Chapter 425: The Arrogant Great Director

After the plane landed, the beautiful woman sitting next to Xiao Chen opened her eyes, but her face was expressionless as if she had never talked to Xiao Chen.

Although Xiao Chen is strange in his heart, since the other party is unwilling to take care of himself, then he will not find himself bored, after all, he doesn't like that woman too much, he just has a good skin, and he only thinks that the other party is used to being sought after by the public on weekdays, and he is used to being arrogant.

After getting off the plane and taking his suitcase, Xiao Chen was a little confused, where should he go?

Because Xiao Chen is the general manager of Nova Entertainment, the company has not hired a special assistant or secretary to help him arrange the itinerary and plan.

It's not like a train station, and there will be an aunt holding a sign to ask if you live in the hotel, and there is no such thing near the airport. In this era, the airport was still under the jurisdiction of the military, and the military airport was next door to the civil aviation.

Therefore, it is impossible to be in the downtown nearby, let alone take a taxi, and even find a tour guide to ask for directions, it is not very convenient.

"Careless......" Xiao Chen smiled helplessly. But he didn't want to trouble Lin Qi in this matter, so he couldn't go on a business trip, and he had to call the boss and ask him to send someone to pick up and arrange accommodation.

So in the end, Xiao Chen pulled his suitcase, found an old farmer in the countryside, and asked the old farmer to drive an ox cart to take him to the city. After arriving in the city, seeing some modern buildings and receptions, Xiao Chen felt a little more at ease.

At this time, many hotels in the capital are mainly state-run. However, the last time Xiao Chen came to the capital on a business trip, he realized the service level of the state-run guest house, so this time he would never choose a guest house that was too low grade and abuse himself. Anyway, he can be the general manager of a company, and the company's revenue is two or three hundred thousand yuan per month, which is not a small company in China in this era. Therefore, Xiao Chen decided to choose some star-rated hotels.

At this time, there was no concept of star-rated hotel in China, at the beginning of reform and opening up, Mr. Fok Ying-tung, a patriotic businessman in Hong Kong, invested in a white swan hotel in Guangzhou, and the first five-star hotel in China.

Of course, the five-star hotel of the White Swan has long been self-proclaimed. It wasn't until the domestic economy became stronger and stronger that the reputation of the five-star hotel was truly confirmed.

The service is first-class like that of White Swan, the chef's level is the top in China, and the self-evaluation is five-star.

Other Hong Kong businessmen have invested in hotels in China, which are not too embarrassed to compare with the white swan. Therefore, they generally humbly call themselves four-star hotels and four-star hotels.

If it is strictly implemented in accordance with the star standard, the four-star is already considered a very high-grade level.

"Shangri-La...... I'm not afraid of being expensive, anyway, the company will reimburse you. With such a mentality, Xiao Chen gritted his teeth and entered a four-star hotel that he had never been to before, the facilities here are very good, the lobby is magnificently decorated, especially the young lady who greeted her at the door, the slit of the cheongsam was almost to the root of the thigh, and the people who watched it drooled.

Originally, Shangri-La Hotel was established in the year of Guo He, the richest Chinese in Southeast Asia, and with the concern about the status of Chinese in Southeast Asia, the Guo family continued to transfer assets to Hong Kong and China. Shangri-La has entered the domestic market in 84 years, and with the alliance between Guo Henian and Lin Qi, Shangri-La Hotel's expansion in China has also begun to accelerate.

Lin Qi is entitled to free permanent hospitality at Shangri-La Hotel. Some executives of the new entrepreneurship department even have a three-fold discount card for Shangri-La Hotel, and Shangri-La hotel chains all over the world can enjoy this discount.

Of course, Xiao Chen is not such a big man, and this kind of good thing is not his turn.

"Hello, are you staying or eating?" The front desk lady is also very beautiful, but this beauty is modified by cosmetics, and it is not at the same level as the beauty that Xiao Chen met on the plane today.

"Accommodation, of course, you also have to eat, arrange a room for me first, by the way, where is your Beijing Film Academy?" Xiao Chen is in the entertainment industry, so he naturally knows that the best school for training directors in China is Beiying. CCTV, Bayi and many well-known domestic film and television production institutions, mainstream directors, and the number of Beijing Film Department is the largest. But he wasn't in a hurry, anyway, it's not a very anxious thing to ask the director, he hasn't been to the capital, so he naturally has to take a good look.

Early the next morning, Xiao Chen got up early in the morning, first went to Tiananmen Square, watched the raising of the national flag, and then went around the famous scenic spots in the capital, but as for the Great Wall, he didn't go, he knew that he was a few pounds and a few taels, and climbing to the top would definitely kill him.

