That year Huayu

"Is the threshold for becoming a director so low now? It's really weird..."

"It's quite arrogant."

"These fans laughed me to death, saying, 'Director Guo will dominate the film and television industry,' haha..."

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What Zhu Yawen and Luo Jin were discussing was the news from "Tiny Times".

Guo Jingming publicly announced to the film and television industry on Weibo that he has found 300 million in investment and will adapt his "Little Times" into a movie script and make it into a series in three to five years.

And just like the previous rhetoric, the director and screenwriter of the movie will be Guo Jingming himself.

Lin Nan was very curious about who this guy's fans were, and they were all mindlessly praising Guo Jingming.

It seems that as soon as Guo Jingming entered the film industry, he could surpass the fifth generation directors, suppress the sixth generation directors, and rank with several major domestic directors!

Lin Nan sat next to Liu Yifei and watched the makeup artist apply makeup on her.

Zhu Yawen laughed non-stop and walked over:

"Director Lin, come and see, you are the one that 'Director Guo' wants to learn from, hahaha..."

Lin Nan's face suddenly turned dark. Isn't this a curse?

Liu Yifei really wanted to read the newspaper, but she was putting on makeup at the moment and couldn't move, so she could only glance to the side with her peripheral vision, which felt very uncomfortable.

"...We are both born in the 1980s. Whether it is in terms of international awards or movie box office, I regard Director Lin Nan as the goal of learning and chasing in my directing career. I like his and Liu Yifei's "The Fault in Our Stars" the most. …”

Before Lin Nan could reach out for the newspaper, Zhu Yawen had already started to read at the top of her voice Guo Xiaosi's speech when he was interviewed by the media.

After hearing this, Miss Liu was very happy and couldn't help but smile. Then she was scolded by the makeup artist and couldn't make facial expressions.

Lin Nan felt strange inexplicably. She always felt that something was cold on her body, something was wrong, and she was a little scared!

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"Prepare, act!"

Zhu Yawen's part begins.

According to the plot setting, he and Liu Yifei are the only two scholarship winners, top academics, single-parent families, and even worse family circumstances.

The two represented the school in a competition together, and the heroine discovered that this was a classmate who was harder working, thrifty, and rigid than her father.

As expected, the two won the championship.

Zhou Xun rushed over from the promotional activities of the "Magician" crew to make a guest appearance again.

"Congratulations, there are two study abroad places with full scholarships for next year. After you go there, you can study for bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees together. The school thinks you two are the most suitable..."

When Liu Yifei and Zhu Yawen smiled, the principal's next words made them look ashen in an instant.

"But it's a pity that our school only got one spot. Not long ago, we were teammates, and now we are opponents. It is indeed... a bit exciting, isn't it?"

Zhou Xun used a joke to calm the awkward atmosphere at the scene.

After one shot, Zhou Xun said hello and left directly.

It seemed that "The Great Magician" was really busy, and she didn't even think about joking and complaining with Lin Nan.

After the transition, it was the scene of Zhu Yawen going home to help with work. The house chosen this time was even shabbier than the heroine’s house before.

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The guest actor took his place and pulled Zhu Yawen, hoping that the latter would let him copy it during the grade unified examination.

"I also took that piano lesson, but I couldn't remember their complicated code..."

"What's the secret code?"

"Ah, it's nothing. I can give you money, how about one thousand?"

Zhu Yawen walked away without looking back and refused.

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"The next climax is the cheating scene in the grade unified examination. Let everyone prepare in advance."

Lin Nan shouted to the logistics team and then started to rest.

"We have two days off on New Year's Day. You guys have fun on Hong Kong Island and go see "Pacific Rim". Director Jiang will bring you the tickets."

Hearing Lin Nan's words, several people were happy at first, and then were stunned for a moment.

"Are we having fun? What about you?"

Liu Yifei was the first to question, frowning. Several other people were also waiting for Lin Nan's answer.

"This year's New Year's Eve, we may have to spend it on the set, and I plan to go back to my hometown on New Year's Day."

As he spoke, Lin Nan looked at Liu Yifei and said softly: "Sissi, do you want to come with me?"

"Huh? Well, I'm with you."

Miss Liu's face immediately broke out into a smile, her eyebrows curved, she nodded lightly and said.

"Eh... so sour."

Shu Chang and others booed together, with expressions of disdain.

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The cameras were in place again, footage of hundreds of students taking exams.

Zhu Yawen did it the fastest when he was doing it, and found that one question actually said that the type of test paper he was doing was Paper A, not an exam question?

"Teacher, what is the situation in question 40?"

"This grade-level unified examination, students in the same class cannot sit together. There are two sets of test papers. In order to prevent cheating, you are asked to mark the test paper type in the middle of the test questions..."

After the words fell, the heroine played by Liu Yifei quickly turned the page and saw the question. She was in the A paper.

All the students in the "piano tutoring class" were suddenly panicked, but fortunately, the answers hadn't started yet.

Next, there are various gestures between the "accomplices", talking about their own test paper types.

The photographer gave Zhu Yawen a close shot, and he saw the classmate who had asked him to help cheat before, looking towards Liu Yifei.

