Chapter 270 Preparation before departure, Xuemin, are you going to shoot the Wrangler? (Please order in full)
"Uh, Xuemin, your letter of introduction needs to be stamped by Yanying Studio!"
The next day, Cheng Xuemin ran to his work unit, and Yenching University issued a letter of introduction. The department chair, Lao Yang, was responsible for issuing it.
I heard that Cheng Xuemin had just finished his college entrance examination and was going to the Northwest to make a movie?
They had never heard of this.
Immediately, Lao Yang was very shocked and reminded Cheng Xuemin that this letter of introduction might not be enough for Yan Dakai and others.
Remind him that it is best to go to Yanying Factory and ask the staff there to help change the chapter.
"That's true. I'll go to Yanying Factory again later!"
"Actually, Yan Film Studio is under heavy pressure during this period, and the crew is waiting for me!"
Cheng Xuemin thought that the work unit would issue a letter of introduction, which he could use to buy train tickets. When he got there, he would go straight to Uncle Xie Jin and his crew's residence. Letters of introduction for other contents could be issued or not.
But since Director Yang reminded him like this, Cheng Xuemin planned to go to Yan Film Factory and find Lao Teng there to sign and seal it.
By the way, I also went to the inner city, my father-in-law’s foreign language bureau.
Last month, after dinner, my father-in-law told him that the foreign language manuscript he submitted for "Playboy" had come in, so he asked Cheng Xuemin to take some time to go over there.
After receiving the foreign exchange royalties, Cheng Xuemin had to go to the train station to book his departure train tickets early.
Therefore, Cheng Xuemin had to go to several places today, but Cheng Xuemin did not stay long at Director Yan Dayang's side.
After getting the letter of introduction and work certificate from Director Yang, he rushed to Yanying Factory and found Lao Teng, who had been promoted to deputy director.
"Xuemin! I haven't seen you for a while!"
"How is it? How much did you estimate yesterday?"
Lao Teng poured Cheng Xuemin a glass of cold water and politely asked him how much he estimated.
As for the college entrance examination, everyone knows that Cheng Xuemin has not joined the crew because he has to take the college entrance examination this year.
"Mr. Teng, I think it's not bad. I've already filled out the application form for Yenching University!"
Cheng Xuemin took a long sip of cold water. The weather was really not suitable for people. It was too hot.
There is really no other way, otherwise who would want to run outside on such a hot day!
and!
There is no electric fan in the office of Yanying Factory Lao Teng. He relies on the banana fan in his hand to fight the heat. This shows that the domestic light industry is indeed speeding up!
"Yenjing University! Xuemin, you are awesome!"
"Doesn't this mean that, Xuemin, you are not only a special lecturer at Yenching University, but also a college student at Yenching University. You are both a teacher and a student. Xuemin, you are a pioneer at Yenching University, right?"
After hearing what Cheng Xuemin said, Lao Teng couldn't help but laugh dumbly.
This guy is really arrogant, otherwise he would have to wait for him to thank him, and he would not accept any thanks from others.
Even now in the vast northwest of China, where the sky is full of yellow sand, I still have to wait for this guy.
to be honest!
This boy does have an indescribable personality charm. Anyway, Lao Teng likes to deal with this boy.
"No, no, Teacher Teng, you are joking!"
Cheng Xuemin smiled bitterly, and then became concerned about the situation on the crew side, and asked, "Teacher Teng, how is the current progress with Director Xie?"
"I plan to go directly to the train station to book a train ticket after you finish the letter of introduction and leave anytime within the next two days!"
"Ready to leave?!" Lao Teng was not too happy after hearing this. He signed Cheng Xuemin's letter of introduction on the spot, stamped the seal of Yan Film Studio, and said, "Xuemin, you don't have to worry about the train tickets. I'll get back to you later. Ask the person in charge of the factory to make a reservation for you, and I will have someone deliver it to your home."
"Isn't this too much trouble, Teacher Teng? I'll stop by the train station later!"
Cheng Xuemin felt a little embarrassed after hearing this. With a train ticket, he wouldn't bother Yan Film Studio to book it for him.
"No trouble, no trouble!" Lao Teng waved his hands repeatedly and explained to Cheng Xuemin, "Xuemin, don't bother first. It will take three days and three nights to go to the Northwest just by train!"
"If you, Xuemin, book your own train ticket, it might be a hard seat! Anyway, I will use some connections in the factory to try to book a hard sleeper for you!"
"It's so tiring on the road. Xuemin, you have to be mentally alert. When you get to the place, you have to join the group directly for filming!"
Hearing Lao Teng say that he could get a hard sleeper directly for him, what else could Cheng Xuemin say?
I expressed my gratitude on the spot.
Otherwise, Cheng Xuemin would have to book the tickets himself. With his current level of treatment, he is indeed not qualified to sit in a hard sleeper.
Cheng Xuemin is currently two levels short of the hard sleeper standard for traveling. Even his mother-in-law, Teacher Gu, can only meet the hard sleeper standard for business trips.
