A great director who grew up happily

Chapter 478 Anyone can make a movie

During the time waiting for the opening ceremony, Chen Jinnian was actually not idle.

On the one hand, he had to arrange matters on the crew and set. After all, his crew had to travel back and forth between the two places, and use the free time during filming of "White Snake" to shoot the game content.

On the other hand, he had to urgently learn Cantonese. He didn't need to be able to speak it, but just to roughly understand what it meant so as to avoid any problems during filming.

As the translator and assistant director of the crew, Wang Yidi naturally taught him with all his heart, but the results were limited. After two or three days of intensive tutoring, he still didn't understand much.

If Chen Jinnian's English speaking and listening skills were not also so bad, she would have suspected that Chen Jinnian was deliberately teasing her.

He hit Chen Jinnian's head hard with the lesson plan he had prepared, "There's nothing wrong with your brain, why can't you learn it?"

"What can I do? I'm desperate too." Chen Jinnian spread his hands and leaned back in his chair to explain, "First of all, it's very difficult for me to listen. Secondly, after I can barely understand what's being said, I still have to translate it into Mandarin to understand it."

No matter how good his memory is, it will be useless if he can't understand what the other person is saying.

"Forget it, I give up. You can help me translate in real time when the time comes. If that doesn't work, I'll assist you and you can be the director."

"Can I be a director?" Wang Yidi pointed at himself in surprise.

"Why not? If you want to try, I will help you." Chen Jinnian said seriously.

He still has an unfinished [Film School] system task. Since it requires shooting an art film, Chen Jinnian has no interest in it and has been idle for more than a year.

If Wang Yidi wants to be a director, he can give it to the other party to practice and complete the task at the same time, killing two birds with one stone.

Wang Yidi was both happy and worried, afraid that he would mess up and the loss would be too great.

"I—can I?"

"Of course. Thanks to the market development in the past decade, anyone can be a director. They don't have to worry about that. So why should you worry? If you can't handle commercial films, making obscure art films is still easy."

Chen Jinnian said this in a relaxed tone, but unexpectedly, he received a cold stare from Wang Yidi.

"What do you mean anyone can be a director? Can you speak?"

"Oh, sorry, sorry, it was a slip of the tongue."

He quickly raised his arms to block his girlfriend's attack.

"clang clang"

The knock on the door made the two people who were fighting quiet down and each of them tidied up their messy hair.

"Come in." Chen Jinnian shouted.

After receiving the reply, the assistant walked in quickly with a folder in his arms.

"Is this the arrangement for Zhuying's opening ceremony?" Wang Yidi asked.

"Yes, but there are other notices. One of them was forwarded by Sister Tingting from Beijing. It seems to be an invitation from a TV station and a business gala at the end of the year. There is also one that she can't refuse. I need you to take a look at it."

The assistant picked out the tricky one and placed it in front of Chen Jinnian.

He picked it up and flipped it over twice quickly, then threw it back on the table even faster, fearing that it would get on his hands and he wouldn't be able to wipe it off.

Seeing his reaction to the stress, Wang Yidi immediately took it out of curiosity.

"Nineteen generations of ancestors, what a strange name, it feels like a curse."

"It's even worse than swearing in the street. If Mr. Guo dares to swear in the street for two hours in a movie, I can guarantee that it will be a box office hit." After Chen Jinnian finished speaking, he put on a mask of pain on his face.

Don't send him any invitations to guest star in this kind of movie.

He is different from Wu Jing. Wu Jing has many friends in the circle. If he meets someone who is drunk, he will agree to anything.

But Chen Jinnian can't do that. He has little experience, and the only reason he can carry the box office is because of his accumulated reputation. Therefore, he is more careful about his reputation than other famous people.

He even specifically instructed not to mention his name in "The Legend of Da Ru", so he would definitely not make a cameo appearance in a movie like "19th Generation of Ancestors" that is purely looking for criticism.

"You mean, Mr. Guo is making another bad movie just to make money?"

Wang Yidi didn't quite understand Mr. Guo's abilities, but she had heard that any film produced by Deyun would be a bad one.

Over the years, apart from participating in Uncle Benshan's "Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots", the rest are mostly bad movies.

"Subjectively, I believe in Guo's sincerity. He wouldn't intentionally make a bad movie. But objectively speaking, success doesn't come from hard work alone. If you're going in the wrong direction, lack the ability, and try to take on too much, the end result will only be a mess."

Chen Jinnian had not met Mr. Guo many times, but he could tell that he was a very stubborn person, even a little self-willed.

If he were to work on his own small piece of land, Team Leader Guo's character would be a help, enabling him to stand out by standing on the shoulders of his predecessors.

But if he expands into other industries, Guo Banzhang's personality will be a hindrance, and he cannot soften his temper, which means he is destined to not be able to become the second Master Benshan.

Chen Jinnian took the invitation from Wang Yidi's hand, confirmed the content again, and then picked up a pen to write a line of words on it.

"Please inform Sister Tingting and ask her to decline the invitation, citing the crew's upcoming filming. I won't personally call Mr. Yu Qian to explain."

After the assistant left, Chen Jinnian turned to look at Wang Yidi.

"Look at them! If you had half the confidence that Squad Leader Guo has, you would have already finished filming the movie."

"Hmph, I guess you don't want to ask my dad about the GPU."

"No, I was wrong, okay?"

Chen Jinnian quickly apologized. Investing in GPUs was much more complicated than one might have imagined. Without a guide, it would be impossible to tell which ones were serious researchers and which ones were just trying to make a killing.

The "Hanxin" that was included in textbooks back then was a complete scam.

The same is true in the GPU field. Reliable companies have been developing quietly for more than ten years with the help of local state-owned assets, while unreliable companies are still crying out for help, waiting for big money to be thrown at them.

Chen Jinnian just wants to do something and doesn't want to be a fool. If there are no serious companies and they just want to go public, make some money and run away, then he will not get involved.

……

After a few days of preparation, Chen Jinnian decided on the six female protagonists of the game, including Fang Yifan's senior.

There are many beautiful girls, but there are very few who can show their seductive temperament after putting on makeup.

Even though the character image was not the most suitable, Chen Jinnian still chose her because of her unique recognizability.

An actress’s recognizability is very important, even more important than simply being beautiful.

Now that he had encountered it, Chen Jinnian didn't want to miss it and had to arrange it into the game.

After receiving the news, Fang Yifan came over specially, but he didn't come to thank Chen Jinnian, but to celebrate with his senior.

Not only would Chen Jinnian be unable to handle such an operation, even the senior student looked embarrassed.