Ten minutes later.

Zhu Yawen walked to the podium with the test paper, answer sheet, etc., and deliberately let go of Liu Yifei, squatting down to pick up the test paper.

"The one next to you is peeking at your answer."

After muttering in a low voice to ensure that Liu Yifei heard it, Zhu Yawen stepped forward to hand in the paper and couldn't help but type a report.

"The guy with the crew cut in the third row is peeking at the answer of the girl next to him."

"Well, I'll pay attention to it later. If you have nothing to do, please leave the examination room first."

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Shooting continues.

Zhu Yawen sat next to Lin Nan.

"The character I played is really stupid. Others colluded to copy the answers, but I kindly reminded him!"

"There's still half an hour before the exam ends..." the invigilator shouted.

At this moment, Liu Yifei's fingers moved on the table, and the meaning was very clear: Those in Volume A come first.

When there were only 20 minutes left in the exam, all the students in the "tutoring class" of Paper B had pale faces and nervous expressions.

At a certain moment, a group of candidates for Paper A stood up and handed in their papers together, blocking the invigilator's view.

Liu Yifei instantly exchanged test papers with the boy next to her. In the close-up shot, the test paper Liu Yifei gave out had the boy's name written in the name column.

She needed to re-paint the cards for Paper B, because most of them had been done once, and only a few questions were different and needed to be recalculated. This time, it only took ten minutes to finish and paint the cards for Paper B, and then passed on the answers to Paper B.

At the last moment, all the people in the "tutoring class" successfully completed the cheating.

"Ka! Good job."

Liu Yifei moved her wrist and walked to Lin Nan:

"I was really painting the whole process, tapping my fingers on the table in rhythm. Don't cut too hard in the later stage."

"I can't say for sure. The editing must be tight and the rhythm more exciting. Coupled with the soundtrack, the tense atmosphere of racing against time like a battlefield must be reflected."

Lin Nan took Liu Yifei's wrist and said, "Shall I squeeze it for you?"

"okay."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, Sissy, my wrists are sore too."

"Your shot didn't go well. Why don't you try it again with a close-up?"

"Haha, I'm just kidding, I'm not bitter, I'm not bitter." Shu Chang quickly begged for mercy.

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New Year's Day is just around the corner.

The movies that will be released in January are all ready to go.

Among them, "Pacific Rim" is the most dazzling, followed by "The Magician", "Reverse", and "The Girl We Chased Together" which has been released in Hong Kong and Taiwan and is regarded as a dark horse.

However, Lin Nan is very concerned about another short film.

"Father" by Chopstick Brothers is a very heart-warming micro-movie, especially the song "Father".

He also promoted it on Weibo, saying, "The micro-movie is very nice and the song is very nice," and he was featured as the main creator.

The two creators specially replied to thank him, and a large number of viewers gave the same comments and messages, which were very sincere: the movie was touching and the songs made me cry...

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"Director Lin, someone wants to see you."

Just after returning to the hotel in the afternoon, Jiang Yuerou came over and said to Lin Nan.

Zhu Yawen and others pretended not to have heard anything and returned to the room.

Liu Yifei looked at Lin Nan curiously.

"who?"

"People from the bank."

Hearing this, Lin Nan seemed to have guessed something.

"You are busy with business, remember to have dinner together later." Liu Yifei warned, then turned and returned to the room.

Lin Nan nodded and responded. Then he said to Jiang Yuerou: "Invite him to come to my room."

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How can I put it this way, the people at the bank reacted really quickly, and they actually came directly to Hong Kong Island without even saying hello.

"Director Lin, long time no see."

"You came all the way from the capital. I really didn't expect you to have a branch on Hong Kong Island."

"Then the business is not mine anymore, haha..."

Hearing this, Lin Nan couldn't help but want to laugh.

The other party spoke.

"You have received a lot of overseas funds in the past two days."

"illegal?"

"Of course it's legal, but you want to transfer out again, this..."

"illegal?"

"It's legal. Business transactions are certainly legal."

"Then it's weird for me. The money comes in legally and you don't ask. When I go out legally, you just ask?"

Lin Nan really admired the person in front of him. If he did this, he would have to find another bank to cooperate with.

"Director Lin misunderstood. The funds are so huge. Why don't you consider taking out a loan and using other people's money to do your own things?"

"Don't worry, the interest rate is absolutely the lowest. I've been working with you for so many years. Don't you always use our bank for funding for your film projects..."

Now Lin Nan understood. He wanted to attract savings, lend money, and ensure his performance. He had just made an appointment yesterday, and the person came today. It was really fast.

"This is my personal investment. It has nothing to do with Lin Nan Pictures. I need to use it urgently recently. Are you sure the loan process will not delay time?"

Lin Nan is more conservative and doesn't like the days of being in debt. These funds are used to buy back Tudou shares and support Tudou's development.

But if the interest rate is very low and the efficiency is high enough, of course he is willing to use other people's money to do his own things!

"Haha, don't worry, Director Lin. As long as you nod, all the procedures will be completed within a week, and the follow-up funds will be the slowest during this time. What do you think?"

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