"As for Lao Xie, the conditions are indeed a bit more difficult. Fortunately, the shooting tasks are similar. Just wait for you, the protagonist, to enter the scene and reshoot the subsequent scenes!"
"Anyway, Xuemin, if you leave in the near future, with Lao Xie's speed, you should be able to dare to show it during the National Day. In fact, there is not much difference from the original plan."
Xie Jin is responsible for directing and filming, and it is the producer Fang Yan Film Studio who has the final say on when to release the film. According to the original plan, it was planned to be screened during the National Day, which celebrates the 30th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China this year.
Cheng Xuemin was left alone. Cheng Xuemin felt embarrassed again and again.
It happened to be noon, and Lao Teng insisted on arranging lunch for Cheng Xuemin, and talked with many old artists of Yan Film Studio.
Perhaps because the weather is too hot in the summer, Yan Film Factory does not have many external projects. Most of the old artists are in Yanjing and are in the factory.
Therefore, this time Cheng Xuemin interacted with many young and familiar faces of old artists, not to mention Siqin Gaowa from before.
This time I also met Mr. Tang, the leading actor in Cheng Xuemin's "Garland Under the Mountain". Now Mr. Tang is the star actress of Yan Film Studio.
Speaking of "Wreaths Under the Mountains", the review by the General Administration has been going on for a month, and so far there has been no progress.
It can be seen that the review procedures for customized manuscripts are indeed quite complicated, but Cheng Xuemin does not have too many worries about the manuscripts.
As the saying goes, no news is the best news.
Otherwise, if it fails to pass the review and needs to be sent back for revision, the General Administration should have given feedback long ago, instead of having no news at all like now.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that Cheng Xuemin is too homely and doesn't go to the General Administration more often.
According to other writers, they would have to stay at the General Administration of Works every day and accompany the leaders to review the manuscript. If there is anything wrong that needs to be corrected, they can make impromptu changes to the manuscript on the spot in front of the leaders.
Don't believe it yet.
This is how the original author of "Wreaths Under the Mountains" stayed at the General Political Department every day and revised the draft on the spot before finalizing it.
Cheng Xuemin directly paid homage to his final manuscript, so there should not be much difference in the scale of the manuscript. Even if there are some discrepancies, Cheng Xuemin needs to revise the manuscript to show that the above people have really carefully reviewed the manuscript. That will have to wait until Cheng Xuemin returns from the Northwest.
Not to mention "Wreaths Under the Mountain".
In addition to meeting Teacher Tang here, there are also Teachers Li Xuejian, Zhu Shimao, Chen Peisi, Ni Dahong and so on!
In addition to these young masters who Cheng Xuemin can recognize, there are also Liu Xiaoqing, Li Xiuming, Xu Min, Zhang Jinling, etc. of the Six Golden Flowers of Yanying Factory who are as famous as Zhu Lin.
certainly!
In his previous life, Cheng Xuemin was familiar with these artists and could call them out by name, but now Cheng Xuemin is considered a celebrity who has not yet started working at Yan Film Factory. As long as Cheng Xuemin stops in the factory, these young and old artists will all recognize Cheng Xuemin. They would greet Cheng Xuemin warmly.
Looking at the smiling faces filled with youthful sunshine, Cheng Xuemin also lamented that this is the future of Beijing.
There is no need for Cheng Xuemin to move inside at all!
With Cheng Xuemin's current energy, as long as he goes to one stop, Cheng Xuemin himself will be the core of this circle.
Therefore, in the future, stop talking about moving closer to the Beijing circle in the future. Instead, you should run your own circle, form your own circle, and become the core and soul figure in your own circle.
Cheng Xuemin doesn't have any big ambitions. It's enough to be able to influence the fate of a large number of people by stomping around in his own circle.
"Have you eaten yet?"
Over at the Foreign Languages Publishing House, father-in-law Feng's father was not much surprised when he saw his son-in-law Cheng Xuemin coming over. He just asked with concern if he had eaten.
"Dad! I just ate at Yanying Factory. Teacher Teng said that he would arrange train tickets!"
Cheng Xuemin greeted his father-in-law, and when he saw that his father-in-law was still holding a lunch box in his hand, he asked, "Dad, you haven't eaten yet?"
"Already eaten, just washed!"
Father-in-law Feng explained, pointed to Lao Zhou's office, and said: "Okay, you can go directly to Lao Zhou! When we were eating just now, I asked Lao Zhou, thinking you had already taken it back. "
"Okay, Dad! I was at Yan University in the morning to write a letter of introduction and work certificate, and I also went to Yan Film Studio to report, so I have been delayed until now."
I explained to my father-in-law that he didn’t need his guidance. I had come to see Lao Zhou twice before, so I found him in Lao Zhou’s office easily.
Lao Zhou had obviously just finished lunch and was squinting while blowing the electric fan when Cheng Xuemin knocked on the door.
