing him, the staff suddenly had a strange expression on their faces.
Especially Qian Wei. When Qian Wei saw him, his expression was awkward and he didn't dare to look at himself.
Zhang Lei even lowered his head and remained silent after responding.
"Viagra... what part of the editing sample of "Under the Mine" is being processed now?"
"..." The embarrassed expression on Qian Wei's face became even more serious. He hesitated for a while, then finally said with a complicated emotion: "Director Zhou, the editing of "The Bottom of the Mine" hasn't started yet..."
"Ah?" Zhou Yang was stunned. "Didn't you say that you started cutting it yesterday?"
"The original plan was to start editing yesterday, but..." Qian Wei glanced at the ancient costumes on Zhang Lei's computer screen: "The post-processing of "Warring States" is very urgent, and we were all pulled over to help..."
"Ah?" Zhou Yang fell into a brief silence when he heard this. Then, he seemed to have thought of something and stared at Qian Wei: "Viagra, didn't the post-processing of "Warring States" start a month ago?
?”
He was a little puzzled.
This is what Qian Wei said himself a few days ago.
Qian Wei lowered his head and remained silent, as if he didn't know what to explain.
"Because "Warring States" is registered for the Berlin International Film Festival and is competing with "Heroes", Director Zhou, um, Zhou Yilin, Director Zhou attaches great importance to the post-editing of the film. In addition, "Warring States" itself is
For big scenes, there are some special effects factors, so the post-processing will be more troublesome and requires more manpower. It will be quite troublesome for us to edit..." In the end, Zhang Lei controlled the computer and answered Zhou Yang's words while working.
"Oh...Brother Zhang, I would like to ask, when will the later stages of "Warring States" be completed?" Zhou Yang also expressed his understanding after hearing this.
"According to this progress, if we work extra hours in the evening, we may be able to finish cutting around February 7th. It depends on Director Zhou Yilin's satisfaction..."
"Ah? Then there are only two days left for "Under the Mine"?" Zhou Yang was stunned when he heard this.
"..."
No one answered Zhou Yang's words.
Qian Wei lowered his head even more.
He kind of acquiesced.
Zhou Yang glanced at the editing room.
The sound of instruments in the editing room was constantly ringing, and all the staff in the post-production team were busy editing "Warring States".
"What kind of movie can be made after two days of editing?" Zhou Yang saw that everyone was silent, so he looked at Qian Wei and added.
"I'm sorry, Director Zhou..."
"..."
silence……
There was another long, long silence.
Just when there was silence, the door of the company's editing room opened again.
Then a young man wearing glasses walked in.
When he walked in, he didn't look at Zhou Yang, but went straight to Zhang Lei and asked Zhang Lei to bring up the cut samples of "Warring States".
Zhou Yang stood nearby and heard this man say a lot of professional terms...
He couldn't understand.
About half an hour later...
"Manager Xu, if you edit it like this, I'm afraid the editing time of "Warring States" will be extended, at least until the 9th..."
"No. 9 is too late..."
"Then we might not be able to spare time for the movie "Mineral Bottom"..."
""Warring States" is going to be submitted to the Berlin International Film Festival!"
"You also need to sign up for "The Bottom of the Mine"..."
"Do you really think that a movie made by a silly boy with nouveau riche investment and nowhere can be selected for Berlin? If it can be successfully completed, it will be good. When the time comes, you can take the time to edit for a few hours and deal with it..."
After the young man finished saying everything he needed to say, his voice was slightly disdainful.
Qian Wei became very embarrassed...
He suddenly wanted to find a hole in the ground to crawl into.
"Xiaoqian, please help the "Warring States" project. Our crew will not treat you badly. We will never forget your help. Before "Warring States" is released, we will add your name in the post-processing... I know you in "Mineral Bottom"
Participate in the filming and have feelings, but there is no need to spend time on some meaningless crappy movies. Your future is in your hands..."
"..." Qian Wei became even more embarrassed. He subconsciously glanced in Zhou Yang's direction, showing a troubled expression.
Then, he found that Zhou Yang had turned around and left without knowing when it started.