After a day in the capital, Xiao Chen had his own intuitive feeling of the capital, in general, this place is different from Hong Kong and Guangdong, there is a kind of nobility here, the people here, if they are natives of the capital, even if they are not too rich, but there is always an innate sense of superiority, and that feeling is not worth a lot of money.

Seeing them like this, Xiao Chen's heart was a little apprehensive, who knows if the director he is about to find will also have this virtue, if this is the case, it will not be easy to serve.

With apprehension, Xiao Chen finally went to the film academy on the third day, because generally famous directors will teach here, even if they are not resident teachers, they can also teach as special professors or the like, in short, it is much better to come here to find a director than to go around blindly.

In the late 80s, film schools were not as impetuous as they are now, everyone really worked hard to hone their acting skills, and even if they became famous after their debut, they would not be paid too much, and the recognition they received became their biggest motivation.

So the directors of this period are also very good, although they have a strange temper, but everyone is also conscientious, in this era, there are really, very few brain-dead dramas, because no one can afford to spend that money to waste their reputation.

"Hey, classmate, who is the most famous director here?" Xiao Chen asked with a grin as he grabbed a student holding a thick script.

"Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou. The student glanced at Xiao Chen like an idiot, and the most famous director in the film school didn't know what it meant to be here.

The reason why these two people are because they can win awards internationally. In this era, the country has just opened up, and I don't know how to brush up on my sense of existence, but it is definitely right to actively strive for various international honors, win more awards, and win glory for the country. In this mentality, as long as a director can win an international award, no matter what he shoots, he will be blindly worshipped.

Xiao Chen was a little unhappy to be despised, but he didn't say anything, anyway, he got the answer he wanted, so he happily went to find the two famous directors, after the student's reminder, he also felt that these two names were very familiar, for people like him who didn't understand the film and television industry, being familiar with it meant that this was a great director.

Xiao Chen's luck is quite good, today the two directors have a lecture here, which is specially held for students of the directing department, the two of them have limited time, and in the end, under Xiao Chen's soft grinding and hard bubbles, they still gave him five minutes of time.

"I'm sorry, I've been preparing to shoot a movie recently, and I've been ready in the early stage, if I don't have time, you might as well invite another Gao Ming!" Zhang Yimou's words were very polite but also formulaic, and he didn't give Xiao Chen a chance at all, and Chen Kaige also rejected Xiao Chen on the grounds that he was going to study abroad.

In the past, when the two directors were not yet famous, someone must have invested in kneeling and licking. But now, these two directors have a high vision, and they would rather make movies that hit the streets than make TV series that are lower-grade.

Xiao Chen confidently walked into the film academy, but in the end he came out dejected, Lin Qi once explained to Xiao Chen, no matter what, the director's skills must be passable, and he can't just find a second-tier director, after all, this is a drama, if something goes wrong, he will be drowned by the audience's saliva.

That's why he thought of finding a big director, the salary is negotiable, and 500,000 or even 1 million is not a problem. But people didn't give a chance at all, and directly refused!

"Knock!" Xiao Chen was walking with his head down, but he didn't expect to bump into someone, he rubbed his sore arm, and forgot to apologize for a while.

"I said how do you walk, such a wide road, it hits Chen Lin's body, even if you want to pursue her, don't use such childish means. Before Xiao Chen could react, an imposing female voice started scolding, and the Chen Lin she mentioned, Xiao Chen didn't know her at all, so how could she want to pursue her.

But when Xiao Chen looked up, he froze, and there were two girls in front of him, one of them was the one sitting next to Xiao Chen on the plane, it turned out that her name was Chen Lin.

Chen Lin was obviously a little surprised, when she was on the plane, she saw that Xiao Chen looked okay and was not dressed tackyly, so she wanted to ask him where his home was, but the other party said that he was from Guangdong, and Chen Lin suddenly had no desire to talk.

At that time, people from other places in the capital were not very welcome, and people like Chen Lin, who had lived in the capital since childhood, were naturally no exception. Of course, if Xiao Chen were talking about her Hong Kong people, maybe she would be curious to ask questions about new things in Hong Kong. After all, Hong Kong in this era is much more prosperous than Beijing.

"Right...... I'm sorry I wasn't paying attention to you guys. Xiao Chen hurriedly apologized, but the director's signing contract he was holding in his hand fell to the ground without knowing it, mainly because he felt embarrassed when he met Chen Lin, so he planned to leave quickly.