"Uh! It's you, Xuemin! Lao Feng just mentioned that you would come over today!"
Lao Zhou was not annoyed at being interrupted from his nap. He quickly got up to receive Cheng Xuemin and said politely.
Are you welcome?
This little ancestor is now the cash cow of their foreign affairs bureau and the main force in the task of earning foreign exchange. If he is not allowed to be well served, Lao Zhou, the general manager of the foreign affairs office, can't even think about it.
"Yes, yes, I went to Yan Film Factory in the morning, but I was delayed! I originally promised my father-in-law to come over this morning!"
Cheng Xuemin nodded repeatedly to explain, and said apologetically, "Come here at noon to disturb Teacher Zhou, are you resting?!"
"No, no! I was waiting for you to come over!"
"Here, I've already made the new tea for you that was just delivered to our bureau!"
Lao Zhou poured a bowl of tea for Cheng Xuemin in a large porcelain bowl. The tea had already cooled down, and he handed it over to Cheng Xuemin and said with a smile.
"Don't take it seriously, don't take it seriously, Teacher Zhou, you are too polite!"
After hearing what Lao Zhou said, whether he had prepared it specially or if Cheng Xuemin just happened to meet him, he was very flattered. He took the tea cup with both hands and thanked him.
"It's not polite, it's not polite!"
"Xuemin, your father-in-law, Lao Feng, and mother-in-law, Teacher Gu, have conveyed the above task of earning foreign exchange on your behalf, right?"
"How? What do you think? Have you been inspired to build a big one recently?"
Lao Zhou was not being polite to Cheng Xuemin. After all, he was one of his own people. He immediately went straight to the point and asked Cheng Xuemin what he thought.
In fact, their foreign language bureau is under a lot of pressure, and Lao Zhou is under even greater pressure, because the task of earning foreign exchange is basically placed on his foreign language manuscripts.
The bureau's "Chinese Literature" and "Chinese Translation" alone will definitely not be able to complete the above million-dollar foreign exchange task.
Only by writing it yourself, submitting it for publication, and taking a share of other people's sales can you earn other people's foreign currency royalties.
At present, their foreign language publishing bureau is heading in this direction.
"Teacher Zhou, my parents have mentioned it to me, and I have recently started to write a novella!"
"But it's only in the conceptual stage now, so don't have high hopes, Mr. Zhou."
Cheng Xuemin has indeed started writing. Yesterday afternoon and evening, he had already written the first ten thousand words.
However, the length of this novella is about 200,000 words, so it is still early to submit the manuscript. I have to wait until I return from the Northwest to continue writing.
So it would be good to be able to submit the manuscript before the semester starts in September.
"Really? Xuemin, you have the inspiration so quickly and are starting to write some ideas?"
"Okay, okay! People say that Xuemin is famous in the circle for your speed and productivity, and now I see it's true!"
After listening to Cheng Xuemin's words, Lao Zhou slapped his thigh on the spot and asked happily, "How is it? Xuemin, when will the manuscript be delivered?"
"Is one month enough for you? Based on your past speed, one month should be more than enough, right?"
Sure enough, Cheng Xuemin's expectations were not in vain. He was already thinking about it, and it was still a novella.
Doesn't that mean that once they write a hit, the foreign exchange earning task of their Foreign Languages Publishing House will be greatly reduced!
"Teacher Zhou, one month is enough! But I will leave immediately in the next two days to go to the northwest to collect works. During this period, I may not have time to create..."
"Huh?! Xuemin, you want to go out to collect wind? What kind of wind collecting? Going to the northwest in such a hot day?"
Before Cheng Xuemin could finish speaking, Lao Zhou suddenly lost his composure. He just said that you, Cheng Xuemin, have fast hands and high output.
Why are you running out to collect news while talking?
You still ran out in such a scorching hot weather. Is this a gathering organized by some organization? Are you dizzy?
"This... Teacher Zhou is actually the filming location for my novel of the same name "The Wrangler". The location was chosen to be in the northwest. I am the male lead selected by Yan Film Studio!"
Cheng Xuemin smiled bitterly and told the truth.
"Scared? Xuemin, do you know how to act in movies? Do you want to go over to film the movie "Wrangler", or the hero, Lao Xu? Is this a joke?"
Obviously Lao Zhou has read the novel "The Wrangler". After all, Cheng Xuemin's novel was published at the end of last year, so it shouldn't be too sensational.
I really didn't expect that Cheng Xuemin not only wrote "The Wrangler", but also personally acted as the male protagonist Lao Xu in "The Wrangler". Who decided on this?
To have Cheng Xuemin, the original author, play the role of the male protagonist Lao Xu, I can only say that the person in charge of this is really a talented person!
"No, no, I just went to Yan Film Studio this morning to report. I will be leaving in the next two days, so... regarding the manuscript, I will try to get it back and hand it in before school starts, okay, Teacher Zhou?"
…
Asking for a monthly ticket!
(End of chapter)